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AUQust 23. 2005 Staff Recommends: Adoption of a Resolution supporting Amendment #13 to the Park View Conservation and Redevelopment Plan, which proposes the acquisition, relocation and demolition of ten homes on Elm Avenue in order to meet State site requirements for the new Park View Elementary School. Vision Principle: Neighborhood and Community Transformation. Next Steps Following Council Action: . If Council approves the adoption of Amendment #13 to the Park View Plan, PRHA will commence with the acquisition, relocation and demolition of the ten houses on Elm Avenue designated as "To Be Acquired." The School Board will proceed with the plans for the new Park View Elementary School, with an anticipated opening for the 2008-09 School Year. Motion by Ms. Psi mas, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to adopt the following resolution, and was adopted by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 13 TO THE PARK VIEW CONSERVATION AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PARK VIEW CONSERVATION AND REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. WHEREAS, this Council by resolution adopted June 25, 1968, approved a Conservation and Redevelopment Plan for the Park View Conservation and Redevelopment Project, Portsmouth, Virginia (Plan) and has approved subsequent amendments thereto; and WHEREAS, there has been presented to this body for consideration and approval a copy of an amended Plan (Amendment 13) consisting of 23 pages and two exhibits for the project area; and WHEREAS, Amendment No. 13 proposes to designate additional properties as "To Be Acquired"; and WHEREAS, this Council is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed by the provisions of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, including those prohibiting discrimination because of race, age, color, religion, familial status, handicap, sex 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 regarding Amendment No. 13, it is hereby found: (a) That the objectives of the Park View Conservation and Redevelopment Conservation Project, Portsmouth, Virginia, can be better achieved by the adoption of said Amendment to the Plan. (b) That Amendment No. 13 meets the requirements of a plan for an urban renewal project pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. 2. That Amendment No. 13, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby approved and adopted, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to file a copy of said Amendment with the minutes of this meeting." Ayes: Heretick, Moody, Psi mas, Randall, Whitehurst, Holley Nays: None