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235 September 12, 1995 At a Regular Meeting of.'~e C~ty Council held on Tuesday, September 12, 1995, there were present: Mayor Gloria O. Webb, Vice Mayor Johnny M. Clemons, Bernard D. Griffin, Sr.~ James C. Hawks, James T. Martin, Cameron C. Pitts, P. Ward Robinett, Jr., Ronald W. Massie, Acting City Manager, G. Timothy Oksman, City Attorney. Reverend Donald Seely, Centenary United Methodist Church, opened the meeting with prayer which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Webb called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. Motion by Mr. Clemons, and seconded by Mr. Hawks, to approve the minutes of a Called Meeting on August 21, 1995; a Called Meeting on August 22, 1995; a Regular Meeting on August 22, 1995 with the noted deletion; and was adopted by unanimous vote. 95-418 Proclamation presented to Lucy Thompson for "PTA Membership Month" and "America Goes Back to School: A Place for Families and the Community Week". 95-419 - Non-Agenda Speakers 1. J. Thomas Benn, 115 West Road spoke on the Senate Productlv~ty celebration. 2. ~onald Whitson, 500 Poplar Lane, spoke on the Clifford Street Brid~e. 3. Jean Sharpe, 412 Park Manor Road, spoke on the Clifford Street Bridge. 4. Richard Kahler, 401 Rockbridge Road, spoke on the Waterview 5. Karen Jordan, 107 Elmhurst Court, spoke on the Clifford Street Bridge and the Museum and Fine Arts Commission. 6. Mallary Kahler, 401 Rockbridge Road, spoke on the Waterview - Unfinished Business 95-375 - Letter from the Acting City Manager recommending adoption of an ordinance establishing fees for admission to museums operated by the City of Portsmouth, deferred from the regular meeting on August 8, 1995. "The attached ordinance has been revised to allow for "unlimited admissions" for members of the Portsmouth Museums and Friends of the Naval Shipyard Museum to the Children's Museum of Virginia. This request was made by the Museum and Fine Arts Commission. In previous correspondence, you were provided a detailed listing of the recommended revisions to the museum ordinance. This!revised ordinance will establish the effective date of the fee increase and otherwise clarify the application of the admission fee. I, therefore, reconunend your approval of the attached _ ordinance."