Dec 14, 2021 Regular City Council Meeting

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TO GET STARTED WITH OUR. REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR DECEMBER 14 YEAR. 2021 GOOD

[1. Roll Call]

THANK YOU. CAN EVERYONE PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEASURE LEAD. TO THE FLAG. SAY SOMETHING. FOR WHICH IS STAYING. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU NEXT ITEM FORWARD DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

[5. Proclamations/Recognitions/Presentation of Ceremonial Proclamations]

[6. Responses to Previous Public Information Posted]

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

ITEM D CONSIDERATION OF EDWARD BYRNE, JAG GRANT ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION FOR $31,219 1ST READING. THOSE ARE THE ITEMS FOR THE CONSENTED AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MADAM CLERK. THERE WAS ONE CHANGE ON NOVEMBER 16TH REGULAR MEETING. UM THE MOTION FOR SEVEN B WAS CORRECTED. UM, THE. PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION A SECOND. IT WAS RIGHT, BUT THE INFORMATION WAS WRONG. IT DIDN'T GO WITH IT SO THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED AND UPDATED AND TWO ITEMS ON NOVEMBER 16TH, WHICH WERE TWO MOTIONS AND REQUESTS FROM COUNCILOR MARKET, BURT WERE SUBSCRIBED TRANSCRIBED IN VERBATIM LANGUAGE SOULS ARE ONLY THREE CHANGES THAT WERE DONE. OKAY? RIGHT THERE WAS A CHANGE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'M COUNCILMAN WHO. MR MANN, MEMBERS OF COUNSELOR MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. WITH THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS. OF THE ITEMS THERE WERE RED AND THE ITEMS THAT WOULD DISCUSS BY OUR CLERK. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MYERS, TURKEY. LIKE WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? JASMINE BECAUSE ROBERT WILSON SMITH I KATHEM OF ADMIRES. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL ALRIGHT VICE MARY SMITH LEE. MAYOR PERN HIGH EMOTIONS PAST ALRIGHT THAT CONCLUDES ITEMS SEVEN NEXT

[14. New Business (Part 1 of 2)]

LET'S MOVE UP, MR COOMBS SAYS ITEM 14 A CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. AN AMOUNT OF $830,918 2ND READING.

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WHICH IS ALSO OUR STATE MANAGER. QUEENIE BIRD. GRANTS MANAGER FOR PETERSBURG OR YOUR TRANSIT. LORD NASH, NEWLY HIRED ACCOUNTANT FOR PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT. THERE IS MASON. THE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT. FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEPHANIE HANDS FOR PETERSBURG AREA TRANSFER WORKED HARD AND WHO FREED ALL OF OUR INFORMATION AND THAT UM SO I COME TO YOU? WE HAVE WORKED HARD AS A TEAM FOR 3.5 YEARS ON THE TRANSIT TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN. PET WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. DRP T HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN. CALL IT TSP. COVERING A 10 YEAR PERIOD FROM FISCAL YEAR 2021 THE FISCAL YEAR 2030. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW HOW PATCH TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN WAS DEVELOPED. AND WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. IN ADDITION IS REQUIRED THAT THE TSP BE ADOPTED BY THE OPERATING GOVERNMENT BODY, WHICH IS THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. AND WE'LL GET STARTED. SARAH. SO STARTING OFF WHAT IS THE TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN? SO AS CHARLES MENTIONED THAT TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND DEAR PT FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES. AND URBANIZED AREAS WITH MORE THAN 20 BUSSES.

AND THAT WOULD BE PAT. UM THIS PLAN IS DIFFERENT THAN THE TDP, WHICH CHARLES AND HIS TEAM CAME TO YOU IN DECEMBER OF 2019. THAT WAS THE TRANS DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE MORE STRATEGIC FOCUS AND LOOKS AT OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE SERVICE HAS A 10 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON.

SO FROM FY 21 FY 30. IT'S UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. AS I MENTIONED WE DID A TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN BACK IN 2019. AND THAT STARTED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THE. NEW GUIDANCE WAS ISSUED ON THE TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH WAS THE SUMMER OF 2018. AS PART OF THAT PLAN, PUBLIC OUTREACH WAS CONDUCTED. A SURVEY WAS DONE, AND THAT PLAN WAS FINALIZED IN DECEMBER OF 2019. PATHAN BUILT UPON THAT PLAN. I'M SORRY, TOO, IN THE FALL OF 2020 AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF BREAK DUE TO COVID, WE KICKED BACK UP. THE STUDY, PERFORMED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND COMPLETED THE DRAFT TSP. THIS THIS FALL. SO THEY'RE JUST BEGIC TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN HAS FIVE CHAPTERS AND AN APPENDIX. IT STARTS BY LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEM. WHERE DOES THE SERVICE OPERATE TODAY? WHAT'S THE STRATEGIC VISION OF PAT? AND WHAT ARE THEIR GOALS? AND THEN LOOKS AT HOW IS PAT OPERATING TODAY WHERE THE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND WHERE CAN WE BETTER PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY? CHAPTER THREE, THEN LOOKS AT THOSE ALL THOSE, UM, ANALYSIS DONE ON CHAPTER ONE AND TWO AND COMES UP WITH SOME PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR THE SERVICE. HOW THAT SERVICES THEN IMPLEMENTED, DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER FOUR. AND FINALLY THE FINANCIAL PLAN FOR HOW THAT SERVES WE IMPLEMENTED IS DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER FIVE. SO A BIG PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS WAS DEVELOPING A STRATEGIC VISION AND GOALS BY WHICH PAT WOULD. OPERATE SERVICE AND THAT VISION AND THE FIVE GOALS ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE HERE. FOR EACH OF THOSE GOALS, PAT DEVELOPED AND OBJECTIVES AND WAYS TO MEASURE PROGRESS AGAINST EACH OF THOSE GOALS. ANOTHER BIG PART OF THE STUDY WAS REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. AS I MENTIONED AS PART OF THE TDP PROCESS. HAVE PERFORMED OUTREACH SURVEY IN THE FALL OF 2018. IT

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ANOTHER PART OF THE PLAN IS LOOKING AT, UM WHAT PAT'S NEEDS FOR OUR FROM A CAPITAL STANDPOINT, I'M A BIG ONE IS THE VEHICLES AND SO REPLACING VEHICLES AS THEY REACH THEIR USEFUL LIFE. AND THEN ONE OF OTHER PATS OTHER NEEDS, AS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FACILITY. UM AND DOING COMPLETING A STUDY. DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THAT FACILITY WAS ONE OF THE BIGGER NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THIS PLAN. OTHER NEEDS INCLUDED LOOKING AT REPLACING SIGNS AND BENCHES. TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. AND THOSE WERE ALL INCORPORATING THE PLAN AS WELL. FINALLY WE GET TO THE FINANCIAL PLANNING SECTION AND SO FROM AN OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE NEED PERSPECTIVE, PATS OPERATING MAINTENANCE NEEDS WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEARS. UM WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS SLIDE HERE IS THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF.

VARIATION BETWEEN HOW THE SPLIT BETWEEN FUNDING SOURCES OCCURS. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO A INFLUX OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM COVID RELIEF IN FY 22. SO WE'RE SHOWING FY 2019 HERE. UM AS A PRE COVID SCENARIO TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE FY 23 WILL COMPARE WITH FY 2019. AND THEN FINALLY, THE FINANCIAL PLAN GOES INTO GREATER DETAIL OF WHAT THOSE SOURCES ARE FAIR BOX REVENUE CONTRACT SERVICE WITH HOPEWELL GREYHOUND RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL. AVERAGE TIES NG REVENUE AND THEN THE SPLIT BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL. UM ONE OF THE BIG PURPOSES OF THIS PLAN IS TO HELP IDENTIFY WHEN THOSE NEEDS WILL OCCUR, AND. AND SEVERAL OF THE FUNDING SOURCE IDENTIFIED ARE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS AND SO PAD IS WORKING TO PLAN FOR WHEN THEY WILL NEED TO BE APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANT FUNDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IN THE QUESTIONS. REMEMBER THE COUNCIL? COUNCIL UNCOVER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. OF MR COONS AND TEAM OF. I SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF ROADS OUTSIDE OF PETERSBURG, I SAW A REFERENCE TO RUN IN A BUS DOWN TO EMPORIA. I SAW REFERENCE TO RUN IN A BUS TO COLONIAL HEIGHTS. I SAW REFERENCE TO RUN IN A BUS TO HOPEWELL. UM, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST THE CITY NET? TO SERVE AREAS OUTSIDE OF PETERSBURG. KOBE EMPORIA ROUTE, WHICH IS A NEW ROUTE WE WORKING ON, WE GET READY TO HAVE A MEETING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO THE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING. HOW MUCH FUNDING SOURCD WHAT WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE IT RUN. CLONAL HEIGHTS. WE ONLY SERVICE OF. THE MALL BECAUSE OF THE

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I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS REALLY HELPING THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG WHO DON'T HAVE A WAY TO GET TO WORK. UH I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT CASE MADE, BUT IT MAY WELL BE THERE TO BE MADE.

CERTAINLY NOT RULING IT OUT. BUT IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU WOULD HELPT THAT THROUGH OUR SURVEY. WE DON'T SERVE THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND. IT MAY WELL BE A REAL NEED . AND IF SO, UM YOU MIGHT SAY ON BOARD. UM, BUT. AH I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN. THAT WE'RE JUST NOT SUBSIDIZING THE REGION'S TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. WE HAVE PLENTY OF DEMANDS ON OUR BUDGET WITHOUT DOING FAVORS FOR COLONIAL LIGHTS IN GREENSVILLE COUNTY. AND I. YOU UNDERSTAND? I'M SURE MY MARK CONCERNS AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. OKAY? COUNCILMAN HILL. YES. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE ON TODAY. UM YOU MENTIONED ABOUT GOING TO IMPORT YOUR RUNNING AROUND TO IMPLORE YOU. WOULD THAT COME? I MEAN, HOW OFTEN AND WAS TO BENEFIT OR WHAT'S THE. WHAT DID THAT COME FROM? WELL THE THERE WAS A STUDY DONE. TO SEE IF THERE WAS A NEED FOR IT WROTE BACK AND FORTH TO EMPORIA. UM WE'VE DONE NUMEROUS YEARS OF SURVEYING AND WHATNOT. UM AND WE WANT TO DO THE EMPEROR SIMILAR TO OUR ORIGINAL EXPRESS ROUTE.

IT WON'T BE AROUND THEIR ONES. EIGHT HOURS A DAY. YOU KNOW, UM , IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A MONEY THROUGH FRIDAY. ROCK RUNNING FOUR TIMES A DAY, MAYBE TWICE IN THE MORNING AND TWICE IN THE EVENING. EMPORIA WANTS US TO CONNECT WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION HUB AND JUST BRING INDIVIDUALS FROM EMPLOYER BACK TO PETERSBURG AND LIKE I SAID, THERE WON'T BE A FIVE DAY A WEEK PROGRAM AND IT COULD TURN OUT TO BE THAT, BUT. RIGHT NOW IS IN. IT IS IN THE STAGES OF JUST TRANSPORTING BACK AND FORTH EMPLOYEES BUT EMPLOYEES CITIZENS FROM EMPLOYING PIECE BERG CITIZENS FROM PETERSBURG TO EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER, UM FOUR TIMES FOUR TIMES A DAY. TWICE IN THE MORNING AND MAYBE TWICE IN THE EVENING. AND, UH, I MISSED THE CALLS, BUT. WHO BEARS THE COST DAY OR SO BOTH WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LOCALITIES TO PAY FOR THAT COST. UM AND IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY WHERE WE DO A, UM WHAT'S THE GENTLEMAN LOOKING FOR A I WASN'T. OR FEASIBILITY? NO, NOT A FREE VISIBILITY OUT. NO. I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. NUMBERS. TO GRANT WAS AWARDED TO PETERSBURG. X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. THE ADDITIONAL MONEY WILL COME FROM THE LOCALITY. I'M SORRY. HISTORY NOTES. IT'S CALLED A DEMONSTRATION. OUR DEMONSTRATION ROUTE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR DEMONSTRATION RIGHT? THERE WERE GREAT. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, MR MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. MR CALLS. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. OK, THANK

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[8. Official Public Hearings]

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I AM HERE REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE AN MOU ALLOWING TAB DEVELOPMENT LLC TO USE PARKING SPACES BEHIND CITY HALL. FOR THE PURPOSE OF LOCATING A DUMPSTER TO SERVE 20 WEST TAB STREET. UM THE SPACES ARE IN THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT. WE WILL HAVE FOUR REMAINING PARKING SPACES AND TWO REMAINING HANDICAPPED SPACES FOR THE STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE ASSESSOR IN THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE EU STATES THAT THIS WILL BE A NOMINAL LEASE OF $1 TO THE CITY FOR UPWARDS OF 18 MONTHS OF USE. OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

NEXT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SOME WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. ON THE ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY AT 1 35 NO OF UNION STREET FOR THE TRASH DUMPSTER. ALRIGHT SEEING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. YES I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE. TO PUT THE TRASH DUMPSTER ON CITY PROPERTY SENT BEHIND, SAID AT ALL. COUNCILOR MYERS. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROW.

CASTLE MEMBER CUT, BERT ABSTAIN. GAZ MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I GOT REMEMBER MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK CASTLE MEMBER HERE, ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY MAN PERM MOTIONS PASS. THANK YOU . NEXT ITEM EIGHT B, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION FOR ORGANISM, ENDING THE CITY'S OWNER ORDERS TO CREATE A MIXED USE MX D THREE DISTRICTS. THAT'S THE TABLE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS BACKGROUND NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY CLUSTER. HAS BEGUN IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG OWNS THE PROPERTY AT ONE SOUTH ADAMS STREET, THE FORMER SITE OF THE SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED R B DISTRICT. AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE THE MEDICAL CENTER WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY IN 2013. A MIXED USE DISTRICT, UH AND DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTY AT 801, SOUTH ADAMS STREET AND POTENTIALLY OTHER VACANT PROPERTIES THAT ARE 10 ACRES OF MORE. WILL FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING DURING THE DECEMBER 9TH 2021 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. TO ADD ARTICLE 18.3 63 MIXED USE DISTRICT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE TEXT AMENDMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. OKAY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE, AMENDING THE CITY'S OWNER ORDINANCE TO CREATE AN MX MIXED USE EM XD THREE DISTRICT AND HE HANDS IN THE PUBLIC AREAS. SEEING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES NEXT, COUNCILMAN COOPER. A MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. ALRIGHT COUNCIL WOMAN, WILSON SMITH. I HAD DISCUSSIONS DISCUSSIONS. OKAY MOSTLY VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE, ALRIGHT, WITH MOTION SECONDED BACK TO COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH FOR DISCUSSION. CAN YOU PULL THE ORDINANCE UP, PLEASE? UM MR TABLE, OR CAN YOU TIRED. THEY'RE ORDINANCE. INTO. WATCH CHANGE IT TO MIX USED DISTRICT, FOR INSTANCE. UM. HOW DOES A NEW

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SO ARE WE VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE? ARE WE VOTING TOO? JUST DO THIS. YOU'RE ON STARTUPS . OKAY? I DON'T. I DON'T GUESS ANYONE UNDERSTANDS MR WILLIAMS. JUST FOR CLARITY. ALL THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW OR ALL YOU WOULD BE DOING IS CREATING THAT DEFINITION XD ONE AND THEN DOWN THE ROAD WITH ANOTHER COUNCIL ACTION. YOU MAY RESUME SOME PROPERTY TO MX D. I THINK HE WAS JUST USING EXAMPLES OF WHAT MIGHT COME IN FRONT OF YOU AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE JUST GIVING HIM A TOOL TO DO THAT, WITH. SO THEN WE'RE JUST VOTING TO CHANGE TO THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT ON THE ORDINANCE. WELL THIS ORDINANCE WOULD ESTABLISH THE MX D THREE ZONING DISTRICT AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE. BUT NOT APPLICABLE TO ANY ANY PROBLEM PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, THAT WILL COME LATER, RIGHT? OKAY? OKAY, ANOTHER QUESTION. UM, CUSTOM ADMIRE. SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION IN

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CASTLE MEMBER WESTBROOK, CASTLE MEMBER HILL MAYOR SMITH FLEE. MAYOR BYRNE MOTIONS PASSED NEXUS ITEM H C. A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 14 2021 FOR THE CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETER'S BURIED MPB PETERSBURG. OWNER LLC TOWARDS THE SALE OF CITY ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8, 57 BANK STREET, 14, 11 FARMER STREET, 11 11, HALIFAX ST 11, 15 HALIFAX, ST 12 30 HIGH STREET, 12 OR SIX HINGE STREET. 7 51 JONES STREET 10 11 MCKENZIE STREET, 1 10, RICHMOND STREET, 3 51 AND 3 53 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD 17 WESLEY STREET 1 18 WEST SOUTH STREET, 3 23, WEST STREET SOUTH AND 11 14 WHIP STREET. MISS BOONE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PARM, UM AND THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MR TORRIO. AND MY DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MISS. AND IT'S ALL THIS AFTERNOON WAS ONE SUPER ZENTZ YOU THE PBP ISBERG PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. I'M JUST SOME BACKGROUND. ORIGINALLY, WE PRESENTED THIS TO YOU BACK IN JULY. BUT IT JUST HAD TO STANDARD PURCHASE AGREEMENT ATTACHED TO IT. BUT DUE TO SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING, WE HAD TO BRING IT BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND PB PETERSBURG WAS THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD WILL DEVELOP THE VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL AND 50 PARCELS OF THE 50 LAST PURCHASE. 40 WOULD BE FELICE AND 10 WOULD BE FOR IMMEDIATE OWNERSHIP. AFTER DUE DILIGENCE, PERIOD AND RESEARCH. OTHER 50 LOTS. 13 LOTS WERE IDENTIFIED TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ISSUES THAT WOULD IMPEDE ON THE DEVELOPERS ABILITY TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THEREFORE IS PART OF THE FIRST AGREEMENT. PB PETERSBURG PURCHASED THE VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL ALONG WITH 37 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. DURING THE NEGOTIATION OF THAT PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE ABOVE PROJECT. IT WAS A TERMINAL THAT THE INCLUSION OF THE RIVER TO CLAUSE WOULD HINDER THE DEVELOPER FROM RECEIVING FINANCING FOR THEIR LIE ATTACKED PROJECT, WHICH IS LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. THE RIVER TO CLAUSE WAS REPLACED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION BOND CLOSING ON THE VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL, ALONG WITH THE 37 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, FOR LEAST OCCURRED OCTOBER 2021. IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY. PB PETERSBURG SUBMITTED A SECOND PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE AND THE CORRECTION IS 19 LOTS TO DEVELOP SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR OWNERSHIP. THIS IS THE AGREEMENT OF STAFF IS CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPER. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I PULLED FROM THE ORIGINAL, UM, PRESENTATION FROM BACK IN JULY. THIS AGAIN OUTLINES THE ORIGINAL 20 LOTS THAT THEY WISH TO PURCHASE AND IT OUTLINES. I'M A PICTURE OF WHAT THE HOMES MAY LOOK LIKE JUST ATTEMPT, DEPENDING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. BOARD HISTORIC PROPERTY MIGHT HAVE TO BE SOME DIFFERENT, BUT THIS IS LIKE THEIR OVERALL, UM, VIEW OF WHAT THE HOMES WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THAT PROPOSED PURCHASE PRICE CHANGE FROM 417,000. THE MARKET . THE URBAN CORE OF THE PETERSBURG MARKET PRESENTS SEVERAL KEY CHALLENGES IN THE AREA AROUND THE VACANT LOTS WHOLESALE FOR BEFORE BETWEEN 204,000, DEPENDING ON THE LOT SIZE AND CONDITION OF THE HOMES. IT WOULD CAUSE THE DEVELOPER TEAM APPROXIMATELY 210,000 TO DEVELOP THE LOT, INCLUDING SITE PREPARATION IN HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SETTING. THIS IS THE ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME BEFORE US, UM AND OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THE COST OF THE HOMES. THE RIGHT HOST DEVELOPMENT BERKELEY ESTATES JUST OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN CORE, IS OFFERING HOLES FROM THE UPPER TWO THOUSANDS BECAUSE STARTED WITH THE CITY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WHO VERIFIED TO US THAT HOUSING IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG ARE SELLING FOR 200,000 RANGE ALL OVER THE CITY. THE PB PETERSBURG'S KENWOOD SEEK PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCY SUCH AS V H D, A TO NUMBER ONE REDUCE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT COSTS TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE BIAS AMONG THE CITY'S RESIDENTS. AS AN EXAMPLE, BHD, A WORKED WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF DANIEL TO BOTH OFFSET DEVELOPMENT COSTS, AND IT SITS HOME BIAS AND OPPORTUNITY MORTGAGE FINANCING. SO THE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TONIGHT IS THE RIVER TO CLAUSE VERSUS A PERFORMANCE BOND. THE CITIES AND NEGOTIATE WITH PB PETERSBURG FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE 14TH CITY ON RESIDENTIAL LOTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR OWNERSHIP OF PART OF THIS NEGOTIATION. PETERSBURG PBP ISBERG WISHED TO BE VISE THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY REPLACING THE RIVER TO CLAUSE WITH A PERFORMANCE BOND. SORT OF REVERTED CLAUSE IS TO PROTECT THE CITY. ANY EVENT THAT THE

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LOTS OF JUST RECENTLY CLOSED ON THE SAME THING. THEY PLAN ON, UM, FINISHING THEIR FINANCING, CLOSING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE ON VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL AGAIN, THEY PUT, UM PROJECT. COMPLETING THOSE LOTS AS WELL. BY FIRST QUARTER 2023. AND I LAST COUNCIL MEETING. SOME QUESTIONS CAME UP ABOUT IF ALL OF THE 19 LOTS WERE BUILDABLE BECAUSE START TO MISS SANDRA ROBINSON, WHO'S ARIZONA ADMINISTRATOR, WHO IDENTIFIED FIVE LOTS OF WHAT WE CONSIDER NON BUILDABLE. THOSE LOTS WERE REMOVED. THAT SETS VALUE CHANGE THERE FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE CHANGE AS WELL. SO THE 14 LOTS IS WAS CHANGED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE. ALSO THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT THE COST OF THE CITY. UM THE DEVELOPER PLAYS ALL THE CARS. HE PAYS THE CLOSING CALLS. IF THERE ANY KIND OF PERMANENT FEES THEY WOULD PAY THAT BECAUSE NONE OF THE LOTS ARE LOCATED WITHIN ENTERPRISES.

ALSO, NONE OF THOSE WOULD BE WAIT. IF IT'S REQUIRED FOR WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS, THE DEVELOPER WOULD PAY THAT THEY WERE PAID UTILITIES AT THE HOMES UNTIL THE PERSON BY THE HOMES OR THE LESSER REST A HOME. WE ARE RESEARCHED THE COST PER CHILD FOR SCHOOL. YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE AND WHERE ALL OF THOSE SOURCES COME FROM? FROM THE FEDERAL, LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL, WE CONTACTED COMMISSIONER AND GOT THE RATE FOR THE REAL ESTATE AGAIN. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER. UM PAYS AS WELL. WE DID REACH OUT TO OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TEAM, AND WE DID GET BACK. A RESPONSE FROM THE STORMWATER MANAGER. UM HE JUST OUTLINED SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY, UM. NOT WRONG WITH 14 11 PHARMACY, BUT SOMETHING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO CONSULT WITH HIM CONCERNING. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A COST TO THE DEVELOPER. SO RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T FIRST SEE ANY KIND OF COST. THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE HAVE MISTER TOM HANNEMANN. HE'S ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM. OKAY? QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL COUNCILOR COOPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. COUNCILOR COVER FOR MOBILE SECOND. THIS IS A PUBLIC

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SO WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. LET'S SAY WITHIN 120 DAYS OF. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE PURCHASE SALE AGREEMENT BEING SIGNED. AT THAT POINT, THAT'S THE TIME WE WILL IDENTIFY FINANCING. AS WE AS WE NOTED, UM. ONCE WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS OURSELVES TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. BUT THERE MIGHT BE A LAG BETWEEN. WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY WE OBTAIN THE $1.75 MILLION TO EFFECTUATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES DURING THAT PERIOD, WHATEVER THAT PERIOD MIGHT BE. THAT'S WHEN YOUR REVERT ER PROVISIONS. IS IN PLAY. SO IF DURING THAT PERIOD WE FAILED TO GET FINANCING AND FAILED TO GET STARTED, YOU GUYS TAKE. THE PROPERTY BACK. THAT'S IN COMPLIANCE. BUT ONCE WE'RE CLOSED ONCE WE HAVE OUR LENDER, AND ONCE THE LENDER GIVES US 1.75 MILLION, THAT LENDER HAS COMMITTED THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE DEVELOPMENT. THE DAY AFTER WE CLOSE ON THE FINANCING , WE START BREAKING GROUND AND THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE PUT TO USE . SO AT THAT POINT ONCE THINGS ARE MOVING IN. THE TRUCKS ARE MOVING IN, AND THE LOTS OF BEING CLEARED AND MONEY IS BEING SPENT. THE LENDER HAS. VESTED INTEREST IN THE SUCCESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND IF WE DON'T FINISH THAT, AT THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR DOESN'T FINISH THAT THE LENDER WILL WANT TO SEE THE THEIR INVESTMENT COMPLETED AND MADE WHOLE AFTER WE EXHAUST OUR RESOURCES AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG. AFTER THE GC EXHAUSTS THEIR RESOURCES. THEN THE BOND IS CALLED YOU ARE PART OF. UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, YOU WOULD BE PART OF THAT WOULD HAVE A SAY AND HOW THE PROPERTIES ARE DISPOSED OF ONCE THE DEVELOPER US IN THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAVE FAILED TO DO THEIR JOB WANTS TO FINANCING. HAS HAS BEEN CLOSED AND WE'VE TECHNICALLY STARTED. SO THE PROTECTION THERE REALLY IS AFTER WE GET THE LOAN IN PLACE AFTER WE START SPENDING MONEY ON WORK THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, WE DON'T JUST WALK AWAY. THERE'S PROTECTIONS TO THE LENDER, AND THERE'S PROTECTIONS. TO THE CITY THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED. THAT'S THE POINT OF THE PERFORMANCE BOND DURING THAT PERIOD. BETWEEN BETWEEN WHEN WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND WE CLOSE ON FINANCING YOUR ORIGINAL RIVER TO BOND OR REVERTED PROVISION IS IN PLACE. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW IT WORK. THE THANK YOU. NEXT, MR TORRIO. OKAY THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN A AH OPINION STATEMENT. MM.

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ALONG WITH THE STAFF, THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THIS OPINION. AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. AS CITY MANAGER AS WELL. WE MUST WEIGH RISK VERSUS BENEFIT IN ALL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. THE BENEFIT IS CLEAR. WE HAVE A STRONG NEED FOR THESE LOTS TO BE RESTORED AND SOLD. BECAUSE WE NEED MORE HOUSING. MARKET AND LOW INCOME IN THIS CITY INTO ELIMINATE BLIGHT AND IMPROVED NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DEVELOPED BLIGHT IS REMOVED. AND THESE HOMES ARE PUT BACK ON THE TAX ROLL. NOW THE LOTS IN QUESTION ARE PART OF A LARGER REDEVELOPMENT OF THE VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL, SO IT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY AS PART OF OVERALL PROGRAM. THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN PROTECTING THE CITY IN THE EVENT. THE DEVELOPER. SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN SHOULD NOT LIVE UP TO THE AGREEMENT AFTER PURCHASE. AND REQUESTS A RIVER TO CLAUSE THROUGH THE THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS THE DISPUTE. CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO REVERT HER THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. DEVELOPER WANTS IT TO END AT THE LOAN CLOSURE WHEN THE PERFORMANCE BOND GOES INTO PLACE. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OPINION. I RESPECT HE'S TRYING TO PROTECT THE CITY.

WE HAVE. A PROJECT OVER HERE. I WON'T NAME WHERE WE RAN INTO THIS PROBLEM, SO HE'S DOING HIS JOB. HOWEVER MY CONCERN IS AS THE ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPER THIS IS A PROJECT.

DUTCH SHOULD PROCEED TO COMPLETION. THAT THE HOMES MY CONCERN AS ECONOMIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS THAT THE PROJECT PROCEED TO COMPLETION THAT THE HOMES ARE CONSTRUCTED AND SOLD AS PROMISED. THAT IN ITSELF IS THE SIGNIFICANCE. IN THIS INSTANCE AT THE LOAN CLOSING, THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE BOND IN PLACE. SHOULD THE CONTRACTOR FALTER. THE PROJECT WOULD THEN MOVE TO COMPLETION, THE HOMES WOULD BE BUILT. PRIOR TO THE LOAN. CLOSING THE VERTICAL LAWS IS IN PLACE. SO FROM TIME OF PURCHASE, THERE'S A TIME CONTINUUM FROM THE PURCHASE. UP TO THE LOAN CLOSING WERE PROTECTED. AT THE POINT OF THE LUNG CLOSURE. ON ONWARD. WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE BOND SHOULD THE GCC. HAVE A PROBLEM. BY THE WAY, THE G C IS PART OF THE ENTITY OF THE OWNER, SO THEY'RE NOT TO DESPAIR. IT UNITS THERE IN THE SAME AH ORGANIZATION FRAMEWORK. UM. SO AH, SO PRIOR TO THE LUNG, CLOSING THE VERDICT CLAUSES IN PLACE. PROTECTING US IN THE EVENT OF DEVELOPERS SHOULD CHANGE HIS MIND BEFORE THE LOAN CLOSES. THEREFORE I THINK WE ARE PROTECTED FROM POINT OF SALE TO COMPLETION. THIS IS MY OPINION.

THE CRITICAL ISSUE FOR THE DEVELOPER TO ADD SOME CONTEXT, I THINK IS THAT THE RIVER TO CLAUSE IF IT'S IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT WOULD UNDERMINE THE COLLATERAL ASPECT OF THE LOAN. MY DAD WAS A BANKER. ALL LOANS ARE SECURITIZED BY COLLATERAL.

IF YOU TAKE A PUT THE RIVER TORREON, YOU HAVE NO SECURITY FOR THE LOAN AND THEREFORE. THE LOAN ITSELF WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED BECAUSE OF BANK DOESN'T WANT TO. MAKE A LOAN ON A PROJECT WITHOUT ANY COLLATERAL. THE DEVELOPER DOES SEEM TO BE RELIANT, INTERESTINGLY, PRIMARILY ON THE LOAN. RATHER THAN MULTIPLE SOURCES OF FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT. UM SO I THINK THAT'S THE POSITION THAT THEY'RE IN. I THINK THE WORST CASE WOULD SIMPLY BE. THAT SOME OF THE INTANGIBLE ITEMS IN THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT SUCH AS MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOME PRICING. COULD BE OVERLOOKED. BUT ADEQUATE PROTECTION IS IN PLACE FOR THE HOMES TO BE DEVELOPED AND SOLD AGAIN AS THE ECONOMIC COMMUNE DEVELOPER. MY INTEREST IS THE HOMES ARE DEVELOPED. THE LOTS ARE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS LARGER PROJECT AND SOLD. THAT WE

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THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THOSE INTANGIBLE ITEMS INCLUDE THINGS LIKE, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A PAYMENT TO SCHOOLS OF X NUMBER OF DOLLARS FOR EVERY HOUSE LEASED AN X NUMBER OF DOLLARS FOR EVERY HOUSE SOLD. WE'RE GOING TO SELL THEM FOR THIS PRICE. UM. WE'RE GOING TO SELL THIS MANY OF THEM AT LEAST THIS MANY OF THEM THAT THOSE ARE INTANGIBLE ITEMS THAT THE BOND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT. THE BOND ONLY CARES ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE BUILT SO. IN THE FIRST SITUATION, THE DEVELOPER REPRESENTED. I CAN'T GET FINANCING BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE TECH AND UNLESS WE TAKE THAT REVERTED CLAWS OUT, UM WE CAN'T GET FINANCING FOR THIS. THESE PROPERTIES ARE ACTUALLY ONES THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE SOLD. AND SO THESE ARE NOT LIKE TECH. THESE ARE DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE OTHER. SITUATION WHERE THE RIVER TO CLAUSE WAS REMOVED. SO IF OUR ASKED WHICH I PRESUME YOU'RE ASKING, I WOULD SAY THAT WITH A RIVER TO CLAUSE YOU GOT A VERY STRONG. HAMMER SO TO SPEAK TO ENSURE THAT EVERY BIT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT EVERY LINE SAYS WITH A PERFORMANCE POND. YOU LOSE SOME OF THAT YOU LOSE A LOT OF THAT IN TERMS OF THE INTANGIBLES. THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH THE BUILDING WITH A PERFORMANCE BOND. THEY'RE GOING TO FINISH BUILDING THOSE BUILDINGS. BUT YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GUARANTEED, WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S NOT AS CLEAR WITH THE BOND VERSUS THE RIVER TO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

HOLD UP. UM. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR WILL. RIGHT COUNSELOR CUPBOARD. TOLD MR WILLIAMS LET ME JUST REVISIT WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US, UM. DOES THE REASON THAT WE REMOVED THE RIVER TO CLAUSE FOR VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL? APPLY TO THESE. 14 LARGE THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF AGENDA ITEM. HC. AND I THINK THAT YOU ARE DISTINGUISHABLE JUST BECAUSE ONE THE REPRESENTATION WAS THAT THESE ARE LIKE TECH. THE OTHER ONE IS NOT. I THINK MISS BOONE HAS HAS BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT OTHER DEVELOPERS HAVE GOTTEN FINANCING FOR SIMILAR PROJECTS WITHOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE REVERT, ER. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPERS POSITION SAYING, WELL, YOU DID IT IN THIS CASE, WHY NOT THIS CASE, BUT I DO THINK THEY'RE DISTINGUISHABLE. SO BACK TO MY QUESTION, IF MY

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AND. CAN YOU GIVE COUNSEL EXAMPLES OF PROMISES THAT ARE ENFORCEABLE BY MEANS OF THE CITY'S STANDARD REVERTED CLAUSE. BUT ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE BY MEANS OF A PERFORMANCE BOND. YEAH IF GARRETT COULD TURN BACK TO THE SLIDE, WHERE IT HAD THE WELL, WHAT WAS EXHIBIT A. IT'S A.

COLOR SLIDE WITH BASICALLY A SUMMARY. THAT CYNTHIA HAD PULLED UP DURING YOUR PRESENTATION. TO MY DISTRICT. THAT'S IT. YEAH, RIGHT. SO. THIS WAS EXHIBIT A TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND PRESUMABLY EXHIBIT A FOR THE THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL, SINCE THEY'VE PRODUCED NOTHING. TO THE CONTRARY. SO IN THIS, THE DEVELOPER IS REPRESENTING THAT THE NEW HOMES PRICED AT APPROXIMATELY $207,000. REPRESENT IN HERE THAT , UM, THE TOTAL PROJECTS APPROXIMATELY 22 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 1000 FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILLION FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 HOMES. ONE MILLION OR OTHER COSTS, INCLUDING THAT DESCRIBES WHAT THOSE ARE WELL. NONE OF THAT IT WOULD BE ENFORCEABLE UNDER THE, UH, THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. ANOTHER EXAMPLE. AND AGAIN. THIS WAS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, SO IT'S BINDING AS SET FORTH FULLY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS SUCH AS BAR BORROWERS COULD BE ELIGIBLE TO PUT AS LITTLE AS 3% DOWNPOUR. HEARD THE PURCHASE OF THEIR HOME AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PAGE OF THIS. I DON'T THINK SHE INCLUDED IT WITH REGARD TO PROMISES MADE REGARDING PAYMENTS TO THE SCHOOLS. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE COVERED UNDER PERFORMANCE BOND. UM IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RIVER TO THOSE. LET ME LET ME JUST UNDERSCORE THAT LAST POINT, SO IF WE GIVE UP THE RIVER TO CLAUSE. AND SUBSTITUTE THE PERFORMANCE BOND. THEN WE CANNOO ENFORCE THE PROMISE OF A GIFT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S CORRECT. IT DOESN'T RENDER IT UNENFORCEABLE , BUT IT PUTS US IN A SITUATION WHERE ALL WE CAN DO IS SEEK SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'D HAVE TO SUE THEM AND TRY TO SEEK RECOVERY THAT WAY. INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING YOU HAVEN'T COMPLIED. WE'RE TAKING THE PROPERTY BAG. RIGHT AND AT THAT POINT ONCE THE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE PERFORMANCE BOND JUST DISAPPEARS. DOESN'T. YES WHEN THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURES COMPLETED, THE PERFORMANCE FUND NO LONGER APPLIES. AND THE OBLIGATION THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS TAKEN ON TO PAY MONEY TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ONLY RIPENS INTO AN OBLIGATION. AFTER THE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND UPON THE SALE OF THE BUILDING OR RENTAL OF THE BUILDING. ISN'T THAT THE CASE? YES. SO AT THE POINT IN TIME AT WHICH THE OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM RIPENS INTO A REAL DUTY. IF THERE'S NO RIVER TO CLAUSE. ALL WE CAN DO IS SOOTHE THE DEVELOPER. THE PERFORMANCE BOND IS GONE. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A PROMISE MADE BY THE DEVELOPER THAT JUST DISAPPEARS. IN TERMS OF ENFORCEABILITY OTHER THAN US TAKING THE. YOUR FILING SUIT AND ALL THAT THAT INTO AILES. UM LET'S TAKE SELLING THE HOMES RATHER THAN RENTING THEM. LET'SR FUNDS AS I EXPECT THE DEVELOPER

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BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE MILES. SO THIS THOUGHT ABOUT IMPROVING A NEIGHBORHOOD. THOSE ARE SOME.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SEE TOO OFTEN IN OUR DISCUSSIONS. IT'S A THOUGHT. IT'S A WHOLE BITS OF THE MOTION. BUT THE FACTS ARE JUST NOT THERE TO BEAR IT OUT. UM OVERALL, MR WILLIAMS, DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY WAVE IT'S STANDARD RIVER TO CLAUSE WITH RESPECT TO THE LODGE THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF AGENDA ITEM. EIGHT C. I WOULD SAY, AS I SAID , WITH THE PRIOR VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED LOTS WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF THIS, AND THAT IS THAT COUNCIL CERTAINLY HAS THE DISCRETION TO, UM TO WAIVE THAT REQUIREMENT THAT IS. SOMETHING THAT'S TYPICALLY STANDARD AND ALL OF OUR AGREEMENTS. AS YOUR ATTORNEY, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT YOU HAVE A LESSER A LESS POWERFUL TOOL AND ENFORCING WHAT THE PROMISES ARE. SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO WAIVE THATR WILLIAMS. MR MAY I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MISS BOONE? IF I MAY. YES SIR. MR BOONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WITH THIS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU DO.

APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY LOTS HAS THE CITY SOLD? TO DATE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S STANDARD RIVER TO CLAUSE. MR COVERED. I WOULD SAY THAT, UM. WE'VE CLOSED ON 35 POSITIVE LIKE 25 PENDING CLOSING, BUT ALL OF THEM DOES HAVE THE RIVER TO CLAUSE IN THEM . AND THEN, UM, SHOW FORTH ANY ISSUES WITH THE DEVELOPER GETTING FINANCING. AND EXCEPT FOR THE VIRGINIA AVENUES SCHOOL TRANSACTION. IS THERE ANY PRECEDENT FOR WAVING OUR RIVER TO CLAUSE. WHEN WE SEE SELLING SINGLE LOTS. NO, SIR. LIKE THEY DON'T ISSUE THEY BROUGHT IT WAS FINANCING. BUT WHEN PEOPLE PURCHASE SINGLE EYES, THEY DON'T BRING THAT ISSUE UP TO ME. NO, SIR. SO IN THE FUTURE, WE ARE A STAIR. WELL WE ARE ESTABLISHING A PRECEDENT BY THIS. ABOUT WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS REQUESTING. AND THE PRESIDENT IS THAT WE SHALL NOT FROM HENCEFORTH. EVER REQUIRE OF VERTICAL LAWS IF THE DEVELOPER ASKS US TUDE. UM. DELETE THE RIVER TO CLAUSE ISN'T THAT TRUE? IT COULD CAUSE UM.

FORESEEABLE ISSUES. UM, UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. KIND OF CREATE A PROGRAM WITH THE DIRECTOR COMES ALONG THAT WOULD PUT CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO REMOVE IT, BUT I'M NOT LIKE YOU SAID. YOU SAID , A STANDARD THAT IT CAN BE REMOVED. IF YOU SAY YOU CANNOT RECEIVE FINANCING. YES SIR. AND WE'VE DONE IT 60 TIMES BEFORE. CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT IS THE 35 THAT HAVE CLOSED IN THE 25 THAT ARE PENDING. YES, SIR. NOW DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY WAVE IT'S STANDARD RIVER TO CLAUSE AND SUBSTITUTE A PERFORMANCE BOND WITH RESPECT TO THE 14 LOTS THAT ARE. SUBJECT TO AGENDA ITEM. EIGHT C. AS THE PROJECT MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND RIGHT NOW THE ONLY ONE THAT'S KIND OF DEALING WITH THESE. I THINK IT'S A PUT ON. HARDSHIP ON MY JOB IF WE START REMOVING THE RIVER TO CLAUSE SO. I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

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ALRIGHT THAT'S VERY HELPFUL AND THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN, AND I KNOW IT'S. THE PLUSES AND MINUSES, AS WE'VE SAID IN OTHER OTHER WHEN DEALING WITH OTHER. DIFFICULT ISSUES. LET ME GO, UH, ON A BIT OF A SIDE TRIP, BUT NOT MUCH OF ONE, AND THAT IS THE COST TO THE CITY. UH, CAME EACH OF THESE LOTS. GETTING YOU WILL BRING IN APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH REAL ESTATE REVENUE IF ASSESSED AT 210,000, OR I SHOULD SAY EACH OF THESE COMPLETED HOUSES WILL BRING IN APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH REVENUE TO THE CITY. IN REAL ESTATE TAXES IF HE'S DONE ENOUGH FOR 210,000, LIKE ZACH CONSULTED WITH COMMISSIONER REVENUE THEY SELF. THE REAL ESTATE RATE IS A DOLLAR AND 35 CENTS PER 100 SO WE CAN SAFELY KIND OF SOON IT MIGHT BE RIGHT AT $2000. OF REAL ESTATE TAXES. SO IT WOULD BRING IN APPROXIMATELY $2000 PER YEAR OR MORE MIGHT BE RIGHT. MORE LIKE 2800 HAVE A CALCULATOR. LISTEN, ISSUES 2100. THAT'S FINE. AH 2100 FOR EACH OF THESE HOUSES IF IT IS PRAISED THAT 210,000. HAVE SOME DOUBT ABOUT BUT IN ANY EVENT RIGHT NEAR 2800 CORRECTIONS. WHAT'S THAT? I'M SORRY. CORRECTION IS RIGHT NEAR 2800. YES, SIR. 20, THE 210,000. BAD ABOUT THE 100. MULTIPLY IT BATTLE 1 35. OKAY, SO APPROXIMATELY $2800 WILL COME IN. YES SIR. NOW LET'S LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING TO GO OUT. YOU HAD A. SLIDE UP THAT TALKED THAT ADDRESSED COST TO THE CITY. NOW EACH OF THESE HOUSES IS GOING TO BE BUILT WITH FOUR BEDROOMS. YES IF WE ASSUME THAT THERE ARE TWO CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE THAT ARE SCHOOL AGE THAT SEEMS TO BE REASONABLE EXPECTATION. TO DO YOU AGREE? YES, SIR. I HAVE A FOUR BEDROOM WITH CHILDREN IS SO IF THEIR TWO CHILDREN IN EACH OF THESE 14 HOUSES AND LET'S JUST TAKE ONE OF THEM BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE FIGURE OF 2800 FOR ONE HOUSE, UH, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT IF ANYTHING, IT WOULD COST THE CITY. AH BECAUSE THEIR TWO CHILDREN IN THAT HOUSE UM WHAT APPROXIMATELY IS THE CITY'S SHARE CURRENTLY OF WHAT IS PAID TO THE SCHOOL BOARD PERCH. I'LL DO IN THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. YES AGAIN, LIKE SO ON THE SLIDE, IT SAYS COST FOR A CHILD FOR SCHOOLS $12,218 , AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL. SO ON A LOCAL LEVEL YOU'RE PLAYING PAYING 2358 , WHICH IS 19% OF THAT CAR. WHAT WAS THAT? 2358 YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE TAKE 2000 358. AND WE MULTIPLY THAT, BUT TO WE GET SELF. $4716 SIR. SO WE COULD BE TAKEN IN. 2800 BUT WE COULD BE SPENDING AND THIS IS THE CITY'S PORTION. WE WILL BE SPENDING 4700. SO WE'VE GOT 4700. IN TERMS OF EXPENSE AND 2800 IN TERMS OF REVENUE. AND.

AS TOM TO REAL FAMOUSLY SAID, DON'T DO MATH IN PUBLIC, BUT. WE CAN SAFELY SAY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT THE BOTH. IT'S ABOUT 2000 AND SEVEN. IT'S ABOUT 1900 TO $2000 THAT WE LOSE PER YEAR PER HOUSE. MAYBE YOU STILL ATTRACTING. THE COST OF THE VIRTUAL AND SUBTRACTING THE REAL ESTATE TAX, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT TIMES 14. SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IF WE ROUNDED UP TO 2000. WE WILL BE TOLD ABOUT $28,000 A YEAR THAT WE WOULD BE LOSING. JUST. FOR THE INDEFINITE FUTURE. YES, SIR. COUNCILMAN COVER. UM I KNOW YOU'VE HAD TO FLOW OF OVER 10 10 MINUTES AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN. WELL OKAY. WELL THAT'S FINE. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO STOP. BUT I THINK EVERYONE SEES THE POINT THAT. AS MY BUSINESS

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AND APPARENTLY, WE'RE LOSING. $2000 ON EACH WIDGET. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, UM VICE MAYOR SMITH FLEE. UM, YES, I'M THE DEVELOPER. BEHIND ME, MR HYMAN. SO ON THE AVERAGE. HOUSE THAT'S BUILT IN A SOMEONE IS GOING TO PURCHASE IT, RIGHT? YES SO, UM, THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL, RIGHT? SO. TO BE CLEAR THE. WE SEE THAT IT IS JUST UNIQUE CHALLENGE TO SORT OF DEVELOP AND SELL THE HOMES RIGHT AND A LOT OF THESE AREAS AS THE SLIDE MADE NOTE. THAT IN SOME AREAS, THE SURROUNDING HOMES ARE WELL LESS. THEN THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT, SO I THINK THAT.

UNDERSCORES THE NEED IN OUR COMMITMENT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. UM AS PART OF THE BROADER COMMITMENT WHEN WE INVESTED IN WHAT THE SCHOOL AND THE 37 LOTS THAT IF WE DO THIS. THAT WE AS A DEVELOPER. TO MAKE THIS WORK WILL NEED TO WORK STRONGLY WITH THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH HOUSING COUNSELORS. WE'VE IDENTIFIED A NATIONAL HOUSING COUNSELING INTERMEDIARY TO GET FOLKS READY. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO V H D. A. IF THEY'VE GOT FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT CAN HELP US REDUCE COSTS AND GET HOMEOWNERS READY. SO TO BE CLEAR WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM DOING THIS. THIS HOMEOWNERSHIP PIECE. IT COMES WITH A SET OF CHALLENGES AT THE SCALE THAT WE'RE DOING AND WE WANT TO BE VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WE WANTED TO SUCCEED. UM WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE COUNCIL IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THERE BECAUSE I THINK. UM ON ITS FACE THE COSTSF THE LOTS AH, VERSUS WHAT THE APPRAISAL IS. IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. UM BUT I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PART OF OUR MISSION TO DO THAT. THAT'S WHY WE PUT IN THE PROPOSAL. ON THIS SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD WORK. UM AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON THE COMMUNITY. AH BASIS TO YOU KNOW. FIND BUYERS FIND THE POPULATION AND MARKET THE PROPERTIES APPROPRIATELY. SO ON. SO IF I'D SAY IF I WAS TO PURCHASE ONE OF THOSE HOMES. $7000 UM. SO ON THE AVERAGE. ON THE LEAST I HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST $6200 CORRECT. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THAT'S. THAT'S WHY WE WOULD WORK WITH V H D. A. THAT'S WHY WOULD WORK WITH NON PROFIT HOUSING FOLKS. TO LOOK AT THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE. THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF ATLANTA HAS ONE THAT WE WOULD LEVERAGE WE WOULD LEVERAGE THE TOOLS TO HELP FOLKS MAKE THAT INITIAL DOWN PAYMENT. ABSOLUTELY, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE PUT INTO. UM. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE REALLY IS SORT OF THAT COMMITMENT. UM TO THE CITY TO THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE IT WORK AND TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE IT WORK. OKAY? MAY I FINISH? COUNCILMAN HERE. RIGHT COUNSELOR. OH, YEAH. UM MR MAYOR, AND, UM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE. WHEN WE. I'M GONNA BE VERY BRIEF , PLEASE, WHEN I GOT ON CITY COUNCIL, THE REASON I GOT ON CITY COUNCIL AND I'M A TELL YOU A TRUE STORY. IS THERE MY NEIGHBORS WHEN I MOVED HERE DROVE ME AROUND WARD FIVE. IT WAS THE MOST DEVASTATING THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. I DIDN'T GROW UP THAT WAY. AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYONE ELSE GREW UP THAT WAY. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES. AND NOT ONLY THAT INCREASING NOT ONLY THE VALUE OF THAT COMMUNITY, BUT YOU'RE INCREASING THE LIVES OF EVERYONE THAT LIVES THERE. WHETHER YOU LIVE IN A DILAPIDATED HOUSE YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF THAT HOUSE IS NOT TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE HOUSE, BUT IT'S TO INCREASE THEIR FINANCIAL VALUE. WITH RESPECT TO THAT COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THE CITY

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AND SO. I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT HOW MANY CHILDREN PEOPLE HAVE, BUT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT DEVELOPING THE COMMUNITY AND REVITALIZING THE COMMUNITY, IT MAKES IT BETTER COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHY I'M AND SO I WOULD ASK MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO SUPPORT. MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. I UNDERSTAND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RESERVATIONS COMPLETELY. BUT THERE IS SOMETHING IN PLACE TO TAKE CARE OF IT. I RESPECT THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO WHAT HE PRESENTED. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT, SIR. BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO WALK AROUND AND NOBODY HAS SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE LIABILITIES OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDONE. BECAUSE YOU CUT GRASS NOW YOU MULTIPLY. $300 TIMES, TWO TIMES , 12 TIMES 30 YEARS. PERIOD. THAT'S HOW MUCH LIABILITY AND LOSS YOU HAVE HAD FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WITH NO REVENUE COMING IN ON THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES. THESE ARE SITTING ON PROPERTIES. THEY BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO FIX THEM UP AND WE NEED TO REVITALIZE AND STABILIZE OUR ECONOMIC HERE. PETERSBURG. THANK YOU. RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE. THAT WE ADOPT THIS MOTION. RIGHT. GOT SOME WESTBROOK. UM I JUST HAD TO GENERAL QUESTIONS, STATEMENTS REAL QUICK. UM COUNCILMAN, UM MAYA'S PUT IN MOTION ON THE FLOOR OIL UP ONE SECOND. YOU HAVE A QUESTION. COUNCIL WESTBROOK, WHERE DO DEBATE AFTER HIS MOTION. COUNCIL ADMIRERS PUT A MOST ON THE FLOOR ACCOUNTS. MINT HILL. I'M I'M NOT GONNA SECOND. OKAY, COUNSELOR HERE.

OKAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SECOND. ALRIGHT, BACK COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK FOR DISCUSSION. UM I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, I ACTUALLY WROTE AROUND AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THE PROPERTIES. AND AH, I HAVE JUST A CONCERN BECAUSE THIS WAS BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL. UM THE ONE THAT IS 8 57 BANK STREET. UM THERE'S A HISTORICAL MARKER RIGHT THERE. AND I WAS WONDERING LIKE DID IT DEVELOPER TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY. THEY VETTED THESE LOTS AND THE OTHER ONE WAS 10 11 MCKENZIE STREET THAT'S ACTUALLY AT MCKINSEY STREETS, PART. AND THAT WOULD BE ON THE PARKING LOT. SO I HAD A MORE OF A QUESTION OF THE VETTING OF THOSE THOSE ACTUAL LOTS. ARE THEY ACCURATE? THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES. ALL RIGHT, MR BONE. WE SENT THEM THE LESS AND THEY MIGHT HAVE JUST PICKED THE LOCKS OFF THE LIST. BUT THEY HAVE 100 AND 20 DAY.

WHAT WE CALL A DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, AND DURING THAT PERIOD, HE'LL DO LIKE FURTHER. RESEARCH ON THOSE PROPERTIES, AND HE'S FIND ANY KIND OF ISSUES WITH THEM. OR YOU KNOW, REASON WHY HE CAN'T DEVELOP ON THOSE PROPERTIES AND WE WILL REMOVE THOSE. BUT DURING THAT 120 DAY, DUE DILIGENCE SPIRITS, IT GIVES THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. IT'S LIKE YOU SAID, GO OUT THERE REALLY SCOPE OUT THE PROPERTIES GET WITH ZONING AND ANYBODY ELSE TO CHECK ON THOSE LINES. UM IN JUST IN THE SAKE OF TIMETABLE. IS THERE ANY, UM. A TIMETABLE FOR THE DEVELOPER HAS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO FINISH LIKE IS THIS A 14? LOTS AT ONCE. OR IS IT ONE BY 1/5 YEAR PERIOD? SO BASICALLY, YOU HAVE SEVEN YEARS. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS. UM BUT WE THINK IT WOULD BE. PROBABLY BY THE END OF 20. 23 YEAH. YEAH THAT IS THE GOAL LINE ALSO DEPENDS LIKE WE WOULD DO. AH NOT ONE AT A TIME. WE DO THREE OR FOUR OUT OF TIME. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SELL THEM. WE HAVE TO. SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONCE WE CLOSE ONCE WE HAVE OUR FINANCING IN PLACE. THEN WE BEGIN OUR OUTREACH. THEN WE BEGIN TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE BEGIN TO IDENTIFY BAR BUYERS. AT THE SAME TIME WE START WORKING ON THE LOTS AS THE HOMES ARE COMPLETED

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OKAY AND LASTLY, UM, OUT OF RESPECT FOR MR TERRELL BEING THE CITY MANAGER BUT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AS POSSIBLE AND I MOVED THAT WE TABLED THIS AGENDA. EIGHT C. AND 14 C INTO THE CITY HAS HIRED A DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY HAS RECEIVED THAT DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION TO THESE ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT PERSON. UH THAT PERSON'S EXPERTISE. NOT JUST MR CHARLES, WHO'S THE CITY MAN? THAT'S THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION BAG. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK TO TABLE COUNCILMAN COME FOR A SECOND. THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR DEBATE ON THE MOST THE TABLE AFRICA. WELL, WE TABLE IN THIS WHOLE ALRIGHT? CATHERINE MYERS. WHY DO YOU NEED AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR? UM BELIEVE THE CITY FORWARD BEING THE DEAD. THAT IS HIS EXPERTISE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET HIS HIS RECOMMENDATION IF WE'RE CLOSE TO HARMING SOMEONE.

BECAUSE YOU NEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO COME HERE AND GIVE YOU SOME EXPERTISE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. THE CITY MANAGER'S MADE A RECOMMENDATION AND WE HAVE EMOTIONAL CORNER. YOU WANT TO TABLE IT? BUT YOU NEED A BETTER BETTER. YOU NEED TO PROVIDE SOME. WELL, I'M GONNA LET IT GO AHEAD AND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLORIDA TABLE. THAT'S FROM. MOTION PROPERLY. SECOND, MADAME CLAIRE, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? GATHER UP, BERT. ASK THE MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I ASK THE MEMBER MYERS CASTLE MEMBER WESTBROOK.

COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. NO. VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY NO. THEIR PARENTS. NO. MOTION FAILS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. I MOVED TO TABLE AGENDA ITEM HC. AND 14 C. UNTIL THE DEVELOPER AGREES TO INCLUDE THE CITY'S STANDARD RIVER TO CLAUSE IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. ANY DISCUSSION WITH EMOTION. THE SECOND DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. THE AND THEN MADAM COOK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER ROTHBART. COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I ALSO REMEMBER MYERS. CASA MEMBER WESTBROOK.

HI. COUNCIL MEMBER. HELL, NO. SEISMO SMITH LEE. MALE PATTERN NO FAILS. EXTRA ORIGINAL MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. KAZEMI BECAUSE BERT NO. CHASM. ANDREW WILSON SMOOTH NO. JASMINE. BUT MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK STAYING AS A MEMBER HERE. ARE VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY. MAYOR PERN HIGH. MOTION PASSES. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM A. D A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 14TH 2021 FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINARY, IT'S AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER EXECUTED PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF CITY ON PROPERTY AT 8 35 COMMERCE STREET PART SO I DID ZERO TO FORWARD THAT'S 130012. GOOD EVENING AGAIN REAFFIRM MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MR WIND. I'M HERE FOR 8 35 COMMERCE STREET. WHEN WE STARTED OFF AT THREE PROPOSALS, BUT ON TODAY WE HAD AN APPROVAL TO ADD ONE MORE PROPOSALS DO THIS PROPERTY, SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF FOUR PROPOSALS FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. APOLOGIZE FOR THE AGAIN BECAUSE THE FOUR GENTLEMEN JUST CALLED ON TODAY AND HOW TO PROVE IT TO BE ADDED SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION , BUT THE DEVELOPER IS HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER. DRIVE THEIR PROPOSALS HOME, BUT IT'S JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE THREE PROPOSALS THAT I DO HAVE. THIS JUST OVER HERE WITH THE PRESENTATION WOULD BE. IT'S JUST ALL OF YOU HAVE 8 35 COMRADE STREET. IT SHOWS YOU WHERE IT'S LOCATED IN A PICTURE OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND ITS LOCATION ON 8 30 ON COMMERCE STREET. WE KNOW HIS OWN IN ONE

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THE NEXT ONE IS NORTHSIDE GOURMET MARKET. UM. THERE'S IS TO CREATE A MODULAR COWORKING SPACE AND BUSINESS INCUBATOR FOR PRODUCERS, SMALL BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS, FREELANCERS, ARTISTS AND CREATIVES WHO SEEK TO CREATE REAL TIME SOLUTIONS AND HEALTH AND WELL BEING THAT INCLUDES INDOOR FARMING, FERMENTED CONSERVATION'S LOCAL FOOD STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION FARMERS. CURRENTLY THEY OPERATE EIGHT GOURMET GOURMET FOOD MARKETS. THAT IS THE PICTURE OF ONE OF THEM THAT THEY OWN ENRICHMENT. THEIR GOAL IS TO OPEN 10 STORES IN THREE YEARS LOOKING AT THE PETERSBURG ROCKETS, LANDING MANCHESTER AND CHESTERFIELD AREA. THIS IS JUST A PICTURE AND THEY HAVE PRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE IN THE PACKAGE. BUT THERE'S JUST OVERALL PICTURE OF WHAT, UM, THE INDOOR FARMING COULD LOOK LIKE. AND THIS I JUST GIVE YOU A MEDIA COVERAGE FOR MEDIA COVERAGE THAT THEY PROVIDED TO ME JUST TO SHOW YOU ALL THAT THEIR SUCCESS HERE IN VIRGINIA AS OF RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS A PICTURE OF MR DEAN. HE IS HERE TO SPEAK ON HIS PROPOSAL. THAT'S HIS PARTNER. IN OUR THIRD ONE IN SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING CORPORATION. THEY PLAN TO DEVELOP COMMUNAL LIVING SPACE WITH 12 MARKET RATES. STUDIO APARTMENTS, CORRECTION IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 400 SQUARE FEET. UNDER YOU HAVE A SHARED KITCHEN DINING, EXERCISE ROOM, LAUNDRY AND LIVING SPACE. PART OF THIS. THEY WERE OFFER SOME OF THEIR HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS. YOU SEE THAT LISTED THERE AND THE LEAST AMOUNT WILL BE FROM BETWEEN 725 TO 785. IS THAT YOUR MARKET ANALYSIS OF WHERE HIGHLY DETERMINED THIS RATE. HERE THIS IS JUST THE SCHEMATIC OF WHAT THEY PLAN ON TO DEVELOP AT 8 35 COMMERCE STREET AND HOW IT WOULD LOOK. HERE WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW 7 27 14 HIGH STREET JUST TO SHOW THAT THE DEVELOPER DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE CITY AND YOUR PACKAGE. YOU WOULD SEE THEIR EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, BUT THEY DO CURRENTLY OWN REAL ESTATE AT 7 27 14 HIGH STREET ON A SCHEMATIC ON MY RIGHT. IT SHOWS YOU HOW THEY ALREADY HAVE LIKE A BUILDING THERE, BUT THEY WILL BE DEVELOPING ON THE LOT THAT SAYS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT THE MAP. FROM THIS PICTURES DID NOT. THAT'S RIGHT BESIDE IT. THEY ARE IN, UM , TALKS TO DEVELOP THAT LOT AS WELL TO SINGLE ARM BEDROOM LIVING UNITS. THIS IS THE ONE MR MARK FISHER. HE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE YOU OVERALL. UM. EXPLANATION OF HIS PROPOSAL. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL EXCUSE ME. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. HAVE YOU EVER COMES THIST PRESENT IT. OKAY? YES, SIR. I BELIEVE THE ONLY TWO THERE WAS RAN. MR MYERS IS THE ONE FOR NORTHSIDE GOURMET AND THE ONE FOR QUALITY TRAILERS. THE ONE FOR, UM, SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORIGINALLY WAS UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I WAS ADVISED TO ADD ALL THREE OTHER PROPOSALS TOGETHER TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL CAN SEE ALL OF THEM COLLECTIVELY. TOGETHER I'LL LET MADAM CLERK RESPOND TO YOU, BUT IF IT HAS NOT BEEN ADVERTISED, YOU CANNOT SUBMIT IT TONIGHT.

CORRECT, MADAM. CLEAR. THAT'S CORRECT. IF IT WASN'T ADVERTISED . THEY CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT. IT CAN ONLY SPEAK ON THE TWO THAT WERE ADVERTISED, AND THAT'S THE ONE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MARKET AND AS WELL AS THE ONE WITH MR ORLANDO JAMES. WAS ONLY TWO THAT WERE ADVERTISED SO WE CAN ONLY SPEAK ON THOSE TWO. SO, MR MR MAYOR. WOULD YOU LIKE THE TABLE OF PRESENTATIONS UNTIL THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY? UM I WOULD SAY. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE TWO THAT'S BEEN ADVERTISED. SO I LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THOSE TWO BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY ADVERTISED. YOU CAN MAKE A

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HONORABLE MERIT. GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCILS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THAT YOU GAVE US TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK INTO A LITTLE BIT. FIRST OF ALL OUR BUSINESS. UM. N. G M, WHICH IS NATIONAL GOURMET MARKET. WE ARE THE FASTEST ORGANIC STORES ACTUALLY AND RICHMOND AREA AND CHESTERFIELD AND PETERSBURG. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. WE HAVE OPENED FIVE STORES AND WE ARE WORKING ON TWO MORE STORIES THAT WILL BE OPENED BY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. OUR TARGET LOCATIONS FOR THE KNICKS ORGANIC MARKET, WHICH IS THE AREAS THAT NEEDED THE MOST, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE JACKSON WORD AND RICHMOND AREA AND IN PETERSBURG. HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE COMPUTERS BERG AREA FOR OVER FIVE YEARS I AM A DEVELOPER AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER AND ORIGINALLY IN PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND. I LOVE PETERSBURG AND I LOVE TO DO BUSINESS IN PETERSBURG. THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT ALL DAYS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND ALWAYS ADVOCATED FOR PETERSBURG TO GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WE ARE ACTUALLY HERE IN THE NEXT LEVEL. UM THE ECOSYSTEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO OVER HERE AND THE BUILDING. IT'S BASICALLY IT'S A WORKSHOP. IT'S IT BRINGS MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS AND MULTIPLE BUSINESSES INTO THE AREA. IF YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH HATCH KITCHEN ENRICHMENT. IT'S BASICALLY ALMOST LIKE THE HATCH KITCHEN. A LOT OF ENTREPRENEURS LIKE MY FRIEND OVER HERE. A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR THAT WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO OPEN A BUSINESS THAT CALLS BETWEEN 2 TO $300,000. BUT WE DO WE ARE THE INCUBATOR. WHAT WE DO IS WE GIVE THEM THE SPACE WE GIVE THEM. THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED INSTEAD OF SPENDING SO MUCH OF THE MONEY THAT THEY NEEDED TO DEVELOP THE BUSINESS, THEY ALREADY HAVE A PLACE. ALL THEY HAD TO DO IS JUST. DO THE BUSINESS ITSELF. SO UM I WILL LET HIM SKEPTICAL LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR GREEN BUSINESS GOING. EVEN MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TRENT. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON WHO I AM IS I GREW UP IN HOPEWELL AND CLEAN HEIGHTS GRADUATE IN 2018 TO THEN PURSUE EDUCATOR EDUCATION AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY STUDYING ENTREPRENEURSHIP. INNOVATION HUMAN CENTERED DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL, VERY GENEROUS REGENERATION. ONE THING THAT I NOTICED WHILE ATTENDING VCU WAS THIS ENORMOUS PUSH ON INNOVATION , ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND OVERALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND THROUGHOUT MY TIME THERE I WAS QUESTIONING WHY THAT WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND TIE IN DIFFERENT PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER, AND THROUGHOUT THAT TIME I STARTED AN URBAN FARM, ACTUALLY IN THE HEIGHTS IN WHICH I TOOK THAT UP TO RICHMOND.

BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE THAT I HAD TO GO TO FIND OTHER RESOURCES TO GO TO FIND OTHER INCUBATORS. UM BUSINESS CONSORTIUMS, MENTORS, THINGS LIKE THAT TO GROW MY BUSINESS, ESSENTIALLY. AND THROUGHOUT MY FEW YEARS AT VCU, I REALIZED. THAT THIS KNOWLEDGE IN THIS EXPERTISE IN THIS. CULMINATION OF RESOURCES CAN BE. APPLIED TO OTHER AREAS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LIKE. COMMUNITY AND SOCIETAL WITH HIGHER COMMUNITY SOCIETAL NEEDS. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS OF COINCIDENTLY FOUND MYSELF IN PETERSBURG, HELPING ASSIST AND OPEN UP ALLEGORY. A MARKET

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AND THE ECONOMICS OF IT. THANK YOU AND THE ECONOMICS OF IT, WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 5 TO 10 BUSINESSES THAT WILL GO INTO THE SPACE. UM. THAT WILL BRING IN BETWEEN 20 TO 40 PEOPLE WORKING AND THAT WORKSPACE AND MOSTLY, WELL, THEY ALL WILL BE FROM PETERSBURG. SO THAT'S AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO THE. YOU KNOW THE AREA AND ESPECIALLY IN IN PETERSBURG, AND THE OTHER THING IS, THE OTHER ASPECT IS THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE ARE, YOU KNOW WHERE WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY DIRECTLY WORK WITH THE CITY WOULD WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS. UM SOME OF THE PROGRAMS ALL SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, AND SIMPLISTIC WAY. WE WILL HAVE SOME OF THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS COME INTO OUR WORKSHOPS. THEY WILL SEE THE ORGANIC FARMS THEY WILL ACTUALLY GET INTRODUCED TO IT. AND WHILE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SMALL KITCHEN IN THERE, WE WILL HAVE THE KIDS TO COME AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THE YOU KNOW THE ORGANIC PRODUCT AND TAKE THE FOOD AND VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. AND BASICALLY, WE TEACH THEM HOW TO EAT HEALTHY. AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU KNOW THAT THE HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES AND THE FOOD THAT THEY SEE THE PROCESSED FOOD THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING SOLD? THE OTHER THING IS WE WILL WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STORES AND YOU KNOW AND IN THE AREA AND PETERSBURG SPECIALLY, WE WILL DISTRIBUTE THE FOOD AND ROOTS AND VEGETABLES TO THE STORES SO IT COULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM IN PETERSBURG . WE DIDN'T HAVE NO BOX STORE AND I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR BACK STORE AND THAT'S WHY NATIONAL GOLDMAN MARKET IS ACTUALLY AND TALK WITH THE CITY SO WE COULD FIND A VISA PROPERTY SO WE COULD OPEN A SUPERMARKET AND PETERSBURG. THAT'S OUR NEXT PLAN. BUT FOR THIS PLAN IS WE WILL BRING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO BASICALLY ALL THE STORES, AND WE WORK WITH ALL THE STORES, CONVENIENCE STORES AND GROCERY STORES SO THEY COULD HAVE AN UNHEALTHY ALTERNATIVES INTO AREAS THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE IT AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. AH! BESIDE THAT IS THE ECONOMIC FACTOR WHEN YOU HAVE 20 TO 30 PEOPLE WORKING IN HERE. THAT WILL BOOST THE CITY. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW TO THE CITY COFFERS AND THEN THE SAME TIME IF YOU HAVE 5 TO 10 BUSINESSES THAT WORKS FROM THAT THESE WILL BE REGISTERED IN PETERSBURG. THEY WILL PAY TO GO TO THE CITY AND STATE AND THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SHARE OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE CITY.

OPEN TO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL TAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PROPOSAL. MS RUDOLF. THANK YOU. MAYOR. BARB RUDOLPH 16, 75, MOUNT VERNON STREET AND. THANK YOU FOR GOING AHEAD AND HAVING A HEARING ON THEM. THE TWO ITEMS THAT WERE ADVERTISED. I THINK THE KEY ELEMENT WHICH I'M GLAD THAT MISS BOONE BROUGHT OUT IS THAT THERE'S AN OUTSTANDING APPRAISAL ON THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE, AS I READ THROUGH THE PACKAGE.

EARLIER TODAY AND SAW THAT THE RATIONALE FOR NON RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING AGAINST ALL THREE PROPOSALS IN THE PACKAGE WAS THAT NONE OF THE. OFFERED PURCHASE PRICE MET THE STANDARD OF HALF OF THE. ASSESSED VALUE OR APPRAISED VALUE, WHICHEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT. IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT WE'VE CERTAINLY HAD BUILDINGS AND THAT THE CITY OWNED. THAT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE ASSESSED. BASED ON THE ASSESSOR'S RECORDS AT ALMOST ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNTS. COMPARED TO WHAT THEIR ACTUAL VALUE WAS. I MEAN, THINKING ABOUT UNION STREET, FOR EXAMPLE. THERE WAS THE BUILDING ON UNION STREET THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT. THAT USED TO BE A SCHOOL WAREHOUSE. THAT FELL DOWN LATER. THAT WAS VALUED AT LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS, AND THEN THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT WERE JUST TAKEN DOWN TO BUILD THE. THE PARKING DECK THAT'S BEING WORKED ON. THOSE BUILDINGS WERE ASSESSED AT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BUT

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SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT WE COULD BRING TO THE CITY. THAT'S NOT GOING NOT GOING TO OFFER THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND I DO ALSO WANT TO COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS JUST MADE BY THE NORTH SIDE GOURMET MARKET. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER. I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PETERSBURG'S BEEN TRYING TO PROMOTE. I DO HOPE THESE GENTLEMEN WILL. BE SURE TO COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE WITH THE ONGOING EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE IN PETERSBURG WITH URBAN FARMING AND WITH WAYS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO HELP. COME BACK THE FOOD DESERTS IN THE CITY AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LACK OF FRESH PRODUCE AVAILABLE TO MANY LARGE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT AREN'T CLOSE TO SUPERMARKETS. SO BUT I DO THINK. I LIKE THAT PROPOSAL.

I THINK THAT, UM WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, AND WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY WOULD TAKE. THE ONE THAT'S NOT ON THE TABLE BECAUSE THIS, MR MYERS POINTED OUT. IS NOT ADVERTISED THE ONE FOR THE STUDIO APARTMENTS. I UNDERSTAND THE FOOT. THAT GROUP IS DOING SOME GOOD THINGS HERE, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF WE FALL BACK AND JUST BUILD MORE HELP MORE HOUSING. I MEAN, THAT SEEMS TO BE ALWAYS SEE IS DEVELOPMENT. SO YOU KNOW, LOOK, THE TRAILERS, THE GOURMET MARKET AND THE CASKETS ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD . ANYWAY I HOPE YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER WAITING. UNTIL YOU GET THAT APPRAISAL, AND UNTIL YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF DISCRETION THAT YOU DO HAVE TO INTERPRET YOUR OWN RULES ABOUT PURCHASING BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR GORDON HERE. JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE APPRAISAL AND MISS RUDOLPH'S OFFICER VACATIONS. SHE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. MANY OF THE CITY BUILDINGS WERE ASTRONOMICALLY ASSESSED, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. THERE WAS SOME IMPETUS TO DO THAT WHEN THE CITY WAS IN FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY THAT THE PUBLIC BUILDING ASSESSMENTS WERE RAISED TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE LAND BOOK. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE, UM. ASSESSMENTS ON THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS WERE VERY MUCH OVER FAIR MARKET VALUE. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF CORRECTING THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. AND IN THAT , UM, THE BUILDING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT THAT BUILDING WAS REASSESSED AND I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A GOOD ASSESSMENT . UM BUT I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REFERENCE APPRAISALS. MY ACTUALLY SPOKEN WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SEEK APPRAISALS FOR PROPERTIES THAT THEY BRING TO YOU, SO IT'S AN OBJECTIVE AND A SECOND OBJECTIVE. OPINION OF VALUE IN ADDITION TO MIND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT . I'M SEEING NO OTHER HANDS.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT COUNCIL MYERS, I THINK YOU SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO, UM.

OKAY WITH HIS ACTION UNTIL YOU SEE THE OTHER PROPOSALS. YES SIR . IF YOU WANT TO MOTION FOR

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ITEM EIGHT E, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE APPROVING PETITIONS SUBMITTED BY PBF LLC TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 12 25, 12 55 AND 42 20. HARRISON CREEK BOULEVARD FROM P U D WITH B TWO. GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONS TO BE YOU D. NO RESTRICTIONS TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 52 SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED MARKET RATE RENTAL HOMES. MR TABLE. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF REQUESTS THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING BE CONTINUED OR RESCHEDULED UNTIL JANUARY. 18TH 2022. GROUND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO REQUEST THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROFFERS, INCLUDING IN. 08 OR 20 , ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, FEBRUARY 19 2000 AND EIGHT WHICH APPROVED THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM M ONE C. LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH CONDITIONS TO P.

UT PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH CONDITIONS. OKAY, THAT'S A MOTION NEED EMOTIONAL TABLE. THE JANUARY COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK MOST OF THE TABLE. ALL RIGHT, CUT VICE MAYOR SWIFTLY. SECOND RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROOM? CASTLE AND RECOVER, BERT CASTLE MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I. 1000 OF THEM. MYERS CASTLE MEMBER WESTBROOK. CAST MEMBER HERE. VICE MORE SMOOTHLY ARE BAD PERM PAST THE TABLE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT FO PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE REZONING OF PROPERTIES AT 203. TWO OH, 9 11 TO 13 TO 15 TO 17 TO 19 TO 23 HENRY STREET AND 200 TO 12 TO 16 TO 22 TO 32 34 EAST BANK STREET.

FROM M ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO BE THREE CENTRAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO PERMIT RESIDENTIAL USES. TABLE. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF PETERSBURG RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMIT RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OF A VACANT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 15 HENRY STREET. FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION WAS REVIEWED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND DENIED BECAUSE THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF THE PROPERTIES IN ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH UNDER ARTICLE 17 AND ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT REGULATIONS. SECTION TWO USE REGULATIONS WHICH STATE THAT A BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR USES THAT DO NOT INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL UNLESS THE DWELLING IS FOR A RESIDENT WATCHMAN. AND CARETAKERS EMPLOYED ON THE PREMISES. THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CONSIDERED PROCEEDING WITH THE REZONING OF THE AREA BECAUSE THE STRUCTURES WERE ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. THE PROCESS OF SINGLING OUT PARCELS FOR USE CLASSIFICATION, DIFFERENT FROM AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE BENEFIT OF A PARTICULAR OWNER IS SPOT ZONING AND PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN APPROXIMATELY 18 56 AS URBAN RESIDENTIAL AND IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CENTER HILL. LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, HIS OWN B TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ARE FIVE MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT. R 32 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTS DISTRICT B THREE CENTRAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THE 2014 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATED THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE. AH THE CITY PLANNING

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THESE ARE HOUSES AND DUPLEXES THAT WERE BUILT IN THE 18 FIFTIES SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES AS HOUSES. AND IT'S KIND OF STRANGE AND DUMB THAT, UM, IT'S THE HOUSE HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. IT CAN NO LONGER BE USED RESIDENTIAL E. SO THERE ARE ABANDONED HOUSES THERE AS WELL AS HOUSES THAT ARE BEING LIVED IN RIGHT NOW THAT IF IT'S NOT CHANGED, THEN THOSE OWNERS ALSO COULD. END UP NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEIR HOUSES BE HOUSES. UM NONE OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE OTHER. I'M SURE THAT MAYBE THERE WERE BUSINESSES THAT WERE KIND OF RUN OUT OF THEM. BUT THEY'VE ALL BEEN HOUSES. THERE'S NO UM UM BUSINESSES IN THE BOTTOM OR ANYTHING, SO IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. SO THAT THEN WHEN PEOPLE BUY THEM AS HOUSES, THEY CAN BE FIXED UP AND ARE NO LONGER BLIGHTED HOMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS RUDOLF. SORRY I MISSED A BARBER. RUDOLPH 16 75 . BERN STREET. I'M SORRY I MISSED THE BEGINNING AND I MISSED PART OF WHAT MICHELLE SAID. BUT JUST HAVING LOOKED AT THIS EARLIER. I ALSO ENDORSE THIS CHANGE. UM THE REZONING CHANGE NOW BECAUSE I THINK IT SAID THIS CHANGED IN 2014. BUT PRIOR TO 2014 I REMEMBER ONCE. GOOD OLD DAYS PRIOR TO 2000 AND EIGHT. LET'S SAY THAT AND WHEN REAL ESTATE TOOK A DIVE, BUT PRIOR TO 2000 AND EIGHT I LOOKED AT ONE OF THOSE. DUPLEX HOUSES THERE ON HENRY STREET. THERE'S SOMETHING TO WORK ON. DIDN'T BUY IT. BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW IT WAS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OR THAT'S HOW IT WAS BEING SOLD. ACTUALLY POST 2014. I KNOW OF SOMEBODY WHO WAS USING ONE OF THOSE HOUSES IN THAT BLOCK AS AT HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THEM ARE WONDERING ESTEEMED BUSINESS PEOPLE AND PETERSBURG. IT WAS DOING IT. BUT ANYWAY, I THINK TO MAKE EVERYTHING LEGAL AND FOR THE REASONS THAT MICHELLE STATED PLEASE MAKE THIS CHANGE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SAYING NO MORE HANDS IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT DISCUSSION PROMOTERS, THE COUNCIL COUNSELING COOPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I WONDER IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO, UH. DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES FACING BANK AND THE PROPERTIES FACE IN HENRY. HATE TWO. ZONE PROPERTY THAT WE WANT TO SEE PRESERVED. FOR USE THAT IT CANNOT SERVE. IT JUST CREATES AN INCENTIVE FOR DEMOLITION. AND I DON'T MEAN IMMEDIATELY. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS THIS IN MIND. BUT.

AND I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND B. THREE BEING THE PROPER ZONING FOR THOSE. HOUSES ARE SORRY FOR THOSE LOTS FACING BANK STREET. BUT I WONDER IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT FOR THE HOUSE IS FACING. HENRY IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK. THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DESIRE TO WIPE THAT BLOCK CLEAN. AND DO SOMETHING. MASSIVE. WHAT IF WE RE ZONED? AS PROPOSED THE LOTS

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I CAN'T HEAR YOU. I'M SORRY. UM THE REASON THAT THE B THREE CATEGORY WAS SELECTED IS BECAUSE THE B THREE DISTRICT UM. EXEMPTS PARKING, AS YOU CAN SEE THOSE LOTS DON'T ACCOMMODATE FOR DRIVEWAYS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. SO PARKING IS EXEMPT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE RB DISTRICT. BUT IF YOU CHOOSE THE RB DISTRICT OR ANY OTHER DISTRICT THEN WE HAVE TO, UM ACCOUNT FOR PARKING. OF THE LOTS AND B THREE IS THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT HAS AN EXEMPTION TOWARDS PARKING. WOULD YOU LIKE? GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. NO I JUST WAS SAYING, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT WE PRETTY MUCH SELECTED TO BE THREE ALSO TO BE THREE. WITH THE EXEMPTION OF THE PARKING, UA YOGA STUDIO OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, THEY WOULDN'T THEY STILL WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOME LOW SCALE COMMERCIAL NOW THE PROPERTIES THAT. OR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BANK STREET. THEIR M ONE. THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THE B THREE CLASSIFICATION, UM, FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. THE NORTH SIDE OF BANK STREET IS B THREE. AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY THAT CLASSIFICATION THREE MAKES GREAT SENSE TO ME ON THE. SO THIS SIDE OF BANK STREET AND. IT MAY BE THAT EXTENDING THAT DESIGNATE THAT ZONING DESIGNATION TO HENRY WILL NEVER CAUSE A PROBLEM. BUTR HISTORIC ZONING ORDINANCE TO PROTECT. THE BUILDINGS ALL BY ITSELF. IT NEEDS TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE USE ZONING. SO IS NOT TO CREATE MOTIVATION. TO SEEK DEMOLITION. AS WE ALL KNOW.

THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. ZONING DESIGNATION. IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE PROTECTION AGAINST DEMOLITION.

IT ALLOWS DEMOLITION. I EVEN IF PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH IS DENIED. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS GONE THROUGH CERTAIN HOOPS. OFFERED THE PROPERTY FOR SALE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

DEPENDENT ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, AND IF THERE'S NO BODY THAT COMES FORWARD TO BUY DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THEN THE OWNER IS FREE TO TEAR IT DOWN. CORRECT BUT ALSO NOT TO CUT ACROSS YOU, UM. IF A ANOTHER USE WERE IF THEY WERE TO TEAR THE PROPERTY DOWN, DEMOLISH IT.

THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE PARKING GUIDELINES ALSO IN THE REVIEW PROCESS. WELL AND THERE'S PARKING GARDEN LINES AND BE THREE OR NON EXISTENT. WELL THAT'S TRUE, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT IF IT IF IT REMAINED, I AM ONE OR B TWO CLASSIFICATION RB CLASSIFICATION, THE PARKING WOULD NEED TO BE IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. IN AN R V DESIGNATION OR THE SIDE PROPERTY, AND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THAT. IT'S A TOUGH ONE. I DON'T KNOW THAT I SEE A PERFECT SOLUTION. UH SOME OF THOSE HOUSES ARE OCCUPIED. NOW I BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE PARK ON THE STREET. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESIDING ON THE PREMISES TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF HENRY STREET THAT. THOSE PARCELS ARE ARE 32 FAMILY RESIDENTS DISTRICT AND THE PERSONS THAT CAME TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING, THEY WERE NOT IN OPPOSITION OF THEM, MAINTAINING THE RESIDENTIAL CARE. OR WHAT DO YOU THINK? OK ON BALANCE, MISS ROBINSON. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF AH! ZONING THE NORTH SIDE OF HENRY STREET R B. DO YOU SEE THE PLUSES OUTWEIGHING THE MINUSES OR THE MANUS IS OUTWEIGHING THE PLUSES. UM. I CAN'T CONCUR WITH THAT BECAUSE OF THE PARKING DILEMMA. IN THE RBG DISTRICT. THE PARKING HAS TO BE IN THE

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OH, I AGREE. BUT EVEN IF THE ARB DENIES WE'VE JUST GONE OVER THIS. IF THEY ARE BE DENIES, THE PERSON CAN STILL TEAR DOWN IF THEY OFFER IT FOR SALE, AND NOBODY COMES FORWARD TO BUY IT.

IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS OF THOSE STRUCTURES ALONG HIM RE STREET.

THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN DEMOLITION. WOAH I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE CURRENT. OKAY. I'M WORRIED ABOUT. I STILL SUPPORT THE B THREE WILTON OR, YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO SEES PETERSBURG IS A PROFIT CENTER AND NOT AS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE LOVE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

IS IT? I MOVE THAT WE ADOPTED PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. ALL RIGHT.

COSMO WESTBROOK. I'LL SECOND THAT MOST EMOTIONAL SECOND BACK TO COUNSELING COVER IF YOU WANT TO FINISH. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN IT. EVERYBODY LET'S HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION, I GUESS. OF AMONG FRIENDS. AH! DOES EVERYBODY SEE? THE ADVANTAGES TO BE THREE BEING GREATER. THEN THE ADVANTAGES OF RB AS FAR AS THE NORTH SIDE OF HENRY STREET IS CONCERNED. MR COUTINHO. LIKE I KNOW WOULD BE THREE YEARS. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE SECOND ONE FOR ME? R B. RB IS OFFICE APARTMENT IT ALLOWED OF AH, MULTIFAMILY. SO YOU COULD SAY IN A OF A DOUBLE TOURNAMENT YOU COULD HAVE AH! ON THE FIRST. ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND THE SECOND FLOOR, YOU WOULD HAVE A OF. AN APARTMENT ON EACH SIDE, AND YOU COULD ALSO HAVE AN APARTMENT IN THE BASEMENT. OR YOU COULD HAVEE IN THE BASEMENT. AH, BUT IT DOES NOT ALLOW RITA. GOT YOU IN, AND I BELIEVE I'M FAMILIAR WITH HENRY STREET. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE WERE SOME THAT HAD THREE APARTMENTS, BASEMENT, FIRST FLOOR, SECOND FLOOR AND WHERE I CAN PROBABLY, BUT BASICALLY, I GUESS TO BE THREE ALLOWS FOR IN AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I'M SANDRA. I THINK HER RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON PARKING. AND TO ALLOW FOR THAT PARKING BECAUSE B. I DON'T THINK THE RV WOULD ALLOW FOR PARKING WOULD BE THREE. I MEAN, I THINK RB REQUIRES PARKING, BUT THE B THREE DOES NOT REQUIRE PARKING.

SO IF SOMEONE WAS TO DO THREE APARTMENTS. ENGLAND AND RV. CHARLIE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO. IT WOULD NOT BE APPROVED BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES TO ALLOW. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SOMEWHAT? OKAY WELL, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. MISS ROBINSON. MAY I ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION? IS THERE AN OFF STREET? PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR PROPERTIES OWNED RB. SO IF IT'S ZONED R B AND IT'S OCCUPIED. IT COULD ONLY BE OCCUPIED. SORRY IT'S OCCUPIED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. IT COULD ONLY BE OCCUPIED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE IF THERE WERE OFF STREET PARKING SUPPLIED . IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT AND THAT ALSO BE PARKING? I GOT IT. THANK YOU. MR MAYOR. I'M READY TO VOTE. THANK YOU, OKAY. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CATHERINE BECAUSE BERT COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I ASK THE MEMBER MYERS CASTLE MEMBER WESTBROOK

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[9. Public Information Period]

BE SECOND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THEIR SIGN UP PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED A SIGN UP SHEET PLACED BY THE CLERK IN THE REAR OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE MEETING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ONE MISERABLE BARBARA RUDOLPH. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, RUDOLPH 16 75 MOUNT VERNON STREET. NOW YOU MAY HAVE WONDERED WHY I HAD SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT ALL THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY, BUT. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS MORNING GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY. I WAS LOOKING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL. THE ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY PREPARES IN ADVANCE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION.

WHICH IS GOING TO BE STARTING IN LESS THAN A MONTH. THIS IS THE LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER. I COULDN'T FIND IT ON THE AGENDA. I DIDN'T FIND IT IN THE 500 PAGE PLUS AGENDA PACKAGE. I REACHED OUT AND ASKED SOMEONE WHO TOLD ME THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO COUNSEL. I THINK A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THE VIRGINIA FIRST CITIES. LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S I MEAN, I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING I WAS TOLD. UM I FEEL LIKE YOU ALL COULD DO BETTER. OKAY? I MEAN, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, AND THERE WAS, UM. A PROPOSAL PACKAGE PUT TOGETHER I BELIEVE IN AUGUST AT THE TIME, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS HAVING A SPECIAL SESSION AND I THINK IT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY MS WILLIAMS THAT HAD A WHOLE LOT OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS ON THERE. UM SOME OF THOSE HAVE CHANGED, BUT I THOUGHT AT LEAST MAYBE THAT WAS GOING TO BE DUSTED OFF AND BROUGHT BACK BECAUSE THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. DON'T SEE THAT. I JUST I'M JUST PUZZLED WHY SOMETHING THAT EVEN YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST , I'VE BEEN CONCERNED BECAUSE WE COULDN'T PARTICIPATE. WE AS CITIZENS, BUT AT LEAST THERE WAS THERE WAS PRESENTATIONS AND IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND IT WAS NORMALLY DONE BEFORE DECEMBER.

CAUSE THIS IS, AS I SAID THE LAST MEETING THIS MONTH THE 11TH HOUR SO REALLY HAVE AH, A SERIOUS. QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHY SO LITTLE IS BEING SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC.

AND I'M GOING TO REVISIT ALSO THE BUDGET REPORTS. THE REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. OUR CASH FLOW REPORTS. THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT. I'M ASKING ABOUT BUDGET REVENUE VERSUS EXPENDITURE. THE LAST ONE I'VE SEEN POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE WAS FROM MARCH. THAT'S NINE MONTHS AGO. THERE AREN'T ANY REPORTS FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR. WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 22 NO REPORTS. SO.

I'M SORRY. I LIKE TO GET UP HERE AND SAY SOMETHING HAPPY AND COMPLIMENTARY. BUT I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU. RIGHT THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC INFORMATION

[10. Business or reports from the Mayor or other Members of City Council]

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TO THE IMPORTANCE OF. COLLECTING REVENUES THAT ARE OWED TO US NOW . IT MAY WELL BE THAT MANY OF THESE DOLLARS HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OFF. IF THAT'S THE CASE, SO BE IT. BUT WE NEED TO FACE THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION. NOW THERE'S A THIRD COMPONENT TO THIS MOTION AND THAT IS DIRECTING STAFF TO COLLECT THE DEFICIENCY OWING FOLLOWING ATTACKS SALE. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AS TO WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. LET'S SAY THE CITY IS OVER, OWED $30,000 AND WE SELL THE PROPERTY REAL ESTATE. LET ME BACK UP. LET'S SAY THE CITY IS OWED $30,000 IN PAST YOUR REAL ESTATE TAXES. AND LET'S SAY THIS. THE REAL ESTATE IS SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION AND IT BRINGS $15,000 WELL, THERE'S A $15,000 DEFICIENCY. WE ARE NOT PURSUING THAT $15,000 DEFICIENCY. I HAVE BEEN ASKING THAT THIS BE DONE FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL, AND I'VE GOTTEN GREAT LIP SERVICE AND I HAVE YET TO GET ANY ACTION. THIS IS MONEY THAT WE ARE LEAVING ON THE TABLE . IT'S MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT TO GOOD USE TO SERVE US CITIZENS AND WE NEED TO GO AFTER IT. SO THAT'S THE MOTIVATION BEHIND MY MOTION, AND I WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR A SECOND COVER. IF WE HAVE A SECOND COUNSELOR, MYERS. I'M A SECOND THIS WHERE YOU MR COVERED, BUT I NEED YOU DISCIPLINE SOMETHING TO ME, ALL RIGHT? I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING. SURE. SO I'M I'M JUST SEEING THIS MOTION, I GUESS. UM IT SAYS TO REDUCE PAST DUE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES TOOK.

CAN YOU READ IT TO HIS CLOSE TO ZERO AS FEASIBLE? ALL RIGHT. SO HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND? WE DO THAT? AGAIN WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. COUNCILMAN MYERS AND THAT'S WHY I PHRASE THIS IN TERMS OF. AH ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING US A PLAN TO DO THIS. I HAVE NO WAY OF MEASURING WHAT. CLOSE TO ZERO AS IS FEASIBLE REALLY MEANS. BUT I'M SURE THAT THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE HELP OF STAFF CAN UM COME UP WITH A NUMBER. LET ME LET ME ASK SO COUNCILMAN COULD BURN. SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL. NOW, AND I MIGHT BE OFF THE RAIL AND THAT SURE, BUT HAVEN'T WE HAD SEVERAL COMPANIES OR, UH ATTORNEYS OR COLLECTION AGENCIES? AND IT REACHED DOWN WHO SUPPOSEDLY BE COLLECTING THESE PAST TWO DOGS. I SEE YOU SMILING DOWN THERE ANE COMPANIES NOW AND DO WE IN THE CONTRACT? ENTER INTO A NEW CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS. WHO'S BEEN PROFICIENT AND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING OR WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THESE DOLLARS AND CENTS STILL PAST DUE IF THESE COMPANIES ARE SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE. THEY'RE GETTING THEIRS . BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING HOURS LUTELY. WELL YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT AT THE REASON I WAS SMILING IS THAT PERHAPS EVERYONE ON COUNCIL DOESN'T KNOW IT, AND PERHAPS EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE DOESN'T KNOW IT. BUT COUNCILMAN MYERS AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE. SEVERAL TIMES, AND WE ARE BOTH CONVINCED THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM AS TO WHAT THAT MORE SHOULD BE, UM. THE MOTION DELEGATES THAT DECISION TO THE CITY MANAGER AND ASKS HIM TO EMBED THAT SPECIFIC INTO HIS ACTION PLAN WITH A TIMETABLE AND IT MAY BE. THAT HIS RECOMMENDATION WILL BE THAT WE HIRE SOMEBODY WHO CAN, UH, PUT, UH. YOU KNOW, GETTING GARNISH WAGES AND THAT KIND OF THING. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, OR PERHAPS HE HAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF APPROACHING IT. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO ADOPT THE ACTION PLAN, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF WE DID HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S

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BECAUSE AT THIS TIME WE GET WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU WALK THESE UP HERE TO PRESENT THESE TO MISS JACKSON RIGHT HERE WHO IS GRADUATING? WITH HER BACHELOR'S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH THE 3.3. FIVE G P A. WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS THESE FLOWERS TO YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU. BY YOUR FEET BY YOUR FIANCE. CONGRATULATIONS. ON THE JOB WELL DONE. YES, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WONDERFUL. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU, JERRY IN FOR THAT APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, WAYNE. ALRIGHT NEXT BACK TO COUNCIL UNCUFF BIRTH. YES. THANK YOU. UM I WANT TO START LIGHT AND GET DOGGER IF I MAY ON LIGHT. YES, I'M AFRAID SO. ON LIGHT. I ENJOYED OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US. MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO ASK THE DEPARTMENT OF RECORDS. OR WHOEVER HE DEEMS APPROPRIATE. TO CONSIDER. ESTABLISHING A PURSE. YOU MIGHT SAY A PRIZE. FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BEST MARCHING BAND. AH MAYBE $1000. I'M NOT THINKING OF ANYTHING LAVISH, BUT I SUSPECT A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WOULD REALLY ENJOY PURSUING THAT GOAL. OF AND MAYBE THE BEST FLOAT. UM. I THINK MORE FLOATS AND MORE MARCHING BANDS WOULD, UM, GIVE UP THAT TALENTED TO OUR CHRISTMAS PARADE THAT IT DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE, ALTHOUGH, AS I SAY, I VERY MUCH ENJOY THE CHRISTMAS PARADE AND. APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT EVERYONE DOES TO GO. THAT GOES INTO THAT, AND I'M SURE IT'S NOT EASY. ALRIGHT SO THAT'S BRIGHT AND HAPPY. ALL RIGHT, LET ME SHIFT DOWN. UM. THERE'S A HECK OF A PROBLEM WITH TRASH PICKUP IN PETERSBURG AND I HAVE ONE CONSTITUENT WHO HAS ME ON HER SPEED DIAL. AND AH. YOU KNOW, I GET CALLS ALL THE TIME FROM HER BECAUSE THESE TRASH IS NOT BEING PICKED UP AND I DON'T BLAME HER FOR CALLING ME AND I PASSED THE CALL ON AND MESSINESS AND. HER TEAM. AH GET IT TAKEN CARE OF, BUT IT REALLY OUGHT NOT TO BE ON A KIND OF ON CALL BASIS . IT OUGHT TO BE AUTOMATIC WHEN I WAS LEAVING FOR THIS MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. OH I LOOKED IN MY GREEN TRASH CAN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PICKED UP LAST TUESDAY, AND IT WAS STILL FILLED WITH RECYCLABLE TRASH. UM AS I GOT TO THE END OF THE STREET, I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE TRASH TRUCK WAS PICKING IT UP. SO THEY WERE A WEEK LATE, BUT THEY GOT IT DONE NOW. THIS ILLUSTRATES THE DIS ADVANTAGE OF WORKING

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THEY'RE NOT. OUR EMPLOYEES ARE THE EMPLOYEES OF A TRASH AUTHORITY. AND WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE TRASH AUTHORITY, BUT WE CANNOT FIRE THEM. SO WHILE I AM A BIG BELIEVER IN REGIONAL, UM, SHARING OF EXPENSES AND US UNDERSTAND THE ADVANTAGES OF THAT. I THINK THE PROBLEM THAT CONTINUES TO RECUR WITH TRASH PICKUP ILLUSTRATES THAT THERE ARE SOME DISADVANTAGES. NOW LET ME GO EVEN DARKER, YOU MIGHT SAY AND THAT IS, UM I'M GOING TO ASK MISS JACKSON. IF SHE WOULD PASS THIS PAPER. LET ME HAVE ONE BACK IF I MAY. THIS PAPER BACK, AND I'D LIKE MR VAN VORHEES TO PUT THIS UP ON THE SCREEN. UM THIS IS A REPORT ON THE STANDARD OF S O. L SCORES. BY SCHOOL IN PETERSBURG AS OF THIS SPRING, OBTAINED THIS LAST FRIDAY FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.

NOW MAKING THESE COMMENTS IS NOT INTENDED BY ME TO BEAT UP ON ANYBODY OR BE CRITICAL OF THEM IN A MEAN KIND OF WAY. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL REALIZE THAT WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTE CRISIS IN EDUCATION HERE IN PETERSBURG. AND THAT CRISIS AFFECT YOUNG LIVES, AND IT AFFECTS WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR YOUNG LIVES AS THEY MATURE. AND SO WE CANNOT TURN A BLIND ART OF THIS, BUT LET'S JUST GO OVER IT FOR A MINUTE. ALRIGHT FIRST SCHOOL ON THE LIST C S E S. THAT'S COOL SPRINGS ELEMENT. SORRY. SEE. YES CS CS COOL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

UM YOU KNOW, THESE NUMBERS ARE IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, THE NUMBER THAT PAIRS THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO PASSED WHO TOOK THE TEST? A LOT OF THE STUDENTS DIDN'T TAKE THE TEST. THEY WERE AT HOME. WHATEVER. BUT LET'S JUST TAKE READING AT THE THIRD GRADE. ONLY NINE OUT OF 32. OR READING AT THE STANDARD OF LEARNING LEVEL. THE REST WERE NOT AND WHO KNOWS ABOUT THOSE THAT WERE NOT TESTED. AND SIMILAR. NOW THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO READ THIS CHART . YOU CAN PUT IT TOGETHER FOR YOURSELF, AND I WON'T DWELL ON IT. BUT NONE OF THESE NUMBERS IS GOOD. NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF. NOW OUR MONEY CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS. LEARNING DEFICIENCIES RELATED TO UM COVID. AND I HOPE THAT WE SEE A GOOD BIT OF THAT NOW. UM THE TOPIC RECENTLY CAME UP WHETHER THIS IS ANY OF THIS OF UM CITY COUNCIL'S BUSINESS, OR IS IT TOTALLY THE SCHOOL BOARDS BUSINESS? WELL, UM, POINT TO THIS MORNING'S RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH FRONT PAGE. RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL AGAIN DELAYS ITS VOTE TO FUND NEW WITH HER. SAYS HE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW. GEORGE WITH HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN DELAYED AGAIN AFTER THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY VOTED TO DELAY A $7.3 MILLION TRANSFER. AH! IN THE CITY SCHOOL DIVISION. SO. CITY COUNCIL HAS CONTROL OVER FUNDING TO SOME EXTENT. AND IN MY VIEW, THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENT TO PETERSBURG'S PROGRESS. IS THE POOR QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION THAT THE AVERAGE STUDENT RECEIVES IN THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AS I SAY. I'M NOT HAPPY TO SAY THAT. I WANT TO SEE EVERYONE SUCCEED.

AND THAT IS REALLY THE MOTIVATION FOR MY BRINGING THIS TO COUNSEL'S ATTENTION INTO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COUPLER NEXT, COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TOO. EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

AND IF I DON'T SEE YOU ANYMORE, HAVE A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY HOLIDAY. I WANTED TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY IF HE COULD LOOK INTO. THE LEGALITIES OF CLOSING THE HOPE SOME OF THE HOTELS AND PETERS HOTEL MOTEL HOLIDAY AND THEY USED TO CALL. AND PETERSBURG. THOSE WHO ARE.

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SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE PROCESS AND, UM HOW MUCH IS HELPED HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE WE LOOKING AT? AND ETCETERA. NOW, UM. I DIDN'T HAVE IT ON MY LIST. BUT SINCE MR CUTLER BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. UM AND I DID LIKE HIS IDEA, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER ONE CHRISTMAS PARADE. TO HAVE MULTIPLE CHRISTMAS PARADES DIVIDES THE CITY. IT DIVIDES US PUTS US AT DIFFERENT ENDS PUTS ONE CHRISTMAS PARADE AT THIS END OF THE CITY AND ONE CHRISTMAS PARADED THAT END OF THE CITY. CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR TOGETHERNESS. CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR LOVE. CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME FOR US DOING THINGS IN A IN A MANNER THAT SHOWS WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARADE ON SOUTH CRATER ROLE.

WHICH IS THE ROLE THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD TAKE. TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL. WHERE REALLY PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER. I KNOW WE STILL HAVE THE HIGHWAY TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL. BUT IF YOU'RE ON CRATER ROAD. LET'S SAY YOU HAD ROSES AND YOU NEED TO GET TO SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL AND A HURRY.

THAT PARADE IS BLOCKING YOU. YOU'RE PUTTING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DANGER. THERE'S A HOUSING AREA RIGHT BEHIND. USED TO BE SHOWN AS IT'S CALLED DRIVE TIME. IF THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY AND COME OUT. WE'VE BEEN BLOCKED IN. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO CONSIDER FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'S JUST A DANGEROUS WAY TO KEEP HAVING THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. AND IF WE DO MOVE IT, I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER US DOING ONE BIG PARADE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND NOT TOO BAD WHEN ANOTHER. AND THE LAST THING I THINK, UNLESS I THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE IS. IT IS TIME FOR COUNSEL TO DO IS SIX MONTHS EVALUATION. FOR OUR NEW CITY MANAGER IN JANUARY WHEN WE COME BACK. THANK YOU. NEXT MOVE ON TO COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. ALL RIGHT, UM. FIRST

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BUT I CAN GO AHEAD AND START OFF. MY FIRST ONE IS AS MY FIRST MONTH IS BEING COMPLETED ON CITY COUNCIL . UM I WANTED TO START OUT WITH A POEM FROM ONE OF MY MORE HOUSE. MENTORS MENTEES. WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT BENJAMIN E. MAYS AND IT'S ABOUT A MINUTE AND THE STATES I ONLY HAVE A MINUTE ONLY 60 SECONDS IN IT FORCED UPON. YOU CAN'T REFUSE. IT DIDN'T SEEK. IT DIDN'T CHOOSE IT, BUT IT'S UP FOR ME TO USE IT. I'M GONNA SUFFER IF I LOSE IT. GIVE ACCOUNT IF I ABUSE IT JUST A TINY LITTLE MINUTE, BUT ETERNITY, ISN'T IT? UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT MY SERVICE HERE ON CITY COUNCIL IS ONLY FOR A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. AND I JUST PLAN ON DOING THE BEST I CAN TO SERVE WHAT SEVEN AND SERVED THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT. BUT I HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS AND JUST THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED IN THE FIRST MONTH AS I MOVED FROM A CITIZEN TO A SERVICE OF PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND IT'S UM UNITY. UM. PETERSBURG WE KNOW WE'RE A FAMILY IF YOU GREW UP AROUND HERE, IF YOU DIDN'T GROW UP AROUND HERE, YOU PROBABLY HEARD HOW WE STICK TOGETHER. I DON'T WANT TO PULL INTO ANYTHING NEGATIVE, BUT YOU KNOW WE FIGHT AMONGST EACH OTHER, BUT WE DEFINITELY STICK TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE TO FIGHT. ANY OR OR BATTLE OR COMPETE AGAINST ANYBODY ELSE. AND I WANT TO SEE PETERSBURG BE ONE OF THE ELITE CITIES IN IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, IF NOT THE COUNTRY, BUT TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO SHOW UNITY. AND I'M LOOKING OUT RIGHT NOW. AND JUST LIKE AS I SEE THE, UM, THE PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT STILL SITTING TOGETHER. UM I SEE A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AS WE GET TOGETHER. I SAW THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS MONTH. AH POLICE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE ALL HAVE OUR SEPARATE ENTITIES. BUT I FEEL LIKE THE MORE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PRACTICE UNITY AND COME TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF PETERSBURG. PUTTING OUR PETTY DIFFERENCES ASIDE. AND REALLY, JUST DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS AREA. I THINK THAT WE REALLY CAN MOVE PETERSBURG FORWARD AND CONTINUE TO BIG BALANCE AND LEAPS WITH THAT. SO I PULLED UP A LITTLE REPORT THAT I GOT FROM AUGUST 13TH 2012 11 STEPS. TO CREATE UNITY AND LOYALTY, AND YOU CAN GO READ THE REST OF IT IF YOU LIKE, BUT THE FOUR OF THEM TO GO BACK REAL QUICK. UM ALBUMS GOING HARDER AND AMOUNT AND STILL A STRONG BELIEF IN FAMILY AND UNITY. I'M A FAMILY PERSON. I THINK MOST OF THEM MY COUNCIL MEMBERS UP HERE. WE DO STRESS FAMILY, BUT PETERSBURG IS A FAMILY. AND WE NEED TO, UH, JUST AGAIN ACT A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH LOVING NATURE HEARD SOME OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID, UM, UM TODAY HOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY MANAGER, MR TERRELL, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND, UM WE TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR CLOSED SESSIONS. JUST HIRING PEOPLE WITH. THAT REALLY KNOW THE JOB AND THEY DON'T NEED TRAINING THIS STOP BEING A TRAINING GROUND, SO WE REALLY WANT TO PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE THAT WE CAN REALLY MOVE THESE DEPARTMENTS FORWARD AND NOT LEAVING STAGNANT, CONSTANTLY COMMUNICATE WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO IT ON FACEBOOK, WHICH I'M NOT A FAN OF ON THE INTERNET, BUT DON'T JUST THOSE STONES AND HIDE YOUR HANDS, COME OUT TO THESE MEETINGS AND SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC. HEARING IF YOU REALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT PETERSBURG, UM, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THE COUNCILMAN'S TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT REALLY GET, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT WE ONLY ARE ONE ENTITY BUT WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST. BUT WE ALL HAVE A PART TO PLAY AND THEN CREATE AN AVERAGE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE WORKED THROUGH ADVERSITY BECAUSE , AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THIS MEETING AND PROBABLY PREVIOUS MEETINGS BEFORE I WAS UP HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF ADVERSITY THAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET. AROUND GET OVER AND GET PAST BUT WE CAN'T DO IT.

GO READ THE OTHER SEVEN. IF YOU LIKE. MOVING ON. NEXT. MY NEXT POINT IS URGENCY. WHEREAS I CALLED OUT THE CITY OFFICIALS ON UNITY AND JUST DISPLAYING THAT IN PUBLIC, UM THE URGENCY IS FOR YOU, THE COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. UM PER SE RIGHT AWAY TODAY IF SOMEBODY CAME UP HERE AND SAID, HEY, I WANT A CHICK FILET OFF SQUIRREL LEVEL ROLE BECAUSE WE NEED MORE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS ON THE WEST END OF PETERSBURG. WE CAN'T MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT CHICK FIL A TO START BEING BUILT TOMORROW, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IS START TO HELP OUT YOUR OWN WARD YOUR OWN COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. DO YOUR. JOB DO WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN SERVICE AND I CALL OUT LIBERAL TOTALITY BECAUSE AS, UMH COUNCILMAN MUSCLE, SMITH SAID, UM THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH SOME OF THE HOTELS. BUT INSTEAD OF ALWAYS COMPLAINING, SHE'S ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND, HELPING OUT WITH HER NONPROFIT, LENDING , HELPING HANDS AND WANNA SHOT HER OUT FOR HAVING AN EVENT COMING UP THIS SUNDAY FROM 1 TO 4, BUT SHE'S GIFTING UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN, TOYS,

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WE'VE HELPED. WE WOULDN'T TALK TO THE PETERSBURG BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM AND HAD A PREGAME MYLAN DEVOTION WITH THEM . WE CONSTANTLY CLEAN UP THE AREA OF ROUTE 36 RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO UNDER THE UNDERPASS BY WOODS. AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. WE HAVE THAT SPOT TO BE CONSTANTLY CLEAN UP AS YOU GOING TOWARDS FORT LEE. WE ASSISTED PLEASANTLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND ALSO TO THROW THAT TO MR KUPFERBERG. WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH LITERACY. WE HAVE AN ASSAULT ON LITERACY PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE'RE READING TO THESE STUDENTS, AND WE'RE REALLY JUST DOING. THAT THAT GROUND WORK. UM YOU KNOW, WE PARTICIPATE WITH THE SCHOOLS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRESS PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE FIRST ONES I DID I FELT WAS APPOINTED LAST MONTH WAS GO OUT AND HELP GIVE OUT SHOES WITH THE HOPE. MM PROJECT. HOPE WE GIVE OUT TURKEY BASKETS ARE THANKSGIVING BASKETS AND CHRISTMAS BASKETS WE HELP OUT WITH CARES. WE'RE DOING THOSE THINGS THAT WE STILL HAVE OTHER EVENTS. SO JUST HAVE SOME URGENCY, IF YOUR POSITION IS NOT TO BE A POLITICIAN IS NOT TO BE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL STILL HELP OUT TO COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU ARE, INSTEAD OF JUST COMPLAINING. UM, NEXT. AND I CLOSED WITH BACK TO UNITY. AND I BROKE THAT DOWN TO SAY YOU AND I TOGETHER. YES FOR THE SAKE OF PETERSBURG. I'VE LEARNED QUICKLY IN THIS MONTH. SOMETHING I TEACH MY STUDENTS. IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE. OBJECTIVE IS WHEN YOU KNOW YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE THE FACTS.

YOU GOTTA CUT THROUGH RACIAL LINES, CLASS LINES, WEALTH LINES AND REALLY SAY, WHAT ARE THE FACTS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED? WHAT ARE THE POINTS? AND IS IT FOR THE GOOD BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SUBJECTIVE NATURE, WHICH IS VERY BIASED AND EMOTIONAL. AND MY GOAL IS HOPEFULLY IS NOT TO BE SAYING THAT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING. IT'S ABOUT WHAT SEVEN AND THE RESIDENTS THAT I CAN GET OUT THERE AND MEET OVER THESE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THIS IS THEIR VOICE WHEN I'M UP HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. AND THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE. AND NOT JUST WITH ARNOLD WESTBROOK JR. THE MORE IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT WHAT'S EVIDENCE ABOUT THE GREATER GOOD OF PETERSBURG. I REALLY THINK. THAT THEN I WILL BE SERVICING MY COMMUNITY. AND UM, I GO WITH THAT, AS WELL WITH MOST ORGANIZATIONS DO A COLOR PERSONALITY TESTS AND THE MAJOR 34 COLORS. EXCUSE ME. I'M BLUE, ORANGE, RED, YELLOW AND GREEN.

AND YOU KNOW, DO IT YOURSELF AND FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU ARE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN PLAY YOUR PART BECAUSE THE BLUE PEOPLE ARE CONSTRUCTIVE AND STRUCTURE THAT IS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY. AND I THINK I'M LIKE A BLUE PERSON. SO AS I GET UP HERE WITH AS MR. HOWARD MR MYERS HAS SAID COUNCILMAN MYERS THIS CIRCUS SHOW, I THINK YOU SAY LESS. I FORGET HIS EXACT WORDS.

IT'S ON RECORD, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO COME IN HERE AND PLAY MY PART TO SAY HEY, UH, HOW CAN I HELP GET THE VOICE OF MR CUPBOARD OUT? IF HE IF HE HAS A POINT THAT I AGREE WITH THAT, UH MAYBE HE JUST NEEDS SOMEBODY ELSE OR HOW CAN I WORK WITH MAYOR PAM TO AGAIN PLAY MY PART FOR WARD SEVEN. UM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ALL THE NUMBERS. UM YOU MIGHT BE AN ORANGE OR RED PERSON WHERE YOU COULD REALLY CARE LESS ABOUT FUN. YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE THE NUMBERS AND THE FACTS AND YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE BUDGET REPORTS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. WE ALL HAVE A PART TO PLAY. SOME PEOPLE ARE GREEN, WHETHER IT JUST BALANCED AND PRACTICAL. WHAT COLOR ARE YOU? AND ONCE WE GET THERE AGAIN? THERE IS NO I IN TEAM BUT THERE IS A HIGH IN UNITY AND I THINK THAT WE ALL WANT TO BE ON THE WINNING TEAM OF PETERSBURG BEING SUCCESSFUL, BEING PROSPEROUS AND REALLY BEING FORWARD THINKING, UM, SO ARE YOU WILLING TO PLAY A PART IN PETERSBURG'S RENAISSANCE? IF SO, COME UP WITH IDEALISTIC. I IDENTIFY REALISTIC PROBLEMS AND PROVIDE SOLUTIONS AND GET ON BOARD WITH THE UNITY AND URGENCY THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS PETERSBURG RENAISSANCE. UM NEXT, AND I CLOSED WITH MARY CHRISTMAS HAPPY KWANZA. HAPPY HANUKKAH. FELIZ NAVIDAD.

WHATEVER IS YOUR PRESENCE. PLEASE BE HEALTHY, HAPPY AND EXCITED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF GREATNESS IN 2022. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU NEXT TO MOVE ON TO A COUNSELOR, MARIO. YES SIR. MR MAN AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE AND SEASON'S GREETINGS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU. FINALLY I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY TONIGHT. BEEN SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. UM I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT . UM COVID 19 POP UP VACCINATION CLINIC WILL BE AT GUILTY OF BAPTIST CHURCH ON 12 1920 21. AT 209 PERIODS STREET. 12 P.M. TO THREE P.M. SO THEY HAVE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON MATURE ENOUGH PFIZER BOOSTER AVAILABLE AND THE CHARLES CITY MEDICAL GROUP IS

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FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. UM IF YOU SAVE $500. AND EARN $4000 TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF YOUR FIRST HOME WITH VITA. SO UM IT SAYS, ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR VITA? AND IF YOU CAN ANSWER YES TO THE FOLLOWING. YOU COULD BE ELIGIBLE , AND THAT SAYS TO BE 18 YEARS OR OLDER, U. S CITIZEN OR LEGAL RESIDENT THAT LIVES IN VIRGINIA , MEET HOUSEHOLD INCOME REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE EARNED INCOME FROM EMPLOYMENT OR SELF EMPLOYMENT. SO THERE IS A SEMINAR COME SEE US ON DECEMBER 16TH AT PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE. YEAH FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS MAIN OFFICE AT 1 10 WAGNER ROAD. AT SIX PM THEY CAN TALK TO YOU AND HELP YOU. SEEK. HOME OWNERSHIP. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF, AND I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR. AND I AND THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP FOR A LONG TIME. I MEAN, RENT IS FINE. AND OWNING YOUR OWN AND BUILDING YOUR FINANCIAL WEALTH IS EVEN BETTER. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM MAYOR TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH I'M ALWAYS PROUD OF HIM. BUT I WANT TO LEAD INTO THIS BILL BACK BETTER. GRAND THAT HE HELPED US TO GET HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND MR MAYOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT? LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. JUST HONORED TO SERVE COUNSELOR MYERS. UM YOU KNOW, I JUST PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.

PHARMACEUTICAL ACCELERATED PROGRAM. AND REPRESENTING THE PETER'S VERY RICHMOND REGION. UM WE APPLIED FOR THE $100 MILLION FOR THE BUILD BACK BETTER PROGRAM, AND WE JUST GOT NEWS YESTERDAY THAT WE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AS A. FINALISTS FOR THE BIG PART OF 100 MILLION.

SO WE MADE UM 500,000 IN THIS FIRST ROUND, SO WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH, UM. PROJECTS FROM ALL 50 STATES. IT WAS OVER 500 PLUS PROJECTS AND NOW WE WANTED TO FIND OUT THE FINAL 60. SO STAY OPTIMISTIC STATE PRAYER FOR KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT THAT WE MAKE THE TOP 20, WHICH WILL ALL GET. THE $100 MILLION AND THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP US WITH OUR ISSUES WE HAVE WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND POOR POOR CREEK. AND SPENT AND EXPAND OUT THE IMPACT FLOW, AND CIVICA WOULD MAKE US THAT MUCH CLOSER TO SOLVING ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS NOT JUST.

FOR IMPACT, BUT FOR THEIR WHOLE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY, WHICH WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. SO UM, HEAD OF MEETING TODAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK WHEN I WAS HERE WITH YOU GUYS, BUT I WOULD CATCH UP AND ONE THING, MR TERRELL. WE WANT TO GET WITH YOU REAL SOON BECAUSE THE NEXT PHASE WE HAVE TO GET MORE INTO THE DETAIL OF WHAT IT TAKES. INFRASTRUCTURE WISE, UM ARE WE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH YOU TO GET WITH MR BAEZ AS WELL TO GET THOSE UTILITY EXPENSES DOWN TO THE PENNY AND. THIS 500,000 TO HELP US DRILL DOWN ON THAT AND BE ABLE TO REALLY COMPETE FOR THE BIG PART, AND I'M EXCITED.

PETERSBURG IS ON THE RISE. YES SIR. AND I'M READY TO PASS IT ON . BUT I GOT TO SAVE MY LAST. YOU KNOW HOW I AM KIND OF SORT OF OUTSPOKEN, I GUESS SOMETIMES DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, CHARLIE. UM BUT I HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS LONG WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT YOU KNOW? SOME THINGS JUST BOTHER ME OVER THE YEARS AND I'M TRYING TO LET IT GO. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE MAYOR'S EFFORTS ARE AND WHAT THE MAYOR DOES, IT'S NOT SIMPLY CEREMONIAL. AND IT GETS SO TIRED OF HEARING THAT FROM PEOPLE. AND THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT SOMEONE PUTS INTO WHAT THEY DO HERE. YES I CAN SHOW UP IN A MEETING ON TUESDAY OR EVERY TWO TUESDAYS, BUT HE SHOWS UP TO 50 MEETINGS. I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET UP AT FIVE IN THE MORNING HAVE TO DRESS. AND THEN YOU GOT TO GO TO WORK.

THEN YOU GOT TO DRESS AGAIN AND YOU GOT TO GO TO WORK AGAIN. AND YOU DON'T GET HOME TO 12 IN THE MORNING. YOU UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK , SO YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO GIVE OWNERS TO THE MAYOR AND SAY THEN THANK YOU AGAIN. BUT DOING WHAT YOU DO. OKAY? THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU DO, BECAUSE LORD KNOWS YOU AND I GOT BEAT UP PRETTY BADLY FOR DOING WHAT WE DO. AND SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR

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THANK YOU. ARE WE? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, UM, WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A BLESSED NEW YEAR AND THEN. HAPPY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS. COUPLE OF THINGS VERY QUICKLY, UM. WE WE ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE TO THE CITY MANAGER AND I GUESS TO, I GUESS THERE'S A GO TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TWO MAYBE. OUR POLICE CHIEF. I'M NOT SURE. ABOUT. I WAS IN THE POST OFFICE THE OTHER DAY, AND I SAW A SIGN AND IT HAD NO FIREARMS ALLOWED. BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY IN OUR FACILITIES AS OF YET. SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE UP IMMEDIATELY. AND A CITY HALL. HERE. IN THIS FACILITY RIGHT HERE. AH AND, UH, FINANCIAL BUILDING. UH AND YOU KNOW, JUST OUR BUILDINGS. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ON THE STREETS. UM WE HAVE HAD SOME EVENTS AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING UP AS WELL. AND MAYBE THEY ARE UP. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I HADN'T SEEN HIM. AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO WE DID PASS AN ORDINANCE FOR THAT. SO I KNOW THIS SOUNDS. DON'T TAKE. THEY'RE NOT THAT DEEP TO MAKE, SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE UP LIKE ASAP BECAUSE PEOPLE OFTEN ACCESS WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE CRIME? WE KNOW OUR ARMS CAN ONLY REACH BUT SO FAR, YOU KNOW, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR PART AS OPPOSED TO CRIME. ALSO, UM. I HOPE THAT WE'RE ON SCHEDULE WITH THE SCHEDULE. OTHER. LEAF REMOVAL.

UH IN MY WARD. I THINK IT'S COMING TO AN END. BUT I STILL SEE A LOT OF, UH, LEAVES IN WAR TWO. SO OUR LIFE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE EFFORTS DONE BEFORE THE SNOW STARS THAT COME WITH OUR DREAMS WILL BE FILLED UP. ALSO ON HOLLY HERE DRAFT. THANK YOU FOR THE SIGN THAT YOU PUT IN, BUT THE SIGN IS FACING COMING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS OPPOSED TO GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SIGN THAT ARE IT TAKES THE SPEED SO I NEEDED ON THE RIGHT SIDE. AS YOU COME INTO HARDLY HEAR DRIVE NOT ONLY LEFT SIDE AS YOU'RE GOING INTO HOLLY HERE DRAFT, SO JUST NEED TO PUT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, PLEASE, AND ALSO THIS SPEED GAUGE IS NOT WORKING.

SO WE NEED SOMEONE TO CHECK THAT. BUT THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT UP THERE, BUT IT'S ON THE WRONG SIDE BECAUSE YOU PUT IT ON COMING OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I NEED TO STOP PEOPLE FROM SPEEDING AS THEY'RE GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANNA THANK YOU. GOD. FIRST OF ALL GOD. I WANT TO THANK THIS COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS I WANT THANK THE STAFF AND DEPARTMENT HIS ADMINISTRATION FOR GREAT, SUCCESSFUL YEAR. THIS YEAR WE'VE COME WE'VE HAD I THINK TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT. UD BOND INCREASES IN ONE YEAR WE HAVE DONE THINGS THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED, UH, IN THIS YEAR , UH, THAT A LOT OF CITIES ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT IT. SO WHAT'S GOING ON IN PETERSBURG AND I SAY LESS? MEETING THAT WE NEED TO STAY READY SO WE WON'T HAVE TO GET READY. HAVE A LOT OF EXCITING. DEVELOPMENTS COMING TO OUR CITY, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, OR WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE THE BEST OF THE BEST WHEN I TRYING TO SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRE, UH. OUR OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER IN OUR CITY MANAGER. THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A TEAM THAT THEY CAN BE PROUD OF, AND THAT WE COULD BE PROUD OF. SO IF WE HAVE OPENNESS AND CERTAIN AREAS AND YOU, YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. THEY MAY WANT MAY WANT TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT, UH, WITH THE CITY. WE ASKED THEM TO PUT IN FOR IT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN. UM, MYU KNOW, WITH ALL THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT THIS COMING TO THE CITY. THAT WE WON'T BE READY TO ABSORB IF YOU GO OVER TO MY WARD AND PARTICULARLY IN THE HOMES THAT ARE BEING SOLD. THE RYAN HOMES ARE PUTTING UP IF YOU RIDE THROUGH ALL OF THE LOTS. MOST OF ALL OF THEM ARE ALREADY SOLD, AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN BUILT YET. SO THERE IS A AND EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. SO I JUST WANT US TO JUST KEEP ON WITH THIS MOMENTUM. WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NAYSAYERS AND. SOMETIMES I TEND TO PUSH YOU SO WE JUST CAN'T GET BOGGED DOWN WITH THAT. WE JUST GOT TO

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LIKE, TAKE CARE OF HOME. LIKE, TAKE CARE OF JARED. KEEP KEEP EVERYBODY STRAIGHT TO DO YOUR THING. SO WE REALLY PROUD OF YOU AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND. KEEP ON TO GET THAT MASTERS AND GET THEIR DOCTORS OR OR, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS PUSH YOU FOR LAW SCHOOL BECAUSE WITH WITH WITH WHAT YOU DO HERE FOR US TO YOU ALWAYS CANNOT PROVIDE US, UH SOME SOME GOOD. LEGAL ADVICE TO BACK UP MR WILLIAMS AS WELL. SO I WOULD SAY, LIKE MR WILLIAMS SIDE OUT AS A POLICE OFFICER, AND THEY LOOK AT THE REASON THE DIRTY SO SOME SERVICE JACKSON LIKE YOU, THE CLERK THERE. YOU GET TO BE AN ATTORNEY ONE DAY TOO, OKAY? ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT MOVE TO NUMBER 11 ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. NO ITEMS. ITEM. 12 FINANCING BUDGET REPORT. NO ITEMS. 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. NO ITEMS. WE'RE MOVING BACK TO ITEM. 14 NEW BUSINESS, MR. COONS. WE'VE GOT TO GIVE YOU

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SO MUCH ALRIGHT. MOST SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS WILL OPEN THE FLOOR.

STANNY COMMENT ON THE. APPROPRIATIONS 830,000 OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SAYING NINE. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROW. REMEMBER KOZBERG COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS CALCIUM NUMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY PERN MOTIONS PASSED NEXUS ITEM 14 B THIS ANOTHER ONE FOR MR COONS HERE. CONSIDERATION OF THE PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT STRICT, EASY PLAN. YOU KNOW MOST TO ADOPT A PLAN. COUNCILMAN MYERS ALRIGHT, MOTION. COUNCILMAN HILL SECOND, MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROW GAS MEMBER CUFF BERT CAST MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I CAN'T REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, HAMMERSMITH FLEE THEIR PERM MOTIONS PASSED. THANK YOU, MR COATS AND LIKE, AND THE REST OF OUR TRANSIT STAFF. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK ALL OUR VISITORS WERE COMING. APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT. NEXT MOVE ON ITEM. SEE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND PB PETERSBURG ONLY LLC FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 14 VACANT CITY OWNED PARCELS LOCATED IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. SO MOVED MOST OF THE COUNCIL MYERS. LIKES MAYOR SMITH LEE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBERT NO. GAZZA MEMBER, WILSON SMITH KNOW THAT SOME OF THE MYERS UH, CASTLE MEMBER WESTBROOK, THANKS. CAST MEMBER HILL. ALL RIGHT. AS MORE SMOOTHLY. FIVE. VAMPIRE MOTIONS PASS. NEXT MOVE ON ITEM D CONSIDERATION WILL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGED TO EXECUTE THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH SPIRO ADRIA'S GENIUS AND BACILLUS, A JEWEL GAYNESS FOR THE LEAST PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 29. OF MARKET ST PETERSBURG. ALL RIGHT. TO MOVE. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN HILL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SECOND, CONGRESSMAN MYERS. ANY DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SAYING NINE MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER KOZBERG GAS SIMMER BILL WILSON SMITH. I. GAS. SOME OF THEM MYERS? YES. CAST MEMBER WESTBROOK. UH, REMEMBER HERE. VICE VERY SWIFTLY , MAYOR PER ALRIGHT MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT AS ITEM E

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IT'S WELL KNOWN. VISITORS ARE COMFORTABLE ON OLD STREET. I'M OPENING UP A SHOPPING MALL STREET MYSELF AND I SEE PEOPLE ARE VERY AT HOME ON OLD STREET, SO THEY LIKE THAT STREET. IT'LL GIVE US MORE VISIBILITY. IT WILL BENEFIT THE LONG TIME AND EVEN NEW STOREFRONT CULTURE ALONG OLD STREET. WE THINK, BECAUSE CONSISTENCY AS WELL BEING REGULAR AND RELIABLE WILL HELP DRAW PEOPLE TO OLD TOWN. ALL OF THIS, OF COURSE, WILL HELP TO INCREASE CUSTOMER AWARENESS OF WHAT OLD TOWN HAS TO OFFER, NOT EVEN JUST THE BUSINESS BUT THE HISTORY OF THE MOVIES THAT HAVE BEEN SHOT THAT THERE'S A LOT TO COME SEE AND TALK ABOUT. WE THINK IT WILL PROMOTE GREATER INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY, BOTH FOR THE CITY AND LOCAL BUSINESSES AND VENDORS. SO PART OF THE PLAN WOULD INVOLVE AN AGGRESSIVE AND REGULAR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVES OF PETERSBURG AND HAVING GROWN UP IN PETERSBURG. NORMALLY, I ALWAYS HEAR BAD THINGS ON THE NEWS AND ON THE RADIO. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS.

PETERSBURG HAS TO OFFER. SO WE HOPE TO OFFER RESIDENTS A FAMILY FRIENDLY COMMUNITY EVENT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS IN THE HEART OF OLD TOWN. WE WANT TO ROTATE SPECIAL EVENTS HAVE COMMUNITY GAMES LIKE CHESS BOARDS. THOSE LARGE CHECKERBOARDS THAT YOU SEE ALL ALONG THE STREET, A LIVE PUBLIC ART PAINTING ON THE STREET. IN LIVE PUBLIC MUSIC. WE HOPE TO HAVE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 VENDORS ALONG THE STREET PER WEEK. GOING TO ROTATE THAT MUSICAL TALENT BANDS WE COULD HAVE PERFORMERS OPEN MIC IN COMMUNITY JAM SESSIONS. NOW HERE'S WHERE WE REALLY NEED THE CITY'S HELPING US WITH LOGISTICS. OF COURSE, MAIN ST PETERSBURG WILL MANAGE THE

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WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT MARKETING MUST BE A LARGE PART OF THIS PLAN SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE EVENTS AND THEY'RE AWARE OF IT. ASIDE THOUGH, FROM THE ADDED REVENUE TO LOCAL BUSINESSES. THE POSITIVE PUBLICITY THERE'S A MORE FUNDAMENTAL BENEFIT. OF THAT IRREGULAR EVENT LIKE THIS CAN BRING TO THE COMMUNITY. I FOUND IT INTERESTING. ARTICLE ABOUT THESE TYPES OF FESTIVALS IN CITIES. AND THIS IS WHAT IT HAD TO SAY. AND I THINK IT FITS PETERSBURG PERFECTLY. FESTIVALS CREATE EXCITING SPACES TO EXPERIENCE ART, MUSIC, CULTURE AND FILM. AT THEIR BEST, THEY PERFORM A TRANSFORMATIVE ROLE IN SOCIETY, CELEBRATING TRADITIONS AND POWERFULLY EXPRESSING THE MEANINGS THAT PLACES HOLD FOR PEOPLE. FESTIVALS CAN DISRUPT ESTABLISHED WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT HERITAGE. TAKING PLACE IN STREETS, PUBS, RAILWAY ARCHES, HOUSES, BOATS AND DOORSTEPS.

THEY CAN HELP RESIDENTS ENGAGING WITH THE PAST. AND IMAGINE THE FUTURE. AND WHAT BETTER PLACE TO DO THAT? THEN PETERSBURG. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCIL ADMIRES. YES, UM. RECITE TO US. AND I DON'T HAVE MUCH HEAT IN FRONT OF ME AND I APOLOGIZE. WHO'S GOING TO FUND THIS? WE'RE HOPING THE CITY MAY HELP US FUND THIS. WELL. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE OFF THE STREET, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS IS GOING TO BE EVERY FRIDAY. BETWEEN APRIL AND OCTOBER. AND SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT MARIA'S RESTAURANT AND. AND THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER RESTAURANTS STAND THERE. THAT CONRAD CAN'T YOU, CONRAD? YEAH SO HOW IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT THEM? AND YOU'RE ASKING US TO MAKE SURE THE STREETS ARE CLEAR? UH, ENFORCEMENT. AND THOSE THINGS AND. AND I HAVE TO BRING UP AGAIN THAT NOT THAT I DON'T LIKE YOUR IDEA. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A PROPOSAL ON WHAT NOT A PROPOSAL TO YOU. WE ALREADY HAVE. DAVE MCCORMICK, WHO HAS LEASED PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING ALL OF THIS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. HOW IS THIS GOING TO ENHANCE WHAT IT IS THAT HE'S DOING? AND ALSO MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE USE OF CITY TAX DOLLARS TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE STREET WHEN WE JUST GOT OUT OF THE SITUATION THAT HAS CAUSED MAJOR PROBLEMS. WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS TO BUSINESSES, AND NOT ON THAT FIRE LANE ACCESS OR SAFETY ACCESS. SO. THAT'S AND THEN YOU'RE ASKING THE CITY TO FUND SUCH AN ENTITY. WHEN WE JUST DISSOLVED ONE. PART OF IT IS BEING TEMPORARY, NOT PERMANENT INSTALLATION JUST ON THOSE FRIDAYS, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T BE AS. HUGELY IMPACTFUL AS THE SYCAMORE SQUARE WAS BECAUSE THAT WAS A PERMANENT FIXTURE THERE ON THE STREET. KOCH BUT YOU'RE TALKING EVERY FRIDAY WHERE THERE'S SOME PERMANENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOW THE STREET WAS CLOSED ON SYCAMORE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ASKING CITY STAFF AND CITY FUNDS. TO BE UTILIZED EACH AND EVERY FRIDAY TO ENFORCE THE MOVING OF CARDS TO ENFORCE THE CLOSING OF THE STREETS. THEIR MOBILITY ISSUES. THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THAT. I'M NOT ASKED. I'M NOT TRYING TO DESTROY WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY. BUT I'M

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HAVE YOU GOT ANY FEET? FEEDBACK FROM THEM, TOO? MM FROM THE RESTAURANTS DOWN THERE. YOU HAVE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKING TO FOLKS AND I HAVE NOT HEARD WHAT THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT POSITIVE. BUT WE KNOW THAT MARIA'S MADE MASON HAPPY ABOUT AND WOULD WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO USING LIKE A CITY SPACE, TOO. UM TO HOST THE EVENT THAT THEN TO KEEP THE STREETS OPEN. WE'RE OPEN TO ANYTHING THAT CAN MAKE. BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, BE MORE OPEN AND BE OBVIOUS THAT HERE, OKAY, THERE'S WHERE THE FESTIVAL IS NOT IN A DARK CORNER, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND FIGURING OUT THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY TO DO THIS. GREAT I THINK WE JUST JUST NEED TO WORK OUT THE LOCATION FOR AND I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL CITY ASSESSED AS DOWN THERE. I DON'T KNOW. FOR SOME REASON I'M THINKING ABOUT. ON ON FRIDAYS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT LIGHT BEHIND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF WHERE MOST OF THE POLICE CAR SAID I WAS WONDERING ON FRIDAYS. COULD WE USE THAT AND MAKE IT MORE OF A. COMMUNITY EVENT RIGHT THERE AT THE POLICE STATION. ANYTHING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN CITY, UM AND, UH POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE A GREAT EVENT AND. TRAFFIC AND FLOW. PEOPLE CAN SEE IF PEOPLE CAN STOP BY. AND YET YOU ALSO STILL HAVE THE. THE BUZZ OF WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN AND WIDE OPEN SPACE, AND IT'S AWARE OF VISITING. IT'S VERY VISIBLE. SO UM, MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AS A POSSIBLE. UM OPTION FOR IT. COUNCILMAN WILL SMITH. THANK YOU, UM AT TWO. THANK YOU. IDEAS ARE VERY GOOD ONE. AND I THINK IT WOULD DO WONDERS FOR THE CITY. THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU HAVE LISTED UNDER PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY BEFORE I GET TO THAT. I WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER. ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A STUDY OR SOMETHING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF DOWNTOWN? AND DOES THIS FALL INTO IT? YES AH, DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. UNTIL MASTER PLAN IS IN THE WORKS.

WE'RE GOING OUT WITH AN R F Q SOON. VERY SOON AND NEXT WEEK. SO DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WOULD.

KEY ELEMENTS OF IT ARE TRAFFIC FLOW A OPEN PUBLIC. AND OPEN PUBLIC SPACE COMMUNITY SPACE FOR THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. WHAT TYPE OF EVENTS WHAT WHAT TYPE OF DOWNTOWN BY TOTALITY. VIBRANCY WE WANT WHAT SORT OF EVENTS WE WANT TO ATTRACT FESTIVALS, MUSIC. I WOULD PERSONALLY LIKE TO SEE THE DOWNTOWN BECOME THE CENTER. OF THE HUB OF TALLIT, E THAT THEN? RIPPLES OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT YES, THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. WILL GOVERN SPATE USE OF SPACE PARKING TRAFFIC COMMUNITY SPACE , ANY SORT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT WE CAN DO TO APPROVE THE

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THE APPLICATION. ALL THESE DETAILS PUT IN THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT APPLICATION. SUMMER'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. NOW IS THE TIME TO BE IN MOVING ON THIS UM NATIONAL VAN PERMITS WERE USED FOR. SEASON AND SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR THINKING. YOU CAN PUT ALL THOSE DETAILS. LOCATION YOUR IDEA INTO THAT WHICH THEN THEY CAN PULL UP AND LOOK AT EASILY OKAY? UM. AND LOOKING AT THE LIST. UHH YOU NEED NEW PARKING SIGNS SO THAT WOULD COME FROM THE CITY. YOU NEED THE STREET CLOSED OFF. THIS CITY WOULD DO THAT. SUDANESE TO PUT UP AND TAKE DOWN BARRICADES.

SAID HE WILL NEED TO SET OUT AND TAKE UP FOLDING PICNIC TABLES. SO THAT MAYBE OVER TIME FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO DO THAT. WE WILL NEED THE CITY TO CONDUCT PARKING ENFORCEMENT AND TOWING ON EVENT NIGHTS, WHICH WOULD BE PROBABLY OVER TIME AND PROBABLY MORE POLICE. MADE THE CITY TO APPROVE A LARGE CDG B C D B G. FUNDING PACKAGE TO COVER ADVERTISING, MANAGEMENT AND MUSIC. UM. THERE'S A CODE THAT WE USE FOR CDBG FUNDS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY GAVE YOU WRECK THAT COLDER. OKAY YOU MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT'S PRIORITIZED. UM AS TO WHAT YOU DO WITH THE WITH THOSE FUNDS, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WOULD REALLY BEYOND THE HANDLE IT HIGH ON THE LIST. WE WILL NEED THE CITY TO INCREASE TRASH PICKUP ALONG OLD STREET. STORAGE SPACE , DESTROYED TABLES AND STAGE EQUIPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OR SOUTH SAD DEPOT. AGAIN YOUR IDEA IS A GOOD ONE. SO DON'T LET GO OF THE IDEA. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE PROCESS OF THE CITY MANAGER LOOKING AT HOW TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN THAT YOUR IDEA? WOULD REALLY. ASSIST WITH WHAT HE'S DOING. TWO. TO GET IT DONE. UM DIFFERENT IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. BECAUSE THIS PUTS IN MY OPINION, THIS IS JUST MY OPINION. THIS PUTS A LOT ON CITY AND CITY STAFF. ON A CITY HAS ALREADY STRUCK STAFFED. AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALREADY SHORT STAFFED. AND WE CAN'T SHUT DOWN ONE STREET FOR SAFETY REASONS, WHICH WAS BLOCKED OFF WITH TABLES AND PICNIC TABLES AND EVERYTHING AND THEN TURN THEM AND MAKE THAT DISBAND. AND THEN TRYING TO ROUND AND BLOCK OFF ANOTHER STREET. WITH THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO BE CONSISTENT IN HOW WE SEE THINGS IN THE MANNER THAT WE'RE DOING IT. SO THOSE ARE JUST MY POINTERS ON YOUR VERY GOOD IDEA. I HOPE I'M NOT DISCOURAGING YOU BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. BUT I HAD READ THROUGH THIS VERY CAREFULLY AND THAT BUT THIS IS A LOT UM WITH THE CITY TO TAKE ONE CITY MANAGER. I HOPE AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN. ANOTHER PROCESS. MAYBE THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. OUR THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MAYA. YES AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT I'M TRYING TO DISCOURAGE YOU EITHER. BUT THE YOUNG LADY BACK THERE IN THE BACK OF THE MASK ON THE PINK . I THINK THIS PINK BACK THERE. THAT'S JOIN WILLIAMS. YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HER, OKAY? YEAH AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. IT JUST GETS US TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES WERE HAPPY WITH THAT. AND SO I'M THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT.

WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. I THINK WHATEVER WE DO TOGETHER WILL BE GOOD FOR THE CITY AND THE CITIZEN. YES ABSOLUTELY. AND WE THANK YOU, TOO, FOR PRESENTING AND WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT HER, BUT LESS LESS WORK TO SEE IF WE CAN WORK OUT THE WHOLE LOCATION PIECE. AND LIKE COUNSELOR, MAYER SAID. WE GET WITH MISS WILLIAMS AND UM AND ALSO WITH. THE CITY MANAGER, AND WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT AND MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. WELL, ALRIGHT. NEXT IS THE ITEM F CONSIDERATION OF LIBRARY. VIRGINIA OPERA SUB GRANT APPROPRIATION AMOUNT OF $21,471 FOR THE PETER'S VERY PUBLIC LIBRARY. SECOND READING. COUNCIL AND MEYERS. DON'T MOVE.

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COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. VICE MAYOR SMITH LI HAI MAYOR BYRNE MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT IS ITEM G A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZING THE HISTORIC POSTCARDS SIGNS IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AREA AS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES AND APPROVING THEIR INSTALLATION. MS. FROM MR TABLE COUNCILOR MINE. WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA MOVE. YES SO MOVED.

ALRIGHT. SECOND, UM. COUNCILWOMAN SMITH. UM SMITH GETTING TIRED SECOND. ALL RIGHT, THANKS. AT THIS PART TIME, MADAM CRAZY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. JASMINE BECAUSE, BERT, I'M STAYING. CASTLE MEMBER WASN'T SPARED. I CAST MEMBER MYERS CAST MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. I. VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY ALRIGHT, MAYOR BYRNE MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT IS ITEM 15 CITY

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WE'VE ALREADY MET TWICE. THE NEXT MEETING IS HERE IN THE LIBRARY. JANUARY 7TH AT 10 A.M.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE PETERSBURG YOUTH INTERVENTION TASK FORCE. MEETS THIS FRIDAY, RIGHT HERE.

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WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR VACANCIES. THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME TO BE HERE. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WE PROMOTED FROM WITHIN. IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR WILL BE ANNOUNCED. SOON INTERVIEWS ARE SCHEDULED THIS WEEK FOR HUMAN RESOURCES. PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS. THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DISTRIBUTED A MEMO ON HER ALLEGED LEGISLATIVE REQUEST TO THE STRAIGHT. IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, I HAVE A COPY HERE. AND. WE'VE MET WITH OUR NEW DELEGATE TO DISCUSS OUR GOALS. SO. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A VERY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH. AH, THE STARS ARE LINING THE STATE.

IS INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET THEM. AND BRING MORE RESOURCES TO THIS COMMUNITY. MISCELLANEOUS. HEALTH CARE CONCERNS ME FOR STAFF. THE COST OF THIS. IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE'RE GOING TO HIRE HEALTHCARE AGENT PROPOSALS WILL BE COMING IN THIS MONTH. THE AGENTS. PRIMARY MISSION WILL BE TO ASSIST AND REDUCING REDUCING HEALTH CARE COSTS. THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN TO HELP RESOLVE THESE DOWNTOWN ISSUES.

SUCH AS PARKING TRAFFIC FLOW AESTHETICS. COMMON COMMUNAL SPACE FOR FESTIVALS. ALL ALL STEMS FROM A GUIDING VISION THROUGH A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN. WE DID NOT GET THE STATE GRANT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO USE OUR MONEY TO PROCEED WITH THAT. WAGE STUDY. IT'S TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT WAGES. THEY ARE FQ. SET TO GO OUT THIS WEEK. IN THE END, THE GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DISEQUILIBRIUM. SO WE CAN HAVE MORE EQUITY WITHIN DEPARTMENTS AND WITH THE SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS NOW I WANT TO BE CAREFUL. I DO NOT WANT TO OVER PROMISE THAT THERE WILL BE WAGE INCREASES. IMMEDIATELY I'M JUST SAYING, I KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE AND WE NEED TO AH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE. THE MOST RECENT AUDIT ONCE IT COMES IN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN'T AFFORD. AND WHAT WE CAN DO. SO I KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE TO THE STAFF WHO ARE LISTENING. AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. I'M JUST NOT GOING TO PROMISE YOU UNTIL I'VE LOOKED AT THE AUDIT AND HAVE A BETTER FEEL FORD OUR FINANCIAL POSITION BEFORE I MAKE A PROMISE, BUT I DO KNOW IT IS AN ISSUE AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. JUST NEED TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE TAXPAYERS MONEY. AND I NEED TO SEE THE MOST RECENT AUDIT. BEFORE I CAN. MAKE ANY SOLID PROMISES ON THE OKAY? AH NEXT UP, I WORKS. THIS IS THE COMMUNITY ISSUE TRACKING SYSTEM SET FOR IMPLEMENTATION. NEXT MONTH. IS THAT CORRECT? MRS ENNIS? YES. A DEMONSTRATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE CODE OFFICIAL AT THE JANUARY MEETING. ONE THING I'M TRYING TO DO HERE IS IMPLEMENTS SYSTEM PROCESSES, SO THINGS AREN'T STARTING AND STOPPING THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENT . THERE'S A PROCESS A LOGICAL FLOW. AND PROCESS THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE TRACKING ISSUES AND MONITORING THEM FROM NOTICE OF VIOLATION THROUGH COURT CASE. UNTIL THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED. DON'T WANT INFORMATION FLOW TO BE SITTING ON ONE PERSON'S COMPUTER. AND IN, UH, STAGNATE STAGNATING THERE, IT MUST FLOW TO AN EFFICIENT PROCESS. I'M TRYING TO IMPLEMENE CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS A SHOULD BE AN EXCELLENT STEP. CANCEL

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AND ONE THING I'M TRYING TO BRING TO THIS ORGANIZATION IS AN ORGANIZATION FLOWS BY COMMUNICATION. AND THE TRUST BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. AH AS THEY CONVEY THAT INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GETTING RELIABLE INFORMATION. I'M A MANAGER OF INFORMATION FROM YOU. AND THEN I KNOW WHAT PROBLEMS YOU'RE ASKING ME TO SOLVE AND YOUR PARTICULAR WARS. SO I WANNA I WANNA MOVE A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM ALL THIS EMAIL WORLD. THAT WE'RE IN EMAILS CAN BE MISINTERPRETED AND REALLY ONLY USEFUL FOR, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF BASIC INFORMATION. BUT NOT FOR COMMUNICATION. IT'S JUST ONE TOOL. LET'S GET BACK TO IN PERSON OR PHONE MEETINGS, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THAT WORKS STARTING IN JANUARY. CHRISTMAS I WOULD LIKE TO WERE I DON'T THINK. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE STAFF TRYING TO PROTECT THEM FROM COVID. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WELL WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH DARPA, BUT ALSO I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEM A HALF DAY AN ADDITIONAL HALF DAY ON DECEMBER 22. IN ADDITION, AH TO THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OTHER DAY. ALRIGHT MR WHERE WE HAVE A MOTION COUNCILOR MYERS. YES, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE GIVE VERY EMPLOYEES. A OFF ON DECEMBER 20. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR HERE. WE HAVE A SECOND A COUNSELOR HERE, MADAM, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER COACH, BERT NO.

WAIT A MINUTE. THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON THE 23RD. THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON THE 24TH. WE'RE GIVING THEM HALF OFF ON THE 22ND . YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PART HALF OF THE 20 SECONDS WILL BE CHRISTMAS PARTY. I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO SOME WORK AROUND HERE. I'M SORRY. IF THE CITY MANAGES OLD SCHOOL, LET ME TELL YOU HE'S GOT COMPANY. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. REMIND YOU THAT EVERYBODY IS NOW IN THE OFFICE. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY MORE REMOTE WORKING OR ANY OF THAT, AND OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CASTLE MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY. THEY'RE PERN HIGH MOTION HAS PASSED CHRISTMAS. PARTICULARLY YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING THIS POST THANKSGIVING SPIKE. THIS DOES CONCERN ME. SO AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME WRAP UP. OKAY WE'RE AT THE END OF, UH, A, UH, CALENDAR YEAR AND ALSO MY SIX MONTHS HERE BEEN VERY EXCITING. I THINK I FEEL LIKE I'VE HAD MORE. UM ACCOMPLISHMENT IN MY SIX MONTH HERE THAN AND PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AND MANY MY PREVIOUS JOBS. WE'LL DISCUSS IF YOU AGREE JANUARY BUT ANYWAY, LET'S LET'S

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ALL RIGHT, SO THE LONG TERM STRATEGIES MOVING THE CITY FORWARD. I WANT TO START AS MOVING MORE TO THE BIGGER PICTURE STRATEGIES. THIS CAME OUT AT THEIR RETREAT. PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR PLAN OF ACTION IS. NOW YOU'RE VISION ADOPTED VISION IS. FALLS FOUR ELEMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, GOOD GOVERNANCE, CELEBRATE PETERSBURG. WE CELEBRATED PETERSBURG AT THE OUTSET OF THIS MESSAGE AND. WITH SOME OF MR COUNCILMAN MEYER'S COMMENTS. SO, SO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT STRATEGIES. I WANT TO START RIOTING LONG TERM STRATEGIES. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE SUCCESSES AND DEFEATS. TACTICALLY. AS LONG AS YOU'RE PURSUING THE RIGHT LONG TERM STRATEGY, YOU WILL BE VICTORIOUS. IN THE END. IT'S CLEAR THAT LEADERSHIP REQUIRES STRATEGIES. SO LET'S RUN THROUGH 10 THAT I WANT TO BEGIN THE NEW YEAR. STAFF DEVELOPMENT. THIS WOULD INCLUDE KEY ELEMENTS CAREER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING.

PROMOTION. PERFORMANCE REVIEW WELLNESS AND HEALTH. WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE INTERVIEWS IN THE HR DIRECTOR POSITION. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. A LOT OF DISCUSSION IS OCCURRING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN, BUT WE NEED ONE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. INCLUDING THE PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER, BUT ALL ELEMENTS OF THE CITY. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. OKAY WE NEED CLEAR NEIGHBORHOOD. EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES. THIS IS COMING UP WITH PETERSBURG RISING AND THE INTERVENTION YOUTH INTERVENTION. WE NEED TO BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITIES. I'VE GOT A MAP OF THE MOLOCH MY WALL AND I WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND CONDUCT A LISTENING TOUR. BUT WE NEED A STRATEGY. UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION STRATEGY. WATER, SEWER STORM DRAINAGE. OVERCOMING POVERTY. I WANT TO FOCUS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES RAMPING UP OR OUR CITIZENS GETTING THOSE JOBS. THAT'S A BARRISTER HIGH CONCERN OF MINE. I DON'T WANT SOMEONE FROM GERMANY COMING OVER AND GETTING THESE JOBS. I WANT OUR CITIZENS TO GET THEM. PARKS AND RECREATION STRATEGY. RIGHT NOW, I'M OUTSOURCING THIS. AH TO THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT. BUT, UM. PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THAT. NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION, INCLUDING DEBRIS CLEANUP, OKAY, WE NEED WORK. THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE THAT WE NEED A GUIDING STRATEGY. AFFORDABLE MARKET HOUSING. STRATEGY. WE NEED A CLEAR STRATEGY WE KNOW WE REACT TO THESE DEVELOPERS COME IN HERE. QUESTING THIS REQUESTING THAT WHAT'S THE GUIDING STRATEGY? WHAT? WHAT ARE OUR INCENTIVES LAID OUT CLEARLY TO IMPLEMENT THAT? WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE? WHAT'S THE RIGHT. AH MIX OF HOUSING AFFORDABLE MARKET THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. RATHER THAN REACTING TO DEVELOPERS COME IN HERE. LET'S TAKE THE LEAD AND PROVIDE A STRATEGY TO WHICH THEY CAN APPLY. SO WE'RE CONSISTENT IN WHAT WE SAY TO ALL DEVELOPERS. OVERCOMING BLIGHT AND DILAPIDATED HOUSING. TOURISM. IN MARKETING STRATEGY. THERE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON HERE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE STORY. AND THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME THINKING AND STRATEGY. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT I'M. INTENDING TO DO IN THE NEW YEAR. ALL RIGHT. AH, ANY. WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON UM, COUNCILOR CUPBOARDS MEMO IF NOT, I WILL PROCEED. GERMANY QUESTIONS, SIR.

OKAY, COUNSELOR, COOPER. CAN YOU PULL THAT UP, MR VAN VOORHEES? HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. OKAY.

UM SO DEPOT RIGHT. WHAT'S NEXT? CAN WE PULL THIS FULL OF THE MEMO? LET ME JUST SO EVERYONE CAN SEE IT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY? WELL. I CAN READ THIS, BUT LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE THERE WERE

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OKAY ALL RIGHT. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? SMART FAULT? NO, I'M SURE THE MEMO WILL DO THE JOB. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ANY OF THESE ITEMS, SIR? NO, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO I'VE SENT THIS OUT, ALL OF YOU. I THINK THREE OR FOUR DAYS AGO. IN YOUR EMAIL. BUT ALL YOUR ALL YOUR ANSWERS, ARE THERE, ALL RIGHT? THERE'S JUST. I WANT TO THANK MISS IN THIS FOR HELPING COMPILE THAT. WELL, I WAS AWAY ON A FAMILY ILLNESS. OKAY? SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO AH! I'M GOING TO DISCUSS. ARPAIO WITH OUR AUDITOR . IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THESE EMAIL THEM TO ME. AND I WILL BRING THOSE UP AT THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR RIVERA. ANY OTHER QUESTION? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE WANT YOUR

[16. Business or reports from the Clerk]

[Additional Item]

1000 BIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK SECOND EMOTION. THE SECOND. MADAM COLLECTOR. YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. MR MAYOR. YES I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE SEEM TO VACILLATE. I'LL LEGISLATIVE. STRATEGY A YEAR AGO WAS HAVE ONE ITEM AND THAT WAS THE TOBACCO COMMISSION. AND TRY TO GET OURSELVES TO BE A MEMBER, AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE REASONING WAS THAT IF WE JUST HAD ONE ITEM. WE COULD FOCUS OFF FIREPOWER ON IT AND HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS.

LOOKS LIKE IN THE IN THE FOLLOWING 12 MONTHS. WE'VE TAKEN KIND OF 180 DEGREES AND DECIDE GO AFTER EVERYTHING. I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS TRAIN IS ROLLING. I'LL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, BUT WE KIND OF NEED TO GET OFF. NO, WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONSISTENT. EXPLAIN EXPLAIN THAT COUNCILMAN CUSTOMER THIS IS THIS IS A SPECIAL YEAR AND THAT'S WHY I AM PUTTING FORTH OUR NEEDS LIST BECAUSE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL STILL HAVE A BILLION DOLLARS IN RECOVERY FUNDS TO ALLOCATE. AND THEY'VE GOT $2 BILLION IN SURPLUS, SO THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR THAT YOU DO WANT TO GIVE THEM YOUR ENTIRE NEEDS LESS. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. MADAM CLICKS YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ASTHMA BECAUSE BERT UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I CASTLE MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILLS ABSENT VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY PERN MOTIONS

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