The appointed body that has had a major influence on the creation of the new Development Code has three new members, but still has two vacancies. The Housing Advisory Committee is a twelve-person group with slots reserved for specific categories.
Peppy Linden and Michael Parisi have both been named as the two at-large members. Linden spent 21 years as the executive director of the Virginia Discovery Museum. Parisi is the vice president of the Rose Hill Neighborhood Association.
Developer Nicole Scro has been named to the Housing Advisory Committee in a position reserved for real estate professionals. She joins Planning Commissioner Philip d’Oronzio and Heather Griffith of Nest Realty in that category.
Council also reassigned Dan Rosensweig of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville from the real estate category to the “non-profit representation” category where he joins Sunshine Mathon, the executive director of the Piedmont Housing Alliance and John Sales, executive director of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
Joy Johnson, a resident of Westhaven and an employee of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority, is on the HAC as an “affordable housing beneficiary.” There are still two vacant positions in this category.
Michael Payne is the City Council’s representative.
At their last meeting on February 21, the Housing Advisory Committee discussed the creation of a land bank ordinance. These meetings are held in CitySpace and are not recorded.
In other appointments:
- Al Pola and Cameron McBride have been named to the Police Civilian Oversight Board. The city’s website does not list the members of this group.
- Jeffrey Aten has been reappointed to the Charlottesville Tree Commission and three new members have been appointed. They are Eric Bredder, Shanti Levy, Woody Parrish, and Manuel Lerdau.
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