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1 STUDY AND REPORT. A PETITION WAS PRESEWTED FROM JOSHUA PRITCHETT, SIDNEY FRANCIS PRITC14ETT AND E014ARD D. M6CREARY REQUESTING THAT CHARLTON AVENUE (FORMERLY CARLTON STREET PETITION RE: CLOSING BE CLOSED FROM HARRIS STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE SCUTHERN RAILWAY CHARLTON AVENUE REFERRED TO PLAiiNIMG COMM. PROPERTY LINE. ON MOTION BY MR. FORBES, SECONDED UY MR. WEINBERG, THIS WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING CommtiSS10N FOR STUDY AND REPORT, AND IF FOUND ADVISABLE, TO BE REFERRED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR HIS OPIkION ON WHETHER OF NOT IT CAN BE LEGALLY CLOSED. A PETITION TO ACCEPT CEWTEFt AVENUE INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTE14 WAS iiECC I VED PETITION RE: CENTER AVE. REFERRED TO ST. COMMITTEE AND REFERRED TO THE STREET CC!,'MITTEE AOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT. A PETITION TO ACCEPT DUr10VA COURT INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM WAS RECEIVED. THE STREET COMMITTEE ADVISED THAT THEY HAD ALREADY VIEWED THIS STREET, AND DU1i0VA COURT ACCEPTED INTO CITY STREET SYSTEM RECOMMENDED THAT IT UE ACCEPTED INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM. ON MOTION BY MR.WE;NBERG, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THIS R£CUMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. THE STREET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE 228 FEET OF NORTH AVENUE, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BE ACCEPTED INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM. ON MOTION BY 128' N'0kTH AVENUE ACCEPTED INTO CITY STREET SYSTE,•d. MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. FORBES, THIS RECOtIMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. A COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM MR. G. STUART HAMM, JR. REQUESTING THAT THE SALARY OF THE CIVIL AND POLICE JUSTICE BE 114CREASED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1954. REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN CIVIL 6 POLICE JUSTICE A MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. FORBES, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THAT THE MAYOR APPOINT A LALARY REFERRED TO COMMITTEE COMMITTEE TO STUDY MR. HAMM'S REQUEST, AND REPORT TO THE COUNCIL. THE MAYOR APPOINTED MR. FORBES, MR. WEINBERG AND MR. BOWEN TO SERVE ON THIS COMt!ITTEE, THE BUDGETS FOR THE CITY - STATE OFFICES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1954 WERE CITY-STATE BUDGETS PRESENTED. A MOOT1014 WAS ?'ADE UY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS AUD UNANIMOUSLY PRESENTED AND APPROVED ADOPTED THAT THESE BUDGETS BE APPROVED, AND THAT THE CITY TREASURER'S SALARY BE RAISED FROM $09500.00 TO $6,800.00 PER YEAR. COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM MR. FRANK SHIFLETT AND MSR. ALBERT K. SMITH RLWUEST F:.R REFUND REQUESTING REFUND OF ERRONEOUS TAXES IH THE AMOUNT OF $5.88 AND $25.08 RESPECTIVELY. CN TAXES ON MOTION BY MR. TEBELL* SECONDED 8Y MR. FORBES, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT $30.96 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED Ili ACCORDANCE RESOLUTION APPROP. P.EF'%ND TAXES WITH THE FOREGOING REQUEST. THE -REQUEST OF MR. RANDOLPH }I. PERRY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CHARLOTTESVILL AND ALBEMARLE CHAMBER CF COMMERCE, THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BE PERMITTED TO DEPOSIT NICKELS 1 N THE PARKING ,,-ETERS FOR OVER -TIME PARKERS WAS AGA I li PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT MATTER RE: C OF C. OVER -TIME PARKERS THEY DID NOT THINK IT ADVISABLE TJ RELAX THE PARKING REGULATIONS AT THIS TIME. REQUEST DENIED THEV STATED THAT THE STRICT ENFCRCEIIENT OF THE PARKING ?tETER vRD1WANCE HAD RESULTED IN A ?IUCH BETTER TURN OVER iN AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES ;;ND FUR THAT REASON WERE OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST. A MOTION BY MR. FoRBES, SECONDED BY MR. TEBELL, THAT iN VIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER'S AICD CHIEF OF PCL+CE'S RECOM- MENDATION THIS REQUEST BE OCwILD, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT THE !METERS FUR THE MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS WERE EXPECTED AT ANY TIME, BUT THAT THE INSTALLATION AT THIS Tit -E, IN ALL THE MATTER RE: INSTALLATION LOTS EXCEPT THE +1IGH STREET LCI', M=OULD INTERFERE WITH THE AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES OF PARKING METERS IN ' MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS.- NECESSARY FUR CHP1ST.?1AS SHOPPERS, ANU ASKED 1F IT WAS THE WISH OF THE CCUNCIL TO HAVE THEM INSTALLED AT THIS T;ME, OR WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE CHRISTMAS RUSH WAS OVER. A . ,.n.4 ....c ...nc v M., T U_. IN ..__