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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HELD ON Monday, June 15, 2009 AT 5:30 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 – June 15, 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 Mr. Huja, 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 prospective candidates for appointment to City boards and commissions, and for the performance evaluation of the City Manager, as authorized by Section 2-2-3711(A)(1) of the Virginia Code. On motion by Mr. Taliaferro, seconded by Mr. Taliaferro, 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 – June 15, 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 announced an Alliance of Neighborhoods meeting on Tuesday to th discuss neighborhood traffic, said that June 20 is the grand opening of Onesty Pool, the Cooling Assistance Program is taking applications, and the Municipal Band will present a nd free concert on July 2. He said he would like to discuss a letter regarding energy legislation during other business. PUBLIC Ms. Judy Marie Johnson, 1702 E. Market Street, objected to excluding businesses from the petition from the Woolen Mills neighborhood and not being allowed to make comments at the meeting. She expressed concern about the process and suggested solution. She said the volume of traffic is the problem. She said there should be speed humps and bike lanes and Franklin Street should be made one-way. Ms. Betty Mooney, 201 Sunset Avenue, said a rally was just held on the mall by Citizens for a Sustainable Water Supply. She said that Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority has said that the expert dam panel found substantial savings, but her group has only found .1% in savings. She said no more money should be spent on the dam project until the dredging study is complete and we receive more information about the pipeline. Ms Dede Smith, 2652 Jefferson Park Circle, said it is disturbing that the statement about water demand going down was struck from the report. She said we should revisit how much water we are actually using, and no more money should be spent on the dam until we have more information.