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AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHOriZE AND DIRECT THE C0)UJEYANCE OF FIVE PARCELS OF LAAVD WITHIN THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF OF THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO THE SECOND EL~2J~BETH RIVER T~ TO THE ELIZAB~'£H RIVER TUNNEL DISTRICT WHEREAS, the Elizabeth River T~nnet District has been authorized by the General Assembly of Virginia to construct and operate a second vehic- ular ~unnel under the Elizabeth River, and s~ch p~oject includes the construc- tion and operation, among other things, at the expense of the District, of an access road from the Portsmouth portal of the tunnel to the central are~ of Portsmouth; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission h~e recor~mended the convsyance mo the Elizabeth River Tunnel District of five parcels of vacant land now owned By the City, which are within the proposed right of way of the said access road; amd WHEREAS~ the Elizabeth River Tunnel District, a political sub- division of the Commonwealth of ¥i~inia with the power of eminent domain, has offered the sums hereinafter stated for the respective parcels of tan~, which sums are considered To be the approximate fai~ market value thereof. NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained Dy the Co,moil of the Cit~ OT Portsmouth, Virginia, ~hat the M~yo~, amd City Clerk be, ~nd they here~)y are, directed and authorized to execute, seal and deliver to the Elizabeth River Tunnel District, ~pon N~yment of the s~me herinafter stated into the Oity ~ a deed in form approved by the City Atto~%ey, with-appropriate warranties of title, conveying the followin~ described five parcels of land situate in the Ci~y of Portsmoulh: Parcel I. Lot 27~, south side of Carolina Avenue, for the sum of $350.00. Parcel 2. Lots 238, 239. 240, ~41, 242, 243 and 244, north si~e of Southern Avenue, for the sum of $1,750,00. Parcel A triangular shaped area of land at the southern tip of the sewerage disposal plant site at Pinners Point, containing approximately 3~840 square feet, and a temporary construction easement adjacent thereto, both of which ar~ shown on the Plat of survey dated April I9~1, prepared by Langley and McDoIzatd, for the $500.0G~ plae~the actual Cost to the City of removing its chain tin~ fence from said land, it being agreed that the Elizabeth River Tunnel District will, at its expense, place and maintain ~ chain link fence along the res~lting