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S08 MATTER RE: iMPROVEMENTS AT AIRPORT THE LENGT~IENING~ WIDENING AND REPAVING OF THE PRESENT RUNWAY~ THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TAXIWAY TO THE NORTH END AND AN EXTENSION OF THE APRON ON THE NORTH END APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET. THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED A PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ESTIMATED THE COST WOULD BE ~500~000o00~ AND STATED THAT THE F. A. A. SHARE WOULD BE APPROXIMATE- LY ~250~000.00~ AND THE LOCAL SHARE ~/OULD BE ~250~000.00. HE ALSO STATED THAT AN APPLICATION HAD BEEN FILED WITH THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION REQUESTING THAT ONE-HALF OF THE LOCAL SHARE~ .OR $125~000.00~ BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. MR. W. O. COLLINS OF THE F. A. A. DISTRICT AIRPORT [NGINEERtS OFFICE AND COL. WlLLARD G, PLENTL~ DIRECTOR~ DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS OF THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION WERE PRESENT AND DISCUSSED WITH THE GROUP THE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS, ON MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER~ SECONDED BY MR'. PONTON~ THE CITY MANAGER WAS DIRECTED~ ON BEHALF OF THE CI,TY~ TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR F'o A. A. [FUNDS TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIRPORT~ AND THE JOINT AIRPORT COMMISSION WAS AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY AN ENGINEER TO PREPARE THE PLANS.~ ETC. AT SUCH TIME AS THEY FELT WAS PROPER FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE ENGINEER. COUNCIL CHAMBER - AUGUST 2~ 1965 PUBLIC HEARING RE: RIDGE LANE SITE HOUSING SITE REQUEST FOR UTILITIES KNIGHT PROPERTY - 250 APPROVED REQUEST - FILLING STATION APPROVED REQUEST RE: UTI~LI'TIES OLD IVY RD. REFERRED TO PLANN. COMM. REQUEST RE: COTTENWOOD RD. & BEECHVOOD RD. REFERRED TO ST, COMM, THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: HR. HAGGERTY~ MR. MOUNT~ HR. PONTON AND MR. SCRIBNER. ABSENT: HR. RENNOLDS. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF JULY 19~ 1965 AND JULY 27~ 1965 WERE READ AND APPROVED. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON THE REQUEST OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR APPROVAL OF THE RIDGE LANE SITE. THE HAYOR REPORTED THAT A PETITION WITH OVER 800 SIGNATURES HAD BEEN RECEIVED REQUESTING A REFERENDUM AND ASSUMING THAT AT LEAST 500 WERE QUALIFIED VOTERS ~ THE MATTER WAS NO~ OUT OF THE HANDS OF CITY COUNCIL. HE STATED THAT THE LAW REQUIRES A REFERENDUM TO BE HELD ONCE SUCH A PETITION HAS BEEN FILED~ BUT SINCE SO MANY INTERESTED CITIZENS Wt~RE PRESENT THE COUNCIL ~OULD BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM THEM CONCERNING THE SITE, SEVERAL PEOPLE ADDRESSED ~HE COUNCIL AND THEIR QUESTIONS WERE ANS~ERE'D BY MR, ARRINGTONo MR. U. Mo ROBERTS ADDRESSED TME COUNCIL CONCERNING THE SALES TAX AND PRESENTED AN OPEN LETTER WITH THE FORM OF A BLANK PETITION ~HICH WAS RECEIVED. ON MOTION BY MR. PONTON~ SECONDED BY ~R. SCRIBNER~ THE REQUEST FOR UTILITIES TO SERVE THE KNIGHT PROPERTY ON ROUTE 250 ~EST WAS TAKEN FROM THE TABLE. MR. JOHN Bo SIMS PRESENTED A DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR 8o~ ACRES OF THIS PROPERTY. ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. SC~$BNER~ THE REQUEST FOR UTILITIES TO SERVE THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WAS APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCILtS POLICY OF APRIL 1~1963 TO SERVE 132 APARTMENT UNITS AS SHOWN ON A SKETCH FILED WITH THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING, THE REQUEST OF PURE OIL COMPANY TO OPERATE A GASOLINE FILLING STATION AT BARRACKS ROAD AND EMMET STREET WAS AGAIN CONSIDERED, NO ONE APPEARED FOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST. ON MOTION BY ~Ro PONTON) SECONDED BY MR. ~AGGERTY~ THE FOREGOING REQUEST WAS APPROVED. A REQUEST FOR CITY UTILITIES TO SERVE A PROPOSED APARTMENT PROJECT ON OLD IVY ROAD WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION. A REQUEST TO ACCEPT THE REMAINING PORTION OF COTTENWOOD ~OAD AND ~EECHWOOD ~OAD INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM WAS REFERRED TO THE STREET COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION.