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<br />TUESDAY
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<br />r-rCYlEIillEf1 27. 1 C)(~
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<br />Upon motion, duly seconded and unQnL~ously carried, COl~~cil recorded
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<br />concur'rence 'hQ th the state High'>my DepartT:1cmt in accor'-!~ance of the bid
<br />of Thonpson-lU'thur Paving Compctr:y (net: 3200,794.40; total: f;22~, C7J. 81;.)
<br />for the reconstruction of Ro'ate 58 from 30b Gro,c"ory Street te) the CLtyl~J
<br />east corpo:~ate J:L"1iL s.
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<br />By lettor dated October 6, 1962, !lr. J. I\.. EnGlish, F~Lnance Chairman of
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<br />Broad Strer?t C:'-'J'istian Church, re<.!uested that pronerty mmed b:'r 11ifl church
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<br />and located at the corner of Broad a:1d Sro1m Streets be exerr.pt fron locaI
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<br />nronert;)r taxes because, at that t,Lce, this property Has vacant and not
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<br />ir:come-producing. DDon innuiry by Council, City Attornoy CU8ine adv:Lsed
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<br />tho.t a.~y such pro1)ertY--Hl1en not used for religious nurCJoses--is ta:cable.
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<br />Coun~il continued this request nending adcli tional inforr:lf-ltion 0:1 tho status
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<br />of the property from Ill:'. English.
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<br />On behalf of S21e fCnittir:,: Company, Attorney Charles L. lIcCormiclc, III,
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<br />::Jet.i tionecl for the closin; and vacat.ing of Rieves Strer;t, ",hic], J.ieG to t}-:e
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<br />e.:::~st of Franklin Street and of '.Jhich--Hith the excention of one lot ..kose
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<br />oimerS;lip is ur.Jmown-,-S:JJ.e; ICnittin,':: Company is t~le O',mer of adjacent pronert;)r.
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<br />II. !;cCol'mic:( also pointed out that in a prior poti tiO:l there un::; reclU8sted
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<br />the closing and vacatinr; of all of Griggs St:..'eet but, in CowlcLl's action
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<br />of September 11, 1962, only that'-)ortion of Gri ('"gs Street lying \.6. thin
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<br />Dr'opert:l Qi.med blJ Sa~e Knitting Cornpan::l was ordered cIosed and vacQ,ted and,
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<br />therefore, it Houle: be his client I s 'dish that all of said Grjge;s Street be
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<br />so closed. Upon motion, Council auth:Jrized lIayor ':1ilso:1 to appoint a Doard
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<br />of Vieller s to oroceed ~l,,(ler Section 15-766 of t.he Code of VIrvinia (1' '5:~, and
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<br />o.s nu'ended) and determine if any and ,:hat inc.jnvenience ,-muld re::;ult fran the
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<br />reouested vacation and abandonment of Rieves Street and the re:mainc1r::l' of
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<br />Crig!"s Stroet.
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