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GERMAN. THIS SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION MEETING IS ADJOURNED. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 15TH 2022 HERE AT PETERSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY.
[1. Roll Call]
WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. NEXT, MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILMAN BECAUSE BERT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH HERE , COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS CASTLE MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL BY SENATOR SMITH LEE PRESIDENT, MAYOR PERM. HERE.THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM TO PRAYER AND COUNSELING HERE WILL LEAD US IN THE OPENING PRAYER.
LET US PRAY. I GOT IN OUR FATHERS ONCE AGAIN. WE COME BEFORE YOU HAVING YOUR FATHER.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, PAUL THAT MANY GIFTS AND BLESSINGS YOU BESTOWED UPON US. LORD WE ACCEPT SPECIAL BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING HEAVENLY FATHER BE WITH US THAT WE MAY LEAD THIS CITY TO HIGHER HEIGHTS AND DEEPER DEPTHS. HAVING A FATHER. WE ACTUALLY SPECIAL BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL HAVING A FATHER THAT YOU WILL GIVE US WISDOM FROM ONE HAVE WISDOM FROM SOLOMON. DON'T WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON OUR CITIZENS WERE ACTUALLY A BLESSING THE PUN FIRST RESPONDERS, LORD, WE'RE ACTUALLY BLESSED UPON OUR ADMINISTRATION HAPPENING, FATHER THAT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER IN UNITY. LORD WE ASK SPECIAL BLESSING UPON TRICYCLE WHISTON SMITH AND HER FAMILY IN THE LOSS OF HER MOTHER. HAVING YOUR FATHER WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD HOLD HER HAND HAPPENING, FATHER THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS HER AND HER FAMILY IN A SPECIAL WAY. WHAT WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP HER AND KEEP HER. HER FAMILY IS IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. I'M ASKING EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STAYING. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NEXT IS
[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]
[5. Proclamations/Recognitions/Presentation of Ceremonial Proclamations]
ITEM FOUR DETERMINATION OF PRESIDENT OF QUORUM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM ITEM FRIED PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS PRESENTATIONS OF CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS EARLIER , WE RECOGNIZE OUR RESOLUTION FOR PETERSBURG HIGH. SCHOOL. BASKETBALL TEAM 2021, THE REGION CHAMPS AND ALSO STATE RUNNER UP[6. Responses to Previous Public Information Posted]
, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE GUYS AGAIN. WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, UM NEXT IS ITEMS. SIX RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. UP THOSE ARE UNDER COUNCIL COMMUNICATES, WHICH IS[7. Approval of Consent Agenda (to include minutes of previous meetings):]
ONLINE. THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS . NEXT WE GO TO ITEMS SEVEN, WHICH IS A PROVEN TO CONSENT AGENDA TO INCLUDE A MINUTES FEBRUARY 22ND 2022 CLOSED SESSION. FEBRUARY, 22ND. 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. WATCH 1ST 2022 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ITEM B CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION ORDERS OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC SECTION JOINT PLAYER DEVELOPMENT AND JUNIOR GOLF COMMITTEE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3000 1ST READING ITEMS, SEE REQUEST TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF NAMING A PRAVASTATIN EAT CIVIC AWAY. AT THE REQUEST OF FLOW CORPORATION. ITEMS 70 CONSIDERATION TO APPROPRIATE $9760.88. RECEIVED FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENT , EQUALITY FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG'S LITTER PREVENTION AND RECYCLING PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST 2021 TO JUNE 30TH 2022 1ST READING THOSE THAT ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA ENTERTAINING MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN HILL. MOVE THAT WE ACCEPTED. CONSIDER GENDER AS RED. COUNCILOR MYERS. SECOND MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER COMFORT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I CASTLE MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, CASTLE MEMBER HILL VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY MARY PINE.[8. Official Public Hearings]
HI. OCEANS PASSED. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT. OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM EIGHT. A REQUEST TO AMEND SECTION ONE. OH 6-14 PERMANENT BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. RIGHT, MR GORDON EAR. GOOD AFTERNOON. YES.AND THIS PAST YEAR WE RAN INTO THE SITUATION WHERE JUST BEFORE ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS RESIGNED. AND WE DO HAVE TO HAVE ALL THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. SO THE STATE DOES HAVE DOES ALLOW JURISDICTIONS THE OPTION. TO CREATE AN ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER AS 1/4 MEMBER WHO CAN THEN PARTICIPATE IF ONE OF THE THREE REGULAR MEMBERS CANNOT, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO BETTER OPERATE OUR BOARD OF
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EQUALIZATION. THANK YOU, MR GORDON HERE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY COMMENTS ON THE PERMANENT BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. AMENDING SECTION 16. THAT'S 14.RIGHT? COMICS SEEING NINE. THIS PUBLIC INFANT THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILOR MYERS SO MOVED COUNCILMAN HERE. SUCK IT. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER HERBERT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL OF THE WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. ALRIGHT, BYE, SMEAR. SMITH LEE I, MAYOR PERKINS. HI MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT ITEM MAY BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE.
AMENDING THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 801 SOUTH ADAMS STREET TAX PARCEL, 0313.
00002 FROM RB OFFICE APARTMENT DISTRICT TO IT MAKES D THREE MICS USE DISTRICT, MR TABOR.
HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AND ONE SOUTH ADAMS STREET FROM OUR B TWO M XD THREE. THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDED THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ADD THE MX D THREE DISTRICT, WHICH MUST CONTAIN 10 ACRES WITH USE IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. AND COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING AND FUTURE LAND USE IS THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ESTABLISH HIS OWN. AH ZONING DESIGNATION APPROPRIATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESS. BUSINESSES WITHIN THE NEW PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER. THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 801. SOUTH ADAMS STREET HAS REMAINED VACANT SINCE 2013 WHEN THE FORMER MEDICAL CENTER WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY. PERMITTED USES IN THE 63 DISTRICT INCLUDE OFFICE CLINIC CLINICS, COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS AND USES THAT ARE NOT RESIDENTIAL AND OBJECTIONABLE USES ONLY WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED THE REZONING. THEN VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. FOREIGN ORDERS TO REZONED. THE 801 SOUTH ADDRESS. STREET PROPERTY FROM RB. FROM OFFICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED TWO MX D THREE. MAKES USE DISTRICT IN THE HANDS FOR THE PUBLIC AREA. ON THE ZONING CHANGE. RIGHT. CNN IS PROBABLY HERE IN HIS CLOTHES. NEXT. I HAVE DISCUSSION. REMEMBER THE COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN COVER. I'M THE. A MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED AND AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH, SECOND ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILMAN RECOVERED. AH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I COUNSEL NUMBER, MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL VICE MAYOR SMITH FULLY PERM MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT THIS ITEM EIGHT C. A PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATING 3,672,400. AND FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN ACT. FOR THE COVID 19 SIPPEL UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT, MR WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING. THE MAYOR, VICE ME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IMAGINE MM YEAH. THIS ITEM IS TO DISCUSS. MUNICIPAL UTILITY RELIEF THAT. WAS RECEIVED BY THE CITY OF BY THE CITY OF PETERSBURG ON FEBRUARY FOUR. LAST MEETING. WE HAD A REQUEST FOR PUBLIC USE.
AND THIS. THIS REQUEST IS FOR THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS THE. APPROPRIATE IN THE $3.6 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVE. ALRIGHT THIS IS PUBLIC HEARINGS . SO WE ARE OPEN UP THE FLOOR NOW FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,672 454,051 CENT. THROUGH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN ACT FOR COVID 19. AND THAT'S WHAT
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UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, MR FLEMING. THE MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, JEFF LEMON, 18 19 CHOCOLATE TRUCK AVENUE, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY RELIEF. WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES? ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY ASSESS ASSIST PEOPLE WITH HIS MONEY? ARE PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE 96 MONTHS, 90 DAYS TO SIX MONTHS BEHIND. IS A CITY GOING TO REACH OUT TO THESE PEOPLE, AND THIS IS GIVEN TO US FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THAT PURPOSE. PERHAPS WE CAN JUST START PULLING THE MOST NEEDY PEOPLE RIGHT OFF THE LIST AND PAY IT OUT, RIGHT? I'D LIKE TO REALLY SEE THIS MONEY BEING USED FOR WHAT IT'S MEANT FOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SEEING NO OTHER HANDS THAT'S PROBABLY HEARING HIS CLOTHES. MR WILLIAMS. YOU WENT TO ADDRESS THAT ONE QUESTION ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT TO, UM OKAY. YES. OKAY, SO WILL BE APPLIED FOR THE RELIEF. WE APPLIED FOR IT. WE REWARDED TO RELIEF. AND SO THE CRITERIA WAS SPECIFICALLY. TO ASSIST THOSE RESIDENTIAL, UH, CUSTOMERS THAT WERE. IN THE RIVER EDGES OF 60 DAYS OR MORE. BETWEEN THE DATES OF MARCH OF 2020. IN AUGUST 31ST OF 2021, SO THOSE THAT WERE AT LEAST 60 DAYS OR MORE. IN ARREARS. THOSE WERE THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT WERE THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED AND RECEIVED A RELIEF. SO WITHOUT THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS HAVING TO DO ANYTHING. WE WENT THROUGH THE INFORMATION. IN THE UTILITY BUILDING SYSTEM. WE WORKED WITH B A WE TALKED. I TALKED WITH. STANDS ANDERSON AS WELL AS I FINISHED FINANCIAL ADVISORS, DR CHESTERFIELD TRY TO DIE EVERY CROSS EVERY T IN TERMS OF THE GUIDELINES AND AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LIMITED LIMITATIONS THAT WE FACED WITH THE OLD BS SYSTEM , SO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IS OUT OF THE $3.6 MILLION 3.67 MILLION DOLLARS. 1.8 MILLION OF IT. HISD IDENTIFIED TO GO TO ABOUT 2700 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. WE'VE GOT LETTERS DUE TO GO OUT. UM BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK FOR THOSE THAT RECEIVED THE AWARD. HOW MUCH THE AWARD IT IS. THE MONEY CAME STRAIGHT TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND WILL BE CREDITED TO THOSE ACCOUNTS. LAST THING.GET THIS QUESTION BEFORE THE INFORMATION AND THE GUIDELINES THAT WE WERE PROVIDED BASICALLY STATED THAT AFTER CALCULATING WHAT IS TO BE AWARDED. ANY FUNDS THAT WERE REMAINING HAD TO BE SUBMITTED BACK TO THE STATE. BY MARCH 31ST OF THIS. THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. ALRIGHT SO AT THIS TIME, THE PROBABLY HEARING HIS CLOTHES AND NEXT WILL GO TO ANY DISCUSSION OF QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN CUPPER. I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN MYERS FOR HIS GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION AND THOUGHTS. THAT GOT US TO THIS POINT. OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
COUNCILOR COVER MOTION. YES I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMAN MYERS TOOK RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER KOZBERG COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I CAN'T REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HELL VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY. MAYOR. PERN HIGH EMOTIONS PASS. NEXT ITEM. D A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANE TO COMPLY WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT STABLE. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ON THIS MATTER, AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED, UM THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED. SO THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. YES. RIGHT, UM CASTLE HILL. MOVE THAT WE TAKE WITH HIS IDOL. OKAY? COUNCILOR MYERS. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER KUPERBERG COUNCILOR LIU WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER BUYERS
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COUNCIL MEMBER, WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL, ALL RIGHT. VICE MYSTERIOUSLY. BEAR PERN.ALRIGHT, PASTOR TABLE. NEXT MOVE ON THE ITEM EIGHT E, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A PETITION TO RESUME PROPERTY ADDRESSED AS 36 05 HALIFAX ROAD PARCEL.
096010003. 36 25 HALIFAX ROW PARTIAL 0960100. AND 36 07 HALIFAX ROAD PARCEL. 1070 TO 0017 FROM OUR ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS TO M TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. MR TAPE. KIND OF FAMILIAR VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG RECEIVED A PETITION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM OUR ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. AND A AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS TO M TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO BE PERMITTED TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE CREMATORIUM AT THE PROPERTY ADDRESSED AS 36 OH, 5, 36 25 36 7 HALIFAX ROAD. IN PETERSBURG. THE PROPERTY IS A TOTAL OF 37.53 ACRES. THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT. THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE PETERSBURG INTERSTATE INDUSTRIAL PARK AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO INDUSTRIAL GALVANIZE EAR'S MEDAL FINISHER BOARDS. HEAD PROVISIONS. I THINK, BOTH OF WHICH ARE ZONED M TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED THE PETITION THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PETITION TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO HIM, TOO. I BELIEVE THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROPERTY ARE ALSO HERE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. JUST WE COULD GET THIS REZONE SO THAT WE COULD START THE PROJECT. I DON'T AFFECT ROAD. AND FORWARD. THREE SHE ATE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT. THE THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE APPROVING THAT PETITION TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 36 05 HALIFAX ROAD. 36 25 HOW THE FACTS ROAD 36 7 HALIFAX ROAD. TWO. M TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. IN THE COMMENTS ON THE REZONING, MR SQUIRES. GOOD EVENING. MARCUS SQUIRES, 1701 MONTICELLO STREET HERE IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. MY QUESTION FOR COUNSEL AND STAFF THIS EVENING, OR HAVE THE NEIGHBORS BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE COMING NEXT DOOR TO THEM. IT'S CURRENTLY A RESIDENTIAL AREA. MY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THERE, AND A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THAT AREA OR THAT COMMUNITY WERE UPSET WHEN THE DOLLAR GENERAL AND FAMILY DOLLAR WAS PUT IN OVER THERE, SO I WAS WONDERING IF THEY'RE AWARE THANK YOU. RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE. PUBLIC HEARING NEXT DISCUSSION.
MOST OF THE MEMBERS OF COWS. COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASTOR ORDINANCE AS AS STATED ALRIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SECOND AWAY AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CATHOLIC COUNCIL MEMBER CUPBOARD. I'M SORRY I WAS TALKING. TELL ME AGAIN. RESULTING OF HALIFAX WORLD CUP. SO OF WE'RE CALLING FOR A VOTE.
AH! GAS MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER VIRUS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL VICE MAYOR SMITH FLEE I MARY PERN MOTIONS PASSED NEXUS ITEM EIGHT F A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING A PETITION FOR ESPECIALLY USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR OFFICE AND OPERATION OF A CREMATORIUM BUSINESS ALONG A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY ADDRESS THAT 36 05 HALIFAX WROTE. PARCEL 096010003. 36 25 HALIFAX WROTE PARCEL 096010004 AND 36 07 HALIFAX ROPE PARCEL. WHEN 070 TO 0017, MR TABOR. HONORABLE MAYOR , VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS RELATED TO THE ITEM THAT YOU JUST HEARD AND ESPECIAL USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED USE. PER THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID ALSO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ESPECIALLY USE PERMIT AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR EBERT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC
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HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. FOR THE PROPERTIES ON HALIFAX WROTE. ALRIGHT, SAYING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT I GO TO COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. YES MAYOR AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CHANGE OF ORDERS STATED ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN MYERS. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? GAS REMEMBER ALBERT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE MAYOR. PERM EMOTIONS PASS. NEXUS ITEM, A G, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE APPROVING A PETITION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH AN OPERATOR. STANDALONE USED VEHICLE SALES BUSINESS, NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A NEW VEHICLE DEALERSHIP AT 23 06 IS WASHINGTON STREET PARCEL 003030002. MR TABLE. ANA ROMERO , VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY RECEIVED A PETITION FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A STANDALONE USED VEHICLE SALES BUSINESS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A NEW VEHICLE DEALERSHIP. 23 OH SIX EAST WASHINGTON STREET.ESPECIALLY USE PERMIT IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A STANDALONE USED VEHICLE SALES BUSINESS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A NEW VEHICLE DEALERSHIP. YOU'RE NOT LOCATED UPON THE SAME PARCEL AS SUCH NEW VEHICLE DEALERSHIP IF LOCATED UPON PARCELS OF LESS THAN ONE ACRE. AN AREA SUCH TO BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE B TWO AND M ONE ZONING DISTRICTS ONLY AS PROVIDED UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS WITHIN A B TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERED THE POSITION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PETITION FOR ESPECIALLY FROM IT AND RELATED TO A QUESTION RAISED DURING THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING. THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. IN THIS CASE AND ALL CASES, UM, THAT ARE HEARD BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY A PUBLIC HEARING. UM, ARE CONTACTED CORRESPONDENCES SENT TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER. THANK YOU, MR TABLE. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW. FOR THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR STANDALONE USED VEHICLE SALES BUSINESS. AT 23 OH, SIX EAST WASHINGTON STREET. MR FLEMING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL CITY ATTORNES COMING INTO OUR CITY ALL ABOUT BUT IF YOU LOOK AROUND AT SOME OF THESE USED CAR LOCKS, AND I INSPECT THE WHOLE BOTTLE BUNCH OF THE CITY THEY LOOK ATROCIOUS. I DON'T MIND. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GRANTING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, BUT I THINK ATTACHED TO THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT SHOULD BE SOME PROVISIONS. FOR THE APPEARANCE OF THE LOT. NOT UM INOPERABLE VEHICLES WON'T BE KEPT OUTSIDE. TIRES NOT STACKED ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN IT. IF YOU RIDE AROUND, YOU'LL SEE IT. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME STIPULATIONS ATTACHED TO THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR JUST FREELY GRANTED, THAT'S MY PITCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SEEING NO OTHER HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
ALL RIGHT, MR TABOR. CAN YOU ADDRESS ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL PROVISIONS ON THIS? USED CAR DEALERSHIP. AH, LET'S SEE. SO. THE ZONING ORDINANCE DOES STIPULATE, OF COURSE USES OF THE PROPERTY AND THE USES MUST BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY AND THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. UM, THERE WERE SOME PROVISIONS INCLUDED. AND I KNOW THAT THEY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT MR FLEMING RAISED IN HIS COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN WOODSON SMITH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS. RIGHT. COUNCILMAN HILL. TALKING.
ANY DISCUSSION. REMEMBER THE COUNCIL COUNCIL? MAYA? AT THE SCHEMATIC. SCHEMATIC IS GOING TO BE A GRAVEL AREA. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE PAID. MR TABOR AGAIN, YOU AN ANSWER THAT IS IT.
PAID TO GRAVEL. AH THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A PAVED IN STRIKED. LOT. IT IS. YES, YES. BRAIN. ALL
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RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS SHOWING GRAVELED. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. UNCLEAR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WITH EMOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROOM. COUNCIL MEMBER CUTS BERT UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER, MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILLS, SMITH FLEE PERM MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT ITEM 88 SHOULD PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CODE. CHAPTER 50 ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE TO NOISE. AND THIS IS PRESENTED BY MR TAPE. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDER AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CODE. REGARDING NOISE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTED ON THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE IS TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF DAYTIME HOURS FROM SEVEN AM TO 10. PM CURRENTLY TO SEVEN A.M. TO 11 P.M. THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED TO AMEND THE MAXIMUM DECIBEL LEVELS FROM LEVELS BASED ON ZONE ZONING DISTRICT. 2 75 DECIBELS, DAYTIME AND 65 DECIBELS NIGHTTIME CITYWIDE FOR ALL ZONING DISTRICTS. EXEMPTIONS WOULD REMAIN AS DEFINED IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE CREATION OF A DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OVERLAY WITH APPROPRIATE NOISE LEVELS DURING THE DOWNTOWN DURING THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN PROCESS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION FINALLY RECOMMENDED AMENDING THE CODE AND CONFORMANCE WITH THE ATTACHMENT AID THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH REFLECTS THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CITY CO CHAPTER 50 ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE TO NOISE, MR FLEMING. DO YOU THINK AGAIN? JEFFREY FLEMING 18 19 CHECK IT OUT. I SEE THAT YOU WERE FINALLY GOTTEN SOMEWHERE. THERE'S NOISE ORDERS, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S VERY FAIR FOR THE SIMPLE FACT. THERE'S A DOWNTOWN OVERLAY JUST DOWNTOWN. WHAT ABOUT OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO SPROUT OUT OTHER PARTS OF THE TOWN? WHICH JUST CONCENTRATE ON DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG MADE OF MORE THAN DOWNTOWN. I SAID WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FAIRLY. DOWNTOWN DOESN'T MAKE PETERSBURG SOMEONE ONE MAY OPEN SOMETHING ON SOUTH KOREA ROAD. APPLEBEE'S MIGHT WANT TO COME IN WITH THIS HAPPEN. HOW WOULD THIS HELP OR PREVENT THEM FROM COMING ? I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT NOT JUST SINGLING OUT DOWNTOWN. WE ARE PETERSBURG A WHOLE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SEEING NO OTHER HANDS. THERE'S PROBABLY HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT UM, MR TABOR. CAN YOU ADDRESS ON MR FLEMING'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE, UM ONLY HAVING. DOWNTOWN OVER THERE AS FAR AS THE ENTERTAINMENT NO.OKAY SO THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ACTUALLY CITYWIDE , AND IT'S FOR A DECIBEL LEVEL FOR DAYTIME AND THE DESPERATE LEVEL FOR NIGHTTIME. IT IS 75 DAY AND 65 NIGHTS, SO IT WOULD INCLUDE IT WOULD MM, APPLIED TO ALL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. NOW THERE IS A DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN PROCESS THAT IS UNDERWAY. AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT DURING THAT PROCESS DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT BE ESTABLISHED, AND, UM CHANGES TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE JUST FOR THAT AREA BE CONSIDERED DURING THAT PROCESS. NEXT. WE HAVE A QUESTION COUNSELOR WILL WESTERN SMITH AH, THANK YOU ANSWERED IT. YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. BUT YOU'RE SAYING THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN PROCESS SO AS SOON AS THE PROCESS IS COMPLETED, THEN YOU GO BACK TO IS THAT WHAT
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YOU'RE SAYING? THAT DURING THAT PROCESS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT ROUND RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL BE INCLUDED. THAT INCLUDES DECIBEL LEVELS OR OR NOISE LEVELS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT COUNCIL MACABRE. LET ME HAS MR. TABLE QUESTION ASKED HIM IF HE CAN HELP ME HELP. COUNCIL AND ME FIGURE THIS OUT. UM I HAVE A CONSTITUENT WHO LIVES ON GROVE AVENUE AND IN FACT COUNCIL HAS SEEN HIM. ON A VIDEO. PROTESTING ABOUT THE NOISE COMING FROM A PARTY HOUSE THAT IS JUST NEXT DOOR. OF HE HAS TO GET UP. AND GO TO WORK AT SEVEN AM ON SUNDAY MORNING. ABOUT 15 FT. AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE IS A WHAT HAS BEEN A PARTY HOUSE.HOME. HOW IS THIS PROPOSAL GOING TO AFFECT YOU KNOW? GROVE AVENUE . OKAY SO, UM, PER THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT. IF THE WELL THE ANY RESIDENT OR ANY, UM, I GUESS, UH, BUSINESS OWNER IN THE CITY.
IF THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE, THEY CAN CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PER THE CODE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT. OF THE NOISE SECTION OF THE CITY CODE. AND THEY CAN REQUEST THAT THEY COME AND MEASURE THE NOISE AND IF THE NOISE LEVEL EXCEEDS THE DECIBEL LEVEL OF 65 AT NIGHT. OR 75 DURING THE DAY, THEN THE CAN FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN THE CODE WITH REGARD TO PROSECUTING THE OFFENDER. LET'S SAY IT'S ONE A.M. O SUNDAY MORNING. WHAT IS THE DECIBEL LEVEL THAT WOULD APPLY? AND AT WHAT POINT WOULD THE DECIBEL LEVEL BE MEASURED? QUIT FROM WHAT POINT WOULD THE DECIBEL LEVEL BE MEASURED? OKAY SO IT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM DECIBEL LEVEL AT ONE A.M. WOULD BE 65 DECIBELS PER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND IT WOULD BE MEASURED FROM THE UH, PROPERTY LINE OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE NOISE IS BEING GENERATED. AND 65 DECIBELS IS. BACKGROUND MUSIC IS THAT IT AMOUNTS TO YES, WE HAVE A CHART IN THE 65. LET'S SAY NORMAL CONVERSATION AND BACKGROUND MUSIC IS 60 AND OFFICE NOISE INSIDE OF CARS 70 SO IT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE LOUDER THAN BACKGROUND MUSIC. A LITTLE LOUDER. YES AND EVEN AT ONE A.M. AND TWO A.M. AND THREE A.M. AND FOUR A.M. AND FIVE A.M. THIS MAN HAS TO GO TO WORK AT SEVEN AM OH, HAD THAT COUNTED.
THERE'S JUST NO CUT OFF ON. I MEAN, THERE'S NO QUIET TIME. THERE'S NO TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN SLEEP RIGHT NOW. I THINK THE COUNCILMAN YES. LIKE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE GET INTO THE CUT OFF TIME FOR THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE. OKAY THANKS. SO OKAY AND MOVE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE STILL FURTHER INTO THE CUT OFF TIME ISSUE. OKAY, OKAY, COUNSELOR. MY SECOND ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER COMFORT COUNCIL MEMBER WASN'T SMITH I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCILMAN MIDWEST BROOKE COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. HI. VICE MAYOR SMITH LI. UH THEY'RE PERM MOTORS PAST NEXUS ITEM, NONPUBLIC
[9. Public Information Period]
INFORMATION PERIOD OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, PERIOD. LIBERTY IN TIME TO 30 MINUTES SHALL BE PART OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. AT EACH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THE SPEAKERSHIP YOUR RESIDENT OR BUSINESS OWNER OF THE CITY AND SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. NO SPEAKER WOULD BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE REGULAR DOCKET. OF THE MEETING, AT WHICH THE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK THE ORDER OF THE SPEAKERS LIMITED BY THE 30 MINUTE TIME PERIOD SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS. FIRST A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE NOTICE PERSONS WHO HAVE NOTIFIED THE CLERK NO LATER THAN 12 O'CLOCK NOON OF THE DAY OF THE MEETING. BE SECOND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE ASANA PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE SIGN[00:35:01]
UP SHEET PLACED BY THE CLERK AND THE REAR OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE MEETING REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL TELL YOU TODAY WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH MR RICHARD STEWART. GOOD EVENING. STILL HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE. HAVE YOU BEEN? WELL I'M GETTING OLD AND COLD. YEAH, YEAH, WE ALL ARE. THANK YOU. THANKS. CITY COUNCIL. AND I TALKED TO MR WIM . TODAY HE HAS A VERY INTERESTING BACKGROUND AND IN HIS LIFE HE NEEDED COME TO THE MUSEUM AND TELL HIS STORY. HE ALWAYS SHOULD LISTEN TO IT SOMETIME. BUT ANYWAY, I'M HERE TODAY. ONE WAY IN OAKLAND AND ONE WE HAVE WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE OF TRAFFIC EVER SINCE WE LEGALIZED THE MR STEWART BEFORE YOU GET STARTED. LET'S STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS MY NAME. RICHARD 29, WALL. ST PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. THANK YOU.ONE WIN ONE WAY OUT. AH PEOPLE HAVE BECOME SO POPULAR WITH JOY'S DOING THAT LITTLE DOCUMENTARY ON TV PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT ALL KINDS, ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND SO FORTH, SITTING AROUND AND SO FORTH AND STARTED BY THEY HAVE CREATED A PROBLEM. ONE WAY AND WHEN WE HAVE 2000 AND TWO AND BUILD A NEW BRIDGE THAT DIDN'T PUT A LIGHT TRAFFIC LIGHT BACK OUT WHEN YOU COME OUT NOW, WHEN YOU TRY TO GET OUT OF POKER, HONEY, YOU GO UP FIFTH STREET, AND THEY GOT TO ASKING. THAT'S TIGHT PLACE OF THIS TERRIBLE AND HELD TECH HAVE THEIR BUSINESS DURING THE DAY. IT'S TERRIBLE AT A CERTAIN TIME IF THAT'LL BREAKDOWN ON I 95 IN THE EVENING. YOU CAN'T GET OUT. MY QUESTION IS YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN TRAFFIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
COMING OUT OF POKER HUNTERS FOR PUTTING THE TRAFFIC LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IN TERRIBLE SHAPE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW. AT CERTAIN TIME. YOU'VE GOT TO GO ALWAYS TOOK ALONG YOUR HIKES AND TURN AROUND AND COME BACK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT IS TERRIBLE, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GO AGAINST HERE. TECH FEET. THEY GOT TO DO WHAT THEY GOT TO DO. AND UP THERE ON FIFTH STREET IS SO DANGEROUS. SOMEBODY CAN GET KILLED. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THERE. SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT COMING OFF HUNTERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT WILL GO ON TO MISS MICHELLE MIRO'S. HELLO. I'M MICHEL MORALS AT 1 31 SOUTH MARKET STREET. I WANT TO SAY HOW HAPPY I AM THAT ST ANDREWS STREET BRIDGE IS OPENING ON THURSDAY. UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS TAKEN THE CITY 15 PLUS YEARS TO GET IT FINALLY DONE, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT I CAME TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. I WANT TO DISCUSS THE VIEW THAT EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO THE RIBBON CUTTING, INCLUDING ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO SEE GOING DOWN ST. ANDREWS STREET. ONCE YOU TURN OFF OF JEFFERSON STREET, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS AS YOU DRIVE PAST . THERE ARE 22 HOUSES ON THAT STREET. EIGHT OF THOSE 22 HOUSES WOULD BE CONSIDERED BLIGHTED AND VACANT HOMES THAT IS 35% OF THOSE HOMES. BUT I WANT YOU TO REALLY LOOK AT THOSE HOUSES. I WANT YOU TO SEE THEM THE WAY THE REST OF US DO. MY FRIEND MARCUS SQUIRES TAKES BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS THAT BLIGHTED BUILDINGS AND POST THEM EVERYWHERE FOR PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE. UNFORTUNATELY THERE JUST THAT ART. THEY DO NOT SHOW THOSE BLIGHTED HOUSES HOW THEY REALLY ARE. BROKEN AND UGLY . SEVERAL OF THESE HOUSES ARE OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY CANNOT FOLLOW THE LAWS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS AND FIND HIM. AND THE OTHER OWNERS WHO ARE ALLOWING THEIR HOUSES TO DECAY AND BRING DOWN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS YOU DRIVE PAST THEM. PLEASE IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE OTHER HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE EVERY DAY. YOU GET THE JOEY OF KNOWING YOUR PROPERTY VALUE IS LOWER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE YOUR NEIGHBOR CANNOT BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD THAT EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TO BE HELD TO. A HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF WEBSTER AND ST ANDREWS, JUST RECENTLY SOLD FOR 250,000 VERY NICE, HISTORIC VICTORIAN HOME. IMAGINE BEING THE NEW OWNER, AND NOW YOU GET TO DRIVE PAST AND LOOK AT THESE BLIGHTED BUILDINGS. OR IMAGINE THAT YOU WERE THE SELLER OF THAT HOUSE KNOWING YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE MONEY FOR IT, BUT YOUR NEIGHBOR IS NOT FORCED TO KEEP HIS HOUSE UP AND YOU ARE THE ONE THAT GETS SCREWED. OR BETTER YET IMAGINE AS A REPRESENTATIVE THIS CITY THAT YOU ARE THAT THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG ARE BEING SCREWED OUT OF THE TAXES THAT COULD COME FROM HIGHER TAX VALUES THAT WOULD HAPPEN. IF EVERYONE ON THAT STREET WOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS. YOU HOLD PARTS OF PETERSBURG TOO. AND TO BE CLEAR . THESE HOUSES ARE NOT OWNED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEM AND HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO LIVE
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NORTHERN MONEY TO KEEP THEM UP. THESE HOUSES ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT EVEN LIVE IN THEM OR DO NOT EVEN LIVE IN PETERSBURG. THEY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIX THEM UP OR SELL THEM TO SOMEONE WHO WILL. IN CONCLUSION. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO THINK OF THESE THINGS AS THEY ARE HEADING TO THIS RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AND PASSING THESE HOUSES. THIS USED TO BE IN A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT CAN BE AGAIN. BUT ONLY THE CITY HOLDS EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU.THANK YOU. NEXT MOVE ON TO MR MARQUEZ, OMAR SQUIRES. GOOD EVENING. PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL . MY NAME IS MARCUS OMAR SQUIRES . MY ADDRESS IS 1701 MONTICELLO STREET HERE IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. I WAS JUST READING THE COUNCIL COMMENTS. AND I SAW WHERE STAFF WAS STATING THAT WE ONLY HAVE AROUND 300 BLIGHTED HOMES IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG . I HAVE WELL OVER 300 PICTURES OF BLIGHTED HOMES IF STAFF WERE TO HAVE LOOKED AT THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN COMPILED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS. THIS IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. PETERSBURG HAS OVER 2900 VACANT PROPERTIES.
THIS IS FROM THE 2020 FEDERAL CENSUS. THIS ISN'T THE PROGRESS INDEX SAYING THIS SO FOR STAFF TO COME AND TELL COUNCIL THAT THE NUMBER WAS THIS LOW. IT'S SHOCKING, ACTUALLY. PLEASE DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. DON'T TRUST ME. DON'T TRUST THE PROGRESS INDEX. DON'T EVEN TRUST YOUR STAFF. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPACTING OUR CITY. I HAVE MILLIONS OF VIEWS ONLINE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. SEE WHAT HAS BECOME PETERSBURG AND THEY WANT MORE FROM OUR LEADERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS, MR JEFFREY FUND. HOW ARE YOU DOING HERE AGAIN TONIGHT AND GET EVEN COUNCIL MAYOR VICE MAYOR. I'M JEFF FLEMING, 18 19 TUCKER TUCKER AVENUE HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF PITTSBURGH. TONIGHT I COME ON. I'VE MADE A POINT TO COME FOR THIS PURPOSE IN THIS PURPOSE ONLY COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO , MYSELF AND A LOT OF OTHER CITIZENS WERE SURPRISED. BY RISING THEIR TAXES. I LOOKED, AND I SAID THEY'VE GOT THEY'VE LOST THEIR MINDS. THEY HAVE LITERALLY LOST THEIR MIND FOR THE ASSESSMENT THAT THEY PUT ON MY HOME. SO I CALLED THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. AND THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY MISS SHANNON GRIFFIN, ANOTHER YOUNG LADY MARY BURKETT. HE SAYS. OKAY WELL, CALM DOWN, MR FLEMING. WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS. THEY SET UP FOR REASSESSMENT BECAUSE I APPEALED BEFORE THE APPEAL DATE ON WHAT MY PROPERTY WAS ASSESSED. THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES SHOWED UP. CHEERFUL VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EDUCATION. THEY ASKED. CALM ME DOWN SO I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THEY DID A REASSESSMENT. AND IT DID LOWER SOME. IT LOWERED THEIR ASSESSMENT BECAUSE IT'S THINGS THAT THEY COULDN'T SEE. THEY CAN'T SEE THE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE.
THEY REALLY DON'T SEE THE ROOF AND OTHER THINGS THEY DON'T SEE. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. TO OUR SHANNON, SHANNON GRIFFIN AND MARY BURKE IT THEY REALLY MADE MY DAY THEY MADE A PAINFUL PROCESS LESS PAINFUL AND EVERYBODY'S ON DOWN IN THE CITY . BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME EMPLOYEES THAT CARE. AND THESE TWO LADIES CARE. AND THAT'S A SIGN OF GOOD LEADERSHIP. I DON'T KNOW, MR. GORDON. THEY'RE STILL HERE. BUT YOU MY HANDS UP, BUT HE'S DONE WELL WITH THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. NEXT WE GO ON TO
[10. Business or reports from the Mayor or other Members of City Council]
BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR OF THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL START OFF WITH COUNCILMAN COOPER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. OH FIRST THING ONE. UM VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE BACK ALIVE. UH, I THINK WE ALL ARE. THAT HOPEFULLY HOPE IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE WE HAVE TO RESUME. ZOOM LIFE. TWO. I HAD A GOOD MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH RESIDENTS OF POCAHONTAS.THEY BROUGHT A NUMBER OF CONCERNS TO ME. AND I HAVE WRITTEN THREE EMAILS. TO THE CITY MANAGER ASKING HIM TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. ONE WAS POTHOLES. A SECOND WAS LED LIGHTS. POCAHONTAS HAS NOT GOTTEN LED LIGHT. AND THIRD WAS A COMMON THEME PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ENFORCED. UM SY DAY FOR THE CITY MANAGER, BUT I'M SURE THAT TOMORROW. HE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE THREE MALES AND FORDHAM ON AND I TRUST WILL FOLLOW UP TO SEE THAT. THE CITIZENS COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED. UM NEXT. I THINK THERE'S MURALS FOR
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REMINDING THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT THIS COULD BE A RIBBON CUTTING TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THAT BRIDGE AT THE FOOT OF ST ANDREWS STREET. THIS THURSDAY AT 11 A.M. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND I KNOW ALL OF COUNCIL IS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I KNOW MANY MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN. IT WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IF IT WERE NOT FOR A GROUP EFFORT. AND SUPPORT BY CITY COUNCIL. UM AND IN COORDINATION WITH CITY STAFF. US FOR HER COMMENTS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF ST ANDREWS STREET. UM TRUST ME, MISS MURALS UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO ADDRESS THAT. SITUATION THE CITY ATTORNEY IS AS WELL. AH AND CITY STAFF IS AS WELL. IT'S A SLOW PROCESS, AND I WISH IT WERE NOT OTHERWISE. BUT SORRY. I WISH IT WERE OTHERWISE. BUT UM WE'RE DEALING WITH THE. PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN. AND WE'RE PUSHING AS HARD OF AS WE CAN, AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE STRIVE TO BE FAIR. SO UM, THOSE IN ONE LAST THING I ASK EVERYBODY TO PRAY. BUT THE FREEDOM OF THE PEOPLE. OF UKRAINE. NONE OF US. HAS SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW? AND. IT'S VERY GRIEVOUS. WE TAKE OUR FREEDOM FOR GRANTED. THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. WITH THEIR BLOOD. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANKS TO MOVE ON TO COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU, UM. I LIKE TO START OFF. BUT THANKING THIS COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS CITIZENS. HOPE FOR YOUR VERY MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS. THE FLOWERS, PLANTS, PRAYERS, CALLS AND THE CARDS AND ANYTHING THAT I MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM IT'S VERY TOUGH THING TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER. AND YOU ALL REACHED OUT TO ME AND I AM VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR BEING WITH ME SPECIAL. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN CATHERINE. A CITY MANAGER TAUREL FOR COMING OUT TO THE TO MY MOTHER'S WAKE, UM, THAT THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WAS INDEED A PLEASURE TO SEE THEM. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KINDNESS. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. SO NOW THE BUSINESS UH, I HAD ASKED IN A MAY NOT NEED TO GO OVER THIS TONIGHT. MR. GARRETT, MR. MR GARRETT HAVE TO BE POLITE. UM I HAD ASKED SOME TIME AGO ABOUT US. UM, PLANNING ANOTHER RETREAT. AND. I'VE FOUND SOME MEETING NOTES. AND I WON AND I THINK WHAT I WILL DO THAT'S ALL RIGHT. GARY IS MAYBE I JUST ASKED MISS NOT KIESHA IF SHE CAN PRINT IT OFF. FOR US.BECAUSE WE HAD OUR LAST RETREAT IN 19. 2019 AND BECAUSE OF COVID. WE JUST COULDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH. BUT THE PLAN THAT WE HAD REALLY HELPS TO OUTLINE WHERE WE NEED TO START. AGAIN.
BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS A WELL LAID OUT PLAN, SO I'LL WAIT ON THE MAYOR'S GUIDANCE AS TO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS RETREAT AND GET THIS INFORMATION TO ALLAH COUNCIL BY WAY OF EMAIL.
THANK YOU. NEXT MOVE ON TO COUNSELING WESTBROOK. GOOD EVENING. EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. UM I'D LIKE TO COME TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, SAYING HAPPY WOMAN'S HISTORY WOMAN'S A MONTH THE MONTH OF MARCH GIVEN CELEBRATION TO ALL WOMEN, ESPECIALLY, UM, UM AS COUNCIL MEMBER GOES THROUGH THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER. WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE MOTHERS IN OUR LIVES AND ALL WOMEN. BUT MY WORDS TODAY ABOUT ELECTED THEME THEM. DON'T WORRY . WE'VE GOT THIS. DON'T WORRY. WE'VE GOT THIS AND REALLY WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS A PUBLIC BUY IN.
UM I DID SOME RESEARCH. ABOUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A CITY TO BE GREAT? AND I WOULD LIKE TO POSE THAT QUESTION TO EVERYONE HEARING ME. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT PETERSBURG. AND ONCE YOU HAVE THAT ANSWER IN YOUR HEAD, GO ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION AND SAY, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS CITY
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GREAT? I THINK A LOT OF US ARE ALREADY FEELING THAT THIS IS A GREAT CITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIDE IN IT, BUT IT'S STILL LEVELS THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE. UM THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF PUBLIC BUY IN AND, UM, ALEX GAVIN, I'LL MAKE SURE I GIVE PROPER CREDIT WITH ALEX. GARBAGE. EXCUSE ME. HE LAID OUT THESE FOUR THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR A CITY TO BE GREAT. AND ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IS FORWARD TO BE ATTRACTIVE. AND LAST MONTH I DID CALL OUT LITTERING WITH SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ECHOED, BUT IT ALSO IS JUST HAVING PRIDE IN YOUR PROPERTY OF RESIDENTS. I KNOW WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THESE BLIGHTED HOMES. BUT IF EVERYONE JUST TOOK A LITTLE MORE PRIDE AS THE SPRING SEASON IS COMING UP AND GRASSES STARTED TO GOING, UM , YOU KNOW, WE SEE IT IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT ALL OVER THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIDE IN YOUR HOME RESIDENTS AND BE ABLE TO SHOW IT OFF. SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTRACTIVE. AND OF COURSE, STOP THE LITTERING. I MEAN, WE CAN SPEAK INTO OUR VOICES GO, BUT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MISS MICHENER AND SOME OF THE OTHER CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT HOW CAN WE CHANGE THE CULTURE FROM A YOUNG LEVEL STARTING WITH OUR K THROUGH THREE? BECAUSE IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE YOUTH, MAYBE THEY CAN PUSH US MORE TO BE GREAT. AND ON ALLAH ON OUR LEVEL, AND CITY OFFICIALS. PLEASE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN, AND WE ARE BUYING INTO THE GREATNESS OF THIS CITY. UM, THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH RAMADA. I KNOW THAT. THAT'S A BIG ISSUE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. UM BUT AS YOU SEE THE BUS STATION THAT IS, UM GROWING, AND WITH THAT PARKING DAY, IT JUST LOOKS GOOD. IT MAKES THE CITY MORE ATTRACTIVE. AND EVEN IN CURRENT AND OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE MURALS THAT ARE COMING TO AREA CITY STREETS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY GOING TO MAKE THIS CITY LOOK LIKE A STELLAR AND TOP NOTCH CITY. ANOTHER THING, HE SAID, IS ABOUT SUCCESSFUL NOUS. A CITY HAS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND WE ALREADY HONORED OUR PHS BASKETBALL TEAM TONIGHT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO AS WELL JUST HONOR OUR PRINCIPLES FOR DOING THE BEST THAT THEY CAN AS THEY PREPARE FOR SUCCESSFUL SO WELL SEASON. I WANT TO SPEAK THAT INTO EXISTENCE THAT SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE ACCREDITED AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO GET BETTER IN PETERSBURG. AND BE SOMETHING PROUD OF, AND AT THE VERY LEAST, WE CAN CELEBRATE THE Y M C PROGRAMS AROUND CITY AND THE GRASSROOT PROGRAMS WHETHER IT IS BY FRATERNITY'S SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REALLY HELPING THE CITY BE SUCCESSFUL. UM I WANT AS WELL. THE CITY HAS TO BE SUSTAINABLE. GREAT PLACES ARE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HUMAN NEEDS. THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO HAVE FRESH AIR. LACK OF NOISE AND TRASH. WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT NOISE ORDINANCE COMING FOR THE WHOLE CITY, MR FLEMING. AND PLENTY OF SHADE. UM EVEN THOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN SEVENTH WARD IN PETERSBURG. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP UP THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY WITH TREES AND PLANT TREES AND PLANT VEGETATION AND THINGS OF THAT SORT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SEE THE GREENERY. OF THE CITY AS WELL AND NOT JUST BE A CONCRETE JUNGLE ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE, AND FINALLY, A CITY HAS TO BE THRIVING. WE CAN'T WAIT AND SO ALL OUR LOT IN ON AN ENTERTAINMENT AND RESORT. IDEA THAT MIGHT BE COMING TO THE CITY SUPPORT THINGS LIKE THE METRO BUSINESS LEAGUE. I WAS PRIVY TO GO THERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS TO THEIR AWARDS DINNER A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND IT WAS VERY INSPIRING TO SEE SO MANY GREAT SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURS DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT CELEBRATED IN OUR NEWSPAPERS AND ALWAYS ON THE INTERNET, BUT THEY ARE REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A THRIVING THING. IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, A LOT OF PEOPLE STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESSES DOING COVID OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.CONTINUE TO STEP OUT THERE ON FAITH. PUT YOUR IDEAS OUT THERE . AND IF WE DO ALL FOUR OF THESE THINGS AGAIN ATTRACTIVENESS, SUCCESSFUL NOUS, SUSTAINABLE AND THRIVING. WE CAN MAKE PETERSBURG EVEN GREATER AND NOT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT OLD SLOGAN FROM OUR FORMER PRESIDENT. I WANT TO SEE PETERSBURG GREAT PERIOD. THANK YOU. NEXT MOVE ON THE COUNCIL AND MAYA. MR MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO LOVE. MODIFY THE RULES. SET ASIDE THE RULES OF COUNCIL FOR MOTION, PLEASE.
OKAY, THAT IS. EMOTION TO YES, THE MOTION TO SET ASIDE THE RULES A COUNCIL I'M SORRY TO SUSPEND THE RULES A COUNCIL COUNCILOR HERE A SECOND. MAY I ASK WHAT WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO CONSIDER DISCUSSED. MM. LOITERING. THAT LORD, I'M SORRY. LITTERING. I'M SORRY. LITTERING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CASTLEMAN BECAUSE BURGH CASTLE MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK ALRIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. MAYOR PERM. NIGHT. MOTIONS PASSED
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RIGHT COUNSELOR MYERS. ALRIGHT, THANKS. UM. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS ACCOUNTS SUPPORT ALLOWING THIS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION. I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD AND FOLLOWED UP WITH HIM AND IT IS I BELIEVE THAT IT IS QUITE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN. AND IN DOING SO , UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME RAMIFICATIONS FOR NOT DOING SO. AND YOU KNOW, I LIVE ON WASHINGTON STREET, AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU PERRY STREET. BROWN STREET. IT IS MOST HORRIBLE MESS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE SINCE IT FOR TRASH CANDLE TONIGHT AROUND, SO THEREFORE I'D LIKE TO HAVE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT EMOTION.TWO. FIND ANYONE CAUGHT LITTERING AND THROWING TRASH OUT OF THE CAR AT THE EXITS AND WELL, REALLY, BASICALLY IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF PETERSBURG, $500 FINE. POLITICAL RING. I DON'T CARE IF YOU WALK IN THERE TREATMENT AND ALSO FOR HAVING YOUR DOG TO CURB ON THE SIDEWALK AND IN YOUR RIGHT AWAY AREA GOING TO YOUR CAR. SO $500 FINE. BUT NOT CURBING YOUR DOG AND THROWING TRASH AND EVEN LATER ON THE STREET TRASH AUDI CAR WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT IF THE POLICE CAN PULL YOU OVER FOR THAT, UM T WE CAN. ALL RIGHT, SO I MOVE THAT WE FINE. WE IMPOSE A $500 FINE FOR THROWING TRASH OUT OF YOUR MOVING VEHICLE. YOU'RE PARKED VEHICLE TRASH ON THE STREET AND CURBING YOUR DOGS IN THE RIGHT WAY OF INDIVIDUALS.
THANK YOU. RIGHT. COUNCILMAN HILL. MR WILLIAM, YOU AGREE TO SAY SOMETHING? THAT'S EMOTIONAL . THE FLOOR DID YOU WAS CONNECT . I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SECOND , BUT THEIR SECOND AND THEN I'LL GO TO MR WILLIAMS IS OKAY. SAID THANK YOU FROM COUNCILMAN HILL. NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSION, MR WILLIAMS AND ASSUMING COUNCIL WOULD PASS THIS WHICH I'M GETTING YOU. YOU WOULD. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE TO SOLIDIFY THE PENALTY SO WE CAN ENFORCE IT.
BUT JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WE'LL BRING IT BACK. IF YOU DO PASS THIS MOTION QUESTION.
COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. YES SO THE ORDINANCE WILL SPELL OUT HOW IT'S TO BE ENFORCED. YES I'LL CHECK THE MINUTES AND I'LL ALSO CONFER WITH COUNCILMAN MYERS AFTER YOU AFTER YOU VOTE ASSUMING YOU SUPPORT THE MOTION. SO DO AND DO WE I SUPPORT THE MOTION OF SUPPORT EXACTLY WHAT HE'S SAYING. BUT I'M ASKING ABOUT PROCESS DO WE WAIT FOR THE MOTION? FIRST AND THEN SUPPORT THE MOTION. BY WAY OF THE ORDINANCE. THE MOTION WOULD JUST BE DIRECTION FOR ME TO DRAFT THAT FOR YOU. SO YES, IF YOU'RE IF YOU PASS THE MOTION, I'LL DRAFTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT COUNSEL ADMIRES, HAS STATED AND BRING IT BACK FOR ADOPTION AND INCORPORATION INTO OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. WANT ME TO AMEND IT TO AMEND AND DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DRAFT THE MOTION WITH RESPECT? THANK YOU. WRITE A SECOND, THAT COUNSELOR HERE AMENDED MOTION. AT THIS TIME, ADAM CLERKSHIP. PLEASE CALL THE ROOM. COUNCILMAN BECAUSE BERT BOILS AND SMITH I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL SMOOTHLY. HIGH EMOTIONS PAN. ALRIGHT.
COUNSELOR, MYERS ANY OTHER ITEM. NO SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR HILL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, WANTED AGAIN CONGRATULATE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL ON THEIR VICTORY THEIR SEASON. MORE ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE RIVALRIES WHEN YOU KNOW THE COWBOYS GO AGAINST WASHINGTON.
YOU KNOW ANY TIME ONE OF THEM BE SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHEN HOPEWELL WE BEAT THEM FOUR TIMES IN A ROW. SO YOU KNOW THAT I WAS HAPPY WITH THAT IN ITSELF, BUT ANYWAY, WE CAN GRADUATE THEM.
CONGRATULATE THEM ON A ON A GREAT SEASON. A BUNCH OF FIVE YOUNG MAN'S ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE PHYSICAL MANAGEMENT. UH, TEAM DOWN AT CITY HALL. WENT IN THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO TAKE CARE OF SOME BUSINESS AND THEY WERE RUNNING VERY EFFICIENT DOING THAT PROCESS. AND WHAT HAVE YOU THERE WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND, UH, ANY DISCREPANCIES THAT ANYBODY HAD THEY HAD A GOOD SYSTEM GOING, SO I WANNA GIVE ACCOLADES TO, UH, MISTAKES IN JORDAN AND HER HER CREW. THEY WERE REALLY ON THE BALL AND THE LINE WAS MOVING FAST. AND THIS
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WAS ON FEBRUARY 22ND. I MEAN FEBRUARY 28TH SO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. UM. OH ALSO, UM, WAR TWO. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIND A PLACE TO HAVE A MEETING. I WAS GOING TO DO IT OUTSIDE. BUT BEING THAT EVERYTHING IS OPENING BACK UP. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A FACILITY.TO HAVE A MEETING ON THE INSIDE OF VERY SOON. AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS IN A AH, MR WILLIAMS. YOU CAN LOOK THIS UP AND SEE IF WE HAVE A ORDINANCE. FOR WATERING ON THE HIGHWAY. WE'RE NOT ON HIGHWAY, BUT WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF THE EXISTS, JUST SEE IF WE HAVE SOMETHING DEALING WITH UM SLAUGHTERING. A LOT OF OUR TRASH AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. LIKE I SAID THAT OUR LAST MEETING COME FROM PEOPLE, YOU KNOW THEY'RE COMPASSIONATE, AND THEY ARE GIVEN FOOD PEOPLE, BUT THEN THEY JUST TAKE THEIR THE FOOD AND JUST DISCARDED AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT WE NEEDED TO GET A HOLD ON. WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GETTING SO BAD. LIKE I SAID, EVEN WHEN YOU GET OFF THE CREATIVE ROAD EXIT, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE DOING WORK TO THE BRIDGE, YOU KNOW? WE HAVEN'T HAD A TAD TRASH BAG UP AGAINST THE FENCE BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE. SO YOU'VE SEEN IT. I'VE SEEN IT 52 ALL EXITS. AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO AND THEN THAT PEOPLE ARE DIVERSION COMING FROM CREATOR ROAD AND GOING ON 4 60 GOING AROUND. THEY'RE STARTING TO DO TRASH OUT THAT WAY NOW. SO WE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE WOOD COUNCILMAN. HOWARD MARIUS SAID WHAT HIS MOTION WE HAVE TO PUT SOME TEETH BEHIND OUT. OF COURSE, YOU ALL KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW WE'RE POLICIES AND PROCEDURE MAKER, SO THAT'S A POLICY AND PROCEDURE. OH ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE PUTTING IN PLACE. SO ANYBODY BEING COURT LITTERING OR YOU KNOW, LITTLE ALL OUT FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AND SOMETHING YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN DO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THAT SO OTHER THAN THAT. LIKE FOR US AS A AS A AS A CITY TO FOCUS ON THE GOOD NOT SO MUCH ALWAYS ON THE BED. WE KNOW THE BED IS ALWAYS WITH US, BUT WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND OTHER LOCALITIES. SEE IT. OUR NEIGHBORING LOCALITIES. THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME. THEY ALWAYS WHEN WE GO TO MEETINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, THEY ALWAYS GIVING US OUR PROPS OR GIVEN THE CITY. THEY'RE PROPS BECAUSE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS. CONSIDERING WHERE WE WERE BACK IN 2015 16, SO I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY STAY SAFE AND STAY ENCOURAGED. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME NEXT VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UM TRISKA. MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU. IN THE LAST YEAR. MOM MY MOTHER'S LOVE IS JUST SO I'M UNBELIEVABLE. I LOST MY MOM SEVEN YEARS AGO. AND NOT A DAY GOES BAD, AND I DON'T THINK ABOUT HER. BUT YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER SOMETHING. YOU GOT TO REMEMBER SOMETHING. THE LEGACY THAT SHE LEFT BEHIND. AND YOU ARE TRUE LEG LEDGE. OKAY? GUY. FOR ANOTHER THING I WANT AGAIN CONGRATULATE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM ON A JOB WELL DONE. THEY WERE FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE STATE. REGIONAL DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND ALSO CENTRAL DISTRICT CHAMPIONS. GO CRIMSON WAVES. THANK YOU, MR WESTBROOK. FOR AH, BEING OPEN I AND MY WARD WHEN THERE WAS A FIRE LAST WEEK. AND UM, MR WESTBROOK ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE HOUSE TO HELP THE YOUNG MOTHER OF THE YOUNG MAN WHO HOUSE IT BELONGS TO GET OUT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. HE EVEN HAD SOME BURNS ON HIS, UM, HAIR. BUT HE GOT ENOUGH HAIR TO CAMOUFLAGE DOES LITTLE BURNS, BUT I TRULY TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT ALL OF US ON COUNCIL WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. UM I JUST ALSO WANT TO I RECEIVED SOME CALLS SOME EMAILS AND LETTERS FROM SEVERAL BUSINESS OWNERS. UM. IN THE AREA ON THE GREAT JOB THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICES OFFICE IS DOING AND I WANT TO DO KUDOS TO ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL LAMAR JOHNSTON. BETTER KNOWN AS MARK INGBER. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. AND DON'T DON'T DON'T
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THINK I I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING TO YOU, SIR. MR FLEMMONS. I WOULD NEVER FORGET YOU. AND YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE PART OF THAT OFFICE, BUT I HAVE RECEIVED UM. TELEPHONE CALLS, TEXTS AND LETTERS OF THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS DOING AND THEY TRULY THE COMMUNITY. TRULY LOVE. UM MR JOHNSON. THANK YOU. UM. LIKE UM, CHARLIE SAY WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THE KIDS AND UKRAINE. THOSE BABIES DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT. WITH THE SENIORS.THERE ARE ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING LIKE MOUTHS. ONE LADY WAS ON TV. HER MOTHER, WHO IS 83 WALK 50 MILES SO THAT SHE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF RELIEF OF FREEDOM. IN ALL CITIZENS IN UKRAINE. YA'LL. IT CAN BE US. AND WE WILL WANT SOMEONE TO BE THERE FOR US. ALSO. ALSO THANKS TO A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. UM KELLY. THE YOUNG MAN WHO HOUSE BURNED DOWN. SO THE RED CROSS WAS ABLE. WE GOT THEM TO COME OUT AND ASSIST THEM BUT ALSO, UM , HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS ON IT, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT THIS YOUNG MAN UM, CAN GET HIS HOUSE REDONE. HE DIDN'T HAVE HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE . HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE, BUT HE SAID IT WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
WE HAVE TO EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS , NO MATTER HOW MUCH IT IS. WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE BECAUSE IT COSTS SO MUCH WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN, SO LET'S LET'S ALL BE MINDFUL AND HELP EVERYBODY OUT IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. EVERYONE I JUST WANT TO, UM, START OFF. BY LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER CELEBRITY IN THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR ABOUT THIS, THE SHERIFF AND ALL OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM TONIGHT EIGHT NEWS RECOGNIZED COUNCILWOMAN TRISKA. WILSON SMITH IS THAT REMARKABLE WOMAN? OF THE COMMUNITY AWARD. AROUND THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU DO, AND YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH IS LIKE BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE SINCE GRADE SCHOOL WHEN SHE WAS COMING UP TO THE SCHOOL TO CHECK ON HER SONS AND US AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE DOING UP THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT FOR BEING A WONDERFUL MOTHER WIFE. SISTER. FRIEND AND , YOU KNOW, KEEP THE WAR IS GOING TO KEEP THE LEGACY GOING. YOU KNOW YOUR MOTHER SMILING DOWN ON YOU. UM I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW OTHER THINGS AGAIN. WE RECOGNIZE THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM, AND WE JUST CAN'T THINK ENOUGH THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND COACHES BECAUSE THOSE ARE YOUNG MEN, AND YOU SAW HIM A BUNCH OF YOUNG BLACK MAN THAT WE ARE KEEPING OFF THE STREETS. KEEPING THEM BUSY GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COLLEGE. ALL OF THOSE GUYS PLAYED LIGHTS OUT. UM BASKETBALL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM MOVING ON TO THE OTHER TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND CONTINUE TO COME AND GIVE BACK TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED THAT. WE RECOGNIZE THESE GUYS. AND FOR ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT. HEY UM, THE LESSONS OF BASKETBALL AND SPORTS IN GENERAL, SOME LIFELONG LESSONS THAT YOU CAN TAKE AND WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH LIFE. ALSO WANT TO THANK ON ON THE SPORTS CAKE OF PETERSBURG. I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF DIRECTING THE SCHOOL BOARD TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THE TURF FIELD. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THE TURF FIELD WILL BE IN BADGE OF LIFE, SO WE WILL HAVE A NICE BEAUTIFUL TERRACE FIELD AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S UM. SPORTS DEFINITELY SAVE A LOT OF LIVES. AND YOU KNOW WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD A COUNCIL MEETING SINCE WE SAID IN SPAIN OF PETERSBURG WAS IN THE SUPER BOWL. AND HE PLAYED OUT THERE ON THAT FIELD, AND HE COMES BACK EVERY YEAR AND DO HIS CAMP. HUNDREDS OF KIDS HERE IN THE CITY OF PETER'S BURIED AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A NICE NEW FIELD AND BE ABLE TO DO EVEN MORE SPORTS ACTIVITIES. BECAUSE I'M IS DEFINITELY A TOOL THAT THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP OUR YOUNG MAN. UM I WANT TO THANK MR JOE HERB
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AND COUNSELING CUP BURSTS CONSTITUENTS OVER THE POPULAR LINE COMMUNITY MEETING. WE HAD A GOOD TIME OUT THERE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THEM LAST WEEK. UM, JUST JUST, UH, A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW A NEIGHBORHOOD IN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO SOLVE, UM, PROBLEMS IN THEIR COMMUNITY FROM WITHIN. I MEAN, IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM, WHICH THEY TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY, KEEPING THE COMMUNITY OF BREAST AND THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE TO REALLY GET MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES TOGETHER. TO BRING OUR. OUR RESIDENTS TOGETHER AND OUR NEIGHBORS TOGETHER. THAT'S BEEN IN FOR COVID FOR SO LONG. SO NOW IT'S TIME TO REALLY GET THAT BIG PUSH OUT AND HELP IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU. UM NEXT ON, FREDDIE, UM, MAY 18TH ONE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE EXCHANGE BUILDING AT FOUR O'CLOCK. WE'RE OPENING UP THE SILVER RIGHTS EXHIBIT. AT THE CHANGE BUILDING, SO PLEASE MUCH MARCH 18 MARCH 18TH THIS FRIDAY THE CIVIL RIGHTS EXHIBIT AT FOUR PM HAS CHANGED. BUT WE ENCOURAGED EVERYBODY IS HERE TONIGHT, COME OUT AND SUPPORT IT. AND ALSO WANTED TO KEEP EVERYBODY PRAYERFUL ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS DISPERSED AND IT'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN THERE FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND WE HOPE THAT THAT BUDGET IS APPROVED BECAUSE I MISS IT'S BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR PETERSBURG. LIGHTS OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN PUT IN TO HELP A LOT OF OUR ISSUES HERE IN THE CITY OF PETER'S BURIED AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE YEAR OF OUR STATE OFFICIALS. UM ALSO, WE HAD SENATOR WARNER IS COMING IN TOWN SOON TO, UM UM, HAVE A DISCUSSION OF TO TALK ABOUT THE PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER HERE IN PETER'S BERRY AND THE, UM UM, COLLABORATION BETWEEN MEDICINES FOR ALL THE VCU, VIRGINIA STATE. IMPACT FLOW AND CIVICA OR HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN HELP EVEN MORE TO HELP LEAD OUR EFFORTS AND BECOMING THE PHARMACEUTICAL HUB HERE IN THE NATION. MR BIG UNDERTAKING, AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF OUR STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS TAKING NOTE ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PETERSBURG SO AGAIN, EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT EVENING IS GREAT. SEEING EVERYBODY BACK IS GOOD TO BE BACK. STILL CONTINUE TO BE SAFE. YOU'RE NOT VACCINATED, GET VACCINATED. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON PUSHING THROUGH COVID AND HOPING TO KEEP THE CITY OF PETERSBURG ROLLING ALIVE LIKE TO THANK OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS HERE. JEFF FLEMING PETERS BERRY FIRE IS IN THE HOUSE. WE HAVE WE HAVE CHIEF CHRISTIAN HERE IN THE HOUSE. WE HAVE SET THE CHIEF CHAMBER. THIS WAS HERE. ALSO OFFICE IN THE BACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL. I KNOW YOU ALL ON THE FRONT LINES AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. FOR WHAT YOU DO TO KEEP US SAFE BECAUSE Y'ALL NEVER SHUT DOWN. 24 7. I MEAN, Y'ALL OPERATING AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA. THERE ARE NO ITEMS ITEM 12 FINANCING BUDGET REPORT. THERE ARE NO[14. New Business]
ITEMS ITEM 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. THERE ARE NO ITEMS I DON'T 14 NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT.AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE, UM APPLICANTS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. NO MISCHIEF. MOMA WAS UP FOR WARD ONE. THE ONLY DUCA YES, UM, COUNCIL WOULD SMITH WE HAVE A WAR ONE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO WILL YOU PLEASE MAKE THE MOTION FOR MISTRIAL? MY DUKIE. YES I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WOULD ONE WILL HAVE A PERSON ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I FULLY SUPPORT MR BOMA. CHIOMA DOOKU. I PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT. I HOPE I DID. AND IF SHE HAS PUT IN AN APPLICATION, I'M FULL SUPPORT OF IT AND WOULD LOVE TO MAKE THE MOTION. ALRIGHT. CALCIUM. MYERS CERTAINLY. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROW? COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBERT CASTLE OVER WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.
COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. THEY'RE PERN HIGH EMOTIONS BACK HOME. A WELCOME ABOARD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NO NAPKIN, RIGHT? ALRIGHT NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM 14 B CONSIDERATION OF EMOTION AUTHORIZING DIRECT THAT THE HUMANITIES BILL PROPOSAL BEFORE DID TO THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR CONSIDERATION. UM. MR MAYOR? YES THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. I WAS
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ASKED TO HELP COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH PUT A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT SHE MADE TO COUNCIL. UM IN THE FORM OF A BILL. UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF A TRAGEDY IN HER LIFE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET TO DISCUSS THOSE REVISIONS, BUT I CAN SUMMARIZE WHAT THEY WOULD EMBODY AND ACTUALLY DO HAVE A DRAFT. AND WHAT SHE'S SEEKING TO DO IS ESSENTIALLY ENSURE THAT ANY HOUSEHOLD THAT HAS A CHILD THAT'S UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE OR ANYONE WHO'S CURRENTLY ARE TOTALLY DISABLED AS DEFINED UNDER THE CODE. OR ANYONE 70 YEARS OF OLDER RESIDING IN THAT HOUSEHOLD RATHER THAN FOLLOWING THE STANDARD STATUTORY PROCESS FOR EVICTION THAT THEY GET AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS, DURING WHICH TIME THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IS BROUGHT INTO A VALUE EIGHT TO TRY TO FIND THEM ALTERNATIVE HOUSING, AND SO I'VE PREPARED A VERY SIMPLE CODE REVISION THAT CAN GO ALONG WITH THE MATERIALS THAT SHE HAS PREPARED. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TABLING THIS UNTIL APRIL, BUT IT'S REALLY NOTHING MORE THAN A STATUTE THAT WOULD BE ATTACHED TO IT THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEND TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES TO ASK IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER HAVING A CHANGE MADE TO THE STATE CODE, SO I TALK TO HER BEFORE THE MEETING, AND SHE INDICATED IF COUNSEL IS INCLINED TO APPROVE THAT MOTION, SHE'D LIKE TO SEND THE PACKAGE TO INCLUDE THIS. VERY SIMPLE REVISION TO THE STATE CODE WITH IT. RIGHT? QUESTION. CASTLE COPPER. MR CITY ATTORNEY HELPED ME WITH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY, UH, INCOME RESTRICTION AS TO WHICH TENANTS MAY INVOKE THIS 30 DAY EVICTION? MORATORIUM UM, IN WHAT I'VE CURRENTLY DRAFTED, THERE IS NOT. IT'S SIMPLY DEALING WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, ELDERLY AND DISABLED REGARDLESS OF THEIR INCOME. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S THAT'S THE TENANTS QUESTION BASED ON THE TENANT. LET'S GO TO THE QUESTION BASED ON THE LANDLORD FOUR MINUTES UNDER THIS PROPOSAL. DOES THE LANDLORD GET PAID WHILE. NO IT'S SIMPLY TIME PERIOD ADDED ONTO THE EVICTION PROCESS. SO JUST RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO WAIT. THEY WILL STILL ACCRUE.OBVIOUSLY RENT THAT WOULD THEY WOULD THEY WOULD BE DELINQUENT. BUT JUST LIKE THEY WOULD UNDER THE STANDARD PROCESS. IT DOESN'T TOLD THE OBLIGATION OF THE TENANT TO PAY RENT DURING THAT TIME, PERIOD. SO YES, IN ESSENCE THEY THEY GET PAID IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COLLECT, BUT IT'S THE SAME UNDER THE CURRENT PROCESS DURING THAT 30 DAY PERIOD THAT THEY HAVE TO WAIT TO EVICT. THEY STILL CAN CHARGE THE RENT. BUT IN TERMS OF COLLECTION THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE LANDLORD IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK OUT ON THEIR OWN. BUT DURING THE IT IS A 30 DAY MORATORIUM ON EVICTION , ISN'T IT? IT'S YES, IT SIMPLY ADDS AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS TO THE CURRENTLY EXISTING PROCESS.
NO MISS WILSON SMITH. I HEAR SAYING NO, NO, NO. NO. SO MAY EXPLAIN, PLEASE CUSTOMER WAS NOT AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS. THE COURT GIVES THAT THE LANDLORD AND THE TENANT 30 DAYS ANYWAY. IT'S TOO MAKING USE OF THAT 30 DAY PERIOD . IT'S NOT AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS ADDED ONTO IT. WHAT IT SIMPLY SAYS, IS THAT ONCE THAT 30 DAY CLOCK STARTS. THE SOCIAL WORKER OR CASE MANAGER, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY WANT TO WORD IT HAS THOSE 30 DAYS TO INTERVENE. INTERVENTION WOULD INCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS FINDING ANOTHER PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO. MAKING SURE THAT THE CHILDREN WITHIN THAT HOUSEHOLD ARE SAFE, MAKING SURE THAT THE OPTIONS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE MADE AVAILABLE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW AT THE END OF THE 30 DAYS AND LONGING TO PUT ON THE STREET THEN THAT FAMILY LOSES. BASICALLY EVERYTHING. THE CITY HAS TO COME BEHIND THEM TO CLEAN THAT UP. THE FAMILIES USUALLY RESORT TO HOTELS WITHIN THE HOTEL'S OFTENTIMES ARE YOUR SEX OFFENDERS, SO CHILDREN ARE LIVING NEXT DOOR TO SEX OFFENDERS. AND SEX OFFENDERS ARE BREAKING PROBATION. UM. NOT ON THEIR OWN ACCORD. UM SO THIS THIS PROTECTS THE PEOPLE HELPS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING EVICTED . IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE LANDLORDS AT ALL. THE LANDLORDS ARE GIVEN 30 DAYS AND THE CASE MANAGERS USE THOSE 30 DAYS TO HELP THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BEING EFFECTED. IT STOPS US FROM HAVING EVERYTHING PUT ON THE STREET. IT PROTECTS KIDS AND PROTECTS ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND IT ALLOWS SOCIAL WORKERS OR CASE MANAGERS. TOO BAD OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. RIGHT NOW, WHEN A PERSON IS EVICTED, SAY THEY'VE BEEN SICK AND UNABLE TO WORK OR
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FOR WHATEVER THE REASON WE HAVE NO DATA TO SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON. WE HAVE NOTHING ONLY GET OUT.AND THEY GO SOMEWHERE. BUT IF WE HAVE THE CASE MANAGERS WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY ADDRESSES THE PROBLEMS OF WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. SO AS I INDICATED SHE AND I HAD NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED REVISION PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, SO SHE HASN'T SEEN WHAT I HAVE. BUT GIVEN HER COMMENTS, THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE FIX TO WHAT I'VE ALREADY DRAFTED, IF THAT'S WHAT SHE WOULD LIKE IT TO SAY WE CAN CERTAINLY AMENDED TO THAT EFFECT , BUT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT THAT COUNCIL SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL THAT SHE PREVIOUSLY MADE AT THE LAST MEETING TO INCLUDE THE STATUTORY AMENDMENT TO ENABLE HER TO HAVE THE PROCESS FOLLOWED. I THINK IN ADDITIONAL CAVEAT TO WHAT SHE IS DESCRIBED AS SINCE DSS WOULD BE INVOLVED INSTEAD OF IT BEING A JERK, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT MATTER IT WOULD BE IN FRONT OF THE JUVENILE DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT DSS AS PROPERLY POINTED TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. RIGHT? COUNCILOR WAS THE SMITH YES. OKAY THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND ASK, PLEASE, THAT WE SEND A HUMANITIES BUILT TO OUR DELICATE FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR HERE. CAN WELL. ALL RIGHT. WE WERE RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALRIGHT COUNSELOR. CAN I DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR UM YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND UNTIL THEY YOU WANT.
OKAY, UM. THE MOTION DOES LIKE THE SECOND COUNCIL. MIND YOU WANTED TO. YEAH, MR MAYOR LIKE SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO READ THROUGH IT BEFORE WE SEND IT TO OUR DELEGATE. BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO PROVIDE SERVICES. TO CARRY THIS OUT. NO, I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY WANT THIS ON THE STATE LEVEL, BUT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HEAR IT. THIS YEAR ANYWAY, SO BUT IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING ON OUR LEVEL. UM IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO TABLE IT UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING. AS EMOTIONAL TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR FURTHER REVIEW. COUNCILOR HILL. BACK. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER CUT BERT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I. CASTLE MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER. HE'LL TURN BY. THAT THE NEXT UM ITEMS SEEN CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE ORIGINAL ARTICLE 57. SEVEN OF THE CITY'S PERSONNEL POLICY. UM, THIS WAS THROUGH MR WILLIAMS. YES AT THE LAST MEETING COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED THE ADMINISTRATION TO BRING FORWARD CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL POLICY. THERE HAD BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND CONCERN REGARDING THE PROCESSING OF DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE MATTERS THAT HAD COME IN FRONT OF THE CITY. UM PREVIOUS TO THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION HAD AH CREATED A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE ENTIRE PERSONNEL POLICY.
THIS WAS A PART OF THE POLICY THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN WITH THAT COMMITTEE. SUBSEQUENTLY, EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE. IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY OTHER THAN MYSELF, BUT I OFFERED THESE REVISIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, PRIMARILY THE MAIN ISSUE THAT I THINK COUNCIL IS HOPING TO ADDRESS. WAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS ABOVE A WRITTEN REPRIMAND BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER TO ENSURE THAT IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LEGAL ISSUES IN ORDER TO AVOID PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE THAT THIS HELPS TO CORRECT AND ADDRESS THAT I'VE LISTED PREVIOUSLY IN AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO COUNCIL WHEN THIS WAS SENT TO THE CLERK
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FOR PROCESSING. THAT YOU HAVE. BUT THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS WAS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PROPER REVIEW OF BOTH DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE MATTERS. AND SO THEY PRESENTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION OF THE PERSONNEL COULD THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MEYER. YES, I MOVED THE TABLE US UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. COUNCILOR HILL TUGGING MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER KOZBERG. COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I CAST MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. ALL RIGHT. BAD PERM HIGH. EMOTIONS PAST.[15. City Manager's Report]
NEXUS ITEM. 15 CITY MATTERS. REPORT. MR RAILING ITEMS. THANK YOU, MR REFEREES. SO LET'S WRAP IT UP HERE. CITY MANAGERS REPORT. NO UTILITIES. NOW THAT WE ARE OUT OF THE PEAK OF COVID AND ARE REOPENED I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE RESTART DELINQUENT WATER CUTOFFS MAY 1ST 2022 FREE WATER. TO SOME AND NOT TO OTHERS IS A RECIPE FOR FINANCIAL DISASTER. WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. UTILITY FUND MUST BE MANAGED AS A BUSINESS CLOSING NONPERFORMING ACCOUNTS. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. I THINK THE SHUT OFFS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE START OF COVID OVER ALMOST TWO.HAVE BEEN STOPPED ALMOST AH, TWO YEARS. NOW IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO. TO AH BUSINESS PERFORMANCE.
FOR 22 23 BUDGET. THE OPERATING BUDGET WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC MEETING MARCH 24TH ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL BUDGET PRESENTATION. WITH NEARLY $3 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY REVENUES BEYOND THIS YEAR. BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR RESULTING FROM THE RECENT PROPERTY ASSESSMENT. WE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW MUCH TO KEEP IN ORDER TO RAISE THE SERVICE LEVEL. IN NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PARKS AND RECREATION, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. I HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE. CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE NEED TO BEEF THESE DEPARTMENTS UP PUBLIC WORKS TO GET THE LITTER. ALL THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS , INCLUDING STORMWATER POOR CREEK. SEWER INFLOW AND INFILTRATION. WE HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY. DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT THE TAX BILLS. I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THIS IS A ONCE IN A DECADE CHANCE TO RAMP UP. OUR SERVICE LEVEL. I WILL BE PRESENTING THREE OPTIONS AND MEET WITH ALL OF YOU TO GO OVER THE BUDGET IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. UM HMM. OKAY ONE THING I HAVE TO POINT ABOUT ABOUT THE BUDGET STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE CONSIDER LIMITING THE REAL PROPERTY COLLECTIONS TO 1% OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S COLLECTION. THAT WOULD WORK WE WOULD REQUIRE REDUCING THE TAX RATE BY 15 CENTS. IN THE NEW HIRE COLLECTIONS WOULD BE REDUCED BY $3 MILLION, SO A LOT OF THAT WOULD BE WIPED OUT IF WE WENT BY THE STATUTE. UNLESS WE HOLD A SPECIAL HEARING. TO COLLECT MORE THAN THE STATUTE MANDATE OF TO CONSIDERATION OF 15 CENT REDUCTION. AH, WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL HEARING TO COLLECT MORE THAN THE REDUCED TAX RATE OF 15 CENTS, WHICH I WILL RECOMMEND. THAT WE NOT ACCEPT THE STATUTORY MANDATED 15 SETS REDUCTION.
WHICH WE CAN OVERRIDE WITH A SPECIAL HEARING DID NOT REDUCE THE TAX RATE BY THAT AMOUNT AND LOSE THREE MILLION. I'LL GO OVER THIS WITH YOU MORE INDIVIDUALLY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STAFF WILL HAVE SOME TAX RATE OPTIONS MEET WITH THE INDIVIDUALLY I STAYED AT MARCH 29TH. EXCUSE ME WILL BE THE CAPITAL BUDGET PRESENTATION. MOVING ALONG. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE RIBBON CUTTING WAS MADE. ST ANDREWS BRIDGE. LITTER CREWS. SECONDLY, LITTER CREWS ARE OUT NOW, INCLUDING CONTRACTORS. AS WE MOVE INTO THE SPRING WITH A CITYWIDE SPRING CLEANUP SCHEDULE FOR MAY 14TH
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THE CITYWIDE SPRING CLEANUP IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY. 14TH 2022 THERE WILL BE CLEANUPS EVERY WEEKEND IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS, FORT LEE SOLDIERS AND VOLUNTEERS. WITH THE TRASH.SAHR, WHO'S COORDINATING NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT MR WILLIAMS? RANDALL WILLIAMS, HE'S HELPING ORGANIZE THAT FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS. OKAY, SO. WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. OKAY WE'VE RECENTLY ADDED FIVE ATTEMPTS TO HELP OUT WITH LET US SITUATION. WE'VE GOT A WEB PAGE HAS BEEN CREATED. ABUNDANT OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ALSO GOING TO BE ON THE CITY'S HOMEPAGE. WE'VE GOT FORMS AND FLYERS BEAT. UPDATED BY THE END OF BUSINESS TOMORROW, I'VE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TO PROMOTE, UM, BY THE END OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE BY WAY OF SOCIAL MED WEBSITES. WE'VE GOT ARAB BOYS GETTING READY TO GO UP. WE'VE GOT. WE'VE COLLABORATED WITH PLAYING NARVA ON THE DON'T TRUST PETERSBURG LOGO THAT WE THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE'VE ALSO GOT OUR FIRST COMMITTED COMMUNITY CLEANUP TAKING PLACE ON FRIDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. WAS SECURING THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE STARTING ON THE CREDIT ROAD AREA. WHAT CREATOR AND WAGON IN THE WORLD WAR GOING BACK GOING TOWARD THE TOWARD THE EXIT THAT THEY ARE DOING THE BRIDGEWORK. THE APRIL 16TH DAY IS THE CLEAN IS A CLEAN UPDATE THAT WILL HAVE UM, POOL OF SOLDIERS THAT COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS OF WHICH WILL DISSEMINATE THOSE INTO GROUPS. AND WE'RE ALWAYS GO BACK AND TALK TO OUR STREET STEP THAT'S OUT THERE EVERY DAY TO DEPLOY THEM IN THE AREAS THAT THEY DEEMED THAT OF MORE OF A HIGHER PRIORITY. THE FIRST CITYWIDE CLEANUP WOULD BE MADE 14. AND WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF CITY BY A CLEANUP. WE TYPICALLY DO, TOO, BUT WE'LL BE DOING FORWARD. SO WE GOT A LOT GOING ON THERE. UM, THE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS INCREASE. THE VISIBILITY GET INCREASED. THE MOMENTUM INCREASED IT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT FINDS, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT FIRES, SO I THINK THERE'S NO ONE SOLUTION, I THINK FINDS, I THINK UM COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. I THINK STREET OPERATIONS STREET OPERATIONS JUST HIRED FOR MORE PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STILL THEY STILL HAVE SOME VACANCIES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SO IT'S A MULTI, IT'S A MULTIFACETED EFFORT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND REEVALUATED. EVERY DAY. WE'VE GOT HOT SPOTS.
WE'VE GOT YEARS TO THE GROUND. AND SO GOOD. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE STARTING AT ONE O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY WITH THE FIRST AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS JUST GET COMMUNITY CLEANUP. DIFFERENT WARS, DIFFERENT CHALLENGES. SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN TRIED, BUT WE NEED ALL OF IT TO BE TRIED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR WILLIAMS. SO WE ARE ADDRESSING THE LITTER . IT WILL BE A CONJUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. AH VOLUNTEERS AND PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT TAKING THE LEAD. TO CHANGE THE CULTURE. THAT ALLOWS THIS TO CONTINUE. WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THIS CULTURE CHANGE THE EXPECTANCY IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN NOW. FINALLY I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. OF THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM FROM MICHAEL JORDAN'S HERE. THIS QUOTE. I'VE MISSED MORE THAN 9000 SHOTS IN MY CAREER. HAVE LOST ALMOST 300 GAMES. 26 TIMES. I'VE BEEN TRUSTED TO TAKE THE GAME WINNING SHOT AND MISSED. I FAILED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN MY LIFE, AND THAT IS WHY I SUCCEED.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOUNG MEN. WHAT YOU ACCOUNT NOW, AS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY CAN NOW BECOME THE GREATEST LESSON TO LEARN AND BRAVERY, NOT FEARING FAILURE. FOR YOUR FUTURE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT NEXT ONE MOVE ONTO ADAM 16 BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CLERK, MS JACKSON ANY ITEM? I HAVE NO ITEM. OKAY NEXT ITEM 17 BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR WILLIAMS. NO REPORT, MR MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM 18 ADJOURNMENT. RIGHT ALL IN FAVOR. UH HUH. SMES ADJOURNED.
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