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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1995 Martinsville Redevelopment and Housing Authority of a Redevelopment Plan for the redevelopment of the Massey Street area; and WHEREAS, procedures and regulations are provided under Title 36 of the Code of Virginia for the designation of the said redevelopment area and implementation of a Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, rules and regulations are detailed under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, which set forth procedures to follow in the acquisition of real property in a redevelopment area and for the relocation assistance to be provided the residents currently residing in the designated area; and WHEREAS, Section 104(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, requires the City of Martinsville to provide a one- for-one replacement dwelling unit within or around the City for each occupied or vacant occupiable housing unit demolished within the redevelopment area with the use of CDBG funds; and WHEREAS, there was presented to the City of Martinsville Redevelopment and Housing Authority, for its consideration and approval, a copy of a Redevelopment Plan for the area comprising the project, dated July, 1995 which plan is entitled "Massey Street Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan", consisting of 12 pages and 2 maps, and a set of conditions under which the City of Martinsville Redevelopment and Housing Authority will acquire property and make relocation payments, which said conditions are set forth in the Acquisition and Relocation Plan approved by City Council and previously submitted to and accepted by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development as a condition of grant funding. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF MARTINSVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY: That the conditions set forth in the Acquisition and Relocation Plan by which the City of Martinsville Redevelopment and Housing Authority will acquire property in the redevelopment area and make relocation payments are hereby in all respects approved. That the "Redevelopment Plan, Massey Street Redevelopment Area" is hereby in all respects approved and the Chairman is hereby directed to file a certified copy of said Redevelopment Plan with the minutes of this meeting. That it is hereby found and determined that, where clearance is proposed, the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan cannot be achieved through rehabilitation of the redevelopment area. That the Redevelopment Plan will be implemented within full compliance of local, State and Federal law. That the Authority will review and approve all proposals to acquire designated real property in the redevelopment area and all claims for relocation payments.