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R-16-06 <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED OF <br />QUITCLAIM TO VACATE AND RELEASE TWO OBSOLETE INGRESS AND <br />EGRESS EASEMENTS OVER THE CHURCHLAND YMCA PROPERTY (TAX <br />PARCEL 0758-0011). <br />WHEREAS, the Churchland Library is situated at 4934 High Street West (Tax Parcel <br />0758-0010) (the "Library Parcel"); and <br />WHEREAS, the Churchland YMCA is situated on adjacent property at 4900 High Street <br />West (Tax Parce10758-0011) (the "YMCA Parcel"); and <br />WHEREAS, when the City of Portsmouth acquired the Library Parcel in 2004 it <br />simultaneously acquired ingress/egress rights across a certain designated area of the YMCA <br />Parcel, which rights were for use during development of the library site and were created through <br />(1) a temporary easement labeled as "Easement Z- Temporary Private Variable Width <br />Ingress/Egress Easement" on a plat recorded in Map Book 19 at Pages 207-208 in the <br />Portsmouth Circuit Court Clerk's Office (the "Temporary Easement") and (2) apre-existing <br />easement recorded in Deed Book 1008 at Page 1223 and shown in Map Book 14 at Page 113 (the <br />"Prior Easement"); and <br />WHEREAS, construction of the library facility on the Library Property and expansion of <br />the YMCA facility on the YMCA Property changed the configuration of the sites and rendered <br />the Temporary Easement and the Prior Easement obsolete; and <br />WHEREAS, the obsolete easements have been replaced by certain permanent easements <br />for ingress/egress and parking over the reconfigured sites, which said permanent easements are <br />shown on the plat recorded at Map Book 19 at Pages 207-208, satisfy all access and parking <br />requirements, and are not modified by this Resolution; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia that the City Manager be, and she hereby is, authorized to execute a deed vacating, <br />releasing and quitclaiming the Temporary Easement and the Prior Easement. <br />ADOPTED at a meeting of the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia held on <br />February 23, 2016. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />