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Regular. meeting approval of minutes Appointment to: PVCC Board Appointment to: PVCC Board Appointments ~to: Architectural Review Board Appointment to: Area Manpower Planning Commission Appointment to: Housing Board of Adjustments & Appeals Appointment to: Social Develop- ment Commission Presentation re: Race Relations Study 3'Zi COUNCIL CHAMBER - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1978 The Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present: Mr. Barbour, Mr. Brunton, Mr. Fife, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Absent: None. The minutes of the meeting of December 19, 1977 were approved as presented. ~ On motion by Mr. Barbour, Mr~ Emmett Fortune was appointed to the Piedmont Virginia Community College Board, by unanimous vote. On motion by Mr. Gatewood, Mr. Tom Leitch was appointed to the Piedmont Virginia Community College Board, by unanimous vote. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, Mr. K. Edward Lay, Mr. John B. ~Farmer and Mrs. Lloyd Smith were reappointed to the Architectural Review Boar.d, by unanimous vote. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, Mr. Francis Fife was reappointed to the Area Manpower Planning Commission, by unanimous vote. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. John Snook was reappointed to the Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals, by unanimous vote. On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, Mr. James Hicks was appointed to the Social Development Commission, by unanimous vote. Rev. William Smith, former. Chairman of the Social Development Commission, addressed the Council and presented a Race Relations Study made by the commission. He stated that the commission has been engaged for more than three years on a long range study of race relations in Charlottesville. He stated that the first area of study was employment practices and problems and presented a number of recommendations to Council in this area. The next study was the influence of public schools in race relations and last fall a number of recommendations were made to the School Board. The next study was of race relations as they are influenced by the Charlottesville Police Department. The report recommended that the Council and City Manager urge the Chief of Police to pursue vigorous and on going affirmative action in seeking black police recruits and that the Council e and City Manager affirm the value of r cruiting officers from the City of Charlottesville who know i~:s people and problems better than others. In conclusion the maintain its concern in community race interviewing the Chief of Police and rE con~issions expects to relations and shall be turning to Council with- in a year to seek a progress report on these recommendations. The~ ~:i~y i~'~ger'~ ahd 'Re~. S~i~th- !~a-~~Ltha-t~4~os~: o~. the~f~hings r~'e'o~mend~e ~ ~ ~er<e~"~ ac~a~t 1~?. b:~i~g~ d~et ~d tt~ey~: c dr~en~ded".' the i P ~eed~,~e~d~~ by,~ l~r. "B~:o[ur? :lh~at':' tha '~e~i~i~ho~ et~o~e.~de~d o~,~ i~ts ~o'r,k ~:~s ~on~;~": ~a~8:~ un~,i~o~-s~,yd ado:p,~ e~c t .:.~T~;? i.{m~-.b~- s~. ~;. J~n~ary