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November 10. 1998 At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, November 10, 1998, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Cameron C. Pitts, P. Ward Robinett, Jr., J. Thomas Benn III, William E. Moody, Jr., Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., City Manager Ronald W. Massie, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. Councilman Whitehurst opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Holley called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. Motion by Mr. Pitts, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to approve the minutes of a Called Meeting on October 27, 1998, and a Regular Meeting on October 27, 1998, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 98- 252 Presentations: · Mayor Holley introduced Ms. Nancy Olivia Wilkins Bright who recently celebrated her '~00th birthday. · Presentation to the Portsmouth Public Library Board. · Presentation to Sheriff Gary Waters for the Portsmouth Sheriff's Office Inmate Work Program Receiving First Place for Governmental Agencies in the Keep America Beautiful Campaign. · Presentation to Mayor Holley from Bill Ma of the China Market. Motion by Mr. Robinett, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to suspend Council's Rules and Procedures to consider Item 98-253 [d) and Item 98-254 (a- g) prior to the regular public hearing, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Benn, Moody, Pitts, Robinett, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None - Public Hearing - 98-253 Public hearing on street closure application: (d) S-98-09 DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD - Street closure application of Citizen Trust Associates, L. L. P. and the City of Portsmouth to close a portion of Glasgow Street between Water Street and Crawford Street to facilitate hotel development and parking. 1. Barry W. Hunter, Kaufman and Canoles, One Commercial Place, Norfolk, spoke in support of the street closure. Motion by Mr. Benn, and seconded by Mr. Robinett, to concur with the recommendation of the Planning Commission to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following: "ORDINANCE CLOSING AND VACATING A PORTION OF GLASGOW STREET LYING EAST OF THE EASTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CRAWFORD STREET AND WEST OF THE WESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WATER STREET." Ayes: Benn, Moody, Pitts, Robinett, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None - City Manager's Report - 98-254 Adoption of the following resolutions and ordinance related to the development of the Portsmouth Hotel and Conference Center Project.