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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday, January 20, 2009 AT 6:30 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 – January 20, 2009 Council met in special session on this date with the following members present: Dr. Brown, Mr. Huja, Mr. Norris, Mr. Taliaferro. Absent: Ms. Edwards. On motion by Mr. Taliaferro, seconded by Dr. Brown, Council voted (Ayes: Dr. Brown, Mr. Huja, Mr. Norris, Mr. Taliaferro. Noes: None. Absent: Ms. Edwards) to meet in closed session for discussion and consideration of the acquisition of real property, located on Hydraulic Road, for a public purpose, where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or 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 actual litigation involving the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court renovation project, where such consultation in an open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the City, as authorized by Section 2.2-3711(A)(7) of the Virginia Code. On motion by Mr. Taliaferro, seconded by Mr. Huja, Council certified by the following vote (Ayes: Dr. Brown, Mr. Huja, Mr. Norris, Mr. Taliaferro. Noes: None. Absent: Ms. Edwards.) 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. COUNCIL CHAMBER – January 20, 2009 Council met in regular session on this date with the following members present: Dr. Brown, Mr. Huja, Mr. Norris, Mr. Taliaferro. Absent: Ms. Edwards. ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. Norris said that there will be an electronic recycling drive on January 31 and the City will give away water conservation kits on January 23. AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS : POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATE Mr. Tim Paul from the Department of Criminal Justice Services presented the reaccreditation certificate to the Police Department. PUBLIC Mr. Stratton Salidas, 704 Graves Street, said that the Free Enterprise Forum has been behind a lot of the support for the Meadowcreek Parkway through the years. He said the money for the Parkway should be used for bikeways and nature preserves and to help connect the City and County. Ms. Carolyn Micklem, 1608 ½ Oxford Road, out-going Director of the African American Teaching Fellows Program, said that a dialogue on race should be a priority for the City. She said there is a high level of poverty among African Americans in