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December S. 1968 As long as this Barn, Chicken House amd Shed are allowed to re~ain in existence, many fine homes within sight of these ugly structures would have to he sold at a great financial loss should any owner ever desire to sell. ~ Most pa~ticularily and directly affected is the property located at 417 Mimosa Road. The agreement to .purChase this lot and have a nice brick custom~uilt home hinged entirely on promises by both the builder, Luther Turtle, re~resenting the Turtle ConstrUction Company, and the builder~' Agent, Leon M. Coppedge was instrumental in setting u~ and closing the packg~e'deal), that these old ~aTM buildings would be removed before our home was started, if w~ would he willing to s~gn the contract. '~fHESE PROMISES HAVE NEVER BEEN K~PT"~ Instead of creating more incentive to proppective home owners, therefore creating more tax dollars for our City~ nothing is being done in this direction. Refusal to do anything about these most deplorable conditions, can only result in loss to all concerned. Signed: Louis E. Riggs and others.~ On motion of Mr. Holley~ referred to the CityManager for report ~ack to Codicil. 68-423 - The following report from the Co,unity Motor Bus Company was read: "This letter is in complianCe with a letter dated November 27, 1968 w~ich we received from your assistant, Mr~ H. M. Myers, Jr., requesting the status of bus service in the City of Portsmouth at the close of business on December 2, 1968. In his letter Mr. Myers stated that you and the City Council had received a formal complaint from residents of Cavalier Manor about the bus service in their community., Also complaints from Other areas concerning school bus service. We would like to advise you and the City Council that at the close of business on December 2, 1968 all school bus service had been completely restored, including the Pinners Point-Port Norfolk A.M. bus to Port Norfolk Hlementary School and Woo~row ~ilson High School which had been eliminated prior to the strike due to lack of sufficient patronage. At the close of business on December 2, 1968 all Main Line bus service, day and night, had been completely restored with the exception of #~ Waterview-l~esthaven, #2 Port Norfolk, and #3 Navy Yard-Naval Hospital schedules. These schedules will be restored between the hours of ~:$0 A.M. ~nd 5:50 P.M. by the close of bus- iness on December 6, 1968. As a matter of information, we have just recently purchased $ new GMC coaches, put in service on November 25, 1968, which makes 29 new coaches we have purchase since we were awarded the city franchise in September, 1961. We would like to thmuk you for your consideration during our recent troubles." On motion of Mr. Johnson, received as information. 68-424 - Motinn of Mr. Holley go go into the election of a member to the Ad HOc Committee for Community Colleges, representing the City of Portsmouth, was adopted. Mr. Holley nominated Vice Mayor Eastes. On motion of Mr. Smith, nominations were closed. Vote being taken, Mr. Eastes was elected to the Ad Hoc Committee, without dissenting vote. 68-425 - Motion of Mr. Smith that the Council present a resolution to Chandler Harper, who has gained world-wide recognition in the field of sports and is bringing to ~ur city a world competition event, was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-426 - Motion of Mr. Johnson that due to the increased coat in school construction and operation and the fact that it is more important to coustrUct and operate schools than to operate school bases, the City can not go into any further school bus transportation and that the Council advise the School ~oard that no funds are availabe for the purchase of operation of other buses, was adopted, Mr. Smith voting 'No'. On motion adjourned. APPROVHD - City Clerk