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A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 471 OF THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF 1970, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECES- SARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PARK TO BE LOCATED BE- TWEEN FAYETTE AND SIXTH ST~EETIS IN THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH. Wt{EREAS, the City ot POrtsmouth has found it necessary to acquire the i~te~est hereinafter specified in and to the hereinafter ~es~ribed parcel Of land sit- uate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, for the purpose of constructing a nelghbor~oo~ park; and WHEREAS, the Cit~ of Portsmouth has not been able to purchase the property desc~ibe~ herein, necessary to the project, because the owners thereof and the City have not been able to agree upo~ t~e price to be paid therefor, or the City has not been a~le~to locate certain of the owners or because of the statds of the title of the pro- perty.; and WHEREAS, advance~en~ of the work and use of said project will be delayed unreasonably if the said property is not made available as soon~as possible. NOW, THEREFORE, OLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Vi 1. The City is directed to institute eminent domain ~ ying special counsel for that purpose if he deems visable, against the following property situate in the ortsmouth, for the purpose of acquiring fee simple ti , together with any and all easements of access, or air incident to the lan~s of the landowner abuttin( said property, in accordance with and pursuant to Secti 6, 2.07 and 2.08 of the Charter of the City of Pox (Chapter 471 of the Acts of Assembly of i970), and it to the credit of the court as provided by law um hereafter specified to com- pensate William J. Wrig] Marie E. Uright, the owners of the hereinafter descrik roperty. 2, The property to be acquired hereunder is des- cribed as: Ail that certain lot of land with its appurtenances, situate in the City of Ports- mouth, Virginia. and bounded and described as follows, to-~it: