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NOVEMBER 14, 2000 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to file an application for a Virginia Industrial Site Development Fund grant in the amount of $1,375,000 for Portsmouth Corporate Center public improvements and to submit all information necessary to apply for such funding and to meet all other program administrative and reporting requirements." Ayes: Benn, Griffin, Moody, Pitts, Robinett, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None 00 - 278 - Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to convey to Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority a small 12 foot by 12 foot parcel for site development in blocks bounded by Jefferson, Fifth and Madison Streets and PortCentre Parkway. Recommendation: · Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to convey to Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority a small 12 foot by 12 foot parcel, along with ingress and egress easements. Purpose and Need: · This parcel is needed for site development in blocks bounded by Jefferson, Fifth, and Madison Streets and PortCentre Parkway. Financial Impact: · There is no financial impact. Motion by Mr. Benn, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CONVEY TO THE PORTSMOUTH REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY A TWELVE FOOT SQUARE PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SOUTHSIDE REDEVELOPMENT AREA. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to execute a deed conveying a parcel of property to Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority, described as follows: All that certain parcel of land, lying, and being in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia and being '12 feet square, on which a tree, and the grave of J.C.P. Edwards is located, which said square of land is located in the rear portion of a lot conveyed by Florence R. Belote and husband to George Thomas Taylor and Alberta R. Taylor, his wife, by deed dated September '18, '1906, and duly recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, in Deed Book 308, at page 72." Ayes: Benn, Griffin, Moody, Pitts, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None Abstained: Robinett (Mr. Robinett abstained because of a possible financial conflict of interest due to his employment.) 00 - 279 - Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to convey a small parcel of land adjacent to the Downtown Tunnel Ventilation Building to the Commonwealth of Virginia. A large portion of an underground fuel tank was erroneously placed on City property by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). This action will avoid possible future environmental problems for the City. Recommendation: · Adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to convey a small portion of land adjacent to the Downtown Tunnel Ventilation Building to the Commonwealth of Virginia.