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TUES Df..Y DECEMBER 23, 1952 -- Attorney Hartley's request for a decision on this matter from Council, Council informed Mr. Hartley that for several good reasons, which it outlined to Mr. Hartley, it could neither reduce nor abolish this tax now or even in the near future. In receiving and considering the resignation of Mr. Claude E. Taylor, Jr. as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals, Council not only postponed acceptance of this resignation but also went on record as unanimously urging Mr. Taylor to reconsider his request and, if possible, to withdraw his resignation and serve our the remainder of his term (which expires September 1, 1953). ~~ i~ i Having been advised by City Manager Mathewson that the first curb-and-gutter project for the current year, viz., Cliff Street, is nearing completion and that the second project should be selected if the program is to move along on schedule, Council designated that portion of ;Chalmers Street original~ recommended as the next curb-and-gutter project. City Manager Mathewson, reporting for a special committee (composed of himself, Mayor Hodnett, and City Attorney Stone) assigned the duty of preparing a bus franchise to amend or replace the bus franchise granted the Rapid Transi t Company June 1, 1942, which expired June 1, 1952, submitted the following recommendations : that a franchise be granted the local Rapid Transit Company for a period of fifteen years from June 1, 1952 upon the conditions, among others, that the Rapid Transit Compaqy pay to the City a franchise fee of two (2%) per cent on its entire operations or a fee of three (3%) per cent on its "City" operations, whichever would yield the City the greater revenue; that the practice of requiring the Rapid Transit Company to purchase City "For Hire" motor vehicle tags be continued; and, that the City shall have