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? REQUEST WITHDRAWN RE: 1500 WESTWOOD RD. PUBLIC HEARING RE: 101/3,-1016 ALTAVI STA AVE, REQUEST RE: SUNDAY BLUE LAWS MATTER RE: COINER JUNK YARD REQUEST RE: UTILITIES FOUNTAIN CT. APTS. MATTER RE: PARKING ON 4TH ST., N. W. MATTER RE: SWIMMING FACILITIES IN HOUSING PROJECTS RESOLUTION RE: MAJOR ARTERIAL ST. AND HIGHWAY PLAN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF MARCH 4, 1968 AND MARCH 11~ 1968 WERE. READ AND APPROVED, MR. VOGT INTRODUCED~THE LANE HIGH.STUDENTS WHO ARE HOLDING CITY OFFICES AS PART OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT WEEK PROGRAM.' A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PETITIONERS REQUESTING WITHDRAWAL OF THEir REQUEST FOR REZONING AT 1500 WESTWOOD ROAD. ON MOTION BY MR, RINEHART; SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTY~ THE FOREGOING REQUEST WAS APPROVED. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON A PETITION TO REZONE 1014 AND 10t6 ALTAV~STA AVENUE FROM R-2 RESIDENTIAL TO B-1 BUSINESS. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED. MR. DAVID R, SELFE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION~ AND MR, VICTOR WALLACE~ MR. GILBERT STANLEY AND MR, A. L. GIANNINY SPOKE IN OPPOSITION, ON MOTION BY MR, VOGT~ SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTY; THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. MR. LEWIS GLASER ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THE COUNCIL TO SEEK AN EXCEPTION TO THE SUNDAY BLUE LAWS TO PERMIT Him TO SELL QUILL PENS ON SUNDAY. THIS MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR RECOMMENDATION. MR, PRESTON COINER INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT HIS BUSINESS IS BEING DISPLACED BY THE GARRETT STREET REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT~ AND JUNK YARDS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY ZONING CLASSIFICATION tN EITHER THE CITY OR COUNTY. MR. COINER STATED THAT HE HAS FOUND A TRACT OF LAND ON TTH STREET~ S. W. SUITABLE FOR HIS BUSINESS~ AND REQUESTED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO ALLOWING HIM TO LOCATE HIS BUSINESS AT THIS SITE. ON MOTION BY MR, HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT; THIS REQUEST WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION. A REQUEST FOR UTILITIES TO SERVE THE PROPOSED FOUNTAIN COURT APARTMENTS ON Rio ROAD WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION. A REPORT WAS PRESENTED FROM THE STREET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDING THAT PARKING ON ~TH N. W. BE EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO A POINT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET SOUTH OF IRVING STREET. ON MOTION BY MR, VOGT, SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT~ THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY STATING THAT P. H. A. WILL NOT PARTICIPATE ~N CONSTRUCTION OF SW-IMMING POOLS IN HOUSING PROJECTS~ AND ADVISING THAT APPLICATION MAY BE MADE TO H. U. D, UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES PROGRAM FOR SUCH PROJECT, ON MOTION BY MR, MOUNT~ SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART~ THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS REQUESTED TO PREPARE AN APPLICATION UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES PROGRAM FOR THE GARRETT STREET PROJECT FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION-WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION: WHEREAS, THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HAS THOROUGHLY STUDIED THE MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN AS PREPARED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF H~GHWA¥S; AND WHEREAS~ PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE HELD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 10, 1967 AND FEBRUARY T~ 1968, NOW~ THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS TO THE CItY COUNCIL THAT THE MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN BE APPROVED AS A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CITY PLAN wITH THE PROVISO THAT THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS BE REQUESTED TO RESTUDY: ]. THE GRADY-GORDON CORRIDOR TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A BETTER LOCATION CAN BE FOUND FOR THIS STREET AND WHETHER OR NOT THE EXISTING STREETS CAN BE WIDENED TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE TRAFFIC DEMANDS WITHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GRADY-GORDON EXTENSION. ~. THE 9TH-lOTH STREET CORRIDOR FROM CHERRY AVENUE TO PRESTON AVENUE TO