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SeptemDer 10, 1968 68-292 - "The next regular scheduled meeting of the City Counci] is Seotember 24, 1968. On this date the amnual Virginia Municipal League Conference is being held in Roanoke, and the majority of the members of the Council will be in attendance. ! recommend that the meeting scheduled for September 24 be changed to October 1, 1968." Motion 9f~Mr. Turner to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, without dissenting vote. NEW BUSINESS - 68-293 - The following letter from the D~rector of Planning was read: "At its regular monthly meeting on September 3, 1968, the City Planning Commission publicly considered and resolved to recommend approval of the three street closure p~titions listed below, subject to a final determination by the Law Department that each is in order and to retention of any neeessary drainage or util- ity easements: S-68-9 Application of Catalina Development Corooratinn by Attorney Jefferson B. Brown to close an unnamed paper street, deemed to be 26 feet In width, lying along the northern right-of-way of Dunedin Road for a length of 524 feet, approximately 367 feet east of the east line of City Park A~enue. S-68-10 Application of Charles E. Russell Associates by Attorney C. Edward Russell, Jr. to close Seventh Stree~the east line of Tyre Neck Road in an easterly direction approximately 405 feet to the terminus of this paper street in a swamp, just north of the Chesapeake municipal boundary behind Churchland High School. S-68-11 Petition of Charles E. Russell, W. B. Spruill, and C. Meniard by Attorney C. Edward Russell, Jr. mo clOse-~rd Street from the west side of Tyre Neck Road in a westerly direction 475 feet more or less to its terminus at the eastern right-of-way line of the Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway. This is a paper street north of the gas station just south of the first house on the west side of Tyre Neck Road. As noted, all three of these applications deal with paper streets which have never been opened physically Motion of Mr. Johnson to refer to the City Attorney for proper handling, was adopted, without dissenting vote~ 68-294 - "At its regular monthly meeting on September $, 1968, the City Planning Commission received a final draft of the Churchland Area Neighborhood Analysis document. Upon your acceptance of this report, it can be used to fulfill a requirement of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development imposed in the last recertification of our Workable Program for Community Imorovement on January 1, 1968. Efforts are now underway in connection ~th Comorehensive Plan revision to fuse the Neighborhood Analysis document of October 1967 [the so-called 8alzer report) with this Churchland Area Neighborhood Analysis as a unit dealing with residential Portsmouth. The Planning Commission, through members of City Council and the City Manager, again wishes to thank all who contributed to these efforts around which futn~e olans for our community will be structured." Motion of Mr. Eastes to receive as information was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-295 - "We, the parents and friends of St. Paul's School respectfully request that we be allowed to address Council Tuesday, September 10, 1968. ~e propose to discuss the recent Planning Commission decision to allow the location of a Trailway Bus Station in the 600 block of %~ashington Street and within 67 feet of St. Paul's Elementary School." Motion of )fa~ Mayor to suspend the rules to hear Mr. 0'Keeffe was adopted, without dissenting vote. Mr. 0'Keeffe spoke and Mrs. Sue Haden presented the following petition with 857 signatures: "As the ultimate administrative authority for its citzzens in the City of Portsmouth, we the under- signed citizens and/or parents respectfully request that you use the powers of your office to prevent 'the carrying out the construction of the proposed Trailways Bus Depot in the 600 block of Washington Street. We further request that you amend the Colonel Crawford Common ordinance to give all parties the right of appeal to City Council. (Signed) Raymond S. Joseph and others" Motion was adopted to allow those of differing views to be heard. Richard Mattox, attorney spoke. Herbert E. Robertson, Jr. ~spoke. The Mayor asked that ~both sides" get together and endeavor ~o iron out their difficulties. 68-296 - The following letter from S. L. }'~itehead, President, West Side Civic League, was read: '~he City of Portsmouth is providing school bus service to those students who reside in the newly annexed area. This service is not available to the remainder of the City. It has been said many times that the Annexation Court mandated this free school bus service. No bodM has said that the remainder of the City should not also enjoy the same service or that the City is not morally and legally obligated to benefit all citizens alike.