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4O4 COUNCIL CHAMBER - MARCH 6, 1967 REQUEST REFERRED TO ST. COMMITTEE RE: PERMISSION TO ENCROACH ON CITY PROPERTY MATTER RE: REQUEST TO OPPOSE REMOVAL OF C & 0 PASSENGER TRAINS. RESOLUTION RE: OPPOSING CUT-OFF OF TRAINS NO. 3 AND 4 BY C & 0 RAILWAY Co. MATTER RE: City JAIL THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY, HR~ JOHNSON~. MR.: MOUNT~ MR. RENNOLDS AND MR. VOGT. ABSENT: NONE. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 20, 1967 WERE READ AND APPROVED. MR. LOUIE SCRIBNER ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE THOMAS JEFFERSON CORPORATION AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO ENCROACH FIVE FEET ON CITY PROPERTY ON MILLMONT STREET FOR FOUR FIRE EXITS FOR A PROPOSED STORE BUILDING. THIS REQUEST WAS REFERRED TO THE STREET COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION. HR. ROGER BROWN ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE C & 0 RAILWAY COMPANY AND PRESENTED THE COMPANYIS REASONS FOR WANTING TO DISCONTINUE TWO TRAINS EACH DAY. MR. BROWN STATED THAT'HIS COMPANY WISHED TO FURNISH THE BEST PASSENGER SERVICE POSSIBLE, AND THEY HAD DETERMINED THAT THE BEST SERVI'CE COULD BE PROVIDED ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON TRAINS. AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, DURING WHICH SEVERAL PEOPLE EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST~ A MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON~ SECONDED BY MR. VOGT~ THAT THE ~NTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION BE REQUESTED Z~XRE~MESZEB TO CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF THE REQUEST ON THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND IF DEEMED HARMFUL TO DENY THE REQUEST~ WAS DEFEATED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. JOHNSON AND MR. VOGT. NOES: MR. HAGGERTY, MR. MOUNT. (MR. RENNOLDS NOT VOTING) ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE: AYES: MR. HAGGERTY, HR. JOHNSON, AND HR. MOUNT. NOES: MR. VOGT. (MR. RENNOLDS NOT VOTING). WHEREAS~ THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE WAS REQUESTED BY CERTAIN CITIZENS OF THIS CITY TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE CUT-OFF OF TRAINS NO. 3 AND 4 BY THE C & 0 RAILWAY COMPANY, AND WHEREAS~ AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE PUBLIC WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS, AND WHEREAS, FROM THE TESTIMONY PRESENTED AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING IT APPEARS THAT THE EFFECT OF THE CUT-OFF WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE NOW~ THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES HEREBY OPPOSE THE DISCONTINUANCE BY THE C & 0 RAILWAY COMPANY OF WEST BOUND TRAIN NO. 3/43/47 AND THE EAST BOUND TRAIN NO. 4/46/46 AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CLERK BE AND HE IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION TO THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION AT ITS PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:30 A. M. ON WEDNESDAY) MARCH ~ 1967. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE AND ~NSTITUTIONS ADVISING THAT IT HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS PROHIBIT THE FURTHER CONFINEMENT OF PRISONERS IN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY JArL BECAUSE iT iS NOT CONSTRUCTED AND EQUIPPED SO AS TO COMPLY WITH MINIMUM STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD. THE COMMUNICATION FURTHER STATED THAT THE BOARD TOOK UNDER ADVISEMENT THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATION AND DIRECTED THAT THE COUNCIL ADVISE THEM NOT LATER THAN APRIL 1~, 1967 WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TOWARD PROVIDING A JAIL WHICH WOULD MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS. ON MOTION BY MR. MOUNT, SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTY, THE HAYOR WAS REQUESTED TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THIS MATTER WITH THE sUGGESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE MEET WITH JUDGE COLES AND DISCUSS THE MATTER~ AND ALSO~ GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO REVAMPING THE PRESENT JAIL AND IF NOT FEASIBLE CONSIDER A JOINT FACILITY WITH THE COUNTY. THE MAYOR APPOINTED MR, MOUNT~ MR. BOWEN AND HIMSELF TO THIS