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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA TO AMEND THE 'CHARTER OF THE CITY OF POKTS~4OUTH, VIRGINIA. WHEREAS, Sections 15.1-835 and 15.1-912 of the Code of ~;irgirria~50~-as-am~n--c~d,-provide for~ the amendment of the City Charter upon the holding of a public hearing and the request of the City Council to the General Assembly; and WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that certain amendments to the Charter of t~he City of Portsmouth are necessary and desirable at this time and has held the public hearing required by law to consider such amendments. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Attorney is hereby directed to prepare and transmit to the General Assembly, together with certi- fied copies of this resolution, drafts of bills amendingthe Charter of the City of Portsmouth, 1970, as follows: 1. By repealing sections 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 9.06, 9.07 and 9.08. 2. By adding section 2.14 thereto and by amending sections 2.06, 2.12, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.11, 5.02, 6.02, 6.05, 6.07, 8.02, 9.01, 10.08, and 10.109 thereof, such new and amended sections to read as follows: Section 2.06. Eminent Domain - Generally. (a) The powers of eminent domain set'forth in Title 15.1, Chapter 1.1 of Title 25, and Chapter t of Title ~ 33.1, Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, mutatis mutandis, are hereby conferred upon the city of Portsmouth. (b) In any case in which a petition for condemnation is filed by or on behalf of the city, a true.copy of the Ordinance or resolution duly adopted by the council, declaring the necessity for any taking or damaging of any property within or without the city, for the purposes of the city, shall be filed with the petition-and shall constitute sufficient evidence of the necessity of the exer- cise of the powers of eminent domain by the city. Section 2.12. Real Estate Assessments. (a) Ail real estate within the city of Portsmouth shall l- be assessed for taxation in accordance with the provisions of the