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RESOLUTION RE: CLOSING CERTAIN STREETS IN BELMONT AREA APPROVAL RE: ALE. COUNTY SUB. ORDINANCE MATTER RE: STREET LINES DRUID AVE. - QUARRY RD. RESOLUTION APPROP- CARRIED OVER: JAIL PROPERTY ON MOTION BY MR. VOGT~ SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY .ADOPTED: WHEREAS, THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNING ABUTTING PROPERTY ON PORTIONS OF CERTAIN STREETS IN THE BELMONT AREA AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, HAS REQUESTED THAT PORTIONS OF SUCH STREETS BE CLOSED, AND WHEREAS, THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSIoON BY REPORT TO COUNCIL DATED JANUARY 12, 1968 H-AS RECOMMENDED SUCH CLOSING~ WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE SMALL PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED ON CLYDE STREET, AND WHEREAS, THE COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IS WILLING TO CLOSE AND VACATE THE PORTIONS OF THE STREETS ACCORDING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION~S RECOMMENDATION AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTES- VtLLE THAT $ONOMA STREET FROM DRUID AVENUE SOUTH TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF STONE- HENCE AVENUE AND STONEHENGE AVENUE FROM THE WESTERN SIDE OF SONOMA STREET TO. THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR NEW MONTICELLO AVENUE; AND STONEHENGE AVENUE FROM THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR NEW MONTICELLO AVENUE TO OLD MONTICELLO AVENUE; AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN MONTICELLO AND STONEHENGE AVENUE FROM SONOMA STREET TO THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE FOR NEW MONTICELLO.AVENUE AS SHOWN IN RED ON A SKETCH OF "BELMONT~ DATED AUGUST t967, WHICH IS HERETO ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, BE AND THE SAME ARE HEREBY CLOSED AND VACATED~ :AND THAT THIS VACATION SHALL NOT EXTINGUISH EXISTING UTILITY LINE EASEMENTS FOR TELEPHONE~ ELECTRIC AND T. V. CABLE LINES IN THE AREA HEREIN CLOSED AND VACATED; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE CITY RETAINS AND RESERVES TO ITSELF THE RIGHT TO LAY~ MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND OPERATE ITS UTILITY LINES WHICH ARE NOW OR MAY BE INSTALLED IN SAID AREA HEREIN CLOSED AND VACATED. TITLE TO THE STREETS~ SUBJECT TO THE UTILITY EASEMENTS HEREIN RESERVED~ CLOSED BY THIS RESOLUTION SHALL REVERT ONE-HALF TO. EACH ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL BE AND HE IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO RECORD THIS RESOLUTION AND SKETCH IN THE CLERKIS OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COURT OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE- A COMMUN'I'CATION.WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON OCTOBER 16, 1967, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SECTION 5-A-3. ON MOTION BY MR. MOUNT~ SECONDED BY MR. VOGT~ THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UN- AN I MOUSLY ADOPTED~ THE CiTY MANAGER ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED AUGUST 1967 CLOSING THE SECTION OF EXISTING MONTICELLO AVENUE, BETWEEN THE NEW DRUID AVENUE CONNECTION AND NEW QUARRY ROAD, DID NOT ESTABLISH THE STREET LINES FOR THESE STREETS. ON MOTION BY ~Ro RINEHART, SECONDED BY MR. VOGT, THE CITY ~ANAGER WAS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT WiTH PERCY E. THOMAS ESTABLISHING THE STREET LINE ON TH[; SOUTH SIDE OF DRUID AVENUE TWENTY FEET SOUTH OF THE REAR EDGE OF THE CURB AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF QUARRY ROAD TWENTY FEET NORTH OF THE REAR EDGE OF THE CURB LINE. ON MOTION BY MR. MOUNT~ SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTY, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT ~46,000.00 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FOR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY ON FOURTH STREET~ N. E. FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A PROPOSED JOI NT Cl TY-COUNTY JAIL.