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h~c~mb~r 21. 1971 On motion of Mr. King and seconded by Mr. Raymond Smith, the resolution was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Holley, Johnson, King, Raymond Smith, Turner, Barnes Nays: None 71-581 - The following letter received from Director of Planning was read: "At its regular monthly meeting on December -, 1971, the City Planning Commission referred two proposals for legislative action in the forthcoming session of the Virginia General Assembly to you in hopes, that you will lend your support. We are in touch with Senator Willard Moody and Delegates Cleaves Manning and Lester Schlitz on these two matters. Already you have resolved to seek Congressional action for an extension of the Interstate and National Defense Highway System to link I~terstate 264 at Bowers Hill with Interstate 664 at Craney Island. During the General Assembly session this spring, our entire delegation supported Delegates Glenn Yates and William Robinson in their attempt to create a ~Metropolitan Core Areas Study Commission~.'' The following resolution was read: SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION "Petitioning the U. S. Congress and the U. S. Department of Transportation for a critically needed extension of the Interstate and National Defense Highway System. ~lereas, the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area is both a vital military complex and a centuries old urban core exhibiting critical socio-economic problems; and Whereas, the vast amount of non-Taxable Federal property in metropolitan Hampton Roads warrants Federal investments which could contribute to economic developmen.t; no~,~therefore,t be it Resolved by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, that the Virginia General Assembly petitions the U. S. Congress and the U. S. Department of Transportation for legis- lative action to add a segment of approximately twelve (12) miles to the system of Inter- state and National Defense Highways for the purpose of completing a metropolitan circum- ferential 'Beltway' from Interstate 1-64 at its Bowers Hilt terminous in the City of Chesapeake to Interstate 1-664 at its Crane)- Island terminous in the City of Portsmouth. The General Assembly is informed that wh£1e this freeway corridor passes through what is defined by the U. S. Bureau of the Census as an 'Urbanized Area', it would result in an i~significant dislocation of dwellings and b~sinesses. The Commissioner of Highways is hereby authorized On motion of Mr. Raymond Smith and seconded by Mr. was adopted by the following vote: to pursue this matter." Turner to support the resolution, Ayes: HOlley, Johnson, Ki~; Raymond Smith, Turner, Barnes Nays: None The following resolution was read: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING THE METROPOLITAN CORE AREAS STUDY COMMISSI. 'TW~ereas, many changes have o~curfed i~ metropolitan areas and much ~as been learned about problems of.urban municipalities during the four years which have elapsed since re- lease of the Virginia Metropolitan Areas Study Commission Report; and Whereas, t~e 1970 Census data evidences a shift of Virginia population from a rural to an urban base; and Whereas, there is growing evidence that critical' metropolitan issues center on sorely vexed old core cities and inner city neighborhoods; now, therefore, be it Resolved b~' the Mouse of Delegate~, ~the Se~ate concurring, that t~ere is hereby created a Metropolitan Core Areas Study Commission which shall consist of nine members. The Governor shall appoint a Chairman and two other members and the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall each ~ppont three mem~s. The Co~ission shall review the report of the Metropolitan Areas Study Commission and the report of'the COmm'iss~ion of Capita~t City Boundaries, research metropolitan problems as they relate to urban core 'inner city' situations, and shall consider and~use to its full est t~'e d~tg and information resulting from the pilot study of the City of Portsmouth being conducted by the Division of State Planning and Community Affairs. The Commission shall submilt an interim report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than December fifteen, ninetagn hundred seventy-two, containing analyses and recom- mendations, especially fiscal problems, as a guid~ in the Annual Session of 1973. T~e Commission shall submit a full report to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than November fifteen, nineteen hundred seventy-three, containing analyses and recom- mendations on ways and means for the Commonwealth to deal with metropolitan core problems. Members of the Commission shall receive no compensation but shall be paid their reason- able and~mecessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Commission, through the Division of State Planning and Community Affairs, may obtain expert advice.