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2 Mr. Richard Collins, 108 Wilson Court, cited a case where a reservoir was stopped because the locality did not look at alternatives. He said some in the County are persistent in their opposition to the dredging study. Ms. Colette Hall, 101 Robertson Lane, referring to the extension of the parking study time for the Planning Commission on the consent agenda, said that we need to discourage cars, not people, from coming downtown. Mr. Mark Kavit, 400 Altamont Street, said he told Council two to three years ago that notification for rezonings and land sales was inadequate. He said signage on the property is done in a lot of localities. He asked that the sale of land on East High Street be taken off the consent agenda. He said there are more implications regarding building additional apartments. Mr. Cass Kawecki, 705 Graves Street, speaking on behalf of his mother, Dr. Free, the owner of 400 W. High Street, requested that the proposed land sale be kept on the consent agenda. He said it is a small piece of land that has caused maintenance problems. He said the plan is to landscape the property, and there are no plans to build an apartment building. Mr. Richard Lloyd, 1825 Locust Shade Court, expressed concern about the cost of the water plan. He said that with a little conservation the City has more than enough water. He said the County has a growth agenda. He said the plan will be paid for by the rate payers. He said the solution is to tell the County to float bonds to pay for the plan, and lease the property to RWSA. Mr. Downing Smith, 810 Locust Avenue, referring to an article in The Hook, said there appears to be mismanagement at Rivanna Solid Waste Authority if the article is correct. He said the recycling center opened by Mr. Van der Linde costs less. He said the lawsuit against Mr. Van der Linde should be looked into. Mr. George Benford, 608 Ranier Drive, thanked Council for rebricking the mall. He said it looks great. He commended staff, the construction companies and designers. He said the merchants are extremely proud of the work. COUNCIL RESPONSES TO MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC Mr. Huja said he would like to see the dredging study RFP put on the May RWSA agenda. Mr. O’Connell said it was not considered at RWSA’s last meeting because the County boards had not taken it up, but it will be on the next one. He noted that the State Corporation Commission has certified the new members to RWSA and RSWA. Mr. Taliaferro said he would like to get more information so we can get this matter resolved. Dr. Brown agreed with Mr. Lynch regarding the theater expansion, and said he would like to get more information on what the City can do to move Hillsdale Drive along. He agreed with Mr. Kavit that posting signs is a good idea. He said he would like to pull the item from the consent agenda and discuss it. Regarding Mr. Lloyd’s comments about the cost of the water plan, he said that a lot of the cost is our aging infrastructure, not just providing more water. Ms. Edwards agreed with pulling the land sale off the consent agenda. She agreed with Mr. Lynch that the P-3 Plan is important and timely. She said she looks forward to being on RWSA. She said we need to explore the issues raised about RSWA. APPOINTMENTS : BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS