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r DATE SET - SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER RE: BOND ISSUE REQUEST RE: VINEGAR HILL REQUEST RE: YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICE REQUEST RE: CHVILLE-ALB. RESCUE SQUAD BY-LAWS - MENTAL HEALTH ~)o APPROVED REQUEST RE: HOLY COMFORTER LOW COST HOUSING CORP. ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: SEC. 4, ART. III - APP:o 5TH STREET, S. 'RESOLUTION RE: RULES COVERING WORK SESSIONS OF COUNCIL INTEREST COST AND THE RESULTS WILL EFFECT SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS FOR THE CITY. THE PROPOSED RETIREMENT PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE BY THE CITY WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING THE CITY'S EXCELLENT FINANCIAL POSITION. CONSIDERATION AND STUDY WAS GIVEN TO WAYS AND MEANS OF FURTHER REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF THE BONO iSSUE FOR THIS PROJECT, HOWEVER, IN MY OPINION~ THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATION IS THE LOWEST SUM WHICH SHOULD BE BORROWED AT THIS TIME IN ORDER TO KEEP THE CITY FISCALLY SOUND FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTTED~ JEB:RB CITY MANAGER ON MOTION BY MR. DAV1S~ SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART~ THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATIONS WERE U~NtMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION BY MR. WRIGHT, SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART, JUNE 9~ 1970 WAS SET AS THE DATE FOR THE SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IN THE SUM OF SIX MILLION DOLLARS (~6,000,000.00) FOR THE PURPOSE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID CITY" WAS OFFERED BY MR. WRIGHT~ SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. EACH MEMBER OF COUNCIL EXPRESSED HIS SUPPORT OF THE BOND ISSUE. A REQUEST FOR REZONING PART OF VINEGAR HILL WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICE REQUESTING ENDORSE- MENT OF THE YES PROGRAM AND A CONTRIBUTION OF ~600.O0 TO BE USED FOR A SUPERVISORIS SALARY. ACTION WAS DEFERRED ON THIS REQUEST PENDING A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE RESCUE SQUAD ADVISING OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN ANSWERING EMERGENCY CALLS AND REQUESTING THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO CHECKING PLANS FOR NEW BUILDINGS TO DETERMINE IF AN AMBULANCE COT CAN BE GOTTEN IN AND OUT. THIS MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR RECOMMENDATION. ON MOTION BY MR. VAN YAHRES~ SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THE BY-LAWS OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE- ALBEMARLE MENTAL HEALTH BOARD WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT RELIEF FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OFF-STREET PARKING ORDINANCE BE GRANTED THE HOLY COMFORTER LOW COST HOUSING CORPORATION AS PROVIDED UNDER SEC. 20-2 OF THE CITY CODE. ON MOTION BY MR. RINEHART, SECONDIED BY MR. DAVIS~ THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: MR. DAVIS, MR. RINEHART AND MR. VOGT. NOES: MR. WRIGHT. (MR. VAN YAHRES NOT VOTING) A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE REQUESTS OF OtNEILL REALTY FOR THE REZONING OF "WILLOUGHBY~' ON 5TH STREET, S. W. BE GRANTED. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT MAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE ill OF APPENDIX II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965, BY THE REZONING OF SEVERAL PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED ON 5TH STREE~ NEAR CLEVELAND AVENUE~ HARRIS ROAD AND INTERSTATE 64" WAS OFFERED BY MR. DAVIS~ SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART~ AND ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. DAVIS, MR. RINEHART, MR. VAN YAHRES~ MR. VOGT AND MR. WRIGHT. NOES: NONE. A RESOLUTION ENTITLED "RULES COVERING WORK SESSIONS OF COUNCIL" WAS INTRODUCED BY MR. VAN YAHRES~ SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART~ AND DURING DISCUSSION, A SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. WRIGHT~ THAT THIS MATTER BE RE~ERRED TO A COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: MR. DAVIS~ MR. RINEHART~ MR. VOGT AND MR. WRIGHT. NOES: MR. VAN YAHRES. THE MAYOR APPOINTED MR. DAVIS, MR. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES TO THIS COMMITTEE WITH MR. GOULDMAN AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER. ON MOTION BY MR. WRIGHT, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES~ MR. C. O. DURHAM AND MR. JOE