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<br />June 28, 1977
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<br />At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on June 28, 1977, there were present:
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<br />RiChard ~ ~avi~, Jack P. BarneS~ E, ~nRe~.~a~i~Y~,~ Jr.,, Archie B!l~iott,"Jr.,.
<br />gamesL~w~ Het!~y, ~E~d~d~, ~O~/,~ri~:~Reb~rt W. Went z, Jr., R. T. Williams, City
<br />Manager, Gordon B. Tayloe, Jr., City Attorney.
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<br /> Rev. Milton Hill, Pastor, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, opened the meeting with prayer,
<br />followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
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<br />Mayor Davis welcomed all visitors in attendance.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Wentz and seconded by Mr. Elliott, minutes of the Public He,ring meeting
<br />of June 1~3, 1977; minutes of the regular meeting of June 14, 1977, to be approved as received,
<br />and was adopted by unanimous vote.
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<br /> 77-225 Public Hearing was held on the Capital Improvements Budget including use of
<br />Revenue Sharing for 1977-78.
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<br /> The following letter submitted with ~he Capital Improvements Program for 1977-78 from
<br />Eva S. Teig, Director, Management & Legislative Services:
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<br /> "The Office of Management and Legislative Services (MLS) has evaluated ~epartmental
<br />requests totaling $76,000,000 for this five year period and recommends a level of expenditure
<br />not to exceed $54.9 million dollars for this same period.
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<br /> The Capital Improvement Program for 1977-78 has been reviewed by both the Planning Com-
<br />mission and the Municipal Finance Commission. Both commissions have concurred with the re-
<br />commendations as outlined in the Capital Improvements Program.
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<br /> The Municipal Finance Commission has recommended a funding level of $4.4 million dollars
<br />in General Obligation Bonds for 1977-78. As summarized, the ~Office of Management and Legis-
<br />lative Services recommends the following funding sources for the 1977-78 budget:
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<br /> GENERAL OBLI[GATION BONDS
<br /> REVENUE SHARING FUNDS.
<br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .
<br /> PUBLIC U%tLIT~ BONPS
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<br />Our recommendation for 1977-78 totals
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<br /> .$4,347,000
<br />· .$2,371,500
<br /> .$2,129,961
<br /> .$2,586,200
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<br />$11,4S4,661
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<br /> In each category of improvements a concerted effort has been made to insure the maximum
<br />results for each dollar spent. The Office of Management and Legislative Services offers the
<br />following recommendations in that regard%
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<br /> 1. In the Community Services category, several independent requests were made by depart-
<br />ments for additions to the Public Works/City Garage compound. Some projects, such as the join~
<br />City-Schools Paint Spray Booth, have already been committed to; but, before the City spends
<br />major funds at the compound, we recommend a master plan be formulated to determine how and whei'
<br />further development is to take place.
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<br /> 2. Similarly, we recommend that a joint City/School Board team conduct studies to more
<br />accurately determine what kinds of new schools will be needed in the future, and where they
<br />should be located, based on enrollment, zone. requirements, etc.
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<br /> 3.
<br />Training
<br />Instead,
<br />tion and
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<br />In the Public Safety category, we did not recommend that a proposed Fire Department
<br />Center be built by the City of Portsmouth, even though the project is worthwhile.
<br />the possibility of building a Regional Fire Training Center, with area-wide coopera-
<br />participation, should and must bei~investigated.
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<br /> 4. Our recommendations for Parks and Recreation and Drainage, Curbs, Gutters, and Street
<br />Improvements very closely follow previously formulated plans for those areas. Although the
<br />levels of funding for these projects are not as high as migh~ ideally he,desired, sufficient
<br />funds are recommended to make a significant impact on community needs.
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<br /> 5. The funds for Crawford Harbor are broken down into two categories: those to which th
<br />City is already committed, and those to which future commitment will be required as private
<br />development takes place.
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<br /> 6. Finally, this package contains one major omission at this point. No Community Develo
<br />merit expenditures a~e shown because the City is still in the pro~ess of formulating its 1978
<br />program. However, that process will be co~ieted in time to show C. D. capital commitments in
<br />the final Capital Improvements Program document, and you will be kept informed as development
<br />occur.
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<br /> We believe that the Capital Improvements Program for 1977-g~ repr~esents at this time the
<br />maximum possible activity ~ithin extremely tight financial restraints. We have attempted to
<br />take all existing City plans, short and long range, into consideration. Last but not least,
<br />have attempted to represent within this program broad based community needs which have been
<br />articulated by the c.itizens of Portsmouth."
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