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May 26~ 1981
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<br /> At a regular meeting of the City Council held on Tuesday, May 26, 1981, there were
<br />present:
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<br /> J. E. Johansen, Jack P. Barnes, Ben A. Seamer, Sr., J. Robert Gray, Edward L.
<br /> Oast, Jr., Gloria O. Webb, Morton V. Whitlow, G. Robert House, Jr., City Manager,
<br /> Steven Lieberman, City Attorney.
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<br /> Rev. W. E. Kube, Pastor, Indiana United Methodist Church, opened the meeting with prayer~
<br />followed by the Plege Allegiance to the Flag.
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<br />Mayor Johansen welcomed all visitors in attendance.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Barnes and secohded by Mr. Gray, minutes of the called meeting of May 11,
<br />1981; minutes of the regular meeting of May 12, 1981, to be approved as received, and was
<br />adopted by unanimous vote.
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<br /> 81-184 A joint Public Hearing between the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authorit
<br />the Planning Commission, and City Council on the Truxtun Conservation Project, the Hattonsvill
<br />and Twin Pines Redevelopment Projects and amendments to the Southside IV, Crawford and Erring-
<br />ham Redevelopment Projects was held, with the following present:
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<br />Portsmouth Redevelopment g Housing Authority
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<br /> Herbert K. Bangel, Chairman, Ralph W. Gholson, William H. Oast, III, James D. Topping, Jr ,
<br /> Michael A. Kay, Executive Director.
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<br /> Planning Commission
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<br /> R. Laurence Howes, Chairman, Robert G. Clifford, Martha F. Glover, Vincent Skeeter,
<br /> James M. Bray, Acting Planning Director.
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<br /> Mayor Johansen opened the meeting with the following remarks:
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<br /> "Tonight's public hearing follows a longstanding practice in addressing Community Develop
<br />ment Program issues in which we bring together the City Planning Commission, the Portsmouth
<br />Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and the City Council to review new proposed redevelopment
<br />and conservation plans and amendments to several ongoing projects. Before we open the hearing
<br />to oubliccomment, I would like to a~k Mr. Herbert Bangel, Chairman of the Portsmouth Redevelop
<br />ment and Housing Auth~ri~y~ for his remarks."
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<br /> Herbert K. Bangel, Chairman, Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority, presented
<br />the following:
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<br /> "This evening we will review proposed plans for the Twin Pines, Truxtun, and Hattonsville
<br />neighborhoods, as well as amendments to the Crawford, Southside, and Effingham Redevelopment
<br />Projects.
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<br /> In keeping with the objectives delineated in the Housing and Community Development Act of
<br />1974 and affirmed by City Council, the City and the Authority propose the initiation of redeve]
<br />opment activities in the Hattonsville and Twin Pines neighborhoods and a conservation program
<br />in the Truxtun community. In addition, amendments to the Crawford, Southside, and Effingham
<br />Redevelopment Plans are necessary and appropriate in order to continue the extensive revital-
<br />ization efforts initiated several years ago in these areas.
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<br /> The matters before us this evening are of utmost importance to Portsmouth's overall objec
<br />tire of revitalizing and upgrading its neighborhoods in an effort to provide decent, safe,
<br />and sanitary living accommodations for its residents while at the same time enhancing the tax
<br />base and generating expanded employment opportunities within our city.
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<br /> I would like to call upon Mr. Michael Kay, Executive Director of the Portsmouth Redevelop~
<br />ment and Housing Authority, to present a brief overview of the proposed plans and amendments."
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<br /> Michael A. Kay, Executive Director, Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority,
<br />presented the following:
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<br /> "PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION PROJECTS AND AMENDMENTS
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<br /> SOUTHSIDE
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<br /> Four additional blocks in the Southside neighborhood have been approved for funding in
<br />the 1980-81 Community Development Programs. The incorporation of these four blocks within the
<br />Southside IV Project will permit the City to continue its longstanding commitment to the re-
<br />vitalization of Southside. The assemblage of this land will provide sites for new commercial
<br />re~se, as defined by the Comprehensive Plan and the General Southside Land Use Plan previously
<br />ad6pted by City Council, and will also serve as potential back-up area for the industrial deve-
<br />lopment proposed for Southside IV.
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<br /> CRAWFORD (DOWNTOWN SOUTH)
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<br /> The four blocks between Court, Washington, County, and South Streets are proposed to be
<br /> added to the existing Urawford Urban Renewal Project in order to permit rehabilitation of
<br /> structurally sound dwellings and the clearance of deteriorated commercial and residential pro-
<br /> perties. Clearance activities will create new sites to be subsequently made ~vailable for new
<br /> private, ~esidential, commercial, and related developments in accordance ,~ith the current D-1
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