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A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN <br />PROPERTY OWNED BY STEVEN C. REED AND DEPT. REED UNDER EMINENT <br />DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF <br />PORTSMOUTH, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR THE WIDENING IN <br />THE HIGH STREET/SHIRLEY ROAD PROJECT. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth has <br />determined it to be in the public interest to widen High <br />Street in the High Street/Shirley Road Project; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City has not been able to purchase the <br />property described herein, necessary to the project, because <br />owners thereof and the City have not been able to agree upon <br />the price to be paid therefor; 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 <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of acquiring the fee <br />simple title thereto pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07 and 2.08 <br />of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth Virginia, as <br />amended, and to deposit to the credit of the Clerk of the <br />Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, as provided by law, <br />the sum hereinafter specified to compensate the owners of the <br />property designated and shown as "Plat Showing Property To Be <br />Acquired From Steven C. Reed and Dep T. Reed For Right-of-way <br />Purposes," made by Engineering Services, Inc., Civil <br />Engineering-Land Surveying, dated July 17, 1991, a copy of <br />which plat is attached hereto and made a part hereof. <br /> <br /> The name of the property owners are Steven C. Reed and <br />Dep T. Reed. <br /> <br /> The amount to be deposited to the credit of the Clerk of <br />the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth is $100.00. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia, at a meeting held January 28, 1992. <br /> <br />Tes te: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />