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442 APPROPRIATION RESOLUTION CARRIED OVER - PARKING LOT ON MIDWAY ANNEX SITE, MATTER RE: PARKING LOT . ON HIGH STREET. MATTER RE: COVERING OF SCHENK'S BRANCH MATTER RE: STATE AID FUNDS TO AUGMENT SALARIES OF CERTIFICATED LIBRARIANS APPROVED. MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT $6,000.009 OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE OLD MIDWAY BUILDING ANNEX SITE INTO A PARKING LOT, THE MATTER WITH RESPECT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARKING LOT ON HIGH STREET WAS PRESENTED. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. FORBES, THAT THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED IN THIS INSTANCE BE AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE JACKSON PARK HOTEL CORPORATION FOR THE RENTAL OF THE HIGH STREET PROPERTY AT $6,000.00 PER ANNUM FOR A FIVE (5) YEAR LEASE WITH OPTION TO RENEW AT THE END OF THAT PERIOD FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN (10) YEARS AT THE SAME RENTAL, ON CONDITION THAT THE AREA AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SPACE TO BE RENTED IS MADE KNOWN TO AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR FORBES, MR. HILL, MR. TEBELL AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES : MR. DAVIS. MR. TEBELL ADVISED THAT MR. J. GORDON LINDSAY AND MR. A. HEWSON MICHIE DESIRED TO CHANGE THE INTENT SET FORTH IN THEIR PETITION WITH RESPECT TO THE COVERING OF SCHENK'S BRANCH, AND PRESENTEES AT THE LAST MEETING, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PETITIONERS WOULD BEAR THE COST OF COVERING THEIR PORTION OF THIS BRANCH IF THE CITY WOULD COVER ITS PORTION. A MOTION BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. WEINBERG, THAT THE MOTION OF THE LAST MEETING REGARDING SCHENK'S BRANCH BE WITHDRAWN AND THAT THE PETITIONERS BE NOTIFIED THAT IF AND WHEN THEY COVER THEIR PORTION OF SCHENK'S BRANCH THE CITY WILL COVER ITS PORTION, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, MR. WEINBERG, CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, SUBMITTED AN ORAL REPORT OF THAT BODY WITH RESPECT TO USE OF STATE AID FUNDS TO AUGMENT THE SALARIES OF CERTIFICATED LIBRARIANS, A MATTER REFERRED TO THEM AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING, MR. WEINBERG ADVISED THAT HIS COMMITTEE HAD CONFERRED WITH THE LIBRARY BOARD AND THE STATE LIBRARIAN IN REGARD TO THIS MATTER, AND AFTER CONSIDERATION IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF HIS COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUEST OF THE LIBRARY BOARD TO APPLY $864.75 STATE AID FUNDS TO THE SALARIES OF THE CERTIFICATED LIBRARIANS BE APPROVED. A MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. TEBELL, THAT THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION BE APPROVED WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. DAVIS, MR. FORBES, MR. TEBELL AND MR. WEINBERG. NOES: MR. HILL. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. ~CLERK~-MNMN-Y M_ PRESIDENT M COUNCIL CHAMBER - JANUARY 59 1953 THE COUNCIL MET IN -REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. FORBES, MR. HILL, MR. TEBELL AND MR. WEINBERG. ABSENT: MR. DAVIS. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 15, 1952 WERE READ AND APPROVED,