City Council

ROANOKE ARTS COMMISSION AND YOUTH SERVICES CITIZEN BOARD: Council Member Bestpitch moved to waive the City residency requirements for Valerie Brown to serve as a member of the Roanoke Arts Commission; and Ray Bemis, Ill, to serve as a member of the Youth Services Citizen Board. The motion was seconded by Vice-Mayor Cobb and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Council Members White-Boyd, Bestpitch, Cobb, Price and Mayor Lea-5. NAYS: None-0. (Council Members Davis and Osborne were absent.) At 4:29 p.m., the Council meeting was declared in recess until Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m., at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 2 Riverside Circle, S. W., Room M203, Roanoke, Virginia, for a joint meeting of Roanoke Valley and New River Valley Regional Local Governments for presentation on the activities and progress at Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech and the VTC Partnership. The Recessed Meeting of Roanoke City Council was called to order on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m., at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, 2 Riverside Circle, S. W., Room M203, Roanoke, Virginia, with Mayor Lea presiding. PRESENT: Council Members Patricia White-Boyd, William D. Bestpitch, Joseph L. Cobb, Michelle L. Davis, Djuna L. Osborne, Anita J. Price and Mayor Sherman P. Lea, Sr.-7. ABSENT: None-0. The Mayor declared the existence of a quorum. OFFICERS PRESENT: Robert S. Cowell, Jr., City Manager; Daniel J. Callaghan, City Attorney; and Stephanie M. Moon Reynolds, City Clerk. Nicolas C. Conte, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Carilion Clinic and Moderator advised that the purpose of the meeting was to provide a presentation about activities and progress at Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech and the VTC Partnership.  The following topics were presented to the local governing bodies: o Carilion Clinic's Capital Investment Plan and its Impact on Enhancing Health Care in western Virginia. Nancy Howell Agee, President and CEO. o Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine - Training Doctors to Address Important Health Care Issues Now and in the Future. Lee Learman, M.D., Ph.D., Dean. o Virginia Tech's New Educational Initiatives and their Impact on the Region and the Commonwealth. Tim Sands, Ph.D., President. o Overview of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and its Economic Impact on the Region. Michael Friedlander, Ph.D., Founding Executive Director; Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC; Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech. Following questions and comments by various local governing officials, it was noted that copy of the presentation could be obtain at https://video.vt.edu/media/Judiciai+Event/1 dq3487hj or by contacting Mark Lawrence at mslawrence@carilionclinic.org. Following closing remarks by Dr. Agee, Dr. Sands, Mr. Conte, and there being no further business to come before the Council, the Mayor declared the Recessed Meeting adjourned at 7:54p.m. APPROVED ATTEST: Stephanie M. Moon Reynolds, MMC Sherman P. Lea, Sr. City Clerk Mayor