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A R~S~L.~~~ON EX-DRESSING THE VIG©R©US OPPOSITIO~ OF THE COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF POR~_SM,~U.~. , ViRGiNiA, TO ANY CONSTRUCTION OF <br />~*ma~v ~.r~<I,'~ O-N THE WILLI~!S COURT TPJ~C~. <br /> <br /> ~HER~S~ the U~ <br />to place several hundred <br />Jul~en's Creek site; and <br /> <br />$. ~avy is presently considering plans <br />units of military housin9 at the St. <br /> <br /> · u~ ~ ' ~..e pro <br /> ~nR~AS~ the City of Chesapeake has advanced ~h - <br />~osal that such housing be relocated to another site~ possibly <br />th_ forme~ ~iliiams Court land: and <br /> <br /> ~VHER~AS= locating additional military housing units <br />i~ D~*=~n~-~h would or-vent utilization of such propertv by <br />private developers or owners ~hmch would generate tax revenue~ <br />for the City~ and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS~ the City of Portsmouth already suffers from <br />an extremely high degree of tax-exempt goverr~nt property !o- <br />cared within its boundaries and supports nearly 5~Q00 subsidized <br />housing units for lower income families; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, utilization of the Williams Court property <br />~o~= ~ military housing will create a substantial d~and for muni- <br />cipal services: without mny increase in tax revenues. <br /> <br /> NOW~ m=~_H~R~FOR~= ~ BE iT R~OLVmD~ r ~ by the Co~cil of the <br />~l~y of Portsmouth~ Vl~g~.=la~ that %his Council does flrmty and <br />earnestly express its strong opposition to utilization of wil- <br />!i~s ~ <br /> Co~=~ ~or military housing. <br /> <br /> m~ iT FURTHER RESOLVED that the m~ - <br /> ~ ~ty C!e~k is directed <br /> send cer'bified copies of this resolution to all concerned <br />me. ers of the Virginia congressional delegation. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Vir- <br />glnia, at a meeting held June ii, 1974~ <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />