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2 Ms. Colette Hall, 101 Robertson Lane, President of the North Downtown Residents Association, expressed concern that no one has contacted NDRA about the pedestrian study committee, and said that most of the people impacted are not involved. She asked Council to coordinate with the Board of Supervisors to allow the public to speak at every Dredging Task Force meeting. Mr. Jeff Synder,800 Druid Avenue, said he petitioned for traffic calming next to Belmont Park a year ago, but it did not qualify for traffic calming. He said there is no enforcement along this road. He said he hopes that the City will at least control the speed of buses. He suggested that the City buses could set an example for pedestrian safety. Mr. Dan Rosensweig, 740 Lexington Avenue, delivered a letter from Poggio a Caiano Mayor Marco Martini. He said the previously proposed student exchange is very important to our sister City, and he implored Council to encourage the School Board and staff to explore the student exchange. Mr. Stratton Salidas, 704 Graves Street said that three Councilors are trying to give away land in McIntire Park for the Meadowcreek Parkway in violation of the State constitution which requires a super majority. He asked citizens to contact him to help mount a legal challenge to the road. Ms. Naomi Roberts, 1140 St. Clair Avenue Extended, said that five retired police officers have died since December. She asked that a moment of silence be held for them. Mr. Raymond Mason, 717 Cynthianna Avenue, said he was not impressed with the Housing Authority meeting he attended. He challenged Council to meet him and the media at Westhaven and see what terrible condition it is in. Ms. Robbi Savage, representing the Rivanna Conservation Society, expressed support for the City’s new stormwater initiative. She invited Council to the Society’s annual meeting on Saturday, and to participate in the Rivanna River clean up on th September 20. She said she supports designating the Rivanna River as a scenic river. Ms. Linda Seaman, 2010 Greenbrier Drive, said that the Meadowcreek restoration project, installing a new sewer interceptor line, is a significant project, and she invited Council to attend a meeting with the Greenbrier Neighborhood Association about the th project on September 24. COUNCIL RESPONSES TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC Mr. Norris asked for a moment of silence to honor the retired police officers who have recently died as suggested by Ms. Roberts. Mr. Huja said that as far as he knows what Council has done about the Meadowcreek Parkway was legal and proper. He said the Housing Authority needs to deal with the condition of Westhaven. Mr. Taliaferro asked the City Attorney to address the supermajority issue. Mr. Brown said that there is a constitutional provision for a supermajority to approve conveyance of certain types of property. He said the action Council recently took was to authorize a temporary construction easement, and a supermajority does not apply. He said the road will belong to the City. He said a permanent easement was granted to the portion of land in the County, but the land will remain titled to the City. He said an Attorney General opinion was requested and received that the conveyance from a municipality to the State for the road is not within the statute for a supermajority. Mr. Taliaferro said he hopes staff will revisit traffic calming adjacent to Belmont Park because of the children and activities there. He thanked Ms. Roberts for suggesting a moment of silence. He said he cannot disagree with the comments about Westhaven, and said we need to find a way to do something about that situation.