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october 25, 1988 i recommend adoption.of:the~ordin~nce ctosing~portions pf Trotter, Hyman and Duncan Streets as requested by the applic&nt." On motion of Mrs. Lu~as an~ seconded by Mr. Gray, the following ordinance was adopted on first and final reading, the following vote: . ~ . "AN ORDINANCE CLOSINGPOR~IONS,OF ~ROTTER~ HYMAN~AND DU STREETS." Ayes~: .Barnes, Corprew, Gray,.Hawks~Lucas,~Webo' - Nays:None .. 88~413~.-~ Letter from_the'City Manager_ recommending adoption of a resolution appointing viewers for closing portions of Armstrong Street and Blair Street. "The' Portsmouth School. Board., The City of Portsmouth an~ the Beazley Foundation have made application to vacu.te, close an, discontinue portions of~Armstrong~Street a~d Blair. Street, ~he Notice of Application and Request for. Appointment of:Viewers has been advertised as required by law. ~nd by ~CAN I. recommend adoption o the resolution appointing viewe: this application." On motion of Mr. Gray and seconded by Mrs. Lucas, the following resolution was~adopted on first%and final-reading, by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION APPOINTING VIEWERS FOR CLOSING PORTIONS ARMSTRONG STREET AND BLAIR STREET-. ~'s for and WHEREAS-, The Portsmouth School Board, The~City of.~-9o~ts louth and t~e._Beazley Foundation have..made application to vacate, close and. discontinue the her~nafter-described portions of Armstr,~ng Street and Blair Stree%,-~nd,-~it appea~i~g that N~tice of Application and Request for Appointment of Viewers has been advertised as required by law.. ..... NOW, THEREFORE} BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia,'that Richard Di Ottavio, Simon P. Arriggton~ Robert McCurdy, J~mes V. McGehee and Raymond Tweed, be appointed ~iewers~and that ueorge Powers and Howard Davis be appointed alternate viewers in the e~nt one of the preceding viewers Jails to participate, sai~ viewers to view the heTeinaf-ter~described portions of' such streets and te report to this Co~mnci'l in writing whether in their opinion any, and if any wha~t, inconvenience would result in vacating and closing the following: Arms,tron~ Street Armstrong Street from its in~tersection with the southern bounda~ry of Aun~Stre~ apgroximately 128 fe~t to the terminus of %rmstrong Street. Armstrong Street f-tomtits ihterse~ti~n with the northern boundary of Blair Street approximately 122 feet to the terminus ~f Armstrong Street. ~ Blai~ Street Beginni~g~on t~e,~est side of O~en~.Street at the~northwest intersection of Blair Street, thence West to .the~ easter~n boundary of, the Oak Grove Cemetery t40 feet,. ~, thence south along