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69-60 - "t submit the attached ordinance and recommend it be placed on first reading. This amends the City Cede pertaining to the establishment of a Citizens~ Advisory Committee. This establishes a Citizens' Advisory Committee to be composed of 1S members, all of whom shall be residents of the City. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Council for terms of three years provided that of those first appointed, five shall be appointed for one year, five for two years, and five for three years, with the terms commencing on April 1, 1969. The ordinance further provides that no person shall serve as a member of the Committee for more than two consecutive three-year terms, or in any event, for more th eight consecutive years." On motion of Mr. King, the following ordinance was approved on first r~adlng,~ ' without dissenting vote: "AN ORDINJ~CE TO REPEAL 0RDIN;uX~CE NO. 1964-2, AND ALL ORDINANCES ;J4ENDATORY THE~OF, AND TO BJv~END THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1961, BY ADDING TO CHAPTER 2 THEREOF, A NEFf ARTICLE CONSISTING OF NINE SECTIONS, PERTAINING TO THE ESTABLISi~4EN~r OB A CITIZBi~S ADVISORY CO~B~ITTHE AND ITS ORGJ~NIZATION AND DUTIES." 69-61 - "I submit the attached agreement between the Virginia Electric and Power Company and the City of Portsmouth and recommend that the proper City officials be authorized to sigll. This agreement covers an under- ground power line easement to serve the sewerage treatment plant in Pinners Point." On motion of Mr. Holley, the proper city officials were authorized to sign the agreement, without dissentin vote. 69-62 - "I submit the attached agreement between the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company and ~ke..City~of Portsmouth and recommend that %he proper City officials be authorized to sign. This agreement cover the construction of a sewer line under the raiJlroad t~acks In t~e vicinity of Scott Center. The Navy has requested the construction of this ~ewer line to serve Scott Center. The construction will be done at the expense of the Government." Motion of Mr. Johnson that the proper city o~ficial be authorized to sign the agreement was adopted, with- out dissenting vote. 69-63 - "I submit the attached agreement between the J.L.and P. Corporation, Lin-Bud Corporation, and the City of Portsmouth, and recommend that the proper City officials be authorized to sign. This agreement covers of~-street parking space to be used by Lin-Bud Corporation. Lin-Bud CorporationCCorporatinn desires to construct a building but they do not have sufficient off-street parking for a building permit to be issued. Therefore, J.L. and P. Corooration has agreed to enter into an agreement encumbering part of their property for parking ar~a for Lin-B~d Corporation. The execution of this agreement will allow the building official to issue a building permit." On motion of Mr. Holley, the proper~cityo"~fzc~als' ' were authorized to s~gn~ the agreement, without dissentin vote. 69-64 - "At a meeting of the City Council in 3anuary, 1969, it was requested that I make a reoort to the Council in 50 days concerning burglaries in the City -- partionlarly in the Prentis Park and Brigh%on areas. Although it is realized that the citizens of Portsmouth are primarily concerned with crime as it affects them, it is believed that in order to 'place the crime of burglary in its proper perspective in relation to other major crimes in Portsmouth and throughout the nation, it is necessary to search not only Portsmouth nolice re- cords but also the national recoreds. For reference on the national crime rate we have used the Federal Bureau of Investigation's I~niform Crime Report for 1967 and released on August 27, 1968. In 1967, burglaries rose by 16% over 1966 according to the Uniform Crime Reports. The long-term rise in daytime residence burglaries, 187%, isthe h.lghest~ of any of the seven m~jor crimes~ reported exceot bank' rob- bery, 278%. Daytime residence burglaries rose 20% in 1967 over 1966. ~ The above is offered as a background to establish a basis for conmarison in discussingthe crime of burglary in the City of Portsmouth. Like the rest of the nation~ burglaries ha~e been on the increase in Portsmouth dur- ing the past several years, with daytime residence burglaries accounting for the biggest increase. The table below is a comparisen of the burglaries committed in Portsmouth during the first eleven months of 1967 and 1968: Residence Time 1967 1968 Nighttime 559 287 = 20% decrease Daytime 177 220 = 24% increase Unknown time 1~6 238 = 45% increase 702 745 = 6% ~crease Non-Raeidence .~.ime 1967 1968 Nighttime 467 308 = 34% decrease Daytime 65 45 = 50% decrease Unknowntime 258 555 = 23% increase 788 688 Total Burglaries 1490 1455 4% decrease