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57-48 - "I am reporting thgt. four representatives of Real Estate Brokers have discussed
<br />or have written ~o me concerning acquiring the propsrty for Off-Street Parking in the followi~ order:
<br /> Louie. Cl~urk of the firm of Wel%on, Duke and ~{awks
<br /> Jaclf:_-~ilkerson of Home Insurance Agency
<br /> Irwin Cohen - Cohen Realty Company
<br /> Fred Ends- T.B. Lee, Inc. ' .... 1
<br /> I recommend that Three separate firms or lndmvldua s be employed and one assigned
<br />for each parking lot amd fha% since in my opmnion each of the firms or the individuals representing the firms arel
<br />equally qualified to perform the duties of acquiring this property fha% the first fthree who discussed the ques-
<br />tion of acquiring the properties for the City of Portsmouth, be employed.
<br /> ~{otion of ~ir. Kirby to concur mn the recommehdation of the City ~Ianager was adopted and
<br /> by the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes: Bartlett Hinton, Kirby, Scott
<br /> Nays: Baker, Weiseman
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<br /> 57-49 - "I am submitting an ordinance to close certain portions~ of Vermont an~ other
<br /> streets on which a public hearing was recently held and recommend that it be placed on first reading. ~'
<br /> ~tion of ~. Hinton that the ordinance be laid on th~ table and referred to the City
<br /> Manager for study and report the question of removing the curve into Hamilton Avenue from the by-pass and making
<br /> Hamilton Ave. a one-way street going north: was ad~pted:
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<br /> "AN ORDINANCE TO CLOSE PORTIONS OF CLIFFORD STREET, BART STREET, AND VERMONT
<br /> AVENUE AS SHe%tN ON THE PLAT OF LIVINGSTON LAND CO~PANY AND ON THE PLAT OF
<br /> VIRGINIA REALTY AND ~NVESTNENT CO~PANY"
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<br /> 8T-50 - "I am submitting the attached communication from the Portsmouth Redevelopment
<br />and Housing Authority ~or your consideration."
<br /> Attached -
<br /> ~In accordance with the request of Council, empresSed at their meeting of November 13,
<br />1956, the Authority st~ff has prepared an Application for Survey and Planning Funds ~or the Lincolnsville Urban
<br />Renewal'Area. The application sets forth, ampng~_other things, an estima%ed b~dget~of $61,440.00 re'cover the
<br />survey and planning period.
<br /> The. Comm~ ssioners of the Authority approved the application by resoluzibD al their meeting
<br />of January 31, 1957, and now earnestly request the City Council to approvel~e application by resolution so that
<br />it may~ be ~ubmitted to the Housing and Home Finance Agen+cy az the earliest possible date.
<br /> We are inclosing herewith cop les of the standard resolution r~uir~d' by the aforementionedl
<br />agency, for your r~view and action. We would like to invite your attention to the fact that your res~iution ap -
<br />proving T~hi~s application does no~ obligate 'the City, but merely designates the Lincoinsville area as slum and
<br />blighted and approves our Application for Survey and Planning Funds."
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<br />On motion offer. ~IJiuten, the following resolution was adopted:
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<br /> ~EAM, under Title 1 of the Housing 'Act of 19~% as amended, and the Housing
<br /> Act of I954, the Housing and Home Finance Administx~tor is authorized to .extend financial
<br /> assistance to localities in .the elimination and prevention of the spread of their slams
<br /> and urban blight through the planning and ~nderta~%ng of urban renewal projects; and
<br /> 'w~t~EAS, it is~desirable and in the public interest that the P~rtsmouth Redevelot~
<br /> men~ and Housing Authority prepare surveys and plans, p~esently estimated to cost approx-
<br /> im~te3~y Sixty-One Thousand Four Hundred Forty and 00/lO0 Dollars ($81,440.O0), in order to
<br />~u~ertake and carry out an urban renewal ]~oject of the character contemplated by Section
<br /> llO ~c) of said Title I, in that certain area, proposed as an Urban Rene~l Area, situated
<br /> in the City of ~Portsmouth, County of Norfolk, and State of Virginia, and described as
<br /> follows:
<br /> ~ounded on the north by the U.S. Naval Hospital grounds, on the east by
<br /> Washington Street, on the south by North S~reet and Cedar Grove Cemetery,
<br /> and on the west by Fort Lane.
<br /> ~tEREAS, the above-cited Federal law requires as a condition to the execution of
<br /> a contract for a loan a~d capital grant for an urb~h% renewal project thet th~ locality
<br /> p~esent to the Housing snd Home Finance Administrator a workable program, as set forth in
<br /> .Section 101 (c) of said Title I, for ~tilizing appropriate public and private resources
<br /> to eliminate and prevenz the developmen~ of~ or spre~ of, slums and urban blight, to
<br /> encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the r~development of blighl~ed,
<br /> deteriorated, or slum areas or to undertakeLs~ch feasible community activities as may be
<br /> suitably employed to achieve the objectives of such a program; and
<br /> ~WtEREAS, it is recognized that contracts for loans and capital granzs for urban
<br /> renewal projects will require, among other things, (1) the approvaI of the urban renewal
<br /> plan by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated; (~) the
<br /> provision of local grants in aid which may consist of donations of cash, lund, demolition
<br /> or removal work, and the installation, construction or reconstruction of streets, utili-
<br /> ties, parks, playgroumds or other improvements ~r the provismon of other public buildings
<br /> or iacilities; amd (S)lthe developmenz of a feasible method for the relocation of families
<br /> dispJ~aced from the urban renewal area.
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BT the Council of the City o£ Portsmouth:
<br /> Section 1. That the proposed Urban Renewal Area described above is a slum,
<br /> blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating area appropriate for an urban renewal project and
<br /> that the undertaking by the Portsmouth Eedevelopmout and Housing Authority of!surveys
<br /> and plans for ~n urban renewal project of the character contemplated by Section ll0 (c) of
<br /> the Mousing Act of 1949, as amended and supplement, in the proposed Umban Renewal Area
<br /> described above, is hereby approved.
<br /> Section ~. That the financial assistance provided under said Title I to assist
<br /> urban renewal projects is n~eded ~o enable the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Mousing Au -
<br /> thority to finance the undertaking o~--the Project
<br /> Section M. That it is cognizant of the conditions 'chat are imposed in the
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