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COUNCIL CHAMBER - July 2, 1990 Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present: Rev. Edwards, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Toscano, Mr. Vandever, Ms. Waters. ~r. Hendrix called the meeting to order and asked for nom~ations for Mayor. Mr. Vandever nominated Rev. Alvin Edwards for Mayor. On motion by Ms. Slaughter, the nominations were unanimously closed. Rev. Edwards was unanimously elected Mayor. Rev. Edwards thanked Council for their support and asked for nominations for Vice Mayor. Ms. Slaughter nominated Mr. Tom Vandever for Vice Mayor. On motion by Mr. Toscano, the nominations were unanimously closed. Mr. Vandever was unanimously elected Vice Mayor. MINUTES On motion by Ms. Waters, seconded by Mr. Vandever, the minutes of the June llth meeting were approved as presented, with Ms. Slaughter and Mr. Toscano abstaining. On motion by Ms. Waters~ seconded by Rev. Edwards, the minutes of the~June l~th meeting were approved as presented, with Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Toscano and Mr. Vandever abstaining. On motion by Mr. Vandever, seconded by Ms. Waters, the minutes of the June 18th meeting were approved as presented, with Ms. Slaughter and Mr. Toscano abstaining. PUBLIC Mr. Lee Barnes, President of the University of Virginia Student Council stated that he recognized the importance of the City and University working together and acknowledged the commitment of the Student Council, Inter-Fraternity Council and Inter-Sorority Council to work together with the community. Mr. Barnes was accompanied by Scott Williams, President of the Inter-Fraternity Council and Pam Feinour, President of the Inter-Sorority Council. Mr. Herbert Tucker of Lewis Mountain Road, announced the formation of an ad hoc group of citizens formed in response to plans to cut back military spending. Mr. Tucker stated that the group will: 1) survey local contractors regarding the effect of cutbacks; 2) compose a list of peace time products which could be substituted~ 3) determine educational resources to help persons laid off from their jobs; and 4) help determine how funds made available as a result of reductions in military spending could be spent at the local level. Mr. Tucker introduced Mr. Worrell and Mr. 0'Dell. Mr. Jay Worrell of Keswick stated that the group hopes to create a model for use in other communities and hopes to shift the focus from war to quality of life. Mr. Roger O'Dell stated that he hoped that citizen participation in the community would increase in ways similar to the group studying the effects of military spending cutbacks. Mr. Bob Garrity of Raymond Avenue reviewed the neighborhood based reading program which has been operating