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RESOLUTION: APPROVING 911 AGREEMENT ORDINANCE: REDUCING TAX RATES ON CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL LICENSES (2nd reading) ORDINANCE: AMENDMENT TO PERMIT TOWING OF VEHICLES UNLAWFULLY PARKED IN HANDICAPPED SPACES ORDINANCE: AMENDING RETIREMENT PLAN 'Sections S 1-35 and 5.1~36, ~'~"~:- · and created the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airportand Board to own and'operate the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport,' WHEREAS, in recent years, airport growth and tightening local budgets have strained the capacity of the Airport Board to provide capital improvements necessary to meet the reasonable d'eman6s of the traveling public, the need for some of those improvements, such as parking, having reached near-crisis proportions; and WHEREAS, creation by the Virginia General Assembly of an airport authority with the power to issue revenue bonds, which authority would own and operate the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, would facilitate the provision of needed capital improvements at said airport and wo'uld be mn the best interest of the City and its residents; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council~ of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that: 1. Senator Thomas J. Michie, Jr. and Delegate MitChel Van Yahres be requested to sponsor the attached bill creating the Charlottesville- Albemarle Airport Authority; introduce it in the 1984 session of the General-Assembly; and seek its passage therein; and 2. Copies of this resolution and the attached draft bill be sent to Senator Michie and Delegate Van Yahres for the above purpose. Mr. Hendrix explained that the resolution would authorize the signing of an agreement with Council, University of Virginia, and Albemarle CoUnty to set up a joint dispatching center. Mr. Mfchael Carroll, Emergency Services Coordinator for the City and County, stated that it was proposed that the dispatchers be given a 10% raise because of the sensitive nature of the joB, the training involved, and the desire to create a professional position. Mr. Carroll added that the funding percentages would be re-evaluated each year. Dr. Hall moved to approve the Resolution Approving the 911 Agreement, Dr. Gunter seconded the motion, and it was unanimously approved by Council. The ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO AM. END AND REORDAIN SECTIONS 1S-113 AND 1S-114 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, AS AMENDED, IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RATE OF TAXATION ON CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS OF BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES" which was offered at the meeting of December 19, 1983 was approved by the following vote. Ayes: Mr. Buck, Mr. Conover, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Gunter, Dr. Hall. Noes: None. Mr. Hendrix explained that a report had been submitted to Council in response to concern by Dr. Gunter on alternate methods of enforcement of handicapped parking spaces. Mr. Hendrix stated that towing was recommended as the most effective method for dealing with the problem. Dr. Gunter moved the ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTION 16-43.1, AS AMENDED, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, TO PERMIT THE TOWING OF VEHICLES UNLAWFULLY PARKED IN SPACES RESERVED FOR THE HANDICAPPBD~' Mrs. Gleason seconded the motion, and it was carried over to the next meeting for consideration. Mr. Hendrix explained the following changes in the ordinance: 1) formula D would be used to calculate retirement benefits, 2) cost of living raises for retirees would be included, and 3) 100% supplement 'for police and fire fighters would be included. In addition, Mr. Hendrix recommended that the sworn officers of the Sheriff's Department be included as public safety officials. Mr. David Cole, representing the Charlottesville Professional Fire- fighters Association, requested that the change in the formula only be applied to new employees. Mr. Conover moved to amend the ordinance by only applying Formula D