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PURSUANT TO THE SPECIFICATION IN'THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE= AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF BONDS - ~3,000, 000.00 MATTER RE: JUNE 12TH REFERENDUM REPORT RE: PROPOSED WATER PROJECT 1962 CALL AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IN THE SUH OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS (~3,000,000.00) FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTIONOF A WATER IMPOUNDMENT DAM, FILTER PLANT AND STORAGE TANK, WITH APPURTENANCES, ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE R.IVANNA RIVER IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA,ABQUT::FOUR M:I'LES:NOETH~OF THE C!iTY LIMITS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF SUPPLY LINES TO THE CITY'S DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, FROM WHICH UNDERTAKING THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE WILL DERIVE A REVENUE") WHICH WAS READ AND OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL O.N APRIL 20, 1962, WAS AGAIN READ AND UPON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY).SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT, WAS AMENDED BY CHANGING SECTION (3) TO READ AS FOLLOWS: "(3) THAT SAID BONDS SHALL SEAR INTEREST AT A RATE OR RATES (NOT, HOWEVER, EXCEEDING FOUR (4) RATES) NOT EXCEEDING FIVE PER CENTUM (5~) PER ANNUM) PAYABLE AND EVIDENCED BY INTEREST COUPONS ATTACHED TO SAID BONDS~~T AND AS AMENDED WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE= AYES= MR. HAGGERTY, MR. LEE, MR. MOUNT, MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES: NONE. MR. MOUNT STATED THAT AFTER CONSIDERING THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE JUNE 12TH REFERENDUM, HE CONSIDERED THE MAIN DISADVANTAGE TO BE THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE PROPOSED ANNEXED AREA WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE. HOWEVER) IF THE REFERENDUM WERE DELAYED UNTIL THEY COULD VOTE) IT WOULD MEAN ABOUT A YEAR~S DELAY IN STARTING THE PROJECT. THE PRIMARY ADVANTAGE OF THE JUNE i2, ]962 REFERENDUM IS THAT THE PROJECT COULD BE STARTED IMMEDIATELY IF APPROVED BY THE VOTERS. HE STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION THE PROJECT HAS BEEN DELAYED LONG ENOUGH AND HE WOULD OPPOSE ANY FURTHER DELAY SINCE IT WILL BE ~965 NOW BEFORE WATER IS AVAILABLE. THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH MR. MOUNT~S VIEWS AND AGREED* THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD B~ INFORMED OF THE N~CESSITY OF GETTING THE PROJECT STARTED IMMEDIATE- LY, AND REQUESTED THAT A RESOLUTION BE PREPARED TO THIS EFFECT. ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY MR. LEE, THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER WAS ACCEPTED AND ORDERED SPREAD IN THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING= PROPOSED WATER PROJECT 1962 IN 1956 THE CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYED THE ENGINEERING FIRM OF POLGLAZE AND BASENBERG TO STUDY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY TO THE CITY'S SYSTEM) ~N THE LATTER PART OF 1959 THIS FIRM SUBMITTED A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL WHICH RECOMMENDED THAT THE SOUTH FORK OF THE RIVANNA RIVER BE DEVELOPED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CITY'S EXISTING WATER SYSTEM. BEFORE SELECTING THIS STREAM A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE FOLLOWING SOURCES OF SUPPLY · 1. MOORMA NS R I VER MECHUMS R i VER 3. JAMES RIVER RIVANNA RIVER 5. SOUTH FORK OF RIVANNA RIVER THE SOUTH FORK OF RIVANNA RIVER WAS SELECTED BECAUSE OF (]) INITIAL CONSTRUCTION COST, (2) ANNUAL PUMPING COSTS) (3) RELIABILITY OF THE SOURCE, (4) FEASIBILITY OF FUTpRE EXPANSION, AND (5) THE EFFECT THE NEW SOURCE WOULD HAVE ON THE EXISTING SYSTEM. (~) THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE SOUTH FORK PROJECT WAS ESTIMATED AT $3~863~600. OO INCLUDING A 5 MILLION GALLON PER DAY FILTER PLANT) TRANSMISSION LINES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRESENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. THIS AMOUNT iS SMALLER THAN FOR ANY OF THE OTHER SOURCES EXCEPT HECHUMS R~VER AND THAT SOURCE WAS ELIMINATED BECAUSE IT DID NOT OFFER FUTURE EXPANSION POSSIBILITIES. (2) THE PUMPING ~OSTS PER YEAR FOR ~ MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FROM THE SOUTH FORK WAS ESTIMATED AT ~73~310.00'~OR ABOUT THE SAME AS FROM MOORMAN~S RIVER SOURCE) WHEREAS THE PUMPING COSTS FROM THE ~AMES RIVER SOURCE WAS ESTIMATED AT ~130~336.00, FROM MECHUMS RIVER AT ~8~)380.00 AND FROM RIVANNA RIVER AT ~80) 955.00 PER YEAR FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF GALLONAGEo (3) THE STUDIES SHOWED THE SOUTH FORK SOURCE TO BE VERY RELIABLE. THE DRAINAGE AREA ABOVE THE DAM SITE CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY ~60 SQUARE HILLS AND