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~- 334 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AND HE IS HEREBY INSTRUCTED TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF 1'H IS BODY AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND TO LEND ASSISTANCE TO ALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES IN OPPOSING REDUCTION OF SERVICE TO THE CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE AIRPORT BY PIEDMONT AIRLINES. MR. SCRIBNER STATED THAT IT HAD COME TO HIS ATTENTION THAT SENATOR E. O. UNTIL INTERESTED CITIZENS OF THiS CITY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE MATTER. ON MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER, SECONDED BY MR. WEINBERG, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE REQUEST DELEGATE WILLIAM R. HILL TO ARRANGE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MCCUE, JR. HAD INTRODUCED A LOCAL BILL IN THE STATE SENATE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A REFERENDUM IN ANY WARD OF THIS CITY BEFORE PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS COULD BE BUILT IN THAT WARD. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THIS BILL HAD NOT BEEN DISCUSSED MATTER RE: PUBLIC HOUSING WITH THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO ITS OFFERING IN RICHMOND, AND THAT SINCE THE MATTER REFERENDUM BILL IS HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL HE FELT IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND OTHER INTERESTED CITIZENS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE TO APPEAR BEFORE RESOLUTION RE: OPPOSITION TO PUBLIC HOUSING REFERENDUM THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO PRESENT BILL. THEIR VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED PUBLIC HOUSING REFERENDUM BILL BEFORE ANY ACTION IS TAKEN ON THIS BILL, AND • BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT DELEGATE WILLIAM R. HILL BE REQUESTED TO VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSED PUBLIC HOUSING REFERENDUM BILL AND TO USE ALL POSSIBLE INFLUENCE IN SEEKING ITS DEFEAT. n COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS RELATIVE COMM. ORDERED FILED RE: JAIL AND LOCKUPS TO THE CONDITION OF THE JAIL AND LOCKUPS WAS PRESENTED AND ORDERED FILED WITH I,~IELFARE REPORT PRESENTED THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING. THE I.^IELFARE REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1959 WAS PRESENTED AND ORDERED FILED WITH THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. _ /~ ~ _L~l ~~ - CLERK ~ PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: MR. A. C. COLEMAN MR, R. M. DAVIS MR. T. J. MICHIE MR, L. L. SCRIBNER MR, S. B. WEINBERG TAKE NOTICE ~_ RESID COUNCIL CHAMBER - APRIL 30, 1959 ,4 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AFTERNOON THE 3OTH INST. AT 2:00 O~CLOCK. 1. CITY AND SCHOOL BUDGETS. Z. ANNUAL TAX LEVY BY ORDER OF J. S. RUSH, JR. ~SIGNED~ CLERK T. J. MICHIE tSIGNED~ PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR, MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR, WEINBERG.