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A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, UNDER EMINENT DO~IN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 471 OF THE ACTS OF ASSEI~LY OF 1970, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR THE CON- STRUCTION OF A FIRE STATION TO BE LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ELM AVENUE AND PORTSMOUTH BOULEVARD. WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it necessary to acquire the interest hereinafter specified in and to the hereinafter described parcel of land sit- uate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of constructing a fire station; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has not been able t~ purchase the property described herein, necessary to the project, because the owners thereof and the City have not been able to agree upon the price to be paid therefor; and WHEREAS, advancement of the work and use of said project will be delayed unreasonably if the said property · s not made available as soon as possible. ~OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1~ The City attorney is directed to institute eminen~ domain proceedings against the following property situate in the City of Portsmouth, for the purpose of acquiring fee simple title therein, together with any and all easements of access, light or air incident to the lands of the landowner abutting upon said property, in accordance with and pursuan~ 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), and to deposit to the credit of the court as provided by law the sum hereafter specified to com- pensate Vivian ~]itten, the owner of the hereinafter des- cribed property° 2. The property to be acquired hereunder ~s des- cribed as: Ail that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, with the improvements thereon, designated as lot nu/~ber seventeen (17) in Block Fifty-Three (53) on the Plan of Brighton, as recorded in Map Book 21 pages 32-35 in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, and also bein~ known and numbered as 1118 Portsmouth Boulevard.