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On motion of }~. Howard~ said resolution was adopted. tendent Hool~nan ~ Sth - "I am submitting herewith a letter from }~. H.A. Hunt~ Super~u- of the Portsmouth Public Schools ~ith reference to the retirement of Hiss Grace S. 162~ Ann St~, as a teacher in Portsmouth.~ 0n motion filed. ~th - "At the last regular meeting of the City Council~ you referred to me the question of the retirement of a number of school officials and teachers and requested that I ascertain if there were funds in the School budget to pay for the gratuity that has b~ allowed school teachers in the past. I made inquiries concerning this matter and was advised that there were no funds provided in the budget~ neither was the City M~ager's office notified tha' these teachers would be retired and therefore no provision was made in the City budget for funds for this p~rpose. It has been ascertained that it will require the sum of $2~241.60 for this purpose for the remainder of our budget year. I therefore recommend that an appropriation in the sum of $2~2~1.60 be placed on its first reading." Notion of N~. Grimes to place an appropriation of $2,2~1.60 on its first reading~ was adopted. 6th - "I am submitting herewith the petition from the Board of Super- visors of Norfolk County for an extension of the City's water service to the Churchland school and also an estimate of the cost of providing said servia. I recommend that no main less than ten inches in diameter be installed and that theCounty be required to pay the amount that would be due by the County for this size water main." Petition - ',Virginia: The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Norfolk Connty~ was held in the Supervisors' Room at the Clerk'~ Office~ Tu~s- day~ J~ue 13th, 19~0~ at 10:00 ~.M., and the follo~ng~ esolution was adopted: Mr. Hay~ood requested an extension to the water li~ue to supply ChurcP~and School. Mr. Haywood stated that the line was run to Cedar Lane and tl~t from Cedar Lane to the railroad tracks a distance of 1800 to 2000 feet, can be laid ~,~lth two fire plugs and ome fire plUg every 400 feet after passing the railroad track. On motion, made by Mr. Hay~zood~ seconded by Mr. Paxson~ the Water Department was requested to grant permission to lay this line on the basisof one plug every 1200 feet and that the county be given an estimate of the cost of this line. All voting Yes. A COPY- Teste: E. T. %7nite, Clerk By A.W. Snow (signed) D.C.~ adopted. corning the for Motion of -}Lt. Weiseman to concur in the ~nager's reco~endation~ was 7th - ~I am submitting herewith a letter from Mr. Robert Ainsworth con- sale of a certain parcel or let of land te the City of~Pertsmouth, Virginia. I recommend that this let be purchased if it can be purchased its present worth - $1~0.00.'~ Motion of Nr. Howard that the City Manager be authorized to offer $1~O.OI for said lot, was adopted. 8th "I am submitting herewith a resolution made by the Commissioners e.f the PortSmouth Redevelopment and Housing ~uthority, withdrawing their request for acquisi- tion of Project VA-~4086 (Barlow Place) and recommend that the Council concur therein." ,,WHEREAS, the Portsmout~ Redevelopment and Housing Author.i.%y, on DeCember 29th,-.1,9~7, fo.~l~- .~.~ its Request for~ R. ese~rvat.mon,. approved by the C~ty Council, dmd file an ~pplicatmon zor ~ceum- sition of permanent federally-owned war housing Project VA~hh~086 (Barlow Place) for use ~as a low-rental housing pro~ect amd to be a ~art of the Authority's permanent low- income housing program:. WHER~.r~S., since the passage of the Housing A. ct of 19~0~ whmch Act specmf~cally author.izod the transfer .el .samd project to the Ap - plicamt u~der certain Conditie~s~ Obsect~on.s to the VA-~4086 for ~low-rent use have been filed with both the ~oca± mous- ing Authority and the City Council, bY vet.erans orgamizati~o.ns~ . civic leagues, individual property owners in the area, anm ~enants now living in the project; and WHEREAS, ~members of the City Council in joint meeting with the Commissioners, arranged for the purpose of discuss~_ng the.~cquiSi~T tion of this ~roj~ct by the Authority and its effect on ~he imme~ma=e community as well as matters pertaining to the disposition by the government of other projects affecting the City, have requested the