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At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on February 12th, 1957, there were present: A. C. Bartlett, Bi W. Baker~ W; E. Hinton, Frank L. Kirby, John E. Scott, H. Earl Weiseman, I.G. Vass, City ~anager; and R.C. Barclay, City Attbrney. The meeting was opened with prayer by Dr.R. Clayton Pitts. Minutes of the regular meeting of January 22nd and called meeting of February 5th, 1957, were read and approved. Reports of Committees: 57--37 - "Your Committee uamed ro consider the request of the Society for the Preventio~ or'Cruelty to Animals, met with Mrs. Aldrich and Attorney Oasr on Saturday, FebrUary 9th, 1957, and after a ~ull and complete discussion of the problem, your Committee recommends that the sum of $1,000.00 be placed in the 1957-55 Budget for consideration az the time the Budget is considered. H. Earl Weiseman,B-W.Baker,'~ha.E' Hinton." On motion filed. The following'reports from the City Manager were read: 57-38 - "It is in order to hear from citizens residing on NJ Dinwiddie St. and I recom~c mend that the rules be suspended and that the council hear from the citizens present who desire to be heard." Motion of Mr. Kirby ro suspend the rules ~o hear from any interested persons, was adopted. Mrs. C.H. Culpepper, Mrs. Adams, Miss Genevieve Galilee, S.J. Flournoy, M. Katz and Mrs. Susan Lewis spoke concerning the flooding conditions at the north end of Dinwiddie Street. Motion of Mr. Kirby ~o refer ~o the City Manager for a report back ~o Council az the meeting of March 12th the cost of placing a sump and an automatic sump pump on the storm drain az the end of Dinwiddie Street, was adopted. 57-39 - "I submit the attached report from the State A~ditor on the audit of the ac- counts of the Clerk of'the Court of Hustings and Circuit Court, for your information and ro be filed by the City Clerk." On motion filed. 57-40 "I submit communications from the Electoral Board concerning voting p~ecinct~ and Amendment to the Code if it is the pleasure of the Council to concur in the recommendation of the Electoral Board. I recommend that the question of ordinance be referred to the City Attorney for his consideration." Motion of Mr. Weiseman ~o concur in the recommendation of the City Manager,was adopted., 57-41 - "At a previous meeting of the Council, you referred no me the question of re- moval of the grass plots or median strips az the west end of High St. I am meporting that this mat~er was brDught to the attention of the Council at the time we were considering the 1,955-56 Budget and an estimate was made by the Director of Public Works~at it would cost ~pproximately $~0 000.00 to remove the grass plot~ and construct the street. Since that date, the cost of this type of work has increased a~pro~imately ¥$~$00.00 at the presen~ time. There are nor sufficient funds in the budget ro do the work from curren~ funds. I recommend that the matter be referred back ro me with instructions to include it ~n BUrr capital budge~ that will be submitted at the time we submit our operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 195~." Motion of NLr. Kirby to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager, was adopted. 57-42 - "At a previous meeting of the Council, you referred ro me the question of re- moval of grass plots and to determine the number of cars that could be parked if angle parking was used instead of parallel to curb parking on Washington St., north of London St. I am submitting the attac~ed report from the Director of Public Works statin~ that an estimate of the cost for removing the grass plot and re-erecting the monument and replanting the shruhber~ would be ~pproximately $7,510.00. You will observe from the report that he s~a~es that you could park only fou~ additional cars if angle parking were used rather than parallel to curb parking. It is well to note that National Traffic Reports indicate that more than S0%~ of accidents occur when cars are parked a~ an angle than when cars are parked parallel to the curb. I therefore do not recommend that an~le parking be established inLtb~s area. You will also note by referring ro the Wilbur Smith Report that their recommendation is to eliminate all of the angle parking that now exists on the streets of Portsmouth and since you have approved the report, it is my under- standing that you expec~ me to eliminate all angle parkin§ on the streets covered by the report." On motion filed. 57-43 - "You referred ro me a resolution presented ~o Council at a recen~ meeting by Mrs. Mamie I'Anson, regarding A.B.C. stores in Portsmouth. I mm reporting that Section 4.15 of the Code of Virginia reads in parr as follows: 'The Board may establish, maintain and operate in such counties, cities and towns as shall be considered advisable by the Board, GovernmenE stores for the sale of alcoholic beverages ot~er than beer mn accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and it may discontinue [ J any such store or stores when in its discretion it is advisable~to do so.