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59 <br />_1 <br />_J <br />PETITION RE: <br />OXFORD RD. <br />COUNTY WATER <br />APPLICATIONS <br />ST. COMM. REPORT RE: <br />ti'lAYSIDE PLACE <br />REPORT RE: <br />5 I DEWALK t`10NT 1 CELLO <br />AVENUE. <br />COUNCIL CHAt46ER - JULY 6, 1954 <br />THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS <br />PRESENT: MR. UAVIS, MR. FORBES, MR. TEBELL AND MR. WEINBERG. ABSENT: MR. HILL• <br />THE tdINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 21, 1954 WERE READ AND APPROVED. <br />A PETITION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF OXFORD ROAD BETWEEN <br />RUGBY ROAD AND WELLFORD STREET REQUESTING THAT THE CROWN OF~OXFGRD ROAD BE LOWERED <br />ANO THE STREET RESURFACED. A MOTION BY MR. FORGES, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS THAT THIS <br />REQUEST BE DENIED UNLESS THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD AGREE TO THE WIDENING OF THIS <br />STREET IN WHICH CASE FURTHER STUDY WOULD BE NEEDEO~ WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. <br />ON MOTION_BY t"tR. TEBELL SECONDED BY MR. FORGES, COUNTY WATER APPLICATIONS WERE <br />APPROVED FOR: <br />L. G. SHELTON <br />JOEL M. COCHRAN <br />t'IEADOWBROOK HEIGHTS <br />W. CAIRN HEIGHTS <br />ON ttOT10N BY MR. FORGES, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF THE <br />STREET COMfdITTEE WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: <br />TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL <br />CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA <br />GENTLEMEN: <br />JULY 2, 1954 <br />WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THt PETITION OF MR. R. E. TOMLIN OF 1850 WAYSIDE PLACE <br />REQUESTING THAT THE PORTION OF WAYSIDE PLACE (AVENUE SET ASIDE FOR A ~~TURN <br />AROUND~~ OPPOSITE LOT #15 BE ABANDONED, ANU REPORT AS FOLLOWS. <br />WE BELIEVE THAT THE LAND OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR FORTY FOOT STRIP NEEDED <br />FOR THE STREET SHOULD BE CLOSED, AND IN WHICH EVENT WOULD REVERT TO THE <br />ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS. THE CLOSING OF THIS PORTION OF THE STREET WILL <br />ENABLE T'HE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CONSTRUCT CURB AND GUTTER IN FRONT OF THEIR <br />PROPERTY WHICH WILL CARRY .SURFACE WATER TO THE STORM DRAIN. <br />RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, <br />~e.~~E.~BQw~~_~ R~_~,iS~t~~l_ <br />THE COtdfdITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY THE REQUEST FOR A SIDEWALK IN THE 900 BLOCK <br />OF P'IONTICELLO AVENUE REPORTED A5 FOLLOWS: <br />TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL <br />CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA <br />GENTLEMEN: <br />JULY 2, 1954 <br />WE HAVE INVESTIGATED THE PETITION REQUESTING THAT THE CITY CONSTRUCT <br />A SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MONTICELLD AVENUE IN THE 900 BLOCK AND <br />RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE DONEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SIDEWALK AT THE <br />VITY~S EXPENSE CAN BE JUSTIFIED, IN OUR OPINION, SINCE THE CHILDREN SOUTH <br />OF t''tONTICELLO AVENUE GATHER IN THIS BLOCK TO CROSS THE STREET AT A PLACE <br />WHERE PROTECTION IS PROVIDED BY A POLICEWOMXN. THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING <br />THIS SIDEWALK IN THIS BLOCK WILL AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY $1,000.00• <br />WE ALSO FEEL THAT A SIDEWALK SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED, AT THE CITY~S <br />EXPENSE, ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF h10NTIGELLO AVENUE, FROM TUFTON AVENUE <br />TO ALTAVISTA AVENUE. THIS SIDEWALK, IF CONSTRUCTED, ALONG WITH THE ONE <br />PREVIOUSLY CON5TRUCTED BY THE CITY, FROM THE SCHOOL 70 CHURCH STREET, <br />WOULD PROVIDE A WALKWAY ALONG TH15 HIGHWAY TO SCHOOL. THE COST OF <br />CONSTRUCTING THIS SECTION OF THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $4000.00• <br />RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, <br />~QIr~W F..LN&~SS~~.515~~. <br />ON MOTION BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. FORGES THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY <br />ADOPTED. <br />