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were present:
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<br />At a regula~ meeting of the City Co~ncil, held August 24th, 19~8,there
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<br /> Leslie T.Fox, George L.Grimes, Arthur P. enaerson, Ca~ C.Houghton,Jr.~
<br /> E. Robie Stu~te~.ant~ C. E. ~arren~ H. Earl ~eiseman, Pearls J. ~ilson,
<br /> ~. Guy Ancell,Czty ;lanager and R.~. Barclay, City Attorney.
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<br /> ~,31nutes of regular ,meeting held August 10th, 1948, snd called meeting
<br />of August 13th, were read and approved.
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<br /> The follo~ng report from the ZoningCormu~ss~on' ' was read:
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<br /> ~Pursuant to the provision, s of the Zoning 0~dinance, notice is hereby
<br />given that a public hearing will be held ~t 7:50 poM., on Tuesday,A~gust ~4th, 1948~ in the
<br />Cou~t of Hustings Court roo~, Court House Building, Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of
<br />altering zones and reclassifyin~ the following proper~y:
<br /> Lots 8-9-10 block 9 Piedmont Heights Street
<br /> #~803-2605-2607 Deep Creek Boulevard,from
<br /> Residential Class C to Commercial C/ass F.~'
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<br />was adopted.
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<br />The privilege of the floo~ was granted anyone interested. No response,i
<br />Motion of ~. Grimes to rezone ~nd classify said property as above,
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<br />The following cormmunications from the City Manager were read:
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<br /> 1st - ~I ~hould like to report that the agreement between the City
<br />of Portsmouth ~nd the Per~usylvania Railroad, govez~_ing the opening of the E"esl ~y Street cross-
<br />i~g has gone forward to the railroad officials for their approval and signatures."
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<br />On motion ordered filed.
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<br /> 2nd "I have taken the matter of ~
<br /> - cross~_ng watchmen-up v~_th the Belt
<br />Line Railroad officials and they advise me that they will be present at the Cottueil meeting on
<br />September 14th, 1948, to discuss thzs matter.with the City Co~cil.~
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<br />0n motion ordered filed.
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<br />Chairman, Retirement Beard:
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<br />The Ns_uager presented the following report fr~ Dr. L.H. Denny,
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<br /> "Attached is report of the City Physician regarding retiremer~ of
<br />01lie B. A~nstrong of the~Fire Department, recommended by Chief Sykes of the Fire Department,
<br />~hose letter to you is also attached.
<br /> The Retirement Board met on July 8th, 1948, and concurs in /~. Lind-
<br />say's recommendation that this man be retired from active duty."
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<br /> Motion~ i5~. ~ilson to r stire ~. 0. B. A~stroD~ as of September
<br />1st, I 948, at 80% of his salary,~was adopted.
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<br /> 4th - "It is necessary that we buy 5,000 feet of 2½" fire hose and
<br />1,800 feet of 1½" fire hose ~or the annexed a~ea.
<br /> Also, there are several changes that Chief Sykes has recom-
<br />mended to be made on t he new fire pt~pers to make thereto ore adaptable for fighting fire in th~
<br />residential areas.
<br />The total cost of ~he fire hose is approximately $9,000.00
<br />and the cost of the changes in the equipment a re approximately $1,000.00. I respectfully ask
<br />that you appropriate this amount? ~ territor~y
<br />· .~ Motion of ~r. Houghton to appropriate $~0,000. from annexed
<br />funds for Ca?_tal ImprovementS, was a~opted.
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<br /> 8th -~ ~'W~e are faced with an acute shortage of office space for th=~
<br />two clerks of ~ourt and the City Collector. To alleviate tmhiS conGmtmon, we have considered
<br />plac~.g another story on the ~Iunmc~pal ~.ildihg and have made some roug~h sketche~ and estimates
<br />of the cost of thais work.
<br /> We believe it is possible to give the two clerks between
<br />s~ud 1,000 additional square feet of floor space on the third floor as well as to provide a
<br />ladies' rest room for the ladies employed in the ~u~cipal building. ~e have also provided an
<br />elevator in ~o~r calculations.
<br /> Under t~is new arrangement~ ~. Bain, ~h3. Baker and Judge
<br />I'Anson can be moved to the third floor and Nit. Parker's office brought into the first floor,
<br />leaving his present office space available to Norfolk County- they also have an acute crowded
<br />condition in their Treasumer's office.
<br /> It is our opinion ths. t this work can b e done for approximate-
<br />1.y $80~000.00, but.we should, like per, is.sion to enploy an architect to produce plans and speci-
<br />fications before fznal adopts_on by the C~-ty Council.~
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<br /> ~otion of Dir. Henderson t o ~thorize the ~a~uager to sec~3~e plans and
<br /> ~ adopted.
<br />specifications and to present them to the Co~_uc_t, was
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<br />a like cc~ittee from the
<br />to act, was adopted.
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<br />The Nanager called attention to the A.B.C. fund for the annexed ter-
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<br />Motion o f ~r. Houghton to appoint a cor~ittee from the Council to mee$
<br />Board of/ S~perv!sors from Norfolk· County on this matter, with p owe~
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