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295~ The required local matching funds in the amount of $1,000 will be provided through in-kind services. c. APPROPRIATION: Infrastructure repairs and employee benefits (2nd reading) BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the following amounts are hereby appropriated as follows: 1. From the cigarette tax revenue collected in fiscal year 1993-94 to the accounts listed below: Amount Program Account Code $ 85,000 $ 10,000 $350,000 Underground Vaults on the Mall Charlottesville Free Clinic Employee Benefits 05- t 85-051030-53199 05-301-062038-54110 05-070-111030-51101 2. From retained earnings in the Gas Fund to the accounts listed below: Amount Program Account Code $325,000 $200,000 Street Repaving Sidewalk Reconstruction 05-185-051030-53199 05-185-051030-53199 d. APPROPRIATION: $787,600 - FY 94/95 Community Development Block Grant Program (carried over) e. APPROPRIATION: CDBG Reprogramming (carried over) f. APPROPRIATION: $2,500 - Donation to Therapeutic Recreation Program (Supper Club Program (carried over) g. APPROPRIATION: $700 - Contribution to Dare Program h. RESOLUTION: Transportation Management Areas funding WHEREAS, federal operating assistance to small urbanized areas in Virginia has been subject to the Governor's discretion in lieu of the federal apportionment, and WHEREAS, a technical amendment to the Intermodel Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) provides that areas designated as Transportation Management Areas (TMAS) must receive the amount listed in the Federal Apportionment. WHEREAS, the implications of the designation of the Petersburg area as a TMA in the last hours of the previous Governor's term are no,v clear and represent a dramatic decrease in state and federal financial support for other small urbanized area transit system, and WHEREAS, City Council recognizes the importance of state and federal assistance to maintain efficient and effective operation of CTS and JAUNT, the two transit systems serving the Charlottesville area. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Charlottesville City Council requests Governor Allen to reconsider the Petersburg area designation and direct the appropriate federal authorities to withdraw the designation, restoring the state formula fund distribution, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the designation is not withdrawn, the Charlottesville City Council respectfully requests Governor Allen to seek funding to hold the other transit operators harmless by supplementing the loss of federal funds with State funds.