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372 <br /> <br />Appropriation re: <br />$12,000 School <br />Board (2nd reading) <br /> <br />Discussion re: <br />Taxicab ordinance <br /> <br />Worksession re: <br />UfVa. hospital <br />relocation <br /> <br /> The f¢ <br />of Council <br />Ayes: Mr. <br />Mr, Albro, <br /> <br /> BE IT <br /> <br />,llowing appropriation which was offered at the meeting <br /> <br />on December 10 was adopted by the following vote. <br />~uck, Ms. Gleason, Dr. Hall. Noes~ None. Absent: <br /> <br />Mr. Conover, <br /> <br />RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, <br /> <br /> Virginia, hat the sum of $12,000 or as much thereof as may be <br /> necessary is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance <br /> of the General Fund to expenditure account 01-61010 for use by <br /> the city public school system in the employment of additional <br /> instructional personnel at Venable School during the current <br /> school year, <br /> <br /> Mr. George.Coles, a lawyer representing Mr. James T. Graves, <br />owner of the Yellow 'Cab COmpany, requested that Council reconsider <br />certain portions of the taxicab Ordinance recantly passed to deregulate <br />the taxicab industry in Charlottesville. They requested that the <br />rates be set in the format of the first 1/10 mile and 1/5 mile <br />thereafter rather than in 1/4 mile increments as the ordinance now <br />reads. Mr. Graves argued that he and some of the independent cabs <br />in town had purchased meter chips in 1/10-1/5 increments already <br />and would incur expenses if they-had to now purchase~.l/4 mile <br />chips~now. Mr. Coles and Mr. Graves also argued that the smaller <br />the increments, the smaller the incremental increases that would occur <br />in the future, which would be of benefit to the consumers. Mr. <br />Roger Wiley, City Attorney, stated that the increments used in the <br />ordinance were of minor importance as long as the rate standard.~was <br />uniform for comparison purposes. ..Mr. Conover and Mr. Albro agreed <br />with this. On motion.by Mr. Conover, seconded by Ms. Gleason, <br />Council unanimously agreed to this modification of the ordinance on <br />first reading. <br /> <br /> Mr. Graves and Mr. Coles also asked that Council allow a surcharge <br />to be set by cab operators of 50¢ per trip for laundry and grocery <br />trips by cab. They argued that the extra work of assisting riders <br />with groceries and laundry bags, as well as the waiting time that <br />occurred in many instances, necessitated the surcharge for the <br />operators to profitably accept these kinds of trips. Mr. Albro <br />and Mr. Wiley asked why the operators could not simply start the <br />meter when they arrived at the place of call and thereby charge <br />extra of those who keep a cab waiting. Mr. Graves responded that the <br />custom is not to start the meter until the tassenger enters~the <br /> <br />cab and many riders will not enter the cab <br />on the meter, After considerable discussior <br />seconded hy Mr. Albro, Council unanimously <br />ordinance to allow any kind of surcharge in <br />the information is posted on the door of the <br />prescribed by tke ordinance. <br /> <br />By common consent, the amended section <br />carried over to the next meeting for conside <br /> <br /> Council met with members of the Plannin <br /> <br />hen a charge is waiting <br />, on motion by Dr. Hall, <br />greed to modify the <br />any amount as long as <br /> <br /> cab in the manner <br /> <br />27-15 was offered and <br />ration. <br />g Commission and the <br /> <br />Social Development Commission to discuss the proposed relocation <br /> <br />of the University of Virginia medical center. The Planning Commission <br /> <br /> <br />