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I request that i be authorized to offer on behalf of the City to the owners of the sev- eral parcels, the appraised values as set forth on the list. I recon~end that if the offers are not accepted, or if we are unable to locate the owners or acquire title to the land because of the incapacity of the owners, that the City Attorney be instructed to institute condemuation proceedings for the acquisition of the land. I believe that ten (10) days will be a reasonable time to wait on the reply from any of the owners, as it is necessary to proceed at once with the improw ,'Parcels Recommended for Condemnation Parcel No. Owner Location Kind of property Price Helen Clantan Taylor 1317 Gosport Road Lot & Other Bertha Clanton Small V~c~u~ lo~ 37.50 9 -Marion Clanton 1325 Gosport Ro~ Lots .~ , 512.75 ll Rea Clinton 1425 " " Lots & bldg. 1500o00 57 George W. King (taxes since 1930) Vacant lot 59.00 55 Samuel E. Shelton - ,, 100.00 82 R.D. & Inez Shropshire #2022 Lot & Bldg. 621.50 48 L'B ~tley Co. Inc. (Willie Sharp) Vacant lot 65.50 86-N Willard E. Griffin , · 92.00 87 John W.A. B~ker Lot 151.20 99 Marcus Alonza Gray 2911 ~rcadia Lot 156.00 - ll4 John C. Bowers Land & other 2208.80 12 -Margaret A. Bullock et al Lots 362.50 ~29 James Edwards Vacant lot ~4 Bradford Watts Lo~s & bldg. 22~.~0 35 Bradford Watts Vacant lots 166.80 83 ~ilbu~ O. Watts Vacant lot !~5.80 ~ - 65.5O 47 Ernest Campbell " " 87.25 51 Ernest Campbell ,, " 66.90 60 Ernest Campbell " " 74.70 50 - William B. Newcomb 65 Jonah Westmoreland " ~ 52.50 66 Lovie Westmoreland ~ " 59.10 62 Willie B. Franklin ~ " 52.50 40 Thcs. A. Jordan,Jr. Lots & house 2750.00 3? D.B. Hitlman Lot & bldg. 3250.00 38 Harry L & Esther H. Goodman Vacant tots 800.00 39 I~aynor H Barnes ~ " 1200.O0 16 Tyree B Lee et al Lot & house 3270.00 84 Howard Ruben et a! Land 2000.00 95 Isley Lorena Holley Land 77.00 5~ McE~en Lumber Co~rpany Land 350.00 56 The Virginia Company Land 310.00." sent of the road? Luclosure Reason for Unable to contac " taxe: Title Infant o~,mer $ will not sign land & move bldg. On motion of Mr. Houghton, seconded by Mr. Grimes, the recon~endation of the City Man ager was adopted and the City Attorney was instructed to institute condenmation proceedings in cases where the of- fers are not accepted or the owners should not be found or are incapacitated. 6th - "I submit the attached letter from A.T. Lundberg, Chairman of the Utilities Committee of the League of Virginia Municipalities concerning the Chesapeake ~ud Potomac Telephone Company rate cas, ~,, consideration. I recommend that an approp_matzom of~6_40.00 be placed on its first readi~ This is ~nBmitted for your - ~Iotion o f Rr. Bilisoly to place an appropriation of $640.00 for said purpose c~ its first reading~ was adopted. ?th - "The petition complazning about a veterinary hospital located on County Street at Western Hranch Road was referred to the City ~L%nager and City Attorney for a report. From the information we have been able to secure it appears that the veterinary hospital is located in a section properly zoned for this purpose and the matter complaingd of in the petition in our opinion would constitute a nuisance complaint that would requ~e Court action and if such action is taken it would have to be done by the individuals affected ~y the On motion filed. 8th - "The question of debris adjacent to thorniest Norfolk Bridge was referred to th~ City Attorney and myself for a report. Captain Conklin, the owner of the property was contacted by telephone and an effort~ was made to hold a conference~ but we were advised that Captain Conklin was tod busy to confer with City of- ficials at the present time; however, he did advise the City Manager by telephone that most of the floating equi~ sent was owned by a contractor ~ud would be removed sometime between now and the month of April and that he was on]~ rentin~ space fo~ t5is equipment at th~ present time and that he had n6 intention of moving bhs other material stor~ on the premises. He also stated ~hat the property in the City of Portsmouth was originally pur. chased to be used as a yacht basin or a ~larina~ but that he had been prohibited from using it for that purpose and stated further that the ~aterial was stored in Norfolk County and not Lu the City of Portsmouth. I am attaching hereto a copy of a letter to l~_r. Frank ~ntZ, ~naging Directo of U.S. Army Engineers, of the Portsmouth Cns~be of Co~eroe from Colonel ~. F. Powers~ District Engineer, Corps which also has a bearing on this case. Mr. Barclay's letter is also attached.~ On motion filed. 9th - ~I submit the attached letter from F. J. Bergeron,City Engineer, recommending the retirement of Willie Edward Hoofnag!e. I have been advised that Mr. Hoofnagle has requested Social Security has already severed his connedtione with the City. ! recommend that the final decision ~n the amount of retire- ment, if any, over and above Social ~ecurity, be withheld o_ntil we have determ~ned the over-all City ~olicy on re- tirement." since 1930