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179 <br /> <br />August 12. 197.5 <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth in conjunction with redevelopment activities in Southsid~ <br />under the 1974 Community Development Program has scheduled for de3ication to Portsmouth <br />Redevelopment and Housing Authority the hereinafter described parcels; and <br /> <br /> }~EREAS, the conveyance of these <br />its maintenance of effort requirement <br />Community Development Act; and <br /> <br />parcels will enable the City of <br />in accordance with the rules and <br /> <br />Portsmouth to meet <br />regulations of the <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Section 2.09(c) of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth provides that the <br />City may convey property to the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any political subdivision thereoJ <br />,,'ithout advertisement and without receiving bids; and <br /> <br /> ~RBAS, the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority is a political subdivision <br />of the Commonwealth of Virginia. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that <br />the City Manager be, and he hereby is authorized to convey the following described property <br />to the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority: <br /> <br />PARCEL A <br /> <br /> All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with its appurtenances, <br />situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and known, numbered and <br />designated as Lot 21, Block 1, on the plat of Oakden, which plat is recorded <br />in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, <br />Virginia, in Map Book 2, at page 40, and being more particularly described as <br />~ollows: Beginning at the northeastern intersection of Sixth Street and <br />Edwards Street; thence running North along the eastern side of Sixth Street <br />30 feet 3 inches; thence easterly 90 feet; thence southerly and parallel <br />with Sixth Street 30 feet 3 inches to Edwards Street; thence westerly <br />along the northern side of Edwards Street 90 feet to the point of beginning. <br /> <br />PARCEL B <br /> <br /> All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with its appurtenances, <br />situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and bounded and described <br />as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the northern side of Wythe <br />Street 25 feet West from the eastern side of Fourth Street should it ex- <br />tend northwardly; thence running West along Wythe Street 6 feet; thence <br />North 150 feet, more or less, to the center of the channel of Crabb <br />Creek; thence East along the center of the channel of Crabb Creek 6 feet; <br />~hence south 150 feet, more or less, to the northern side of Wythe Street, <br />the point of beginning. <br /> <br />PARCEL C <br /> <br /> All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, with its appurtenances, <br /> situate in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and bounded and described <br /> as follows, towit: Beginning at a point on the northern side of Wythe <br /> Street 24.7 feet East from the point where the western line of Fourth <br /> Street would strike, if extended northerly; thence running northerly <br /> 150 feet, more or less, to the Port Warden's line of Gander Creek; thence <br /> easterk¥1~ndn~allele~i~ Wythe Street 6 feet; thence southerly 150 feet, <br /> more or less, to Wythe Street; thence Westerly along Wythe Street 6 feet <br /> to the point of beginning. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to <br />all transactions and execute all documents incident to such conveyances." <br /> <br />complet, <br /> <br />Ayes: Barnes, Early, Elliott, Holley, Oast, Wentz, Davis <br />Nays: None <br /> <br /> 75-339 - "Consideration of a resolution to authorize the acquisition of certain property <br />under eminent domain proceedings, such property beingCnecessary for the construction, altera- <br />tion and maintenance of the Gander Creek drainage project. <br /> <br /> The City of Portsmouth has been unable to purchase property located in the Gander Creek <br />drainage project and it is necessary that such project be completed forthwith. Since the <br />owners and the City have not been able to agree upon the price to be paid for such property, <br />condemnation proceedings are necessary to acquire the needed land. The City Manager recom- <br />mends adoption." <br /> <br /> On motion of Mr. Barnes and seconded by Mr. Elliott, the following resolution was <br />adopted, and by the following vote: <br /> <br />"A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE F.OR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY THE CITY <br />OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, UNDER EMINENT DOS~.IN PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO CP~PTER <br />471 OF THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY, AS AMENDED, SAID PROPERTY BEING NECESSARY FOR <br />THE CONSTRUCTION, ALTE~iTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GANDER CREEK DkilNAGE <br />PROJECT NEAR WASHINGTON STREET. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth has found it necessary to acquire the interest hereinaft{ <br />specified in and to the hereinafter described parcel of land situate in the City of Ports- <br />mouth, Virginia, for the purpose of constructing, atter%pg and maintaining the Gander Creek <br />Drainage Project; and <br /> <br /> <br />