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At a called ~ em ,
<br /> meet~_~g of the City Council held December 29th, 1947, at 5:00
<br />there were present:
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<br />Leslie To Fox, Charles 0o Barclay, George L. Grimes, Arthur P. Henderson,
<br />J~ues N. Howard, E. Robie Sturtevant, C. E. Warren, ~. Earl" '
<br />Pea~le J. ~ ~ ~
<br /> Wilson, Arthu~ S. Owens, City Manager and R.C. Ba~ c_ay, City
<br />Attorney.
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<br />The follow~ng call was read:
<br />
<br />r~rOU are requested to attend a called meeting of the City Council in the
<br />Co~ucil Ch~nber at ~:OO P.~., on ~onday, December ~gth, 19~7, to consider
<br />bids for the ~ale_of $~98~000~00-~of S~eot~k~provemer~ Bonds to be opened
<br />at l~:O0 noon, December Egt~h, 1~7, and to select ~_u acting City ~anager,
<br />effective January 1st,
<br />By Order of the President.~
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<br />following report v~s ~de by the City I~smager:
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<br /> ~:In accordance ~m~h your instr~ctions, I advertised for sealed bids to be
<br />received in the City i~ager~s Office, to be opened at 12:00 noon, EST., on December Bgth,
<br />194V, for the purchase of $198,000.00 in Street improvement Bonds, said bonds bearing interest
<br />at two per cent per annum, payable $10,000.00 ~anuary let, 198G and January 1st of each suc -
<br />ceeding year, through 1968 and $8,000.00 m~_ 1969.
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<br />Bids were received as follows:
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<br />C.F. Cassell & Company, of 0harlottes~_lle, Va.,
<br /> with a certified check of $3,960.00 attached
<br />American National Bs~k of Port~outh, with a
<br /> cashier's check of ~3,96Oo00 attac-hed
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<br />tho;acceptance
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<br /> 8189,249.79
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<br /> 198,101. O0
<br />of the American National Bard~ bid."
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<br /> Motion of ~r. Howard, seconded by Mn. Wilson, to concur in the recommenda-
<br />tion of the City Manager, was adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br />Aye s: Fox,
<br />t~ ay s - None
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<br />Barclay, Grimes, Henderson, Howard,
<br />W arren~ Weisems_u, V~ilso~
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<br />Stutterer,
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<br /> Motion of Mr. ~eisemsm to go into the election of mu acting City Manager,
<br />was adop~d.
<br /> Mr. Howard nominated R. Co Barclay as acting City Manager, to begin duties
<br />December 29th, at 5:00 o'clock P.M., at the combined salary equal to the City Manager's salary
<br />was adopted, a~id by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes: Fox,
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<br />Nays: None
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<br />Bare_ay, Gri~mes~ Henderson, Hows~d,
<br />Warren, Woiseman, Wilson
<br />
<br />Sturtov~nt,
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<br /> The following ordinance,placed on 'its first reading on July 8th, was,
<br />on motion of Mr. Barclay, taken up:
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<br />'~At~ ORDINANCE TO BE'I(~0~ AS ~E ZONI~[G OPd)I~JA~NCE, TO DIVe--DE
<br />THE _&~°~EA OF T~ CITY i~O DISTRICTS OR Z0t~ES, AND IN SUCH DIS-
<br />TRICTS OR ZOO!ES TO REGULATE A~D REDiSTRiCT T~ LOCATION OF
<br />BUILDINGS Ai~YD LAIRD I~mE~DED FOR TRADES, i~a~DUSTRIES, RESIDE~CES
<br />0R 0T~R PURPOSES~ A~J~ TO REGULA5~ ~%D Ll~IT THE P~EIGI~ AA~D
<br />SI~ O? ~dILDii~GS, T~ INTE~SITY A~m~ USE OF ~ND, AND THE
<br />DENSITY OF POPD~TiON, A~ TO REGULATE ~d~D DETER~IIi~ THE SIZE
<br />OF L~RD8 A~ OTHER OPEN SPA~ SU~z~0BI~DII~G ~JiLDINGS; TO PRO-
<br />ViDE FOR a BOA~ OF APPEALS; AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIE~ FOR THE
<br />VIOLATIONS THEREOF."
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<br />The following petition was read:
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<br /> ~ereas, under the new.prooosed Zoning law for the City of Portsmouth,
<br />it is contemplated that Elm Avenue from Leckme S~reet to Arn~ Street 'in ~tarshall Ward be zoned
<br />for con~nercial establishments;
<br /> ~£mereas, the property owners on Elm Avenue and other property owners of
<br />Marshall Ward feel that no additional c~n~e~cial estabiis~ents should be erected or con-
<br />structed in said ~arshall Ward, but that it should remain strictly a residential section;
<br /> Be it resolved that the ~u~dersigned proper~yowners of Marshall Ward
<br />hereby petition~the City Co~u~cil ~of ~he City of Portsmouth to eliminate from said proposed
<br />Zoning Law before enacting int~ Law the contemplated proposedzoning of El~ Avenue from Leckie
<br />Street~to Arn~ Street in Marshatt Ward from residential section to co~mnercial.
<br />~¥e believe the above--mentioned two blocks on ELm. Avenue should remain
<br />strictly a residential section instead of a co~nercial for the best interest of our citizens.
<br />
<br />(Sig~ed) G.R. Dixon, Sr., B0! [~. E~n Ave. and n~aerous others."
<br />
<br /> Mr. Barclay presented the following ~sn~onts to the ordinance, ~nich
<br />were, ~on motion of Mr. Barclay, adopted:
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<br /> A. ~The Planning s~d Zoning Connnission reeommended the following changes
<br />~o be made in the proposed new Zoning Ordinance:
<br /> 1. That the property bounded by the Airline Turnpike,
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