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September lOth, L~57. Motion of Mr. Baker that where any recipient of welfare aid has been arrested and con victed that a letter from the Welfare Department ~be forwarde~ £rom the City Council advising them of conviction, was adopted. 57-318- "I am reporting that the parking lot between King, County,Court and Dinwiddi Streets, generally re~erred to as Lot A, will be Gleared ~£ all buildings by the end of the week. We are prepared to award a contract for pavingduring the week September 15th - 20th. The other two lots will be cleared o~ structuresas rapidly as possible~and paved immediately ~ollowing clearing." on motion filed. 57-3t9 - "I submit two contracts received in connection with the water works improve- ments in Nan~emon~ County and concur in the recommendation~ of the Superintendent of the Water Department and Consnlting Engineer that the contracts be awarded to the lowest bidders as fellows: ~.R. HouSkain $3~,000.00 Fred S.S~er~ & Son - 65,985.00 trecommend that th~ proper ~ity officials ,be authorized to sign ~he Motio~ ~, Mr. SmA-th that the bids~ be awarded to the low bidders and that the proper city officials be authorized.to sign the contract, was adopted, 57~320 - "I submit the at~ached resolution and:.recc~amend its adoption. It has been reported to me by the Directo~ of l~ublic Works who has been a member of the Mosquito Control Committee for a her of years~ tha~ when the Mosquito Control law was £i~st enacted and the' State appropriated funds that the total appropriation was $100,000.00 for State part-icipati~n~ and that there were ten mosquito control areas within the State, each receiving$10,000~00o Since the original appropriations, the total' ~ppropriation tm s not been increas- ed, yet there have been several control areas ~dded. This has resulted in a reduction in funds to each individual area.~ The purpose of this resolution is to request the Governor to include asuf- ficient amount of funds in his budget for the biennium to enable the City of Po~tsmouthto receive its full quota of mosquito control funds originally p~ovided, in the'sum of $10,000.00 annually." On motionb~ Mr~ Scott the following~resolut~on ~was adopted: 'w~REAS, the presence of mosquitoes-has already~created and may create additio~Lfhe'alth problems in Portsmouth City and tremendous hordes of pest mos - quitoes do"cause annoyance and discomfort thereby having a great economic effect on this city; and WHEREAS, the 19~0 General Ammmebly and later assembli'es, recognizing these facts, enacted a law providing for~y conmamity in Virginia to create a mosquito control district 'wi~reby the local governing body defines the' boundaries and appoints two members to a commission , the third member and ex-officio chairman heing the state health comm*s- sioner; and WHEREAS, such commissioners conduct the affairs of each mosquito control district and are fully responsible therefor and serve without pay; and WHERE~, by law the State Board of Health is eml~owered to contribute to such mosquito control districts an annual fund equal to 25 per cent of the funds col - lected locally but nat to exceed $10~000o per distriet; and ~HEREAS, the State ~n recent years, has failed ~o appropriate sufficient funds to allow the full state aid provided by the law; and WHEREAS, this curtailment in state funds has seriously affected the amount of work undertaken; Therefore be it RESOLVED, That the City Council of Portsmouth bring this ma~ter to the at- tention of the Honorable Oovernor Thomas B. Stanley and mequest him to include sufficient funds in his 1955-t960 budget to allow the full state aid as provided by law; and be it RESOLVED farther, That the Clerk send a copy of this resolution to the Governor and the city's representatives to the State Legislature." 57-321 - The City ~r presented th~ following letter and recommended that a ce~tif$~,mgagency be named: "This refers to our recent conversation with regard to the City o~ Ports- mouth~s allocation of Section 221 relocation housing. Please be advised that the next step in this program is for the City Council to designate a 'certifying agency' which will be responsible for issuing letters of cer- tification to ~amities displaced by governmental action. We feel it our duty to inform you that in most localities this re~ponsibility is delegated to the loCal Redevelopment and Housing Authority, since mosm of ~h~Lfamilies are displaced ~rom areas in which time Authority is taking an active part. If it is the pleasure Of Council that another agency or department of the City be so designated, it is my personal recommendation tha~ action be taken as soon as possible, so that families we are currently ~iisp!acing from the LincolnPark SiteLand the ones we will he displa~ shortly from the Billy Goat Alley Site may avail themselves of these relocation benefits. If you have any question on this or if I can provide any further information, please do not hesitate to call me. Signed - Donald J. Balzer, Director of Development." Motion of Mr. Scott that the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority be designated the certifying agency in regard to Portsmuuth's allocation of Section 221 Relocation Housing, was adopted. - GNEINISHED BUSINESS 57-296 - The ~ollowing ordinance, placed on first reading at last meeting, taken up and read: