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80 A RESOLUTION APPROVING REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR AMENDMENT NO. 6 THE FORT NELSON TO THE FORT NELSON PLACE PROJECT. WHEREAS, this Council Dy resolution adopted 1959, approved a Redevelopment Plan for the Fort Project, Portsmouth, Virginia; and December 3, Nelson Place WHEREAS, there has been presented to this body for consideration and approval, a copy of an amended Redevelopment Plan for the project area, which Plan consists of 11 pages and 2 exhibits; and WHEREAS, Amendment No. 6 proposes to change the Land Use Plan to allow for private commercial reuse; and WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority has resolved that this Amendment is in the best interest of the City's renewal effort; 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, creed, sex or national origin; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of this Council it is ia interest of the City and its inhabitants that the said Amendment be approved. the NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Amendment No. 6 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Fort Nelson Place Project, having been duly reviewed and considered, it is hereby found: (a) That the objectives of the Fort Nelson Place Project, Portsmouth, Virginia, can be better achieved by the adoption of said _Amendment to the Plan. (b) That Amendment No. 6 to the Plan for the project area meets the requirements of a Plan for an urban renewal project under Title 36 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as ~mended.