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thank you very much the clerk pleasecall the roll screen smeal near talked with my miss williams strand here good evening ladies and gentlemenin it thank you for being here welcome tothis public hearing before we begin begin we just have a few rules if you will we have about birth while we have about i don't know40 maybe 50 speakers here arm the we're not gonna call you in anyspecific order

somebody's gotta be called firstsomebody's gotta go last and i'm sorry about that but you know itbut we're just gonna try to work through the list was trying to group them according to topic and we'll do our bestto to move the public hearing along when i call yourname if you come to the podium here werekeeping a record of everything is being said so in order to do that you need to identify yourselffor the record by giving us your full name please andthen give us your present home address

then we would like you to limit yourremarks 23 minutes if you will hear buzzer there goes offif you're in the middle of your sentence you can finish but since we have so manyspeakers we would like you lease at the end up three minutes if youwould step away from the podium outright urge you if you're you know ifyou're moving if you're taking too long but i respect for everybody who wants tospeak i would ask you to do that what how do i begin by calling a callone name and then i'll call a second the first name mike that i callplease come to the podium

the second name will come right downhere if you will welcome close to the front row righthere so you'll be ready to move up to thepodium when i call your name the second time so if i call jane doe jack smith janedoe come to the podium jack smith or come down here and a seedand then i'll call jack smith and you know john orsomething for the second one in there where will try to move this thing along arm other let me also say this youknow we really want to have a good

public hearing in in that includes you know you have toplay a role in this everyone who's gets to speak here thatanyone who wants need to be treated with respect if youagree with them that's fine if you'd if you don't agreewe don't expect any comments to be made and if we can keepthe volume in here down you know as low as we can that everybodycan hear what everybody says and everybody will be treated equallyplease so we hope that you would adhere to that so arm

what we'll do is we'll begin then otherfirst speaker is doctor kirk it did you hear that the light isshining in the speakers do we need that in order for the video ok okay i'm i don't understand all thisbut i'm told all the lights are on the samesystem in an ordered them we're also gonna in a broadcast this as well on this onthe city channel in order to light the podium that that's a necessity i'msorry

i you know that's but will try to dobetter next time promise you that okay in there somewherethere's a mother sees maybe you can get out at the at the light okay okay so the first speaker will be doctor kirkhouston and a doctor houston will be followed bydoctor samuel king place good evening me a frame members ofcouncil city manager jones thank you for theopportunity to speak to you regarding funding for our schools iwould ask that the

other members at the school were presentto please stand and be recognized thank you very much my fellow school board members thesuperintendent and i appreciate your willingness to invest increating together a world class division school divisionthat will be that will ensure that all of our students are provided a highquality education that will enable them to be powerfulcontributors to our society compete globally and make the city ofnorfolk an even greater an attractive city to live work and drywe appreciate the

increases that you've made in formeryears i and the plans to build five new schools another public schools governor'sleadership team which includes our superintendent andschool board firmly believes that we are on the right path toward i our desired outcome as you know injuly 2013 the board adopted a strategic plan that was the product ayear's worth of work with our community to identify ourcommunity believes after tg objectives and i action stepsfor achieving our objectives

over the next five years as a componentof the strategic plan the school division also engaged in aneight-month facilities planning study laid-back communitysteering committee to determine how to use our facilitiesand programming wisely and efficiently and in the best interest about childrenthe board and superintendent have begun planning for the implementation that study'srecommendations particularly to the north for publicschools transformation initiative which will involve an excitingtransformation and many of our schools

and provide new educationalopportunities for children across norfolk this proposal is designedto support our strategic planning efforts toattract families who are looking for high quality programs for their children the board the superintendent and thescores a community members who have assisted in our strategicplanning and facilities study processes have put a tremendous about aresearch and thought into the true strategic priorities fornot for public schools mister mayor you and our city councilmembers

have continuously asked us tocommunicate to you our school divisions true needs in order to become thecornerstone on this proudly diverse community ourbudget request for the 2015 2016 year was made with those strategic priorities and needs firmly in place the schoolboard's proposed budget reflects our priorities and theresources that we need and that are central to our continued progress early learning

an essential component to studentachievement keep going back i mean that dark eased professional development toensure that our staff members a highly effective instructional technology and technologyinfrastructure needs open campus which will greatly enhanceour graduation rate and salaries i increase salaries support our employees our add here thatour teachers and all our i employees both our need and deserve

a pay increase so that we may retain acontinue to attract highly effective teachers and other staff members thegovernor's team has painstakingly analyzed to determine our needs forsuccess and our budget reflects that analysis we're striving to be good stewardsevolve our resources and in this current economic climateclimate we know that the challenge we know all thechallenges are to meeting our strategic priorities is enormous butwe ask tonight we plead with you that you were deadfully

of rhonda the budget that we arepresented and proposed to you we also realize that that money is not the answer to allabout challenges but more resources greatly needed inorder for us to for feel the strategic planand to continue the progress that we have begunto make this year and i i am confident that priority is that education is a great priority onthe the city council's agenda and and thatwe will be

well pleased where to your response to our request and proposal thank youfor allowing me this time to share thank you duckies doctor king policehave followed by shirley camp in a reader good evening mare frame members of citycouncil city manager and members of the community thank youfor providing me in our school board this time to address you regardingfunding for north for public schools i am grateful that we have had multipleopportunities to discuss with you our school divisions needs as we drawout toward the end of the year

for sure implementation about five yearstrategic plan courses plan was developed to afive-year process development in terms of working with hundreds ofcommunity volunteers to develop our mission and vision forpublic education in city of norfolk as part of that process we also workwith our community to come to agreement about our core beliefs our mission television individualizepublic education programs that are essential to maximizing thepotential about students and supporting citizens and as wesupport our students is lifelong

learners our beliefs also focus upon the factthat excellent public education excellent public education and excellentpublic education systems are cornerstones of economic development health but ality and all the above for this community with those beliefs as ourgot an offer public school governance leadership team consisting of the schoolboard and and superintended has sent it all atthe school division's critical work around the five-year strategic plan inthe process of developing

an operating budget for 2014-15 all expenditures and resources as wellas our knees were evaluated in terms of whether they are land with that plan in advance that strategicplan although it is true that north publicschools enrollment has declined by five percent over the last six years approximately itis also true that are operating revenues and expenditures have decreased decreased over the same period of timein the process of developing our

operating budget for fiscal year 2015for example we reduce our base operating costs bynearly ten million dollars and we are continuing to evaluate ourprograms for you efficiency and effectiveness in terms of their results for childrenmeanwhile our challenges have increased exponentially the percentage of students who qualifyfor free or reduced lunch price meals an indicator of economic disadvantagehas increased by double digits in recent years

state mandates across multiple domainsincluding student achievement benchmarks are requirements for technology andonline testing continue to increase in order to me both aboutchallenges an enormous promise about our strategic plan thegovernor's leadership team has requested additional support from the city we appreciate our cityleadership for consistently asking us to reflect our real needs in our budget request does that theproposed operating budget for another public schools

addresses most where is a critical needin order to advance our strategic plan we must continue to attract and retainhighly qualified and highly effective teachers and staff and competition with other localdivisions across our area how the effectiveteachers and staff or center to increase in student achievement across ourdivision therefore a salary increase for ourstaff our teachers an entire staff how asalary increase is urging we must increase thepercentage of students meeting or

exceeding state standards which also relates to the number of schools thatare created it by the state how to train teachers and schoolprincipals re-key to that effort now propose operating budget we haveincluded funding for staff development targeted at specific areas andinstruction tony another important area for us isincreasing the percentage of students who graduate on time with a high school diploma we add anadditional request for an open campus academy

we should begin to address criticalneeds in critical problems as it relates to high school graduation and chronic amid concerns at the highschool level for students that are behind on critics' at a severe level our budget request also addresses theongoing need for technology infrastructure we met we remain behind the curve inthat area we must continue to address that issuethe governor's leadership team is committed to continuing to evaluate allexpenditures to ensure

that they all aligned with the strategicplan and to ensure that we remain wise and watch was to its a public resources for the benefits havechildren we respectfully request that our city leaders considerfull funding at the school board's budget request sothat we may continue to forge a strategic path for norfolk public schools thank you foryour attention thank you doctor king shirley confin0 rheader followed by cynthia treatments

up honorable man mayor city council city manager everyone else i'm sure they convene oh the peter thechair the mayor's commission persons with disabilities the purposefor the mayor's commission for persons with disabilities is an assist persons with disabilitiesenergy more independent info lives through promoting awarenessand their needs to agencies and organizations tend to provide a focal point for input

from the it'd disabled community intothe city's decision-making process this commission is an advisory to thedevoted to director the department of humanservices we have been in force since january since june 27th 1978 in february 2011 the city and not think created sleep by rarities listing first accessibility mobility and connectivity in 2015 for both to propose both it

advanced rarity to say healthy andinclusive communities our aim is to provideguidance to the main and city council to help create citythat is welcoming to all: more specifically to those who wish toage in place persons with disabilities and wewouldn't worry is are aim is to also prevent exposure tolitigation we will have speakers addressed issuestonight they require your attention includingsidewalks and curbs kurds traffics in a signalscommunication so important for emergency

and bathrooms we plead with you tolisten make allowances in your butt 2015 budget a budget that will bring our city closerto the full compliance with the americans with disabilities actand then to set aside an ongoing budget i am that will bring is into the future thankyou thank you come city create followed byhelen brown mister mayor honorable council and mister towns and i'm gonna talkabout sidewalks

yet give us your name and your addressi'm sorry cindy cherie 2001 loose 11 now interesting riverviewand knock sidewalks form the backdrop back bandhave the pedestrian transportation network and sidewalks reducing incidence apedestrian collisions injuries and deaths in residential areas along two-way roadways without sidewalks public right to play or inaccessible arepedestrians including people with disabilities

when sidewalks are not availablepedestrians are forced to share this story with murderous access to publictransportation is restricted and children may not have a safe way toaccess play areas when construction and even cracked are non maintain sidewalksimpede travel and pedestrian routes it causes problems for the averagewalker to travel safely to get to their destination for people using assistive deviceswheelchairs walkers canes

for people who are blind or have lowvision traveling on the sidelines can provedangerous or even impassable our person should be provided with areasonably safe convenient and accessible path through the limits aboutwork zones to the maximum extent feasible it not feasible and accessiblepedestrian route should be provided detectable warning devices duringconstruction are needed that everyone can understand temporary car loans cannot be placed onher cats their guidelines that are publishedbut ignored with regard to death

according to the 2015 badgett the cityhas about 12 125 miles curbs and sidewalks many which is in need of repair are in the inre every pair we ask that you make a suitable answerthe 2015 budget to repair sandbox and that training is given to thecontractors before any construction starts said that they may be safelynegotiated in the fiscal year 2014 year to datecast report made it last night's hrt commission meeting the cons for the two types oftransportation provided

are five dollars in 12 cents per riderand bass and 27 and sixty twenty seven dollars in64 cents per rider and paratransit you can seewhich one is cheaper ran in the best is cheaper and safelypossible when the rider can reach the bus stopand sidewalks and curb cuts in good repair many timesthere eligible for parry transit only becausethey can't get from their house to the bus stop thank you thank you thank you said helen brown followed bymerlyn copeland

up good evening mayor frame members city council my nameis helen nelson brown i live 901 colonial avenue in norfolk virginia as a member themayor's commission for persons with disabilities and thehrt advisory committee for persons with disability i am here tonight to request yoursupport and allocating funds forty completion 4400 and 83 plus curb ramps mister richard

broad assistant in the public worksdepartment stated city has made a total up 6,000 471 ada approved ramps this number does notinclude ramps said began years ago nra need of repair occurred ramp is a short cutting in a curved it provides anaccessible route for persons using a wheelchair scooter walker are other assistivedevice

to emulate the street not without theramp person to use any assistive device chapel are unable to travel safely inour city often we ate they are forced to travelthe public street we have all seen these people and askwhy on nopers and should be forced to travel our community alongside cars and othervehicles industry ramps create easier and saferaccess to schools libraries city services religiousinstitutions public transportation

shopping and places i've been i'm rams provide independence these people ramps enable people to use city passes or that thai instead using paratransit this will save hrt money ramps enable more people to get to theirjobs these people be employed and helped to bryn mawr attacks based in the city atno over the past 22 years since eighty abus pass

there has and neglect by the city to fulfill itsoperations to pick away to provide curb ramps the cost ramps is a necessary addition to yourcity budget we must include all citizens in their ability to navigate treatcertain of including the aging baby boomers thosewho are with excessive devices and our woundedwarriors our streets must be accessible

to all american citizens and visitors weplayed with you to address this need for more careerramps antennae date funds to accomplish thisproject in your 2015 budget and yet additional funding to replenish her cuts in the futurethank you thank you back relation merely copelandfollowed by career ender russian york aka rams good evening ladies and gentlemenmy name is marlon copeland livid 9720 a few street

now be addressing the issue audiosignals installing audio signals will enable theperson who was blind or its low vision make the street crossingmore safely people who are blind as many techniquesto cross streets besides trying to determine the headlinemint up the intersection so they can orient themselves locate thepush button for the signals that they are available they have to know when the walk intervalbegins we ask you to imagine what it would belike to cross the street wearing

blindfold accessible pedestrian signalsand pedestrian push buttons communicates information about the walkand don't walk signals at signalized intersections in andnon-visual formats such as portable tones and vibrotactile services so pedestrians who are blind who havelow vision will have assistance for safer travel weask that research each there a research should beconducted to identify the uses and benefits audio signals for installation atheavily trafficked areas

throughout the city such as head becauseof the mall in monticello and get a cynical avenue with the tideour travels along evms at the intersection with thetitanes all dominion university where one exists but is not enough which corner tidewater drive near sevenshopping center and waterside drive when our lips islocated we have to encourage or pedestrians touse our city's most to the most advantage we therefore have an obligation to makesure that it's safe to cross the street

to reach their destination safely we askthat you include in your 2015 budget retrofitting over existing pedestrian signals withaudio signals and include the expertise from thedepartment for the blind and visually impaired in richmond addresses safetyfor everyone thank you so much a thank you maryland arm crew karina resin york to get them sorry i get there i can hear you but they eat it earnestlyand help my family

you okay try to get canyon minutes okay my name's current irs and yeah i live at 815 pecan point road innorfolk virginia i'm no other device has such a dailyimpact on virtually every citizen as is the comment ever-present trafficsignal pedestrians and drivers place theirphysical safety on that there and i love their passengerscompetently and the signals ability to give them the right away sufficient timing and stately crossingthe street is necessary for everyone

including persons using assistanttechnologies traffic control devices should beaccessible many controls are too high or on paul'sletter installed in large cement blocks or at in assessable locations makingthem impossible for the user persons andwheelchairs a judgment adjustments have to be made that will allow the signals to beaccessible to everyone currently i live at the intersection araby road and virginia beach boulevard and i have arm tried to cross

that i street before turning it to us the 7-11 that's right near and the crosswalk the walking signal isliterally three seconds and i'm not exaggeratingthere was no way that i could make it across the stree and that wasthe first time i cross so i wasn't aware that the signal was soshort arm so i can say personally that i'vehad trouble with it on china navigate around so we're just asking that home week now wecan

do something to make sure that thetiming ever signal systems will give me and everyone else a safetymargin that we should expect when crossingintersections in norfolk making sure that all over traffic lights i am i'm sorry there are no trafficlights are accessible there should be a the apart in thebudget and maintaining a safer way to transverse the setting for all setand thank thank you for looking thank you angelahill

followed by greg per year get even my name is angela p hill my mailing address is po box 12 53 on 12:53 are not a virgin year 235 a wine i would be talking aboutpurchasing the communication persons who had vision hearing i be disabilities autocar ourcommunication disability use different way to communicate for example people who are blind

no vision may give and receiveinformation audibly through braille large print chichi tv had a persons who are heart really death make here and receiveinformation through american founding much while those whoare hard of hearing on late deafening who here wear hearingaids or cochlear implants make the pan on efficient tak technology and the form captaining or assistivelistening devices dole the combine hearing and fightlawson who are deaf-blind

made using any other the beforementioned accommodation to include pactel sign language adab quiet that title two identity local government to buy perfume acommunication disabilities appropriate accommodation rain request example up given a very aids andservices that may be used to provide effectiveaccommodation for proteomic communication disability include by i dot limit it to

qualify interpreters communicationaccess real-time translation provider which is what you feel is ladyright here aren't doing hearing aid compatible telephone tech telephone brow mature you and large print materials it isimportant that the city and of the head resources emplaced fire to some one weekworking in a very 8 service that can be done identifyinglocal we thought the perfect services through an interpreter wreckage3 and caught provider directory and thenfinding out

how much advanced notice it needed forsuch services if also important to know how to dodocuments emporio in addition to having sex 3/4 ongoing and continuing back training forty fifty percent now it's veryimportant think they represent the city providingcut demand services that can be accomplished by contactingdisability organization in our area who stand ready to conduct 88 raining usually free of charge we ask you toinclude a budget allow life

and the 2015 back to and the accommodation thank you thank you a great per year followed by amy woods my name is great per year i resided a2009 galveston boulevard mister mayor members of council cityofficials tonight i will be addressingnon-compliant city restroom specifically those atnorfolk city hall there are approximately 50sets of male anti-male restrooms incity-owned buildings

that do not meet 1991 ada guidelines or the 2009 virginia construction co these buildings include recreationcenters and libraries may cannot be made accessible to meetthe codes because they each and the president's structural issuesbut most can be brought up to the most feasible as possible standard tonight we choose to discussnorfolk city hall city hall currently has no one hundredpercent compliant restroom facilities this is abuilding that has

public interaction daily and hold publicmeetings including city council meetings that areopen to everyone except citizens who cannot use therestrooms according to a report received by thenorfolk's project manager and ada officer the strategy in city hall would be toestablish compliance restrooms all alternating floors there are guidelines that are amenablestandards medals standards but they can offer alternatives tomaking existing bathrooms

accessible we are suggesting that two sets of male and femalerestroom should be made accessible as a first project at city hall 17 restrooms will be on the 11th floor were city council meets with the publicthe other on the first floor where many citizens come to conduct business with the city the inclusion of compliantrestrooms would allow persons in wheelchairsrequiring the larger specifications %uh restroom stalls to attend and takepart

in city council meetings we ask you toinclude a budget allowance in the 2013 budget to design andimplement the restrooms on the first and the 11th floor so city hall and setmoney aside to address the bathrooms at the other locations within an acceptable specified timeframe the mayor's comer commission for personswith disabilities has other issues or accessibility including inaccessible bus stops andsigns but tonight we have chosen sidewalks andcurbs

cuts traffic signals restrooms and communications as a major concernsto bring to you hand out to our presentation tonighthave been prepared and made available for each one a viewfor your study thank you thank you mister thank you any words followed by charlotte williams good evening and thank you my name isamy woods i live at 1201 buckingham avenue i am in nps parents and a member ofnorfolk games

it is budget time again time that youhave spent countless hours taking a finite amount of money andparsley that money into the many tasks and services offered in our great city dozens of people will stand before youtonight asking you to reconsider your decisions and spend money in neighborhoodslibraries downtown the art six extra all of these are important and necessaryparts rc but the most important economic stimulus and largest line item in the city budgetis our schools

businesses choose or don't choosenorfolk because have the reputation other schools and the prospect areeducated workforce norfolk gains has stood before thiscouncil many times asking you for financial support of ourschools for your support of changing the termlength of our school board members for your support and building newschools and each time we have been able to work together i askall those who port support nor for public schools to please stand we stand before you again asking you tomake the tough decisions

to support the hard work of our schoolboard the qualified school board that you have appointed our school board did not come to theirbudget quickly or frivolously the money that they have requested isnecessary to continue to improve the education up all of our children yes this city has been very generous inproviding level and increasing funding year after year for nps and fourteen million dollars isa significant request in a city budget that has seen

dwindling state funds however theschools need this money to support the superintendent'stransformation initiative and to retain and attract highlyqualified teachers the superintendent is making bold stepsto improve the education up oliver children but in order to moveforward the school board must the school boardbudget must be fully funded our school board has worked hard topresent a budget that is essential the xx s up every student in ourdistrict now you need to trust their hard workand their decisions and please fully

fund their request thank you china williams followed bygloria callens good evening council members and guests my name is charlotte williams presidenteducation association norfolk which is located 600 church three number57 of virginia we are here once again to present our concerns on the north thepublic schools budget we want to continue to attract andretain the best and the brightest teachers here in of

however in order for us to retain goodemployees city council needs to do more thanprovide for building new schools we must maintainthe facilities that are older and import shea if wedon't come together for our employees we will lose not only our credibilitybut it will be harder to work towards our mutual goal which is a globally recognize schooldivision we are worth more than 2 percent i amperplexed by the aim on the to stand here to askfor raises for employees

yes more money has been allocated to thedivision but so has the demands the citizens we have technological needs and trainingis necessary for all employees to meet these needs keep thisin mind everyone in this room had been taught bya teacher driven by bus driver served by cafeteriaand a custodial percent what is the vision the norfolk citycouncil for the public schools this vision needs to be reflected in thefinal budget ex-president disorganization we mustcontinue to strive for consistency

with everything we do for our childrenof ok thank you thank you gloria callan followed by myra burton myra burton good evening the airframe vice mayorwilliams city council members city manager jones i stay in tonight eyes membership services specialist withan awful federation of teachers 3620 tidewater drive from an article from the pilot in april it appears as if our teachers andsupport personnel

are peddling in the same boat as ourfirefighters and police officers raises salaries havebeen stagnant for some time four police officers and firefighters and sell the same for teachers and supportpersonnel step increases have not been in place for firefighters and police officers andthe same with our teachers and support personnel we need to have a change things need tochange

we have people who are willing to work to give their all to stay in and becounted and to support teaching and learning inour schools on a daily basis salaries me to in treats 10 the differences however that out alsonoted and the piling article is that our citymanager parted there %uh change is a focus in the budget for this year to make somechanges for city employees however it doesn't seemto be that same focus

for our central office administrators anoffer public schools nor our school board so we are hereagain once again every year as usual pleading to the council to help us reach the goal that we need so thatteaching and learning can continue as it should in of a public schools thank you thankyou on myra burden followed by brendakennedy here and councilmember i am myra burton

i reside its 690 red mill road norfolkvirginia i'm here to support norfolk publicschool i am a parent the student know for public school in my i am afirst-year teacher at no for vocational technical senior my concerns first about the economicthat bad ability in workforce as a pair prime prior tocoming to virginia i researched the schools and found thatin 2008 8 50 percent other middle school childrenin virginia could not read

and that no for public school or belowthe average so i found the best middle school for mychild in determine that it would be ratner get are many people work known as to carry me up internationalstudies she was not immediately either urbanschools and went to lake taylor middle schoolcoming from columbia maryland relocating to norfolk was not my idea but my husband had a job

and i decided to stay married in capenthere but i had already avoid moving here fortwo years because the schools in may marylandexceeded the state standards anyone who may consider coming here tonorfolk may not found that our cd is desirablebecause in the schools lag behind both state and nationalaverages industry may choose not to locate here because in the same reason rcd is notdesirable when the school's are lagging behind

we must you minus we must have fully funded the norfolk publicschool budget it is a need the vocational technicalcenter is a great asset to this community we support in training the workforce forexample on april thirtieth the practical nurseprogram graduate 18 statements compared to last year nonce graduates but this may neverhappen again because a budget collects over the pastfew years

and unfunded needs at the school not only have we supported the workforceit no for technical senior but it also shows the economic badability and community health care as well my daughter she will do well and has done wellbecause in the day case teachers at lake taylor middleschool academy international studies and bookert washington high school but where about are safe it better make

hey we r reefer gotten about the rats atbooker t will she be competitive in a globaleconomy will she be competitive to be interred into columbia university nor for a nyu or any other school thatshe desires our schools must be plenty is imperativefor our children thank you friend can brenda kennedy followed by peggy scott up my name is brenda kennedy can youhear me

yes i'll okay my name is brent kennedy a live at 11:44 bedford avenue i live innorfolk graduated grammy has called many years ago out summary was teasing me recently am igoing to the fiftieth anniversary season and i will but it is the case arm old i want to remind you of this week have forty years returns ateacher in of hammer union rep and go out and help these young teachers andsomebody all teachers

and have can help them all but i try andi needed let you know that this week worth teacher appreciation week and as astudent way pathway in i'm sure you had a teacher somewherethat you thought thank you i remember that teacher inspired me to let me get this straightyou're norfolk hasn't been taking care of itsteachers you have be upon him do you left now here underpaid them you mistreat them

morale is low people a crime in theparking lot still the match but about that quite a while back they'restill crime in the parking they are being based and evaluated on things they have no control over began istill keep teach this to you still keep coming back isstill committed to bb dump you should thank you to at least moon maybe when an article we haven't tocatch you even though you don't include indeed saythank you thank you arm

maggie scott followed by elysse james hello my name is peggy scott i'm a 68 year resident up norfolk alittle 8405 freedom street in ward 5 i find it hard to believe that the dayafter the elections which showed how much the voters are fed up by notbothering to show up to vote up to vote up that i have to stand hereand beg my city council to once again do the right thing and fully support are aging crumbling school system to deny much-needed 2 percent raises to ourteachers is just unbelievable

the mayor stated during his reelectioncampaign how important schools are as the local driver our economy and he was right if you wantthe people that come here for jobs to drive home to virginia beach and have their children attend schoolsthere then continue spending the money for other projects and set up funding yourschool's now is the time to show the people at norfolk that their that after all these years you do careabout educating the children

by giving the 14 million that is not inyour current budget that was requested by your appointedschool board you brought in doctor king to turn the schools around which we know will take time and now youwant to tie his hands due to lack of properly funding the transformation thatwe all desire and need for our school system being a smart man the doctor king is ifhe is not supported by our council and given the tools necessary to make adifference in our schools he will go to some other sis schoolsystem that will not tried to hold him

back the headhunters are already circling tosee what our city is going to do we have a very unique urban city and wecannot keep comparing what we spend per student with virginia beach virginia beach has very few title 1schools and all but two are 35 elementary schools are title ones and there's a hundred ninety dollarsdifference in the spending per student go to virginia beach look at theirschools come look at ours the many pockets of poverty in our citywas caused by our

short-sighted forefathers who tried tokeep certain people in their place by denying them home loans and keepingour city segregated those days must be put behind us we mustbelieve that all truly means all if the trial on thesouth side or the london when jake taxi areadoesn't receive the same opportunities as the children and other parts %uh varsity then we willfail and we will suffer the consequences are highly qualified teachers areleaving for better-paying jobs in the private sector

or applying to other school districts weasked more than each year but the salary doesn't matchwhat we asked them it is past time that we adequately fundour schools i ask that you visit our schools not forjust an hour here or there but spend time in them get a good understanding and see what ittakes to educate our children spend a whole day in anelementary classroom the teacher i promise that would make you find thenecessary funding our school system has taken a back seatfor too long

during the elections all abused aidedschools where your top priority your elected now so it's time to deliverthe promised and make school playa the thank you ellis ellis chains followed by elizabeth philpott thank you mister mayor members of the council my name's ellis wjames i reside in city of norfolk and have done so on my life that 20 21 can like place

mister city manager you have just heard an explosion anothermotion following mascots discussion and presentation i'd like to take thismoment to fully endorse the comments and the concerns of the peoplesupporting the school system and i might add i don't think it's toopresumptuous of me to suggest that a an election in our city yesterday was also a clear signal

that people in this community supportpeople who support the public schools i would like to also endorse the statements of thepeople from the disability community all of them they made an eloquent appeal and they should belistened to there were concerns in there which affect their everyday life and ihope each review on this council remember life liberty and the pursuit ofhappiness

if you don't have a good job in a hometo live in an assay wait to walk or ride in thecommunity you don't have full the quality of life or fullcitizenship the one last point i would like to makeis although this fine booklet and mister jones thisis not a dig at you this nice slick book environmental sustainability is on page34 and all various saying sir impact our daily lives herein the city of norfolk

are also tied to clean air clean water and the environment and i hope that youwill remember that as you move forward withthe funding and the consideration in the budget thank you mister mayor thank you thank you elizabeth philpottfollowed by tanya posin basin sorry okay good eveningmayor and council my name is liz after chill pot i resided5406 steely avenue in norfolk i am a proudmoment public schools graduate a former nova public schools teacher anycurrent norfolk public schools

pair including a daughter graduatingright here from granby high school engine i'm here tonight is a member ofthe game to speak to line-item in the nps budget that have languishedfor too long school facility maintenance needs yourattention and your advocacy the school board in psadministration are in the process of forming along-term facility improvement and maintenance plan we have games look forward to that planincluding an inventory of deferred maintenance

in the district and a plan to eliminateit the goal of the plant must be healthy and safe school environments and it willrequire funding today marks the first day of the budgetprocess for the fiscal year 2016 and i'd like to make the first requestthe new cycle please increase funding for schoolfacility maintenance increase funding for school maintenancehas been an ongoing need for some years the 2007 mgt efficiency study of apublic schools noted that the division received 37percent less the national average at that time infunding for facility maintenance

if the 2015 city manager's proposedbudget is approved in ps will be receiving 12 percent lessfor operations and maintenance 2015 than it did in 2009 despite ever increasing needs from are aginginfrastructure this cycle must stop lack of maintenanceis demoralizing to our students and staff moreover it is unhealthy mold and mildewfrom leaks an adequate ventilation from h-backsystems causes upper respiratory irritation and asthmaflares lack of maintenance

or is also unwise fiscal decision damageresulting from deferred maintenance compounds repair costs as water leaks weekend and deterioratestructures damages of into walls and floorscontaining regulated toxins such as asbestos lead and pcb's that require even highercost repair that must be contacted by certifiedcontractors and be tested by a contractor industrial hygiene firm lack ofmaintenance also causes a loss a violent

structure material and technology is already stretched thinacross the district funding is crucial to address these problems i urge you to thoroughly analyzed localfunding greased local funding sources and allocations tofind additional existing revenue to commit to bring your facilities up to ahealthy and safe standard i also urge you as a council to advocateare leaders in state government for additional sources of state funding the infrastructure a public schoolfacilities all across the commonwealth

is old and deteriorating over sixty percent school buildings andvirginia are approaching our exceeded fifty years of age which is generally considered to beuseful life the school i'll just continue by thing for thehealth and safety of our children teachers and staff i thank you and iappreciate your attention to this problem thank you thanks tonya basin

followed by koshi basin good evening mayairframe city council members and city managermany as china care per carpet seen elevate1912 north grand avenue i'm in mps parent and in or pickingmember i've also served on various councils andcommittees for mps including the five-year districtstrategic planning team as you are well aware norfolk publicschools has embarked on what could be a positive journey toward making it aworld-class urban school system they have developeda five-year strategic plan and initiated

the work set forth by that plan additionally the school district isproposing to transform several schools in the system by establishing schools have choice anddesirable thematic academic program these initiatives andprograms inc improve student outcomes for all students by improvingopportunities to meet students academic and emotional needs providing safe and healthy 21st centurylearning environments and reducing the concentration havepoverty in our school buildings

which is a major contributor to adverseto now kind but these initiatives sound promisingthis excessive these programs is highly dependent on an improved workforce infrastructure which has been significantly compromisedin recent years largely due to budget constraints funding must be provided to strengtheninfrastructure from the central administration level as it relates to departments responsiblefor planning and program development

as well as evaluation down to theteachers who are extremely critical in the effortto deliver high-quality academic programs quality programs aresuffering or or are a threat due to the limitedworkforce teachers are continually asked to domore with less in of it had and have often stated atschool board meeting that their platters r4 note that i didnot say plate their platters the impact this is had on our students is partlyevident in our benchmark in sooo results

about the impact this has had on ourteachers is evident in the low morale anddifficulty mps is having in its ability to attract every teenhigh-quality and effective teachers for the moorparkcompensation professional development support have exacerbated the situation and hasresulted in many teachers leaving the schoolsystem to work in other districts or choose another career altogether iflimited resources are keeping mps for meeting the needs a vast units as itrelates to the core curriculum put forth

by the virginia standards of learning how is mps supposed to effectivelyimplement the transformation initiative other reform strategies that aresupported by the school board you have appointed entrusted in a recent article mister riddick wasquoted as saying mps is woefully underfunded this is true while the council'sprovided level funding in recent years it is not enough you have to ask the school you that theschool were what do you need

what they need is nearly 14 milliondollars to provide teachers to raise is this a richly deserved to further strengthen the f a structureand to implement important reform strategies that they can deliver high quality education for all students maker public schools a priority thankyou for your time thank you arico she kosch here next casino okay

followed by thomas calvin you green city council members my nameis partial to see nikita not be happening the fourthgrader at wh taylor elementary school this year i three different teachers inthe beginning at the school you school schedule of ninety years so theteachers needed help getting people to work in our classroomsare schools like my teacher very much she is a goodteacher i feel like she should have been herefrom day one many different teachers can be easy nowwe have to get used to each teacher's

time out style meeting she had to get used to us is to be allotted time know her there are people coming to speak at thismeans asking for more money for schools last name my leaving to keep asking foran them for my money don t know thatschools are the most important thing houston that was a good question ashjust askim some i'm here to ask you why don't yougive money to our schools don t think is john kekis in education

is important for all kids we didn't seeeach mission you see me bt thank you thank you thanks thomas calhoun followed by lawrencebrown may have frame on city council green i am timescale pro than of federation teaches livid 443 will a corolla not virginia level we may have a few members you

you than arm wasn't me in here we are he had an issuefor raise put in this position it always bythe school board and administration because we were not always only teal he their budgets we would not have to keepcoming on the deal you know 40 eight-man the noles i feel like if wewere a priority at this google would be a line-item in level budgetedwe wouldn't be standing in the

be you for money you will be put in aposition to be in a good guy bag beauties absolutely intentional by the school board any administration wheat at a comedian every year have medo say i'm sure you tattoo being put in thisposition every year have to do the same thing i'll fourthly here we are key so when i reading thepaper and we all here renew papal their policemen and firemen again thisthe up increasingly late war ii 21-year become more step 11

arm any what got me was said you'll low as p city employees willget a living wage increase with quote about the lewis playschool employees why i the honestly don't know meal was different what is different to please women fromteaches why we not seen it in porn the adonisname they deserved everything me getting morei mean did you feel funny when they came on thepaper me did you notice the new idea

i don't know what you think these people i'm running outta which i mean it threei don't know what to say minimal so here we are we need your help is cool with napoli level but not a priority the amount to win nolonger pawns in a minute were not a pro audio these personalmatters for for the wii below the airline we'vebeen told that would allow the only cable capital improvement a uc study one count the ways in school they toldut too concerned about capping

improvement noun by the education i'm sorry we gottacome maybe on so i we hear the issue book i needyou to help my employees and need you to give them the increasedthat they'll employees thank you thank you thank you lawrence brown followed by james tarantino the therefore i am city council city managermarcus jones my name is lawrence braille live at 9:25walt a mystery

norfolk virginia i'm a 20 year veteranof the norfolk far rescue and current senior vice president other north professional firefighterslocal 68 this is unusual because here i'm heretonight actually by council in city manager for sun inthat complaint about sup that'll come later prompts i'm heretonight to thank city manager mark is jonesin is stay ain a staffer human resources for retirement option play for public safety that's proposed inthis year's budget

we have worked along with police in five for fifteen years to get thisprogram we've worked hard which city manager jones to get thisprogram adopted our men and women in both the police andfire in other public safety workers werecalled to serve this city and its citizens we look forward to serving the citizens up the city a gay i'm here on this i to just buy for your hard work marcusgiles

in your spare for working with us to getthis program in this milestone adopted thank youthank you thank thank james tarantino good evening everybody city leaders i'll first time i've got achance anybody remember yes are up my name is james turned to know on thecurrent elected president local 68 of professionalfirefighters i resign at 11:42 little bay don't havebeen known

x my house like but i'd like to thankyou for your time keep this robbery i would like to do allthis get a chance to work together and try toestablish some other budget priorities throughout the yearagain the drop program is great because peopleor quite happy with it we would like to be able to kind ofguide the process and assist you with work we need to doto cultural so we won a seat at the table we do appreciate your sees but the unions

do represent larger majorie themembership the i was at work or so thank you and right now thanks james thank youarthur eason mysteries in side tonight incollier lee followed by time luckman mare city council city manager i thank youall for giving me the opportunity to come here and speak this evening i'm speaking on behalf of the norm for i'm sorry in a minute name is arthureason

i resided 2013 holland court just pickvirgin i'm here this evening representing and i'm present at the citi an offerretirees association arm what i'm actually here for is to ass y'all to consider arrays for the retirees and i'd like tothank our councilman schmeichel and councilmanrick understand it they propose something for us already i'll on how forgot or whatever went fromthere

but apparently wasn't heard completely as maybe it should havebeen i'll i can't get but so many retirees here if we had our whole group here weprobably have to have some overnight accommodations but anyway we do have some people representingretirees back here an arm i wish that i wish the joe would reconsider as faras a cost to live in for the retirees allow the retirees arethe people that

you know make norfolk what it is todayis for sale public works and animal the night utilities in milan night encana thingsare going wrong and allow these people or you knowretired now unhappy and for obama been retired for ten years and i work two part-time job after iretired for that ten years i just recently completed retire well are these people have not work have been retired for twenty and some130 years and if

any online by any alder come to whatevermeans you'd see some of these people they're not trying to buy new cars are not trying to get newdwellings just trying to get medication food and keep the place it therecurrently live in and not be a burden on society so if you would please reconsider costlive in 14 of retirees i thank you for him thank you tom tom luck man followed by vicki love my name is tom luckman i reside at 3192galahad driver jimmie beach virginia

mere frame council city manager cityattorney city clerk thanks for the opportunityspeak this evening first let me congratulate those who wonreelection yesterday i'm a city retiree and i chair the norfolk we carryassociation benefits committee i'm here to addressthe lack retiree cost-of-living allowance in the proposed budget i would like tothank councilman rick and council spiegel for their commentsat last week's budget work session inquiring why there was no colourrequesting the city manager to look into

this omission in different store president a caller is not a raise it's nothingmore than a data-driven amount needed to keep retirees from suffering aloss to their original retiree benefit it is based on a long-standing true andtested figure compiled by the federal department labortracking what the increase has been for consumers in a purchase for their bread basketitems: its use to keep social security beneficiaries railroad pensioners

military retirees virginia and otherstate retirees nrha retirees virginia school retirees virgin constitutional employees retireesnrha retirees in the overwhelming number of virginiacity and county retirees whole with respect to the purchasingpower other retirement benefit so why not norfolk norfolk received twopercent call over the last five years while those previously mentionedreceived 10 the budget document expounds aboutbecoming an employer of choice

but how can that be when employees once retired suffer significant and aloss to the pension benefit some say we lose employees do ourcompensation policies councilman ready even commented on that at last week's work session i supportthat notion and no wonder why more employees oncethey spent five years learn their craft and invested in orfolks retirement system don't go to positions in othermunicipalities to complete their career it would be economically more beneficial

they can transfer their norfolkretirement time to the new city they were not have to worry about losinga substantial retirement benefit year after year after year after year for years the city has been solvingtheir management and staffing issues in saving general fund dollars byinstituting programs which have significant cost the retirement fundthere are many are these including this year's drop obviously salary increases and poor fun performance affect returnsin the fun

so why blame the caller's we note thefund's investment earnings the past year total 96 ninety 8.6 million 24 million more in benefits paid a good year when nicolesheridan paid countered 2014 looks even better the city manager doesn't have to findthe money in this year's budget for colour thank you mister like thankyou picky love followed by mike mckenna evening

i'm thinking love i resided 4419 deakinlane in virginia beach virginia i'm here again requesting acost-of-living increase for the retirees i retired in 1998 rent then with 619dollars now it's a thousand 45 gas was a dollarfifteen its 380 a stamp was 32 cents it'sforty-nine eggs were 88 their dollar 88 a candy barwith fifty cents now to book: and my favorite oreos went from 249 to 459 it's no secret my retirement as my speakers before me have stayed hasnot come even close to keeping up with

these prices there's no neiman-marcus no dillard's nomacys it's the dollar tree for me thank you mike mckenna mike mckenna i like gary de boer carry group sick mayor vice-mayor and council members myname is michael mckenna a 31-24 douglas road in chesapeake virginia

army national reserve for serviceemployees international union seiu on the national socialist governmentalways age an international border police officersippo i represent approximately two millionmembers throughout the country are partially 20,000 virginia and five over 5,000 hampton roads in a retired35-year veteran of the police department i would first like to congratulate therecently elected mayor council members and new member maybe johnson i'm here like to thank those house castmembers

that have given their support forretiree appointment to the retirement board every retiree on theboard will bring a new perspective to our current 4,000 plus retirees i also asked how toreview the budget and try to find a way to give retirees apay increase i have recently begun circulating apetition for better pay and benefits for an offerretirees have accumulated over 700 signatures so for mister 25 butter

police fire drill for retirees areasking that the council approved theappointment of arthur what you use in current president north retireesassociation as retired representative retirement with i believe this is thenine-member or board and as always 26 has three vacancies so it is not a papersession so would be accosted accounts which city bollywood also think thankthe council for taking the first step in re reinstating the steps in approving thedrop program for public safety officers

his views this is viewed as a steptoward stopping the bleeding highly trained officers to other goingto other agencies thank you for your time andconsideration thank mike thank you carried a bar followed by micha ragsdale place good evening mister mayor members thecity council first of all i would i would also like to congratulate thosewho were reelected with i i think it with pretty exciting

think especially watching the resultscoming in i my name is gary cooper junior 1433kingston avenue in ocean in the ocean view section i now only city resident i am a library employees plus i'm also ahampton roads public transportation wise director so i'm here for two reasons i'm gonnatry to make really the quake i have a petition firstthe ball with signatures for keeping

the hrt bus route 16 and 17 arm 16 as you if you mean no services carly avenueodum park place as well as getting the light railstation and a lot in my patrons switched over fromtaking the colonial avenue bus to taking the 16 because the colonial avenue busis no longer convenient for them especially if they're getting out atfive o'clock or later arm so if i may at the end chur

and i'm a little bit never i don't idon't mean to be i don't i don't mean to be disrespectfulif it does sound that way but okay one of the issues one the other issues is there lookingover parts the budget certain employees arenot getting pay raises the see this year when that includes me unfortunately for me hi now my father now lives with me he losthis job about a year ago he has cancer sometimes i have to buyhis medication

and was really where there was two percent or not i was i was really hoping in counting ongetting a pay raise in july on a seen some things about that the hotel mean in granby street you know and and i'm kinda wondering a if the city kid keep if the city can'tgive its employees a pay raise or for all theiremployees or the cape keep certain bus routes that people actually might need arm how in the worlddid we get the money for the hotel

a theme seems to me that we could havehad i'll even if even if there's a way tobaby reduce the contract or or something likethat we could you know we could use some of that moneyto keep those routes or maybe give five percent raises at least i i do appreciate your time well hestill here tracy articles okay thank you forcoming to okay michael

ragsdale followed by jamie bell mister bear rebels council city staff my name's michael ragsdale address is1026 west 45th street lucknow 3c right here in norfolk i amstudent vote all dominion university i use major tearup 16 as my primary way of getting around and that's one of the routes that thisbudget cap sleep proposes to get rid of the 16 if it wasn't for the 16 i would not beable to safely get from my side of him

boulevard to all the university the 16 is also my way to get to the city librarianhappen to be gary's park place library without the hmm this route because routes four church tree and 11colonial avenue do not run at night this route provides the primary servicefor park place as well students who need to get frommain campus ability you to the bill which side and i please keep this route your budget

thank you thank you michael jamie battle jamie the battle followedby fernanda fernanda ments in place good evening city council and graduationsome air frame for your successful reelection and angela battle from free free free for clover hilldrive important virginia 237 free i work in of ok anger school in of work held in the university salmon havealmost every day visitor to your say

am also park angeles transistor transitwriters advisory committee which i am really which i helped thecommittee and abc gave out ideas silliness ian cities tobetter improve transit hours act downtown city hall in latemarch when to budget for fiscal year 2015 well involve fully cutting is 16 and 17 as well as part of the 44 and as well asq&a for a five on schedule both routes especially the 16 16 mustain 17 i do like backs

3 have make proposals and sent to aturkey staff and couples city council members if the17 gets cat also like 240 fortis keepers originalrouting through downtown york street station the vncstation in dnt c cuz he'll stay on schedule by cisco'ssanteria general in of 24 cents has peace course i'mproperty mall the bus will be late and rush hour inthe morning and afternoons how also liking for city council tothink about having a bus service back and do youmean

back tune of it international airport cuz there's a trial 1 2012 which no road and i do 12 take or to new york and lana second goal see their malls their their chances system their fame parks and whatnot and that's about it i where have afghanattack my report has a were read to you well pleaseconsidered hrt

budget as keeping stagnant this fiscal year or to improve it onceagain and it is our topic every day i loveseeing off work i love him to raise some much this area needs improvement andtransportation it does not take one person it takes andeverybody in hampton roads to improve publictransit and pruning kameny at the whole area in virginia so we'llbecome a big metropolitan area thank you very much thank you

meant san fernando minson mister minson 2k change washington first to washington is about alibischanberg you're on the legally me all city council gleamedyour body you jays washington julia i was that oh all 216 west 33rd street novel g2 35 or40 in my concern was the or the 16 in silty the soup because i'll i'm a router and happy you five years a beer and hrtseize the day iraq in of

a diz please keep the 16 the same teambecause these it don't bus routes very busy betweenall the un connie avenue a you how could you mod have how do peopleget back and forth to school either way we've to lab in inner pane they all no bone screws please please or do not been with the school system you a well from george they got a superestimates cruises and ann arbor

and new days good but it is here inawful is very good but it is here in of i knowit leaves a if you'll diz days this raised the boer raise the barwill be more in the archies won't feel our keys willbe in discrete a get doing crime is dodi has somethingto do with the lives thank you very much thank you k schanberg geron followed by brian rowe good evening good evening shomer sure on500 bout dat street

apartment 202 norfolk i live not farfrom the your true free mason tied stop i i came because i had some concerns aboutthe elimination up the 16th in the 17 routes both which i do use from time to time i my wife who is a car do you student the could also use the 16 bus i couldever can to commit good mentor to get on the busi but the the proposals

to replace those don't seem terribly affective a concrete to me and i i know that they're stillconsidering alternatives to just the eliminationothers to routes i but that hasn't been wellcommunicated at all i i wouldn't have known about this had i not seen something on it when iwas on the 28 bus coming back from virginia beach one-time on by for those of us who cannot driveanymore

having those routes is very important adirty at a meeting a few weeks ago and again businesses association was veryconvincing in their arguments about why the sixteenths to remain the17 an argument can be made that its difficult to get around downtown withoutthat so that's all i have thank you very muchthank you brian row brian rowe feature henderson

followed by then now what evening near brain councilmen city manager my image beecher henderson i live theretoo 5 29 west 37 street here in norfolk i am here to speak out in opposition to the proposedelimination number sixteen bus truck bus route i dofind it strange reconvene in that you have in this budget meeting

the day after the local elections thatdone before so we could see which way and what youthought i love the citizens in who are affected by thisroute 16 is my hold back bus ride well as a fallback apt 5 o'clock number eleven stop just barney's out-of-date downtowntransfer center out by 40 that's the national act the national 16 puts me with an amanageable area will need to walk i'm a survivor uptwo strokes

couple pulmonary embolisms about in thehospital so my ability to walk in my stamina is compromised it's not just myself there are a number elderly people and byare in the populous area who are paypal watch riders as i am and after 50 we are going to be leftwith the choice %uh by the not quite out nbn out afterfive o'clock rushing to get home before the last bus or binding alternate transportation

and i think this is something that we should not have to be faced with itis difficult for me to understand how you can you not agree we're increase for the buses and then turn around and eliminate service howdy how how do you do that you increase theprayer and then you cut service doesn't makesense to me now

we have listened to your representativesat our community meetings and listening to them we get the feeling that you look at us as dollar signs and the bottom line and your budget not airs human beings not as center stands not as people who booked and care we did their woes or their grew

a few years ago and i'm gettingregistered to to be friends there was a movement that began in this nationit was called yes we can i'm just so you know when you ignore thank the general population we stillcan mentality followed by jonathan i evening a mere frame major jones on remembers the council notreally good public speaker but here goes my name's ben palette you know the 230east again a circle in norfolk i'm a member of the north a professionalfirefighters union local 68

thirteen-year member fire-rescuedepartment for their on formal of school student and one dared city employee retiree elect thank youmister jones and your staff your sis is a hard work with the drop program forpublic safety employees we realized the budget processes processthis year has had many tough decisions which are working on the drop aboutfifteen years ago and together we've come up with a plan that helps theemployees and the city many hours work as you know when to thisprogram an ease the transition into retirementfor the employees

and also for the city to plan for thevacancies are created when employees leave the city we appreciate you giving yourconsideration to the step program and pay compression and that's beencreated by the public safety are you willing to lookinto the future and start having tough conversations about pay and benefits isappreciated we realize we may never come to anagreement about a compression benefits or the step program but weappreciate you coming to the table to listeners cuss possible solutions withus

we'll realize this was not arrayedovernight nor will it be fixed overnight to lookto pay system over the next several years to come up with the fair andequitable wage for public safety employees is all there were askin we look forward to continuing worktogether with you to attract retain motivate and develop a workforce that's second to none in deliveringservice to the citizens of mortal council with report working with you aswell insuring norfolk has and maintains well-managed governmentlooking our wages and compensation over

the next several years and looking for fair solutions that boththe sea and its employees can live with the public safety employees to the cityin order to not take the job to get rich but for those men and women to berequired to wear two or three jobs to support the family is not fair either member the council we're asking you tosupport mister jones is proposed budget which includes the drop program in our step raises for 2015 again mister jones and council thank youfor your hard work on the drop we

appreciate you allowing us to be part ofthe discussions and also thank you teachers 30 thanks jonathan i followed by ricky ross thank you i'm jonathan paul 9 and i i reside in a small but resilient nestle often found it 111 granby street norfolkvirginia i'm speaking for the people said thanks be to god and for everyonehere today for your service

we are now taking a new heading are you ready to adjust course more than your suits your ties but the very way that we think and thatwe do even how we knew from place to place although we have yet to arrive are avoyage together his background for a bright future but before we can get there we mustmaintain our existing infrastructure before digging in two new projects

therefore as stated in the city's budget proposal which was eloquently puttogether order to foster a sustainable andresilient community its well-managed inclusive safe and healthy it's necessary that weattract and retain in innovators entrepreneurs and empowered citizens to continue the good fight to what is the city's dedicated fundingi'm out towards

alternative and multi-modal transitinfrastructure including bicyclists and pedestrians for instance the granby streetnorth-south connector and i 564 how do we get from a to b without being run over by a vehicle weawake are we ready are we prepared to answerthese questions lastly in order to be a developedconnected equipped mobilized and yes educated accountable and most important of

then tick civic engaged community from all fronts i say game way open the hatch is and be prepared as we adjust this course and lastly l leave us with that smallexcerpt from a book it's entitled healing the heart updemocracy at the chapter on classrooms andcongregations practices that give young people a voicein their own learning that support their broad developmentincluding social

personal and intellectual growth and that connect them in their localcommunity and the surrounding environment must find renewed life in and beyond the classroom studentsadvisers mentoring apprenticeship restorationjustice self-managed learning and sharedgovernance practices can make tangible differenceis in a student's sense belonging all-tournament autonomy and mattering

thank you thank you ricky ross to ross in council mirror frame city managerjones and other distinguished members and i like to again as a one for me congratulate youon in reelection reelected and those whoare new to the council hundred-year also reside at sixty 312011 nominated him prior to the nov publicschools and retired career and technical education teacherup and over public schools

on the senate leader i'm a concernedcitizen it's been one year six days since the last year's publichearing on a city budget a lot has changed over i still get the city council highmark since attempt to fully fund public education or an app review andhow the funding formula works in understanding the disapprovaldisappoint dis a pro disproportionate burden 144 square miles were much violence nottax due to being used for federal or stateproperty

and with journal simply fun in even less and herb our clan acidity even do morewith liz fiscal capacity is still in decreasingand city manager jones i like to compliment you your staffordered daunting task that you all hereperforming keep a nurse not only with the balanced budget butfrom bankruptcy itself as other cities in the united statesappeared two years ago when i first was elected president at the norfolk forarrangements the big leagues my model was momentum

in one boy's someone that momentum andone boy's manifests itself in the former 100 sedately and community members from across ourcity come together on a very cold in very windy that were11 evening to address a common concern so newproperty tax relief i'm also remind another event thiscalendar year which was the budget communityconversation held on march 19th which gave me a bus in attendance a bird's eye view some thevery budget items

that many people are discussing tonightand that were considered and putting together a city budget i'm sorry toreport that despite some our best efforts inpromoting and in promoting on this particular meetingthe attendance was very poor in my opinion so here we are againnational teachers appreciation week come together with everyone want abigger piece to the pine not want to surrender anything in returni only ask that we do our very best to maintain our current funding levelsuntil better revenue screens strains can be created i realize that

it may not be a popular opinion but ifthose who are act who were absent from the budgetcommunity on conversation were only there to see the budget items themselves we were given everything that you canimagine but the last name became one that budgetitem was the 14 million an additional funding the north publicschools was there and at that point we all looked at one another and one we're going to get the money ithank you for your time thank you roy martin

mister martin followed by thomas jones you mister mayor names a council jones my name is way more in under 20 bucksrailroad i'm your own have not the public libraries reallylike to thank you for all the support you've given the library's over past the school year like to sharewith you been awarded yet in fifty protest 850,000 pedestrian zone account libraries as afiscal year 2014 as march and we would like to you

specifically address the continued binding and keep the branch libraries in particular lean-to for particular things ones landscaping thelandscaping is a review by and provide safe passage for pedestriansand pigeons at library in addition we look for the the safety of the children to go fromthere neighboring schools and user libraries for computers also poor thebooks and parents any to go over in liver job applications and philtechnologies that they have

we also look to you too address the wearand tear all these pedestrians using thelibrary's also across the you look at the the city thatyou just heard tonight by the ada home request for changes in libraries making compliant orhandicap boats as you heard today in number thosearen't public libraries and also to address thekids owns these are immensely popular well use welike to make sure they maintain in upkeep the technological advancementenhance literacy months are

not children and also parking makingsure that there's adequate amount parking each otherbranches said people feel safe now we going to that landscape using thebathroom and have no kids never very sneezy at but feel welcome the library in bindersthat support now we hear in the outlying areas the city but alsoas we move further into downtown area ass lovers also online you're coming year i thank you again foryour continued support given libraries and i know that you also consider thesefor areas

other focus branches in your comingfuture thank you thank you thomas jones powerby and blanchard good eating my name is tom jones alert 1603 boysdrive in norfolk i am president library foundation mistermayor members council miss jones i like tothank you for the wonderful yet not fully appreciate job that you'vedone these past years guiding the city through very turbulent economy that we face while we are not to me %uhthat storm

i think it we should congratulate youfor excellent stewardship that you've done so far i'm sure that will be in smooth watersoon on the happen of people are for libraryfoundation i like to thank you for your support bylottery system has been highly treasured with your help we were able to providecommittee place for go for information educationentertainment over the past so we use the republic berries have become sooners for technology literacy and

civic engagement we're staying relevant relevant in today's society providingeveryone with opportunity to access the information they needspanning that ever-present digital provide for your 2014 as a march go to libraries computers were used with360 thousand times impeaches log close to 300,000 hours usage on the on thesecomputers a top priority for never parlour every is offering a ride high-tech choicesreading pleasure everyone

we compasses to the e-books audiobooks digital magazines and tumble bookscurrently there over 2700 books on the e-books available with 850 are you the books and digital magazines morethan 2,000 people have checked out the books in all your books in last year's timehas been available with continued support we hopeto expand our offerings not only and digital collection but are also aregular print book collection as well

bless you think we all are going digitali for one am still like the whole book my head go through pages but according to arecent pew research study more than two-thirds at 69 percentof americans report reading a book prick in print in 2013 folly are like to thank you foryour continued support congratulate you on a job well doneknowledge are city manager who i'm state is receiving the joy inher support for distinguished service thank you thank you and blanchard

hi i'm in blanchard i love it 5 who 8 colonial avenue in norfolk i am here to speak on behalf the library and i am a member at the friends at thenorfolk public library that's really and easy task our libraries statement really need mehere anyone to speak for them they speak forthemselves i stop by my local library the other dayand picked this actor refresh my brain i was blown away

by the for ryan t and the volume programs theater held for these kids primarily the on early education program see literacy programs and we think about these kids if youstop in any overall revenue local libraries you see children everywhere for story time there on thecomputers your everywhere here teens playing theirvideo i mean they're your computer games thereyet

there the little ones with the legoblocks they have chess games chess lessons i bet you didn't know that july is ice cream month you can go to several love are norfolk libraries and get free ice cream can f courses is all pr to get the littlekids on track so they like to turn pages like aresolved thanks to you back thank you for everything you do and i'll tell you keeping our librariesopen on mondays

that this marvelous many the kids at the norfolk schools get of the schoolbus and go to the library rather than gohome maybe to an empty house parents are workingour play on the street we know the dangers there thank you forthat and thank you for everything you do forthe norfolk like tracy thank you and okay hub we've been at itfor almost two hours we're gonna take a very short break i'm we have had i think thirty eightspeakers in we've got about 15 laps so

we're gonna take a break in the comeback finish in john green is up next mister green if you wanna hangout closeby thanks