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a letter from. the~Charlottesville_Albemarle~..~ Legal Aid Society addressed to HUD indicating that they were representing a client who felt some of the funds in the Community Development Revenue Sharing Program has beene_improperly allocated. The projects to which Legal Aid objected are the Rugby Road Bicycle Trails, $75,000; other bicycle trail~projects, $50,000; Jefferson Park Avenue Sidewalk, $7500 and Emmet Street Sidewalk, $3750 and stated that the City Council must now decide to take some action to solve this complaint. Mrs. Mary Paige, President of the Ridge Street Neighborhood Associanion, addressed the Council in opposition to spending money on the bike trails instead of in key neighbor- hoods. Several people addressed the Council in favor of bike trails, but indicaned that the bike trails should have priority only over projects outside the target areas. A mo~ion by Mr. Gatewood, seconded by.Mr. Brunton that the $75,000 for the Rugby Road Bike Trail and $50,000 for other bike trail projects be reprogrammed, was unanimously adopted. On motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Brunton the following resolution was unanimously adopted. WHEREAS, on April 12, 1976, this Council approved the City's application to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for second year block grant funding under the Community Development Act of 1974; and WHEREAS, that application included requests for funding bicycle trail and sidewalk improvements on Rugby Road in the amount of $75,000, and other bicycle trail improvements to be based on recommendations of the Bicycle Task Force in the amount of $50,000, both of which requests were approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS, this Council now finds it to be in the overall best interests of the Community Development Act block grant funds not be used for such bicycle trail projects; now, therefore be it ' RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the City Manager be authorized to advise the Department of Housing and Urban Development that the City wishes to reallocate the aforesaid sums of $75,000.00 to other projects eligible for such funding; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Community Development Task Force be advised that such sums are to be available for reallocation to other projects; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Council reaffirm its commitment to the development of facilities for bicycle transportation by making every effort to find other funding to be used for bicycle trail projects. Ordinance re: Closing, An ordinance 'entitled "AN ORDINANCE CLOSING VACATING AND Vacating and Discontinuing ' 15 foot alley running DISCONTINUING A 15 FOOT ALLEY RUNNING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION easterly direction from~.Avo~tStreet Ordinance ~.re: : Social Development C orm~i s s i on Appointment re: Social Development Commis s ion FOR APPROXIMATELY 144 FEET FROM AVON STREET," which was offered at the meeting of the Council on September 7, 1976, was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Fife, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes: None. An ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 2-103 OF TKE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, RELATING TO THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION," which was offered at the meeting of the Council on September 7, 1976, was adopted by the follOwing recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Fife, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. N~es: None. On motion by b~. Fife, Mr. Stephen Water, was appointed to the Social Development Commission.