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ORDINANCE RE: CH. 33, SEC. 2 U COUNTY MATER APPLICATION COMMUNICATION RECEIVED SPECIALTIES, INC. 0 a• .M REPLY TO SPECIALITES, INC. COMMUNICATION 0 069. AN ORDINANCE EiIdT I TLED "A[: CRD I NAL�CE Ar.:1END I NG FIND REENACTING SECTION 2 OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE OF 1945, EDIT I TLED ' D 1 STR 1 CTS' ", WH 1 CH WAS OFFERED AT THE LAST REGULAR MEET1P'Gll WAS AGAIN PRESENTED, AND UPON BEING READ, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: klR. BAR R, MR. H ILL AND MR. TE BE LL. NOES: MR. I -i ADE N. ON MOTION COUNTY WATER ADPL I CAT ICN FOR CONRAD JONES, SIGNING ON BEHALF OF THE HEIRS OF ie10SES JONES, WAS APPROVED, CONDITIONED UPON CONSTRUCTION OF WATER LINE TO THE NEW COUNTY SCHOOL ON HYDRAULIC ROAD. A CO't".'UN I CAT ION FROM "11R. STEFVIErj A. 'ICCLELLAN,OF SPECIALTIES, INC., REQUESTING CERTAIN SPECIFIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROPOSED JOINT AIRPORT WAS PRESENTED. ON MOTION THE CLERK %,'AS INSTRUCTED TO FILE THE ABOVE t.,lENTIONED COPS MUN 1 CATION AND THE CITY t'llANAGER WAS DIRECTED TO REPLY TO T JOINTLY WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE 3Y WAY OF THE FOLLOWING LETTER: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA JANUARY 159, 1952 MR. STEPHEN A. %IcCLELLAN, PRESIDENT SPEC I AL T IFS, I tic. SKUNKS MISERY ROAD SYOSSET, L. I . , NEW YORK DEAR MR. MCCLELLAN: YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 7, 1�52, ADDRESSED TO MR. HENRY CHI LES, CHA 1 R^.1AN OF THE JOINT AIRPORT COMMITTEE, HAS BEEN REFERRED BY THAT CoPtlITTEE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION OF ALL OF THE QUESTIONS RAISED SY YOU THE COUNC I.L HAS INSTRUCTED PAE TO ADVISE YOU OF ITS POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THESE QUESTIONS. THIS LETTER HAD BEEN SPREAD IN -OUR t.'I NUTE BOOK AND YOU %4 AY CONSIDER IT AS CONSTITUTING AN OFFICIAL EXPRESSION OF THE DECISIONS REACHED BY OUR COUNCIL. AT THE OUT" SET I P.IUST ADV I SE YOU AGA 1 N THAT THE DEC I S I ON OF THE CI TY OF CHARLOTTFSV I LLE TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTICN OF AN AIRPORT IS CONTINGENT UPON THE FINAL APPROPR I AT ION OF MATCH I NG FUNDS BY THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS AUTHORITY. YOU, I BELIEVE, ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STATUS OF THE MATTER, NOW RESTING BEFORE THE OFFICIALS OF THAT AUTHORITY. ;",LL OF OUR ANSWERS IlUST THEREFORE, OF NECESSITY, BE MADE UPON THE ASSUMPTION THAT MATCHING FUNDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 't400,000.00 ARE APPROPRIATED BY 'THE C. A. A. GOING DIRECTLY TO YOUR LETTER, I HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO ANSWER IN THEIR RESPECTIVE ORDER YOUR SEVEN QUESTIONS AS FOLLOWS: 1. THERE IS ENCLOSED A PLAT BY 0. R. RANDOLPH, ENGI-NEER, GIVING THE METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED AIRPORT. IT 1S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PLAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE C. A. A. AND YOU WILL SEE THAT MONUMENTS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE RESERVED STRIP AT THE POINTS WHERE IT CORNERS THE PROPERTY TO BE RETAINED BY SPECIALTIES, I NC. BETWEEN THESE MONUMENTS 1 S SHOWN THE COURSE AND DISTANCE OF THE LINE WHICH WILL SEPARATE SPECIALTIES' PROPERTY FROM THE RESERVED SECTION OF THE AIRPORT. 2. THE ONLY ENGINEERING PLANS WHICH WE NOW HAVE ARE PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS WHICH NAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE C. A. A. AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE A COPY OF THESE. FINAL ENGINEER ING PLANS HAVE NOT BEEN PREPARED NOR HAVE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT AI, ENGINEER TO REPRESENT THE CITY AND COUNTY IN THIS UNDERTAKING. YOU WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR BIDS FROM SEVERAL RECO'.IiMENDED FIRMS AND HOPE TO MAKE SOME DECISION ON THE SELECTION OF A FIRM OR INDIVIDUAL ENGINEER WITHIN A REASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME. OF COURSE IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE APPROACHES TO THE RUNWAY ARE TO BE -PROTECTED BY WHATEVER EASEMENTS APPEAR NECESSARY FROM CAA'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE PRESENT PLAN IS TO GRADE AN AREA 6000 FEET LONG AND 500 FEET WIDE AND TO CONSTRUCT THEREON A RUNWAY 5000 FEET LONG AND 150 FEET WIDE, WITH A BLACK TOP SURFACE. 3. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RELATING TO THE PERMANENCY OF THE PROPOSED AIRPORT, I SHALL QUOTE FROM A RESOLUTION OF