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Council extended the primary and extended festival areas to accommodate Harborfest, Juneteenth, and Sail250 and adopted related street and dock regulations. Members approved multiple consent and regular items including conditional use permits for several businesses, budget amendments and appropriations, support for Smart Scale transportation funding, and an agreement for coastal storm risk management engineering. The council also convened a closed session on real property near Norfolk State University and a facility naming matter.
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The council authorized a larger festival area for combined Harborfest/Juneteenth/Sail250 events; this temporarily changes street and dock rules in the designated festival zones and keeps bicycle and scooter restrictions limited to the primary festival area. Residents should expect limited additional street closures during those events. The council also approved several budget changes that add or reallocate money for fire equipment, tourism support, workforce funds, and economic development, and it granted permits that allow specific restaurants, a tattoo parlor, a short-term rental, and other uses to operate. Finally, council supported transportation and coastal storm risk management projects and met in closed session about a property negotiation near Norfolk State University and a facility naming issue.
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