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PROGRESS REPORT PRESENTED- JEFF. CABLE CORP. CiTY MGR. TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH C & O. ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER RE: SEC. 11-15 - CH. 11 ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: HEARING OF APPEAL APPROPRIATION - SCHOOL PURPOSES REPORT OF SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTED BY DR. R~SHTON SCHOOL BOARD REPORT MR. ROBERT MONROE, PRESIDENT OF THE JEFFERSON CABLE CORPORATION,WAS PRESENT AND ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT EVERY EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO IMPROVE THE RECEPTION FROM WASHINGTON. A PROGRESS REPORT WAS PRESENTED FROM JEFFERSON CABLE CORPORATION OUTLINING THE AREAS WHICH HAVE RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED AND A SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION OF THE REMAINING AREAS. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM RADIO STATION WCHV EXPLAINING THE REASON FOR THE MEETING OF JANUARY 16, 1967 NOT BEING ON THE AIR. ON MOTI,ON BY MR. VOGT~ SECONDED BY MR. JOHNSON, THE CITY MANAGER WAS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, DATED DECEMBER 13, 1966, FOR A SIX INCH (6") GAS LINE AND AN EIGHT INCH (8") WATER LINE CROSSING AT CARLTON ROAD AT A POINT LOCATED BETWEEN MILE POST 180 AND 181. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 11-15 ENTITLED 'BULK STORAGE; RESTRICTIONS ON UNDERGROUND STORAGE; TRUCK TRANSPORTS' OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965", WAS OFFERED BY HR, MOUNT, SECONDED BY MR. JOHNSON~ AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 66 ENTITLED 'HEARING OF APPEAL' OF ARTICLE XVI OF APPENDIX II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965", WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 16~ 1967, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY, MR. JOHNSON~ MR. MOUNT~ MR. RENNOLDS AND MR. VOGT. NOES: NONE. THE RESOLUTION APPROPRIATING $105,O18.14 FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES~ WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 16~ 1967~ WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. JOHNSON, MR. MOUNT, HR. RENNOLDS AND MR. VOGT. NOES: NONE. DR. E. W. RUSHTON, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED A REPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD RECOMMENDING THE ACQUISITION OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN ACRES. MR. W. H. MARTIN ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT QF THE PROPOSED SITE, AND COMPLIMENTED THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THEIR ACTION. AFTER A LENGHTY DISCUSSION, DURING WHICH SEVERAL PEOPLE VOICED SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ACTION~ A MOTION BY MR. MOUNT~ SECONDED BY MRo JOHNSON THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD REPORT BE ADOPTED, AND SPREAD IN THE MINUTES, AND THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO START REGOTIATIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. JN A REPORT~ MADE IN OCTOBER, 1966) TO THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CiTY SCHOOL BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS CALLED ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A DEFINITE SHORTAGE OF PROPERLY LOCATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPACE IN THE CITY. ATTENTION WAS CALLED TO THE FACT THAT VACANT LAND IN PARCELS LARGE ENOUGH FOR A SCHOOL SITE ARE DI=FFICULT TO FIND. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT STEPS BE TAKEN TO ACQUIRE THE LAND NECESSARY TO MEET THE FORE- SEEABLE SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDS. AS A FIRST STEP IN IMPLEMENTING THAT RECOMMENDATION THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY SCHOOL BOARD RECOMMENDS THE PURCHASE OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY. THE PROPOSED SITE SHOULD BE LOCATED TO SERVE A PART OF THE AREA PRESENTLY SERVED BY JOHNSON SCHOOL. JN VIEW OF THE PRESENT AND PROBABLY FUTURE NEED FOR LAND~ A SITE OF AT LEAST FIFTEEN ACRES 1S RECOMMENDED. THERE PROBABLY IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT SCHOOL SITE. EVERY LOCATION HAS CERTAIN ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. THUS, SITE SELECTION IS A PROCESS OF WEIGHING THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF POSSIBLE LOCATIONS~ AND SELECTING THE LOCATION WHICH APPEARS TO OFFER THE MOST ADVANTAGES AND THE FEWEST DISADVANTAGES° SCHOOL SITES SELECTED TODAY PROBABLY WILL BE IN USE FOR FIFTY YEARS OR MORE. THEREFORE> EVERY EFFORT MUST BE MADE TO CONSIDER PROBABLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS THE PRESENT SITUATION.