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280 Appointments re: Industrial Develop- ment Bond Authority Absent: Mr. Albro, Mr, Gatewood. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr, Buck, Council and Edward D. Tayloe unanimously agreed to re-appoint Eric Heiner to the industrial Development Bond Authority, On motion the meeting adjourned. ---~ President Regular session Approval of minutes Matters by the public COUNCIL CHAMBER - MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1980 Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present: Mr. Albro, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Buck, Mr. Gatewood, Mrs. O'Brien. Absent: None. On motion by Mr. Gatewood, seconded by Mr. Albro, the minutes of May 13 were unanimOusly approved as presented. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Albro, the minutes of May 19 were unanimously approved.as presented. On motion by Mr. Gatewood, seconded by Mr. Albro, the minutes of June 2 were unanimously approved as presented. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Buck, the minutes of June 10 were unanimously approved as presented, with Mr. Albro and Mr. Gatewood abstaining as they were not present at the:meeting of June 10. · Mr. Frank Folsom Smith and Ms. Peggy Brooks of the McGuffey Hill Housing Development project requested a 90 day extension on the option to the housing site due to unforeseen problems encountered in the subsoil conditions on site as well as the volatile financial market. On motion by Mr, Buck, seconded by Mrs. O'Brien, this extension, was unanimously approved. Ms. Linda Seaman of the League of Women Voters presented a prepared stated, a copy of which is on file with the minutes of this meeting, concerning certain Rivanna Reservoir development proposals currently being considered by the County Board of Supervisors. The League urged the-City Council and staff to protect the interests of its citizens and support efforts to protect the reservoir during future discussions of development proposals. The statement noted that there was no apparent City representation mt the last board meeting at which one of these proposals was discussed. Mr. Cole Hendrix, City Manager, responded by asking Mr,_ Satyendra Huja, Director of Community Planning and Development, to comment on the matter. Mr. Huja stated that he had attended the meeting in question and had not spoken in public on the matter as he 'lacked sufficient data to make intelligent comments, although he has discussed it with the County planning staff. He noted that the City planning staff has recently set up a procedure for notifying Council members when development proposals in the Rivanna watershed are being considered by the County. Mrs. O'Brien commented that a represetnative of the Council should have been at the