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April 28, ,1970 70-168 - "I submit the attached res~lution and recommend its adoption. This amends the Northside Redevel- opment Project, Va. R-sg, creating a new parcel, No. SA. This parcel will be acquired by the City to provide mn entrance to the Cedar Grove Cemetery in lieu of the present one from Glasgow Street. This will create a right-of-way from Fort Lane into the ~emetery gate at its present location." On motion of Mr. King, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: "RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTS~OUT~, VIRGINIA, APPROVING THE REDEI~LOP?'~N~F PLAN AS ;~,~ENDED BY AMENDMENT NO. I, NORTHSIDE REDEVELOP~',,~NT PROJECT, VA. R- 39 ~CqE.REAS, by resolution adopted August 9, 1966, the Council of the City of Portsmouth, approved a Redevelopment Plan for the Nortnslde. Redevelopment Project, designated as Project VA. R-39; and IFHERHAS, in accordance with Section F of the said Plan, it so provides that said Redevelopment Plan may be amended by the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority with the consent of the City Cotuncil; and ~¢HEREAS, the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority in undertaking Che execution of Project No. VA. R-S9 has at the request of the City found it necessary to make m~nor changes-to said Redevetopm~t~ Plan; and ~ERHAS, the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority has approved the changes to the Redevelopment Plan by resolution which Plan dated April, 1970; together with said resolution has been referred to City Council for review and approval and the City Colmcil has duly considered said Redevelopment Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, as follows: 1. That said Redevelopment Plan, as mmended, dated April,1970, for the Project aforementioned, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby approved. 2. That the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file said copy of s~id Redevelopment Plan with the minutes of this meeting. Ayes: Barnes, Eastes, Hotley, Johnson, King, Smith, Turner Nays: None 70-169 - "I submit the atta~qed resolution and recommend its adoption. This authorizes the submission of an application for a grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Develonment for a beautification program. ~e request is for a grant of $37, 500 from HUD to continue our beautification projects throughout the City." On motion of ~4r. Johnson, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF ~q APPLICATION FOR A GR~NT TO CONDUCT A CITY WIDE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT D~DER THE URBAN BEAUTIFICATION ~D IMPROVE~NT PROGR~ %~REAS, Title !X of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 amends Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, and provides for the making of grants by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to States and local public bodies to assist them in the beautification and improvement of open-space and other public urban land where sumh assistance is needed for carrying out a local program which is important ~o the compre- hensively planned development of the locality; and WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth desires to beautify and improve open-space and other public urban land to facilitate their increased use mudenpoyment,' · and ~EP~AS, Title VI of the~TCiwil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that Title prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in the use of all facilities and insorovements provided by Federal assistance; and NHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth is cognizant of the codit~ons that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of programs assisted under Title 1/II of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, including those re- lating to labor standars and equal en~o~ loyment opportunity; eo~d }~EREAS, it is estimated that the cost of the activities proposed to be carried out in performance of beautification and imorovement of open-space and other public land exceeds the usual expenditures of the City of Portsmouth for comparable activities by $7S,000.00. NOW, THEREFORE., BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: That an application be made to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act~of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, for urban beautification and improvement of ~pen-space and other public urbsn land, which amount is presently estimated to be $37,500.0~ and that the (Applican%) will provide the balance of the cost of $37,500.00. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and to file such application with the Department of Housing and Urban Develonment, to pro%~de additional information and to furnish such documents as may be require8 by said Department, to execute such contracts as are re- quired by said Department, ~d to act as the authorized correspondent of the City of Poi~tsmouth. That the proposed urban beautification activities are in accordance with the beautification orogram prepared by Portsmouth, of importance to the comprehensively planned development of the locality, and that, should said grant application be approved, the City df Portsmouth will undertake, carry out, and complete said urban beautification activities designated in said application and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they here- by are, assured of full compliance by the City of Portsmouth with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.