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March 9, 1965 At the regular meeting of the City Council held on M~rch 9, 1965, there were present: R. Irvine Smith, Jack P. Barnes, John L. Dillon, George D. Hastes, Burrell R. Johnson, L. L. Knight, ~. T. Leafy, A. P. Johnson, Jr., City Manager, and ~{. A. Korb, Jr., City Attorney The meeting was onened with prayer by Mr. Dillon. 65-49 The Chair asked Mr. George Walker if he intended to use his tape recorder. Mr, Walker Ireplied he intended to use it for the last item on the agenda. Mr. was agRinst The Chair reminded Walker that it the law and asked that he either surrender the tape recorder to Sergeant at Arms, or leave the Council Chamber. Upon refusal, Mr. Walker was escorted by the Police from lhe Council Chamber. Minutes of the regular meeting held on February 23, 1965, were read and approved. The following reports from the City Manager were read: appropriates 65-50 - "I submit the attached ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first reading. This $3j600 to cover the cost for the employment of an Assistant City Manager for the balance of this fiscal year. This appropriation will cover the salary and office expense for this office. Mr. Carroll A. Mason, S01 Rockbridge Road, Portsmouth, Virginia, has been employed as Assistant City Manager and will begin his duties on March IS, 1965." vote: On motion of Mr. Knight the following ordinance was approved on first reading without dissenting "AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $3,600.00 FROM ~ G~NERAL FUND FOR SALARY AND EQUIPMENT ~FOR AN ASSISTANT CITY M~NAGER" 65-51 - "I submit the attached ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first reading. This .appropriates $2,500 as the City of Portsmouth's pro-rata share for the operation of the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel information booth. It has been requested by the Chambers of Commerce of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, and Portsmouth that the cities again participate in the oneration of this information booth on a basis of $.02 per capita.t This is a temporary arrangement until such time as the Tourist Information Center Committee can formulate a permanent budget and method of financing this operation. Since the opening of this information center in June, 1964, through January, 1965, over 14,000 automobiles have stopped at this facility." On motion of Mr. Eastes the following ordinance was approved on first reading without dissenting vote: "kN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATB~S2,500.O0 FROM THH GENERAL FUND FOR PAYMENT OF THE CITY'S PRO RATA SHARE OF THE OPERATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL INFORMATION BOOTH" 65-52 - "I submit the attached ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first reading. This appropriates $3,000 for the construction of a Babe Ruth Baseball Field and a Little League Baseball Field. These funds were derived from the sale of City owned property at Highland Biltmore School Site #2, and it was agreed at the time of the sale that these funds would be returned to Recreation in order that the Babe Ruth Field could be constructed at the Highland Biltmore School Site #1 and one of the Little League fields trans- ferred to HigRland Biltmore School Site #2." Motion of Mr. Barnes to approve the ordinance on first reading. Motion of Mr. Barnes to amend by deleting the words "Little League" from the caption and from the first paragraph of the ordinance was adopted without dissenting vote. Vote being taken the following ordinance ~s~;amended, was approved on first reading without dissenting vote: "~N ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $3,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVES~NT FUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO BASEBALL FIELDS" 65-53 - "I submit the attached ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first reading. This appropriates $19,000 for the purchase of property. Four of these parcels are in the area of the Thomas ~efferson School where the City proposes to enlarge the playground area. This is in accordance with the Southside Plan. The other parcel is in the rear of the Harry Hunt Junior High School and adjacent to Buck Childs Field where the City is attempting to acquire addditional land for playground purposes for the school." On motion of Mr. Barnes the following ordinance was approved on first reading without dissenting vote: "AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $19,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND" 65-54 - "I submit the attached resolutions and recommend their adoption. These two resolutions authorize the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority to investigate and prepare a plan for conservation of Projects 4 ~ 5 in the Northside General Neighborhood Renewal Plan. These two conservation projects cover Park View and lhe area north of London Street and east of Washington Street to the water."