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7'7' REQUEST RE: C & A Bus Co, ~EQUEST RE: OLD ~ASHIONED BARGAI~ DAyS REQUEST RE= LIBRARY BOARD TO TRANSFER FUNDS APPROVED STREET COMMITTEE REPORT RE: VALLEY ROAD~ EXTDo HR. W. P. BOWLING~ JR. ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE C & A BUS COMPANYj AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO DISCONTINUE SUNDAY BUS SERVICE. HR. BOWLING PRESENTED AN ANALYSIS OF SUNDAY OPERATIONS SHOWING AN OPERATING LOSS OF ~923.21 FROM OCTOBER~ 1962 THROUGH APRIL~ 1962. ON MOTION BY HR. PONTON~ SECONDED BY HR. LEE~ THE FOREGOING REQUEST WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE SPECIAL PROMOTION COMMITTEE OF THE OLD FASHIONED BARGAIN DAYS PROMOTION REQUESTING PERMISSION FOR PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS TO SET UP SIDEWALK COUNT~RS"ON"dULY 13TH AND 14TH~ 1962. ON MOTION BY MR. HOUNT~ SECONDED BY HR. HAGGERTY~ THE'"FOREGOING REQUEST'WAS APPROVED. ON MOTION BY HR. LEE~ SECONDED BY HR.-HO~NT~ A REQUEST OF THE LIBRARY BOARD TO TRANSFER ~1~300.00 FROM SALARIES TO THE PURCHASE OF OFFICE EQUIPMENT IN THIS YEAR~S BUDGET WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. A PETITION WAS PRESENTED FROM 'TH~ PROPERTY OWNERS ON VALLEY ROAD~ EXTENDED .REQUESTING THAT THEIR STREET BE ACCEPTED INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE AND AGREEING TO PAY ~,,~629.8~ OF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF THE STREET COIIMITTEE WAS PRESENTED: HAY 16~ 1962 To THE HEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE~ VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN= YOUR STREET COMMITTEE HAS STUDIED THE PROPOSAL OF THE RESIDENTS OF VALLEY ROAD~ EXTENDEO~ AND REPORTS' AS FOLLOW~: THIS STREET RIGHT OF WAY WAS PLATTED AND PUT TO RECORD PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS REQUIRED BEFORE PLATS COULD BE PUT TO RECORD. APPROVAL OF THIS SUBDIVISION WAS REFUSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE SUBDIVIDER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE STREET WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY SINCE THE 50~ RIGHT OF ~AY WAS NOT USABLE FOR A STANDARD CITY STREET DUE TO A LARGE= CONSTANT FLOWING STREAM IN THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY~ THIS MATTER HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND EACH TIME THE COUNCIL 'HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT THE STREET PROVIDED THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD PAY A PORTION OF THE COST TO BRING THE STREET UP TO CITY STANDARDS. HOWEVER~ THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE AND THE OWNERS HAVE NOT FELT THAT THEY COULD JUSTIFY THIS LARGE EXPENSE. ELEVEN HOUSES HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS RIGHT OF WAY WHICH EXTENDS FROM CHERRY AVENUE TO GROVEr~STREET. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL VACANT LOTS ON THIS RIGHT OF WAY WHICH CAN AND WILL BE BUILT ON IF THE STREET IS IMPROVED AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY. WE ESTIMATE THAT THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING A 16t WIDE PAVEMENT FROM CHERRY AVENUE TO GROVE STREET~ A DISTANCE OF I~-60 FEET~ WITH 660 FEET OF GUARD RAIL AT THE SOUTHERN END ON THE STREAM SIDE WILL COST APPROXIMATELY ~9000.00. THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE AGREED TO PUT UP ~3~629.88 OF THIS COST. AS YOU KNOW UNDER THE PRESENT SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS STREETS CANNOT NOW BE PLATTED AND PUT TO RECORD WITHOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL AND THE OWNERSt AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP THE STREET TO MEET CITY STANDARDS. IT IS THE FEELING OF THE STREET COMMITTEE THAT THIS EVER RECURR&NG MATTER SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF IF POSSIBLE AND ~E~ THEREFORE~ RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY ACCEPT THIS STREET INTO THE STREET SYSTEM WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS TO BE PAVED TO A WIDTH OF ~6 FEET~ ~AND"THAT THE CITY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WATER DAMAGES TO PROPERTIES ALONG THE STREAMj PROVtDED~ OF COURSE~ THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WiLL MAKE PRIOR PAYMENT OF THEIR SHARE OF THE COSTS TO THE CITY. THE CITY WOULD COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET WITHIN TtdO MONTHS AFTER PAYMENTS WERE MADE AND WOULD COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN ~HREE ~EEKS TIME~ WEATHER PERMITTING. THE STREET CONSTRUCTED TO THIS WIDTH WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTEO~ STREET C0~41TTEE L. B. MOUNT ON MOTION BY HR. PONTON~ SECONDED BY HR. HAGGERTY~ THE RECOMHENDATI,ON OF THE STREET COMMITTEE WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS PRESENTED: