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PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED CHANGE IN ZONING LIMITS -TWO TRACTS FRONTING ON 9~ ST.~ N. E. MATTER RE: CHANGE IN CiTY CHARTER - INCREASE IN SALARIES OF MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN HATTER RE= TELEPHONE COMPANY OMISSIONS IN DIRECTORIES APPROPRIATION - REFUND TAXES - ROBERT HARRIS 1960 DELINQUENT & ERRONEOUS TAXES PRESENTED CONFEDERATE PENSION COOLING SYSTEMS AND ALSO INVESTIGATED ANY POSSIBLE REDUCTIONS IN THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. COUNCIL CHAMBER - FEBRUARY 5, 1962 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT= HR. HAGGERTY~ HR. HOUNT~ HR. PONTON AND HR, SCRIBNER. ABSENT= HR. LEE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF JANUARY 15, 1962 AND JANUARY 22, 1962 WERE READ AND APPROVED. A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD ON THIS DATE ON A PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE ZONING LIMITS ON TWO TRACTS OF LAND, EACH FRONTING APPROXIMATELY 125 FEET ON 92 STREET, N. E, NO ONE APPEARED FOR OR AGAINST THIS CHANGE. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED *tAN ORDINANCE /~ENDtNG AND REENACTING THE DISTRICT HAP INCORPORATED IN SECTION 4 OF ARTICLE !11 OF APPENDIX II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVlLLE~ 1959, BY THE REZONING OF T~/O TRACTS OF LAND EACH FRONTING APPROXlHAT£LY 125 FEET ON 9½ STREET"~ WHICH WAS OFFERED AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 15~ 1962~ WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: HR. HAGGERTY~ HR. HOUNT~ HR. PONTON AND HR. SCRIBNER. NOES: NONE. A DELEGATION COMPOSED OF HESSRS. W. So HILDRETH~ H. A. HADEN~ R. H. PERRY~ HOVEY S. DABNEY~ ~. ~, HILL AND ~, H. O~ANSKY APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, ON A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION ~(C) OF THE CiTY CHARTER, PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF THE COUNCILMEN AND ~AYOR. ON MOTION BY HR. HOUNT~ SECONDED BY HR. PONTON~ A PUBLIC HEARING ~AS SET FOR FEBRUARY 19~ 1962 AT 7=30 P. H. ~R. J. T. CAMBLOS ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL AND REQUESTED THAT A RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED REQUESTING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT TELEPHONE COMPANIES FROM AVOIDING OR LIMITING THEIR LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THEIR TELEPHONE DIRECTOR~ESo HR. ~. A. PERKINS, JR. ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE VIRGINIA TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST. AFTER A LENGTHY DlSCUSSION~ON MOTION BY HR. HAGGERTY~ SECONDED BY HR. PONTON, THE HATTER ~AS TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. ON MOTION BY HR, PONTON, SECONDED BY HR. HAGGERTY) THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE= AYES= HR, HAGGERTy~ HR. HOUNT~ HR. PONTON AND HR. SCRIBNER. NOES= NONE~ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT ~41.47 BE AND THE SANE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FOR REFUND OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES TO ROBERT E. HARRIS. THE TREASURER'S LIST OF 1960 DELINQUENT AND ERRONEOUS TAXES IN THE AMOUNTS OF ~68,758.38 AND ~6,379.49 RESPECTIVELY WAS PRESENTED AND REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF HR. HAGGERTY~ HR. PONTON~ THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE. AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR RECOMMENDATION, ON MOTION BY HR. HOUNT~ SECONDED BY HR. HAGGERTY~ THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WAS ORDERED TO PAY HRS. HARTHA FARISH ROBERTS A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR CONFEDERATE ~IDO~S PENSION FOR THE YEAR 1962 PROVIDING SHE WAS RESIDING IN CHARLOTTESVILLE ON JANUARY 1~ !962. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 3 ENTITLED