NOTICE OF EMERGENCY/ SPECIAL MEETING
Pursuant to Virginia Code § 2.2-3707.D., BY ORDER OF MAYOR NIKUYAH WALKER, AN
EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN
CALLED AND SHALL BE HELD:
DATE: Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.
LOCATION: ZOOM Virtual/ Electronic Meeting. Register at www.charlottesville.gov/zoom
AGENDA: The proposed agenda for this emergency/special meeting is as follows:


       I.     CALL TO ORDER

       II.    ROLL CALL

       III.   Vote to suspend City Council’s rule requiring a 5 hour meeting notice.

       IV.    OPEN MEETING to vote on a removal of the Lewis, Clark and Sacajawea
              statue located on West Main Street.

       V.     ADJOURN




This meeting notice is provided contemporaneously to City Council and to the public.




Individuals with disabilities who require assistance or special arrangements to participate
in the public meeting may call (434) 970-3182 or submit a request via email to
ada@charlottesville.gov.
                                        RESOLUTION

          TO REMOVE A STATUE/ SCULPTURE DEPICTING SACAJAWEA,
           MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK, FOR STORAGE

         WHEREAS, the Charlottesville City Council has publicly expressed its desire, and has
stated its intention, to remove and relocate a statue/ sculpture depicting Sacajawea, Meriwether
Lewis, and William Clark currently located on West Main Street in the City (the “Statue”), such
desires and intentions having previously been expressed by Resolution adopted by City Council
on November 15, 2019; and

        WHEREAS, City staff has presented a plan for removal of the Statue, and for
transportation of the Statue to a storage location owned, or co-owned, by the City, such actions
to be completed within the funding previously appropriated by Council on July 7, 2021;

      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT the Statue shall be removed from its current location on West
Main Street and transported to a storage location owned, or co-owned by the City, and the City
Manager is hereby authorized to carry out this relocation.