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359 August 9, 1983 This resolution shall become effectiv~ from the date of its ad ' " option. Ayes: Barnes, Beamer, Gray, Holley, Webb Whitlow, Johansen Nays: None ' the - and 83-304 Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a resolution authorizing City Manager to enter ~nto a memorandum of understanding between the City of Portsmouth the Virginia Port Authorit?. "For some time, officials of the Department of Economic Development, the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) and the F~rginia Port Authority (VPA) have been attempting to resolve, certain issues pertaining to the future development of the Port area as well as certa legal issues and payments to the City contained in the existing Port Unification Contract. A resolution of these issues has be~n attained as set forth in a Memorandum of Intent between t~ City and Virginia Port Authority. In summary, the recommended actions to be taken are as follows: 1. The City Council will convey to VPA for the sum of $40,000 title to in the underlying fee ~n the streets designated as Seaboard Avenue, Carolina ~venue, Page Street, and a portion of Southern Avenue. 2. VPA will convey to the City Council, at no cost, land necessary the expansion and upgrading of the sewage treatment plant. 3. In the future, if Hill Avenue is vacated as a public street, the agrees to convey the underlying fee to VPA at no additional cost. 4. The Declaratory Judgment action brought by VPA against the City Council re- lative to street closure actions will be dismissed with prejudice. $. VPA will inform the Commissioner of Revenue and the City Manager of any lease or sublease on property located in the City and owned by EPA. 6. YPA will grant the necessary easements across its property in the event the City Council finds it necessary to construct a roadway connecting West Norfolk Bridge to Martin Luther King Freeway; provided, however, that the prcposed route must be approved in writing by VPA. In the event that VPA does not approve the proposed route, the City Council must purchase or condemn the necessary land. property Pinner Avenue, to complete City Council The ing into 7. VPA will pay no the City Council the am~un~ outstanding under paragraph 6 under the Port Unification Contract between the City Council and VPA. 8. For the purpose of this understanding, certain preperty adjacent to the existing Port facility will be designated as a Port Terminal area. Should the VPA acquire any property outside of the defined area, a condition of any agreement by which a private person, firm or corporation will uss such property will be that such person or firm pay annually to the City treasurer a sum or pro rata share of such sum, equivalent to the the amount of real and personal property taxes which the City Assessor would assess on such prcperty, including improvements, if the property were privately owned. 9. Should VPA construct an administrative facility outside of the defined Port area, the payment of real estate taxes will be equivalent to the amount to be paid if the building was privately owned. resolution on your Agenda would authorize me to conclude these negotiations a Memorandum of Understanding with the Virginia Port Authority. I recommend adoption of the resolution." by enter- Motion of Mr. Gray and seconded by Mrs. Webb, to Substitute motion of Mr. Whitlow and seconded by to the next meeting (August 23, 1983), and was adopted by unanimous vote. 83-305 Letter from the City Manager recommending adoptio~ of an ordinance to amend Article II of Chapter 21 of the City's Code, by adding thereto, Sections 21-18.1 and 21-18 2 pertaining to imitation controlled substances. ' "The attached correspondence from the City Attorney proposes the adoption of certain legislation pertaining to the sale and distribution of stimulants to minors. While it is e¥ident from all available information that only legislation on the federal and/or state level will curb the problem in Portsmouth and elsewhere, I join with the City Attorney in recsmmending the adoption of these interim measures to control the sale and distribution of "imitation controlled substances" to minors, which clearly constitutes a nuisance detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City." On motion of Mrs. Webb and seconded by Mr. Whitlow, the following ordinance was adopted on first and final reading, and by the following vote: h~ad~pted. Mr. Beamer, that the matter be deferred