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CAPITAL BUDGET SANITARY LANDFILL ($151,622 SPENT SO FAR); VOCATIONAL-TECHNIGAL SCHOOL (PROJECT FINISHED); DOWNTOWN PROPERTY PURCHASES ($486,965 PLUS $225,000 WHICH WAS THE LATEST PURCHASE MADE BY THE CITY; PUBLIC WORKS HEADQUARTERS ($116,119 - CAN BE STOPPED); CENTRAL CITY PROdECT ($83,601 - ASSUME PROdECT COULD BE STOPPED)~ COMMUNITY COLLEGE (PROJECT FINISHED - $183,814); JUVENILE COURT BUILDING ($3,105); HIGH SCHOOL ($236,119)~ AND THE FIFTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS ($58,134). THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE LISTED AS NOT HAVING ANY FUNDS SPENT SO FAR: HEALTH DEPARTMENTADDITION; PRESTON AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS; FIRE STATION AND EQUIPMENT; LIBRARY BUILDING; AIRPORT SOUTH TAXIWAY; AND TF~ LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECT, WHICH HAS $1 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR IT, BUT NOTHING SPENT. MR. VAN YAHRES POINTED OUT THAT THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC 6 SCHOOL TRANSIT WERE BOTH PROJECTED FIGURES. HE WAS NOT SORE ABOUT THE MAIN STREET TOPICS PROGRAM AND THE OLD ARMORY, AND THE BICENTENNIAL PROJECT ONLY SHOWS A SMALL AMOUNT SPENT FOR ARCHITECT FEES, AND THE PARKIGN GARAGE COST SO FAR HAVE ONLY BEEN ON CONSULTANTS. MR. VAN YAHRES ADDED THAT $10.5 MILLION WAS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WERE OBLIGATED TO SPEND AND COULD NOT BACK OUT AND LISTED THEM AS FOLLOWS: JOINT SECURITY COMPLEX; URBAN RENEWAL; ARMORY; MELBOURNE ROAD; PEN PARK ($516,000)~ VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL; DOWNTOWN PROPERTY PURCHASES; CENTRAL CITY PROdECT ($225,000); COMMUNITY COLLEGE; PARKING GARAGE; HIGH SCHOOL; FIFTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS~ PRESTON AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS; AND THE BICENTENNIAL INFORMATION CENTER UTILITIES. He ADDED THAT HE CONSIDERED THE SANITARY LANDFILL TO COME UNDER ANOTHER CATEGORY. HE STATED THAT IN HIS dUDGEMENT THE FOLLOWING FUNDS WOULD HAVE TO BE SPENT: LANDFILL; PUBLIC WORKS HEADQUARTERS (ONLY HALF OF THE TOTAL FIGURE - $750,000)~ FIRE STATION & EQUIPMENT (TOTAL FIGURE)~ LIBRARY; HOUSING ($1 MILLION AMOUNT); SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS; AND PUBLIC & SCHOOL TRANSIT ($850,O00AMOUNT); MAKING A TOTAL OF $5,000,076. HE LISTED THE FOLLOWING PROdECTS AS LOWER PRIORITY AND UNCOMMITTED PROdECTS: RECREATION CENTERS FOR THE FULL AMOUNT; PUBLIC WORKS HEADQUARTERS (OTHER HALF); CENTRAL CITY PROJECT FOR $2.5 MILLION; JUVENILE COURT BUILDING ($175,000); HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADDITION ($100,000); AIRPORT SOUTH TAXIWAY ($100,000); MAIN STREET TOPICS PROGRAM ($200,000); OLD ARMORY ($150,000); PEN PARK ($1,115,000); MAKING A TOTAL OF $7.2 MILLION. MR. EWERT THEN READ TO THE COUNCIL THE LONG RANGE ON-GOING COSTS OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS~ JOINT SECURITY COMPLET - ABOUT THE SAME AS THE OLD JAIL; URBAN RENEWAL - NONE; ARMORY - $2500 FOR MAINTENANCE; MELBOURNE ROAD - COST OF REPAVING; PEN PARK - $125,000 FOR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES ($100,000 SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS ANTICIPATED REVENUES WITH A FULL PROGRAM AT THE PARK); RECREATION CENTERS - $100,000 (DOES NOT INCLUDE FEES); MEADE POOL - $25,000; PARK,ING GARAGE - SMALL OPERATING COST; HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUILDING ADDITION - $1300; FIRE STATION - $180,000 WITH AN ADDITIONAL 18 MEN (mr. EWERT NOTED THAT $120,000 WOULD BE THE NET FIGURE - 6 MEN WOULD BE REQUESTED FROM COUNCIL ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET); PUBLIC & SCHOOL TRANSIT - $300,000 COMBINED SYSTEMS~ OLD ARMORY -$50,000; BICENTENNIAL INFORMATION CTR. UTILITIES - $I00,000 (STATE WILL RUN IT UNTIL 1983 AND AFTER THAT IT MAY REVERT TO THE LOCALITY)~ CENTRAL CITY PROJECT - $25,000 MAINTENANCE COSTS; JUVENILE COURT BUILDING - SOME MAINTENANCE COSTS; LIBRARY - $61,600; AND THE PUBLIC WORKS HEAD- QUARTERS - MINIMAL COSTS. THE SCHOOLS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LIST AS THOSE FIGURES WOULD BE IN THEIR BUDGET. MR. BARBOUR ASKED HOW MUCH ALBEMARLE COUNTY WAS CONTRIBUTING PRESENTLY TO FIRE PROTECTION. Mr. EWERT REPLIED THAT THEY WERE CONTRIBUTING ABOUT $66,000, AND IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THEY WOULD BE REQUESTED TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT TO ABOUT $165,000. MR. BARBOUR ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AS A CONTRIBUTOR. MR. FIFE REPLIED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THEY MIGHT DONATE THE LAND FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION. MR. VAN YAHRES STATED THAT HE FELT THE MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE MALL PROJECT WERE TOO LOW. MR. EWERT SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE SIDEWALK CLEANING AND TREE MAINTENANCE.