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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE AC~UiSiTiON OF CERTAIN PROP2RTY BY T~E CITY OF PORTSMOUTH ~I'~DER EMINENT DO~%AiN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 258 OF THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF !958~ SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR iMPROVEF~NT OF A PORTION OP PORTSMOUTH BOULEVARD, ROUTE 337~ PARCEL !27. ~[EREAS, the City of Portsmouth has feuno it to me necessary to widen and otherwise improve a por[~ion of Portsmouth Boulevard, Rouen 337, under a Federal Urban Aid Pro,ram whereby it is the responsibility ef the said City to acquire ell necessar5 additional property; and %^?i[EREAS, the City of Portsmouth has not been able to purchase certain property necessary to this project because the owners thereof and the City have not been able to agree upon the price~ be paid therefor} and ~[BN~AS, the advancement of the work will be delayed unreason- ably if the said proper~y is not made available as soon as possisle. NOW~ THEREFORE: be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, qhat the City Attorney is directed to institute eminent domain proceedings~ employing counsel for that purpose, against the property hereinafter described, in accordance with and pursuant to Section 23-f of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth {Chapter 258 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958), and that the sum of $36~.14 be deposited to the credit of the court as provided by law to com- pensate the owners thereof~ {a) The owners of record are as follows: Thomas Bacon Lane, Dorothy Lane Bailey, Charles D. Lane, Jr., Benjamin A. Lane, Edwin L. Lane, Comfort Lane Hand~ and Jack E. Lane. {b) The interest to be acquired is the fee simple estate in and to the property hereinafter described as Parcel 127Z, a two year construction easement in and to the property hereinafter described as Parcel 127Y; and a permanent drainage easement hereinafter described as Parcel 12IX. {c) The approximate area of Parcel !27Z is 1,875 square feet, of Parcel 127Y is 2,364 square feet, and of Parcel 127X is 2,869 square feet. {d) The description of the property is as fo!lows: Those certain parcels of land situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, more particularly descrioed as follows: