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325 November...13? 1979 The Commission has received, through the City, estimates that the rewiring and safety standards upgrading will require appro×imately $22,500. Following the completion of this wori the Colony will be available to the Community A~ts Center, the Commission and the citizens of Portsmouth for a very reasonable amount of funding as a performing arts facility. Until the Commission receives the commitment for the initial code upgrading, and some commitment £or the future renovation for the theater, ~t is virtually impossible for the Arts Center to use this facility and develop it as an integral part of the proposed Arts Center and Museum Complex. The Arts are flourishing in Tidewater and the City of Portsmouth has a large part in thi~ renaissance. Facilities for the performing arts, however, are still in short supply as evi- denced by Virginia Beach's construction of a new.facility and Norfolk's renovation of an old one. There is an increasing need for this tyFe of space, one that is suited to dance, theate: music; a center that can house not only the performances of local, regional and touring group~ but also house the carpentry shops, the rehearsal spaces, the administrative offices. The Colony Theater has these spaces, and is more than suited for renovation. If the Colony Theater can not be renovated for sue by the City and the Arts Center, then a search for another more suitable space should be undertaken. The Portsmouth Museum and Fine Arts Commission feels the Colony Theater is an extremely important part of the City'~ cultural development and downtown revitalization, and as such should be purchased outright and renovation completed. The Commission respectfully requests the City Council appropriate suitable funds to this end." Motion of Mr. Barnes and seconded by Mr. Gray, the matter to be referred to the City Manager, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 79-426 - On motion of Mr. Holley and seconde~ by Mr. Beamer, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION RESCHEDULING THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM NOVEMBER 27, 1979, to NOVEMBER 20, 1979. WHEREAS, the National League of Cities is meeting from November 25th through November 28, 1979; and WHEREAS, said meeting as presently scheduled will conflict with the regularly scheduled City Council meeting of November 27, 1979; and WHEREAS, it is the sense of this Council that the regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council should be moved so as to permit Councilmen to attend the said meeting of the National League of Cities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the regularly scheduled Council meeting of November 27, 1979, is rescheduled for November 20, 1979, at 7:30 P. M. in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Building. Ayes: Barnes, Beamer, Early, Gray, Holley, Oast, Davis Nays: None 79-427 The City Manager presented Auditor's Reports on Revenue Sharing Funds, Antirecession Fiscal Assistance Funds, and Portsmouth Parks and Recreation Department Summer Food S~rvice Program for Children, to be filed in the Office of the City Clerk. On motion meeting adjourned. APPROVED City Clerk