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56-311 - The following o~dinance, .pla~ed om firsz reading al a calle~ metering of October 10th, was taken up and read: "~ O~CE ~ ~P~VE ~ ~ OF ~ ~I~ION F~ E~D~D ~ONS~ D0~S OF WATER B0~S PROV~ IN ~ 0~CE ~ BY ~ CI~ CO~C~ ON ~BER ~, ~958, ~ FIXING ~ ~ OF I~ST FOR SA~ On ms,ion of ~. Scott, said erd~ce w~s ~d~pted ~d by the following vo~e: Ayes: Bartlett,B~er, Hinton, Kirby, Scott, S~th, Wei~m~ Nays: Nome NEW BUS INESS 56--322 -- The following letter from the Commissiomer of Revemue was r~ad: "~e r~apeotfully request that the foll~winE amount of zaxes be exonerated on ~he books the City Collecto~,~ ~ our ~vesti~a~i~n ~oWS that tl%ey ~ ~en erroneously asse~ed: ~ Lot ~6 - S.S. Su~m~ Averse 1955 B 1 ~8 195~ A 1.38 195~ B 1.38 Total 4.14 (2) Tru~zees Primce of Peace Pentecostal Holiness Church Lot 845 S.S. S,,~mitt Avemue Year 1943 thru year 1956 Taxes amounting ~o $34.27." Moti6n of }ir. Kirby that ~he taxes be relieved, was adopted. 5~--3~3 - The following le~tter from T.H. Bradley~ was read: "This letter is to state in _~ writing the hardships I have enda~red as a business man and a good t~xpayer, and in this manner appeal t~ the Homorable ~yor mud you C~ntlemen of the Council, now in session, for relie~. I own an EsSO Service Station on the corner of South ~u~d Godwin Sis., that has been plagued since it was %uilt by an ordinamce that was intended for another industry in the m~iEhborhood. This has caused me no end of grief over the last eight years, by restrictimE our operations and growth to meet with the expansion of the City and the industry. The climax was reached a few weeks ago whom Esso announced their Golden EsSo Extra. We knew we did not have the f~cilities for handling the ne~ product, and l~ew further that ih order to keep our position in the b~siness we would have to have it. I went to see Chief Host of the Fire Prevemtion Bureau, who has to approve all storage in the City. He rem~mded~ me of the ordinance and refeTred me to Mr. Vass, who told me that mn order to get re - lief, the ordinance would have to be ~mended, and since the City fu3~nished water to the Navy yard~ that in all likelihood the mmtter would have to be referredto the Federal Government in ~ashimg~on. The Lessee of my station, who ha~ operated ~it since 194~, became very much upset, for he too was getting tired of the comzin~al nagging from one department of the City or amothe~, snd in a few days gave me notice that ke was giving up the station and moving ou~ im the county. We were unable to keep the place from closing SLuce good operators come at a premium, but in a few days' we were able t~ find a mew Lessee by promisimg him that we were doing all we could and felt sure we could remedy the situation soon. We are desperately in need of ES00 additional storage to carry the new product. We hav~ a driveway problem too that need~ attention badly, that has been 0ked by the C~t.y englnee~r, ~.but the.~drl~veway~ be fixed until the tank is in, as there is no meed of tearing up the comcrete twice. We sea,eve w~.nou~ that this station presemts no hazard to the water works, and have it on good ~uthority that the Natmona. Boar~ o Fire Underwriters have contacted on this and that they have no objection, and have so stated im writing. GentIemem, we trus~ you can see the urgency of the matter amd see fit to give us relief." ~ Motion of ~lr. Scott ~o suspend the rules to hear from htr. Bradley was adopted. Mr. Bradley spoke for his request. Mo%ion ~f Mr. Kirby to refer this mzt~er to the City Attorney to draw an ordinamce to amend the Code, tc imcrease the undergr? ~u~nd~ storage at this location, was adopted. 58-3~4 - The follo~g letrer fr~ the Clerk of the Circuit C~ ~d Clerk of the H~tings Court wms read: "~e com~nsation of ~e Cler~ of ~he Court~ of Hustings ~d the Circuit Courz of this City is re~lmted hy Section 14-~55.1 of the Code of Virginia, ~ follows: 'In ea~ city ~f this ~weml~, h~g a ~pul~ti~ of over~s~y-five thousand ~d ~ot exceeding one h~d thawed i~abit~tS~, the cler~ of courts sh~l each he p~d a sal~y, ~o~ less th~ eight tho~and dollars per ~ ~ -~o emend ten ~ho~and doll--s per ~num.' * * ~ * ~ * 'Such sal~ ~all ~e in full comp~sa~ for semites and shall be in lieu of the retention by such clerk of ~y ~d all official fees ~d co~s- SlO~ of whatever kind or character, ~d from whatever source derived.' * ~ ~All f~es and torsions ~ eve~ kind or ~k~E~er r~ceived or collected by ~ch c~rk~ ~d from whatever source derived~ s~ll be paid into the City tre~u~ by~ h~ m~thly. ' * * m ~