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R-9,9-21 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 30 TO THE CRAWFORD <br />CONSERVATION AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CRAWFORD <br />URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, this Council by resolution adopted August 1, 1967, approved a <br />Conservation and Redevelopment Plan for the Crawford Urban Renewal Project, <br />Portsmouth, Virginia (Plan); and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there has been presented to this body for consideration and <br />approval, a copy of an amended Plan for the project area, which Plan consists of 18 pages <br />and 4 exhibits (Amendment No: 30); and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Amendment No. 30 proposes to designate additional properties as <br />"To Be Acquired"; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, this Council is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed by the <br />provisions of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. as amended. <br />including those prohibiting discrimination because of race, age, color, religion, familial <br />status, handicap, sex, or national origin; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, in the judgment of this Council, it is in the interest of the city and its <br />inhabitants that the said Amendment be approved. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br />1. That regarding Amendment No. 30, it is hereby found: <br /> <br />(a) That the objectives of the Crawford Urban Renewal Project. <br /> Portsmouth, Virginia, can be better achieved by the adoption of said <br /> Amendment to the Plan. <br /> <br />(b) That Amendment No. 30 meets the requirements of a plan for an <br /> urban renewal project pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Code of <br /> Virginia, 1950, as amended. <br /> <br />2. That Amendment No. 30. having been duly reviewed and considered, is <br /> hereby approved and adopted and the City Clerk is hereby directed to file <br /> a copy of said Amendment with the minutes of this meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />