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PUBLIC HEARING - MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN RESOLUTION RE: MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN ANNUAL TAX LEVY ADOPTED A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON THE MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN AS PREPARED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE PLAN BE APPROVED WITH THE PROVISO THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BE REQUESTED TO RESTUDY THE GRADY- GORDON CORRIDOR AND THE 9TH lOTH STREET CORRIDOR. MR. R. C. BROWN~ JR. AND MR. H, H. ROLSTON OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT THEN GAVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE PLAN. MR. E. R. SLAUGHTER ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THE ADOPTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. MRS. VIRGINIA CARRINGTON REQUESTED THAT PARTICULAR ATTENTION BE GIVEN THE 9TH - 10TH STREET AREA~ AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SPOKE ON DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PLAN. ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: N~EREAS, THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 15.1-446 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA OF 1950~ ET. SEQ.~ HAS THOROUGHLY STUDIED THE 1967 MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET AND HIGHWAY PLAN AS PREPARED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, AND HAS HELD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON OCTOBER 10~ 1967 AND FEBRUARY 7~ 1968, AND WHEREAS~ THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AT ITS REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING HELD ON MARCH 127 1968, HAS CERTIFIED THE AFORESAID PLAN AND RECOMMENDED THAT ~T BE ADOPTED AS A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CITY PLAN WITH THE PROVISION THAT THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS BE REQUESTED TO RESTUDY THE GRADY- GORDON CORRIDOR AND THE 9TH lOTH STREET CORRIDOR, AND UHEREAS, THE COUNCIL OF THE CItY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IS WILLING TO APPROVE AND ADOPT THE PLAN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION~ NOW~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE 1967 MAJOR ARTERIAL STREET PLAN AS PREPARED BY THE ~IRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS~ BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROVED AS A PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CITY PLAN WITH THE PROVISION THAT THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS BE REQUESTED TO RESTUDY: 1. THE GRADY-GORDON CORRIDOR TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A BETTER LOCATION CAN BE FOUND FOR THIS ~REET AND WHETHER OR NOT THE EXISTING STREETS CAN BE WIDENED TO ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE TRAFFIC DEMANDS WITHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GRADY-GORDON EXTENSION. 2. THE 9TH-lOTH STREET CORRIDOR FROM CHERRY AVENUE TO PRESTON AVENUE TO JUSTIFY THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES BETWEEN 9TH AND lOTH STREET AND TO IMPROVE THE PROPOSED RAILROAD CROSSING. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL BE AND HE IS HEREBY DIRECTED tO FORWARD A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE VIRGINIA DEPART- MENT OF HIGHWAYS. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "ANNUAL TAX LEVY IMPOSING TAXES ON PROPERTY AND MACHINERY AND TOOLS FOR THE PAYMENT OF ~NTEREST AND RETIREMENT ON THE CITY DEBT~ FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE CiTY GOVERNMENT AND CITY SCHOOLS~ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"~ WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON APRIL 15, 1968~ WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY, MR. RINEHART AND MR. VOGTo NOES: NONE. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. PRES I DENT COUNCIL CHAMBER - APRIL 23~ 1968 PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: MR. B. J. HAGGERTY MR. L. B. MOUNT MR. B. A. RENNOLDS MR. W. A. RINEHART, Iil MR. G. A. VOGT