1973-05-09A5-9-73
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An adjourned meeting of the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County,
Virginia, was held on May 9, 1975 at 3:~0 P.M. in the Board Room of the County
Office B~ilding, said meeting being adjourned from May 7, 1973.
Present: Messrs. Stuart F. Carwile, Gerald E. Fisher, Jo T. Henley, Jr.,
William Co Thacker, Jr., Gordon L. Wheeler and Lloyd F. Wood, Jr.
Absent: None.
Officers present: County Executive.
Also present were members of City Council and from the Library Board, Lloyd-
Smith, Jr., Robert Stroh, Kate Hallock, Edward Bain, Jr., Marjorie Eggleston and
Miss Virginia Moore and the Director of the Library, Robert Franklin.
Miss Moore stated that the Library Board was here to discuss a site accommodation
study made by the Division of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, University
of Virginia, Yelating to the building of a new central library.
After presentation by Mr. Lloyd Smith and Jay Rohde, one of the architecture
students working on the study, and a lengthy discussion of this matter by the Board
of Supervisors and City Council, it was the general concensus of opinion that a site
selection~committee should be appointed. This committee would be charged with
studying all sites available in order to choose the proper location for a new library,
decide on a construction date and f~nancing for this project.
Mr. Carwile stated that he, ~eorge Gillum and Judge Zehler had met several times
with the architects who were hired to make preliminary drawings for the renovations
of the Levy Opera House into a juvenile court building. Mr. Sandy Lambert, Architect,
gave a short report and a cost estimate of this project. At the conclusion of this
report, Mr. Wheeler said that this item would be placed on the agenda next week for
official action.
Mortion was offered by Mr. Fisher and seconded by Mr. Wood to adjourn into
executive session at 5:15 P.M. for discussion of land acquisition. Motion carried by
the following recorded vote:
AYES: Messrs. Carwile, Fisher, Henley, Wheeler and Wood.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: Mr. Thacker.
The Board reconvened at 7:25 pom.
Upon proper motion, the meeting was adjourned.
Chairman