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>>> >>> AND WHILE I DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE GREAT
PUBLIC ANNOUNCER VOICES, I THINK IT
IS TIME TO SAY LET'S BRING ON THE SHARX. [APPLAUSE]
>> MAYOR FRAIM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE OWNERSHIP GROUP, STAFF,
PLAYERS, EVEN THE MASCOT HIMSELF, WE THANK YOU FOR INVITING US, WE ARE SO EXCITED BRING
THIS YOU TO. REAL QUICK, IF I CAN, JUST TO SHOW THE LEVEL
OF SUPPORT OUR OWNERSHIP GROUP WE TAKE IN WHAT WE ARE BRINGING TO THE CITY OF NORFOLK,
WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE FROM OUR OWNERSHIP GROUP EXCEPT FOR ONE AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE'S
WORKING ON THE GOALS SO THEY WILL BE READY FOR THE WEEKEND.
IF I CAN HAVE OUR OWNERSHIP GROUP INCLUDING OUR STAFF, I'D ASK THEM TO STAND UP, AND THANK
THEM FOR THE 14, 15, 16 HOUR DAYS OVER THE LAST WEEK.
[APPLAUSE] LIKE I SAID, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO BRING A MAJOR LEAGUE FRANCHISE TO HAMPTON ROADS AND PARTICULARLY TO OUR CITY, TO NORFOLK.
OF COURSE I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT OUR GROUP.
ARIEL SPORTS GROUP, WE HAVE 25 PLUS YEARS OF SPORTS MANAGEMENT AND SPECIAL EVENT EXPERIENCE
THROUGHOUT HAMPTON ROADS. WE'VE OWNED AND OPERATED THE USL WHICH IS
THE LEAGUE WE BELONG TO, AND THE PRO/AM SOCCER LEAGUES GOING INTO THE 18TH YEAR.
WE ARE THE SECOND OLDEST SPORTS FRANCHISE IN HAMPTON ROADS, SECOND ONLY TO THE TIDES,
SO WE HAVE BEEN AROUND HAMPTON ROADS FOR A LONG TIME, IT'S OUR HOME, WE AREN'T FROM OUT
OF TOWN, WE HAVEN'T HIRED AND BROUGHT IN PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN, WE'VE HIRED PEOPLE LOCAL,
PEOPLE FROM NORFOLK, WE HAVE STAFF HERE, OUR PLAYERS LIVE HERE, OUR MASCOT WILL FREQUENT
THE WATERS OUTSIDE OF HERE, WE'RE ABOUT HAMPTON ROADS AND BRINGING IT TO NORFOLK.
I WANT TO TELL YOU A COUPLE THINGS WE ARE PROUD OF FOR OUR TIME.
WE WERE THE W LEAGUE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, WE WON AND OUR WOMEN HAVE BEEN TO THE FINAL FOUR
FOUR TIMES. OUR MEN TOOK OVER WHAT WAS THE HAMPTON ROADS
MARINERS, WE WERE SEASON CHAMPIONS AND MID ATLANTIC DIVISION, SOME HAVE PLAYED AGAINST
JOHN HALL, DON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST US. BUT SOME OF THE LEAGUE HONORS OUR GROUP HAS
WON OVER THE YEARS, WE'RE VERY COMPETITIVE ON THE FIELD AND PROUD OF WHAT WE DO ON THE
FIELD BUT MORE SO VERY EXCITED AND PROUD WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO OFF THE FIELD AND
IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE AWARDS INCLUDE USL ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR, TWO TIME EXECUTIVE
OF THE YEAR, MARKETING AWARD AND WE WERE INDEDUCTED INTO THE USL HALL OF FAME IN 2004 WHICH WAS
THE FIRST YEAR ELIGIBLE FOR THAT. WE LAUNCHED THE NORFOLK PRO SOCCER TEAM IN
2011 RIGHT DOWN THE STREET WITH A GREAT PRESS CONFERENCE THAT SOME OF YOU WERE AT AND SINCE
THAT TIME THE SHARX HAVE GONE FROM WHAT WE ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO TOWN WAS AN I LEAGUE
TEAM TO AN IMSL TEAM. TO PUT THE BEST WAY I CAN PUT IT, IF YOU THOUGHT
YOU WERE BUYING A NHL HOCKEY TEAM YOU HAVE ENDED UP WITH A TEAM, WE ARE THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF INDOOR SOCCER IN THE COUNTRY. MSLH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 18 YEARS, WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO TAKING ON THE TRADITION. WE WILL DO A LOT OF CROSS MARKETING, WE WILL
BRING A LOT OF THINGS TO THE SHARX THE WAY WE'VE DONE THEM WITH THE PIRAHNAS OVER THE
YEARS AND THAT'S WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS. COMMUNITY PARTNERS, I TOUCHED ON THIS, IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ATTEND WITH OUR SHARX, WITH OUR PLAYERS AS THEY START TO COME IN AND OUR STAFF, WE
ATTEND AND SUPPORT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENT, WE WERE SO HAPPY TO BE INVITED TO BE PART
OF THE LIGHT RAIL OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING. WE WERE AT THE McARTHUR CENTER LOCATION, I
THINK THE SHARX RODE THE RAIL FOR 10 HOURS, TOOK 2,000 PICTURES, HE WAS VIRAL ALL OVER YOU TUBE.
THERE WAS A PICTURE OF SHARK ALONG WITH AN ATTORNEY THAT GOT OUT THERE.
WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE CALL OUR HEALTHY CHOICE PROGRAM, WHAT WE DO IS WE GO INTO THE SCHOOLS,
TARGET MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WE
SEND OUR PLAYERS IN AND WE SEND THEM IN AND THEY HAVE THEIR JERSEY ON, TAKE THE SHARK
WITH THEM, WE WORK WLT HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ED DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BEEN DOG THE PROGRAM
12, 15 YEARS, IT USED TO BE GOING IN, TALKING ABOUT HEALTHY CHOICES SUCH AS THE DANGERS
OF TOBACCO AND DRUG USE, RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL USE.
NOW WE GO COME, WE STILL TOUCH ON THOSE THINGS BUT CHILDHOOD OBESITY HAS BECOME SUCH A THING,
THAT'S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT. I CAN TELL YOU FROM BEING MARRIED TO A SCHOOL
TEACH EARN, MY PARTNER IS MARRIED TO A SCHOOL TEACHER, I THINK WE HAVE A SCHOOL TEACHER
ON THE STAFF, WE GET AN EARFUL ABOUT IT, THEY CAN STAND UP AND TEACH, THEY CAN TRY TO GET
THESE LITTLE SIXTH GRADERS ATTENTION, BUT WHEN OUR PLAYERS COME IN AND HAVE THEIR UNIFORMS
ON AND SEE A 8 FOOT TALL SHARK, THEY LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY.
WE WORK WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM
AND AGAIN WE ARE QUITE PROUD OF THAT, WE WILL BE IN A LOT OF SCHOOLS, MATTER OF FACT WE
ARE BOOKED FOR SO MANY COMMUNITY APPEARANCES THE SHARK HAS A TWIN THAT WE JUST ORDERED
THAT WILL BE HERE SOME TIME THIS WEEK. DON'T THINK YOU SEE DOUBLE IF YOU GO ONE PLACE
AND SEE ONE AND THEN SEE ANOTHER AT ANOTHER PLACE.
AGAIN, WE RECENTLY, LET ME TOUCH ON VIRGINIA POWER SOCCER.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE EVENT, THESE ARE ATHLETES IN POWER ARMED CHAIRS.
THESE KIDS CAN'T MOVE THEIR ARMS AND LEGS AND THEY POWER THESE WHEEL CLARIFIES WITH
BLOW TUBES OR INSTRUMENTS THEY CAN BARELY MOVE THEIR HAND WITH, THEY GET OUT AND PLAY
SOCCER, WE SUPPORT THEM, DO FUNDRAISING FOR THEM AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE A PART OF THEM.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE NORFOLK DEPARTMENT OF RECS TO PUT ON TWO FREE SOCCER LEAGUES, WE
WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT NOW THAT WE ARE BRINGING MORE PLAYERS INTO THE CITY OF NORFOLK.
WE WORK WITH LIFE NET TO PROMOTE ORGAN DONATION, ALZHEIMER'S IS A BIG FOR US THAT THE NORFOLK
SHARX WILL TAKE ON, WE TOUCHED BASE WITH RONALD McDONALD AFTER THE FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE,
WORKING WITH THOSE GUYS MAKING SURE FAMILIES STAYING WITH THEM, IF THEY WANT TO COME TO
A SHARX GAME THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO A SHARX GAME.
WE WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMAIRITIES AND FUNDRAISING EVENT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PARTICULAR EVENT, ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH, CALL US,
WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU. THIS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THERE IS OUR POWER
SOCCER GUYS, SHARKIE WITH RONALD McDONALD, I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS THE BIGGER HOUND, THEY
BOTH SCARE ME, BUT THERE WE ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOW YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHAT WET A BOUGHT, I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER
LEAGUE. MISL IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF INDOOR SOCCER
IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THIS IS SUCH A FAST PACED GAME, THEY PLAYOFF
THE WALLS, ONLY TIME THEY TAKE A BREAK DURING THE QUARTERS IS IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT SO BAD
THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND LITERALLY DRAG THEM OFF THE COURT.
IT'S A FUN GAME, HOCKEY SIZE FIELD WE PLAY ON, WE ARE OVER TO SET UP FOR TRY OUTS, WE
WILL AVERAGE DOUBLE DIGIT SCORING AND 60 SHOTS A GAME, IT'S A FAST PACED FAMILY FRIENDLY
GAME. >> 8:30 CHECK IN, YOU GUYS MIGHT WANT TO GET
THERE 8:15 TO GET WARMED UP A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS OUR GRAPHICS, GREAT GRAPHIC FROM MARKETING,
THEIR RENDITION OF WHAT WE HOPE SCOPE WILL LOOK LIKE WITH THE BIG SHARK ON THE TURF,
FULL OF FANS ESPECIALLY WHEN BALTIMORE COMES, WE HAVE A RIVALRY WITH THE OWNER OF THE BALTIMORE
BLASTS. TO CLOSE OUT, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE ORGANIZATION, BRING THE FRANCHISE TO NORFOLK,
WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT WHERE WE WANTED TO PLAY, OUR TERRITORY RUNS UP TO HAMPTON, THERE
WERE OTHER ARENAS BUT AFTER WE MET WITH THE STAFF AT SEVEN VENUES AND JOHN, AND THE ACTING
CITY MANAGER OF NORFOLK WE KNEW WHERE WE WANTED TO COME PLAY AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE OUR
HOME, SO IT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL WE TOOK THE NAME NORFOLK SHARX, WE WANT TO BE GOOD AMBASSADORS
FOR THE CITY, WHEN WE GO TO SYRACUSE, BALTIMORE, LORD HELP US WE HAVE TO GO IN THE MIDDLE OF
WINTER TO WICHITA, MILWAUKEE, WE WANT THOSE GUYS TO KNOW WHERE NORFOLK IS, EVERY ONE KNOWS
NORFOLK HAS THE MILITARY, WE WANT TO LET THEM KNOW EVERYTHING ELSE NORFOLK HAS, WE WANT
TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT McARTHUR CENTER. WHEN THE TRAVELING TEAMS COME IN HERE WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE IN EACH OF THEIR ROOMS A NICE GOODIE BAG, OKAY?
NOT TOO MUCH WE WANT TO GIVE THEM BEFORE LAB BUT NICE GOODIE BAG WITH INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CITY OF NORFOLK, WE ARE WORKING WITH CHUCK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT TALKING ABOUT
IDEAS AND THINGS WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE BAG. WE'VE DONE A DEAL WITH THE CROWN PLAZA, THAT'S
WHERE ALL THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO STAY. WE DID THAT INTENTIONALLY, WE WANT THEM WHEN
THEY OPEN THEIR CURTAINS THEY SEE THIS ACROSS THE STREET.
TO US THAT'S A COMPETITIVE THING. WE WANT THEM TO SEE OUR ARENA AND SAY, HOLY
COW, THOSE GUYS PLAY THERE? YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB UPDATE THAT AND
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT IS NOW OFFICIALLY CALLED THE SHARX TANK.
ON BE HALF OF THE WHOLE OWNERSHIP GROUP AND STAFF I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT REALLY
IS OUR GOAL AND IT IS OUR DETERMINED EFFORT TO MAKE THIS TEAM A TEAM THAT YOU ARE GOING
TO BE PROUD OF ON THE FIELD THAT YOU WILL COME OUT AND GET EXCITED, CHEER, THROW THINGS
IF YOU LIKE, IT'S OKAY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A TEAM YOU WILL BE PROUD OF TO BE YOUR
NEIGHBOR, THESE GUYS WILL LIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BE OUT IN THE SCHOOLS WITH YOUR KIDS, THAT'S
OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE WITH THIS TEAM. I THINK WE HAVE SOME GOODIE BAGS, IF I CAN
GET OUR SPECIAL GUEST TO GET UP AND HAND THEM OUT.
NO BITING. NO BITING.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR HAVING US OUT. WE WILL SEE YOU AT TRY OUTS?
YOU WILL BE THERE AT 8:00? >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING EVERYBODY
DOWN AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING, THOSE ARE GREAT COMMENTS, I PERSONALLY AND THE COUNCIL
THINK IT'S A GOOD FIT. DON'T LET THESE GUYS SHOW UP AT PRACTICE.
IT WILL RUIN YOUR MORNING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO WITH THESE GUYS
BUT YOU PLAY 12 HOME GAMES? >> YES, 12 HOME GAMES, 12 AWAY GAMES, PLAYOFFS
AND WHAT WE ARE SHOOTING FOR IS A CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH IS A HOME AND AWAY
>> YOUR SERIES STARTS? >> 11 11 11.
WE HAVE A GREAT EVENT THIS SATURDAY AT SCOPES AT NOON, OPEN TO THE PUB LIRK, FREE POPCORN,
FREE HOT DOGS. >> THESE GUYS WILL COME FOR FREE HOT DOGS
AND POPCORN. >> SATURDAY, NOON TO 2:00.
IT GIVES FANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN THEIR SEATS, CHECK IT OUT, MAYBE THEY WANT TO GO
TO THE OTHER SIDE BEFORE THEY BUY THEIR SEASON TICKETS, WE WILL HAVE STAFF TO TAKE THEIR
TICKET ORDER, SHARKIE WILL BE OUT THERE, WE HAVE TRY OUTS GOING ON AND THEN MAYOR FRAIM,
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE ACCEPT THIS JERSEY ON OUR BEHALF.
>> IT DOESN'T FIT YOU, PAUL. >> I THINK IT WILL FIT.
[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON
11 11 11. >> JUST TO MAKE SURE
>> NO. >> KEEP IN MIND, JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS AND
THE PUBLIC KNOWS THERE ARE ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TEAM THAT THEY HAVE DASHER BOARDS,
YOU SAW THE BOARDS UP THERE JUST LIKE IN HOCKEY, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES, OUR LAW FIRM JUST
PURCHASED AN ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY WITH THEM AND A PACKAGE, SO I WOULD SUGGEST HAVE
A CHANCE, GIVE THEM A CALL AND THEY WILL COME DOWN AND MEET WITH YOU, THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT
JOB AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN VERYICS SIGHTED AND HAPPY SO I LOOK TO FORWARD TO BEING THERE
FOR THE GAMES AND ALSO YOU HAVE AN OFFICE WITHIN THE CITY.
I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE MOVED YOUR OFFICES HERE, SO,
>> YES, RIGHT ACROSS FROM SCOPE. >> THAT IS GREAT.
>> WE ARE CONSOLIDATING THREE OFFICES FROM THREE DIFFERENT CITIES FROM DOWNTOWN, OUR
PLAYERS WILL LIVE HERE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
I WILL PROBABLY LIVE IN THE OFFICE. WE AROUND, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL, WE'D LOVE
TO MEET WITH YOU. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS]
>> THANK YOU, GUYS. >> THANKS, GUYS.
[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
OKAY. WE NOW WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL INTERESTS.
>> LET ME TAKE CARE OF MY CONCERN. I CALLED CHIEF CHAMBERLAND LAST WEEK AND SHE
WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING IN TERMS OF HAVING TRAFFIC CONTROL AT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON FOOTBALL
GAME, OF COURSE IT WAS CANCELLED AND MOVED OVER TO POWATAN FIELD.
I WANT TO MAKE SURGERY TIME WE HAVE A HOME GAME AND [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE DO HAVE TRAFFIC
OFFICERS OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, RECENTLY MR.?BURFOOT HAS BEEN TALKING
ABOUT YOUNGSTERS BEING ABLE TO SOLICIT MONEY ON THE STREETS, THAT WAS FOR ATHLETICS AND
I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY WHEN I PLAYED RECREATION YEARS AGO THE CITY PROVIDED UNIFORMS,
THEY PROVIDED THE SHOES, HELMETS, EVERYTHING, COMPLETE OUTFITS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE
MORE TEAMS ARE NOT, NOW WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND KIDS HAVE TO STAND ON THE
STREET CORNER AND SOLICIT FUNDS. I DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE IT COULD BE TO
BE LIKE WHEN I PLAYED BACK IN THE DAYS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE BASES
>> WHEN I PLAYED BALL WE HAD FULL UNIFORMS AND WE HAD TO BUY OUR ONE SHOES.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD GO BACK AND SUBSIDIZE KIDS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE JUST AS MANY ATHLETIC EVENTS FOR GIRLS AS BOYS.
JUST LIKE TITLE IX WE HAVE IN COLLEGE, JUST AS MANY THINGS FOR GIRLS AS BOYS.
AND THE FINAL THING IS ON HAMPTON BOULEVARD, QUITE OFTEN, THEY HAVE THE RADAR, POLICE OFFICERS WITH THE TRAFFIC
GOING AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET AN OFFICER GOING
NORTH, I GUESS THAT'S NORTH. I WAS GOING IN HAMPTON BOULEVARD THE OTHER
DAY AND IT WAS IN THE RAIN AND I SAW THIS FELLOW JOGGING IN THE DRIVING RAIN AND IT
HAD TO BE AGAINST THE LAW TO BE MOVING AS SLOW AS HE WAS.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. >> IT WAS IN THE DRIVING RAIN.
[INAUDIBLE] >> HE WAS NOT BREAKING ANY LAWS.
I KNEW WHO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. >> HE WAS RUNNING A HALF MARATHON.
>> DOING A QUARTER. >> HE'S STARTING IT ALREADY.
>> TWO QUICK THINGS, I WANT TO BE SURE WE ARE KEEPING OUR EYE ON GETTING OUR FEDERALLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS INVOLVED WITH THE FLOODING. WE NEED A PERIODIC UPDATE, MAKE SURE WE STAY
ON OUR TIME LINE. THE OTHER THING IS I NOTICED IN THE MAGAZINE
THERE WERE SOME? DOES THE VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE HAVE UNDERWRITING INSURANCE, CATASTROPHIC,
I NOTICE [INAUDIBLE] VML INSURANCE ADJUSTOR WAS THERE.
I WORRY WE ARE KIND OF OUT THERE NAKED WITHOUT ANY INSURANCE, BUILDING WHATEVER, AND WHAT
IF THE ROOF FELL DOWN, WE ARE TEETERING ON THE EDGE, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT UMBRELLA
LIABILITY, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OR DID I JUST READ THAT
WRONG? >> THE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OFFERS A VARIETY OF
INSURANCE PROGRAMS FOR THE CITY, WE ARE EVALUATING EXCESS LIABILITY.
THE SCHOOL ALREADY HAS THE EXCESS LIABILITY POLICY.
>> SO, IF WE HAD A TORNADO AND THE SCHOOL BLEW DOWN
>> THERE WAS A GAP AND ABOVE THAT IT IS LIMB GLITD WE ARE SELF INSURED.
>> WE HAVE FIRE AND ALL THAT? >> PROPERTY INSURANCE, YES, IT DOES INCLUDE
FIRE. YES, AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TERMS OF
THE POLICY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT PROVIDES FOR WIND BUT WE HAVE PROPERTY INSURANCE.
>> WE HAVE POLICIES FOR WIND, FIRE AND FLOODING. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> MARCUS HAS RESPONDED, IT WAS VERY NICE BECAUSE I WAS THRILLED TO HAVE [INAUDIBLE]
THEY WILL BE COMING SOON. AND THEN BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE ALL VERY EXCITED
BOUGHT THIS BUT I HAVE ASKED FOR A LONG TIME WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE HISTORIC PRESS PRESSER
VAITION COMMITTEE, I KNOW? PRESERVATION COMMITTEE, I KNOW YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT REQUEST IN. THAT'S IT.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> LIKE YOU MEET WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND
NHRA, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE PERIODIC MEETINGS WITH THEM.
>> WE HAVE HAD E MAILS, 1036 GODFREY, SEWAGE COMING UP OUT OF THE, I GUESS OUT OF? OUT
OF THE SIDE OF THEIR HOUSE. SAID THE CITY CAME OUT BUT LEFT THE WASTE
ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THE OTHER THING, I HAD A VERY INTERESTING
MEETING YESTERDAY, I SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR DISCUSSIONS
YET ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE, BRIAN HAS DONE A REAL GOOD JOB FOR US IN TERMS OF OUTLINING
SOME OF OUR CRITICAL ISSUES AS FAR AS EDUCATION AS WELL AS SOME OTHER TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES.
I DIDN'T GET THE REPORT, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE A COPY OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH I REPRESENT THIS
BODY ON THE COMMITTEE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU GUYS SO YOU
CAN SEE BETWEEN THE VIRGINIA FIRST CITIES, VML AND OUR LEGISLATORS, THAT WE ARE MAKING
SURE SOME OF THESE CRITICALLIST THAWS WE ARE FACING, THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING.
I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION UPDATED. I HAD A CONFERENCE CALL YESTERDAY THAT WAS
ABOUT TWO HOURS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> ANGELA? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE FOR US TO [INAUDIBLE]
PEOPLE IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT THAT IT MAY HAVE ON US, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS COULD LOOK LIKE
IF WE ENACTED THE TWO YEAR DELAY ON COLLECTING THE PROPERTY TAX.
>> WE CAN BRING IT FOR THE NEW BUSINESS. >> WHAT I FOUND ATTRACTIVE WAS LOOKING AT
PROFITS. >> THAT'S A CAN OF WORMS I'M NOT SURE? [INAUDIBLE]
>> BUSINESS LICENSE [INAUDIBLE] >> IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO
>> PEOPLE WILL BE TAKING IT OUT IN SALARY. >> WE SHOULD START OFF WITH, COULD START OFF
WITH TWO YEAR BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER CITIES A DON'TING THAT.
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE FINANCIALLY TO THE CITY AND WHAT THOSE NUMBERS
ARE AND THEN TAKE THE DISCUSSION FROM THERE. >> WE HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, THE VIRGINIA
BEACH MODEL IS WIDE OPEN, BUT THEN THERE IS THE CHESAPEAKE MODEL WHERE THERE IS A CAP
ON THE GROSS, SO WE CAN BRING THAT IN. >> WHY DON'T WE SET TIME ASIDE RATHER THAN
AD HOC, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT REVENUE SOURCE TO THE CITY, SOMEBODY MAY BUTTON HOLE YOU
ABOUT IT OR MAYBE FIND SOMETHING IN THE PAPER, WE NEED TO BE VERY DELIBERATE BEFORE WE START
TO WADE INTO THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE TINKERED WITH BECAUSE IT IS
A SUBSTANTIAL REVENUE SOURCE. MY LITTLE OFFER? JUST LIKE MARCUS SAID, WE
FACE SUBSTANTIAL ATTORNEY PAY [INAUDIBLE] BUT IF AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN WE FINISH
OUR TAX YEAR WE WANT TO BE AT ZERO PROFITS, ZERO, WE EITHER PAY IT OUT OR PAY EXPENSES
OR DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THERE ARE LOTS
OF WAYS TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES TO GET AROUND PAYING ANY OF THESE TAXES.
FOR SOME COMPANIES THAT'S THE ONLY TAX THEY PAY TO THE CITY FOR ALL THE SERVICES THE SIT
PROVIDE VIEDZ TO THEM. >> I'M NOT REFERRING TO THE LICENSING PART,
I'M REFERRING TO THE PART ABOUT PERSONAL PROPERTY, I'M NOT REFERRING TO THE LICENSING PORTION,
I DON'T THINK TINKERING WITH THE LICENSING, I TOTALLY AGREE YOU WITH, BUT I'D STILL LIKE
TO SEAT THE NUMBERS. >> SURE, I THINK WE SHOULD SEE IT ALL OUT
THERE. >> SO WE HAVE AN IDEA WHAT WE ARE DOING.
>> THE FINANCIAL IMPACT IF WE DON'T ADOPT SOMETHING FOR THE NEW BUSINESSES AND? COULD
WE END UP LOSING NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE TAX FOR TWO YEARS.
>> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO WEIGH.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RAISING THE CIGARETTE TAX, AT SOME POINT YOU RAISE IT TO A LEVEL PEOPLE
STOP SMOKING. THERE IS ALWAYS? IT'S KNOWLEDGE DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR WHEN YOU CUT IT OR WHEN YOU RAISE IT. >> IT IS TIME WE TALK, WE SHOULD SET ASIDE
A COUPLE HOURS. AND YOU COME IN WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
>> WE HAVE THE THIRD TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER IS A MEETING, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A FORMAL
>> OCTOBER, YOU MEAN? >> YES, OCTOBER WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL SESSION,
WE CAN HAVE THREE IN A MONTH IF THAT'S A FORMAL ITEM YOU WANT TO DISCUSS.
>> I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ARGUMENT THAT DAY.
>> >> RIGHT AFTER THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION MEETING.
>> OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE A LOT OF US LIKE?
I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE STATUTE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
OKAY. ANGELA?
>> NO, I'M FINE. >> TWO QUICK THINGS.
DID WE RESCHEDULE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING? >> WE HAVE NOT.
WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS THE LAST TUESDAY OF OCTOBER IN THE INFORMAL SESSION, AND THAT'S
SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS, AN ISSUE IS THEY ARE HAVING PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT THEIR BUDGET, PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THEIR PRIORITY SETTING AND TO MEET BEFORE
THAT LAST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER MAY NOT BE THE ROBUST CONVERSATION WE WERE GOING TO HAVE,
THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. WE WILL NEED TO CHECK.
>> SO, OCTOBER >> THE LAST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER IS PROPOSAL
WE COULD DO IT ACTUALLY IN THE INFORMAL SESSION LIKE AT 5:00 OR IF WE TOOK ONE OF THE COMMITTEES
AND STARTER EARLIER OR STARTED LATER. >> OUR COMMITTEE, EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS 4:00,
IT FIT RIGHT IN. >> IT FITS RIGHT IN.
>> ONCE WE HAVE SOMETHING PRESSING, >> WE HAD TWO PRESENTATIONS BY FRANK.
>> WE CAN? ONE OTHER THING WAS JUST, KIND OF ANDY'S EXPERIENCE WHEN HE WENT TO GREECE,
WHEN I WENT TO BRAZIL, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY IN MOST
PART BUT THERE WAS A FOCUS ON HEALTHY LIVING, EXERCISING STATIONS, YOU KNOW THEY FIT BIKE
PATHS ON ROADS YOU WOULDN'T THINK BIKE PATHS COULD GO ON, WHEN I HEAR THAT ARGUMENT EVERY
TIME, I'M STILL DISAPPOINTED TO THIS DAY WE DIDN'T PUT A BIKE PATH ON GRANBY STREET WHEN
WE PAVED IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ARE SO RESISTANT TO PUTTING
BIKE PATHS ON ROADS, I THINK A BIKE COMMISSION >> WE ALREADY HAVE IT.
>> I WAS THERE. I THINK THE BIKE COMMISSION COULD HELP PUSH
THIS AGENDA THROUGH, BUT I JUST HOPE ONE DAY WE WILL GET PAST IT.
VIRGINIA BEACH DOES HAVE MORE LAND, BUT THEY HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO PUTTING IN BIKE PATHS
AND WALKING PATHS ON A LOT OF THEIR MAJOR ROADS AND I THINK WE ARE MISSING OUT ON OPPORTUNITIES
TO CONTINUE FRANK'S EFFORT OF BRINGING THE PATHS TO NORFOLK.
>> BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE BIKE PATHS, DO WE HAVE LESS PEOPLE USING BIKES?
>> LESS PEOPLE BEING SAFE TRAVELING ON BIKES. >> I'M NOT AGAINST BIKE LANES, I'M JUST SAYING
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE HRT BUSES AND BIKE RACKS CAN TELL PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR BIKES.
>> VERY QUICKLY, HRT, I SAW THERE WAS AN E MAIL, I'VE HEARD TWO STORIES TO THIS.
BLUE COATS, THEY ARE THE GUYS THAT WORK THE COURTHOUSE SECURITY, THEY ARE UNDER THE SHERIFF'S
UMBRELLA, MAINTAINING SECURITY. THEY WEAR AN IDENTIFICATION BADGE THAT SAYS
THEY ARE NORFOLK SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I SAW THE E MAIL THAT REALLY BROUGHT IT TO
THIS FROM DEE WHO IS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CAN THEY RIDE OR NOT RIDE THE LIGHT RAIL TO
COMMUTE IN. I CAN TELL YOU I SEE THESE GUYS A LOT AND
I'VE HEARD A COUPLE THAT THEY CAN, SOME HAVE A BADGE, SOME SAY THEY CAN'T.
I WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT, SOMEHOW MAKE THAT ONE OF THE PRIORITIES, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO
SAY WHY, YOU SAY THEY ARE JUST A BUNCH OF GUYS IN BLUE COATS.
MOST OF THEM HAVE FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT,
GOD FORBID ANYTHING DOES HAPPEN, THEY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION.
THEY ALSO WILL LEAVE EARLIER THAN THE SHERIFF'S SHIFT CHANGE, BECAUSE THE COURTHOUSE, THEY
WILL START TO FILTER OUT AND THEY ARE DONE BY 5:00.
THE SHERIFF'S SHIFT CHANGE, UNIFORM DEPUTIES COME OUT OF THE JAIL, SHIFTS OUT A LITTLE
LATER THAN THEY DO, SO YOU WILL HAVE SECURITY THAT DOES RIDE IT DURING THAT BRIEF PERIOD
OF TIME AND I WOULD SUGGEST AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE IDENTIFICATION THAT HAS THEIR FACE
ON IT, SAYS NORFOLK SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEY WEAR THEIR UNIFORM WHICH IS GRAY SLACKS, BLUE
COAT AND NECKTIE, THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WEAR IT AS ANY UNIFORM OFFICER.
I GOT HUNG UP ON TOMMIE RUNNING IN HIS SPEEDO. I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY MINE, TOMMY, YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE THAT WAY. >> YOU SHOULD HAVE WORN YOUR T SHIRT.
>> SPEAKING OF LIGHT RAIL, IN USA TODAY YESTERDAY, MY WIFE SAW IT, BUT THERE WAS A NICE BLURB
IN THE SECTIONS THEY HAVE ON VARIOUS STATES, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SAW IT, IN VIRGINIA
IT HAD NORFOLK EXPERIENCING SUCCESS WITH ITS LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.
AND MY WIFE THREW IT AWAY SO I COULDN'T BRING IT IN.
>> SHE RECYCLED IT. >> SO, I'M TRYING TO GET THAT BECAUSE THAT'S
NATIONAL, AND RICHMOND PAPER THIS MORNING HAD A NICE COLUMN ON THE CITY OF NORFOLK.
ONE OF THE COLUMNISTS DID A NICE PIECE SAYING VIRGINIA BEACH WAS THE CHESTERFIELD OF RICHMOND
AND HAD BUSES GOING OUT THERE. WE ARE STARTING TO GET SOME REALLY VERY NICE
ACCOLADES ABOUT THIS. I DON'T THINK WE CAN LET UP FOR A MOMENT ABOUT
DRIVING RIDERSHIP, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MEETINGS YOU HAVE A MONTH ABOUT LIGHT RAIL BUT SOMEBODY
FROM CITY HALL SHOULD BE WORKING ON IT EVERY DAY, HOW CAN WE REACH OUT AND GET RIDERS,
HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR FOOT ON THAT PEDAL, YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF
IT. >> I HAVE BEGUN TO COMMUTE, I WILL TELL YOU
FROM THE FIRST TIME I HAD ISSUES UNTIL RECENTLY AS A WEEK AGO, THAT THE BUS SERVICE HAS BEEN
VERY GOOD AND TIMELY, IT BEEN COURTEOUS, I HAVE NOT HAD TO DO THE CEDAR GROVE EXCHANGE
AGAIN, I'VE ASKED SOMEHOW THEY EXAMINED WHY WE HAD TO GO CEDAR GROVE BACK TO THE LIGHT
RAIL, THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK BACK INTO IT, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE AT HRT, I'VE BEEN
IMPRESSED HOW RECEPTIVE THEY HAVE BEEN, BACK TO QUICK CHANGES, AND THE BUS WAS ON TIME,
THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> IN VIRGINIA TOWN AND CITY MEETING, THERE
WAS A NICE ARTICLE ABOUT IT. SPEAKING OF CEDAR GROVE, I MET WITH THE LADY
WHO SELLS HOT DOGS OUT THERE, AND I KNOW SHE HAS BEEN VERY PERSISTENT BUT EVEN SHE HAS
WORRIES ABOUT CEDAR GROVE AND WHEN SHE IS OUT THERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE ALL DAY
SELLING THINGS TO PEOPLE AND ANNOYING PEOPLE AND SHE STOPPED IN MID SENTENCE, SHE WASN'T
TALKING ABOUT HOT DOGS, SHE WAS SAYING WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CEDAR GROVE.
I'VE TOLD MARK US ABOUT THAT, IT REALLY NEEDS >> I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK TO THE LONG TERM
SOLUTION. >> AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A
LONG TIME. >> HAVING RIDDEN THE BUSES, WE NEED TO DO
THAT. >> I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.
>> ONE MORE THING, MARCUS TOUCHED ON THE FLOODING PIECE.
I THINK WE NEED A PIECE OF WRITING, I WANT A STRATEGY, SOMEBODY TO MAP OUT A STRATEGY
FOR US HOW WE APPROACH THE FEDERAL GUYS. TELL US IF THERE IS MONEY OUT THERE, MAYBE
WE'RE KIDDING OURSELVES, BUT IF THERE IS, HOW WE GO ABOUT ACCESSING IT AND THEN SECONDLY,
YOU KNOW, A PLAN TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN MAKE THE CASE,
THERE ARE POTS OF MONEY AVAILABLE HERE, AND, SO, NOW WE HAVE TO IMPRESS UP ON CERTAIN BURR
CONTRACTS AS WELL AS? BUREAUCRATS AS WELL AS OUR OWN PERSON.
WE WILL HAVE A MEETING, WE WILL ALL GO TO D.C. OR PICK THEM UP ONE AT A TIME, OR WRITE
THEM FIRST AND THEN SOMEONE BE A POINT PERSON. WE NEED TO GET OUR ACT TOGETHER IN AN ORGANIZED
WAY SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHEN WE SEE THESE PEOPLE.
WE NEED MONEY, THEY HEAR THAT ALL DAY LONG, WE HAVE A REAL REASON TO SAY WE NEED HELP
HERE. MARCUS, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN ONE OF THE
PAPERS, OUTSIDE THE REGION, ABOUT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. HOW MUCH THAT IS INCREASING.
AND WE DON'T? WE HAVEN'T HAD A REAL SNAP SHOT RECENTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE IN NORFOLK ARE LIVING
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE BUT THAT NUMBER APPARENTLY IS GROWING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE SAME
FOR NORFOLK, INTUITIVELY I WOULD THINK IT IS GROWING HERE, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT
IT AND THEN DECIDE HOW WE WILL ATTACK THAT. I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THOSE FOLKS
WHO NEAT OUR HELP THE MOST. >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR NEW DEMO GRAPHICKER
UNLESS HE STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM. >> ANYONE, WHAT SOME OF THE CENSUS NUMBERS,
SOME ARE COMING OUT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COMMUTE INTO YOUR CITY.
THAT INFORMATION AS YOU GET IT, WOULD YOU SHARE IT WITH?
>> SURE, WE CAN DO THAT. >> OKAY.
>> I HAVE ONE OTHER THING, THIS PH 2, DID WE DISCUSS THAT LATER ON?
BE SURE TO SAVE ENOUGH TIME. >> I THINK NOW IS A GREAT TIME, BASICALLY
PH 2 IS 615 PHOSFHANE AVENUE, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO BERNARD, I THINK THERE WAS DISCUSSION
OF APPROPRIATENESS TO A ROOFLINE, WHILE DESIGN APPROVAL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD DENIAL.
THE BOTTOM LINE WITH THIS DISCUSSION IS THE TIMELINESS OF THE APPLICATION.
BASICALLY >> IS THE REAPPLICATION
>> THE APPEAL. >> THERE ARE ONLY TWO ISSUES, ONE IS THE MAKE
UP OF THE BUILDING ITSELF THE SECOND IS TIMING OF AT PEEL.
>> IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF THE APPEAL, BASICALLY THE TIME LINE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT,
HE MADE WIT IN THE TIME LINE? HE MADE IT WITHIN THE TIME LINE.
BUT THE STAFF ERROR IN TERMS OF WHEN THE TIME LINE STARTED.
IN OTHER WORDS OFFICIALLY THE APPLICANT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TIMELY FOR THE APPEAL.
IN TERMS OF THE POSITION FOR COUNSEL BERNARD AND I MET BEFORE THE MEETING AND HE WILL PROVIDE
YOU THINGS. >> THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, YOU
HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND OPPONENTS TO THE NEW ROOF ARE RAISING TWO POINTS, THE FIRST IS
THAT OUR ORDINANCE LIMITS SOMEBODY WHO ACE PEELING TO DOING SO WITH COME 30 DAYS.
AS THE MANAGER SAID >> 30 DAYS OF THE DAY THEY ARE TURNED DOWN?
>> YES, I THINK. >> BY THE PLANNING COMPIST GLUN THAT'S RIGHT.
BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. >> THAT'S RIGHT, SOME STAFF MEMBERS MISCAL
YOU CAN THRAITD AND SHARED IT >> SAY IT AGAIN.
OUR STAFF TOLL THE PROPERTY OWNER YOU HAVE TO APPEAL IT BY THIS DATE.
>> RIGHT. >> AND HE DID THIS.
TURNS OUT OUR STAFF MISS CALCULATED THAT. >> A GOVERNMENT IS NOT BOUND BY AN EMPLOYEE'S
MISTAKE AND INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW. THE LAW IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT THE LAW IN VIRGINIA IS ALSO THAT THOSE 30 DAY PERIODS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT AND MANAGEMENT
OF YOUR DOCKET, AND, SO, IT'S FOR YOUR BENEFIT, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO WAIVE THAT 30 DAY PERIOD,
SO IT IS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION WHETHER OR NOT TO RELY UP ON THE 30 DAY DEFAULT, THAT
YOU CAN HEAR AT PEEL IF YOU THINK IT IS EQUITABLE, YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO RELY UP ON IT.
THE SECOND ARGUMENT I'VE SEEN WRITTEN TO YOU IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER FAILS TO SPECIFY
THE ILLEGALITY, PEOPLE MAY APPEAR TODAY AND MAKE THAT ARGUMENT, I'M NOT OPINING ON THE
CORRECTNESS OF THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE PROPERTY OWNER'S LETTER? WE DON'T PROVIDE
A FORM, WE PROVIDE INSTRUCTION, WE ASK THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PROVIDE THE ERROR THE PLANNING
COMMISSION MADE. THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL ARGUE TO YOU THAT
THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOKED AT WHETHER THE ROOF WAS DUPLICATED WHAT ROOF BURNED DOWN
AND WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE, YOU HAVE THE QUESTION BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, THOSE ARE
THE TWO ARGUMENTS I'VE SEEN ARGUED IN ADVANCE IN THE OPPOSITION OF YOUR HEARING OR HOW YOU
WOULD RULE ON THIS IF YOU DID HEAR IT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, IF IT'S OKAY,
WE WILL ALSO HEAR TONIGHT FROM THE OPPOSITION THAT YOU WERE PRESENTED, THAT WHEN THE BUILDING
WAS REBUILT IN 2007 IT WAS CHANGED TO CLABBOARD AS OPPOSED SHINGLE SIDING WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL
SIDING. THAT ACTUALLY WAS NOT THE CASE AND WHEN IT
WAS REBUILT IT WAS ACTUALLY SIDED WITH SHINGLE SIDING WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL
BUILD. SECONDLY YOU WILL ALSO HEAR THAT WE WERE TOLD
THAT G AND L NEIGHBORHOOD LEAGUE SIGNED OFF ON THAT CHANGE, AND THEY WILL SAY THAT THEY
HAVE RESEARCHED ALL OF THEIR RECORD AND THAT THERE IS NO DOCUMENTATION THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
LEAGUE EVER WAS CONSULTED OR ADVISED REGARDING THIS.
I'M JUST GOING TO TELL WHAT YOU YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT.
>> THE FIRST PART WAS IT WAS RENOVATED >> FRANK, ARE YOU HERE?
TALK TO US ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS REDONE WITH CLAPBOARD, AM I RIGHT?
>> NO, MA'AM. THE NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION FOR THIS
HOUSE WHICH DEFINED THIS HOUSE AS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCK SURE INDICATED THE CHARACTERISTICS
WAS THE ROOF, THE PORCH AND CLAPBOARD SIDING. WHAT HAPPENED IN 2007 WAS THE SIDING WAS REPLACED
AND CONVERTED TO SHINGLES. >> WHAT WAS IT ORIGINAL?
>> CLAPBOARD, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION.
>> I CAN SHOW YOU THE DOCUMENTS I HAVE, YOU CAN SEE IT.
>> IS THAT AN ISSUE TONIGHT? >> THE ISSUE YOU DEAL WITH IS WHEN YOU LOOK
AT WHAT THE DESIGN GUIDELINES SAY YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT MODIFICATIONS
TO A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, EXACTLY WHAT WAS INDICATED, IS ATE
PROPOSE EVERY AT. YOU ALSO NEED TO PROTECT THE DISTINGUISHING
CHARACTERISTICS WHICH IS WHY WE LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE, WE LOOKED NOT AT PICTURES,
BUT AT WHAT THE NATIONAL REGISTRY NOMINATION DESCRIBED AS THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS.
>> PEOPLE MAY ARGUE TO YOU WHAT DR.?WHIBLEY IS REPORTING TO YOU IS AN ISSUE, BUT THE ISSUE
TONIGHT IS THE ROOF. IT IS SUMMARILY HOW IT FITS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> IT'S THE ROOFLINE. >> YES, THAT'S ALL THAT IS BEFORE YOU.
>> THE ROOFLINE IS BEFORE YOU. THE CHANGE IN THE DESIGN OF THE EXTERNAL OF
THE HOUSE GOING FROM CLAPBOARD TO SIDING WENT THROUGH IN 2007.
>> YOU ARE SAYING IN FACT THE ORIGINAL SIDING WAS CLAPBOARD?
>> THAT IS ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL REGISTRY. >> I HAVE THIS CARD SAYS THE ORIGINAL SIDING
ON THE HOUSE WAS SHINGLES, NOT CLAPBOARD. 2007 INDICATES MATERIAL BEING REPLACED VINYL
SIDING. >> AND FINAL SIDING IT WAS REPLACED
>> YOU ARE SAYING CLAPBOARD, THIS IS SHOWING SHINGLES.
>> I'M SAYING IF YOU LOOK AT THE NATIONAL REGISTRY NOMINATION, THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE
TO LOOK AT FOR DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS, THAT SAYS CLAPBOARD, NOT SHINGLES.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO BE A WITNESS TONIGHT AND TELL THAT?
>> THAT CHANGE WENT THROUGH THE DESIGN >> THAT IS REALLY NOT ON THE TABLE.
>> NO, I KNOW. >> TONIGHT THE ISSUE IS THE ROOF.
>> THE ONLY ISSUE THAT DHAWSES TO BE RELEVANT IS YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST SOME OVERT DISTINGUISHING
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HOUSE ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL REGISTRY NOMINATION, YOU COULD
CONCEIVABLY CONTINUE TO MAKE OTHER CHANGES. >> THE ARGUMENT IS IT'S ALREADY CHANGED.
>> THE PLANNING COMMISSION TURN IT DOWN BUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED
>> NO, THE STAFF DID NOT REMEMBERING MIND IT.
WE ARE LIMITED TO THE TECHNICAL ISSUES, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT TECHNICAL ISSUES, WE WENT
BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THE NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION DEFINE AS DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS
AND THAT IS HOW I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION WE COULD NOT RECOMMEND THE REQUEST.
>> SO, THE ISSUE ON THE HEARING TONIGHT WILL BEGIN WITH THE THRESHOLD QUESTION IS THE APPEAL
OR VOIDABLE AND IT APPEARS IT IS MERELY VOIDABLE. >> IT'S WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION.
>> EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HEAR IT, THEY STILL MAINTAIN THEIR ABILITY TO APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT?
>> IF THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE THAT OPTION. >> RIGHT.
>> BUT OTHER PEARS, THEY ARE NOT PARTIES TO THIS, BUT THE CITY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION
AND THE PROPERTY OWNER ARE PARTIES, BUT SOMETHING YOU MIGHT ALSO HEAR FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CITIZENS WHO ARE AFOASD THIS IS OUR PROCESS DOES NOT AFFORD THEM A RIGHT TO APPEAL.
AND, SO, THAT IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD ALLOWED THIS, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A RIGHT
TO APPEAL. LIKEWISE, IF YOU HEAR THIS AND DETERMINE THAT
THE PROPOSED ROOF IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT
TO >> THEY DON'T HAVE STANDING.
>> RIGHT. >> WE ARE THEIR STANDING, THAT IS OUR JOB.
>> RIGHT. >> IS TO FUNCTION AS THEIR STANDING.
SO, REGARDLESS OF THAT, LET'S GO BACK TO THE IDEA, AND THIS IS? LET'S SAY WE SAID TONIGHT
THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE REASONS ARE, WE SAY IT'S VOIDABLE AND THEREFORE WE ARE ALL
GOING TO SAY IT'S VOIDED AND WON'T BE HEARD TONIGHT, HE WOULD STILL HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT, RIGHT?
>> YES. >> TONIGHT WE GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THAT
INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR CASE FORWARD AND WE CAN RENDER A DECISION IN FAVOR OR AGAINST.
>> RIGHT. >> THE ISSUE OF THE ILLEGALITY BOTHERS ME,
IT WAS TRIESD ME. I TAKE IT IT'S NOT IN THE SENSE WE LAWYERS
KNOW IT OR IT'S IN A BROAD TERM OR DO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A FINDING THAT INDIVIDUALLY
TO VOTE THIS WAY THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID SOMETHING THAT WAS ILLEGAL OR WE LOOK
AT ILLEGALITY IN A BROAD SENSE AS THE LAYMAN UNDERSTANDS.
TELL ME WHAT IT IS SO CAN I HEAR AT PEEL. >> IT'S IN THE BROADER SENSE, SO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION IS APPLYING YOUR ORDINANCE AS A STANDARD, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THEY HAVE
APPLIED THEM CORRECTLY OR INCORRECTLY. SO, IF APPLIED INCORRECTLY YOU HEAR THE TERM
ILLEGALITY IS THE APPLICABLE >> IT'S IN THE BROADER SENSE, NOT THE ACTUALLY?
THAT THEY DIDN'T BREACH A STANDARD, IT'S A BROADER SENSE?
>> YES. >> THAT'S MORE COMFORTABLE FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND.
>> THE PROPERTY OWNER SAYS HIS ROOF IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
PLANNING COMMISSION'S DETERMINATION IT WAS NOT IS AN ERROR AND IN PART HIS ARGUMENT WAS
BECAUSE IT WAS LIMITED TO REPRODUCING WHAT WAS THERE BUT NOT WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS
IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THAT IS HELPFUL.
>> IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS CORRECT, SHOULD WE VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD?
WE CONSIDER THE MATTER, THE APPEAL TO BE TIMELY FILED.
>> SHOULD WE AT LEAST INDICATE THERE ARE A MAJORITY OF US WHO EITHER THINK IT IS NOT
OR THAT THINK WE OUGHT TO HEAR IT? IF WE SAY? WE DON'T THINK THE GUY HAS CONFORMED
TO THE ORDINANCE >> THANK YOU, THAT WOULD BE BETTER, THAT IS
THE RIGHT PART OF THE RECORD IS COUNCIL SHOULD FIRST TAKE UP THE ISSUE OF WHETHER THEY ARE
WILLING TO HEAR THE APPEAL OR WAIVE THE 30 DAY REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNICATION
OR FOR OTHER REASONS. THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S THRESHOLD AND SECONDLY IF WE DECIDE AS A MAJORITY WE WANT TO HEAR THE APPEAL,
WILL YOU BE PREPARED TO ADDRESS IT FOR US SO WE CAN GO ON RECORD?
>> YES. >> THEN WE CAN GO FORWARD ON THE MERITS OF
THAT. >> IF IT GOES THROUGH.
>> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. >> THEN WE WILL
>> AND IS THAT PROCEDURE NOW CLEAR IN YOUR OFFICE?
YES, MA'AM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE IN REACTION TO THIS IS I NOW REQUIRE
MY STAFF TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE LETTERS REGARDING CERTIFICATES APPROPRIATENESS BEFORE THEY LEAVE
THE DATE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS. >> MAY I ASK A QUESTION.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS ISSUE HAS COME UP AS IT RELATES TO THE HISTORY, I KNOW
A LOT OF INFORMATION COMES BEFORE THE CITY BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET THIS INFORMATION
OUT TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY NOW, SOMEONE IS POTENTIALLY LOOKING
AT A HOME, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CAN LIVE ON BOTH SIDES, CAN HAVE A FOR SALE SIGN THERE,
IS IT OUR RESPONSIBILITY OR THE COMMUNITIES RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT
BEFORE THE TIME? IT SEEMS WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING IN AND AFTER SEVERAL YEARS
PEOPLE WANT TO MODIFY THEIR HOME AND THESE ISSUES ARE COMING UP.
WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? >> ACTUALLY THE REAL ESTATE CONTRACT, THE
REALTOR HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM THE BUYER THEY ARE MOVING INTO A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND
GIVE THEM THE RULES. >> THE SELLER HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO INFORM
THE REALTOR WHO THEN HAS TO INFORM THE BUYER, THE BUYER ALSO SIGNS A DISCLOSURE SAYING THEY
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE AS A BUYER TO FIND OUT WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS
ARE REGARDING >> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> BUT IN THIS SITUATION >> BUT THE QUESTION IS EVEN THOUGH THAT IS
BEING DONE, THESE ISSUES KEEP COMING TO THE TABLE.
>> BUT THIS QUESTION IS NOT THAT THINGS ARE INAPPROPRIATE, THIS GENTLEMAN HAS NOT FORGED
AHEAD TO DO SOMETHING, ADVISED HE HAS TO APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
WHAT HE IS QUESTIONING IS WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS GRAND.
HE HASN'T BUILT SOMETHING LIKE WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE, PUT A SIGN UP
>> THE SIGN CAME DOWN. >> THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN HE FOUND OUT HE COULDN'T
DO THAT. IN THIS SITUATION, THIS BUILDER AND THIS ARCHITECT
KNEW GOING INTO IT THAT TO DO ANY CHANGES AFTER THE FIRE THAT THEY HAD TO APPLY FOR
THIS. SO, IN THIS SITUATION, WE'RE GOING BY THE
RULES, IT'S JUST THEY DO NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THE PLANNING COUNCIL VOTED.
>> LET ME DIRECTLY RESPOND TO MR.?BURFOOT'S QUESTION.
TWO YEARS AGO I REQUESTED MY STAFF SEND A LET TORE ANY PROPERTY OWNER IN ANY OF OUR
HISTORIC DISTRICT, THAT IS WEST FREE MASON, EAST FREE MASON, THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC HOUSE
OVERLAY ADVISING THEM FOR THE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE ANNUALLY IN ADDITION SEND COMMUNICATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE CIVIC LEAGUES ASKING THE
CIVIC LEAGUE TO ALSO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO INFORM, MAKE SURE ALL THE MEMBERS ARE INFORMED.
>> THANK YOU. >> WHAT WAS THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S VOTE?
>> 2 2? >> THEY WERE UNANIMOUS IN RECOMMENDING DENYING
IT BASED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD OP EXIST GLUN THE DESIGN REVIEW WAS UNANIMOUS APPROVED IT?
>> THEY VOTED TO APPROVE, I THINK 3 2 VOTE. >> THE RECORD SAYS 4 2 AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION
WAS 4 0. >> WITH THE FOUR PEOPLE WHO RECOMMENDED THE
CHANGE AT DESIGN REVIEW INDICATING THAT THEY THOUGHT THE PARTICULAR CHANGE IN THE ROOFLINE
WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR AN URBAN HOUSE WITH A ROOF AND THE MINORITY BELIEVING IT SHOULD
BE RESTORED IN THE WAY IT HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY. >> LET ME ASK A QUESTION, THE DESIGN REVIEW
IS LOOKING AT THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY. >> YES, SIR.
>> OKAY. PLANNING IS LOOKING AT IT FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT
OR LOOKING AT THE AREA AS A WHOLE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT?
>> PLANNING IS LOOKING AT IT IN BIGGER ISSUES. >> DESIGN REVIEW IS NOT?
>> THAT WOULD BE MY INTERPRETATION ON THE VOTE THAT WAS TAKEN.
>> WHAT WAS THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION? >> OUR ADMINISTRATION, AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE
MR.?JONES AND I HAD NUMBER OUTS DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, I BELIEVE AS AN ADMINISTRATION WE
SHOULDN'T TRY TO MAKE POLICY, WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT THE DESIGN GUIDELINES CALL FOR AND
MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON AT PROVED DESIGN GUIDELINES AND THAT IS WHY OUR RECOMMENDATION
WAS TO UP HOLE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. >> I THINK THE POLICY WAS ALREADY SET.
>> THAT'S THE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE BETTER UNDER STOOTD FROM DESIGN REVIEW? UNDERSTOOD
FROM DESIGN REVIEW TO PLANNING COMMISSION. DESIGN REVIEW LOOKS AT ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY
OF IT, NOT TAKING WHETHER OR NOT ARCHITECTURALLY IT FITS IN THE COMMUNITY AS A HOLE.
DOES IT MEET CRITERIA OF EXISTING HOMES IN THAT CRITERIA.
BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIGS A LITTLE DEEPER, AND FOLLOWS THE GUIDELINES RELATED
WHAT IS THERE. I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S MY INTERPRETATION.
IF THEY ARE GOING BY THE SAME GUIDELINES IT WOULDN'T BE 4 21 WAY AND 4 0 THE OTHER.
>> THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE SAME GUIDELINES, I WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR INTERPRETATION, MR.?BURFOOT.
I THINK THE DESIGN REVIEW LOOKED AT THE HOUSE THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED AND LOOKED AT THAT
AND SAID THERE ARE OTHER HOUSES INTO AREA THAT HAVE A SIMILAR ROOFLINE WHAT IS BEING
PROPOSED OR AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOK AT IT AND SAID, NO, IT REALLY SHOULD GO BACK
TO THE WAIT IT WAS OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE BROADER NEIGHBOR.
THEY BOTH LOOKED AT THE SAME GUIDELINES BECAUSE THEY LOOKED AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
AND CAME ONE DIFFERENT GUIDELINES. >> REALITY THEY WOULD BOTH BE RIGHT.
>> THE THING I FIND CONFUSING, WE HAD THE ISSUE AT THE ARMAMENT WHEN THEY WANTED TO
PUT IN A DIFFERENT ROOF, WE COULDN'T FIND ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF A COPPER ROOF, THAT IS
WHY IT WASN'T DEEMED TO BE WORTHY OF A CIA. WHAT HE IS PROPOSING IS A ROOF THAT IS THE
SAME AS OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THOUGHT THAT IS WHAT WE USED TO SEE IF IT
WAS APPROPRIATE AND NOW IT NOT. >> I THINK IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS.
I GUESS IF HE TORE IT DOWN AND PUT SOMETHING NEW, MAY OR MAY NOT COMPLY BUT HE'S GOING
BACK IN THERE, INVESTED HIS MONEY TO TRY TO RESTORE THIS HOME AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT
IS COMP PATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S A TOUGH CALL BECAUSE HE'S GONE THE EXTRA
YARD TO RENOVATE THIS THING AND GET IT CLOSER THAN A NEW HOME.
>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE NEXT GUY COMES AWRONG. ARE YOU GOING TO GO BY THE RULES THAT ARE
IN PLACE OR YOU START TO MODIFY THE RULES BASED ON A FIRE THIS TIME, SOMETHING ELSE
THE NEXT TIME, IT'S EASIER THE NEXT TIME. >> I'M MAKING A POINT.
>> MY QUESTION IS I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING BY THE RULES AND THE RULES BEING THAT THE STRUCTURE
NEEDED TO BE DOWN EXISTENT WITH OTHER HOMES BUILT OF THAT PERIOD IN THAT AREA, SO I ACTUALLY
INTERPRET THIS AS HE WAS GOING BY THE RULES, THE SAME RULES WE USED WHEN DECIDING ON
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE PROPOSING, THAT HE WAS GOING BY THE RULES?
>> YES, THE ARCHITECT, THAT'S WHAT HE DOES IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
>> THE HOMES WITH THE ROOFLINE ARE ALREADY EXIST SOMETHING.
>> IN THE AREA CONSISTENT WITH THE TIME. >> THE FOUR GUIDELINES YOU HAVE ADOPTED AND
ARE GOVERNING THIS ARE NOT REALLY BRIGHT LINES, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL I I COULD READ THEM TO
YOU NOW. THE FIRST IS THAT YOU CONSIDER THE EXTERIOR
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, WHICH IS OBVIOUS AND NOT VERY JUDGMENTAL.
THE NEXT, I WILL READ ALL THIS, THE GENERAL DESIGN ARRANGEMENT, TEXTURE, MATERIALS, COLORS,
OF THE PROPOSED BIDDING OR STRUCTURE AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF SUCH FACTORS TO SIMILAR FEATURES
OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES INTO IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
THE THIRD IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE BUILDING WOULD BE HARMONIOUS WITH AND ARCHITECTURALLY
COMP PATIBLE WITH THE HISTORIC CONSERVATION, AND THE LAST IS THE EXTENT IT WILL PROMOTE
THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITY AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS BY THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION
OF HISTORIC PLACES SO THAT RULES ARE SOMETHING THAT REASONABLE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT ALL AGREE
ON. >> HE'S SAYING HE CANNOT CHANGE IT.
>> IT DOES NOT SAY HE CANNOT CHANGE IT. >> THAT IS NOT IN THE RULES, THAT IS IN THE
GUIDELINES. >> IS THAT AN ORDINANCE HE READ?
>> NO, IT NOT IN THE ORDINANCE. >> THIS IS THE ORDINANCE, IT INCLUDE THE GUIDELINES
SO YOU HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF YOU, SO WHAT I JUST READ TO YOU WOULD BE THE CRITERIA
>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS IS ALL I CARE ABOUT NOW.
>> THAT'S THE ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE. >> WE HAVE GUIDELINES WHICH THIS HELPS THESE
FOLKS. >> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS FINE, WE WILL FOLLOW
THE LAW. >> AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE GUIDELINES IS
SIMPLY YOU SHOULD DO THESE THINGS, THE ONES WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE THE APPROVED GUIDELINES
FOR ALL THE HISTORIC PROPERTY. >> WE GOT A BRIEFING LAST WEEK AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE AN EARFUL TONIGHT. OKAY.
SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE AHEAD. WHERE ARE WE?
>> BILL. >> ALL RIGHT.
DR.?HENNESSEY, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> I APPRECIATE BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
CHRYSLER IS VERY PROUD OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE
THINGS WE HAVE ON OUR PLATE FOR THE FUTURE AND GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH YOU
ABOUT IT TONIGHT. YOU WILL NOTICE, IT WOULDN'T HURT TO REMIND
YOU OF OUR MISSION, THE REASON WE SAY WE EXIST AND IT'S A PRETTY LOFTY ONE.
WE WANT TO DO NOTHING LESS THAN CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES OR ENRICH AND TRANSFORM THEM AND THE
WAY WE DO THAT IS BY BRINGING ART AND PEOPLE TOGETHER, PROVIDING EXPERIENCES THAT DELIGHT,
INFORM AND INSPIRE, AND WE REALLY WANT TO BE THE CENTER OF LIVES, OF EVERY ONE WHO LIVES
IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, HOW DO WE DO THAT?
WHO ARE WE, WHAT DO WE DO? WE PRESERVE, DISPLAY AND INTERPRET A WORLD
CLASS COLLECTION OF 30,000 WORKS OF ART. THAT'S HOW MANY OBJECTS ARE IN THAT BUILDING.
IT'S A COLLECTION NOT JUST OF SIZE BUT OF A QUALITY YOU WOULD MORE LIKELY FIND IN PHILADELPHIA
OR ATLANTA, SO, IT'S A PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE TO HAVE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
AND WE SUPPLEMENT THAT COLLECTION BY DOING 15 EXTRA EXHIBITIONS EACH YEAR, WORKS OF ART
WE BRING IN FROM OTHER PLACES THE WORLD TO SHARE WITH OUR CITIZENS AND THEN TRY TO BRING
THOSE OBJECTS TO LIFE BY OFFERING A FULL RANGE OF INTERPRETIVE FOR ALL AGES, AND WE DO IT
FREE EVERY SINGLE DAY. TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS, THAT BUILDING
OVER ON MOAB EVERY ARCH, 62 GALLERIES, BEAUTIFUL THEATER AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ART LIBRARY
SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AND EAST OF TEXAS. THERE ARE 105 PEOPLE THAT GO TO WORK THERE
EVERYDAY. WE OPERATE ANNUALLY ON A BALANCED BUDGET,
I STRESS THAT WORD "BALANCED" OF $6.7 MILLION. NOT TOO MANY CULTURAL PLACES AMERICA THAT
CAN SAY THAT, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE BLACK 15 YEARS.
WE WELCOME 160,000 VISITORS AND THAT INCLUDES 21,000 STUDENT WHO COME THROUGH THE MUSEUM
ON ORGANIZED TOURS. AND THEN LAST YEAR WE LENT 42 WORKS FROM OUR
PERMANENT COLLECTION TO 40 MUSEUMS IN NINE COUNTRIES.
THAT'S SENDING SOMETHING FROM NORFOLK TO BE AN AMBASSADOR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
REMIND PEOPLE WET ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A WORKING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THE CHRYSLER IS A PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION WHICH YOU A POINT IN A CITY OWNED BUILDING.
AS A RESULT WE CAN SERVE THE CITY AS AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR POPULATION AND STUDENT, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TOOL, I LOVE IT WHEN THE HEAD OF NORFOLK SOUTHERN SAYS THAT'S THE REASON
IT'S HERE. WE'RE A GREAT CULTURAL PLANNING PLACE, WE
LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS A CULTURAL CORNER STONE OF THE REGION.
THE MORE DETAIL, SHOTS OF THESE GALLERIES, THESE 62 PLACES WE TRY TO DISPLAY WORKS OF
ART IN A WAY THAT MAKES THEM APPEALING AND WELCOMING.
TO REMIND YOU OF SOME OF THE SPECIAL EXHIBITS WE'VE HAD, VICTORIAN PAINTINGS THAT CAME TO
NORFOLK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1880 SINCE THEY LEFT ENGLAND.
FOLLOWED UP WITH TIFFANY LAMPS AND BIBLICAL PAINTINGS, GREAT INTERACTIVE SHOW BY DANNY
ROSEN, WORKS OF ART THAT DOESN'T SIT THERE AND LOOK PRETTY BUT ACTUALLY LET'S YOU HAVE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH IT. FINALLY WANT TO REMIND YOU OF CHRYSLER'S ROLE
IN BRINGING BACK STUDENT'S WORK. IT WAS A PROGRAM WENT DORMANT BUT THE MUSEUM
BROUGHT BACK TWO YEARS AGO. THIS IS A SHOT OF THE JUDGING DAY.
LAST WEEK WE CLOSED A SUCCESSFUL SHOW OF ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE CHILDREN'S BOOK "CURIOUS GEORGE," HAD
A GREAT FAMILY TURN OUT FOR THAT. WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE SHOW WAS IT WAS NOT
ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE KIDS BUT TOLL THE STORY OF THE AUTHORS, THEY FLED FROM PARIS ONE STEP
AHEAD OF THE GERMAN TROOPS IN 1940. TO COME OVER TO THE MUSEUM TODAY YOU GET TO
SEE A LITTLE BIT OF NORFOLK, THE GREAT MURAL BY KENNETH HARRIS, 32 FEET LONG WE HOPE EVENTUALLY
WILL GRACE THE NEW CITY COURTHOUSE. SEE WHAT CITY LOOKS LIKE BACK IN 1965 ALONG
WITH ANOTHER SELECTION OF WORKS BY THE ART ITS, SHOWING MANY VIEWS.
WE DO A LOT OF COLLABORATIONS. HERE IS A SHOW THAT IS UP AT THE MOMENT, THESE
ARE TWO WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF BERNICE WHO COLLECTED AMERICAN FOLK PAINTING MADE
IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY. THROUGH A COLLABORATION WITH OLD DOMINION
A GROUP OF STUDENTS PAIRED THOSE WITH A GROUP OF PAINTINGS UP IN OLD DOMINION, TO HAVE 19TH
CENTURY ARTWORK PAIRED UP WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK.
GREAT FUN. WE HAVE A GREAT CONSERVATION STAFF AT THE
MUSEUM AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE BEEN UP TO IN THE LAST YEAR.
ON THE RIGHT IS A PAINTING AS IT LOOKED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE WAY IT
LOOKS TODAY. IT IS QUITE A TRANSFORMATION.
AND WHAT IS NICE ABOUT THE CONSERVATION STARVE AT THE CHRYSLER, THEY DON'T WORK LIKE GNOMES
IN THE ATTIC BUT THEY ARE OUT IN THE MUSEUM, PEOPLE CAN TALK TO THEM, SAY WHAT ARE YOU
DOING? HOW DO YOU BRING THE PAINTINGS BACK TO LIFE.
I MENTIONED THAT WE LEND GENEROUSLY FROM OUR COLLECTION, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A SHOT OF
SOME OF THE PLACES THAT WORKS FROM THE CHRYSLER COLLECTION HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
PARIS, LONDON, WILLIAMSTOWN, CHICAGO, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, ROME.
WE REAL DIE SEND OUR ART OUT AROUND THE WORLD. CHRYSLER MUSEUM IS NOT JUST THAT BUILDING,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE TWO HISTORIC HOUSES DOWNTOWN, THE MOASES MYERS HOUSE AND WILLOGHBY HOUSE.
THE TOP IS A SHOW AT THE NORFOLK HISTORY MUSEUM, COLLABORATION WE DID WITH NEW YORK, A WORK
ON AFRICAN AMERICAN WORK. BOTH DOWNTOWN IN THE MAIN BUILDING WE ARE
PROUD TO RELAYS OUR USUAL UNFRIENDLY SECURITY OFFICERS WITH GALLERY HOSTS, THEY GREET YOU
WHEN YOU COME IN THE DOOR, HELP GET YOUR BUGGY UP THE STEPS AND IF YOUR CAR NEEDS A JUMP,
THEY ARE OUT THERE TO HELP YOU AND IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY WE RELATE TO THE
PUBLIC. SADLY ART MUSEUMS ARE A LITTLE INTIMIDATING
TO PEOPLE AND OUR GALLERY HOSTS GO A LONG WAY DEMYSTIFYING THINGS.
THEY HAVE RADIOS, SECURITY IS CALLING FROM AND HIDING IN THE BACK.
THEY LIKE TO GO OUT AND BE AMBASSADORS FOR THE MUSEUM.
HERE IS ONE DRESSED UP, CURIOUS GEORGE WAS ON THE FIRST TRAIN, GLAD HE DIDN'T RUN INTO
THE SHARK. ONCE A MONTH, FIRST SATURDAY WE HAVE FAMILY
DAY AT THE MUSEUM, CHANCE FOR PARENTS AND PARENTS TO COME TO THE MUSEUM, NOT JUST LOOK
AT ART, MAKE IT AN EXPERIENCE TOGETHER. THESE ARE SOME OF THE SCENES ON A REGULAR
FAMILY DAY AT THE MUSEUM. THEN WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL PROGRAMS WE'VE INAUGURATED
SERIES, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND, WHO CAN'T SEE THE WORKS OF ART, WE GIVE THEM SURGICAL
GLOVES AND LET THEM EXPLORE THE PIECES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF OUR PEOPLE.
SCHOOL TOURS, I MENTIONED THOSE 21,000 STUDENT, THAT INCLUDE EVERY FOURTH GRADER IN THE NORFOLK
PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT COME TO THE MUSEUM ON A CAREFULLY STRUCTURED TOUR THAT HELPS THEM
EXPLORE AMERICAN HISTORY. HERE IS A BUS ARRIVING.
I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU LAST THURSDAY, IN THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, THE MUSEUM TRUSTEES
AGREED TO DROP THE ADMISSION CHARGE FOR SCHOOL GROUPS, NOW THEY COME FREE.
WE HAVE HAD A TRUSTEE STEP UP AND CREATE A FUND THAT WILL ENABLE US TO PROVIDE PAYMENT
FOR THE BUS COSTS, WE HOPE WE HAVE REMOVED ALL THE FINANCIAL BARRIERS FOR ANY CLASSROOM
TEACHER WANTING TO COME TO THE MUSEUM. WE STRESS ON THE SCHOOL TOURS THEY ARE NOT
COMING JUST FOR ART BUT WE ARE ENCOURAGING TEACHERS TO USE THE WORKS IN OUR COLLECTION
AS A WAY TO TEACH ACROSS THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM AND WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVE BOTH FROM WITHIN THE REGION AND WITHOUT, WE HAVE
BUSINESS CONSORTIUM FOR THE ARTS, WE HAVE LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGH THEIR DUES THAT HELP
BRING IN THE EXHIBITIONS LIKE CURIOUS GEORGE. WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE GET OUTSIDE THE SIT
LIKE HENRY LUC, ART WORKS AND INSTITUTE OF MUSEUMS.
THEY HAVE PROVIDED $350,000. WE HAVE PARTNERS IN THE CITY, THERE IS VIRTUE
ALE NO CULTURAL ORGANIZATION THAT ISN'T A PARTNER IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I'LL SKIP AHEAD TO OUR NEW WEBSITE AND AUDIO TOURS, TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE,
YOU MAY KNOW THE VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY IS ABOUT TO OPEN A PRODUCTION OF A PLAY CALLED
RED WHICH IS ABOUT THE ARTIST MARK ROTHCO, WE HAVE ORGANIZED AN EXHIBIT OF HIS PAINTINGS,
DISPLACING WITH THE MARK ROTHKO PAINTING. LOOKING AHEAD, VERY EXCITED THIS SPRING WE
WILL BE ONE OF THE FEW PLACES THE COUNTRY TO SHOW AN EXHIBITION CALLED 30 AMERICANS,
THIS IS TRULY PRETTY CARING, CUTTING EDGE ART, SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING AFRICAN AMERICAN
ARTISTS WORKING IN MEDIUM TODAY. GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WILL HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
MOST EXCITING OF ALL, I THINK, IS THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN WHICH THE MUSEUM IS ENGAGED IN.
THIS CAMPAIGN HAS THREE GOALS, THE FIRST ONE IS TO CREATE ADJACENT TO THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM
A WORKING GLASS MAKING STUDIO, THE SECOND IS TO PUT IN PLACE DEDICATED OPERATING ENDOWMENT
THAT WILL SUPPORT THE COST OF THE EXHIBITION WITH STARVING AND PROGRAMMING AT THE? WITH
STAFFING AND PROGRAMMING AT THE MUSEUM AND THIRD IS OPERATING ENDOWMENT.
STARTING WITH THE GLASS STUDIO, USED TO BE A BUILDING, USED TO BE A BANK AT THE CORNER
OF DUKE AND GRAY STREET NEXT TO OUR PARKING LOT, MUSEUM WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE IT A COUPLE
YEARS BACK WITH THE CITY'S HELP AND THANKS TO AMAZING PRIVATE SUPPORT, $7 MILLION IN
PRIVATE MONEY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONVERT THIS INTO A GLASS MAKING STUDIO.
IT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
WHAT DO YOU DO HERE? WELL, IT HAS A PLACE FOR SEATING, 65 SEATS
THERE, IT HAS STATE OF THE ART FURNACES, GLORY HOLES AND NEALERS, ALL THE EQUIPMENT YOU WOULD
EXPECT. WE TOLD THE DESIGNERS WE WANTED TO CREATE
A GLASS MAKING ARTIST IN WHICH THE BEST GLASS MAKING ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD WOULD BE PROUD
TO COME AND WORK. WHAT WILL GO ON THERE?
DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS, TWO EACH DAY AND THREE EACH DAY ON THE WEEKEND, PEOPLE CAN COME IN
AND WATCH GLASS BEING MADE IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES.
WATCH SOMEBODY STICK A METAL PIPE IN A FURNACE, BRING OUT A BLOB OF 1200 DEGREE GLASS AND
TURN IT INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. WE HAVE CREATED SCHOOL TOURS THAT WILL LINK
TOGETHER THE GLASS COLLECTION AND THE GLASS STUDIO, AND WE FORMED THREE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS,
THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, VIRGINIA WESTERLY COLLEGE AND WITH TCC.
THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL AND VIRGINIA WESTLIAN WILL BE TEACHING CLASSES IN THE STUDIO, THEY'VE
MADE OUR GLASS STUDIO MANAGER ADJUNCT FACULTY. TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THEY ALREADY
HAVE A GLASS MAKING CLASS AND THEIR STUDENT WILL BE TEACHING INTERNS MAKING THEM PART
OF THEIR GRADUATE EDUCATION. THERE WILL BE CLASSES PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY
WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE, EVERYTHING FROM KIDS WHO CAN COME IN AND WITH GUIDANCE MAKE SOMETHING
OUT OF GLASS TO PROFESSIONALS. IT WILL BE OFFERED ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE.
WE WILL HAVE A VISITING ARTIST PROGRAM, WE WILL BRING ARTIST AROUND THE WORLD ON A CONTINUING
BASIS TO BE IN RESIDENCE, DEMONSTRATE, DO MASTER CLASSES AND TO TEACH.
AND FINALLY THE FACILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR GLASS MAKERS IN THE FACILITY WHO NEED
A PLACE TO WORK, NOT LIKE PAINTING TO SET UP IN YOUR BACKYARD, THEY NEED HARDWARE, SO
THEY CAN RENT TIME. IT WILL BE AN UNIQUE FACILITY OR ALMOST UNIQUE.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE AT OUR STUDIO. PLACES WHERE YOU CAN COME AND FIND WORLD CLASS
GLASS COLLECTION, WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT COLLECTION IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE WHOLE HISTORY OF ART AND THEN BE ABLE TO GO ACROSS THE STREET AND SEE GLASS MADE
BEFORE YOUR EYES. AND SIMULTANEOUSLY OUR STUDIO WILL BE ONE
OF ONLY TWO PLACES WHERE GLASS WILL BE MORE THAN MAKING PRETTY OBJECT, WHERE IT WILL BE
ABOUT PERFORMING. LET ME EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
GLASS MAKING IN THE STUDIO, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE SOMEONE PUT THAT BLOW PIPE INTO THE
OVEN AND BRING SOMETHING OUT, THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE CHRYSLER GLASS COLLECTION,
UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAME INTO BEING WITH NEW CLARITY AND UNDERSTAND HOW GLASS WAS MADE
IN THE PAST, HOW IT RELATED PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, USED IN PEOPLE OH LIVES AND USED IN THE ECONOMY.
ONLY TWO PLACES, HERE AND TOLL EED OH YOU WILL BE? TOLEDO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT.
VISITING ARTISTS, WORLD CLASS GLASS MAKERS, HE WILL BE HERE IN JANUARY, HE WILL DO A SMALL
SHOW OF HIS WORK THEN. HERE IS DEBORAH MOHER WHO MAKES UNBELIEVABLY
DELICATE FLOWERS OUT OF GLASS. THEY WILL BE HERE LATER IN THE SPRING.
BUT THESE ARE TRADITIONAL GLASS MAKERS, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT MAKE OBJECTS.
DURING THE FIRST WEEK THAT THE STUDIO WILL BE IN OPERATION WE WILL BE HOSTING THE BURNT
ASPHALT, THIS IS GLASS MAKING LIKE YOU NEVER EXPERIENCED.
THIS IS A GROUP OF 12 YOUNG ARTISTS, THEY SIMULTANEOUSLY MAKE GLASS BUT DO A SOCIAL
COMMENTARY. THEY WILL TAKE A THEME LIKE THANKSGIVING DINNER
OR FOURTH OF JULY, DRESS IN COSTUMES APPROPRIATE AND THEN COME WITH A SUPPLY OF FOOD APPROPRIATE,
BUT THEY WON'T COOK IT ON THE STOVE, THEY WILL USE MOLTEN GLASS.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING ON THE LEFT IS CHICKEN BEING ENCAUSED IN MOLTEN GLASS, IT WILL COOK,
MAYBE THEY ARE WORKING ON DESSERT. AT THE END OF THE EVENING THE FOOD IS SERVED
TO THE AUDIENCE. IT'S A WHOLE NEW WAY OF MAKING GLASS A PART
OF PEOPLE'S LIVES BUT ALSO MAKING IT ENTERTAINING AND WE EXPECT THIS WILL DRAW A WHOLE NEW AUDIENCE
TO THE MUSEUM. >> THIS SOUND FUN.
>> IT IS, THIS WILL BE ENORMOUS FUN. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WANT EVERY ONE'S
EXPRESS TOWN LOOK LIKE THOSE KIDS. SO, WHAT IS OUR GOAL OVERALL FOR THE STUDIO,
WE WANT TO MAKE HAMPTON ROAD AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER NOT JUST FOR THE DISPLAY AND STUDY
OF GLASS BUT FOR THE CREATION AS WELL AND I THINK THE STUDIO WILL DO IT.
THAT'S THE FIRST COMPONENT OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT WILL HAPPEN.
THE SECOND ONE GROWS OUT OF AN EXHIBITION THAT OPENED LAST WEEK, IT'S CALLED OUR COMMUNITY
COLLECT, A SHOW OF WORKS FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN HAMPTON ROADS, 160 OBJECTS FROM 40 COLLEGE
SHUBS. THE VALUE OF THE WORKS FOR INSURANCE THAT
ARE ON VIEW IS IN EXCESS OF $40 MILLION. THESE ARE WORKS THAT LIVE HERE IN THE PRIVATE
HAND OF THE COMMUNITY WE HOPE ONE DAY WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO THE CHRYSLER.
AND TO SHOW THAT IS POSSIBLE HERETO ARE TWO WORKS THAT HAVE ALREADY MADE THAT JOURNEY
THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO THE MUSEUM, THEY ARE IN THE SHOW AS AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS
TO FOLLOW. NOW, WE KNOW, HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE
TO ATTRACT WORKS LIKE THIS TO THE CHRYSLER WE NEED A PLACE TO PUT THEM, AS THE MUSEUM
STAND IT IS FULL, WE HAVE WORKS IN STORAGE DESERVE TO BE SHOWN, NO SPACE, WE CAN'T WITH
ANY CREDIBILITY TO GO TO PRIVATE OWNERS IF WE HAVEN'T WALLS TO HANG THEM.
THAT'S THE SECOND PART OF OUR CAMPAIGN AND THAT IS TO CREATE AN EXPANSION, OUR MUSEUM
IS BILL THE MUSEUM OUT IN EITHER SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE IN THE GARDENS, MOVE THE GARDEN OUT
CLOSER TO THE HEY, THIS WILL CREATE TWO NEW WINGS.
GOAL 2 IS, CONSIDERING YOUR PRIOR DISCUSSION, WHEN WE ARE DONE NO ONE WILL KNOW WE DID ANYTHING,
THE BUILDING WILL LOOK IDENTICAL TO THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW BUT INSIDE IT WILL WORK A LOT
BETTER. ON THE GROUND FLOOR, WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE
OUR MAIN ENTRANCE TO MAKE IT FULLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE DISABLED, NOW PEOPLE HAVE TO COME IN
ON THE SIDE OF THE BIDDING. WE WILL CREATE ONE THIRD MORE SPACE FOR DISPLAY
OF OUR GLASS COLLECTION, ON THE OTHER SIDE WE WILL MOVE THE MUSEUMS CAFE AND CATERING
TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE IT IS ACCESSIBLE AND FUNCTIONS MUCH BETTER AND RETHINK
OUR ANCIENT WORLD INSIDE. >> YOU SAY TO THE OUTSIDE, THERE WILL BE AN
OUTSIDE ENTRANCE. >> THERE WILL BE, A NICE PATIO PEOPLE CAN
EAT OUTSIDE IN GOOD WEATHER AND ALL OUR CATERING WILL BE CON SENT FLAITD THAT SPOT.
AND THEN UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR WE'LL GAIN TWO NEW GALLERIES, THESE ARE THE ONES
IN YELLOW OF OUR DISPLAY OF AMERICAN PAINTING COLLECTION AND OPEN UP SPACE IN THE BACK OF
THE BUILDING SO WE CAN SHOW A GOOD DEAL MORE OF OUR CONTEMPORARY ART.
AND THEN FINALLY THE THIRD COMPONENT IS ENDOWMENT, WE ARE ENDEAVORING TO RAISE FUND, THAT CAN
BE INVESTED IN ONGOING OPERATIONS AND THAT IS OFF TO A GREAT START.
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS THE CHRYSLER HAS HAD TWO CURE ATORS.
DUE TO OUR CAMPAIGN WE HAVE RECEIVED ENDOWMENT TO ADD TWO MORE CURATORS AND SALARIES ARE
FUNDED. WE WANT THE PLACE TO BE THAT EXCITING EVERY
DAY AND WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S CONTINUING SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT IN THE MUSEUM'S
SUCCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MARCUS, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT SHOT CAME FROM?
>> NO. >> VIRGINIA SYMPHONY PLAYED OUT IN FRONT OF
THE MUSEUM AND HOPEFULLY YOUR CONSORTIUM WILL FIND A WAY TO DO IT AGAIN, IT WAS A VERY EXCITING
NIGHT, JUST LIKE THEY ARE PLAYING AT THE ZOO AND
>> THAT WAS THE 1812 OVATURE. >> IT RAINED THAT NIGHT AND WE ALMOST DIDN'T
GET A CHANCE TO SHOW OFF, THE FIRE MARSHALS WERE A NERVOUS WRECK ABOUT SHOOTING FIREWORKS
OFF THE ROOF OF THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, THAT WAS PRETTY COURAGEOUS THAT NIGHT.
BILL, THIS IS TERRIFIC. ONE THING WE NEED A DISCUSSION WITH YOU ABOUT
YOUR ENTIRE CAMPUS AND THE CITY OWNS PROPERTY ON THE CORNER OF BRAMBLETON, JUST A SIGN TO
TELL PEOPLE WHERE YOU ARE. WHEN YOU COME DOWN BRAMBLETON, UNLESS YOU
KNOW WHERE IT IS, THERE ARE A COUPLE SMALL THINGS WE CAN DO.
PEOPLE GET OFF LIGHT RAIL, THERE'S A SIGN SAYING CHRYSLER BIDDING, WE NEED SOMETHING.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH HRT ABOUT IT. >> STANLEY HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS MORE TIMES
THAN HE WANTS TO ADMIT OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THAT LITTLE CORNER PIECE OF PROPERTY AND PEOPLE
HAVE TRIED TO BUY IT FROM US AND WE KEPT IT, BUT THE WHOLE, THE WAY YOUR PARKING LOT RELATES
TO THE REST OF THE CAMPUS AND THE GLASS STUDIO AND, SO, AT SOME POINT WE OUGHT TO HAVE THOSE
DISCUSSIONS. >> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT POSSIBILITIES
THERE AND THERE ARE INTERESTING IDEAS TAKING SHAPE, WE'D LOVE TO TALK MORE.
>> THE OTHER THING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY OF THE DRAWINGS OF THE LIBRARY, HAVE
YOU SEEN? IT OKAY.
THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT OUGHT TO BE? IT COULD BE FOSTERED BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND THE
LIKE RARE. I MEAN WHY SHOULDN'T THE LIBRARY HAVE BEAUTIFUL
FINE ART? WHERE PEOPLE WALK THROUGH, THEY CAN LOOK AT
ART AS WELL. IF WE HAVE IT, IT IS NOT ON DISPLAY, WE HAVE
SOME PLACE WE COULD PUT IT OUT FOR VIEWING, WHETHER IT'S SCULPTURE OR? I MEAN
>> AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB, WONDERFUL THINGS. >> OKAY.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE DOING MY JOB IF I DIDN'T LEAVE YOU WITH PROPAGANDA.
THE OTHER THING I NEED TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS AN INVITATION, WOULD WELCOME THE CHANCE TO
WALK AROUND AND SHOW KNEW PERSON. >> WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.
>> SEE WHAT WE ARE UP TO. >> I THINK YOU HAVE 60 SECONDS.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME. TAKE CARE.
[APPLAUSE] >> FRANK?
>> I'M NOT GOING TO DO A PREPS ENTATION, I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO ONE ISSUE.
WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WAS TAKE YOU THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT OBVIOUSLY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT IN TWO MINUTES, BUT I WILL DRAG THIS ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM,
AND CLICK ON THAT FOR YOUR FULL? WHAT I WANTED TO DO, WE ARE GETTING READY TO STAR THE PUBLIC
OUT REACH PIECE OF PLAN DEVELOPMENT, BUT RATHER THAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE THINGS WHICH?
I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THE SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC OUT REACH THAT WE HAVE SET UP, WE ARE
PROPOSING TO BEGIN OUR PUBLIC OUT REACH, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, OCTOBER 20TH, OUR
FIRST MEETING WOULD BE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, TRYING TO FINISH BEFORE THANKSGIVING SO WE CAN BE IN AN ADOPTION MODE FOR THE PLAN
IN EARLY 2012. REALLY, I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY SLIDE I NEED
TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE AWARE WET ARE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE I SEND
OUT ALL THE PROTEST SO YOU AREN'T TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
>> ALL THE MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT 6:00. WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND THEN
BREAK IT UP INTO SMALLER TABLES FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS.
>> OKAY.