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328 Resolution re: 100 Units of Public Housing Martha Jefferson Impact Study On motion by Mr. Brunton, seconded by Mr. Gatewood the Mayor was authorized to execute a grant application to the Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Litter Control for a grant for'the purpose of promoting enforcement of anti-litter statutes. A communication was presented from the Housing Authority stating that the Department of Housing and Urban Development had informed the Authority that it will accept an applic,ation to develop additional public housing units in the City of Charlottesville. At its January 3rd meeting the Board directed the staff to apply for contract authority for 100 units and requested that the Council approve the application for~preliminary loan. The City Manager stated that the staff recommended that in view of the amount of public housing in the works at the present~ time it might be well to wait until these projects are farther along. Mr. Rich Collins, Chairman of the Housing Authority addressed Council in support of the request. On motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Barbour the following resolution was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, and Mr. Fife. Noes: Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. WHEREAS, it is the policy of this locality to eliminate substandard and other inadequate housing, to prevent the spread of slums and blight., and to realize as soon as feasible the goal of a decent home in a suitable living environment for all of its citizens; and WHEREAS, under the provisions of the United States Housing Act of.1937, as amended, the United States of America, acting through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (herein called the "Government"), is authorized to provide financial assistance to lOcal public housing agencies for undertaking and carrying out preliminary planning of low-rent housing projects that will assist in meeting this goal; and WHEREAS, the Act provides that there shall be local determination of the need for low-rent housing to meet needs not being.adequately met by private enterprise and that the Governmenn shall not make any contract with a public housing agency for preliminary loans for surveys and planning in respect to any low-rent housing projects unless the governing body of the locality involved has by resolution approved the application of the public housing agency such preliminary loan; and WHEREAS, the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (herein called the "Local Authority") is a public housing agency and is applying to the Government for a preliminary loan to cover the costs of surveys and planning in connection with the development of low-rent housing; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Council of the City of Charlottesville as follows: 1. That there exists in the City of Charlottesville a need for such loW-rent housing which is not being met by private enterprise;' 2. That the application of the Local Authority to the Government for a preliminary loan in an amount not to exceed $20,000.00 for surveys and planning in connection with low- rent housing projects of not to exceed approximately 100 dwelling units is hereby approved. On motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Barbour the Planning Commission was directed to take a look at the issues concerning zoning and the 1990 Land Use Plan in the Martha Jefferson Impact Study. A motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Barbour that the Capital Improvements such as sidewalks, curbs and gutters in the Martha Jefferson Impact Study be included in the Capital Improve- ments Budget, was unanimously adopted.