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City Council Special Meeting   6/16/2023

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  • Notice of Special Meeting - June 16, 2023
  • Minutes_20230616Jun16-special-APPROVED
  • Notice of Special Meeting - June 16, 2023
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:00:16
      I think 17 and I have about 20 or 21.
    • 00:00:18
      Oh, okay.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:00:19
      Most of them.
    • 00:00:25
      Okay.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:00:26
      The little lady downstairs always looks at me so I have my mask on when I come in.
    • 00:00:32
      Well, see, if I had my little swipey thing, it wouldn't work.
    • 00:00:35
      I was going to come through the neighborhood.
    • 00:00:38
      Yes.
    • 00:00:38
      Yes.
    • 00:00:39
      But it wouldn't work.
    • 00:00:40
      I'm like, what is going on?
    • 00:00:41
      So I doubled back and I buzzed and Keena let me in up here so I could, she said she'll have them check it for me.
    • 00:00:50
      I said, okay.
    • 00:00:53
      So I brought all my equipment here for our convo.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:01:25
      Morning, Madam Clerk, or afternoon, Madam Clerk.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:01:31
      You can count the minutes.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:01:51
      I assume we're, that we don't have any reason to think we're not getting the other counselors.
    • 00:01:57
      I haven't heard of him.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:02:00
      I know.
    • 00:02:00
      I know now Michael wasn't at our commission meeting.
    • 00:02:05
      Yes.
    • 00:02:05
      Yeah, the thingy thingy.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:02:06
      Yeah, the Black Empowerment Council.
    • 00:02:08
      Mm-hmm, he was there.
    • 00:02:09
      I was invited also, but I said I think I need to be doing my job.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:02:14
      Sena, can you explain to me
    • 00:02:19
      There's not a Planning Commission meeting now.
    • 00:02:22
      We went for that one.
    • 00:02:24
      I thought that was one toward the end of the month.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:02:27
      It usually is on the fourth Tuesday.
    • 00:02:29
      This month it's being canceled.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:02:31
      It's canceled.
    • 00:02:32
      But then we canceled one meeting and they scheduled two more or three more in July.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:02:40
      Planning Commission has scheduled two meetings for July 5th and July 13th to try to finalize what they want to finalize with the zoning plan.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:02:53
      Okay, so I have to RSVP to those.
    • 00:02:55
      Okay.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:02:56
      And those are truly their work sessions.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:02:59
      But we should be there.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:03:01
      Well, I want to be there, number one, because I want to hear what they're talking about.
    • 00:03:07
      Number two, Lyle will often ask counselors what we think.
    • 00:03:10
      I've sometimes used those as an opportunity to
    • 00:03:14
      Yeah, to kind of let people know that I'm not necessarily on board with where they're going.
    • 00:03:20
      I got it.
    • 00:03:21
      And to ask some questions earlier on, because what I really don't want to have happen is what happened two years ago, which was the council really kind of had a hands-off attitude while the Planning Commission did all of its own thing with the future land use map, and then...
    • 00:03:36
      When it came to council, nobody else on council other than me wanted to talk about it.
    • 00:03:43
      And I kept saying, we haven't talked about it.
    • 00:03:45
      We can't do this at this point.
    • 00:03:47
      And they wanted to get it done by the end of the year because Heather and Nikuyah were going off.
    • 00:03:54
      And there was not a thought that the new councilors should have that dropped in their lap.
    • 00:04:01
      Otherwise we'd never make any progress.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:04:02
      But it was only going to be two new people.
    • 00:04:03
      Here comes Brian.
    • 00:04:06
      So, okay, I've seen it, 5 and 13.
    • 00:04:11
      I'm almost positive it's on my desk calendar that I write.
    • 00:04:17
      It was hot.
    • 00:04:19
      Did we have ackee and saltfish?
    • SPEAKER_03
    • 00:04:20
      I did.
    • 00:04:21
      Yay!
    • 00:04:22
      That's good.
    • 00:04:24
      Yep.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:04:26
      Saltfish.
    • 00:04:27
      Did you have your real live Jamaican coffee?
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:04:34
      is Harry Belafonte saying hockey and salt fish are nice.
    • SPEAKER_03
    • 00:04:39
      How are you?
    • 00:04:40
      It doesn't matter.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:04:41
      It doesn't matter.
    • 00:04:42
      It doesn't matter.
    • SPEAKER_03
    • 00:04:42
      Gradually getting a voice back.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:04:44
      Girl, it doesn't matter.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:04:46
      We tried that before and we couldn't
    • SPEAKER_01
    • 00:04:52
      You know you can't duplicate the flavor.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:04:56
      And you know I used to buy it every year at Christmas because grit would bring it in but then it got so expensive for them to ship it over they said it was cost graded and I said but I'm a coffee drinker it's not cost graded.
    • 00:05:09
      It's just like whenever I go to Miami, it is, I love it.
    • 00:05:12
      It's just like whenever I go to Miami my first stop after I check in is I had to have a cup of Cuban coffee.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:05:18
      Here come demand.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 00:05:20
      I wouldn't have been here on town if I hadn't known so many people.
    • 00:05:25
      Oh, I know, man.
    • 00:05:25
      Look, going somewhere with Juan, if you think it's going to be- Think twice as long.
    • 00:05:29
      Yes.
    • 00:05:30
      You've got to factor in the Juan factor.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:05:34
      Okay.
    • SPEAKER_01
    • 00:05:35
      So what I was told about the broadcast is that it's going to be on BoxCast.
    • 00:05:41
      So there's not a Zoom link that people joined in on.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:05:44
      Okay.
    • SPEAKER_01
    • 00:05:45
      But it would be BoxCast.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:05:46
      All right.
    • 00:05:47
      So we'll call ourselves to order at roughly 3.30 and roll call, I guess.
    • SPEAKER_02
    • 00:05:56
      Okay.
    • 00:05:56
      Councilor Payne?
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:05:57
      Here.
    • SPEAKER_02
    • 00:05:58
      Councilor Pinkston?
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:05:59
      Here.
    • SPEAKER_02
    • 00:05:59
      Councilor Puryear?
    • 00:06:00
      Here.
    • 00:06:00
      Mayor Snook?
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:06:01
      Here.
    • SPEAKER_02
    • 00:06:01
      Vice Mayor Wade?
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:06:02
      Here.
    • 00:06:03
      And so the only item on today's agenda is that we are going to have a motion and a vote to enter into closed session to discuss our choices for city manager.
    • 00:06:13
      Is there a motion to go into closed session?
    • SPEAKER_06
    • 00:06:16
      Yes, sir.
    • 00:06:17
      Pursuant to Section 2.2-3712 of the Virginia Code, I hereby move that City Council close this open meeting and convene in a closed meeting as authorized by Virginia Code Section 2.2-3711A1 for discussion and consideration of prospective candidates for employment to the position of City Manager for the City of Charlottesville.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 00:06:40
      Second.
    • 00:06:41
      Okay.
    • 00:06:41
      Cast your vote.
    • 00:06:45
      Okay, it passes five-nothing.
    • 00:06:48
      We will now go into closed session.
    • 00:06:50
      If anybody's paying any attention, I will tell you that we will come back out of closed session at the end, probably an hour and a half or so from now.
    • 00:06:58
      We will not take any votes either, obviously we can't in closed session, nor will we take any votes or make any statements afterwards.
    • 00:07:06
      We will simply come back into open session for the purposes of adjournment.
    • 00:07:11
      So anyway, we're now going to go into closed session.
    • SPEAKER_05
    • 01:00:00
      Oh, do you know what that's in?
    • SPEAKER_06
    • 01:00:02
      What type of band music did you like?
    • SPEAKER_03
    • 01:00:04
      Uh, I thought there was go-go music, but I'm not in a position.
    • 01:00:06
      Oh, I like go-go music.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 01:00:33
      Okay, do we have to do anything to start up or just start?
    • SPEAKER_03
    • 01:00:37
      I believe we just start.
    • 01:00:38
      The video is running.
    • 01:00:39
      Constantly, okay.
    • 01:00:40
      Do you want me to just verify?
    • 01:00:42
      No, we're fine.
    • 01:00:44
      I don't know if anyone's there to respond.
    • 01:00:45
      Do you have the same?
    • 01:00:48
      to read this out, Brian?
    • 01:00:50
      I think we should be fine.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 01:00:51
      Okay.
    • 01:00:52
      Okay.
    • 01:00:52
      So it is 427.
    • 01:00:53
      We're coming back from our closed session and the first item of business is to certify that we have done all that we're supposed to do in closed session.
    • 01:01:03
      Is there a motion to that effect?
    • SPEAKER_06
    • 01:01:05
      Yes, sir.
    • 01:01:06
      I move that this council certify by a recorded vote that to the best of each council member's knowledge only public business matters lawfully exempted from the open meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the closed session.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 01:01:25
      Is there a second?
    • 01:01:26
      Second.
    • 01:01:26
      Okay.
    • 01:01:27
      Cast your vote.
    • 01:01:30
      Five zip.
    • 01:01:31
      All right.
    • 01:01:32
      Nothing further to be done.
    • 01:01:33
      We stand adjourned.
    • 01:01:34
      See everybody Tuesday.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 01:01:35
      Four o'clock.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 01:01:38
      Four o'clock, yes.
    • 01:01:39
      Or at some event this weekend, right.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 01:01:40
      Okay, four o'clock, Tuesday.
    • SPEAKER_03
    • 01:01:44
      Election day.
    • Lloyd Snook
    • 01:01:45
      Oh, my gosh.
    • SPEAKER_04
    • 01:01:46
      Oh, no.