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were present ~
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<br />At a regular meeting of the City Oouncil, held September 29th,1948,
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<br />Leslie T. w - · ~
<br /> ~ ox, F~sr~k N. Bilzsoly, Jr., Fred ~. Dt~{e, George L.
<br />Grimes~ A~thu~ P.Henderso~, Ca~l ~. Houghton, Jr., James N.
<br />Howard, C. E. War~en, Pearle J. Wilson. W. Guy A~cell. City
<br />Manager, and R. C. Barclay, City Attorney. - ' -
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<br />Minutes of ~egular meeting held September 14th were read and approve~.
<br />The following communication from the Zoning Board was read:
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<br /> "Pursuant to the provisions of'the Zoning Ordinance, notice is
<br />hereby given t~hat a public hearing will be held at V:30 P.M., on ~eduesday,'September 29th,
<br />1948, ~in the Court of Hustings Court room, Court Hous~ Building, Portsmouth, Va., for the pur-
<br />pose of altering zones and reclassifying the following property:
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<br />by 50 feet ~th a m~nimum
<br />to heav~ Industrial Class
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<br /> Beginning at a point V5 feet north of Gosport Road thence 30 feet
<br />of V5 feet from Deep Creek Boulevard from light Industrial Class I
<br />J.S
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<br /> The meeting was op&ned to anyone interested.
<br />motion of Mr. G~imes, said report was adopted.
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<br />building for $~7,000.00;
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<br />following vote1:
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<br />No one appea~ing, on
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<br />The following matters were presented by the Ci~ Manager:
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<br /> 1st - The Manager stated that he had sold the old fire headquarters
<br />to A. A. Bangel and requested the Council to confirm the sale.
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<br />Motion o f ~r. Grimes to confirm said sale, was adopted, and by the
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<br />Ayes - Fox, Billsoly, ~, Grimes, Henderson, Houghton,
<br /> Howard, Warren, Nilson
<br />N~ys - None
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<br /> 2~d - The following letter f~om A.B. ~11, Chairman, 'Extension
<br />Committee, Young Men's Christian A~sociation:
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<br /> "Since the closing of the USO, the Portsmodth Y.M.C.A. has operated
<br />a neg~o~o~anch ~in the Federal orks Buitdmng uiider a lease from F.W.A. It has been called to
<br />our attention that this lease-will be canceled. The Portsmouth Y.M.C~A. would like to request
<br />the City o f Portsmouth tO purchase this buildi~g~nd laud and in turn'lease the s~me to the
<br />Portsmouth Central Y.M.C.A., for She sum of $1.00 a year and other considerations. We would
<br />like to n~go~tiate this'~ease w~th an option to buy ~n a P!a~mutu~lt~ agreeable between
<br />grou~s which would permit placing pHe bumlding i~ fmrst class conditmon and further make mt
<br />possmble fo~ the ¥.M.C.A.~ ~o amortmze the purchasing price over a period of yea~s.
<br /> ~e wodld like to, stress the needs that this buildingin meeting the
<br />negro cSmmunity. It serves as an audit6rium~fOr ~oth the orcum~and 0u~ ~ady of V~ctory
<br />scho01s.~ More than't~h~t it ~s the ~outh center for.s~l age groups up to and including the war
<br />veterans. To the best of our ~nowledge, mt ms the only basketball center mn the cm~ for negro
<br />youth.
<br /> '~e will be glad to furnish any fa~ts that you desire regarding this
<br />matter."
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<br /> Motion to lay on table until ~ext meeting, w as adopted.
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<br /> 3rd~ .iGme following letter.from T.F. Loughboroug~, Construction
<br />Engineer, State Department of Highways:
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<br /> "Federal Aid funds for the fis.cal yea~ ending June 30, 19~0, au. tho-
<br /> rized by the Federal Ai~ Highway'Ac~ of 1948, were apportioned by She Fede.ral .~orks Adminis-
<br /> trator ~der da~e of September t, 19.48, Attach?d .are ~oPies of a report indicating'the amount
<br /> of Federal Aid ~rban funds made avazlable to Virginia under the 1944 and 1948 Acts. ·
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<br /> ' ~ In apporti?ning the 1948 Federal Aid ib~nds (1944 A~c~~) on May 12~
<br />~19~7, ~% was reta.ined to permit any adjustments that maybe ~qu~red byp ending legislation.
<br />~he .F?deral Aid Hmghway Act of 1948, approved June 29th, 19487 ~increased the ~nd for a dmini-
<br />stratien A~d ~esearch by the p.R:A, from 2~1/~2% to ~ 3/~% and makes.the increased rate appli-
<br />caole to the 194@ funds. Aocordzngly, I 1/4% o~ bhe 1948 f~d.s prevmou~ty retained was appor-
<br />tioned among the~States on June 30th, 1948, consequently, Vmrgznia~s apportionment for 1948 was
<br />increased by $19,119.
<br /> Funds apportioned tuuder the 1948 Act were available for expenditure
<br />for two (2) fiscal years after the close of the fiscal year for whichsueh sumswere authorized
<br />and t944 Act funds~ for a period cf three (3) fiscal years after the close of the fiscal year
<br />for which tkey were authorized.
<br /> Funds made available u~der the 1948 Act are available immediately
<br />fo~ Fede~al'progr~w~ing, after which projects may be advanced to-construction u~de~ the Usual
<br />procedures, The only Federal limitation is that prior to July l, 1949, totalpayments te Vir-
<br />ginia on account of projects financed with funds provided by'the 1944 and 1945 Acts may ~ot ex-
<br />ceed the total of Virginia's apportionment of 1944 Act funds.
<br /> The distribution of 1945 Act funds will be in ~the s~me manner as
<br />prescribed for funds made available under the 1944 Act.
<br /> ~ile 19~l funds have not been apportioned by Federal authorities,
<br />we do not expeot any su, bstan~ial change from the sums made available for t9~0 ~ have used
<br />same smounts in order to complate the report as far as possible.
<br /> Attached are copies of a table showing the amounts distributed to
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