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?$ A RESOLUTION rO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY STAR ENTERPRISE, A NEW YORK PARTNERSHIP, AND TEXACO REFINING AND MARKETING, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO ~HE CHAR~ER OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR THE WIDENING OF HIGH STREET/WILLETT DRIVE PROJECT. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth has determined it to be in the public interest to widen High Street in the High Street/Willett Drive Project; and WHEREAS, the City has not been able to purchase the property described herein, necessary to the project[ because owners thereof and the City have not been able to agree upon the price to be paid therefor; and WHEREAS, the advancement of the work and the use of said property will be unreasonably delayed if said property is not made available for the project as soon as possible. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED.by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: That the City Attorney be, and he hereby is, directed to institute eminent domain proceedings against the hereinafter-described property situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of acquiring fee simple title thereto pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07 and 2.08 of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, as amended, and to deposit to the credit of the Clerk o~ the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth as provided by law the sum hereinafter specified to compensate the owner[s) of the property designated and shown as "Plat Showing Parcel Owned By Star Enterprise To Be Acquired By City Of Portsmouth, Virginia, High Street Improvements-R/W Acquisition, Portsmouth, Virginia" made by Hassell & Folkes, P.C., Engineers & Planners, Chesapeake, Virginia, dated July 17, 1991, a copy of which .said plat is attached hereto and made a part hereof. The name of the property owner is Star Enterprise, a New York Partnership. The amount to be deposited to the credit of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth is $1100.00. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held December 10, 1991. Teste: City Clerk