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March 23, 2004 Ayes: Berm, Griffin, Moody, Pitts, Randall, Whitehurst, Horley Nays: None - New Business - 04 - 113 - Boards and Commissions There were no appointments. Councilman Berm appealed to citizens to contact the Office of the City Clerk to get an application to serve on the Municipal Finance Commission. Mayor Holley appointed Councilman Pitts as the liaison for hotels, motels and lodging facilities in Portsmouth. Also, he appointed Councilman Moody and Councilman Pitts to the Street Lighting Task Force Committee (Electrical Utilities). 04 - 114 - Items Submitted by Council Members There were no items. 03 - 115 - Non-Agenda Speakers 1. J. Brewer Moore, 308 Bobby Jones Drive, spoke on the Legislative Study Commission on the merging of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 2. Valerie Kay Bliss, 62 Decatur Street, spoke in support of Councilman Whitehurst as a write-in candidate for Mayor. 3. Dan Wendell, 113 Afton Parkway, spoke on numerous code violations in the Cradock area, including illegally parked school buses and commercial vehicles. 4. Donald Lee, 57 Bainbridge Avenue, spoke on problems at his property caused by potholes. 5. Carolyn Branch Parrish, 305 Allen Road, spoke on the use of her property with regard to parking commercial vehicles having vehicles towed to her property and working on them in her garage. 6. Leon Pajak, 3400 Channel Avenue, made general comments on how the federal government conducts business. David Dodd, 828 Pacific Avenue, spoke on burglaries in his neigt~borhood and asked Council to eliminate pawnshops to discourage the selling of stolen merchandise. On motion, meeting adjourned at 8:38 p.m. Senior Deputy City Clerk APPROVED - Dr. James W. Holley Ill Mayor Debra Y. Whi~', CMC/AAE City Clerk