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A RESOLUTION <br />REQUESTING THE CIRCUIT.COURT <br />OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE <br />TO ORDER AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM <br />ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER. <br />' 6 <br />WHEREAS, this Council has previously appointed a committee <br />of interested citizens to study the composition and method of <br />election of the City Council; and <br />WHEREAS, that committee has conducted extensive study and <br />has recommended consideration of a change in the City Charter to <br />provide a council of seven members, with four members elected <br />from separate wards within the city and three members elected at <br />large; and <br />WHEREAS, the committee's recommendation has been the subject <br />of a public hearing before this Council on February 17, 1981; and <br />WHEREAS, the Council deems it appropriate to order an <br />advisory referendum, pursuant to Section 5.1 of the City Charter, <br />to ascertain the sense of thequalified voters of the city on <br />the question whether the Charter should be'amended to make such <br />a change in the composition and method.of election of the City <br />Council; now, therefore, be it <br />RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, <br />Virginia, -that the Council hereby orders an advisory referendum <br />to be conducted .at the general election to be held on Tuesday, <br />the third day of November, 1981, to ascertain the sense of the <br />qualified voters of the City of Charlottesville on the following <br />question, to -wit: <br />"Shall the form of City Council be changed from the <br />present Council of five members elected by the voters <br />of the entire city to a Council composed of seven <br />members, with four members elected from four separate <br />wards within the city and three members elected by the <br />voters of the entire city?" <br />Such referendum shall be ordered pursuant to Section 5.1 of <br />the City Charter, enacted by Chapter 327 of the Acts of Assembly <br />of 1960, as amended by Chapter 332 of the Acts of Assembly of <br />1962. <br />The City Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to <br />convey a certified copy of this resolution to the Circuit Court <br />of the City of Charlottesville, or the judge thereof.in vacation, <br />and to move that the court or judge thereof enter an order <br />directing that such election be held. <br />Atteste: Adopted by Council <br />September 6, 1961 <br />Clerk of Council' <br />