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<br />CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING WORK SESSION MINUTES October 3, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. CitySpace, 100 5th Street NE <br /> <br />The Charlottesville City Council held a special meeting in the format of a work session on <br />Tuesday, October 3, 2023. Mayor Snook called the meeting to order with all members present: Mayor Lloyd Snook, Vice Mayor Juandiego Wade, and Councilors Michael Payne, Brian Pinkston, and Leah Puryear. <br />Mayor Snook stated that this meeting and several subsequent special meetings are an opportunity <br />for City Council to spend more time in discussion on items that have been considered for some time by the Planning Commission. In response to citizen concerns about potential property tax increases related to the results of the updated Zoning Ordinance, Mr. Snook read a statement from City Assessor Jeffrey Davis. In the letter Mr. Davis stated: <br /> <br />“The Assessor’s Office will not immediately revise assessments to match “what <br />can be built on site.” To my knowledge, no one in the Assessor’s Office made that <br />statement. <br />I think it is logical to assume, that by increasing the density, property values may rise over time, but there is no basis for an immediate increase in assessments. <br />The Assessor’s Office analyzes sales data to determine real estate assessments. <br />Until there is sufficient sales information to provide direction, we will not adjust the <br />present values.” Regarding a question about the legality of the Zoning Code as related to inclusion of the Department of Transportation, Mr. Stroman stated that the allegation has no bearing on the current process and is ill-founded. He stated that an allegation from a year ago regarding the <br />Comprehensive Plan is ill-founded and the Comprehensive Plan is still in place. Responding to a question from Mr. Snook, John Sales, Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority Executive Director, listed qualifications for University of Virginia students to qualify for low-income housing. Sunshine Mathon, Executive Director of Piedmont Housing <br />Alliance (PHA), and a volunteer on the Charlottesville Housing Advisory Committee as well as state and national housing committees, shared information about the use of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for rentals, specifically the Kindlewood redevelopment, making units that would normally be market-rate into 80% Area Median Income (AMI) units, allowing PHA controls for student populations to move into the community. <br /> James Freas, Director of Neighborhood Development Services, introduced speakers for the work session. <br />Antoine Williams, Housing Programs Manager with the Charlottesville Office of Community <br />Solutions, defined “placement” and “anti-displacement”. Placement is defined as the action of putting someone or something in a particular place or the fact of being placed or the action of finding a home, job, or school for someone. Anti-displacement generally refers to strategies and <br />Page 46 of 171