_SEPT 1 1938-MARCH 21 1947 - MINUTE BOOK H - COUNCIL

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Resolution re: Fire Company Resolution re: purchase of land near neva school Petition re: Zoning Change and request for street imp. Property Preston Ave. & Market St. On motion by Mr. Gleason, seconded by Dr. Maden, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the Fire Company of the City of Charlottesville is to be highly commended for its work in extinguishing and controlling the fire at the.Southern Restaurant on the night of December 13, 1939. What might have been a very serious conflagration in the heart of the business district of the City was by the prompt and efficient response of the firemen confined to the building in which it started and extinguished. The Council on its own behalf and on behalf of the City desires to express its aplDreciation of the work of the Company on this and many other occasions, which has served to make the rate of fire loss in this community one of the lowest in the State. On motion the Council went into Executive Session by the following recorded vote: Ayes: _1Ir. Gleason, Dr. Haden, `1Ir. Huff, and Mr. Peyton. Noes: None. On motion by Dr. Haden, the following resolution was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration: BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that w1,650.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated to purchase a tract of land near the new white high school from W. I. Steele at $500.00, and another tract from the Warner Wood Estate for $1150.00. On motion the meeting adjourned. Clerk Pi:reigident COUNCIL CHA,IBER, JADUARY 2, 1940. The Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present: Mr. Gleason, Dr. Haden, i:ir. Huff, Mr. Jessup, and Mr. Peyton. Minutes of the Meeting of December 18, 1939, were read and approved. Mr. John R. Morris addressed the Council and presented a petition stating that the Jackson Park Hotel Company, Inc., had purchased a tract of land containing 28 acres on the south side of Ivy Road within the City Limits, and that said property was zoned as "All Residence District, and requested that this property be re -zoned as "B-1" Business District so as to permit the erection of a hotel building thereon. a1r. Uorris also requested that the City 1.�anager be instructed to hake an estimate on opening and improving the old cemetary road from Ivy Road to Observatory Road. On motion by Dr. Haden, seconded by Mr. Jessup, that a Committee be appointed to in- vestigate the advisability of having a public hearing on the foregoing proposed change, and that the City Manager investigate and report the cost of opening and improving the above named road, was unanimously adopted. The Mayor appointed Mr. Jessup, Mr. Gleason, and LIr. Peyton to serve on this Committee. On motion by Mir. Jessup, the matter pertaining to the property at Preston Ave- nue and Market Street was carried over to,the next meeting. The following communication was presented: Charlottesville, Va. Dec. 27, 1939 TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY CUMIISSIONERS OF ThE CITY OF CHARi,O l T LSVILLE, VA.