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134 December 9, 1986 WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that certain amend ent to the Charter of the City of Portsmouth are necessary and ble at this time and has, on this date, held such public hear- ing required by law to consider such amendments. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Attorney be, and he hereby is, directed to prepare and transmit to the members of the General Assembly representing the City, tcgether with certified copies of this resolution, a draft of a bill to amend the Charter of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1970, as follows: By repealing Section 6.05 pertaining to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, 2. This resolution shall take effect from the date of its adoption." Ayes: Barnes, CorFrew, Gray, Lucas, Simpson, Webb, Holle~ Nays: None 86-455 Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of -esolution requesting that the Virginia Department of Highways ~__ ~ortation proceed with design and funding of the following urb~ road projects: a. Towne Point Road/Twin Pines Road b. Cedar Lane c. Churchland Bculevard d. Turnpike Read "As Council is award, although Portsmouth is considered a densely populated urban area, there are many roads in our City ac- quired through annexation that are as rural in nature today as they were seventy years ago, However, these same roads (constructed for rural Norfolk County) are now an essential link in our urban transportation network. These roads, in most instances, consist of two lanes, with high corowns and deep ditches. The deep drainage ditches present a health hazard to the community and are unsafe to vehicular traffic, as well as to our citizens through pedestrian, bicycling, and other recreational activities. The attached resolutions identify four two-land roads -- all o~ which exceed State Highway standards. The general standard for ustifying the upgrading of two-lane roads to four lanes is 8,000- 000 vehicles per day. The following is a list of the four road ~rojects along with their most recent twenty-fcur hour traffic a. Towne Point'Twin Pines Road 12,280 vehicles per day b. Cedar Lane 10,800 vehicles per day c. Churchland Boulevard 13,300 vehicles per day d. Turnpike Road 11.730 vehicles per day The only other two-lane road which presents a serious traffic hazard is the portion of West Norfolk Road between Cedar Lane and Churchland Boulevard. ~ cannot recommend improvements to West Nor- folk Road at this time because of the uncertainty of our efforts to expedite the relocation of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad tracks. If we are success£ul in relocating the tracks to the Western Freewa~ I would recommend we divert West Norfolk Road to the old Railroad ' right-of-way. If we are unsuccessful, however, improvements to thi~ portion of West Norfolk R6ad will have to be addressed usin~ its present'alignment. I, therefore, recommend that City Council adopt ~ ns " the attached resolut~o .