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January t3. 1970 "RESOLUTION APPOINTING VIEWERS FOR THE CLOSING OF CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS WITHIN THE -BOUNDARIES OF THE NORTHSIDB REDEVELOPF~BNT PROJECT WHERBAS, Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority has made appplicat~on to vacate and close the hereinafter described portions of certain streets located within the boundaries of the Nerthside Redevelopment Project and it appearing that notice of the application and request for the appointment of viewers was duly posted on December 50, 1969, on the bulletin board of the Court of Husings for the City of Portsmouth, on the bulletin board of the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, and on the bulletin board of the Municipal Court of the City of Portsmouth. NOW, THEREFORE, BB IT RBSOglr~D by the Cotmcil of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that Frank N. Bilisoly,I L. A. Clarke, Luther Tapp, James V. McGehee and James Choate, be appointed viscera to view the hereinafter ! described portions of certain streets and alleys and report to this comncil in writing whether in their opinionI any, and if any, what inconvenience would result from vacating and closing the following portions of the speci- fied streets and alleys: 1. Glasgow Street, more particularly identi.f, ied as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the southern right-of-way line of Glasgow Street and the eastern right-of-way line of Green Street; thence from said point of beginning running North 3050'56'' West 32 feet to a point, said point being the northern right-of-way of Glasgow Street as it intersects the eastern right-of-way line of Green Street; thence running North 87°05'25'' East along the Northern right-of-way line of Glasgow Street a distmnce of 254.44 feet to a point; thence running South 5o30'29" East 52 feet to a point; thence running South 87005'07', West along the southern right-of-way line of Glasgow Street 234.44. 2. JGlasgow Street, more particularly identified as follows: Beginning at the southwestern intersection of Effingham Street and Glasgow Street; thence running North 3o54'15'' West 60 feet to a point; thence running South 87° West a distance of 299.50 feet to the point of intersection of Fort Lane and Glasgow Street; thence running South 5°54'15'' East 60 feet to a point on the Southern right-of-way line of Glasgow Street; thence running North 86o59'57'' East 359.70 feet to the said point of beginning. 3. Fort Lane, more particularly identified as follows: Beginning at the southeastern intersection of Glasgow Street and Fort Lane; thence running North 3o16'54'' West 144.89 feet, more or.less, to a point; thence running South ~6°46'48" West 1.25 feet to a point; thence running southerly along the arc o£ a e~rve to the right, said curve having a radius of 420 feet, a distance of 154.74 feet to a point; thence continuing souther- ly along the arc Df a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of 560 fee%, a distance of 15.45 feet to a point, said point being on the southern right-of-way line of Glasgow Street; thence running North 86o59'57'' ~ast 40 feet, more or less, to the said point of beginning. 4. Chestnut Street, more particulary identified as follows: Beginning at the nort~estern intersection of Chestnut Street with Glasgow StreetL thence from said point of beginning running North 87° Bast 40.91 feet Bo a point; thence running Southerly along the arc of a curve to the right, said cul~e ~av~hg ~7~a~us of 560 feet~ a distance of 24.52 feet to a point; thence continuing southerly along the arch of a curve to the left, said curve having a radius of 420 feet, a distance of 165.70 feet to a point, said point being located on the western right of way line of Chestnut Street; thence running North 3°16'$4" West 184.57 feet to the said point of beginning. 5. A certain unnamed alleyway which runs North from the North side of Glasgow Street between Effingham Street and Chestnut Street, and which connects with an ent~yway into Cedar Grove Cemetery. 6. North Street as it lies between the intersection of said North Street with the western right-of-way line of Fort Lane and the eastern boundary of the Oak Grove Cemetery, said western boundary of the Oak Grove Cemetery being 55 feet West of the Western right-of-way line of Armstrong Street. 7. Those two certain alleyways running East and West through the center of the blocks bounded generally on the ~ast by Fort Lane, on the West by Primrose Street, on the North by North Street, and on the South by Glasgow Street. 8. Glasgow Street, which is bounded generally on the East~by the western right-of-way line of Chestnut Street and on the West by the intersection of Glasgow Street with the eastern right-of-way line of the new Glasgow-London Street Expressway. 9. Armstrong Street, which is bounded on the South by the northern right-of-way line of Glasgow Street, /tnd on the North by a line which is parallel with the northern right-of-way line of North Street and is 144 feet, more or less, North of the said northern right-6~-way of North Street. 10. Primrose Street, which is bounded on the SQuth by the northern right-of-way line of the Glasgow- London Street Expressway northern right,of-way line; on the. North by a line which is 30 feet South of the southern right-of-way line of Holladay Street. 11. Hatton Street, which is, bounded on the South by the northern right-of-way line of the London-Glasgow Street Expressway northern boundary line, and on the North by a line which is 58 1/2 South of the southern right-of-way line of Holladay Street. 12. Godwin Street, which is bounded on the South by the northern right-of-way line of the London-Glasgow Street Expressway, and on the North by the southern bomldary line of the Oak Grove Cemetery." 70-7 - "I submit the attached resolution and recommend its adoption. This appoints five viewers for the closing of a portion of Fitzgerald Street. This closes Fitzgerald Street at its intersection with Manly Street for a distance of lOO feet. This closing has been requested by the School Board and has been approved by the Planning Commission." On motion of Mr. Johmson, the following resolution was adopted, without dissenting vote: "RESOLUTION APPOINTING VIEWERS FOR CLOSING OF A PORTION OF~ FITZGERALD STREET WHEREAS, The School Board of the City of Portsmouth has made application to vacate and close the here-