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ti2 <br /> Executive Session A motion by Mrs. O'Brien, seconded by Mr. Aibro that <br /> Council meet in executive session to discuss a matter exempted <br /> ~ by Section 2.1-344(a)(2) of the Virginia Freedom of Information <br /> Act, was adopted by the following recorded vote. Ayes: Mr. <br /> Albro, Mr. Buck, Mr. Gatewood and Mrs. O'Brien. Noes: None. <br /> <br />Absent: Mr. Brunton. <br /> <br />On motion the meeting adjourned. <br /> <br />-~-Elerk ~ <br /> <br />Regular Meeting <br /> <br />Approval of minutes <br /> <br />Appointment re: planning <br />Commission <br /> <br />Appointment're: <br />Commission <br /> <br />Planning <br /> <br />Presentation re: Urban <br />Observatory Report - <br />Housing Strategies for <br />Charlottesville <br /> <br />COUNCIL CHAMBER - MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1978 <br /> <br /> The Council met in regular session on this date with the <br />following members present: Mr. Brunton, Mr. Buck, Mr. Gate- <br />wood and Mrs. O'Brien. Absent: Mr. Albro. <br /> <br /> The minutes of the meetings of July 17 and August 7, 1978 <br />were approved as presented. <br /> <br />On motion by Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Margaret Carter was <br />reappointed to the Planning Commission, by unanimous vote. <br /> <br />On motion by Mr. Gatewood, Mr. Norman Lushbaugh was <br />reappointed to the Planning Commission, by unanimous vote. <br /> <br /> Mr. David Phillips and Mr. Kenneth Curtis, Project <br />Co-Directors, addressed the Council and presented an <br />Urban Observatory Study entitled "HOUSING STRATEGIES FOR <br />CHARLOTTESVILLE." Mr. Curtis gave a brief summary of the <br />report. He stated that the purpose of this study was to <br />develop various housing program options for the City, in <br />particular for those areas of Charlottesville designated <br />as target areas under the Federal Community Development <br />Block Grant Progra. He stated the study had addressed <br />three broad sets of questions: 1. Assessment of houSing <br />conditions, problems and issues in the City and their <br />variation between different neighborhoods; 2. Current <br />and potential housing related resources available to the <br />City government both in the public and private sectors; <br />and 3. Potential roles for the City in developing policies <br />and programs to respond to the most pressing prOblems. He <br />stated one of the major assumptions used in framing the <br />program proposals was that the level of public money <br />available for housing programs will probably not be increasing <br />and it is likely to decrease as the City's entitlement for <br />Community Development Block Grant Funds expires in fiscal <br />year 1978-79. He stated that some of the problems identified <br />by the report are: 1. Poor physical quality of residential <br />structures; 2. The balance of the City's housing market <br />between the owner and rental sectors; 3. Conversions of <br /> <br /> <br />