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48! ANO TRAFFIC COMMITTEE DATED MARCH 9, 196 1 WE WISH 70 REPORT AS FOLLOWS: 1. SIGNS ON MONTICELLO AVENUE AND .JEFFERSON PARK AVENUE DIRECTING TRAFFIC TO CHERRY AVENUE! IN OUR OPINION THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNS DESIGNATING THIS AS A SOUTHERN ROUTE THROUGH THE CITY SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE STREET IS COMPLETED. Z. RT. Z5O BYPASS SIGN AT INTERSECTION OF MCINTIRE ROAD AND PRESTON AVENUE - THERE IS AT THE PRESENT TIME A SIGN DIRECTING WESTBOUND TRAFFIC TO THE RT. Z5O BYPASS. A SIMILAR SIGN SHOULD BE INSTALLED FOR THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC. STREET COMMITTEE REPORT 3. STOP SIGN AT 4TH & JEFFERSON STREETS - ADOPTED - TRAFFIC COMMITTEE THIS RECOMMENDATION APPARENTLY IS IN ERROR SINCE THERE IS AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS A YIELD SIGN AT THIS INTERSECTION. 4. MAURY AVENUE AND .JEFFERSON PARK AVENUE INTERSECTION - THIS INTERSECTION HAS BEEN STUDIED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THEY RECOMMENDED AT THAT TIME AGAINST THE INSTALLATION OF BLINKER OR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE EXTENSION OF THE MEDIAN STRIP IN .JEFFERSON PARK AVENUE APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET SO AS TO PROHIBIT LEFT TURNS BEFORE REACHING THE TRUE INTERSECTION. IT IS 70 BE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THERE ARE ONLY A FEW ACCIDENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION AND THE COMMITTEE IS RELUCTANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES WHICH MIGHT INCREASE THE ACCIDENTS. IN THE YEAR 1960 AND SO FAR IN 1961 THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION, HOWEVER, IN 1959 THERE WERE 6 ACCIDENTS. THE CHAMBER COMMITTEE SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED AND THANKED FOR THEIR INTEREST AND SUGGESTIONS. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, STREET COMMITTEE R. E. LEE ~SIGNEO~ L. B. MOUNT SIGNED .JIM BOWEN SIGNED ON MOTION BY MR. LEE, SECONDED BY MR. MICHIE, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY, MR. LEE, MR. MICHIE, MR. MOUNT AND MR. SCRIBNER• NOES: NONE: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE APPROPRIATION - EXPENSES HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT ~2,O6Z.75 BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FOR OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR APRIL AND MAY, 1961. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER RE: MAP INCORPORATED iN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE III OF APPENDIX II OF THE CODE OF THE DISTRICT MAP - LONG STREET CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1959, BY THE REZONING OF A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND ON WAS OFFERED BY MR. MOUNT, SECONDED BY MR. LEE, AND CARRIED OVER LONG STREET" , TO A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON MAY $, 1961 AT 7:30 P. M. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT MAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE Ill OF APPENDIX 11 OF THE CODE OF THE ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER RE: DISTRICT MAP - CARLTON AVE. BY THE REZONING OF A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND 1959 CfTY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE MONTICELLO Ro. , , BOUNDED BY CARLTON AVENUE AND MONTICELLO ROAD", was OFFERED BY MR. MOUNT, SECONDED BY MR. LEE, ANO CARRIED OVER TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY $, 1961. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADVISING THE MATTER RE: RIDGE ST. TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT COUNCIL THAT THE REQUEST FOR REZONING ON RIDGE STREET WAS TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT FOR FURTHER STUDY. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANK{NG COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT MATTER RE' UTILITIES UTILITIES BE GRANTED FOR BARTERBROOK SUBDIVISION PROVIDED THEY ARE AVAILABLE. BARTERBROOK SUBDIVISION THE CITY MANAGER ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT UTILITIES BE GRANTED FOR THIS SUBDIVISION, AND THAT THE OWNER BE PERMITTED TO DEVELOP THE ENTIRE SECTION TO MEET COUNTY S7ANDAROS. ON MOTION BY MR. MOUNT, SECONDED BY MR. MICHIE, THE FOREGOING RECOMMEND- ATIONS WERE ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY, MR. MICHIE, MR. MOUNT