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i?l ison and Edwards Streets, was adopted and by the following vote: Ayes: Fox~ Grimes, Henderson, Howard, Warren, Weiseman, Wilson Nays: None Lawrence, Stu~tevant, Motion of Mr. Warren t o instruct the City Manager to cancel the lease of Garland C~lpepper on block of laud bounded bySixth Street, Seventh Street, Madison Street and Edwards Street, was adopted. 0n motion adjourned. City Clerk. Approved - resident. January 28th, 1947. there were present: At a regular meeting of the City Cozmcil, held January 28th, 1947, Leslie-T. Fox, George L. GrimeB, Arthur P. Henderson; J~es N. Hswa~d, Frank D. Lawrence, E. Robie Stu~tevant, C. E. Warren, H. Earl Weise~sn, ~earle'J. Wilson, Arthur S. Owens, City Manager and R. C.Barclay, City Attorney. proved. Minutes of reg~.lar meeting held January t4th, 1947, were read and ap- On motion of ~r. Lawrence, the rules w~e suspended to hea~ ~,~v. Fried. Faye ~no presented the £ollowing:~ '~As a part of the p~ogrm~, of dispositisn of the public war housing in the Portsmouth area, the site of Armistead Trailers located north of Truxton has been turned back to its owners in a cor~dit[on whi&n makes readily possibl8 the development of a well designed residential area for negro ve. terans mud their families. By 6ombining a demo~ating-contract which we hold for the buildings in the ~arracks "A~ section of the Naval Shipyard, with t.hedevelopment of the Armistead Trailer site it will be possible ~for us to build approximatel~ 150 houses for negro veterans at a cost stated by the Richmond office of the FHA to b[e-~the lowest to come to thei~ att~u- ~ion. Preliminary plans have been approved by FHA and we anticipate that construction will be under way within a week. The history of the'Truxton area of whi~a this site is a part is one of several past attempts toward development. As a result there is a certain plat now on re- cord which does not ag~ee~ith the lines of the present development. We are inclosing a print of the'No~$h T~axton area, marked to show'this situation.~ The solid lines indicate the exist- in~ development including defined streets, vZaile the dash lines show the plat now on record. By the proposed development we propose to aecom~l~h several things: with the City Pi~a 1. The creation of taxable values in vacant area. 2. The enlargement of a well stabilized substantial negro comity. 3. The provision of s~bstantial, w ell built housing, within the ability of the average negro veteran to pay. The prelimi~ary plans have been checked with ~d are in accordance and the Zoning Map. steps: We respectfully request therefore that the Council 1. The vacation of the following streets: Fanning Street in its entirety take the followin~