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4 <br /> <br /> Mr. Caravati said he would support additional funding for the Municipal Band, <br />Art in Place and CCCA. <br /> <br /> Dr. Brown agreed about funding for CCCA and said they bring a lot of people <br />downtown who frequent the restaurants and nightlife. He said this will help them with <br />their programming. <br /> <br />Mr. Lynch agreed and noted that they built their own building. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lynch asked if we are getting the rent back for McGuffey as the costs go up <br />and Mr. O'Connell said yes. <br /> <br /> Ms. Hamilton said she thinks it is time to sit down with McGuffey leadership and <br />discuss moving them toward a more independent structure. <br /> <br />Mr. Schilling agreed with Ms. Hamilton. <br /> <br /> Mr. Aubrey Watts, Chief Operating Official, noted that the McGuffey lease will <br />come up next year. <br /> <br /> Mr. Caravati advocated giving the Municipal Band $4,500 above their request to <br />help them pay off their mortgage and supported $5,000 for Art in Place. <br /> <br /> Ms. Hamilton suggested having a conversation with Art in Place organizers as she <br />would like encourage them to involve the community more in the process and get their <br />buy in. <br /> <br /> Mr. Schilling said he would like to make a general observation about housing <br />funds. He said the Charlottesville-Albemarle Association of Realtors has put a <br />substantial amount of money into their housing fund and asked if we are duplicating <br />services. He said he would like to consider this in the future, not necessarily in this <br />budget. <br /> <br />Mr. Caravati said he would like to support Legal Aid's Elder Law program. <br /> <br /> Dr. Brown explained that the Public Defender's office has asked that the City and <br />County supplement the amount they get from the State for salaries in order to level the <br />playing field with the Commonwealth's Attorney's office. Dr. Brown said he asked the <br />Public Defender where their clients reside as he thinks we should benefit our residents. <br />He said the estimate is that 40 to 45% of their clients live in the City. Dr. Brown <br />recommended funding this request, maybe during the course of a number of years and not <br />all in one fell swoop based on where clients reside. <br /> <br /> Mr. Lynch said he agrees funding should be determined by residency. He said the <br />question is whether we really should be funding them to the same level as the <br />Commonwealth's Attorney office. He said they are a State agency. He said we made the <br />decision to fund the Commonweath's Attorney as they are doing City business and <br />getting people off the street and convicted. <br /> <br /> Ms. Hamilton asked if Mr. Lynch is assuming that all clients represented by the <br />Public Defender are guilty. <br /> <br /> It was noted that Albemarle County has agreed to fund 50% of the Public <br />Defender's request, contingent on City funding. <br /> <br /> Mr. Jim Hingeley, Public Defender, said that he estimated that 45% of the clients <br />are City residents, but his funding request was based on the workload by court. He said <br />addresses are a moving target for their clients. <br /> <br /> Dr. Brown said he thinks clients addresses at the time they are arrested would be <br />useful. He recommended that the City take 45% of the total request made to the City and <br /> <br /> <br />