Evening star., 1941-09-24
Council Backs
Survey Plan on
Reassessment
Alexandra Body
Seeks Opinion on
Assessing Officer
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By Staff Correspondent Of The star
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Sept. "a
City Council today had advanced
one step closer to the authorization
of g. special land survey which City
Manager Carl Budwesky estimates
will save up TO $17,500 in making
of the general real estate re-
assessment next year.
At the same time the Council
sought the views of Judge William
P. Woolls of the Corporation Court
and Maurice D. Rosenberg, member
of the House of Delegates, on a
plan to establish permanent
assessing officer to supplant the re-
assessment now made every four
years by officials appointed by the
court.
A report approving Mr.. Bud
weskys plan for card index record
of each piece of property, which
would be used in the reassessment,
was submitted by a special COM
mittee of the Council comprised of
Paul L. Delaney, Eugene Simpson
and George K. Bender. Mr.. Delaney
submitted minority recommenda-
ton for a permanent assessing
officer.
PostpOnement Voted Down.
Councilman Charles L. Burgess
sought to postpone for two weeks
action on Mr.. Budwesky's proposal,
which necessitated an initial ap-
preparation of $4,000. His motion
was defeated, to 8, and the ap-
preparation was given its first read
ing. Three readings are necessary
for passage.
The Council then approved Mr..
Burgess resolution asking that the
judge and House of Delegates mem
ber be asked for an opinion on the
permanent assessing officer.
r. c. Hall of the Tax Assessment
Committee of the North Ridge Citi-
zens Association read q resolution
adopted by his group and the
Executive Committee of the associ.
alton indorsing the BudWeSky plan.
A motion by Mr.. Burgess for the
city to vacate ST Asaph street be-
tween First and Second streets
failed for lack of a second. Charles
A. Tompkins and four property
owners in the area opposed vacat-
ing the street and John Barton
Phillips, representing Vaughan B.
Connolly, urged that the resolution
be passed.
Rezoning Requests Denied.
On motion Of Ernest Mankin, a
request by the Alexandria Realty
Investment Corp. to rezone the
northwest corner of Pendleton and
Patrick streets from C-1 residential
to E industrial was denied. A re-
quest of r. C. Nesbitt to rezone
property on the south side of Mon
roe avenue at the railroad overpass
was also diSapproved.
Second readings were given two
appropriation measures. One would
provide S3,704 to construct a sewer
to serve Long View drive and the
other would provide s6,163 for traffic
lights.
1t was agreed to notify affected
property owners of an intention to
vacate portion of South Pitt street
and a part of Church street.
A request of H. T. Houghton, 403
Taylor place, for permission to in
stall 2,00O-gallon fuel oil tank in
his yard was denied.
A petition to extend Henry street
south from Gibbon street to Hunt
ing Creek was referred to Mr..
Budwesky and the city engineer for
study.
An agreement was entered into
with the United States Government
concerning the construction of 100
additional low cost housing units on
Duke street extended The new
units will bring the total at this
project to 345, although no enlarge
ment of the existing Federal land
holdings are involved. The agree
ment made certain waivers of tax
collections on the property.
Wine Sale Curb Asked.
An appropriation of $500 was ap-
proved for three months rent until
January l, 1912, for quarters for
the colored service mems recrea-
tional club
A letter was read from the Alex
andria Methodist Minister'S Union
asking that the sale of beer and
wines be prohibited between mid
night Saturday and midnight Sum-
day. The matter was referred to
Mr.. BudweSky and City Attorney
Armistead Boothe for an opinion on
the councils legal rights to act
A request of Alvin L. Aubinoe to
rezone a site on the northwest cor
ner of Slater's lane and Mount Ver-
non highway to d. classification
was denied.
Authorized for public hearings at
the second meeting to be held in
October were the zoning requests Of
two applicants. They are the petit
tion of Mrs. Vertie Williams to
change the southwest corner Of
Washington and Jefferson streets
from a residential to D-1 CONNER
cial and the request of James L.
Webster to rezone lot on Madison
street between Henry and Patrick
streets to an E industrial classifi-
cation,