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<br />June 9, 1987
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<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Manager be, and he hereby
<br />authorized to convey the following described real property to
<br />Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority:
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<br />of
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<br /> All those certain pieces or parcels of land, with
<br />the improvements hereon, designated according to the records
<br />of the CitF Assessor of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, as
<br />map 21 parcels 24, 25, 26, 28, S0, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 68
<br />through 78, both inclusiYe, 181, 152, 154, 155, 159, 160 and
<br />174; and map-41, parcels 136 and 149.
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<br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
<br />authorized to sign such deeds and
<br />to complete this transaction."
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<br />the City Manager be, and hereby is
<br />other documents as may be necess
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<br />Ayes: Barnes, Corpres, Gray, Simpson, Webb, Holley
<br />Nays: None
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<br /> 87-264 Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of
<br /> resolution requesting the State Water Control Board to adopt the
<br />~ames Ri~er B~si~ W~ter-S~pp!y~P~an.
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<br /> "Attached is a resolution asking the State Water Control Board
<br />to adopt the James River Basin Water Supply Plan. Among other thin
<br />this plan identifies the extent of water shortage problems which
<br />in South Hampton Roads. It also examines alternatives for reducing
<br />the shortage, and recommends pursuing the Lake Gaston pipeline.
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<br /> Portsmouth's water supplies are adequate for the foreseeable
<br /> , and we even have some surplus water available for sale to
<br />other communities. However, the re~on as a whole does not have
<br /> supplies which are sufficient for anticipated growth. The
<br /> River Basin Water Supply Plan recommends that an additional
<br />12-45 million gallons per day supply should be developed by 1990,
<br /> an additional 4D-85 million gallons per day will be needed by
<br />2030. The state of Portsmouth's economy is, in large part, deF
<br /> the health of the Hampton Roads economy. If the region suffers
<br />economic setback due to a lack of sufficient supFlies of water,
<br />~ortmsouth will not be immunedfrom the adverse effects.
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<br /> A unified position by the local governments of South Hampton
<br /> will help ensure that the Plan is adopted by the State Water
<br /> ~ol Board, and that necessary activities can b~gin to ensure
<br /> future of the region's wa~er supply~ therefore, the Director
<br /> ~ Utilities has recommended to me that the attached resolution
<br /> uld be adopted by the City Council. I concur with his recommend-
<br />~tion, and ask you to vcte accordingly."
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<br /> On motion of Mrs. Webb and seconded by Mr. Gray, the following
<br />resolution was adoFted, and by the following vote:
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<br />"A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE COUNCIL'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE
<br />ANALYSIS, RECOFfMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE JAMES
<br />RIVER BASIN WATER SUPPLY PLAN AS THEY PERTAIN TO SOUTHEAST
<br />VIRGINIA AND URGIiNG THE FIRC%NIA WATE~ CONTROl BOARD TO
<br />AD©PT THE PLAN.
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<br /> ~H~REAS, Southeastern Virginia Planning District Commission
<br /> in the earlz 1~70's that Southeastern Virginia would
<br />~erience ~eter suppiZ shortages by the end of the decade if new
<br />ter supplies ~re not developed; and
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<br /> IfHEREAS, major municipal jurisdictions in southeast Virginia
<br />experi~enced ~ter shortages and water quality problems almost
<br />~ntinuously s~nce the 1980Z81 drought, and such water shortage and
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