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PETITION PRESENTED RE: GUN POWDER - WAREHOUSE STRIBLING AVE. AREA STORM WATER DRAINAGE COMPLAINT - DAIRY RD. - GENTRY LANE COMMITTEE APPOINTED RE: STORM WATER POLICY MATTER RE: iMPROVEmENTS AT AIRPORT RESOLUTION CARRIED OVER RE: HOUSING ADVISORY COMM. MATTER RE: O'NEILL ENTERPRISES RELOCATION EARHART STREET. SEVERAL PEOPLE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO CHANGING THE COUNCIL MEETINGS BACK TO EVENING MEETINGS. MR~ HANS GERSTLE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED A PETITION SIGNED BY THIRTY- FIVE RESIDENTS OF THE STRIBLING AVENUE AREA EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF GUN POWDER STORED IN A WAREHOUSE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. MR. JAMES H. BARKSDALE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL WITH REFERENCE TO THE 3TORM WATER DRAINAGE FROM DAIRY ROAD ACROSS HIS PROPERTY. MR. To R. JARMAN OF GENTRY LANE AND HRS. RAY FISHER OF DAIRY ROAD ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. MR. BARKSDALE STATED THAT HE WISHED TO NOTIFY THE CITY THAT HE ACCEPTS THE SUGGESTION OF A DRAINAGE DITCH ACROSS HIS PrOPERtY TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. ON MOTION BY MR. RINEHART~ SECONDED BY Mr. WRIGHT) THIS HATTER WA~ REFERRED TO THE STREET COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A DRAINAGE DITCH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DAIRY ROAD. THE MAYOR APPOINTED MR. DAVIS~ MR. VAN YAHRES, MR. GOULDMAN AND HR. BOWEN AS A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE CITY'S STORM WATER POLICY TO DETERMINE If POLICY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE. THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED TO THE COUNCIL AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS~ WHO WERE ALSO PRESENT, THAT BIDS HAD BEEN TAKEN FOR EXTENDING AND LIGHTING THE NORTHERN END OF THE APRON AT THE AIRPORT AND CONSTRUCTING A TIE DOWN AREA AT THE SOUTHERN END AS AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNCIL AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE F. A. A. HAD ONLY ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR EXTENDING AND LIGHTING THE APRON ON THE NORTH END WHICH IS USED BY COMMERCIAL AIRLINES AND LARGE PLANES. MR. BATCHELOR SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN TO FALLS CHURCH TO DISCUSS THE MATTER OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS WITH F. A. A.~ AND THEY HAD ADVISED HIM THAT THE TIE DOWN AREA AT THE-SOUTHERN END HAD A VERY LOW PRIORITY AND NO FEDERAL FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THIS WORK. THEY ALSO ADVISED HIM THAT IT WAS VERY LIKELY THAT F. A. A. WOULD ALLOCATEs IF REQUESTED, ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR PAVING A PORTION OF THE ADDITION TO THE APRON ON THE NORTH END WITH CONCRETE IN ORDER TO PREVENT DETERIORATION BY SPILLAGE OF FUEL OIL WHEN FUELING LARGE PLANES. MR. BATCHERLOR EXPLAINED THAT AN ALTERNATE BID HAD BEEN SECURED FOR THIS ITEM AND THE BID IS ~30~000.00. MR. BATCHELOR STATED AND THE CItY MANAGER AGREED THAT THE BIDS WERE VERY FAVORABLE FOR THE WORK AND THAT THEY FELT AND SO RECOMMENDED THAT ALL THE WORK SHOULD BE DONE AND COULD BE DONE IF F. A. A. INCREASED ITS ALLOCATION TO TAKE CARE OF HALF OF THE WORK ON THE NORTH END OF THE APRON, FOR LOCAL FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF ~136s000.00; ONE HALF TO BE PAID BY THE COUNTY AND ONE HALF BY THE ~ITY. THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT HE FELT THE WORK COULD NOT BE DONE ANY CHEAPER IN THE FUTURE AND THE TIE DOWN AREA IS BADLY NEEDED. Mr. BATCHELOR EXPLAINED THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT MONEY IN THE AIRPORT FUND TO COVER THE CITY AND COUNTY PORTION OF THE COST. THIS FUND IS THE RESULT OF FUNDS ADVANCED IN THE PAST FOR WORK DONE AT THE AIRPORT PENDING REFUNDS FROM F. A. A. A MOTION BY MR. RINEHART~ SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE~ ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AN AGREEMENT WITH F. A. A. FOR ITS PORTION OF FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND LIGHTING OF THE APRON AT THE NORTHERN ENDs INCLUDING CONCRETE FOR A PORTI'ON OF THE EXTENSION~ AND TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH FAULCONER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND Jo Mo MURPHY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: Mr. DAVIS~ MR. RINEHART, MR. VOGT AND HR. WRIGHT. NOES:-MR. VAN YAHRES. A PROPOSED RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS PRESENTED AND CONSIDERED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER~ WHICH RECOMMENDATION GREW OUT OF A REQUEST MADE BY COUNCIL FOR O'NEILL ENTERPRISES, INC. IN A LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 19, 1969~ THE CItY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT IN THE AMOUNT OF ~20~000.00 FROM O'NEILL ENTERPRISES~ INC. WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SAID DEPOSIt WAS TO SERVE AS SECURITY