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.~ ~~6 EOUNCIL CHAMBER - MAY 2, 1960 THE COUNCIL MET IN REGULAR SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: MR. COLEMAN, MR. MICHIE, MR. SCRIBNER AND MR. WEINBERG. ABSENT; MR. DAVIS. THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF APRIL 18, 1960 AND APRIL 25, 1960 WERE READ AND APPROVED. A COMMUNICATION WAS PRESENTED FROM SOUTHERN MOTOR INN, INC. REQUESTING A COUNTY WATER CONNECTION SOUTHERN MOTOR INN, INC. COUNTY WATER CONNECTION FOR THEIR PROPERTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE Z9 APPROVED. AND THE 25O BY-PASS. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THAT A COUNTY WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION BE GRANTED UNDER THE USUAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. ON MOTION BY MR. WEINBERG, SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNER, THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. A COMMUNICATION FROM H. D. FAULCONER REQUESTING WATER AND SEWAGE CONNECTIONS P,EQUEST FOR WATER AND SEWAGE FOR OAK TERRACE SUBDIVISION WAS REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR RECOMMEND- OAK TERRACE SUB. REFERRED TO PLANNING COMMISSION ATION. ON MOTION 8Y MR. COLEMAN, SECONDED 8Y MR. SCRIBNER, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MAYOR AND CLERK OF THIS CORPORATION RESOLUTION RE: AGREEMENT OF BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A CERTAIN AGREEMENT EASEMENT - VA. ELEC. R, POWER CO. OF EASEMENT TO BEAR DATE AS OF MAY Z, 1960, CONVEYING TO THE VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, A RIGHT OF WAY ACROSS THE PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, AS SHOWN BY PLAT BEARING NUMBER CH-3076, EXHIBITED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, SAME TO BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ATTESTED AND SEAL AFFIXED BY THE CLERK. THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS PRESENTED: MAY 2, 1960 THOMAS J. MICHIE, MAYOR COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA DEAR SIR: ON APRIL 6, 1959 YOU APPOINTED MESSERS. SOL fi. WEINBERG, R. M. DAVIS ANO PAUL D. SUMMERS, JR., AS A COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE PROBLEM OF DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE IN THE CITY. PURSUANT TO THIS REPORT RE: DOGS RUNNING APPOINTMENT YOUR COMMITTEE HAS MADE AN EXHAUSTIVE STUDY OF THE AT LARGE. PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR. IT HAS BEEN OBVIOUS TO YOUR COMMITTEE SINCE IT COMMENCED ITS STUDY THAT THIS QUESTION IS ONE WHICH ADMITS OF NO MIDDLE GROUND. PEOPLE ARE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE AND WHATEVER THEIR POSITION MIGHT BE IT IS A FIRM ONE. YOUR COMMITTEE HAS CONTACT- ED MANY PEOPLE AND HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE RESULT OF THE YEARtS STUDY AND THE MANY PERSONAL CONTACTS WITH OTHER CITIZENS OF THIS CITY SHOW THAT IT IS A QUESTION WHICH SHOULD BE ANSWERED BY THE VOTERS, THEREFORE YOUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL CALL FOR A REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE RUNNING AT LARGEOF DOGS SHOULD BE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCILS THE COMMITTEE FEELS THAT ONLY THROUGH THE USE OF A REFERENDUM MAY THE COUNCIL BE APPRAISED OF A MAJORITY~S OPINION ON THIS QUESTION, AND YOUR COMMITTEE FURTHER BELIEVES THAT THE MAJORITY~S OPINION SHOULD CONTROL THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. IT RECOMMENDS TO THE COUNCIL THAT IF A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE VOTING APP~'OVE nF SUCH AN ORDINANCE THEN THE COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SUCH VOTES, SHOULD PASS AN ORDINANCE SIMILAR TO THE ONE WHICH IS HEREBY ENCLOSED AND MADE A PART OF THIS REPORT. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED PDSJR ; MI_ D SOL B. WEINBERG ~SIGNED~ R. M. DAVIS SIGNED, PAUL D. SUMMERS, JR. SIGNED