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i97 Inclosure - "In o~r letter of May 28th: 19~0, in reference to the U.S.0.Build- ing~ we requested of the City of Portsmouth a tempora~ easement~ for the life of the U.S.0. Buildi~g~ ap~o~i~tely~t.h~re? (3) feet of City orooerty e~t _of the oresent U.S. Government property so vnav ~nis oumldmng might be permanently located in a ne~ position~ allowing the construction of the tunnel on the rear end of this parcel of land. We wish to amend this request to the effect that we s~e asking the City of Portsmouth to grant consent to an encroachment of aporoximately three (3) feet on the property of the City of Portsmouth~ with the stipulation that if the United States of America decides to destroy or to sell this building~ that the Elizabeth River Tunm_el District agrees to alter the front of the building to such au extent that its encroachment on city property iS removed. ~nis authority for an encroachment is requested to be made out in the name of the United States of America, acting by and through the Housing and Home Finance Administrator 8nd the Commvm~tyFacility Service. Hoping that the authorities of the City of Portsmouth will b e able to'gramt this permit~ at the next Cozmcil meeting: we are: Yours very truly~ Russell'S. Barrett~ Manager, Elizabeth River Tmmnel Commission? Manager was adopted. Mot_on of M~. Bi!isoly to concur in the recommendation of the City 4th - "I submit herewith a recuest from the Elizabeth River Tnmm_,el Commission ~th reference to the alteration of certain t~acks of the Seaboard Air Line Rail- road located in Crs~ford St. and for the installation of ~¢o poles: one at the junction of South and Crab,ford Sts. and the other on South St. adjacent to the Seaboard Airline Railroad Property. I recommend that the request be granted." Inclosure - ~In the excavation and_ const~action of the tumnel oroject: it is necessary to-make some changes in the tracks of the Seaboard Air Line Railrokd.~ as theM pres- 6ntly exist. ~uis matter has been carefully gone into by the engineering staff of the rail- road com?s~y and by our contractors to the end that they have agreed that the alterations as shoWn on the attached ~o plans nr~mbered 141~g, First Phase and Second Phase: plans of t~e Seaboard Airline Railroad from Columbia to Middle St. Phase one shows the consolidation of the tracks amd the eliminatio~ of certain tracks so that the railroad service can be maintained during the period of construe tion. You will note that the tracks to be removed are colored in yellow. ThSse to be consoli- dated and ~nstalled for this period are in green, As it affects the City of Portsmouth to the greatest extent~ your attention i s invited to the necessity of laying a new track on Crawford St. from Bart St. to approximately Columbia St. as sho%~. This %~ll, of course: require the laying of this ~ack through the present surfac_ns of Cra%~ord Bt. and will~ of course~ necessitate its removal. Uuon the conclusion of~the construction~ Crab, ford St. will be resurfaced and returned to ~its present existing condition. Phase two shows the condition existing after the temporary struc- tures for supporting the tracks over the tunnel have been released s~d the return of the Sea- board track to its permanent position as shown in yellow. In order to prevent the flooding of the construction area: it is hoped that the City of Portsmouth will allow the diversion of the present creek which flows from Court St. to the Cathole. The excavation for the new chan_uel for this creek is to be done in accordance ~th the ~shes and subject to the approval of the City Engineer of Ports- mouth mud the Seaboard ~rline Rail%my, through whose property this creek runs at present. It is additionally requested that theCityof Portsmouth grs~t a temporary permit to install two poles- one at the junction of South and Cravrford and the other on South St. adjacent to the Sea'Ooard ~irline property. This is for the ourpose of sup- porting existing telegraph: signal and power lines whiehare now installed adjacent to the working area and must be moved." Motion o f ~. Sturtevant to concur in the recomm_endation of the City Manager v~s adopted. Motion of u ' ~. Henderson that the City Manager be authorzzed to make necessary arrangements for the re-routing of the buses when Cra%.rford St. and ~ourt St. are closed d~ing the construction& the t~_n_uel: was adopted. Motion of Mr. Houghton to suspend the rules to hear from any one who wished to soesk relative to changing the hours for selling beer in the City of Ports - mouth, was adopted. ~.JohnWilliams: representing the Tidewater A.B.C. licensees:. spoke requestLng that the hour for selling beer be extended from ll:00 P.M. to 12:00 midbight. Motion of F~. Houghton that the following resolution be fo~.zarded to the A.B~C. Board in Rickmond requesting an extension of one ho~ for the privilege of sell- ing beer in Portsmouth, was adopted. "Resolution - T· · I~S, merchants selling beer and ~ne %mthmn the corporate limits of the City of Portsmouth are not permitted to sell beer and vrine after eleven o'clock at night~ and the Council of the City of Ports-