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October 10, 2017
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<br />“RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE DESIRE TO RELOCATE THE CONFEDERATE
<br />MONUMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGH STREET AND COURT STREET TO
<br />THE CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY AS SOON AS THE GOVERNING STATE LAW
<br />CLEARLY PERMITS.
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> Confederate monuments erected in an earlier era in communities
<br />throughout the South, including Portsmouth’s monument to the Confederate dead, have
<br />become a source of divisiveness; and
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> Cedar Grove Cemetery contains graves of Confederate soldiers who
<br />perished in the Civil War; and
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<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> the City has taken action to clarify the meaning of those state code
<br />provisions relating to the relocation of war memorials;
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<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
<br /> by the Council of the City of Portsmouth,
<br />Virginia that the City Council desires that the Confederate monument currently located at
<br />the intersection of High Street and Court Street be relocated to Cedar Grove Cemetery
<br />as soon as the governing laws clearly permits its relocation.”
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<br />Ayes: Cherry, Lucas-Burke, Whitaker, Rowe
<br />Nays: Clark, Moody, Psimas
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to add an item to the agenda,
<br />and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas
<br />Nays: Cherry, Whitaker, Rowe
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to hold a referendum on the
<br />relocation of the confederate monument, and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas
<br />Nays: Cherry, Whitaker, Rowe
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<br /> Ms. Psimas spoke on the following upcoming events:
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<br />-Annual Great Chesapeake Schooner Race events, Friday, October 13 and
<br />Saturday, October 14, 2017.
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<br />-Farmers Market, 9 am - 1 pm.
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<br />-Norfolk Naval Shipyard Job Fair, Saturday, October 14, 10 am - 2pm at Tidewater
<br />Community College Portsmouth Campus.
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<br />-Portsmouth Homeless Assistance Day, Thursday, October 19, 2017, 9 am – 2 pm
<br />at the Neighborhood Recreational facility, 900 Elm Avenue.
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<br /> Mr. Moody asked Dr. Patton, City Manager, to provide a briefing on the panhandling
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<br />in the Arts District.
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<br /> Dr. Patton, City Manager, provided an update on panhandling in the City and also the
<br />issue of homelessness.
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<br /> Dr. Whitaker asked Dr. Patton, City Manager, to provide a briefing at the next Public
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<br />Work Session on the issue of overtime for firefighters. He asked that information be
<br />provided on when notices were sent to firefighters informing them of vacant positions
<br />to work over the weekend of October 1, 2017, and who received the notices.
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<br />17 - 450 - Report on Pending Items
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<br />There were no pending items.
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