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7/20/2020 City Council Meeting
 Closed Session as provided by Sections 2.2-3711 and 2.2-3712 of the Virginia Code: Virtual/electronic meeting (Legal consultation)
 
 Regular Meeting: Virtual/electronic meeting (Register at www.charlottesville.gov/zoom)
 
 CALL TO ORDER
 
 MOMENT OF SILENCE
 
 ROLL CALL
 
 AGENDA APPROVAL
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
[Collapse]RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS
 
  1. Government Finance Officers Association Certificate of Excellence in Reporting
  
REC_2019 GFOA Certificate of Excellence
  2. Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
  
PROC_MinorityMentalHealthAwareness-July2020
[Collapse]CONSENT AGENDA*
 
  3. June 1 closed and regular meetings; June 8 closed meeting; June 11 closed meeting; June 15 closed and regular meetings; June 18 special/closed meeting; June 23 closed meeting; June 25 closed meeting; June 30 work session
  
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MINS_20200608Jun08Closed-DRAFT
MINS_20200611Jun11Closed-DRAFT
MINS_20200615Jun15-DRAFT
MINS_20200618Jun18Closed-DRAFT
MINS_20200623Jun23Closed-DRAFT
MINS_20200625Jun25Closed-DRAFT
MINS_20200630Jun30WS-VibrantCommunityFund-DRAFT
  4. Maintenance Vehicle Insurance Reimbursement – $40,706.32 (2nd reading)
  
Maint. Veh. Insurance Reimbursement_$40,706.32
  5. 2020 Energy and Water Management Program (EWMP) Fund - $1,429.47 (2nd reading)
  
APP_$1,429.47 EWMP Fund Memo
  6. Grant Award from Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services - $242,770 (2nd reading)
  
Grant Award_VA Dept of Criminal Justice Services - $242,770
  7. Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program Fiscal Year 2020 - $80,781 (2nd reading)
  
APP_FY20 BJA Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Appropriation 2020-VD-BX-1485 FINAL ADA Accessible
  8. Virginia Housing Solutions Program Supplemental COVID-19 Grant Award - $243,276 (1st of 2 readings)
  
APP_$243,276 VHSP COVID -19 Supplemental Funds Appropriation memo 7-20-2020
  9. Emergency Food and Shelter Program-C.A.R.E.S. act funding - $7,099 (1st of 2 readings)
  
APP_$7,099_EmergencyFoodShelterProgram
  10. Open Society Foundation Emma Lazarus Campaign on Cities Grant - $250,000 (1st of 2 readings)
  
APP_$250,000 OSF Emma Lazarus Initiative Council Appropriation memo 7-20-2020
  11. Tax payment refund to Silverchair Science & Communications, Inc. - $90,342.49 (1 reading)
  
RES_$90,342.49_Silverchair Refund
  12. Establishing the City Council policy on military style training and weapon acquisition for the Charlottesville Police Department (1 reading)
  
RES_CPDTrainingWeaponry
  13. Supporting legislation to declare racism a public health crisis in Virginia (1 reading)
  
RES_PublicHealthCrisis
  14. Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority - Rivanna Solid Waste Authority Quarterly Update
  
20200720_RWSA RSWA Quartlery Update
 CITY MANAGER RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY MATTERS (FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS)
 
 COMMUNITY MATTERS
 
[Collapse]ACTION ITEMS
 
  15. SmartScale Grant Applications approval: West Main Streetscape Phase Three; Ridge Street Multimodal Improvements; Preston Avenue/Grady Avenue Intersection Improvements; Emmet Street Multimodal Phase Two (1 reading)
  
PH-RES_SmartScale Memo Attachments
  16. Lochlyn Hill Subdivision: Vacation of Utility Easements and Right of Way (request to waive 2nd reading)
  
PH-ORD_Lochlyn Hills Subd_easement vac-ROW
 [Collapse]17. Flint Hill Planned Unit Development (PUD): consideration of a rezoning application, critical slope waiver, and right-of-way realignment
  
ORD_Flint Hill PUD Rezoning_Critical Slope_Road
   a. Ordinance to amend and re-enact the Zoning Map for the City of Charlottesville, to reclassify certain property from R-1S to Planned Unit Development ("Flint Hill PUD") (1st of 2 readings)
   
   b. An Ordinance closing, vacating and discontinuing portions of Flint Drive and Keene Court within the area of the proposed Flint Hill PUD (1st of 2 readings)
   
   c. Resolution granting a Critical Slope Waiver for a development project described in Rezoning Application ZM20-00001 (“Flint Hill Planned Unit Development”) (1 reading)
   
  18. Approval of the results from the Emmet Streetscape Design Public Hearing (1 reading)
  
RES_Emmet Streetscape PH results approval
  19. Approval of a sidewalk waiver at Landonia Circle (1 reading)
  
RES_Landonia Sidewalk Waiver
  20. Adding Section 33-10 to Chapter 33 of the Code of the City of Charlottesville (1990), prohibiting Firearms and Ammunition in Public Spaces, (1st of 2 readings) 
  
ORD_Firearms-Ch33
  21. Amending Section 2-6 of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Code of the City of Charlottesville, to add June 19 as an Official City Holiday (1st of 2 readings)
  
ORD_Juneteenth
  22. Allocation of Vibrant Community Fund Dollars for the Fiscal Year 2021 Adopted Budget - $2,259,129 (1 reading)
  
RES_Vibrant Community Fund Allocations for FY21 Budget
  23. Request for legislators at the Virginia General Assembly special session to support legislation that establishes the duties, powers and authority of police civilian review boards, including subpoena powers (1 reading)
  
RES_CRBSubpoenaSupport
[Collapse]GENERAL BUSINESS
 
  24. Consideration of honorary street naming requests
  
RES_Honorary Street Name BLM Memo with attachments - Accessible
  25. Consideration of support for the Frontline Workers Fair Treatment Charter
  
REP_Fair Workers Treatment Charter
  26. Approval of guidelines for community meetings during Covid-19
  
RES_Community engagement during COVID19
[Collapse]OTHER BUSINESS
 
  27. Discussion of Boards and Commissions guidance: approval of board and subcommittee meetings for August and going forward; Sister Cities Commission request to schedule retreat in September 
  
 MATTERS BY THE PUBLIC
 
 *Action Needed
 
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