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November 24, 2020
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<br />At a Virtual Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, there
<br />were present:
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<br />Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, William E. Moody, Jr.,
<br />Elizabeth M. Psimas, Nathan J. Clark, Paul J. Battle, Shannon E. Glover, Interim City
<br />Manager LaVoris A. Pace, Interim City Attorney Burle U. Stromberg.
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<br /> Mayor Rowe called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance.
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<br /> Mayor Rowe made the following statement:
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<br />“In accordance with Governor Ralph Northam’s Declaration of a State of Emergency due
<br />to novel coronavirus (Executive Order 51) on March 12, 2020 and the Local Declaration
<br />of Emergency ratified by the Portsmouth City Council; and due to the coronavirus
<br />pandemic which is continuing in the Commonwealth of Virginia, this meeting of the
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<br />Portsmouth City Council is being held by video conference on the 24 day of November,
<br />2020 without a quorum present in the City Council Chamber in order to reduce the likely
<br />spread of the coronavirus. Each city council member is participating from their home and
<br />I am in the City Council Chamber. This meeting is being held in accordance with
<br />Portsmouth City Ordinance 2020-102.”
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to approve the minutes of a
<br />Virtual Called Meeting of November 10, 2020, of a Virtual Meeting of November 10, 2020,
<br />and of a Virtual Called Meeting of November 16, 2020, and was adopted by the following
<br />vote:
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<br />Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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<br />- Public Hearing -
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<br />20 - 296 - Street name change, street closure, rezoning, and code amendment
<br />applications:
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<br />(a) SNC-20-02 WEST NORFOLK
<br /> - Ordinance granting the request of Trent Kelly of
<br />Lineage Logistics for a permanent street name change for a 400 ft
<br />dead-end portion of Chemical Way from its current designation to the
<br />name "Lineage Way" in support of the planned Lineage Logistics
<br />facility at 3200 Chemical Way. The Future Land Use Map of the Build
<br />One Portsmouth Comprehensive Plan designates the property as
<br />Heavy Industrial. The property is public right-of-way owned by the
<br />City of Portsmouth. Planning Commission recommends approval.
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<br />1. Larry Longman, 6831 E. 32 Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, presented the application.
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<br />Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, to adopt the following
<br />ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />“ORDINANCE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF AN APPROXIMATELY 400 FOOT
<br />SECTION OF CHEMICAL WAY TO LINEAGE WAY.”
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<br />Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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