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4 comprehensive redesign and reconstruction of the downtown public parks without the Lee and Jackson s tatues, inclusive of construction documents, fabrication and installation of all new permanent plaques and memorials* or monuments is fully funded and realized. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the scope of a separate RFP for the PHASE II -Final Master Plan sha ll be developed in consultation with the aforementioned community and stakeholder groups, and issued immediately after a date certain for the removal of the Lee and Jackson statues has been secured either through the Courts or the Virginia General Assembl y. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that sometime prior to PHASE II, the Board of Architectural Review (BAR) shall meet to vote on the removal of both statues as required by Charlottesville City ordinances, so that there is no procedural delay in removing the stat ues, pending Virginia Court decisions and/or changes in the Virginia Code. *The actual design of a new memorial to Charlottesville’s enslaved population (and an as yet to be determined additional memorial in Emancipation Park) in keeping with the recommendations of the BRC, shall be determined by an independent process (including but not limited to a design competition) in PHASE II. (Resolution offered by Councilor Galvin, November 6, 2017)