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<br />City of Portsmouth and also Project w~mber two - Route 337 from the intersection of Route 17 east to an important
<br />gate entrance to the shipyard.
<br /> I recommend that the City partieipate in pr0pcsal number one - Improving Route 17 from
<br />the intersection of Route 337 to the south corporate limits at Paradise Creek. I do not recommend that the City' s
<br />participation in the second proposal."
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<br /> "On January 16th, I discussed the above subject with you and Mr. ~ergeron in your of-
<br />fice and again, in company with Mr. Hagan on January 17th. You were shown the report of the Bureau of Public' Roads
<br />dated December 4, 1951 and their letter te this office of January 8th, 1952. '
<br /> The recommendations within the City were as follows, in ~riority of importance:
<br /> 1. ~oute 17 (George Washington Hmghwa~;j from the ~ntersectlon ef
<br /> Route 337 (Elm St.) to the S.C.L. (Paradise Creek), 0.45 miles.
<br /> Estimated total cost of project $100,000.
<br /> 2. Route 337 - From the Lutersection Route l? (Elm Avenue) east
<br /> to an important gate entrance to the shipyard. The length
<br /> is 0.50 miles sb an estimated total cost of 120,000.
<br /> Recent advice from the Bureau of Public Roads is that tentative Access Road Funds are
<br />available only in the amount of the percentage ef increase vehicular traffic caused by the present "defense" ef-
<br />fort as compared with a ,norm~l ,, employment for which 1949 is considered a base. At Mresent this is approximate]
<br />a 10% increase meaning that Access Funds might be used to finance 10% of the total cost of a project. In other
<br />words, it appears that for a $100,000. project that Access funds would furnish $10,000. and the remaining $90,000.
<br />would be on a 50-25-25 use of available Federal-aid Urban ~unds.
<br /> It is requested that the City of Portsmouth advise as to their agreement to participat
<br />in the above-mentioned projects on the general basis as indicated above.
<br /> It is very important that we have such advice promptly, which would lead toward the
<br />preparation ef plans for the earliest relief to defense traffic."
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<br />~o~ion of Mr. Grimes to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager, was adopted'
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<br /> 4th- "I recommend that a lot 30 feet wide fronting on North Street adjoining the
<br />City's property at Fire Headquartsrs be purchased for the sum of $600.00 and that an appropriation in the amommt
<br />of $600.00 be placed on its first reading. I also recommend that a 1St 1~8 by I25 feet, belonging to the heirs
<br />of I. Galumbeck, located adjacent to the city owned property at the incinerator on Pine St., be purchased for the
<br />sUm ef $3~0.00 plus interest at the rate of 6% per annum, from the date that the incinerator w~s built and. that
<br />an appropriation in the sum of $5~0.00 be placed on its first reading and that taxes be refunded to the es~a~e of
<br />I.Galumbeck."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Howard that the City Manager be authorized ~o buy the lots and that a
<br />tax re~and be granted and that an appropr.iation of $1,221.05 for said purpose be placed on its first reading,was
<br />adopted.
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<br /> 5th - "I submit a request from Arceleus Elliott, Jr., for refund of his retirament
<br />paid during employment With the Police Force; I call your attention to Section 19-7 of the City Code."
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<br />Notion of Mr. Howard to appropriate $~+~.dO for sai~ purpose, was adopted.
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<br /> 6th - "I. submit the attached letter from Martin Abraham, Attorney, for your consi-
<br />deration and reco~end that the City Manager be authorized to advertise the lets for sale."
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<br />sale free of taxes, its one
<br />Portsmouth:
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<br />,'On behalf of H. Cooper, whom I represent, I wish to request that the City offer for
<br />half (½) interest ~n the following described lots of land located in the City of
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<br />Those twelve (12) certain lots of land, formerly situated in '~estern Branch Magisterial District
<br />in the County of Norfolk, but now in the City ef Portsmouth, State of Virginia, and ~hich said
<br />lots are respectively know, numbered amd designated on the plat of land of the South Portsmouth
<br />Land and ~mprovemen~ Company, recorded mn Map Book 2, pages 58 ~nd 59, mn the Cle~ s O~f~ce of
<br />the Circuit Court of Norfolk County, as lots Numbers eighty-six (86), One Hundre~ and Fifteen
<br />(llS), Two hundred and fifty seven (257) Four hundred and~ forty five (445), Four h~ndred forty-
<br />six (~46), Four Hundred forty-seven (~7); Five hundred and thirtY-five (535), ~Five hundred and
<br />thirty-six (536), Five hundred and forty (540), Five Hundred forty-one (541); five hundred and
<br />forty seven (547), and Five hundred and forty-eight (5~8), each of said lotw having a frontage of
<br />twenty-five (25) feet with a depth of one hundred and eight (108) feet; being the same property
<br />conveyed to the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, by Hilda Mary ~ena Page, Executrix, et al~, by deed
<br />dated August 14, 1946 and recorded in the Clerk's office of the Court of Hustings' for the City of
<br />Portsmo~th~n ~eed book 166, page 67.
<br /> I am iuclosing herewith check of H.Cooper, payable to the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for $50.00
<br /> as a deposit for the expenses of selling the same. This check is deposited with the u~derstanding
<br /> that if Mr.Cooper does not purchase the said interest of the City, this sum will be refunded to
<br /> him . Mr. Oop~r will guarantee te bid the sum of $600.00 for the City's ~nterest in this pre-
<br /> perty, t'
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<br />Notion of ~ir. Weise~an that the City Manager be authorized to advertise the lots
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<br />for sale, was adopted.
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<br /> 7th - "I report that I am transfering $2,500.00 from the Contingent Fund to appro-
<br />priate to the Portsmouth Tuberculosis Association.
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<br />On motion filed.
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<br /> 8th ~ "For your information I attach herewith a letter fromm Russell S. Barrett,
<br />Mamager of the Elimabeth River Tunnel Commission, concerning the re-opening of Crawferd ~treet."
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<br />On motion filed.
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