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BID ANDERSON EXCAVATING CO. ACCEPTED APPOINTMENTS TO PLANNING COMM. MATTER RE: APPOINTMENT TO AIRPORT COMMISSION MATTER RE: ICE SKATING MCINTIRE TENNIS CTS. MATTER RE: RIDGE LANE PUBLIC HOUSING SITE OF ~230~061.00 WAS THE LOW BID FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREETS~ DRAINAGE) ETC. IN THE VINEGAR HILL URBAN RENEWAL AREAS. ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. JOHNSON~ THE CITY MANAGER WAS AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ANDERSON EXCAVATING COMPANY FOR THIS WORK. THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. [. B, MOUNT AS THE COUNCILtS REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. W. A, RINEHART FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM. THE MAYOR APPOINTED MR. HAGGERTY AND MR. BOWEN AS A COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH A COMMITTEE FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO RECOMMEND AN APPOINTMENT TO THE AIRPORT COMMISSION. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM DR. FRANK DANIEL SUGGESTING THAT MCINTIRE TENNIS COURTS BE FLOODED AND USED FOR iCE SKATING DURING FREEZING WEATHER. THE MAYOR REFERRED THIS MATTER TO A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF MR. VOGT~ MR. HAGGERTY AND MR. BOWEN FOR RECOMMENDATION. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. PRESIDENT COUNCIL CHAMBER - SEPTEMBER 8, 1966 8:00 P. M. A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WAS HELD ON THIS DATE TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED RIDGE LANE PUBLIC HOUSING SITE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. JOHNSON~ MR. MOUNT~ HR. RENNOLDS AND MR. VOGT. ABSENT: NONE. THE CHARLOTTESVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS ALSO PRESENT. A MOTION BY MR. MOUNT~ SECONDED BY MR. JOHNSON THAT UNANIMOUS CONSENT BE GIVEN TO THE TRANSACTING OF ANY BUSINESS AT THIS MEETING IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED RIDGE LANE PUBLIC HOUSING SITE WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR, JOHNSON~ MR. 'MOUNT) MR, REN~OLDS AND MR. VOGT, NOES: NONE. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT A NUMBER OF ORGANI ZATIONS~ SOME OF WHOM HAD PREVIOUSLY ENDORSED THE PROPOSED HOUSING SITE~ HAD RECENTLY EXPRESSED SOME RESERVATIONS AS TO THE PROPOSED SITE~AND THAT THE STATE STATUTES WILL NOT PERMIT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO AMEND THEIR PROPOSAL ON WHICH A PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED ON SEPTEMBER 12~ 1966 WITHOUT READVERTiSlNG AN AMENDED PROPOSAL~ AND FOR THESE REASONS HAD ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION: WHEREAS~ THE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS tN RECENT WEEKS BEEN PRESENTED WITH OPPOSITION TO THE RIDGE LANE SITE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT. CITIZENS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY VOICED SUPPORT FOR THE SITE HAVE EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS CONCERNING THE SITE~ AND~ WHEREAS~ THE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY IS STRONGLY OF THE OPINION THAT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY CAN ONLY BE SERVED BY THE PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY BY THE REMOVAL OF SLUMS~ IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING) AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBSTANDARD AREAS, THE AFORESAID CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LOW RENT PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT WITHIN THE CtTY~ AND~ ~A/HEREAS~ THE SITE OF SUCH A PROJECT MUST RECEIVE THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL AND/OR THE CITIZENS VOTING IN A REFERENDUM) AND~ WH£REAS~ THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL AND THE CIT£ZENS CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED BY A JOINT EFFORT ON THE PART OF RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATIONS AND CIVIC LEADERS. THIS JOINT EFFORT [N SUPPORT OF THE RIDGE LANE SITE IS NOT APPARENT