File #: ORD. 2020-262    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 12/15/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/4/2021 Final action: 1/11/2021
Title: To declare a public necessity for and to authorize the acquisition of the parcels of real property owned by Harry and Betty Loving, LLC and Loving's Produce, LLC and known as 200 North 17th Street, 208 North 17th Street, 212 North 17th Street, 214 North 17th Street, 220 North 17th Street, 222 North 17th Street, 103 Ambler Street, 1600 East Franklin Street, 1604 East Franklin Street, 1606 East Franklin Street, 1610 East Franklin Street, and 1601 East Grace Street for the purpose of the planned Enslaved African Heritage Campus in Shockoe Bottom in the city of Richmond.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2020-262, 2. Staff Report, 3. Supplemental Documents, 4. Map, 5. Letter of Support_Preservation Virginia
Title
To declare a public necessity for and to authorize the acquisition of the parcels of real property owned by Harry and Betty Loving, LLC and Loving's Produce, LLC and known as 200 North 17th Street, 208 North 17th Street, 212 North 17th Street, 214 North 17th Street, 220 North 17th Street, 222 North 17th Street, 103 Ambler Street, 1600 East Franklin Street, 1604 East Franklin Street, 1606 East Franklin Street, 1610 East Franklin Street, and 1601 East Grace Street for the purpose of the planned Enslaved African Heritage Campus in Shockoe Bottom in the city of Richmond.
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WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Council of the City of Richmond, a public necessity exists for the acquisition of the following properties, with tax parcel numbers as shown in the 2020 records of the City Assessor, from its current owners, Harry and Betty Loving, LLC and Loving's Produce, LLC, for the purpose of the planned Enslaved African Heritage Campus in Shockoe Bottom in the city of Richmond:
200 North 17th Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0159/015
208 North 17th Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0159/013
212 North 17th Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0159/012
214 North 17th Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0159/011
220 North 17th Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0159/009
222 North 17th Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0159/008
103 Ambler Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0129/022
1600 East Franklin Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0129/019
1604 East Franklin Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0129/003
1606 East Franklin Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0129/018
1610 East Franklin Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0129/012
1601 East Grace Street Tax Parcel No. E000-0129/029
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That a public necessity exists for the acquisition of the following parcels of real property with ta...

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