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l~otion of Mr. Wilson to file said letter and to commend Captain Warren on his action in the matter, was adopted. ?th - The Manager presented.a letter from the State Corporation 0ommission, in reference to' establishing a bus line through the City.to Churchland. Motion of Mro Fox that the ~e~ection of said route be referred to the City Manager, with power to act, was adopted. 8th - ~I haYe received an offer from J.K. Waitt to sell the property be- longing to the Seaboard Air Line Railroadon Effingb~m St., between Glasgow sad North for the s'mm of $5,000~00.~ and he states that he ha~ recommended to the receivers that the property be sold to the City for this price. There is a tax lien ~gainst the City~ property filed by the United l States of America in the sum of $39,5?2.42, which can not be released at this time. If we can. get title to the property acceptable to the Federal Work~ Agency, I recommend that the prooer ty be purchased as a site for the new fire s~ation.~ Motion of Mr. Hut~s~ins to concur~i~ the Manager's recommendation arid to place on its first reading~ an appropriation of $5,000.00 for said purpose, was adopted. The following letter from~the City Attorney was read: referred to me. adopted. husband, up~ was adopted, ~The attached letter from Mrs. ~.S. White~ addressed to the Oity Council~was The City Council has noauthorit~ to reduce assessment of 't~xe~, as requested." Motion of I~. Fox to concur in the recoma~endation of the City Attorney,was An ~opropriation of $2,500.GO to pay Mrs. M.E. Maug, as salary for her late for five months, from ~[arch 1st to July 31st,~ laid on table at last meeting~ was taken Motion of Mr. Fox to make an appropriation of $2,500.00 for said purpose, and by the following vote; Ayes; Leigh~ Fox~ Hall~ Howard~ Hutchins, Lawrence, Warren, Wilson Nays: None The ~following letters were read: ~February 4th~19~2 ~I have recently been in consultation with Mr. Greeley of the firm of Greeleyi and Hansen of Ohicago~ with respect to the studies that are being made for the Hamoton Roads Sanitation District and for the Oity of Portsmouth. Mr. Greeley informs me that the contemplated withdrawal of Portsmouth and of Norfolk County so complicates the situation ~hat the matter of determining the final cost the project is~ Very difficult. As it is apparent that there will be no saving in costs to the City of Po~t~ mouth by building its own sewage disposal system~ but on the other hand that A~ will be neces- sary for the plants which are built, by the City of Portsmouth to be of sufficient capacity to take care of the requirements of Norfolk County adjacent to it, I believe that the final cost to the 0ity of Portsmouth will be greater by their ~acting alone than if they remained in the District. For t?~s reason and also in or,er that the ~nole sewage disposal project may proceed in an orderly and simple manner, I.am asking ~he City o C Portsmouth to reconsider the question of withdrawal from the District. If you will let me know what action, if any, is taken with respect to I will appreciate it very much. Very trRly yours, J.K. Taussig, Vice Admiral, U.S.N., (Ret.) C?~irman. ~ ~February ! 3th, 1942 o Referring to my letter of February 4th~ in which I requested reconsidera- tion of the declaration to consider withdrawing from the Hampton Roads Sanitation District~I mm forwarding herewith copy of a letter jus~ received from 0olonel Gitmore, Director of the Defense Public Works Division of the Federal Wor~s Agency. This letter, as you will note, was written in reply to a letter from me to Colonel Gilmore asking what wouldb e the reaction of the Federal Works~AMency with respec~ to Federal aid for sewage disposa~ systems in tb~s area should the bill introduced by the dele gates from Portsmouth and Norfolk Oounty~which will permit delaying of the completion of these projects for five years~ be enacted into law. The important points in the inclosed letter are that the Federal Works Agency ie opposed to the use of any Federal funds on any project ~fnich is not to be undertaken at the earliest practicable time, and it is also opposed to the allocation of funds to indivi- dual municipalities and counties when such are included within the corporate limits of a corn ~ mission. I believe this letter from Ool. Gilmore is of sufficient importance to your community for the governing body to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the District and also to consider a withdrawal Of the bill which permits those communities which expect to renmia out of the District to delay completion of their sewage disposal systems for a period of five years, ~he Committee hearings on this bill on Thursd~v~ on the Chesapeake and its tributaries is going to hold February 19th a~ 3: OOo ~clock. Very truly yours~ J~K.Taussig,Vice Admiral~ U.$.N. Ret. C hai rman. ~