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June 22nd~ 1954. The.members of the Board of Directors would very much appreciate a visit from all the members of the City Council-and:see it .in full operation. Yours very truly, Linden O. Alexander, D.D.S." 54- 185 members appointed by Mayor D~ke-wer~ welcomed. filled: The following letter from the planning and Zoning Commission was read: "At a meetin~ of the Planning and Zoning Commission held on June 3rd, 1954, the new The election of officers was held and the following o~Iices were Chairman G.E. Parker Vice Chairman - W. T. Goods Secretary Donald Sandie The Commission respectfully requests the Honorable Conncil to appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for the use of the Co~mlission during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1954." On motion filed. 54-186 - The following letter from the Trustees of the First Luthersn Church of Portsmouth was read: "The Trustees of the First Lutheran Church of Portsmouth, Virginia~/ ~meSp~ekfully request the Portsmouth City Council to remove from city real estate taxation, the property known as 621,623,625 and 627 King Street. This' said property was pnrel~ased by the Trustees of the First Lutheran ChUrch of Portsmouth, Virginia from Margaret Bullock and the Goodman Estate last year. This said property fronts S0 feet on Queen St , with a depth of 113 feet a~d adjoins the property purchased by the Bank of Virginia. The reason for the request re remove real estate taxation is due to the fact that the buildings that were on this property were razed~ and demolished~in May of this year in order re make way for the erection of a Sunday School building for the First Lutheran Church of Portsmouth, Va. Your so-operation in this Eequest is greatly appreciated by First-Lutheran Church of Portsmouth. Respectfully submitted, FIRST LUTHERAN CIIb~CR OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA (Signed) O. L. Rustad H. J. Kraemer C. F.~Porte? - Trustees." 54-187 - Motion of Mr. Sturtevant'to refer to the City Attorney was adopted.. The following letter from the Norfolk-portsmouth Bar A~soci~tion was read: "By resolution passed a~ its stated meeting held on May 7th, 1954, the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association makes request that the printed Code of the City of Portsmouth, effective No~ember 1st, 1951, be brought up to date in 1955 by the nUblication of a new code or of supplemental pocket paras to the exist- lng ons~" On motion filed. 54-188 - The following letter from L. E. Thomas was read: "According to newspaper reports the members of the Portsmouth City Council will gp- prove by vote on Tuesday, June 22nd, 1954~the new rates for City wa~er to the citizsns of Norfolk County and adja~ cent counties. The new rates will be raised from approximately 18-to 30% per t00 cu. ft. of water~. From information I ha~e been able ~o obtain, it will mean that the average family of West Norfolk will pay approx- £mately $2.00 more and above what the average Portsmouth family'will pay~even after the rates are raised. It zs well known that West Norfolk is one of the sections that Portsmouth intends to annex shortly and it would seem that the Government of the City would want all of its citizens to be treated alike whether they live on High St. or in outlying sections. I hope the gentlemen of the City Council will eomsider this man~er carefully before the wa~er ra~es are raised." On motion filed. 54- 189 - The following letter from the P.T.A; Council, signed by ~Lrs. Norman Handock, Sec- retary, was read: "In view of the many prozeszs voiced against the mutilation of trees in our city ~ by the work being conducted by contracts for the local Tel~ohone Company, at the ~ay meeting of the Portsmouth Coun~ cil of Parent-Teachers Associations, a resolution was adopted to write the Portsmouth City Council. tion of these protests, it felt the city's governing body should take immediate action to see tha~ marred unnecessarily." In considera-I our city is not On motion filed. ~he following petition was read: "Either as property owners or as merchants, we petition the City Council to_stop the running of the tunnel buses to High St. By channeling the buying public of Portsmouth to Norfolk, we are suf- fering a huge loss of business and the value of our business properties is mos~ seriously depressed. We are con - vinced that this affects most seriously the presen~ mud future welfare of Port smouth. We pray relief. Signed - Norman R. Hamilton and numerous others." ~otion of ~r. Smith Eo refer to the Special Committee on tunnel bus operations, was adopted. 54-191 - Motion of Mr. Bilisoly to go into the election of a Justice of the Peace for Jef- ferson Ward, to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Ula Deans, was adopted.