CHAPTER 435
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 301 of the 1996 Acts of Assembly authorizing the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to convey certain real estate; revision of property description.
Approved March 16, 1997
Whereas, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (the Board), Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the Commonwealth of Virginia, owns a parcel of land in the City of Richmond bounded by Sherwood Avenue and Robin Hood Road on which is located an office, a warehouse, a paved parking area, and an abandoned railroad sidetrack; and
Whereas, the abandoned railroad sidetrack is of no use to the Board for its present or anticipated future purposes; and
Whereas, the land adjacent to the area occupied by the abandoned railroad sidetrack is owned by Richfood, Inc., which owns and operates the Richfood Dairy milk processing plant located thereon; and
Whereas, Richfood Dairy requires additional land to continue and expand its dairy operations at that site; and
Whereas, the conveyance of a part of said parcel, being a strip of land approximately 95 feet in width extending between and bounded by Sherwood Avenue and Robin Hood Road and containing 1.21 acres, more or less, upon which is located the abandoned railroad sidetrack would provide the additional space needed for Richfood Dairy's operations; and
Whereas, such conveyance would provide additional real estate tax revenue to the City of Richmond, as well as enable Richfood Dairy to maintain its workforce at the site with the opportunity to expand that workforce in the future; and
Whereas, Richfood, Inc., is the only owner of property adjacent to that strip of land, except the Board which has no anticipated use for it; and
Whereas, by Chapter 301 of the 1996 Acts of Assembly, the Board was authorized
to sell and convey that strip of land to Richfood, Inc.,
but, upon survey subsequent to enactment of Chapter 301 the
boundaries and dimensions of said strip of land were determined to be different
from the boundaries and dimensions described in Chapter 301; and
Whereas, by current survey, the Board and Richfood, Inc., have now established revised boundaries and dimensions which more accurately describe the strip of land to be conveyed and which should be substituted in Chapter 301 for the original boundaries and dimensions for completion of the intended conveyance; now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 1 of Chapter 301 of the 1996 Acts of Assembly is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, is hereby authorized to convey to Richfood, Inc., a strip of
land approximately 320 feet by 130 feet between Sherwood Avenue and Robin Hood
Road in the City of Richmond lying between the property of Richfood, Inc., and
the portion of the property owned by the Board that is paved for vehicle
parking and upon which is located a railroad sidetrack; or its
designated affiliate an irregularly shaped strip or parcel of land lying and
being in the City of Richmond, Virginia, approximately 95 feet in width (except
slightly less near Robin Hood Road), containing 1.21 acres more or less,
bounded on the north by Robin Hood Road, on the south by Sherwood Avenue, and
on the east and west by parallel lines lying approximately 95 feet apart, the
east line of which extends 530.88 feet along the current division line between
the properties of the Board and Richfood Dairy and the west line of which
extends 579.33 feet along and forming a new division line located immediately
east of the edge of pavement of the Board's rear parking lot, and being a part
of the approximately 21 acre tract comprising the Board's office and warehouse
facility; the conveyance shall be on terms determined by the Board
without competitive bidding. The purchase price for any conveyance shall be no
less than the fair market value of the property conveyed as determined by an
independent appraisal. The appropriate officials of the Commonwealth are
hereby authorized to prepare, execute and deliver such deed and other documents
as may be necessary to accomplish such conveyance.
2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.