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Home My WebLink About91-24 • ORDINANCE N0. 91-24 TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA ADOPTING AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN ADOPTED: September 3, 1991 EFFECTIVE: September 3, 1991 U r ORDINANCE N0. 91-24 TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA ADOPTING AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski has received a Community Development Block Grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development in the amount of $370,340 for the Cool Springs Neighborhood Improvements Project; and, WHEREAS, in order to comply with the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1974, as amended, the Town of Pulaski must adopt an Anti- Displacement Plan; and NOW, THEREFORE, be it ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, sitting in regular session on September 3, 1991, that the Town Council, in accordance with Virginia Community Development Block Grant requirements, hereby adopts an Anti-Displacement Plan. This Ordinance is effective upon adoption and is adopted by recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, on this 3rd day of September, 1991, as follows: C. Donald Crispin Aye Andrew L. Graham Absent J. R. Schrader, Jr. dye W. H. Schrader, Jr. Absent • Mary Lou Copenhaver ~ Alma H. Holston Aye Robert N. Glenn Aye TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA BY: ARY C HANCOCK, MAYOR Attest: - ~. Ruth A. Harrell Clerk of Council -59- r • TOWN OF PULASKI RESIDENTIAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN SEPTEMBER, 1991 The Town of Pulaski will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable low/moderate-income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate-income dwelling unit as a direct result of activities assisted with funds provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. All replacement housing will be provided within three (3) years of the commencement of the demolition or rehabilitation relating to conversion. Before obligating or expending funds that will directly result in such demolition or conversion, the Town will make public and advise the state that it is undertaking such an activity and will submit to the state, in writing, information that identifies: (1) a description of the proposed assisted activity; (2) the general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate-income dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted activity; • (3) a time schedule for the commencement and completion of the demolition or conversion; (4) the general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement dwelling units; (5} the source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of replacement dwelling units; (6) the basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain a low/moderate-income dwelling unit for at least 10 years from the date of initial occupancy; and (7) information demonstrating that any proposed replacement of dwelling units with smaller dwelling units is consistent with the housing needs of low- and moderate- income households in the jurisdiction. The Town will provide relocation assistance to each low/moderate- income household displaced by the demolition of housing or by the direct result of assisted activities. Such assistance shall be that provided under Section 104(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, or the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property • Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended. - 60 - The Town's FY91 project includes the following activities: • The Town will construct 7,750 linear feet of 8-inch, PVC sanitary sewer line to 32 residences along Bridge Street, Bentley Hollow Road, Bentley Hollow Lane, Cedar Lane and Tower Street. Additionally, the project proposes constructing 4 complete indoor bathroom facilities. One residence will require structural improvements to meet minimum dwelling standards. The project includes ditching 7,500 feet of roadway along portions of Tower Street and Bentley Hollow Road and the entire length of Bentley Hollow Lane and Cedar Lane. Additionally, 740 feet of drain pipe will be installed for roads and driveways. Portions of Tower Street and Bentley Hollow Road and the entire length of Bentley Hollow Lane and Cedar Lane are unpaved (dirt) and substandard. The project will pave 7,500 feet of roadway requiring 1,840 tons of asphalt. Appalachian Power Company (APCO) will install 25 street lights and poles along Prince Avenue, Oak Lane, Bridge Street, Bryant Circle, Bentley Hollow Road, Bentley Hollow Lane and Cedar Lane. The activities as planned will not cause any displacement from or conversion of occupiable structures. As planned, the project calls for the use of existing right-of-way or easements to be purchased or the • acquisition of tracts of land that do not contain housing. The Town will work with the grant management staff, engineers, project area residents, and the Department of Housing and Community Development to insure that any changes in project activities do not cause any displacement from or conversion of occupiable structures. In all cases, an occupiable structure will be defined as a dwelling that meets local building codes or a dwelling that can be rehabilitated to meet code for $25,000 or less. • - 61 - I, Ruth A. Harrell, Clerk of the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 91-24 Adopting an Anti-Displacement Plan (in regard to the Cool Springs Neighborhood Improvement Grant) is a true and correct copy as adopted by the Pulaski Town Council at their regular meeting on September 3, 1991. ~~ ~ . ~~~ Ruth A. Harrell, Clerk of Council