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ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY IN NANSE- ~O~D CObS~TY~ VIRGINL~ NECESSARY FOR USE BY THE CITY FOR WATERWORKS AND RELAT~ FACILITIES, PURSUANT TO C~PTER 258 OF THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF 1958o W}{EREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it to be necessary to enlarge its water~'orks system to meet the demands of the area served by it and is in the pro- cess of constructing certain additional dams and reservoirs to provide much needed raw water storage; and Wt{EREAS, the City of Portsmouth has not been able to purchase certain property necessary to this project after lengthy negotiations and advancement of the work will be delayed unreasonably if the said property is not made available as soon as possible; NOW THEP~EFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the City Attorney is directed ~o institute eminen~ domain proceedings against the parcel of property hereinafter described, in accordance with and pursuant to Section 23-f of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth (chapter ~58 of the Acts of Assembly of I955), and that the sum hereinafter specified with respect to said parcel be de- posited to the credit of the court as provided by law: The land to be acquired in fee simple, its owner, the approximate area thereof, and the amoun~ to be paid into court are as follows~ That certain parcel of land situate in Nansemond County~ Virginia, more par- ticularly described as follows: Beginning on the mean low tide line of Cohoon Creek at a point of intersection with the center line of a cove separating the hereby described land from the land of Ro Ao Harry; thence, across the marsh ~ 74© 10' W - 414' to s point at the head of same cove, thence~ S 8o 0~' E - 384' to ~ point on a road; thence, S 15© 00' E - 208' to a point in a cove; thence, S ~?o 0~' E - 1E9' to a point in the cove, thence, S 88° 15' E - 4~2' to the point of intersection of the cove with the center line of Smith Creek: thence, along the western edge of Smith Creek in a northern direction to the southern edge of Cohoon Creek; thence, along the southern edge of Cohoon Creek in a western direction to the point of beginning: The hereinabove described tract is bounded on the North by Cohoon Creek. East by Smith Creek and South and West by the land of Ro A, Harry. For a more exact description, reference is hereby made to plgt entitled '~Water Departmen%, City of Portsmouth, Virginia, Proposed Reservoir Cohoon Creek Area,, Nansemond County, Virginia," dated February 15, lS55~ prepared by R~ Kenneth Weeks, Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia° The owner of this parcel is Emm~ Louise Dodd~ th~ approximate area thereof is 12o55 acres, and the amount to be deposited is $35~000.00. This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordi- nanc~-a~opted on second reading by the Portsmouth City Council at a meeting held June 2, 1959o City Clerk