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February 10th, 1~3.
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<br />At'a regular meeting cT the City Council, held on February 10th, 19~3, there 1were present:
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<br />Fred A. Duke, Frank N. Bilisely,Jr., George L. Grimes, R. E. Hawks, Carl C. Houghton,Jr.,
<br />James N. Howard, Edgar W. Lawrence, R. Irvine Smith, E. R. Sturtevant, C.E. Warren,
<br />Pearle J. Wilson, I.G. Vass, City Manager, and R.C. Barclay, Cit y-Attorney.
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<br />Minutes of regular meeting held on January 27th, 1953 were read' and approved.
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<br />The following letter from~ the Planning a~d Zoning Commission wasread:
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<br /> '~t the ~regular meeting of the~Planning and Zoning Commission held February 5th, 1953, the
<br />Commission considered andrespectfully submits the following amendment to Article XII of'the Code of the City of
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia, 1951:
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<br />"ANORDINANCE TO AMEND,THE.CODE OF TBE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGIN;~A, 1951,
<br />BY ADDING THERETO ITEMS 15-16 and 17 to SECTION 32-50 OF -ARTICLE XII
<br />LATING TO THE USE OF BUILDINGS"
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<br /> Be it ordained~hy the Council of the Cityof Portsmouth, Virginia, that Section 32-50 of
<br />Article XII of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1951, be amended by adding thereto items 15-16 and
<br />17 as follows:
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<br />15 - Juak Yards, Auto Wrecking, Iron or Rags Storage or Baling.
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<br />16 - Smelting of Tin, Copper, Zinc or Iron Ores
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<br />17 - Stockyards or slaughter of animals.'~
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<br />Motion of Mr. Howard to place'said ordinance on first reading was adopted.
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<br />The Committee appointed .on the question/of increase in gas rates reported:
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<br /> "Your committee on the proposed increase in gas rates by. the Portssmouth Gas Company reports
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<br /> 'The records and reports submitted by the Portsmouth Gas Company were examined and analyzed
<br />by your committee and a sub-committee visited the engineering and accounting staff of the State Corporation Com -
<br />mission and madea lengthy and thorough study of an andit by the Commission's personnel as well as a lengthy con -
<br />ference'mwi~h 'the'~eugineering andau~itingstaff cT the Corporation Commission.at which timeall phases of the rate
<br />change were discussed.and from all the information that your committee has been ableto compile, we find that with
<br />the increased ra~e 'requested By the Gas Company, thei~ earnings on their investment~in the~City of Portsmouth will
<br />be only 3.8%and weare of the opinion that the Portsmouth Gas Company~cannot efficiently operatetheir plant in
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<br /> We therefore recommend that the Council not oppose the increase in rates requested by lthe
<br />Portsmouth Gas Company.
<br /> -. · - - ...... " ..Respeotful~y~ ~ '_
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<br /> Carl C. Houghton,Jr.
<br /> ;.Frank N. BiI~sdly,Jr.
<br /> E. Robie Sturtevant, Committee."
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<br />On motion of Mr. Houghton, the recommendation of the Committee was adopted, and by the fol -
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<br />lowing vote:
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<br />Ayes: Dnke, Bilisoly, Grimes, Hawks, Houghton, Howard, Sturtevant.
<br />Nays: Lawrence, Smith, Warren, Wilson
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<br />Thefollowing reports from the City Managerwere read:
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<br /> lst.- "I recon~nend that an appropriation in the~um of $1,250,000.00 from the Sewer Bond
<br />Fund be placed on its first reading, for the construction of~sewers in the annexed territory.'
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Houghton to place an appropriation of $1,250,000.00 for said purpose on first
<br />reading, was adopted.
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<br /> 2nd - -"I call your attention to Chapter 620 of an Act ~o limit the period for introduction
<br />of certain b±lls for consideration by the General Assembly of Virginia. The purposeof thisis to enabte the
<br />Council to determine any bills or amendments to the City Charter that they desire to have presented at the next
<br />session of the Legislature mn order that they may be prepared in advance and be presented before the deadline pro-
<br />~ided for in the Bill."
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<br />On motion filed.
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<br /> 3rd - "I submit the~attached letter ~rom the Secretary~Treasurer~of the Sinking Fund Com-
<br />mission and recommend that the City make proper arrangements for refunding the $600,000.00 of bonds due June l,
<br />1954. When this is done, the Sinking Fund~will be s~fficient~to retire all'outstanding bonds (term bonds) and
<br />will not require additional refunding of any of such bonds in the future and will place the City in a splendid fi
<br />nancial condition from the standpoint of its bonded indebtedness."
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<br /> On motion filed.
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<br /> 4th - "I submit three 'requests,for the~se~:of the~Sixth Avenue fire station when vacated.
<br />recommend that it be sold at auction."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Hawks to refer tothe City Manager and City Attorney for recommendation as to
<br />the selling of the Eixth Avenue Fire Station~ was ~depied,
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