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364 COMMUNICATION RE: LOW-INCOME HOUSING SUBSIDY CAPITAL BUDGET COUNCIL CHAMBER - JANUARY 9, 1974 THE COUNCIL MET IN SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. ABSENT: NONE. THIS SESSION WAS A CONTINUANCE FROM MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1974, TO TAKE UP THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET AND OTHER ITEMS. MR. EWERT RF~D A COMMUNICATION IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION FROM THE PLANNING COM- MISSION REGARDING PROVISIONS FOR SOCIAL & RECREATIONAL SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO THE COUNCIL. HE SAID THAT THE CITY STAFF WAS IN ACCORD WITH THE SPIRIT OF IT, HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE STAFF WORK WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ASK THE FEDERAL REGIONAL COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT AND POSSIBLY CONSIDER IT AS A DEMONSSTRATION PROJECT. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS AS TO FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN PARTS OF THE RESOLUTION. MRS. RINEHART ASKED THAT THE LAST SENTENCE, '' FURTHERMORE, THAT SIMILAR COMMUNITY AMENITIES BE PROVIDED FOR ALL PAST AND FUTURE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS OF THIS TYPE'' BE STRICKEN. MR. FIFE AND MR. GILLIAM ASKED THAT THE PHRASE, '' FROM ITS OWN OR OUTSIDE RESOURCES,'' IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH, SECOND LINE, BE ALSO STRICKEN. THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WITH THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS ON MOTION BY MR. BARBOUR, SECONDED BY MR. VAN YAHRES~ WHEREAS, THE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS DESIGNED, WITH THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROPERTY AND THE ECONOMIC LIMITATIONS THAT WERE IMPOSING ON THEM, A GOOD BASIC PROJECT FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING TO BE LOCATED AT FIRST STREET AND ELLIOTT AVENUE~ AND WHEREAS, THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH DENSITY, AND LARGE SIZE, TO CREATE POTENTIAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN ITS OPERATION AND TO MAKE IT HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SOCIAL AND .RECREATIONAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES~ THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS THE STAFF AND REQUESTS THE CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY TO LOOK FOR THE MEANS TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF COMMUNITY AMENITIES ABOVE THE BASIC LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES ALREADY DESIGNED INTO THE PROJECT WITH THE GOAL OF OBTAINING A HIGHLY LIVABLE RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE SOCIAL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED RATHER THAN AGGRAVATED. THE FOLLOWING VOTE WAS RECORDED ON THE RESOLUTION: AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. MR. EWERT TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT THERE WAS A PROPOSED PROJECT INCOME FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1972 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1978 OF $22,976,082 IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET. THE COST FOR THE SAME PERIOD AMOUNTED TO $22,911,810. MR. FIFE POINTED OUT THAT A LOT OF TPESE FIGURES WERE MERELY ESTIMATES AND WERE AS REFINED AS MUCH AS THEY COULD BE, AND EVEN IF COUNCIL DID TAKE ACTION THEY WOULD BE SUEJECT TO CHANGE. MR. FIFE ASKED HOW MUCH OF THE $22,976,082 HAD.ALREADY BEEN SPENT TO DATE. MR. EWERT REPLIED THAT AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1973, AN AMOUNT OF $4,449,543.53 HAD BEEN SPENT. HE SAID THAT A $6 MILLION BOND ISSUE WOULD PROBABLY SUPPORT ABOUT $3 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS. HE READ A LIST OF PROJECTS WHICH THE CITY MANAGER WOULD RECOMMEND DELETED IF THE $6 MILLION BOND ISSUE WERE NOT PASSED: MAJOR PORTION OF PEN PARKI BOTH RECREATION CENTERS~ AIRPORT SOUTH TAXIWAY~ HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADDITION~ ONE HALF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS HEADQUARTERS~ MAKING A TOTAL OF $3,673,766. MRS. RINEHART STATED THAT SHE FELT THE COUNCIL SHOULD DISCUSS THE CITY'S PRIORITIES FIRST INSTEAD OF THE BOND ISSUE. THE COUNCIL GENERALLY DISCUSSED THE BOND ISSUE. MR. VAN YAPRES REPORTED THAT HE HAD ALREADY COMPUTED THE FIGURES FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE UNDER CONTRACT OR WERE CONSTRUCTION AT THE PRESENT AND FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO BACKING OUT. THE LIST WAS AS FOLLOWS~ JOINT SECURITY COMPLEX~ ARMORY~ MELBOURNE ROAD AND PEN PARK (A FIGURE OF $516,000). MR. EWERT ADDED THAT AN AMOUNT OF $578,058.09 HAD BEEN SPENT SO FAR ON THE PEN PARK PROJECT AND $115,000 HAD BEEN SPENT ON THE RECREATION CENTERS, BUT ADDED THAT BOTH COULD BE STOPPED. MR. VAN YAHRES CONTINUED HIS LIST WITH: