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February 26. 2008 Motion by Ms. Psi mas, and seconded by Mr. Heretick, to adopt the following ordinance approved on first reading at the February 12, 2007 meeting, and was adopted by the following vote: 08-72 (c): "ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 40 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (2006) BY DELETING THE WATERFRONT W-1 REGULATIONS IN TABLE 40-43.1-2 THEREOF, BY AMENDING THE WATERFRONT W-1 REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN TABLES 40-44-3 AND 40-44-4, AND BY ADOPTING A NEW ARTICLE III, DIVISION 6 PERTAINING TO THE WATERFRONT W-1 ZONING DISTRICT." Ayes: Heretick, Psi mas, D. Smith, R. Smith, Randall Nays: None - Other Unfinished Business - 08 - 72 - Use permit application: (a) UP-08-01 MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD - The Economic Development Authority requests a use permit to operate restaurants at 2900 Turnpike Road (Former I. C. Norcom High School Site). Deferred from the February 12, 2008 Council Meeting. Vision Principle: A Robust and Prospering Economy. 1. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, 363 Middle Street, spoke in opposition to this item. Motion by Mr. Heretick, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to concur with the recommendation of the Planning Commission that UP-08-01 be approved on first reading, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Heretick, Psi mas, R. Smith, Randall Nays: D. Smith - City Manager's Report - 08 - 106 - Adoption of an ordinance accepting a grant in the amount of $4,998 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and appropriating said sum in the FY 2007 -2008 Grants Fund Budget to fund the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program. Vision Principle: Thriving Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community and Bold New Directions. Background: . The Portsmouth Police Department has received grant funding of $4,998 from the U. S. Department of Homeland Security through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management to provide funds for personal protective equipment for the first responders in responding to potential acts of terrorism. Discussion: . The 2006 Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (PPE Grant Program) funds would allow the Portsmouth Police Department the ability to outfit seventeen detectives with Full-Face Air-Purifying Respirators to assist our Primary First Responders in responding to potential acts of terrorism. Our Primary First Responders currently utilize Mine Safety Appliances (MSA) Millennium CBRN Gas Masks. . This grant would allow for the purchase of four Safe Escape Hoods for citizens and Limited First Responders the ability to move safely out of a chemical environment. A Limited First Responder would ordinarily be designated as a First Responder, but has not been properly trained, fit tested, or medically cleared for Air-Purifying Respirator (APR) usage, but is otherwise fit for duty.