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!0 2 RESOLUTION RE: CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT WHICH AGREEMENT~ IF AppRovED IN A PUBLIC REFERENDUM AND BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY~ WILL MERGE THE CITY Of CHARLOTTESVILLE AND COUNTY Of ALBEMARLE INTO ONE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. BY ORDER OF J, S. RUSH, JR. (SIGNED) CLERK G. A. VOGT i(SIGNED) ~'~l~l I DII~ Nl A JOINT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL AND ALBEMARLE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WAS HELD ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. DAVIS~ MR. RINEHART~ MR. VAN YAHRES~ MR. MOST AND MR. WRIGHT. ABSENT: NONE. AFTER A LENGHTY DISCUSSION~ MR. RINEHART MOVED THAT THE REFERENDUM DATE OF MARCH 3~ 1970 BE INSERTED INTO THE CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT. THIS MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS~ AND INFORMALLY ADOPTED JOINTLY BY THE COUNCIL AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. IN MAKING HIS MOTION, MR. RINEHART STATED THAT THE CITY IS RESERVING ITS RIGHT TO PROCEED WITH ANNEXATION STUDIES AND SUIT AFTER NOVEMBER 18~ 1969. HE STATED HE DID NOT MEAN it AS A THREAT~ BUT WANTED IT A MATTER OF RECORD TO GET IT AIRED AND UNDERSTOOD. ON MOTION BY MR. DAVIS~ SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: WHEREAS~ THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IS OF THE OPINION THAT A CONSOLIDATION OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE INTO A SINGLE CONSOLIDATED CITY WILL BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS OF SAID CITY AND COUNTY; AND WHEREAS~ THE CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT DATED NOVEHBER 18, 1969 AND THE PROPOSED CHARTER ATTACHED THERETO, WHICH WERE PREPARED BY THE ATTORNEVS FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY AND WERE PRESENTED TO THIS MEETING~ SET FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH CONSOLIDATION WHICH HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BY THE BOARD OF SAID COUNTY AND THIS COUNCIL AFTER MANY MONTHS OF JOINT STUDY; AND WHEREAS, THE PLAN FOR CONSOLIDATION SET FORTH IN SAID AGREEMENT AND CHARTER MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS OF SAID CITY AND COUNTY FOR APPROVAL IN A REFERENDUM ELECTION BEFORE SUCH CONSOLIDATION CAN BE EFFECTIVE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT MR. G. A. VOGT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO EXECUTE SAID CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 18, !969, ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNCIL AND MR. J. SIDNEY RUSH~ JRo~ CLERK OF THIS COUNCIL IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ATTEST THE SAME AND TO AFFIX THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THIS COUNCIL THERETO$ AND BE tt FURTHER RESOLVED THAT AFTER SAID AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED ON BEHALF OF THIS COUNCIL AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY, THIS COUNCIL'S ATTORNEY, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO FILE AN ORIGINAL OF SAID AGREEMENT WITH THE JUDGE OF THE CORPORATION COURT OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, TOGETHER WITH A JOINT PETITION ON BEHALF OF SAID BOARD AND THIS COUNCIL~ ASKING THAT A REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF CONSOLIDATION BE ORDERED AND AN ELECTION HELD IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ON THE QUESTION OF CONSOLIDATION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SAID CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT. AND THE CLERK OF THIS COUNCIL IS DIRECTED TO ATTACH A COPY OF SAID CONSOLI- DATION AGREEMENT AND CHARTER TO THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNEDo / COUNCIL CHAMBER - NOVEMBER 24, 1969 PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: MR. K. E. DAVIS MR. W. A. RINEHART MR. MITCHELL VAN YAHRES MR. G. A. VOGT MR. J. W. WRIGHT NOVEMBER 21, !969 TAKE NOTI CE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD MONDAY EVENING THE 24TH INST. AT 7:30 P. M. O'CLOCK. BY ORDER OF J. S. RUSH~ JR. (SIGNED) CLERK G. A. VOGT (SIGNED) PRES IDENT