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219 WHEREAS, following a joint public hearing before this Council and the Planning Colranission, duly advertised and held on November 12, 1996, this Council finds that such use will conform to the criteria applicable to special permits generally under Chapter 34 of the City Code; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that a special use permit is hereby granted to The Pride of Virginia Lodge #122, contract purchasers of the property at 309 9th Street, N.W. to use the property as a private non-cormx~ercial recreational facility for group use. This special use permit is conditioned upon the following: Administrative approval of the revised site plan, including the following: (a) Provision of at least one handicapped parking space on site along with multi-use potential of the parking area. (b) Provision of recreational facilities on site, basketball court, chess tables and horseshoe area, with super¢ision by Lodge members for outdoor recreational activities. Addition of screening along the boundaries of the site in the form of fencing and plantings. CONSENT AGENDA The Va. Recreation Trails Program appropriation and resolution authorizing $8,575 for a study of two-waying Market Street were removed from the consent agenda. a. Minutes of November t 1 and 18 b. APPROPRIATION: $10,000 - Donation from Charlottesville Downtown Foundation for Amphitheater Landscaping (carried over) c. RESOLUTION: Accepting donation of property for Ivy. Creek Natural Area WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle are the owners of record of certain property identified as the Ivy Creek Natural Area; and WHEREAS, the property is managed by the Ivy Creek Foundation for the benefit of the public for open space, passive recreation and related purposes; and WHEREAS, Martin B. Betts, D.V.M., and Anna R. Betts are the owners of record of a small triangular-shaped parcel approximately .25 acres in size adjacent to the Ivy Creek Natural Area; and WHEI~AS, Dr. and Mrs. Betts no longer have any need for the property, and would like to donate this parcel to the City and the County to be utilized as and become part of the Ivy Creek Natural Area; and WHEREAS, the County of Albemarle by resolution approved December 4, 1996, accepted the donation of said property to be added to the Ivy Creek Natural Area; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that the City Council hereby accepts the donation of the above-described property for the purposes described herein and authorizes the City Manager to execute a deed, in form approved by the City Attorney, and SUbstantially in the same form as attached hereto. The City Attorney is hereby authorized to take whatever steps are necessa~ to effect the closing of said property conveyance.