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March 22nd, 1960 the City was required by the annexation decree to payNorfolk County $13,125. for them." On motion of Mr. Weiseman, an appropriation of $400,000.00 for said purpose was placed on first reading, without dissenting vote. 60-93 - The fgllowing letter from the Superintendent of Schools was read: "The Portsmouth City School Board at its meeting on Thursday, Ma~ch 10, 1960, in structed me to request the City of Portsmouth to purchase 9.381 acres, more or less, located on Mimosa Road and a part of the property owned by Mr. L. T. Correll. I was further instrncted to reques~ that an appropriation of $400,000. be made available for the construction of an elementary school on this site. A plat of the @roperty is attached. Motion of Mr. Smith to concur in the recommendation of the School Board and ~o plac~ an appropriation of $400,000.00 0~ first reading for said purpose, was adopted. 60-94 - The following letter from the Superintendent of Schools was read: "The Portsmouth School Bg~krd'hereby requests that you approve the awarding of the Brighton Elementary School ~o Robert R Marquis at a price of $414~242.00." Motion of Mr. Smith ~o concur in the reques~ of the School Board was adopted without dissenting vote. 60-95 ~ The £ollowing letter from Albert Jo Ca~r was read: "As a property owner ia the 3200 block of High St., I wish ~o go on record oppos- ing the closing of Vermont Ave. on the south side of High St. In my-opinion this will adversely affect the values of the real estate in that area. Your c o~sideration of this.request will be appreciated.V Motion of Mr. Breedlove to acknowledge and receive .as information, was adopted. 60-96 - The following communication from the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce was read: "We are inclosing, herewith, two ~esolutions that were adopted a~ the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Director~, Monday, March 21st, 1~60. (Signed) B B Ferguson, Jr., President." Resolution - "WHEREAS, ii has been brought to the attention of the Board o~ Directors of the Portsmouth Chamberof Commerce, that there has been no north-south hi gkway ems~ of Interstate #95 tha~ pasees through Richmond, which has been designated as a part o£ the ~nterstate Highway System, and WHEREAS, some of the most densely populated sections of Virginia and the ad - joining states ~s along the East Coast, especiall~ ~rom inters~ate #95.at Sav~B~ah, G a. to Interstate #95 at Wilmington, Delaware, and %~HEREAS, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission proposes ~o con- struct a bridge-tunnel across Chesapeake Bay completin~ a fixed crossing connection between the Eastern Shore and the Mainland of Virginia, and W~EREAS, highways h~uilt on level terrain, such as along the east coast, are safer, more pleasant and easiee ~o drive, and ~r~EAS, the more .favorable weather along the:~coast which is warmer in winter ~rdducing the hazards of snow and ice, as well as being cooler 'in summer and more pleasant driving, and WHEREAS, the coastal rou~e is known as the Ocean Highway which has for many years been very popular for north-south traf£ic between Florida, New York and New England, and WHEREAS, such a coastal route is essential to the industrial and economic progress o~Tidewater, Virginia, and the State, and 'is consistent 'with the rapid growth which is taking place within the area, and NHEREAS, it is'deemed desirabl~ithat the Interstate Highway should include the Ocean Highway and essential portions o£ mH.S. Route 13 south~fromWilmington, Delaware along the Eastern Shore to Portsmouth, Virginia and U.S. Rout? 17 south £rom its intersectio~ with ~.~. Route 13 at Portsmouth through Georgia. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, tlmt the Board o~ Directors o£ the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce ~dcrses the idea of designating a coastal reu~e between Savannah, ~a. and Wilmington,-Del., as a part df' the :Interstate System o £ Highways, connecting with inters~a~e #95 in the above ggneral areas. This new Inters~a~e coastal rou~e should also connect with the East-Wes~ Interstate Highway #64 in the Tidava~er Mir- gi nia area, and BE IT FUETHER RESOLVK~, that it be urged upon those whoare respensible ~or establishing such Interstate rou~es r~o give due consideration to the b~nefits that would be derived to National Be£ens~ by the const~ction ofsuc~ a re.sd, ~as Well as ~o.the safety, convenience· ~ . and comforts of local and out o£ state motorists that will use such l~ghway, i road constructed to the standards of an interstate highwa~ is urgently ~eeded to carry the traffic that ia .now traveling through this area and that will be generated when the proposed Chesapeake B~y Bridge Tunnel is completed and opened for use. BE IT FURTHER ~ESOL~ED, that the Board of Directors of the Portsmouth Chamber requests the Virginia S~e Highway Commission and~ the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads to include a north-south route as above outlined in'tHe Interstate High,ay System. It is ~urther ~equested that such a rou~e be desig~ hated at the earliest possible date.~ Regolution -- "~REREAS, the construction o~ the ~econ~'Elizabet~ River Tunnel between Ports- mouth and Norfolk has now been assured, and ~HEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, as part of 'a ~eueral arterial highway develop- meat program, has considered the widening of Glasgow St. as a £our lane highway, including overpassing the Belt Line Railroad tracks, and WHERF~iS, the Virginia Departmeu~ of Highways has indicated that the City o£ Portsmo~ith could plan on the expen~iiture of mapproximately $40d,000. each year after July l, 1960 £or urban arterial improvements under the Federal Urban Highway .program, such ~und~ to be provided - 50% by the Federal Government, 25% by the State of Virginia and 25% by the City of Pbrtsmouth.