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972 and On motion of Mr. Raymond Smith, by the following vote: Ayes: Holley, King, Nays: None and seconded Irvine Smith, by Mr. Holley, the ordinance was Raymond Smith, Turner, Barnes 72-19 The following ordinance approved at last meeting, was taken up and read: 'AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CERTAIN FEES FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH." On motion of Mr. Raymond Smith and seconded by Mr. Irvine Smith, the ordinance was and by the following vote: Ayes: Holley, King, Irvine Smith, Raymond Smith, Turner, Barnes 72-20 - The following ordinance approved at last meeting, was taken up and read: "AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE A PORTION OF A PAPER STREET KNOWN AND DESIGNAYED AS VIRGINIA STATE ROUTE 653." On motion of Mr. Raymond Smith and seconded by Mr. Turner, and by the followin~g vote: Ayes: Holley, King, Irvine Smith, Raymond Smith, Turner, Barnes Nays: None 72-21 - The following ordinance approved at last meeting, was taken up and read: "AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $3,125.00 FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR TH£ PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH ATTORNBY'S OFFICE, AND FOR THE TRAINING OF LAW OFFICERS AND CRIME LABORATORY CHE[~ISTS. On motion of Mr. Irvine Smith and seconded by Mr. Raymond Smith, the ordinance was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Holley, King, Irvine Smith, Raymond Smith, Turner, Barnes Nays: None adopted the ordinance was adopted adopted - NEW BUSINESS 72-41 - On~mo~om~:of:~r.,~:~vi~ei. Smith end s~con~ed b,y. Mr. Raymond, Smith, the report from the Auditor of Public Accounts of the audit of the Clerk of the Hustings Court for the calendar year of, 1970, to be received as information, was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Holley, King, Irvine Smith, Raymond Smith, Turner, Barnes Nays: None 72-42 - On motion of Mr. Raymond Smith and seconded ~y Mr. Irvine Smith, the report from the Auditor of Public Accounts on the audit of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the calendar year of 1970, to be received as information, was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Holley, King, Irvi~e Smith, Raymond Smith, Turner, Barnes Nays: None 72-43 - The following letter receive8 from Mrs. Carolyn Christensen, Corresponding Secretary, James Hurst P.T.A., was read: "I am writing on behalf of the James Hurst P.T.A., concerning the parking lot at James Hurst School. We know that the money has been appropriated for the parking lot and we £eel that the city council has not carried through with its part. Evidently, you don't realize how badly we need this parking lot. On rainy days, the conditions are particularly bad. We would like to have this petition placed on the city council We would appreciate a reply so that we might inform our P.T.A. unit received by you." agenda as that our soon as possibl~ request has been The following report was submitted by Mr. A. P. Johnson, Jr., City Manager: "At the request of t~e Superintendent of Schools, an engineering study was made as to the cost of installing a parking area on Decatur Street at the James Hurst School. The origi- nal estimate in November, 1970 for this work was $5,077.80 but did not provide for any street paving, just curb and gutter and stone base. It was also believed that the School Coard wo~ld pay for the cost; however, the Superintendent was under the impression that it would be on a 50-50 basis and the School Board appropriated ~2,538.90 as its share of the cost. Further study by the Engineering Department to include widening of the street and paving, plus the curb and guttering, has raised the estimated cost to approximately $7,000 as of November, 1971. The guperintendent of Schools has ~een advised of this and will pay $3,500, or half the cost. The problem that the City has is there are no funds available in the curb and gutter program. Ail of these funds are committed until July 1, 1972. Since all of this work is necessary for parking for the school, it is questionable whether any funds should be expended from the curb and gutter account."