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OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1959s BY THE REZONING OF Tv/O PARCELS OF LAND LYING BETv/EEN EI~IET STREET AND HEADC~BROOK ROAD" WAS OFFERED BY MR. PONTONs SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTYs AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION, ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED, COUNC I L CHAMBER - MARCH 1 s 1965 PETITION PRESENTED RE: DEMOLITION BUI:LDINGS MAIN STREET BEAUTIFICATION COMMo BO. OF DIRECTORS APPROVED HON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ZETA TAU ALPHA STREET COMMITTEE REPORT RE: LOCUST AVENUE THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR, MOUNTj MR, PONTONs MR, RENNOLDS AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT: HONE, THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF FEBRUARY 15~ 1965 AND FEBRUARY 24, 1965 WERE READ AND APPROVED, MR. C. A, VlAs dR, ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF MRS, ELIOT CLARK AND PRESENTED A PETITION IN PROTEST TO.THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDINGS WEST OF LEGGETTS ON MAIN STREET, THIS PETITION WAS RECEIVED AND ORDERED FILED WITH THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION LISTING PROPOSED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1965. ON MOTION BY MR, SCRIBNERs SECONDED BY MR, HAGGERTY~ THE BOARD WAS APPROVED AS PROPOSED, ON MOTION BY MR. PONTONs SECONDED BY MR. RENNOLDS~ ZETA TAU ALPHA SORORITY WAS DECLARED A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 91(E) oF THE LICENSE TAX ORDINANCE, THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF THE STREET COMMI'TT£E WAS PRESENTED: To THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLEs VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN: FEBRUARY 1~s 1965 YOUR STREET COHMITTEE HAS AGAIN STUDIED WAYS OF FACILITATING THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON LOCUST AVENUEs BETWEEN HIGH ~TREET AND THE RT. 250 BYPAS$~ AND REPORTS AS FOLLOWS= THE PAVED AREA ON THIS STREET IS ~4 FEET WlD£, THE SIDEWALK ON THE [AST SIDE BETWEEN HIGH AND HAZEL STREETS AND THE CURB ON BOTH SLOES IN THE MOST PART ARE IN BAD CONDITION* THE AREA BETWEEN THE CURB AND SIDE- WALK BEI"e/EEN HIGH AND HAZEL STREETS iS VERY UNSIGHTLY DUE TO PARKING OUTSIDE OF THE CURB LINE AND DUE TO CONDITIONS WHICH MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GROW GRASS IN THIS AREA, THE STREET RIGHT OF WAY IS 60 FEET ON THE SOUTHERN END AND ~0 FEET ON THE NORTHERN END, RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. THAT THE STREET BE WIDENED AS PER THE ATTACHED PLANs PREPARED BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTs WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE WIDTH OF THE PAVED AREA TO ~4 OR MORE FEET AND WOULD REPLACE THE SIDEWALK BETWEEN HIGH AND HAZEL STREETS ON THE EAST SIDE AND WOULD REPLACE CURB WITH CURB AND GUTTER IN AREAS WHERE THE PRESENT CURB IS REMOVED EXCEPT WHERE NEW SIDEWALK IS INSTALLED, THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS WORK WOULD BE ~50~00OoO0. IF THIS PLAN IS NOT APPROVED~ THEN 2, REMOVE ALL PARKING ON BOTH SLOES OF THE STREET BETWEEN TAYLOR STREET AND THE RT. 250 BYPASS. YOU WILL RECALL THAT THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING SURVEY WHICH WAS RECENTLY PREPARED FOR THIS CiTY BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTs RECOMMENDED THAT ONE OF THE FOREGOING BE DONE IN ORDER TO ACCOMODATE THE INCREASING VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON THIS STREET. IT iS TO BE NOTED THAT THE WIDENING AS PROPOSED UNDER No. I WILL REQUIRE THE REMOVAL OF SEVERAL TREESs MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN TOPPED TO ACCOMODATE THE POWER LI~Es HOWEVER~ THERE ARE MANY TREES TO THE REAR OF THE SIDEWALK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN TH~S AREA. ~E SUGGEST THAT A DECISION SHOULD BE REACHED BY THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED; STREET COI~41TTEE B. A, RENNOLDS JAS. E."Bov~, jR.