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April 27, 2021 At a Virtual Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, there were present: Mayor Shannon E. Glover, Vice Mayor De’Andre A. Barnes, William E. Moody, Jr., Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, Paul J. Battle, Christopher L. Woodard, Jr., City Manager Angel L. Jones, Interim City Attorney Burle U. Stromberg. Mayor Glover called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. Mayor Glover 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 of the th Portsmouth City Council is being held by video conference on the 27 day of April, 2021 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 2020-102.” Motion by Dr. Whitaker, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, of a Virtual Called Meeting of April 13, 2021, and of a Virtual Meeting of April 13, 2021, and was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Barnes, Battle, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Woodard, Glover Nays: None - Presentations -  Mayor Glover informed citizens and City Council of the achievements of high school students Trinity Allen, I. C. Norcom High School, Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador for the City of Portsmouth, and SaniYah Bamberg, Woodrow Wilson High School, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia's 2021 Portsmouth Youth of the Year.  Councilwoman Lucas-Burke welcomed the Portsmouth Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Inc. to Delta Day at City Hall. - Public Hearing - 21-127(a) Public hearing to consider the Annual Operating Budget for FY2022. 1. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, spoke in support of the increase in the school’s budget and with Council’s decision to not provide bonuses to retirees. He also suggested that funding be provided for those positons not covered by the standards of quality. (b) Public hearing on the recommended 2022-2026 Capital Improvement Program. 1. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, asked that the jail, transfer station, and water park be included in the CIP. (c) Public hearing on proposed changes to Rates and Levies for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2022. 1. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, asked that City Council reevaluate the Implementation of parking fees at garages.