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368 APPROPRIATION: $1,509,234.00 JOB TRAINING & PARTNERSHIP ACT PROGRAM. (2nd reading) RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING RELEASE TO RECEIVE SUPPLE- MENTAL GRANT FOR 1983-84 BASIC SCHOOL AID RESOLUTION: AMENDING COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH HOUSING AUTHORITY The $1,509,234.00 for the Job Training Partnership Act Program which was offered at the meeting of May 7th 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 Director of Finance is authorized to. create a special fund designated as the Job Training Partnership Act Fund, and that the sum received from the Employment and Training Division of the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to such Act, estimated at $1,509,234.00 is hereby appropriated to such fund, to be expended on authorization from the City Manager or his designee, and in accordance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations, to carry out the purposes of the Act. Mr. Hendrix stated that the State had requested Council approval of the resolution which authorized the Mayor to sign a release agreeing that the City will accept the $181,062.00 to correct an error made by the State, and will not sue the State for additional funds resulting from the error. Mr. Hendrix added that staff recommended approval. On motion by Dr. Hall, seconded by Dr. Gunter, the resolution authorizing the release to receive supplemental grant for 1983~84 basic school aid was unanimously approved by Council. WHEREAS, errors i.n calculation of the state basic school aid formula have resulted in underpayments to Charlottesville and certain other localities for the 1983-84 school year and prior years; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly has appropriated funds for a one-time supplemental grant .(in the amount of $181,054 for Charlottesville) to such localities in partial compensation for such underpayments; and WHEREAS, as a condition of such supplemental grant payment the State Department of Education is requiring the recipient localities to release all further claims for such underpayments, now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that the Mayor is authorized to executive on behalf of the City a release,-disdharging the Commonwealth, its offi.cials, agents and employees from further liability for such basic school aid underpayments upon receipt by the City of the $181,065 supple- mental grant payment. Mr. Wiley, City Attorn.ey, stated that the resolution Would set up a contingency plan in the event the City loses the Vinegar Hill suit in the Supreme Court. The plan would involve the City acquiring the developer's interest in the project through the issuance of bonds by the Housing Authority. The developer would remain committed to completing the project and Radisson would.operate the hotel. On motion by Dr. Hall, seconded by Mrs. Gleason, the resolution "Authorizing the Mayor to enter into amendment No. 2 to cooperation agreement with Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority regarding the Vinegar Hill Hotel and Conference Center Project" was unanimously approved by Council. WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville ("City") and the Charlottes- ville Redevelopment and Housing Authority ("Authority") entered into a Cooperation Agreement dated October 27, 1983 ("Cooperation Agreement") which sets forth the responsibilities of the CitY and the Authority for the development and financing of the hotel, conference center, corporate training facility and parking deck ("Project"), to be con- structed within the Vinegar Hil. 1 Redevelopment Project; WHEREAS, the City and the Authority entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Cooperation Agreemen~t on April 6, 1984 (the Corporation Agreement, as so amended, is hereinafter referred to as the "Cooperation Agreement");