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September 23, 2003 At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, September 23, 2003, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor Bernard D. Griffin, Sr., Cameron C. Pitts, J. Thomas Benn III, William E. Moody, Jr., Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., Marlene W. Randall, City Manager C. W. McCoy, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. Councilwoman Marlene W. Randall 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 September 9, 2003, a Regular Meeting on September 9, 2003, and a Called Meeting on September 12, 2003, and was adopted by unanimous vote. Motion by Mr. Pitts, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to suspend the rules to allow three items related to Hurricane Isabel to be added to the agenda and voted on prior to the regularly scheduled agenda items. These three items are a resolution to affirm the City Manager's Declaration of Emergency, a resolution to affirm the City Manager's Evacuation Curfew, and an ordinance to authorize a temporary curfew during a state of emergency, and was adopted by unanimous vote. Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to adopt the following resolutions and ordinance, and was adopted by unanimous vote. ~ Adoption of a resolution confirming a Declaration of Emergency made by the City Manager for Hurricane Isabel. Recommendation: · Confirmation of Declaration of Emergency for Hurricane Isabel made by the City Manager on September 17, 2003. Purpose and Need: · The Portsmouth City Code requires that any declaration of local emergency be confirmed by City council within fourteen days. Financial Impact: · This Confirmation will be part of the documentation required for the City to obtain reimbursement from federal and state sources for various costs and expenses incurred in connection with Hurricane Isabel. The exact amount of this reimbursement cannot be accurately predicted at this time, but it will be substantial. "A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY MADE BY THE CITY MANAGER FOR HURRICANE ISABEL. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Declaration of Emergency made by the City Manager C. W. McCoy for Hurricane Isabel, dated September 17, 2003, a copy of which is attached hereto, is hereby confirmed pursuant to Portsmouth City Code 2-658." ~ Adoption of a resolution confirming an Evacuation Curfew declared by the City Manager for Hurricane Isabel. Recommendation: · Confirmation of Evacuation Curfew declared by the City Manager on September 19, 2003 in response to Hurricane Isabel.