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"AN ORDINANCE FOR SAFEGUAP~DING PERSONS AiTD PROPERTY AI~D PROMOTING TH~_E W~.T.WARE OF THE PUBLIC; CREATING AN ELECTRICAL EXAI~INiNG BOARD AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES; PROViDiNG FOR THE LICENSING BY THE EI~CTHICALEXA~INING BOARD OF PERSONS, FiR~IS~ A~D CORPOP~TiONS UNDERTAKING THE iNSTALLATi0~ OF ELECTRICAL EQUIP~NT ~ND ~L&KING iT -~LA'~FUL TO ~!DERTAKE ~ ~IffSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPI~T ~¥ITHOUT A LICENSE, EXCEPT AS 0THER~ViSE PROVIDED; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VTOI~TION OF THIS 0RDI~ANCE Ah~D REPEALI~G ALI ORDINANCES A~D PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIs 0RDI~CE.~ 2nd - ~he following letter from E.C. Allen, Uhairman, Portsmouth-Norfolk County Committee for the Disposition of Public Wa~ Housing: ~You will recall at the time of the approval of the finalr eport of the Portsmouth-l~orfolk Cowmty 0ommittee for the Disposition of Public War Housing that report con- tained the reco~nendation that Douglas Park be disposed of since it was "not required as a part of the permmaent hob_sing supply of the cormuunity~'. Since the ap~r oval of that report in June, 1945, the housing situation in this area has changed to the extent that a veterans hous- ing problem h as developed particularly in connection with colored housing. in au effort to meet local housing needs and to p~rotect the best inter- est of the community the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority with the approval of the Council, applied for Douglas Park with the intention of developing it for a low rent hous- ing project wit~hin the Authority's program. Detail study by the Authority has indicated that the improvements which would be required to place it on a permanent operating basis would be so costly as to make the attainment of low rents completely impossible. On Hatch Blst, l~r. A.R. Hanson, Director of the Ric~n~ond Field Office of the Public Housing Administration, wrote the local Disposition Committee advising that the reservation for low rent housing had been cancelled by the ~gashington Office of pHA. This ac- tion on the part of ~shington causes the original recommendation of the Disposition Committee that of complete dispo'si~ion, t~o again become operable. ~¥e all recognize the need for retain- ing Douglas Park in an improved state in this eo~nnnity. ¥~ith this view in mind. the Ports- mouth-Norfolk County Co~nzttee for the D~sposztmon cz Publzc ~ar Houszng at thezr meetmng on Tuesday, April 5th, 1949~ adopted the following resolution: '~q~EREAS, there exists a commit~ent on the part of the Un~ted t~tes =overonuent to remove Douglas Pa~k in its entirety from the area which commitment~ was strengthened by the final report of the Portsmouth-Norfolk County Committee for the Disposition of Pub_mc Wa~ Housmng mssued mn July~ 1945, which also recommended the total disposition of Douglas Park as not being required as a part of the permanent post-war hous- ing supply in this area; and V~EP~EAS, by reason o f the unexpected maintenance of a high popuim tion figure in the area complicated f~u~ther by the veter- ans housi~ug problems; and ~%~HEREAS, it now appears that all of the approximately VS0 units remaining in active status in Douglas Park will be re - q~ired as a part of the permanent post-war housing supply in this area. BE IT BESOLVED that the Portsmouth-Norfolk County Committee for the Disposition of Public War Housing urge the Council of the City of Portsmouth to indioate their willingness to release Pub- .lic Housin~ Administration. fram its c.ommitment to remove the units zn~ouglas ~ark if the pro~ect can be zmproved to assure the devel- opment of a single small-house character with an acceptable site _u~am to be approved by the Council; provided too, ~2aat the exterior of the units par~mcularly their present foundations,.be improved in accordance with pl~us to be approved by the Counczl, so that the houses may be sold to individual veters~s ~for their o~m occu- pancy~ and provided further, that the project shall be sold. in its entirety to the Portsmouth-Norfolk County Veterans nousmng Corporation, The Portsmouth-Norfolk Count~ Veterans Hous~gCo~poration is the same group w~i ch has already moved aud improved l?O of the Alexander Park houses, 6~ of which were adapted for negro houses in ~lest Truxton. The balance of the units being improved in the Highland-Biltmor8 section of Norfolk Cou~uty. This corpora- tion represents all of the vet~erans organizations of e~y standing in t~is area. In addition, two members of the City Council are members of its Board of Directors. ~here is inclosed a sample resolution as a suggestioH of t~he resolut~onwhich could be pre - sented to the Council for adoptmon. You-~all note that this reso- lution retains full control over the pla~ i n the development of the project in E~e hands of the Council. This matter has already been discussed with the ~iayo~ and we understand that it meets with his full approval."- Resolution - ~V~EREAS, there exists a commitment~cathe part of the p~rt of the UnitedS~ates Goverrnnent to ~emove Douglas Park in i~s en tirety from this area which commitment was strengthened by the final report of the Portsmouth-Norfolk Co,mary Committee for the Disposition of Public ~ar Housing issued in July, 15~8, which also recommended the total disposition of Douglas Park a s not being required a s a part of the permanent post-war housing supply in this area; and