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To declare a public necessity for and to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept two parcels of real property from Sauer Properties, Inc., and known as 1220 North 7th Street and 1241 North 7th Street for the purpose of a connector between the Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District and the proposed Enslaved African Heritage Campus in the city of Richmond. (6th District)
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WHEREAS, in the opinion of the Council of the City of Richmond, a public necessity exists for the acquisition of two parcels of real property known as 1220 North 7th Street and 1241 North 7th Street, and identified as Tax Parcel Nos. E000-0452/022 and E000-0452/027, respectively, in the 2022 records of the City Assessor, and for the acceptance of the dedication by gift of such parcels, consisting of approximately 1.526 acres, as shown on the documents entitled "Richmond Parcel Map," dated July 28, 2022, and "Figure 12: Full Extent of the African Burying Ground (44HE1203), within Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District, City of Richmond, VA; DHR No. 127-7231," copies of which are attached to this ordinance, from Sauer Properties, Inc., for the purpose of a connector between the Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District and the proposed Enslaved African Heritage Campus in the city of Richmond;
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That a public necessity exists for the acquisition of two parcels of real property known as 1220 North 7th Street and 1241 North 7th Street, and identified as Tax Parcel Nos. E000-0452/022 and E000-0452/027, respectively, in the 2022 records of the City Assessor, and for the acceptance of the dedication by gift of such parcels, consisting of approximately 1.526 acres, as shown on the documents entitled "Richmond Parcel Map," dated July 28, 2022, and "Figure 12: Full Extent of the African Burying Ground (44HE1203), within Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District, City of Richmond, VA; DHR No. 127-723...
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