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~a~}~ 8th. 1949. items would be prohib!tive ~nd we ~re certaln this procedure would not be approved b~ the Health 3spar tment. The new plant constructed in 1940-44 has a capacity of 8 mgd with four i 1/~ mgd units. This plant, while of war time construction, is ingood condition, and these filters are modern in desigua nd operation. This is the third year we have recommended reconstruction of the old plant as our capacity with the sixteen older units out of service ~ll be reduced to l0 mgd. ~Ye are averaging on a year-~owud basis 10,180,O00 glad, actually in 1948 we filtered 3,7~8,95~,000 gallons, an increase of 83,0~1,000 gallons over Suppose we ass~uue a total ~afe yield from the entire ~lant a t 15 mg~ which is high, w e can expect this to decrease ~apidly as the old piping b~ecomes clogged ~wlth rust and sediment. We are now filtering over elevenmgd with peak of 15.O mgd December ~Sth, 1948. During June, July a~SAugust, 19~8, a wet year, we pumped an a~erage of over l0 mgd with a top~ of lB,000,000 gallons. If we assume a reasonably dry summer, this figure would go to perhaps 14 mg~ as it did in Ja~me, 19~ and 1945. in Februar~ 194~, we p~nped over 14 mgd due to cold weather. Every indication points to a substantial zncrease for 194~ and unless we can proceed at once, it will be di_f~cult to filter enough water to meet the demands durinE the period of reconstruction. During 19~$, we made application for, and received funds from F.WA for ~ ~,,~ ~ ...... ~ _~o.~ ~e em~&oved_= ~ Wzlew~ and~ ~tson, Consulting. Engineers,, . to p~epare plans and specifications ihcluding contract documents for reconstructmng thzs plant to meet present day requirements saf&ly and economically. Th~se plans and specifications have been approved by the State Health Department a~fi ~ are rehdy to advertise for hide z~aedia ely, if so au - thorized. We hope bids can b e secured before ~arch 1st in order that the contractor may be- gin construction by April let, thereby giving him eight months before freezing weather inter- feres with the operation of a partially completed plant. in summary, let's saywe cs_n safely deliver fifteen mgd. We agree we can expeat the cons~mption will be above ll mgd with a peak o f 14 mgd without any allowance for extinbuisb~nent of fires. The underwriters require approximately 9000 gallons per minute for ten hours or 5,400,000 gallons per day. If we add the 5,400,000 gallons to the average of ll mgd we have exceeded our capacity by more than I mgd. We have storage capacity i n Ports - mouth for 6.5 million gallons of which 1.5 ~illion g&llons is not usable because the pumps loose their suction at their level, therefore~ we can not rely on storage to any marked de~ee It is essential to always remember we must reduce our rated capacity by 8 mgd, leaving l0 mgd during construction, therefore, it is easy to see we have waited too long and unless we expeS_ite t~ms project we shall, v?zthout doubt, be in a much more critical condition t~we were in 1943, when it became necessary to curtail the use of water. There is a provision mn the contrast w o~ the City of Suffolk which states the principle in the dete~nination of rates s~all be that the Water Department receive sufficient revenue to meet reasonable operating expenses, interest, sinking .fund, ~adpro.per annual reserve for depreciation. The Water Department has accumulated approximately 1/2 mzllim dollars which should be used to construct this plant. This procedure would comply ~ mth the rate making provision of the contract with Suffolk. The health and ~zealth of two cities are in the balance sad there isn't anyt_hing more vital to the successful operations of the department than t~he rapid comple~ tion of the reconstruction of thais obsolete and inadequate filtration plant. ! again urge ~mediate aieproval of the a~vert~smno for bids to cover the entire reconstruction ~o as shown by plans and specifications accompanyim~ this statement." Motion of ~%r. Ho~'ard that the Manager advertise for bids on the fil~ tration plant in Suffolk, was adopted, 7th - The ~anager presented the following ordinance: aAaN ORDINANCE 1]~POSING AND LEqffING LICENSE TAXES FORT HE BEGIh~NiNG ~Y 1st, 19~9 At~D Eh]PING APRIL ~0th, 1950, AND AlS0 FOR EACH AND EVERY YEAR THEREA~-TER BEGik~ING ?TITH NAY 1st EACH SUCH YEAR AND Eh~DING WiTH APRIL ~0th FOLL0W-~G I~ITIL OTHER- WI~E C~NGED, FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CiTY G0~qERN~ENT, THE PAif}~ENT OF INTEREST ON Tt{E CiT~ ~BT, A~D FOR OTHER MDNiCIPAL PIIRPOSES, PROVIDING FOR THE COLI~CTI0i~] 0 F SAID LICENSE TAXES AlkYD PROVIDING PENALT~S." was adopted. cil be held on March 29th Motion of i~. Henders~ to place said ordinance ma it s first reading Motion of ~r. Sturtevant that the next regular meeting of the Coun- at ~:~0 P.M., instead of ~rch B~nd, w as adopted, The monthly report of the City 01erk and Auditor for Febro~ary w~s received and ordered filed. The following report of the Zoning Commission, continued ~ t able from last meeting, was taken up: ~The question of the ~al~ of the cmt? property at andolphanm ~ash- ington Stsc, referred back.to the Platting Commmsszon by *~he Czty ~ouncil, w~s presented at the planning~Co~n~ission meeting held on February 3, ~9~9. The Planning Commission again voted to disapprove the sale of ~!s property.~ Motion of Mr. Howard to refer to the City Attorney, w ~s adopted. Th~ following letter ~as taken up: that the City vacate city streets ~Attaehed is a communication from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, asking and right of v~y in the Wendell Neville Homes Project. R~is