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35.0 PUBLIC HEARING RE: CAPITAL BUDGET MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC RESOLUTION RE: PERSONAL PROPERTY PAID BY STUDENTS REQUEST RE: RESCUE SQUAD FOR ADDITIONAL LA~D ACCEPTANCE REs REVISED SYNTHETIC GAS AGREEMENT ACCEPTANCE RE: THREE STREETS IN]II CITY SYSTEM EASTMENT RE: VOCATIONAL SCHOOL THE FIGURE OFFERED BY THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA DEMOLITION CORPORATION WAS CORRECTED TO READ $6800 INSTEAD OF $68,000 IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE LAST PAGE. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON THE CITY'S PROPOSED FIVE YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET. MESSRS. GEORGE GILMER, LIONEL KEY AND MS. KAY PEASLEE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL QUESTIONING CERTAIN ITEMS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR A REFERENDUM ON SELECTED ITEMS. MESSRS. JOHN STROUD AND CHANNING DANIEL OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL EXPRESSING THE CHAMBER'S SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED CAPITAL BUDGET AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THE DECISION REGARDING THE PROPOSED BOND ISSUE. LARRY SABATO, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT THE 'NEXT TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH BE ELIMINATED OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO CHARLOTTESVILLE'S REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNING TAXATION OF AUTOMOBILES OF OUT-OF-STATE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA STUDENTS. COUNCIL GRANTED THE REQUEST. ON MOTION'BY MR. VAN YAHRES, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOUR, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. WHEREAS, IT APPEARS TO THIS COUNCIL THAT PRESENT PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW REQUIRE'THE PAYMENT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES ON ALL MOTOR VEHICLES PRINCIPALLY GARAGED OR PARKED WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, INCLUDING THOSE VEHICLES THE THE POSSESSION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LICENSED IN STATES OTHER THAN VIRGINIA~ AND WHEREAS, THE COUNCIL AGREES WITH THE GENERAL PRINCIPAL THAT MOTOR VEHICLES ARE MOST APPROPRIATELY TAXED IN THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED DURING THE GREATER PART OF THE TAX YEAR; AND WHEREAS, NOTWITHSTANDING THIS PRINCIPLE IT APPEARS THAT SOME INJUSTICE MAY THEREBY RESULT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUBdECT TO DOUBLE TAXATION BY HAVING TO PAY A TAX ON THE SAME PERSONAL PROPERTY BOTH HERE AND IN ANOTHER STATE; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE GENERAL'ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA IS URGED TO ADOPT LEGISLATION WHICH WILL, EITHER BY RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER STATES OR BY CAREFULLY LIMITED PROVISIONS FOR EXONERATION, RELIEVE OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS OF ANY DOUBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BURDEN, BUT WHICH PRESERVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, MOTOR VEHICLES LOCATED WITHIN VIRGINIA DURING THE TAX YEAR AS SOURCES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES FOR VIRGINIA LOCALITIES; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL IS DIRECTED TO SEND A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO CHARLOTTESVILLE'S REPRESENTATIVES IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. DR. LONNIE DICKENS OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE RESCUE SQUAD ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT THE RESCUE SQUAD BE PERMITTED TO REN~ ADDITIONAL LAND FROM THE CITY FOR THE PLANNED EXPANSION OF THE RESCUE SQUAD HEADQUARTERS. ON MOTION BY MRS. RINEHART, SECONDED BY MR. GILLIAM, THE REQUEST MAS GRANTED UNANIMOUSLY. MR. GILLIAM, FOLLOWING THE VOTE, REQUESTED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RESCUE SQUAD TO WORK OUT APPROPRIATE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A LEASE. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT IT ACCEPT AN AMENDED VERSION OF A PRECEDENT SYNTHETIC GAS AGREEMENT AND EXECUTE A REVISED AGREEMENT WITH THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF SYNTHETIC GAS. ON MOTION BY MRS. RINEHART, SECONDED BY MR. GILLIAM, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. ON MOTION BY MR. BARBOUR, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES, COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING THREE STREETS INTO THE CITY SYSTEM: WELK PLACE - FROM HARRIS ROAD 430 FT. TO END NORTH. WILDER DRIVE - FROM CORPORATE LIMITS 546.3 FT. SOUTH. BEECHWOOD DRIVE - FROM WILDER DRIVE 149.0 FT. EAST. ON MOTION BY MR. BARBOUR, SECONDED BY MR. GILLIAM THE COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE AN EASTMENT FOR THE SANITARY SEWER TO THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.