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TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1994 WHEREAS, the Martinsville City Council wishes to apply for Virginia Community Development Block Grant funds to assist in implementing the Massey Street Comprehensive Community Development Project, which will benefit an estimated 140 residents of which an estimated 127 (90.6%) are low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons residing in the neighborhood; and said benefits would result from the implementation of the housing rehabilitation program (72 LMI persons - 100% LMI benefit), substantial reconstruction of two (2) households (8 LMI persons - 100% benefit), the acquisition/relocation of six (6) substandard rental units and one (1) owner occupied unit (15 LMI persons - 100% benefit) into standard housing, the provision of eight (8) standard dwelling units exclusively for LMI persons through the rehabilitation of vacant dwellings and adaptive reuse of an abandoned commercial structure; the improvement of new water service for all neighborhood residents and street resurfacing and widening of Massey, Endless, Coplay, West and Emanuel Streets, correction of severe storm drainage problems, curb and gutter improvements, and the resolution of safety and circulation problems with sidewalk and said street improvements, the provision of fire protection and sufficient water pressure with line improvements and interim assistance for neighborhood clean-up throughout the entire Massey Street neighborhood benefitting 38 occupied households (140 people of which 127 are LMI - 90.6% benefit); and WHEREAS, The City has $242,910 in capital funds and force account work to be used for housing rehabilitation, committed streets and other improvements in the area; and WHEREAS, private funds amounting to $110,000 have been expended since July 1, 1993, or committed by investor owners in rental property in the Massey Street area for housing improvements and the adaptive reuse of abandoned commercial structures for new affordable housing for LMI persons; and WHEREAS, said public and private improvements and housing rehabili- tation will resolve 100 percent of all physical problems within the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville properly advertised and conducted public hearings on February 23, 1994, and March 22, 1994, which addressed the CDBG program and the proposed CDBG project application, thereby meeting citizen participation requirements; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, that the City Manager is authorized to execute and file all appropriate documents for Martinsville's 1994 Virginia Community Development Block Grant application totaling 81,071,970 in grant funds for total project cost of $1,424,880 and to provide such additional information as may be required by the Department. This resolution is to certify the foregoing is a true and exact copy of a resolution adopted by Martinsville City Council on March 22, 1994. Council conducted a Neighborhood Town Meeting, with the followin~ comments being made: (1) Thelma Pinkard, 208 Park Street, noted the Parr Street ~mprovement project had begun and that some residents of