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Staff Report re: Space Needs -- City Hall Consideration re: Appropriation - $16,612.50 Purchase of House on Fifth Street Consideration re: Appropriation - Capital Projects A staff red, mt was presented giving alternatives availbale to the C%ty to =emedy office space problems in an effort to relocate the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority, consolidate in a central location the major housing and economic development activities of the City, and provide additional office area for the Department of Social Services. The report stated that to accomplish nothing more that relocating the Charlottesville Redevelop- ment and Housing Authority in City Hall ComPlex, the base- ment of City Hall can be utilized. The cost of remodeling space in the basement level of City Hall would be $34,900 if contracted for, and $21,950 if part of the work is done by City crews. The Cost of providing space to centralize housing and economic development, freeing additional space for Social Services, and relocating CHRA the cost would be $158,54~ if contracted and $124,315 for a combination of City crews a~d contracting. The City Manager stated that it was imperative that the Housing Authority be moved to City Hall and reccmmended that housing, economic development and social developnent departments be located together. A motio~n by Mr. Buck, sc conded by Mr.. Albro that the basement level space be remodel~ d for the Housing Authority and that City crews do as much of the work as possible, was adopted by the following recorde~ vote. Ayes: Mr. AlbrO, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Buck and Mr. Gatewood. Noes: Mrs. O'Brien. On notion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Gatewood the followin g. resolution was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlott ~sville that the sum of $16,612.50 be and the same is hereby transferred from the unappropriated balance of the General Fund to the Capital Projects Fund, and appropriated from the~Capital Projects Fund balance to expenditure account 05-00620~for the acquisition of property adjacent to Tonsler Park on ~ifth S. treet, S. 'W. from Ruth J. Bolling, et 'al., and expenses associated therewith~ 42'3 On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Gatewood the following resolution was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the sums set forth are hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Capital Projects Fund to the respective expenditure accounts listed to fund additional expenditures necessary in connection with the projects for which such accounts were originally established: 05-00480 414 4th Street Building Repair $ 525.00 05-99980 Contingency for Building Repairs 3,037.00 05-00280 5th' St. Improvements 302.00 05-00360 Lane High School Athletic Field 565.00 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the sum of $144~871.00 is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Capital Projects Fund to expenditure account 05-00220 for completionlof the Public Works Headquarters; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the sum of $40,000.00 is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Capital Projects Fund to expenditure account 05-00630 for additional expenditures necessary to repair the U. S. Route 250 By-Pass Bridge over the mainline tracks of the Southern Railway Company and for repairs to the Locust Avenue Bridge over the U. S. Route 250 By-Pass.