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September 23, 2003 Purpose and Need: · Any declaration of emergency by the City Manager must be submitted to City Council for confirmation within fourteen days. The Evacuation Curfew is in the nature of a declaration of emergency, and it is thus being brought before City Council. Financial Impact: · The imposition of this Evacuation Curfew by the City Manager had a significant positive financial impact on the City, which cannot be accurately quantified: acts of civil disorder which had begun prior to imposition of the Evacuation Curfew effectively ceased once the Evacuation Curfew had been declared. "A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING AN EVACUATION CURFEW DECLARED BY THE CITY MANAGER FOR HURRICANE ISABEL. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Evacuation Curfew declared by the City Manager, C. W. McCoy for Hurricane Isabel, dated September 19, 2003, a copy of which is attached hereto, including any subsequent amendments hereto, is hereby confirmed pursuant to Portsmouth City Code 2-658." ~ Adoption of an ordinance to amend and reordain the Code of the City of Portsmouth by adding thereto a new Article within Chapter 2, Article XXIII, related to Emergency Curfews. Recommendation: · Adoption of an amendment to the Portsmouth City Code to authorize the imposition of a temporary Emergency Curfew when a state of emergency has been declared. Purpose and Need: · Existing law is unclear about the City's legal authority to impose a temporary Emergency Curfew when a state of emergency has been declared. · In an emergency, the prompt imposition of a curfew may be needed in order to protect public safety, public welfare, public and private property, and good order. The proposed amendments to provide clear legal authority for the City Manager to do so, subject to later review by City Council. Financial Impact: · There is no direct financial impact. There is a positive indirect financial impact: at such time as it may become necessary to impose an Emergency Curfew, it can be expected to prevent the possible damage or destruction of significant amounts of public and private property, which could entail very substantial financial loss. "ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH BY ADDING THERETO A NEW ARTICLE WITHIN CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE XXlII, RELATED TO EMERGENCY CURFEWS." - Public Hearing - 03 - 344 - Public hearing on certain general obligation financing of the City in the estimated maximum amount of $5,450,000 to finance, in whole or in part, the cost of certain redevelopment projects including the acquisition of property located in the proposed new enterprise zone located in the area of Midtown and the demolition of existing buildings located on such property. 1. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, 363 Middle Street, spoke in opposition to this item.