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328; December 12, 1995 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, opposesaltering accounting rules or changing other procedural or budget rules as a substitute for honest deficit reduction; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the computation of consumer price inflation, which is overstated by the current. Consumer Price Index, should be revised to reflect true inflation; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, strongly opposes de-entitling or block granting of Medicaid unless and until the President and bipartisan Congressional leadership have appointed a bipartisan commission, with equal representation from all three levels of government, to analyze the primary and secondary impacts of changes to the Medicaid program and have proposed measures to help control the rate of growth of Medicaid spending in ways that do not shift burdens to any other level of government; and FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, that any structural changes in federal programs implemented for deficit reduction must allow for an adequate transition period. Cities should be a full partner with states and the federal government in this process." Ayes: Clemons, Griffin, Hawks, Martin, Pitts, Robinett, Webb Nays: None 95-553 Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a resolution to appoint viewers for the closure of all the streets in River Edge. "Portsmouth Partners of Virginia has filed application for the closure of streets in the River Edge Apartments complex. All the streets located within the boundaries of the complex are to be closed. New right-of-ways will be dedicated upon the recording of the subdivision plat. The Notice of Application and Request for Viewers has been advertised. I, therefore, recommend adoption of a resolution appointing viewers for this application." Motion by Mr. Martin, and seconded by Mr. Griffin, adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: to "A RESOLUTION APPOINTING VIEWERS TO THE CLOSURE OF STREETS AND PORTIONS OF STREETS ON THE PROPERTY OF RIVER EDGE APARTMENTS (BARLOW PLACE). ~THEREAS, Portsmouth Partners of Virginia has made application to vacate, close and discontinue the hereinafter described streets or portions of streets, and it appearing that Notice of Application and Request for an appointment of viewers has been advertised as required by law. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Roy Leinart, Robert McCurdy, Robert Reed~ Harrison Miller and Thaddeus J. Lawrence be appointed viewers and that Lester B. Harrington and Cornelius Harding~ Jr.~ be appointed alternate viewers in the event one of the preceding viewers fail to participate, said viewers to view the hereinafter described street, lanes and alleys, and report to this council whether in, their opinion, any, and if any what, inconvenience would result in vacating and closing the following: