1955-10-10October 10, 1955
An adjourned meeting of the Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, was
held at lO:00 A.M. on this date in the County Office Building with the following members present:
Messrs. E. H. Bain, Edward L. Smith, John W. Williams, and W. W. Wood.
Absent: Messrs. H. Ashby Harris and C. Purcell McCue.
Officers present: County Executive and Commonwealth's Attorney.
A request was received for an extension of oil surface on Rou~e 706 for one mile south, the
Board being advised that landowners along this route would donate $600.00 towards the cost of this
project. After discussion of this matter, the following resolution was unanimously adopted on motion
of~Mr. Bain, seconded by Mr. Wood~ subject to receipt of said $600.00:
WHEREAS, request has been received by this Board from citizens living on
Route 706 between Route 631 and Route 708 for oil surfact from end of present
macadam to a point one mile South:
NOW, THEREFOr, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Supervisors of
Albemarle County, Virginia, that the State Highway Department be and is hereby
unanimously petitioned to extend the oil surface on Route 706 from the end of pre-
sent macadam to a point one mile South; and
BE IT FDRTHE~ RESOLVED, that this Board, realizing that the public ser-
vice rendered on this section of road does not compare favorably to the service
rendered by many other sections.of roads in the County where school centers or
other communities having a much heavier traffic, does hereby guarantee the payment
of $600.00 to supplement placing oil surface on this mile of road; and
BE IT FURTHERRESOLVED that the following transfers in the secondary
road budget of Albemarle County as approved by this Board on May 18, 1955, be and
the same are hereby a~proved:
Activity Key.
Location
From: Rt. 631
To: End of Macadam
Route Section
O7O6 0228
212
TRANSFER T~
T.ype..of Work Length Amount
Mod. Pen. 1.00 $3500.
0706 0228 From: End of Macadam
To: 1.0 Mi. South 211 Reconditioning I.O0
From: End of Macadam
To: 1.0 Mio South
$14o0.
335 Mod. Pen. 1.O0 $ 800.
0706 0228
This last item to be supplemented by the $600.00 subscribed by
petitioners.
Mr.M.N. P~nce read to the Board the following advertisement for bids which was published in
the Daily Progress:
"Sealed bids will be received by the County of Albemarle in the office of the County
Executive in the County Office Building, Court Square, Charlottesville, Va. until
10:00 A.M. EST October 10, 1955, at which place and time they will be publicly
opened and read for the following work:
Construction work involved in the converstion of approximately one half of the top
floor of the County Office Building to office space. The work consisting of erection
~f partitions, heating and lighting changes, and decorating.
Plans and specifications maybe examined in the office of the Couuty~Executive and
copies may be obtained upon deposit of $10.00.
Bidders may examine the portion of the building to be remodeled by appointment with
the County Executive.
~he successful bidder will be required to furnish performance bond in the amount of
his contract.
The successful bidder will be required to obtain and pay for building permit and
such inspections and certificates as are required to fully comply with the require-
ments of the Building Department of the City of Charlottesville.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in the
bidding, and to award for the best interests of the County of Albemarle."
Mr. Pence then preceded to open bids for the work outlined above which are as follows:
W. T. Gimbert and Phill C. Wood ....... $5,450.00
Edward VanLaer ............... 5,378.00
C. R. French ................ 5,650.00
W. E. & J. F. Bishop ............ 4,324.00
A. E. Cutright ............... 5,718.00
Carl Barnett ................ 5,050.00
On motion of Mr. Bain, seconded by Mr. Wood. the bid of W.
contract for this work after the County Executive investigates details of the bid of Bishop and Bishop,
said contract to include inspections to meet with approval of O. R. Randolph.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
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/ Vi~e-Chairman
A regular meeting of the' Board of County Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, was held
at the Office Building of said County on the 19th day of October, 1955.
Present: Messrs. E. H. Bain, C. Purcell McCue, Edward L. Smith, John W. Williams and W. W.
Wood.
Absent: Mr. H. Ashby Harris.
Officers Present: County Executive and Commonwealth's Attorney.
The meeting opened with the Lord's Prayer led by Mr. E. H. Bain.
Minutes of the meetings of September 21, 1955 and October lC, 1955 were read and approved.
With regard to petition on road on Lyman Hills Subdivision, Mr. W. Wo Shields, Resident
Engineer, advised that he had contacted Mrs. Jo L. Hartman who advised that all houses on this road were
owned except two which are rented and that she was asking for maintenance without hard surface. Mr~
Shields advised that this road which is approximately .25 mile is dead end and will not develop for
public service and also, that it would have to be considered as a subdivision. Mr. Pence was instructed
to advise Mrs. Hartman that said road is classified as a subdivision and specifications would have to be
met before this road could be taken into the Secondary System, mbtion being made by Mr. Bain, seconded
by Mr. Smith and unanimously carried.
Mr. Schroder appeared in the interest of the Sugar Hollow Road which he stated he felt to be
one of the most important roads in the County. He stated that the City Reservoir is on this road, that
many families live on it, and that it is a mail route and school bus route. He advised that after hard
rains, the road is impassable. He stated that the road should be improved for the foregoing reasons
as well as for developing recreational areas which were ideally. Mr. Shields advised the Board that
improving this road would involve relocating and raising approximately seven miles of read which would
be extremely costly. No action was taken on this matter.
Mr. E. H. Copenhavev, Attorney, appeared and presented a tentative resolution regarding
request for inclusion in the Secondary System of a section of River Road extending from the present end
of State maintenance approximately 500 feet in a westerly direction to Locust Avenue. He advised that
on December 15, 1954, this Board adopted a resolution approving the vacation and closing of all of that
portion of St. Clair Street lying and extending between Smith Street and River Road as shown on plat of
Locust ~rove Extension in Deed Book 252, pages 286-89 in the Albemarle County Circuit Court Office. He
further advised that the Virginia Electric & Power Company had option ~n land beyond this point if said
road was closed and that the request for inclusion of the section of River Road was brought about by
those persons objecting to the closing of St. Clair who wished an out-let over River Road. Mr. Shields
advised that he did not feel the Highway Department would put money into undeveloped land as in this
instance. After some discussion, motion was made by Mr. Smi.~th, seconded by Mr. Bain, and unanimously
carried, taking this matter under advisement pending advice from Mr. Shields and recommendation from the
Commonwealth's Attorney.
Mr. W. W. Shields, Resident Highway Engineer, presented to the Board the final Secondary Budget
for the year ending June 30, 1956.~ On motion of Mr. Bain, seconded by Mr. Wood, the following resolution
was ur~nimously adopted: