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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that it is necessary for the City to acquire the fee simple title in and to the following described tract of land, together with temporary construction and demo- lition easements in and to adjoining land, for use in the widening and improve- ment of Elm Avenue, Project 0017-124-101, ths record title to said property being in the names of Albert L. Tweed and William M. Molbrook: Fee Taking (Parcel 002) Beginning at a point which is the southeasterly intersection of King Street and Elm Avenue; thence easterly along the southern property line of King Street for a distance of twenty-nine (29) feet to a point; thence southwesterly for a distance of nineteen and eighty hundredths (19.80) feet to a point; thence south- erly along a line which is parallel to and fifteen (15) feet distant from the easterly property line of Elm Avenue, for a distance of ninety-nine (99) feet to a point; thence westerly along the property line between lots 10 and 36 for a distance of fifteen (15) feet to a point; thence northerly along the eastern pro- perty line of Elm Avenue for a distance of one hundred thirteen (ll3) feet to the point of beginning. Together with the one story building situated partly upon the aforesaid Parcel 002 and partly upon property lying adjacent thereto to the east, Construction Easement The right to enter upon the following described property, for a period not to exceed two (2) years from the date of taking, for the purposes of grade adjustment, placing of construction forms and other work incident to the project of widening and improving Elm Avenue: Beginning at a point on the dividing line between Lots 10 and 36, fifteen (15) feet east of the easterly line of Elm Avenue; thence northerly along a line parallel to and fifteen (15) feet from the easterly line of Elm Avenue ninety- nine (99) feet to a point; thence in a northeasterly direction three (3) feet, more or less; thence in a southerly direction eighty (80) feet, more or less, to a point, said point being seventeen and five-tenths (17.5) feet from the easterly line of Elm Avenue; thence southerly twenty-one (21) feet, more or less, to a point, said point being located on the dividing line between said lots 10 and 36 and seventeen and one-tenth (17.1) feet from the easterly line of Elm Avenue; thence along said divlding line in a westerly direction two and one-tenth (2.1) feet to the point of beginning. Demolition Easement The right to enter upon the adjoining property of the aforesaid persons, for a period not to exceed one year from the date of taking, for the purpose of demolishing and removing the aforesaid building partly situated thereon. Be it further resolved that the City Attorney is authorized and instructed to institute condemnation proceedings to acquire the aforesaid property and rights in property for the purposes of the City. This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a re- solution adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on October 27, 1959. _____________________________________ City Clerk