 Hello and welcome to This Week in the City. As we start off this week, please be reminded that PICME, which is a free pet adoption event, is actually going on now through July 22. You can visit our Columbia Animal Shelter and pick out any pet absolutely free of charge. This is a statewide event and the City of Columbia is happy to participate. On Tuesday, July 18, Columbia City Council will hold a series of committee meetings and also a work session and a regular session meeting. As you can see, there are several meetings scheduled for July 18. For agenda items, please visit our website at columnsc.gov. For questions regarding any of the City Council committee meetings or regular meetings, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 803-545-3045. On Thursday, July 20, the Design and Development Review Commission will meet at 4 p.m. in council chambers. This meeting will be a hybrid, meaning that you can actually attend in person or view the live stream from our website at columnsc.gov or our YouTube channel. Our website is where you can also find agenda items for this meeting. And on Friday, it's time for Food Truck Fridays. Come out to the parking lot at 2300 Bull Street at the corner of Bull and Colonial in the REI Co-op parking lot. Come out and try delicious food from various food truck vendors who are local here in Columbia. Come out between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and try some of the best cuisine in the City. And if you look for some fun activity on a Friday evening, come out to Prime Term in the Parks at Pinehurst Park. On Friday, July 21st, Parks and Recreation will host Prime Term in the Parks at Pinehurst Park. A community field day will be held from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Pinehurst Park is located at 2300 Pinehurst Road. For more details about this event, contact Parks and Recreation by calling 803-545-3100. And now here are some other reminders about activities and events going on that you can register for or participate in now during the month of July. Registration is now open for the 2023 Mayor's Walk Against Domestic Violence. The 2023 Mayor's Walk Against Domestic Violence will be held on Saturday, October 7th at Page Ellington Park. Registration is free and it is now open. Visit this website to register and if you would like to participate in other ways, contact our public relations, media and marketing department at 803-545-3020 or send us an email at pioatcolumnsc.gov. Also we want to announce that Rapid Shelter Columbia is seeking donations. Find out how you can become a part of someone else's success story. There are various ways that you can help those at Rapid Shelter Columbia. As you will see on this list of items, you can donate items to Rapid Shelter Columbia. They are looking for comment bus passes, toiletry items, journals and other items that are needed, including towels and washcloths and other items. Again, please reach out and help someone with their success story by donating to Rapid Shelter Columbia today. We also want you to know that Columbia Parking Services is offering amnesty during the month of July. The City of Columbia Parking Services has announced an amnesty program. Citizens will have the opportunity to have all late fees forgiven that are 30 days old or up to three years old. This program only applies to parking citations and not traffic citations. The program will run for only 30 days. It started on July 1st and it will end on July 31st. Again, if you have any old parking tickets or parking citations anywhere from 30 days old to three years old, you can receive amnesty during the month of July. Well that wraps up this week in the City and for any details regarding any information we've shared, please contact Public Relations, Media and Marketing. Call us at 803-545-3020. Send an email to pio at columnsc.gov or you can follow us on all our social media platforms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Also check us out for on-demand programming on our YouTube channel. And of course our website has 24 hour information around the clock. Thank you for watching and remember we are Columbia.