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REQUEST RE: SCHOOL BOARD FOR FUNDS BIDS RE: RECREATION CENTERS REQUEST RE: APPROPRIATION POWER LINES REQUEST RE: APPROPRIATION PRESTON AVENUE STAFF REPORT RE: DOWNTOWN PARKING CONSIDERATION RE~ ORDINANCE - LATE PAYMENT OF TAXES APPOINTMENT RE: TRANSPORATION TASK FORCE RESOLUTION: LARRY J. SABATO A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM DR. WILLIAM J. ELLENA, REQUESTING COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PREPARE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS FOR NEEDED ALTERATIONS TO BUFORD, WALKER AND THE PUPIL PERSONNEL CENTER AND PREPARE PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. ON MOTION BY MR. BARBOUR, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES THE FOREGOING REQUEST WAS APPROVED. MR. EUGENE GERMAN, MR. CARLTON S. ABBOTT, MR. WALTER SWIFT AND MR. DON RIDDICK ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED BIDS FOR THE SWIMMING POOLS AND RECREATION CENTERS. MR. GERMAN STATED THAT THE LOW BID FOR THE MEADE AVENUE POOL WAS SUBMITTED BY LONG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $419,420 AND THE BIDS FOR THE WALKER AND BUFORD CENTERS WAS $I,967,854 BY R. E. LEE AND SON. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION ACTION WAS DEFERRED UNTIL MONDAY, MAY 13, 1974. ON MOTION BY MR. BARBOUR, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED AND' CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT $23,469 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND FOR MOVING THE POWER LINE AT THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL SITE. ON MOTION BY MR. BARBOUR, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM THE CAPITAL FUND FOR THE CITYtS SHARE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO PRESTON AVENUE. MR. HUGO MALANGA, ADDRSSED THE COL~CIL AND PRESENTED THE ITERIM DOWNTOWN PARKING AND TRAFFIC PLAN. MR. MALANGA, STATED THAT THE EIBJECTIVE WAS TO FURNISH AS MUCH SHORT TERM PARKING AS POSSIBLE. HE STATED THAT 194 SPACES WOULD BE LOST ON THE STREETS, BUT BY CHANGING THE ALL DAY LOTS TO TWO HOURS AND PAVING THE LOT ADJACENT TO LEGGETTS, SHORT TERM PARKING SPACES WOULD BE INCREASED BY 185. MR. OtMANSKY ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THE COUNCIL RECONSIDER AND NOT TAKE TRAFFIC OFF MAIN STREET. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTION 2-i02, AS A~ENDED OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, I965, RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR LATE PAYMENT OF TAXES," WAS OFFERED AND CARRIED TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. ON MOTION BY MR. BARBOUR, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES, DAN HOBBS WAS APPOINTED TO THE TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE, TO REPLACE LARRY SABATO. ON MOTION BY MR. GILLIAM, SECONDED BY MR. BARBOUR THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. WHEREAS, LARRY J. SABATO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, HAS APPEARED BEFORE THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS DURING THE PAST YEAR~ AND WHEREAS, THIS COUNCIL HAS FOUND IT TO BE A DISTINCT PLEASURE TO WORK WITH MR. SABATO ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL CONCERN TO THE CITY QF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY ~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, THAT THE COUNCIL EXPRESS TO MR. SABATO, UPON THE COMPLETION OF HIS TERM AS STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ITS SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR HIS INTEREST AND COOPERATION DURING THE PAST YEAR, ITS RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING MANNER IN WHICH HE HAS REPRESENTED THE INTERESTS OF HIS STUDENTS CONSTITUENTS, AND ITS BEST WISHES FOR HIS SUCCESS IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS, AND BE IT FURTHER