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:514 i CERTIFIED LIBRARIAN APPROVED BY COUNCIL MATTER RE: HOUSING AUTHORITY PRESENTED MAYOR AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT FINDINGS. STREET FROM MADISON AVENUE TO CYNTHIANNA AVENUE; AND, WHEREAS, IT IS DEEMED EXPEDIENT BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SAID BORDER STREET BE CLOSED THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE LENGTH FROM RUGBY AVENUE TO ROSE HILL DRIVE, AND IT APPEARING THAT THE RIGHTS OF NO PERSONS WILL BE VIOLATED BY SUCH CLOSING:, NOW, THEREFORE, IT Is ORDERED, PURSUANT TO POWER CONTAINED IN SECTION 13 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, THAT BORDER STREET, SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF ROSE HILL SUBDIVISION, OF RECORD IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN DEED BOOK 97, PAGES 348, 3499 AS A STREET SIXTY (GO) FEET IN WIDTH AND RUNNING FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH RUGBY AVENUE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH MADISON AVENUE, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY CLOSED AND VACATED THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE LENGTH AND WIDTH, THE LAND INCLUDED IN SAID BORDER STREET REVERT- ING TO THE ABUTTING OWNERS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SAME, EACH RECEIVING ONE-HALF THEREOF. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT, AT THE REQUEST OF ANY INTERESTED PERSON, THE CLERK OF THE COUNCIL BE AND HE HEREBY IS DIRECTED TO RECORD IN THE CLERK S OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COURT OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, AT THE COST OF SUCH INTERESTED PARTY, A DULY ATTESTED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION, A COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHARLOTTESVILLE- ALBEMARLE LIBRARY BOARD ADVISING OF THE NECESSITY OF EMPLOYING A CERTIFIED LIBRARIAN WAS PRESENTED. THE COMMUNICATION STATED THAT MRS. MARIE-LOUISE SHEEHAN HAD BEEN EMPLOYED AT A SALARY OF $200.00 PER MONTH COMMENCING DECE11BER 1, 1951j, AND REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL GIVE APPROVAL TO THE ACTION OF THE BOARD IN THIS INSTANCE. A MOTION BY MR. HADEN, SECONDED BY MR. BARR, THAT THE REQUEST OF THE LIBRARY BOARD BE APPROVED WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. 1 THE MATTER WITH RESPECT TO THE CREATION OF A REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS PRESENTED. PETITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS MATTER WERE PRESENTED AND ORDERED FILED WITH THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. BARR, THAT THERE BE CREATED A CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HADEN, SECONDED BY MR. HILL, THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE OF FIVE PEOPLE TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING HOUSING FOR THOSE IN NEED BY LOCAL CAPITAL AND TO REPORT BACK AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, THE MOTION OFFERED BY MR. HADEN, AND SECONDED BY MR. HILL, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HADEN, MR. HA "M, MR. HILL. NOES: MR. BARR AND MR. TEBELL. v THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT A STUDY HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS FOR SOME TIME OF THE WATER LINES IN THE RUGBY ROAD AREA WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING WATER DISTRIBUTION IN THAT AREA. HE ADVISED OF • • •