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At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on October 27th, 1959, there were B. We Baker, A. C. Bartlett, W. R. Breed_l~ve, R. Irvine Smith, George R.Walker, E. E. ~eisemau, AoP. Jo~uson,Jr., City Manager, and ~.S. Livesay, Jr., City Attorney.. The meeting was opened with prayer by Mro Baker, The Minutes of the regular meeting of O~tober 13th,.1959 were read and approved. The followi.ng red, errs from the City Manager were read: 59-285 - "I submit the attached ordinance and recommend that it be placed on first reading. The routes of the Community Bus Company are established byordinance. The Community Bus Company has acquired the West Norfolk Bus line but no route has been establishel by ordinar~ce. The ordinance establishes the West Norfolk line and changes one or two street names, due to the one way streets, in the other sections of the ordinm~oe." Motion of Mr. Bartlett to concur i~ the City Manager's recommendation and ~o place the following ordinance on first reading, was adopted, without.dissenting vote: "AN ORDINANCE TO ANEND SEC~TION 16-5~ OF YHE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1951, AS A~ENDED, REKiTINO TO ROUTES OF THE CONLMUNITY BUS LINE" 59-286 - "I recommend an appropriation ei $12,090.00 be placed on first reading for the purchase of a new ladder and hoist for the aerial ladder stationed at fire headquarters. Upon inspection it was found that th~ top left rail was in a dangerous condition and at least two rings in the fly section in a psor. cendZtion. There are several places where the main be~m section shows evidence of stress and one split. It will be necessary to replace the wooden ladder with a duralumin lad- der as the wooden type is no longer available. The new ladder will baa three section 10G foot ~adder in place of the present 85 £oet one. This will ~lse require a new hydraulic hoist system which is included in the price." Notion of~r. Smith to concur in the N~nager's recommendation and that mu appropria- tion of $1E,000.O0 £or said purpose be placed on first reading, was adopted, without dissenting vote. 59-~87 - "I submit the attached resolut~on~ and recommend its adoption. It is the desire 'of the National Guard to establish an~ Organizational ~aintenance Shop on the iand adjacent to the Armor If the re~elution is approved the National Guard will build a crushed stone hard stand,for vehicle parking, a flammable storage building mud security type fencing around the. a~ea. ~his would be the headquarters for the mai tenance of all Nafienal Guard equipment in this and the surrounding area. The Nation~l-Guard would requirethe ,use of this land as long as the present Armory is occnpied by the National~Guard." of.Mr.. Breedlove to suspend the rules to hear from interested persons was adopted. The following spoke: Price of the Virginia National Guard, E.R. Kocen from Richmond dissenting vote: Metion of.Mr.. Bre~dlove to approve the following resolution was adopted without "WHEREAS,. the Virginia Army National Guard now occupies the Armory on E~m tvenue, between South Street and Barbour Drive, and WHERKIS, the Virginia Army National Guard proposes to extend its use of property owned by the City az this location by providing an Orgmuizational Naintenance Shop, crushed stone hardstand for vehicle parking, a flammable storage bnilding of approximately 100 square feet, and a security fence surrounding the entire a~ea devoted to that put - pose, and has requested the consent of the City to the installation of the aforesaid improvements and occupancy of the additional area required therefor. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that consent of the City is extended to the Virginia Army National Guard to install the hereinabove described facilities upon the area of land described as follows: Beginning at a point on the western property line of Elm Avenue ll3 feet north of the northwesm corner of South Street and Elm Avenue; thence in a southwesterly direction parallel with South Street 145 feet to a point; thence west 82 feet to a point; thence north 33~ feet to a point; thence east ~18 £ee~ to Elm Avenue; ~hence along the western property line of Elm Avenue 28~ feet to'the point of begin- ning. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that use ef the ~foresaid area of land shall cease -~upon cessation of use of the Armory by the.Virginia Army National Guard, and any improvements placed thereon and not remeved upon cessation of use shall become the property of the City of Portsmouth."