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<br />May 22, 1979
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<br />At a regular meeting of the City Council held on May 22, 1979, there were present:
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<br />Jack P. Barnes, Archie Elliott, Jr., J. Robert Gray, James W. Holley, III,
<br />Robert T. Williams, City Manager, Gordon B. Tay~e, Jr., City Attorney.
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<br />Absent: Richard J. Davis, E. Saunders Early, Jr. Edward L. Oast, Jr.
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<br /> Vice Mayor Holley presided in the absence of Mayor Davis, and welcomed all visitors
<br />in attendance.
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<br /> Councilman Gray opened the meeting with a prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance
<br />to the Flag.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Barnes and seconded by Mr. Gray,
<br />and minutes of the regular meeting of May 8, 1979,
<br />by unanimous vote.
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<br />minutes of called meeting of May 8, 1979
<br />be approved as received, and was adopted
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<br /> 79-186 Vice Mayor Holley presented a proclamation ~o Rev. Larry Schmidt, representing
<br />the Family Life Education Committee of Portsmouth, proclaiming June 10-16, 1979 as "The
<br />Week of the Child," by Mayor of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach.
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<br /> 79-187 Vice Mayor Holley presented a proclamation to E~ Ronald Boone, proclaiming
<br />June as "Burglary Prevention Month."
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<br /> 79-188 Mr. S. DeLacy Stith, President of the Portsmouth Branch of N.A.A.C.P. presented
<br />a proclamation to the City Council proclaiming the 24th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of
<br />Education decision. Mr. Stith also requested that the Vice Mayor and all those persons on
<br />the City Council use their influence, on this occasion, to appoint a Special Task Force
<br />and charge them with the responsibility of making a complete, thorough, and objective
<br />investigation of each city department and agency to determine if there is full compliance
<br />with all Civil Rights Acts, Equal Employment Opportunity Acts, of every Federal and State
<br />fund that comes into this city, as well as the Equal Employment Act of the State of Virginia,
<br />and the Affirmative Action Plan for the City of Portsmouth, as implemented by the City of
<br />Portsmouth Personnel Department. This task force should report its findings to the City
<br />Council in order to clear the record as to the City of Portsmouth's progress in this
<br />particular area.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Elliott and seconded by Mr. Barnes that this matter be referred to the
<br />City Manager for some future report and request that the City Manager §end a copy of the
<br />quarterly report now being sent to Mr. Elliott also be~sent To Mr. Stith, and by
<br />dnknimous vote.
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<br /> 79-189 Vice Mayor Holley called the Joint Public Hearing of the Portsmouth Redevelop-
<br />ment and Housing Authority and the Portsmouth City Council on Single Purpose Community
<br />Development Grant to order. The following Commissioners of the Portsmouth Redevelopment
<br />and Housing Authority were present:
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<br />Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority
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<br />Herbert K. Bangel, Chairman William H. Oast, III
<br />Rev. Ben A. Beamer Michael A. Kay, Exec.
<br />Mrs. Charles Downs
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<br />Director
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<br />Vice Mayor Holley offered the following remarks:
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<br /> "If. I may have Moum attention .... ye w~ll start ~the public hearings. As each of you
<br />~now~ this hearing h~s been c~a~led for ~ pmrp~se of providing interested individuals with
<br />the opportunity ~o express their v~ews regarding a proposed pre-application for the Twin Pines
<br />community of our city. This application has been prepared mn response to recent notification
<br />from the Richmond Area Office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development that $151,000
<br />of additional Community Development Funds are available and would be awarded to a
<br />locality within Virginia on a one-time competitive basis. Following a practice established
<br />in 1975 for Community Development-related programs, tonight's hearing brings together members
<br />of the City Council and the Board of Commissioners of the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing
<br />Authority. This combined approach permits these two representative bodies to hear together
<br />comments from all interested parties and individuals.
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<br /> The consideration of a preapplication for Communit) Development funds on behalf of the
<br />Twin Pines neighborhood here tonight is an integral part of the Community Development
<br />citizen participation process established in the city. Following the notification that these
<br />funds were to be made available, City and Authority staff personnel contacted the Citizens
<br />Advisory Committee and requested that a public hearing be conducted ~o permit citizens to
<br />make recommendations for the utilization of these funds. Following the hearing and
<br />th~ receipt of proposals from interested citizens, the CAC, with the assistance of City and
<br />Authority s~aff, analyzed each proposal. The Chairman of the CAC, Mr. Edwin L. Ellis~
<br />has forwarded a letter, to me and members of the Council which I will quote in part. "The
<br />CAC unanimously recommends to the City Council that an application be filed with HUD for
<br />implementation of the Twin Pines proposal. It was felt that this was a project which could
<br />be completed with a one-time Federal grant, that the City's other proposed improvements
<br />.in Twin Pines would be protected by this project and most of the necessary planning for
<br />this project had already been completed meaning that implementation could quickly begin.'
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