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310 MR. BARBOUR~ MR. gIFE~ MR. GILLIAM~ MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. CLERK COUNCIL CHAMBERS - APRIL 16, 1973 PUBLIC HEARING RE: REZONING LINDEN STREET PUBLIC HEARING RE: SCHOOL AND CITY BUDGETS REQUEST RE: ORDINANCE i ELECTRONIC AMPLIFIERS PETITION RE: WOODHAVEN SUBDIVISION DUPLEXES REZONING - 500 - 2ND STREET~ N. E. REPORT RE: TAXICAB STUDY COMMITTEE ORDINANCE RE: SECTION 32-5 TAXICAB RATES THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. BARBOUR~ MR. FIFE~ MR. GILLIAM~ MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. ABSENT: NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 2, 1973 WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. A dOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON A PETITION TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7011 LINDEN STREET FROM R-2 TO B-2. MRS. JUDY WALKE~ ACTING PLANNING DIRECTOR, ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND EXPLAINED THE PETITION AND THE PROPOSED USE OF THE PROPERTY. MR. C. M. POLLARD~ THE PETITIONER~ ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF HIS PETITION. NO ONE SPOKE ~N OPPOSITION. THE CLERK REPORTED THAT A SYNOPSIS OF THE CITY AND SCHOOL BUDGETS HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING GIVEN, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 19 OF THE CITY CHARTER. AN OPPORTUNITY WAS THEN AFFORDED ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE SCHOOL BUDGET. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL tN SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BUDGET~ AND REQUESTED THAT THE SCHOOL BUDGET BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. MRS. VIRGiNIA:CARRINGTON~ MR. SHERMAN WHITE AND MRS. LOUISE ~AIN WERE CRITICAL OF THE SMALL SALARY INCREASE PROPOSED FOR THE TEACHERtS AIDES. AN OPPORTUNITY WA3 THEN AFFORDED ANYONE TO SPEAK FOR or AGAINST THE CITY BUDGET. MR. W. R. BINGLER, Jr. SPOKE IN OPPORITION TO THE PROPOSED INCREASE IN SEWER RATES. MRS. KAY PEASLEE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THE ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ELECTRONIC AMPLIFIERS OUTDOORS¥1N RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED MRS. PEASLEE THAT SUCH AN O~DINANCE WOULD BE VERY HARD TO ENFORCE. MR. DONALD E. TAYLOR ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT DUPLEX APARTMENTS ARE BEING BUILT IN THE WOODHAVEN SUBDIVISION ON LOTS WHICH ARE NOT SUITABLE OR ARE NOT OF ADEQUATE SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE A TWO FAMILY HOUSE. HE PRESENTED A PETITION SIGNED BY RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE AREA OBJECTING TO THIS CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF THE LOT SIZES~ THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC W~DCH WOULD BE GENERATED~ AND THE MODE AND QUALITY OF CONSTRUCTION. MR. TAYLOR REQUESTED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION BE STOPPED UNTIL AN INSPECTION IS MADE BY THE CITY~ AND ADDITIONAL COMPRESSION TESTS TAKEN. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED MR. TAYLOR THAT HIS COMPLAINT WOULD BE INVEST&GATED. A COMMUNICATION NAS PRESENTED FRO~ THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE REQUEST ~ REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT 500 - 2ND STREET, N. E. BE DENIED. ON MOTION BY MRS. RINEHART) SECONDED BY MR. GILLIAM~ THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. MR. GILLIAM~ ~HAIRMAN OF THE TAXICAB STUDY COMMITTEE~ REPORTED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD MET FOUR TINES SINCE BEING APPOINTED IN JANUARY AND THESE MEETINGS HAD BEEN DEVOTED TO ~HE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE TAXICAB ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE WAS THEN DISCUSSED IN DETAIL BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND TAXICAB OPERATORS. MR. E. C. WINGFIELD~ REPRESENTING MR. KYGER MAUPIN~ AND MR. GUTHREY GORDON, REPRESENTING SEVERAL INDEPENDENT DRIVERS~ CRITICiSED CERTAIN SECTIONS Of THE ORDINANCE AND STATED THAT IT WOULD CREATE A HARDSHIP ON INDEPENDENT OPERATORS. AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, THE ORDINANCE WAS REFERRED BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ADDITIONAL STUDY. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED '~N ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REENACT SECTION 32-5 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVlLLE~ 1965~ RELATING TO RATES TO BE CHARGED BY TAXIS" WAS OFFERED BY MR. GILLIAM~ SECONDED BY MR. BARBOUR~ AND UPON THE RULES BEING SUSPENDED AS TO THE SECOND READING BY A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE~ WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: _. ]