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APPROPRIATION: $33,600 NEW STREET LIGHTS (2nd reading) APPROPRIATION: $1,000 COMMUNITY ATTENTION HOME APPROPRIATION: $367.2s SHENANDOAH JUVENILE DETENTION HOME RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO SIGN CONTRACT FOR CENTRAL PLACE The appropriation of $33,600 for new street lights which was offered at the meeting of May 16th was approved by the following vote. Ayes: Mr. Buck, Mr. Conover, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Gunter, Dr. Hall. Noes: None. Mr. Hendrix explained that a $!,000 donation had been made to the Community Attention Girls~ Home and Council needed to appropriate it in order to have it placed in the proper fund. Mrs. Gleason expressed great appreciation for the donation and moved to approved the appropriation. Dr. Hall seconded, and the following appropriation was approved by the fo]lowing vote. Ayes: Mr. Buck, Mr. Conover, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Gunter, Dr. Hall. Noes: None. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the sum of $1,000.00, received as a donation from two private individuals, is hereby appropriated to expenditure account 19-11020 to be used to purchase bedroom furniture for the Girls' Attention Home; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Mayor is requested to send a letter to the donors expressing Council's gratitude for their g~nerosity. Mr. Hendrix explained that ~he appropriation of $367.28 to the. Shenandoah Juvenile Detention Home was necessary because their final budget request was submitted to the City after the FY 83 budget was finalized~ This amount would make up the slight difference. He also explained that the appropriation could be approved after the first reading as it was less than $1,000. Mrs. Gleason moved, Dr. Hall seconded, and the following appro- priation was approved by the following vote. Ayes: Mr. Buck, Mr. Conover, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Gunter, Dr. Hall. Noes: None. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the sum of $367..28 is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund to expenditure account 01~12090 as an increase in the city's contribution to the operation of the Shenandoah Juvenile Detention Home. Mr. Wiley explained that Council had approved the contract for the Central Place the previous week which guaranteed that the building would be completed or, in the occurrence of it not being completed, the City would be assigned the loan proceeds to enable the completion of the project. Mr. Wiley introdUced Mr. Craig Redinger, a partner in the Central Place project. Mr. Redinger addressed Council regarding some concerns expressed at the previous meeting, including control by the City if the project did not move forward or was not completed 24 months after issuance of the contract, and assurancy hy him that the $10,000 previously promised by Mr. Milgraum to improve the Central Place would continue to be honored by him. Mr. Redinger said that he was planning to meet with Mr. Huja, Director of Community Development, to present changes in the plan. Responding to a question by Mr. Conover, Mr. Redinger said that Paramount Theatre was to be renovated and included in this project. Mr. Buck noted concern that the contract did not give City Council control over any plan changes in the future, and the contract was amended to show that plans must be approved by the City. Dr. Gunter asked what had been done to change the horizontal effect of the proposed building, and Mr. Redinger replied that brick was to be