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TUESDAY APRIL 11, 1959 -- ordered that any work currently being done on Zee street be discontinued and held in abeyance pending decision on the petitioner's request after the course of prescribed procedur-e has been run. Furthermore, Council directed the street remain open, also pendir..g resolving the matter. ,- Attorney Robert May, on behalf of Arthur Matson (and wife) and C. R. Dent (and wife), presented a petition requesting the closing of approximatel:r one hundred feet of an alleyway extending narthward from Jefferson Street between Rives Road and Thomas Heights. Dr. Fred Renick, in person, and Mr. Chester Lane, by letter, owners of property on Rives Road adjacent to or near said alleyway, registered their very definite objections to the proposed closing. Mr. 1. W. Ramsey, res ident and owner of property on Thomas Heights, indicated his agreeableness to completely clos ing the alleyway or keeping it completely open but not to closing only one end of said alleyway. In view of a question concerning the State Code provision under which the petition was filed, the petition was referred to City Attorney Taylor for advice. ..- COlmcil ordered held in abeyance, until the City has adequate facilities, a request from certain residents and p!'operty owners along Chatham Road and Douglas Road for permission to construct at their expense an extension of a City water main some l,030 feet along Chatham Road to Douglas Road and thence some 800 feet alor..g Douglas Road. - Upon motion, duly seconded and unanimously carried, Council went on record as officially requesting the Appalachian Power Company to conduct, at no expense to the City but with full cooperation of the City government and personnel, an appraisal of the City's Electric utility system.