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289 December 27th, !9~0. At a regular meeting of the City Council, held December 2yth, 1940, at 7:00 P.M., there were present~ Leslie T. Fox, George L. Grimes, Russell M. Hall, Jmmes N. Howard, W. R. Hutchins, Fremk D. Lawrence, C. E. Warren, Pestle J. Wilson and Chas. F. Harqoer, City Manager~ Vice President Frank D. Lawrence in the Chair. Minutes of regular meeting held Delcsmber 10th were read and ~oproved. The .following communicat.ions from the City Manager were read: let - "I have a letter from Congressman Darden, stating that the City's ac - plication through W.P.A., for assistance in replacing the thirty inch main between Suffolk and Portsmouth, has been granted priority by th~ Navy Department, and that he feels we will soon have the necessary authority to proceed with the work; seventy five ocr cent of the cost to be borne by the Federal C~ve~ent and twenty five per cent by th~ City. I believe, the City v~ll be ~ole to pay the twenty five per cent with- out hs. ving to issue any new bonds, or borrow any money." Motion of Mr. Hutchins, seconded by Mr. Howard, that we ex-press our aooreeia- tion to Mr. Darden for his assistance to this City in its various oroJects,particularl~ in the granting of priority by the Navy Department to the project for~ a thirty inch main between Portsmouth and Suffolk, was adopted. 2nd - ~Since our last meeting, I have had a conference with Mr. Howard, rep- resenting the Council, Dr. Miller and Dr. Murgolo, representin~ the Health Department, and Dr. Cox, representing the medical profession, to consider the request ~f the Central Labor Union for free examination of waitresses, food handlers, etc. At this meeting, the medical profession, through Dr. Cos, agreed to furnish health certificates for a nominal charge of ~2o00, which I feel should be sati'sfactory to everybody." Motion of Mr. Hutc~ns to ~Dprove said action, was adopted. 3rd - "I wish authority to engage a part-time assistant City Attorney until ~e can catch up the After consultation with Mr. Barclay, both Mr. Barclay and Common,~alth Attorney, Mr. I~uson, have recommended Mr. Robert D. Pcb'ers for this work.~ Motion of Mr. Grimes to concu~ in the Msmager~s recommendation and to ~opro - priate $~O.OO tQ pay Mr. Powe~s ~165.00 per month for six months, was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes- Fox, Grimes, Hall, Howa~:d,. Hutchins, Lawrence, ~arren¢ , Wilson Nays - None The fo!lo~ng letter was received from the Mayor and, on motion of Mr. Howard, ordered filed: ~In connection with the appoi'ntment by me of the members of the Portsmouth Housing Authority of Portsmouth, Va., I wish to state the following: The Council of the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia, on the i3th day of Sept- ember, 1938, adopted a r~solution ent¢~led A Resolution Declaring the Need~r s Housing Au - thority in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia", and in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, kno~m by.the short title of the Housing Authority Law, approved March 29th; 1938, I immediately on the said 13th day of September 1938, appointed the following as Com~nissioner of the Authority namely: V.E. Plunkett~ to serve one year from the above date Clyde W. Cooper, to serve two years from the above date E. C. Allen, to serve three years from the above date J.M. Overton, to serve four years from the above date T.A, Willett, as Chairmsn~ to serve five years from the above date. The purpose of the above Authority was to establish a slum clearance pro- Ject in the City of Portsmouth~ but the City and the United States Housing Authority failed to proceed with the project and the Authority which had been established on September !3th,1938, failed to function. The term of office of Mr. V.E. Plunkett expired on September 12, 1939, s_nd Messrs. E.C. Allen, J.Mo Overton and T.A. Willett resigned as of June 15, 1940. A Mr. ~insZon of the United States Housing Authority, appeared before the City Council in June, 1940, and stressed the need of additional housing facilities in the City of Portsmouth, and on the 28th day of June, 1940, the City Council received a letter from Ns than'Strauss, Administrator, in connection with housing for defense workers and for slum - clearance~in the City. The need for the Portsmouth Housing Authority again arose, and!, then on the 28th day of June, 1940, appointed as members of the Authority, Messrs. George T;McLemu, Norman B. H~ilton, George O. Diggs, and M.L. McCarty, but in my report to the City Council, I fsdled to designate their Serms of appointment. I em therefore filing with you, t?~s certificate showing the appointment and terms of office of the Commissioners now constituting the Portsmouth Housing Authority for the following terms: George O~ Diggs was appointed to fill the term originally assigned to V.E. Plunkett, and his term expires on September 12, 1943. Clyde W. Cooper was to continue his term, to expire on September 12,!9~0.