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MR. FRANCIS, CHAIRMAN, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, NET • WITH THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH RESPECT TO A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE LOW COST HOUSING IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. THE COMMITTEE ADVISED OF ITS WORK IN DETER- MINING THE -INTEREST OF PRIVATE CAPITAL II" PROVIDING LOW COST HOUSING, AND MATTER RE: Low COST HOUSING INCHARLOTTESVILLE PRESENTED PLANS OF A HOUSE CONSTRUCTED IN LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA FOR THOSE IN THE LOWER INCOME BRACKET. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, A MOTION BY MR. DAVIS, SECONDED BY MR. WEINBERG, THAT THE COUNCIL GIVE TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, THE PLANNING ENGINEER, AND THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY ENGINEER, THE RIGHT TO USE THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF AN APPROPRIATION, HERETOFORE MADE TO THAT COMMITTEE, FOR ANY PURPOSE IN FURTHERANCE OF THEIR PIAN TO SUPPLY LOW COST HOUSING, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED* J' ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED* •-_---M-_C'LERN---------- ---- ---- --PRESIDEN --- ------ COUNCIL CHAMBER - FEBRUARY 2, 1953 O THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR. SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING Ln MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. DAVIS, MR. FORBES, MR. HILL, MR. TEBELL AND MR. WEINBERG. ABSENT: NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF .JANUARY 19* 1953 AND .JANUARY 26, 1953 WERE READ AND APPROVED. MR. DAVID J. WOOD, .JR. APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL, REPRESENTING HIMSELF AND CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS ON BARRACKS ROAD AND STATED THAT A RECENT SURVEY MADE BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY HAD SHOWN THAT BARRACKS ROAD AS NOW BEING USED DID NOT CONFORM EXACTLY WITH THE RECORDED DESCRIPTION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. HE THEREUPON PRESENTED A DEED TO WHICH WAS ATTACHED A PLAT MATTER RE: BARRACKS ROAD PREPARED BY THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND EXPLAINED THAT THE DEED AND PLAT WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF CORRECTING SUCH DISCREPANCY. AFTER THE DEED AND PLAT HAD BEEN FULLY EXPLAINED TO THECOUNCIL, ON MOTION DULY MADE AND SECONDED IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE THE DEED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THAT THE CLERK BE DIRECTED TO AFFIX AND ATTEST THE SEAL THERETO: THIS DEED HAVING THE FOLLOWING EFFECT: (1) OF CONVEYING PARCEL ILA" Is AS DESCRIBED ON THE PLAT BY HERBERT L. AND HOPE D. PETTEY TO THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, (2) OF CONVEYING PARCEL "B" AS DESCRIBED ON THE PLAT BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE TO RICHARD F. CRAUN, (3) OF CONVEYING PARCEL "C" AS DESCRIBED ON THE PLAT BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE TO DAVID .J., JR. AND MAXINE D. WOOD, (4) OF CONVEYING PARCEL "D" AS DESCRIBED ON THE PLAT BY THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE TO HERBERT L. AND HOPE D. PETTEY. FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, THE ROAD IS BEING CONSTRUCTED TO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE MEDIAN STRIP BE OF CONCRETE. MRS. .JOHN W. GIBBS ON BEHALF OF THE SHADWELL HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB, APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO GRASSING REQUEST TO GRASS MEDIAN KOAD. STRP ALONG NEW RT. 250 THE MEDIAN STRIP ALONG THE NEW ROUTE # 250 DISTRIBUTION SHE STATED THAT DIST. R. HER ORGANIZATION WAS OF THE OPINION THAT BY HAVING GRASS INSTEAD OF CONCRETE AS A MEDIAN STRIP, IT WOULD HELD BEAUTIFY THAT PORTION OF THE CITY THROUGH WHICH THIS ROAD PASSED. THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THIS MATTER HAD BEEN • CONSIDERED, HOWEVER, SINCE THE PROJECT IS A JOINT UNDERTAKING WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS, THE ROAD IS BEING CONSTRUCTED TO THEIR SPECIFICATIONS WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE MEDIAN STRIP BE OF CONCRETE.