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!88' Resolution re: Urging the governor & general assembly to restore state participation in ~water pollution control grants Resolution re: Urging congressional funding of-federal water pollution control grants On motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Barbour the following resolution was unanimously adopted. WHEREAS, the Commonwealth of Virginia has in the past reduced and ultimately elimated its participation in the funding of Construction Grant Programs under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (PL92-500); and WHEREAS, such action on the part of the Commonwealth has unfairly and inequitably created a new burden on local fiscal resources because the Federal and State mandates upon localities to complete such programs were not similarly reduced or eliminated; and WHEREAS, such funds are now vitally needed by this community to complete the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority's advanced waste water treatment plant in order to comply with mandates from the State Water Control Board and other regulatory bodies; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the Governor and General Assembly of Virginia be earnestly requested to restore funds for State participation in water pollution control projects to their originally committed ten percent funding level; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Council be directed to send a certified copy of this resolution to Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr., the Clerk of the Senate and House of Delegates, and the members of the General Assembly representing Charlottesville. On motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Gatewood the following resolution was unanimously adopted. WHEREAS, the 94th Congress adjourned witho~ut taking final action on an appropriation for fiscal year 1977 for a Contruction Grants Program under the Federal Water Pollution Control ACt (PL92-500); and WHEREAS, such appropriation is necessary if the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority is to be able to proceed on schedule with the construction of the advanced waste water treatment plant to be located on Moores Creek; and WHEREAS,the prompt completion of such plant is of vital importance to this community in order to eliminate the adverse economic impact which will result from extended application of the moratorium on sewer connections in the Moores Cree Drainage Basin; and WHEREAS, the completion of such plant is also of great significance in improving the water quality and protecting the natural environment in the Rivanna River and James River Basin; and WHEREAS, it is impossible for such project to proceed withou~ the required federal funding; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that our Senators and Representative in the Congress of the United States be requested to work for the speedy approval of an appropriation bill funding the FY1977 Construction Grants Program under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (PL92-500) when the new Congress convenes in January; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Council be directed to send a certified copy of t~his resolution to Senators Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and William Scott and Reoresentative J. Kenneth Robinson. Resolution re: Raffle Permit - Post Conviction Assistance Project On motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Gatewood the following resolution was unanimously adopted. WHEREAS, the Post-Conviction Assistance Project has duly applied for a permit to conduct raffles in compliance with ~17-19 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, 1976, as amended, and