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i. Electronic meetings may only be held if there is a Necessary Item (defined below) added to that Board's agenda. ii. Proposed agenda items must be submitted to the City Manager for review. If the City Manager determines, in his sole discretion, that said agenda item is necessary to be heard before the threat of COVID-19 has passed, the item will be considered necessary ( "Necessary Item ") and will be added to that Board's agenda. If the City Manager determines that said agenda item is not necessary, the Board will be unable to hold an electronic meeting to discuss that item. L For any matter considered during an electronic meeting requiring a public hearing by law: ( 1) public cort�ment will be received via electronic, telephonic. and /or written means prior to the vote on such matter and all Such comments will be provided to the mciubers of the Board and made a part of the record of such meeting; and (2) members of the public who have signed up in advance shall be permitted to speak during the hearing via electronic or telephonic means. 8. Any documents or materials required by law to be made available for public inspection at specified physical locations that have been closed (or to which public access has been limited) due to the emergency addressed by the Local Declaration may instead be made available for public inspection on the Board's website or, if the Board does not have an operating website, on the City's website. Upon request, the City Manager will provide reasonable, alternative means of access to those members of the public who are unable to view these materials online. 9. That the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall remain in effect until cancellation of the Local Declaration, or until this Ordinance is repealed or modified by City Council, or, in accordance with Section 15.2 -1413, six months after the disaster that warranted adoption of this Ordinance, whichever is earlier. 10. That all provisions of the Rules of Order and Procedure of the Portsmouth City Council that are inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby suspended until termination or expiration of the Local Declaration. 11. If any provision of this Ordinance is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under present or future laws, such provision shall be fully severable; this Ordinance shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Ordinance, and the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Ordinance. 12. This Ordinance shall take effect on the date of its adoption.