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AUGUST 26th, 1952. present: At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on August 26th, 1952, there were Fred A. Duke, Frank N. Bilisoly,Jr~, George L.Grtmes, Carl C. Houghton,Jr., J. N. Howard, R. Irvine Smith,E. R.$turte~ant, C. E. Warren, H.Earl Weiseman, Pearle J.~ilson, I.~. Vass, City Manager, ~ud R. C. Barclay,City Attorney. Minu~es of regular meeting held on Au~ast 12th, 1952 were read and approved. The foIlowLug notice of zoning changes was read: "Pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning Ordin~ude, notice is hereby given that a public hearingwill be held at 7:30 P.M., on Tuesday,August 26th, 1952, Lu the Council Chamber, M~nicipal Build- ing, Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of altering zones and reclassifyLug the following property: The ~Pplication of George L.Cary to rezone lots No. 7-8 and 9 Block 2, Plat of Glendale~ beginuLug 180 feet east of Main St., fronting 90 feet on the South side of Gosport Road having a depth of 120 feet, from Two F~ Class "C" to Co~erciat Class "H~ "The Planning and Zoning Commission at the regular meeting of August 7th, 1952, considered the following application ~d respectfully s~omits its recommendation for your approval. The application of George L. Gary to'rezone lots No. 7-8 and 9 block 2, Plat of Glendale, begir~Lug 180 feet east od¥~in Street, fronting 90 feet on the south Side of Gosport Poadhaving a depth of 120 feet, fr,mTwo F~m~ly, Class "C', to Commercial Class ~H" be approved. The CommissiOn approved the ,'Ordinance td regulate and assure the orderly sub - division and ~evelopment of land in NorfolkCounty, Virgiuia, And to require the platting and recordation ef suc! subdivisions", which was re~erred to this body by the City Council at their meeting on July 22, 19.~2. The Commis- sion feels that this is a very good ordinanc~ and that the HonoraSle Board of Supervisors for Norfolk County should be ce~ended for their proposal and tentative approval and recommend that the City Co~mucil approve said ordinance." The following reports from the City ~nager were read: 1st - ~I submit the attached Tetters from the Auditor of Public Accounts ~nd the'City Attorney and rocor_end that the amount of $553..50 be placed on its first reading for the purpose of paying into the treasury of the Commonwealth of Virginia the amount the City had received from the Civil and Police Court of the City of Portsmouth, as funds eScheated to the Commonwealth of Virginia f~r bonds." Motion of Mr. Biiisoly to place an appropriation of $553.50 for said purpose, on first reading, was adopted. 2nd - "I submit the attached letter from the Portsmouth Transit Company, con- conslderatlon. cerning proposed changes in the bns ~eute. This is for your ' Attached - ,In recent months we have had many c~equests from residents in the Piuuers PoLut area for a more direct route te downtown Portsmouth. We ha~e also had requests from residents of the River Park section to route the River Park bus over the new fill on Detroit Street, thu~ affording these people a mere di - rect route to the business area and churches in Port Norfolk. We have delayed action on these requests pending the hard surfacing of the De- troit St. fill, and, since this Work has now been completed, we are propasing a change in the rout~ of the Pinners Point and River park bus lines which we feel will be satisfactory to those patrons involved. We have met With Mayor Duke and CouncilmauHow~rd and discussed the proposed route changes. It is felt that the routing as outlined will adequately provide the requested service. Mr, How- ard and Mr. Duke have suggested that these routes ve adopted on a thirty day trial basis, after which a perm~nen~ ordinance can be adopted. The proposed changes are as follows: P~nn~rs Point - South Street Bus Line - Begir~ing at Carolina Avenue and Spencer Street, along Spencer Street, to Pi~uers Avenue, to Hill Avenue, te Detroit ~treet, to Chautauqua Ave., to Western Branch Road, to High Street, t o Crawf~rd Street, to County Street, to ~ashington Street~ to ~oUth Street, to Elm Avenue, t o D~ke Street, t° Des Moines Avenue, to South Street, to E~ Avenue. Returning along the same route to High Street, to Virginia Avenue, to Nestern Branch Road, te Chautauqua Ave., to Detroit ~t., to Hill Avenue, to Carolina Avenue, to Spencer Street, the point of beginning. River Park - Navy Yard ~s Line = Beginning at Wallace Circle and Cambridge Street, thence along Cambridge Street to Detroit Street, to Mount Vernon Avenue, to High Street, .to Crawford ~treet, to County ~treet, toCourt Street, to~ytheStreet, to Fourth Street, a~d into the Naval ShiPYard. turning along the same route teM o,mut Vernon Avenue, to Hartford Street, to Burry Street, teW~.~]ace Circle, to C~mbridge Street, the point of beginning. ~ince we are no~ in the process cf preparing our new schedule assignments te pro- vide school service on September 10th, we should like for the trial period to begin on that date and extend for thirty days thereafter. If there is any ~urther information you desire Lu connection with these changes, please advi s e o" Motion of ¥~.Howard to allow the Transit Company to make proposed cha~ges on a thirty-day trial basis was adopted. 3rd - "I submit herewith a report from the Retirement Board concern~g the re- tirement of E.L. Epperson from the Fire Department. I concur in the reco~endation of the Retirement Board, ef- fective ~eptember 1st, 1952." Motion of ~ir. Wilson to conc,mr in the recommendation of the City Manager, was adopted.