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• RESOLUTION <br />AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF LAND <br />(CITY TAX MAP 47A48) FROM T.E. WOOD <br />(Greenbelt Trail Expansion) <br />WHEREAS, the City desires to purchase, and T. E. Wood has agreed to sell to the City <br />of Charlottesville, approximately 2.3 acres of land located north of Idlewood subdivision near <br />Holmes Avenue, more particularly identified as Parcel 48 on City Tax Map 47A; and <br />WHEREAS, the subject property is residue land from the development of Idlewood <br />Subdivision, and is shown on the attached plat dated February 23, 2009, by Draper Aden <br />Associates; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Assessor has valued the subject property at $10,300.00, and the <br />City and Mr. Wood have signed an agreement evidencing the terms of the sale of the subject <br />property to the City for $10,300.00, which funds have been appropriated and are available in <br />Account P-00549 in the Parks and Recreation FY2010 budget; and <br />WHEREAS, City staff have recommended the purchase of the subject property to <br />preserve forested and riparian buffer, and provide improved greenbelt trail connectivity; now, <br />therefore <br />• BE IT RESOLVED by the Council for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the City <br />hereby authorizes the purchase of approximately 2.3 acres of land from T.E. Wood, as shown on <br />the attached plat, and the City Attorney is hereby directed to take whatever steps are necessary to <br />effect the closing of the conveyance of the subject property to the City. <br />Approved by Council <br />November 2, 2009 <br />CUA of City Council <br />40 <br />