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Motion of Mr. Baker ~o suspend the rules To hear from interested parties,was adopted. Albe~t Hedgepeth spoke and presented petitions opposing the sanitary land fill in West- H.R. Davis spoke, opposing this. Motion Or.Mr. Smith that this project be abandoned, was adopted. 57-253 - "You referred ~o me at s previous Council meeting the question of working prisoners to clean vacant lots. I have referred to the State Code concerning working prisoners. I am of the opinion that prisoners can be worked on City-owned property only and that it would require a request to the Direc- rot of Welfare and Institutions and he would in turn request the Judge of the local Court to enter an order autho- rizing the Sheriff or City Sergeant to turn over to the City the prisoners requested for work and it would also require the employment of s guard, satisfactory to the Court, to have charge of the prisoners and quite a few other details would have to be worked out. I do not recommend working the prisoners at this time as it would require toe long to set up the proper procedure to follow." Motion of Mr. Kirby to lay this matter on the table, was adopted. 57-254- "You referred to me at a previous meeting the question of investigating con- ditions of traffic at the intersection of King Street and Elm Avenue. I am reporting that we have painted lines and have installed signs at this intersection that in my opinion, will remedy the condition referred On motion filed. 57-255 - "You referred to me at a previous .meeting of Council the question of reportin on barges, etc. at the West Norfolk Bridge. I ~m submitting a map indicating the corporate limit lines with reference to the location of said barges and I am.also reporting information received from the CZ y Collector concerning the taxes and o~nership of certain properties referred to me." On motion filed. 57-256 - "At a previous meeting of the Council, I recommended that Sixth Avenue be made one-way south from High St. to County St. At that time I did not have before me the amended ordinance setting up one-way streets. I was under ,the impression.Ghat County St. became s one-way street at the intersection of Sixt~ Ave. rather than Seventh Ave. Since reviewing the ordinance, I find I was in error and for this reason I am ~ithdrawing my recommendation on making Sixth Ave. one-way between High and County Sts. I also recommend that Western Branch Road be made one-way in _a northwesterly direction between Chaunauqua Ave. and Broad St. Since this recommendation was ma~e with the idea that it would im - prove the traffic condition on Virginia Avenue at High Street by diverting a portion of the traffic entering High Street to Broad S~reet a nd thence to Kirn Avenue, it is probable that a portion of the traffic will automati- cally use-the Broad, Kirn-Street intersection due to the traffic szgnal on High St. being located at the High and Kirn intersection and if this is true, it will not be necessary to make that section of Western Branch Road a one- way street referred to above. I therefore request that this recommendation be tabled until sufficient time has elapsed to determine if .traffic will not automatically follow the pattern for which the one-way street was in- tended." On motiOn filed. 57-257 - Motion of Mr. Weiseman that north-bound traffic on Washington St. to make a left turn at'High St., was adopted. be permitte6 by the following vote: MOtion of Mr. Smith to place the following ordinance on first ~eading,was adopted, and "AN ORDINANCE ~O A~ENDAND RE-ORDAIN SECTIQN 30-142.3 OF ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 30 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH 1951, RELATING TO ~_NE- .WAY STREETS" Ayes: Baker, Hinton, Kirby, Smith, Weiseman Nays: Bartlett,. Scott Motion of Mr. Smith to suspend the rules to hear from J J Garner, was adopted. Mr. Garner spoke relative ro left turn from High Street into Western Branch Road. ~Motioa of Mn. Bakem to-SUSDond the rules to hear from any persons interested in County Street being one way, was adopted. The following people~spoke opposing~County Street being one-way: ¥.Lo Pearsall, C.M. Davenport and Clinton O. Crawfond Motion of Mr~ Hinton to lay on the table the matter of making County Street two-way, and that the City~anager have a s~rvey made of the amount of t~affic rising. County Street, was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Bartlett, Hinton, Kirby, Scott, Smith, Weiseman Nays: Baker . ~ Motion of Mr. Baker to refer to the Planning Commission for investigation and report the opening of County Street across the Belt Line Railroad tracks, was adopted.