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230 November 28th~ 19~0. 1950~ there ~ere present: read and approved. At a regu!~r meeting of the City Cou_ucil~ held on ~ovem0er 28th~ Fred A. Duke~ Frs~k N. Bilisoly~Jr.~ George L. Grimes, Carl C. Roughton,Jr.~ James N. Hows~d~ R. Irvine Smith~ E. Robie Sturte- v~nt~ C. E. Warren~ H. Earl Weiseman, Pearle J. Wilson~ I.G.Vass~ City Manager, ~nd R.C. Barclay~ City ~ttorney. Minutes of the regular meeting held on November 14th~ 19~0, were The following report of the Planning aud Zoning Commission was rea8 "Pmrsuant to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance~ notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held ~t 7:30 P.M.~ on Tuesday~ November 28th~19~O, in the Co~ncil Chamber~ Municipal Building~ Portsmouth~ ~m_gmnma~ for the po~pose of altering zones aud reclassifying the following property: Fronting 49~.7 feet on the north side of High Street~ be- tween ~.L. Wright property on Kirn Avenue to a depth of lll feet ~d being rectangular is 495.7 feet on the rear ~nd run - ning westwardly to Kirn ~venue through lot 176 from MuIt~le Class D to Commercial Class G." mission: was adopted. Motion of Mr. Howard to approve recommendation of the Zoning Com- The following reports from the City Manager were read: 1st - "The purpose of this letter is to request that a special meeting of the City Council be e~lled for Tuesday~ December 5th: 1950~ at 7~30 P.~.~ for the ouroose of considering bids recemved for the $1~7~000.00 bonds being offered for sale by the Oit~ of Portsmouth on that date." Motion of Mr. W~rren to concur and that a special meeting of the Council be called for December gth~ was adopted. 2nd - "I am submitting herewith a deed of dedication and agree- ment between the City of Norfolk sad the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia~ for au easement for a street at Hartford St. smd Broad St. in the City of Portsmouth and I recommend that the Mayor be authorized ~nad directed to execute the deed and that the City Clerk be authorized and di- rected to sttest the same and affix the seal of the City thereto." Motion of M~. Roward that the Mayor be s3athorized to sign the deed and that the City Clerk attest the same~ affixing the seal of the City: was adopted. 3rd "The f~mericanMunicioal Congress will be held in Washington~ D.C.~ on December 3rd: 4th and ~th~ 19gO. Thais CongreSs will be composed~ of representatives from practically all of the major cities in the United States~ and many distingumshed speakers will appes~ on the program~ among them ~ll be Desn Acheson~ Secretary of State. A copy of the program is attached hereto. For a number of ye~rs~ the M~yor of the City of Portsmouth has attended these conferences and I recommend that the Mayor attend this conference. I have already secured reservations which may be cancelled in case the Mayor does not desire to st- tend_." Motion of i~. Bilisoly that the Mayor be authorized to attend the meeting~ was ~dopted. 4th - "I ~m submitting herewith a resolution from the Woman's A~uxil~ry of the Kings Daughters Hospital ~ud a letter from Mr. Frar2~ C. Ranrahan ~nd~also tk revised list of patients that the Kings Daughters Hospital authorities have requested the City to pay. There are no frauds in the budget for this item and if pa~ents are to be made to the hosoital, it will require a soecial appropriation. '' Motion of M~. Howard to refer to the special meeting on December ~th~ was adopted. 5th - "I am submitting herewith a letter concerning the disposi- -. tion of the property known as the Jeffery Wilson site in the City of Portsmouth. It is my un- derstanding that it is the desire of the City to dispose of this matter. I rec0mmehd that if the City council desires to turn the property- back over to the Portsmouth Redevelopment ~ud Rousing ~uthority for disposal~ that an ordinance or resolution: rescinding the act%on of the Conncil at the previous meeting where an appropriation was passed providing for funds for psyment of this property~ be placed on its first readir~. If the Cite desires to pay for the prooerty and hold' it for future needs or to dispose of it at a later date~ then it ~lll be neeesskry to work out some plan for financing the project since there are no funds in the present or proposed budget for this item." ~th~ was adopted. Motion of Mr. Howard to refer to the soecia! meeting of December of theCounoil 6th - "I am submitting here~ith a oetition requesting the Council · ~ to take ste~s necessary to have flood lights mnsta_led on th2& Carver Homes Playground.. I sug- gest that this matter be referred to the City Manager for ~ study of the question to be report~ ed to Council Bt a lster date."