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i08 August 26, 1980 Parks and Recreation Commission Lola F. Kirsch to fill an unexFired term, ending July 1, 1982, replacin~ Wendy Harder, who resigned. Board of Appeals Dan Griffin to be reappointed £or a term of four years, ending September 1, 1984. Virginia Municpal League (Urban Section) J. E. Johansen to replace Richard J. Davis. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Commission F. J. Greaney to be reappointed for a term three years; Diane G. Winston replacing Dr. C.M.G.Buttery and Andrew J. Johnston, Jr. replacing Frank L. Kirby, for terms of three years, ending July 1, 1983. Supplemental Retirement Board James A. Brown, member of the Retirement Board to be appointed as Chairman. Motion of Mrs. Webb and seconded by Mr. Oast, to close nominations, and there being no further nominations, the above members to be elected to the designated Board/Commission, and was adopted by unanimous vote. The meeting recessed at 8:30 p.m. to reconvene at T. A~. Willett Auditorium, Woodrow Wilson High School. The Mayor reconvened the meeting at 9:00 p.m. for the scheduled Public Hearing. 80-299 Jo~int Public Hearing of the Portsmouth City Council and the Portsmouth Redevelo ~ent Ho~ing Aut]3~Qri-ty on a proposed a~endment to-the City of Portsmouth's M~ms~ng~Assis~ance Plan (HAP) contained within the 1979 Three-Yda9 Community Development Program was held with the following Commissioners present: Portsmouth Redevelopment ~ Housing AUthority H~rbert K. Bangel, Chairman, Mrs. Char~es Downs, Ralph W. Gholson, William H. east, III, James D. Topping, Michael A. Kay, Hxecutive Director. Mayor Johansen presented the following statement: "This meeting has been called this evening for the purpose of providing interested individuals an opportunity to comment on a proposed amendment to the 1979 Housing Assistance Plan which designates Census Tracts 103 and 125 as acceptable locations for the construction of new multi-family housing assisted under the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program. In this connection, we have announced that it lis the City's proposal to have 100 new multi- family units developed in Census Tract 125 through the Section 8 Program. Before we call upon the City Manager to comment on this matter, I would like to welcome the Commissioners of the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority who are withius this evening to hear your comments on this community development proposal. Following Mr.iWilliams remarks and comments from other City and Authority staff members, inasmuch as we have a full agenda this evening, I woul~ like to ask everyone who wishes to speak to write theirlnames an, addresses on a card which has been provided and send them up so that we might expedite this hearing ...... Before we turn the meeting ove~ for comment of Our citizens, I would like to ask the City Manager, Mr. McGinnis and Mr. May of the Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority for their remarks." The City Manager presented the following statement: "For several months the City and the Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority, pursuant to statutory requirements of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, have attempted to identify this City's housing needs and to secure HUD's acknowledgement of these identified needs through their approval of our Housing Assistance Plan. These Federal regula- tions require that the City take steps to provide fair housing opportunities outside areas of racial and economic impaction of the City to low and moderate income residents of this commun~l Thus far, our previous proposed efforts have been unacceptable to HUD for various reasons and as a result the City of Portsmouth's 1980 Community Development Tunds, some 4.3 million do! have been withheld until the City approves and moves forward with a Housing Assistance Plan which is acceptable to HUD. The conditioning of our funds is being taken by the Federal Gover~ merit, despite the fact that the over~helming majority of such funds are earmarked for the dire~ benefit Of low and moderate income residents. On March 25, 1980 City Council considered and approved a resolution directing the City and PRHA to develop the City's CD housing sImategy, in such a way as to give priority to hoUsing rehabilitation and individual neighborhood revitalization. Th~s strategy was to utilize all of the programs available to the City from HUD in order to satisfy HUD requirement~ while at the same time furthering the implement~i~of a locally developed and approved housing strategy. y. it