specific urban renewal projects

specific urban renewal projects Sec. 315. (a) (1) Not withstanding the date of the commencement of construction of the Tanyard Creek collector sanitary sewer in Jasper. Alabama, local expenditures made in connection with this collector sanitary sewer system shall, to the extent otherwise eligible, be counted as a local grant-in-aid to the downtown urban renewal project (Alabama R–49) in accordance with the provisions of title I of the Housing Act of 1949. (2) Notwithstanding the date of the commencement of construction of the East Side High School and the start of construction of the improvements to Hickory Creek in Joliet, Illinois, expenditures made in connections with such high school and such creek improvements shall, to the extent otherwise eligible, be counted as a local grant-in-aid to the proposed south central urban renewal project in accordance with the provisions of title I of the Housing Act of 1949. (3) Notwithstanding the date of commencement of the installation of certain underground electrical wiring in Johnson City, Tennessee, expenditures made in connection with such installation shall, to the extent otherwise eligible, be counted as a local grant-in-aid to Johnson City’s proposed downtown urban renewal project (Tennessee R–80) in accordance with the provisions of title I of the Housing Act of 1949. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 312 of the Housing Act of 1954 or any request previously made pursuant to such section, upon request of the local public agency the eligibility of the local grants-in-a id for any project in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey, in connection with which the final capital grant payment has not been made, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of sect ion 110(d) of the Housing Act of 1949. (5) Two-thirds of all expenditures by the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, in connection with its Downtown Sports Stadium project, to the extent such expenditures would have been eligible under the provisions of section 110(d) of the Housing Act of 1949 to be counted as non-cash grants-in-aid toward such project if it had received Federal assistance as an urban renewal project pursuant to the provisions of title I of such Act, shall be eligible to be counted as a grant-in-aid toward any federally-assisted urban renewal projects in Saint Louis. (6) Notwithstanding the extent to which the cultural and convention center proposed to be built adjacent to Urban Renewal Project Colorado R–15 (Skyline) in Denver, Colorado, may benefit areas other than the urban renewal area, expenses incurred by the city of Denver in constructing such center shall, to the extent otherwise eligible, be counted as a grant-in-aid toward such project. (7) Notwithstanding the extent to which the cultural and convention center proposed to be built within Urban Renewal Project R—8 in Norfolk, Virginia, may benefit areas other than the urban renewal 79 Stat. 481area, expenses incurred by the city of Norfolk in constructing such center shall, to the extent otherwise eligible, be counted as a grant-in-aid toward such project. (8) Expenses incurred in the construction of the Glenn Duncan Elementary School and the Fred W. Trailer Junior High School in Reno, Nevada, shall not be deemed to be ineligible as a local grant-in-aid in connection with the Northeast Urban Renewal Project (Nevada R—2) because of any change in the urban renewal plan for such project which is determined by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to have resulted from the proposed location of a federally-aided highway within or adjacent to the urban renewal area in which such project was undertaken. For the purpose of computing the portion of the cost of such schools which may be allowed as a local grant-in-aid, the degree of benefit of the schools to such urban renewal area shall be based on the latest estimate of benefit submitted by the local public agency and accepted by the Administrator prior to such change in the urban renewal plan. (9) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 112(a) of the Housing Act of 1949, expenditures in the amount of $600,800 made by the Memorial Hospital of Michigan City Foundation, Incorporated, for the purchase of certain land and buildings on or about July 24, 1963, from Doctors Hospital Realty Corporation shall, if otherwise eligible, be counted as local grants-in-aid to the community center numbered 1 urban renewal project (Indiana R—16) in Michigan City, Indiana, in accordance with the remaining provisions of title I of that Act. (10) The provisions of section 113(c) of the Housing Act of 1949 shall be applicable to the Hobo Jungle Urban Renewal Project in Texarkana, Arkansas (Arkansas R–3). (11) Notwithstanding the date of commencement of construction of the Pulaski, Showalter, and Smedley Junior High Schools, and the William Penn and Stetser Elementary Schools in Chester, Pennsylvania, local expenditures made in connection with such schools shall, to the extent otherwise eligible, be counted as local grants-in-aid for federally-assisted urban renewal projects in Chester that will be served by such schools. (12) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys heretofore expended by the University of Pennsylvania and Wilkes College for and (and related expenditures for demolition and relocation) included in the overall development plans proposed by such institutions and utilized, or to be utilized, in connection with new facilities of such institutions within one mile of urban renewal projects Pennsylvana 5–3 (University City) and Pennsylvania R–149 (Wright Street), respectively, shall, if otherwise eligible, be allowed as local grants-in-aid for such projects. (13) Notwithstanding the June, 1956, commencement of certain flood control work in Ottumwa, Iowa, local expenditures in connection with such flood control work shall, to the extent otherwise eligible, be counted as a local grant-in-aid to the Marina Gateway urban renewal project (Iowa R–12) in accordance with the provisions of Title. I of the Housing Act of 1949. (b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of title I of the Housing Act of 1949 and the United States Housing Act of 1937. the Housing and Home Finance Administrator and the Public Housing Commissioner are authorized and directed to consent to the transfer by the Housing Authority of the City of Macon, Georgia, to the Urban Renewal Department of the City of Macon, Georgia, of all property acquired by the Housing Authority for low-rent housing project, numbered Georgia 7–8, on condition that (A) an amount which, together 79 Stat. 482with any funds of the Housing Authority available for the purpose, is sufficient to pay and discharge all obligations incurred by the Housing Authority in connection with such low-rent housing project and owing at the time of transfer, will be paid by the Urban Renewal Department of the City of Macon to the Public Housing Administration to be applied in satisfaction of the Housing Authority’s obligations which it cannot meet with its own funds available for the purpose, and (B) the total amount so paid by the Urban Renewal Department of the City of Macon will be included in the gross project cost of its Coliseum Urban Renewal Project, Georgia R–95. (2) The Housing and Home Finance Administrator and the Public Housing Commissioner are authorized to modify any contracts heretofore entered into and to take any other appropriate action necessary to carry out the provisions of paragraph (1). (c) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Housing Act of 1949 or any other provision of law, the urban renewal project in Savannah, Georgia, known as Project “J” in the General Neighborhood Renewal Plan for the Broad Street-Canal Urban Renewal Area adopted by resolution of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah on November 18, 1958, may include the donation by Housing Authority of Savannah, by a suitable instrument of conveyance, of the right, title, and interest of the Authority in and to all or any portion of the land included within the boundaries of such Project “J” in the City of Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, the area of such Project “J” being generally bounded on the North by properties of t he Central of Georgia Railway Company, on the East by West Broad Street, on the South by the right-of-way for Interstate Highway No. 1–16, and on the West, by the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal and West Boundary Street. (2) The conveyance authorized to be included in the urban renewal project under paragraph (1) shall be made only if the donee represents, and furnishes such assurances as may be required by Housing Authority of Savannah, that such donee will develop, preserve, and operate such property on a nonprofit basis as a historical site or monument.