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e <br />RESOLUTION <br />WHEREAS, on the 24th day of October, 1979, at approximately . <br />10:12 a.m. the County of Greene.suffered a grevious loss to its <br />Clerk's Offce',-Fadministrative bffices, Courthouse, Sheriff's <br />Off ice,,Commissioner of Revenue's Office, District Court Clerk's' <br />Office, Juveniie,and�Domestic Relations District Court Clerk's <br />Office,, Extension Offices,, Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, among <br />others, and indeed all public buildings of the County'of Greene <br />with the exception of an -old jail and the school buildings were <br />destroyed; and <br />WHEREAS, the County of Greene, after carefully reviewing the <br />loss with counsel;:w,ith'.its architect, and with its accounting <br />staff, has determined that the're'•s ,no possibility that this damage <br />can be rectified with available{ funds without placing an excessively— <br />burdensome tax"upon,the people of the county; and <br />WHEREAS, Greene County is.economically disadvantaged, has'a <br />high unemployment rate, has no:industries within its borders and <br />is not able to support such burden, <br />NOW, THEREFORE', BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of <br />Charlottesville that we do recommend to the Honorable John N. <br />Dalton, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia that he most <br />heartily recommend to James Earl Carter, President of the United <br />States, that Greene County, Virginia, be declared a federal disaster <br />area under the provisions of the applicable statutes, now <br />THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Charlottes- <br />ville support efforts of the County of Greene to obtain assistance <br />from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States Government. <br />Adopted by the Council <br />January..22, 1980 <br />Copy Teste: <br />Clerk of the Council <br />