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APPROPRIATION RE: $5300 OLD ARMORY REPORT RE: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR AGING SERVICES REPORT RE: COMMISSION - DAY CARE REPORT RE: TASK FORCE ON SCHOOL BUILDING USE THE RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $5300 FOR REPAIRS TO THE ROOF OF THE OLD ARMORY, WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 1975, WAS ADOPTED 8Y THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE. AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MRS. RINEHART AND [FR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. ABSENT: MR. GILLIAM. REV.'~ILLIAM SMITH, CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CO~ISSION ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL.AND DISCUSSED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR AGING SERVICES, SUBMITTED BY THE THOMAS JEFFERSON PLANNING DISTRICT. MR. SMITH, STATED THAT THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL: 1. ENDORSE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR AGING SERVICES. 2. ENDORSE THE 12 MONTH WORK PROGRAM AND TENTATIVE BUDGET. MAKE A'COMMITMENT TO PAY THE $2848.56, WHICH IS CHARLOTTESVILLE'S SHARE OF THE LOCAL MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENT TO SECURE TITLE III FUNDS UNDER THE OLDER AMERICAN ACT. 4. ENDORSE ENTERING INTO A JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT TO CREATE AN AREA AGENCY OF AGING. ON MOTION BY MR. VAN YAHRES, SECONDED BY MR. FIFE THE FIRST THREE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION BY MR. FIFE, SECONDED BY MRS. RINEHART ITEM NUMBER FOUR HAS ADOPTED WITH CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENTS. REV. SMITH ALSO PRESENTED A REPORT FROM THE CHILD CARE TASK FORCE AND REPORT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE FOR THE PURPOSE OF pURCHASING CHILD CARE SERVICES. HE STATED THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CO~ISSION MAKES THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. THE $20,000 APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR EXPENDITURE IN CHILD CARE BE UTILIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS OF THE TASK FORCE' RECOMMENDATIONS AND pROPOSAL SUBMITTED. 2. THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVE THE $20,000, APPROVED FOR CHILD CARE, UNTIL THE END OF MARCH, IN ANTICIPATION OF APPROVAL BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE USE OF LOCAL FUNDS TO MATCH SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TITLE IVA FUNDS. 3. THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE ACTION TO SECURE SUCH ACTION. TO THAT END, WE SUGGEST THE MAYOR, CITY MANAC~ER AND COMMISSION CHAIRMAN MEET WITH THE CITY'S DELEGATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO ADVOCATE THE ACTION NAMED ABOVE. ON MOTION BY MRS. RINEHART, SECONDED BY MR. FIFE THE F~_AN AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. MRS. RINEHART ON BEHALF OF THE JOINT SCHOOL BOARD - CITY COUNCIL TASK FORCE ON SCHOOL BUILDINGS USE MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT: 1. DECLARE THE MCGUFFEY SCHOOL AND SITE SURPLUS EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY AND CONVEY IT THROUGH A DEED A GIFT TO THE CITY OR, IN THE EVENT THE CITY IS NOT INTERESTED, DI'SPOSE OF THE PROPERTY THROUGH SALE. 2. HOUSE ALL CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION AND EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS IN THE LANE SCHOOL. 3. UTILIZE THE LANE GYMNASIL~ FOR SCHOOL-RELATED EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES (ATHLETICS AND SPORTS). ANY AVAILABLE NON-COMMITTED TIME SHOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR COMMUNITY USE. 4. INFORM CITY COUNCIL THAT THE LANE AUDITORIU~ COULD BE RENOVATED AS A MUNICIPAL PROJECT AND OPERATED AND CONTROLLED BY THE ]CITY. IF THE AUDITORI~ IS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR SCHOOL- RELATED FUNCTIONS, THE SCHOOL BOARD COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE COST OF RENOVATION AND, INDEED, RENOVATION WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY FOR THIS USE. S. AUTHORIZE THE CHARLOTTESVILLE MUNICIPAL BAND TO USE THE BAND ROOM IN LANE. 6. ~AKE AVAILABLE TO CITY COUNCIL, AFTER ALL CERTRAL EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN HOUSED IN LANE, ANY REMAINING AVAILABLE SPACE, THUS, ENABLING THE CITY COUNCIL TO HOUSE SELECTED CO,UNITY SERVICES IN LANE THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH EDUCTION. THESE NEEDS MIGHT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SUCH COMPATIBLE NEEDS AS. WORKSHOP V, CHILDREN'S THEATRE, NEIGHBORHOOd-YOUTH CORPS, AND DANCE. 7. CGNTINUE, FOR THE IMMEDIATE"FUTURE, TO UTILIZE THE LANE SITE FOR FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL. THIS SITE COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS WHEN IT IS NOT SCHEDULES FOR SCHOOL pL~RPOSES. 8. IF AND WHEN THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATI.ONS ARE IMF~_E~ENTED, MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY ALL SPACE IN JEFFERSON. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE ~HODL BOARD WILL RETAIN TITLE TO JEFFERSON AND MAY, AT SOME FUTURE DATE, HAVE NEED FOR IT. SHE STATED THAT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT. MR. VAN ~AHRES STATED THAT CITY FUNDS FOR RENOVATION OF LANE CANNOT BE COMMITTED AT THIS TIME AND THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE NOTIFIED.