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. ~e c e mb e~e__R2n d~d~.~!2~_. At a regular meeting of ~the City 0ounoll~ held December 22nd, 19~2, at there were present: Joh~P. Leigh, Leslie T. Fox, George L. Grimes,. Russell M. Hall, Jas. No Howard, W. R. Hutchlns, Frank D. La~ence, O. E.-.-Warren, Pearls J. Wilson and Arthur S. Owens, City Manager. Minutes of regular meeting held December 8th, were read and approved° The following communications from the City N~nager were read: let - The Nanagem presented a card ~rem the family of the late L.P. Ro- berts, Jr., a~knowledging with appreciation the expression o f sympathy. 2nd - "In an attempt to elimiffate loss of time~ due to sickness~ by em - ployees, I have arranged for the inoculation against pne~menia~ free to all city e~oloyees. Effective January 1st, 1943, any who may desire can receive a physical check-up by the Health DePartment of the City, on their own volition." On motion ordered filed. 3rd ~ The Manager presented the following letter~ "The Pederal Government is considering the erection of a 150 Bed Hospital and 5© Bed Nurses Home on a ~rac~ of lahd to be donated by t~he Norfolk County Board of Super - vi sore. The site, which comprises approximately nine acres, is bounded by U.S. Route 17, West Read, Mulberry Road and Sussex St., the last mentioned street being unopened and not improved. A six foo~ easement owned by the City cf Portsmouth traverses the site from east to west, and installed in the said easement are an 8e water main owned by the Oity and a 3" gas line owned by Portsmouth C~s Company. The government can not consider constructing the building over these pipe lines ~nd it is requested that the lines be relocated at no expense to the government. For your information, the proposed hospital is one story and occupies mo~t of the site. Relocation of said pipe lines along the edge of ~est Bead would clear all portions of hospital structure. Please take up this matter with your City A~thorities at the earliest possible date. The project can not proceed mnless we have you~ favorable decision to relocate these PiPe lines. Kindly advise ~his office of your decision as soon as possible. Yours very truly, Shelby Post, PPoJect Engineer, Public Buildings Administration." Motion of Mr. Grimes to refer back to the City Manager for further infor- mation, was adopted. 4th - The Manager stated that he weald like to remodel the Market Build- in~ to give the Rationing Board more room, the work to cost about $6~O00.00. Notion of Mr. ~ox to place an appropriation o f $6,000.00 for said ;r~rpose: on its first readlr~, was adopted. 5th - "At the last Oouncil meeting, the following were referred to me: Parking space for the Monroe Hotel and traffic light at Llnco!~, a~d~aM~gton Sts. With reference to the parking space for Monroe Hotel, a small space Will be provided for thirty min~e~lo~!~ng and unloading. However, it can not interfere with the traffic that passes around the monument. I have approved a traffic ~ligh~ for Lincoln and Washington Sts., and the City Elec~rician expects to install it Just as so~ as necessary parts can be secured." On motion oFde~ed flle%~.' 6th ~ The-~Manager presented the following letter and stated that he had accepted Mr. Kibler's resignatloh: "I -hereby tender my resignation as Oity Recreation Director, ef- fective January let, in order to accept a position wi~h the State Educational Department in Richmond. It is needless to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed the work during the past year. I appreciate the confidence and support accorded me by you and by the members of the Oouncil. Please express my thanks to them an~'my regrets on leaving Portsmouth. I sincerely hope you will have no difficulty in securing a man to take my pla6e and I feel certain that the recreation work will grow to be a real force for good in the future advancement of Portsmouth. If I can be cf any assistance in anyway, at any time, please call on me. Cordially yours, ~ester E. Klbler, Director".