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OCtober 8. 1996 Ara RegUlar Meeting of the city Counc held on TuesdaY, October 8~ 1996, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Be[nard D. Griffin, Sr., James T. Martin, P. Ward Robinett, Jr., J. Thomas Benn I!1, C. W. McCoY, Deputy City Manager, G. Timothy Oksman, City Attorney. Councilman Benn 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 of Mr. Robinett, and se¢0nded by Mr Martin, to approve the minutes of a Called Meeting on September 24, 1996; a Regular Meeting on September 24, 1996; and was adopted by unanimous vote. 96-338 - Proclamation presented to KYle Taylor for "Aids Awareness Week." 96,339 - Proclamation presented toi Marilyn Tenekjian for "Stop America's Violence Everywhere Today." 96,340 - Presentation of special lapel Pins to newly appointed Boards and Commissions members. 96-341- Non Agenda Speakers 1. Shirley Hines, 1016 Blair Street, spoke on Welfare Reform. 2. Cornelius Long, 216 Owens Street, spoke on the lack of [esponse to a previous request for information on a land purchase. 3. Lloyd Beasley, 3186 Reese Ddve, spoke on the news article pertaining to the Police/Fire Retirement System. 4. Rev. James Griffin, 1528 Maple Avenue, spoke on concerns for the Prentis Place neighborhood. 5. Helen Edge, 20 Riverview Avenue, spoke in opposition to the removal of cul- de-sacs in the Park View neighborhood. 6. Rafiq Zaidi, 506 Dinwiddie Street, spoke in opposition to the removal of cul-de- sacs in the Park View neighborhood and the response of the emergency rescue. Motion by Mr. Robinett, and seconded by Mr. Benn, to suspend the rules of order to listen to the last registered non,agenda speaker, and was adopted by an unanimous vote. 7. J. BreWer Moore, 308 Bobby Jones Drive, spoke on the pensions of retired School Board emplOyees and Fire/POliCe. - PUBLIC HEARINGS - 96-342, Joint public hearing with Portsmouth Redeve opment and Housing Authority to consider the proposed Planned Amendments #27 to the Crawford Plan and #3 to the Hattonsville Plan. There were no speakers.