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'PUBLIC HEARING RE: CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECTS AND FINANCING MR. HENDRIX OUTLINED FOUR PROJECTS PROPOSED FOR CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. HE STATED THAT THE HONEY RECEIVED FROM THE RIVANNA WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY FROM THE SALE OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT AND WATER PLANTS THAT BELONG TO THE CITY WILL AMOUNT TO 4.5 MILLION DOLLARS. THE MONEY WILL BE RECEIVED IN JUNE !1983 AND COULD BE USED TO MAKE PROVEMENTS TO OHS, MR,HENDRIX LISTED THE FOUR PROJECTS AS l) AN AUXILIARY GYM, 2) AUDITORIUM, 3) SPORTS COMPLEX AND 4) ROOF REPAIR. ~4R. HENDRIX ALSO STATED THAT COSTS FOR THESE PROJECTS WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. ROBERT SHEETS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OUTLINED THE TWO COMPONENTS OF FINANCING THE PROJECTS~ 1) THE ISSUANCE OF $3,000,000,00 IN TWO YEAR BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND 2) COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE STATE LITERARY FUND FOR A LOAN. DAVID SHEFFIELD OF THE CITY SCHOOL BOARD ADDRESSED COUNCIL, INDICATING THE BOARD'S SUPPORT OF THE FOUR PROJECTS. RON HUTCHINSON, PRINCIPAL OF CHARUOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE NEED FOR THE COMPLETION OF THAT SINCE L97~ CHS HAS REMAINED INCOMPLETE AND HAS BEEN AN INADEQUATE FACILITY, MR. HUTCHINSON SAID THAT BECAUSE OF LIMITED FACILITIES, IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE ELECTIVE PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RESULTING IN NO ORGANIZED PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR SOME STUDENTS. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MUSICAL GROUPS, THE DEBATE, TEAM, ETC. ARE RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE STATE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF AN AUDITORIUM THESE GROUPS ARE UNABLE TO PERFORM BEFORE THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TOWNSPEOPLE. AT PRESENT THERE ARE NO CULTURAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTED AND NO SCHOOL-WIDE ASSEMBLIES. TOMMY THEODOSE, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF CHARLOTTESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, EXPRESSED THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL INDOOR GYM AND LOCKER SPACE. HE INDICATED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THIRTY-ONE SPORTS WITHOUT PROPER ACCOMODATIONS. HE ALSO STATED THE LACK OF OFFICE SPACE FOR COACHES AND TEACHERS, INDICATING SOMETIMES TWELVE TO FIFTEEN PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME SPACE. MARK KREBS, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SUMMARIZED THE STATEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND STAFF, AND POSED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, ~) ~S THERE NEED?~ 2) WILL THERE BE A POSITIVE IMPACT DN THE CO'MMUNITY?~ AND 3) ZS IT FEASIBLE? MR, KREBS STATED THAT ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS HAD BEEN AFFIR~ATt;VELY AND CLEARLY DEFINED BY THE SPEAKERS. JIHMY MILLER OF 4'~7 ~RANDON AVENUE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL INCLUDING WHAT THE REVENUES WERE FROM THE SALE OF LANE HIGH SCHOOL IN,COF~ARISON TO THE EXPECTED COSTS FOR A NEW :SPORTS OOMPLEX AND THE COSTS OF RENTING SCOTT STADIUm? HE ALSO MADE REFERENCE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER PROGRAMS BEING CUT BECAUSE DF STATE FUNDING TO THESE PROdECTS. COUNCIL RESPONDED TO MR. MILLER'S QUESTIONS~ INDICATING THE SALE OF LANE HIGH SCHOOL A~OUNTED TO $800,000 AND THE COST OF THE REPLACE- MENT FIELD WILL BE $~,600,000.00,