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Notion of Nr. Howard to place~on its first reading an appropriation of $2,900.00 for said pur~pose, was adopted. 18th - "The Norfolk Cotu~ty-Portsmoutk Veterans, Housing Coz%ooration is moving some Alexander Park houses into the City~ U ~' rider Section~17' Of Our Plumbing regulations adopted June 17th, 1920. we find "vertical so.Il oipes shall not be less than four inches in diameter~. The Alexander ~ark hbuses are three znc~es.. It appea~s~ that the general practice of other cities in the ~tate is to allow these three inch pipes but at a conference with the Plumbing Inspectors of Norfolk County .and Portsmouth, it was agreed that a fo~ inch stack would be necessary. Z rec- ommend a three znch stack." ~ Notion of N~. ~ We_semant o amend the Plumbing Ordinance to allow a three inch stack, was adopted~ County Street for use as soon as possible. centers of Portsmouth and I feel certain that it will represent a very worthwhile sive step in the development of the City's ~'~jor Street Plan~. Sincerely yours, !Sth - The Manager presente~ the following: "I hereby tender the area defined as Eighth ~venue from High St. to street pttrposes with the request that curb ~ud ~mtter be installed as This area is c~rently developing as one of the newer commercial and progres- George T. NcLean.~ Notion o f ~r. ~ilson that we accept Nr. NcLean~s offe~ and open Eighth Avenue from High to~ County Street, was adopted. l?th - "0n more than one occasion, we have priced additional seats for tSe Stadium and find that the~most med~cre ones are $~.00 or more per seat. The steel and beSter grade seats Will average about $11.00 per seat. We cma enlarge our~seating capacity at the Stadium by 2,280 people by the erection of suitable bleachers in t he northwest section mud to complete this in- stallation, would necessitate an appropriation of $~,~0~007 Notion o f Nr. Sturtevant that we place on-its first reading an ap- proprlation of $~,~0.00 for said purpose, was adopted. The following letter was read: ~At a meeting of the Portsmouth-Nerfo!k County Committee for the Disposition of Public War Housing on July 14th, the following resolution was adopted: ¥~iREAS, the original report of the Portsmouth - Norfolk Cott~ty Committee for the Disposition of Public War Housing, issued July, 19~, reconnuended the total disposition of ~lexander Park as not being required as a pa~t of the per - manent pest war housing supply of the area, at the same time asking that consideration be given a pl~ which would ~esult in a low density effect, comparable to that of a small house deve~opment;~and WEERF~S, by reason o f the unexpected maintenance of a high population figure in the area, complicated further by the veterans' housing problem; and ~HER~AS, it now appears that all o f the approximately~000 units remaining in active status in Alexander Park will be required as a part of the per~nanent post-~war housing supply of the~area~ BE iT EE~0LVED,~ that the approximately 2000 ttuits remaining in Alexander Park in active status, after existing connuitments are met, be classified as "permammnt units in the present project area", and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this action i s contingent upon the meeting of the following conditions: It is recognized that the units are not now located in a way v~michwould be most desirable from a per - manent point of vt~Sw. 2. Referring to the Corm~ittee's o~iginal recommendation, the development would be most desirable if sufficient ground were provided to assure a desirable single small-he,se character ~nd the houses zmproved. The perm. anent site-plan i~ to b e acceptable to the Norfolk Co'~ty Board of Supervisors~ ~. Further, if improvements by the FPHA are not feasible, it is ~econ~ended that the project be s~ld as a whole to a purchaser who will agree to improve the exteriors of the houses, particularly as regards their present temporamy fuundations~ in accordance with plan? approved by the Norfolk County Boa~d of Supervisors, prmo~ to rheim sale te individuals, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the action z~ecommended herein shall not obstruct or affect in any way the proposal of the Po~tsmoutk Redevelopment and Housing Authority to adapt approx-