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BIDS REt COURT HOUSE REFERRED TO COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION MATTER RE-- TOURIST CENTER AND MUSEUM APPROPRIATION - NEW HEALTH CENTER BIDS ON THE COURT HOUSE AND CLERKts OFFICE ~IERE PRESENTED BY MR, DAVE GIBSON° AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSIONs THE MATTER WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF HR. L;E:, HR. BOWEN AND HR. SCRIBNER FOR RECOMMENDATION. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE 20OTH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION MET WITH THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE NEED FOR A TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER AND MUSEUM,, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ENDORSE THE NEED OF A TOURIST CENTER AND MUSEUM BY APPOINTING A COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO THE ONE FOR THE COURT HOUSE AND CITY HALL TO STUDY THE NEEDS, LOCATION~ AND METHOD OF FINANCING A TOURIST CENTER AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM; AND THAT THE COUNCIL HAKE AVAILABLE TO THE ANNIVERSARY COMMISSION A PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT AT SEVENTH AND HARKET STREETS FOR A TEMPORARY TOURIST CENTER DURING t962. ON HOTION BY HR. HAGGERTY:~ SECONDED BY HR, PONTON, THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE COMMITTEE REPORT AND APPROPRIATING ~50~000o00 FOR A NEW HEALTH CENTER~ WHICH ~/AS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 2, 1962, WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE'. AYES'. HR. LEEr HR. HOUNT, HR. PONTON AND HR. SCRIBNER. NOESt NONE. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. COUNCIL CHAMBER - JANUARY 15, 1962 ORDINANCE OFFERED AND CARRIED OVER RE: SEC. 4s ART. III, APP. Ii - DISTRICT HAP LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT RE: HATTERS BAR ASSOCIATION THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT** HR. HAGGERTY, HR. LEE, HR. MOUNT~ HR. PONTON AND HR. SCRIBNER. ~BSENT'. NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF JANUARY 2~ t962 AND JANUARY 8, 1962 ~ERE READ AND APPROVED. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT THE REMAINO£R OF PARCELS 53-259 AND 53-260 ~ND ALL OF PARCELS 53-267, 268 AND 269 BE REZONED B OFFICE SHOP, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "J~N ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE- ENACTING THE DISTRICT HAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE I11 OF APPENDIX II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1959, BY THE REZONING OF T~O TRACTS OF LAND EACH FRONTING APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET ON 9½ STREET" WAS OFFERED BY HR. PONTON~ SECONDED BY HR. LEE, AND CARRIED OVER TO A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 5~ 1962 AT 7:30 P. M THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPORTED THAT THEY HAD CONSIDERED THE MATTERS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL BY THE BAR ASSOCIATION ON' JANUARY THAT THESE MATTERS ARE OF SUCH IMPORTANCE FOR THE CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN THEIR CONSIDERATION. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING COULD NOT BE HELD AND THE DESIRED CHANGES DRAFTED ~/ITHIN THE TWENTY DAY GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIMIT~ THAT THESE CHANGES NOT BE ACTED UPON AT THIS - TIME, AND THAT THE BAR ASSOCIATION BE INFORMED THAT IF IT FEELS SUCH CHANGES ARE STILL ADVISABLE THEY SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 15~ 1963, ~V/HICH WOULD ALLO~/ TIME FOR PUBLIC CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO THE 1964 SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ON MOTION BY HR. LEE~ SECONDED BY [MR. ~OUNT, THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION ~/AS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, THE CITY HANAGER ADVISED THE COUNCIL THAT HE- HAD BEEN INFORMED BY THE STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER THAT THE FUNDS FOR THE AFFILIATION OF THE JOINT HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH THE ~TATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHICH HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT