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<br />AUQust 23. 2005
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<br />Staff Recommends:
<br />Adoption of a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to convey any and all right, title
<br />and interest in the streets closed and vacated by Ordinance May 10, 2005 to
<br />Portsmouth Venture One, LLC. Vision Principle: Bold New Directions.
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<br />Next Steps Following Council Action:
<br />. Upon approval of the Resolution, a Quit Claim Deed from the City will be
<br />executed in favor of Portsmouth Venture One, LLC for all the right, title and interest of
<br />City, if any, in the closed and vacated streets in former Fairwood Homes.
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<br />Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to adopt the following
<br />resolution, and was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />"A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A QUIT
<br />CLAIM DEED TO PORTSMOUTH VENTURE ONE, LLC, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
<br />CONVEYING TO PORTSMOUTH VENTURE ONE, LLC ANY AND ALL RIGHT, TITLE
<br />INTEREST, IF ANY, WHICH THE CITY MAY HAVE IN CLOSED AND VACATED
<br />STREETS IN THAT AREA FORMERLY KNOWN AS FAIRWOOD HOMES.
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<br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the
<br />City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to execute a Quit Claim Deed for the
<br />conveyance to Portsmouth Venture One, LLC of all right, title and interest of the City, if
<br />any, in and to those streets closed and vacated by Ordinance 2005-38 adopted on May
<br />10, 2005, and to do all and any act necessary to effect said conveyance."
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<br />Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Whitehurst, Holley
<br />Nays: None
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<br />05 - 390 - Adoption of a resolution supporting Amendment #13 to the Park View
<br />Conservation and Redevelopment Plan, which proposes the acquisition, relocation and
<br />demolition of ten homes on Elm Avenue in order to meet State site requirements for the
<br />new Park View Elementary School. Vision Principle: Neighborhood and Community
<br />Transformation.
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<br />Background:
<br />. The Portsmouth Public Schools July 2000 Plan called for a new Park View
<br />Elementary School to replace the current one, built in 1957.
<br />. The current school has 12 classrooms, 26,548 square feet and an additional 13
<br />mobile classrooms. Enrollment for 2004-05 was approximately 400 students. The site
<br />size is 2.3 acres, which is considerably below the state minimums. The new school will
<br />have the capacity to educate 700 students with approximately 80,000 square feet. The
<br />site will be approximately 11 acres to meet state site requirements.
<br />. The City committed additional acreage to this project in the Vision 2005 Plan.
<br />. This Plan was brought to a closed session of City Council in May and June of
<br />2005, and additional options were explored and discarded as infeasible.
<br />. The most feasible plan involves taking ten homes on Elm Avenue to meet site
<br />requirements. The designation of these properties as "To Be Acquired" is the subject of
<br />this amendment.
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<br />Discussion:
<br />. The new school will front on Elm Avenue in the gateway to the community, which
<br />will reinforce the revitalization of Park View. The relocation of the ten households will
<br />be done in the most efficient way possible to ease the strain on the families. Every
<br />effort will be made to keep these owners in the neighborhood. The students of Park
<br />View Elementary will be educated in a modern facility that meets state guidelines.
<br />. Financial Impact: The estimated facility cost is $15,057,103. Of that cost, the
<br />land acquisition, relocation and demolition of the ten homes was estimated at
<br />$1,285,000.
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