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213 <br />COUNCIL CHAMBER - FEBRUARY 1, 1957 <br />PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING GALL: <br />MR. A. C. COLEMAN <br />MR. R. M. DAVIS <br />MR. W. R. HILL <br />MR. T. J. MICHIE <br />MR. S. B. WEINBERG <br />TAKE NOTICE <br />A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW MORNING <br />THE SST INST. AT lO:3O A. M. O'CLOCK. <br />JOINT MEETING WITH ALBEMARLE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS <br />TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION IN REGARD TU THE #250 BY-PASS. <br />BY ORDER OF <br />J. S. RUSH, JR. ~SIGNED~ <br />PRESIDENT <br />R. M. DAVIS ~SIGNED~ <br />CLERK <br />A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WAS HELD ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. HILL, MR, MICHIE AND MR. WEINBERG. <br />ABSENT: NONE. <br />THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY AND THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF CHARLOTTESVILLE MET IN SPECIAL JOINT SESSION ON THIS DATE TO CONSIDER THE <br />MATTER OF EXTENDING THE ROUTE 25O BYPASS. MR. PERRY AND MR. CAMPBELL WERE <br />PRESENT AND PRESENTED A COPY OF A STATEMENT, ADDRESSED TO THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, <br />MATTER RE: ROUTE 250 <br />BYPASS ADOPTED BY THE HIGHWAY COMMITTEE OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ALBEMARLE CHAMBER OF <br />COMMERCE, WHICH URGED THAT THE ROAD BE EXTENDED JUST AS SOON AS IS PRACTICABLE. <br />AFTER A DISCUSSION PERIOD, THE GOVERNING BODIES SEPARATELY UNANIMOUSLY <br />ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION: <br />WHEREAS, THE FIRST SECTION OF THE ROUTE 25O BYPASS WAS COMPLETED <br />IN 1953 AND SINCE THAT TIME TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON THE SECTION OF ROUTE 29 <br />SOUTH FROM WHERE THE BYPASS INTERSECTS TO ROUTE 250 WEST HAVE BECOME VERY <br />BAD, AND <br />RESOLUTION RE: ROUTE 25O WHEREAS, BOTH BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IN THIS AREA IS RAPIDLY <br />BYPASS ~t <br />INCREASING SO AS TO MAKE TRAVEL ON THIS SECTION OF ROUTE It 29 VERY HAZARDOUS <br />AND VERY SLOW FOR BOTH THE LOCAL CITIZENS AND THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC, <br />THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY <br />AND THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF <br />THE STATE OF VIRGINIA BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY URGED TO COMPLETE THIS BYPASS <br />AS WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, FIRST TO ROUTE 25O WEST AND THEN TO ROUTE 29 SOUTH, <br />SO AS TO RELIEVE THIS VERY BAD TRAFFIC CONDITION WHICH AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE <br />COUNTY AND CITY BUT ALSO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, <br /> <br />AND <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE CITY MANAGER BE <br />REQUESTED TO PRESENT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO GENERAL JAMES A. ANDERSON, <br />HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER, WITH THE REQUEST THAT HE RECOMMEND TO THE COMMISSION <br />THAT THE SECOND SECTION OF THIS ROAD BE CONSTRUCTED TO ROUTE 25O WEST DURING <br />THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND THE REMAINING SECTION OF THE BYPASS TO ROUTE 29 SOUTH <br />AS SOON THEREAFTER AS POSSIBLE. <br />ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. <br />_ L ERK i <br />/ / <br />~_ <br />RESIDENT <br />