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172 (continued) CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY AT ROCKLAND AND MERIDIAN STREETS RESOLUTION: BUCK MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR Mr. Lgwrence stated that before Christmas, he had requested Council's conveyance of the property so that he would be in the position to require the purchaser to go through with the contract. He stated that since that time, he has made several contacts, including the House Bank Program and now would like Council to convey the property to the owner under the conditions that the housing code violations be met and that certain improvements be made to the outside of the property. He stated that in two weeks he would be able to tell Council that they have a purchaser who has agreed to make specific improvements on the property within a certain amount of time. He stated that at that time he will ask Council for an agreement stating that if the improvements are completed the conveyance will be made. Council had no objections to Mr. Lawrence's request and deferred the matter until the next regular meeting on January 18th. Mr. Hendrix distributed a revised copy of the resolution and reviewed the changes. He stated that this resolution needs to be passed by the members of the "Four Party Agreement:" Albemarle County Board of Super- visors, City Council, the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority and the Albemarle County Service Authority. Mr. Hendrix said that the resolution provides that the periodic inspection and maintenance of the runoff control devices would be carried out by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority and charged to the Authority. He stated that it also provides that the County engineers' office would send all plans to the RWSA for review and comment, and that the Rivanna Board may refuse to accept them if they feel they are inadequately or improperly designed. Mr. Hendrix continued, saying that the resolution provides that the cost of the Watershed Management Official's office will be paid by the RWSA through its water rates on the same basis as the run-off control devices. The resolution further states that the City Attorney will be authorized on a case-by-case basis to work with the County Attorney defending lawsuits relating to the protection of the water supplies in the Charlottesville- Albemarle urban area. Mr. Hendrix said the resolution requests that the RWSA purchase property for the Buck Mountain Reservoir, stating that it will be financed through long term debt financing and that the debt would be paid by: 1) urban water rate and 2) surcharge against new connections, to be collected uniformly in the City and County. Mr. Conover raised a question relating to the cost of maintenance of the runoff control devices on page 2, part 1 of the resolution. He stated that this paragraph gives the RWSA protection by saying that the Rivanna Board may refuse to accept for inspection or maintenance any devices, but he would be more comfortable with the language if it would give the City a greater guarantee that the RWSA would maintain the runoff control devices in proper form. He said that this paragraph merely states that if the RWSA does not pass or approve the devices then the County would have no help with the maintenance and inadequate devices might be approved. · He stated that this does not guarantee that the ordinance will continue to be applied to protect the watershed area. John Berberich, Director of Public Works, stated that the paragraph Mr. Conover referred to is essentially a veto power on the part of Rivanna.