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ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: SEC. 4, ART. III, APP. DISTRICT MAP MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES: NONE. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT MAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE Ill OF APPENDIX Il OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVtLLE~ 1959, BY THE REZONING OF A PARCEL OF LAND FRONTING APPROXIMATELY 330 FEET ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF CHERRY AVENUE'~ WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER t8~ 7963~ WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE; AYES: MR. HAGGERTY~ HR, LEE~ MR. MOUNT~ MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES: NONE. O ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. COUNC I L CHAHBER DECEMBER 10, 1963 RESOLUTION RE: LOCATION OF ROUTE 64 DECEMBER 9, 1963 PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: MR. B. J. HAGGERTY MR. R. E. LEE MR. L. B. MOUNT HR. J. R. PONTON MR. L. L. SCRIBNER TAKE NOTICE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD TOMORROW MORNING THE lOTH INST. AT 10:00 A. M. O'CLOCK. 1. To CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE GENERAL LOCATION OF ROUTE 64 ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CITY AS IS SHOWN ON MAP OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ENTITLED "PROPOSED HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT INTERSTATE ROUTE 64 IN NELSON AND ALBEMARLE COUNTIES" AND AS RECOMMENDED BY AN ENGINEERING FIRM EMPLOYED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO STUDY AND REPORT ON THIS MATTER. BY ORDER OF J. $. RUSH~ JR. (SIGNED) B.d. HAGGERTY (SIGNED) CLERK PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. LEE, MR. HOUNT~ MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT: NONE. THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PRESENTED AND CONSIDERED: WHEREAS, THE FIRM OF HAYES~ SEAY~ MATTERN & MATTERN~ CONSULTING ENGINEERS, WERE EMPLOYED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA TO STUDY AND RECOMMEND THE BEST ROUTE FOR THE LOCATION OF INTER- STATE ROUTE 64 BETWEEN THE ALBEMARLE-FLUVANNA COUNTY LINE TO INTERSTATE ROUTE 81 EAST OF STAUNTON~ VIRGINIA) AND WHEREAS, THIS ENGINEERING FIRM HAS COMPLETED ITS STUDY AND IN A DETAILED REPORT DATED OCTOBER~ 1963, HAS RECOMMENDED THAT LINE ~YC~ (RouTE JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE BY WAY OF ROCKFISH GAP) BE APPROVED BECAUSE IN THEIR OPINION LINE "C~ IS SUPERIOR TO THE OTHER LINES AND THAT THE ADDITIONAL INITIAL COST WOULD BE "MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE COMBINED FEATURES OF TRAFFIC SERViCE~ ROAD USER SAVINGS~ DESIRABLE ECONOMIC EFFECT~ AND OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS", AND WHEREAS~ THE EVALUATION FACTORS SET FORTH IN THE REPORT SHOW THAT LINE "C~ WOULD INITIALLY COST APPROXIMATELY ~ 1/~ MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN LINE ~B" (NORTH OF THE CITY AND BY WAY OF ROCKFISH GAP) AND WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY 4.~ MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN LINE ~CB" (NORTH OF THE CITY AND BY WAY OF ROCKFISH GAP) AND THE REPORT SHOWS THAT THIS INITIAL COST WOULD BE MORE THAN OFFSET BY OTHER FACTORS SUCH AS ESTIMATED NUMBER OF VEHICLES WHICH WILL BY THE YEAR t97~ USE LINE "C" DAILY~ 13~40 AS COMPARED