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Vote being taken, Mr. Hawkins was elected a member of the Southeastern Air Pollution Commission, without dissenting vote. 69-232 - The following letter from the Director of Planning was read: "At its regular monthly meeting on July 1, 1969, the City'B~nning Commission resolved to recommend closure of a paper alley as proposed by Attorney Robert Bray for James Oliver and Adleen Blackmon. This alley is seven (7) feet wide and extends between Wall Street and Noble Street for a distance of approximately 210 feet. It is parallel to and approximately 560 feet south of Portsmouth Boulevard." Motion of b~r. Smith to refer to the City Attorney was adopted, without dissenting vote. 69-233 - The following letter from the Director of Planning was read: "At its regular monthly meeting on Julylt, 1969, the City Planning Com~ission again reviewed the request of Irvin Caplan and received a favorable report from Traffic Engineer John Flora relative to municipal property known as Lots 65, 66, 67 and 68 on the west side of Lee Avenue between Detroit and Cle. veland Streets. Mr~ Caplan would like to purchase this property and combine it with his holding (~.ots 63 and 64) for industrial development purposes. The Planning Commission is in sympathy with this objective as the property has been zoned for industry for many Fears, and Mr. Flora seems certain at this point that there will be no conflict between this land as de- veloped and future construction of the Western Freeway interchange with the Inner Belt (Harbor Drive) Freeway. The Commission resolved to recommend disposal of this municipal property." Motion of Mr. Johnson to refer to the City Manager to advertise for sale, was adopted, without dissenting vote. 69-234 - The following letter from the Director of Planning was read: "At its regular, m~nthly meeting on. July 1, 1969, the Planning Commission conducted an advertised public hearing on the Subdivision Ordinance which is one of our basic land de%elopment controls. This ordinance has not been amended for more than five years. The Chairman invited comment and surveyors and civil engineers to participate in the discussion. Assistant City AttorneT ;~ames Jones was present, heard various recommendations from the Departments of Planning and Public W~rks, and comments thereon from several speakers. This office will provide the Law Department with a complete set of recommendations accepted by the Planning Commission and assist the City Attorney in preparing ~ your consideration an ordinance embodying these changes, most of which are of technical nature and involve no controversy. However, there are two areas of public policy for Four consideration. One relates to fees involved in subdivision review and plat approval, and the other deals with assig/lment of house numbers. Currently, Portsmouth charges each subdivider a fee of fifty cents per lot or $5.00 per plat on major subdivisions at the ti~ of recordation. The ~lanning Commission feels that this might better be set at $5.00 per lot or $25.00 per plat. Although this seems reasonable by camparison with established practices in other municipalities, any increase was opposed. Currently, Portsmouth house numbers are assigned by the Building Official a~fter a plat has been put to record, and sometimes this contributes to a lag period; because the City Assessor must be given time to revise his system and establish an identity for each new building plot. The Commission feels that house numbers should be determined during review and approval of a subdivision plat and might be assigned by the Planning staff as a series of notations on the plat of record. There is difference of opinion on whether or not assigned house numbers should appear or be left off a final plat. If ~/tty COhUIcil acts on the Planning Commission proposal, this matter undoubtedly would be aired at greater length when a proposed ordinance is introduced." Motion of Mr. Smith to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Commission and that the City Manager and City Attorney present any new information on the subject t~ ~h~. 6~tmcil in conference, was adopted, without dissenting vote. 69-235 - The following letter from the Superintendent of Sc~hools was read: "The School Board of the City of Portsmouth respectfully requests the City Council to appropriate $266,700.00 to defray the costs of planning and the architects' fees for the design and construction of the proposed Hedges Mana~-~igh School. The tentative schedule of payment is as follows: August 15, 1969 - $ 22,000.00 October 1S, 1969 - 73,000.00 December 15, 1969 - 100,S00.00 February 15, 1970 - 14,000.00 March 1, 1970 - June, 1971 - 57,200.00 TOTAL - $266,700.00" -Motion of Mr. Johnson to refer to the City At~orn'ey for the drafting of a proper ordinance was adopted, without dissenting vote.