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87 <br /> <br />looks like a big scar on the neighborhood and that the City hasn't !everaged mom design for <br />the road. Mr. Cox said that he hopes Council can participate this year on race relations <br /> <br /> Ms. Daughe~y noted that the Thomas Jefferson Venture, which Council hoped to use <br />as a vehicle to address race relations issues, was denied funding, so the issues wi!! need to be <br />addressed in other ways. <br /> <br /> Mr. Cox suggested that CDBG funds be used to sponsor race relations initiatives <br />throughout the year. <br /> <br /> The meeting was adjourned. <br /> <br />reside'n~ ~ C! .rkO?~ <br /> COUNC-!L CiiAMBER - October 21, 1997 <br /> <br /> Council met in regular session on this date with the following members presem: Mr. <br />Cox, Ms. Daugherty, Ms. Richards, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Toscano. <br /> <br />PUBLIC <br /> <br /> Mn-. Gary Westmoreland, representing the Virginia Film Festival, invited Councilors to <br />attend the 10th annual festival, and noted that the downtown mall wi!! be the center of the <br />festival. <br /> <br /> }Ar, Coy Barefoot of the Cville Weekly, explained that the newspaper, in response to <br />the Mayor's recommendation that the West Main Street bridge be named, sponsored a <br />contest to name the bridge, Md the following were the Cvi!le Weekly*s top picks: Drewary <br />Brown, Rufus W. Ho!singer, Rebecca McCfinness, Starr Hill, and Pat. Mr. Barefoot said <br />those name have been forw. arded to the Urban Design Committee for their consideration. <br /> <br /> Mr. Jim McGinniss of Rock Creek Road, said that a group called "Friends of Forest <br />Iq_ills Park" has been formed to provide adult supervision in afterschool hours ir~ the park. <br />Currently the program operates once a week Md will operate through November. When the <br />effort begins again in the spring, Mr. McCfinniss said he hopes that the number ofvo!unteers <br />will increase to allow the program to expand. <br /> <br /> Mr. Robert Summers, 6!3 Davis Acvenue, said tbmt he took a photographic histow of <br />the rebuilding of the West Main Street bridge, and recommended that the bridge be named <br />after Rufus Hotsinger who had been hired years ago to take pictures of accidems at the <br />bridge. <br /> <br /> _Mr. Robin Winset, 60!A Locust Avenue, applauded the effo_rts of Barbara Wrighi to <br />raise money to have the Lewis and Clark Statue cleaned, but he expressed concern that the <br />patina, a self-protecting layer for statues, will be removed by the process. Mr. Winset said he <br />feels the patina is what the artist intended to occur and he feels removing it is something the <br />City will regret. Mr. Winset reco.mmended that the funds be applied to other projects to <br />benefit the comanunity. <br /> <br /> Ms. Daugherty presented Council with a resolution opposing legislation to e!~nate the <br />personal property tax which she asked be put on the ne~ Council agenda. <br /> <br />REPORT: MEADOWCREEK PARKWAY <br /> <br /> Ms. Slaughter explained that she had asked that the Meadowcreek Parkway be placed <br />on the Council agenda in response to citizens' concerns that the federal law had been <br />circumvented. Ms. Slaughter said that tonight's discussion wi!! focus on the envirommental <br />documentation associated with the Parkway. Ms. Slaughter explained that the <br />Charlottesville-Albemarle Transportation Study (CATS) will be considered by the <br /> <br /> <br />