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October 11_~1994 UAt your S~ptember'27 meeting, you held a joint public hearing with the,.Commissioners of the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority on the proposed Amendment Number 3 to the SouthSide IV Redevelopment Plan. This a~endment proposes to change the land use plan for the properties generally bounded by Wavy, First, and Lincoln Streets and the property boundary lines of those properties frontin~ on PortCentre Parkway from Residential-Mixed Land Use ~o Industrial Land Use. The amendment would also change the land use for the former Coast Guard Base property fronting on First Street from Residential-Mixed Land Use to Industrial Land Use. These changes are requested in order to encourage development in the area. The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority is expected to adopt a resolution reco=~ending approval of the amendment at its next meeting on October 11. I recommend that you adopt a resolution approving the change." Motion by Mr. Martin, and seconded by Mr. Hawks, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE SOUTHSIDE IV REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE SOUTHSIDE IV REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. WHEREAS, this Council by resolution adopted May 9, 1978, approved a Redevelopment Plan for the Southside IV Redevelopment Project, Portsmouth, Virginia; and 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 15 pages and 2 exhibits; and WHEREAS, Amendment No. 3 proposes to change the Land Use Plan to allow for industrial and industrial-mixed reuses; 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 Co=~unity Development Act of 1974, as amended, including those prohibiting discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, handicap or national origin; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of this Council it is in the interest of the City and its inhabitants that the said Amendment be approved. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Amendment No. 3 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Southside IV Redevelopment Project, having been duly reviewed and considered, it is hereby found: (a) That the objectives of the Southside IV Redevelopment Project, Portsmouth, Virginia, can be better achieved by the adoption of said Amendment. (b) That Amendment No. 3 for the project area meets the requirements as a Redevelopment Project under Title 36 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended.