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FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT ADOPTED. ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: SEc° g, CH. 28 HATTER RE: TRAFFIC FATALITY SIGN LICENSE TAx ORDINANCe CARRIED OVER MATTER Re: AGREEMENT - WIDENING PARK STREET REPORT RE: RETIREMENT PLAN COMM, CARRIED OVER THE PROPERTY ONNED BY THE TAX PAYER ON JANUARY 1~ 1965, ON WHICH THE PRESENT TAXES ARE DUE ON DECEMBER 5~ t965~ WOULD BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR ONLY AND COHMENClNG JANUARY 1, 1966~ NO PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT OR TAX WOULD BE LEVIED ON HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.) THe FINANCE COMMITTee FURTHER FEELS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN NO LONGER PUT OFF PRESSING.NEED FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS= STREET IMPROVEMENTS~ AND OTHER OVERDUE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. m, EsE NEEDS ARe LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND SO FAR AS POSSIBLE SHOULD BE MET WITH LOCAL EFFORT. A SALES TAX REPRESENTS A WARD-LEVEL ACTION TO OUR PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEEPS YOUR GOVERNMENT AS-CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, THE SALES .TAX WILL ALSO HELP KEEP OUR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AT A SAFE LEVEL SO AS NOT TO ENDANGER THE ClTYIS SPLENDID TRIPLE A CREDIT RATING'. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT IN ATTEMPTING TO MEET OUR NEEDS ON A LOCAL LEVEL IT WOULD BE~ IN FACT, A DISADVANTAGe TO WAIT LONGER ON A STATE SALES TAX~ WHICH, IF ADOPTED, WOULD MEET LESS THAN HALF OUR NEEDS. IF A STATe SALES TAx iS ADOPTED WE WOULD RECOMMEND ADJUSTMENTS IN THe CITyts TAX STRUCTURE TO OFFSET REVENUE THAT NIGHT BE LOST BY THE CITY, THe FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS= B. J. HAGGERTY - AYe LOUle L. SCRIBNER - AYE J. R. PONTON - NO ON MOTION BY MR, HAGGERTYs SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNeRj THE FOREGOING REPORT NAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE_: AYES: MR, HAGGERTYj MR. MOUNT~ MR. RENNOLDS AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES: MR, PONTON, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED 'AN ORDINANCE AHENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 9 ENTITLED tSIGNS FOR ~HICH PERMIT NOT REQUIRED' OF CHAPTER 28 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVlLLE~ 1959~ BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH NO. 9" WAS OFFeReD BY MR. SCRIBNCRj SECONDED BY MRo HAGGERTY~ AND UPON THE RULES BEING SUSPENDED AS TO THE SECOND READING BY'UNANIMOUS VOTE= NAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLONING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR, MOUNT= MR. PONTON~ MR. ReNNOLDS AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES: NONE. A MOTION BY MR. RENNOLD$~ SECONDED ~Y MR. HAGGERTYz THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED THE J C's TO ERECT A TRAFFIC FATALITY SIGN AT THE So E. CORNER OF MCINTIRE ROAD AND THE 250BY PASS WITH THE UNDERSTANDrNG THAT IT WILL BEPROPERLY MAINTAINED AND KePT UP TO DATE AT ALL TIMES, NAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED~tA~ ORDINANCE FOR IHPOSING AND COLLECTING LICENSES AND TAXES FOR THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES WITHIN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE FOR T~/ELVE HONTHS~ COI~ENCING THE FIRST DAY OF MAY, 1965 AND ENDING THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL= 1966" VAS OFFERED BY MR. ReNNOLDSj SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNERj AND CARRIED OVeR TO THE NeXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. ON MOTION BY MR. PONTON, SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNER~ THE MAYOR NAS AUTHORIZED TO eXECUTE AGREEMENT WITH THE PARK STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOR WIDENING PARK STREET FROM CUTLER LANE TO MCADON CREEK. THE TR£ASURERIS REPORT OF THE RETIREMENT PLAN COMMISSION WAS PRESENTED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION, ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. //~/[ PRESIDENT REQUEST Re= CLOSING ALLEY REFERRED TO PLANN. COMM. REQUESTS FROM DOGWOOD FESTIVAL GRANTED COUNCIL CHAHBER - I~RCH 15, 1965 THe COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATe ~ITH THe FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR, HAGGeRTY~ MR. PONTON~ MR. ReNNOLDS AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT: MR. MOUNT. THe MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MARCH 1~ 1965 MeRE READ AND APPROVED. A REQUEST TO CLOSE AN ALLEY BETWEEN MAURY AVENUE AND LEWIS STREET NAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION. A COMMUNICATION NAS PRESENTED FROM THe DOGWOOD FESTIVAL REQUESTING PERMISSION TO HAVE AMUSEMENT RIDES AT MCtNTIRE PARK DURING THE FESTIVAL NEEK~ HANG STREET DECORATIONS AND EXEMPTION FROM THE LICENSE TAX ORDINANCe. A NOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER~