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446 RELATING TO A HIGH STREET PARKING LOT WAS PRESENTED, READ AND CONSIDERED, AND UPON MOTION DULY MADE AND SECONlDED, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT MATTER RE: SINCE THE PROPOSAL THEREIN CONTAINED VARIED FROM THE TERMS UPON WHICH HIGH STREET PARKING LOT. THE COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE IT SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. CLERK ` PRESIDENT COUNCIL CHAMBER - JANUARY 19, 1953 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. DAVIS, MR. FORBES, MR. HILL, MR. TEBELL AND MR. WEINBERG. ABSENT; NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF .JANUARY 50 1953 WERE READ AND APPROVED, MRS. ARTHUR SMITH ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL. IN BEHALF OF THE IVNA AND REQUESTED AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE CITY TO COVER THE EXPENSE INVOLVED BY MATTER RE; STUDY IVNA THE IVNA IN THE CARE OF WELFARE PATIENTS. MRS. SMITH ADVISED THAT THE IVNA HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF WELFAPE PERSONS ON ITS NURSING ROLLS DURING THE _ PERIOD OF A YEAR AND HER ORGANIZATION WAS SEEKING TO OBTAIN FUNDS TO COVER THE ACTUAL COST RESULTING FROM THE CARE OF SUCH PATIENTS. A MOTION BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. TEBEL_L, THAT THE MAYOR APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THIS MATTER AND SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, MR. C. VENABLE MINOR, ATTORNEY, APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO A FRANCHISE FOR THE OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY TELEVISION CABLE SYSTEM, A MATTER PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AT THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 15, 1952. MR. MINOR STATED THAT THE RIVANNA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION. MATTER RE: FRANCHISE HAD BEEN FORMED AND DULY CERTIFICATED BY THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION. FOR OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY TELEVISION CABLE SYSTEM. HE FURTHER STATED THAT ALL PRELIMINARY WORK NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF A TELEVISION SYSTEM HAD BLFN COMPLETED AND PLANS ARE NOW BEING HELD IN ABEYANCE PENDING ACTION BY THE !OUNCIL. A COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF THE CITY TO GRANT A FRANCHISE FOR THE OPERATION OF A COMMUNITY TELEVISION SYSTEM AND THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED WAS PRESENTED, AFTER DUE D1SCU!%S`1ON A MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. FORBES, THAT THE MAYOR APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO FORMULATE A PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR THE GRANTING OF A FRANCHISE FOR A COMMUNITY TELEVISION SYSTEM AND SUBMIT TO THE COUNCIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. A PETITION FROM CERTAIN MERCHANTS ALONG THE 500 BLOCK OF EAST MAIN STREET PROTESTING THE CONTINUAL LOITERING OF VAGRANT TYPE PERSONS ON THE STREET OF THAT AREA WAS PRESENTED. ON MOTION THIS MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR DISPOSITION. MRS. AGNES MATEER APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO THE PRD -'RATION OF LICENSE TAX. SHE STATED THAT 1N THE EVENT OF A NEW BUSINESS, RRQUEST FOR PRO -RATION LICENSE TAX IT APPEARED AS IF THE TAX SHOULD BE FOR ONLY THF UNEXPIRED PORTION OF THE TAX YEAR. THE COUNCIL ADVISED THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRO' -RATE THE LICENSE TAX ON A BUSINESS AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS NO'PROVISION IN THE L ICENS.E TAX ORD I_MANCE IN REGARD TO THE MATTER.