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intersection.~improvement projects in the City. Mr. Hendrix added <br />that Council or any citizen could request a publiC'~hearing, but <br />that i~ was .staff's opinion that a State Highway Department public <br />hearing could cause an additional four-month delay. <br /> Mr. Conover suggested that Council hold a joint public hearing <br />with the Planning Commission .which would be separate from the <br />public hearing of the State Highway Department, but Would alloTM <br />citizens an opportunity to air their views to Council' <br /> Dr. Hall moved, Dr. Gunter seconded, and Council unanimously <br /> voted to-,g'o into Executive Session to discuss personnel and legal <br /> matters as exempted by Section 2.1-344(a)(1) and (6) of the Virginia <br /> <br />Freedom of Information Act. <br /> <br /> The. meeting was adj.ourned. <br /> <br />Cle~ <br /> <br />Pres <br /> <br />NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />A SPECIAL MEBYING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Monday, December 5, <br />1983 AT 12:15 p.m. IN THE Buford SchQol Media Center. <br /> <br />THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br /> Lunch meeting with the School Board <br /> <br />BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox (signed) <br /> Clerk <br /> <br /> BUFORD SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER December 5, 1983 <br /> Council met in special session this date for a joint lunch meeting <br />with the School Board with the following members present: Mr. Buck, <br />Mr. Conover, Mrs. Gleason. Absent: Dr. Gunter, Dr. Hall. <br /> Dr. Joseph Mooney, School Board member and Chairman of the <br /> Charlottesville High School Site Improvement Committee, asked Council <br /> for thei.r ideas on continuing the site improvement project and for <br /> their comments on fund raising. Dr. Mooney introduced Mike and Peggy <br /> Van Yahres, landscape architects for the project. <br /> Mike and Peggy Van Yahres reviewed their' recommendations for the <br /> site improvements and pointed out the existing probl-ems as follows: <br /> 1) inadequate and unsafe traffic circulation, 2) unsafe areas for <br /> students, 3) entrances and parking not clearly defined, 4) inappropriate <br /> plantings, 5) drainage problems, 6) erosion, and 7) lack of seating and <br /> shade. <br /> It was suggested that the project be divided into two major <br /> phases because of the cost involved. <br /> Mr. Buck indicated that Council should discuss the project and <br /> ask for staff's recommendations before giving a definitive answer. <br /> Mr. Buck said that due to the pending litigation concerning the Vinegar <br /> Hill project, bonds could not be issued until the matter was settled. <br /> He further stated that it might be necessary to use the City's capital <br /> reserve for the Vinegar Hill project and, therefore, the City may not <br /> be in a position to commit to any new capital projects at this time. <br /> Mr. Buck stated that he found no problem with soliciting p.ublic <br /> funds for the project. <br /> Ms. Alicia Lugo, Chairman of the School Board, said that all but <br /> $8,000 of the project had been included in the School Board's capital <br /> <br /> <br />