RESOLUTION
Reconstituting the Charlottesville Planning Commission and appointing or reappointing its
                              members for staggered terms
       WHEREAS Section 15.2-2212 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, (“Va. Code”)
requires local planning commissions to be constituted in accordance with certain specifications,
including certain categories of membership (including a requirement that at least half of the
membership must be owners of real property); and
       WHEREAS pursuant to City Code §2-237 of the City Code, the Charlottesville Planning
Commission consists of seven members; however, the intervals for staggering of the terms of the
seven commissioners no longer comply with statutory requirements, which specify terms
staggered at one-year intervals, divided equally or as nearly equal as possible between the
membership;
       WHEREAS pursuant to the Three-Party Agreement executed among the City, the
University of Virginia (UVA), and Albemarle County in 1986, the City agreed to include a
representative of UVA as a non-voting member of the planning commission; now, therefore
       BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that the Charlottesville
Planning Commission is hereby reconstituted and its membership re-appointed, and three
individuals are hereby appointed to “Interim Terms” to allow for the terms of the planning
commission members to be staggered in the manner required by Virginia Code §15.2-2212, as
follows:
   Seat 1.    Interim Term (ending August 31, 2023)     Appointee:
   Seat 2.    Regular Term (ending August 31, 2024)     Liz Russell – reappointed
   Seat 3.    Regular Term (ending August 31, 2024)     Lyle Solla-Yates –reappointed
   Seat 4.    Interim Term (ending August 31, 2025)     Appointee:
   Seat 5.    Interim Term (ending August 31, 2025)     Appointee:
   Seat 6.    Regular Term (ending August 31, 2026)     Appointee:
   Seat 7.    Regular Term (ending August 31, 2026)     Appointee:__
   Seat 8.    UVA ex officio, per 1986 3-Party Agreement (not appointed by Council)