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November 2gth. 1944. offer more than $50,000. f or the purchase of this facility cost- ing approximately two And quarter million dollars, there is no point in going into further consideration of the matter as might be reflected through contract provisions, e~c. If the City has sufficient interest in theoroject zo gi~e consideration to what might be called a reasonable mffer for its purchase, negotiations with reference to such a proposal should be conducted with the of- fice of the Regional Director, Federal Works A~ency~ at Richmond. Sincerely yours, Assists~ut Administrator. "Mr. Arthur S. Owens, City Manager, Portsmouth, Va. Dear Sir: We are.in receip~ of your letter of November 18th, 1944, requesting a conference in regard to the purchase of the Nottaway River water line. At any conve~t time, we shall be glad to mee~ with you in our office and discuss.this purchase in line with the last paragraph of Mr. Snyder~s letter of November 15th, 1944, copy of ~nich you attached ~o your letter of November 1Sth. Will you please let us know when we may expect you. 0ordiatl y yours ~ C. Lo Vi ok ers, (Signed) G.C~Rothrock for Regional Director On motion ordered fi!ed~ 6th - "On November 23rd, bids were opened for the construction of a col- ored library near the corner of South and Effingham Sis., on the northwes~ side. I would like ~o read a letter from the architect and you will ob- serve t?~t bids are ~250.OO in excess of appropriated funds. To complete construction o f this library would necessitate an additional $-,500.00 appropriation.~ Attachment "In response to our advertisement for bids on the colored library that were received today, the following proposals were received: H.M. Lucas 10,250. O0 J. J. Smith i!,~09.00 J. Lawrence Smith 11,~58.00 The bid of H. M. Lucas being the lowest in the amount of ~125~OG Due to the ~act, that we do not feet that a chea~er bid would be received if all bids were rejected and the job re-advertised, we recommend that the contrac~ be awarded H.M. Lucas." Motion of Mr. Hutchins that the Manager be authorized to execute contr~c~ and that ~u appropriation of $1~5OO.OO for ex~ra money needed be placed on its first reading, was adopted. 7th - t~Sometime agO, our ordinance controlling the construction of cer- tain buildings in the City, was invalidated by a ruling of ~he Judge of the Hustings Court. Since that time, I have had the Public Administration 8ervice make a study of zoning and planning for our City and I would like to p resen~ their letter at this time, in order that we may bring it up for discussion." Inclosure - "In accordance ~th our earlier conversation and my report from our Mr. ~ilkins concerning his visit with you last ~week, I wish to outline a program of technical as~ sistance which Public Administration Service is in a position to render relative to certain basic planning and zoningactivities under consideration by the City of Portsmouth. It is my understamding that your primary interest is in the preparation of a zoning ordinance and zoning map fo~ the City and in the establishment of an appropriate agency ~o administer zoning regulations. At the risk of making a seemingly simple undertaki~ ~opear unnecessarily complicated, it may be worthwhile t~ outline several basic facts which may be expected to control a zoning program in Portsmouth or in an~ other city. Zoning, as a regulatory activity, v~ll be aimed at controlling land use and general community d eve!opment in Portsmouth: consequently, in order for a zoning ordinance to be u~efuI ~ud acceptable, it should be carefully tailored ~o fit local requirements. Th~s requires certain basic research relative to the existing situation ~th a view to determining what constitutes desirable cpm - munity development for POrtsmouth. Carried to its ultimate logical conclusion, this mi2ht mean the development of a master city plan as a preliminary to zoning; a~ a minimum it means the development of general sketch plans in b road terms to provide a basis from w~ch zoning die- tric~s can be developed. The following suggested program is outlined with the understanding that your present objective is in the development of a zoning ordinance and map which incorpor- ates basic dssir~2ole principles adapted in simple form to local conditions sad readily suscep- tible to such cna~ges as may be found desirable as a result of more detailed planning in sub