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Nove~oer 28th. 1944.. present: At a regular meeting of the City Council, held November 28th, there were proved. Leslie T. Pox, George L. Grimes~ James N. ~oWard,~W ~. R. uT~ubchins, ~ Frank D. Lawrence, E. Robie Sturtevant, C. E, ~.rarren, H. Earl Weiseman, Pearle J. ~ilson and Arthu~ S. Owens, City '~ , - - ~anager. Minutes of regular meeting held November !~th were read, ~mended and ap - The President stated tha~ this meeting was eet as a public meeting of the Council on the 1945 Budget, as advertised, ~ud invited anyone presen~ to exoress himself on the 19~5 Budget. No one appeared. The following communications~om the City Manager were read: !st - "At the request of Councilman _Howard, I sm i~!osing a reoort of 1944."the activities of the Game Warden for the City Of Portsmouth~ from ~arch 1943, through October, On motion ordered filed. November 16th, 1944." 2nd - "I have appointed Mrs. On motion o'rdered filed. Myrtle Stewart a Policewoman, effective 3rd - "D. V~ Thompson of 3107 High St. would like to cut eight cabins into our sewer line, and in the past we have charged $25.00 per unit for this service. I am recommending that I be authorized to allow these eight cab- ins to be cut in on the sewer line at a fee of $25.00 per unit." adopted. Motion of Mr. Grimes ~o concur in the Manager,s recommendation, was 4th - "We are in receipt of the attached letters with reference to our recreational centers. It does not appear that we have been treated equitably with other com - munities w~o have received allotments for buildings~" Attachments "We have been instructed by the Central Office to advise you that the above-mentioned project - VA 44-3~4 ReCreation - White - can not be submitted at the present for %oproval because the funds appropriated by Con~ress under the terms of the Lanham Act have been exhausted. We are sorry that the project can no~ be approved and can hold forth no hope for a future approval unless a~.d unti~additional funds are made avail- able to continde this program, Cordially yours, %{m. F. Barrett, for O.L. Vickers, Regional Director, Federal Works Agency." "We have been instructed by the Cehtral Office to advise you that the Project VA 44-3~5 - Recreation ~colored) d~u not be submitted at the oresent for approval because th~ funds appropriated by Congress under the'ter~s of the Lanha~ Act have been exhausted. ~e are sorry t~hat the project can not be approved and can hold forth no hope for a future '~pproval unless and until'additional funds are made avail- able to continue this program. Cordially yours, F. Barrett, for C.L. Vickers, FBegionat Director, ederal Works A~e~cv" On motion ordered filed. 5th - "Reference is made to Project VA 44-258 - Nottaway River Water Line, and ! would like to have entered in the record the attached letter fro~ the Federal Works Agency, relative ~o the purchase of the line; also a letter from the Regional Director, with reference to a conference az a later date.'~ Attac~hments - ~Mr. Arthur S.Owens~ City Manager, Portsmouth, Va. Dear Bit: I have your letter of October 26th together with the attached resolution adopted by the Council of the City o~ Portemouth, Va., expressing the willingness of the Council to appropriate ~50~0OO. for the purchase of FWA Project No. VA 44-258, Nottaway River ~ater Line, a Federally~constructed facility in the Norfolk and Portsmouth area. If the City of Portsmouth is not in a oosition to