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CASH BALANCE - 7/1/60 RECE I PTS ,900, 91 6.54 6._9& 43 592,34T. 74 DISBURSEMENTS 4~~70.99 CASH BALANCE - 6/30/61 2~__2_97 ,_876. 75 MATTER RE: ADDITION TO LIBRARY ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER RE: DISTRICT MAP- SEC. 4, ART. ill APP. Il MISS FLORENCE BUFORD AND MR. H. H. WALKER ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO AN ADDITION TO T~E LIBRARY TO BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE JUVENILE DEPARTMENT. THE MAYOR APPOINTED A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF MR. MOUNT AND MR. LEE TO WORK WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LIBRARY BOARD TO STUDY AND RECOMMEND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS tO THIS PROBLEH. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM MR. ROBERT H. HARRIS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION Of HIS REQUEST FOR REZONING OF HIS PROPERTY ON DELEVAN STREET, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT MAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE Ill OF APPENDIX I! OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF' CHARLOTTESVILLE, lg5g, BY THE REZONING OF A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF DELEVAN STREET AND 7TH STREET, S. W." WAS OFFERED BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT, AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING REQUEST FOR CITY UTILITIES REFERRED TO UTILITIES COMM. FOR CONSIDERATION. A REQUEST FOR CiTY UTILITIES FROM OUR SAVIOR EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN NORTHFIELDtS SUB- DIVISION WAS REFERRED TO THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION. REQUEST TO ACCEPT SUNSET RD. A REQUEST FROM SUNSET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REQUESTING THE ACCEPTANCE OF S1JNSET ROAD INTO CITY ST. SYSTEM REF. TO ST. COMMo INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM WAS REFERRED TO THE STREET COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED: AUGUST 4, 1961 To THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN: COMMUNICATION RE: CIVILIAN DEFENSE COORDINATOR ~ RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU AUTHORIZE ME TO EMPLOY A PERSON TO ACT AS CIVILIAN DEFENSE COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. THIS PERSON WOULD ORGANIZE AND TRAIN PERSONNEL FOR CIVILIAN DEFENSE AND WOULD ADVISE AND ENCOURAGE LOCAL CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORK. THIS WORK WOULD REQUIRE A FULL TIME PERSON AND COULD NOT BE HANDLED AT THE PRESENT TIME BY ANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT HEAD IN CONNECTION WITH HIS REGULAR DUTIES° AS YOU KNOW, UP UNTIL RECENTLY THERE WAS VERY LITTLE INTEREST, LOCALLY) IN CIVILIAN DEFENSE WORK, HOWEVER, DURING THE PAST FEW WEEKS, AND ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PRESIDENTtS SPEECH, WE HAVE RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF CALLS WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOW INTERESTED. I BELIEVE THAT THE WORK IS IMPORTANT AND WILL JUSTIFY ALMOST ANY COST IN TIME OF NEED. MANY OF THE CALLS WE RECEIVED WERE MADE BY RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND IT MIGHT BE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH A-JOINT OFFICE TO HANDLE THIS WORK IN BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. I AM UNABLE TO GIVE YOU AT THIS TIME THE COST OF SUCH AN OFFICE) HOWEVER, IF YOU AGREE THAT WE SHOULD PROCEED ALONG THIS LINE ~ SHALL PREPARE A BUDGET AND REQUEST AN APPROPRIATION AT A LATER HEETING. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, JEB:RB CITY MANAGER ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. PONTON, THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ST. COMM.. REPORTS RE: WIDENING LOCUST AVE. THE STREET COMMITTEE REPORTED THAT IN VIEW OF THE OPPOSITION OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE LOCUST AVENUE AREA TO THE REMOVAL OF THE TREES NECESSARY FOR WIDENING THAT STREET IT WOULD RECOMMEND THAT LOCUST AVENUE NOT BE WIDENED. ON HOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY MR. LEE~ THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THE FOLLOWInG'COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED: JULY 31 ~ 1961 To THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CHARLOTTESVILLE~ VIRGINIA