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WHICH WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF A PUBLIC HEARING AT A FUTURE DATE~ BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. BARBOUR~ MR. FIFE~ MR. GILLIAM~ MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. REPORT RE: COURTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERAT ION RE: FLOOD PLA IN OR D 1 NAN CE COUNCIL CHAMBER - NOVEMBER 20~ 1972 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. BARBOUR~ MR. FIFE~ MR. GILLIAM~ MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. ABSENT: NONE. REv. CARL BEARD~ ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF THE UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH GAVE THE INVOCATION. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING Of NOVEMBER 6~ 1972 WERE APPROVED AS CORRECTED. MR. RICHARD H. BARRICK~ ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT: THE COHMITTEE APPO;[NTED BY YOU TO STUDY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DISTRICT COURT PLAN FOR THE COURTS NOT OF RECORD SUBMITS HEREWITH AN INTERM REPORT AS FOLLOWS: IN ITS LAST SESSION~ THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH A DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM. THESE COURTS WOULD REPLACE THE CHARLOTTESVILLE MUNICIPAL 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 JUDGES 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 COMMITTEE OF THE COURTS NOT OF RECORD OF THE G~NERAL ASSEMBLY. THERE IS TO BE A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD DURING WHICH PART TIME JUDGES CONTINUE TO SERVE~ BUT ALL JUDGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FULL TIME BY I980, 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 MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE COUNTY COURT CAN BE~; IMPLEMENTED MORE EASILY IF THE TERMS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE COUNTY COURT IN ALBEMARLE COINCIDE, AT PRESENT~ THE TERMS OF BOTH JUDGES ARE FOR FOUR YEARS. THE MUNICIPAL COURT TERM 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 AMENDED SO AS TO MAKE THE TERM OF THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE COINCIDE WITH THAT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE, ON MOTION BY MR. GILLIAM~ SECONDED BY MR. BARBOUR A PUBLIC HEARING WAS SET FOR DECEMBER 4~ i972 AT 7:3O 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 MR. VAN YAHRES~ THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE TABLED FOR FURTHER STUDY AND DISCUSSED AT A FUTURE WORK SESSION WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION~ WAS UNANIHOUSLY ADOPTED.