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October 9, i984 <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Portsmouth <br />property be conveyed to <br />ment in connection with <br /> <br /> Redevelopment and Housing Authority <br />the Housing Authority to be combined <br />the Effingham Redevelopment Project; <br /> <br />has requested that said <br />with other property for develop- <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to ~2.09 (c) of the Charter of the City of Portsmouth property may <br />be con~eyed to the Commonwealth of Virginia or a political subdivision thereof without adver- <br />tisement or receiF~ of bids; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority is a nolitical subdivision of <br />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 hereinafter-described property <br />to Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority, to-wit: <br /> <br /> All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, bounded and described as follows: <br /> <br /> BEGINNING at a point on the north side of Garfield Street, formerly Maupin <br />Street, (now closed) 90' east from the northeast intersection of Garfield Street <br />and Green Street; thence running north parallel with Green Street 25' 6"; thence <br />turning and running east parallel to Garfield Street 15'; thence running south <br />parallel to Green Street 25' 6", to the north side of Garfield Street; thence <br />west along the north side of Garfield Street 15' to the Point of Beginning. <br />Said property being part of Lot 9, Block 44 as shown on the plan of "Brighton' <br />Said.parcel being conveyed together with that certain portion of Garfield Street <br />bounded on the west by the estenslon southwardly of the western line of the above <br />described property, on the north by the above described property, on the east by <br />the extension southwardly of the eastern line of the above described property and <br />on the south by the center line of Garfield Street. <br /> <br /> BE IT~URTHER'RESOLVED~that the City Manegez b~,~and he~hereb~is~¥~a~thoriz~d~o,execute <br />such deed or other document as may be necessary to complete this transaction." <br /> <br />Ayes: Beamer, Corprew, Gray, Lucas, Webb, Whitlow, Holley <br />Nays: Ncne <br /> <br /> 84-380 Letter [rom the City Manager recommending adoption of a resolution to convey <br />property at 1231 Wirt Avenue to Harrison Smith (bidder). <br /> <br /> "As instructed by Council, the property located at 1231 Wirt Avenue was advertised for <br />sale. <br /> <br /> The only bid received was from Hamrison Smith, owner of the adjoining property, in the <br />amount of $2,300. The present assessed value of the property is $2,310. <br /> <br /> I recommend approval of the resolution to cony~y the property at 1231 Wirt Avenue to <br />Harrison Smith." <br /> <br /> On motion~6f Mr. Beamer and seconded by Mr. Gray, the following resolution was adopted, <br />and by the following vote: <br /> <br />"A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CONVEY CITY-OWNED PROPERTY <br />(1231 WIRT AVENUe). <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth owns certain hereinafter-described real property which <br />is no longer required for public purposes and is, hereby, declared to be excess property; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, said property has been advertised for sale as required by the Charter of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the highest bid received for the purchase of said property was the bid of <br />Harrison Smith in the amount of Two Thousand, Three Hundred Dollars (2,300); and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Council of the city of Portsmouth deems it to be in the best interest of <br />the City to convey such property to Harrison Smith. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council o~ the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, <br />that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to convey the hereinafter-described <br />real property to Harrison Smith for the sum of Two Thousand, Three~ Hundred Dollars ($2,300), <br />to-wit: <br /> <br /> Ail that certain piece or parcel of land know, numbered, and designated as <br />Lot 266 on the plat of South Portsmouth ~and & Improvement Company, recorded <br />in the Clerk's O~£ice of the Circuit Court of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia, <br />in Map Book 2, page 58 and 59. Said property being further described according <br />to the present street numbering system as 1231 Wirt Avenue. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to execute <br />such deed or other documents as may be necessary to complete this transaction." <br /> <br />Ayes: Beamer, Corprew, Gray, Lucas, Webb, Whitlow, Holley <br />Nays: None <br /> <br /> <br />