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395 October 22, 1974 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That this council does hereby approve and endorse the report submitted to it by the Craney Island Study Commission on July 9, 1974, and specifically supports the concept of making additional studies before any further use of Craney Island is approved. 2. That no expansion of the landfill either Upward or to the west, should be permitted unless and until all applicable environmental standards have been completely satisfied and all pertinent environmental procedures have been strictly complied with. 3. That this council further declares that use of Craney Island as a fill area should be terminated at the earliest opportunity and that the whole of such area should be conveyed to the City of Portsmouth to be utilized as a site for industrial development such utilization to be accomplished with dispatch. 4. That the City Manager be, and he hereby is, directed to carefully monitor the administrative disposition of this matter by Federal agencies, with full authority to present the views of council on this mat~er at such times and to such agencies as. prudence may dictate." at Ayes: Early, Elliott, Holley,Oast, Wentz, Davis Nays: None 74-448 - The following CepQ~ from the City Manager was present~d: "At the last Council meeting, I was requested to report on the following matters the next meeting: (1) Ditches on Cavalier Boulevard. Grass on the slopes of these and other drainage ditches throughout the City is cut mechanically in accordance with a regular schedule. Breakdowns in equipment and unscheduled jobs sometimes cause the Parks Department to fall a little behind this regular schedule. The slopes of ditches in the Cavalier Manor area were cut in the last few days. There still remains some work to be done on these ditches that can only be accomplished by a crew using swing blades. This constitutes grass in the bottoms of the ditches which cannot be reached with mechanical equipment. We are in the process of employing a crew to perform this work in the Cavalier Manor area and other sections of the City using Manpower funds. We do not, at present, have the necessary manpower to perform this handwork'. (2) Railroad CrOssings. The attached correspondence from the Director of Public Works summarizes the corre~ spondence and meetings held with railroad officials concerning the condition of their crossings, aS well as information as to what each railroad has done to date to correct deficiencies noted in the attached inventory sheets. (3) SChedules and Signs - Community M6tor Bus Company. Mr. Roland Barnes, President of Community Motor Bus Company, has been written concerning the lack of proper signs to designate bus stops and tho situation pertaining to bus schedules. Mr. Barnes was sent a copy of the report made after a recent survey by City forces relative to these matters and requested to advise the City Manager as to what he can do to correct deficiencies in these areas. No reply has been received from this correspondence to date. (4) Rats at City Park. The Director of Parks and the Director of Public Health were requested to investigat the problem of rat control in City Park. The attached memo from Mr. Eaton and a copy of a recent letter from the Director of Public Health to the Virginian;Pilot/Ledger- Star are attached. As noted in thi.s correspondence, various rat control measures have been tried but, to date, we have found no satisfactory solution to this problem. (5) Sussex-Malvern Hill Apartments. The attached memo from the Director of Inspections presents our present position relative to these apartments. Letters were sent to the President of the Sussex-Malvern Hill Apartments, Inc., and to their registered agent on October 18, 1974, advising that the building is in violation of Section 103-4 of the Building Code of the City of Portsmouth. Court action is scheduled for October 24 for violation of the Vacant Building Ordinance." MOtion of Mr. ~arly and seconded by Mr. Elliott, to be received as information, was adapted by unanimous vote. 74-342 - Letter received and signed by the following Professional Bondsmen: R. L. Pruitt M.E. Tuttle Lloyd Sondej W.W. Haywood Lawrence McDaniel J.C. Everett R. J. Bucher (See Page 397 Letter)