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J THIS SYSTEM MOULD PROVIUE A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO OVR PRESENT ELECTION PROBLEMS UN71L SUCH TItAE AS WE HAVE A VERY LARGE INCREASE fN OUR POPULATION AND VOTERS. YOUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ALTERNATE ~d0. 2 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND IF YOU AGREE TkiIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION IiE SUGGEST THAT YOU INSTRUCT OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE A RESOLUTION REQUESTING SENATmR E. ~. MCCUE, JR•, ANO 'DELEGATE HENRY S, CORDON TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE GENERAL ASSE+dBLY SUCH A DILL AND URGE iT5 ADOPTION. WE HAVE ALSO INVESTIGATED THE h7ATTER OF VOTING MACHINES ANp HAVE ®EEN ADVISED SHAT A MACHINE IS NEEDED FOR EACH 500 POTEId71AL VOTERS ANp THAT THE COST !S APPROXIMATELY $1,35U.C0 EACH. IN VIEW OF THE VERY HIGH COST INVOLVED WE DO NOT BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE COWSIDERE6 AT THIS TIf,:E. RESPECTFULLY SUBhIiTTED, --~=_Qe~u.~_l.~.s~~.L_ SQL B+_~1 ~.~t~~...L~r~~~ Af7ER A THOROUGH D1SCUsS1ON OF THIS 2EPORT, A t40TION WAS"~AOE BY MR. FORGES, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, AIJO UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED TNAT ALTERNATE N0. 2 DE MATTER RE: ELECTIONS ADOPTED, AND THE CITY ATTOR~dEY MAS INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE A R~SULUTION REQUESTING SEidATOR E. O. MCCUE, .~R•, AND DELEGATE HENRY 3, CORDON TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE GEPdERAL ASSEt•18LY SUCH A 81LL ANO URGE ITS ADOPTION. ON ~10TIOtd BY MR• TEBELL, SECONDED SY MR. WEINBERG, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS IJNAiJiMOUSLY ADOPTED: WHEREAS, THIS CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ANO THE BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS HAVE HERETOFORE RESOLVED TtY CONSTRUCT .JOINTLY THE CHARLOTTESVILLE-'QLBEMARLE JOINT AIRPORT RESOLUTION RE: NEAR EARLYSYILLE 1N ALBE~4ARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA PURCHASE OF ADDITSONAL LAND AT AIRPORT WHEREAS, IT IS NECESSARY FOR TktA7 PURPOSE THAT THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE ANU COUNTY OF ALpEMARLE JOINTLY ACQUIRE CERTAIN ADDIT{ONAL LAND AT THAT LOCATION "dOW, THEREFORE, SE tT RESOLVED THAT THE .JOINT AIRPORT COMMITTEE OF THIS CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS BE AND IT HEREBY 15 AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO MAKE OFFERS TU THE PRESENT OWNERS OF THE ELIZA THOMPSON 11..'.2 ACRE TRACT DESIGNATED AS PARCEL NO. 32-62 ON THE TAX MAP OF 'QLBEMARLE COUNTY AT A PRICE TO BE FIXED t1Y SAID COMMITTEE. AND SE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT, IN THE EVENT THAT SAID OFFER HEREBY AUTHORIZED IS tJ07 ACCEPTED ANu THE ATTEtdPT Tu PURCHASE SHALL 8E INEFFECTVAL, THE C17Y ATTURISEY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE 8E AND HE HEREBY 15, DIRECTED TO PROCEED, WITH THE COMMONWEALTHS ATTORWEY, TO PREPARE AND FILE THE NECESSARY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS TO CONDEMNIN FEE SIMPLE THE SA10 LAND AND TO PROSECUTE SAID PROCEEDINGS TO COMPLETION AS SOON AS PRACTICAL. A CO"rMUNICATlON WAS RECEIVED FROM FRAtdCIS H. FIFE, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE HpUSIN:a COMMITTEE, REQUESTING A JOINT MEETING OF kllS COMMITTEE MATTER RE: .IpINT MEETING OF COUNCIL .AND HOUSING /i,ND THE COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING A HOUSING RE FERENDUM• THE CLERK COMMITTEE WAS INSTRUCTED Tv tJOT1FY THIS COMMITTEE THAT THE COUtdC1L h"OULG MEET WITH THEM AT 4:00 P. M• ON DECEtd8ER 7TH, 1953.E THE vITY ATTORNEY ItdFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT THE RIVAtdNA TELEVISION CABLE CORPORATION HAD REQUESTED AN OPItd10N ON-THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY UTILITY TAX UTILITY TAX - RIVANWA TELEVISION CABLE TU THEIR OPERATIONS. MR. gAT7LE STATED THAT itd HIS OPIt110N Tti1S TAX APPLIES ONLY TO FOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICE, ELECTRICITY SERVICE, GAS SERVICE AND WATER SERVICE FURNISHED tN THE CORPORATE LItA1TS OF THE CITY. AN ORDINANCE ENTITt_fn NGN (1RRt^IAt~t`C n+e c"+n+~+r .•++. .+~ ~•••^-•••^ --• - - -