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34 ORDINANCE ADOPTED RE: ISSUANCE OF SCHOOL BONDS MATTER RE: LAND AT MECHUMS RIVER - BEN DORSEY HEIRS MATTER RE; OUTSIDE CITY CHILDREN TO CITY SCHOOLS PUBLIC HEARING: RE- CHANGES IN SECTIONS 5, 6, $~ 7 AND ADDITION OF SUBSEC. $ OF CHAPTER 33 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IN THE SUM OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,200,000.00) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS BELONGING TO SAID CITY"~ WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL HELD ON MAY 20, 1957 WAS AGAIN PRESENTED AND READ, AND ON MOTION BY MR. MICHIE, SECONDED BY MR. WEINBERG, THE ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE SO AS TO CHANGE THE DATE OF THE ELECTION FROM JULY 9, 1957 TO JULY 16, 1957 AND THE BATE OF THE BONDS FROM FEBRUARY 1, 1958 ro OCTOBER 1, 1957. THE ORDINANCE WAS THEN AGAIN READ WITH SUCH AMENDMENTS, AND ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES: NONE. THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE HEIRS OF BEN DORSEY, DECEASED, WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SLOE OF MECHUMS RIVER, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 1.20 ACRES AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DATED MAY 2O, 1957, WHICH WILL BE NEEDED BY THE CITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SMALL DAM AND PUMPING STATION. ON MOTION BY MR. MICHIE, SECONDED BY MR. COLEMAN, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT !N VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE OWNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY ARE UNKNOWN AND CANNOT WITH REASONABLE DILIGENCE BE FOUND WITHIN THE STATE, THE CITY ATTORNEY BE AND HE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ACQUIRE TITLE TO SUCH LAND BY EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS. UNANIMOUS CONSENT WAS GIVEN TO CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEE 70 STUDY THE AOVISABILI7Y OF ADMITTING CHILDREN FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS 70 THE CITY SCHOOLS. MR. ELLIS AND MR. GOODMAN FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT A COMMITTEE FROM THEIR BOARD HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO RE-STUDY THE MATTER OF AD- MITTING OUTSIDE CHILDREN TO THE CITY SCHOOLS, AND SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THIS MATTER. A MOTION BY MR. SCRIBNER, SECONDED BY MR. COLEMAN THAT A SUCH COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THE MAYOR APPOINTED MR. SCRIBNER, MR. BATTLE AND MR. BOWEN TO THIS COMMITTEE. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. . .A C., / ~- ~ CLERK i PRESIDENT COUNCIL CHAMBER - JUNE 17, 1957 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. COLEMAN, MR. DAVIS, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. ABSENT: NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF MAY 2O, 1957 AND MAY 27,1957 WERE READ AND APPROVED. A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MOTION OF THE COUNCIL TO AMEND AND RE-ENACT SUBSECTION 3 OF SECTION 5, SUBSECTION 5 OF SECTION 6, SUBSECTION 7 OF SECTION 7, AND THE ADDITION OF SUBSECTION 8 OF SECTION 7 OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE CITY CODE, ALL RELATING TO SIGNS, WAS HELD ON THIS DATE PURSUANT TO NOTICE DULY PUBLISHED. A COMMUNICATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THESE CHANGES WAS PRESENTED. i