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A~'~ ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY IN NANSE~OND COLrNTY, VIRGINIA, NECESSARY FOR USE BY THE CITY FOR WATERWORKS AND RELAT~u FACILITIES, PUg~UA~%~T TO CHAPTER 258 OF THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF 1958o WHERFAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it to~e necessary to enlarge its waterworks system to meet the demands of the area served ~y it and is in the pro- cess of constructing certain additional dame s~.d reservoirs to provide much needed r~ww~ter storage; and W~J~RFAS, the City of Portsmouth has not ~een able to ~rchase certain ~ogerty necessa~ to this ~o~ect after le~thy negotiations ~d advanc~ent of the work will be delay~ ~reasonably if the said property is no~ ~de available as s~n as ~smibte; NOW, 'r~REFORE, Be it ordained by the Co~ncil of the City of Portsmouth, Vir- ginia~ that the City Attorney is directed to institute eminent domain proceedings against the parcel of pro~rty hereinafter described, in acco~ance wi~ and S~nt to S~ti~ 23-f of the C~rter of the City of Portsmom~ (c~p~er ~58 of the Acts of Asse~ly of 195~), and that the s~ hereinafter specifi~ with respect to said ~rcel ~e deDosit~ to the c~i~ of the co~t ~s provided ~y The I~ud to be acquired in fee simple, its owner, the approximate area thereof, and the amoun~ to be p~id into court are as follows: That certain parcel of land situate in Nansem~md County, Virginia, more par- ticularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the property line separating the lands of the James A. Edwards Estate and B. E. Parker approximately 362~5' hearinE S t0° 41' W from the centertine of State Highway Route 838; thence S 75° 15' E ~ distance of 122o8' to a point designated '~-3"; thence S 10° 27' E a distance of 245.0' to a point desig- nated "C-4"; thence S 77° $2' E ~ distance of 219.1' to a point designated thence $ 1° 06' E a distance of 114.2' to a 24 inch pine tree; thence N 67° 04~ E a distance of 145.1~' to a point which is located 2.9' bearing S 67° 04' W of 15 inch oak tree; thence S 0° 3?' W approximately 250' to Cohoon Creek; thence along the northern bank of Cohmon Creek in a westerly direction to a point marked by a stake located between two sycamore trees; thence N 12° 37' E a distance of 326' to a stake desigmated as "Station 5S1 ~ 80 Line B"; thence N 10° 41' E a distance of 115.0' ~o the point of beginning. The hereinabove described property contains 5:31 acres, more or less, and is b~)%mded on the north by the re~aining lands of James E. Ed~rds Estate, E~st by the William Thomas Copelsnd Estate, ~outh by Cohoon Creek and West by land formerly oR, led by Bo Em lmarker, now owned by the City of Portsmouth. For a more ex~ct description reference is hereby made to the plat entitled "Water Department, City of Portsmouth, Virginia, Proposed Reservoir Cohoon Creek