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75 CONSENT AGENDA Referring to the resolution authofifing bonds for JABA, Ms. Riichards asked if employees wi.'lt be added, and Mr. Leonard Loman replied that employees wi!! be added for the overnight respite care program. Ms. Richards suggested that JABA direCt its hiring efforts to welfare c!iems to help with the welfare reform initiatives, and Mr. Loman said JABA has already taken that initiative. MS. Richards asked if JABA is plamfing to invest in building a residential community for seniors, and M~r. Loman replied that such a proposal is being discussed, but JABA is not prepared to invest in such a project at this time. Ms. Richards said she feels it would make sense for a residential com_munity ~d the adult care facility to be close to one another. Responding to questions from Mr. Cox regarding the bonds for INOV& Ms. Wendy Hubbard said that 82 people are currently employed, and the three-sto~ proposed building wi!! have room to house 130 employees. Ms. Richards noted that the funding for the HOO bus is short by $2,500 of the projected cost of the service. Mr. Job~n Conover, President of the Rivarma Trails Foundation, congratulated the City for receiving the Rivanna Trails grant, but expressed concern about how it will te_r_~nate and transition from the Greenbelt to the trail maintained by the Foundation. Mr. Conover said that the Foundation would like to be involved in the planning of the trail extension. Mr. Toscano said he would abstain from voting on the resolution designating vending ske for First Night Virginia. Responding to a question from Ms. Richards, Jeanne Cox, Clerk of Council and the City's representative on the First Night Virginia Board, said that the request was being made to increase food vendors and advertise their locations during First Night, not to restrict vendors on the mall. On motion by Ms. Daugherty, seconded by Ms. Richards, the following consent agenda items were unanimously approved, with Mr. Toscano abstaining from the resolution regarding vendors for First Night Virginia. a. APPROPRIATION: $92,903, Victim Witness Program Grant (2nd reading) BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that $92,903.00, to be received as a grant from the Virginia Department of CrLnfinal Justice Services, is hereby appropriated to expendkure account t !-230-032042 for the pu~ose of funding the Victim/Witness _Assistance Program. The program will provide information and assistance to crime victims as required by Virginia's Crime Victim and Witness Rights _Act for the !997-1998 fiscal year. b. APPROPRIATION: $3,300 - Curfew Enforcement Grant. (2nd reading) BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia that the sum of $3,380.00, received as a grant from the Virginia Department of Juve_n~e Justice, is hereby appropriated to expenditure account 13-162-062140 for the cost of salaries and benefits for on-call staff`to oversee the City's curfew center. c. APPROPREA_TION: $94,790 - Truant Offender Gr_ant (2nd _reading)