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November 13th, 1956.
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<br /> Attached - "On July 6, 1956, Anne L. and Rapm~ond Friedrick, living at 10 Chowan Drive, purchased
<br />city auto 'license, sheet #13769, Tag #12274, paying SlO.50 for same. The facts are thaz Mr. and Mrs. Friederick
<br />had just moved re this locality and thought Chowan Drive was in the ~iry and hav~ only now found out ihat it is
<br />in Norfolk County and they do n~ need a city tag. They have now applied for a refund. Please authorize
<br />refund of $10.50 subject to their returning license plate re this office."
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<br />on peddlers."
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<br />Motion of ~Lr. Smith that refund be grouted, was adopted.
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<br />56-331 - "It is in order to.consider the reques~ of E.B. Kline to consider licenses
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<br /> Mr. Kline spoke in reference to appearing before the Council at the J~ 8~h meeting
<br />relative to peddlers' licenses in ~the ~City of Portsmouth.
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<br /> 56-332 - "I submit a report from the Department of Highways on City Park Bridge."
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<br /> '~ Motion of ~ir. Scott to defer until a later date, for further i~uformation, was adopted.
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<br /> 56-333 - "I submi~ a resolution authorizing the proper city officials to execute an
<br />agreement between the Atlantic Coas~ Line Railroad Company and the City of Portsmouth for water line crossing
<br />Railroad property near Suffolk, Va.,'and recommend thaz the Resolution he adopted. Ialso submit an agreement
<br />b6tween the Atlantic and Danville Railroad aud recommend proper city officials he authorized to sign.the ~agree-
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<br />On motion of Mr. Scott, the following resolutio~ was adopted:
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<br />"Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, in regular
<br />meezing assemJ01e~, 31hat the Mayor of said City be, and he .hereby is, authorized to
<br />enter into an agreement with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and to sign
<br />same on behalf of said City, whereby the said .Railroad Company gives and grants
<br />unto the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, the night to lay and maintain, for the pur-
<br />pose of conducting water, a line of 8 inch cast iron pipe across the right of way and
<br />underneath the Railroad Company's Rocky Mount-Norfolk main track, near Suffolk, Vir-
<br />ginia, at a p~ht 312 feet southwardly, measured along the cente~ line of said main
<br />track, from mile post B-21?; as particularly described in said agreement, which agree-
<br />ment is dated October 10,1956."
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<br />On motion of Mr. Scott, the following resolution was adopted:
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<br />"Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Portsmouth,
<br />Virginia, in regular mession assembled, that the Mayor, of said City
<br />be, and he hereby is, authorized ~o enter into an agreement with
<br />the Atlantic andDanville Railway company and.to sign same on behalf of
<br />said City~ whereby the said Railway Company gives in grants unto the
<br />~City of Portsmouth,Virginia, right ~o lay and maintain for the purpose
<br />of conducting wa~er, a line of eight inch cas~ iron pipe across the
<br />right.of way,and underneath the Railroad Company's Danville ~d ~est
<br />Norfolk track, at or near Suffol~ Virginia, at Mile Post 17 minus
<br /> 591 feet~ as particularly described in said agreement, which agreement
<br /> is dated November 13th,.1956."
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<br /> 56-334 - "I recommend that the Code of the City of Portsmouth be amended re provide
<br />for the installation of parking mezers as outlined on the attached memorandum."
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<br /> Motion of ~Lr. Kirby ~o refer to the City.Attorney to draw a proper ordi~ee, was adopted
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<br /> 56-335 - "I am reporting thatthe committee named to prepare and submit a minimamH~s--
<br />lng Code, me~ and organized and each member of the CommV~tee was assigned a duty re perform and that a meeting
<br />has been set fmr Tllesday, November 20th, 1956, at which time the Committee will report and the work of preparing
<br />the Code willbe continued as rapidly as conditions will permit."
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<br /> On motion filed.
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<br /> 56-336 - "I am reporting that I have received another proposal from a firm in Chicago
<br />to make the Administration Study that was authorized ar a previous Council meeting. The cost of their proposal
<br />is considerably more than the onereported at a previous meeting.
<br /> I have written Dr. Weldon Cooper who heads the Bureau of Public 3~m~uistration
<br />at the University of Virginia, requesting that he advise me if his department could make such a survey and, if
<br />so, approximately what it would cost the City. I have no~ received a reply to my letter to Dr. Cooper.
<br /> I have also written to a similar group connected with the International City
<br />Managers' Association in Chicago, that do similar work, but have nor received a reply from them."
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<br />On motion filed.
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<br /> 56-337 - "You referred re me a letter from the Clerks of the Hustings Court and Circuit
<br /> Court'of the City of Portsmouth, concerning their salaries.
<br /> At the present time, I do no~ feel that I can justify recommending a higher
<br /> salary for the Clerks 'of these two ~ourts than the Judge of the Civil and Polfc6 Court and Juvenile and I~6~estic
<br /> Relations Court is receiving~ and also the other ~eparl~ment Heads.
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<br /> · ~I realized~that ~here should be s~ adjustment in the salaries and under the new~
<br />salary scale, if approved by City Council, will provide for a $300.00 ~nnual in~reaae in the salaries of the De-
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