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372 <br /> <br />AYES: MR. BARBOUR, MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. <br /> ON NOTION Tt-E MEETING ADJOURNED. <br /> <br />PRESIDENT <br /> <br />PURSUANT TO THE FOLLOWING CALL: <br /> <br />MR. CHARLES L. BARBOUR <br />MR. FRANCIS H. FIFE <br />MR. GEORGE H. GILLIAM <br />MRS. JILL T. RINEHART <br />MR. MITCHELL VAN YAPRES <br /> <br />COUNCIL CHAMBER - JANUARY 28, 1974 <br /> <br />TAKE NOTICE <br /> <br />A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HELD TONIGHF[ THE 28Th INST. At 8:00 P.M. <br /> <br />O'CLOCK. <br /> <br />1. AUTHORIZATION OF ARCHITECT TO PROCEED ON THE MALL PROJECT. <br />2. CHARLOTTESVILLE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY. <br />3. TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE. <br />4. ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 11.1-21 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY <br /> OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1965, RELATING TO REAL ESTATE TAX RELIEF FOR THE ELDERLY <br /> (SECOND READING) <br />5. OTHER BUSINESS: CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF <br />6. ADJOURNMENT. <br /> <br />BY ORDER OF <br /> <br />ATTORNEY GENERALS <br />DECISION - RE: <br />MALL PROJECT <br /> <br />DISCUSSION RE: <br />VOTES ON THE MALL <br /> <br />STATEMENT BY <br />MR. ALVIN CLEMENTS <br /> <br /> J. S. RUSH, JR. (SIGNED) FRANCIS H. FIFE (SIGNED) <br /> CLERK PRESIDENT <br /> <br /> THE COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON THIS DATE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: <br /> <br />MR. BARBOUR, MR, FIFE, MR. GILLIAM, MRS. RINEHART AND MR. VAN YAHRES. ABSENT: NONE. <br /> <br /> THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT AN OPINION HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL <br /> <br />STATING THAT THREE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MR. FIFE, MR. GILLIAM AND MRS. RINEHART, HAVE <br />A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE MALL PROJECT AND THEREFORE COULD NOT DISCUSS OR VOTE ON <br />THIS PROJECT. PRIOR TO RECEIPT OF OPINION THESE MEI4BERS HAD AGREED THAT THEY WOULD NOT <br /> <br />VOTE. <br /> <br /> MR. BARBOUR STATED THAT HE WAS NOT PREPARED AT THIS TIME TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER, BUT <br />WOULD MOVE THAT THE CENTRAL CITY COMMISSION BE REQUESTED TO REDESIGN THE PROJECT IN LINE <br />WITH WHAT THE MERCHANTS COULD SUPPORT. <br /> <br /> MR. VAN YAHRES SECONDED THE MOTION AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT LIKE TO SEE THE PROJECT <br />KILLED BUT WOULD LIKE TO OVERCOME THE OBJECTIONS OF THE MERCHANTS AND WOULD REQUEST THE <br />CENTRAL CITY COMMISSION TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING <br />VOTE':.! AYES; MR. BARBOUR, AND MR. VAN YAHRES. NOES: NONE. ABSTAINED: MR. FIFE, MR. <br />GILLIAM AND RINEHART. <br /> <br /> MR. ALVIN CLEMENTS REQUESTED PERMISSION TO MAKE A STATEMENT: MR. CLEMENTS STATED <br /> <br />THAT HE THINKS THIS OPINION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO COME UP IN A LONG TIME <br />AND FEELS THAT IT WILL HAVE A DEVASATING EFFECT ON SECURING PEOPLE TO SERVE ON GOVERNING <br />BODIES. HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT IT IS UNFAIR TO ASK THE CENTRAL CITY COMMISSION TO GO <br />BACK TO REDESIGN UNLESS THEY KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH. <br /> <br /> <br />