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November 11. 1969 69-20 - Motion of Mr. Eastes to go into the election of me,bets to the Recreation Advisory- Board was adopted. Mr. Johnson nominated John R. Connell and George Minor, Jr. On motion of Mr. Eastes, nominations were closed. Vote being taken, Mr. Corm. ell and Mr. '~' ~ >~no~ were elected members of the Recreation:Advisory Board, for a term of three years each, without dissenting vote. NEW BUSINESS - 69-564 - Applications from the following for the position of Justice of the Peace were presented, and on motion of Mr. TUrner ;.;ere received to be filed with similar applications: Carroll R. Doxey, Lillian C. Westbrook, Ja~es B. Pague, Sr., William B. Murden, Arthur N. Taylor, A. G. Meginley. 69-565 - The following letter from the D~rector of P!a_nning was read: "At its re~ular monthly meeting on November 4, 1969, ~he City Planning Commission reviewed and oublicly acted upon the following street closure applications. All seven segments are of a "p~oer only" nature, ~nd their closure would in no way have any adverse effect upon proper development of our city. The Cormmission re- solved to recommend approval of all seven requests. S-69-9 Petition of Ivan G. Fisk and W. T. Stowe, by Attorney Raymond H. Strople to vacate that portion of Bart Street, west of Westmoreland Avenue, snbject to retention of drainage 8~d ~tility easements. S-69-10 Petition of B. M. mud Ruth F. S~nwetz and Howard B. Wilkins, by Attorney J. S. Lives ay, Jr., to vacate t-~'~ roll,ring streets: Railroad Avenue, from Turnpike Road to the northern terminus. (2) Moton Street, from Romanesque Street to Railroad Avenue. ($) Markham Street, from Romanesque Street to :~its0n Street. (4) ~nitson Street, from a point 110' south of Hickory Street to the southern terminus. (S) McKinley Street, fromaa point 300' south of Vam ~/ke Street to the southern terminus. $-69-11 Petition of Agelina, Frmnk and Louis Eates, by Attorney H. Thomas Fennell, Jr., to vacate a 10' alley beginning 212' northeast from the southeast corner of Deep Creek Boulevard mud the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad and running south 225'." On motion of Mr. Smith, referred to the City Attorney. 69-366 - The following letter from F. Van Sumner was read: "We respectfully request to be placed on the City Council's meeting agenda Tuesday, Nove~oer 11, 1969 to ask for a resolution from the City Council to support the representatives of the Cnesaoeale-Portsmouth ~nici- pal Airport in opposing the location of a proposed television tramsmitting tower in Na~semond County adjacent to ~he airport. The tower will be extremely hazardous to the ~' ' e~zstlng operations and will affect the future expansion of the airport. The airport provides services for General Aviation plmnes that serve Po'rtsmouth, C~esape~e, Suffolk and Nansemond County. Our opposition is to the proposed location ~of this tower. We do not oppose it being constructed at a location where it would not interfere with the safe operations of our airport The Director of the Division of Aeronautics for the State Corporation Co~ission, Col. Willard G. Plentl, strongly opposes this location. He and his staff are familiar with the airport, its past history, present use and future plans. He has recon~mended an area of one square mile in which a~t future towers should be located. This would be in keeping with the tower farm concept that the F.A.A. recommends. ~ %his airport is one of Portsmouth's finest assets. Corporate planes with passengers doing business in Portsmouth use it daily. It is a refueling stop for planes enroute from northern cities to Florida. It truly is a facility mnequaled on the Eastern Seaboagd for private and General Aviation:9operation~ and is growing at a fast pace. Over one hundred airplanes are hmngared at this airoort, there are three flight schools, two maintenance shops, an administration building, an excellent restaurant and complete refueling facilities for General Aviation planes. The area in which this airport is located could someday be the answer to Tidewater's aviation requirements provided however, its operations and growth are not stymied by the erection of this tower at ~qe ~roposed location. We can provide the technical details and prove that this tower will be a hazard if afforded the opportunit to be placed on the agenda.