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270 Resolution re: Granting Special Permit for Increased Density - 2104 Jeff. Park Ave. Authorization for Acting City Manager for Library Funds Ordinance re: Rezoning property at 1021 Wertland Street WHEREAS, the necessity for the Regional Library Board to take quick action on this project to safeguard commitments for private donations, and the difficulty of coordinating funding efforts in a multi-jurisdictional agency have made it advisable for the City to express certain intentions in regard to funding of the City's share of the library project; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the Council hereby expresses a commitment to funding its share of the proposed central library project, es~timated to be $900,000.00, as the City's first priority for capital expenditures; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the present intention of the Council to finance such project through the issuance of general obligation bonds at an appropriate time and in an amount sufficient to fund the City's share thereof, such precise time and amount to be hereafter established by this Council; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the sense of the Council that such bonds may appropriately be issued without resort to a public referendum, to the extent that this can be accomplished without increasing the present level of debt service payments, and in view of the need to protect commitments of private donations to the Regional Library Board; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is authorized to proceed, in conjunction wi~h the County Executive of Albemarle County to acquire the post office building from the federal government; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council hereby agrees to the retention by the Regional Library Board of architectural and engineering services necessary for such project; provided that all aspects of the design, contracting and construction of such project shall be coordinated with the and supervised by the administrative~ engineering and legal staffs of the City and the County of Albemarle; and the City Manager is authorized to made appropriate arrangements with the Regional Library Board for the performance of such functions. On motion by Mr. Fife, ~seconded by Mr. Gatewood the following resolution was unanimOusly adopted. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of CharlottesVille that there is hereby granted pursuant to ~31-33 of the Code of Charlottesville a special permit for the use of the property located at 2104 Jefferson Park Avenue for construction of apartment units at a density of 31 units per acre, or a maximum of nine units on such property. Such permit shall be subject to the conditions and regulati~ons set forth in the aforesaid §31-33 for such higher ~density development as well as to all general conditions and regulations imposed upon special permits by Chapter 31 of such City Code, including the obtaining by the developers of an approved site plan prior to initiating use of the property for such purposes. On motion by Mr. Brunton, seconded by Mr. Barbour the Acting City Manager was authorized to sign an authorization of expenditures of state and federal aid funds for the fiscal year 1977-78 and also to investigate the p.ossiblity of put. chasing a projector for the handicapped to be kept at the library. The petition to rezone the rear portion of the property located at 1021 Wertland Street from R-2 to R-3 was again discussed, the motion by Mr. Fife, seconded by Mrs. O'Brien to deny this petition which was made at the meeting of Council on July 5, 1977, was defeated by the following recorded va're. Ayes: Mr. Barbour and Mr. Fife. Noes: Mr~.~B=unton, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. An ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT MAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 31-4 OF ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 31 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, BY THE REZONING OF A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE VICINITY OF. WERTLAND STREET IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE," was offered by Mr. Gatewood, seconded by Mr. Brunton and adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. Brunton, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes: Mr. Barbour and Mr. Fife.