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280 <br /> <br />PUBLIC HEARING: <br />1984-8S CDBG <br />ENTITLEMENT <br />PROGRAM <br /> <br />~recipient by agreement with the Piedmont Industry Council. <br /> <br /> Mrs. Gleason asked if any action had been taken in response to <br /> a request by children in the Quest Program for addi%ional signs <br /> on Barracks Road. Mr. Buck stated that signs had been installed. <br /> <br /> .Dr.'GUnter stated that the Task Force on Drunk Driving had been <br />meeting weekly, had been well attended, and was proving to be a <br />vigorously active group, <br /> <br /> Mr. Buck commended Mr. Hendrix for recently being awarded the <br />L. P. Cookingham Award which recognizes City Managers for their <br />encouragement of interns. <br /> <br /> Dr. Gunter moved, Dr. Hall seconded, and Council unanimously <br />voted to go into Executive Session to discuss matters of personnel <br />as exempted by Section 2.1-344(a)(1) of the Virginia Freedom of <br /> <br />Information Act. <br /> <br /> The meeting was adjourned. <br />Cie~~-~-4' ~'~-~ ~ <br /> <br />President <br /> <br /> COUNCIL~'i'CHAMBERS - October 11, 1983 <br /> <br /> -~>E°UncilIi. imet~ in-soe'clial~ s'e'sSion, this date with the following'me,berg <br /> <br /> present: Mr. Buck,..~ Mrs. Gleason,... ..... Dr. Hall. Absent: Mr. Conover, Dr. <br /> Gunter. <br /> <br /> At Mr. Buck's request, Mr. Huja gave a brief report on the <br /> <br /> Community Development Block Grant program for the coming year. He stated <br /> that the purpose of this meeting was to serve as an initial public <br /> hearing as required in the ordinance adopted this ~ast year. Mr. Huja <br /> pointed out that the CDBG Task Force has already met twice and has <br /> developed some preliminary goals. He int'roduced Mr. Fran Lawrence, <br /> Chairman of the Task Force. <br /> <br /> Mr. Fran Lawrence explained that the schedule was moved forward <br /> <br />this year to allow more time for discussion throughout the process. <br />He pointed out that the first meeting of the Task Force dealt mainly <br />with philosophical issues. The second meeting involved discussion of <br />the intent of the program for the coming year with some agreement on <br />tentative priorities. Two decisions made at the second meeting <br />involved: 1) continuing the commitment to finish Fifeville Neighborhood <br />concerns, and 2) not designating any priority neighborhood, but concen- <br />trate on City-wide projects in Rose Hill and Belmont Neighborhoods with <br />some priority on drainage needs. Both o~ these decisions were made <br />unanimously by the Task Force, according to Mr. Lawrence. <br /> <br /> Mr. Eugene Williams, President of Dogwood Housing Limited Partner- <br />ship and a resident of 620 Ridge Street, explained that he felt there <br />were few programs that have done as much for the community as the CDBG <br />program. However, he presented a list of concerns and suggested <br />projects which included the following: 1) The planting of dogwoods <br />from llth Street, N.W. to Rugby Road on Gordon Avenue in order to unify <br />the Venable Neighborhood to help eliminate what seems to be an invisible <br />racial barrier. 2.) The cleaning of streets throughly in target neighbor- <br />hoods on streets such as Ridge, Dice, Fourth Street, S.W., 6th and 7th <br />Streets, S.W., 12th Street, N.W., Page and others. This is needed since <br /> <br /> <br />