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REQUEST TO BORROW MONEY- SCHOOLS - APPROVED CiTY MANAGERtS REPORT RE: [NTERCEPTOR SEWER LINE REPORT APPROVED - CITY MGR. AUTHORIZED TO PROCEED WITH GRANT APPLICATION - ENGINEERS PLANNING DIRECTOR CONFIRMED FINANCE. COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD REQUESTING AUTHORITY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BORROW SUCH MONEY AS MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME~ NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF ~500~000.00, TO PAY SALARIES AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE SCHOOLS UNTIL THE COLLECTION OF TAXES AND STATE APPROPRIATIONS WILL TAKE CARE OF EXPENDITURES. ON MOTION BY MR. FIFE, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOUR, THE FOREGOING REQUEST WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS PRESENTED FROM THE CITY MANAGER: SEPTEMBER 8, 1970 To THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN: IN 1968 THIS CITY APPLIED TO THE STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD FOR A 30~ CONSTRUCTION GRANT TO CONSTRUCT A LARGE INTERCEPTOR SEWER LINE ALONG A SECTION OF MOORES CREEK FROM NEAR HARTMAN MILL ROAD TO NEAR SUNSET AVENUE. THE COST OF THIS LINE AT THAT TIME WAS ESTIMATED AT ~414,000.00 AND THE FEDERAL GRANT ESTIMATED AT 30~ OF THE AMOUNT OR ~124,200.00. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD THAT THE GRANT HAS BEEN APPROVED SUBJECT TO OUR FILING THE PROPER APPLICATION, ETC. IN THE MEANTIME THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT HAS INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY ~620,000.00 DUE TO INCREASED COST OF LABOR AND MATERIALS AND TO A NOW PROPOSED HIGHER DENSITY OF THE AREA THAN WAS PLANNED iN 1968. ALSO IN THE MEANTIME TWO FIRMS WHICH HAVE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COUNTY WHO COULD BE SERVED BY THIS LiNE HAVE AGREED TO PAY A PORTION OF THE COST PROVIDED~ OF COURSE, THAT THEY BE PERMITTED TO USE THE LINE UNDER THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO COUNTY CONSUMERS OR IF ANNEXED IN THE FUTURE, APPLICABLE TO CITY CONSUMERS EFFECTIVE AT THAT TIME. THESE FIRMS ARE - OtNEILL ENTERPRISES, INC. CH~VILLE TOWNE HOUSES~ INC. ,~65~ 000. O0 31 ~ 034.47 JF NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD THE CITYtS NET COST FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY ~400, 000.00. ~T SHOULD ALSO BE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE A SECTION OF THE EXISTING MOORES CREEK LINE~ FROM HARTMAN MILL ROAD EAST TO THE SITE OF THE OLD MOORES CRE~K PLANT ON QUARRY ROAD WILL HAVE TO BE ENLARGED AND THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS SECTION WILL AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY ~250~ 000.00. ALSO IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE THE ~OORES CREEK TREATMENT PLANT ~I~ HAVE TO BE ENLARGED. As YOU KNOW THIS PLANT AS WELL AS THE MEADOWCREEK PLANT WAS DESIGNED TO ENABLE THIS ENLARGEHENT. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE ACCEPT THE ¢124,200.00 GRANT AT THIS TIME AND PROCEED WITH THE HARTMAN ~O SUNSET PROJECT SINCE IT IS A MUST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA AND EACH DAY THE PROJECT IF POSTPONED ADDS TO THE COST AND DELAYS DEVELOPMENT. ~ FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT ) BE AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY THE ENGINEERING FIRM OF PAUL B. KREBS AND ASSOCIATES~ WHO ARE OUR CONSULTING ENGINEERS ON WATER AND SEWER~ TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY STUDY AND REPORT ON THE ENLARGEMENT FIRST OF THE MOORES CREEK PLANT AND SECONDLY THE MEADOWCREEK PLANT. A BOND ISSUE WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF THESE PLANTS~ HOWEVER, IN MY OPINION THE CITY HAS NO OTHER COURSE OF ACTION AND THE PLANNING SHOULD BE STARTED AT THIS TIME, RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, JiM BOWEN (S,GNED) JEBjRB CITY MANAGER ON MOTION BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. FIFE~ THE FOREGOING REPORT WAS APPROVED AND THE CITY MANAGER WAS AuTHorizED AND REQUESTED TO FILE ON BEHALF OF THIS CITY A FORMAL GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD FOR MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERCEPTOR SEWER LiNE ON THE SOUTH SIDE Of THE CITY ALONG MOORES CREEK FROM HARTHAN MILL ROAD TO A POINT BEYOND SUNSET AV~NUE~ AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT ~iTH PAUL Bo KREBS AND ASSOCIATES, ENGINEERS, TO PREPARE A PRELIMINARY STUDY AND PLAN FOR THE EXTENSION OR ENLARGEMENT OF THE CITY'S SEWER TREATMENT FACILITIES. ON MOTION BY MR. FIFE~ SECONDED BY MR. BARBOUR THE APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS A. CONGER AS PLANNING DIRECTOR~ EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1~ 1970~ WAS CONFIRMED.