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were present:
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<br />At a regular meeting of
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<br /> June ~nd. ~194a~___ , =
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<br />the City o-~uc~l, held June 22nd, 1948, there
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<br />Leslie T. Fox, Charles 0. Barclay, Fred A. D~ke, George L.
<br />Grimes, Arth~ P. Henderson, Carl Co Houghton~ J re, James
<br />N. Howard, E. Robie Stu~tevant, C. E. ~¥arren, H. Earl
<br />~eiseman, Pearls J. Wilson, W. Guy Ancell~ City Man~ger,
<br />and R. C. Barclay, City Attorney.
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<br />~inutes of regular meeting held June 8th were read and approved.
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<br /> Motion of ~. Warren tong rant the privilege of the floor to Robert
<br />J. Smith of Disabled American Veterans, asking that the City sell his organization a triangular
<br />piece of la~ud on Randolph and ~ashington Streets, ~ o b e t~.enty feet on Washington Street.
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<br /> Motion o f Mr. Warren to ~efer to the City Manager and City Attorney,
<br />with power ~o act, was adopted.
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<br />The following report was received from the Zoning Commission:
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<br /> "At a meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission held J~e 3,1948,
<br />~he Commission approved the opening of Detroit Street from Port Norfolk to R_ver ~arkas re-
<br />quested by the River P~rk~Ga~den 01ubo~
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<br />mission, was read:
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<br />Motion of ~v. ~_ke to refer to the City Manager, w~s adot~ed.
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<br />The following notice of hearing on recommendation of the Zoning Corn-
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<br /> "Ptu~suant to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, notice is hereby
<br />given that a public hea~ingwill b e held at 7:30 P.E., on Tuesday, June~2~nd, 1 948, in the
<br />Court of Hustings Cotter room, Court House Building, Portsmouth, Virginia, for the ptu'pose of
<br />altering zones and reclassifying the following property:
<br /> l. Beginning at a point l~ feet north of Clifford St.,
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<br />and 15 feet west of Middle St., E5 ft. x 90 ft. from
<br />Industrial Class I t o Industrial C~ass J.
<br />lll6 Go~port Road - Beginning 50 feet east from west
<br />property line of Armistead l~d, thence east 30 feet
<br />x 120 feet, from Residential Class C to Industrial
<br />Class I.
<br /> Remainder of A~mistead property
<br />on Gosport~Road from Residential Class C to Connnercial
<br />Class Fo
<br />Lots 16, lV, 18 and 19 block S Sec. I - Grove ~ark
<br />Southeastern intersection of Airline Road ~ud Grove
<br />Avenue easterly 108.~ feet, thence southerly 163.6
<br />feet, thence westerly 16V.9 feet, t hence northerly
<br />130.6 feet, t o point of beginning. F~om single
<br />f~mily class C to Multiple Family Class
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<br />meeting.
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<br />M~. Glazer spoke on Item 1. ~nis was the only response to the open
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<br />lowing vote:
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<br />On mot_on of ~r. Sturtev~ut, the report was adopted, and by the fol-
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<br /> Ayes: Fox, Barclay, Duke, Grimes, Henderson, Houghton,
<br /> Howard, Sturtevant~ Warren, Weiseman, Wilson
<br /> Nays: None
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<br /> The following cow~unications from the City ~&anager were read:
<br /> 1st - The Eanage~ stated that July 5~, the last d~yo f tax paymentI
<br />is a holiday and he .recommended that the permod fo~ payment of taxes without penalty be extend-t
<br />ed through July 6th.
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<br /> Motion o f ~r. Grimes to concur in the -anaoer s r ecommendatzon,was
<br />adopted.
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<br /> 2nd - ~i am inclosing a letter from Major R.M.~Youell, Commissioner
<br />of Corrections, regarding the lock-up at the City Jail.
<br /> In connection with Major Youell~s letter, i should like to
<br />suggest that we be authorized to advertise and sell at public auction the old fi~e engine house
<br />on Cou~t Street, between High and King Streets and apply the prsceeds from this sale to the
<br />construction ~f a new police building."
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<br />adopted.~
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<br />Inclosure -
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<br />"This will acknowledge you~ letter of May 18th, 1948, with reference
<br />to the police leckup of the City of Portsmouth.
<br />At the~meeting of the State Board of Corrections 0~ ~ay 2~,1948,
<br />it was decided to wait~until January l, 1949, before insisting on
<br />the change~ . . in this locknp. We trust that by that time youwill h~ve
<br />the ~ond~tmons improved with possibly a new lockup."
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<br />Motion of ~&v. Weisema~ to concur in the ~anager~s suggestion, w as
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<br />Srd - "i submit herewith a letter from Chief of olmce 0.B. D~,
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