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REQUESTS RE: ENGALLS, ARCHER AND MIDLAND STS. REFERRED TO PLANN. COMM. MATTER RE: NEW SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT RESOLUTION RE: RECONSTRUCTION 5TH ST. ~ S. W. LICENSE TAX ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER. ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER: SEC. 22.1-50~ CH. 22.1 RESOLUTION APPROP. CARRIED OVER RE: UTILITIES-STEWART CL. 479 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A SWIMMING POOL IN WASHINGTON PARK. ON MOTION THE MEETING ADJOURNED. PR ES I DE NT COUNCIL CHAMBER - MARCH 4, 1968 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. HAGGERTY~ MR. MOUNT~ MR. RENNOLDS~ MR. RINEHART AND MR. VOGT. ABSENT: NONE. REV. DANIEL R. LOWE, PASTOR OF MOUNT VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH~ GAVE THE INVOCATION. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 19, 1968 WERE READ AND APPROVED. REQUESTS TO CLOSE ENGALLS STREET~ ARCHER STREET AND MIDLAND STREET IN TRACT 3 OF "CARLTON PROPERTY" AND AN UNNAMED STREET IN FOREST HILLS WERE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMENDATION. MR. RINEHART, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE TO iNVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF FORMING A NEW SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT~ REPORTED THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY 'FAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO JOIN WITH ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN FORMING A NEW SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT. ON MOTION BY MR. RINEHART~ SECONDED BY MR. VOGT~ THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. ON NOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: WHEREAS THE COUNCIL IN A RESOLUTION DATED DECEMBER 19~ 1966 COMMITTED THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE tN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 5TH STREET~ S. W. (ROUTE 631) FROM t-64 TO RIDGE STREET AS A FOUR LANE FACILITY~ AND WHEREAS THE CiTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE ClTY~ AND WHEREAS 5TH STREET~ S. Wu WILL BE A MAIN ACCESS ROUTE FOR MANY PERSONS ATTENDING THIS SCHOOL~ AND WHEREAS 5TH STREET~ S. W. AT THE PRESENT TIME HAS VERY POOR ALIGNMENT AND IS VERY NARROW AND SHOULD~ IF AT ALL POSSIBLE~ BE RECONSTRUCTED AS NEAR THE SAME DATE AS ~-64 IS COMPLETED IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAFFIC FROM THIS INTERCHANGE~ NOW~ THEREFORE~ BE IT RESOLVED aY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY REQUESTED TO PROGRAM 5TH STREET~ S. W. (ROUTE 631) FOR RECONSTRUCTION JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE~ AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE HEREBY AGREES TO PAY ITS PORTION OF THE COST FOR THIS PROJECT. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE FOR IMPOSING AND COLLECTING LICENSES AND TAXES FOR THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES WITHIN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE F~R TWELVE MONTHS~ COMHENClNG THE FIRST DAY OF MAY~ 1968 AND ENDING THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL, 1969" WAS OFFERED BY MR. VOGT~ SECONDED BY MR. HAGGERTY~ AND CARRIED OVER TO A SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 11~ 1968. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 22.1-5 OF CHAPTER 22.1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965" WAS OFFERED BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY MR. MOGT) AND CARRIED OVER TO THE SPECIAL MEETING ON MARCH 11, 1968. ON MOTION BY MR. MOUNT, SECONDED BY MR. RINEHART~ THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED AND CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION: