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March 12th, 1957. 57 ~ "~+ *~ ~' of the ~1956+$7 Budg~t,preparation~ it was considered that the clos~g of the ~er Homes Recreation Center ~d the const~ctmon of the Be~iey Fo~dat~on Recreatmon Center ~ of the pre~ea would enable the City ~o red~e the amo~ of fund~ ~ceasa~ for emplo~n~ of perso~el d~ing the fiscal year; however, ~Y delays have been caused in an effort~ acq~re t~e Ca~r Ho~s zite and delays be~ yond our control in completing the Recreation ~nter ~d putting it into operation have necessitated the City conM tinning its ~recreation program as ~ual for the c~ldre~in the area se~ed by C~ H~es. ~e Budge~ was reduced ~ the amo~n~ of $6,000.00. ~e ~o ~e a~ve circ~st~ cea, t teen--end that ~ appropriation ~ the sum of $6,~00.00 ~ placed on first reading, to ~upplement the curren~ Motion of ~. H~ton ~o place ~ appropriation of $6,000.00 for said put,se on firs~ ~ reading, was adopted. Transportation Commit tee. 57-103 "It is in order to hear from Councilman Baker concerning the appdintmen~ °of a - ~ Motion~ of Nr. Baker that a special ~committee be appginted to consult with t~e Portsmouth Transit Company in regard to bus service in Portsmouth, was adopted. The Chair anpoint%d Messrs. Smith, Baker and Hi~ton on said committee. 57-104 - "I am submitting the attached repor~ on the question of- .bus services, which zs self-explanatory." Attached- "In answer ~o your request, we respectfully ;s~it the follo~wing~, noting changes that have been made in bus service on the proposed change to go into effect on March 17th, 1957. First, we will consider the increases in ser~i~e. These amount to two additional trips to the Navy Yard from High and Crawford in the morning; one additio ual trip from ~)ouglas Park to the Navy Yard in the morning; one additional trip from Pinners Point to ~own in the morning; one additional trip from Cradock to town in the morning; one additiOmal trip from Westhaven to tow~ in the. morning; one addi'tio'nal 'school trip to WoOdrow Wilson %n the morning; and several o~t~her m~nor changes ~o make service more convenient for the pa- trons. On ~the o~her side of the ledger, we have opened up the headway on Cradock, from 9:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., from twenty minutes to twenty f~v minutes. This ~ras necessary due to the izck of patronage on this line and is ~onsistent with pr6vidin~ serv~ice :in response to the demand shown. We have also opened up the headway on West Park View from fifteen minutes to twenty-five minutes, also for the same reason as stated above. It can he shown by~ ~ctual traffic eWaecks that ~he riding on both of these lines in the middle of the day has falle~ off ~o such a point that the pre~sen~ service is simply no longer justified. You will recall that at the last Council meeting, I mentioned that two or three runs would be affected - actually ~here are only ~wo that will be cut off, and this will not cause any opera,ors re be furloughed. You mns~ understand that we have not, under any circumstances, curtailed service after the patronage has dropped off, and such cu~rt~lment was justified. N These curtailments that we have made are in line with accepted practice~ anywhere in~ the United'States, and in any line of ~nsiness. As I have mentioned before, we have traffic checks to substantiate the above. Many changes of this mype have been made before with no necessity of the approval of CoUncil. I ~rus~ this letter will clear up' these points for you, and if I may be of any further service to you on this or any other ma~er, please do no~ hesitate to dall on me. (Signed) W.B. WQmack, Vice President." Motion of Mr. Baker to refer to the Special Tmansit Co~mmittee, w~s adopted. 57-105 - "The Portsmouth School Board, in a conference before the regular monthly meeting on Friday, March 8, 1957, discussed the salary scale of Portsmouth and the ~d~oining cities andcounties. It was disco~e}ed that if Portsmouth did not make an adjustment , the Portsmouth scale would be the lowesr in the entire area. With this in mind, the Board feels that it is imperative that s two-hundred dollar ($200.00) across the board raise be.giVen to the Portsmouth teachers, keeping the beginning salary a~ $3,000.00 and placini the m~{m,m~for a bachelor's degree a~ $4,500.00. To do this would require adding approxi - mately $62,000.00 to the proposed school budg&t. In o~der to secure and hold good teachers, the Board requests your earnest considera- tion of this emergency situation." MotionofMr. Scott that the City.Manager be auth~ized to include this amount in the 1957-58 budget, was adopted. ~ - UNFINISHED BUSINESS and rea~: 57-70 - The following. ~nance, pla~ced on first ~e~ad~ugvat last m~eting, was taken "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND '12~ CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, 1951, BY ADDING.TO CHAPTERS of THE CODE~ ARTICLE III, SECTIONS'.3-22, 3-23 and 3-24, RELATINGTO ~BIRD SANCTUARY', UNLAWFUL TO MOLES~ AND DESTROY .BIRDS, AND SIGNS" On motion of Mr. Weiseman, said ordinance was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes - Bartlett, Baker, Hinton, Kirby, Sco~t, Smith, Weisemau Nays - None 57--72 - The following ordinance, placedon ~irsi reading a~ last meeting was taken up "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 16-3% OF TH, E CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 19~1, AS AMENDED~ RELATING.TO SIGNS AND ADVERTISE- MENTS ON BUSES" Motion of Mr. Baker that this be referred to the Transit Committee for investigation ~nd report, was adopted.