Nov 03, 2021 Regular Work Session

MR WILLIAMS. YES SIR. MR MAYOR, THE MAYOR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONCLUDE THE CLOSED

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THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS LAWFULLY IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION, FOR WHICH THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CALLED, WERE DISCUSSED DURING THE CLOSED SESSION IF ANY MEMBER BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE FOREGOING HE SHALL SO STATE FOR THE RECORD IDENTIFYING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DEPARTURE, WHICH HE BELIEVES HAS OCCURRED. THIS REQUIRES A REAL CALL THAT RIGHT, COUNSELOR. HELL. STILL MOVE. OH, I'M SORRY. UH, A MOVE THAT WE COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION STATED BAD OF REASONS OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY COUNCILMAN CUPPER I SECOND THE MOTION.

MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YEAH, I REMEMBER COACH BERT. UH GAS. REMEMBER WILSON SMITH? I 1000 OF THEM. MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL, ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMITH FULLY I THEY'RE PERN. I WE'RE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION. AND AT THIS TIME I AM ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCILMAN JOHN HART. AND AUTHORIZED SEVERANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1800 A MONTH. PLUS AS USUAL BENEFITS TO THE CONCLUSION OF HIS EXISTING TERM OF OFFICE ENDING DECEMBER 31ST 2022. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. SECOND. MOTION. SO MOVE. DON'T MOVE. COUNCILMAN HERE. TUGGING. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER, HERBERT UH, REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I CASTLE MEMBER MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY UH MAYOR PERN HIGH EMOTIONS PAIR ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CLOSED SESSION.

[1. Roll Call]

CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. THOUSANDS OF COMFORT. HERE. YEAH, AS A MEMBER, WILSON SMITH HERE. BATHROOM OF THE MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER HILL HERE. VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY PRESENT MAYOR PERN HERE. NEXT COUNCILMAN HERE WILL LEAD US IN THE OPENING PRAYER. YES, THAT IS PRE. TURNING GOD. OUR FATHER IS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU HAVING A FATHER. FIRST OF ALL, GIVE YOUR NAME AND APPRAISING GLORIA, FOR THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE. LORD WE EXTRA BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING HAPPENING, FATHER THAT IT MAY BE FRUITFUL TO THESE THAT YOUR PEOPLE HERE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL BLESSING UPON OUR CITIZENS. FIRST RESPONDERS EXPENSIVE BLESSING UPON ILL COUNSEL. UH THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY OUR LAST HALF LORD, WE ASK ESPECIALLY BLESSING UPON ONE OF OUR. COUNCIL MEMBERS OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS NAIL JOHN HOT HEAVENLY FATHER THAT YOU WOULD GO WITH HIM AND BE BY HIS SIDE HAVING A FATHER. STRENGTHEN HIM HAVING A FATHER MAKE HIM WELL HEAL IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON HAVING A FATHER BE WITH HIM, GUIDE HIM HIS STRENGTH AT HIM. IT'S IN YOUR NAME. WE DO PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. HUMAN HEY, MAN. UP. NEXT IS ITEM THREE TO PLEDGE OF LEADERS BECAUSE EVERYONE PLEASE JOIN ME TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GROUP UP. UH, WHICH IS ONE DAY. INDIVISIBLE. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NEXUS ITEM. FOUR DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO

[5. Approval of Consent Agenda (to include minutes of previous meetings)]

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ALRIGHT AND ITEM FIVE. JAY IS AMENDMENT TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY ORDINANCE.

CITY COACH AFTER 1 TO 2 WATERWAYS ARTICLE TO CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION AREAS SECTION 1 TO 2 THAT'S 51 AREAS OF APPLICABILITY. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL COUPLER, MR MAYOR. QUESTION UM ITEMS. FIVE. DEAN.

E F AND G AND POSSIBLY THE NEW ONES. UH DO NOT SPECIFY A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT JUST SAY. REQUEST TO SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION AND SO ON. UM. WE HOLDING THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NOVEMBER 16 OR ARE WE HOLDING THEM ON DECEMBER 14? OR ARE WE HOLDING THEM AT SOME OTHER TIME? I'M NOVEMBER 16. ALL RIGHT, THANKS. A MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA. WITH THAT CLARIFICATION. RIGHT? THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. SECOND MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? KATHERINE MCLEOD, BERT. UH, GATHER MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I CASTLE NUMBER, MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL, ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMITH FULLY. MAYOR PERN HIGH EMOTIONS PAST NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS SPECIAL

[6. Special Reports]

KEEP THEIR SPECIAL REPORTS WITHIN 10 MINUTE TIME FRAME SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THEM. UM, WE'LL START OFF WITH ITEM. A PRESENTATION FROM THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE.

WITH ANTONIO MILLER. MR FLOYD MILLER. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON MAY APPEAR HIM. MY NAME IS FLOYD E. MILLER THE SECOND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE. YOU KNOW, THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE SUPPORT ADVANCEMENT. AND. RESOURCE IS FOR SMALL WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND. IN PETERSBURG WERE EXCITED ABOUT THE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG.

AND YOU KNOW, THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. WE HAVE OVER 650 MEMBERS CURRENTLY. AND WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF SMALL WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT GREAT SUPPORT FROM CORPORATE MEMBERS LIKE ALTRIA DOMINION ENERGY. FACEBOOK AND ALL OF THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. AND SO IT IS A PLEASURE FOR US TO PHYSICALLY OPEN. THE CITY POINT

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AND AS WELL WITH J AND G WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS HERE IN PETERSBURG. AND SO AGAIN, I'M JUST YOU KNOW, IT'S STATIC TO BE IN PETERSBURG AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SMALL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESSES. AND SO AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO.

AGAIN WAS TO HAVE A PHYSICAL PRESENCE HERE. AND WE ARE LOCATED AT 3 25 BROWN STREET IN THE CAMERON BUILDING. AND THE FIRST THING THAT I DID AS PRESIDENT WAS TO HIRE SOMEONE TO PHYSICALLY BE HERE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR ANTONIO MILLER. WHO'S JUST DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH WORKING WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS INSIDE THE INNOVATION RESOURCE CENTER, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE MODEL THAT IS GOING TO BE. SOMETHING THAT, UM WE FEEL VERY PROUD OF AS WE MOVE INTO OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANTONIO MILLER TO COME UP AND JUST GIVE YOU SOME MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, FLOYD. I'M ANTONIO MILLER. NO RELATION. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIRST AND FOREMOST PROVIDES GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. EVERY BUSINESS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE DOOR AT CITY POINT, UM, WE MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY THAT COMES THROUGH AS GIVEN YOU KNOW THE VERY TO RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER FROM INFORMATION. DO WHATEVER ELSE WE HAVE. UM AND THE. AND THE REPERTOIRE.

WE'VE HANDED OUT 60 MEMBERSHIPS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. WE PARTNERED WITH BS YOU TO REGISTER 285 INDIVIDUALS IN THE MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS LAUNCH CENTER. AH AND OFFERED THE THOSE INDIVIDUALS MEMBERSHIPS AS WELL. UH, AND ADDITION TO THAT. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS A COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT WE CAN HELP OUT WITH. AND SO THIS HOLIDAY SEASON DECEMBER 11 WILL BE HAVING A BIT AT CITY POINT. WELL, WE'LL BE HANDING OUT, UM, ITEMS GIFTS, AND IT'LL BE A BIG AFFAIR AS WELL FOR BUSINESSES TO COME AND HAVE THEIR ITEMS AND FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO SHOP WITH. SO BASICALLY IN MY TIME HERE AT CITY POINT JUST. WANTED TO EMERGE MYSELF AND THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT WAS THAT YOU KNOW, WE WANT SOMEBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE. STAY HERE AND ACTUALLY HERE. IT'S GONNA BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, SO WE'VE MADE SURE THAT. AS WE MOVED INTO THE CITY THAT WE UPHELD THAT, UM. AS FAR AS MEASURABLE OUTCOMES HAVE HOSTED AT LEAST 60. NOW ONE ON ONES WILL EITHER ENTREPRENEURS OR, UM ASPIRING BUSINESS OWNERS. AND WE JUST SIT DOWN AND WE GIVE THEM WHATEVER THEY COME IN AND EXPLORE. WE DON'T HAVE IT ON HAND. WE SOURCE IT FROM OUR PARTNERS. AND WE MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE OUT WITH SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT CAN GO FORWARD WITH. OUTSIDE OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, HAND IT BACK OVER FOUR. SO AGAIN, UM. NOT ONLY HAVE WE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH BRINGING SERVICES HERE, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH SECURING MATCHING DOLLARS TO BE HERE. SO WHEN I SAY THAT WE WILL BE

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION TODAY. AND LETTING ME TO TALK ABOUT THE POSTCARDS OF PETERSBURG PROJECT. AN OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WHAT IS. THE POSTCARDS OF PETERSBURG PROJECT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I REALLY NEED TO ANSWER ANOTHER QUESTION. WHAT ARE POSTCARDS AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN POSTCARDS. IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG.

POSTCARDS BECAME A POPULAR MEANS OF AFFORDABLE AND QUICK COMMUNICATION. IN THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS, IT ONLY COSTS ONE CENT TO SEND A MESSAGE. IN FACT, IT WAS PROBABLY SIMILAR TO SENDING A TWEET. IS TODAY OR AN INSTAGRAM. YOU CAN SEND SHORT MESSAGE WITH A PICTURE.

AS PHOTOGRAPHY BECAME MORE COMMON. IT WAS COMBINED WITH THE POSTCARD CONCEPT. IN COLORIZED. AND SO THIS WAS A BIG DEAL. YOU HAD PHOTOS, BUT THEY WERE COLOR COLOR PHOTOS WOULDN'T BECOME COMMON UNTIL THE LATE UH OR MID 19 HUNDREDS. BY 1900, THE MANUFACTURER AND POPULARITY OF POSTCARDS SKYROCKET AROUND THE WORLD. BETWEEN 1919 15, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE GOLDEN AGE OF POSTCARDS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS PERCENTAGE YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES WITH MILLIONS MORE WORLDWIDE. THE POPULARITY WAS SO WIDESPREAD THAT MANY NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND SATIRICAL WRITERS BEMOANED THE POPULARITY OF COLLECTING AND SENDING POSTCARDS. AND HERE'S HOW IT STARTS TO RELATE TO PETERSBURG. WHY WERE POSTCARDS CREATED WELL, THERE WERE MANY REASONS, BUT PRIMARY SUBJECTS WOULD BE TO ADVERTISE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IS BUSINESS CENTRES, ESPECIALLY THOSE RELATED TO TRAVEL. CITY'S LANDMARKS, RECREATIONAL PARKS, HISTORICAL LOCATIONS. AND MANY TIMES BUSINESSES WOULD HAVE POSTCARDS CREATED JUST TO ADVERTISE THEIR BUSINESS. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY PARTS POSTCARDS HAVE BEEN CREATED AROUND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG.

SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. ON INTO THE 18 HUNDREDS OF THE CIVIL WAR AND THROUGH THE 19 HUNDREDS, PETERSBURG WAS AN ECONOMIC CENTER IN A CITY RICH IN HISTORY AND DIVERSITY. YOU COULD SAY THAT ALL PATHS LED TO PETERSBURG. GET THE SLIDE TO COME UP. THERE WE GO. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT REPRESENTED IN POSTCARDS. SO YOU'VE GOT A ROAD TRAVEL, RAIL, TRAVEL AND RIVER.

EVEN THE CANAL HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN POSTCARDS. THIS MEANS THAT POSTCARDS REPRESENT AND A UNIQUE LENS THROUGH WHICH WE CAN VIEW THE CITY'S PAST. THE POSTCARDS OF PETERSBURG PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS HISTORY. WE'RE STARTING WITH PHASE ONE, WHICH INCLUDES 14 LOCATIONS, MANY OF WHICH ARE CENTERED AROUND OLD TOWN AND SYCAMORE STREET. THESE POSTCARDS SOMETIMES ARE IN VERY BAD SHAPE, SO I'VE RESTORED THEM DIGITALLY.

I TRY TO KEEP THE UNIQUE PRINT AREAS THAT YOU SEE IN THIS OLD STYLE OF PRINTING INTACT. BUT REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE PAPER AND BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL COLOR. NOW, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN THREE DIFFERENT SIZES BASED ON THE LOCATION. THEY'LL BE INSTALLED. THE COOL THING ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE STREET. IS IT WILL GIVE THE VIEWER THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE POSTCARD. SEE WHAT THAT LOCATION LOOKED LIKE MAYBE 100 TO 50 YEARS AGO. AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE TODAY SO THE GOAL WILL BE TO PUT THE POSTCARD WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE ACTUAL LOCATION REPRESENTED. EACH POSTCARD WILL COME WITH A QR CODE BY SCANNING THE QR CODE. IT'LL TAKE YOU TO A WEBSITE WITH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT LOCATION AND SOME OF THE HISTORY AND EVEN SOME OF THE PICTURES. RELATED TO THAT LOCATION. FOR UNION STATION. OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES IT WAS FLOODED OVER THE LAST CENTURY, AND SO PEOPLE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CITY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A GENERAL HISTORY OF POSTCARDS ON

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SO THOSE OF US INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT ARE VERY EXCITED TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS A VIEW INTO PETERSBURG'S PAST ITS RICH HISTORY, AND WE HOPE YOU WILL FEEL THE SAME WAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. PARAMOUNT DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. I READ IT AHEAD OF TIME. I WAS VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROJECT FOR THE CITY. VERY GOOD. PUT ANY HISTORY BUFFS. IT REALLY TAKES US BACK TO SOME GOOD OLD TIMES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

NEXT MOVE ON ITEMS. 60 PRESENTATION ON HARPER APPLICATION FROM COMMUNITY TRANSFORMERS FOUNDATION. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. MY NAME IS RHONDA GREEN, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSFORMERS FOUNDATION. WE ARE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN HOPEWELL. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2018 TO ADVANCE HEALTH AND SOCIAL EQUITY. AL FOUNDATION SEEKS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. PROMOTE WELLNESS AND EQUALITY IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND UNDER REPRESENTATIVE UNDERREPRESENTED AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, WHICH WILL HELP TO EXPLAIN THAT. UM COMMUNITY TRANSFORMERS FOUNDATION IS A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION SERVING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. COMMUNITY TRANSFORMERS PROGRAMS AND THE IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. AND LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND I THINK AS I TALK ABOUT THAT PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW OUT OUT HOW WE IMPACT THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. ONE OF OUR ROBUST PROGRAMS IS OUR COVID VACCINATION PROGRAM. WE PARTNER WITH SEVERAL LOCAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL AND FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND WHAT WE DO IS WE EDUCATE. WE TEST AND WE VACCINATE. WE HAVE VACCINATED HAVE HAD POP UP VACCINATIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH TABERNACLE BET BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH IS OF COURSE, WHEN WE HAVE BEEN FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS WE PARTNER WITH P HOPS. AND WE HAVE PROVIDED POP UP VACCINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE YAJIMA FOUNDATION. AND WE HAVE PROVIDED VACCINATION POP UPS THROUGHOUT POWER TAN THROUGHOUT. DIDN'T WITTY. THROUGHOUT HOPE. WELL SO WE HAVE A HUGE FOOTPRINT THROUGHOUT THESE THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA. ACTUALLY. OUR MOMMY CONNECT PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HEALTH. MENTAL HEALTH FOR MOTHERS WHO ARE DEALING WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION. AND HOW THAT PROGRAM. HELPS IS THAT IF WE ADDRESS THE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION FOR THE FOR THE MOM THEN, OF COURSE, THE CHILD. HAS AN OPPORTUNITY. FOR SUCCESS.

THAT CHILD WILL HAVE A HEALTHY MOM. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR. ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR DIRECTORS, ONE OF OUR I'M SORRY, JUST A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, BUT BEAR WITH ME. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WHO IS A DOCTOR. AND SHE PROVIDES OUR HOURS PROGRAM FOR OUR MOMMY CONNECT PROGRAMS. SHE PROVIDES THE SERVICE FOR THAT. OUR TRANSCOM CONNECT PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM

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AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IF YOU GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND TO OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? REMEMBER THE COUNCIL? WE START WITH FINE COUNCILMAN CUPPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM MA'AM. WHAT DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION DO THAT ANOTHER EXISTING ORGANIZATION OR GROUP CANNOT DO. WHAT DOES OUR ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION DO? SO WHAT MAKES US STAND OUT? NO MA'AM, THAT WASN'T THE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? WHAT DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION DO THAT ANOTHER EXISTING. AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION CANNOT DO CANNOT DO. WELL. I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CAN OKAY NOT TO DO, SIR, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS. THAT ARE CURRENTLY THAT ARE CURRENT IN EXISTENCE AND EXISTING THAT. THAT HELPED IN THE COMMUNITY AS I MENTIONED TO CONNECT PROGRAM, TRANSPARENT PROGRAM AND UNDERSTAND SO THAT THESE PROGRAMS OUR ORGANIZATION IS A YOUNG ORGANIZATION. AS I SAID, WE, WE BEGAN OUR FOUNDATION IN 2018. AND FROM IN OUR. COVID CONNECT PROGRAM BEGAN IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, AND FROM JUNE OF THIS YEAR WE HAVE VACCINATED OVER 200 PEOPLE. THAT WE ARE A BOOTS ON THE GROUND, A ORGANIZATION THAT IS WILLING TO WORK OUT BOARD IS WILLING TO WORK. UM SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THEY BE DOING. WELL WE RECENTLY OR PERIODICALLY WE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM THE. CREATE A HEALTH DISTRICT. UH HUH. ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING. AND UM WONDERING IF. WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR WHAT THEY CAN DO. WHAT THEY HAD THE CAPACITY TO DO. IS NOT REDUNDANT, NOT JUST A REPEAT. OF WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION. PROPOSES TO DO WANTED TO THINGS THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IS THAT WE THROW MONEY AT GOOD IDEAS. AND CREATE. MULTIPLE OR

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AND AS A RESULT, WE END UP PAYING TOO MUCH IN OVERHEAD. AND DON'T GET ENOUGH BANG OUT OF OUR BOOK. WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME? UM TO BLAME OUR CONCERNS, AND I TAKE IT THE LADY IN THE BLUE. BLOUSE IS GOING TO ANSWER MY QUESTION. I'M GOING TO TRY TO HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

I'M D. JOHNSON. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU, MAN.

OKAY I'M D JOHNSON REGISTERED NURSE WHO HELPS WITH THE COVER CONNECT PROGRAM. WHICH IS THE VACCINATION PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, AND WE ACTUALLY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. UM DOING ONE ON ONES. AND WE ACTUALLY GO INTO THE HOMES. SO WHERE GO AND MORE SO RATHER THAN DOING LIKE THE MASS. VACCINATION CLINICS. PROGRAMS WERE MADE IN THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. LIKE WITH THE P HOP PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE PETERSBURG HEALTHY OPTION PROGRAM, WHICH IS A FOOD PROGRAM. WE'VE BEEN OUT AT THE CORNER OF. UM HARDIN STREET AND HALIFAX STREET DOING VACCINATION. PEOPLE DRIVING BY WAS STOPPED, WILL VACCINATE. UM WELL, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN AT THE SERVICE STATIONS VACCINATING, SO WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE PROVIDING THE PROGRAMS. AS OPPOSED TO THEM HAVING TO COME TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MEET PRIMARILY A BLACK AND BROWN POPULATIONS. TO ACTUALLY GET THEM BACK. SIN ATED. CAN YOU THINK OF ANY REASON THAT THE. CRATER DISTRICT HEALTH AGENCY CANNOT DO THE SAME THING. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THE SAME THING. SO WE TRIED TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MEET THOSE PARTICULAR NEEDS AND THEY ARE AWARE OF OUR PARTICULAR PROGRAM. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SO WE HAVE BEEN IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM. AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. AND THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF OUR PROGRAM. BUT THERE'S NO REASON THEY COULD NOT DO THAT SAME. FUNCTION SUPPLY THAT SEEMS SERVICE IS THERE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASK THEM THAT WE WERE. WE MADE THEM AWARE OF OUR PROGRAM AND THEY ARE AWARE OF OUR PROGRAM. THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR.

CUSTOMER IN WINSTON SMITH. THANK YOU, LADIES FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. UM AND REFERENCE TO THE TUTOR. CONNECT ARE YOU ALSO REACHING OUT TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN FOR TUTORING, OR IS IT THE MAIN POPULATION. CURRENTLY IT IS THE MAIN POPULATION, BUT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ADDRESS SPECIAL NEEDS AS WELL. AND THE IS THE TUTORING IN DENVER, PETERSBURG ALL THE SURROUNDING AREAS OR. CURRENTLY THE TUTORING IS TAKING PLACE IN HOPEWELL. OKAY, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS AN OPTION FOR US TO BE MOBILE. AND THE YOU SAID YOUR PARTNER WOULD DEAL WITH HIS SOCIAL SERVICES. YES, MA'AM. SO IS THERE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES? PETERSBURG HOPE WILL PRINCE GEORGE SIX. WE PARTNER WITH THEM WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES REGARDING OUR TRANS CONNECT PROGRAM WILL DEAL WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES IDENTIFIES LOCAL RESTAURANTS THAT WILL PROVIDE FOOD FOR THE TRANSPLANT PROGRAM. THEY ALSO IDENTIFY THE ELDERLY AND THE DISABLED WHO ARE IN NEED OF THE FOOD SERVICES. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE RECEIVE A LIST FROM THEM WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICES AND WE FOLLOW THAT LIST AND PICK UP DELIVERIES OF FOOD ITEMS AT THE RESTAURANTS AND DELIVER THOSE ITEMS TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DESIGNATED ON THAT LIST. THAT'S THAT'S VERY GOOD. WE ALSO DELIVER AND SUSSEX COUNTY. AND SOUTHERN CHESTER FEEL WE HAVE TO LIVE IN PETERSBURG ALSO. AND UM, AS THE NEED ARRIVED. WE HAVE MET THE NEEDS BASED UPON WHAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN TO US, BECAUSE, UM, SHERIFF HAS ALSO. SOLICITED OUR ASSISTANCE AND DELIVERING MAILS SO BASED UPON WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET THOSE PARTICULAR NEEDS. OKAY AND THE MOMMY CONNECT. HOW DOES THAT WORK? IS THAT FOR NEW MOTHERS? UH PREGNANT GIRLS, ALABAMA CONNECT PROGRAM IS FOR MOTHER'S NEW MOTHERS, 18 TO 35. AND CURRENTLY WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING THIS PROGRAM INTO THE PRISON. WE ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE CHESTERFIELD

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. WHAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY? THAT WAS GREAT. ALRIGHT. NEXT WILL GO TO ITEMS 60. PRESENTATION OR ARE FOR APPLICATION FROM THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL SENIOR MANAGER. SO YOUR ATTORNEY UM MY NAME IS DOCTOR. DO HARD WITH THEM FOR YOU. IN REGARDS. TO THE COLLABORATION, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SERVICES HERE IN PETERSBURG. AND SEE BHS. CALLED TOM, CO CEO OF. CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HER. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PROJECT. UM I APPRECIATE THE TIME WE, UM, SEE VHS AGREED TO PARTNER IN THIS GROUP. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AWARE OF US. WE OPERATE 18 DIFFERENT FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA. BUT NOWHERE ELSE DO WE HAVE THE INTENSE PRESENCE THAT WE HAVE, AS WE DO IN PETERSBURG. WHERE WE HAVE TWO FULL SIZED SITES. WE HAVE THE SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER AND THEN WE HAVE THE THIRD SITE OVER IN HOPEWELL, UM, WHERE WE ALSO SEE PETERSBURG RESIDENTS AS WELL. SO WE SEE ABOUT 4000 PETERSBURG UNIQUE PETERSBURG PATIENTS A YEAR OFFERING PEDIATRICS. MEDICAL DENTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WHEN WE WERE APPROACHED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, IT WAS. EXCITING BECAUSE TO ME IT MIRRORED WHAT WE WHAT I SAW HAPPEN WITH THE CITY IN SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP THAT CREATED UM MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT THAT OF WHICH THE SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER CAME ABOUT WHICH. UM ALLOWED ME TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH DR PETRIE MARTIN ON HEALTH OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THIS PROJECT IS JUST REALLY A WAY FOR US TO COLLABORATE. SO TO YOUR POINT TO KIND OF GET DO AWAY WITH SOME OF THE, UH, DUPLICATION OF SERVICES AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THESE GROUPS TO REALLY HELP MOVE. THE NEEDLE ON THE HEALTH RANKINGS FOR PETERSBURG. UM, IT DISAPPOINTS ME EVERY YEAR WHEN THEY COME OUT THAT WE'RE STILL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HEALTH RANKINGS, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. AS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IN THIS COMMUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THOSE RANKINGS. UM I THINK THAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AS AN EMPLOYER, I WOULD THINK IF I WAS COMING TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAW WE HAD SUCH LOW HEALTH RANKINGS. DO I WANT TO PUT A BUSINESS THERE WERE MY EMPLOYEES MAY BE UNHEALTHY, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE COST. SO I THINK THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP TO MOVE THIS NEEDLE IF WE COLLABORATE TOGETHER RATHER THAN EACH OF US WORKING IN OUR OWN SILOS. AND SO I PROBABLY SHOULD. I CAN TALK. UH, HOW DO I GET. WE DID HAVE A SLIDE PRESENTATION. UM SO, BUT THAT WAS THE EXCITING PART OF THIS IS COMING OUT, REALLY CREATING A COLLABORATION WHERE WE ARE ACROSS THE BOARD. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS. WE WOULD EVENTUALLY INVITE MORE AND MORE GROUPS IN. THANK YOU.

UM AND SO WHAT REALLY BROUGHT THIS ABOUT WAS CERTAINLY COVID SHONE A SPOTLIGHT ON. THE HEALTH DISPARITY AND THE HEALTH INEQUITY AND THE HEALTH ILLITERACY OF PATIENTS THAT WE SAW AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO DO THAT. WE YOU KNOW, WE'VE. DON'T USE IT, OKAY? OKAY SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THESE SO THAT WE ARE NOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RANKINGS FOR THE COUNTY. AS I SAID, WE SEE ABOUT 4000 PATIENTS WE'VE GIVEN OUT ABOUT 2000 COVID VACCINATIONS, AND WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE COULD DO. BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN SEEN THAT WE'VE DONE STUFF IN DUPLICATION OR RUN UP AGAINST OTHER GROUPS. AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE TO DO THAT. WE'RE GETTING INVOLVED INTO HIV CARE. WE'RE GETTING WE DO PRENATAL LOW RISK PRENATAL CARE. WE DO PEDIATRICS ADULTS, SO WE HAVE. WE HAVE A WIDE BREATH OF VERSA.

TALENT, VERSATILITY OF WHAT WE CARE FOR. WE'VE TRIED TO BE RESPONSIVE. WE MOVED OUR OFFICE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE OF THE TOWN HALL COMMUNITY MEETING. THERE WAS SO MUCH. CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HEALTHCARE DOWNTOWN SOC VHS MOVED OUR LOCATION DOWN TO WASHINGTON TO

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THERE'S THE. CONNECT PART IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO CONNECT THE SERVICES WITH THOSE WHO NEED THEM. AND AGAIN, THAT'S HEAVY LIFTING. SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES PROFESSIONALS. SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES CONSULTATION. SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL SERVICES. SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL STAFF. AND THEN THERE'S THE CONVERSION. THAT IS THE OUTCOMES THAT YOU GET. ARE BEING CONVERTED. TWO. SUSTAINABLE RESULTS. THOSE THINGS THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE CITY COUNCIL AND SHOW THIS IS WHAT WE DID. THIS IS HOW WE BUILT UPON IT. THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN. UM SO THAT'S THE HOUSE. SO WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE WHY AND HOW. THESE ARE THE PARTNERS. HE'S VERY CITY SCHOOLS. SEE VHS CREATED HELP DISTRICT. AND THEN CAPITAL STRATEGY. WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH CHURCHES HERE IN THE AREA. I'VE ALSO BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH SEVERAL WOLF. TO CITY AGENCIES.

THAT COVER LARGE AMOUNTS AND LARGE RESOURCES OF PEOPLE. SO AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE HIS COMPLETED SERVICE THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO HAVE THE BEST AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OUTCOME.

AND OF COURSE WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME. I HAVE QUESTIONS. REMEMBER THE COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE COGNIZANT OF THE RATINGS THAT WE HAVE HAD SINCE AT LEAST 2010. WE'VE BEEN THE HELD THE NUMBER 1 33. AS THE UNHEALTHIEST CITY IN THE STATE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I THINK ONE YEAR WE MOVED UP TO 1 32. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE CONSIDERED THE MOST UNHEALTHIEST CITY IN THE STATE.

AND IT APPEARS THAT WHAT YOU ARE OFFERING IS A PLAN TO HELP US TO. COME UP FROM THAT NUMBER OR SHALL SAY, COME DOWN. I GUESS IT'S BETTER TO COME DOWN FROM 1 33. SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU COULD YOU COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON. SOME SOME PLAIN TALK ABOUT JUST HOW YOU CAN HELP US GET THERE. OKAY I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO PAUL IN THE SECOND, BUT. UM I CAN RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU SAY. BECAUSE I THINK THE LAST TIME THE CITY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, I THINK, UM, MR MYERS WAS MAYOR. 2020 15. I REMEMBER HIM MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT IT, BUT, UM. THIS HAS

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AND THE PEOPLE ARE SHARING INFORMATION AND MAKING CONNECTIONS AND BEING ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE. NOT DOING IT THEMSELVES. SCUSE ME. SO THE. THE BEST SCENES DESTINATIONS FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS INSTEAD. IS THAT MORE THAN COVID, IS IT? THAT IS THE CALL H P F H V L P. H. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. HPV THANK YOU TAP. YES. SO WE ARE

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THEY HAVE ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE, AND WE NEED TO GET THEIR DENTAL CARE IN BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART. HEART HEALTH. ANY DIABETIC PATIENT, ADULT CHILD SHOULD HAVE ICE TEND TO FOCUS A LOT ON THE KIDS, BUT THERE'S SO MANY OTHER DIFFERENT PIECES OF HEALTH AT ALL COORDINATED. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. AND HOW DO WE REACH THEM? HOW DO WE GET THEM ACCESS. AND HOW DO WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT. SO THE REPORTS. UM. THE ROBERT WAS JOHNSON'S REPORTS THAT HAVE US AT. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE IS BROKEN DOWN AND SO MANY DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. UM WAIT IN YOUR HEART AND SMOKING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR PROGRAM IS ADDRESSING ALL OF IT. YOU'RE ADDRESSING THE WHOLE. PERSON OR THE WHOLE HEALTH OF THE PERSON, AS OPPOSED TO JUST ONE ASPECT. CORRECT WE WILL INITIALLY FOCUS TO GET OUR COVID VACCINATION RIGHT? THAT WOULD BE, OF COURSE, BEING INITIAL FOCUS TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON TOP OF THEM UNTIL WE ARE PAST THIS. BUT AS A PART OF THAT IS ALSO HEALTH, LITERACY AND UNDERSTANDING. WHAT YOUR YOU KNOW WHAT HEALTHY WEIGHT IS. HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU GET MORE ACTIVE? HOW CAN YOU BE ACTIVE? IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN A SAFE SPACE? WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS TO DO? HOW CAN YOU GET THAT FAMILY ACTIVITY? SO YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. ALL THOSE DIFFERENT FACTORS WE WILL WANT TO ADDRESS AND REALLY DIG DEEP INTO ANALYZE AND SAY YES, WE NEED A PLAN FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE. AND THIS GOES TO THIS. THIS THIS AND THIS. THANK YOU. SURE. COUNCIL COVER. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU BEFORE I AM PREPARED TO VOTE. YES, ON EITHER OF THESE. NO, WE'RE NOT VOTING TONIGHT. BEFORE I AM PREPARED TO SUPPORT EITHER.

PROGRAM. UH, ADDRESSED IN SIX. SIX C OR 60. I WOULD LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK DR HART IF HIS ORGANIZATION IS OFFERING OR CAN OFFER THE SAME SERVICES AND REPORTERS FIND IN THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THE SAME FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD. I WOULD LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK UH, MR. OF.

UM HMM. HELP ME HERE. PRIDGET. UM IF HIS ORGANIZATION IS OFFERING OR CAN OFFER. THE SAME SERVICES AND REPORT HIS FINDINGS TO CITY COUNCIL. ALSO ON THIS TOPIC OF THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION AND LOW SCORE THAT WE ACHIEVE THEIR HAS SUSPECTED. THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OR A LARGE NUMBER OF VARIABLES THAT ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. UH, THAT DO NOT. UM.

WOULD NOT BE INFLUENCED BY THE ACTIVITIES. PROPOSED IN EITHER SIX C OR 60, FOR EXAMPLE. I SUSPECT OUR HARM MURDER RATE. HIS AMONG THE VARIABLES. I DON'T KNOW THAT. PUT OUT WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR THE CITY MANAGER, TOO. DETERMINE WHAT THOSE VARIABLES ARE. AND REPORT THEM TO COUNSEL. AND THEN MAYBE COUNCIL CAN. FOCUS UH, ITS PROGRAMS AND ITS MONEY ON CHANGING THOSE. SPECIFIC SCORES RATHER THAN JUST WE ASSUME THAT IT'S BECAUSE. OF. UH HUH. AND CAUSE AERATION RATE OF ADOLESCENCE OR UH, WHATEVER. MIGHT BE THE VARIABLE. I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE VARIABLE IS. BUT THAT'S KIND OF A FOOTNOTE. AND ASIDE, THE MAIN POINT IS, I WANT TO THE EXTENT THAT. I CAN BE SATISFIED. I WANT TO BE CONVINCED THAT WE

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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME BIG MONEY IN HERE. AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CITIZENS OF BABIES BURIED TO SEE THAT. WE SPEND THAT BIG MONEY IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX E PRESENTATION. I KEEP BOSWELL, VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. STIR TURL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME COME IN. SPEAK TONIGHT AGAIN, UH, TO FURTHER DISCUSSION AROUND THIS CONCEPT OF A REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY. WERE THOSE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR. I'M KEITH BOSWELL WITH THE VIRGINIAS GATEWAY REGION, WHERE THE OLDEST REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL, REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH FOR 60 YEARS OLD. STARTED RIGHT HERE IN PETERSBURG WITH A GROUP OF BUSINESS LEADERS THOSE MANY YEARS AGO. YEAH IS THAT BETTER? APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THANK YOU AGAIN. KEITH BALLS WELL WITH VIRGINIA'S GATEWAY REGION AND PRESIDENT CEO, I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. LAST TIME WE GOT TOGETHER, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS CONCEPT OF A REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES STORY. I'M GOING TO USE THE TERM RIFFA. FROM HERE ON OUT. RIFFA IS AN ENABLING, UH, LEGISLATION BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. TO ALLOW COMMUNITIES LOCALITIES SPECIFICALLY TO COORDINATE AND DEVELOP AND OWN OR, UH DEVELOPING OPERATE MORE, UH, FACILITY INSIDE A REGION THAT COMES TOGETHER. IN THROUGH THIS COMBINED ACTION. THERE IS A COST SHARING AND ALSO REVENUE SHARING CONCEPT. THE PURPOSE REALLY IS TO ALLOW COMMUNITIES TO GET TOGETHER AND TO DO THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO ON THEIR OWN. IT'S A IT'S A WAY OF REALLY LEVERAGING RESOURCES. I. IT'S ALSO AGAIN OUR RECKON AWAY FOR SHARING OF REVENUE AS WELL. POTENTIAL LIST OF PROJECTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND.

WHY WOULD YOU NEED A RIFFA AND CERTAINLY YOU CAN DO THIS INDIVIDUAL? I'M JUST GOING TO USE IT DIDN'T WITTY AS AN EXAMPLE YOU CAN GET TOGETHER WITHIN WHAT HE TO TALK ABOUT BROADBAND OR INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN DO THOSE IN PROJECT BY PROJECT, BUT IT COULD BE A ONE OFF. THE IDEA WITH THE RIFF IS ONCE YOU SET UP THIS IT BECOMES A TOOL FOR THE REGION. THEREFORE YOU CAN ENTER IN AND, UH, PARTICIPATE IN ANY POINT IN TIME. AND THIS IS JUST A LIST OF PROJECTS. UH FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ENGAGE IN A WATER, SEWER EXTENSION OR IMPROVEMENT, AND IT. WOULD INCORPORATE MANY OF YOUR COMMUNITIES THAT IS PART OF THE JARAWA, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER AUTHORITY AS WELL. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME PROJECTS. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. IT COULD BE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS, BUT I JUST GAVE YOU A SAMPLING OF THE POTENTIAL THAT COULD GO UNDER A RIFFA. AN INTERCHANGE. FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT CRATER ROAD INTERCHANGE MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD PROJECT FOR TRANSPORTATION ISSUE. THE CREATION PROCESS WHERE, WELL ALONG THE WAY WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR ON YOUR BEHALF AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES IN THE GATEWAY REGION, WHICH ARE SEVEN SYRIAN SUSSEX, DUNWOODY, PRINCE GEORGE. HOPEWELL COLONIAL HEIGHTS AND, OF COURSE, PETERSBURG. THE IDEA IS THAT THE CREATION PROCESS IS YOU MAKE PRESENTATIONS. YOU END UP HOLDING HEARINGS. YOU ADOPT ORDINANCES. THE RIFF IS CREATED THROUGH THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IT BECOMES AN AUTHORITY. YOU DEVELOP BYLAWS. I'D LIKE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND YOU OPERATE IN THIS REGIONAL AUTHORITY. THE MEMBERS. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR IT. THE GOVERNING BOARD. UH YOU AS A WHEN THE ORGANIZATION GETS SET UP, YOU CAN HAVE 12 BOARD MEMBERS YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE. UH IF YOU HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS, YOU CAN HAVE HAVE TO ALTERNATIVES IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT. THE IDEA BEING THAT IT REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITIES THAT COME IN UNDER THE THIS CASE, THE GATEWAY

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IT'S SET UP UNDER THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT. IS HOW THE COST WOULD BE AND THEN THEIR PARTICIPATION. COST SIDE BUT ALSO EQUIPMENT BE EQUIVALENT TO ANY KIND OF REVENUE. THAT WOULD BE, UH, SUSTAINED FROM THE PROJECT ITSELF. AGAIN REVENUE SHARING IS EXACTLY THAT, UH, THAT JUST ONE OF THE BIG REASONS WHY A RIFFA IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER.

IS THAT. CERTAIN PROJECTS WOULD HAVE A REVENUE STREAM FOR IT. FOR EXAMPLE, INDUSTRIAL PARK UH, UH, A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MIGHT COME IN AND HIRE FOLKS AND PUT REVENUE INTO THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, AND IT PROBABLY IS GOOD TO GO OVER IT AGAIN. UH YOU IF YOU JOIN THE RIVER, YOU CAN LEAVE THE RIVER AT ANY POINT IN TIME. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IF YOU ALREADY IN INVOLVED IN A PROJECT AND IF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THEN YOU'RE FREE TO EXIT OUT. BUT IF THE PROJECT IS MULTI YEAR YOU REALLY ARE RESPONSIBLE TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT UNTIL IT'S CONCLUDED. SO FOR EXAMPLE, A TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED AND YOU JOINED INTO

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I'M NOT AN AUTHORITY ON THIS, BUT IT CAN'T YOU CAN EXIT, UH, THROUGH AN AGREEMENT TO DO SO.

BUT IT IS A PROCESS AND BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WHEN YOU ENTER, ENTER PROJECT, YOU'RE GOING TO STAY WITH IT UNTIL ITS NATURAL CONCLUSION. SO WHY DO THIS? I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO ASK AND REALLY, I PUT UP SOME REASONS HERE AND THERE COULD BE MANY, MANY MORE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE A PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY THAT WANTS TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY. CAN YOU HAVE A PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS THAT IS ALREADY HERE? BUT YOU IN ORDER TO GET OTHER PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESSES TO SAY YES TO BE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO CERTAIN CREATIVE THINGS. THERE MIGHT BE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE PLACE OR, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MIGHT RUN OUT OF ROOM TO PUT A NEW COMPANY OR AN ENTITY THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME BECAUSE OF THE CLUSTER THAT YOU'RE ALREADY. ESTABLISHING AND SO COMMUNITIES MIGHT WANT TO PARTICIPATE WITH YOU BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU MAY HAVE THE MONEY AND YOU COULD COME TOGETHER AND SOLVE AN ISSUE FOR A FUTURE NEED BY INDUSTRIAL ENTITY. DOING THAT KIND OF PROJECT UNDER A PRE EXISTING REFER WOULD ALLOW YOUR RESPONSE. TIME TO BE CUT EVER. HOW MUCH EVER HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR. YOU COULD DO THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH DINWIDDIE, UH AND YOU COULD DO THAT EVERY HOW LONG IT TAKES AND ABSORB THE COST. ALL TO PUT THAT AGREEMENT TOGETHER. BUT HIS CHANCES IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE PROJECT NEEDS FASTER ACTION THAN THAT. SO ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT INCREASES YOUR RESPONSE TIME. PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE WHEN ADDRESSING LARGE ISSUES, FOR EXAMPLE, EXAMPLE REGIONAL WASTE OR ALL WATER, UH, POTABLE WATER ISSUES, OR, FOR EXAMPLE, IMPROVEMENTS TO AN INTERSTATE. FIVE ACCESS.

SHARING COSTS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT REVENUE SHARING IS ANOTHER REASON WHY TO DO IT BECAUSE MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK, BUT ALSO MANY HANDS COULD BRING MORE REVENUE THAN YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE. DOING A PROJECT. BY YOURSELF. IT DOES REALLY REDUCE RISK BECAUSE ANY PROJECT HAS RISKED. I MEAN THERE COULD BE OVERRUNS OR IT COULD BE TIME THAT YOU. YOU RUN INTO THAT YOU CAN'T GET THE PROJECT DONE IN TIME, SO THERE'S ALWAYS RISK, BUT THE MORE ENTITIES IN IT COULD HELP DIVERSIFY THE RISK THAT OTHERWISE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO BEAR ALL ON YOUR OWN. IT COULD BE THAT JUST THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS TOO BIG TO DO ON YOUR OWN. AND YOU NEED SOME OTHER PARTNERS. ANOTHER REASON. BUT THE REASON WHY I'M TRYING TO ENCOURAGE TO CONSIDER TODAY IS THAT IT'S A BY DOING THIS NOW, WITH NO PROJECT ON. THERE COULD BE SOME PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. BUT YOU HAVE THE TOOL READY WHEN YOU NEED IT? BECAUSE THIS DOES TAKE A LONG TIME TO DO AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHERS AND I HAVE A SLIDE HERE IN A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE OR NOT, WHICH SHOWS THAT THERE ARE 13 OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA WHO HAVE DONE THIS IN ANTICIPATION OF. UM THESE ARE SOME SUCCESS STORIES, BUT I'M GOING TO BYPASS THAT TO GO. THE NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE THE COMMUNITIES. THESE ARE THEY'RE KNOWN REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, AUTHORITIES AND THEIR NAMES. AND IN THE ORANGE BESIDE IT ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING INSIDE THAT REFER. UH, THE MOST.

CURRENT ONE, THE MOST. THE LAST ONE TO THAT I KNOW OF THAT HAS BEEN SET UP IS THE EASTERN VIRGINIA REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY AND YOU SEE THE 10 COMMUNITIES THAT GOT TOGETHER. THAT FORMED THAT AND ALL THESE ARE HAMPTON ROADS BASED COMMUNITIES. AND I'LL GO BACK TO SOME SUCCESS STORIES. SO IN FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA LAND IS AT A PREMIUM AS A FLAT LAND IS AT A PREMIUM LOT OF HILLS. UH THERE HAS BEEN SOME, UM, AS YOU KNOW, MINING ACTIVITY. THOSE COMMUNITIES. THE LONESOME PINE RIFFA STARTED, THEY CREATED AN INDUSTRIAL PARK OUT OF A SURFACE MINE. FIRST OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY FILLED BACK IN PART OF MINING IS YOU HAVE TO RECLAIM THE LAND, AND IT CREATES FLAT SPOTS, AND WHEN THEY FILL IT BACK IN WELL, THE RIVER WAS STARTED AND IN ITS, UM. UH THE FIRST YEAR THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A PIECE OF FLAT LAND DEVELOP IT PUT INFRASTRUCTURE THERE AT WHICH THEY COULD NOT HAVE DONE IF IT WAS JUST IN ONE COMMUNITY. IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA. THERE'S A MEGA SITE MEGA SITE IS THE SITE THAT HAS 100,000 ACRES CONTIGUOUS. AND THERE ARE ONLY THREE IN VIRGINIA THAT

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ALSO THERE'S A AGAIN THEY'RE PART OF THE SOUTHERN VIRGINIA MEGA SITE, BUT BALL PIT SYLVANIA COUNTY GOT TOGETHER JUST THOSE TWO AND CREATED A RIFFA AND CREATED AN INDUSTRIAL PARK WITH THEM. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING OF THE HISTORY OF. THAT PART OF VIRGINIA THAT DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY WERE NOT ALWAYS GOOD FRIENDS. THEY WERE NOT ALWAYS GOOD NEIGHBORS AND TO DO THIS WAS A HISTORIC MOMENT, AND THEY CREATED A CYBER PARK FOCUSED ON TECHNOLOGY, WHICH THEY DID NOT HAVE THEIR HEAVILY MORE HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL AREA IN DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY. TO GO AFTER TECHNOLOGY JOBS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND LAND A COMPANY CALLED ROSSIYA IN 2017, THE LAST ONE. IT JUST MADE THE NEWSPAPER. THE NEWS, SAID. NEWSPAPER THAT SHOWS YOU HOW OLD I AM THE MEDIA JUST THIS WEEK AND CUMBERLAND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES STORY OUT IN FAR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA TAZEWELL COUNTY. RUSSELL COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, AGAIN GOT TOGETHER FORMED AN AUTHORITY AND THEY JUST LANDED A $300 MILLION 200 JOBS. SALMON AQUACULTURE FACILITY ON 2 800 ACRES THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP AS A COLLECTIVE. THEY COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS INDEPENDENTLY. THERE'S JUST IT'S JUST TOO EXPENSIVE TO DEVELOP PROPERTY OUT THERE. TO GET IT READY. THINK THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE AN EQUIVALENT OF 13 FOOTBALL FIELDS TO DEVELOP SALMON, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S LIKE 25,000 TONNES A YEAR OF SALMON GOING TO BE PRODUCED. THE REASON I TELL YOU, THAT IS A SUCCESS STORY BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AS QUICKLY AND AS EFFICIENTLY IF THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CUMBERLAND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY AND AGAIN, THEY HAD TO GET READY. SO THIS WAS A. OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY WORKED YEARS AHEAD IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT. BEING ABLE TO EVEN RECEIVE A PROJECT OF THAT SIZE.

SO THE NEXT STEPS AND I'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS. WE ALREADY HAVE COMPLETED THAT THE.

PHYSICAL DOCUMENTS, SO THE LAWYER HAS ALREADY COMPLETED ALL THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY. A ASSUMING THAT. ONCE APPROVAL, HE CAN GO AND FILE WITH THE STATE AND GET US SET UP AS THE REGIONAL DESTRO FACILITIES AUTHORITY GATEWAY REGION, SO. YEAH THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE FOR YOU IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO DO SO ADD THIS IDEA TO YOUR AGENDA. START ADVERTISING. WE CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT. UH THE ATTORNEY WOULD HELP COORDINATE ANY HEARING DATES OR WORK SESSIONS OR ANY OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED. OR DISCUSSED. I TALKED TO HIM RIGHT BEFORE I CAME TONIGHT. AND OF COURSE HE'S READY TO DO SO. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE AS A COUNCIL. AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS, THEN, UH, WE GO AND SET IT UP WITH THE STATE. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT AGAIN. THE WHOLE IDEA OF. WHY WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA IS THAT IT'S A TOOL TO HELP UNITE OUR REGION FOR ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. THAT'S OUR VISION STATEMENT FOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR YOU. AS ONE OF, UH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS. SO I'LL STOP THERE. I WENT VERY QUICKLY, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND TO BE MORE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN HIM. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR BOSWELL. NEXT QUESTIONS. REMEMBER THE COUNCIL. WE START WITH COUNCILMAN CUPBOARD. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MR. BOSWELL IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO BE WITH US TONIGHT.

THANKS FOR THE INVITATION. I KEEP KEEP STUBBORN MY TOE ON THIS. I'M LOOKING FOR AN ADVANTAGE TO PETERSBURG AND I JUST DON'T SEE IT AND. I WROTE MYSELF A QUESTION. DO YOU REALLY THINK IT LIKELY THAT PRINCE GEORGE WILL HELP PETERSBURG DEVELOP ITS COMPANY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPLEX IN PETERSBURG? AND I DON'T THINK I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO. IF THE ANSWER IS NO. HOW IS THIS GOING TO BENEFIT US IN DEVELOPING ALL OUR BURGEONING STRENGTH. NAMELY OF PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY. UM IT IS A GREAT QUESTION. SO, UM, FROM THAT LENS I CAN SEE YOUR POINT. BUT IT ALSO COULD BE THIS WAY TO LOOK AT IT. YOU KNOW, I WONDER IF UM. WE HAVE A

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IT'S NEAR WAVERLY WAKEFIELD. THAT AREA IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. THEY SEE PROJECTS THAT. YOU WOULD NOT NORMALLY SEE BECAUSE OF JUST THE VOLUME OF LAND THAT'S NECESSARY. WE ARE DOING A STUDY. WE GOTTA GO, VIRGINIA GRANT. TO DO A STUDY ON HOW THEY CAN GET MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER THERE. DICK THERE'S NO KNOWN WAY THERE'S NO KNOWN SOLUTION. THERE'S NO KNOWN CAUSE THERE'S NO KNOWN DIRECTION RIGHT NOW. LET'S ASSUME THAT IF THAT SITE COULD HANDLE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER. WELL WE KNOW THAT WE'VE MISSED CLOSE TO $9 BILLION OF PROJECTS THAT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT HAVE LOOKED AT THAT PARTICULAR SITE. WHETHER WE WOULD WIN THEM OR NOT, THAT'S LET'S JUST SET THAT ASIDE, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE THEIR, UH, IF YOU DO ANY ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS SAY IN THE MILLION A BILLION OR $2 BILLION. SIZE RANGE AND THOUSANDS OF JOBS.

I'LL MAKE IT MORE ACUTE. THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT LOOKED JUST 68 MONTHS AGO. AND THEY WERE A NITRATE CLUB MANUFACTURER. THE GLOVES THAT WE USE FOR ALL OF OUR PPE. THEY LOOKED AT THAT SITE. THE WE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THEM THE WATER THAT THEY NEEDED. WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THERE IS WATER THERE RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A IT'S.

CLOSE TO 1,700,000 GALLONS A DAY. BUT THEY WENT OUT TO WITH COUNTY AND THEY ANNOUNCED FOR WITH COUNTY. THE GOVERNOR MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. SHOES THREE WEEKS AGO. MAYBE MAYBE A MONTH AGO NOW. AND THE REASON WHY I BRING UP THAT EXAMPLE IS. IF THE SOLUTION OF WATER COMES FROM THE PETERSBURG DIRECTION. THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT YOU WOULD SAY WOW, IF. NITRATE GLOVE MANUFACTURER. WE CALLED IT PROJECT LOVE A PROJECT GLOVE WOULD HAVE GOES TO SUSSEX. MAYBE PETERSBURG MIGHT WANT TO INVEST IN. HELPING EXTEND THE WATER MAKING INVESTMENT THROUGH A RIFFA THAT COULD SHARE SOME OF THE REVENUE OFF OF A BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. SO THAT IS WHERE MAYBE THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT VIEW COULD BE NOT NECESSARILY ON WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE. THEY CAN'T OF THE, UH, THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF PETERSBURG AS A CITY. SO THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. SO I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE. BECAUSE MR CAFFERTY SAID, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT REALLY IS ONE TO WRESTLE WITH. WHY DO IT SO WONDER IF A COMMUNITY UH, WAS NOT ABLE TO THAT HAD LAND. AND HAD REALLY GOOD INDUSTRIAL PARKS. THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH WATER. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE LOOKING THERE. AND IT WOULD TAKE YEARS FOR THAT WATER TO GET THERE AND LOTS OF MONEY.

AND. THEY WERE GOING TO MISS OUT ON SOME REVENUE BECAUSE THE PROJECT COULD GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS LAND AND WATER. UM THEY MAY BE WILLING TO INVEST. FOR THE NEAR TERM. IN ORDER TO GAIN SOME REVENUE THAT MIGHT HELP OUT. FOR EXAMPLE, PETERSBURG. BUILD A WATER TOWER IN YOUR HOSPITAL OF SOME SORT, MAYBE HELP REVENUE COST SHARE IN THAT. SO UH, IT JUST IT'S ALMOST ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. HOW WE'RE IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WERE ALL WE THINK OF OURSELVES AS PROBLEM SOLVERS. AND THE PROBLEMS THAT WE WANT TO SOLVE IS HOW DO WE GET INDUSTRY TO SAY YES OR A BUSINESS TO SAY YES OR A PROJECT TO SAY YES AND USUALLY THAT COMES WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS BECAUSE EVERY PROJECT NEEDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE OF WHY IT WOULD BE BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS. THAT.

IF THE IF PROJECT GLOVE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO A REFER. ALL SEVEN COMMUNITIES INSIDE THE RIVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO SAY, HOW CAN I PARTICIPATE IN THAT? NOW THAT'S IF THE PROJECT WAS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE RIVER. IN THIS CASE, SUSSEX COULD HAVE DONE IT. AND THEY AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY DID IT ON THEIR OWN. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO SOLVE THE SOLUTION, BUT IF THEY SAW A WAY. TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION THROUGH JOINING, UH AND BY THE WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THIS UP IN THEIR NOVEMBER FOUR VOTE NOVEMBER. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN NOVEMBER. IF THEY BROUGHT THAT UP PROJECT UP INTO THE RIVER, THEN THE SEVEN COMMUNITIES COULD DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT. NO PENALTY.

OR NOT, AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IF THEY DO. JUST TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING AS SIMPLE

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IT'S A ONE OFF, SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD JUST SUGGEST CONSIDERATION. UH WHEREAS UNDER A RIFFA. THOSE ONE OFFS CAN BE DONE WITH THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT THAT GREATLY ENHANCES THE ABILITY TO OPERATE AT THIS SPEED OF WHATEVER THE PROJECT DEMANDS. THANK YOU, MR BOSWELL.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MISS WILLIAMS. YES MR BOSWELL. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT WITHDRAWAL? UH, CERTAINLY SLIDES BACK. ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THAT. OH, HERE GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. I SEE. WITHDRAW. MAYBE IT'S. IS THIS ONE, SIR? MR WILLIAMS? YES. UM, SO YOU INDICATED THAT. REMEMBER, LOCALITY CAN WITHDRAW AT ANY TIME. BUT. AS I READ THAT THE MEMBER LOCALITY CAN DRAW WITHDRAW UPON DISSOLUTION OR A MEMBER LOCALLY CAN WITHDRAW WITH THE MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL OTHER MEMBER LOCALITIES. AND I SEEM TO RECALL THAT SAME LANGUAGE AND ANOTHER RIFF UP PROPOSAL. I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS IN THIS LOCALITY OR ANOTHER ONE I SERVED, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

LOCALITIES CAN'T JUST WITHDRAW. THEY HAVE TO EITHER HAVE PERMISSION OF THE OTHER LOCALITIES OR IT HAS TO DISSOLVE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. I DID GO OVER THAT VERY QUICKLY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MIGHT BE A REAL BIG POINT. SO. YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS THAT YOU JUST DON'T KIND OF COME IN. YOU KNOW? AT THE WHIM. THIS IS, UH. YOU KNOW, AS A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL, YOU'RE ENTERING INTO IT WITH SERIOUSNESS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. YOU THINK IT'S AN ADVANTAGE? IF YOU DO WANT TO LEAVE, YOU WOULD, UM BASICALLY HAVE TO ASK AND THEY WOULD VOTE OUT. BUT THE REAL STICKING ISSUE IS IF YOU'RE INVOLVED IN A PROJECT INSIDE THE RIVER, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S IF IT'S NOT COMPLETE. THEN IF, IF I WAS COMMUNITY A AND I WAS IN, UH, IN A AN AGREEMENT, A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH PETERSBURG. AND IT HADN'T BEEN COMPLETED YET THEN I WOULD BE VERY RELUCTANT TO LET YOU OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE END IS GONNA YOU KNOW THERE COULD BE COST OR EVEN ADVANTAGES, SO RIGHT, BUT EVEN IF WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN A PROJECT. WE COULDN'T WITHDRAW UNLESS THE OTHER MEMBER LOCALITIES APPROVED OF US WITHDRAWING AND OR UNLESS IT DISSOLVED. RIGHT YEAH. DISSOLVE YES, THE WHOLE THING WOULD DISSOLVE. THAT WOULD BE THE EASY ANSWER. I MUST ADMIT, I DON'T KNOW THAT LEGAL TECHNICALITY, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE IN THE STATUTE. SO UH, SINCE YOUR LEGAL MIND, AND I'M NOT MAYBE YOU MIGHT INTERPRET THAT AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE CORRECT.

YEAH, THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS IN THE STATUTE AND UP THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK. IT'S THE CASE IF I WOULD DEFER TO YOU ON THAT I COULD GO AND GET MORE SOLID ANSWER FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. UM JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM. DEFINITELY NOT THINKING ABOUT TERMINATION BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, BUT I DO HAVE MY AM AWARE THAT THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. I'M MAKING MYSELF A NOTE. IF THAT'S OKAY, I'LL GET BACK. ALRIGHT. ANOTHER QUESTION. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR BILES EFFORT, THE PRESENTATION. WELL APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT.

AND YOU HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT. WE'RE GOING TO ITEM. F A REPORT ON THE 2010 SENSORS AND REDISTRICTING. HONOURABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A REPORT REGARDING THE CENSUS AND REDISTRICTING PROCESS FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. REDISTRICTING IS THE PROCESS OF REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICTS THAT ELECT REPRESENTATIVES WHO SERVED SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.

REDISTRICTING OCCURS EVERY 10 YEARS FOLLOWING THE UNITED STATES DECENNIAL CENSUS AND IS

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UH AT LEAST THREE MAPS FOR CONSIDERATION BY A CITY COUNCIL, ONE STRICTLY DRAWN BY THEIR ALGORITHM, AND THEN ONE THAT WE WILL ATTEMPT TO DRAW. LOOKING AT NATURAL BOUNDARIES SUCH AS WATERWAYS, FREEWAYS OR MAJOR ROADWAYS, WHICH IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. UH, WE WILL PRESENT THE MAPS AND REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULES A PUBLIC HEARING DURING YOUR NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING. THE MAPS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION AND WILL VIEW. BY THE PUBLIC. WE WERE WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC. UH WELL, THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. TO, UM, FACILITATE THAT PROCESS. AND UM, WE WILL REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLDS A PUBLIC HEARING ON UH, DECEMBER 14TH. AND ADOPT OR CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE, UH, MAP. UM WHICH WERE THEN IF ADOPTED BE SUBMITTED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. FOR AN ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATION OF NO OBJECTION. AND THAT WILL

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THE, UM PRISON POPULATION. THEY GO BACK TO THEY'RE COUNTED AS TO WHERE THEY WILL LIVE WHEN THEY GET OUT OF PRISON, OR ARE THEY COUNTED AS. TO WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE THEY'RE COUNTED, UH, WITH THEIR. PERMANENT RESIDENCY ADDRESS SO WHEREVER THEIR PERMANENT ADDRESS IS LOCATED, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE COUNTING. OKAY AND YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THREE MAPS. FOR COUNSEL TO REVIEW ON NOVEMBER 16TH AT OUR NEXT MEETING, THEN YES AND YES. AND THEN A MONTH LATER FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES. SO WILL THERE BE ANOTHER EVENT? WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN COME IN OUTSIDE OF A COUNCIL MEETING. TO REVIEW THOSE MAPS. UM WE HAVE NOT SCHEDULED AN EVENT PER SE. WE DEFINITELY WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TO DEVELOP A PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE MAPS EITHER ELECTRONICALLY OR, UH, THE LIBRARY OR OTHER SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND THEN PROVIDE COMMENTS TO US. FOR TO SUBMIT TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WHAT'S THE DEADLINE FOR, UM, FOR YOU TO HAVE THE INFORMATION BACK TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL? UH IT HAS TO BE. THE ORDINANCE HAS TO BE ADOPTED BY DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR SO THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS ON ALL OF AROUND 14. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COPPER IS DOING NOTHING AN OPTION. OUT I DON'T BELIEVE SO. BUT I'LL DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. NO LOCALITIES ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO REDISTRICT EVERY 10 YEARS. UM AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE MUCH EARLIER, BUT THE U. S CENSUS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED DUE TO COVID. AND MR THANK YOU, MR CITY ATTORNEY. UH MR TABOR. HOW WILL THE THREE MAPS B. HOW WILL THE BOUNDARIES OF THE THREE MAPS BE DETERMINED? WELL WE WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS WHEREBY THEY MUST BE, UM CONTIGUOUS. AND THEY MUST, UM BECOME PACKED TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU SAID ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE DONE BY AN ALGORITHM. UH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT IS SOFTWARE AND, UH, FOR MY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING, I THINK ART OF ALMOST ALMOST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WHERE IT'S GENERATED BY A COMPUTER PROGRAM. AND HOW WILL THE BOUNDARIES OF THE OTHER TWO MAPS BE DETERMINED? UH WE WILL WORK WITH THE CREATIVE PLANNING DISTRICT STAFF TO IDENTIFY. UM BOUNDARIES THAT CAN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW. SO THERE WILL BE KIND OF IN HOUSE DETERMINED WITH THE HELP OF THE. CREATE A DISTRICT PLANNING COMMISSION. YES, SIR. NOW ON THIS TABLE WITH NUMBERS. I THINK I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I'M A LITTLE THROWN OFF BY THE NEGATIVE NUMBERS HERE. LET'S JUST TAKE WARD 14 MINUTES. IT SHOWS DIFFERENT FROM AVERAGE PLUS OR MINUS 5% MINUS 142. NOW THAT MINUS 142. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WARD ONE HAS NOT ENOUGH. IT SORRY. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WARD ONE IS 142 PEOPLE SHORT? OR DOES THAT MEAN THAT WARD ONE HAS 142 PEOPLE SURPLUS? IT'S ACTUALLY THE SURPLUS, SO THE AVERAGE NUMBER OR AVERAGE POPULATION. IS 4859. THE POPULATION, FOR EXAMPLE OF WARD ONE. IS 5244. AND, UM IF WE ADD 5% 2 4000 859. WE GET 5102, SO THAT'S THE TOP OF THE RAINS.

WITH THE 5. THE MAXIMUM. POPULATION AND SO IF WE SUBTRACT THE FIVE 1002 144. I'M

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BUT THAT SAID, LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND ARE LISTENING. UM AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, IT'S BEEN A WORLD WIND. UM STARTING BACK IN 2017. THE CITY WAS IN A POSITION. UH ONE. IT HAD, UH, REALLY VERY MUCH IN THE LOW POINT OF ITS. RESERVES AND SINCE THAT TIME OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS THROUGH THIS SUMMER, WE HAVE SEEN THREE CREDIT RATING UPGRADES. UH, BY STANDARD AND POOR'S. STANDARD AND POOR'S WAS THE ONLY AGENCY AT THE TIME THAT HAD THE CITY'S RATING AND THE CITY'S RATING. UH BACK AT THAT TIME WAS UNDERWATER. IF YOU WOULD, IT WAS BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE. IT WAS THE ONLY CITY IN THE STATE THAT HAD A FORMAL CREDIT RATING BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE. BACK IN MARCH OF 2021. WE WENT ABOVE AND WENT EVEN HIGHER INTO WHAT WE CALL TRIPLE B PLUS WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK. THAT'S AS THE CITY CONTINUED TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS. SO I THINK IF WE COULD JUST MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, SO I COULD BE BACK IN.

GET THIS ON THE ONE PAGE THAT WE POSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM. SO WE ONLY HAD THAT STANDARD AND POOR'S RATING. UH BUT WE ALSO FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY HAVE STANDARD AND POOR'S BUT THE OTHER MAJOR RATING AGENCY. MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE. SO THAT SAID UM LET'S SEE HERE. THAT SAID, UM, THIS PAST SUMMER INTO THE FALL. UH WE MOVED FORWARD AS WE STARTED TO LOOK AT REFINANCING FOR PURELY DEBT SAVINGS. DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS.

AND SO WE ENDED UP GOING BACK, WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF AND SPREADING COUNTLESS HOURS PRESENTING THE CITY'S PROGRESS AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU PLAN ON DOING

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WE ARE NOW BACK AT THAT A PLUS LEVEL WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK SO AGAIN. WHAT WE SHOULD ASPIRE TO AS A CITY IS INTO THE NEXT CATEGORY, THE DOUBLE A CATEGORY WHICH IS CONSIDERED VERY STRONG, AND I WILL TELL YOU IN THE NEXT MOMENT OR TO THE RATING AGENCIES HAVE GIVEN US A PRESCRIPTION FOR WHAT IT WILL TAKE. TO GET THERE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR YOU FOR THE MOMENT BY VIRTUE OF NOW BEING AT THAT A PLUS AND AT THAT A TWO LEVEL BY MOODY'S BEING IN THE THICK OF THE HIGH END. OF THAT STRONG RATINGS. WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL TOMORROW. REFINANCE AND BRACINGLY BRING DOWN ALL THOSE INTEREST RATES THAT YOU'VE GOT. ON SOME 26 $27 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING DEBT. SO FOR THE CITIZENS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BORROWING ANY NEW MONEY WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ADDING ANY STRESS TO THE SYSTEM.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE. THINK OF IT THIS WAY. IF YOU'RE FORTUNATE TO OWN A HOME AND THE. MORTGAGE THAT YOU HAVE. LET'S SAY IS $100,000 ON THE HOME. AND YOUR INTEREST RATE IS AT 5. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TAKING THAT INTEREST RATE OF 5% AND GOING TO 3% THAT'S THE THAT'S THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THESE INTEREST RATES ARE. THESE INTEREST RATES WILL ACTUALLY BE CONSIDERABLY LOWER. BUT THAT ASIDE, IT'S THE.

ANALOGY I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM 5% TO 3% SAVING THAT 2% SIMPLY MEANS THAT EVERYONE SAVES EVERY MONTH ON THEIR PAYMENTS. YOU IN TURN WILL SAVE EVERY YEAR ON YOUR PAYMENTS AND ART IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SENSE OF THAT IN A MOMENT. SO. JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE S AND P. THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. UM, THEY GAVE YOU THAT THREE NOTCH UPGRADE HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE SHOWN ADHERENCE TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. AND POLICIES. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST GOT STARTED WITH Y'ALL, UH, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. BUT YOU HAVE DONE THAT. THEY SAID YOU'VE CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE INTERNAL CONTROLS. I KNOW WE'LL TELL YOU THAT THE MANAGER WILL AGREE WITH US THAT WE'RE NOT THERE YET WITH ALL OF THOSE CONTROLS, BUT YOU'RE MAKING THE PROGRESS. YOUR STAFF

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THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE BUILT UP THOSE RESERVES AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT SHORT TERM BORROWING, SO WE'RE SAVING DOLLARS. AS WELL BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING AN EFFECT EQUIVALENT OF PAYDAY LOANS, AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. LASTLY THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT YOUR DEBT PROFILE.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THEY SEE YOU AS HAVING LOW OVERALL NET DEBT. YOU ARE NOT A CITY THAT'S INDEBTED. OR AT A HIGH LEVEL A LOT OF TIMES CITIES THAT GET IN TROUBLE. THEY DO HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF DEBT. THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH REGARD TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THEY HAVE SAID OKAY. YOU'RE IN A POSITIVE MODE. YOU'RE IN A GOOD RATING. WHAT COULD RAISE THAT? AND I'M NOT GONNA READ THAT. OTHER THAN TO SAY, CONTINUE TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER BUT ALSO THE CITY'S WEALTH AND INCOME LEVELS NEED TO RISE, AND THAT'S WHY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IS SO CRITICAL. WHAT COULD BRING IT DOWN? IF YOU GO OUT AND SPEND THOSE RESERVES IF YOU WEAKEN THAT LIQUIDITY POSITION, THAT'S THE FASTEST WAY TO SEE THESE CREDIT RATINGS. GO THE OTHER WAY SO AGAIN WANT TO TRY AS BEST AS WE CAN TO CAUTION YOU FROM USING THOSE RESERVES NEEDLESSLY, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO MY LAST PAGE HERE WILL BE MOODY'S AGAIN. THAT'S AN INAUGURAL RATING. UM IF WE GO BACK MANY, MANY YEARS THERE WAS A MOODY'S RATING, BUT IT'S SO FAR BACK THAT IT DOESN'T. IT'S NOT REALLY JERMAINE. BUT AGAIN, WE WENT STRAIGHT TO HAVING A VERY SOLID CREDIT RATING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE, AS THEY ALSO SAW AND IMPROVED FINANCIAL POSITION. ADEQUATE FUND BALANCE AND LIQUIDITY AGAIN. THEY EXPECT YOU TO CONTINUE TO HAVE POSITIVE BUDGET PERFORMANCE AND AGAIN.

THEY LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE BEING PROACTIVE. MANAGING MONITORING REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. AND SO AGAIN, YOU'RE DOING THOSE THINGS THAT THEY EXPECT OF STRONG RATED CREDITS. CREDIT STRENGTHS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE. CREDIT CHALLENGES THAT LIMITED TAX BASE, WHICH IS WHY, OF COURSE, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN RIGHT HAND SIDE. WE TRY TO SHOW YOU THE SAME WAY THEY THINK ABOUT THAT. SO WITH ALL THAT I'M GOING TO TURN TO RT. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HOPE TO SEE TOMORROW, IF NOT BETTER, UH, BECAUSE OF SECURITIES LAWS. WE CANNOT PROMISE YOU THAT THERE WILL BE A. A SUCCESSFUL SALE TOMORROW, NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. BUT WE DO FEEL GOOD. ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL. WE NEED ONE MORE THING FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE WE CAN GO FORWARD. OR SIGNED TONIGHT, BUT WE NEED ONE MORE PIECE OF PAPER DONE AND THEN WERE ABLE TO ENTER THE MARKETPLACE WITH THE RATING UNDERWRITERS SO ARTY.

THANK YOU, DAVID. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. UM JUST A FEW KEY POINTS ON THE POTENTIAL RE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. UM WHAT'S ALLOWING US TO ACCESS TO DO THIS? ARE A FEW KEY POINTS. CURRENT MARKET INTEREST RATES ARE STILL AT OR NEAR HISTORIC LOWS. UM THE RECENT UPGRADE AND STRONG CREDIT RATINGS WE'VE RECEIVED FROM S AND P AND MOODY'S.

SHOULD BE WELL RECEIVED BY INVESTORS. UM ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE DID THE 2017 BONDS, UM, RESTRUCTURING BACK THEN ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID VERY STRATEGICALLY IN ANTICIPATION OF A TURNAROUND. WAS WE BUILT, INFLEXIBLE CALL PROVISION OF STANDARD. CALLED PROVISIONS BE NOT CALLABLE FOR 10 YEARS WE SHORTEN THOSE PERIODS IN ANTICIPATION OF A TURNAROUND, SO THAT'S ALSO ALLOWING US TO DO THAT THIS AT A LOWER RATE IF YOU WILL. UM FOR PURCHASING ESCROW PROCEEDS TO PAY OFF THE OLD BONDS. UM WHEN WE TALK THROUGH THIS POTENTIAL RE FUNDING WITH MOODY'S AND S AND P, WE TALK THROUGH. POTENTIAL GROSS SAVINGS GROSS DOLLAR SAVINGS ALL IN OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF ABOUT 1.6 MILLION. JUST GIVEN THEM A CONSERVATIVE

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AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT 9% ON A PRESENT VALUE BASIS IS THREE TIMES THE INDUSTRY BENCHMARK FOR DOING A RE FUNDING. SO ALL SIGNS POINT TO POSITIVE HERE ALL GOOD NEWS. AGAIN LIKE DAVID SAID. WE CAN'T PROMISE. UM BECAUSE OF SECURITIES LAWS, BUT WE ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GOING INTO THE MARKET TOMORROW FOR YOU. IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE THAT'S ONE PAGE IT WOULD GO. UM. WHY THE UPGRADED IN STRONG CREDIT RATINGS MATTER, UM IT IMPROVES THE GENERAL FUND RESULTS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOWERING YOUR INTEREST CALLS, WHICH HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT TO YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET. UM, AS DAVID MENTIONED. ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS TO THE CREDIT RATINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COULD PUT PRESSURE TO GO UP AND RAISE RATINGS WOULD BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AS NEW BUSINESSES ARE EXISTING BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING TO LOCATE HERE OR EXPAND. THEY LOOK AT THE STRONG CREDIT RATINGS OF THE CITY AND KNOW THAT THE FINANCES ARE SAM. UM. ADDITIONALLY THIS ENABLES THE CITY TO ACHIEVE GREATER RE FUNDING RESULTS, UM, MORE THAN INITIALLY PROJECTED. OBVIOUSLY INTEREST RATES ARE LOW. BUT HAVING THOSE STRONG RATINGS GIVES US REAL CASH FLOW SAVINGS AND THAT ARE MORE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY'S BUDGET. AND THEN LASTLY AGAIN. THOSE RATINGS ARE VIEWED BY INVESTORS AS STRONG SO THAT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO GO OBTAIN FUNDS FROM THE INVESTORS WIN AND IF YOU NEED.

UM JUST IN CLOSING. UM AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING TO PRICE THE BONDS AND LOCK IN THOSE SAVINGS TOMORROW. UM AND AS DAVID ALLUDED TO WILL NEED TO GET ONE MORE THING SIGNED BEFORE WE HEAD OUT INTO THE MARKET TOMORROW MORNING. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK. OKAY? THANK YOU, ARTIE AND MR ROSE FOR THE PRESENTATION IS ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU AND WE REALLY VALUE ALL THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO WE'VE REALLY I DEFINITELY, UM. HAPPY TO BE, UM, THE BEARERS OF MORE GOOD NEWS. AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO THANK. ARE MY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL HERE? WE'VE DONE IT AS A TEAM TOGETHER. AND I'VE APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ALL HERE BECAUSE IT'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN PETER'S BURDEN. UM WE ALWAYS VENTURE BACK TO BEING DISCIPLINED. ON OUR SPENDING HERE AS THE FOUL FOUNDATION OF OPERATING A SOUND CITY. SO I'M AT THIS TIME I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR ROSA RT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS WILL STAY THE COURSE WE APPRECIATE IT. AND UM, AFTER TOMORROW, JUST SO YOU KNOW, MR MAYOR, UM, CLOSING TAKES A FEW WEEKS. ONCE THAT'S DONE. UH WE WILL, CERTAINLY IF, IF ASKED, WILL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU THE FINAL RESULTS. UM, I WOULD POINT OUT FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT. THAT THE INTEREST RATES THAT WE ARE GETTING TOMORROW WILL BE WHAT WE CALL FIXED RATE SO IT'LL ROLL UP INTO ONE INTEREST RATE WILL BE A SERIES OF RATES AVERAGE ONE INCHES STRAIGHT.

AND WITH THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A PRECISE SAVINGS AND PRECISE SAVINGS PER FISCAL YEAR. SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT THAT'LL TAKE A DAY OR SO, UH, AND THEN AGAIN CLOSE ON IT A FEW WEEKS LATER AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE MANAGER WILL BE ABLE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL APPRECIATE YOU. NEXT BOOK ONE. THEY ARE NOT ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF. HE WORKED SO HARD TO OBTAIN THIS, UH. FINANCE DIRECTOR. MS JORDAN AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MISSING THIS YES. THANK YOU ALL. AND MR MAYOR? YES COVER. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR. ON SHARED VISION THAT HAS LED US TO THIS, UH. SUCCESSFUL STEP UP AND MUCH GREATER STABILITY, THEN. WE SAW, UH. NOT TOO LONG AGO. SO THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

APPRECIATE NEXT ONE. MOVE ON ITEM SEVEN MONTHLY REPORTS. THERE ARE NO ITEMS ITEM EIGHT

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[10. Utilities]

THE INTENT OF THESE FUNDS IS TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS. I NOTICED. WAS COMPLETED AND FILLED OUT WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG TO APPLY ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 15TH AND THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22ND.

AN APPLICATION WAS COMPLETED WITH PROVIDED THE VALUE OF OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER OR RIVER JUST OVER 60 DAYS. AS OF AUGUST, 31ST. 2021 THAT VALUE WASTING WAS 5.2. NEXT STEPS.

NEXT STEPS HAPPEN PRETTY QUICK. AND LAST FRIDAY, WE WERE. AWARDED $3.7 MILLION. TO BE USED AND UTILIZED. TO HELP THOSE RESIDENTS. THAT EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS FROM APRIL OF 2020. UP UNTIL AUGUST. 31ST 2021. NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, UM THERE WOULD BE. BI WEEKLY CERTIFICATIONS THAT, UM, THAT WILL OCCUR. OR TIME FRAMES THAT WILL HAVE OCCURRED STARTING THIS FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 5TH. NOVEMBER 19TH DECEMBER 3RD DECEMBER 17TH AS WELL AS JANUARY, THE SEVENTH BEING THE LAST DAY THAT. AND MINISTER MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED. CAN CERTIFY TO GET THOSE FUN. AND SO AT THIS POINT, THE PLAN IS TO. TO GO THROUGH THE DATA AND BE A I, WHICH IS NOT THE MOST FRIENDLIEST. SYSTEM TO USE BUT GET THE DATA AS WELL AS GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT OF THOSE THAT, UM OF THOSE RESIDENTS. TO DETERMINE. AND MAKE SURE AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A REAL RECONCILIATION THAT.

PROVE THAT THOSE THAT WORLD WAR THAT WE'RE OVER. 60 DAYS IN EVERY JUST DOING THAT TIME FRAME. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. I TAKE MY FINDER'S FEE AND I'LL GO HOME. OKAY ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN WAS SMITH. YES PLEASE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE.

WHO WAS 60 DAYS IN THE REAR OR THE 5.2 MILLION IS THAT ALL RESIDENTIAL. YES YES, IT'S RESIDENTIAL. I DO WANT IT FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY TO 5.2 MILLION. IS ALL RESIDENTIAL. UM 60. AND OKAY. NOT JUST DOING NOT JUST DOING THE PANDEMIC, BUT IN ORDER TO UM. BE AWARDED MORE MORE DOLLARS. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT HELPING THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE REALLY LOOKING AT. INDIVIDUALS WHO REACHED THE 60 DAY MARK AS OF AUGUST. IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE. AS OF AUGUST, UM. WE WOULD LOOK AT THE BALANCES OF THOSE RESIDENTS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. THOSE RESIDENTIAL, UM CUSTOMERS AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT THE BALANCE. AT THE END OF THAT AUGUST 31ST TIME FRAME. AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE OF HOW MUCH THOSE OUTSTANDING BALANCES INCREASED. AND THEN IF THEY INCREASE TO THE TUNE THAT. MM MORE THAN TWO MONTHS. THEN WE KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD BE. ALLOCATED SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS. BUT IF YOU ONLY LESS THAN YOU ONLY HAD. LIKE A 30 DAY BALANCE. THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULDN'T QUALIFY TO GET THOSE. WELL WELL, SOMEONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OR FROM THE CITY. VERIFY. THE ADDRESSES OF

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UH WELL. ALSO TO NEAR WE'LL LOOK AT IN ACTIVE SERVICE IS TOO BECAUSE THOSE THAT MAY HAVE STARTED, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC COULD HAVE. COULD HAVE DEACTIVATED OR TERMINATED AND MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT STILL HAD A BALANCE RIGHT WHEN THEY LEFT, RIGHT, SO I'M JUST THEIR DIFFERENT. YOU'RE GOING TO GO AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO DO THE RECONCILIATION. BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES FOR DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT CUSTOMERS? YEAH I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NOT JUST A BILL, BUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE BILL. WELL, WELL. WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT. WHERE WE TAKE THE REEDS. WE GET THE READS EVERY MONTH. AND WE DO OUR QUALITY CONTROL CHECKS IN TERMS OF UM YOU KNOW IF THEY'RE LEAKS. THOSE KIND OF ISSUES THAT MAY BE A CUSTOMER MAY HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. WE LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL. BUT THEN WE ALSO KNOW THAT PEOPLE TERMINATE THEIR ACCOUNTS AND WITHOUT. UH CLOSING OUT THEIR BALANCES AS WELL. SO. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH VERIFICATION THAT WE CAN DO BEYOND. CAUSE WHEN WE MAY HAVE THE BILLS OUT, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE THINKING WE'RE MAIL THEM OUT TO THE RIGHT. YOU KNOW, TO THE RIGHT PLACE. I MEAN, SO YOU'VE GOT THE ACCOUNTS. YOU'VE GOT THE BALANCES IN THE SYSTEM. YOU'VE GOT WHAT WE'VE, UH, USAGES THAT WE'VE READ AND THE AMOUNTS THAT OLD AND SO. JUST TO GO THROUGH ALL THE ACCOUNTS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOMETHING. I MEAN, THEY MAY BE SOME ANOMALOUS IN THERE.

IF YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY JUST UP AND LEFT AND. THE COUNT WILL BE PAID. THE ACCOUNT WILL GET ITS PRO RATED PORTION OF THE RELIEF SO THE CITY WILL GET ITS PRO RATED PORTION OF THE RELIEF FOR THOSE THAT WERE GETTING THOSE BILLS. UM I APPRECIATE YOU APPLYING FOR THE GRANT AND I PLEAD. SHE ATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET US THUS FAR. UM YOU KNOW, I HAD A CUSTOMER TO CALL ME ONE DAY. AND SHE SAID, I KEEP GETTING A BILL FOR WATER OR WATER BILL FOR HOUSE.

I DON'T LIVE IN. AND SHE SAID, I TOLD HIM I MOVED. I MOVED. I DON'T LIVE IN THAT HOUSE, BUT I KEEP GETTING IT WAS SO I SAID THAT TO SAY. THAT WE HAVE SITUATIONS AND THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT PAYING THESE WATER BILLS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE SITUATIONS AND CHECK OURSELVES AS WELL AS CHECKING. WITH THE RESIDENTS. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING, IS, I UNDERSTAND AND SO ALSO WHEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE WILL BE DOING BECAUSE WE STILL GET WE STILL GET CUSTOMER REQUESTS. WE STILL GET EMAILS WITH DID GET VOICEMAILS. SO THOSE WE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS WELL. BECAUSE THAT THAT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER WAY THAT WE WOULD DISCOVER. AN EXAMPLE OF THAT YOU JUST GAVE. YEAH AS LONG AS THEY CONTACT US AND GIVE US THAT INFORMATION. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THAT AS WELL. AND ONE LAST QUESTION. THE LAST TIME WE ADDRESSED THE WATER BUILDING ISSUE WHEN WE GOT THE MONEY FROM THE STATE THE CITY SENT OUT. APPLICATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THE ASSISTANCE. SO WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE THAT WE JUST DON'T? WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. KNOW THAT ONCE ONCE IT'S DEMONSTRATED THAT. THE OUTSTANDING BALANCES INCREASED DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND ONCE YOU THEY'VE GOT THREE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASKED, AND YOU CAN PICK EITHER ONE OF THEM AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION. AS LONG AS THAT ANSWER DEMONSTRATES THAT THAT MUNICIPALITY INCREASED. OUTSTANDING BALANCES, THEN THE INDIVIDUAL ATTESTATION OR PROVEN GOES AWAY. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL, RIGHT? NEXT ONE, MOVE RIGHT ALONG. UM NO. NOTHING FOR 11TH STREETS

[12. Facilities]

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FLOATING THAT UP. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT LAST PRESENTATION? WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT. WE NEED TO PERFORM A WATER AUDIT, AND WE ARE GOING OUT WITH AN R F Q. TO DO FOUR THINGS. DO A FULL AUDIT OF ALL ACCOUNTS THAT ARE RECEIVING WATER. MAKE SURE THE METER IS CALCULATING WATER USE CORRECTLY. THAT THE BILL IS CALCULATING CORRECTLY. AND THAT IT SAID TO THE RIGHT PERSON IN THE RIGHT ADDRESS, SO WE ARE GOING OUT FOR WATER AUDIT. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE GARRETT THE. THE PASS ON THIS. THIS IS ONLY A TWO PAGE PRESENTATION, SO I'LL JUST GO OVER IT. NEVER MIND. IT'S THERE IT IS. UM. SO THIS IS JUST A BAR CHART DISTRIBUTION OF VIOLATIONS, UM, BASED ON WARD, SO THE WARDS ARE. UM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AND NOT HAVE SEEN SO IT JUST GOES FROM 1 TO 7 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ACROSS THE PAGE. THIS IS AS OF ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. WE HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT. GOOD NEWS.

MOVING FORWARD, OBVIOUSLY, AS GRASS IS STARTING TO SLOW UP A LITTLE BIT. UM WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE RESIDUAL CONTRACTOR FOR GRASS CUTTING FROM OUR PRIVATE PREVIOUS, UH, SET OF CONTRACTS, AND WE RECENTLY ISSUED TWO NEW NOTICES TO PROCEED TO NEW GRASS CONTRACTORS FOR THIS UPCOMING CYCLE. THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED MOVING FORWARD. I THINK WE'VE HAD ONE CONTRACTOR ON BOARD FOR TWO WEEKS, AND THE SECOND CONTRACTOR HAS BEEN ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK. UM GOAL IS TO GET LOTS AND EACH WORD CUT EACH WEEK MOVE THROUGH ON A CYCLE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE. AND, UM. OBVIOUSLY WHETHER IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT AT THE MOMENT, AND WE'RE FORMULATING A LONG TERM PLAN. THAT'S GOING TO INVOLVE NEW EMPLOYEES AND NEW EQUIPMENT AND THE BENEFIT. UH THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH OUR TWO NEW CONTRACTORS THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. WE'VE GONE FROM ABOUT 400 OUTSTANDING GRASS VIOLATIONS. TO ABOUT 215 216, SO THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS, AND THAT WAS JUST WITHIN TWO WEEKS. SO WE'RE HOPING TO REALLY HAVE THIS UNDER CONTROL BEFORE LONG.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION OF HAPPY TO HANDLE ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY NOTES. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR BARNES. NEXT WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IN ADDITION TO THE NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS FOR BREAST CUTTING. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE GRASS. AND WEEDS ON THE SIDEWALKS. AND THIS ACTUALLY THE STREETS WHERE THIS WHERE YOU STEP OFF THE SIDEWALK IS ACTUALLY GRASS AND WEEDS THAT GROW ALL ALONG THE SIDEWALK, ACTUALLY OUTLINED THE SIDEWALK AND IN SOME STREETS. WEEDS THAT COME UP THROUGH THE THROUGH THE STREET. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT? YEAH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT IN A NUMBER OF AREAS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS AND THE CURB STARTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF WEEDS GET WEEDS IN THE CRACKS IN THE CONSTRUCTION JOINTS FOR THE CURB AND GUTTER. IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PROBLEM WHERE WORKING INTERNALLY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS? IF WE CAN GET A CONTRACTOR TO COME IN AND MAYBE SPRAY THEM SEAL CRACKS? UH. AND KIND OF GET INTO A MORE PROACTIVE POSITION GOING FORWARD, SO IT IS SOMETHING I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER FOR YOU THIS EVENING, OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT WE ARE AWARE OF IT. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRAINSTORM ABOUT IT PRIOR TO, UH, MISS INNOCENCE, UH, PROMOTION TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAME TOGETHER AS A DEPARTMENT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AT THE END OF THE SUMMER. SO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO COMING UP IN THIS NEXT CYCLE. YOU KNOW, ON WINFIELD ROAD. UM THERE'S A LOT OF GRASS THAT'S COMING UP THROUGH THE

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BECAUSE THAT, UM, GATE IS UP THERE, SO NOBODY USES IT. SO YOU'VE GOT A SIDE OF WINFIELD ROAD. THAT'S. IT'S GOING TO END UP LOOKING LIKE A FOREST. WE I MEAN, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE ROAD AND THIS MAY BE STREETS THAT NEED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST AN UNUSED ROAD AND IT'S BEING ALLOWED TO. TO LOOK LIKE THAT AND CONTINUE TO GET LIKE THAT. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'VE OFTEN DRIVEN BY IT AND WONDER WHY IT'S THE WAY THAT IT IS. YEAH LOOKS LIKE IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN OLD EXIT THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED. IT WAS. IT WAS AN EXIT FROM THE HOTEL WHERE YOU COULD COME OUT THAT SABBATH.

THEN THERE'S THE IT'S BEEN STINT NOW, SO NOBODY'S USING IT. AND SO YOU'VE GOT THIS ROAD THAT. REALLY LOOKING TERRIBLE. I'VE NOTICED IN FRONT OF THE OLD TRAILWAYS BUS STATION.

SOMETIMES WITH THE GRASS GROWS THROUGH THE SAD WALK. THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE SIDEWALK AND DIRECTLY IN THE FRONT OF IT ON WHITEHILL DRIVE ON THE CORNER. I THINK IT'S SOUTH WHITE HILL DRAB. YOU COULD SEE THE GRASS GROWING ALL THE WAY AROUND. THERE'S A GUTTER ON ON. OLD CHURCH STREET WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE GRASS GROWING IN IT, AND WE WONDER WHETHER THE WATER BACKS UP. BUT I'LL SAY TAKE SOME PICTURES ON MY ROUNDS AND SEND YOU ALL OF THAT. THINK MR BARS I MEAN, THE OTHER QUESTIONS. REMEMBER THE COUNCIL? UM, CNN. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION,

[13. Economic Development]

STAFF MET WITH THE DEVELOPER ON SEPTEMBER 10TH OF 2021. AND THE DEVELOPER INFORMED STAFF THAT HE HAS SECURED FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT AND RENOVATIONS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE OF 2022. WITH REGARD TO 10 15 COMMERCE STREET, THE FORMER TITMUSS BUILDING THAT PROPERTY IS OWNED IN ONE THE ACREAGE IS 2.66 ACRES. THE BUILDING SIZE IS 209,187 FEET. IT IS LOCATED ALSO WITHIN THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE ZONE. IT'S IN THE BATTERSEA HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND IT'S ALSO LOCATED IN THE TOURISM ZONE. UH APPRAISAL IS TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER.

11TH 2021 BY E. H. JOSEPH APPRAISAL AND CONSULTATION. FINALLY 8 35 COMMERCE STREET.

UM. IS A PROPERTY. IT'S THE FORMER SALVATION ARMY. SHELTER BUILDING. AND IT IS OWNED IN ONE IT IS ON 1.3 ACRES. IT IS 14,363 SQUARE FEET. IT'S ALSO LOCATED IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE AND TOURISM ZONE. AND AN APPRAISAL IS TO BE COMPLETED. BY DECEMBER 11TH 2021 BUT ALSO

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THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR TABLE? ALRIGHT SEEING NINE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE TABLE. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 14 CITY MAN. HIS AGENDA ITEM 14 A DISCUSSION OF JOINING.

[14. City Manager's Agenda]

MR VAN VORHEES, CAN YOU PULL UP MY PRESENTATION POLICE POWER POINT.

OKAY EVERYBODY, LET'S GET STARTED. IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT LATE, SO I'LL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THIS. OF AS A EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. THE REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY, RIFFA. YOU SAW THE PRESENTATION EARLIER. THE REAL ISSUE IN MY MIND. THE CRITICAL DECISION POINT SHOULD WE JOIN THE REFER? DO THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE COSTS. LET'S LOOK AT SOME FACTS. A REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS ALLOWED BY STATE STATUTE FOR COLLABORATION FOR PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY TO HAVE A REGIONAL RATHER THAN JUST A LOCAL SCOPE. PROJECTS SUCH AS THE PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER. I DO HAVE A REGIONAL IMPACT ON INFRASTRUCTURE, CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT AND ULTIMATELY, JOBS AND HOUSING. THE RATIONALE FOR REGIONAL APPROACHES.

ECONOMIC. IF WE JOIN A REFER IN OTHERS PARTICIPATE, WE WOULD GET AN ECONOMY OF SCALE ON COSTS, REDUCING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PERHAPS MARKETING OF SITES. I PARTICIPATED IN A GO, VIRGINIA GRANT. THAT AS A MATTER OF FACT, REQUIRED A RIFFA BEFORE IT WOULD GIVE YOU THE GRANT MONEY. BECAUSE OF THE REGIONAL APPROACH THAT THE STATE LIKES TO SEE WHAT THE CLASSIC CASE FOR AN ECONOMY S KALE WOULD BE. ANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. THE CLASSIC CASE IS A. LET'S SAY THE CLOCK COST $1000 AND YOU ONLY HAD 10 PARTICIPANTS. AND YOU HAD TO ASSESS THE COST. EACH PARTICIPANT WOULD BE ASSESSED 1/10 OR $100. IF YOU ADDED 20 PEOPLE THAT COSTS FOR PARTICIPANT WOULD COME DOWN. 50% TO $50. THE MORE PARTICIPANTS YOU HAVE, THE MORE YOUR COSTS ARE REDUCED. NOW. THE BENEFIT IS THAT COSTS ARE SHARED. THE DOWNSIDE IS THAT THE REVENUES ARE SHARED. SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN THE RIVER DOES ALLOW SPECIFIC PROJECT AGREEMENTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ENTER ANYTHING. WHAT HAPPENED? TAKE ME BACK. THERE YOU GO, SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO ENTER ANY PROJECT. IF THE BENEFITS DON'T EXCEED THE COST. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT. IT JUST GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ECONOMY OF SCALE. ONLY WHEN THE BENEFITS CLEARLY EXCEED THE COSTS. WOULD I EVER RECOMMEND JOINING A PROJECT SIGNING A PROJECT AGREEMENT? ANOTHER PRIMARY BENEFIT IS AGAIN THAT STATE PARTICULARLY STATE GRAND TOURS, FAVORITE PROJECTS WITH REGIONAL PARTICIPATION. I MENTIONED TO GO VIRGINIA GRANT DEVELOPED AN INDUSTRIAL PARK OR. YOU KNOW, ASSISTED IN ONE IN ESSEX COUNTY, AND THE REFER WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE GRANT TO BE RECEIVED. THE AS MR BOSWELL MENTIONED ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO ORGANIZE THE RIFF IT WOULD BE INCURRED BY THE GATEWAY REGION. WITH UH, POSSIBLE SOME REIMBURSEMENT, BUT HE MADE IT CLEAR HE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE ANY COSTS AND ADMINISTRATION. OR FEES. DOOS CANNOT BE ASSESSED. I LOOKED AT THE ORDINANCE. YESTERDAY VERY CAREFULLY CANNOT

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COSTS THAT COULD COME UP OUT OF THE OUT OF THE BLUE. SO QUICK ANALYSIS. I THINK WE COULD JOIN THE REFER WITHOUT A RISK OF COMMITMENT TO ANY SPECIFIC PROJECTS. WE COULD EVALUATE THEM ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. TO SEE IF THEY MADE SENSE FOR US, PARTICULARLY IN AN ECONOMY OF SCALE. TO REDUCE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, OUR COST TO DEVELOP THE POOR CREEK PROJECT IS ABOUT $30 MILLION. HAD A RIFF HAVE BEEN IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING GRANTS TO THE FRAY THAT COST. HAD A RIFF HAVE BEEN IN PLACE WE COULD HAVE CONSULTED WITH THE REGION TO TRY TO REDUCE THAT COST AND APPLIED FOR REGIONAL GRANTS.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING TO FINANCE IT AND THEN SEE GRANTS TO AH TO OFFSET THE COSTS REFER WOULD ALLOW US TO SPREAD COSTS REGIONALLY. IF THEY MADE SENSE AND CONSIDER WHETHER THE PROJECT WOULD MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE, AND THEN WE COULD SIGN A PROJECT AGREEMENT AGAIN. IT JUST GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY. BUT NOT THE REQUIREMENT OR OBLIGATION TO JOIN IN A PROJECT. SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THOSE REASONS TO JOIN THE REFER. FOR THE ECONOMY OF SCALE AND COSTS AND THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN JUST CONSIDER THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. WHEN THE BENEFITS ARE CLEAR THAT THEY OUTWEIGH THE COSTS. ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SAYING, THOUGH. NO QUESTION. ALREADY. COULD YOU ADVANCE THE SLIDE? MR VAN BERRIES? OKAY, UM. LET'S MOVE ON. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GO BACK, PLEASE. THE PETERSBURG COVID MITIGATION POLICY. AH I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER THIS AGAIN. I MADE THIS PRESENTATION LAST MEETING. I DO. I'M GOING TO ASK MISS ENNIS, TOO. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. BUT FOR THE BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY OF MISS. WILSON SMITH, WHO WAS NOT HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO RUN THROUGH IT QUICKLY. IS THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE ISSUE IS SHOULD WE INSTITUTE A MANDATORY VACCINATION OR WEEKLY TESTING? THANK YOU. PROGRAM TO KEEP STAFF AND CITIZENS SAFE. THE BASIC FACTS ARE WE DID DEVELOP A SURVEY. SENT IT TO STAFF TO DETERMINE. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STAFF ARE UNVACCINATED? IT TURNS OUT 25% 36 OF 146, WHO RESPONDED OF OUR TOTAL STAFF OF 600. FTS. A PTS RESPONDED AS UNVACCINATED. IF I USE INFERENTIAL STATISTICS AND APPLY THIS RATIO TO OUR FULL STAFF, WE COULD ASSUME AROUND 150 ADJUSTING FOR A MARGIN OF THERE. I SUSPECT IT'S PROBABLY 200 OR SO UNVACCINATED. THE RESULTS ON WHY THESE STAFF WHO RESPONDED OF THE 146, WHO RESPONDED DID NOT WANT TO VACCINATION RANGED. ACROSS THE BOARD FROM INFRINGEMENT OF PERSONAL LIBERTY, RELIGION, MEDICAL, UH, SOMEONE MENTIONED BLOOD CLOTS. FEAR OF REACTIONS.

ALLERGIC REACTIONS AND ONE EVEN SAID, I DON'T LIKE GOVERNMENT, FORCING AN INJECTION OF A FOREIGN STUBS SINCE INTO MY BODY. 18% OF THE 146 HAVE HAD COVID 40% SAID OF THE SURVEY THAT THEY HAD MISSED WORK DUE TO COVID. TWO THIRDS OF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THAT THEY SPENT 50% OF THEIR TIME AND CLOSE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH CITIZENS. AH REAL QUICKLY. THE

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VERSUS WHAT IS THE COLLECTIVE WELL BEING OF OTHERS. IN MY OPINION STAFF SEE THE INDIVIDUAL IMPACT OF THE VIRUS BUT ARE LIMITED IN THEIR VISION AND ARE NOT SEEING THE COLLECTIVE BIG PICTURE IMPACT. ABOUT THE RISK THEY BRING THE OTHERS WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH THE DOOR WITH THE VIRUS KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY. THESE ARE UNUSUAL TIMES AND REQUIRE UNUSUAL MEASURES. THE CRITICAL QUESTION FROM MYSELF, MISS ENNIS AND THE MANAGEMENT IS SHOULD MANNER SHOULD HAVE MANAGER WITH A DUTY PROTECTS STAFF FROM A KNOWN HARM ALLOW POTENTIALLY LETHAL THREAT TO WALK THROUGH OUR DOORS. IN HARM STAFF. AND DO ONLY THE MINIMUM TO PROTECT THEM WITH A MASK AND SANITIZER. I SAY NO. THEREFORE MY RECOMMENDATION IS. LOOK, YOU CAN CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT A MANDATE. IS NOT THE RIGHT CHOICE OF WORDS. YOU REALLY YOU CAN'T WALK THROUGH. ACROSS THE DOOR JAMB THRESHOLD. THE SICK AND SPREAD OF POTENTIALLY LETHAL DISEASE SO YOU CAN CHOOSE YOU EITHER GET VACCINATED OR GET A WEEKLY TEST WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL CBC REQUIREMENTS. I WOULD RECOMMEND GIVING, YOU KNOW, ISSUING A MEMO WITH A 30 DAY WINDOW TO COMPLY. IN ANTICIPATION OF THE WINTER PEAK. THAT IS WILL BEGIN AFTER THANKSGIVING. AH MISS ENNIS WILL PRESENT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE COSTS. AH INDIVIDUALLY, MINISTER. TESTS CAN BE AS LOW AS $12 PER TEST.

WE HAVE 100 AND 80,000 LEFTOVER CARES DOLLARS WE COULD USE TOWARDS THAT. I'VE HEARD ABOUT A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT TO THE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND WE ALSO HAVE A MEDICAL DIRECTOR AFFILIATED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHO COULD OVERSEE THE RESULTS. WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER A SELF REPORTING MECHANISM USING TECHNOLOGY. LET THE EMPLOYEE. UM SELF REPORT.

THAT'S WHAT THE RICH MEN OR HAMPTON DOES THAT. USES TECHNOLOGY FOR SELF REPORTING, SO THERE'S LITTLE MINIMAL INTRUSION OTHER THAN MEDICAL DIRECTOR SUPERVISING THE RESULTS. AH! I WOULD LIKE TO ISSUE A MEMO VERY SOON, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF GOT ALL THE TESTING PROTOCOL ARRANGED IN COMPLETE AND PROOF OF VACCINATION AND WAY TO MONITOR IT. WE HAD EXPECTED OUR GRANT WRITER MS BROWN TO DISCUSS BUT, MISS ENNIS, YOU DO WANT TO TAKE THIS UP. THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'LL TRY

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ALL RIGHT, AND. AND AT THIS TIME IN THE DISCUSSION ALL RIGHT. LAMBS ANYTHING. I'M JUST NOT CLEAR ON THE TOPIC OF THE CLOSED SESSION. I THOUGHT THAT. THERE WAS A TOPIC IT WAS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED ON THE 16TH. UM THAT I DON'T HAVE A CITATION OR THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD ENABLE CLOSE SESSION ON WHATEVER SUBJECT THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT. RIGHT COUNSELOR.

COVER. WHAT ABOUT A PERSONNEL MATTER? THE CODE DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR JUST GENERAL PERSONNEL MATTERS THAT PROVIDES FOR PERFORMANCE OF. IDENTIFIABLE PERSONNEL, UM, EVALUATING PERFORMANCE ISSUES. OH, I JUST NOT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT. LEGAL BASIS THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO GET IN A CLOSED SESSION ON THIS IF YOUR ASS. WHAT WAS THE LEGAL BASIS YOU HAD IN MIND FOR NOVEMBER 16TH. I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE MATERIALS TO TRY TO FIND ONE. 73 SOME ODD EXCEPTIONS THAT ALLOW CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSION. I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT THE MATERIAL TO SEE IF IT FITS INTO ANY OF THOSE EXCEPT. RIGHT, COUNSELOR.

MY. I BELIEVE IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE PERSON THAT WILL MATTER OR PERSONNEL ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO MANDATE OR NOT. BRINGS RISE TO DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING ABOUT.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A CLOSE CLOSE SESSIONS GOING TO TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL DEALING WITH VACCINATIONS. EMPLOYEES AND MR WILLIAMS, YOU. AND WE STAYED ARE GIVE ANY TYPE OF CLARITY. AGAIN IF YOU WANT ME TO PULL UP THE PERSONNEL SECTION. I CAN READ IT, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TONIGHT WOULD FALL. WITHIN THAT EXCEPTION.

GIVE ME A SECOND. I'LL PULL IT UP AND READ IT FOR YOU.

SO THE PERSONNEL SECTION IS FOUND UNDER 2.2 37 11, A ONE IT ALLOWS COUNCIL TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OR INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENT APPOINTMENT PROMOTION, PERFORMANCE. DEMOTION, SALARIES, DISCIPLINING. OR RESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC PUBLIC OFFICERS. APPOINTEES ARE EMPLOYEES OF ANY PUBLIC BODY AND EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENTS OR SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHERE SUCH EVALUATION WILL NECESSARILY INVOLVED. DISCUSSION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. ANY TEACHER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE PRESENT DURING A CLOSED MEETING IN WHICH THERE IS DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION OF A DISCIPLINARY MATTER. INVOLVES THE TEACHER AND SOME STUDENTS, AND THE STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE MATTER IS PRESENT, PROVIDED THE TEACHER MAKES A WRITTEN REQUEST TO PRESENT THE TO THE PRESIDING OFFICER. OF THE APPROPRIATE BOARD. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION, HOWEVER, WILL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE A CLOSED SESSION BY A LOCAL GOVERNING BODY OR AN ELECTED BOARD TO DISCUSS COMPENSATION MATTERS THAT AFFECT THE MEMBERSHIP OF SUCH BODY. OR BOARD COLLECTIVELY. THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. AT THIS TIME, ADAM CLERGY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTHBART. LET ME GET SOME CLARIFICATION HERE. I

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WILSON SMITH. I CASANOVA MYERS. VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY UH ALPERN. STABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER, 16TH.

PLEASE ADVANCE THE SLIDE. REMEMBER IS I THINK I'M STUCK AGAIN. DOING IT. OKAY, GOT IT.

OKAY, LET'S MOVE ALONG SO. NEXT UP PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ARPA PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. UH HUH. WE HAVE NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD HERE NOW, BUT NO UNIFYING COMMITTEE OR TASK FORCE OVERSEEING ALL THE EFFORTS, PLANS OR AND MONITORING IMPROVEMENTS. WHETHER WE WHATEVER WE HAVE HERE IS NOT WORKING EFFICIENTLY. AS OUR HEALTHCARE INDICATING CATERS ARE INDICATING. PARTICULARLY I'M CONCERNED THAT IF THEIR HEALTH CARE INDICATORS. ARE TELLING US SIGNALING TO US. WHAT IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THEM? HAS ANYBODY STOPPED TO LOOK INTO IT? WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THESE INDICATORS? THERE MUST THERE MUST BE A GREMLIN HERE. CAN YOU GO BACK, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT.

OKAY? OKAY SO I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO UNIFYING COMMITTEE LOOKING INTO THIS LOOKING INTO THE ROOT CAUSES OF THESE THESE POOR HEALTH INDICATORS. WE MUST TRY A NEW, INNOVATIVE APPROACH. WE MUST TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT. MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONSIDER, CONSIDER STRONGLY THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE. AH APPLICATION.

IT DOES OFFER FRESH APPROACH. IT'S TRYING TO BUILD CAPACITY ACROSS ALL THE CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, AND THEY EVEN SAID TRY TO REDUCE THE DUPLICITY DO DUPLICATION. OF SERVICE AND MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT. HOWEVER THE COST OF THE APPLICATION IS HIGH. IT IS $1 MILLION, AND IT'S STANDING IN ORGANIZATION FOR ONE YEAR. AND INDICATING THAT IT BUILDS UP CAPACITY AND THEN WOULD WALK AWAY. I MADE THE CASE THAT IT SEED MONEY, BUT THERE IS NO REAL PLAN TO CONTINUE IT AFTER THAT, NEVERTHELESS, I THINK IT IS WORTH EXPLORING. I WOULD RECOMMEND EITHER FUNDING IT NOT AT THE $1 MILLION, BUT. AT A MINIMUM OF ABOUT 200,000 FOR START UP COSTS. THEY HAD A PHASE ONE IN THERE, I WOULD DIRECT THEM MORE TO A STRATEGIC

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OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, LET ME JUST GO THROUGH THE UPPER PROJECTS THAT UPDATES YOU A LITTLE BIT ON THAT AGAIN. RECALL THAT. WE ARE. THE DEPARTMENT HEAD HAS COMPLETED ITS REVIEW OF ALL THE OPERA PROJECTS. IT'S ON OUR FILES IN THE OFFICE. MISS INNOCENT ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM AND MAKE OUR OWN RECOMMENDATION DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE MADE THERE'S THE REVIEW COMMITTEE HAS MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATION. TONIGHT WE HAVE PROVED OR WE APPROVED BY RESOLUTION AND THEN ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE 8.8 MILLION. THAT LEAVES 1.6 LEFT IN THE FIRST. TRANCHE. RECALL WILL GET ANOTHER 10.4 MILLION IN EIGHT MONTHS OF ACTUAL CASH. WE DID RECEIVE 106 APPLICATIONS TOTALLING 50 MILLION FOR ONLY 20.9 MILLION, MEANING WE HAVE TO CUT. OVER HALF OF THE PROJECTS EITHER BY THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES OR THE AMOUNT REQUESTED. AND TRY TO SEPARATE THE WISH FROM THE NEED. THE MOST URGENT PROJECTS. WE UH I WANT TO THANK YOU. WE'VE APPROVED FOR, UH, APPROPRIATION BUDGET APPROPRIATION TONIGHT, BUT I STILL THINK THE MOST URGENT ONES THAT REMAIN. ARE THE ORGAN ORGANISATIONAL FRONTLINE DUTY PAY FOR STAFF. UH, IN A HEALTH OR HEALTH STIPEND TO MITIGATE PANDEMIC COSTS. HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT. SOMETHING THAT GOES BEYOND BUILDS CAPACITY THAT LIT THAT GOES BEYOND TODAY THAT MOVES THE NEEDLE. AT THE TIME IS NOW THIS IS OUR MONEY, THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PANDEMIC IS TO REVAMP OR APPROACH TO PUBLIC HEALTH HERE. THIS IS THE OPTIMAL TIME. TO DO SOMETHING IN MY OPINION. AH TO ADDRESS THESE INDICATORS. LOW INDICATORS. THE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT ARE EXAMPLE OF TWO OF THOSE OPTIONS. FINALLY WE'RE GOING TO MISS INNOCENT I TAKE TO THE ARCTIC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE OUR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS TO TRY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO GET THE LEAST THE FIRST. TRANS. HOPEFULLY BOTH TRANCES. APPROVED BY DECEMBER.

I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IN M POS AND INDIVIDUALS. WHO ARE STRUGGLING. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE R PA? UH LET ME. LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT

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THE GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL THE RP FUNDS APPROPRIATED. I'M SHOOTING FORWARD TO DECEMBER MEETING, I WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING A SPECIAL MEETING IN EARLY DECEMBER, SAY THE SEVENTH FOR JUST OUR PROJECTS. AND THEN APPROVE ALL OF THEM AT THE DECEMBER MEETING. I KNOW YOU KNOW, DECEMBER IS BUSY MONTH. I JUST I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE ARPA. PROJECTS.

FORWARD AND GET IT. GET SOME RESOLUTION TO THIS BECAUSE THE NEW BUDGET IS GOING TO BE STARTING VERY SOON. I'M GOING TO HAND OUT THE BUDGET CALENDAR AT THE NEXT MEETING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO BE DOING BOTH. BUDGETARY EXERCISES SIMULTANEOUSLY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS WRAPPED UP. WHAT IT WOULD DO. DECEMBER 7TH DATE BE ACCEPTABLE AS AN ART WORKSHOP. THAT'S. THE TUESDAY, FIRST TUESDAY OF DECEMBER. THAT SOUND REASONABLE. ALL RIGHT. SIMMER 14TH MEETING WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING. CORRECT? YES. YES, COUNCILOR MYA'S PACKED IN YOU APPROPRIATE ANYTHING TO. WELL THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING, WE WOULD OFFER A FIRST READING OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND THEN I ASSUME THERE WILL BE MANY QUESTIONS. WE COULD HAVE THE SPECIAL MEETING FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. AND THEN FOLLOW UP MEETING DECEMBER FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THEY AGAIN FOUND SOME AREAS A FINAL APPROVAL. EXCUSE ME. I JUST DRESSED LIKE GUATEMALA. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. ONE FINAL APPROVAL IN DECEMBER FOUR. MONEY. YES, SIR. TARGET THAT. WE ALL OF THAT. THAT WAS ONLY 8.8 MILLION OF THE FIRST TRANCHE OF 10.4 MILLION. SO THERE'S STILL 1.6 MILLION LEFT IN THE FIRST TRANCHE. AND THEN THERE'S THE ALL THE JUNE. AH ALL THE JUNE MONEY. WE ANTICIPATE 10.4 MI. WE'RE GONNA APPROPRIATE MONEY THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED. MOTHER JUNE MONEY, RIGHT? UH THE 10.4 MILLION THAT'S COMING IN JUNE IS AN AUTHORIZATION. THAT WE WILL GET THE MONEY. SO UH, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, DISCUSS THAT. AT THIS TIME, SO. WE CAN MAKE SOME DECISIONS NOW. IF YOU PREFER TO HOLD OFF, COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT. WORK SIR. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROPRIATE SOMETHING. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT AND IF YOU ONLY TO YOU SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT JUNE MONEY AND SO IF YOU HAVE MONEY LEFT. WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WE HAD ALREADY APPROPRIATED ALL OF THE MONEY FROM THIS FIRST TRUNK. UM BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUNE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT MONEY AND I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN APPROPRIATE SOMETHING. THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION. YES THANK YOU. ANY FINAL DECISIONS WITH RESPECT? I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT LET ME BE CLEAR OF THE FIRST TRANCHE THE MONEY IN HAND 10.4 MILLION. WE HAVE ONLY. WE STILL HAVE 1.6 LEFT THAT WE HAVE NOT PUT IN AN ORDINANCE OR A RESOLUTION. WE'VE ONLY ADOPTED 8.8 MILLION SO WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE FIRST TRENCH YET. MR MAYOR? YES, UM, COUNCILOR COVER. I FEEL LIKE LEAST I NEED MORE INFORMATION BEFORE I CAN. CAN VOTE YES OR NO ON EITHER. SIX SEE THE OPERA APPLICATION FROM COMMUNITY TRANSFORMERS FOUNDATION. OR 60. UH, THE. APPLICATION FROM THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO MAKE A MOTION IF IT'S APPROPRIATE. UH,

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THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES PROPOSAL. AND REPORT HIS FINDINGS TO COUNSEL ONLY SOME BURR SIX ALSO MOVED. THAT. COUNCIL DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER. TO ASK DR PETRIE MARTIN. IF HER ORGANIZATION. IS OFFERING OR CAN OFFER. THE SAME SERVICES, AS DESCRIBED IN SIX C.

THAT IS THE COMMUNITY TRANSFORMERS FOUNDATION PROPOSAL. AND REPORT HIS FINDINGS TO COUNCIL ON DECEMBER SIX. OKAY AND, UM MR WILLIAMS IS. I KNOW THIS IS A WORK SESSION. CAN WE, UM UM DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS WAS JUST TOO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CERTAINLY CAN DIRECT THE MANAGER TO DO THAT. IF YOU WANT TO FORMALLY TAKE A VOTE YOU CAN, BUT IT'S SIMPLY DIRECTION TO COMMANDER OF DIRECTION. THAT MEANS RIGHT AND. THIS IS DIRECT AND WE JUST GET YOU A COPY OF THAT, AND YOU CAN EXECUTE THAT FOR THIS WORK SESSION THAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH ALL OPERA, THIS OPERA MEETING THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE. SURE ABSOLUTELY. LET ME MISS IN THIS DISAPPOINTED. LET ME CLARIFY THE 10.4 MILLION TRENCH. HAS BEEN A APPROVED AS PART OF A BUDGET ORDINANCE, BUT THERE'S 1.6 STILL IN RESERVE 8.8 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS AND PROJECTS. THERE'S STILL 1.6 MILLION SITTING IN THE RESERVE.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED. IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S THAT RESERVE THAT STILL COULD STILL BE. RE APPROPRIATE TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, OKAY? OKAY, WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT MUST WIMPS. AND I JUST WANTED. TO CLARIFIED COUNTY COUNCIL AND MYERS IS CORRECT THAT CAN'T APPROPRIATE FUNDS YOU DON'T HAVE. BUT IN THIS CASE, THE MANAGER COULD FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN THAT HE DID FOR THE FIRST TRAUNCH, AND THAT IS. SEAT COUNCIL TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING ITS INTENT. AND THEN ONCE HE GETS THE FUNDS IN HAND, HE COULD HAVE AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED IN THE SAME FASHION. HE DID FOR THE FIRST TRANCHE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HIS INTENTION. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. GET SOME. CLARITY ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO SPEND ALL THE MONEY CORRECT. OKAY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO BACK. UM, ONE OF THE POSSIBLE. ARPA. PROJECTS TO CONSIDER. IS THE RAMADA ABATEMENT. NO, THE FACTS ARE THAT WE ARE. PURSUING CURRENTLY LEGAL MEANS TO REQUIRE THE OWNER TO RENOVATE OR DEMOLISHED THE BUILDING. TO THE NEXT TRIAL DATE IS JULY 2022. MR MAYOR. I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO LEGAL, UH, STUFF AND WE OUGHT NOT TO BE DISCUSSING THIS IN OPEN SESSION. OKAY? THEY PREFER NOT TO DISCUSS IT. YES BEING IS PENDING LITIGATION. ALL RIGHT.

SO THE FINAL THING I DO WANT TO RAMANA, UH, TO INFORM YOU. IS THERE IS A CHANGE IN SKILLED GAMES LAW. A NEW STATE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT OUTLINED THE GAMES YOU SEE IN THE VAPE SHOPS, CONVENIENCE STORES, LAUNDROMATS AND SPECIALTY STORES. GAMES WERE FOLKS INPUT MONEY, THEN EXERCISE SKILL TO DETERMINE AN OUTCOME RESULTING IN A MONETARY PAYOUT. THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 1 2021. A COURTESY LETTER WAS SENT OUT NOTIFYING BUSINESS OWNERS THAT THE GAMES

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OKAY SO IF YOU RECEIVE COMPLAINTS, I MEAN YOU CAN SEND THEM TO ME. I'M SIMPLY THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS. AND TRYING. TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KNOW THEIR BUSINESS OWNERS A AND. I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT WE JUST WALTZED IN AND CONFISCATED EQUIPMENT. I THINK THEY DESERVE A COURTESY LETTER. BUT THERE IS A STATE LAW AND. IT'S SOMETHING OF WHICH WE HAVE NO LOCAL DECISION MAKING ABILITY. OKAY, MR WILLIAMS. I JUST WOULD ADD THAT THE PENALTY IS PRETTY SEVERE THAT THE OPERATORS ARE SUBJECT TO A FELONY CHARGE OF THEIR THE OPERATOR OF AN ILLEGAL GAMING ESTABLISHMENT USING THESE GAMES. AND EVEN PARTICIPANTS, THOSE WHO MIGHT GO IN AND ATTEMPT TO USE THESE GAMES CAN BE CHARGED WITH A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE. SO THE MANAGERS WARNING LETTER WAS A COURTESY THAT WAS ISSUED. FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT AND HOPES OF GETTING VOLUNTARILY VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. OKAY I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW WE HAVE ONE OF OUR SKILL GAMES OPERATORS HAS A. HAS FOUND AN INJUNCTION AND HE'S GOING TO COURT AND EMPORIA ON HEARING. TO ALLOW SKILL GAMES TO RESUME IN THE COMMONWEALTH POSITION. AND I KNOW THIS DATE IS COMING UP DECEMBER SIX. UM AND, UM.

AND ON THAT TIME THE COURT IS GOING TO RULE. ON THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S UM, STATEMENT. STANDS ON THIS. SO, UM. IS THERE. WAY TO HEAR HEAR THIS LAWSUIT IS PENDING BY THESE, UM GAMING.

SKILL GAME PEOPLE WITHOUT BECAUSE IF THEY WIN THE LAWSUIT, THEN THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAY TO OPEN BACK UP. IS THAT AND IS IT POSSIBLE. TO HAVE IT PENDING ON ON THIS APPEAL THAT THEY HAVE THIS GOING ON EARLY, ACTUALLY, UM, PRIOR TO JULY ONE OF THIS YEAR, UM, THE CONTINGENCY FOR THAT TYPE OF GAMING WAS CONTINGENT UPON AN ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION. NOW IT'S STATE LAW ADOPTED INTO THE STATE CODE. I'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT CASE TO SEE WHAT, UM WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO INVALIDATED THE STATE STATUTE IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE LEGAL RIGHT? BECAUSE BECAUSE I HAVE A MEMBER FROM ONE OF OUR SKILL GAME OWNERS IN PETERSBURG HERE, SAYING THAT IN GREENSVILLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE LOUIS LERNER OVERRULE VIRGINIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO MIRROR ON TUESDAY. HE DENIED. UM THE MOTION TO DISMISS. THE SADLER BROTHERS OIL COMPANIES COMPLAINT THE SKILL GAME BAND OF ALEX. FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR BUSINESS OWNERS. SO, UM, UM, THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE. QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE RAISED FROM SOME OF OUR SKILL GAMES ON IT. ALL RIGHT, UM, COUNCILOR MYA'S. INMATES ME AND MR CITY ATTORNEY. THERE HAS BEEN RIGHT MUCH AMBIGUITY WITH RESPECT TO THIS LAW. AND YOU KNOW, IN FURTHER IT'S THE SAID YOU HAD UNTIL DECEMBER. THE 31ST. AND THEN COME BACK AGAIN. UM. AND SO MANY OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, YOU KNOW, UM UM. USUALLY SKILL GAMES, TOO, I GUESS TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME. UM BASED ON THE LACK OF OTHER RESOURCES. TO EMPLOYED FOLKS OR THESE FUNDS COMES IN. COME INTO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESSES AND UM. BUT IT IS NOT THE CITY MANAGER'S DIRECTIVE. TO OVERSEAS SUCH AN ISSUE. IT IS THE COMMISSION OF REVENUES AND SO I DON'T SEE WHY HIS INVOLVEMENT. IN THIS MATTER. IS AT THIS LEVEL. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. WELL. UM.

FACT MAY MR MAYOR? YEAH COMMISSIONER REVENUES. INVOLVEMENT IS FROM THE ASPECT

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WHICH PROBABLY BEEN THE PROOF OF WHERE WE GOT WHAT WE GOT YESTERDAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT NEXT ITEM, MR TERRELL. EX SLIDE ALRIGHT WRAPPING UP JUST AH, OTHER. WE'RE DISCUSSING POSSIBILITY OF EMPLOYEE CHRISTMAS LUNCH OR SMALL GIFT CERTIFICATE, SOMETHING TO APPRECIATE THE STAFF. WE WILL LAUNCH THE NEW F 22 23 BUDGET NOVEMBER 16TH WITH THE BUDGET CALENDAR. STAFF WILL BE WORKING WITH THE NEW TREASURER TO COMPLETE THE FY 21 22 BUDGET AUDIT. WHERE WE WILL LOOK FOR POSITIVE RESULTS FOR BOTH FUND BALANCE AND THE TAX COLLECTION RATE. FINALLY MORE GOOD NEWS. WE RECEIVED A VIRGINIA TOURISM GRANT OF $60,000. WHICH WE CAN USE FOR MARKETING AND TO PROMOTE THE CITY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I LIKE TO NOW INTRODUCE MR BRADSHAW, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CITY MANAGER BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU IN PERSON. GOOD TO SEE YOU. WE'RE GONNA DO A. THIRD OF THE YEAR UPDATE ON NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. GARRETT, COULD YOU MOVE FORWARD? UM. WATER ON HERE. SORRY, UM. SO WE'RE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY, UH THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. AND WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. WE HAVE. WE HAVE 37 NEW BUILDING PERMITS PULLED THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE 20. WE DID ALL ALL LAST YEAR. UM, REVENUE FOR THOSE 20 OR. DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT THAT'S EXPECTED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE ENTERPRISE ZONES. WE ARE, UM, HAVE TAKEN IN JUST UNDER $80,000 IN TOTAL REVENUE FOR ALL BUILDING PERMITS COMBINED, WHICH IS JUST OVER HALF OF WHAT WE DID ALL OF LAST YEAR. SO WHEN WE'RE POSITION FINANCIALLY THERE. LOOKING AT OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 628 OPEN CASES. AND WE'VE CLOSED. 72 CASES THROUGH OUR GOVERNMENT OUTREACH TRACKING SYSTEM. THAT'S ACTUALLY RIGHT ON PAR FOR WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AS WELL. MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE YEAR WILL SOON HAVE. I WORKS IN OUR TOOLKIT WORKING FOR US. WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE OUR CITYWIDE DISTRESSED LIST FINISHED BY THIS MONTH. THAT IS. OUR INSPECTORS HAVE GONE THROUGH EVERY STREET, EVERY ALLEY EVERY ROAD WAY IN THE CITY. WE EVALUATED, TAKING PHOTOS. OF PROPERTIES THAT.

FROM THE SMALLEST VIOLATIONS OF FLAKING PAINT TO THE HOUSES THAT ARE. BEYOND CONDEMNABLE AND FALLING OVER AND WE'RE ADDRESSING EACH ONE. WE ARE GRADING EACH PROPERTY. ON A BLIGHT SCALE. AND THOSE NUMBERS. WORKED FOR WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE LIST THAT WE CAN PRESENT. LATER ON. BUT WE'LL KNOW. WHERE WE CAN START OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS WHERE WE CAN FOCUS OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORT MORE THAN YOU THE MOST. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN BURNED DOWN THAT ARE BEING SQUATTED IN. WE'LL NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE IMMEDIATELY.

UM TO FINALLY ENDING UP IN THE AREAS WHERE IT'S JUST THE FLAKING PAINT THAT WE NEED TO

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THESE ARE THE Q R CODES LEFT AND RIGHT. SCAN THOSE AND HAVE ACCESS TO OUR APPLICATIONS. YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW. WAGES THEY CAN JUST IN CASE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I WORK AND HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR US. WE'LL HAVE ACCESS. TO TAILORED CODE ENFORCEMENT, SOFTWARE, LICENSING SOFTWARE, PERMITTING SOFTWARE AND A REALLY NICE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT SOFTWARE.

FOR THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT. GOVERNMENT REACH. THE PROGRAM WORK CURRENTLY USING GOVERNMENT OUTREACH IS OUR CURRENT TRACKING SOFTWARE, BUT THEY DON'T ALLOW US TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NEED ONE. RATHER THAT WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT PERMITS HAD BEEN PULLED. FOR WORK THAT'S CURRENTLY BEGIN BEING CONDUCTED. AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE UM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY? UM IN ONE SPOT.

WITH HER, SO I WORKS WILL HAVE SEAMLESS COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE USING IT. LICENSING WILL BE FANTASTIC FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL OR RENTAL INSPECTION PROGRAM. AND THE.

YEARLY SAFETY INSPECTIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUSINESSES WILL REMIND US WHEN THEY'RE DO CONTACT THE OWNERS THAT THOSE UP AND WE CAN KEEP EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE. FOR THE PERMITTING SOFTWARE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT DIGITAL PLANS AND DRAWINGS SUBMIT ANY REVISIONS BACK TO THE OWNERS DIRECTLY. AND ISSUED DIGITAL PERMITS. UH RIGHT TO THE CUSTOMERS. NOT ONLY WILL THEY SAY, UH, PAPER FOR THE CUSTOMER ASSIGNMENT WILL SAVE PAPER FOR THE CITY SIDE AS WELL. WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF COST SAVINGS THERE. CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT. SO ONCE A CITIZENSHIP THAT'S A COMPLAINT, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW. THAT COMPLAINT IS FULL PROCESS.

THERE WILL BE NO MORE CONCERNS WHETHER OR NOT. WE HAVE OPENED THE CASE ARE INSPECTING THE CASE. AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ENFORCED. HERE'S A COUPLE PHOTOS BEFORE AND AFTER HIS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS FISCALLY OR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, AND STILL I THIS IS OVER ON SEABOARD. UM THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME. THIS HOUSE WAS PROBABLY THE WORST HOUSE ON THE SEA BOARD, BUT FULLY RENOVATED, READY TO RENT. THIS IS THE HOUSE ON WEST HIGH STREET. THIS ONE I RECOMMENDED. FOR DEMOLITION, AND THEN ONE OF OUR LOCAL CONTRACTORS STEPPED IN AND PURCHASED IT. UM. AND HE IS JUST ABOUT FINISHED. IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. THAT BAT THAT CORNER IN THE FRONT RIGHT THERE IN THE LEFT PHOTO. THERE WAS NO SUPPORT THERE AT ALL. IT SHOULD HAVE COME DOWN AND THE SAME AS THE BACK CORNER AS WELL. BUT HE STEPPED IN AND SAVED THIS HOUSE FROM BEING DEMOLISHED. AND THEN THIS IS A REALLY NICE HOUSE THAT WAS SAVED ON FARMER STREET. SURE SORRY. THIS THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT WAS SAVED ON FARMER STREET SOLD AT A RECENT TAX AUCTION. UM. IN THE PREVIOUS I BELIEVE IT WAS THE PREVIOUS TAX AUCTION, BUT. ANOTHER GROUP OF CONTRACTORS STEPPED IN SAVE THIS HOUSE. AND I BELIEVE IF YOU GUYS DRIVE DOWN ALMOST ANY CITY INDUSTRY, YOU'LL SEE SOMEONE WORKING OUT THERE. VERY VERY PROUD OF THE CONTRACTORS AND THE. ENFORCEMENT CODE INSPECTORS THAT WE HAVE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. ANY QUESTIONS? MR SHOP. LET ME JUMP IN, UH, WITHOUT ALL MAYOR HERE TO RECOGNIZE ME. OH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EVEN HANDED AND METHODICAL. AND EFFICIENT OPERATION. AS WELL AS YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE SUCCESS OF PETERSBURG. WHEN I GOT ON COUNCIL. FACT AFFECTED JANUARY ONE OF. 2017 OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORT WAS. LET'S SAY, UH, LACKING IN MANY RESPECTS. AND THANKS TO YOUR EFFORTS. AND THE EFFORTS OF YOUR TEAM. THAT HAS CHANGED. I THINK THE NUMBER THAT I SAW ON THE SCREEN WAS 540. I MAY HAVE

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IF YOU DON'T MIND, HOW LONG SHOULD A HOUSE STAY LISTED AS, UM ABANDONED OR. AND DISARRAY BEFORE SOME ACTION IS TAKEN TO THE TEAR IT DOWN OR DO SOMETHING WITH IT. THAT REALLY, REALLY DEPENDS ON A COUPLE OF FACTORS. UM IF WE'RE LOOKING TO GET IT SOLD AND. RENOVATED IT CAN TAKE UP TO A YEAR AND A HALF WITH OUR CURRENT TAX PROGRAM. UM. SO ONCE ONCE THE LIEN IS PLACED ON THERE, OR NO TAXES ARE BEING PAID IN THE LEANS BUILD UP AFTER TWO YEARS, THEY CAN GO INTO THE. INTO THE TAX SYSTEM FOR SALE, AND THEN THEY TAKE IT LISA SIX MONTHS TO ANOTHER YEAR TO ACTUALLY GET IT LISTED THROUGH THEIR PROCESSES. WITH HB 755 WERE ALLOWED TO DO.

SOME ABATEMENT ON THE PROPERTIES, WHICH WILL DRASTICALLY SHORTEN THAT MEASURE TO SIX MONTHS. UM SITTING IN A LIEN STATUS BEFORE IT GOES TO, UH, TAX STATUS BEFORE IT CAN BE, UH, PURSUED FOR TAX SALE. CAN YOU? UM PLEASE CHECK ON PROPERTY ON CULPEPPER AND HAIR STREET THAT I HAVE REPORTED. TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR EVERY YEAR SINCE 2011. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY. WHATEVER THE WORST WORD IS, I CAN THINK OF THE WHOLE BACK OF THE HOUSE IS ALMOST OFF. THERE'S A TRUCK BACK THERE. THERE HAS TO BE A PLACE FOR THE REDS TO SLEEP. IT IS THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD AND IT'S VERY NEAR THE SCHOOL.

AND I KEEP REPORTING IT AND KEEPING UP SENDING PICTURES. AND I KNOW YOU WEREN'T IN THAT POSITION. I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY, BUT AT SOME POINT. THIS IS A TERRIBLE HEALTH HAS IT AND WE'RE DONE MY HEALTH. THIS IS A HEALTH HAS IT AND THERE HAVE BEEN THREE NOTICE OF VIOLATION SIGNS IN THE YARD. WHICH JUST SAID THERE NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THEY PUT THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION SIGNS IN. AND THE PICTURES HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE, BUT THE HOUSE STILL SITS. I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT IT WILL BE ON OUR DISTRESSED LIST. AND ONCE WE GRADED AND EVALUATE IT WILL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN WE CAN ADDRESS THAT PROPERTY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR SHOP. APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. WE HAVE BUSINESS OR REPORTS FROM THE CLERK. I HAVE NO ITEMS. ITEMS ITEM 16 BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. NO I WAS MR MAYOR. I WAS 17 PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WHEN. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

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AND I KNOW THIS DAY HAS BEEN MUCH LONGER. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION YOU'RE HANDLING THIS CITIZEN OF PETERSBURG. I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M IMPRESSED. UM.

I UM MY NAME IS DIANE CURLING. MY HUSBAND AND I. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY ARE REFUGEES OR ESCAPEES FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA. AND CURRENTLY WE LIVE AT 1 16 LIBERTY STREET. WE HAVE COME TO VERY MUCH LOVED PETERSBURG. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT WE ARE VERY DISCOURAGED. UM ABOUT THE AMOUNT NUMBER OF CUT THROUGH SPEEDERS. THAT HAVE TURNED LIBERTY STREET, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM. FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET INTO A ROADWAY FOR RECKLESS DRIVERS.

THESE DRIVERS FREQUENTLY EXCEED 20 MPH OVER THE POSTED 25 MILE PER HOUR LIMIT. THIS MEANS WE

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AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, I IN, ADVISEDLY SHOUTED SLOW DOWN! HE WAS ABSOLUTELY FURIOUS, PULLED OVER AND SCREAMING. STARTED SCREAMING, I UNDERSTOOD OLD WOMAN. BUT THE REST IS NOT REPEATABLE. ONE OF THE MEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM US WENT OVER TO THIS MAN'S CAR AND CALM THEM DOWN. AND WHILE I HAD NO REAL FEAR FOR MY PERSONAL SAFETY. I WAS RATTLED BY HOW THIS ILLUSTRATED THE POWER IMBALANCE BETWEEN CUT THROUGH SPEEDERS. VERSUS THE RESIDENTS OF OUR STREET. NO CONSIDERATION FOR US WHATSOEVER. ALTHOUGH HE WAS DRIVING RECKLESSLY AND BREAKING THE LAW, THE MAN FELT ENTITLED TO YELL OBSCENITIES AT ME. MERELY FOR TRYING TO GET HIM TO SLOW IT DOWN. I MUST ADMIT, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU NEW EXPERIENCES WHEN YOU'RE OLDER, BUT IT'S 72 YEARS OLD. THIS WAS A REAL FIRST FOR ME. UM LIBERTY IS THE DIVERSE STREET WITH RESIDENTS WERE BOTH VERY YOUNG AND VERY OLD. AND WITH VARIOUS STRENGTHS AND.

DISABILITIES WE BELIEVE ALL OF US ARE AT RISK FROM THE TRAFFIC. THERE'S MUCH MUCH COMPLAINT.

AND AGONIZING ON THE STREET. UM, AMONG OURSELVES. AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOUSE WAY HOUSE. JUST A CRIME. THE CORNER WHO OFTEN, UM, WALK BACK AND FORTH ON OUR STREET, ALL OF WHOM APPEARED TO BE VERY PARLOUS. MOST OF WHOM ARE VERY PLEASANT. UM. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING A PETITION. UM WE'VE BEEN ASKING PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLY RESIDENTS OF OUR STREET OR CITIZENS. COMPUTERS BERG, WHO WORSHIP UM. UH ON PETER'S FOR ON LIBERTY STREET HERE, UM OR WHO FREQUENTLY COME BY AND VISIT TO SIGN A PETITION ASKING COUNCIL. FOUR SETS OF 24 WAY. STOP SIGNS. WE VERY MUCH NEED ONE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HARRIS AND LIBERTY AND ALSO AT BURNING LIBERTY. UM. THEY'RE NORTH SOUTH. STOP SIGNS THEY'RE CURRENTLY WE'RE HOST, CAROLINE. UM. UM THANK YOU FOR THAT KID. COULD YOU GIVE US THAT LIST OF ITEMS RIGHT THERE? UM YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THE OFFICER BACK THERE IN THE BACK SO WE CAN, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THOSE ITEMS ON THEIR LISTS LIKE THEY HAVE THE PAPER. YOU HAVE. OH, THERE YES. ALL RIGHT, SURE. AND, UM AND WE WILL GET GET WITH YOU ON THAT SPEEDING PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE IN THERE. OKAY I HAVE A PETITION HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING IF I MAY LEAVE IT WITH. OKAY SOMEONE, THEY'LL BE GREAT. YOU CAN LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE WITH THE OFFICER THERE. OKAY I WILL DO SO. THANK YOU. VERY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, OKAY? ALL RIGHT, MISS BOB RUDOLPH. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. RUDOLPH 16 75 MOUNT VERNON STREET. I CANNOT RECALL THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND CERTAINLY NOT THIS FISCAL YEAR SEEING ANY FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORTS. I THINK YOU HAVE A. SUBJECT NUMBER EIGHT ON YOUR AGENDA FOR THAT ON THE WORK SESSIONS. WE USED TO GET THOSE REPORTS. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY WERE BEING DONE EVERY COUPLE MONTHS. UM. I'VE HEARD I ASKED ABOUT IT ONCE, AND A PERSON TOLD ME SOMETHING ABOUT WAITING ON THE KAFFIR TO BE DONE, WHICH, OF COURSE, THE KAFFIRS DOING ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH. FOR THE END OF FISCAL YEAR, 21 BUT. I MEAN, A NORMAL CLOTHES OUT WOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY A VERY GOOD REASON. AND I KNOW, UM, IN VARIOUS MEETINGS. WE'VE HEARD THAT THE REVENUES AND THE COLLECTIONS IN THE CITY ARE IMPROVING AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE SIDE OF THE EQUATION. SO YOU

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AND THAT, UM DO YOU ALL WILL AGREE THAT THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO SEE? UM JUST SO WE ARE ASSURED THAT THINGS ARE HEALTHY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MS RUDOLF. AND I JUST LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD FOR MR TERRELL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER THERE, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT HIM AND, UM FINANCE DIRECTOR. MISS STACEY JORDAN DO SEND OUT FINANCIALS WEEKLY TO ALL OF COUNCIL. UM AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SENATORS, SO WE'LL WE'LL COME UP WITH A WAY TO SHARE SHARE THOSE WITH PUBLIC, OKAY? OKAY? RIGHT? YES I JUST JUST WANT TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD. UM ALSO, UM, WE HAVE, MR JARED, UM, LET ME GIVE HIM HIS MELISSA BOY. DOES SHE HERE BECAUSE SHE SIGNED THE LIST. SHE'S 90 IS MISS BOYD HERE. ALL RIGHT, MR JOHN DEERE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAY HAVE VICE MAYOR MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLD AND STAY OFF JOHN JARRETT, 16 64 WILTON ROAD. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. I'M HERE. TO ADDRESS THE JARED HOUSE. UH AND I'M I'M. PLUMP AND I'M REPRESENTING ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY. MY SISTERS HERE JUST INHERIT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE MAIN CHANGE OF THE JARED HOUSE, WHO? THE JARED SAMPSON HOUSE AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT. MRS LEVINA. SAMPSON WAS THE PREVIOUS OWNER, AND SHE HAS A HISTORICAL CONNECTION TO THE HOUSE. BUT THE JARED FAMILY.

BOARDING HOUSE FROM MISS SAMPSON. WE'VE OWNED IT FOR 112 YEARS. AND WE DONATED IT TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE POSITION. I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER LEAVING THE NAME THE JARRETT.

HOUSE AND NOT CHANGING IT TO JARED SAMSON HOUSE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME BECAUSE OF STARVATION HAVE UP THERE TO THANK YOU HAVE A BLESSED DAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR GARRETT. ALL RIGHT.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING AGAIN. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING. AND THE NEXT ITEM IS THE JEREMY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.