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REFUND REAL ESTATE TAXES APPROVED REQUEST RE: PETITION FOR REZONING STRIBLING AVE. PETITION RE: TRAFFIC LIGHT 9TH ST. & CHERRY AVE. HATTER RE: BOAT DOCKS - RIVANNA RIVER RESERVOIR MATTER RE: THOMAS JEFFERSONeS BIRTHPLACE MATTER RE: DELINQUENT & ERRONEOUS TAXES ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT~ THE REFUND OF ~421.20 OF ERRONEOUS REAL ESTATE TAXES TO DOMINICAN FATHERS PROVINCE OF ST. dOSEPH WAS APPROVED. A PETITION WAS PRESENTED REQUESTING THE REZONING OF ALL PROPERTY ON STRIBLING AVENUE FROM R-2 RESIDENTIAL TO R-3 MULTIPLE DWELLING. THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT SINCE A MAJORITY Of THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA DID:NOT JOIN IN THE PETITION~ AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CODE~ THE PETITION COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED. THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO SO NOTIFY THE PETITIONERS. A PETITION REQUESTING THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 9TH STREET AND CHERRY AVENUE WAS REFERRED TO THE STREET COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION, A REQUEST FOR AN ACCESS EASEMENT OVER THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY WAS PRESENTED~ HOWEVER7 ACTION WAS DEFERRED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT HE BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR SMALL BOAT DOCKS' TO PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING ON THE NEW RIVANNA RIVER RESERVOIR WITH THE PROVISO THAT: 1. THE DOCK BE FOR PRIVATE USE. 2. THE OWNER AGREES TO KEEP THE DOCK AND AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THERETO IN A CLEAN CONDITION AND IN KEEPING WITH THE STATE HEALTH REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY. 3. THE PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOCK ARE SUBMITTED TO AND APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER. 4. THE OWNER FILES WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND KEEPS IN FORCE~ SO LONG AS THE DOCK REMAINS INSTALLED ON THE RESERVOIR PROPERTY~ AN INSURANCE POLICY WHICH WILL SAVE THE CiTY HARMLESS FOR ANY ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURS BY REASON OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR USE OF THE DOCK. 5. THE OWNER AGREES THAT HE WILL REMOVE THE DOCK WITHIN A PERIOD OF TWO WEEES AFTER BEING NOTIFIED TO DO SO BY THE CITY MANAGER, ON MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON~ SECONDED BY HR. HOUNT~ THE FOREGOING RECOHMENDATION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. JOHNSON~ MR. MOUNTp MR. RENNOLDS AND MR, VOGTo NOES: NONE. ON mOTION BY MR. MOUNT~ SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTY~ THE CITY MANAGER WAS REQUESTED TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING ACCESS ROADS TO THE NEW RESERVOIR TO BE USED BY FIRE TRUCKS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. MR. MOUNT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SELLING MR. JEFFERSON'S BIRTHPLACE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY) OR TO EITHER~ CONDITIONED UPON THE PROPERTY BEING USED FOR A PURPOSE WHICH WOULD MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AS A SHRINE. H'E STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION THE 215 ACRE PARCEL WOULD PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LAND FOR A PUBLIC PARK INCLUDING A GOLF COURSE AND CAMPING AREA 1N ADDITION TO MAINTAINING THE BIRTHPLACE SHRINE AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY/JOiN WiTH THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE~ OR BY ITSELF~ IN ATTEMPTING TO SECURE THE PROPERTY. ON MOTION BY MR. MOUNTp SECONDED BY MR. VOGT~ THE CITY MANAGER WAS INSTRUCTED TO ADVISE THE THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION THAT THE COUNCIL OF THIS CITY IS SINCERELY INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING THE THOMAS JEFFERSON BIRTHPLACE~ CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 215 ACRES AT SHADWELL~ PROVIDED THE PROPERTY CAN~ IN ADDITION TO BEING MAINTAINED AS A SHRINE TO MR. JEFFERSON~ BE USED FOR A PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES~ AND THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WiTH THE FOUNDATION THE TERMS~ CONDITIONS~ ETC. Of THE SALE. THE TREASURER'S LIST OF DELINQUENT AND ERRONEOUS TAXES IN THE AMOUNTS OF $118,895.87 AND $6,481.57 RESPECTIVELY~ WAS PRESENTED AND REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. VOGT~ THE COMMISSIONER OF ~EVENUE AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR RECOMMENDATION. ON MOTION BY MR. VOGT~ SECONDED BY MR. ~OHNSON) THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: