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REPORT RE: HARTMAN MILL ROAD HouSING SITE TO TaR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY'7~'1962~ MR. SCRIBNER APPOINTED NIMSELF~ MR. HAGGERTY AND MR. SUMMERS~ A COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE WHAT ACTION THE COUNCIL COULD TAKE CONCERNING THE HARTMAN MiLL ROAD HOUSING SITE. AFTER AN EXTENSIVE STUDY AND DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE REPORTS THE FOLLOWING: THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE THE'LEGAL RIGHT OR POWER TO ABROGATE THE REFERENDUM VOTE OF JUNE 14~ 1960 WHICH REFERENDUM WAS HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION 14A OF THE CITY CHARTER. THE GRANT OF AUTHORITY BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE CITY IN THAT SECTION PERTAINS ONLY TO THE HOLDING OF AN ELECTION AND COUNCiL~S ACTION 70 BE TAKEN PURSUANT TO THE VOTE. THERE IS NO AUTHORITY IN THE COUNCIL~ EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED~ TO NOW REVERSE THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE. THE PRESENT COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY INSTITUTED AND DILIGENTLY WORKED FOR THE CHANGE IN LOCATION OF THE HOUSING SITE FROM HARTMAN MiLL ROAD TO THE WESTHAVEN SITE. THIS WAS DONE BECAUSE THE COUNCIL FELT'THAT THE WESTHAVEN SITE IS A SUPERIOR LOCATION TO HARYNA~'~MI'LL ROAD FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING, THIS COMMITTEE FEELS THE PRESENT SENSE OF THE.COUNCIL IS THAT'HARTMAN MILL ROAD SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING. YOUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION RESOLVING HOT"TO"USE THE HARTMAN MILL ROAD SITE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, S/~MR. LouIE L. SCRIBNER ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER RE: SEC. 6~ ART. !1~ CH. 19. ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER NEW CHAPTER NUMBERED 1~.1 ~ATTER RE: STORM SEWERS ORDINANCE APPROPRIATION RE: STORM WATER DRAINAGE AT AIRPORT. ON MOTION BY MR, HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. POHTON~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION ~AS UNANIHOUSLY ADOPTED: BE IT RESOLVED BY tHE COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THIS COUNCI~ WILL NOT AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE HARTMAN M~LLROAD SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A.FUTURE PUBLIC' HOUSING SITE. THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY THEr MATTER OF iCE CREAM VENDING TRUCKS~ BY ITS FINAL REPORT~ RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES: AN' ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCEs'AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 6 OF ARTICLE !1 OF ~HAPTER 19~ ENTITLED ~DEFINITIONS~ OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVlLLE= VIRGINIA, 1959", ~AS OFFERED BY MR. HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. PONTON, AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA~ t959, BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF A NDE CHAPTER NUMBERED 18,1 ENTITLED ~MOTOR'.VEHICLES VENDING ON CITY STREETS'" WAS OFFERED BY ~R, HAGGERTY~ SECONDED'~BY MR. PONTON AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION· A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING STORM SEWERS AND RECOMMENDING THAT AN ORDINANCE'BE"ADOPTED WHICH WILL REQUIRE ANY PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CITY WHO WISHES TO INSTALL A STORM WATER PIPE IN A NATURAL DRAINAGE AREA~ AND CONNECT SAID PIPE TO A PIPE OR CULVERT UNDER A CITY STREET~ TO FIRST OBTAIN A PERMIT-FROM THE ENGINEERING'~DEPARTMENTo THE FOREGOING REPORT WAS ACCEPTED AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND,~CITY MANAGER WERE REQUESTED TO PREPARE THE PROPER ORDINANCE. ON MOTION BY MR. LEE~ SECONDED BYtMR. HAGGERTY~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE[ AYESt MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. LEE, MR. MOUNT, MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES': NONE. BE IT RESOLVED BY TH[ COUNCIL OF THE'CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT ~500.00 BE AND THE SAME I$ HEREBY APPROPRIATED FOR THE CITYtS SHARE OF THE COST OF CORRECTING STORM WATER DRAINAGE AT THE AIRPORT.