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32 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING VIEWERS FOR THE CLOSING OF PORTIONS OF QUEEN STREET, LOCKPORT STREET (FORMERLY LONDON STREET) WILLIAMSBURG AVENUE (FORMERLY SECOND AVENUE), LONDON STREET, YORKTOWN AVENUE (FORMERLY FOURTH AVENUE OR GRACE STREET), ALL, ALLEYS LOCATED NORTH OF HIGH STREET AND SHOWN ON PLAT RECORDED IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA IN .MAP BOOK 1 PAGE 41, WEST LANE, AND A 15 FOOT LANE AS DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 140 AT PAGE 281. WHEREAS. the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority, the School Board of the City of Portsmouth and the Department of Engineering and Technical Services of the City of Portsmouth, have made applications to vacate, close and discontinue the hereinafter described streets, lanes and alleys, and it appearing that Notices of Application and Request for an Appointment of Viewers have been advertised as required by law. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Vincent T. Cherry, James V. McGehee, Carrie J. Byrum, Martha Glover and Otis Gene Baldwin be appointed viewers and that George E. Eason and Albert J. Carr be appointed alternate viewers in the event one of the preceding viewers fails to participate, said viewers to view the hereinafter described streets, lanes and alleys, and to report to this council whether in their opinion, any, and if any what, inconvenience will result in vacating and closing the following: PORTION OF QUEEN STREET ALL THAT certain portion of Queen Street varying in width and beginning South 87° 01' 23" West, a distance of 154.06 feet from the intersection of Queen Street and Jamestown Avenue (formerly Fifth Avenue or Virginia Avenue) and thence extending in an easterly direction to the western right of way of Peninsula Avenue (formerly First Avenue) a distance of approximately 1428.69 feet. PORTION OF YORKTOWN AVENUE ALL THAT certain portion of Yorktown Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue or Grace Street) being 60 feet in width and beginning at the intersection of Yorktown Avenue with the north right of way line of High Street and thence extending in a northward direction a distance of approximately 554.73 feet to the Southern boundary line of those certain parcels of property conveyed to the City of Portsmouth, Virginia by deeds recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia in Deed Book 140 at page 281. and in Deed Book 140 at page 106. PORTION OF LOCK[PORT STREET ALL THAT certain portion of Lockport Street (formerly London Street) being 60 feet in width and beginning at the western right of way line of Peninsula Avenue (formerly First Avenue) and thence extending in a westerly direction a distance of approximately 360.28 feet to the eastern right of way line of Williamsburg Avenue (formerly Second Avenue). PORTION OF LONDON STREET UNIMPROVED ALL THAT certain portion of London Street being 60 feet in width and also that certain irregular shaped portion of London Street lying on the west side of Yorktown Avenue (formerly known as Fourth Avenue or Grace Street); and beginning at the western right of way line of Williamsburg Avenue (formerly Second Avenue) and thence extending in a westerly direction a distance of approximately 829.74 feet to the boundaries of those certain parcels of property conveyed to the City of Portsmouth, Virginia by deeds recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia in Deed Book 140 at page 281 and in Deed Book 140 at page 106.