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4~ TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 1969 Because of the forthcoming annual meeting of the Virginia Municipal League, to be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, September 21st-24th, which Council will attend, Council rescheduled its second meeting in September from September 23rd to Wednesday, September 17th, at 7:30 P.M.; and, also, rescheduled a public hearing--on a proposed amendment to the Zoning Code, involving "day nurseries" and "child care centers"-- from September 23rd to its forthcoming October 14th meeting. In response to an inquiry from Mr. B. Randolph Weaver (of Randy's Body Shop), as to whether--and for what price--the City is interested in selling its former incinerator property (located on Old Dye Plant Road, near Smith River bridge), Council referred this matter to the City Planning Commission for advice as to the property's present and future usage value to the City, meanwhile indicating that, in the event the City might offer the property for sale, two independent value appraisals should be obtained. Council was informed that the Tax Reform Act of 1969 (H.R. 13270) has been (recently) passed by the United States House of Representatives and that--despite opposition by many state and local governments and by many other responsible organizations--this legislation includes the removal (in part and/or in whole) of the tax-exempt status historically afforded state and municipal bonds, against which removal the Council registered its opposition on May 27, 1969 to the Honorable Wilbur D. Mills, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. With this bill now pending before the Senate, for public hearings by the Senate Finance Committee on September 23rd-24th-25th as to this specific feature, Council went on record as recording with Virginia Senators Harry F. Byrd, Jr., and William B. Spong, Jr., strong opposition to the proposed tax-exempt feature removal, with a copy of Council's expression to the Virginia Municipal League and with a request that the Executive Secretary of the League include this matter on the agenda of the forthcoming annual meeting to be held as hereinabove noted.