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April 14th, 1953. Attached - '~The land located adjacent to the Star Band.property and owned by the City of Ports- mouth, has been inspected by an Sndustrial prospect of the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. They have demonstrated an interest in one acre of land. It is a machine and welding shop~ working exclusively on diesel, engines and the. estimated employmen~ will only be about 12 people, but there are prospects that this may build up ~o a larger force, The firm pays~very good wages, uses skilled help and expects to erect a building on lhe premises. Whatever you can do to assist in this project Will be greatly appreciated.by the Industrial Committee. Awaiting your reply and anticipating the usual assistance the City has always rendered in the advancement of our economic background, I am, Sincerely, Frank ~ntz, Managing Director." adopted. The. Chair appointed the fol~owing~ committee~to consider matters presented in items 8 and 9: Messrs. Howard, Hawks and Lawrence 10th ~ "I submit the attached request by M.R. Liverman ior re~zremen~ and a recommendation from the Chief of Police concernzng this'and recommend that Mr. Liverman's request be referred to the Retirement Board." Motion'of Mr,. Howard to refer ~o~the Retirement Board was adopted. partment o~ Highways, for your information. llth - "I submit the attached letter received from J.N. Clary, Bridge Engineer of the De- concerning the proposed bridge over Bath's Creek at the City i~ark. This is being presented Attached - 'Subseqwen~ toyouryisit~to my 9~fi~e, we hame been studying the proposed crossing of Bath'S Creek on Route 704. Preliminary studies indicate that the twenty foot span shown on the preliminary road plans is too small. We are studying the matter in more detail to determine.~the minimum size structure, that will adequate. ly serve the purpose. As soon as these studies have been completed, we will make application to the U.S. Army Dis- trict Engineer for a permit-, since it, is pun. understand%ns that Baim's Creek is classed as a navigable stream. Once this permit is secured we will proceed with preparation of detailed plans. In view of the above, it is un- likely that we could have contract plans ready before ~ate summer or early fall. Motion of Mr. Howard that a committee he appointed to precept a resolution to the State High way Department stressing the necessity for and.to expedite the construction of the new bridge over Bait's Creek to City Park, and that the Norfolk County Board or'Supervisors b~ requested.to adopt a similar resolut£on, was adopted. Motion of Mr. Howard that the State Highway Department be requested to set a load limit on the present bridge to City ~ark, was adopted. 12th ~ "I~_am attaching hereto for yo~r information a report from the firm of Williams, Cole and Blanchard concerning the possibility of ~lte~ing the~ ciSy incinerator to providp~ Steam heat for the housing project. I recommend that the question of alterations to the incinerator recpive~ur~he~.stu~y,'' On motion filed. 13th - ".I am atSaching hereto a letter from the Director of Public Works, and concur in his recommendation thatmShe City. employ an engineering firm, if it is the desire of the Council to proceed with the work at 'this time." We have given considerable thought.and time to the request of the Council regarding the com- prehensive plan, design ~nd estimate for a storm drain system and curbs and gutters in Wilson and.Tyler Wards. If this plan knd design is properly done, it is going to take much more time and personnel than~he Public Works Department has.available, t am sure you feel as I do that if it is done, it should be done properly. In my opinion, it will be much more economical to the City in the long run, to engage a firm of outside consulting engineers for this design. They will be able to work continuo~tsly and without interruption until it is completed. As you know, we are now constructing, a Sanitary sewerage system in. these wards anxl I ~hink it would be advisable ~o wait nntil this work' is completed before we start o$ the design. We could in the meantime get prices to see how much the cost will be for the engineering, for the overall comprehensive plan." Motion of Mr. Howard that the City Manager be authorized ~o secure bids from engineering firms to do this work and veport back to the City Ceuneil, was~dopted. 14th - "For many months, the City has been endeavoring to secure the titleto a lbuilding cared on theCity Farm propertyand constructed by the Federal Government which is now being used for school pur- poses by the~School Board of NorfolkCount~. ~e ha~e.~een.a~sured that if a lett~r,a copy of which is attached hereto, will be-presented to the Norfolk County School Board, the Government will turn over ~o the County .the b~ilding in question. The County then in turn is to.~urn the?building over to the Cily of Portsmouth without cost to the City. I recommend that-I he auShorized to deliver the letter to the Superintendent of Norfolk County Schools." ~otion of Mr. E~wks to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager, was adopted. 15th - "At a previous meeting of the City Council~ the question of the $5.00 meat permit was referred to me with a request that I confer with ~r. DeLo~fch, President of the Re%ail Grocers Association. I met with Mr. BeLoatch yesterday-and he has requested in behalf of.hisAssoci~tion that the Council amend the City Code to eliminate the $5.00 annual permit fee. The amount of money involved under theordinance is approximately