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PUBLIC HEARING RE: CATV RESOLUTION RE: CECIL G. HANEY PRESENTATION RE: HOUSING AUTHORITY ON LOW-RENT SITES (4) THE RANKING STUDNETS GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AT LANE OR CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE ASKED TO NOMINATE TPREE MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT BODY FROM AMONG WHOM IDqE COUNCIL WILL APPOINT ONE PERSON TO THE COMMISSION. (5) THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS WILL BE ASKED TO PROPOSE THREE (DF ITS MEMBERS WHO RESIDE IN THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL WILL SELECT ONE OF THE THREE PROPOSED PERSONS FOR APPOINll4ENT TO THE COMMISSION. (6) THE COUNCIL WILL APPOINT THREE MEMBERS OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO SERVE ON THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. (7) THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SHALL BE CONTACTED AND ASKED TO NOMINATE THREE MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCIL WHO ARE EITHER IN THEIR SOPHOMORE AND/OR JUNIOR YEARS AND WHO ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. CITY COUNCIL WILL SELECT ONE OF THE THREE PROPOSED PERSONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION. (8) As TERMS OF MEMBERS (DF THE COMMISSION EXPIRE REAPPOINTMENTS AMI) REPLACEMENTS SHALL BE MADE IN EACH INSTANCE BY THE RESPECTIVE PROCEDURES BY WHICH SUCH APPOINTMENTS ORIGINALLY WERE MADE. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS ALSO HELD ON A PROPOSED CATV CONTRACT BETWEEN THE JEFFERSON CABLE CORPORATION AND THE CITY. MR. FRED LANDESS, ATTORNEY FOR THE CABLE CORPORATION AND SEVERAL OFFICIALS OF THE COMPANY ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND EXPLAINED THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT AND IMPLEMENTATIONS. IT WAS MUTUALLY AGREED THAT THE MONTHLY RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR APAR]~4ENT COMPLEXES WOULD BE CHANGED, BUT NEGOTIATIONS ON THESE RATES COULD BE RECONSIDERED AT ANY TIME, AND SEVERAL OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT. THE COMPANY AGREED THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE SERVICE TO ANY SECTION OF THE CITY IF THE COST OF RUNNING THE LINES ARE REASONABLE. A MOTION BY MR. VAN YAHRES, SECONDED BY MRS. RINEHART THE MAYOR WAS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT SUBJECT TO THE SUGGESTED CHANGES WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. ABSTAINED: MR. GILLIAM. ON MOTION BY MR. BARBOUR, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. WHEREAS, MR. CECIL G. HANEY HAS LOYALLY AND SKILLFULLY SERVED THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE RIVANNA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY IN HIS CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER TREATMENT AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND AS SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS~ AND WHEREAS, DURING THE COURSE OF HIS TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, MR. CECIL G. HANEY HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A WATER AND SEWER SERVICE FOR THIS COMMUNITY WHICH IS A MODEL OF EFFECIENCY AND GOOD MANAGEMENT, DUE IN LARGE PART TO.MR. HANEY'S EFFORTS~ AND WHEREAS, WHILE CONTRIBUTING THIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE CITY, THE AUTHORITY, AND THE CHARLOTTESVILLE COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE, MR. CECIL G. HANEY HAS SIMULTANIOUSLY BECOME A 'RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED AUTHORITY IN THIS FIELD~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, THAT THIS CITY AND THE ENTIRE CHARLOTTESVILLE COMMUNITY EXPRESS THEIR DEEP APPRECIATION OF AND GRATITUDE FOR MR. HANEY'S DEVOTED SERVICE, AND WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS. MR. CLYDE GOULDMAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY, ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED AN APPLICATION FROM THE AUTHORITY FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING SITES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION DF LOW-RENT HOUSING~ i. MADISON AVENUE 2. CHESAPEAKE STREET -3. SIXTH STREET, S. E. 4. CHERRY AVENUE MR. ARRINGTON, ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND EXPLAINED THE REASONS FOR SELECTION OF THESE SITES. AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED ON THESE SITES. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, ACTION ON THIS MATTER WAS DEFERRED UNTIL MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1974. ON MOTION BY MRS. RINEHART, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED.