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A~ust 1Mth,, !q4o.
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<br /> At a regular meeting of the City Council, held August 13th, 19~O~ at 7:00
<br />P.M., there were present~
<br /> James N. Howard ·
<br /> Joh~u P~ Leigh, Leslie T. Fox, George L. Grimes/ Frank D. Lawrence,
<br /> Warren, H. Earl Weiseman, Pearle J. Wilson, and Chas. ~. Harper, City
<br /> Manager~
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<br />Minutes of regular meeting held July 23rd were read and approved°
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<br />The following communications from the ~ity Manager were read:
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<br /> let - "As Secretary of the Portsmouth Softball: Association, I wish to t~nk
<br />you both and the Council for your interest in sOftbsll an~ installim~ the lights on the Wythe
<br />St. Playground.
<br />We want to thank you for the fine co-operation that you have given us
<br />and want you to feel that if we can do anything for you, please do not hesitate to let us know.I
<br /> Yours truly~
<br />
<br /> R.L. Johnston, SEC.,
<br />Portsmouth Softball Association."
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<br />On mo~ion ordered filed°
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<br />2nd - The City Manager presented the following ordinance:
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<br /> "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-ORDAIN SECTION 452 OF THE
<br />CITY CODE, B~TING TO ~E KEEPING OF COWS WITHIN THE CITY."
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<br />2~otion of Mr. Warren to place said ordinance on its first reading, was adopted
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<br /> 3rd - ~At your last meeting, I was instructed to offer for sale certain real
<br />estate w~ich formerly belonged to t~e Prentis Park Corporation .and which the Oity purchased
<br />when it was sold through a chancery suit brought for the purpose of enforcing its liens of ci
<br />ty rexes.
<br /> The ~ity Engineer has caused a survey of the land offered for sale,
<br />which is shown on a map prepared by Mr. Bergeron. It is more particularly described as fol
<br />lows:
<br /> Parcel ~l is numbered l~ and 20 on the map and begins at a point on
<br />the south line of the right of way of t_he Atlantic and Danville Railroad distant 101.91 feet
<br />westerIy from t~he southwest intersection of said right of way and Columbus Ave., and runs
<br />thence So 8?° 20~ W. 809.49 feet to the line of Amelia G~ MoLest, thence S. 1° 06' W. 599.3
<br />feet; thence So 87° 20' W. 354.? feet ~o the. right of way of the Norf~o~lk and Portsmouth Belt
<br />Line Railroad; thence along said right of way 215.2 feets thence B. 67~ 29' E, 1.73,25 feet to
<br />an iron pipe; thence following the eastern line of Graham Street extended~ 41.34 feet; thence.
<br />following t~e ~lL~e of the property~ shown on ~t~he plat of LincoLu Park B~ 6?° 29' E~
<br />thence N. 5~ 25' E. 109.B5 feet; thence So 8~~ 35" E. !OO feet; thence along the line of the
<br />property *hown on the plat of Prentis Park recorded in the Clerk's office of Norfolk County,
<br />in Nap Book 13~ page 51, N. 5° 25' E, 1177,5 feet to the point of beginning. Sufficient land
<br />for the extension of Graham Street is excepted from the ~description, ~ud there is to be ex -
<br />cepted from the conveyance a perpetual easement and right of way ten feet wide extending from
<br />~o~umbus Avenue at the west end of Palme~ Street through the said land to the right of wsty of
<br />the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad, for the purpose of laying, maintaining, extend~
<br />lng, operating, renewing and repairing water pipes and mains and appurtenances t~hereto, in
<br />~luding fire hydrants~ with the right and privilege to the 0ity of Po~smouth and its offieers
<br />and employees to enter upon the said land to accomplish the foregoing purposes~and for the
<br />purpose of reading wa~er meters and other things necessary to supply water to eonsumerso
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<br /> Parcel $2. (Designated as Parcel 22 on the above mentioned plat) be-
<br />gins at andiron pipe at the nor~thwest intersection of Columbus Ave. and Randolph Sro as laid
<br />out on the afores~a~d plat, and ,runs N. 5° 25' Eo 297.O9 feet; thence No 81o 3B' W. ~52.5 feet
<br />to an iron pipes thence N. 79° ~5~ W. 307.3~feet to an iron pipe; thence N. 8~° ~6' W. 119.8
<br />feet to an iron pipe, thence So ~O° 2' W~ ~?l~B feet to an iron pipe in the eastern line of
<br />~he right of way of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt ~Line Railroads thence along said right of
<br />way B. 3° 43~ W.~ 242.?3.fee~ to Randolph Street; an~ thence along the north line of Randolph
<br />~treet N. 87~ 20' E~ 12~9.1& feet to the point of beginning.
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<br /> Parcel~3. Begins at the intersection of the western line of the
<br />right of way of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad with the southern line of the
<br />right of way. of the Atlantic and Danville Railroad~ and runs thence S. 87o 20' W. along the
<br />S~uthern line of the righ~ of way of t~he Atlantic and Danville Railroad 370 feet; thence So
<br />1 Co E% 59~-3 feet~ thence N. 870 20~ E. 370 feet to the right of way of the Norfolk and
<br />Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad; and thence along said last mentioned rl~ht of way 600 feet to
<br />the pcintof begi~ning~
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<br /> The property was offered for s~le at public auctlon, for cash, in
<br />front of the court house in the City of Portsmouth, to the highest bidder, on Saturday, Au
<br />gust 3, 1940, at 12:OO o'clock noon, after having first given ten days notice of the time,
<br />place and ~erme of sale by advertisement in the Portsmouth Brat, a daily newspaper published
<br />in the Oity of Portsmouth. The Housing Auti~ority of the Oity of Portsmouth, Virginia, a
<br />potation created under an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 29th, t938,
<br />became the highest bidder for the property at the price of $59OO.OO.
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<br />I recommend that the above=described property be sold to the Housing
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