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2210' Staff Report re: Rugby Road Bicycle Trail Appropriation re: Bicentennial Info. Center - $74,869 Appropriation re: Bicentennial Office $4,199 Loan re: Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing $25,000 Consideration re: Appropriation $59,317 Girls' Attention Home that the Convention Bureau be funded for an interium contract from January 1, 1977 to June 30, 1977 which would allow the program to continue at the same level of activities and allow time to discuss and prepare Contract III to begin July 1. He stated that the interium contract would only cover the continuing costs and could be done for $6,000 for this six month period. He requested that Contract III be negotiated for the period July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978 and that City and County fund this contract with 25% of the transient room tax, plus $5500 and $2500 from the County making a total of $42,000 for operation of the Tourism and Convention Bureau. A motion was offered by Mr. Gatewood, seconded by Mr. Brunton that the interium contract be funded and action on Contract III, be deferred until the City Budget is approved subject to County cooperation. A substitute motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Barbour that action be postponed one week so that the contract can be prepared, was unanimously adopted. The City Manager advised the Council that the staff has explored possible altemnative~.funding sources for the Rugby Road Bike Trail including State Highway Department 'Safety Division, State Highway Department Construction Division, Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, and University of Virginia and stated that up to this time he has been unable to secure any funds for this project. A motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mr. Barbour that a general policy be established whereby bike lanes are included where appropriate in all new streets constructed in the future was unanimously adopted. Mr. Bob Stripling was requested to contact the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation about funds for the Bike paths going along the sewer lines. The resolution appropriating $74,869 for Bicentennial Information Center, which was offered at the meeting of the Council on February 22, 1977, was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Fife, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes: None. The resolution appropriating $4,199 for operation of the Office of the Bicentennial which was offered at the meeting of the Council on February 22., 1977, was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Fife, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. On motion by Mr. Brunton, seconded by Mr. Gatewood a loan in the amount of $25,000 was authorized to the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority. On motion by Mr. Gatewood, seconded by Mr. Barbour the ~ following resolution was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration.