Minutes 07/08/1947 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

bodies should concu~ in the sale of units in Alexander Pa~k ontheir present sites, These units may then be improved by the ptt~chasers as they see fit. Sale on site will result in a substan- tially higher financial return to the Government. ~$e have been infoEaed verbally and in w~iting on several occasions that your Co~poraticn has applications from approximately 700 veterans for these houses. Sure~ among this number there are 100 veterans who already have or are in a position to secure their own sites. For the reasons mentioned, we feel that the demountable units allo - c.ated to your Corporation.by the contract of May 29th, ~947, should.be resold by the Ce ~r?ora- tlon to Veterans and servicemen in accordance with prov~sions there~n, re-.erecte.d on individualf sites selected and provided by the veter.a~, purchasers except for the 84 unmts which we have pr~ viously agreed to your erecting on one s~te for resale to Negro veter.an.s. _ I am making every effort to s~range for a ~rmp to PorTsmouth in the near future in order that this situation may b e discussed fully with directors of your Co~pora~ and other interested parties. In the mea~ time, I believe it will b e in the best interest of all con~ned that no further dwelling units covered by the contract be transferred to the potation. I~shall advise you as soon as a specific date for my trip can be set, but I shall appreciate hearing from you in the meantime. · F Letter addressed to~ ~ajor .L. Buchanan. C/C Mr. Owens. Sincerely yours, R. Hanson, Assistant Director for Real Estate and Disposition for the Director, Region IV." On motion ordered filed. L~ad - "You r~ferred back to me at your.last meeting, a letter which I had written, relative to the Cit~ oommmtting~itself t? an expe~d~ture of $2,~S.07 ~n o~bud~ get for the coming year 1948, and f would like to explain in detsm&my Jud~ent in ~ms case. All the referrals we make to the quick-treatment ce~er are required to pay for same, except indigent oases which were 416 during the yea~. If we had to render this service ours~Ives, it would ~equi~e an c~ganization and medi~al care that in my Judgment would z~n in excess of $10,000.00 anuually. Therefore, I feel~ that it would be good business and a health precautionary measure if we assisted in the operation of the quick-treatment center." Motion o f Mr. Howard to concur in the ~auager's recommendatien, was adopted. ~- "Robert Livesay, representing George T. ~cLean Company,would like to install au mit assembly for plumbing~dheating in a new building in the City, hut our ordinance now in effect, prohibits sane. I am in receiot of the attached letter from Captain Host'of the Fi~e Prevention ~e~, and I ~ncur in his ~ecommendatien that the ordinance be amended, permitting this type of modern construction." reading, was adopted~ Motion of N~. Howard to place the following ordinance on its first "AN ORDINANCE TOAMEND THE BUILDING CODE BY ADDING TO ARTICLE 13 THEREOF A ~ SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION 90-A" 4th - "You authorized me on June~10th and again on June 2 4th, to work with the Portsmouth Chamber cf Commerce tewa~d the possibility efg erring two fi~ms locat- ed in Portsmouth. I attended meetings in Hoboken, N.J. on June Ilth amd J~e 24th, with' the Managing Director of the Chamber of Commerce. We had ~l-day conferences with the officials of the Corpor- ation and I would like to enter into the records anofficis1 report of the Chamber of Commerce Managing Director, in which I concur.~ ~nclos%%re - in New Yorke "Repo~s were made on the following prospects that were visited 1. Condenser Corporation, Hoboken, N.J.: The fi~mdesire~ $~00,000. in cash as an outrig~ht gift to move te Portsmouth. Mr. Een~edy, President, was favorable to ~ortsmouth, As~an offset to $500,0~0., M~. Evans, Vmce P~esid~ent stated, "If the citizens of Portsmeut~ will move us there and build a building~ we will turn o vet to them, two empty factoz~j ~uil~gs located in Scranton s~d Pottsville, to b e sold, the difference betwee~ the costs of moving and erection e f-anew buitdingand the sale ef the two Condenser buildings by the Chamber w~ld be rebated to the Condenser people. ~ letter was dispatched to M~. Ev~ stating (1) the citi- zens would be interested in e reefing a building to meet the needs to De paid off over a period of years, and (2) if they ceived any firm bids for either of their properties, they were tolet us know. 2. Br~sh Factory: Mr. Ira Hertzberg stated they would consi- de~ a proposition of moving to Portsmouth provided we erected a building and paid for thei~moving expenses. They ~rther stated they too would turn in their building located at 2300 Fifth'Ave. in New York.