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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE F©R THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE CiTY OF PORTSMOUTH UNDER EMINENT DOF~iN PROCEEDINGS PURSUAA~ TO CtLAPTER 126 OF TEE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF 1964, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY POR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CITY GARAGE AND PUBLIC WORKS DE- PARTMENT EQUiP~LENT BUILDINGS° ~HEREAS, the present City Garage and Public Works Department equipment building (affectionately known as the White House) are situate within the limits of the Weaver Redevelopment Project, VA R-40, and must be demolished immediately; and W~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth requires a site (through the expanszon of the existing incinerator site) within which to erect a new City Garage and Public Works Deparsmen~ equipment buildings; and WI~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it to be necessary go acquire the interesss hereinafter specified, in and to the hereinafter described parcels of land-situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virgznia, for the purpose of constructing the aforesaid buildings and providing the yard spaces for use therewith; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has not been able to purchase certain property necessary ko this pro~ect because the owners thereof and the City have noE been able to agree upon the price 5o be paid therefor, or the City has no~ been able to loca~e certain of the owners, or because of the ssatus of the title of certain parcels of the prop- ersy; and ~EREAS, advancement of the work and occupancy of said buildings will be delayed unreasonably if the said proper~y is not made available as soon as possible. NOWz THEREFORE~ be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virgznzao Section 1. The City Attorney is directed to institute eminent domain proceedings, employing counsel for that purpose, against the propersy hereinafter described located adjacent ~o the presen~ incinerator szte, for the purpose of acquiring fee simple title therein, ~n accordance with and pursuan~ to Section 23-f of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth (Chapter 126 of the Acts of Assembly of 1964), and to deposit to the credit of the cour~ as provided by law the sums specified to compensate the respective owners of the various parcels Of land, as follows: