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RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT~MOUTH, VIRGINIA, APPROVING THE CONSERVATION PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR THE PARKvIEV; CONS-/. ERVATION PROJECT, PROJECT NO. VA. 1{-48 WHEREAS, under the prowsions of Titls I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to pro- vide financial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out conservation projects; and V~HEREAS, it is provided iH such Act ~hat contraqts for financial aid thereunder shall require that the Conservation Plan for the respective project area be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated and that such approval include findings by the governing body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract ts necessary to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the Conservation Plan; (2) the Conservation Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the Conservation area by private enterprise; (3) the Conservation Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and (4) the Conservation Plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special considera~tion for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan; and. WHEREAS, the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (herein called the "Local Public Agency") has entered 'into a planning contract fo-r financial' assistance under such Act with the united sta~es of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to which Federal funds' were provided for the preparation of S~r~eys and pla'ns f?~ the Pa~kview Censer- v~tion Project, Project No. Va. R~48 (he~ein called th~ ProJ,.ect ) and enc6m- · passing the area described on t~e attached Boundary Description, locatedin the · City of Portsmouth, Virginia (herein cal'led the "Locality"); and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the ' location, physical condition of structures, land usej enviromentaI influences, and social, cultural, and economic conditions of the P~roject area and has deter- m~ned that the area is a blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating area, susceptible- of conservation but under existing cond~itions is detrimental and a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare Of ~he inhabitants and users thereof and of the locality at large, because of the following: 55. 1 of the 99.5 project acres, or 55.4 percent are in a blighted, d~te[riorated or deteriorating o~ exert a Bli~htln~ influence;474 of the 505 principal buildings ' or o3 8 ..2~2~i&~ ~__: ~.~ ,' . ~ deteriorated; and the clearance of 35 ~rincin~] h,l~,~=~. ' ' - -'- ~o remove blighting ~nfluences and/or to achieve the objectives of/he Cons erv'ation Plan; further, this blighted deteriorated or deteriorating area is detrimental to safety, health, morals and welfarelof ~l~ community,because of dilapidation and basic enviromental deficiencies sudh as o--a~--~--.~'-- ; ~ · , -~-~uwul~g or ~mproper location- of structures on the land; excessive d~letl~ng unit density; ih~ompa~ible land use relation ships; obsolete building typ~s; 'ina~lgquate street layout, inadequate p~rking and the dilapidation of auxiliary structures in rear ',-ar-~ --~:~- accumulation of debris produces a dele~erious.effeit in so~e area of the project; and the members of the Governing Bod~ ha%id been-fully apprised by the Local Public A enc and are ..... g y awar~ of these facts and condxtxons: and