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<br />April 24, 1979
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<br />At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on April 24, 1979, there were present:
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<br />Richard J. Davis, Jack P. Barnes, E. Saunders Early, Jr., J. Robert Gray,
<br />James W. Holley, Edward L. Oast, Jr., Robert T. Williams, City Manager~
<br />Gordon B. Tayloe, Jr., City Attorney.
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<br />Absent: Archie Elliott, Jr.
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<br /> Councilman Gray opened the meeting with prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance
<br />to the Flag.
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<br />Mayor Davis welcomed all visitors in attendance.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Barnes and seconded by Mr. Gray, minutes of the regular meeting to April
<br />10, 1979, to be approved as received, and was adopted by unanimous vote.
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<br /> 79-139 - Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Mayor Davis for the City of
<br />Portsmouth, in recognition of outstanding assistance to the Virginia Wing, Civil Air Patrol
<br />and Portsmouth Composite Squadron, by Major Joseph A. Sansone, of Portsmouth Composite
<br />Squadron.
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<br /> 79-138 - Public Hearing on General Revenue Sharing and 1979-84 Capital Improvements
<br />Program was held:
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<br /> Mrs. J. Richard Gill, 370 Middle Street, representing the Portsmouth Service League,
<br />and Acting President of the Tidewater Children's Museum, spoke concerning $15,000 to help
<br />establish the Children's Museum from the General Revenue Sharing funds.
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<br /> The following letter submitted with the Capital ImprovementsProgram for 1979-84, from
<br />the City Manager:
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<br /> "Submitted here~h is the City Manager's recommended 1979-84 Capital Improvements Program
<br />including the Capital Improvement Budget for fiscal year 1979-80.
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<br /> As you know, Portsmouth's Capital Budgets in recent years have been very lean, due to the
<br />municipality's fiscal constraints and to the effects of soaring inflation on construction cost~
<br />This austere policy has continued this year. In so far as possible, major emphasis has been
<br />placed on maintenance and upgrading of existing facilities. Major new projects, with few
<br />exceptions, have been selected because they will increase Portsmouth's tax base, reduce costs,
<br />or will be supported by their own sources of revenue.
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<br /> The proposed Capital Improvement Program contains no Education projects. The School
<br />Board submitted no requests because they are re-evaluating their long range plans in light
<br />of the recent Ten Year School Plant Inventory Study.
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<br /> The total recommended budget for 1979-80 is $10,$30,693, broken down by major category
<br />as follows:
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<br />Community Services
<br />Parks and Recreation
<br />Public Safety
<br />Urban Transportation
<br />Drainage, Curbs, Gutters &
<br /> Street Improvements
<br />Support of Federal Programs
<br />Public Utilities
<br />Crawford Harbor
<br />Miscellaneous
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<br />$ 575,100
<br /> 435,000
<br /> 174,416
<br /> 757,500
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<br />1,030 000
<br />645 000
<br />~,565 OOb
<br />2,525 000
<br />823 677
<br />$10,550 693
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<br />as
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<br /> Local funding
<br />follows:
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<br />sources
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<br />for 1979-80
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<br />as compared with the current 1978-79 fiscal
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<br /> 1978-79 1979-80
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<br />year are
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<br />General Obligation Bonds $ 4,671,789 $ 3,962,016
<br />Revenue Sharing Funds 1,517,359 1,528,677
<br />Economic Development Funds 1,047,600
<br />Community Development Funds 289,400
<br />Public Utility Bonds 3,955,929 3,565,000
<br />Portsmouth Parking Auth/
<br />Revenue Bonds 1,475,000
<br />Other 690,000
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<br />$12,172,077
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<br />$10,550,695
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<br /> Based on the above factors, I submit this recommended Capital Improvement Budget as a
<br />realistic work program within the City's financial capability for public hearing."
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<br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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<br /> 79-60 The following ordinance, deferred from the regular meeting of February 27, 1979,
<br />was taken up and read:
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<br />"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, PERTAINING
<br />TO TOW TRUCKS, BY PROVIDING FOR IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS; DUTY TO NOTIFY POLICE;
<br />TOW TRUCKS CALLED TO ASSIST AT ACCIDENT SCENE; AND TO~ TRUCK BOOK TO BE MAINTAINED
<br />BY CITY MANAGER."
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