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PUBLIC HEARING: REZONING PROPERTY LOCATED AT CORNER OF STH STREET <br />AND HARRIS ROAD FROM R-2 AND R-3 TO B-3 <br /> <br /> Mr. Satyendra Huja, Director of Community Development, <br />summarized the zoning surrounding the location and stated that <br />Mr. Claude Cotten had originally requested rezoning of the <br />property approximately one year ago, but the rezonmng request <br />was deferred until the Comprehensive Plan was revised. Mr. Huja <br />stated that the Comprehensive Plan was revised to reflect a <br />business zoning in the location at 5th Street and Harris Road. <br /> <br /> Council requested that access to the property be restricted <br />to the present entrance on 5th Street and that no access be allowed <br />from Harris Road. <br /> <br /> Mr. Wiley explained that there was no legal way to guarantee <br />restricting access to the property as ~the City does not have <br />conditional rezoning. <br /> <br /> Mr. Buck recommended, and Council and Mr. Cotten concurred, <br />that the rezoning be deferred until such time that a site plan <br />for the property is submitted. <br /> <br />APPOINTMENTS: BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS <br /> <br /> On nomination by Mr. Barnes, Lt. Otis Haggard was unanimously <br />reappointed to a four-year term on the Highway Safety Commission. <br />This term will expire on April 20, 1989. <br /> <br />PRESENTATION: DRUNK DRIVING TASK FORCE <br /> <br /> Ms. Betty Scott, co-chair of the Task Force to Combat <br />Drunk Driving, requested Council's approval to establish a <br />steering committee with the following goals: 1) monitor <br />implementation of the recommendations from the task force report, <br />2) advocate for a public information officer and act as a resource <br />to that person, 3)keep communication open by providing informa- <br />tion and support to local police chiefs and sheriffs, 4) act as <br />a clearinghouse and coordinator for activities and efforts relating <br />to drunk driving control within the region, and 5) advocate for <br />legislative change. Ms. Scott listed the following persons who <br />had agreed to serve on the steering committee: Patricia H. Cooke, <br />Mary Alice Gunter, Dr. g. Jack Eastham, III, Jan Wilson, William <br />Kelsh, T. D. Thompson, Sheriff.William Morris, Betty C. Scott, <br />Derry Miller, Russell Otis, Don Henck, Delegate George F. Allen, <br />and Harriet Mohler. <br /> <br /> On motion by Mrs. Gleason, seconded by Mr. Barnes, the <br />steering committee was unanimously approved by Council. <br /> <br />APPROPRIATION: <br />(2nd reading) <br /> <br />$43,985 <br /> <br />TSM PROJECTS <br /> <br />UTILITY RELOCATIONS <br /> <br /> The $43,985 appropriation for the TSM Projects which was <br />offered at the April 1st meeting was approved by the following <br />vote. Ayes: Mr. Barnes, Mr. Buck, Mrs. Gleason, Dr. Hall. <br />Noes: None. Absent: Dr. Gunter. <br /> <br /> BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of CharlottesVille, <br />Virginia. that the sum of $.43,985 is hereby appropriated from the <br />unappropriated balance of the Capital Projects Fund to expenditure <br />account 05-31511 for relocation of utility lines within the City <br />in connection with the fourteen Transportation System Management <br />(TSM) projects planned by the Virginia Department of Highways <br />and Transportation. This amount represents 95% of the cost of <br />such utility relocations, and will be reimbursed to the City by <br />the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation; the <br />remaining 5%, being part of the City's share of such TSM projects, <br />will be provided by the City in the form of in-kind services. <br /> <br /> <br />