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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-02-13A499 Pursuant to the following notice, which was hand delivered on February 6, 1974, the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, met in special session at 4:00 P.M. on February 13, 1974, in the Board Room of the County Office Building, Charlottesville, Virginia, with the following members present: Messrs. Stuart F. Carwile, Gerald E. Fisher, J. T. Henley, Jr., William C. Thacker, Jr., Gordon L. Wheeler and Lloyd F. Wood, Jr. "This is to give notice of special meeting called by Mr. William C. Thacker, Jr., and Mr. Gordon L. Wheeler for the purpose of hearing a report from-the Joint Airport Commission on the Airport Master Plan and to discuss .the report of the Economic Development Commission. Also, the me,ting will adjourn into executive session to discuss personnel matters. "Messrs. Thacker and.wheeler have asked that this meeting be held at 4:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 13, 1974, in the Board Room of the County Office Building." Also present: County Executive, City Manager, City Attorney, City Council and Oscar W. Smith, Jr. of Charlottesville Oil Company and Bill Bascom, distributor for Exxon 'Company. Mr. Wheeler said at the present the energy crisis is the most important issue in this area. He had therefore asked City Council and others to appear at this time for a discussion to see what can be done about this problem. The Board and Council after a very lengthy discussion took the following actions: Mr. Vanz'Yahres~offered motion to adopt the following resolution: WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, and the City Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, met in joint session on February 13, 1974, to consider certain aspects of the energy crisis; and WHEREAS, these governing bodies are cognizant of the fact that the average working man is experiencing difficulty obtaining gasoline due to the hours of operation of the majority of service stations in this area, and said bodies are deeply concerned about this hardship; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of County Supervisors and City Council do hereby appeal to the various distributors in the area to work together in an effort to accommodate the average working man who is apparently experiencing the most difficulty in purchasing gasoline. It would.be the hope of the Board and Council that an arrangement could be worked out whereby some stations throughout the area could be open between the hours of 7:00 and 10:00 A.M. and also between the hours of 4:00 and 7:00 P.M. Mr. Van Yahres motion was seconded by Mr. Fisher and all members of the Board of Supervisors and City Council voted aye by voice vote. Mrs. Rinehart offered motion to adopt the following resolution: WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, and the City Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, met in joint session on February 13, 1974, to con- sider certain aspects of the energy crisis; and WHEREAS, these governing bodies are aware that other localities have adopted, voluntarily, a method by which gasoline is purchased from gasoline stations, utilizing license plate numbers - days of the week, commonly known as the even-odd method, and have also established an amount as a minimum purchase; and WHEREAS, these governing bodies feel that adoption of such a method on a state-wide basis would help to alleviate some of the problems being experienced during this crucial time; 5OO 2-13-74 (afternoon)~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors and City Council do hereby petition the Honorable Mills E. Goodwin, Jr., Governor of the State of Virginia, to implement such a plan as soon as possible. Mrs. Rinehart's motion was seconded by Mr. Barbour and all members of the Boardof Supervisors and City Council voted aye by voice vote. Motion was offered by Mr. Fisher to adopt the following resolution: WHEREAS, the Board Of County Supervisors of'Albemarle County., Virginia, and the City Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, met in joint s~ssion on February 13, 1974, to consider certain aspects of the current fuel shortage; and WHEREAS, the population of this area has increased approxi- mately 4.2% since March, 1972, and these governing bodies have been informed by local fuel distributors that since the new Federal Energy Allocation Program went into effect on February !, requests for additional allocations from local service station operators are being delayed as long as 60 days; and WHEREAS, these governing bodies took certain actions, copies of which are attached and made a part of this resolution, to help relieve the situation., but feel that these measures will being about a minimum of~temporary relief; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors and City Council do hereby petition the help of the Honorable Harry F. Byrd, Jr., the Honor'able William Scott, and the Honorable J. Kenneth Robinson, in acquiring a larger allocation of gasoline for this area. Mr. Fisher's motion was seconded by Mr. Van Yahres and all members of the Board of Supervisors and City Council voted aye by voice vote. Mr. Cary Jackson, Chairman of the Joint Airport Commission, was present to ask that the Board and Council make certain changes in the legislation that go~erns the airport commission. These were brought about by the creation of an airport board created by the governing bodies. The statutes governing the airport commission were not changed at that time and there are a number of ambiguities because of t~at. Basically the changes are: (1) that the airport manager, the city manager and the county executive serve as non-voting advisory members of the commission and two members be appointed from the public to replace the county executive and the city manager so the airport commission membership will remain at seven; (2) change all of the verbage in this statute so that · he airport commission is made advisocy to the airport board as well as the governing body; (3) make a provision for a secretary to the airport commission, that secretary to be the. airport manager's secretary; (4) make a provision for a vice-chairman, which there is not at present; and (5) delete portions of 2-1-76, because they charge the airport commission with duties which were assumed by the airport board upon its creation~ This matter was referred to the County Attorney for drafting of this ordinance. Mr. Jackson said the Airport Commission ~expects the master plan will be before their board by April 1. It is now at Dewberry, Nealon and Davis for final revisions. This will come back to the airport commission and they will hold public hearings. It will then go the the airport board and they will approve it in part or in whol~e. Mr. Louie Scribner, Charlottesville-Albemarle Economic Development Commission, was present to present the Commission's Annual Report to the Board and Council. A copy 2-13-74 (afternoon) of this report is on file in the office of the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Wheeler asked for a report from the committee working for renovations of the Levy Opera House. Mr. Gilliam said four of the members met last week and after reviewing the information received from the low bidder, R. E. Lee & Sons, it was the feeling that the bid of $446,000 is about $150~000 more than what had been anticipated for renovating the building as a juvenile court. It was the feeling of the committee that they would recommend against acceptance of that bid~to their respective governing bodies. They had discussed whether the governing bodies ~ill be able to find a public use for that building that the City and County can afford at this time. It was felt that if the house is to be restored as an opera house, this could possibly be done under the auspices of the Perry Foundation and~Whatever local community support they could find. With respect to a location for a juvenile court, the committee noted that the city and county own land located behind the county jail and it was suggested that they lo.ok at this property and get ideas as to what can be build on that property within the original budget. Mr. Wheeler said there had been quite a few letters published in the newspapers supporting renovation of the Levy Opera House along the original lines. He said the county does not have the funds to support this. He said the Board and Council should possibly give some of those organizations the opportunity to raise the funds needed to restore the opera house. Mr. Gilliam said this was also discussed by the committee. He felt this~is a worthwhile objective and if the citizens can 'obtain federal and state funds that were dependent upon a small local grant, something that would be a token of interest, that might be worthwhile to consider. Mrs. Rinehart said in looking at the hiStory of t~e ppera house, there had been a graduate student who had written a paper on this, and it was a lousy opera house in the first place and it would be worst today. She said to renovate~-this as an opera house would cost more than renovations for a juvenile court and she felt that the Board and Council are just fooling themselves to give people that hope. Mr. Wheeler said he had not discussed any of his ideas with any Board members, but the Board and Council do need to establish a locality for a juvenile court and he asked that the coni~ittee look at other locations. At 5:25 P.M. Mr. Carwile offered motion to adjourn into executive session to discuss personnel matters. The motion was seconded by Mr. Henley and carried by the following recorded vote: AYES: Messrs.. Carwile, -Fisher, Henley, Thacker, Wheeler and Wood. NAYS: None. The Board reconvened at 7:25 P.M. Upon proper motion, the meeting was~ourned. /~ Chairman