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L RESOLUTION RE: BLUE RIDGE SANATORIUM CLEVELAND AVENUE WHICH NEW LINES WERE IN THE LOCATION OF THE NEW STREET, AND {L~HEREAS, THE FIRST EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS WERE NONSUlTED ON FEBRUARY 22~ 196~, AND THE COUNCIL BY~ RESOLUTION DULY ADOPTED, EXTENDED A NEW OFFER TO DOUGLAS DELETINg' THE EASEMENTS FOR THE WATER LINE AND GAS LINE, BUT ASKING FOR THE EASEMENTS FOR THE SANITARY SEWER AND STORM SEWER~ WHICH LINES ARE ALREADY UNDER THE STREET, AND FOR THE RIGHT TO SLOPE FOR A SUM OF ~150~ WHICH OFFER WAS NOT ACCEPTED AND EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS REINSTITUTED, AND ~I-IEREAS, IN NOVEMBER~ 1961, THESE PROCEEDINGS PROCEEDED TO AN AWARD BY THE COMMISSIONERS, WHICH AWARD WAS ~896 FOR THE EASEMENTS SOUGHT BY THE CITY AND ~4~700 FOR DAMAGES TO THE RESIDUE OF THE DEFENDANTtS PROPERTY, AND g~EREAS, THE CITY MANAGER HAS ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT IN HIS OPINION THE AMO~NT OF THE AWARD WAS EXCESSIVE AND UNREALISTIC~ AND 'THAT IN HIS OPINION THERE HAD BEEN IN THE BEGINNING A COMPLETE AGREEMENT AND MEETING OF THE MINDS BETWEEN HIM AND DOUGLAS ON THE LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW STREET INCLUDING SLOPES, MOVING AND REPLACING FENCES~ REMOVING OLD PAYMENT, CONSTRUCTING DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE AND THAT DOUGLAS HAD FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE UTILITY AND STORM LINES AND THAT NO AGREEMENT WAS DISCUSSED WHEREBY THESE LINES WERE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE OLD PORTION OF CLEVELAND AVENUE~ AND ~HEREAS~ THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT THE STREET COULD BE MOVED NORTHWARD APPROXlMATELY'16 FEET AND CONSTRUCTED SO AS NOT TO TOUCH OR DAMAGE THE DEFENDANTtS PROPERTY AT A COST~ INCLUDING THE TRANSFER OF THE SANITARY SEWER LINE, OF APPROXIMATELY ~1,600.00~ AND ~HEREAS, THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE DONE IF A COMPROMISE COULD NOT BE WORKED OUT WITH MR. OOUGLAS, AND ~L~EREAS, THE COUNCIL THEN AUTHORIZED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ATTEMPT TO COMPROMISE THE MATTER WITH THE OFFER OF PAYMENT OF ~4,000 TO MR. ~OUGLAS IN ORDER TO KEEP HIM FROM BEING HURT FINANCIALLY, AND V./HEREAS~ THIS OFFER WAS TRANSMITTED TO THE COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT WHO AFTER CONSULTATION WITH HIS CLIENT REFUSED TO A'CCEPT THIS COMPROMISE OFFER~ AND ~[RERS, IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS COUNCIL THAT THE AWARD OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR A TOTAL OF ~5,~96 MAKES THE WHOLE COST OF THIS IMPROVEMENT EXCESSIVE AND TO THE DETRIMENT OF ALL OF THE CITY;S TAXPAYERS AND THE ROAD CAN BE CONSTRUCTED SO AS NOT TO TOUCH OR DAMAGE THE LANDOWNER AND STILL ADEQUATELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY SERVE THE PUBLiC~ NO~/~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED eY THE COUNCIL OF,~THE CITY or CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE AND HE IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO ABANDON THE AFORESAID EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED IN APRIL, 1961, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AND HE IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO HAVE THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CONSTRUCT CLEVELAND AVENUE AT ITS INTER- SECTION WITH JEFFERSON PARK AVENUE SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO TAKING OF OR DAMAGES TO THE PROPERTY OF EUGENE Eo DOUGLAS. ON MOTION BY MR. LEE~ SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UN- ANIMOUSLY ADOPTED= BE IT RESOLVED e¥ THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT NO ACTION BE TAKEN TO CHANGE BLUE RIDGE SANATORIUM FROM A TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL UNTIL A THOROUGH AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ALL ASPECTS INVOLVED IN SUCH CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE BY THE STATE AND THE REPORT OF SUCH STUDY MADE PUBLlC~ WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND PUBLIC TO APPEAR AND PRESENT EVIDENCE ON SUCH CHANGE~ ANO~