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{, '\ .':l\ \j \-,; OCTOBER 11, 1966 TUESDAY City Manager Noland and Public Works Director George W. Brown reviewed with Council certain phases of the City's water system improvements program initiated in 1958-59, with emphasis on the present need for providing steel covers or tops for several of the City's water storage tanks and for the ac:quisition of property (lots Nos. 20 through 23 on New York Avenue, situated between Armory and Smith Roads) as a site for a 1,000,000-gallon elevated water storage tank. It was indicated that these two projects should be combined when construction bids are invited in order to take advantage of available Federal funds for which the City might qualify. Total estimated cost of the total program yet to be completed was given as $658,000.00, including the foregoing two projects. Meanwhile, Council unanimously authorized the purchase of property for the proposed elevated tank, at $750.00 per lot for each of four lots involved, assurance already being given by the owners of the Lucy C. Hairston tract and the Peter Anglin lots that this price would be acceptable; however, no such assurance has been given by the owner of the W. C. Tatum tract. Being cognizant of the fact that within the City there are instances of two streets having the same or similar name, Council requested the Planning Commission to take this matter under study, including procedures by which the duplication of street names can be corrected, and to advise Council of its findings and recommendations thereon. In acknowledging receipt of and in considering the recommended methods of initial construction and construction costs, as set forth by letter dated October 3, 1966, from the Virginia Department of Highways, in connection with the relocation of Route 57 (Project 0057-120-103, C-501) from its