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393 Communication re: JAUNT 'Staff report re: Audit Committee Appropriation re: $50,000 Fuel Assistance Program (2nd reading) Appropriation re: $100,000 Library Capital Fund (2nd reading) Ordinance re: Amending Chapter 31 relating to time limits during litigation (2nd reading) Ordinance re: Utility deposits Ordinance re: Vacating portion of Rockland Avenue WHEREAS preliminary plans for the Project and the financing have been deScribed to the Council in..a presentation by representatives of the Company; and WHEREAS the Project will be located in the Barracks Road Shopping Center in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that: 1. it is hereby found and determined that the-financing of the Project will be in th~ public interest and will promote the safety, health, welfare, convenience or prosperity of the City of Charlottes- ville, Virginia, and its citizens; 2. the Council hereby approves the location and financing of the Project; ~_. 3. it is hereby found and determined that the Project meets the criteria set forth in Section 5 of the Ordinance; 4. this resolution shall take effect immediately. Mr. Cole Hendrix, City Manager', asked for Council's approval to withdraw the City as an applicant for Section 18 UMTA funds on behalf of JAUNT, as JAUNT is now able to apply as its applicant for the funds. On motion by Mr. Albro, seconded by Dr. Hall, Council unanimously approved the request. Mr. Robert Sheets, Director of Finance. and representing the City's audit committee, presented the committee's report and management letter regarding the recent audit of City accounns. The audit went smoothly, he reported, with no major problems occurring. The appropriation 9f $50,000 for the Fuel Assistance Program which was offered at the meeting of January 19 was adopted by the following vote. Ayes: Mr. Albro, Mr. Buck, Mr. Conover, Ms. Gleason, Dr. Hall. Noes: None. The appropriation of $100,000 for the Library Capital Fund which was offered at the meeting of January 19 was adopted by the following vote. Ayes: Mr, Albro, Mr. Buck, Ms. Gleason, Dr. Hall. Noes: None. Absent: Mr. Conover. The ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 31 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, BY ADDING A SECTION NUMBERED 31-279.1 P~LATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF TIME LIMITS ON PERMITS, CERTIFICATES AND OTHER APPROVALS DURING LITIGATION" which was offered at the meeting of January 5 was adopted by the following vote. Ayes: Mr. Albro, Mr. Buck, Ms. Gteason, Dr. Hall. Noes: None. Absent: Mr. Conover. The ordinance regarding utility deposits was held over to the next meeting. Council considered an ordinance titled "AN ORDINANCE CLOSING, VACATING AND DISCONTINUING A PORTION OF UNOPENED ROCKLAND AVENUE." Neighbors who reside nearby the portion of the street in question presented a petition and requested that Council deny the request to vacate the street. They stated that they used the area for gardens and had maintained it for several years. As there was no one to speak for the petitioner who requested the closing, Council held the ordinance over till the next meeting and requested the staff to contact the petitioner to be present at the next meeting.