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256 e. APPROPRIATION: $4,750 - Va. Commission of the Arts Grant (for Piedmont Council for the Arts and Virginia Discovery Museum) (carried over) APPROPRIATION: $70,350 - Juvenile Court Assessment Center Grant (carried over) g. RESOLUTION: Authorizing City Manager to Accept Property BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to accept, on behalf of the City, conveyances of real property, including easements, to the City of Charlottesville, pursuant to Virginia Code § 15.2-1803. Included in this authorization is the ability to ratify all acquisitions of any type by the City of Charlottesville since December 1, 1997. Any deed or similar instrument by which such property or easement is conveyed shall also be approved by the City Attorney prior to acceptance by the City Manager and recordation. h. RESOLUTION: Proclaiming Women's Equality Day WHEREAS, many decades of effort by workers for women's rights were required to give women the right to vote; and WHEREAS, after great effort there is still no reliable protection in the U. S. Constitution for women against sex discrimination in general; and WHEREAS, laws and policies in the Commonwealth of Virginia have unjustly discriminated against girls and women - such as in matters of reproductive rights, sexual assault, marital property, and sexual harassment - and although some taws and policies have been eased, such improvements can be, have been and are being reversed; and WHEREAS, some facially neutral policies still have inequitable effects on women - policies such as those dealing with insurance, pension, family medical leave, job promotions, occupational choice, recreational opportunities, access to medical care (including reproductive and abortion services), and business opportunities; and stereotypes still exist which limit women's roles and activities; and WHEREAS, young girls and adult women still must contend with unwanted touching, sexual and verbal assault, and rape, and being viewed by men as objects to use; and WHEREAS, most of the care of the young and the elderly is still given primarily by women, many of Whom must also work in the job market or at home; and WHEREAS, in many other ways the tasks of providing equal opportunities to women and removing burdens which fall unjustly on women remain uncompleted; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Charlottesville, Virginia does hereby proclaim August 26, 1998 as WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY in remembrance of ail those women and men who have worked to develop a more equitable community, which acknowledges both the real similarities and the important differences between women and men; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council urges all citizens to treat all distinctions and classifications according to sex as initially suspect; examine all ,'facially neutral,' criteria including physical stature and other occupational qualifications to determine whether they have disparate impact on women; promote affirmative action in the public, voluntary, and private sectors; and eliminate all unjust discrimination and prejudice against -women and ensure quality of rights, privileges and responsibilities for all women and men.