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ROUTE # 250 CURB AND GUTTER RESOLUTION RE: ROUTE # 250 CURB AND GUTTER USE OF WATER FOR AIRCONDITIONING UNITS PRESENTED. ON M_TION BY (SIR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. FORBES, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE STATE COMPENSATION BOARD BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO CONCUR WITH THE ACTION OF THIS COUNCIL IN GRANTING AN INCREASE OF $300.00 PER ANNUM IN THE SALARY OF THE DEPUTY CITY SERGEANT, EFFECTIVE AS OF THE FIRST OF JULY, 1953. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT WHEN BIDS WERE SECURED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUTE 250 DISTRIBUTION ROAD THE SPECIFICATIONS DID NOT INCLUDE CURB AND GUTTER FROM MCINTIRE ROAD THROUGH NCINTIRE PARK TO THE NEW SOUTHERN RAILWAY OVERPASS AND THAT IN HIS OPINION THE PROJECT SHOULD BE AMENDED AT THIS TIME SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXTENSION OF CURB AND GUTTER TO THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY OVERPASS. HE STATED THAT THE CURB AND GUTTER WOULD HELP TO BEAUTIFY THE ROAD THROUGH THIS SECTION OF THE PARK AS WELL AS PRESERVE THE ROAD AND HELP TO TAKE CARE OF THE DRAINAGE FROM THIS SECTION OF THE PROJECT, AND THAT HE ESTIMATED THE COST OF THIS IMPROVEMENT, INCLUDING A SMALL AMOUNT OF DRAINAGE, NOT TO EXCEED $8,000.00, OF WHICH $2,000.00 WOULD BE THE CITY'S PROPORTIONATE PART OF THE COST. THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, OFFERED BY MR. TEBELL, SECONDED BY MR. DAVIS, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: WHEREAS, THE ROUTE 250 DISTRIBUTION ROAD PROJECT PROVIDES FOR CURES AND GUTTER FROM ST. CLAIR AVENUE TO MCINTIRE ROAD, AND WHEREAS, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF CURB AND GUTTER SHOULD BE EXTENDED AND CONTINUED FROM MCINTIRE ROAD TO THE NEW BRIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY IN ORDER TO HELP BEAUTIFY AND PRESERVE THE ROAD, AND TO FACILITATE THE HANDLING OF THE DRAINAGE OF THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS, BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO AMEND THIS PROJECT SO AS TO INCLUDE THE EXTENSION OF CURB AND GUTTER FROM STATION #268 TO THE NEW OVERPASS AT THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY NEAR STATION #2809 AND THE CITY HEREBY AGREES TO PAY ITS 25% OF THE TOTAL COST, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AND HE IS HEREBY INSTRUCTED TO FORWARD A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION AND REQUEST TO GENERAL .JAMES A. ANDERSON, STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER, AND TO URGE GENERAL ANDERSON TO GIVE THIS MATTER HIS USUAL PROMPT CONSIDERATION. THE MAYOR BROUGHEUP FOR DISCUSSION THE QUESTION OF LIMITING THE USE OF LARGE AIRCONDITIONING UNITS DURING PERIODS OF LOW WATER SUPPLY AND ASKED IF THE COUNCIL WOULD FAVOR AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD ACCOMPLISH SUCH PURPOSE. UPON ADVISE OF THE CITY MANAGER,THAT IN HIS OPINION SUCH AN ORDINANCE WOULD BE UNNECESSARY AS THE CITY HAS PLENTY OF WATER AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE MATTER WAS DROPPED AND NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. CLERK PRESIDE T �m • • �J