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R -18 -32 <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR <br />THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH. <br />WHEREAS, Section 15.2 -2223 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, <br />requires that each locality have a comprehensive plan to guide and accomplish the <br />coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of land within the city based on present <br />and probable future needs and resources, so as best to promote the health, safety, morals, <br />order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the locality's citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, City Council adopted the Destination 2025 Comprehensive Plan on <br />April 26, 2005; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's Planning Commission and Planning Department staff, after <br />a process of more than two years that included extensive citizen involvement, have <br />developed and recommended for City Council's consideration and adoption an update to <br />the Destination 2025 Comprehensive Plan titled Build One Portsmouth; <br />WHEREAS, City Council and the Planning Commission have made available to <br />the public and have received public comment and conducted public hearings on the <br />proposed Build One Portsmouth Comprehensive Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed Build One Portsmouth Comprehensive Plan has been <br />amended as a result of that additional citizen, Planning Commission and City Council <br />input; and <br />WHEREAS, City Council finds that the Plan meets the requirements of the Code <br />of Virginia and will serve as a valuable tool and guide for the future development of the <br />City. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia that it hereby adopts the Build One Portsmouth Comprehensive Plan <br />dated November 27, 2018. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council extends its gratitude to the <br />Planning Commission and to all citizens, City staff and consultants involved in the Plan's <br />creation for their extensive commitment of time and effort that resulted in the production <br />of this significant and valuable document. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held <br />on November 27, 2018. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />