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November 13th, 1962 At a regular meeting of the City Council held on November 13th, 1962, there were present: R. Irvine Smith, C. S. Atkinson, Jack P. Barnes, John L. Dillon, George D. Eastes, W. T. Leafy, A. P. Johnson, Jr., City Manager, and J. S. Livesay Jr , City Attorney. The meeting was opened with prayer by Mr. Barnes. Minutes of the regular meeting held on October 23rd, 1962, were read and approved. The following reports from the City Manager were read: 62-256 - "I submit the attached Resolution and recommend its adoption. This concerns Highway Route Designations in the City and is requested to amend the proposed designation by the Highway Department when the Glasgow Street - London Street improvements are made. This Resolution requests the Highway Deparnment ~o change the proposed routing from Washingnon Streen to Effingham Street~ This is being requested in order To obtain a better interchange on Effingham Street and Interstate 264. The present Route Designations would require the London Street improvemen~ to extend to Washington Street. On motion of Mr. Barnes, the following resolution was adopted, without dissenting "WHEREAS, on July 10, 1962, this body in a formal resolution requested the Virginia State Highway Departmen~ to design a (new) portion of F. A. P. Route 24 for improvemen~ under the federal urban aid Program; and WHEREAS, on July 10, 1962, the eastern terminus of said urban aid roune was Federal Route 58 au the intersection of Washington Street and High Street; and WHEREAS, on August 23, 1962, the Virginia State Highway Con~ission vo~ed to re-route U. S. Route 58 from the Downtown Elizabeth River Tunnel ~o the Midtown Elizabeth River Tunnel, deleting the highway route designation from High Street between Elm Avenue and Washington Street and from Washington Street between High Street and the Downtown Elizabeth River Tunnel, thus eliminating the official terminus of F. A. P. Route 24, noted above; and WHEREAS, this body officially on March 13,' 1962, (pursuant to the Code of Virginia relative to local planning) and on July 26, 1962, zn a document addressed to the State Highway Commission, resolved to work for the northerly extension of George Washington Highway into Effingham Street so as to create one major north-south highway ia eastern Portsmo,uth, and that said objective has been and is recognized as a major component of the official Comprehensive Plan of the City of Portsmouth. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: (a) THAT, paragraph (a) of said resolution of July 10, 1962, be amended ~o read aa follows: "That the State Highway Department be and the same hereby is requested to survey and design that portion of F. A. P. Route 24 from High Street and Hamilton Avenue along Hamilton Avenue, Glasgow Street and London Street to Effingham Street, destined by official plan to become the northerly extension of George Washington Highway." (b) THAT, the State Highway Department is urged to proceed with the routing of State Route 141 to include Ef£ingham Street from Portamou.th Boulevard to London Street, and the deletion of Alternate Route 460A from Washington Street, as indicated in a letter of May 22, 1962, from Department of Highways, so that the City of Portsmouth and, the U. S. Navy can without further delay proceed with formulation of plans To effectuate the northerly extension of George Washington Highway into Effingham-Street and the improvement thereof as a feeder highway linking Interstate 264 with the U. S. Naval Hospital and the U. S. Naval Shipyard." 62-257 - "I submit the attached Ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first reading. This appropriates $10,000.00 for the purchase of a Fire Station site on Victory Boulevard. The National Board of Fire Underwriters has recommended anew station to be built in the vicinisy of Victory Boulevard and Greenwood Drive. The site that we propose-to purchase is located on Victory Boulevard next tb the 7-11 Store. The site has been approved by the Chief of the Fire Department." On motion of Mr. Leary the following ordinance was approved on first reading: "AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $10,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR tHE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING A SITE FOR A FIRE STATION ON VICTORY BOULEVARD." 62-258 - "I submit the at~ached letter from the office of the City Attorney concerning a new Agreement that the C~ty is being requested Eo sign. This concerns the election of-members ¢o and the operation of the Southeastern Virginia Regional Planning Commission. "A new agreement To cover operation of the Southeastern Virginia Regional Planning Commission has been presented for your approval a~d execution in behalf of the City of Portsmouth. This new agreement provides, among other things, that one of the members of the Commission from each participating jurisdiction may be a member of the participating jurisdiction's governing body. This provision of the agreement finds its origin zn Section 15-962 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by the 1962 General Assembly, which states that not more than one member of the governing body of a participating flurisdiction shall be a member of a regional planning commission. While the state law is silent on the subject, the proposed agreement zs quite clear in the intention that the members of the commission shall be appointed by the governing bodies of the participating jurisdictions. It has been reported in the local press that the Attorney General of Virginia has given an opinion that appointment by the City Council of. Portsmouth o~ one of its members ¢o the governing body of the Tidewater Airport Authority was a violation of Section 19 of the City's Charter. This section of the Charter reads as follows: 'No member of the Council shall be eligible, during his tenthre o~ office as such member, or for one year thereafter, ~o any office ~o be filled by the Council, by election or by appointment.'