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Presentation re: House Bank Program Presentation re: Revision to CHIP Regulations Appropriation re: General District Court - $2,027 Appropriation re: Street Lights - $337.81 1. That a n be made to Council at its April .3~ that a non-profit Economic Development Corporation, that is structured so as to qualify for Community Development Block Grant Funds, be organized. 2. That $25,000 be provided as working capital and operating funds' for this corporation. 3. This corporation should be sponsored and directed by business people and be generally charged with providing the leadership for economic development which the Labovitz report said was lacking. 4. Further, this corporation should be specifically charged with the responsibility of arranging financing and development of Vinegar Hill tract. 5.Adequate minority representation should be provided in the activities of the corporation. 6. That the corporation be organized and funded and the Director appointed with in 90 days. The MaYor stated that a public hearing would be held on April 17th on proceeding with either extension of the Mall or other proposals by the public on the use. of the Vinegar'Hill Close-Out Funds. Mr. Gene Arrington, Executive Director of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority addressed the Council and presented a House Bank Program Administrative Plan which recommends the .acquisition, rehabilitation and sale of substandard single family dwelling units directed towards the preservation of neighborhoods. The proposal also recoi~ended that only those structures determined to be structurally feasible for rehabilitation, be subject to inclusion in the program, the inclusion of only those dwellings in which rehabilitation is determined to be financially feasible and the sale of house bank properties at a price equal to the invest- menn cost. On motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Barbour the proposed House Bank Program, was unanimously approved. Mr. Dave Baldwin of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority addressed the Council and presented administrative procedures for the City Housing Rehabilitation Program conducted through the Charlottesville Housing Improvement Program. The procedures contain the following revisions: 1. Definition of qualified applicants; 2. Income limit; 3. Grant formula; 4. Structure feasibility; 5. Extension of rehab standards; and 6. CHIP required income standards. On motion by Mr. Barbour, seconded by Mr. Fife the foregoing amendments were unanimously approved. The resolution appropriating $2,027 for equipment for the General District Courn Clerk's Office, which was offered at the meeting of the Council on March 20, 1978, was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Fife, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs.Q'Brien. Noes: None. On motion by Mr. Brunton, seconded by Mr. Gatewood the following resoution was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Fife, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes: None. 352..