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and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, with regulations of the Housing and Home Finance .Agency effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." 65,249 - "I submit the attached agreement between the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and the City of Portsmouth, and recommend that the proper City Officials be authorized to sign. This is for the installation of sanitary sewers under the spur track on Halifax Avenue. This sewer line is necessary due to the construction of new apartments which are being huilt on Glasgow Street." Motion of Mr. Dillon that the proper city officials be authorized to sign<:the agreement was adopted, without dissenting vote. 65-250 - "Imperial 400 Motel has requested a refund of penalty and interest paid on the second quarter real estate taxes. Their request for the refund id based on the fact that they didJ not receive their tax notice. Imperial 400 Motel had requested that the tax bill be mailed locally to the motel. Due to an oversight of the City, the bill was mailed to the New ~ersey add~essf I recommend that a refund of $54.16 be paid to Portsmouth Imperial 400 Motel, $$5 Effingham Street." Motion of Mr. ~astes to concur in the City Manager's recommendation to grant the refund was adopted, without dissenting vote. 65-251 - "! recommend that I be authorized to charge off the following delinquant accounts in the Suffolk division of the Water Department: $878.14 for water, $26.41 for tax, and $678.06 for sewage charges. This covers the period from June 50, 1961 to June 30, 1964, as well as a number of accounts for prior years. The City Manager in Suffolk has authorized a charge-off of the sewer and tax changes. [ also recommend that guaranteed deposits in the amount of $246.S0 be charged off. This results in an net charge-off of $1,$$6.11." Motion of Mr. Dilt~n to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, without dissenting vote. 65-252 - "I submit the attached letter and resolution received from the Norfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. I recommend that the Council endorse ~his resolution." RHSOLUTION tqhereas, The NorfOlk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a corporation engaged, primarily, in the business of preventing cruelty to animals and tqhereas, in recent days and weeks, marine animals, such as seals, sealions and porpoises have made their appearances in the coastal and inland waters of the Tidewater Area, and Whereas, it is known that these animals have been molested by small boats attempting to run them down, and have in some instances been captured and removed from their natural habitat, thereby causing their deaths, and ~hereas, such animals pose no danger to the public, but on the contrary, are a source of interest and enjoyment to all who see'them free and unmolested in their natural element, and Whereas, the appearance of such animals is rmre in the Tidewater Area, particularly in the inland waters, and such appearances should be ~ncouraged by protecting them from harm in any way, Now Therefore Be It Resolved: That the public be requested to refrain from molesting, capturing, or otherwise harming suhh' animals, and that operators of small boats refrain from attempting to run them down or otherwise divert them from their natural movements in the waters. Be It Further Resolved: That the Governing Bodies of the Cities and Counties of the Tidewater Area be requested to endorse th~s resolution and that notice of such action be given the public by means of all public communication media." Motionof ~. Knight that the City Council endorse the ~eding resolution was adopted, without dissenting vote: 65-253 - "I submit the attached agreement ~etween the Virginia Electric and Power Company and the-City of Portsmouth, and reco~nd t~at the proper City Officials be authorized to sign. This agreement is requested in order that the Virginia Electric and Power Company can run a new service line to the sewage treatment plant in Pinners Point. It is necessary that this new line be installed due to the proposed~ expansion of the treatment plant." Motion of Mr. Johnson, that the CityManager be authorized to sign the agreement was adopted, without dissenting vote. 65-254 - "I submit ~he attached resolution and recommend its adoption. This resolution authorizes the City Manager to sign an instrument showing that the City Council has agreed to the vacation of a portionof a plat entitled Cavalier Manor; Section 20-B. It has been found, since this plat has been put to record, that certain engineering and survey errors have been made affecting various lots in this subdivision. This resolution is being requested in order that these errors can be corrected." On motion of Mr. Dillon the following resolution was adopted without dissenting vote: