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to LOT BE METERED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ANO THAT TtiE A4ETER5 tlE INSTALLED IN 7HE REMAINING LOTS AFTER CHRISTMAS W'AS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. CAVIS, MR. ~ORBES, MR. TEBELL AND MR. WEtNBERG. +~OES: MR. BILL. UPON !ROTION BY MR. FORGES, SECONDED BY MR. DAMS, 17' tIAS UNAt:I MOUSEY RESOLVED: THAT ~~ON• HENRY B. COR[lON AND STATE SEiiATOR E• O. MCCUE, .1R., BE REQUESTED TO INTRODUCE AT 7HE NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, ANO URGE THE PASSAGE C`F, A SPECIAL MATTER RE: VOTING ACT WHICH WOVLD BE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TU RELEASE THE CITY OF PASSAGE OF ACT UkGED CHARLOTTESVILLE FROM THE REQUIREtlEN1S OF SEC. 24-45, CODE ~F VIRGINIA, WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE CITY vpUNCiL SHALL ESTABLISH SEPARATE ELECTION DISTRICTS IN EACH WARD SG TiiAT THERE SHALL NOT SE LESS THAN ONE SUCH DISTRICT FOR EVERY 1,000 VOTERS OR FRACTIONAL PART THEREOF ABOVE 500; AND THAT SUCH SPECIAL AC7 SHALL ENABLE THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE PROPER AUTHORITIES APPOINTED 8Y LAW FOR 7HE PURPOSE 70 PRGVIDE FOR TWO OR t10RE SETS OF OFFICIALS OR COM!~".ISSIONERS OF ELECTION AT EACH POLLING PLACE SO THAT THE QUALIFIED VOTERS VGTING AT SUCH POLLING PLACE 41 tLt. i3E ABLE TO CAST THE I R VOTES :SORE EXPEDITIOUSLY. 0 THE HOUSING COh1M1tiTTEE tAET WITH THE ~DUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF A HOUSING REFERENDUM. AFTER A VERY LENGTkIY DISCUSSION, A !tOT10N WAS MADE BY MR. OAWIS, SECONDED 8Y MR. WEINBERG, AND L`NAnIMOUSLY ADOPTED THAT THE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETS MAYOR APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION Tii BE PRESEWTED TO THE WITH COUNCIL RE: HOUSING REFERENDUM COUNCIL AT THE MEETIWG ON .~ANUARV 18, 1954, 4>I7H REFEREi~GE TO A HOUSING REFERENDUM. THE MAYOR APPOINTED TIDE FOLLOWING: MR. .:OHM $. 3ATTLE, .: R., MR. .}AS. E. SoWEta, .IR., MR. FORMES, MR. WE t NBERG AND H I tASELF. THE MAYOR REQUESTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE i{O USING COMMITTEE TO APPOINT t`rt0 !}EF•1BER5 OF THAT COMMITTEE TO SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. MR. F fFE APPOINTEp MR. RAYMOND V. LONG AND MR. LOUR: SGRIBNER./ ON MOTlOH BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. WEINBERCp, THE COUNCIL VOTED EXECUTIVE SESSION ro GO IN7U THE EXECUTIVE SESSION 6Y THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. DAMS, MR, FORGES, MR. HILL, MR. TEBELL ANp MR. WEIreERG. TOES: E+ONE. THE CITY, MANAGER ADVISED THE CGUNCIL THAT THE iiOUSES CN LONG STREET, WHICH ARE OWNED JOINTLY BY THE CITY, STATE AND BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS, COULD NOW MATTER RE: HOUSES BE OFFERED FOR SALE AiJD TiiA7 THE STATE HAD ADVISED HiR4 71iAT THE 3UtLO1NGS ON LONG STREET - READY FOR SALE MUST BE SOLD BY SEALED 61 US. HE STATED THAT I is tit 5 uP I tJ t Ol+i Tri i S HAS i:CT THE PROPER WAY 70 SELL THESE HOU.:ES• A "10T~ON d`l MR. TEBELL, SECONDED EY MR. UAVIS, THAT THE CITY MAiJAGER BE INSTRUCTED 7:, CUWFER HITH 7HE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTf'IEivT ANV TO ARRAPIGE TiiE 6EST POSSIBLE tlETfiOD FOR u1SPOSAL OF THESE ti0USE5 tdAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. Ota DAOT I ON THE .'+1EET i NG AUJOI!RNED. M_ CLERK -~ M_ _ IiL~J.Lr. ~.~..~~ PRES (OEIJT COUi~t;IL CHAMBER - DECEMBER 21, 1953 THE COUNCIL IdET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. DAMS, MR. FORGES, MR. HILL, MR. TEBELL AND MR. NEINBERG. ABSENT: P20NE. THE idINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 7, 1953 WERE READ ANU A?PROVED. MR. A. A. .°iUTLER ADDRESSED 7HE COUNCIL ANO REQUESTED PERP.115StON TO REPLACE