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217 September 26th~ 19~0. there were present: At the regular meeting of the City Council held on September 26th~1950, Frank N. Bilisoly~Jr.,~Fred A. Duke, George L. Grimes~ Car! C. Houghton~ Jr., James N. Howard~ R. Irvine Smith, E. Robie Sturtevant~ C. E. W~rren~ Earl Weiseman~ Pearle J. Wilson~ I. G. Vass~ City Mansger~ aud R.C. Barclay~ City Attorney. Pearle J. Wilson~ Vice Mayor~in the Chair. The following report from the Planning and Zoning Commission was read: "Pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning 0rdinance~ notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 7:30 P.M.~ on Tuesday~ September 26th, 1950~ in the Court of Hustings Court Room~ Court House Building~ Portsmouth~ Virginia~ for the pur- pose of altering zones ~uud reclassifying the following~operty: #l. Northeast corner of'County St. and Fourth Avenue, 90 feet x lO~ feet from Residential Class C to Local Business Class F." mission was adopted. Motion of Mr. Duke to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Cpm- The following reports from the City Manager were read: 1st - "I sm submitting herewith an agreement for the construction of an eight inch water main across the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad right C way at Powhatan Avenue and recommend that you authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement on .behalf of the City." Motion of Mr. Houghton that theCity Manager be authorized to sign the agreement, was adopted. 2nd - "At the last regular meeting of the City Council, the question of opening D~ke Street from Effingham to I~Yashington Street: was ~ferred to me for a report. I h~v%in the presence of our City Engineer, inspected this street and the City Engineer advmses me that mt will require 800 feet of culvert or concrete pipe drainage that will cost approximately $50.00 per lineal foot or a total of $~0~000.00 plus the construction of the street which will run,to a considerably higher figure. At the present time~ I do not believe that the project will justify this amount of expense." On motion filed. Srd - -~ am s~bmit~ing the amount of the cost of recording fees for the appeal case of Culpepper ws. City of ?ortsmouth~ in the sum of 9780.00 and I recommend that an appropriation in this amount be placed on its first reading." Motion of Mr. Warren tO place an appropriation of 9780.00 for said pur- pose on its first reading: was adopted. 4th - "I reco~m~end that an appropriation of $300.00 be placed on its first reading for the purpose of paying to Virgil P%unkett~ Attorney for Walter H.Parker,Sr., the sum agreed to in the transfer of the parcel of land ovmed by the City to ~. Parker." Motion of Mr. Duke to place sn appropriation of $300.00 for said purpose on its first reading, was adopted. 5th "I have been ~dvised by the Portsmouth Public Schools that there is s final payment due on the Jokn Tyler School in the sum of $~083.1~. Since the ~lance of the School Fu~d in the specialbarak account,s been transferred to the General Fund~ I rec- ommend that an appropriation in~e above amount be placed on its first reading~ the funds to be paid from the Utility Tax Fund." Motion of Mr. Warren to place s~ appropriation of.~O83.1g for said purpose, on its first reading, was adopted. 6th - "You referred to me at a preyS_pus meeting of the Council the question of the City employees participating in the Federal Social Security benefits. Please be advised that I have reached the conclusion that the only way city employees can oartieipate~the benefits is tb~ough the State of Virginia and this would require an enactment of legislation by the State before municipal employees can benefit from the Social Security Act." Motion of Mr. Howard to lay on the table and that the City Manager keep the Council advised~ w~s adopted. · 7th - "I recommend that the City Auditor and Collector be authorized to transfer the amount of $7~000.00 from the Utility TaxFund to the General Fund, in order to enable the City to curtail notes due at the bank in the sum of $200~000.00; said refunds to be~ replaced in the Utility Fund in thirty days from the~of transfer." Motion of Mr. Grimes to concur in the reco~mendationof the City Manager was adopted. 8th - "I recommend that an appropriation in the sum of '$~00.00 be placed on its first reading to ~fray the s~pense of Civili~m Defense."