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in the undertaking and carrying out of any program or activity receiving federal funds under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA: 1o That the City Manager be and is hereby directed, for and on behalf of the City of Portsmouth, to file an application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for funds to defray a portion of the cost of instituting a concentrated program enforcing the provisions of the City Code and for the construction of certain public improvements in the Mount Hermon and Park View areas of the City of Portsmouth as set forth in Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended; said funds shall represent two-thirds of the cost of the program, which cost is estimated to be $2,~48,969.73. 2. That the City Manager is further authorized and directed to provide such information and furnish such documents as may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the grant applied for, and to otherwise act as the authorized representative of the City of Portsmouth in accomplishing the said program. 3. That during the period of the grant for code enforcement, the City will maintain a level of expenditures for code en- forcement activities exclusive of expenditures in any federally assisted code enforcement or Title I urban renewal project areas that is not less than the average yearly expenditure for such activities throughout the City for the two full fiscal years immediately preceding the filing of such application. 4. That the City will maintain a program for and will provide in a timely manner all necessary public improvements for the code enforcement areas. 5. That the Council is of the op~n~on that there exists in the City an adequate amount of decent, safe and sanitary housing which is available to persons displaced as a result of the con- centrated code enforcement and public improvements programs at prices which are within their financial means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of persons that may be displaced; and it is the sense of the Council that such dis- placed persons, if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable regulations of the Department of housing and Urban Development.