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150 Ms. Richards said she would welcome VML providing more research on what communities around the country have found successful, including infrastructure improvements, housing renovation initiatives, and zoning and ordinance innovations. Ms. McDonald said she would welcome any additional comments from Council in the future. RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZING SPECIAL PERMIT FOR U. S. SPRINT Mr. Ron Higgins, Acting Director of Planning and Community Development, explained that U.S. Sprint plans to add a small building to enclose equipment for an emergency generator, and have agreed to replaCe the chain link fence with a wooden fence and to add landscaping. Mr. Higgins said that the Planning Commission recommended approval of the special permit for the following reasons: 1) It is in harmony with the Land Use Plan of the Comprehensive Plan and 2) The proposed use will not have an undue adverse impact on the surrounding neighborhood. Ms. Slaughter asked if adjacent neighbors were notified about the special permit, and Mr. Higgins said they were notified and their only concern was about the noise from the generator. Mr. Higgins noted that the generator wilt only run in emergencies. Ms. Daugherty said she feels the fencing and landscaping wilt actually improve the conditions on the site. On motion by Ms. Daugherty, seconded by Ms. Richards, the resolution approving the special permit for U. S. Sprint was unanimously approved. WHEREAS, the U. S. Sprint Communications, owner of the property designated as 845 Estes Street, has requested a special use permit to place an equipment building for a small emergency generator to the rear of the existing Sprint building. This property is further identified on City Real property Tax Map #30 as Parcel 9 having approximately 53 feet of frontage on Estes Street, and containing approximately 6,400 square feet of land or. 15 acres; WHEREAS, following a joint public hearing before this Council and the Planning Commission, duly advertised and held on January 13, 1998, 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 approved and granted to U. S. Sprint Communications, owner of the property at 845 Estes Street, to allow the existing Sprint building to be added onto by the placement of an equipment building for an emergency generator at the rear of the site. This approval is conditioned upon approval of the site plan with the addition of supplemental screen plantings in the front of the Sprint building. RESOLUTION/PUBLIC HEAR1NG: APPROVING TOWE PARK TENANT LEASE Mr. O'Connell explained that the house at Towe Park has been used as a tenant house for a number of years, and the resolution will extend the existing lease. Mr. Gouldman noted that a new state law requires a public hearing be held for the sale or lease of public property. The public hearing was opened, but as there were no speakers, the pUblic hearing was closed. On motion by Mr. Toscano, seconded by Ms. Richards, the resolution approving the Towe park tenant lease was unanimously approved by Council.