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February 13, 1968 after she arose the following day after 6:45 A.M., and to this day that is the last I heard from her until I receivad your letter. I do have a special bus that makes up,at Woodrow Wilson High School that will take students home along our regular fixed bus route in Cavalier Manor and this run is operated by one of our lady drivers, ~lrs. Battle. I would like to inform Mr. and bits. Garrett that I have not instructed any of our operators to take two school punches at High and Effingham Streets on school days during regular hours. I would also like to advise you, the City Council, and ~r. and ~{rs. Garrett, that I have already taken the necessary steps to correct the situation that Mr. and ~rs. Garrett said occurred. Incidentally, I have not received any complaints from anyone else in regard to this matter." Motion of Hr. Barnes to acknowledge the latter and receive as information was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-44 - The fo'ltowing letter from the Retired ~en's Club was read: "At the regular meeting of the Retired Men's Club of Portsmouth, on January 18, 1968 the following resolution was un~limously adopted. Be it resolved that we are oonosed to the amount of the fee charged each way, to and from the Hospitals, in the event~o~ retired people using ambulance service. We further feel this cost is excessive and inconsistent with the fact of the limited amount of money, in the pensions' and al!~hich ~etired people receive. The men of the club also want this acC}on to be presented to the City Council. The Retired Men's Club consists of approximately 160 members who are qualified voters. Your consideration in this matter would be appreciated." 5~otion of Mr. Eastes to receive as information and refer to a conference was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-45 - The following letter from Mrs. Thomas Parsons, Secretary., Siesta Club, was read: "At the January $1, 1968, meeting of the Siesta Club the vote was unanimously oassed endorsing the use of windshield decals in place of metal city auto tags. It is the wish of the members of Siesta G~rdens that the city council he informed of the action of SieSta Club." Motion of Mr. Johnson to acknowledge and receive as information, was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-46 - The following letter from the Wilson Ward Civic League, Samuel Shuler, President, was read: "The Wilson Ward Civic League wish to express eur opposition to trick or treating at Halloween time as it is now observed. We hereby petition The City Council to take the necessary steos to outlaw this type of observance in the City of Portsmouth. We believe the City should change this, whereby, the observance of Halloween would be held in a designated area downtown with oolice orotection. We hooe that the City Council will give this matter serious consideration." ~{otion of ~{r. Barnes to acknowledge and refer to a cbnference was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-47 - The following letter from the Health, Welfare and Recreation Planning Council of the Portsmouth Area, was read: "We were pleased that representatives from your community were able to attend our meeting on com~orehensive areawide health planning January 17, I am writing to each community to strmmarize the situation, to confirm the action taken, to offer our assistance in explaining the situation to your local leaders, and to request to be advised 'of your Council's pleasure in the matter. Health Dlanning is being developed on an areawide basis in those few metropolitan areas such as ours where it has not existed. It is being established on a comprehensive basis where none has existed or converted to such where only health facility planning was in operation. Impetus has been given to this by PL 89-749 which provides for both state and area comprehensive planning. This area 5~alth planning will be done under state initiated units if none are created locally. The area planning bodies will be officially recognized by both state and federal authorities as official review organizations for grant applications. They will do much to shape, if not actually make, public health nolicy for the area. The three organizational proposals for .the establishment of comprehensive areawide health planning discussed were--[1) the Henderson Plan for the creation of an independent non-profit areawide cornoration with area health planning as its sole function; (2) the plan of the HWR Planning Council in Norfolk to reorganize its Board membership for areawide representation and undertake the area health planning as one of two areawide planning functions [the other being social welfare planning); and the ~lan that the SVRPC as an existing area organization, if reouested or so designated, sponsor or other- wise undertake the ,area health planning. After considerable discussion, there was general agreement on the following: 1. That comprehensive areawide health planning was necessary and inevitable. 2. That the communities represented comprised a natural health planning area. That the con~nunities should be adequately represented on the Board of such an area planning organization. 4. That an area representative group such as that there assembled should be formally convened for the purpose of jointly determining the structure and/or organization through which comprehensive areawide health planning would be accorm31ished,