CHAPTER 364

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 7.02, 16.06 and 20.02, as amended, of
Chapter 828, Acts of Assembly, 1950, approved April 4, 1950, which
provided a Charter for the City of Falls Church, Virginia, relating
to purposes for which bonds and notes may be issued; advisory board
of recreation and parks; and providing for a school board for said

city.
[S 58]
Approved April 2, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 7.02, 16.06 and 20.02, as amended, of Chapter 323, Acts of
Assembly, nineteen hundred fifty, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 7.02. Purposes for Which Bonds or Notes May be Issued. —(a)
To finance capital projects. Bonds, and notes in anticipation of bonds when
the issue of bonds has been authorized as hereinafter provided, may be
issued for the purpose of financing the whole or any part of the cost of any
capital improvement project which is hereby defined to include any public
improvement project or utility which the city is authorized to undertake,
including the acquisition of any property, real or personal, incident thereto,
the construction or reconstruction in whole or in part of any building,
plant, structure or facility necessary or useful in carrying out the powers
of the city, and the equipment or reequipment of the same.

(b) To anticipate the collection of revenue. Notes may be issued,
when authorized by the council, at any time during the fiscal year in
anticipation of the collection of any or all revenue not to exceed seventy-
five per cent of such estimated revenue for the fiscal year.

(c) To finance increased operating expenses. Notes to be repaid
within four years of the date of issuance may be issued when authorized
by the council for the purpose of meeting increased operating expenses,
including debt service, provided, however, that no notes shall be issued
pursuant to the authority of this section after January 1, 1955.

Temporary debt for capital outlay. The council may issue notes
and may issue revenue bonds to capitalize water and sewer and may
issue notes to finance the acquisition and improvement of land for
municipal parking areas, park lands, open spaces and other municipal pur-
poses * when, by an affirmative vote of not less than five members of the
council, the council has * adopted an ordinance declaring it expedient to
do so, and when the creating of the debt thereby provided for is for the
purpose of installing, or extending, one or more of such public utilities, or
for the acquisition and improvement of parking areas, park lands, open
spaces and other municipal purposes which constitute an asset, or assets,
at least equal in value to the amount expended thereon, which utility, or
utilities, shall materially add to the service rendered by the city to its
taxpayers and other citizens. The total indebtedness authorized by this
subsection shall not exceed one million dollars at any one time.

(e) To provide for emergency expenditures. Notes may be issued
to finance an appropriation for the purpose of meeting a public emergency,
as provided in subsection (d) of § 2.02 of this charter, when authorized by
the ordinance making such appropriation. Notes so issued shall be authen-
ticated by the signature of the director of finance and shall mature not later
than twelve months after the date of issue. Bonds may be issued, when
authorized as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of funding such notes
or other obligations incurred in accordance with such appropriation.

(f) To refund outstanding bonds. Bonds may be issued, when
authorized as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of refunding bonds,
provided that the director of finance shall certify in writing that such
refunding is necessary to prevent default on the interest or principal of the
aos or the school board’s outstanding bonds or to secure a lower rate of
interest.

§ 16.06. There shall be an advisory board of recreation and parks
consisting of five members, of whom one shall be a member of the school
board, appointed by the school board, and one a member of the city
planning commission, appointed by the city planning commission, for terms
of two years from the first Tuesday in September nineteen hundred and
fifty-one and every two years thereafter, but in no case shall a member so
appointed continue to be a member of the advisory board of recreation
and parks after the expiration of his term as a member of the school board
or the city planning commission, as the case may be; and of whom three
shall be appointed by the council for terms of three years, provided that
the members in office at the effective date of this charter are hereby con-
tinued in office for the terms they were appointed, and new appointments
shall be made annually from the first Tuesday in September in such a
manner that one or more, but less than three, of the appointments expire
annually. Vacancies shall be filled by the Authority making the appoint-
ment, for the unexpired portion of the term. The advisory board of
recreation and parks shall choose annually one of its own number to be
chairman for a term of one year and until his successor is chosen and
qualified. An employee of the department of recreation and parks shall be
assigned by the director of recreation and parks to act as secretary of the
board. It shall hold such regular meetings as it may determine. Special
meetings may be held at any time on the call of the director of recreation
and parks or of the chairman of the advisory board of recreation and parks.
The advisory board of recreation and parks shall advise with the director
of recreation and parks, and with the city council, and shall perform such
related functions as the council may direct.

20.02 (a) The school board shall consist of seven trustees who
shall be qualified voters of the city actually residing within the city limits.
The trustees in office at the effective date of this charter are hereby con-
tinued in office for the term for which they were elected.

(b) At its first regular meeting in September, 1960, and every three
years thereafter, the council shall elect two trustees for a term of three
years from the first day of October following their election; and at its first
regular meeting in September, 1961, and every three years thereafter,
the council shall elect three trustees for a term of three years from the
first day of October following their election. At its first regular meeting
in September, 1962, and every three years thereafter, the council shall
elect twu trustees for a term of three years from the first day of October
following their election. Except as provided in this charter the school
board shall have all the powers and duties relating to the management and
control of the public schools of the city provided by the general laws of the
Commonwealth, including right of eminent domain within and without the
city. None of the provisions of this charter shall be interpreted to refer
to or include the school board unless the intention so to do is expressly
stated or is clearly apparent from the context.

(c) The power conferred on the city by §§ 2.03 (f) and 2.03 (h)
shall be exercised by the school board with respect to property and build-
ings devoted to public school purposes. The title to property and buildings
devoted to public school purposes shall be in the school board.

(d) The school board shall meet annually in October at which time
the board shall fix the time for holding regular meetings for the ensuing
year, and may adjourn from day to day, or time to time, before the time
fixed for the next regular meeting, until the business before it is completed.
At such annual meeting, the school board shall elect one of tts members
chairman and on recommendation of the division superintendent, elect or
appoint a competent person as clerk of the school board, and shall fix his
compensation. The chairman and clerk shall be selected annually, but if
a vacancy in either office occurs during any year, the school board may fill
such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.

In addition to the authority conferred upon the city by Chapter 7, the
school board may borrow from the Literary Fund of Virginia or from such
other sources as may be available to it by general law.

2. Anemergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.