City staff and councilors on Aug. 5 reviewed the Neighborhood Vitality Grant (NVG) program, the town’s reimbursement program for residential perimeter screening walls that the council approved by resolution in February 2024 and funded with $800,000 for the first year.Staff described the program’s background: staff inventory work and a third‑party engineering review in 2023 identified which perimeter walls the town historically maintained and which remained private responsibilities. Council’s Feb. 2024 resolution set up an 80/20 reimbursement split (town/applicant) and authorized a $100,000 per‑year operational budget for FY2025 under the broader $800,000 fund appropriation. During the first application cycle (August 2024), the town received five applications; two withdrew and three were awarded and reimbursed, with total grant reimbursements of just over $53,000. Staff said unused FY2025 appropriations returned to fund balance and are not automatically re‑appropriated; staff requested a one‑time re‑appropriation of $100,000 to operate the program in the coming year.Council debated policy guardrails for fairness and program sustainability. Members and staff discussed: whether the town should assume full maintenance responsibility for all walls (staff said that would require easements or property acquisition and high time/cost burdens); liability exposure and requirements for engineering plans/inspections; how to score applications and prioritize urgent safety repairs; and whether to limit large awards to a single applicant. Multiple council members said they were concerned about very large reimbursements to single properties and about renewing grants for the same wall repeatedly. After discussion council expressed a consensus that staff should revise the program and ordinance to include: a per‑project maximum reimbursement of $25,000; maintain the 80/20 cost share; require evidence of a maintenance plan and paid‑in‑full releases at project closeout; and a 10‑year waiting period before the same property/section could receive another reimbursement. Council also asked staff to add more detail in the rubric to lower scores for negligence or where failure was due to lack of maintenance.Council directed staff to return with a revised ordinance and budget language reflecting those changes. Staff said applications for the next cycle opened Aug. 1, and that the program has already drawn renewed interest. No final ordinance vote was taken Aug. 5; staff will bring the revised ordinance and the requested one‑time $100,000 appropriation back for formal action in the budget process.