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COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONFER WITH UNIVERSITY PUBLIC HEARING - REQUEST~TO REZONE E HIGH STREET - DENIED MATTER RE: TOWN HOUSE ORDINANCE NoN-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTS RE: NAYLOR AND LINDEN ST. REFERRED TO PLANNo COMM. COMMUNICATION FROM VEPCo. RE: POWER LINE ACROSS FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY THE CONTRACT SINCE HE FELT THAT THE PRESENT. DAY INCREASED COST OF FILTERING AND PROCESSING WATER7 WHICH WAS H1NIMAL IN 19227 AND THE GROWTH OF THE UNIVERSITY7 WHICH IS NOW USING APPROXIMATELY 20~ OF THE WATER TREATED AT THE ClTyIS OBSERVATORY TREATMENT PLANT THAT HE FELT CERTAIN THE UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS WOULD WANT TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENT TO COVER THE COST OF WATER USED. A MOTION BY MR, MOUNT7 SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART THAT A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF THE MAYOR 7 CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE CITY MANAGER BE APPOINTED TO CONFER WiTH THE UNIVERSITY IN REGARD TO TH~S MATTER7 WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. PRES I DENT COUNCIL CHAMBER - MAY 67 1968 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY7 MR. RENNOLD$, MR. RINEHART AND MR. VOGT. ABSENT: MR. MOUNT. REV. BENJAMIN F. BUNN7 PASTOR OF FirST BAPTIST CHURCH7 GAVE THE INVOCATION. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF APRIL ~57 196~7 APRIL 227 1968 AND APRIL 237 1968 WERE READ AND APPROVED.. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON A REQUEST TO REZONE 1131 THROUGH 1141 EAST H~GH STREET FROM B-OFFICE SHOP TO B-1 BUSINESS. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED. NO ONE APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE PETITION~ AND MR. CLAUDE WORLEY=SPOKE IN OPPOSITION. ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY7 SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART7 THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. MR. GEORGE GILMER7 JR. ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TOA TOWN HOUSE ORDINANCE, THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED MR. GILMER THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS PRESENTLY CONSIDERING SUCH AN ORDINANCE. ON MOTION BY MR. VOGT, SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART7 THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS WERE DECLARED NON-PROFIT UNDER SECTION 90(E) OF THE LICENSE TAX ORDINANCE: Xl ZETA CHAPTER7 BETA SIGMA PHI FALCON CLUB UNIVERSITY LEAGUE7 INC. BUFORD JR. H~GH P. T. A. POST 1827 V. F. W. JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB OF CHARLOTTESVILLE JAYNES CHARLOTTESVILLE LIONS CLUB REQUESTS FOR REZONING ON NAYLOR STREET AND AT 1011 LINDEN STREET WERE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM VEPCo. : MR. JAMES E. BOWEN~ CITY MANAGER CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY HALL CHARLOTTESVILLE7 VIRGINIA 22901 DEAR JIM: APRIL 23, 1968 THIS REFERS TO OUR CONVERSATION REGARDING A PROPOSED LINE ACROSS THE OLD FAIRGROUNDS PROPERTY NOW OWNED BY THE CITY. DUE TO THE REARRANGEMENTS OF THE HIGHWAYS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE29 AND 250 BY-PAss7 IT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO REMOVE OUR DISTRIBUTION LINE NOW AT THAT LOCATION. As YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOOP ALONG ROUTE 29 IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO FURNISH SERVICE FROM EITHER DIRECTION SHOULD EMERGENCIES ARISE. YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS ALLOWED US TO RESTORE SERVICE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BY-PASS IN A VERY SHORT TIME SOME MONTHS AGO7' WHEN A TRUCK COLLISION BURNED DOWN THE LINE. IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THIS SERVICE7 THE MOST PRACTICAL ROUTE APPEARS TO BE AN EXTENSION FROM THE LINE NOW AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUGBY ROAD AND THE 250 BY-PAss7 EXTENDING ACROSS THE PROPERTY~ EAST OF THE OLD ROADWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET~ THEN CROSSING THE ROAD TO THE FRANK OtNEILL PROPERTY, THENCE GENERALLY WESTERLY ALONG HIS PROPERTY LINE TO