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The following letter from A. By,on Williams, Chairmen, the Lower Pen-nsula Planning Comufssien of Virginia~ was read: ~At the last general meeting of the representatives of the various communities in the /~npton Roads A~ea,. interested in~ the-development of ~ e proposed Hampton Roads-Tunnel, which was held in the C-hamberlin Hotel, 12:00~noon, December 18, 1949, a motion was duly executed for the creation of a Hampton Roads TuDnGelCam-mission,' to be composed of membsrs of each of the saidcommun~mes'-' to progress the work of this project for its comple- tion. The motion included that this planning commission approve this idea and request various local governments of the said communities to name official representatives to such a commis. sion. In accordance with this action, the recommendations and the request were f0z~varded to the local govez~nme~ts under a letter of De~ber ~3, 1949. All of the local governments so requested have named~their representatives ~s shown according to the a tracked list-which is herewith included for your reference and file~ Feeling that Portsmouth was def- initely ihterest%d in such ~ethods oftransportatzon' provided by a tunnel systemS such an in- vitation was f6~warded to you~ Late~, you will ~ecal I o.tr~ telephone conversation a t which time you sased ~your znterest but that action on the appointment was being deferred pending further consideration. The meeting of-~his commission was held at the Chambe~lin Hotel, 12:0C noon,February 23, 1980, with the 100% attendance of the communities represented as listed.- A copy of-the minutes of tha~ meeting a~e herewith inclosed for yotuv consideration and file. In acbordance with action taken under one se?t.ion of the minutes, the members thereby unani- tug, sly agreed to invit~ Portsmouth to be efficzally represented. We therefore tender this spBcial and cordial invitation to have the City of Portsmouth represented to the extent of appointing thPeemembers which was according to the minutes, the total ntunbe~ agreed on as is sho~u% therein. We hope ~that you will now see the way clear to have the great City of Ports~.outh lend their aid'toward the movement to complete a modern system of transporta- tion~facilities s6 importan~ tc the program of this a~ea."' N~. Duke Stated that the~'uzty of Portsmouth had no interest .in the pmoposed tunnel 'from Newport News to Norfolk and that the Clerk be instFueted to so ir~or~m the Lower Peninsula Planning Co~J~issionof Virginia. - 'Motion o f bit Wilson that the City ~ager be ~ ' ' · ~nst~ucted. to. prohibit parking on both sides of Sixth Avenue between Columbia Street and the Seaboard way property, was adopted, On motion adjourn, ed to meet at 7:30 Approved - ~ Px'es:~dent Ma~ch 15th. Portsmouth, Va., March 1 8th, At an adjourned meeting of the City'Council, held on March 1 Sth, 19~0, there w ere p~esent- 1980. Wednesday, Approved ~ent. Leslie T.-Fo~x, Frank N. Bilisoly~Jr., F~ed A Duke, Arthu~ P. HenderSon, Ca~l C. Houghton,Jr., Ja~es N.Howard, E. Robie Sturtevant, c.E. Warren, H. Eaml ~Yeiseman, I. G. Vass~ City Nanager, R. ~. Barclay, City Attorney.