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July 14. 1970 , , The hours of operation are from Monday through Saturday from November 1 through March 31, and Sunday throu Saturday from April 1 thruugh October $I, from sunrise to sunset." Motion of Mr. King to concur in the recommendation of the. City Manager was adopted, without dissenting vote. 70-287 - "~ recommend that the proper City officials be authorized to sign a contract for municipal electric service between the Virginia Electric and Power Company and the City of Portsmouth. This contract provides for the extension of the present contract for municipal electric service as currently in effect, and the term is for one year. The present contract expired July 1, 1970, and Virginia Electric and Power Company has requested this extension in order that they can give further study to their rate structure for municipal se~;ice. In accordance with the terms of the contract that has been in force, we notified Virginia Electric and Power Company that we desired to terminate our current contract as we Were not satisfied with the rate structure for municipal service. Officials of the VEP Company have been advised of our objections and they have requested this extension to make further study of the rates, and we concur in ~e extension of this present agreement." Motion of Mr. Turner that the extensiqn of the present contract be granted and that the proper city offi- cials be authorized to sign the contract, was adopted, without dissenting vote. 70-288 - "At a meeting of the City Council i needs of the City regarding drainage and c~b and amount of work needed to be done in the City amot as to drainage projects and further suggested ths how ftmds available should be expended. n May, 1970, a report was made to the Council of the overall guttering. It was estimated in this report that the total nts to $11,500,000. ~1is repot further established prioritiesi t recommendations be made at the first meeting in July as to There is currently available $500,000 for $250,000 in. fiscal year 1970-71. These are the After careful consideration, it is recommeni work. It is recommended that approximately $597,00 (1) Taft Drive/Bunche Boulevard area. North Truxtun area. Cradock area. (4) Mimosa Road area. (S) City Park Avenue/Simonsdale area. In order that the City can. meet its commitme recommended that the following streets be curbed [1) Wool Avenue - High Street to Shasta St~ (2) ~.~. Vernon Avenue - High Street to Shms (5) County Street - Mt. Vernon Avenue to Wa (4) Shasta Street - Mt. Vernon Avenue to We (S) Larchwood Avenue - Mt. Vernon Avenue to It is estimated that this curb and gutter p: balance of g26,000 which should be reserved for ~ Motion of Mr. Turner to receive the report adopted~, without dissenting vote. 70-289 - "I submit the attached ordinance $2,000 for a pilot project in Community Recreatio four City h~gh schools with programs under the di cooperation with the City Recreation Department. Thursdays from 6:50 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. This program has been recommended ~ the Sch request was for an appropriation of $4,000. This August 6, 1970. The initial request for these fu understanding as to the allocation of these funds these projects ,- $250,00 from the fiscal year 1969-70 and a~aual appropriations that the Council is required to make. ed that the majority of these funds be expended for drainage be expended on the following drainage projects: ts for the Conservation Project in the Mt. Hermon area, it is and guttered: set. ba Street. 91 Avenue. 31 Avenue. Wool Avenue. )ject will cost approximately $77,060 which would leave a ~ntingencies." ~d to concur in the recommendation of the City ~anager was t recommend it be placed on first reading. This appropriates ~. These funds ar~ to be used for a ~ilot project using the cection of the schools' physical education departments in Programs are scheduled to be held on Mondays, Tuesdays, and )ol Board and the Recreation Commission, and the original was on the basis of the program beginning June 18, 1970 throug ds was not received uniit Ju~e 17 and there was ~ome mis- therefore, I have been unable to present it to the Council until this time. Based on the loss of time, it i~ my recommendation that the program be reduced to half of its original schedule -- thus, operating for an experimental period of four weeks rather than the eight weeks. The purpose of the proposed school recreatio~ program is to open school facilities to citizens for use at times when smhool programs are not operating. Th9 program is to include track, basketball, volleyball, weight training and wrestling~ and any other program that the community might request. There will be a fee of $2.00 per person charged and will be under the supervision of members of the physical education department of the City schools."[ Motion of Mr. Holley that the following ordinance be approved on first reading: