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Regular meeting Approval of minutes Public Hearing re: An ordinance changing voting precinct boundaries Presentation re: School Board Budget Appointments.~re: Highway Safety Commission Appointments re: Jefferson Ar~ea Board for Aging Appointment re: Advisory Council for Aging Appointments re: Mutual Boundary Committee Change in meeting date CO~CIL CHAMBER - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1977 The Council met in regular session on this date with the following members presenn: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Fife, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Absent: None. The minutes of the meeting of February 7, 1977 were approved as amended. A public hearing was held on this date on a proposed ordinance which would change the precinct boundary between the Central Fire Station Precinct and the Johnson Precinct. The City Manager advised the Council that the General Assembly has adopted a requirement that all localities in Virginia adjust the boundaries of their voting precincts to follow clearly defined physical boundaries such as roads, railroad~racks or major streams. He stated that if this is done census data will be broken down by precincts which will greatly reduce the difficulty encountered in obtaining accurane census figures for Congressional and Legislative redistricting which must take place after the 1980 census. He stated that an examination of tae present boundaries in Charlottesville indicates that only one minor boundary adjustment is necessary, between the Fire House and Johnson Precincts which follows an imaginary line for a brief distance from the southern end of Prospect Avenue east to 5th Street, S. W. No one spoke for or against the change. An ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTION 8-2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1976, RELATING TO ELECTION DISTRICTS OR PRECINCTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR A CLARIFICATION AND REALIGNMENT OF THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION PRECINCT AND THE JOHNSON PRECINCT IN THE THIRD WARD," was offered by Mr. Barbour, seconded by Mr. Fife and carried over to the next meeting for consideration. Mr. Richard Jennings, Chairman of the City School Board, addressed the Council and presented the Proposed School Board Budget for fiscal year beginning July 1, 1977. On motion by Mr. Barbour, Lieut. Otis Haggard, Dr. Alan Wilcox and Mr. Benjamin S. Bates, Jr. were appointed to the Highway Safety Cg~mmission, by unanimous vote. On motion by Mr. Gatewood, Mr. Wendell Lewis and Ms. Margaret Jefferson were appointed to the Jefferson Board for Aging, by unanimous vote. On motion by Mr. Gatewood, Mr. Harvey Nichol, was appointed to the Advisory Council for Aging, by unanimous vote. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs~ Virginia Schatz and Mr~James Hicks were appointed to the Mutual Boundary Committee, by unanimous vote. The Mayor announced that since a majority of the Council will be out of town for the next regular meeting Council meeting March 7th meeting would be changed to March 14th.