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t~ovember ~3~d~ 1948.
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<br />there were present:
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<br />At a regular meeting of th'e City otuucai, held November 23rd, 1948,
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<br />Leslie T. Fox, Fram~ N. Bilisoly, Jr., Fred A. Duke, George L.
<br />Grimes, Arthur P. Henderson, James N. Howard, E. Robie Sturtevant,
<br />C. E. Warren, H. Earl ~eiseman, Pearle J. Wilson, W.Guy Ancell,
<br />City Manager, and R. C. Barclay, City Atto~ey.
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<br />Minutes of regular meeting held November 9th, were read and approved.
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<br />The following notice of zoning changes was read:
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<br /> ~Pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby
<br />given that a public hearim4 will be held at 7:30 P.Mo, on Tuesday, November 23rd, 1948, in the
<br />Council Chamber in the M~icipal Building, Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of altering
<br />zones and reclassifying the following property:
<br /> The rear 15 feet of lots 8 and 9 and all of lots 4, 5, 6~ 7, 22 and
<br />23 in Block B, Plat of M~lewood Pa~k; f~onts 124.4 feet on Gosport Road and extends back
<br />165.5 feet from Residential Class C to Commercial Class F,~
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<br />Motion of Mr. Sturtevant to lay on table until next meeting, was adopte~
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<br />Mr. Weiseman pre~ented the following:
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<br /> "In letter dated October 2~nd, 1948, the City of Suffolk, t~_~oughits
<br />~iayor, Honorable J. C. West III, has sought the opportunity to lease certain land lying adja-
<br />cent to Lake Kilby for the p~pose of establishing a nine-hole golf course and which land is
<br />owned by the City of Portsmouth. Your Committee, appointed to make the necessary investigation
<br />after viewing the property involved and meeting with ~f~yor ~¥est and members of his Couucil beg
<br />to~report:-
<br /> I - It is recommended that the City of Portsmouth lease to the City of Suffolk
<br /> certain land not to exceed one hundred acres (100 acres) lying adjacent to
<br /> Lake Kilby and nearest the ~este~n~ b~Un~a~y~of Portsmouth'City-~ater Depart-
<br /> ment owned property. ~ne exact boundaries to b e described when and i f the
<br /> said nine-hole golf course has been staked out.
<br /> B - That from the location above referred to there be reserved to the City o f
<br /> Portsmouth a strip two hundred feet (B00') in depth'and running along the
<br /> highway in anticipation o f future sale for possible r&sidential development.
<br /> 3 - That in order to justly protect the substantial cash outlay by the Cityof
<br /> Suffolk as will be required for a project of this nature, a lease be offered
<br /> for a period of twenty years with such renewable privilege and other neces-
<br /> sary te~ms as may be mutually agreeable to City Manager Ancell and City At-
<br /> to,ney Barclay as representing Portsmouth City and the proper authorities as
<br /> representing~Suffolk City.
<br /> 4 - That the rental or other charge against the City of Suffolk be such consider-
<br /> ation as to provide proper legal status.
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<br />Respectfully submitted,
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<br />C. E. Warren,
<br />F. N. Bilisoly, Jr.
<br />H. Earl Weiseman?
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<br />On mo~ion of ~r. Howard, said report was adopted, a nd by the following
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<br />vote:
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<br />Ayes: Fox, Bilisoly, Duke, Grimes,
<br /> Warren, Weisens~, Wilson
<br />Nays: None
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<br />Henderson, M oward, Sturtevant,
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<br />The following communications were presented by the City Manager:
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<br /> 1st - ~Attached is a petition and plat from the Portsmouth Boat Club,
<br />requesting a permit to use certain land under water between the north end of Co~t and Middle
<br />Streets.
<br /> When the City acquired this land, it was subject to certain
<br />leases which have never been canceled.
<br /> I recon~end that permit be granted, upon the condition set
<br />forth in the petition o f the Portsmouth Bo~t Club and subject to the rights of the present
<br />lessees in portions of the property°"
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<br />Attached -
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<br /> ~The Portsmouth Boat Club respectfully requests that a per~it be is-
<br />sued it, granting the exclusive use and centrol, with the riparian rights, to that property
<br />situated in the City of ~ortsmouth, Virginia, and bo~uuded and'described as follows, to-wit:
<br /> Beginning at a point where the north line of Na~er~y Boulevard inter-
<br />sects the east line of Court Street extending in a northerly.direction, parallel t o Court St.,
<br />for a distance of ~00 feet; there at a right angle in an easterly direction 3~5 feet; there at
<br />a right an~le i~ a southerly direction approximately 325 feet to the ah ore line; ther~ in ~
<br />westerly dmrectmon along the shore line approximately V8 feet; there ~n a northerly directzon
<br />along the bulkhead approximately 47 feet; there ina westerly direction 122 feet; there ina
<br />northerly direction approximately 88 feet; there in a westerly direction lB1 feet to the point
<br />of begir~aingo .It is requested that this ~?~mit, in consideration of One ~$1o00) ~ol-~
<br />lar per year, be of an zndefinite perzod to be terminate~ upon sixty (60) days notmce by eithe.~
<br />party. 'i
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