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:4 <br />ORDINANCE I� <br />AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING AND CONTINUING ORDINANCE 2020 -102 <br />ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 13, 2020 AND THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES <br />ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF LOCAL <br />GOVERNMENT DURING THE COVID -19 PANDEMIC. <br />WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020 Governor Northam declared pursuant to Section 44- <br />146.7 of the Virginia Code that a state of emergency existed in the Commonwealth of Virginia <br />due to the necessity to respond to the potential spread of COVID -19 (the "State Declaration "); <br />and <br />WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020 Dr. L. Pettis Patton, in her capacity as Director of <br />Emergency Management for the City pursuant to Article XII1 of Chapter 2 of the Code of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, issued a "Declaration of Local Emergency Due to Novel <br />Coronavirus (COVID -19) Impacting Portsmouth. Virginia" (as extended on March 23, 2020, the <br />"Director Declaration "). and <br />WHEREAS, on April 14, 2020 City Council adopted Ordinance 2020 -21, which <br />affirmed and modified the Director Declaration and established certain requirements and <br />conditions for the holding of public meetings during the emergency period; and <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance 2020 -21, as extended and modified by Ordinances 2020 -59, <br />2020 -71, 2020 -102, and 2020 -136 described below, is referred to as the "Emergency <br />Ordinance "; and <br />WHEREAS, the Director Declaration as affirmed and modified by the Emergency <br />Ordinance is referred to as the "Local Declaration "; and <br />WHEREAS, City Council reviewed the status of the Local Declaration on June 23, 2020 <br />and by adoption of Ordinance 2020 -59 determined to continue the Local Declaration without <br />modification; and <br />WHEREAS, City Council reviewed the status of the Local Declaration on July 16, 2020 <br />and by adoption of Ordinance 2020 -71 determined to continue the Local Declaration without <br />modification; and <br />WHEREAS, City Council reviewed the status of the Local Declaration on October 13, <br />2020 and by Ordinance 2020 -102 determined to continue the Local Declaration with minor <br />modifications to reflect current practices regarding public hearings; and <br />WHEREAS, City Council reviewed the status of the Local Declaration on December 8, <br />2020 and by Ordinance 2020 -136 determined to continue the Local Declaration without <br />modification; and <br />WHEREAS, the State Declaration has remained in effect and Governor Northam has <br />continued to issue Executive Orders implementing the response to the pandemic; and <br />