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April 12. 2005 Financial Impact: . The business personal property tax refund due to the taxpayer is $163.858.46. Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE REFUNDING OF $163,858.46 TO U. S. AMINES (PORTSMOUTH) FOR BUSINESS PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES ERRONEOUSLY PAID THEREON DURING CALENDAR YEARS 2003 AND 2004." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 05 - 168 - Adoption of an ordinance amending Chapter 35 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (1988) by establishing a procedure for the granting of tax-exempt status to qualified non-profit organizations. This ordinance will establish a process by which the City may grant exemption from real estate and/or personal property taxes to qualified non-profit organizations. Changes in State law have transferred that power from the Commonwealth to localities. Vision Principle: Neighborhood and Community Transformation. Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to defer item 05-168 to the April 26,2005 City Council meeting, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Smith, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 05 - 169 - Adoption of an ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Section 22, Article XI, Division 2, to add Holladay Street between Constitution Avenue and Chesapeake Avenue in the Shea Terrace neighborhood to the list of street identified being one-way. The Shea Terrace Civic League has provided written recommendation to add Holladay Street to the list of one-way Streets as identified. The majority of the residents on Holladay Street also support the one-way status. Vision Principle: Neighborhood and Community Transformation. Recommended Action: . Adoption of an ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Section 22, Articles XI, Division 2, to add Holladay Street between Constitution Avenue and Chesapeake Avenue in the Shea Terrace neighborhood to the list of streets in the code identified as being one-way. Summary: . The Shea Terrace Civic League has provided written recommendations to add Holladay Street to the list of one-way streets within the City as identified in Article XI, Division 2 of the City Code, and they have also provided a petition signed by the majority of the residents on Holladay Street supporting the one-way status. Purpose and Need: . Holladay Street in the Shea Terrace neighborhood between Constitution Avenue and Chesapeake Avenue is one block to the north and parallel to North Street. Like North Street, Holladay Street is less than a standard width street. This section of North Street is presently one-way westbound. . Holladay Street is dangerously narrow as a two-way street. Conversion of this section of Holladay Street to one-way eastbound would coincide with North Street traffic and serve to promote safe travel throughout the neighborhood.