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PUBLIC HEARING RE: AMENDMENT - VINEGAR HILL PROJECT RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 1 - ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT~ THE FOREGOING REQUEST WAS GRANTED. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE JOINTLY WITH THE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ON A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE VINEGAR HILL URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT NO, VA R-12. MR. FRED ROBINSON OF HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW AND ASSOCIATES EXPLAINED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT I'N DETAIL AFTER WHICH AN OPPORTUNITY WAS AFFORDED EVERYONE PRESENT TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS. MR. ERWIN $OLOMON~ ATTORNEY REPRESENTING MR, WALTER FOWLER~ HR. BRAXTON FOWLER AND MRS. WINSLOW FOWLER CLARK SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE INCLUSION OF HIS CLIENTIS PROPERTY. MR, BOB GARVER~ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DOWNTOWN~ ~NC. AND HR, HOBART GARLETTS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED PLAN, ON MOTION BY HR. MOUNT~ SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTY~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: HR. HAGGERTY~ MR. HOUNT~ HR. RENNOLDS. NOES: MR. VOGT; RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE APPROVING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT NO. t AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR PROJECT NO, VA, R-12 WHEREAS~ UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITL~ I OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1949~ AS AMENDED~ THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCIES FOR UNDERTAKING AND CARRYING OUT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSS AND WHEREAS~ It IS PROVIDED IN SUCH ACT THAT CONTRACTS FOR AID THEREUNDER SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE RESPECTIVE PROJECT AREA BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE LOCALITY IN WHICH THE PROdECT IS SITUATED AND THAT SUCH APPROVAL INCLUDE FINDINGS BY THE GOVERNING BODY THAT: THE FINANCIAL AID TO BE PROVIDED IN THE CONTRACT IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE PROJECT TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL AFFORD MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY~ CONSISTENT WITH THE SOUND NEEDS OF THE LOCALITY AS A WHOLE~ FOR THE REDEVELOP- MENT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISES THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CONFORMS TO A GENERAL PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCALITY AS A WHOLE~ AND THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN GIVES DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE PARK AND RECREATIONAL AREAS AND FACILITIES~ AS MAY BE DESIRABLE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT~ WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE HEALTH~ SAFETY~ AND WELFARE OF CHILDREN RESIDING IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE SITE COVERED BY THE PLANS AND WHEREAS~ THE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY (HEREIN CALLED THE "LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY~') HAS ENTERED INTO A LOAN AND GRANT CONTRACT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER SUCH ACT WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA~ ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT~ PURSUANT TO WHICH FEDERAL FUNDS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IDENTITIED AS ~'VlNEGAR HILL PROJECT~ PROJECT NO. VA. R-12'~ AND ENCOMPASSING THE AREA DESCRIBED ON THE ATTACHED BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION IN THE CiTY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ STATE OF VIRGINIA (HEREIN CALLED THE ~LOCALITY'~)S AND WHEREAS, THE LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY OBTAINED THE CONCURRENCE OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT TO COMMENCE AND PREPARE WiTH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE~ AN AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SUCH PROJECT AREAS AND WHEREAS~ THE LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER SUCH ACT AND PROPOSES TO ENTER INTO AN AMENDED LOAN AND GRANT CONTRACT WITCH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE UNDERTAKING OF~ AND FOR MAKI,NG AVAILABLE ADDITIONAL F~NANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR) THE PROJECT; AND WHEREAS~ THE LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY HAS HERETOFORE MADE DETAILED STUDIES OF THE LOCATION~ PHYSICAL COND~TION OF STRUCTURES~ LAND USE~ ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES~ AND SOClAL~ CULT[URAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE PROdECT AREA AND HAS DETERMINED THAT THE AREA AS AMENDED IS A SLUM~ BLIGHTED AND DETERIORATING AREA AND THAT tt IS DETRIMENTAL AND A MENACE TO THE SAFETY~ HEALTH~ AND WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS AND USERS THEREOF AND OF THE LOCAL~ITY AT LARGE~ BECAUSE OF DILAPIDATION) OBSOLESCENCE~ OVERCROWDING~ FAULTY ARRANGEMENT OF DESIGN~ LACK OF VENTILATION~ LIGHT~ AND SANITARY FACILITIES~ EXCESSIVE LAND COVERAGE~ DELITERIOUS LAND USES~ OR OBSOLETE LAYOUT~ OR A COMBINATION OF THESE OR OTHER FACTOR$~ AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS GOVERNING BODY HAVE BEEN FULLY APPRISED BY THE LOCAL PUBLIC: AGENCY~ AND ARE AWARE OF THESE FACTS AND CONDITIONSS AND WHEREAS~ THERE HAS BEEN PREPARED AND REFERRED TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE LOCALITY (HEREIN CALLED THE ~tGOVERNING BODYt~) FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PROdECT AREA~ AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT NO. 1~ AND DATED JUNE 19~7 AND CONSISTING OF SEVENTEE~ PAGES OF TEXT AND ~ EXHIB1TSS AND WHEREAS, SAID REDEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY~ AS EVIDENCED BY A COPY~F SAID BODYIS DULY CERTIFIED RESOLUTION APPROVING SAiiD REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AND WHEREAS~ A GENERAL PLAN HAS BEEN PREPARED AND tS RECOGNIZED AND USED AS A GUIDE FOR THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCALITY AS A WHOLES AND WHEREAS~ SAID REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PROJECT AREA PRESCRIBES CERTAIN LAND USES FOR THE PROJECT AREA AND WILL REQUIRE AMONG OTHER THINGS~ THE VACATING AND REMOVAL