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174 Ms. Slaughter raised the issue of doWnzoning certain vacant properties in the City, and Mr. Huja noted that the two criteria for downzoning are 1) a mistake was made in the original zoning or 2) conditions in the area have changed. Responding to a question from Ms. Slaughter about the designation of R-2 for the property adjacent to Pen Park and about the recommended downzoning of South Street, Mr. Huja stated that R-2 provides more flexibility and more density, and the downzoning on South Street was a wa5, to control height and massing of buildings. Ms. Slaughter recommended that preserving existing statuary be added to the art section of the Plan. Mr. Toscano recommended that Council discuss the idea of a community based neighborhood organization in the future and suggested that staff propose language for the neighborhood based service delivery section. Ms. Slaughter and Mr. Toscano added to the transportation goal section: provide residents with a range of transportation alternatives to automobiles. Councilors agreed to remove the language "before or concurrently" regarding the building of the Meadowcreek Parkway. In section 11-72, regarding the citizen review committee for transportation projects, Ms. Slaughter recommended against such language due to the existing number of committees and the existence of the Metropolitan Planning Organization as an appropriate committee to deal with road issue, and Mr. Toscano recommended that ad hoc committee be appointed when road projects affect neighborhoods. Ms. Daugherty recommended that the City be added as a major employer working on traffic reduction strategies. Ms. Slaughter recommended that the City, Albemarle County, and the University, as major employers, work together, with the City taking the lead, in implementing employee incentives to reduce traffic and encourage the University and County to work with the City, perhaps through the Planning and Coordinating Council. In section I1-80, Ms. Slaughter recommended that the City work with the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority to encourage water conservation. Mr. Toscano noted that there is little or nothing in the Plan about information technology and recommended that it be thought of as infrastructure and information about Monticello AVV be included. Mr. Toscano recommended that the language should be included about the City working with the Piedmont Council of the arts and other arts organizations. Ms. Slaughter suggested including statuary inventOry and ongoing maintenance in the arts section and mentioning McGuffey Arts Center and other private art galleries. Ms. Slaughter noted that the agreement with the Jefferson Area Board for Aging needs to be revisited by the City to see if Council is still in agreement with it. Ms. Slaughter suggested adding City Market to the economic development section, and the City's desire to help find a permanent site for the Market. Ms. Slaughter stated that she would like to make adding public bathrooms a goal under the tourism section, and would like t° discUss having a downtown tourism information center.