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WHICH WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A PUBLIC HEARING AT A FUTURE DATE~ BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: HR, BARBOUR~ HRo FIFE~ MRo GILLIAM~ MRS. RINEHART AND HR. VAN YAHRES. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. REPORT RE: COURTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION RE: FLOOD PLAIN ORDINANCE COUNCIL CHAHB£R - NOVEHB£R 20, 1972 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: HR. ~ARBOUR~ HR. FIFE~ HRo GILLIAM~ HRS. RINEHART AND HR. VAN YAHRES. ABSENT: NONE. REV. CARL BEARD~ ASSOCIATE HINISTER OF THE UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH GAVE THE INVOCATION. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 6~ 1972 WERE APPROVED AS CORRECTED. HR. RICHARD H. BARRICK~ ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT: THE COMHITTEE APPOINTED BY YOU TO STUDY INPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT COUIT PLAN FOR THE COURTS NOT OF RECORD SUBNITS HEREWITH AN INTERN REPORT AS FOLEOWS: IN ITS LAST SESSiON~ THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH A DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM~ THESE COURTS WOULD REPLACE THE CHARLOTTESVILLE HUNIClPAL COURT AND THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY COURT, THE LEGISLATION AS PASSED CALLS FOR THE CREATION OF DISTRICT COURTS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRIOR TO JULY 1~ 1973. THEREAFTER~ ALL dUDGES CURRENTLY IN OFFICE WILL CONTINUE IN OFFICE UNTIL THEIR TERMS EXPIRE. THEY MAY BE REAPPOINTED BY THE COURTS OF RECORD UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR TERMS ONLY WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE COMNITTEE OF THE COURTS NOT OF RECORD OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THERE IS TO BE A TRANIITIONAL PERIOD DURING WHICH PART TIME JUDGES CONTINUE TO SERVE~ BUT ALL JUDGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FULL TINE BY 1980. THE RESOLUTION OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE BAR ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT COURT PLAN IN THIS AREA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOUR COMMITTEE FEELS THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF FULL TIME JUDICIAL PERSONNEL FOR THE HUNICIPAL COURT AND THE COUNTY COURT CAN BE~ IMPLEMENTED MORE EASILY IF THE TERMS OF THE HUNICIPAL COURT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE COUNTY COURT IN ALBENARLE COINCIDE. AT PRESENT~ THE TERMS OF BOTH dUDGES ARE FOR FOUR YEARS. THE HUNICIPAL COURT TERH EXPIRES DECEHBER 31~ 1973 AND THE COUNTY COURT TERM EXPIRES JUNE 30~ 1974. THE COUNTY TERMS ARE EXTABLISHED BY STATE STATUTE AND THUS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES. IT IS~ THEREFORE~ RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY CHARTER BE AHENDED SO AS TO HAKE THE TERN OF THE HUNICIPAL JUDGE COINCIDE WITH THAT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE. ON MOTION BY HR, GILLIAM~ SECONDED BY HR. BARBOUR A PUBLIC HEARING WAS SET FOR DECEMBER ~ 1972 AT 7:30 P.M. TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO SECTION 33. THE PROPOSED FLOOD PLAIN ORDINANCE WAS PRESENTED AND CONSIDERED~ A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. A ~OTION BY MR. BARBOUR~ SECONDED BY HR. VAN YAHRES~ THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE TABLED FOR FURTHER STUDY AND DISCUSSED AT A FUTURE WORK SESSION WITH THE PLANNING COHNISSION~ WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.