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S08 HATTER RE: IMPROVEMENTS AT AIRPORT PUBLIC HEARING RE: RIDGE LANE SITE HOUSING SITE REQUEST FOR UTILITIES KNIGHT PROPERTY - 250 APPROVED REQUEST - FILLING STATION APPROVED REQUEST RE: UTILITIES OLD IVY RD. REFERRED TO PLANN. COMM. REQUEST RE: COTTENWOOD RD. & BEECHWeOD RD. REFERRED TO ST. COMM. THE LENGTHENING~ WIDENING AND REPAVING OF THE PRESENT RUNWAY~ THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TAXIWAY TO THE NORTH END AND AN EXTENSION OF THE APRON ON THE NORTH END APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, THE CITY HANAGER PRESENTED A PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ESTIMATED THE COST WOULD BE ~500~000o00~ AND STATED THAT THE F. AD A, SHARE WOULD BE APPROXIMATE- LY .~250~000,00~ AND THE LOCAL SHARE WOULD BE ~250~000o00, HE ALSO STATED THAT AN APPLICATION HAD BEEN FILED WITH THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION REQUESTING THAT ONE--HALF OF THE LOCAL SHARE~ .OR ~125~000~00~ BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. HR, Wo O, COLLINS OF THE Fo A, A. DISTRICT AIRPORT ENG!NEER~S OFFICE AND COL, ~glLLARD G, PLENTL~ DIRECTOR~ DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS OF THE STATE CORPORkTION COMMISSION WERE PRESENT AND DISCUSSED WITH THE GROUP THE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS, ON MOTION BY HR. SCRtBNER~ SECONDED BY HR', PONTON~ THE CITY HANAGER WAS DIRECTED~ ON BEHALF OF~ THE CI.TY~ TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR F, A, A, FUNDS TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIRPORT~ AND THE JOINT AIRPORT COMMISSION WAS AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY AN ENGINEER TO PREPARE THE PLANS~ ETC, AT SUCH TIME AS THEY FELT ~/AS PROPER FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE ENGINEER, COUNC I L CHAMBER - AUGUST 2 ~ 1965 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: HR, HAGGERTY~ HR. HOUNT~ HR. PONTON AND HR, SCRIBNER. ABSENT: HR. RENNOLDSo THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF JULY 19~ 1965 AND JULY 27~ 1965 WERE READ AND APPROVED, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON THE REQUEST OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR APPROVAL OF THE RIDGE LANE SITE, THE HAYOR REPORTED THAT A PETITION WITH OVER 800 SIGNATURES HAD BEEN RECEIVED REQUESTING A REFERENDUM AND ASSUMING THAT AT LEAST 500 WERE QUALIFIED VOTERS ~ THE MATTER WAS NOW OUT OF THE HANDS OF CITY COUNCIL, HE STATED THAT THE LAW REQUIRES A REFERENDUM TO BE' HELD ONCE SUCH A PETITION HAS BEEN FILED~ BUT SINCE SO MANY INTERESTED CITIZENS ~ERE PRESENT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM THEN CONCERNING THE SITE. SEVERAL PEOPLE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND THEIR QUESTIONS ~ERE ANSWERED BY ~R. ARRINGTON. HR. J. H. ROBERTS ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE SALES TAX AND PRESENTED AN OPEN LETTER ~ITH THE FORM OF A BLANK PETITION WHICH WAS RECEIVED, ON MOTION BY HR. PONTON~ SECONDED BY HR. SCRIBNER~ THE REQUEST FOR UTILITIES TO SERVE THE KNIGHT PROPERTY ON ROUTE 250 ~EST WAS TAKEN FROM THE TABLE, HR, JOHN Bo SIMS PRESENTED A DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 8,~ ACRES OF THIS PROPERTY. ON MOTION BY ~R, HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY ~R, SCRCBNER~ THE REQUEST FOR UTILITIES TO SERVE THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WAS APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNClLfS POLICY OF APRIL 1~1963 TO SERVE 132 APARTMENT UNITS AS SHOWN ON A SKETCH FILED WITH THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING, THE REQUEST OF PURE OIL COMPANY TO OPERATE A GASOLINE FILLING STATION AT ~ARRACKS ROAD AND EMMET STREET WAS AGAIN CONSIDERED. NO ONE APPEARED FOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST, ON MOTION BY HR. PONTON~ SECONDED BY HR.' HAGGERTY~ THE FOREGOING REQUEST WAS APPROVED. A REQUEST FOR CITY UTILITIES TO SERVE A PROPOSED APARTMENT PROJECT ON OLD IVY ROAD WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION. A REQUEST TO ACCEPT THE REMAINING PORTION OF COTTEN~OOD ROAD AND BEECHWOOD ROAD INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM WAS REFERRED TO THE STREET COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION.