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105 A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE MONITOR-MERRIMACK (CSS VIRGINIA) MUSEUM. WHEREAS, by resolution adopted January 14, 1986, the Council of the City of Portsmouth endorsed the concept of creating a new Portsmouth History Museum to be named the USS Monitor-Merrimack (CSS Virginia) Museum and authorized application to the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration to house the artifacts from the USS Monitor in said Museum; and WHEREAS, by ordinance adopted January 28, 1986, the Council of the City of Portsmouth commissioned a study by E. Verner Johnson & Associates, Inc. to evaluate certain sites pertaining to the location of said Museum; and WHEREAS, said study has designated the hereinafter-described property as the preferred site; and WHEREAS, the Museum and Fine Arts Commission and the Museum Expansion and Long-Range Planning Committtee have endorsed the designation of said site; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth deems it to be in the best interest of the City to officially designate said site for the location and development of the new Museum. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the hereinafter-described property be, and the same hereby is, officially designated as the site for the location and development of the USS Monitor-Merrimack (CSS Virginia) Museum: Ail that certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia, bounded on the south by Wythe Street; on the east by First Street; on the north by property of the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation; and on the west by Second Street as said street would be ex- tended in a northerly direction beyond its inter- section with Wythe Street. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held October 14, 1986. Teste: City Clerk