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August 12, 2014 At a Regular Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, there were present: Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Paige D. Cherry, William E. Moody, Jr., Marlene W. Randall, Elizabeth M. Psimas, Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., Danny W. Meeks, City Manager John L. Rowe, Jr., City Attorney George M. Willson. Pastor Charles Kelly opened the meeting with prayer, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Wright called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. Motion by Mr. Edmonds, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to approve the minutes of a Called Meeting July 7, 2014, of a Called Meeting July 8, 2014, of a Regular Meeting of July 8, 2014, and of a Called Meeting of July 21, 2014, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright Nays: None 14 - 289 -Presentation: • Presentation of plaque recognizing the City as a 2014 Finalist for the All America City Award. - Public Hearing - 14 - 290 -Public hearing on a use permit application: (a) UP-14-10 WESTHAVEN -Jensen Baker, on behalf of The Mind Power Enterprise, Inc., requests a use permit for a Civic Lodge/Club with a Youth Club Facility in an existing building located 3801 King Street. The property is owned by DWM Properties LLC, is zoned Urban Residential High Density (UR-H). This location is within the Midtown Regional Activity Center, and the Comprehensive Plan's Generalized Future Land Use Map designates this property for Single Family Residential (Low/Medium Density) uses. Vision Principle: A Robust Economy for Working Men and Women. There were no speakers. Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Mr. Edmonds, to concur with the recommendation of the Planning Commission that UP-14-10 be approved, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright Nays: None Councilman Meeks was absent during the vote due to a financial interest in this project. - City Manager's Report - 14 - 291 -Adoption of an ordinance accepting a grant in the amount of $544,950 from the Department of Criminal Justice Services and appropriating said funds in the FY2014-15 Grants Fund to provide funding to operate local probation and pretrial services in the City of Portsmouth. Vision Principle: Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community. Background: • The Community Corrections & Pretrial Services Program has been continually funded by the state since 1995. It is a diversion from incarceration program. • This state funding allows us to provide quality supervision to non-violent probationers and defendants in the community and directly impact the jail population.