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. May 26, 1970 70-212 - "I submit the attached resolution and recommend its adoption. This appoints viewers-for the closing of Bart Street westerly of its intersection with ~estmorelmnd~Avenue. Ivan George Fisk and ~{. T. Stowe have made application to close this street and it has been approved by the Planning Commission." On motion of Mr. Turner, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: "RESOLL~!ON APPOINTING VtE~gERS FOR CLOSING OF A PORTION OF BART STREET ~FHEREAS, Ivan George F~sk and W. T. Stowe have made application to vacate and close t~he hereinafter des- cribed portion of a certain street and .it appearing that notice of the application and request for the appoint- ment of viewers was duly posted on May 6, 1970, on the bulletin board of the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth, on the bulletin board of t~he Circuit Court of t}le City of Portsmouth, and on the bulletin board of the Municipal Court of the City of Portsmouth. N~;, THEP~FORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of ~e City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Frank N. Bilisoly, R. A. Craig, Jr., Luther T&pp, Zalmon I. Blachman and James V. McGehee, be appointed vimvers to view the here- inafter described portion of such street and report to this ~ouncil in writing ~ether in their opinion any, and if any, what inconvenience would result from vacating and closing the following: Bart Street Westerly of its Intersection with Westmoreland Avenue." Ayes: Barnes, Eastes, Holley, Johnson, King, Smith, Turner Nays: None 70-213 - "~ recommend that I be authorized to convey City-owned property to the Portsmouth General Hospital We propose to transfer the building and site of the Nott .Memorial Clinic to the Portsmouth General Hospital. This is property, 70' by i00', located on Fort Lane in front of the Portsmouth General Hospital. The Portsmouth General Hospital, in turn, will convey property at the northwest corner of Effingham Street and Crm~ford Parkway to the City ~or the construction of the new Public Health Center." Motion of Mr. Smith to authorize the city Manager to convey the property to the Portsmouth General Nospital was adopted, without dissenting Vote. 70-214 - "I submit the attached lease between the Kirk-Cone Rehabilitation Center and the City of Por~smoutJ and recommend that the proper City officials be authorized to sign. This leases the old Key Road Smhool to the Kirk-Cone Rehabilitation Center for the training and employment of handicapped persons. This will provide em- ployment for severely hmndicapped persons on the basis of work they can do at a pace they can maintain. I am advised there are thirty (30) severely handicapped persons currently waiting to avail themselves of the training and vocational opportunities available in this type of workshop. There Will he no rent charged to the Rehabilitation Center for the use of this property as long as it is used for this type of activity. They will be required to provide the necessary insurance and they intend to make renovations to the building." Motion of Mr. Turner that the proper officials be authorized to sign the Iease was adopted without dis- senting vote. 70~215 - "At the request of the City Council, the Engineering Department has reviewed overall drainage and curb and gutter needs for the. City. Since no preliminary engineering has been done in the area annexed in 1968, no consideration has been given to this area in this report. The estimated cost of all the drainage and curb and gutter work for all other sections of the City is: Drainage Curb and Guttering $6,500.00 S,000.00 Submitted herewith is a City map showing existing improved and curbed and guttered streets as of even date. Also shown on the base map are the drainage lines (in red) which have been prooosed in the master drainage Dls~n but have not yet been built. ~ ~ ~ In addition, there is shown on one trmnsparent overlay, the areas in the older part of the City which need drainage improvement but for which we do not now have plans. These areas are shown in transparent red film. Further, on a second overlay, there are shown by fine, dotted sym?~o!s those areas which do not n~v have sanitary sewer facilities. For the areas not now served but for which pt~ns are complete~ ~e dotted symbols have been tinted light green. This should be a guide to you in determining where street improvements should be made since the drainage and sewers should first be installed before curbs and gutters are built. The following listed locations ~are areas ithat surface drainage are the most needed according to our most recentstudy. ~ We have attempted to list these areas in relative importance as to general traffic, frequency of flooding and effect on school traffic. No pattern has emerged that estmblished a priority of constructing u~dergrou~d drainage and CUrD and gutters; therefore, the areas have been listed individually in decreasing priority: 1. Taft - Bunche The intersection of Taft Drive and Bunche Boulevard appears to be t~he most demanding as far as inter- rup~ion to the most ntnmber of peiple, traffic flow, bus routes, sbJhool involvement and sanitary sewer infiltration. This intersection becomes i~assable after every heavy rain and there are two businesses which were disrupted four times last year b$cause of sewer malfunctions. These malfunctions were caused by the introduction of storm water into the Victory Park sanitary sewer system. The attached mao "I - Taft-Bunche" indicates in red the prpposed routing of the drainage pipes and catch basins location. The detailed construction plans are available for this project. The anticipate~ cost is $70,000 for ti%is trlln, k line which will serve the adjacent areas in addition to this one ~ntersection.