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Resolution r Appointing V Morton Drive Statement by Mr. Buck on Drainage Pro[ Resolution rE BiCentennial use for Touri ~rogram 137 The resolution appropriating $45,900 for the Chesapeake Street drainage project, which was offered at the meeting of the Council on. September 17, 1979, was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Albro, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Buck, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes; None. [ewers On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Gatewood the following resolution was unanimously adopted. A RESOLUTION appointing viewers to consider a request for the vacation .of a portion of Morton Drive and the existing right-of-way at the rear of Morton Frozen Foods' parking lot. WHEREAS, this Council has received a petition requesting vacation of a portion of Morton Drive and the existing right- of-way at the rear of Morton Frozen Foods' parking lot; and WHEREAS, it appears to Council that the notices required by Section 15.1-364 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, have been duly posted; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that Messrs. Mason S. Byrd, W. J. Copeland and H. P. Winn report in writing to Council what inconvenience, if any, would result from such vacation. Mr. Buck stated that in the future he did not intend to ects vote ~for additional appropriations for drainage projects that go over the estimate, that he thinks it is the responsibility of the staff to stay within the amount budgeted, that they should do their budgeting and planning consistent with what the Council has done. The City Manager responded that the staff can not control construction prices and also that the staff has .to make a very quick estimate 'of what a project is going to cost based on not too detailed surveys, and not drawings detail plans and if the Staff is required to do that before the money is budgeted then we will have to stop doing some of the things that are being done fOr construction purposes and put more time in planning for budgetary purposes. He stated that if the method is ctianged by whichwe, budget for these projects then we must change the method of operation in the Engineering Department and we won't get as much done or else we must get outside consulting help in order to get things done. Building sm On .motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Albro the following resolution was unanimously adopted. WHEREAS, the original lease for the building occupied by theWest~rn Virginia Bicentennial Center called for the building to|revert to academic use by Piedmont Virginia Community College at ~he expiration of the term of that lease; and WHEREAS, tourism is a significant contributor to the economy of~entral Virginia and the entire Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, the Counczl desires to have the center continue to functi0n~as a tourist information center, after the end of the officia~ Bicentennial Celebration; and WH and the Stat that the Wes appropriate have request buildi-ng foz additional f space a~ space n~ be it EREAS, the Piedmont Virginia Community College Board, e Board of Community Colleges have both determined tern Virginia Bicentennial Center building is not for use by the Community College at this time and ed the Governor to approve the leasing of the use as a tourist information facility for an ive years and to exclude the 4900 square feet of zailsble in the building from calculations of the future ~eds of Piedmont Virginia Community College; now, therefore,