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June 22nd~ 1954.
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<br /> "BE IT I{ESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia,
<br />that~the City Manager of this City be and he is hereby directed to offer
<br />to the owners of the land mentionedbelow and needed and necessary for the
<br />construction of a part of State HighwayNo. 17-A, Project 1864-7- and 1864-71,
<br />between High Street, at Farquier Avenue, and George Washington Highway (route 17),
<br />in the City of Pertsmouth, Virginia, in accordance with the plans and specifi-
<br />cations thereof on file in the office of the Department of Highways, Richmond,
<br />Virginia, the following sums of money for their respective parcels of land, and
<br />in the event the offers are not accepted, or the land for any other reason can not
<br />be acquired by purchase, the City Attorney is hereby directed ~o institute con-
<br />demnation proceedings for the acquisition of the land and other property, namely:_.
<br />
<br />Parcels n~mbers 3 and 10, shown'on sheets numbers 3 and 4 of said plan,
<br />and assessed on the Land Book of the City, 1954, in the name of
<br />Samuel Sonkin, the sum of $ 3,000.00
<br />
<br />Parcel Number 24, shown on sheet number 6 of said plan, and assessed
<br />on said Land Book of the City in ~he name of NLargaret A.Bulloch,
<br />the sum of
<br />
<br />$ 400.00
<br />
<br />Parcels numbers 43 and 48, show~ on sheet 8 of said plan, and asses-
<br />sed on said Land Book in the name of A. A~mdusky, Bennie Kaplan, and
<br />Alfred Kaplan, the sum of
<br />
<br />$ 1,000.00
<br />
<br />Parcel Number 50, shown on sheet 8 of said plan, and assessed on
<br />said Land Book in the name of Joseph Copeland, the sum of $ 150.00
<br />
<br />Parcel Number 51, shown on sheet 8 of said plan, and assessed on
<br />said Land Book ia 't~e name of Louis Brown, the sum of $ 40.00
<br />
<br />Parcel Number 54, shown on sheet 9 of said plan, and assessed on
<br />said Land Book in the name of George M. Harvey,Sr. and ~adie T.
<br />Harvey, the sum of
<br />
<br />$ 40.00
<br />
<br />Parcel'Number 95, shown on sheet I1 of said plan, and assessed on
<br />said Land Book in the names of William J. Harrison and Delma Harri-
<br />son, the sum of
<br />
<br />$ 65.00
<br />
<br />Parcel Number 52~ shown on sheet 9 of said plan, and assessed on
<br />said ~and 'Book in the names of Sandy L~e ~yd and Louise D.Boyd,
<br />the suni of
<br />
<br />$ 315.00
<br />
<br />Parcel Number 85, shown on sheet 10 of s~id plan, and assessed on
<br />said Land Book in the names of Joe H. Land and Ruth Land, the
<br />sumlof
<br />
<br />$ 140.00
<br />
<br />Parcels Numbers 35 and -36, shown on sheet 7 bf said plan, and as-
<br />sessed on said Land Book in the names of John A.Harms and Rose
<br />Harms, the sum of
<br />
<br />$ 7,000.00."
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<br /> 54-167.
<br />Welfare Department requests a resolution from the Council concerning the filing of reports.
<br />the Council adopt the attached resolution·
<br />
<br /> On motion of ~ir. Bilisoly, the following resolution was adopted:
<br />
<br /> 'bE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia,
<br /> that the Director of the Social Service Bureau he not required to
<br /> file monthly re,mrs of the activities of the Welfare Department with
<br /> the City Council."'
<br />
<br /> 54-168 - I'recommeud that-t~e lot located near the Cxty Water works adjacent ~o the Armmpy property
<br />owned by Joseph Reid and wife be purchased for the sum of $85b.00 from Water Department funds."
<br />
<br />"I have been advised by Mrs. Fannie Lee, Director of the Social Service Bureau that the State
<br /> I recommend that
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<br />Motio~ of Mr~ La~Tence to confirm the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted.
<br />
<br />54-169 ~ '~t a previous meetim4 of the Council, I was requested to make a report on the question of a
<br />condition of'dust arising~ from the operation of the-Transit mixed Cement plant located at the foot of Crawford St.
<br /> I am reporting that I conferred with George T. McLean, owner of the plant and he advised me
<br />that the plant was bein~ used only as a standby unit and perhaps not more than one day each we~k and that he was
<br />of the opinion that the condition did not arise from his plan~ as he had only coarse concrete sand stored on the
<br />property which is not easily blown in the form ~f dust·"
<br />
<br />On motion filed.
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<br /> 54-170. "I submit the following letter from J H Phillips~ Resident Engineer of the Department of High-
<br />ways concerning the Bath's Creek Bridge,which is self explanatoryL
<br />
<br /> "On May 14th, I wrote to you reporting an inspection of the Bath's Creek Bridge that I made in
<br /> company with Mr. Bergeron City Engineer. I advised in this letter that we would have a traf-
<br /> fic study made and report our conclusions of what should be done after we had accumulated the
<br /> data. This study has been made; it was made on Sunday, May 23rd. The count showed approxi-
<br /> mately 3000 vehicles and approximately 30~.pedestrians; 1 pedestrian for each 10 vehicles.
<br /> It was noted during the time of this stt%dy tlnat the motorists were very courteous toward
<br /> one another in that they waited on each other while the one lane portion of the bridge,which
<br /> is the drav~span, was being used. This heavy traffic Occurs only on Sundays and holidays and
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