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September 8, 2020 At a Virtual Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, there were present: Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, William E. Moody, Jr., Elizabeth M. Psimas, Nathan J. Clark, Paul J. Battle, Shannon E. Glover, Interim City Manager LaVoris A. Pace, Interim City Attorney Burle U. Stromberg. Mayor Rowe called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. Mayor Rowe made the following statement:  “In accordance with Governor Ralph Northam’s Declaration of a State of Emergency due to novel coronavirus (Executive Order 51) on March 12, 2020 and the Local Declaration of Emergency ratified by the Portsmouth City Council; and due to the coronavirus pandemic which is continuing in the Commonwealth of Virginia, this meeting th of the Portsmouth City Council is being held by video conference on the 8 day of September, 2020 without a quorum present in the City Council Chamber in order to reduce the likely spread of the coronavirus. Each city council member is participating from their home and I am in the City Council Chamber. This meeting is being held in accordance with Portsmouth City Ordinance 2020-21.” Mayor Rowe introduced Interim City Manager LaVoris Pace and Interim City  Attorney Burle Stromberg. Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Clark, to approve the minutes of a Virtual Meeting of July 28, 2020, and of a Special Virtual Called Meeting of August 5, 2020, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe Nays: None - Public Hearing - 20-197 Virtual public hearing with respect to the adoption of a proposed resolution to form the Portsmouth Community Broadband Network Authority, an authority under the Virginia Wireless Service Authorities Act. The purpose of the Authority would be to increase quality and availability of broadband internet service in the City of Portsmouth. The Authority would be governed by a seven-member board of directors. The initial members of the board of directors would be the current sitting city councilors. There were no speakers. 20 - 198 - Public hearing on rezoning, use permit, and code amendment applications: (a) Z-20-03 CHURCHLAND – Daniel Heatwole, of Ripley Heatwole Company, requests to rezone approximately 10.34 acres at 5601 High Street from General Mixed-Use Conditional (GMU-K) to High Intensity Mixed-Use (MU-H) in order to construct a 192-unit multi-family apartment community. Mr. Heatwole also requests to rezone approximately 2.16 acres at 3109 Tyre Neck Road from General Mixed-Use (GMU) to Urban Residential – High (UR-H) in order to construct a 40-unit multi-family apartment complex. The applicant is concurrently requesting a Use Permit for the multi-family use (UP- 20-04). The Future Land Use Map of the Build One Portsmouth Comprehensive Plan designates both properties for commercial use. The property at 5601 High Street is owned by Victory Sterling Creek Commons, LLC c/o Victory Real Estate. The property at 3109 Tyre Neck Road is owned by William Copeland. Planning Commission recommends approval.