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57 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY <br />OWNED BY UPTON FARMS, INC., FORMERLY UPTON PRODUCE COMPANY, <br />INCORPORATED UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THE <br />CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, SAID PROPERTY BEING <br />NECESSARY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A BOOSTER PUMPING STATION IN THE <br />CITY OF SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth has <br />determined it to be a public necessity to construct a water <br />booster pumping station at the end of the Churchland <br />Transmission Main in the City of Suffolk, Virginia, to <br />accommodate future flows; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City has been unable to purchase the <br />described property herein, necessary to the project, because <br />the owner thereof, Upton Farms, Inc., formerly Upton Produce <br />Company, Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation, and the City <br />have not been able to agree upon the price to be paid therefor; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the advancement of the work and the use of said <br />property will be unreasonably delayed if said property is not <br />made available for the project as soon as possible. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City <br />of Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br /> That the City Attorney be, and he hereby is, directed to <br />institute eminent domain proceedings against the <br />hereinafter-described property situate in the City of Suffolk, <br />Virginia, for the purpose of acquiring the fee simple title <br />thereto pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.07 and 2.08 of the Charter <br />of the City of Portsmouth, VirginIa, as amended, and to deposit <br />with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Suffolk as <br />provided by law, the sum of $24,500.00 to be paid pursuant to <br />order of the Court specified to compensate the owner of the <br />property, designated and shown as 1.4 acres on that certain <br />Exhibit entitled "Exhibit Showing Property Owned By Upton <br />Farms, Inc., to be Condemned For Proposed Shoulders Hill <br />Pumping Station, Sleepy Hole Borough, City of Suffolk, <br />Virginia", made by City of Portsmouth's Department of Public <br />Utilities, a copy of which plat is attached hereto and made a <br />part hereof. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held on August 8, 1995. <br /> <br /> Teste: <br /> <br /> <br /> City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />