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July llth~ 19~0. 12th - '~'I am submitting herewith a suggestion csncerning the closing of a blind street or alley Lnao~rn as Nelson St,: between 1920 and 2000 Elm AVenue. Unless there is a legal reason for not disposing of this street~ I can see no reason why the City Council should not ~lose it and dispose of it tO the abutting property owners. I reco~end that this be referred to the Planning Commission for consideration." Motion of I~. Weiseman to refer to the Planning Commission was adopted. 13th - "I am submitting herewith a letter from A.J. l~op~ Superinten- dent of Schools ~ PortsmoUth: requesting a Joint conference w~th theCouncil? Motion of Mr. Weiseman that~the Council meet ~,~th the School Board at 7:00 on Tu~sday~ July 18th~ 19~0: was adopted. l%th - "I am sub~tt~ug here%~lth a letter from the Director of the State Dep~tment of Welfare and_ Institutions concerning the Reports by Local Boards of Public Welfare to Local Governing Bodies." 0n motion filed. !~th - "I am submitting herewith aletter received from the Hon.Porteri Hardy~Jr.: concerning our request for a commemorative coin to be used in the celebration of the 200th ~aiversary of theCity of Portsmouth." On motion filed. 16th - "I sm submitting herew~th~' a letter from the City Manager of South Norfolk: concerning the action taken by the City Council at,their meeting he~d on June 27th: 19~0." -~ on motion filed, 17th - "i am submitting herewith two plats of per'eels of land ovaaed by the Virginia Electric a~nd Power Company s~d which the Pc*~er Company is desirous of selling to the City of Portsmouth. I reco_~.~end t_a,~ ~ the City Co'aucil make au offer for the parcels of land," Mot~-on of Mr. Warren that a committee be appointed to investigate and report to the City Co~acil~ was adopted. Howard. The Chair appointed on said coz~mittee - Messrs. Warren: W%iseman and 18~h - "Until I can revise ou~ system of purchasing and stores: I have fo~uud that the amo~ut of work involved does not justify the emp!oy~aent of a f~!-time Pumc_hasing Agent~ and. for tb~s reason~ i ~e abolished the office of City PurchasingAgent as of August l: 19~0 and have notified Mr. A.L. Steel: our present City Purchasing Agent that his services will not be required after tP~t date. The resoonsibilit~yof ourchasing has been transferred to the office of the ~_ty Anditor and City ~anager and wil~be handled t~rough these offices with no additional expense to the City for the time being, I trust that this meets ~th youm approval." On motion filed. !9th - "At the time that the City of Portsmouth ~unexed certain ter- ritory adjacent thereto~ the ~uestion of the interest of the Hsmpton Roads Sanmtary ~mstrmct ~mthmn the a~uexed terrm~ory was not taken into consideration. Since the ar~exed territory has become a part of the City c~ Portsmouth: it is deemed advisable that the City o~n~ and-ooerate all of the sewage facilities within the city limits and for this reason there have been~n~merous conference~ between the representatives of the Y~mpton Roads S~uitatiOn District and the officials of the City~ Portsmouth: the most recent one was held at the Hotel Portsmouth at which time there were present: Col. CD~s. B. Borland: G.~. Treakle: E.T. Gresh8~Sr.: representing the Sanitary District and ~. Fred Du3~e: Carl Houghton:Jr.: and I.G. Vass: representing the City of Ports- mouth~ After a lengthy discussion of the question ~ud a thorough examination of the reports of the engineers representing both political subdivisions: those present agreed to submit to their respective governing bodies for consideration the follo%f_ng: that if the Commission will transferand convey to the City of Portsmouth all oortions of the existing facilSties recently o~ed by the Federal Works Agency and conveYed~by said Agency to the Commissmon that are located within the present city limits of the City of Portsmouth ~ud rel~uquish all ~ghts and interests that the Commission may- D~ve in the aD~exed territory to the City of Port the City of Portsmouth will assume the payments of the amount in the sum of $2~2:~00.00 of the amount due the Federal Works Agency by the Sa~itary Commission on the s~e terms that t~e Commission has with the Federal Government concerning the payment of the same and %,~ll pay to the Co~m:ission the sr~ of $~7~00.O0 in cash. ~ I reco~end that the City Co-~ncil conc~ in the above." Manager was adopted. Motion of 1-~. Houghton to concur in the recommendation of the city -UNFIniSHED BUSINESS - An appropriation of ~2:241.60: to pay gratuity for school retired July lst: placed on its first reading at last meeting: wa~ t2kcn up. Motion of MY. ~t~t~ ~n ~n~4~ ~o ok~ Kn ~ ~ teachers