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~ere present: folio,ming petition: At a regular meeting of the City Council, held ~arch llth, 1947, there Leslie T. Fox, George L. Grimes, Arthur P. Henderson, James N.Howard, ~-~ankD. Lawrence, E. Robie Sturteva~t, C.E. Warren,H. Earl ~¥eiseman, Pearls J. Wilson, Arthu~ S. Owens, City Eanager, and R.C. Barclay, City Attorney. Minutes of regular meeting held February 25th were read and ~oproved. The privilege of the floor was granted ~. T.Parker, who presented the ~We, the ~u~dersigned, owners and opera~ors of taxicabs in this City, respectfully request that the Council reduce the parking fee which i s now ~l~0~00 for each cab operating %u the City to a more reasonable amount. This is requested due to the fact that oU~ revenue from the operation of cabs has been ~ery materially reduced .within the past year which we attribute to a d~inished population in this area. 0~ cost of operation due to inability to secure equipment and other high costs is also a contributing factor in this request. We also respectfully request that the Cou~cil ~nend the taxi ordi - nance covering ooerators' permits which is now ~10.00 per ~n~ to permit an operator to secure a quarterly lice'~se. This ~equest is z~de upon the grounds that we are continually hiring new men and in ms~y cases t~ c~¥eates ~ hardship for the d~iver to pay this sum at one ti~e, andwe are not asking that this be reduced but merely to be issued upon a qu~cterly basis if the ap - plicant so desires, Respectih~lly submitted, Tony Lopinto and numerous others.~ · ' C~ty ~uager. On motion, said petmtmon w~s referred to the ~ The following letter v~s read: "In regard to the complaints about coal dust from our coal y~d, please be advised that we are making every effort to remedy tkis situation. ~e a~e instructing our shippers to ship us only oil or chemicslly t reared coal at an additional cost of l0 cents per ton to us. ~e e~ect to have erected an 8 ft. board fenne adjacent to the line of houses along our western boundary line. ~e will also experiment with a covered chut~ to our co~lu~loade~. Trusting these measures ~ll eliminate ~ny future trouble, w e Tou~s very t~u!y, Jord~u E. Turner ~bzel Co. Inc. By JordauE. Turner, President." Privilege of the floo~ was graz~ted ~r. Vaughau and ~r. ~cLean, who spoke on the question. ~. Howard stated that he had ad~ad~,~ ~, Tui~mer to h~ve a canvas screen made to follow loading machine to help keep dust down. Privilege of the floor was granted. Commands2 F.L. Buchanan of the · p American Legmen cst ~7, who prese~hed tha following: Telegr~u - ~C.B. Hewitt, 518 King St~ Reurfon at time Alexander Park constr~cted FPHA concurred in Community request that houses would be removed from the area when no longer needed for a war connected use. (Portsmouth-Norfolk County ~isposition Committee). Subsequent- ly, with concurrence of city and cou. nty govercmzents reeo~ended continuation of this commitment. Units no longer needed for residential use ~exs~_der Park being sold educational institutions, local public bodies and properly sport - acted non-profit corporations to provide housing exclusively Veterans ~orld War II and servicemen. ~on-profit corporation undertaking such a program must have official endorsement local governing body for area in ~,~ich houses ~lll be relocated, in Portsmouth area this endorsement necessary from both City ~ud Co~ty ~o release specifically FPHA from_ ezisting agreement A R Hanson Federal Public Housing Authority.~ Resolution - ~¢~ereas, material sh~ rages and skyrocketing prices of materials available has practically precluded the possibility of many ,wa~ veterans building or buying homes, and ¥~zereas, compact demountabte housing u~ts are available for purchase by war veterans at Alex~ader Park at reasonable prices, and ~hereas, ~ar Veterans desiring to ou~¢~se these houses ~ud locate them in the City of Portsmouth are prohibited fro~ doing so unless the City Council advises the Federal Public Housing Authority that it does not object to erection of su~n Houses in the City, ~d ~ereas, Norfolk City a~ Norfolk County have adopted resolutions granting veterens the right to purchase and locate the surplus Alexander Park houses