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4O8 PUBLIC HEARING: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Ms. Phyllis Hopkinson from the Jefferson Area Board for the Aging, stated her support of banners as a way ~of making the co.mmunity aware of issues such .as JABA'.s banne~r about Qlder Americans' Month had done last spring. As there were no further speakers, the public hearing was closed. Mr. Buck stated that the Clerk had received a call .from Jeanne Van Gemert in support of the banners. Mrs. Gleason suggested contacting Southern Railway about the possibility of hanging banners from their overpasses which would eliminate the need to erect poles. Dr. Gunter stated that her initial response had been to do away with banners, but the number of positiv~ remarks made over the_past weeks had changed her opinion. Dr. G~nter made a motion that the City continue the policy of allowing banners and that staff investigate locations and report back. Mr. Barnes seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved by Council. Council agr'eed that staff should implement policy guidelines submitted in the recent banner report. Mr. Warren Martin, Chai'rman of the Planning Commission, presented the five year updates to the Comprehensive Plan which are mandated by the State Code, and the Land Use Plan. Mr. Martin stated that a previous public hearing on the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Plan had been held by Council, the Planning Commission and the Social Development Commission, and Mr. Martin recommended their adoption by Council. Mrs. Mary Reese, Chairman of the Social Development Commission, stated that the Social Development Commission had critiqued the Plan to make it a more useful document and urged Council to concentrate on the highest priorities. Mrs. Reese stated that immediate action was recommended on the Mediation Center and Race Relations Study. Mrs. Reese added that there was a need to clarify the role of the Social Development Commission in the process of reviewing the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Gib Akin of the North Downtown Neighborhood Association, read a statement supporting the following principles for inclusion in the Compre- hensive Plan: 1) avoidanc~ of strip development along routes leading into the City, 2) continued preservation of historic areas and architecture, 3) emphasis on east-west orientation of the City, particularly between the University .and downtown, 4) avoidance of north-south corridor to cut east- west linkage, and 5) preservation of park land. Mr. David Toscano, a member of the Social Development Commission, recommended that the language suggested by the Social Development Commission regarding the investment policy of the City in South African be included in the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Toscano urged Council to include Charlottes- ville in the movement to change racial policies in South Africa. Mr. Steve Campbell, member of the Social Development Commission, supported continued emphasis on increasing teacher salaries and on development of a mediation center. Mr. Buck stated that due to an advertising error, the public hearing would be continued to the next meeting.