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AF~OVAL RE: COUNTY SUBDIVISION ORD. DISCUSSION RE: CENTRAL CITY PROGRAM RESOLUTION RE: CENTRAL CITY COMMISSION APPROPRIATION: RE: $20,000 - TELEPHONE RATE CASE ORDINANCE RE: MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SPEED LIMITS ORDINANCE RE: FIRST STREET, N.E. SECTION 8 -- "FINAL PLAT - FILING - APPROVAL - PROCEDURE" NO. PLAT SHALL BE RECORDED IF IT IS WI.THIN THE THREE MILE LIMIT UNLESS THE PLAT IS SIGNED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIRMAN AND SECTION.SECRETARY, AND A SIGNATURE PANEL SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE APPROPRIATE ON MOTION BY MRS. RINEHART, SECONDED BY MR. GILLIAM THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY'S PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WAS APPRDVED SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING CHANGES. THE MAYOR STATED THAT A NUMBER OF MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS HAD BEEN HELD CONCERNING THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN MALL AND THAT THE MATTER WAS NOW BEFORE COUNCIL' FOR ACTIDN. A MOTION BY MR. GILLIAM, SECONDED BY MRS. RINEHART THAT THE CENTRAL CITY COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS BE ACCEPTED AT A CDST OF 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS OF WHICH $500,000.00 WILL BE PAID BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD; THAT THE CENTRAL CITY COMMISSION BE DIRECTED AND INSTRUCTED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE IDEAS, ALTERNATIVES AND COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC AND EVALUATE THEM WITH HALPRIN AND ASSOCIATES... AND THAT THE COMMISSION COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THE REDESIGN PROJECT BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH FINAL PLANS AND DRAWINGS WAS APPROVED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. AYES: MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM AND MRS. RINEHART. NOES: MR. BARBOUR AND MR. VAN YAHRES. THE FOLLOWING SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY MR. VAN YAHRES, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOUR WAS DEFEATED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM AND MRS. RINEHART. THAT THE EXPENDITURE OF 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS BE AUTHORIZED FOR THE DOWNTOWN MALL; AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL $500,000.00 OR MORE OR AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT; AUTHORIZE FUNDING FOR INTERIM PARKING AND UTILITY CHANGES; THAT THE DESIGNERS EVALUATE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND COME BACK TO COUNCI_ FOR APPROVAL BEFORE PROCEEDING; THAT THE CITY COMMIT TO FUNDS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT STUDY FOR THE CITY AND COMMIT THE CITY TO DOWN- TOWN HOUSING FOR ALL ECONOMIC LEVELS. ON MOTION BY HR. GILLIAM, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE COUNCIL EXPRESS ITS DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL CITY COMMISSION FOR THEIR DEDICATED AND DILIGENT EFFORTS IN THE FORMULATION DF THE DOWNTOWN REVITILIZATION PLAN. AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT OUR SPECIAL THANKS BE EXPRESSED TO ALVIN R. CLEMENTS WHOSE CAPABLE LEADERSHIP AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION ENABLED IT BETTER TO PERFORM ITS FUNCTIONS AND TO MRS. MARY WILLIAMS WHO AS PRESIDENT OF DOWNTDWN CHARLOTTESVILLE, INC. HAS DEVOTED HER TIME AND TALENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT. THE RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $20,000.00 TO COVER THE LITIGATION OF THE TELEPHONE RATE CASE, WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 14, 1973, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: MR. BA. RBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORBAIN SECTION z8-33 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965, RELATING TO MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM SPEED LIMITS, ETC.," WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 14, 1973, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE CLOSING, VACATING AND DISCONTINUING A CERTAIN UNOPENED STREET LYING BETWEEN FIRST STREET, N.E. AND SECOND STREET, N.E. IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, KNOWN AS DICE STREET," WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 14, 1973, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, HR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND HR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE