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278 January 15, 1973 75-330 - "Consideration of an ordinance to amend the City Code pertaining to registratio: of bicycles. In September, 1975, Council adopted an ordinance p~rtaining to the registration of bicycles which became effective on December 1, 1975. A study of the bicycle ordinance reflected a hardship on some retail sales stores because a new bicycle sometimes was not uncrated and, therefore, a license decal could not be affixed to the bicycle frame as pro- vided in the ordinance. This ordinance permits the retail sales stores to provide to the Commissioner of Revenue the name and address of the purchaser and the serial number of the bicycle purchased. The City Manager recommends adoption." The following report from the City Manager on impounding versus summonses for bicycles was presented: "I was requested to look into the feasibility of issuing summonses rather than impound- ment for unregistered bicycles. This investigation has revealed that other cities have tried both systems and discovered that the summons method was ineffective. The use of the summons requires a special 4-copy summons book and a clerk to handle the paper work at considerable cost to the City. Officers in the field are given incorrect information about people relative to names, addresses, etc., and most young people carry no positive identification and much time is lost when trying to locate parents in order to issue a summons. In many cases, a second notice had to be printed up and sent out on all delinquent summonses and, if this failed to work, the people were petitioned to Juvenile Court which created additional workload on the court as well as still leaving many bicycles unregistered. It is my recommendation that we retain the section of the Code allowing for the impoundm of bicycles. This provision of the Code has not been abused in the past and has been on the books for a number of years. The handling of impounded bicycles has posed no problems since receipts are issued. The Police Department has been conducting routine spot check impoundments and a high percentage of positive or assumed stolen bicycles are resulting from the routine spot checks. This also increases the number of registered bicycles when those that ere not stolen are returned to their owners. I feel that the amendment that has been proposed to the above ordinance will provide us with additional information, especially serial numbers and names and addresses of o~ers who are purchasing bicycles in order that we can better trace the stolen bicycle. This report is submitted for your information as requested." On motion of Mr. Oast and seconded by Mr. Barnes, the following ordinance was adopted on first and final reading, and by the following vote: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TIlE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY ~ENDING SECTION S-3 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO BEGISIRATION OF BICYCLES." Ayes: Barnes, Nays: None Abstaining: Early Elliott, Holley, Oast, Wentz, Davis 76-15 - The f61Iowing report on repairs to tennis courts at schools and fee to p~ay tennis was presented: ' I am forwarding for your information the attached report from the Director of Parks and Recreation on the status of tennis facilities within the City of Portsmouth. I would like to call your attention to the paragraph on Page 2 with reference to the fact that the Parks and Recreation Commission is presently holding meetings with representa5 tires of Portsmouth Tennis Patrons Association in an effort to determine future construction routine maintenance, etc., of tennis facilities within the City. Also, I would like to point out that the Parks and Recreation Commission and its director has been in contact previously with the Portsmouth Tennis Patrons Association, especially during the public hearings that were held at the various locations within the City. In conclusion, they have indicated that the results and recommendations evolving from the present meetings will be forwarded in the form of recommendations for inclusion into the Capital Improvement requests for 1976-77. This report is submitted for your information as previously requested." Motion of Mr. Barnes and seconded by Mr. Elliott, the report to be received as infor- mation in order for the City Council to review for discussion at a later date, was adopted by unanimous vote. 75-293 The followingreport on working out of classification for all City employees was presented: "I forward the enclosed report on working out of classification for all City employees.I Based on the research that has been accomplished by the Personnel Department, working out of classification appears to be minimum in all departments except the Fire Department. I The report looks into an indepth analysis of the tours of duty and the reasons for a larger amount of working out of classification in this department as compared to other departments. Page 4 of the report outlines the total cost involved as related to working out of classification by rank and the condition of assignment. Page 5 of the report outlines some questions which need to be resolved in order to clarify the status of the "Lieutenant' ~nt