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<br />Januarv 23. 2007 <br /> <br />At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 there <br />were present: <br /> <br />Mayor James W. Holley, III, Vice Mayor Marlene W. Randall, William E. Moody, Jr., Ray <br />A. Smith, Sr., Douglas L. Smith, City Manager James B. Oliver, Jr., City Attorney G. <br />Timothy Oksman. <br /> <br />Dr. Denise Key, Alliance Pastor of Calvary Revival Church, opened the meeting <br />with prayer, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. <br /> <br />Mayor Holley called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. D. Smith, and seconded by Mr. R. Smith, to approve the minutes <br />of a Called Meeting on January 8, 2007, of a Called Meeting of January 9, 2007, of a <br />Regular Meeting on January 9,2007 and of a Called Meeting of January 16, 2007, and <br />were adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Moody, Randall, D. Smith, R. Smith, Holley <br />Nays: None <br /> <br />07 - 48 - Presentation: <br /> <br />. Presentation from the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) to the City of <br />Portsmouth. <br /> <br />- Public Hearing - <br /> <br />07 - 49 - Public hearing on rezoning, group housing permit, use permit and street <br />name change applications: <br /> <br />(a) Z-06-02 <br /> <br />WEST NORFOLK - Gee's Development Corporation requests the <br />rezoning of a 22.5 acre parcel of land on River Pointe Road from <br />General Commercial Conditional (C-2 K) to Residential Multifamily <br />Conditional (RM-75K). Vision Principle: Thriving Neighborhoods <br />and a Sense of Community. <br /> <br />1. Robert Barclay, 200 High Street, Suite 500, spoke in support of this item. <br /> <br />2. Helen Drummond, 4045 Estates Lane, spoke in support of this item. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to concur with the <br />recommendation of the Planning Commission that Z-06-02 be approved on first reading, <br />and was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Moody, Randall, D. Smith, R. Smith, Holley <br />Nays: None <br /> <br />(b) GHP-06-15 <br /> <br />WESTHAVEN NEIGHBORHOOD - Lloyd Vaughn, Jr. and The ARH <br />Group requests a group housing permit to build thirteen (13) <br />townhouses at 3711 and 3715 Turnpike Road. Vision Principle: A <br />Robust and Prospering Economy. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. R. Smith, and seconded by Mr. D. Smith, to concur with the <br />recommendation of the Planning Commission that GHP-06-15 be approved on first <br />reading, and was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Moody, Randall, D. Smith, R. Smith, Holley <br />Nays: None <br />