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Al a regular meeting of the~ City Council, held on November 8th, 1955, there were present1 Fred A Duke, ~.W. Baker, Frank N. Bilisely, Jr., Georg_e L. G~rimes, James N.Haward, E. W. Lawrence~ R. Irvine Smith, E. R. 'Sturteval%t, Pearle J. Wilson, I..G. Vass, City Manager, and n.C. Barclay, City Attorney~ ]~otion of Mr. Howard that the Elizabeth River TUnnel buses be routed from the tunnel 55-275 plaza on Washington Street to High Street, High Strget to Crawford, Crawford to County, County to court~ Court Street to the tunnel plaza on a sixty day trial basis, was adopted. The following reports £rOmthe City Manager were read: ' Water St. he made one wa~ I 55-276 - "At a previous meeting of the City Council, I recorm~ended that ~ from High to County Street, and County Street one way £r~m Water to Crawford Street, in connection with the Elizaa beth River tunnel buses. Since this Route has been abandoned fer use by the tunnel buses, I recommend that the street be retur~e~ to its original twe-way usage." Molten of Mr. Sturtevann to concur in the recommendation of the City l~anager,was adopted. 55-277 - "I submit the attached contract between the City of Portsmouth, Virginia and Samuel J. Russo and others for the rental of the b~ilding occupied by th~ Ciiy Collector. The contract is for one year subject to automatic renewal provided neither party cancels the contract within 90 days prior to the expiration of the 12 month contract." Motion qf M~r. Sturtewant that the proper city officials be authorized t~ sign the con- tract, was adopted. 55-278 - "The question of 'No Parking' on Brighton Street, between P~lman aud tLali£ax, was refer- red to me at a previous meeting of the Council. I recommend that the request of the ~roD~_r~y ~owners in this block be concurred in and that 'Ne Parking' signs be erected,u Motion of Mr. Baker to concur in the recon~endation of the City Nanager was adopted. 55-279 - "I submit the attached letter from Mrs. Fanny R. Lee, Superintendent o£ the Social Ser- vice Bumeau o~ Portsmouth, and recommend that the Cauacil concur in Mrs. Lee's recommendation concerning the set- tlement of the claim. Attached - Property in which our deceased client had one £i£th interest was disposed of by Special Commissioners and approved by Judge I'Anson. The property sold £or $2,200.00. Expenses o£ settling the estate amounted to $585.72, which le£t a balance o£ $1,614.28 to he divided into five parts m~ $322.85 each. Judge I'Anson allowed $200.00 to the £unerul home for burial end $50.00 to Kings Daughters Hospital to cover the client's last illness. This leaves $72.85 which has been sent to us as a recovery from our client's estate. Will you please request action by our City Council authorizing us ~o accept this $?2.85 as s~tlement of our claim £or $284.00 covering Old Age Assistance advanced to this client? We are not re- quired to have State approval since the estate amom~ted to less than $500. We shall appreciate a written notice o~ Council action ~o complete, our file." Motion of Mr. Bilisoly to concur in the recommendation of the City NLanager,was adopted. 55-280 - "I am reporting the attached letter from W.E. ~o£fler and recorm~ad that the amount o£ $74.93 be refunded from the Police and Fire P~sion Fund." Motion of M~r. Wilson that ~he refund be granted, was adopted. 55-281 - "Superintendent of Public Schools, A.J. Napp, Sr.,has requested that I in£orm the Council that the dedication date ef W~w Wilson High School had been s~ for Tuesday, November 22nd, 1955, and it was not discovered that this dat~ .con£1ictedwith the regular Council meeting date until after the invitations had been prepared and sent out. He requested that in order for the members of the Cen~cil ~d other city o£ficials to he able to attend the~dedicanion of the High School, that the reg~larmeeting date o~ November 22nd,1955 be changed. I would recommend that Council mee~ a~ 4:30 P.M., on Tuesday, November 22, 1955, to consider any busi- ness that may come before Council at that time and that the mee~ be adjourned in time to participate in the dedication ceremony." Motion o£ Mr. Lawrence ~o concur in the recomm~e~dation of the City~anager,was adopted~ 55-28~ - "I recommend that a suitable date be arranged for a discussion with the Senator and members of the House QT Delegates w]x~will represent the City of Portsmouth at the next General Assembly to dis- cuss questions o£ local legislation that the City Council may desire to have enacted as well as legislation of a general nature." ~{otion of Mr. Lawrence to set a tentative date fo~ the meeting on November 29th, 1955, was adopted. 55--283 - "I submit the attached ordinance and reco~e~d that it be placed on first reading." Motion of ~r. Lawrence to plac~ the following ordinance on first reading,was adopted: "AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE BART STREET AND A PORTION OF PEARL STREET AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF WILLIAM AND E. C. 55-284 - "I am reporting that I employed Jmck B. Wilkinson to appraise the Preedy Farm, consist- ing of 31.01 acres of land and ten buildings, situated in the Deep Creek Magisterial District of Norfolk County. I recommend that the land be purchased by the City for use for cemetery, park, and any other purposes for which the City Council may determine, and that an appropriation f~r said purpose be made." Motion of ~r. Howard to refer back re the Cemetery Committee, was adopted.