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12 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE HATTONSVILLE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, this Council by resolution adopted October 27, 1981, approved a Redevelopment Plan for the Hattonsville Redevelopment Project, Portsmouth, Virginia (Plan); and WHEREAS, there has been presented to this body for consideration and approval, a copy of an amended plan for the project area, which Plan consists of 20 pages and 2 exhibits (Amendment No. 2); and WHEREAS, Amendment No. 2 proposes to change the land use plan from industrial reuse to public reuse for the eastern portion of the project area; and WHEREAS, this Council is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed by the provisions of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, including those prohibiting discrimination because of race, age, color, religion, familial status, handicap, sex or national origin; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of this Council, it is in the interest of the City and its inhabitants that the said Amendment be approved. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth; Virginia: 1. That regarding Amendment No. 2, it is hereby found: (a) That the objectives of the Hattonsville Project, Portsmouth, Virginia, can be better achieved by the adoption of said Amendment to the Plan. (b) That Amendment No. 2 meets the requirements of a Redevelopment Project pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. 2. That Amendment No. 2, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby approved and adopted and the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a copy of said Amendment with the minutes of this meeting. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meeting held on February 14, 1995. Teste: City Clerk