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67 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A CONSERVATION PLAN FOR THE CRADOCK CONSERVATION DISTRICT WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Housing and Com/aunity Development Act of 1977, financial assistance is provided to localities for undertaking and carrying out community development activities, including the execution of conservation projects; and WHEREAS, said conservation projects must be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated and that such approval must include findings by the governing body that: (1) the Conservation Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a'whole, for conservation of the project area by private and/or public enterprise; and (2) that Conservation Plan conforms to the~general-plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and WHEREAS, a plan, identified as the Conservation Plan for the Cradock Conservation District (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), dated September 1978, and consisting of five pages and one exhibit has been referred to this Council for review and approval; and WHEREAS, the Plan for the conservation district identified as the Cradock Conservation District (hereinafter called the "Project"), encompasses the area as described in the attached boundary description in the City of Portsmouth, State of Virginia (hereinafter called the "Locality"), and delineated on the attached exhibit; and WHEREAS, a study of the project area has been made and it has been determined that the area is deteriorating and eligible for conservation pursuant to Title 36.of the Code of Virginia; and WHEREAS, this Council is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed by the provisions of the Housing and Community'Development Act of 1977, including those prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, sex or national origin: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmonth: That it is hereby deemed appropriate and in the public interest that a conservation program be carried out in the Cradock neighborhood within the boundaries described in the Cradock Conservation District Plan. That it is hereby found and determined that the Plan for the project area will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the needs of the City of Portsmouth as a whole, for the conservation of the area.