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37,O October 13, 1981 Motion of Mr. Gray and seconded by Mr. Beamer, That authorization be granted to transfer 229,000 from Grants Continegency Account, as requested. Substitute motion of Mr. Oast and seconded by Mrs. Webb, to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager, that the matter be tabled, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 81-375 "Consideration of a motion to terminate Night Maxi-Ride Service and reduce the hours of operation of the Churchland Maxi-Ride Service. The State funded experimental Night Ride Service has never attracted anticipated ridership and with State funding about to end, the City is not in a position to fund the deficit. It is proposed to terminate that service. Churchland Maxi-Ride has low ridership~- during the first morning hour and the 1st evening hour and it is proposed to shorten ser- vice by those two hours. The City Manager recommends adoption." Motion of Mr. Beamer and seconded by Mrs. Webb, to concur in the the City Manager, to terminate Night Maxi-Ride Service and reduce the of the Churchland Maxi-Ride Service, was adoFted by unanimous vote. 81-376 "Consideration of a motion to abate and refund assessed and paid in error. This mo~ion will authorize the abatement and refund of Taxes, to Mr. Edward E. Godden, which were assessed and paid recommends adeption." Motion of Mr. Gray and seconded by Mrs. Webb, $itl.20 in i981 Personal Property Taxes pa~d by Mr. adopted by unanimous vote. Personal ~111.20 in in error. recommendation Df hours of operation Property Taxes 1981 Personal Property The City Manager that authorization be granted to refund Edward E. Godden in error, and was 81-377 "Consideration of an ordinance to amend the Code of the City of Portsmouth by amending Sections 35-2 and 35-3 pertaining to penalties for nonpayment of real estate and personal property tax. The City Charter provides for the imposing of a penalty for nonpayment of taxes as may be prescribed by ordinance, provided such penalty shallnot exceed the maximum which is provided by State law. The applicable portion of the State Code permits a 10% penalty and this ordinance increases the amount of the penalty in the City Code. The City Manager recommends adoption.' On motion of Mr. Gray and seconded by Mrs. Webb, the following ordinance was adopned on first and final reading, and by the following vote: "AN ORDINANCE TO ~MEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY ~qENDING SECTIONS 35-2 AND 35-3 PERTAINING TO PENALITIES FOR NONPAYMENT OF REA1 ESTATE AND PERSONAl PROPERTY 1AX. ' Ayes: Nays: Be~mer, Gray, Oast, Webb, Whitlow, Johansen None 81-378 On motion of Mr. Oast and seconded by Mr. Gray, the following resolution adopted, and by the following vcte: THE OPPOSITION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF "A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING PORTSMOUTH TO ANY EXPANSION OR UNNECESSARY PROLONGATION OF THE USE OF THE CRANEY ISLAND DISPOSAL AREA AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL'S POSITION ON THIS MATTER AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH FORUMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY. was WHEREAS, the Army Corp of Engineers has recently announced that it expects to implement a Five Year Management Plan which will permit the extension of the life of Craney Island as a disposal area for an additional thirty-six (36) years to approximately 2017 and the raising of the elevation by approximately fifteen (15) feet to approximately plus thirty (+30) feet mean sea level; and WHEREAS, such plan is contrary to the findings and conclusions contained in a document entitled "Norfolk Harbor And Channels, Virginia, Deepening And Disposal Feasibility Report", dated September, 1979, as prepared by the Army Corp of Engineers, which recommended against the raising of the current design level and expansion to the west of the Craney Island Disposal Area; and WHEREAS, the Craney Island Disposal Area is within the boundaries of the City of Portsmouth and its ultimate development as a deep water marine terminal, a freeport, and related industrial and commercial development is vital to the economic vitality of the City of Portsmouth and the Commonwealth of Virginia; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth has steadfastly expressed by Resolution its opposition to the expansion of the Craney Island Disposal Area; and WHEREAS, the Council Engineers, in prepara[ion Regulations regarding the of the City of Portsmouth questions whether the Army Corp of of its Managemen~ Elan has met the mandates required by Federal environmental and economic impact of the Plan.