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September 6th, 1955. abeu~ the deposit and was congratulated by the City Manager and one member of the City Council, for buying the City Ditch. ~ After appro3~imately five minutes h~d expired, J.S. Lawrence, Attorney, claimed that his client had bid $S$00.00 alse an~ prevailed npe~the crier to re,pen the auction at $8800.00. We later found That the property w~s knocked down te W0RTEN-DYKEN~2~JFACT~RERS, I~c.~, by N_r. J.S. Lawrence, President. I therefore ask, in all fairness, that the City Council approve my bid of S$800.00 or the property be r~pened for sale." ~etion e£ ~ir. Bilise~y te accept the bid ef the Werten-~k~ company and that the proper city officials be authorized To sign the deed, was adepted~ ~nd by the following vote: Ayes: Duke, Biliscly, Grimes, ~awk~ Hcwar~d, Lawrence, Smith, Sturtevant, Wilson Nays: Baker. approved by City C~unCil as fellows concernmmg the dis~szi~en efDo~tas Park H~m~.~ ---~ , letter stating tha~ thee Council has appreved~s~t~Livisien and Sa~e by.i~i~l b~ldimgs, accept~ce ef dedi- cation ef steerS, ce~S: ~arking ~as, sewer c~lle~ien syst~, ~ier diStri~tion system~ludi~ station ~ ~ex~der Park. Dedication te be ~ff~tive w~n su~i~sien plat is accepted for recitation. Ten year re~e~iena~ cl~ in dedication af fe~r strips of land. Relocation ~f 17 d~ell~g ~i~s and occup~ a~ ne expose ~o occup~ts or P~. ~its to ~e m~ed from proposed ~heal area ~ sites ta ~ utilized for re - location te be desi~a~d Dy P~. Is~ of use ~it te ~ for ~tinued on~ite u~ ef dwelling units re- maining in pro~aed ~heol area ~til they are ne l~er needed." Moti~ ef ~. ~ks that the City M~a~er ~ authorized t~e w~e s letter as requested ~ ~he. Puhlic Heusing~i~stratien, ~s adep~d. 55-~28 - "I audit the mt~ached letter from the City~neer far s~i~ary sewers and s~ree~ ~provements ~quested by J W Felten ~ Ve~ent Ave., and Pe~ Avenue., south ef Ce~er~ St., rece~en~an apur~pria~ion of $6,0~3,00 ~ placed om first ~adinE. ~o~'e~. Reward ~o place an appropria%ien ef $~,023.00 fe~ said pu~ose en firs~ re~ing, ~s ~epted. , ~ ~ ....... f~ ~ief~of Police and concur in. has re 55 229 ~ ~ .... ~ ~-~. ~S i~ ~t taken c~ of q~st:' t ~ req~e~t~ng~ P ~ ~ .... -eo~ ~ ~ ~ar. I ho~ t~$ will ~t with in the budget ~d ~I1 ~ount to twenty-seve~ h~rea aozzarm %~ your approval." ~o~ion of ~. Wils~ to place ~ a~r~priati~n of $2,700.00 for s~id purpose, on firs~ re~ding, was adopted. 5~230 - "At a previe~ meet~g of Co~cil, I p~sented ~e question of ~cq~ring two parcels ~r jiD~ la~adj~nt ~o the ArC,tic C~ L~e R~i{r~here t~rzilroad c~s~s Cowry Read. Since receiv~g authority t~ purchase the ~sp~ty~ I ~ve ~en i~d ~hat t~e~rc~nts,~ F~ers the City ofP~t~u~ ~d c~erred ~ith the ~fficials of the ~par~t ~f ~ys in ~0~8~ at ~r a~t the same time I had conferred wi~the local ~demt~ e~nee~s and. t~t ~he ~e~nts and Fairs B~ is interested in acquiring one parceI ef t~S l~d ~ co~ec~io~ with t~e~ ~i~esS. I ~ve been assured by the ~fficials the Ba~ %ha~ n~'struc~re ef ~y kind will'be erected on the land ~d ~h~t it will be used ~ly for p~king tom, biles and that they will ~g~e ~o a reversion cla~e in the deed whereby shoed it cede to he used by the B~ it will revert~b~k te tko City ~ ~smouth far the s~ ~o~t ~f mo~y that the B~ pays f~r the lot. S~ce the land ~11 ~ placed on t~e t~ b~ks ~d be a t~ producing i~ I rock--end that the ~ be pe~itted r~ p~c~se the p~r~eI ~f lamd." M~ti~n of ~r. Bili~ly ~ c~nc~ ~ the rec~endati~R of %he City adopted.~ and read: . 55-209 - r UNFINISHED BUSINESS .The reflexing ~rdinance, plied en fi~t rea~g at las~ meetS, was taken up "~ ORD~CE ~ A~ORI~ ~ ISS~ OF ~ ~ION FI~ ~ ~OUS~D ~ OF BO~S T0 B~ ~0~ AS NA~ ~N~, ~R T~ P~SE ~ ~G ~R~TS~ ~SIONS ~ ~D~IONS ~ ~E ~S~ 0F WATER ~RKS 0F ~ CI~, PURSUIT ~ SECTION 127, C~USE B, OF ~ ~TI~ION OF VIRGtN~, ~D SECTION. 15-594 0F.~ ~DE OF V~GIN~ 1950." 2~ ~t$~n ~f ~. ~, said ~r~c~ was ad~p~e~, a~ by the following vote: Ayes: ~e, Baker, Bilisely, GrOoM, Lawrence~ Hawks, Howard, ~wrence, Smith, Wilson Nays: N~e On m~i~ ef ~. ~k~, the relieve reselutien was adopted: "Be it Reserved ~ ~e ~il of the City ef Portsmouth, Virginia, t~e tke~ity At~e~ey be ~ is hereby d~ect~.tO prese~ t~ eno 0f ~eC~ ef the Ci~..~v~g j~is~cti~, er to th~ j~e ther~f~ ~Oati0n, a.d~ certif~d oepy eT the o~n~ce previ~ng f~r the~issuan~ef the $$,500,000.00 ef ~ater Bonds, and te t~ke such . '~'~ steps as may be necessary ~d proper te ca~e ~e ~ su~ztted te the qualified vete~s of the City the ~estien whether the bends provided for ~ the ordinance shall be issued."