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October 10, 1989 provided, that if any such project shall require less than the entire respective amount set forth above, the difference may be applied to pay the cost of any other project so set forth. City Clerk City of Portsmouth, 6. Thisresolution shall take effect from adoption." Ayes: Barnes, Gray, Hawks, Lucas, Simpson, Webb Nays: Corprew Virginia" the date of its' D) Motion of Mrs. Lucas and seconded by Mr. Simpson, the following resolution was adopted, and by the following vote: "A RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 19 TO THE CRAWFORD CONSERVATION AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CRAWFORD URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT. WHEREAS, this Council by resolution adopted August 1, 1967, approved a Conservation and Redevelopment Plan for the Crawford Urban Renewal Project, Portsmouth, Virginia (Plan); and WHEREAS, there has been presented to this body for consideration and approval, a copy of an amended Plan for the project area, which Plan consists of 15 pages and 4 exhibits (Amendment No. 19); and WHEREAS, Amendment No. 19 proposes to designate additional properties as "To Be Acquired" and to redesignate several renovated properties as "NOt 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, creed, familial status, handicap~ sex or national orig~n; 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. N~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth,iVirginia: 1. That regarding Amendment No. 19, it is hereby found: (a) That the~objectives of the Crawford Urban Renewal Project, Portsmouth, Virginia, can be~better achieved by the adoption of said amendment to the Plan. (b) That Amendment No. 19 meets the requirements of a plan for an urban renewal project pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 365 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended.