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RESOLUTION ADOPTED- ORDERED PRESENTED AND READ AT PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING RE: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CITY CHARTER 10. ~T IS THE CONSIDERED OPINION OF THE OFFICIALS OF THIS CITY THAT THE COSTS FOR RIGHTS OF WAY~ DAMAGES AND LEGAL COSTS FOR CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS FOR LAND TO CONSTRUCT LINES ~B~ OR ~CB~ IN THE VICINITY OF THIS CITY AND IN ALBEMARLE COUNTY WOULD BE FAR GREATER THAN IT WOULD BE FOR LINE ~C~. THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE CITY AND ADJOINING SECTION OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY INTO HIGH RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS AND PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT THE RIGHTS OF WAY COULD BE SECURED MANY MORE BUILDINGS AND SUBDIVISIONS WILL HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE AREA AND IT IS A MATTER OF RECORD THAT THE LARGE ESTATES ON THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE CITY ARE BITTERLY OPPOSED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERSTATE ROUTE THROUGH OR NEAR THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT THEY WILL SURELY BE UNWILLING SELLERS AND THE DAMAGES MAY BE VERY HIGH AND 17. ROUTE ~C~t THROUGH INTERCHANGE ON 29-29A WOULD SURELY PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE BETWEEN THIS CITY AND THE CITIES OF WAYNESBORO AND STAUNTON) AND 12. THE ECONOMICAL BENEFITS WHICH WOULD ACCRUE TO THIS GROWING CITY ALONE WOULD MORE THAN OFFSET THE ADDITIONAL INITIAL COST OF LINE ~C~ AND THE COUNCIL OF THIS CITY STRONGLY URGES THAT ROUTE 64 BE CONSTRUCTED GENERALLY ALONG LINE ~C~ AS SOON AS IS PRACTICAL AND POSSIBLE. A ~OTION BY MR. SCRIBNER~ SECONDED BY MR. ~OUNT~ THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AND THAT A COPY BE PRESENTED AND READ INTO THE MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER ~TTH BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY BE URGED TO SUPPORT THE LOCATION OF ~OUTE 6~ ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CITY IN THE GENERAL LOCATION OF LINE ~C~ WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. COUNCIL CHAMBER DECEMBER 16, 1963 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. LEE~ MR. HOUNT~ MR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT: NONE. THE MINUTES Of THE MEETING Of DECEMBER 2, 1963 AND DECEMBER 10, 1963 WERE READ AND APPROVED, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 33 WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THAT THE JUDGE AND ASSISTANT JUDGE OF HUNICIPAL COURT WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE JUDGE OF CORPORATION COURT. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THAT THE MUNICIPAL COURT WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE HELD ON SATURDAYS AND THAT CIVIL ACTIONS IN SUCH COURT WOULD BE FILED AND PRESERVED IN THAT COURT. T~E PROPOSALS ALSO PROVIDEO THAT ADDITIONAL SECTIONS OF THE HODEL CHARTER BE ADDED TO THE CITY CHARTER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 15.1-849. PROVIDING THAT PAYMENTS UNDER THE CITY'S RETIREMENT SY$TEM WOULD NOT BE SUB,EOT TO GARNISHMENT~ LEVY OR ATTACHMENT~ SECTION 15:1-856. PROVIDING THAT THE CITY~ WITHOUT LIABILITY TO THE OWNER THEREOF~ COULD PREVENT THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF SEPTIC TANKS WHICH CONTRIBUTED OR WOULD BE LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE POLLUTION OF THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY. SECTION 15.1-882