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MATTER RE: DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STATEMENT RE: DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CUT OFF DATE THE COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. LEE, MR. MOUNT AND MA. PONTON. ABSENT: MR. SCRIBNER. THE VICE-MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING WAS TO CONSIDER A CUT OFF DATE FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. SEVERAL PEOPLE~ REPRESENTING THE RETAIL MERCHANTS) THE SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRIES OF THE AREA~ ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND URGED THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A UNIFORM DATE WITH ALBEMARLE COUNTY. MR. MOUNT MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: CITY COUNCIL, AT THE REQUEST OF MANY INDIVIDUAL CITiZENS~ BUSINESSES, INDUSTRIES AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS~ ADOPTED DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME TO COINCIDE WITH PRACTICES FOLLOWED THROUGHOUT THC NATION WHERE FAST TIME IS OBSERVED. THIS MEANT THAT CHARLOTTESVILLE WOULD REVERT TO EASTERN STANDARD TIME ON OCTOBER 29. COUNCILtS ACTION WASBY NO MEANS BINDING ON THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE THE CITY) BY STATE LAW~ CANNOT ENFORCE FAST TIME. HOWEVER) THE ACTION WAS MET WITH OVERWHELMING ACCEPTANCE BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. 'DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CITY'S PLANS FOR AN OCTOBER 29 CUTBACK HAVE BEEN KNOWN FOR MONTHS~ THE ALBEMARLE BOARD OF SUPERVlSORS~ WITHOUT CONSULTATION WITH CITY OFFIC1ALS~ ARBITRARILY DECIDED TO END FAST TIME ON SEPTEMBER 1. ALL HAJOR INDUSTRIES IN THE CITY AND COUNTY~ THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION HAVE EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AS FAVORING: FIRST~ AN OCTOBER 29 CUTBACKS SECOND~ A SEPTEMBER 30 CUTBACKS AND LASTLY~ A SEPTEMBER 1 SW1TCHOVER. IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL) AS IT MUST BE TO THE THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY~ THAT THE ALBEMARLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS UNWILLING TO ACCEPT EITHER ONE OF THE FIRST TWO CHOICES OF THESE BUSINESSES AND THE MANY FINE PEOPLE THEY EMPLOY, THE CITY COUNCIL IS M(ST ANXIOUS AND WILLING TO GRANT TO THESE CITIZENS THEIR FIRST REQUEST. HOWEVER~ AN-IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION WOULD RESULT IF THE CITY AND COUNTY OPERATED ON DIFFERENT TIME. CHAOS A~D CONFUSION WOULD BE THE RESULT. IT IS THEREFORE WITH DEEP REGRET THAT THE CITY CDUNCIL MUST ASK THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY TO RESUME EASTERN STANDARD T~ME AT 2:~0 A. M. ON SEPTEMBER 3~ 1961. IT SHOULD BE ADDED THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE HA=PY TO CONSIDER A SEPTEMBER 30 CUTBACK IF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT SOME LATER DELIBERATION SHOULD DESIRE TO ALTER THEIR POSITION ACCORDINGLY. ON NOTION BY MR. MOUNT~ SECONDED'BY MR. LEE~'THE MAYOR WAS REQUESTED TO I'SSUE,A PROCLAMATION'SETTING SEPTEMBER 3~ 1961 AT 2':00 A'. M. AS THE DATE FOR RESUMPTION OF STANDARD TIME. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: MR. BERNARD d. HAGGERTY MR. R. E. LEE MR. LINDSAY B. MOUNT MR. J. R. PONTON MR. L. L. SCRIBNER COUNCIL CHAMBER - AUGUS~F 28~ t 961