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58 Chief Longo said that Friendship Court property management has employed off- duty police officers, predominantly in the evenings. He said that National Housing Trust's insurance company has informed them that they will no longer allow indemnification with off-duty police. He said they have worked with the insurance company and they will allow it to be run as a secondary employment, and Friendship Court will reimburse the City for overtime. He said this will be subject to annual review. The $78,000 appropriation of Friendship Court Sponsorship Donations, which was offered at the August 16th meeting, was approved by the following vote. Ayes: Dr. Brown, Ms. Hamilton, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Schilling. Noes: None. Absent: Mr. Caravati. BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the sum of $78,000.00, to be received as a donation from Friendship Court, is hereby appropriated from account 05-270-041023-46299 to 05-270-041023-50111 for the purpose of funding enhanced police coverage for the areas defined in the Sponsorship Agreement, including salary, equipment, technology and related administrative expenses associated with provisions of such enhanced coverage. This appropriation is conditioned upon receipt of $78,000 by Friendship Court in four (4) quarterly payments to the City. ORDINANCE: MOTOR VEHICLE CHAPTER AMENDMENTS (CONFORMING TO STATE CODE) Ms. Hamilton said she has received calls from citizens complaining that the City changes rules but the public does not hear about it until later, and asked that an outline be given of what is proposed in the ordinance. Ms. Kelley said that staff, in reviewing other issues, saw that there were a number of provisions in the Code not in conformance with state law. She said the major issues are increasing penalties from up to $100 to up to $150; amending the definition of highways to include all streets and roads; allowing handicapped parking for an unlimited amount of time in time-restricted parking spaces; and updating the terminology regarding abandoned vehicles. On motion by Mr. Lynch, seconded by Ms. Hamilton, the ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN CHAPTER 15 (MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE (1990), AS AMENDED, PERTAINING TO ADOPTION OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS AND PENALTIES AND TO CONFORM PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER; F1NES FOR BLOCKING SNOW ROUTES; DISSEMINATION OF ACCIDENT REPORTS; PARKING IN SPACES RESERVED FOR DISABLED PERSONS; AND THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC HAZARDS; ALL TO CONFORM WITH PROVISIONS OF STATE LAW" was offered and carried over to the next meeting for consideration. PUBLIC There were no matters by the public. OTHER BUSINESS The meeting was adjourned. President Clerk