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<br /> RESOLUTION <br />APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AT 410 OLD LYNCHBURG ROAD WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville seeks to expand publicly available areas for park, and trail uses, recreational enjoyment, and community agricultural purposes; and <br />WHEREAS, MOORES CREEK FARM LLC (the “Owner”) is the owner of land <br />designated as County Parcel ID 07600-00-00-055E0, located on Interstate 64, Moores Creek and State Route 780 (Old Lynchburg Road), and has indicated a willingness to convey the subject land to the City of Charlottesville for creation of trail(s) and parkland (the “Property”); and <br /> WHEREAS, the land to be conveyed, hereinafter the “Property”, is described as follows: All that certain parcel of land with improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto, <br />situated in the County of Albemarle, Virginia on the north side of Interstate 64 and the <br />east side of State Route 780, containing 8.45 acres, more or less, as shown on a Boundary Survey Plat by Roger W. Ray & Assoc., Inc., dated May 11, 2023. BEING the same property conveyed to Moores Creek Farm LLC, a Virginia limited <br />liability company, by deed from Erin Lynn Page, Leigh Ann Cason Walsh, Kelley <br />Marie Thomas, Richard Clay Cason, Jr., Hazel Patricia Holland, George Albert Cason, Jr., and Jaqueline Fay Cornachio dated December 1, 2021, and recorded March 16, 2022 in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, as Instrument No. 202200003237. <br /> WHEREAS, Owner has agreed to convey to the City the Property for the purchase price of $350,000; and WHEREAS, funds are available for the purchase and development of the Property <br />through grants from Virginia Land Conservation Fund and Land and Water Conservation <br />Fund managed by the Parks and Recreation Department (Account PR-001); and WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation seeks approval from City Council to proceed with the purchase of the above-described Property at a purchase price of <br />$350,000, with funding supplied by use of funds from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund <br />and the Land and Water Conservation Fund through the Parks and Recreation trails and parkland fund; and WHEREAS, use of such funding shall require the recording of a deed restriction on <br />the parcel referenced herein; and <br /> WHEREAS, upon acquisition, the Property at 410 Old Lynchburg Road will be added into the public park system; and <br />Page 40 of 171