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195 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO SIGN DEED OF RESTRICTION ON 609 BROWN STREET (CITY YARD) RESOLUTION: RESTRICTING ACCESS TO BROWN STREET FROM CITY YARD Dr. Gunter questioned the current zoning of the property and what it would be used for in the future. Mr. Conover indicated that he also had concern for the zoning of the property, specifically, that the use by Region Ten may have been more intensive than surrounding orooerties. Mr. Hendrix recommended that Mr. James Peterson, Executive Director of Region Ten Community Services Board, be contacted to address Council on their concerns at the next scheduled meeting. Mr. Glenn Larson, Planner II of the Department of Communuty Development, reported to the Council on the City's Housing Assistance Plan. Mr. Conover suggested that the Housing Assistance Goals for the City should be based on surrounding jurisdictions meeting the needs for subsidized housing since low income housing is a regional problem. On a motion by Mr. Conover, seconded by Dr. Hall, the Housing Assistance Plan was unanimously approved by Council with the modifications suggested by Mr. Conover. On a motion by Dr. Hall, seconded by Dr. Gunter, the Council unani- mously approved the following resolution authorizing the Mayor to sign a deed with restrictive covenants for 609 Brown Street: WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville is owner of certain real estate. fronting on Brown Street in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, more par. ticularly described as Parcel 129 on City Real Property Tax Map 32, with 99 feet of frontage on Brown Street and having a depth of 60 feet, conveyed to the City by deed recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Charlottesville in Deed Book 427, page 427, and a portion of Parcel 20, on City Real Property Tax Map 32, with 135 feet of frontage on Brown Street and having a depth of 60 feet; and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the concerns of adjacent property owners as to the impact of certain permitted uses in M-1 Restricted Industrial zones; and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need for assurance to the adjacent property owners that the City will not use the said property for activities which have a significant adverse impact on the adjacent property owners and neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need for a visual buffer between the City Yard uses on the said property and the residential area to the south; and WHEREAS, the City Council is willing and wants to restrict the use of said property; WITNESSETH: Therefore, in consideration of the benefits to be de~i'v~d by the City and adjacent owners from such restrictions, the City Council does hereby voluntarily agree to restrict the use of the aforesaid property as follows: (1) The above mentioned property shall only be used for parking, storage of non-hazardous materials and equipment, offices or residential uses. (2) The City shall cause evergreen screening to be along the street frontages of theproperty to act as a visual and aesthetic buffer from adjacent residences. (3) The height of any building erected on the property shall not exceed 45 feet. These restrictions are such that they run with the land and are binding on the present owners and all successors. They are granted for the benefit of the City of CHarlottesville, the Starr Hill Neighborhood Association or its successors or assigns, and the adjacent property owners or their successors or assigns, any of whom may seek to enforce this covenant, at their discretion, in a court of appropriate equity jurisdiction. On a motion by Mrs. Gleason, seconded by Dr. Gunter, the following resolution was unanimously adopted by Council: BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the gates to the City Yard located on Brown Street will