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lOJ April llth, 1961 "AN ORDINANCE :TO AMEND SECTION t~21 OF T~RE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1951, AS AI~ENDED, SO AS TO TRBANSFER THE VOTING ~PLACE FOR THE FIRST PRECINCT OF ~MARSHALL WARD TO THE EDUCATIONAL BUILDING :OF THE PARK VIEW METHODIST CHURCg{, WEBSTER AVENUE AND "A" STREET." 61-95 -'"I submit the attached Agreement between the Catalina Development .Corporation and the City of 'Portsmouth and recommend that the proper City officials be authorized .to sign. The Sub-Division 'Ordinance provides that the developer assume all cost of the im- provementsunless the City agrees otherwise. - . In the case-of. Collingswood, the sewageprobtem requires a Pumping Station and force main. The Cat&tine Corporation proposes to build the Pumping Station and the force n~in and it is our opinion that the developer should be~ permitted to recover the cost of these Ltems by giving free se~er taps up to the amount of suck cost In addition, the Pumping Station and some of the sewer laterals can be used to furnish service to other propertF already developed. The estimated cost of~ the extra capacity to do this is $4,940.00 which I recommend the City pay the.developer. These two-items .are.covered in paragraphs. 8 and 9 of the attached AgreeMent and are the reason that the City Council must approve this contract." Notion of Mr. Breedlove that theagreument.be approved~and that the proper City .officials Ge authorized to sign, was adopted, without dissenting rate. 61-96- "I ~sz~bmit the attached resolution and recommend, its .adop This resolution authorizes the condemnation of property on the north side of Deep Creek Boulevard between Graham Street and ~Frederick. Boulevard. It is ne~wssary to make improvements to the paving on Deep Creek Boulevard. Before this is done, we would like to improve the intersection of DeepCreek Boulevardand Frederick Boulevard. To do this, it iB necessary to acquire twenty feet ~of the property on the north side of-Deep Creek Boulevard." Onmotion of Mr. Barnes, the following re~solution was adopted, without dissenting vote-: "BE IT P~SOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that it is necessary for the City to acquire the fee simple title in and to the following described tract of land, with the buildings thereon, together with-a uemporary demolition easement in and to adjoining land: for u~e in the widening and improvement of.'a portion of Deep Creek Boulevard, the ~record title to said property being in.the name of Mamie H~ Long:~ Fee-Taking That certain parcel of land situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, beginning at-~he northwest corner.of-Deep C~eekBoatevard and Graham Street and running in a-northwesterly direction along theproperty line-of Graham Street to a pointthereon twenty (20) feet distant-from, an extension of the northwestern property line,~fDeep Creek Boulevard; thence in a southwesterly direction parallel with thcs aid northwestern property line of Deep Greek Boulevard and twenty (20) feet distant therefrom, measured perpendicularly, to Railroad Avenue; thencealong Railroad Avenue in a sout~heasterly di~ection~ approximatety'twe~y (20) feet-to ~Deep Creek Boulevard; thence in~ a northeasterly direction along-Deep ~reek Boulevard to the point of beginning; being the southeastern twegty~ (20) feet · of Lots 1; 2~ 3 ~nd 4 in Block 4,~Lincotn Park, according to the plat thereof recorded fn Map~Book 4, page ,77, in ~the Clerk's Offide~o~,-th~ Circuit~Court cf Norfolk.County, Virginia~ .... Together:with thebuildings, situate,parttyupon the aforesaid tract of land and which extend hack partly upon property lying adjacent thereto to the north. Demolition Easement The right to-enter upon ~h4 adjoining, property of the aforesaid Mamie H. Long, for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days from the-date of taking, for the purpose of demolishing and removing the ~aforesaid buildings partly situate thereon. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney is authorized and instrdcted to institute condemnation proceedings to acquire the-aforesaid proper~y and rights in property for the purpose~ of,the'~C~ty?~ 61-97 - "The City owns lots 1 and 2 and lots 7 through 12 in block 45 of Prentis Park. This property is situated at D~ep Creek Boulevard and Randolph Street~ We have received a request that this property be sold, and I recommend that I be authorized to accepCsealed ~bida fOr~ the~ sale of this property." Motion of Mr.,.Breedlove to concur in-the-Manager's recommendation was adopted, without dissenting vote. 61-98 - "A careful study ha.s been .made conc~rningthe feasibility of the City taking over the maintenance of water service lines. The following information is submitted for your information and consideration ....... We have over ~hirty-five thousand meters in service and an additional five thousand service lines now off at the curb or a total of forty thousand services connected to the Portsmouth Water 'Department ~distribution system. We estimate that at least twelve thousand of these should be renewed at this time in order to provide reasonably, adequate service. The cost-of renewing these services will run between