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BY MR. DAVIS, THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE BE INSTRUCTED TO ERECT SIGNS IN THE UNMETERED AREAS ABOVE MENTIONED MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO PARK FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. • LETTERS RE: STRAY DOGS ON MOTION LETTERS WITH RESPECT TO STRAY DOGS WERE ORDERED FOP/ARDED TO THE FORWARDED TO DEPT. OF GAME & INLAND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES. IT WAS MOVED BY MR.WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THAT RADIO STATION WCHV BE ADVISED THAT COUNCIL COULD NOT ACQUIESCE TO THE REQUEST THAT ITS MEETINGS BE TAPE RECORDED FOR SUBSEQUENT BROADCAST, SINCE IT WAS THE OPINION REQUEST TO TAPE RECORD THAT IN SO DOING THE PUBLIC WOULD BE HANDICAPED IN PRESENTING ITS PROBLEMS COUNCIL MEETINGS DENIED TO THE COUNCIL AND, ALSO, IT WAS BELIEVED SUCH ARRANGEMENT WOULD TEND TO HINDER AN ORDERLY CONDUCT OF COUNCIL MEETINGS. A LETTER FROM THE IX -VIRGINIA CORPORATION WITH RESPECT TO THE WIDENING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS ALONG WARE STREET WAS PRESENTED. THE CITY MANAGER MATTER RE: WIDENING & CONSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS RECOMMENDED THAT IF THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF WARE STREET, ON WARE STREET • BETWEEN GARRETT STREET AND IX'S PLANT, WOULD DONATE FIVE FEET OF LAND FOR STREET PURPOSES, THE CITY WOULD WIDEN THE STREET AND CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK AT ITS OWN EXPENSE, A MOTION BY MR. FORBES, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THAT THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATION BE APPROVED, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED: APRIL 6, 1953 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA ORDERED PLACED ON THE DOCKET OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 20, 19539 AT WHICH TIME THE COUNCIL WILL WLECOME ANY SUGGESTIONS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD CARE TO MAKE IN REGARD TO IT, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. A LETTER WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN TRAINS ON THE FLATTER RE: CONSOLIDATION SOUTHERN RAILROAD WAS PRESENTED. A MOTION DULY MADE AND SECONDED, THAT THE TRAINS ON SOUTHERN R. R. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE MAYOR APPOINT A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO STUDY THE MATTER AND TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS THEY MAY DEEM NECESSARY, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, THE MAYOR THEREBY APPOINTED THE FOREGOING AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. CLERK PRESIDENT GENTLEMEN: I HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN A REPORT BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH SHOWS THAT SINCE SEPTEMBER 1, 1952 THROUGH MARCH 119 1953 OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED AND ANSWERED 122 HOUSE FIRE CALLS. 39 COMMUNICATION RE• OR 32% OF THESE CALLS WERE OUTSIDE OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS. THERE WERE FIRE PROTECTION OUTSIDE OTHER CALLS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR GRASS, FIRST AID, ETC., WHICH ARE CITY LIMITS, NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE FIGURES AND WHICH ARE IN THE MOST PART CITY CALLS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO ADVISE YOU OF THE FOREGOING AND TO POINT OUT THAT THE NEED FOR FIRE PROTECTION OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS HAS GROWN TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT IN MY OPINION IT SHOULD NO LONGER BE UNDERTAKEN OR EXPECTED OF OUR EXISTING CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT. NEEDLESS TO SAY ALL FIRE CALLS ARE EXPENSIVE AND IT FOLLOWS THAT CALLS MADE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS REQUIRE MORE TRAVEL AND TIME AND ARE THEREFORE IN THE MOST PART MORE EXPENSIVE THAN CALLS MADE WITHIN THE CITY. WE DO NOT WANT TO BE CONSIDERED AS NOT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, HOWEVER, I PERSONALLY DO NOT SEE HOW WE AS OFFICIALS OF THE CITY CAN CONTINUE TO EXPEND THE CITY TAXPAYERS MONEY FOR FIRE PROTECTION OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND AT THE SAME TIME ALSO SUBJECT THE CITY TAXPAYER TO THE RISKS INVOLVED BOTH FROM THE STANDPOINT OF VOSTLY ACCIDENTS AND THE POSSIBI1111TY OF HAVING A PART OF THE CITY EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE THE CITY WHEN IT MAY BE NEEDED TO SAVE THE TAX- PAYERS HOME OR PROPERTY. • I, THEREFORE, RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST AND REQUEST THAT YOU STUDY THIS MATTER AND ADVISE ME WHAT ACTION, IF ANY, YOU WISH TAKEN AT THIS TIME. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, JIM BOWEN (SIGNED) JEB:RB CITY MANAGER A MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, THAT THE ABOVE MATTER BE ORDERED PLACED ON THE DOCKET OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 20, 19539 AT WHICH TIME THE COUNCIL WILL WLECOME ANY SUGGESTIONS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WOULD CARE TO MAKE IN REGARD TO IT, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. A LETTER WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN TRAINS ON THE FLATTER RE: CONSOLIDATION SOUTHERN RAILROAD WAS PRESENTED. A MOTION DULY MADE AND SECONDED, THAT THE TRAINS ON SOUTHERN R. R. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE MAYOR APPOINT A COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO STUDY THE MATTER AND TO TAKE SUCH ACTION AS THEY MAY DEEM NECESSARY, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, THE MAYOR THEREBY APPOINTED THE FOREGOING AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. CLERK PRESIDENT