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23q October I, 1968 68-310 -" I submit the attached ordinance and recommend it be placed on first reading. This amends the City Code pertaining to one-way streets. This mak~s~City Park Avenue from Park Manor to City Park Drive a one-way street, making it illegal to drive south on City Park Avenue, between Parr Manor Road andCity Park Drive. It also designates City Park Drive a one-way street, m~king it illegal to drive clockwise on City Park Drive. ~ae ordinance also eliminates King Street as a one-way street between Water Street and a point 245 feet east of the center line of Court Street. This amendment is necessary due to the construction of the Civic Center and the parking lot between Crawford Street and Court Street at the Middle Street Mall." On motion of Mr. King, the following ordinance ~¢as approved on first reading, without dissenting vote:' "AN ORDINANCE TO ;~4F&ID THE CODE OF T~HE CITY OP PORTSMOUTt1, VIRGINIA, 1961, BY ADDING THERETO NEW SECTIONS Nb%~BBRBD 18-89.3, MAKING A PORTION OF CITY PARK AVE~UE A ONE-MAY STRBET, ~aMD 18-89.], MAKING CITY PARK DRIVE A 0NE-t~AY STREET: BY Ak{ENDING SECTIOM 18-102, MAKING ~]MG STREET A 0NE-~AY STREET BE~fEEN A POINT 24S PEET EAST OP COURT STREET AND HARBOR DRIVE: ;aMD BY REPEALING SECTION 18-102.1, MAKING KING STREET A TWO-WAY STREET BBTWBEq~ ~{ATER STREET ;aYD CRAI~PORD STREET." 68-311 - "I recommend the proper City officials be autt~orized to sign a deed of release on a drainage easement on property at 4258 ~rtsmouth Boulevard. TIli~ 10 foot drainage easement was obtained in 1951, for drainage purposes on Portsmouth Boulevard. Since the improvements have been made ~o Portsmouth Boulevard, this easement is no longer needed." Motion of Mr. Holley to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-312 - "I submit the attached resolution and recommend its adoption. This authorizes the filing of an open-space application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. We hope to acquire approximately 38 acres of land directly north of the new Merrifield school site. land would be used for recreational purposes and in conj%mction with the operation of the new Junior High School. We can obtain approximately $78,000.00 from the Federal government towards the purchase of this property." The On motion of Mr. Turner, the following resolution was adopted, without dissenting vote: "A RESOLUTION Ab~FMORIZING TttE PILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT TO ACQUIRH 0PEN-SPAC£ LAND B?HEREAS, Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, provides for the making of grants by the tlousing and Home Finance Administrator to States and local public bodies to assist them in the acquisition of permanent interests in land for open-space uses whet such assistance is needed for carrying out a unified or officially coordinated program for the provision of ooen-snace land as part of the comprehensivelyp~tanned development of the urban area; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth (herein sometimes referred to as "Applicant") desires to acquire the fee simple interest to certain land kno%~n as the ~{errifields Tract which land is to be held and used for permanent open-space land for recreational and park uses; and Wt~REAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating that Title, provide that no person shall be discriminated against became of race, color, or national origin in the use of the land acquired; and WHEREAS, it is recognized that the contract for Federal grant will impose certain obligations and respon- sililities upon the Applicant and will require among other thins ~1) assurances that families and individuals displaced as a result of the ooen-soace land project will be relocated into decent, safe, and sanitary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards, and (3) compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal employment opportunity; and I~EREAS, it is estimated that the cost of acquiring said interest will be S148,600.00. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the fity of Portsmouth, Virginia: That mn application be made to the Housing and Home Finance Agency for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as mm,nd,d, which amount is presently estimated to be $74,300.00, and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from o~l-~er z"unds available to it. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and to file such application with the ~using and Nome Finance Agency, to provide' additional information and to furnish such documents as may be required by said Agency, to execute such contracts as are required by said Agency, and to act as the authorized correspondent of the A~plicant. That the proposed acquisition is in accordance with the plans for the allocation of land for open- space uses, and that~ should said grant be made, the Applicant will acquire, and retain said land for the use (s) designated insaid application and approved b~!'t~eNousing and Home Finance Agency. That the United Sta~es of America and the Housingahd Home Finance Administrator be, and they hereby are,.assured of full compliance by the Applicant ~itb regulations of the Nousing and Home Finance Agency effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." 68-313 - "I submit the attached agreement betweentthe Seaboard Coast Line Railread Company and the City of Portsmouth and recommend that the proper City o_zlctals be authorized to sign. This agreement covers the installation of a sc~aer line under the right-of~way of the Seaboard Coast Line tracks in the vicinity of the five mile pest.