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November 24th, 1959 On motion of Mr, Walker, the rules were suspended to hear from intsrested persons~ The following spoke; after Donald J~ Bslzer presented end read the ordinance approvmng the Hedevelopment Plan: G.Lo Cox, 314 Washington St. Irvin Cohen, who read a letter addressed to the Housing Authority, transmitting information in connection with .the Re-Use Appraisal on Lincolnsville. Arthur N~ Taylor Rev U.G. Wilson George O. Diggs ~-~W. Cooper Thos. H. Reed ~has, B. Richardson Joss Alspaugh On motion of Mr. Weiseman, the following ordinance.was placed on first reading, and by the following vote: "AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE REDEVELOPtV~ENTPLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR PROJECT VA R-6, LINCOLNSVILLE PROJECT, DETERMINING THAT SAID PROJECT AREA IS BLIGHTED .~ND DETERIORATED WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF SECTION 36-49, CODE OF VIRGINIA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE PORTSMOUTH RE- DEVE~OP~ENTAND HOUSING AUTHORITY AND MAKING SUCH OTHER DETERMINATIONS AND PRO- VISIONSAS ARE REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SAID PROJECT BY THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH QF VIRGINIA AND THE UNITED ETATE~ OF AMERICA" Ayes: Bartlett, Breedlove, Seward, Smith, Weiseman Nays: Baker, Walker Mr. Breedlove made a statement relative to his position mn favor of the Lincolnsville project, which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Motion of Mr. Bartlett that the Chair call a special meeting of the Council for 7:30 P.M., on Thursday, December Srd, 1959, for the purpose of considering the ordinance on second reading, was adopted, without dissenting vo~e. 59-307 ~ ~'I .snbmit t~e;~fGllowing '~et~e~.f.~Qm the Ci~y~Atterneyo, This:i.s t~ Title to Wa~er Department property in Suffolk. I co.cur in the recormmendation of the City Attorney and the SuperiDten4ent of the Water Department: ' Se' Venal yeaff ~g~li~ r~a~ ~. n~eess'ary ~ gha~':~ke ~tBr' :Departm~mt- purcha-$$: ~m~f prQ~ty in a subdivision n~ ~al'myra ~ SuffOl~;;~ub~ently., ~'ad~o~a['.. ~re~ ~was 'ad~'~$9 ~e subdivision by a plat which ~fort~a~ly"~did~nb~t ~onf~m ~o ~e~ .~xi~i~n~at~ In~omde~ ~2~l~a~ ~ ~h~tit!~?~. the de~d ~d plat c~nfi~iB~ ~eir. r~es~eDtive titles and properly establishinE the streets, In this co~ection, I attach a copy of ~. Lewis Pawls' letter ~o m~ dated October 16th, 1959, a copy of a letter dated AuEust llth, 1959~ from Lawyers Title I~sur~oe Corporation, a copy o f the plat which created this situation, a cody of the corrective plat~ and a draft of the deed, wh~ consists of twenty five ~Ees. As you will ~e from the attac~ents, almost all of the other parties ha~e si~ed the deed, including the Veterans ~ministration ~d 5ome Federal S~vin~s and ~r. ~urden ~d~I respectfully reques~ {hat you ~ec~e authorization of the Council for execution of the de~d in behalf of the Motion of Mr. Weiseman that the recommendation of the City Attorney be approved, was adopted, without dissenting vote. 59-308 - "I submit the following letter from ~he City Attorney. This is a reques~ for authorization to s%gn a contract with the Virgmnian Railway Company in lieu of existing contracts. I concur in the reconm~endation of the City Attorney and the Superintendent of the Water Department: 'The Water Department recently acquired certain property near Suffolk, from the Virgin- ian Railway Company. Crossing the Virgznian right of way at this point are three power lines and three water mains owned by the Water Department. TheEailway Company has asked that we execute new contracts mn place of the former agreements and I attach two contracts in the railroad's standard form. Mr. Murde~u and I reques~ that you secure authority of the Council to execute these agreements.'" Motion of Mr. Breedlove to concur in the recommendation of the City Attorney was adopted, without dissenting vo~e. .. 59-309 - "I recommend that the Council approve the establishment of another Mosquito Control District to be l~uown as the West Portsmout~.Mosquito. ,Cont~ol~District. This will give Portsmouth two districts and additional funds from the State. It,~will also be necesear¥~to~lec~_~uYO ~embers to ser~e a$~Commissio~ers~" Motion of Mr. Bartlett to concur in. the recommendation of the City Manager and that two members be elected to the Commission at a~later date~was adopted, without dissenting vote. ~59-310-!!TSe Portsmouth Transit Company has requested a temporary re-routing of its