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January 26, 2021
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<br />At a Virtual Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, there were
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<br />Mayor Shannon E. Glover, Vice Mayor De’Andre A. Barnes, William E. Moody, Jr., Lisa
<br />L. Lucas-Burke, Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, Paul J. Battle, Christopher L. Woodard, Jr., Interim
<br />City Manager LaVoris A. Pace, Interim City Attorney Burle U. Stromberg.
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<br /> Mayor Glover called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance.
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<br /> Mayor Glover 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 26 day of January,
<br />2021 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 Dr. Whitaker, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to approve the minutes of a
<br />Virtual Called Meeting of January 12, 2021, and of a Virtual Meeting of January 12, 2021,
<br />and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Barnes, Battle, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Woodard, Glover
<br />Nays: None
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<br />- Unfinished Business -
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<br />21 - 17 - Use permit:
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<br /> Lisa Murphy, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 2200, Norfolk, VA, provided an update
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<br />on requests made by City Council at the January 12, 2021 City Council meeting.
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<br />1. Kenneth Woolard, 462 Washington Street, commented in support of this item.
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<br />2. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, spoke in support of this item.
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<br /> Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, to adopt a resolution
<br />denied on first reading at the January 12, 2021 meeting, and was denied by the following
<br />vote:
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<br />Ayes: Lucas-Burke, Moody, Glover
<br />Nays: Barnes, Battle, Whitaker, Woodard
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<br />- City Manager’s Report -
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<br />21 - 40 - Adoption of an ordinance accepting the amount of $2,100 from the Virginia
<br />Department of Social Services and appropriating said amount in the FY 2021 Social
<br />Services Fund for the Family Partnership Meeting Incentive Program.
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<br />Background:
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<br /> Family engagement is a relationship focused approach, that provides structure for
<br />decision making and empowers both the family and community in the decision making
<br />process. Meetings are held for all decisions involving prevention of placement in very high
<br />and high risk CPS families, prior to a child’s removal from a birth or adoptive family, prior
<br />to a change of placement, and prior to a change of goal.
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<br /> Family Partnership Meetings can be convened at any time in the process of service
<br />provision. They may be requested by the birth, foster or adoptive family, legal guardian,
<br />or by agency staff.
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