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CONSIDERATION RE: APPROPRIATION APPOINTMENT RE: BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW RESOLUTION RE: DISPOSABLE CONTAINER BILL ENFORCEMENT RE: ANTI-LITTER LAW APPOINTMENT RE: MENTAL HEALTH ORDINANCE RE: STEWART STREET RESOLUTION RE: STATE SCHOOL ASSISTANCE FORIVlUAL BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT $1,879.00 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING REQUEST. ON MOTION BY MRS. RINEHART, ~. K. EDWARD LAY AND MR. ROBERT P. MAKIELSKI WERE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF A~CHITECTURAL REVIEW BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. A HEARING WAS HELD ON PROPOSED DISPOSABLE CONTAINER LEGISLATION BEING CONSIDERED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. MS. DIANE HOLZENBECK, NOREEN MULLIKEN, JUDY TAYLOR AND MR. TOM STOTT SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE COUNCIL SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION AND W. J. KIRTLEY, JOHN FLINT AND JOHN STROUD SPOKE IN OPPOSITION. ON MOTION BY ~RS. RINEHART, SECONDED BY ~R. VAN YAHRES IT WAS RESOLVED THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE EXPRESS ITS WHOLE HEARTEJ~SUPPORT OF THE CONCEPT OF RETURNABLE BOTTLES AND CANS. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. AYES: MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND ~. VAN YAPRES. NOES: MR. BARBOUR AND MR. FIFE. A MOTION BY tCR. GILLIAM, SECONDED BY MRS. RINEHART THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE BE INSTRUCTED TO STEP UP THE ANTI-LITTER LAW ENFORCEMENT, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION BY MR. GILLIAM, SECONDED BY'MR.,VAN YAHRES THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. ROBERT L. JOHNSON TO THE REGION X, MENTAL HEALTH AND RETARDATION SERVICES BOARD FROM NELSON COUNTY WAS RATIFIED. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE REQUEST FOR REZONING PROPERTY AT NUMBER 8 STEWART STREET BE APPROVED. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE R4ENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT MAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE III OF APPENDIX II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLO]-FESVlLLE, 1965, BY THE ZONING OF TWO PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED ON STEWART STREET," WAS OFFERED BY MR. VAN YAHRES, SECONDED BY MRS. RINEHART AND ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: ~R. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, mS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. ON MOTION BY MR. GILLIAM, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. WHEREAS, THE AMENDED CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA OVER- WHELMINGLY ADOPTED BY THE CITIZENS AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATES THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL PROVIDE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM; AND WHEREAS, MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE, INCLUDING THE CHARLOTTESVILLE DISTRICT, HAVE MADE REASONABLE EFFORT FOR MANY YEARS TO PROVIDE FOR QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH TPE SECONDARD EDUCATIONAL LEVELI AND WHEREAS, A GREATER PROPORATION OF LOCAL TAX RESOURCES HAVE BEEN DIVERTED TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES IN MOST OF THESE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAN HAS BEEN EXPENDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES FROM THE STATE AS A WHOLE; AND WHEREAS, THE EFFORTS IN SUCH DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION IS REFLECTED IN THE COMPARATIVE TEST SCORES ATTAINED BY STUDENTS FROM THESE DISTRICTS AND BY THE PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATES WHO SEEK HIGHER EDUCATION~ AND WHEREAS, THERE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED A PROPOSED FORMULA, AMENDED BY FORMER GOVERNOR HOLTON, FOR ASSISTING SCHOOL DISTRICTS FINANCIALLY TO MEET OR EXCEED THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY OF EDUCATION ESTABLISHED BY ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONS AND AGENCIES AS WELL AS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA~ AND WHEREAS, THE PROPOSED FORMULA FOR STATE FINANCING WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FAILS TO ADEQUATELY RECOGNIZE PREVIOUS EFFORT FOR THOSE TWENTY- NINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH WILL RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO INCREASE IN STATE-ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTSI AND WHEREAS, IN THE CASE OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE DISTRICT THERE WOULD BE A LOSS OF STATE FINANCING HAD THERE NOT BEEN A PROVISION IN THE PROPOSED FORMULA TO GUARANTEE THE SAME LEVEL OF FINANCING OF PUBLIC EDUCTION BY THE STATEI AND WHEREAS, WITH THE EVER INCREASING COST OF PERSONEL SERVICES, MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THE EFFECTIVE RESULT WILL BE A REDUCED ALLOCATION TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS; AND