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Petition re: West Main Street Parking Meters Staff Report re: Barracks Road Sidewalk Staff Report re: Rugby Road Sidewalk/ Bicycle Path The motion tO m~e~erse~;~a Board of Architectural and grant Certificate of pproprlafieness was then adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Albro, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Buck and Mr. Gatewood. Noes: Mrs. O'Brien. Mrs. Judith Bazin addressed the Council and presented a petition from a majority of the business owners and management from the Start Hill area requesting that the seven one hour parking meters located in the 300 block of Wear Main Street be removed and that they be replaced with two hour free parking zones. Mr. Albro asked about the meters on the remainder of West Main Street and the Mayor stated that he had contacted merchants in that area and would report at a later date. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Gatewood the staff was requested to remove the meters in the 300 block of West Main Street. The City Manager reported that the estimated cost of the sidewalk between Howard Drive and Buckingham Road is $24,000 and from Buckingham Road to Meadowbrook Shopping Center an additional $21,000, making the total most of the project $45,000. He stated there is presently $9,690 in the appropriation which could be used for this purpose and if Council wishes to complete this project as proposed it would take an additional $35,310. Mr. Buck stated that he noted from the memo that if this project is funded now the work will not be done until the spring of 1980 and asked if there was any logical reason to appropriate the money for a project that fare in advance. The City Manager stated that the neighborhood would feel better about the project knowing that it was already funded. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Atbro the following resolution was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration. BE IT RESOLVED by the C~uncil of the City of Charlottesville, that the sum of $35,310 is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Capital Pm.ojects Fund to expenditure account 05-00350 for the extension of sidewalk and drainage improvements necessitated thereby, on the south side of Barracks Road between Howard Drive and the Meadowbrook Shopping Center; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED ~hat the sum of $9,690, representing the unexpended balance of expenditure account 05-00390, originally appropriated for improvements to the intersection of Preston Avenue, Rugby Avenue, Rugby Road and Bar~acks Road, is hereby transferred and reappropriated to expenditure account 05-00350 for such sidewalk and related improvements. Mr. Gatewood stated that in view of the other drainage problems in the City he can not support the drainage portion of this project. He stated he feels the sidewalk is a reasonable request and one that has been discussed many times in the past $11,310 be appropriated for the Meadowbrook Shopping Center whicl A communication was presentE giving a block by block descripti on the westerly side of Rugby Roe He offered a substitute motion that idewalk from Buckingham Road to died for lack of a second. d from the Director of Public Works on and cost estimates of a sidewalk d from Preston Avenue to Edgewood Lane~ Since the portion of Edgewood Lane to Wayside Place had been previously approved Mrs. O'Brien raised the question as to whether this could be discussed ~ithout a motion from the prevailing side. In order part of the project Mr. Gatewood offered to make such to discuss this a motion, however it was agreed that[ this part had been approved and should not be changed. Mr. Albro was concerned about the number of t~eea which would have to be destroyed and wondered if some of them 7