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<br />July 2R, i?9D
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<br />$04 Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of
<br />:ion authorizing tbe~on~¥ance of a parcel of property
<br />;etween the Right-o-~¢~'y~f~SX Transportation, Inc. and
<br />)lk and Por~tsmo~th'B~lt ~Li~p R~i~ad-Compan~, along with
<br />~nt t~ const,ruct~a~ ~aitroad ~,ro%s~ng ~w~ithi~the
<br />-Way of Syer'Road'to NorfoTk and Portsmouth Be~t Line
<br />Company.
<br />
<br />~r the pastl~ear~the ~Departmest of Public'WorkS has had
<br />~iscussions with the Nor,folk and P~rtsmout~ B~I~ Line
<br />
<br /> concerning thei~ ~esire to install a~:new~track through a
<br />pot%ich ~f the City maintenance compound on Frederi'ck Boulevard.
<br />
<br /> Th9 connection, as shown on the attached plan,, wil~ allow
<br />eas%bo~ CSX trains on this new section of track'to move directl~
<br />through_~ortsmouth to Berk~y after stopping-l~ng enouga to chang~
<br />a sWitCh just before tbs proposed track. Presently, ~rains on
<br />thi~ rb~e proceed east to the, dmwn~town are'a',i~then back into
<br />Pinner~ ~oint bef~ore U~o~eedi~?~sg~%h towards-Berktey. Except for
<br />the shb~ stop to switch,~o tne n~ tra¢K~ the,Ra{!~d feels this
<br />will m~e their tra~ns~thro~gh Por~smo~-h.mo~e quickly.
<br /> I~tallln~' -t~lsl '~ack' ' · wl~' ~_ e~u~e. ~h~ .t~e' Jclty' transfer .6~
<br />acres Q$ land in ~,the~,C~i~y~ Compo~nd, to~th~ ~o~fo'l~, aD~ _Portsmouth
<br />Bel~ Li~e Railroad~. -~ ex~hange~ the,Ra!lr0~d ~ll~,g%v the City
<br />of Portsmouth ~.3_~a~res~t!oc~h~ ~on ~h~,,Dt~i~Di~e~f2~h Compound
<br />as ~ho~ on the attached .d.&~a~ram,~nd %hey-~i~li~S,O bec all costs
<br />of ietocating fences, utilities, crossi~gs~ lights,,~etc
<br />Con~tr tion-~o'f ~he~new, t~ae~ however, w%,t~-r,equ~e ~h City to
<br />reloca some of~ ou~venic!~]~and~equiPme~to~ar~kjino ~d equipment
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<br /> ~commend your approval o~ the attached ~esoluti
<br /> ing me t~;'sLgn such~deeds o~ other ~ocuments]~c
<br /> and installation of the new track."
<br />
<br /> on of Mr. Clemons and ~seconded by ~r. Kin~,~tl
<br /> pn was adopted on first and final reading, and
<br /> vote:
<br />
<br /> RESOLUTION AUTHORI~i~N~E-'CITY MANAGER TO CONY
<br /> ~RTY~LOC~TED~BETW~N THE.RIGHT-OF-~A~OF ~CSX
<br /> RrAT. ION, .INC.- AND THE NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH,.BE[
<br />~ COMPANY ALONG WITH AN EASEMENT TO CONSTRUCT A
<br /> TO NORFO
<br />~ WITHIN THE RIGHT-0F-WAY~OF~SYER.R©A~
<br />3UTH BELT~LINE RAILROAD COM~
<br />H~REAS, theNorfo~k and~Port~mouth Belt Line.R~il
<br /> and CSX'Transpomtation,_ _ / Inc-., find,,ih-~neceasary
<br />uqt a connector, between~h~i~i~esp~qtlve
<br /> lit
<br />ftPort~mouth due to the-~neav~ volume ~f {~affiC
<br />n{them~ and
<br />HEREAS, the Council of the~CSty of Portsmouth de(
<br /> sstcinterest~of the: h~alth~, safe~y.,~we!~ar
<br /> nee of ~ts citiz~n~ tha~su~b
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<br /> ; THEREFORE~. BE IT RESOLVED~by.the~Co~nci!~of
<br /> th, Virginia, that the'City Manager be, and hel
<br /> ed to convey the hereinafter described propert5
<br /> and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company unde~
<br /> itio~s as-he shall deem ~in the best interest,,9~
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<br /> the City,
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