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41i relocation of displaced residents and businesses in the project area was also made available for consideration at the hearing. An opportunity was afforded all persons and representatives of organizations present to present their views with respect to the Urban Renewal Plan and the re- location of displaced persons. A number of people were present and comments and questions concerning the Urban Renewal Plan were made by W. R. Bingler, Jr., Lionel Key and Mrs. Arthur Smith. On motion by Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Coleman, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE APPROVING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR PROJECT NO. VA. R-12 WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Housing and Home Finance Administrator is authorized to provide financial assist- ance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects; and WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid there- under shall require that the Urban Renewal Plan for the respective project area be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated and and that such approval include findings by the governing body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; (2) the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise; and (3) the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and WHEREAS, the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (herein called the "Local Public Agency") has entered into a planning contract for financial assist- ance under such Act with the United States of America, acting by and through the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, pursuant to which Federal funds were pro- vided for the urban renewal project (herein called the "Project") identified as "Vinegar Hill Project No. Va. R-12", the metes and bounds of which are more parti- cularly set forth in exhibit marked "Metes and Bounds" hereto attached, in the City of Charlottesville, State of Virginia; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for additional financial assistance under such Act and proposes to enter into an additional contract or contracts with the Housing and Home Finance Agency for the undertaking of, and for making available additional financial assistance for, the Project; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences, and the social, cultural, and economic conditions of the Project area and has determine that the area is a blighted area and that it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the Locality at large, because the blighted area causes an increase in and spread of disease and crimes, and con-