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February 10th, 1953. 5th - "I am attaching hereto notice of a poublie hearing by the Army Engineers of this dis - trier. This is for the information of the Council." On motion filed. 6th- "I am submitting a map requested at a previous council meeting showing the lots near th~ Westhaven School building requested by the Superintendent of Schools ~o be p~rchased for additional playgrounds for the Westhaven Schools. I recommend that the property be purchased and that an appropriation in the sum of $12.000.00 be placed on its first reading for the purpose of purchasing the lots, the fund to be allocated from the Utility Tax funds earmarked for school purposes." Motion of Mr. Houghton ~o place an appropriation of $12,000.00 from the Utility Tax fund for said purpose, on first reading, was adopted. 7th - "I am submitting the map of the proposed extension of Broad. Stree~ ~o connect with Glas- gow Stree~a~ its intersection with Kirn Street, requested by the Council at a previous.meeting. I recommend that-the matter be referredto ~he Planning Commission for report." Motion of Mr. Howard ~o concur in the recommendation of the City ~anager was adopted. 8th - "I submit the attached resolution received from the Municipal Corporation of Cape Charles Virginia, for your information." "WHEREAS, the newspapers, radio and television have carried statements th~,the Pennsulvania Railroad (N.Y.P. & N. Railroad Ferry Company) may discontinue the ferry service between Cape Charles, Old Point Comfort and Norfolk, if the ferry boat Elisha Lee does not pass the Coast Guard inspection on February 2Sth, 1953, and WHEREAS, the continued operatimn of such ferry service isa public convenience and necessity, and in the local~ state and national interests; therefore, Be it Resolved that the Council of the Town of Cape Charles _opposes the abandoning of said ferry service and petitions the PennsNlvania Railroad Company to continue said ferry service Be it Further Resolved that copies o£ this resolution be sent re the said Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company and to the Corporation Commission of Virginia. (Signed) A.F. Dize, Mayor. Copy Teste: L. C. Doutt , Clerk." On motion filed. 9th - "I submit ~he attached amendment to the License Code of the City of Portsmouth and rec- ommend that it be placed on its first reading." Motion of Mr. Bilisoly to place the following ordinance on first readiug, was adopted: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 12 OF CHAPTER III OF THE LICENSE TAX '~ ORDINANCE .OF THE ~CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, RELATING TO AUTOMOBILES AND .OTHER MOTOR VEMICLES" 10th - "I submit the attached letter from F.J. Bergeron in reference to the house numbers on Gospor~ Read. This is for your information and consideration." Motion of Mr. Howard to refer back to the City Manager and the Planning Commission,was adopted. llth - "The question of expediting the repairing and resurfacing of streets inWilson and .Ty- ler Wards was referred to me for a report. I have instructed the City Engineer ~o use every effort to have the streets repaired as rapidly.as possible~and~keepthemin~good eondition; however, weft'her conditionshave been such recently that it has been almost impossible to keep the srreezs in good condition-where they have been rom up for the purpose of installing the sanitary sewers. I have placed an order for a small plant mix machine that is portable and cma1 be used for the purpose of maintaining and repairing these streets. This machine will be pu~ in operation immediately and will be used ~o make necessary repairs as rapidly as weather conditions will permit. On motion filed. 12th - "The question of off-street parking in the Tyler Crescent area north of Hartford St. was discussed at a recent meeting of Council. I submit the attached copy of a letter written to Mr ~artin by th~ City Engineer, Mr. Bergeron." On motion filed. 13th - "There has existed in the City of Portsra~uth a condition whereby the publicofficials of the State, County and City have been granted permission ~o park inme~er zones~and ether places.withou~ paying the meter nharges~ndit has r. eached the stage~ where the public is commenting on the use of these spaces by public use cars% and sincewe can find no legal amthox~ity for the use of these areas, the Police Department has h~gunth~ practice of issuing notices of tr~fic violations to all cars so parked. In my opinion, it is necessary at times for the p~blic~use cars ~o park inmetered zones-and of course there is no provision for.reimb%hrsing the employees of theCity for zhe cost 'o~ 'placing nic- kles in the p~urking meters~snd since it is_a pnblic~use, I ~ili appreciate it if theCouun±lw~ll amend the traf- fic code of the City in such a way as ~o permit a limited amount of "p~rking. I suggest that either a committee be named by the Council or the ~yor to bring in a suggested amendment or that the~matter be referred to the .~ty M~nzger with a request that he make a study and bring in such a recommendation." Motion of Mr~ Howard .to suspend the l~lles to hear from anyone interested, was adopted,