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R-24-20 <br />A RESOLUTION GRANTING EASEMENTS TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF <br />ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO INSTALL AND ACCESS CHLORIDE <br />MONITORING WELLS AT THE LAKE KILBY WATER TREATMENT FACILITY. <br />WHEREAS, the Lake Kilby Water Treatment Facility, located on Tax Parcel <br />34G15(7)* l and adjoining parcels in the City of Suffolk (the "Property"), is part of the <br />Portsmouth water reservoir and distribution system; and <br />WHEREAS, the Virginia General Assembly has provided funding for the Virginia <br />Department of Environmental Quality ("DEQ") to expand the statewide groundwater observation <br />well network; and <br />WHEREAS, as part of the expansion, DEQ has requested that the City grant easements <br />to install and access chloride monitoring wells on the Property; and <br />WHEREAS, it is in the interest of both the City and the Commonwealth to monitor and <br />protect the water supply; and <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia that it hereby approves and authorizes the conveyance of the requested easements to the <br />Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in such form and at such locations on the <br />Property as the City Manager may approve, and that the City Manager is hereby authorized to <br />execute such documents or instruments as may be necessary or desirable in furtherance of the <br />intent of this Resolution. <br />ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia at a meeting held on <br />August 13, 2024. <br />Teste: <br />City Clerk <br />