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ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER RE: SIGNS MAYOR AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE LEASE RE= LAND FOR RESCUE SQUAD BLDG. REQUEST FROM SOUTHERN RAILWAY RE: RATE REDUCTION COUNCIL CHAMBER - JULY 29, 1963 PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: MR. B. J. HAGGERTY MR. R. E. LEE HR. L. B. MOUNT MR. J. R. PONTON MR. L. L. SCRIBNER TAKE NOTICE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING THE 29TH INST. AT 7:30 P. M. O'CLOCK. 1. PUBLIC HEARING RE: SIGN ORDINANCE. 2. SIGN ORDINANCE. BY ORDER OF J. S. RUS,~ JR. (SIGNED) B.J. HAGGERTY (SIGNED) CLERK PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. LEE, MR. MOUNT, MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT= NONE. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON THE PROPOSED NEW SIGN ORDINANCE. AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED" AN ORDINANCE AHENDING AND REENACTING CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1959, ENTITLED 'SIGNS' "WAS OFFERED BY MR. LEE, SECONDED BY MR. PONTON AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. ON NOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. C0UNC I L CHAMBER - AUGUST 5, 1963 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT= MR. HAGGERTY, MR. LEE~ MR. MOUNT, MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT: NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF JULY 15~ 1963, JULY 17j 1963 AND JULY 29, 1963 WERE READ AND APPROVED. MR. TED PATTERSON ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE LEASE FOR LAND FOR THE NEW RESCUE SQUAD BUILDING ON MC~NTIRE ROAD. A MOTION BY MR. MOUNT, SECONDED BY MR. PONTON THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE LEASE~ BUT RECORDATION TO BE WITHHELD UNTIL PLAT IS RECEIVED WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING'~OTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. MOUNT, MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES: NONE. (MR. LEE NOT VOTING). MR. KENNETH ASKEGREN, DISTRICT FREIGHT AGENT FOR THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE POSITION OF THE RAILWAY IN SECURING A RATE REDUCTION ON GRAIN SHIPMENTS INTO THE SOUTHEAST. ON MOTION BY MR. HOUNT~ SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNER, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: BE IT RESOLVED, THAT PAUL D. SUMMERS,~JR., CITY ATTORNEY~ BE AND HE HEREBY IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO HAVE'FILED ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE A BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE TO INSURE THAT THE VIEWS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE SUPPORTING THE POSITION OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF GRAIN INTO THE SOUTHEAST IN MULTIPLE-CAR SHIPMENTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH TARIFFS NOW ON FILE WITH THE ~NTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION~ ARE PRESENTED TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AT CINCINNATI, OHIO~ AND ANY OTHER COURT WHICH MAY TAKE JURISDICTION IN A SIMILAR CASE~ OR ON ANY APPEAL.