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4Q8 IN SHORTS THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE FINDS THAT THE LACK OF FACILITIES IN THE CORPORATION COURT CLERKS OFFICE HAS REACHED THE POINT OF CRISIS ANA THAT THE SITUATION HAS ALREADY BECOME ONE OF CHAOS CONFUSION AND BEWILDERMENT. THESE FINDINGS ARE CONFIRMED BY THE CORPORATION COURT CLERKS THE JUDGE OF THE CORPORATION COUR7~ THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS AND A SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE CHARCOTTESVILLE- ALBEMARLE BAR ASSOCIATION. II. COURT ROOM THE JUDGE OF THE CORPORATION COURT HAS NO COURT ROOM EXCEPT WHEN THE ALBEMARLE CIRCUIT COURT IS NOT IN SESSION. CORPORATION COURT TRIALS ARE CONDUCTED WHEREVER SPACE CAN BE FOUND -- THE ALBE- MARLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ROOMS THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS THE COUNTY COURT AND - IN SOME GASES IN PRIVATE LAW OFFICES, fiHE PRESENT ALBEMARLE CIRCUIT COURT FACILITIES PROVIDE NO ROOMS FOR WITNESSES NO PLACE TO SEGREGATE WITNESSES NO TOILET FACILITIES FOR MIXED JURIES AND NO CONFERENCE ROOMS. THE COMMITTEE FINDS THAT THIS SITUATION IS AWKWARD AND INEFFICIENT. III. CITY HALL THE COMMITTEE FINDS THAT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT ARE SCATTERER THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THAT FEW IF ANY OF THE VARIOUS AGENCIES HAVE ADEQUATE FACit_1TIES FOR CONDUCTING THE IMPORTANT AFFAIRS OF CITY GOVERNMENT. A PRELIMINARY SURVEY INDICATES THAT EXISTING CITY AGENCIES WILL REQUIRE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF THEIR PRESENT FLOOR SPACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE PRESENT CITY INALI_ BUILDING IS OLD AND DOES NOT LAND ITSELF TO FURTHER EXPANSION EVEN IF LAND WERE AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONS. THIS MEANS THAT AS THE CITY GROWS MORE AND MORE CITY AGENCIES WILL HAVE TO SEEK QUARTERS OUTSIDE THE PRESENT CITY HALL BUILDING. THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT CITY GOVERNMENT CANNOT FUNCTION EfTHER ECONOMICALLY OR EFFICIENTLY UNDER THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENTS. IV. FACILITIES NECESSARY THE COMMITTEES AFTER VERY CAREFUL STUDY IS OF UNANIMOUS OPINION THAT SEPARATE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ONES TO HOUSE THE DEPARTMENTS OF CITY GOYERNMrNT~AND THE OTHER TO EM@RACE THE CORPORATION COURT AND CLERKS n~FICE. THE COMMITTEE HAS MADE NO DECISION AS TO THE FUTURE LOCATION OF THE RECREATION CENTERS THE JOINT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OR THE POLICE STATIONS BUT IS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS POLICE COURTS AND POLICE LOCKUP SHOULD BE REBUILT IN ITS SAME GENERAL. LOCATIONS THAT IS ON MARKET STREET BETWEEN FIFTH AND SEVENTH STREETS. V. LOCATION MANY SITES FOR LOCATION OF THE RECOMMENDED MUNICIPAL FACILITIES WERE GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE. TWO MAIN SITES WERE SELECTED. THEY ARE IN ORDER OF PRIORITY AS FOLLOWS; A. THAT THE PROPOSED NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING BE LOCATED IN THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY JEFFERSON AND HIGH STREETS AND THIRD AND FOURTH STREETS AND THAT THE CORPORA- TION COURT AND CLERKS OFFICE BUILDING BE LOCATED ON A PORTION OF LAND BOUNDED BY HIGH AND HEDGE STREETS ANO THIRD AND FOURTH STREETS BUT NOT TO INCLUDE THE PRESENT CITY MORTGAGE PROPERTY. B. THAT THE PROPOSED NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING BE LOCATED ON MARKET STREET BETWEEN FIFTH AND SEVENTH STREETS EMBRACING ALL PROPERTY iN THE AREA PRESENTLY OWNED BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ALL OTHER PROPERTY IN THE AREA NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING AND PARKING FACILITIES; AND THAT THE CORPORATION COURT AND CLERKS OFFICE BUILDING BE CONSTlUCTED ON A PORTION OF THE PARCEL OF LAND BOUNDED BY JEFFERSON AND HIGH STREETS AND THIRD AND FOURTH STREETS. BOTH OF THESE LOCATIONS HAVE STRONG APPEAL AND PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR THE PROPOSED FACILITIES TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITY~.S NEEDS FOR THE NEXT 2O TO 4O YEARS. BOTH SITES HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE. LOCATION A WOULD PLACE THE TWO NEW MUNICIPAL FAClL171ES IN AN AREA OF DOWNTOWN rHARLOTTESVILLE WHICH SEEMS SURE TO REMAIN FOR ALI_ TIME A HISTORICAL CENTER OF OUR CITY. THE PROPOSED LAND AREAS ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE AMPLE PARKING SPACE ADJACENT TO THE BUILDINGS. IT WOULD PLACE THE CIFRK~S OFFICE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. LOCATION OF THE MUNICIPAL, FACILITIES IN THIS LOCATION WOULD PLACE ALL OF THE CITY AND COUNTY PUBLIC BUILDINGS iN a PUBLIC SQUARES THEREBY PRODUCING A DESIRABLE SITUATION FOR THE PUBLIC WHICH MUST USE THE BUILDINGS ANDS IN ADDITIONS WOULD CREATE EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITIONS BETWEEN THE OFFICIALS OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. LOCATION B HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF UTILIZING A LARGE AREA OF LAND ALREADY OWNED BY THE C!TYr THEREBY LESSENING THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT CONSIDERABLY. THIS LOCATIONS TOOK WOULD PLACE THE CORPORATION COURT AND CLERK S OFFICE BUILDING IN AN AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE !'OUNTY OFFICE BUILDING AND THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY COURT HOUSE. AMPLE PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT THF_ PROPOSED SITE DUE TO THE PROXY'"'TY OF THE CITY-OWNED PARKING FACILITIES AT SEVENTH AND MARKET STREETS, VI. RECOMMENDATIONS IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE THAT: A. A CORPORATION COURT AND CLERKS OFFICE BUILDING BE CONSTRUCTED IMMEDIATELY ON THE SITE RECOMMENDED IN LOCATION A~ NAMELY A PORTION OF LAND BOUNDED BY HIGH AND HEDGE STREETS AND THIRD AND FOURTH STREETS BUT NOT TO INCLUDE THE PRESENT CITY