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~A ~RESOLUTION TO PIK/gIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF t~2fI~lN PROPERTY BY CITY OF PORTSF~DL7f~, VIRGIN/A, IAXDER ~It~I~T D(IMA-IN PRCI'~:~:~INGS PURSUANT TO CHAP'i~/< 471 OF THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY, AS AMENDED, SAID PRDPERT~ BEING NECESSAt~f FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARK/NG LOTS IN THE OlDE TOWN~ CON- SERVATION AND Rt~DEVELOPMENT PRODEC~. ~IREASf 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 constructing a parking lot in the Olde Tcwne Conservation ADd Redevelopment Project. WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has not been able to purchase all of the interest in the property described herein, necessary to the project because of .a defect in the title to the property in that the present record owners of a portion of the interest in the property cannot be located. WHEREAS, advence~ent of the work and use of said property will be delayed unreasonably if this property is not made available to the City as soon as possible. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia: That the City Attorney is directed to institute eminient domain proceedings ag~3_nst the following property situate in the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia, for the purpose of acquiring fee simple title therein, toqether with any and all easements of access, light or air incident to th~ lands of of the landowner abutting upon said property in accordance with and pursuant to Sections 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 cr%~lit 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 parcel of land described as follows: Beginning at a peint on the north side of Glasgow Street 180 feet from the northwest intersection of Glasg~ and Middle Street; frc~ thence running north 56.5 feet; thence running east and parallel with Glasgow Street 20 feet, more or less; thence running north and parallel with M4ddle Street 46.78 feet; thence running east and parallel with Glasgow Street 90.63 feet; thence running north and parallel with Middle Street 10 feet, more or less; thence running west along the~ line of the property known as the Macon House property, parallel with Glasgow Street 118.9 feet to'a point on the line of a lot now or formerly be- longing to the John Wool Estate; thence south and parallel with Middle Street 113.5 feet; thence runn///g east along Glasgow Street 8 feet, more or less, to the Point of Be- ginning. Name of the property-owners: Heirs of Sarah A. F. Hedges, Lucrece