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~3 A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY O~ED BY SIDNEY C. SWAN~, ~II AND JOHNNY K. SWANN, UNDER EMINENT DOlPhiN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THE C~IARTER OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, AS A~NDED, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND WIDENING OF WEST NORFOLK RCC~D. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Portsmouth has determined it to be in the public interest to reconstruct, alter and widen West Norfolk Road~ and WHEREAS, the City has found it necessary to acquire the fee simple interest in and to the hereinafter-described parcel of land situated in ~le City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for the said purpose of reconstructing, altering and widening West Norfoik Road~ and WHEP~AS, the City has not been able to purchase the property described herein~ necessary to ~the project, because the owners thereof and the City have ntt been able to agree upon the price to be paid therefor; and W~REAS, advancemenu of will be ~nreasona~iy delayed able for the project as soon the work and use of said property if said property is not made avail- 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 situated in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of acquiring fee simple title therein, together witk any and all easements of access, light or air incident to the lands of the landowner 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, Virginia, as amended, and to deposit to the credit of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth as provided by law the sum hereinafter specified to compensate the owners of the property designated as Parcel 088 on that certain plat entitled "Plat Showing Pro- posed Right-of-Way Expansion For West Norfolk Road", dated ~uly 1!~ 1983~ prepared by the Engineering & Technical Services Department of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia~ in Mao Book 12, pages 68 through 71, both inclusive. The ns~u~e of the property owners are: and Johnny K. Swann. Sidney C. Swarm, III The amount to be deposited to the credit of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth is: $500.00.