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<br />AUQust 23. 2011 <br /> <br />At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, there <br />were present: <br /> <br />Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., William E. Moody, Jr., <br />Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Paige D. Cherry, Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., <br />City Manager Kenneth L. Chandler, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. <br /> <br />Reverend D. A. Peace, Sr., opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed <br />by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. <br /> <br />Mayor Wright called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to approve the minutes <br />of a Called Meeting of August 6, 2011, of a Called Meeting of August 8, 2011, of a <br />Called Meeting of August 9,2011, and of a Regular Meeting of August 9,2011, and was <br />adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Heretick, Moody, Randall, Whitehurst, Wright <br />Nays: None <br /> <br />11-348 <br /> <br />- Public Hearing - <br /> <br />Public hearing on a resolution approving the Hampton Roads Regional <br />Water Supply Plan. <br /> <br />- Unfinished Business - <br /> <br />Consent Aqenda: <br /> <br />11 - 327 - Comprehensive plan and use permit: <br /> <br />Motion by Mr. Heretick, and seconded by Mr. Edmonds, to adopt the following <br />ordinance and resolution approved on first reading at the August 9, 2011 meeting, and <br />was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />11-327 (a): <br /> <br />"ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S DOWNTOWN <br />MASTER PLAN AND WATERFRONT STUDY, MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, <br />AND DOWNTOWN DESIGN MANUAL PERTAINING TO COURT STREET DESIGN <br />AND CROSS SECTIONS BETWEEN HIGH STREET AND LONDON STREET." <br /> <br />11-327 (b): <br /> <br />"RESOLUTION GRANTING A USE PERMIT TO DAVID L. GRIFFIN TO OPERATE <br />AN ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENT AT 509,511 AND 513 HIGH STREET. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, David L. Griffin has made application pursuant to Section 40.1-2.3 <br />B of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) for the granting of a use permit <br />to operate an entertainment establishment at 513 High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia in <br />order to expand his operations beyond 509 and 511 High Street as previously <br />authorized by Resolution R-09-48 adopted on September 8, 2009; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the applicant and the Planning Director have done all things <br />required to be done in connection with said application; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended the granting of the <br />application for a use permit with conditions. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br />1. That it finds that the use for which the permit is sought: <br />