Former neighbor and citizen activist Silver Persinger documented a very interesting part of a recent informal City Council meeting. Click here for the video.

From Docket Review portion of the meeting. Discussion of Ordinances 2014-2, 2014-3, and 2014-4.
Comments from City Assessor James Hester on Tax Exemptions [4:45].
Parker Agelasto asked if the administration had contemplated having Venture Richmond donate the land to the city to achieve the same result of exempting the land from property taxes. Jeannie Welliver from the City’s Department of Economic and Community Development seemed to be on the verge of melting down and looked physically ill [11:25]. Jack Berry then argued why Venture Richmond should be granted the exemption and was adamant that Venture Richmond was not interested in donating the land to the City [13:44].