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July ~]th l~Sl At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on July llth, 1961, there were present: R. Irvine Smith, Jack P. Barnes, W. R. Breedlove, W. T. Leery, R.B. Seward, George R. Walker, H. E. Weiseman, ~.P. Johnson,Jr., City Manager and J.S.Livesay,Jr., City Attorney. The meeting was opened with prayer by Mr. Barnes. Minutes of regular meeting held on June 27th, 1961 were read and approved. The following reports from the City Manager were read: 61-184 - "I submit the a~tached ordinance and recommend it be placed on first reading. This ordinance changes Western Branch Road north of High Street to a two way street, fr°m a one way street; MacArthur Avenue between High Street and Perry Street to be changed from one way south to one way north; Queen Street from M acArthur Avenue to Fifth Avenue to be changed from a one way street west to a two way,street; Queen Street between First and Second Avenue be changed from a two way street to one way east. This is requested due to the construction of the Access Road for the new Tunnel as Elizabeth Street has bean barricaded as well as Glasgow Street, creating serious traffic congestion from automobiles coming from the Port Norfolk area of the City. It is also requested that I be authorized to proceed immediately with this change due to the inconvenience being created by the blocking of these streets." On motion of Mr. Weiseman the following ordinance was approved on first reading without dissenting vote. "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 30-139.1, 30-140, AND 30-142.3 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1951, AS AMENDED, TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN PORTIONS OF MacARTHUR AVENUE, QUEEN STP~EET AND WESTERN BRANCI{ ROAD AS ONE- WAY STREETS." 61-185 - "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 agreement authorizes the Water Department to install a water line under the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad tracks at Pleasant Street in Suffolk, ¥irginia." Motion of Mr. Breedlove to concur in the Manager's recommendation and that the proper City officials be authorized to sign the agreement, was adopted, without dissenting vote, 61-186 - "I submit the attached report concerning the testing of weighimg an& measuring equipment and the inspection of prepackaged commodities. This covers the period of January 1st, 1961 through June 30th, 1961. This is for your information." (Attached) 'We are pleased to submit herewith the report on the test of weighing and measuring equipment in commercial use in Portsmouth City. This report covers six months work by Inspector G. Holmes in testing scales and meters as well as weights of prepackaged commodities. The report is as follows: Total Correct Incorrect Precentage Kind Tested Incorrect Computing Scales Counter Scales Hanging Scales Platform Scales 356 282 74 21 132 108 24 18 82 69 13 16 18 15 3 17 588 474 114 Weights Tested Packages Checkw'd 359 350 9 3 59,105 38,988 20,117 34 K~rosene Pumps Gasoline Pumps Grease Measurers 181 121 60 33 436 332 104 24 127 118 9 7 It should be noted that this year 10% more scales were tested in Portsmouth than last year. Even with a 10% increase in the number of scales tested, we are pleased to note a decrease in the number of inaccurate scales. ec'alt The accuracy of gasoline pumps, kerosene pumps and grease measurers are asp worthy of calling to your attention. Thirty per cent more gas pumps; twenty per cent more grease measurers and ten per cent more kerosene pumps were tested this year than last year. The accuracy of each class of this equip- ment showed great improvement over last year. The businessmen deserve our thanks and appreciation for the supporl given in increased desire to have proper and accurate equipment. This year we continued to expand our package weighing program. Last year 7,000 food packages were checkweighed in Portsmouth. This year 59,105 packages were checked. In this area the law requires that whenever any commodity is pun up in package form, that package must be plainly and conspicuously marked with a statement of weight, measure or numerical count. It is our responsibility no see that these packages have a proper label. In addition, the net contents of the package must be as much as is stated on the label. This year we were particularly pleased with the improvement of weights of conmlo- dities weighed and packaged in the local stores. Even though thirty-four per cent of the 59,105 packages were in violation, a large portion of this was in canned pen foods and not in packaged meat, fruit and vegetables. We are pleased to also report at this time that all rejected equipment has been repaired, retested and approved with Yellow and Black approval seals. We again wish to express no yon, the merchants and consumers of yc~r City our thanks and appreciation for the co-operation we received. With this co-operation we will continue to see