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COHMITTEE REPORT RE,' LIBRARY DUi LDINGi HR. J. R. PONTON MR. B. A. RENNOLDS MR. L. L. SCRIBNER TAKE .NOTICE JANUARY 18, 1965 A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL:WILL BE HELD TOMORRO~ THE 19TH INST, AT ]:30 P, Mo'OtcLOCK AT THE COUNTY BUILDING, REPORT FROM ~OHMtTTEE RE= NE~ LIBRARY BUILDING. BY ~D~ ~ PRESIDENT THE COUNCIL MET ON THIS DATE IN JOINT SESSION WITH THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITH THE FOLLOW'lNG MEMBERS PRESENT: MR.'HAGGERTY~ MR. PONTON~ MR. RENNOLDS AND MAD SCRIBNER. ABSENT: MR. MOUNT, THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED: JANUARY 12~ 1965 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD oF.SUPERVISORS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY= ~ND To THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE GENTLEMENI YOUR JOINT COMMITTEE RELATIVE TO A NEW LIBRARY BUILDING REPORTS AS FOLLOWS: THE CITY, AS AGREED AT THE dOINT MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODIES or THE CITY AND COUNTY ON DECEMBER 11~ 196&~ FILED AN APPLICATION WITH THE VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY BOARD FOR A FEDERAL GRANT TO PAY 45~ OF THE COST OF A NEW LIBRARY BUILDING TO BE LOCATED ON GORDON AVENUE~ BETWEEN 15TH & ]6TM'STREETS~ ON LAND DONATED TO THE CiTY BY THE PERRY ~OUNDATION, THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE BUILDING~ EQUIPMENT~ ARCHITECT FEES~ ETC., IS ~267,250.00. THE FEDERAL SHARE TO BE ~1EO, 262.00 AND THE LOCAL SHARE TO BE ~146~988.00, YOUR COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT A BETTER AND MORE ECONOMICAL LIBRARY SERVICE CAN BE RENDERED TO THE CITIZENS OF ALBEMARLE AND CHARLOTTESVILLE BY THE CONTINUED JOINT OPERATION OF THE LIBRARY FACILITIES~ AND SINCE THE PRESENT BUILDING IS NOT OF SUFFICIENT SIZE AND IS NOT DESIGNED TO ADEQUATELY SERVE OUR GROWING COMMUNITY~-AND IS NOT DESIGNED TO SERVE AS A BASE FOR THE EXPANDING BooKMOBILE SERVI-CE~ YOUR COHMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS AS FOLLOW$~ CONTINGENT UPON THE APPLICATION TO THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD FOR FUNDS BEING APPROVED: THAT THE COUNTY AND CITY JOINTLY CONSTRUCT THE ADDITIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR BOTH WALK-IN-DRIVE-IN AND BOOKMOBILE SERVICE~ AND THAT THE LOCALITIES SH~RE OF THE COST BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETISEEN THE COUNTY AND C.ITY~ AND THAT THE CITY LEASE TO THE COUNTY ONE-HALF INTEREST IN THE TRACT OF LAND WHICH IS TO BE USED AS THE LIBRARY SITE~ AND THAT THE PRESENT'JOINT COMMITTEE BE CONTINUED AND AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE FINAL PLANS~ SECURE BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FACILITY~ AND TO RECOMMEND TO YOU THE ACCEPTANCE OF A SATISFACTORY BID FOR THE WORK. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTEO~ [0uiE L'. SCRIBNER F'ORREST E. PAUL~"TT LINDSAY' B.' MOUNT d. NAGGERTY ~"'ETT ~.~IR'KsEY ON MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER~ SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTY~ THE FOREGOING REPORT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED.