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At the megular meeting of the City Council, held on October 14, 1969, there were present: George D. Eastes, Burrell R. Johnson, Isaac %;~. King, R. Irvine Smith, Raymond Turner, A, P. Johnson, Jr., City Manager, and James W. Jones, Assistant City Attorney. The meeting was opened with prayer by Mr. King. ~{inutes of regular nmeting held on September 30, .1969 were read and approved. The following reports from the City Manager were read: 69-508 - "I submit the attached ordinance and recommend it be placeck on first reading. ~his is a technical amendment to the Zoning Ordinance pertaining to Section 5-16 and 5-5 (C). The effect of this amendment is to eliminate any requirements for off-street parking i~' the C-5 zoning district. This iA a central business district bounded by London Street, Water Street, County Street and Effingham Street." On motion of Mr. King, the following ordinance was approved on first reading, without dissenting vote: "AN ORDINANCE TO A~\~ND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, 1961, BY A.~ENDING sECTIONS 5-16 ;~ND 5-S PERTAINING TO OPF-STREET AUTOMOBILE PARKING SPACES." 69-509 - "I submit the attached agreement between the State Highway Department and the City of Portsmouth and recommend the proper City officials be authorized to sign. This is an agreement covering the construction of the London-Glasgow Street Highway. It is necessary SO execute this ~Mre~meat'be~W~em the Highway Department and the City before the Highway Department will authorize the contractor to prpceed with this construction. In this agre~ement, the City agrees to prohibit parking on both sides of the highway and erect appropriate "No Parking" signs. It also restricts any additional access points without prior approval of the Highway Department. The City also agrees it will not reduce the number or width of traffic l~anes in the highway, and the City agrees to provide its hhare of the construction costs. The City's cost is 15%." ~otion of Mr. Smith that the proper city officials be authorized to sign the agreement was adopted, with- out dissenting vote; 69-310 - "I submit the attached agreement between the City of S~uffolk and the City of Portsmouth and re- comend that the proper City officials be authorized to sign. This covers the lease of Water Department land used for a golf course on the Portsmouth water shed in Suffolk. The City of Portsmouth has been has been leasing this land for the past 20 years to the City of Suffolk and the lease has expired. The new lease is substantially the same as the previous lease. It is for a 20-year period with an option of renewal for 10 additional years. The water shed property is located adjacent to Lake Kilby." Motion of Mr. Johnson to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, without dissenting vote. 69-511 - "I recommend that the City concur in the awarding of the contract for the construction of the bulkhead along the waterfront. Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority has awarded this contract to W. F. Magann Corporation, low bidder, in the amount of $1,752,282. This bulkhead will be constructed from the Coast Guard Base northward to the property on which the Citizens Trust Company Building is located. The portion from London Street ex- tended north to the Citizens Trust Company Building is within the boundaries of Olde Towne Project and the City is required to finsnce this portion of the bulkhead in the amount of $174,691. The balance of the cost, $1,557,591, is to be paid by the Federal Government." Motion of ~,'!r. Smith to concur in the~ City Manager's reconunendation was adopted, without dissenting vote. 69-5t2 - "At the last meeting of the Council, you referred to me for report the request to pay welfare checks on a bi-weekly basis. A study of this has been made and I do not recommend that we pay on a bi-weekly basis. ~e are currently issuing 2,11~ checks per month to clients. Standards are based on the State plan as approved by the Federal authorities and are geared to monthly needs and we must comply to these to the nearest 50~. The bi-weekly basis will not coincide with the monthly computations. It would also place an additional burden on an already over-taxed administrative staff. It is estimated that it will cost an additional $26,000 a year in the Social Service Bureau to ~ay checks on a bi-weekly basis. It will require four (4~ additional clerks at approximately $15,000, and the postage, envelopes, and additional checks will amount to $5,000. There are other miscellaneous expenses such as group insurance, hospitalization, retirement, workmen's compensation. In addition to the operating expense~ there would be required a capital outlay of approximately $5,800 for desks, typewriters, etc. It is also estimated that it will require an additional clerk in the City Auditor's office. At the present time, the City is working in conjunction with the State Welfare Department to convert fi~is operation to Data Processing. The estimated cost for this conversion is approximately $8,000 whid] the State will participate in. l{hen this is accomplished, the City could consider the payment of these checks on a semi-monthly basis at a substantially lower cost than it would now require. It will be another year before this system can be converted to Data Processing." Motion of Mr, King to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, without dissenting vote.