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December-8~ 1987 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.09 (c) of the Charter of the City of POrtsmouth, the City may convey real property to the Commonwealth of Virginia or political subdivision thereof without advertisement and receipt of ~ids; and WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission is a political subdivisi6n of the ConLmonweal'th of Virginia; and WHEREAS~ th~e~ City Council de~ms it to be~ in 'the b~es~t' interest of~the City ~to convey said property t'o?~it~e~Ror~c~mouth Port and~In~d~t~ial Commission 'for the purpo-se development. NOW, T~EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virg'in-ia, that the City Manage.r~be; and~.he hereby ~s, ~a~thoriZed to cenve~ the ~erei~after-descri~ed real property located on the north side of Meander Road to the Portsmouth Port and Industrial Commission; to-wit: All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Portsmoutk~ Vi~gi~ni~./ bounded and described as follows.: b~inning at a point on the western boundary of Chautauqua Avenue said point being the intersection of the northern~boundary of ~1o~ 1918 as shown on the plat of the Port Norfolk Land Company recorded .in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, in Map Book 2, pages 90 and 91, and the western boundary of Chautauqua A~enue; thence · n a westerly direction 320' to a point, o~the center line of ~the former Maryland Av~nu~'Which~was cl~e~ by an ordinance adopted by the C~unc~ of the City-o~!Portsmouth in 1979 (S-79-13); thence ~n a southerly direction along the center line of said former Maryland Avenue 15' to the northern boundary of Meander Road; thence~along the~ northern boundary of Meander Road to a point ~at which %he said northern boundary of Meander Road intersects the southern boundary of lot 1941 as shown 0n the~for~said plat of the Port Norfolk Land Company; thence easterly along the southern boundary of said lot 194~1 ~72.'4~.~,to the southern boundary of lot 1918 as shown on the aforesaid plat of the Port Norfolk Land Company; thence continuing along~ the southern boundary~of~lot 1918 a distance of 151' to the point of beginning on~.the western b~und&~y~of Chautauqua Avenue. Said parcel containing 14,593 square feet. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager .be, and he hereby is, a~uthorized to sign such deeds and other documents as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this resolution." Ayes: Barnes, Corprew, Gray, LuCas, Simpson, Webb~, Holley Nays: None 87-532 - Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a motion to transfer $31,000 from the Grants Contingency Account for the Emergency Shelter Grant Program~to assist with homeless shelters. "I am pleased to inform you that the Department of Housing & Urban Development has awarded Portsmouth $28,000 through~the emergency Shelter Grant Program. The funds are targeted to assist Portsmouth's homeless shelters in providing much needed