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June !1, 1968 thence in a northeasterly direction to the line of John McCoy Washington a distance of 115 feet 9 inches; thence south along the said John McCoy Washington line 465 feet more or less to the new Suffolk Road at the ooint of beginning. OWNERS Joe Kurvin, et ~x CO~IPENSATION The mmount to be denosited with the Clerk is $8,500.00. PARCEL TWO DESCRIPTION All that parcel mhd piece of land, with its apourtenances, located in the City of Portsmouth and more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northwest intersection of Thomas Joiner's land and the New Suffolk Road; thence running west along the north side of the New Suffolk Road one hundred feet to a stob; thence north, ~arallel with Kurley's line, 465 feet to a stob in the center of a ditch, separating said land from the land of A. B. Green; thence east from said stob along the south side of said ditch 42 feet to 8 stob; thence in a southwesterly direction 255 feet to a stob in the center of said ditch; thence west 27 feet to a stob; thence south 264 feet to the point of beginning. OWNERS Johnnie McCoy Washington, et ux COMPENSATION The amb~n~%~n~ezde~es~l~dg~ Section 2. The City Attorney is authorized to proceed against each individual parcel and the respective owners thereof or against such combination of oarcels and the respective owners thereof as he shall deem advisable." On motion of Mr. King, resolution adopted, without dissenting vote. 68-197 - "I submit the attached agreement between the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company and the City of Portsmouth and reco~end the proper City officials be authorized to sign. This is for a water line cross- ing ander the tracks of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad on its Pig Point branch. This water line is being installed to serve the Rivershore area of the City and is being constructed down Twin Pines Road." Motion of Mr. Hastes that the proper city official be authorized to sign the agreement, was adopted, with- out dissenting vote: 68-198 - "AT the last meeting of the City Council, a oetition was presented requesting the City to make application to the local district engineer of the Corps of Hngineers for a feasibility study for the dredging of a channel in Stem's Creek. The Corps of Engineers can make these feasibility studies under the authority of Section 107 of the 1960 River and Harbor Act. The feasibility study would be made at the expense of the Federal Government, and any dredging or navigational improvements would be on a 50-50 basis with the City. There are, however, certain requirements that the City must agteet~o which we could not meet in the dredging of Stem's Creek. The regulations require that the City must provide, maintain and operate with- out cost to the United States an adequate public landinggor wharf with provisions for the sale of motor fuel, lubricants and potable water, open and available to the use of all on equal terms. It further requires that the City provide and maintain berthing areas, floats, piers, slips and similar marina and morring facil- ities as needed for transient and local vessels as well as necessary access roads, parking areas and other needed public use shore facilities open and available to all on equal terms. Section 426H of the United States Code further stipulates "Shores other than public will be eligible for Federal assistance if there is benefit such as that arising from public use or from the pmmtection of nearby public property, or if the benefits to these shores are incidental to the project and the Federal contribution to the project shall be adjusted in accordance with the degree of such benefits'~. This means that Federal funds would be reduced by the amount that any benefits that would accrue to private property with these improvements. ~]is matter has been researched thoroughly by the City Attorney, and myself, and as there is no public land on Stem's Creek, we do not believe that the dredging of this creek could quality under this program." Motion of Mr. Knight that the report be received and that the applicantfor dredging be advised accordingl] was adopted without dissenting vote.