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4th - ~ The attached letter has been received from the City Attorney
<br />and in order to co~oly with the request, it will be necessary to have an appropriation of
<br />$s00.00.
<br />
<br />Inclosure -
<br />
<br />~Some yea~s ago the City Council appropriated.money to purchase, all lots
<br />in the block nu~nbered 36 on the plat of Prentis Park, except those owned
<br />by the School Board. The land was desired for playground pumposes. All
<br />lots were p~chased except seven. Three of the o~rners could nd~ be lo -
<br />cared and the other one would not sell to the City. I have recently se -
<br />cured a deed from the heirs of Ida N. Carrington for lots numbers 28 and
<br />29 at the price of One Hundred m~d Fifty Dollars per lot sst by the City
<br />Council. Out of this must be paid the taxes dn~ the City amounting to
<br />
<br />Please let me have checks a~ount~ng to $300.00, ®i~her one check to the
<br />City Collector for $ and the othe~ to Mrs° ToE. Bu~ton for
<br />
<br />and_ by the following
<br />
<br />Motion o f ~,Grimes to
<br />vote:
<br />
<br />Ayes:
<br />
<br />Nays:
<br />
<br />ap~opriate ~00.00 for said purpose, was adopted
<br />
<br />Fox, Gmimes, Henderson, Howard, Lav~ence, Sturtevant,
<br />~amren, Weiseman, ~i!son
<br />None
<br />
<br />5th - "The attached contract fmom Norfolk's Naval Shipyard has been
<br />.fo~,~arded to us for completion and i would recommend that you amthorize the proper officials
<br /> of the City to negotiate this agreement with the local shipyamd."
<br />
<br />Inc!os-~e
<br />
<br />"Subject - Installation olD, ct Line and Transformers on First
<br />Street, City 9f Portsmouth, to serve U.S. Coast Guard, Ports -
<br />mouth, Virginia~ Depot.
<br />
<br />~y dea~ sir:
<br /> 1. Reference is made to your letter of October ~, 1945, addmessed
<br />to Con~.snder R. F. A~mknecht, In which permission was grmuted for the
<br />Shipyard to install a duct line along the east side of First Street,
<br />City of Portsmouth, a pa~t of which duct line is on property belonging
<br />to the City.
<br /> 2. A revocable permit covering this installation has been prepsmed
<br />sa~d is forwarded herewith in triplicate, together v~th a location plan
<br />attached to each copy cue the permntt.
<br /> 3. If this d~aft meets with~our approval, it is requested that all
<br />ttu~ee co~ies be executed on behalf of the City of Portmmouth and re -
<br />turned to the Commander~ Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
<br /> 4. After execution on behalf of the Government a fully executed
<br />original will be retu_~ned to you for your files.
<br />
<br />You~s very truly,
<br />
<br />A. D. Alexis,
<br />By di.~ection."
<br />
<br />ing vote:
<br />
<br />0n motion of Mr. Weiseman, ~he contract was adopted and by the follow-
<br />
<br />Ayes:
<br />
<br /> Nays:
<br />
<br />Fox, Grimes, Henderson, Ho~ra~d, Lav~ence, S~rtevant,
<br /> Wsmren, Weiss'man, Wilson
<br /> None
<br />
<br /> 6th - "You were requested du~i~g the latter pa~t of the year 1946, by
<br />the Chamber of Com~erce, to secure certain info~mation relative to an underpass at High St.,
<br />and the Belt Line Railroad.
<br /> i have had Phillip D. Freemsa, Engineer, to submit two plans to
<br />us - one described as lay-out #l at a cost of ,8905,000',00 and lay-ou~ ~ at $375,000.00.
<br />Neither of these estimates will include any damages to the p~operty owner, nor under a letter
<br />from the Federal Works Agency and the Public Roads Adm~r_istration, would allow us to receive
<br />any benefits from the Federal ~ovez~nment.
<br /> In order to keep the records cles~ - ~he entire cost of the
<br />const~ction and the dmnages would t~ve to be borne by the City°"
<br />
<br /> Motion to refer to the City Manager to. send copy t o the Chsmber of
<br />Commerce and for the Manager to report when Chs~ber of Commerce reports to him, was adopted.
<br />
<br /> Vth - ~fken we met on December 30th, you authorized me to negotiate
<br />~mlth the Virginia Electric and Power Comps~uy r~lative to a contract snd I would like to enter
<br />into the records acknowledgment of my telegram and letter as well as a confirmation f~om the
<br />President of their Company, ~1~. Holtzclawo
<br /> I asked the Comp~uy if they would offer the City a shorter con-
<br />tract than the ten yea~s, to which the answer was ~No". I further requested that we be given,
<br />in lieu of the .8500,000.00 conduit improvement, better lights or Ik~ee pumping for our Water
<br />Department for ten yeams, both of which were refused."
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