Minutes of Civilian Review Board Public Meeting
                                     Water Street Center
                        407 E. Water Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902
                                        August 16, 2018

Present:

   •   Gloria Beard, Josh Bowers, Sarah Burke, Don Gathers, Juan Gonzalez, Rosia Parker,
       Katrina Turner, and Guillermo Ubilla (full board)

Meeting Leader:

   •   Don Gathers

Secretary:

   •   Josh Bowers

Agenda:

   •   Community Input
   •   Presentation by City Staff
   •   Old Business
   •   New Business
   •   Open Discussion
   •   Adjourn

Community Input:

   •   Jeff Fogel, a member of the public, distributed a handout on best practices for civilian
       review boards. He also expressed frustration about not hearing back from internal
       affairs concerning a complaint he had filed previously.

Presentation by City Staff:

   •   Lisa Robertson, a city attorney, provided an extensive PowerPoint presentation about
       the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and related statutes, concerning conflicts and
       the record-keeping obligations of public officials and boards.
Old Business:

   •   Don Gathers read a letter responding to a letter written to the Board by Denise
       Lunsford, a local attorney for the Southern States Police Benevolent Association. The
       letter will be sent to Ms. Lunsford.

   •   Members had begun to develop draft mission statements for the Board. By motion and
       unanimous vote, the Board decided to table discussion of the draft mission statements
       until the Board’s next meeting, on August 28, 2018.

New Business:

   •   Josh Bowers explained that he had arranged for two UVA Law students, Amie Simmons
       and Taylor Mitchell, to prepare a presentation to be given at the Board’s next meeting,
       on August 28, 2018. The students had spent the summer researching best practices for
       civilian review board and will present their findings. No one objected to the plan for the
       students to give the presentation.

Open Discussion:

   •   There was some discussion of administrative support. All members agreed that at least
       one city administrative staff member should be present at every Board meeting, going
       forward.

Adjourn