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October 28th~ 1941. The regular meeting of the City Council was held October 28th, 1941, at ?:00 P.M., with the following members present: Leslie T. Fox~ George L. Grimes~ Russell M~ Hall, James NJ Howard, W. R. Hutchins~ ~ank Ds Lawrence.~C. E~ Warren~ Pearls J~ Wilson and M.E. Haug~ City Manage= Minutes of regular meeting held October 14th were read and approved. The following communications from the City Msnager were read~ let ~On October lOth, Edward P~ Levine made application, under the zoning law~ to erect a theatre on the northeast corner of Lincoln St. and Des Moines Avenue. Within the time limit set by the law, I have received two petitions, one signed by Joe. F. ~nits and others and Roy M. Woodard and others. ~nother petition was re- ceived yesterday~ signed by Rev. D. S~ Detpsey and others. Under the provisions o f the law, I respectfully submit these protests ~o the City Council,~ The following petitions were read~ ~We~ the undersigned members and friends of the Jackson Memorial Baptist Church a~ citizens of said community do take this opportunity to register our protest against the location of theatre so near our church; namely on Lincoln St~ and Des Moines Ave. It is our belief that a thre~e in this community would be detrimental both to the moral and spiritual life of our people, thenefore we are opposing such in said communit tSigned) D. S. Dempsey and others." ~We, the undersigners, as property owners and renters, do file a compl~ nt against a theatre ~ud drug store being built on the corner of Lincoln St. and Des Moines Ave. Yours very t~ly, ~Signed) Joseph F. ¥~aite mud others." Privilege of the floor was granted to anyone interested. Roy Mo Woodard, Mrs. Jos. F. ~nite, Mr. Butler~ Rev. Vernon L. Fisher, ReV. D. S. Dempsey, Rev. Jas. W. Smith,Jr., and others, requested that the permit be not granted and Mr. Edward P. Levine s~oke in favor of the permit° Motion of Mr. Grimes to lay the matter on the table was adopted. 2nd - "I am attaching hereto contract between the City of Portsmouth and the City of Norfolk, whi~ch covers the proposed City of Norfolk water supply line from ~he westCity limits of Portsmouth to the Southern Railway Company's piers at the Port Warden's line of the Elizabeth-River. This contract has been approved by our City Attorney and has be~. adopted by the City Council of the City of Norfolk. I therefore respectfully recommend that the acting Mayor be authorized to sign it~~ Mo~ion of l~r. Hu~chins to lay the contract on the t able until next meeting, was adopted. 3rd - ~I am attaching hereto an smendment to Section 76 of the License Tax Ordinance which will oermit the licensing of automatic photogr~p~hic machines, carrying ali - cerise ts_x fee of $R6.~O per annum. I respectfully recommend that this amendment be adopted." was adopted: Motion of Mr. Hutchins to place the following ordinance on its first reading, "AN ORDINANCE TO A2MEND SECTION ~6 OF THE ~LICENBE TAX ORDINANCE BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH THERETO." 4th - "I am presenting a formal offe~ made by the Federaz ~or~s A~ency, De - fense Public Works Division~ which covers our applicatzon for funds to assist in constructing improvements to our Water Department. T~his offer is in the form of a gr=n~ of $2~7,22,.00 to the Cz~y of Portsmouth, in order to finance construction estimated to cost $462,O4Oo00~ leaving a balance to be borne by the City amounting to ~184,816,0Oo T~his offer is on the basis of a sixty per cent and supercedes the original offer of a thirty per cent grant which was made by the Govern~ ment on ~ePtember 4th and w~ch was not accepted by the City~ The increased grant is the re- sult of conferences ~th officials of the Federal Works Agency, i recommend that the offer is accepted and that we be authorized to sign the necessary papers which have already been executed by the Director of Defense Public Works~~ Mr. Hutchins presented the following resolution which~as~ on motion of Mr. Hu~chins adopted~ and by the following vote,:~ Ayes: Fox~ Grimes~ Hal!~ Howard, HutcP~tns, Lawrence, Warren, Wilson Nays: None Re solution - FWA Form NO~ l!8~L(b) F~W.A~ 6!92~! I~PJESOLUTION, oRDINANCE, oRDER) ACCEPTING THE OFFER OF THE UNITED STATES OF A~{ERICA