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there were present:
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<br />and approved.
<br />meeting, was taken up,
<br />
<br />1949,
<br />
<br />At a regular meeting of the City Cotmcil, held December 2Vth, 1949,
<br />
<br />Leslie T. Fox, Frank N. Bilisoly~ Jr., Fred A. Duke, George
<br />Crimes, Arthur P. ~enderson~ Car. C. Honghton, Jr.~ James N.
<br />Howard~ E. Robie Sturtevant, C.E. Warren, H. Earl Weiseman,
<br />Pearle J. Wilson, I. G. Vass, City Manager and R.C. Barclay,
<br />City Attorney.
<br />
<br />The minutes of the regular meeting held on December 13~h, 1949 were re~
<br />
<br />~ne following report from the Zoning Comyaission, laid on table at last
<br />and on me,ion of ~. Howard, conzinued on table ~til next meetmng.
<br />
<br /> "At a meeting of the Plsmning and Zonzng C ~ ' '~
<br /> ~ ormn~ssmo~=, held December Sth
<br />the Comaission adopted the two following recommendations:
<br />
<br />i. That the Zoning Ordinance be amended to allow radio studios
<br /> and towers in multiple-f~mily dwelling distrtcts~ Class E,
<br /> with the following restriction - that the distance of the
<br /> radio tower base from the nearest oresent building sha~l
<br /> not be less than the height of the-tower plus I$% of the
<br /> height of the tower.
<br />~. The closing of that part of Hartford St.~ crossing the A.C.L.
<br /> track~ as requested by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad,was
<br /> denied.~
<br />
<br />following communications from the City faanage_ were read:
<br />
<br /> let - ~I am aDtaching hereto a statement of zaxes, penalties and in-
<br />terest in the sum of ~6,~V4.80 for the years 1948 and 1949, assessed against the South Nor -
<br />fcik Bridge Co~mission.
<br /> Several conferences have been held bezween the officials of
<br />the Bridge Co=~uission and the City of Portsmouth, mud the Bridge Co~ission has agreed to pay
<br />the sum of ~4,155.00, and it is my understanding that it is the opinion o f the City Collector
<br />city Engineer, City Attorney, Co~issioner of Rever~me and myself that the City should accept
<br />this sum.
<br /> i the~efore.reco~aend that ~4,155.00 be accepted as pediment of
<br /> taxes by the South ~or~o-~ Bridge Co~m~zsszon.
<br />
<br />the 1948-194'9
<br />adopted.
<br />
<br />~4otio~a cz ~.~r. ' ....
<br /> ~azr~la~ so concur in uz~e 2{anager~s reeo_~muendation was
<br />
<br /> Srd
<br />dent of the water Department,
<br />struction of the ~}.ter plant.
<br />1980 Budget year~~'
<br />
<br /> 2nd ~ nDue to the fact that the City o f Portsmouth ~has borrowed from
<br />the loca& bmuks the sum of $1'50,000.O0 and it is the desire that the notes be discotuuted
<br />prior to the end of the fiscal year, I recommend that the City Auditor be authorized to trans-
<br />fer the sum of ~150~000.00 from the ?later Account to the General F~md Account with which to
<br />pay the above s~ and that the ga~er acoo~at be reimbursed in the saz_~e amount when needed at
<br />a later date.~
<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was
<br />adopted.
<br />
<br /> ~I am attaching hereto a letter from X. D. Murden, Superinten-
<br /> concerning the appropriations in the 1949 ~6_get for the recon-
<br /> I recommend tb~t the appropriations be carried over into t he
<br />
<br />Motion
<br />
<br />adopted.
<br />
<br />~emsem~n to concur in the ~.lanager~s reco~2~endation, was
<br />
<br /> 4th ~I ~ attaching hereto a letter from the Superintendent of the
<br />Water Department, X. D. Murden, advising me that he has received bids for the Kimberly water
<br />line in Nansemond County and desires to award the contract to the lowest bidder and has re
<br />quested that an appropriation in an amount not to exceed ~0,000.00 be made to finance this
<br />project.
<br /> I therefore recommend t?~t an appropriation of ~0,000,00 be
<br />placed on its first ~eading."
<br />
<br /> Motion of ~r. ~arren to place an a~propriation of ~20,000.00 from Wa-
<br />ter fomds, for said purpose, on its first reading, was adopted.
<br />
<br /> 5th
<br />the sum of ~3,954.40 v~aich is
<br />1949.I~
<br />
<br /> ~'During the year 1949, the City Auditor paid to Norfolk County
<br />in full payment of the appropriation to the Schools for the year
<br />
<br /> Motion of Mr. Stmrtevant to place an approprzat~on of ~3,964.40 for
<br />said purpose on its first reading, was adopted.
<br />
<br /> 6th - The Manager presented the following ordinance which, on motion
<br />of Mr. Henderson, was placed on_its first reading:
<br />
<br />~AN 0RDi~YANCE PROVIDING FOR PUBLISHING AND POSTING 0F
<br />ORDiNA~TCES, DESIGNATING T~ N~/~SPAPER AND LOCATI ONS
<br />FOR F~STING. '~
<br />
<br /> 7th "I am r~commending that the attached ordinance prohibiting the
<br /> !ntra-~l~y passengers,
<br />operation of motor passenger buses for ' ~ for the transportation~f '
<br />
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