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48 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday, September 7, 2004 AT 6:00 p.m. IN THE Second Floor Conference Room. THE PROPOSED AGENDA IS AS FOLLOWS: Closed session as provided by Section 2.2-3712 of the Virginia Code BY ORDER OF THE MAYOR BY Jeanne Cox SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM - September 7, 2004 Council met in special session on this date with the following members present: Dr. Brown, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Schilling. Absent: Mr. Caravati. On motion by Mr. Lynch, seconded by Mr. Schilling, Council voted (Ayes: Dr. Brown, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Schilling. Noes: None. Absent: Mr. Caravati) to meet in closed session for discussion and consideration of prospective candidates for appointment to City boards and commissions, as authorized by Section 2.2-371 i(A)(1) of the Virginia Code; for discussion of the disposition of publicly held real property at the following locations: Holmes Avenue; Berring Street; and between West Main Street and Brown Street, where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating strategy of the City, as authorized by Section 2.2-3711 (A)(3) of the Virginia Code; and for consultation with legal counsel pertaining to probable litigation, where such consultation in open meeting would adversely affect the litigating posture of the City, as authorized by Section 2.2-371 l(A)(7) of the Virginia Code. On motion by Mr. Lynch, seconded by Mr. Schilling, Council certified by the following vote (Ayes: Dr. Brown, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Schilling. Noes: None. Absent: Mr. Caravati.) that to the best of each Council Member's knowledge, only public business matters lawfully exempted from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and identified in the motion convening the closed session were heard, discussed or considered in the closed session. APPOINTMENTS: BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS On motion by Mr. Lynch, seconded by Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Barbara Ann Lewis was appointed to a two-year term on the Jefferson Area Board for Aging Advisory Council on Aging by the following vote. Ayes: Dr. Brown, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Schilling. Noes: None. Absent: Mr. Caravati. This term will expire on March 31, 2006. COUNCIL CHAMBER - September 7, 2004 Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present: Dr. Brown, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Schilling. Absent: Mr. Caravati. Ms. Rochelle Small-Toney, Assistant City Manager, introduced Mr. Paul Chedda, the new Executive Director of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority. PUBLIC Mr. Dan Ortiz, 411 Altamont Circle, said he wanted to alert Council to three proposed changes to the zoning ordinance. Two would narrow the category of aggrieved parties able to appeal Board of Architectural Review and Board of Zoning Appeal decisions, and would exclude the ability of neighbors to appeal; the third would allow decks within five feet of neighboring properties, regardless of the number of decks. He said that this change applies to a case pending before the Board of Zoning Appeals. Ms. Antoinette Roades, 406 Oak Street, spoke in support of Mr. Ortiz's comments. She said the proposed zoning ordinance also downgrades the importance of