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May 14th, 1957. At a regular meeting of the City Council held on May 14th, 1957, there were present: A, C. Bartlett, B. W. Baker, William E~ Hinton, Frank L. Kirby, John E. Scotl, R. trvine Smith, H. Earl Weiseman, I. G. Vass, City Manager, and R.C. Barclay, City Attorney. The meeting was opened with prayer by P~v. Vache. Minutes of regular meeting held on April 22nd, 1957 and called meeting of May 2nd, 1957,w~re read and approved. 57-163 - The Council, ~cting as a committee of the whole, made the £611owing recommendations with reference to the bus routing after the one-way street plan is put into effect: "1 - Westhaven - Waterview Line - approved as propos~d~ by Wilbur Smith and Associates. 2 - River Park- Port Norfolk - Navy Yar4 Line - approved as proposed by Wilbur Smith and Associates. 3 -?inners Point Line - approved according to present routing. 4 - West Park View - Pine St. Line - approved as to present routing. 5 - Park View - Prentis Park Line - approved as proposed by Wilbur Smith and Associates. 6 - Cradock Extension Line - approved as proposed by Portsmouth Transit Company. 7 - Douglas Park - TruEton Line - approved as proposed by Portsmouth T~ansit Company. 8 - Oregon Acres Line - approved as proposed by Wilbur Smith and Associates. 9 - Southgate Terminal Line - approved as proposed by. Wilbur Smith and Associates. Routing in westernpart of City - not considered by the committee at this meeting." Motion of Mr. Baker that this be referred to the City Attorney to draw proper ordinance in regard to bus routes, was adopted. The following reports from the City Manager were read: 57-164 - "I submit the attached agreements between the City of Portsmouth, Virginia and the COmmnnwealth of Virginia for construction and maintenance of Route 17 from Elm Avenue to the south corporate limits ~£ the Cit~ ~nd R~ute 17 from Gospoyt Road to the George Washington Highway and recommend .that the proper city offi cials he authorized and directed to e~ecute the same for and on behalf of the City and that th~ City Clerk attest the same and affix the City seal thereto." Motion of Mr. Hinton that the proper city officials be authorized to sign the agreement in reference to Route 17 A, from Gospo~t Road to George Washington Highway, was adopted and by the-following vote: Ayes: ~artTett, Baker, ~i~ton, Kirby,Scott, Weiseman Na~s: Bmith. Notion of Mr. Kirby that proper city officials be ~uthorimed to sign the agreemen~ in refer- enbe to Route 17 from Elm Avehue to the soht~corpara~e limits of the ~ity, was adopte~. · the State High- Motion of Mr. WeIseman that nebessary resolution be prepared and submitted ~o way Department that an intersection be left for the future opening o£ Elliott ~venue into Route 17 A by-pass, was adopted. 5~-165 - "It is in order to consider the attached petition of the Portsmouth ~overs Associa- 'The undersigned members of the Portsmouth Movers Assooiation hereby request the City Manager and City Council to consider the passage of an ordinance to forbid city e~ployees from gathering information from city files and passing such information along to outside concerns £br the personal gain of the City employee. ~t appears that certain information, sot generally available to the public may be secured irom semi-private files by City employees and that this informaiion may be the subject 0f personalgain ~o such em - plgy~e when he makes i't a~ailable to only one competitive enterprise in the City. It i~ o~r opin~0n that if infor- mation is not generally available to us or to members of the public it should not be carried out of City fkles to cc~ petitors who are thereby put in a favored position. Signed - Republic Portsmouth Storage Co. Inc.- Robert F.Linton Sofley's ~ransfer - Allen So£1ey Pearl's Transfer~ Storage Co. - C.L. Moore Aihsley Moving & Hauling - T.Wo Ainsley, Manager. Harper's Storage - H B Harper, Jr," Motion of Mr. Baker to suspend the rules to hear from interested parties,, was adopted. W.B. Harper spoke in reference to. the petition. 57-166 - "I am reporting that I attended the meeting of the League of Virginia Municipalities Utility Committee in Richmond and those p~es~nt at the meeting adopted a resolution opposing the amendments that app&ar to weake~ the effectiveness of th~ present statutes concerning the ~ontrol of natural gas by the Federal Power Commission. Copies of the resolution were forwarded to the senators and members of the House, £rom ¥ir~nia." On motion filed. 57-167 - "I submit the attached letter from Col.~0.J. Pickard, Dist'rict Engineer of the Army Engineers, concerning the debris at the old Ferry Terminal and recommend that an estimate of the cost for removing