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March 9, 2021
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<br />At a Virtual Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, there were
<br />present:
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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 9 day of March 2021
<br />without a quorum present in the City Council Chamber in order to reduce the likely spread
<br />of the coronavirus. Each city council member is participating from their home and I am in
<br />the City Council Chamber. This meeting is being held in accordance with Portsmouth City
<br />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 February 22, 2021, of a Virtual Called Meeting of February 23,
<br />2021, and of a Virtual Meeting of February 23, 2021, and was adopted by the following
<br />vote:
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<br />Ayes: Barnes, Battle, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Woodard, Glover
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> Motion by Dr. Whitaker, and seconded by Mr. Moody, in accordance with
<br />the City Council Rules and Procedures, to change the order of business to conduct the
<br />hearings for the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority members prior to the
<br />Planning public hearing items, 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 />Motion by Dr. Whitaker, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to approved agenda as
<br />amended, 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 /> Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) Hearings.
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<br />Mayor Glover read the following statement:
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<br />This is a legislative hearing pursuant to the provisions of Section 36-17 of the Code of
<br />Virginia, 1950, as Amended. This section pertains to the removal of commissioners from
<br />local redevelopment and housing authorities.
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<br />This State Code section provides that local governing bodies, such as the Portsmouth
<br />City Council, may remove a commissioner from the housing authority for inefficiency or
<br />neglect of duty or misconduct in office only after the commissioner has had the opportunity
<br />to be heard in a hearing before the governing body. In addition, the governing body must
<br />give the commissioner a ten-day notice in advance of the hearing. The commissioner
<br />may appear to provide City Council any testimony and documents as to why that
<br />commissioner thinks that City Council should not remove him as a commissioner of the
<br />Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
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