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5 Reducing economic development by $150,000 (not approved) : Mr. Lynch and Mr. Schilling agreed. Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox and Ms. Richards did not agree. Reducing economic development by $50,000 (approved) : Proposed by Mr. Caravati, Mr. Caravati , Mr. Lynch and Mr. Schilling agreed. Mr. Cox did not agree and Ms. Richards said she would have to think about it. Reducing landscape beautification by $25,000 (approved) : Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch and Mr. Schilling agreed. Ms. Richards did n ot agree. Reducing pay for performance to 2 1/2% or comparable staff reduction (not approved): Mr. Lynch and Mr. Schilling agreed. Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Ms. Richards did not agree. Reducing Charlottesville High School renovations by $260,000 (not ap proved): Mr. Schilling agreed. Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch and Ms. Richards did not agree. Mr. Lynch said we committed to the Schools when we increased the meals tax that the funds would go toward their priorities. Mr. Cox said he feels the redu ction amount is arbitrary and he assumes that the renovations are based on need. He agreed that Council made a commitment to the School Board. Mr. Lynch asked that Mr. Schilling, as a representative on the School Capital Projects Committee, come back wit h more information and a recommendation about where the money should be spent. Mr. Schilling said there is no support for the reduction so there is not need to do that. Reducing McIntire Park by $41,000 (approved): Mr. Caravati, Ms. Richards and Mr. Sc hilling agreed. Mr. Cox and Mr. Lynch did not agree. Eliminating bus Route 12 ($86,000) (approved): Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Richards and Mr. Schilling agreed. Mr. Schilling said his approval is conditional upon review of information. He said he would like to quantify ridership. He said he is bothered that he was not told this was a staff recommendation, and said he would be interested in other reductions recommended by staff. Reducing neighborhood/Comprehensive Plan initiatives by $50, 000 (not approved): Mr. Caravati and Mr. Schilling agreed. Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch, and Ms. Richards did not agree. Mr. Schilling said he would cut more and would prefer to move to having city wide projects. Mr. Lynch said he would like to review how the f unds are allocated. Increase tax relief asset limit to $125,000 (approved): Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch and Ms. Richards agreed. Mr. Schilling did not agree. He said he feels this is a band - aid approach. Mr. Lynch said he would also like to bring the income level down to $35,000 but there was no agreement to do that. Increasing the minimum wage for all City employees to $9 per hour (approved): Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch and Ms. Richards agreed. Mr. Schilling did not. Ms. Richards said sh e would like to reduce the commitment for seasonal employees and Mr. Lynch said he would like to look position by position, but there was no agreement to do that. Increasing funding to Schools by $150,000 (not approved): Mr. Lynch agreed. Mr. Caravati, Mr. Cox, Ms. Richards and Mr. Schilling did not agree. Provide $10,000 for Quality Community Council (approved): Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch, and Ms. Richards agreed. Mr. Caravati and Mr. Schilling did not agree. Mr. Lynch said his support is conditional upon having a report from QCC. Increase funding for Charlottesville Center for Contemporary Arts to a total of $20,000 (approved): Mr. Cox, Mr. Lynch and Ms. Richards agreed. Mr. Caravati and Mr. Schilling did not agree.