Shortly before the March 23 meeting of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority, City Councilor Michael Payne wrote to his colleagues on the Board of Commissioners that he would not be able to attend.
“Unfortunately, I have a conflict with another meeting and will not be able to attend,” Payne wrote in an email at 5:06 p.m. “Mondays often create 6pm meeting conflicts on my end.”
Payne is appointed by his colleagues to the CRHA Board as one of the body’s seven members. There are two positions reserved for people who live in CRHA properties, but one of those positions is vacant after the death of Alice Washington last summer. So far only one person has applied for that seat according to Payne…