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July 12th, 1955. acer ~nd that the permit was adopted. 55-180 - "I submit the at~ached Copy of a letter written to B.L. Barnes of the Council revoke his permit to use the streets o£ the City 9f Community Comv~y by that the Portsmouth in the operation of his by, eS, as provided in F~ction 16-54 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth 195t.. 'Notion of ~%r. Lawrence that the Connci~ concur in the recommendation of the City Man- of the Community Bus C~mp~y to use the streets of the City of Portsmouth be revoked, 55-181 - "At a previous meeting of Council you instructed me to have a traffic surveyl m/tale st certain street intersections. T submit the attached ~eport from R.To Trafton, Superintendent of the Electrical Department, who has made ~he traffic survey, I concur in Mr. Trafton's reesmmenda~ion for a traffic light at the intersection of South and Chestnut Sts.~ but I prefer s further study be£cre recommending a light a~ Crawfo~d and County Sts~ I recommend that a light be plaoed at the intersection of t/iddle and County Streets."~ bio-eton of U~r. Lawrence that tt~e City Manager have trsffi~ lights installed a~ the corner of South and Chestnut Streets and County and ~iddle Streets, was adopted. 55-189. - '~I am reporting the dire ne~d o~ add/tionai office space and my recommend~- tic n for the rearrangement of office space now owned by the City. Th~ Judge of the Bustings Court is in need of a private office in ~rder that the jury room now being used as a private office can he released for jury roam purposes and additional toilet .facilii ies should be provided for the court room. - ' r · ~ It is essential that additional Space be proVided for the C~ty Aud~to~ and Juvenile and Domestic R~lations C0~ Division 'of BuildinE~ a~i~ Grounds and Olive ~rancn uem ~ery The City has recently acq~ired a metal building 30 by 60 feet in size, . fram the Continental Oil Company in connecti?n with the acq~t.~on ?f.the ~_.lton Ave._~byP~_s_.rmF~t.of building will have to be moved to a new location asd I rec~mme~/~l t~t ~he ~umldzng he moves to zne u±mve Ceme~e:ry to be used as a storage r~om, shop and maintenance building. I rmcommmed that lots 26 t~ 33 inclusive located on the north side of Grace Street, adjacent to the cemetery wall be purchased and a suitable building approximately 65 by 115 feet be~ constructed on the lots, to be used hy the Bureau of Buildings and Grounds for s~ora~e, work shop and office space and that the remainder ef the ~lot be fenced and u~ed for storage purposes. TI~ lots world he an area 65 by 195 feet. The assessed ~alue of the land is ~750.00 and thr~e buildings $800.00, m~king a total assessment of $1,550.00; based on the assessed val~e ~ the estimated cost of the property should he I recommend that the entire office space in the old telephone building lo- cated on Queen St. be used by ~he C{ty. The second floor space to be used by the Department of P~blic ~orks for all of its bureaus including Buildings and Plumbing inspection and that the ground-floor that iS now being used by the Bureau of Buildings and Grounds be used by the Planning Commission~ Planni~ Director and his staff and thc the off~ces now used by the Veterans Bureau be used by the License Bureau and that the office new used by the Civil Service Commission c~ntinue in use as well as the space used by the parking meter in, pester and the City Registrar o This will require that the Probation offices for the Counties and the Cir- cuit court of ~ City of Portsmouth be relocated elsewhere as w~I1 as the Veterans Bureau and the Girl Scouts. At the present time the City r~ceives $6.6.00 mon,thly fr~m Norfolk and PrinCess Anne Counties and we are supp~d to be con~ ributinc a like amou~ut by furnishing the office SP~ceo This Would require the City to pay one-third of the cost of whatever space w~ leased for the Probation Officers. ~e receive no revenue from the office used by the Girl Scouts or the Weterans Bureau. By moving the License B~reau to the new location the offices l~esently used by the Bureau c~nld be used ~o relieve the congestion at the Civil and Police and Juvenmle and Domestmc Eelatm<rns Courts. B~ moving Eke Department .o~ Public ~orks a~ School Administration offices from the City Hall Annex to a ]~W' l~c~ati~n 'the City Auditor, !marchas~ng Agent~ Hustings Court and Commissioner of Revenue cauld utilize t~e -spA~e vacate~ in the City annex Which Would enable us to provide enough space to take care of the Departments at the pre~ent time. I am confident tl~at if the City is successful in its an~exa ti~n'~ case, it will be necessa~ry ~o separate the Civil and l~olice Court and Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court at which time it is mere th~ likely that a new location will have to b~ secured for the ~venite and Domestic P~lations Court. I do nat have an estimate of the cost of a building for the Bureau of Buildings and GrmundsoIf the Council approves the plan outlined shove, .I will submit ~o Council at the_ir next regular meeting an estimate of the cost of such a building." Motio~ of Mr. Bilisoly tha~ the City l/anager be authorized to proceed with his plans and submit sm estimate of the cost of a building for the Department of Buildings amd Grounds, adopted. - UNFINISHED BUSINESS 55--169 - An appropriation of $IO0,DO0.O0 for the new J~ai~rHigh School, placed ou first reading at last meeting, was taken up. Notion of Nr. Lawren~ to appropriate $100,000.00 fora new building~ fram the Utility Tax Fund~ was adOpted~ 55-' ~tion of ~ro Bilisoly ~o remove fr~ the table the retiremeli~ of Police Officer T.J..Follary, was ~dopted. Motion of Nr. Bilisoly that Mr. Fallary be retired effective AUgust 1st, 1955, on half pay, was sde~gted. - brEW BUSIneSS - 55--183 - Motion Of ~Ir. Sturtevwat to suspend the rules/v h~r f~m ~ Hater,was side of ~d~e S~., just n~rth of Co~ty St., ~s m~opted. (~r~ Hawks vuti~ On motion A~ved -