City Council

Melvin Municipal Building

300 W. Washington Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

City of Greensboro

Meeting Minutes - Final

City Council

5:30 PM Council ChamberTuesday, July 24, 2018

Call to Order

This City Council meeting of the City of Greensboro was called to order at 5:30 p.m. on the above date in the

Council Chamber of the Melvin Municipal Office Building with the following members present:

Mayor Nancy Vaughan, Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne J. Johnson, Councilmember

Marikay Abuzuaiter, Councilmember Sharon M. Hightower, Councilmember Nancy

Hoffmann, Councilmember Michelle Kennedy, Councilmember Justin Outling,

Councilmember Tammi Thurm and Councilmember Goldie F. Wells

Present: 9 -

Also present were Assistant City Manager Chris Wilson, City Attorney Tom Carruthers, and City Clerk Elizabeth H .

Richardson.

Moment of Silence

The meeting opened with a moment of silence.

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

Mayor Vaughan recognized Councilmember Abuzuaiter to lead the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Recognition of Courier

Assistant City Manager Chris Wilson recognized Mary McCollough of the Legislative Department who served as

Courier for the meeting.

Council Procedure for Conduct of the Meeting

Mayor Vaughan explained the Council procedure for conduct of the meeting.

I. GENERAL BUSINESS AGENDA

1. ID 18-0474 Ordinance Amending the Greensboro Code of Ordinances Chapter 16

With Respect to Motor Vehicles and Traffic and Chapter 18 with Respect

to Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions

Mayor Vaughan introduced the item and asked City Attorney Tom Carruthers to provide an overview.

City Attorney Carruthers provided the history of the repeal of Chapter 20; outlined what had taken place since that

time; referenced community meetings; and recognized Attorneys Mac McCarley and Catherine Clodfelter with the

Parker Poe law firm to speak to the item.

Attorney McCarley explained the Supreme Court history regarding content based regulations that could infringe

upon civil rights; provided an overview of the research process and use of data to develop regulations; outlined the

process for the four community meetings; provided an overview of meetings with the American Civil Liberties Union

(ACLU) attorneys; spoke to others involved in the discussions; stated they had provided a final report to Council;

highlighted the three issues in the proposed ordinance, hereinafter referred to as the Parker Poe ordinance, that the

City could legally address which included publically owned parking decks or lots; harassing conduct; public safety