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1956-06-08SPECIAL BE IT RESOLVED ~y the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle Coumty, Virginia, that this Board hereby endorses the program of the District Home Board with respect to the building program new in its initial stage. On motion, the meeting adjourned. June 8, 1956 Pursuant to the following waiver, members of the Board of County Supervisors ef Albemarle County, Virginia, met in special session on this date in the County Office Building, Charlottesville, Virginia,. at 2:00 P.M. with the following members present: Messrs. H. Ashby Harris, Edgar N. Garnett, Edward ~. Smith, M. Y. Suthertand, Jr., Robert Thraves and John W. Wi!liams, Absent: NOnCe We, the undersigned, members of the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County,. Virginia, hereby waive notice, and special service thereof, of a meeting to be h~ld at 2:00 P.M. on the eighth day of June, 1956, in the County Office Building, Char- lottesville, Virginia, for the purpose of considering appropriations to the SchoOl Board and matters pertaining to the Joint Airport, and we do hereby~consent to the transaction of any and all business and the taking of such action at said meeting upon the matters hereinabove mentioned as may be lawful, incident and necessary there to. ~~~~~~ Officers present: County Executive and CommOnwealth's Attorney. The Board discussed at length the matter of month-to-month appropriations to the School Board and was advised by the Commonwealth's Attorney that such procedure would be legal. M. M. Pence, County Executive, advised the Board that this procedure would involve a great deal more bookkeeping in his offi, which would require the employment of an additional worker, in addition to one more worker which would be required after January 1st as a result of the new State income tax law. After full discussion, the following resolution was offered by Mr. Thraves, seconded by Mr. Williams and adopted by the following recorded vote: Ayes: Messrs. Harris, Garnett, Smith, Sutherland, Thraves and Williams. Nays: None. BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, that this Board intends to adopt an Appropriation Ordinance on June 20, 1956 in which funds will be appropriated to the School Board on a month-to-month basis, which Ordinance will become effective July l, 1956. The Board then met at approximately 3:00 P.M. at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport with members of the City Council and members of the Joint Airport Commission. Mr. LlewellynP. Ha~en, Chairman of said Commission, advised the Board that due to the large number of airplanes being parked on the field that . a~ramp to serve it had become necessary to construct additional apron and taxi way and also, to build/doors in the forthcoming from the Federal Government, in order that the Commission might seek matching funds and proceed with the necessary work as outlined. After considerable discussion, motionwas offered by Mr. William, seconded by Mr. Sutherland, and uuanimous!y carried, ordering that funds received from the Federal Government for work completed be left with the Joint Airport Commission and that said Commission be authorized to proceed with plans to be presentec back to the~governimg bodmes for approval, and carried over for secbnd reading. / On moltion, the meeting adjourned. '/ ~ A regular meeting of the Board of County Supervisors o£ Albemarle County, Virginia, was held at the Office Building of said County on the 20th day of Juhe, 1956. Present: Messrs. H. Ashby Harris, Edgar N. Garnett, Edward L. Smith, M. Y. Sutherland, Jr., Robert Thraves and John W. Williams. Absent: None. Officers present: County Executive and Commonwealth's Attorney. Minutes of the meetings of May 16, May 24, and June 8, 1956 were read and a~proved. Mr. Wright Harrison appeared on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and requested that the Count~ increase its appropriation to the Chamber's Advertising Fund from $500.00 to $?~0.00 for a two year period. After discussion of this matter, motion was offered by Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr. S~therland, and unanimously carried, in which the request of the Chamber of Commerce was approved, appropriation for same to be made from the 1956-57 Budget. C~mmunication was received from Mr. W. W. Shields, Resident Engineer, in which he estimated the costs of an industrial access road to the pulp loading plant at Ivy on Route 679 to be $6,000.00. On motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr. Smith, and ~nanimously carried, Mr. M. M. Pence was instructed to write Mr. S. D. Crute, Secondary Road Engineer, advising him of the intent of this Board to request $6,000.00 to $7,000.00 to provide industrial access~road to the loading plant of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company located on Route.6?9 at Ivy, Virginia. The Board was advised that roads in Hessian Hills had been completed according to standards of the Department of Highways. Mr. A. L. Cushman, of the Cushman Realty and~Building Corporation, the developer of Hessian Hills appeared in this regard and requested acceptance into the Secondary System. On motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mro Smith, the following resolution was una~'~ousty adopted: WHEREAS, this Board went on record on December 21, 1955 as to its intent to recommend acceptance of the road system in Hessian Hills into the Secondary System, provided that the completed construction would conform to standards and specifications of the State Highway Department and pending final approval of that Department, and WHEREAS~, advice was received this date that said roads have been completed in accordance with.standards ef the Department of Highways and approved by that De- partment. NON, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of Albe- marle County, Virginia, that the Department ef Highways be and is requested to accept into the Secondary System of Highways, roads im Hessian Hills as follows: Beginning at Route 654 and continuing to dead end, distance 2,170 ft. Be~imuing at Hessian Hills and continuing in a westerly direction to Route 82~, a distance of 72 ft. AND BE IT FUREHEE RESOLVED that the State Department of HighwaYS be and is hereby ~uaranteed a 50 ft. unobstructed right of way along this requested addition.