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3 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PRO- <br />PERTY BY THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, UNDER EMINENT <br />DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 471 OF THE ACTS OF <br />ASSEmbLY OF 1970 AS AMENDED, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY <br />FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION OF PORT FACILITIES. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it necessary <br />to acquire the interest hereinafter specified in and to the <br />hereinafter described parcel of land situate in the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of constructing and <br />maintaining port facilities; and <br /> <br /> ~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth has not been able to <br />purchase the property described herein, necessary to the <br />project, because of a defect in the title %o the property <br />in that the present record owners cannot be located; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, advancement of the work and use of said pro- <br />perty will be delayed unreasonably if said property is not <br />made available as soon as possible. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the <br /> City of Portsmouth, Virginia; <br /> <br /> That the City Attorney be directed to.~institute eminent <br /> domain proceedings against the following property situate in <br /> the City of Portsmouth for the purpose of acquiring fee simple <br /> title therein, together with any and all easements of access, <br /> light or air, incident to the lands of the lando%~er abutting <br /> upon said property, in accordance with and pursuant to Sections <br /> 2.06, 2.0.7 and 2.08 of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth <br /> (Chapter 471 of the Acts of Assembly, 1970, as amended), and <br /> to deposit to the credit of the Clerk of %he Circuit Court of <br /> the City of Portsmouth as provided by law ~he sum herein speci- <br /> fied to compensate the owners of the parcel of land known, <br /> numbered and designated as Lot 231 on the Plat of Pinners Point <br /> Waterfront Land Company recorded in the Clerk's Office of the <br /> Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, reference <br /> to said plat being made for a more particular description of <br /> the property. <br /> <br /> The names of the property owners are as follows: <br /> <br /> Provident National Bank, Executor of %he estate of <br /> Helen Waters Gates, P. O. Box 7648, Philadelphia, <br /> Pennsylvania 19101. <br /> <br /> <br />