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ON MOTION THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO ADVISE THE APPLICANTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AS • IT IS STILL UNL'ER THE CONTROL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. ON MOT ION, SECOND READING ON THE RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $109,000.00 TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIOUp WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING, WAS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED THAT CONSIDERABLE WORK WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE EXAMINATION OF TITLES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE PROPOSED JOINT AIRPORT. HE REQUESTED THAT A REQUEST BY CITY ATTY. QUALIFIED PERSON BE EMPLOYED TO ASSIST HIM IN THIS WORK, SUGGESTING • FOR ASSISTANCE FURTHER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO THE CREATION OF A REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING RE: LAND FOR AIRPORT THE NAME OF PAR. SIDNEY WATSON WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN EMPLOYED TO ASSIST IN SIMILAR WORK UNDERTAKEN JOINTLY BY THE CITY AND COUNTY. A MOTION BY MR. BARB, SECONDED BY MR. TEBELL, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SECURE THE SERVICES OF MR. SIDNEY WATSON OR OTHER QUALIFIED PERSON • TO ASSIST IN THE EXAMINATION OF TITLES FOR PURCHASE OF LAND NECESSARY FOR THE PROPOSED JOINT AIRPORT, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON OT1ON THE MEETING ADJOURNED. CLERK PRESIDENT COUNCIL CHAMBER - OCTOBER 24, 1951 PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALLS MR. J. M. BARRY III MR. H. A. H ADE N MR. S. F. HAMM MR. W. R. HILL MR, Gus K. TEBELL TAKE NOTICE: A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COU14CIL WILL BE HELD TOMMORROW THE 24TH INST. AT 2:30 O'CLOCK. 1. FEDERAL HOUSING. BY ORDER OF BMs MsEE NCE ED) �. S. F. HAmm ja 15NED CLERK PRESIDENT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WAS HELD ON THIS DATE • PURSUANT TO CALL BY THE MAYOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING FURTHER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO THE CREATION OF A REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW, AS SUBMITTED IN A REPORT DATED JUNE 51 1950, THOSE PRESENT WERE: MR. BARRY �ifR. HADEN, MR. HAMM, MR. HILL AND MR. TEBELL. ABSENTi NONE. THE MAYOR INTRODUCED MR. LAWRENCE M. COX, OF THE NORFOLK HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND PAR. F. A. FAYE AND MRS. EVELYN B. PURCELL ADDRESS ON OF THE RICHMOND HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHO ADDRESSED THE MEETING AT FEDERAL HOUSING AND DISCUSSION CONSIDERABLE LENGTH CONCERNING THE FUNCTION AND THE PLACE OF A REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY IN THE MODERN CITY. THE MAYOR • EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THOSE PRESENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING, AND THE ABOVE-NAMED PERSONS DISCUSSED IN GREAT DETAIL QUESTIONS WHICH WERE ASKED BY THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. AFTER