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May 31st_~ 1956.
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<br />At a called meeting of the City Council held on May 31st, 1956, there were present:
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<br />FrOd A.Duke, ~Fra~k N.Bili~oly, Jr., ~eorge'L.~ri~es, J.N. Howard,
<br />Edga3c ~ Eaw~ence, R. Irvi~e S~iith, E. R~S~u~tevant, 'I.G.Vass,
<br />City Manager, and R.C2 Barclay,~ City Attorney.
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<br />The following call for the meeting was read:
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<br />31st,
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<br /> "Please attend a called meeting of ~he City Council, at 3:00 P.M., on Thursday, May
<br />to consider the purchase of the Norfolk County Ferries property.
<br /> A budget conference will be held immediately after this meeting."
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<br /> 56-171 - The £mll~wing letter from the Mayor was read:
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<br /> "As directed by the resolution adopted by you on January 10th, 1956, and by the resolu-
<br />tion adopted by the Board of Supervisors on January 10, 1956, and later 're-affirmed by a resolution adopted by the
<br />joint bodies and recorded in the meetings concerning the operation o£ the Norfolk County Ferries, ~ir. ~olon L.Hall
<br />Chairman of the BQard of Supervisors and I offered for sale the real estate formerly used in the operation of the
<br />Norfolk County Ferries, after having first given ten days~ notice ef the time, place and terms of sale, by adver-
<br />tisement published in the Norfolk Virginian Pilot, a daily newspaper published in ~he City of Norfolk and having
<br />general circulation ~n the citie~ of Norfolk and Portsmouth and the County of No~folk. The property was sold on
<br />Ma~y ~4, 19~56, at public auctibm . The proper~y located in Portsmouth ~as offered for sale az ten-thirty o'clock
<br />A.M., on the premises at the northeas~ corner of High and Water Sts., a~d Mr. Cli£ford ~Lason became t~e h~ghest
<br />bidder for the sum of Twenty-four Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars. The City Council and the Board of Supervi-
<br />sors met in joint session at two o'clock P.M., on the same day and unanimously voted zo redeem the bid of Mt.Mason
<br />The minutes of the meeting were recorded in the minutes kept for the Ferry meetings.
<br /> The property located in the City of Norfolk was sold on the premises a~ the foot of
<br />Cormm'erc{al Place at twelve o'clock. The proper~y formerly the old ferry dock at the end of Commercial Place, and
<br />Which ~he County of Norfolk claims as ~ts individual proper~y, was first offered for s~le and the highest bid was
<br />Seventeen Thousand Dollars. The Newtons Wharf proper~y which ~he City and County acquired jointly in a deed from
<br />the United States Housing Corporation, was nex~ offered for sale and the highest bid~made was Ten Thousand Dollsa~s
<br /> The property locate~ in B~rkley, Ward of Norfolk, formerly known as the Pearl St. Fer~
<br />Dock, and which served the boat' which plied between Portsmouth and Berkley was next offered for sale~ and the
<br />Ber~ley Machine Works and Foundry Company, Inc., became the purchaser at the price of Six Thousand Dollars.
<br /> The City Council an~ the Board o£ Supervisors at its joint meeting held on May 24, 195,
<br />unanimously adopted a resolution accepting the bids of the City of' Norfolk and the Berkley Machine Works and
<br />Fonndry Co., Inc.
<br /> I respectfully recommend that the action take~ by the bodies in the join~ session be
<br />ratified and confirmed, and that the bid made by Mr. Clifferd Mason be re~ecte~, and the bids of the City of Nor-
<br />folk and the Berkley Machine Works and Foundry Co., Inc. be accepted, and that the old ferry dock and Newton's
<br />Wharf in Norfolk be sold to the~City of Norfolk for Thirty-five ~housand Dollars and the Berkley property on Pearl
<br />St. be sold to the Berkley Machine Works and Foundry Co. Inc., for Six Thousand Dollars.
<br /> - Tke sales in hoth cities were attended by many people and tl~re were a number of bid-
<br />ders.''
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard that the repor~ he received and filed and_that the recommendation
<br />of the Mayor be concurred in, was adopted, and by the following vo~e:
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<br />Ayes: Duke, Bilisoly,Grimes, Howard, Lawrence, Smith, Sturtevanz
<br />Nays: None
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<br />56-172 -
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<br />On motion of Mr. Bilisoly, the following resolution was adopted:
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<br />"WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable for the City of Portsmouth to
<br />purchase from the Connty' of~ Norfolk all of its interest in the
<br />land, buildings and other property owned jointly by the County
<br />and City and located in the City of Portsmouth and formerly
<br />used in the operation of the Portsmouth-Norfolk County Ferries;
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<br />NOW, THEP~FORE, Be it Resolved by the Council of the City of
<br />Portsmouth that the Board of Super~i~ors~ of Norfolk County be
<br />and they are hereby offered the sum of Twelve Thousand and Five
<br />Hundred Dollars for the interest of Norfolk County in said
<br />property."
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<br />On mormon adjourned.
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<br />Approved -
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<br />President.
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