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1tl A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN PRO- CEEDINGS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 471 OF THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY, AS AMENDED, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MID-CITY DRAINAGE PROJECT. WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it necessary to acquire the interest hereinafter specified in and to the hereinafter-described parcel of land situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of construction, al- teration and maintenance of the Mid-City drainage project; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has not been able to purchase the property described herein,~ necessary to the pro- ject, because the owners thereof and the City have not been able to agree upon the price to be paid therefor; and WHEREAS, advancement of the work and use of the said project will be delayed unreasonably if said property is not made available as soon as possible. NOW, TtIEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: That the City Attorney is hereby directed to institute eminent domain proceedings against the owner of the following described property for the purpose of acquiring fee simple tible therein, together with any and all easements of access, light or air incident to the lands of the owner abutting upon said property, in accordance with and pursuant to ~§2.06, 2.07 and 2.08 of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth (Chapter 471 of the Acts of Assembly of 1970, as amended) and to deposit to the credit of the Clerk of the Circui~ Court of the City of Portsmouth as provided by law the sum hereinafter specified to compensate the owner of the land described as follows, to-wit: All those certain lots, pieces or parcels of land, known, numbered and designated as Lots 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21 and 23, Block 21, as shown on that certain plat entitled "Plat of Virginia Realty And Investment Company", recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesa- peake, Virginia, in Map Book 7, Pages 98, 99 and 100.