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43.8. Consideration re: Appropriation - Repairs to City Buildings Staff Report re: Pre- application for new Transit buses by Mr. Gatewood, seconded by Mr. Albro that repairs to the roof at the Circuit Court be approved and that the staff get firm estimates on repairs and specifics for the Juvenile Court building and the Health Department building, was unanimously adopted. On motion by Mr. Gatewood, seconded by Mr. Albro 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 hereinafter set forth are hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Capital Projects FUnd to the respective expenditure accounts listed to fund necessary repairs to the Boy's Attention Home, roof repairs to the Circuit Court Building, and storm drainage repairs at Charlottesville High School. 05-00660 Boy's Co~unity Attention Home $15,500 05-00670 Circuit Court Building 11,000 05-00680 Charlottesville High School 4,200 Mr. Atbro requested that before next reading of the appropriation the staff review the Circuit Court House list and see if any safety and energy loss repairs are necessary. The City ManageH stated that if the drainage problem is not corrected at the high school the erosion would soon be a very grave problem. Mrs. O'Brien expressed concern that two ball fields were designed with an inadequate drainage system. The City Manager suggested that one building roof be included in the Capital Budget each year for the next three years and Mrs. O'Bri~n suggested that consideration be given to adding additional insulation at the schools when the roofs are replaced. Dr. Jennings, Chairman of the School Board stated that the School Board has engaged the services of a roof expert to advise the Board on roof repairs and additional insulation and Mrs. 0'Brien suggested that before the Council considers the redesign of the traffic patterns at the schools, requested by the ~School Board, that the Traffic Engineering Department be requested to study these requests and report. The City Manager b~iefly reviewed the p~e-application for a Capital Grant for the Transit System. He stated that there arelpri~c~pa~ly two issues involved in tha application. He stated the first issue is really the reason for the grant itself and that is the need to go from small buses to intermediate size buses. He stated that the mini bus program has been fairly successful, but there are times during the day when more people are being carried on the buses than they are designed to hold. This over crowding occurs mainly at the peak hours in the morning and afternoon. He stated that what was being suggested was the need to acquire some 31 passenger buses and retire some of the mini buses. He stated that the smaller buses are cheaper to operate then the larger b oses and for thaO..reason there is some hesitancy in going to larger buses since the City must pay the entire cost of operation. The second issue is how do we deal with the matter of the handicapped. He stated that all of the buses will have to be equipped to handle the handicapped. Either Wheelchair ramps or elevator equipment on the existing buses plus any