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A ~ESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THEACQUISITtON OF CERTAIN PROPERTY <br />BY THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH~ VIRGINIA, UNDER ~tNENT DO~LAI~ PRO- <br />CEEDINGS, PURSUANT TO Ct~PTER 471 OF THE ACTS OF ASS~W~BLY, AS <br />AMEI-~ED, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR' THE CONSTRUCTION, <br />OPERATION AND ~INTENA~[CE OF T~ TWIN PINES RECREATION AREA. <br /> <br /> WEEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it necessary to <br />acquire the interest hereinafter specified in~and to the here- <br />inafter described parcel of land situate in the City of Ports- <br />mouth, Virginia, for the purpose of constructing, operatihg and <br />maintaining the Twin Pines Recreation Area; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has not been able to purchase <br />the proper~y herein described, necessary to t~e project, because <br />the owners thereof and the City have not been able to agree <br />the price to be paid therefor; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, advancement of. the~wor~ and use of said ~roject <br />will-be delayed unreasonably if said property is.not made available ' <br />as soon as possible. - .... <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by th~ Council of the city~ <br />of Portsmouth, Virginia; ' ~ ' - <br /> <br /> That the City Attorney be, and he hereby isl directed to <br />institute eminent domain proceedings against ~he following des- <br />crlbed property situate i~ ~he Cit~ of P0rts~uth, V~rginia, <br />for the purpose of acquiring fee simple title therein, together <br />with any and all easements of access, light or air incident to <br />the lands of the landowner abutting upon said property, in.ac- <br />cordance with and pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.07 and 2.08 of <br />the Charter of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (Chapter 471 <br />of the Acts of Assembly, as amended), and to deposit to the <br />credit of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Ports- <br />mouth as provided by law the bum hereinafter specified to com- <br />pensate the owner of the hereinafter described parcel of' land. <br /> <br /> : ' All those certain lotsf pieces or parcels of <br /> land', situate, iyin~ and being in the City of <br /> Portsmouth, Virginia, with the buildings and im- .. <br /> provements thereon, kno~, numbered anddesignated <br /> as Lots 9 and 10, Block 2, as shown on the plat of <br /> Churchland Land Company, recorded in the Clerk's <br /> Office of the Circuit Court of the Cityof Chesa- <br /> peake, Virginia, in Map Book 18,. page 85. <br /> <br /> The name of the property ov~ers are G. W. <br />SpruiI1. <br /> <br />Sprui!! <br /> <br />and Louise <br /> <br /> <br />