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191 Decembe~ 10, 1991 91-439 - Letter from-~'e-~'~6y'-g{&-nag%'r recommending of a resol,~t~o,n ~au~horizi~.he~£i£!~of P~or~s~l~tl~h's 199 Leg.~l~i~roposals .~o.~e~_pr~ase~te~d .t_o. t.h~Por~t~o.uth an~ .tk~ m~b~rs of ~e~ V ~g~n~a~eneral A~s~bl~ "You have had a presentation and a meeting with Po~ Gener~ k~mhly del.eg~/D~ on~ the ~e_co~en~e~ Proposals to the Virginia General Assembly. on those issues which are of highest Priority to the Ci~ Portsmo~ ~Broadly. s~i~,~.m~ of the i~s includ~ package ~ave to do witkp~D~ ~date~d b~y_ Ci~7~abi~ to impo.se t~s~at ~e lo~cal./_e_v~l,~/~t re~m~t~t_ permis~i~b~ son~t~ from ~e.~ impose an additional 1/2 cenn or 1 cent ~r~e use tax. The City is simply not in a position to contir providing~er lev.els ~ .~vic~< whi~e~ ~n~ sources w~ich.~.are not ~ro. wi~-~ I~aCh,.~ four of our mo~t important ~e~en~e souraes f(.ra~. ~es~he property tax, sales tax, and utility tax) have a decr~ ~om tke pr~io~s_~r~...I cons~dgr ~ ~sent the ~eral~As,semhly gr~nh, us.~eli~, eider ~ ~or~ increased revenue, or through a reduction in mandated se _gncl~uded in y0~r ~c~]~9~']~-~ addendum] c.~]~t~i~'~ which~ ~a-re. ~o be closely monitored..by the City. dur~in9 the ti~e-se~ion.~ but which ara~Dt off.the s. ama~hi~h .priorit o~h~ ~,~ City sta~. wi~ ~o~._witn' ou~Jele~at~on' items during the session." I recommend that ~you. fa~v_o'r~ably~ cgns~der_ the~se p~opc th~-a~tg~ache~J resolution ~dop%ing~ -tke ~992 Le:~iala~iv.e~ P~ for the City of Portsmoutk. If ~ou~ould lik~ ~dditions marion, I would be pleased to provide it for you." Jesse Overton, 82 Ericcson Street, requested that the Gen~r~ ~embly Das~ ~, hill .~o~ recycle _~-lass~ ~o~t.le Motion of Mr. Clemons and ~o~d~d ~y'Mr'J~s, the-~f~llo~i~..was ad op~e~a~d ~y the folLowi.n~ "A ~ESOL~TION' ~A~H~IZ.L~. ~E ~ITY-O~ LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE PORTSM ~LEGA~I~N AND TH~ M. EM~B.ER~ OF~TH~ ~IR~..GENE~ ~EREAS, the Virginia General Assembly deals with rang6 ~.f~ .~i~s that .gf~c L .loc~ ~gou&~.rnme~.~ ho~. dir~ec indirectly; and ...... ~ ~ _~=. -:~S~AS.. the City~ ~o~ .PoLt~ou~th ~has_~e~tai~ ~aoncq~n deaL:~it~h bo.t~ local g. ova~en%s ~d -,WSERE&S, these concer~ns and issues~ need t~['~e '~de Portsmou~th's~eneral Ass~embl,~Delegation so ' a . =tn_~%~they m~ transmi~%~ ~r consideration -b~ ~tke Legisl. ature. NOW,~T~HEREFORE, BE,~LT -~SOLVED t~at the CQun~i,1 of Pa~6smou~n .~endorses .the. ,a~tacned ~legisl~ti.~e proposal 1992,~G~ne~at Assembly~Sessmon~and~d~rects t~a~t both th~s resolutton -and the legzslat l~a ~proposals. De ~forwarded ~to Portsmouth General Assembly Delegation." Ayes: Clemons, Corprew, Epperson, King, Hawks, Lucas, ~We Nays: Non~ adoption 2 Delegation tsmouth's slative is focus of J in this ~d the limits the ~sembly to sales and Is ~ revenue ~dy aware, zax, reflected itl that of zvices. )f items legisla- as the )n these ~als and )posals infor- 992 )UTH ~SSEMBLY. broad :ly and which ~lly; and :nown to , be ~he City for the the ~b