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223 February 12, 1974 I would like to talk on the transfer of the operation of the Portsmouth Senior Citizens Center from the Recreation Department to Social Service Department." Mr. Owens spoke. Motion of Mr. Johnson and returned to the Department of following vote: seconded by Mr. King, that the Sen~or Citizens Center be Recreation for operation and control, was adopted by the Ayes: Johnson, King, Smith, Wentz, Barnes Nays: None 74-67 The following letter received from James L. Bundy, Broker, Jim Jundy Realty Co., was read: "Enclosed for your information is a copy of letter to our City Manager, Mr. Aubrey Johnson commending two of our city employees. Mr. W. B. Dennis and Mr. L. H. Thompson of our fire department certainly deserve our appreciation. It is felt that the type of deveti6n to duty described certainly warrants special notice from our citizens and our city officials." Motion of Mr. Johnson and seconded by Mr. King, that a copy of letter to Mr. Johnson be placed in personnel jackets of Mr. Dennis and Mr. Thompson, was adgpted by unanimous vote. 74-68 The fol'13wing letter received from John E. McClung, Executive Director, Tidewater Chapter, The National Foundation - 5{arch of Dimes, was read: "We would like to commend Col. £. Ronald Boone, Chief of Police, and 18 ether members of the Portsmouth Police Department who provided Security for the March of Dimes Telerama on January 5-6, at the WAVY-TV studios during the 17~ hours from 11:30 PM Saturday until 6:00 PM Sunday. Ail of these men did an exemplary job in help&ng make sure the Telerama ran smoothly. It was an honor to have the help of the following: Major A. A. Pope R, Davis Sgt. E. Stegall Aux. R. Black G. Joyner G. Brown R. Journee K. Gainous M. Bennett F. Spady D. Forbes W. Dorson W. Gavin W. Dorson L. Hess G. Hladik Sgt, Paul Clark G~ Hollingsworth S. Bender We would like to especially commend Sgt. Paul Clark who called us in November to volunteer his help and then through Chief Boone, secured the help of so many Police officers who freely gave of their time to help bring about a world free from Birth Defects." Motion of Mr. Johnson and seconded by Mr. Smith, that a copy of letter be placed in each personnel jacket of the above mentioned, was adopted by unanimous vote. 74-69 - The following letter received from Mrs. Marian Whitehurst Rawles, P. O. Box 744, was read:. "I respectfully request permission to address the City Council at their meeting on February 12, 1974. If my request is supposed be so kind as to advise him. Mrs. Rawles spoke. to be presented to someone other than you will you please Purpose: In Appreciation of the Police Department. 74-70 - The following letter received from Joseph E. Parker, President & Chairman, Mt. Harmon Community League Project Area Committee, was read: "This communication is in reference to the Police Community Relations Unit. For years, residents of any community longed for some type of community protection that was not so remotely distant, something that all persons could have a personal claim with. You might not think that this very popular Police Community Relations unit was the answer, but with the shortmmpers, impatience, and non-relating of some of the law en- forcement officers, most black communities suffered. Since the origin of the Police Community Relations unit in the Mt. Hermon area, it is our good pleasure to have estab- lished a working relationship with ~ny areas of police work, whereby the citizens have benefited greatly. To a large degree because time and efforts were involved to teach some of the basics that area citizens need to know and because one of the many problems that confronted a community, one which had become a serious bone of contention is the non-relating between police officers and citizens; we just did not relate. Not only were we considered less than citizens, we were all looked upon as criminals; however thanks to the foresightedness of the City Council, we have become a close k~itte~group. We all appreciate each others problems and there mas a great deal of cooperation among families, particularly if one had an emergency of some kind, and we were able to seek the advice of the community pb~ice. Ttkis i~ ~3hen The clo~r~ess ~ez~ and continues. We con- sider ourselves fortunate to such an experience~ re~r~ce aYa~:l&~le to: us.