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WHEREAS, following a joint public hearing before this Council and the Planning Commission, duly advertised and held on March 9, 1993, 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 the special use permit granted on December 21, 1987, and amended March 6,~ 1989, for t~he Old Dominion Animal Hospital is hereby amended to allow use of the building for the grooming and boarding of cats and dogs. The approval of this amendment to the special use permit is conditioned upon the following: 1. The maximum number of dogs boarded shall be 30 and the maximum number of cats boarded shall be 15. 2. Ail grooming, boarding and activities related thereto shall be conducted indoors. DISCUSSION: BUDGET PROCESS Ms. Slaughter stated that she had wanted an opportunity to address issues raised by citizens during the budget process and for Council to further discuss the budget process. Ms. Slaughter noted that an appeals process exists for persons dissatisfied with their property assessments and a tax relief program exists to help qualifying persons and she urged citizens to take advantage of this program. Ms. Slaughter stated that she felt it was a good idea to show all fund balances in the budget and would favor a citizens advisory group to look at the budget. Ms. Slaughter also noted that the City chips .yard waste and does not put it in the landfill and a significant amount of money was put in the budget for housing. Mr. Hendrix suggested that Council hold a work session to talk about the process for developing a plan to reduce government/expenditures in the near future. Mr. Toscano stated that he felt it was important to get policy choices to the public early. DISCUSSION: DISABILITY SERVICE BOARDS Mr. Hendrix stated that the City is required to either join other jurisdictions in a Disability Service Board, or to have a separate board and all other jurisdictions in the Planning District have joined together to form one regional board and have asked the City to join. Mr. John Santoski, a member of the ADA Advisory Board, stated that he felt a regional board would maximize efforts. Ms. Daugherty made a motion to approve the resolution to make Charlottesville a part of the regional Disability Service Board, including the escape clause as recommended by Mr. Gouldman. Ms. Slaughter seconded the motion. Mr. Vandever stated that he is willing to support the regional board though he does not think the assumptions of the ADA Advisory Board are well founded. Mr. Vandever stated that he did not think City residents will benefit from the regional board and it may be to their detriment to focus more on more rural disabled persons. Countering that, Mr. Vandever expressed a desire to work regionally on the issue. Mr. Vandever stated that his primary concern is that while the intent of the law was to~pass the decision making~to citizens, the consumer representation on the board is diluted and he felt it would be better to have a cooperative board with Albemarle County.