Apr 19, 2022 Regular City Council Meeting

OF COUNCIL. GREAT. OKAY, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT AT THIS TIME, MADAM 13, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

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TEXAS ITEM TO PRAYER COUNSELOR HERE WITH LEADERS IN THE OPENING PRAYER. YES. AH! ALL OF US WHO NOODLE NO PRAYER AND PRAY. LET US BE PRAYER FOR OUR CITY. IN A SPECIAL WAY. WE KNOW WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF SHOOTINGS LATELY, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE IN THE WORDS OF PRAYER WE BELIEVE THAT PRAYER DOES CHANGE THINGS. SO LET US PRAY. I GOT IN MY FATHER'S ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU HAVE ANY FATHER. FIRST OF ALL, GIVING YOUR NAME ON APPRAISING GLORY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, A DAY IN WHICH WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN. DOWNLOAD WE ASKED THAT BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY. GOD BLESSINGS UPON ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATION. WE ASKED OUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS COUNCIL HAVING A FATHER AND THAT WE MAY DO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN THE SIGHT HAVING A FATHER. TO LEAVE THIS TO LEAD THIS CITY TO HIGHER HEIGHTS. HAVING A FATHER LORD, WE ASK A SPECIAL PLAYER PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE. SINCE THIS VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT. OUR CITY THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THIS LAND HAVING A FATHER LET US HELP A MAN TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, EVEN THE MORE HAVING A FATHER THAT HAS PUT DOWN THE GUNS HAVING A FATHER LET US TALK WITH REASON, UH, THAT WE CAN WORK THINGS OUT IF THERE'S DISAGREEMENT HAVING A FATHER WE ASKED, ESPECIALLY COVERING OVER OUR YOUTH, YOUNG ADULTS AND OUR SENIORS AS WELL HAVING A FATHER. DID THEY WANT TO SEE NO ACCIDENTS OR BEING OR ACCIDENTS OR CAUSE NO ACCIDENTS. HAVING A FATHER BE WITH THIS CITY AND A SPECIAL WAY WE KNOW GUN VIOLENCE IS PLAGUING OUR LAND. NOT JUST HERE IN PETERSBURG, BUT IT'S ALL OVER OUR LAND JUST HERE RECENTLY HAVING A FATHER SO THE ENEMY IS BUSY HAVING A FATHER BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU HOLD TOMORROW, SO BE WITH US AND GUIDE US AND STRENGTHEN US. BLESS THIS MEETING IN A SPECIAL WAY IS IN YOUR NAME. WE DO PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FORWARD DETERMINATION, THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. UM AND NEXT COULD EVERYONE PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? NEXT ITEM. FIVE PROCLAMATIONS RECOGNITIONS PRESENTATION OF CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE NONE THIS EVENING. NEXT WE GO TO ITEM SIX RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. THAT'S UNDER COUNCIL COMMUNICATES. ITEM SEVEN IS APPROVED CONSENT AGENDA TO

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

[8. Official Public Hearings]

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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SEE. WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE ASSESSED VALUE. WE USED 10 MILLION AS A FIGURE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. BY WAVING THIS ADDITIONAL SIX YEAR FOR EVERY $10 MILLION THAT WE WAIT.

IT'S $135,000. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF LYNCHBURG PROGRAM. LYNCHBURG IS A 10 YEAR PROGRAM. THE STRUCTURE . AGE IS THE SAME THAT WE USE 25 YEARS. VALUE INCREASED 60. THE ADDITIONAL MAXIMUM IS 15% BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A CAP. ON THE MAXIMUM CREDIT. OTHER TAX EXEMPTION IS EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INCREASE IN ASSESS VALUE RESULTING FROM THE SUBSTANTIAL REHAB AND RENOVATION OF A STRUCTURE AND THE BEGINNING EXCESS VALUE AS A TERM IND BY THE CITY ASSESSOR. TAX EXEMPTIONS REDUCED 25% EACH YEAR ON JULY 1ST IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THEIR PROGRAM, WITH THE FINAL YEAR BEING 25% OF THE INITIAL EXEMPTION, AND THAT IS LYNCHBURG. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE STANTON IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THEY HAVE NO AGE. UH, DIFFERENCE FOR THEIR STRUCTURE AGE. THE VALUE INCREASES 40% ADDITIONAL MAXIMUM NONE. AND MAXIMUM CREDIT. THEY DO NOT HAVE A CAT. FOR THEIR PROGRAM. ANY PROPERTY OWNER MAKES REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS OR OTHER STRUCTURAL OR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS SUCH VALUE INCREASES BY AT LEAST 40 40% WILL RECEIVE A FIVE YEAR EXEMPTION ON THE INCREASED REAL ESTATE PROPERTY TAXES.

ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE LAST EXAMPLE THAT WE PROVIDED WAS FOR FREDERICKSBURG. FREDERICKSBURG STRUCTURE AGE HAS TO BE GREATER THAN 40 YEARS. VALUE INCREASE HAS TO BE MORE THAN 30. THE ADDITIONAL MAXIMUM 15% AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A MAXIMUM CREDIT.

FOR THEM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSIDER ADDING THAT SIX YEAR FOR COMMERCIAL ABATEMENT AGAIN. THIS IS A AMENDMENT OR ADDING ONTO THE EXISTING FIVE YEAR PROGRAM. THE TAX EXEMPTION WOULD BE EQUAL TO 100% FOR THE ENTIRE SIX YEARS. AN ADDITIONAL YEAR AS PROPOSES FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN ENTERPRISE. MR MAYOR. MAY I GIVE YOU BACK THE FLOOR, SIR? OKAY. THANK YOU. UM I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP NOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE REAL ESTATE TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. AND THE COMMENTS ON THE ORDINANCE. ALRIGHT SEEING NO HANDS, JUST PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT I GO TO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTION COUNSELOR WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU, MR MOORE. PRIOR TO, UH. THUS ADAPTING THE FIVE YEAR TERM. WHAT WAS IT? AND WHEN DID

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B. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR MOORE. MAYBE IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF NAMING A PRIVATE STREET CERVICAL WAY. AT THE REQUEST OF FLOW CORPORATION. WHEN. THE EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY MANAGER YES, THIS IS, UH. PUBLIC HEARING. WE WANT TO HAVE A CONSIDERATION OF NAMING THAT PRIVATE STREET THAT GOES THROUGH . UM, THAT'S UNNAMED STREET RIGHT NOW, BUT NAME IT CIVIC AWAY. AT THE REQUEST OF LOW CORPORATION.

QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S. PUBLIC HEARING WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE RENAMING. OF CIVIC AWAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO HANDS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT. WE HAVE DISCUSSION. FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN HILL. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CITIZENS. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE NEED THAT THE RE THE NAMING THAT RENAMING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A NAME RIGHT NOW, THE NAMING OF THE PRIVATE STREETS TYPICAL WAY.

AT THE REQUEST OF FOLLOW CORPORATION. FLOW. ALRIGHT, VICE MAYOR SMITH. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT AH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS. CASTLE MEMBER WESTBROOK, UNDERHILL MAYOR SMITH LI HAI MAYOR, PERN FAST ALRIGHT. NEXT MOVE ON ITEM EIGHT C, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION. BY THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ISSUANCE BY THE PETERSBURG REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY OF HIS MULTI FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS FOR THE ACQUISITION CONSTRUCTION RENOVATION. REHABILITATION AND EQUIPPING OF THE APPROXIMATELY 98 UNIT. DORSEY FLATS APARTMENTS , MULTI FAMILY HOUSING FACILITY , LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. MORE.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AND WE'VE ALREADY KNOW THAT SUBJECT HERE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALRIGHT. THIS PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE DORSEY FLATS, REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING. AUTHORITY WILL BE THE MULTI FAMILY REVENUE BONDS, SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. BACKGROUND THAT HAS COME BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE THE BACKGROUND IS THE SAME. LOOK AT THAT. I WON'T READ THAT TO YOU. AND WE DO HAVE SOME BENCHMARKS

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WHAT YOU ALL KNOW OUR MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RENTAL HOUSING UNITS THAT WILL CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY 98. UNITS UM, HERE IN THE CITY AND FOR WHICH THE BORROWERS HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE PETERSBURG REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY ISSUE UP TO $15 MILLION IN TAX EXEMPT REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST THEM WITH THE FINANCING. YOU MAY RECALL AND AS MR MORTGAGES, UH, JUST STATED A COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVED THIS BOND ISSUANCE, UM , ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN MARCH OF 2021. BUT SINCE MORE THAN A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE THAT APPROVAL AND OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BOND ISSUANCE, FEDERAL TAX LAWS FOR TAX EXEMPT BONDS REQUIRE THAT A SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD. AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL BE OBTAINED. WE PUBLISH NOTICE OF AND APRIL 12TH IN THE PROGRESSH INDEX. AND THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT PROVIDES THE SUBSEQUENT APPROVAL THAT WE NEED FROM COUNCIL. UM AND ALSO I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WILL NOT BE THE GENERAL DEBT OF THE CITY OR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT RATHER, THE DEBT SERVICE WILL BE PAID BACK FROM THE BAR WORK FROM THE BARBER ENTITIES. AND ALSO FROM OTHER FUNDS PLEDGED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCING PROCESS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THIS. THANK YOU. RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. NOW FOR THEE ISSUANCE BY THE PETERS PETERSBURG REDEVELOPMENT HOUSING AUTHORITY OF HIS MULTI FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS. FOR THE NANNY, A UNIT DORSEY FLATS APARTMENTS. ANY HANDS ON DORSEY FLATS, MS MERRILL. MICHELLE MURROW'S 1 31 SOUTH MARKET STREET. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW. UM IF WHY IT HAS NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WITH THIS IN THE PAST YEAR. UM AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE? LIKE EVERY YEAR, EVEN IF THEY START WORK ON, AND, UM, I'M NOT AGAINST HAVING THE APARTMENTS IN THERE. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS HAS COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES , BOTH WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND HERE. TO GO OVER THE SAME THINGS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE NOT A LOT IS BEING DONE. AND I KNOW THAT THE MORE IT SITS , THE MORE FALLS APART. AND I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY HAD FIRE IN THERE ONCE. SO I'M JUST WANTING CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT GETS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UM RATHER THAN CONTINUED TO LEAVE IT. UM OUT THERE JUST KIND OF LIKE THE HOTEL IS BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES.

MISTER BOROUGH. UM YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION FROM HIS MURALS OF WHY WE HAVE THIS? UM WHILE WE APPROVING THE BONDS TODAY AND HOW THEY JUST WENT THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY APPROVES OF LAST MONTH, AND NOW WE HAVE TO PROVE THE BOND. BUY ACCOUNTS, OKAY? THANK YOU AGAIN , MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I THINK THAT THE REASON THAT WE HAVEN'T CLOSED THE FINANCING AND THE YEAR SINCE WE LAST SAW, YOU CAN CAN MOSTLY BE BOILED AND DOWN TO UM LOGISTICALLY GETTING ALL OF THE PARTIES TO THE FINANCING THROUGH THEIR INTERNAL APPROVAL PROCESSES. WHICH UM, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE VERY NEAR AND I EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO

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ALLOCATION FOR CDBG CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, STAFF AND THAT WOULD BE INSPECTOR POSITIONS. AH IT INCLUDES A REQUEST FOR CDBG ADMINISTRATION FUNDING FOR STAFFING AND MATERIALS, AND IT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. WHICH IS ACTUALLY A CODE VIRGINIA CODE REQUIREMENT, AND IT WOULD INCLUDE ENGAGEMENT WITH A CONSULTANT. AH AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED WOULD INCLUDE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND EXTENSIVE UPDATING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCLUDE REQUIRED CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT REQUIREMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR TABLE, AND NOW THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE. APPROVING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR 21 22. HANDS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. SAYING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. UM, NEXT ENTERTAINING MOTION OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

COUNCILMAN HILL. ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. EXCEPT SEEING. THE ORDINANCE COMING FROM, UM, PLANNING. CLINT PLANNING. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE CDBG FINDS, UM CASPER MYERS SECOND ALREADY DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL

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NOW OPEN THE FLOOR NOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION. OF THE 2021 2022 PROPOSED SCHOOLS OPERATING BUDGET AMOUNT OF $1,611,079, OR 77, CENTS. ALRIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. SEEING NO HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. NEXT, UM COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. APPROVED AND MOVED TO BE, UH, PASTOR. PATH ORDINANCE AS A DOCTOR. ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SECOND, ALRIGHT. NEXT, MADAM CLERK. YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT WILSON SMITH. I M. MYERS. AH! CALCIUM OVER HILL, SMITH LEE. FIVE. MAYOR PERM.

NEXUS ITEM EIGHT F, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSIDERATION OF THE FY 2022. TO 2023 CITY OF PETERSBURG PROPOSED ALL FUNDS BUDGET, MISS JORDAN. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. THIS IS TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR. 22 23 BUDGET ALL FUNDS BUDGET AMOUNT OF 11. 104 MILLION.

EXCUSE ME, $201,022. RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE 2022 2023.

ALL FUNDS BUDGET. WIFE SAYING NO HANDS. HIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. YES UM, MR MAYOR. I THINK THAT OUR BUDGET JUST WENT ONLINE TODAY. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY FAIR TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE BUDGET WAS JUST PRESENTED ONLINE SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD ACTUALLY READ IT. WE JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER COPY TODAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE COPY THAT WE RECEIVED THIS WEEK. I THINK THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE TABLED. UNTIL WE HAVE, UM ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. TO COMPARE BOTH DOCUMENTS AND UNTIL THE PUBLIC HAS HAD AN AMPLE TIME TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND ITS ENTIRETY, AND NOW THAT IT'S POSTED ONLINE, AND I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS HEY, COUNCILMAN HILL . SECOND EMOTION ALRIGHT. MOTION IS IN A SECOND. TABLE. THIS ITEM TILL THE MEETING IN MAY. COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. YES, MAY ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, MADAM PLEDGED YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL IN THE CUPBOARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK MEMBER HILL SMITH LEE PERN.

NEXUS ITEM EIGHT G, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 19TH 2022 FT IN CONSIDERATION OF CITY COUNCIL TO ADVERTISE THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF A DOLLAR 27 PER ONE. HUNDREDS OF ASSESSED VALUE. IS GEORGE. YES, SIR. MAYOR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF COUNSELOR OVERSIZED ADVERTISING MINIMUM TAX RATE FROM 1 35 TO 1 27, WHICH IS ALSO HOW THE ABOUT BUDGET WAS BALANCED ON THE TAX DECREASE. OKAY NOW OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDERATION OF THE ADVERTISED TAX RATE OF $1.27 FOR 100 OF ASSESSED VALUE. YES, SALLY. YOUR CHALLENGE. 23 23 4 RUSH STREET. EVEN Y'ALL. UM I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS. THIS DEFINITELY PUTS US IN THE SAME RANGE AS ITS SURROUNDING AREAS. THIS IT SEEMS LIKE A SMALL AMOUNT. IT'S GOING

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THAT'S 65 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT REAL PROPERTY TAXES.

ON PROPERTIES WHERE BABY AND EXPENSES HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED. MISS JORDAN'S YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND READ THAT ONE OF THOSE 6-65. IN REGARDS TO, UM. I THINK WE'RE REALLY LIBERAL PROPERTY TAXES ON PROPERTIES ABATEMENTS. FROM I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM ONE YEAR TO SIX MONTHS. AND MR MAYOR. THIS IS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE, UM GENERAL ASSEMBLY EFFORT MADE PROMPTED BY COUNCILMAN MYERS A YEAR OR TWO AGO TO GIVE US AN ADVANTAGE OF OTHER LOCALITIES AND SHORTENING OUR COLLECTION TIME. THIS IS JUST THE LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT STATUTORY REVISION. WONDERFUL. ALRIGHT.

NOW OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING LONGEST SITTING IN THE AMENDMENT TO RE ADAPT 106 . THAT'S 65 OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT REAL PROPERTY TAXES ON PROPERTIES WHERE ABATEMENT EXPENSES HAVE BEEN OCCURRED. SO IS OPEN FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE ABATEMENT. SING NO HANDS. PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES COUNCILMAN CUPPER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I WANT UH, ECHO. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S COMMENTS. I THANK COUNCILMAN MYERS FOR LEADING US LEADING THE. GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO EMPOWER US TO ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE. NOW THE QUESTION WILL BECOME, CAN WE GET THE UM TAX COLLECTING ATTORNEYS TO SCHEDULE THESE PROPERTIES FOR SALE. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BOTTLENECK. ANDE NUDGING FROM OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MR MILLER. AND FROM OUR AH. EVER ENERGETIC, NEVER TIRING. UM, MISS JORDAN'S UM THT OF OUR UH, COLLECTION ATTORNEYS IN THE FUTURE. UM, BUT IN ANY EVENT I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. COUNCILOR MYERS SECOND ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CALCIUM AND CUTHBERT.

REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I ADMIRE COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL BY SMITH LEE MAYOR PERM I PASSED RIGHT NEXT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT I, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF A STREET MURAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST WASHINGTON STREET. AND MARKET STREET, THE CORNER OF PETERSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY, MR TABLE HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS JUST A FORMAL REQUEST AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF THE STREET MURAL, UH, FROM A PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE. BY P. HOPS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU.

NOW THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR CONSIDERATION THE AUTHOR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF A STREET MURAL. AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE LIBRARY HERE WEST WASHINGTON STREET AND MARKET STREET. IN THE HANDS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE MIRROR. YES, MA'AM. GOOD

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BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT. I THINK THAT THIS STREET MALE GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR BEAUTIFICATION IN THE CITY AS WELL AS SAFER TRANSPORTATION FOR BOTH. CYCLIST AS WELL AS DRIVERS IN OUR AREA. THANK YOU. RIGHT, SAYING NO OTHER HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. IS THERE IS NO DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE THEM TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

COUNCILMAN HILL. A 2ND 2ND DISCUSSION. MY MOM'S A COUNCIL. SAYING THAT MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CATHERINE BECAUSE BERT WILSON SMITH I. MEYER COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILLS SMITH, LI HAI MAYOR PERM PAST NEXUS ITEM. AJ A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 19TH 2022 FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AND CONVENIENCE OF EASEMENTS TO DOMINION, ENERGY , VIRGINIA AND FURTHERANCE OF THE PARK AND RAD PROJECT. BACK AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. OKAY SO THIS IS FOR VIRGINIA? UM ENERGY DOMINION, VIRGINIA ENERGY. THEY NEED EASEMENTS ACROSS A PROPERTY TO CONSTRUCT. MAINTAIN AND OPERATE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CURRENT PARKING RAP PROJECT THAT THERE IT'S UNDER WAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. BOOK CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE OF CONVENIENCE OF EASEMENTS TO DOMINION ENERGY AND FURTHERANCE OF THE PARKING RAP PROJECT. RIGHT IN THE HANDS AND THE DISCUSSION ON THE PARK AND RIDE.

ALRIGHT SAY OH, OKAY. WE HAVE ONE. YES. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE AT THIS PARKING RIDE? I MEAN, AND THAT STUFF CLOSED DOWN, BUT WE'VE GOT THIS BIG, EXPENSIVE PARKING DOT I MEAN, IS ANYTHING COMING HERE FOR US TO HAVE A HUGE POCKET THAT I MEAN? WE'RE STILL WITH THAT. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WOMEN, KENNY, HOLD DRIVE. OKAY, RIGHT. THANKS. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER HANDS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU KNOW, AND THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. ALRIGHT, SO AT THIS TIME. MR WILLIAMS. YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS UM THE GENTLEMAN'S COMMENT ON WHY THE STATE GAVE US THE WAS THE $6 MILLION FOR THE PODCAST PROJECT WAS $8 MILLION IN TOTAL $8 MILLION. YEAH, THE INITIAL. THE INITIAL REASON FOR THE PROJECT WAS TO USE IT AS WHAT'S CALLED A PRODUCT AND RIDE PROJECT. SO WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO DO WAS, UM THOSE THAT COMMUTE TO VARIOUS PLACES THEY WOULD COME TO CITY PETERSBURG. THEY WERE PARKED THEIR CARS AND THEY WOULD COMMUTE TO GO. TO OTHER TO OTHER PLACES, AND IT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS AS WELL. BUT THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED THE PARKING RIGHT. STRUCTURE LOT AND THEY HAVE THOSE IN OTHER, UM AND OTHER CITIES. THEY HAVE THOSE THINGS. SAME STRUCTURES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS BEEN CLOSED TO GO TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. A MOVE THAT WE ADOPT. THE ORDINANCE OF CONVEYANCE FOR DOMINION ENERGY, VIRGINIA FOR THE PARKING LOT. COUNCILOR HILL. RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL . MR MAYOR, MAY I MAKE A COMMENT TO, UH GIVE THEM FURTHER ANSWER TO THE GENTLEMAN'S GOOD QUESTION ABOUT HOW WHAT USE IS THIS LARGE STRUCTURE GOING TO BE PUT TO, UM I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A LOT INITIALLY WAS SKEPTICAL. BUT. LIKE EVERYTHING IN LIFE. IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT. AND I THINK THIS COULD ELECTRIFY AH, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE HALIFAX TRIANGLE. UH IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH TO SERVE THE HALIFAX TRIANGLE. AND WE'RE ALSO USED TO SEEING THE HALIFAX TRIANGLE AS BEING A UM, A PIECE OF PETERSBURG THAT HAS KIND OF BEEN LEFT BEHIND. AND I THINK THIS OFFERS, UH. OH REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVITALIZE THE HALIFAX

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I THINK ITS USEFULNESS IS GOING TO GROW WITH TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COVER ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. SIR. ALSO. THE PARKING RIDE WAS FUNDED. ABOUT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. SECOND THERE ARE SO MANY. INDIVIDUALS THAT COME FROM EMPORIA. UM PRINCE GEORGE. DESPITE TANA. EVEN PETERSBURG DID, WOODY. THANKS. GO TO WORK IN D. C. THEY RIDE A VAN. AND THEY HAVE TO GET ON THE VAN. LIKE AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM GO TO CHESTER OR SOMEWHERE IN RICHMOND TO CATCH THE VAN. SO WE HAVE A CENTRALIZED PLACE LIKE THE PARK AND RIDE. THIS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM TO NOT GO 30 MILES FURTHER THAN WHAT THEY HAVE TO SO THAT'S A GOOD. ANOTHER THING IS, WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAVE THE, UM GREAT AND HEARTS. SO THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COME HERE FOR THIS EVENT. AND THE PARKING IS JUST YOU GOT TO FIND PARKING. YOU GOTTA WALK LIKE TWO AND THREE BLOCKS, WHICH WE SHOULD BE WALKING ANYWAY. BUT THE PARKING RIDE WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO PARK THERE AND TAKE THE TROLLEY DOWN TO OLD TOWN WHERE THEY CAN DROP THEM OFF. IT'S GONNA BE A WIN WIN SITUATION WITH THE PARKING RIDE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE EMOTION IN THE SECOND. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. CAN'T REMEMBER HILL. MARY SMITH LEE I PERM PAST NEXT MOVE ON THE ITEM EIGHT K, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE ADOPT SECTION 94-2. OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO LITTERING.

UH, APOLOGIZE. I. MAKING YOU GUYS WAIT FOR A MOMENT. THIS ORDINANCE WAS ACTUALLY ONE THAT WAS REQUESTED DURING A COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCILMAN MYERS BROUGHT IT UP. AND UM, IN RESEARCHING THIS, UH, IT WAS SURPRISING THAT THE STATE CODED ACTUALLY CHANGED TO ALMOST MIRROR WHAT HE WAS REQUESTING IS ACTUALLY REQUESTING. INCREASE IN THE, UH THE PENALTY FOR LITTERING AND OUR OUR STATE CODE WAS A FEW YEARS. OUR CITY ORDINANCE WAS A FEW YEARS BEHIND ON THAT. AND SO THIS UPDATES THE CITY CODE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE CODE AND INCREASES THE FINER THE PENALTY OF ASSOCIATED WITH LITTERING IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. NEXT GO AHEAD, OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. OR IN CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND TO RE ADAPT SECTION 94-2 OF THE CITY CODE. PERTAINING TO LITTERING. THIS MIRROR. MICHELLE MORALS 1 31 SOUTH MARKET STREET. UM I'M GLAD THAT COUNCILMAN MYERS DID THIS. UM, IT'S VERY INTERESTING AND COOL THAT IT GOES ALONG WITH THE STATE. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UM HOW DOES THIS PERTAIN? TO THE BUSINESSES SUCH AS LIBERTY, GAS AND SUCH THAT, UM, HAS A LOT OF GARBAGE AROUND IT THAT NOBODY EVER SEEMS TO PICK UP BUT CITIZENS. UM SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS AN EXTRA PART TO IT, OR DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THAT OR OR HOW IT WORKS? THANK YOU. RIGHT? SEEING NO

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BUT BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ADDRESSES THE FINE. THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT PUNISHABLE BACK AND FIND MINT IN JAIL FOR NO MORE THAN 12 MONTHS AND A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN $500 NO MORE THAN $2500, EITHER, OR BOTH. SO IT REALLY STIFFENS THE PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO MAY CHOOSE TO LITTER IN OUR CITY, BUT IN TERMS OF IT ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, ONE PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. NO, IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

THANK YOU. NEXT ON COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. YES HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? HOW HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THIS? WHEN WHEN I WAS A POLICE OFFICER, I WOULD SEE SOMEBODY THROWING TRASH ON THE GROUND. I WOULD GO AND ISSUE THEM A SUMMONS, AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW YOU DO IT. OKAY, THAT'S AS AN OFFICER BUT YOU STAYED HERE. AH WHEN A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAS BEEN OBSERVED BY ANY PERSON. RIGHT SO IF IT'S A MISDEMEANOR NOT OCCURRING IN A POLICE OFFICER'S PRESENCE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, TO ACTUALLY MAKE AN ARREST OR ISSUE SUMMONS ON ON THAT PERSON, AND SO INDIVIDUALS WHO WITNESSED AND MISDEMEANOR WOULD HAVE TO GO TAKE OUT A WARRANT THAT THAT'S THE LAW, WHETHER IT'S LITTERING OR ANY OTHER MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE THAT OCCURS IN THE CITY. SO IF I SAW SOMEBODY DOING THIS, OR. MR STEWART SAW SOMEBODY LITTERING HE CAN GO AND REPORT THEM. YES IT'S THE SAME FOR VIOLATION OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE FOR TRESPASSING. IF YOU HAVE THAT CRIMINAL OFFENSE OCCUR IN YOUR PRESENCE OFFICER DOESN'T SEE IT OCCUR IN HIS PRESENCE. THING YOU GO TO THE MAGISTRATE, AND YOU WOULD SWEAR OUT PROBABLY CAUSING THAT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE REVISION THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. THAT'S HOW THE CODE WAS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE PART THAT'S IN RED UNDER D. AND THAT'S JUST THE PENALTY PORTION.

THAT'S WHAT THE STATE CODE SAYS THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS ADOPTED THAT SO. WE CAN INCREASE IT BEYOND WHAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PERMITS. YES, THE SECTION IN RED IS WHAT'S BEEN CHANGED. THEY ORIGINALLY HAD IT AS A CLASS ONE MISDEMEANOR, WHICH MEANT THAT THE FINE COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. AND SO WHAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES IS MAKE THE MINIMUM FINED $500. UM INSTEAD OF GIVING THE LATITUDE TO IMPOSE A MUCH LESSER PENALTY AT I RECALL WHEN I WAS DOING THIS MANY YEARS AGO, BUT I MEAN , THE FINE WAS LIKE $50 FOR LITTERING SO NO WONDER WHY YOU HAVE THAT ISSUE ACROSS THE BOARD IN MANY CITIES AND WHY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHOSE TO INCREASE COUNCILMAN COPPER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MR WILLIAMS. LET'S TAKE A BUSINESS ANY BUSINESS. THAT ALLOWS LETTER TO ACCUMULATE ON ITS PROPERTY. BUT THIS THE BUSINESS ITSELF IS NOT THE SOURCE OF THE LETTER. THAT IS THE PROPRIETOR OF THE STORE DIDN'T COME OUT AND THROW THE GARBAGE ON THE ON THE GROUND. AH! WE HAVE, AS WAS MENTIONED. WE HAVE SOME, UH. PROPERTIES AND BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG. THERE ARE HIGHLY VISIBLE. ON WHICH A LOT OF LITTER ACCUMULATES. IS THERE A PROVISION IT WELL, FIRST, LET'S START WITH THIS. CODE. DOES THIS CODE IMPOSE ANY. PENALTY ON THE BUSINESS FOR ALLOWING LETTER TO ACCUMULATE OFF OF FAILING TO PICK UP LITTER ON THE BUSINESSES PREMISES. RIGHT SO, SO THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS. THIS ADDRESSES THE ACT OF LITTERING. THERE'S A SEPARATE CODE PROVISION THAT'S ENFORCED

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PERTAINING TO SALARIES OF COUNCIL AND MAYOR. MR WILLIAMS. I APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD I SHOULD HAVE STAYED UP HERE. SO THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, UM, REQUEST THAT HAD COME FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT HAPPENED TO BE BRINGING SOMETHING INTO COMPLIANCE OR MAKING IT CONSISTENT WITH DAKOTA, VIRGINIA , UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CITY CHARTER OF PETERSBURG ACTUALLY HAS SOME PROVISIONS IN THERE, WHICH PERTAINED TO UM PAY INCREASES TO CITY COUNCIL.

HOWEVER, THE STATE CODE WAS AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL LEGISLATION TO THE CONTRARY. THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT THAT SHALL BE FOLLOWED, AND IT OUTLINES A CHART IN THE STATE CODE THAT IS BASED ON THE POPULATION OF LOCALITIES.

DEFINING WHAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD OR CAN MAKE SHOULD CANCEL. CHOOSE TO IMPOSE THAT, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE BECAUSE PETERSBURG FALLS IN A POPULATION RANGE FROM 20,000 TO 34 99 UNDER THE STATE CODE PROVISIONS AND 15.2 14 14.6, THE SALARY OF THE MAYOR COULD BE AS HIGH AS $13,000 A YEAR. AND THE SALARY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD BE AS HIGH AS $12,000 A YEAR.

THE CURRENT SALARY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THAT CURRENTLY. EACH MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL ONLY MAKES $6500, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE STATE COULD PERMITS, AND THE MAYOR'S SALARY IS 8500, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE $13,000 PERMITTED BY STATE CODE . AND SO THIS ORDINANCE IS BEING PROPOSED TO ENABLE COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT THOSE RAISES THAT THERE IS A WAITING PERIOD THAT THE STATE CODE REQUIRES BEFORE THE SALARY INCREASE CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. IN THIS CASE, IT COULD NOT ACTUALLY TAKE EFFECT AND CHILDREN LIE 1ST 2023% COUNSEL'S REQUEST. I HAVE PROPOSED THIS ORDINANCE SUCH THAT IT ENABLES FUTURE INCREASES TO OCCUR CONSISTENT WITH WHATEVER AMENDMENTS MAY OCCUR. DOWN THE ROAD WITH REGARD TO THE STATE CODE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. RIGHT THANK YOU. NEXT OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING OR CONSIDERATION. ORDINANCE TO AMEND RE ADOPT SECTION 2-31 OF THE PETERSBURG CITY CODE PERTAINING TO SALARIES. ALL RIGHT. THING NO OTHER HANDS. THIS PROBABLY HEARING HIS CLOTHES. AS WE GO TO DISCUSS ALSO, UM, COUNCILMAN CUPBOARD. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I DO THINK THAT, UH, 2-31 IS BADLY OUT OF DATE. AND SO I MOVED. THAT WE AMEND. SECTION 2-31 OF THE

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SECTION 2-31 SALARIES. THE ANNUAL SALARY OF THE MAYOR SHALL BE $13,000. THE ANNUAL SALARY OF EACH OTHER MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE $12,000. RIGHT MOTION COUNCILMAN HILL. A SECOND. THAT MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. RUSSIAN COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH.

SO WHAT IS. THE MOTION THAT WAS JUST READ ACTUALLY GIVES THE FIGURE AMOUNT. BUT THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS WRITTEN. BASICALLY DOES THE SAME THING WITHOUT SPELLING OUT THE FIGURE. AM I CORRECT? IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY, SO ONCE YOU PUT IT INTO THE CHARTER AS A FIGURE AMOUNT. AND THAT FIGURE AMOUNT BECOMES FIXED. UNTIL SUCH TIME AS. THE COUNCIL. AT WHAT OTHER TIME WHATEVER TIME DECIDES TO CHANGE IT. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN CUPBOARD IS PROPOSING. YES. BUT IF WE DO IT THE OTHER WAY. WITHOUT THE FIGURE IN IT. AND COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE WITH. CHANGING THE SALARIES, ACCORDING TO WHAT THE STATE PROVIDES FOR.

RIGHT IT WOULD JUST MIRROR STATE CODE AS STATE CODE MAY BE AMENDED IN THE FUTURE. OKAY, THANK YOU. MOTION. AT THIS AT THIS TIME, MADAME CLAIRE, DID YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER DUISBURG. I'M VOTING. I THINK THAT THIS APPROACH THAT HAVE SUGGESTED ADVANCES THE CASE FOR TRANSPARENCY. AND IF THERE ARE TO BE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING, ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS IN THE PUBLIC'S BEST INTEREST. TO REPHRASE THIS MOTION AS I MADE IT. UM, I VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. NO. CASA. REMEMBER MYERS? NO. CAST MEMBER WESTBROOK. AH! COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. VICE MARY SMITH LEE. MAYOR PERN. YEP, STAYING. MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT MOVE ON ITEM. NINE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD ITEM. NINE. PUBLIC INFORMATION, PERIOD

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COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME? I'M SORRY. SYLVIA'S DEATH TO 448 COUNTY. DR. THANK YOU.

PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. MY CONCERN IS ABOUT THE HOMELESS, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRAINING CENTER DID SHUT DOWN. THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING MISSING HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A VAST AMOUNT OF HOMELESS. INCLUDING HOMELESS VETERANS. MENTAL HEALTH IS A BIG ISSUE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE USED TO NOT WANT TO SPEAK ON. BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AND IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO PANHANDLE IS AND BE OUT IN A COAL OUT OF THE WEATHER. I THINK THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE PROPER SHELTER. I DON'T THINK THAT, UM I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS CONSIDERED WHEN IT'S TRAINING CENTER CLOSED. WHERE WERE THESE PEOPLE GOING TO GO? AND THEY END UP ALL OVER THE CITY. AND I MEAN , WE AS CITIZENS COULD ONLY GIVE US SO MUCH EVERY TIME WHEN I PASSED THEM. I KEEP CERTAIN DOLLARS SO THAT I COULD GIVE TO THEM BLANKETS, SHIRTS, WHATEVER I CAN SHARE. BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AS MUCH AS WE AS YOU ALL ARE PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR, UM PUBLIC HOUSING , WHICH IS NECESSARY. I THINK IT'S A MAJOR NECESSITY FOR THE HOMELESS AND MENTAL HEALTH TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT MR KENNY T. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.

HANNAH, MISS MOREAU'S. SORRY I WAS RUNNING LATE. I DIDN'T GET MY NAME SIGNED ON THERE. HELLO MY NAME IS MICHELLE MORALS. 1 31 SOUTH MARKET STRAIGHT. SINCE MARCH, 26TH 2022 LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, THERE HAS BEEN FIVE SHOOTING DEATHS IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THE YOUNGEST VICTIM WAS 15 YEARS OLD. I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED FROM THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. OR THE CITY COUNCIL. IN RESPONSE TO THIS, THIS IS WRONG, THEIR GRIEVING FAMILIES THAT NEED SOME HELP AND GUIDANCE. THERE IS A COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO LOOK TOWARDS ITS LEADERS TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY PLANS ON DOING TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS AND FIXING ANYONE PRIOR TO THE PROBLEM WILL TAKE PLENTY OF TIME. BUT TO SIMPLY SHRUG YOUR SHOULDERS AND SAY, WELL, IT IS.

PETERSBURG IS NOT ENOUGH. ALL BUT ONE OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS. TWO OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS. IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN DONE, OR AT LEAST STARTED DURING THAT TIME. I REALIZED THAT PETERSBURG HAS BEEN THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES IN THE PAST 12 YEARS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON FIXING PROBLEMS IN THE CITY, RATHER THAN THE FRIVOLOUS THINGS THAT WAS SPENT ON THE MONEY THAT WAS SPENT ON THIS LIBRARY EXTENSION COULD HAVE GONE TOWARDS WORKING ON VIOLENCE RATHER THAN THE LIBRARY. THIS ROOM, WHILE NICE WAS NOT NEEDED , AND NO MATTER ELSE, WHAT ELSE YOU SAY THIS ROOM HAS NEVER NOR WILL EVER SAVE A CHILD'S LIFE. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO SAVING A CHILD'S LIFE. THIS CITY NEEDS TO WORK HARDER ON HIRING AND RETAINING OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND NOT JUST ALLOWING THEM TO USE PETERSBURG AS THEIR TRAINING GROUND AND THEN TAKE THAT EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE EXPERIENCE THAT THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG HAVE PAID FOR AND MORE WAYS THAN ONE THIS CITY NEEDS TO FIX UP ABANDONED AND BLIGHTED HOMES. PLENTY OF STUDIES SHOW THAT HOMES AND BUILDINGS THAT LOOK LIKE ARE BLIGHTED BUILDINGS HERE LEAD TO MORE VIOLENCE. THERE'S SO MANY LAWS HERE IN PETERSBURG THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS PROBLEM IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY APPLIED. I FOR ONE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMEND COUNCILMAN MYERS FOR THE WORK THAT HE PERSONALLY HAS BEEN DOING ON FIXING UP BLIGHTED HOMES, JEFFERSON STREET AND CENTER HILL AREA ARE LOOKING MUCH BETTER WITH THE HOUSES HE'S BEEN WORKING ON. I HOPE THAT THE MOMENTUM KEEPS UP IN THESE HOUSES ARE FINISHED. I TRULY BELIEVE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THIS CITY NEEDS TO FINISH FIXING UP PARKS AND OTHER OUTDOOR AREAS FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY AT AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE BASKETBALL HOOPS THAT WERE TAKEN DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID ARE PUT BACK UP. THE CITY ALSO NEEDS TO REPAIR BROKEN SIDEWALKS. WE FIX THE POTHOLES NOW, CAN WE FIX THE SIDEWALKS? SINCE I ONLY HAD THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG. BUT THESE THINGS ARE PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND NOT JUST OLD TOWN. I LOVE WHAT I'VE SEEN LATELY AND OLD TOWN, BUT THERE'S MORE TO THE CITY THAN OLD TOWN. YOU HAVE OVER 30,000 RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY LOOKING AT YOU FOR GUIDANCE. PLEASE HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? YES AMANDA GREEN 12 10 WAS HIGH STREET. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU. CITY COUNCIL'S ATTENTION

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

SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK ALL OF COUNCIL THANKS YOU FOR THAT? ON THIS, UH ISSUE OF VIOLENCE. IT IS VERY MUCH ON THE MINDS AND CONSCIENCES OF EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL. AH WE ALL WISH WE COULD REACH DEEP INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF UM , THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PERPETRATING THE VIOLENCE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT THE WAY HUMAN NATURE WORKS, AND THAT'S BEYOND OUR GRASP. AT THIS AT THE SAME TIME. WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT JUST SHRUGGING OUR SHOULDERS. WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN WE ADOPTED THE FIREARMS ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS FIREARMS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS SUCH AS THIS AS WELL AS IN OUR PARKS AS WELL AS A LONG PARADE ROUTES. UM WE ARE STRENUOUSLY ENFORCING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE BUILDING CODE. WE ARE NOT WHERE I WOULD LIKE US TO BE. BUT WE ARE LIGHT YEARS OF AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE WHEN A NUMBER OF US JOINED THIS CITY COUNCIL A LONGER TERM SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM I'M CONVINCED IS TO IMPROVE THE LITERACY RATE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE IN PETERSBURG. AND HANDED OUT AS MANY COPIES AS I HAD TO. THE PUBLIC. UH AND THERE ARE, I THINK, 11 PAGES OF PAPER THAT I HAVE STAPLED TOGETHER AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE ARE WHAT THOSE PAPERS TEACH US. A PAGE ONE SHOWS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS RECEIVED OVER $36 MILLION OF. IN THE INTERVAL OF MARCH OF 2022. 2021 UM THROUGH VARIOUS FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE PAST. AH! AND SOME OF THAT MONEY IS ELIGIBLE, UH, ON ELIGIBLE USE OF SOME OF THAT MONEY. I THINK MUCH OF THAT MONEY. IS TO ADDRESS THE DECREASE IN LITERACY THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC. AH! AS YOU WILL SEE IF YOU TURN TO PAGE SIX. THIS IS A PAGE FROM AN ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED. IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. UH LAST YEAR. AND THE PARAGRAPH READS TO ADDRESS THE PANDEMIC RELATED LEARNING LOSS. THIS PARTICULAR PRINCIPLE IN A

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TO GET TRAINED IN THE WILSON READING SYSTEM, A PROGRAM THAT HAS A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON PHONICS.

NOW, THAT IS HARDLY A QUICK SOLUTION, BUT I THINK THERE IS NO QUICK SOLUTION. IF YOU GO BACK TO PAGE TWO, YOU WILL SEE THE ABSOLUTELY ABYSMAL READING MATH. AH SCIENCE SCORES IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND SO I THINK FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY , ONE PLACE TO TAKE YOUR REQUEST FOR HELP. IN WHICH I JOINED. IS TO THE PETERSBURG SCHOOL BOARD AND YOU MIGHT TAKE THESE PAPERS , PAPERS IN HAND AND ASK THEM. WHICH OF THESE, UH, CATEGORIES OF FEDERAL FUNDS. AH! CAN BE USED TO ADDRESS OUR LITERACY PROBLEMS. AH THERE'S DEFINITELY A CONNECTION BETWEEN LACK OF, UM , READY ABILITY TO READ. AND A TENDENCY TO VIOLENCE. UM. LAST THING I WANT TO TURN TO IS A SPEEDING MOTION. THIS IS ITEM 10 A ON THE AGENDA. AND, UM. I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT. THE MOTION THAT APPEARS IN THE AGENDA PACKET AT PAGES, 109 AND 1 10.

AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN MYERS AND ADVICE MAYOR SMITH LEE FOR WORKING WITH ME. TO FASHION THIS MOTION, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AH THEIR INPUT HAS BEEN QUITE USEFUL. IN SEEING. USEFUL TO ME IN SEEING THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN GO ABOUT APPROACH APPROACHING THE SPEEDING PROBLEM IN DISCOURAGING SPEEDING. WE NEED TO DO MORE THAN, SAY, QUOTE. I WANT TO SEND. EXCUSE ME. I WANT TO TURN PETERSBURG INTO A SPEED TRAP. CLOSE QUOTE. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND THIS MOTION DOES JUST THAT. SO AH, WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR A SECOND.

BACK IN SMITH LEE. ALL RIGHT. AND AT THIS TIME BEING THAT THIS, UM, MOTION AFFECTS SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ANYONE WHO CAME TO SPEAK ON THIS MOTION WHETHER THEY'RE FOR OR AGAINST, I WOULD HAVE SHORT PUBLIC HEARING. ON THE MOTION TO DISCOURAGE SPEEDING BY PUTTING UP STOP SIGNS AND THESE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. UM YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRIAN MOORE.

NO, I'M NOT THE FORMER MAYOR BRIAN MOORE. OVER THERE, BUT HE IS MY NEIGHBOR. UM I LIVE AT 406 CLAREMONT STREET. UM ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS THAT'S PROPOSED TO HAVE A THREE WAY STOP. UM IS RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE. UM SPEEDING HAS BEEN A CONCERN FOR ALL OF US DOWN CLAREMONT STREET BETWEEN CRATER ROAD AND SYCAMORE STREET. IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE RECENT YEARS, IT'S BECOME A DRAG STRIP TO SEE HOW FAST THEY CAN GET FROM ONE END OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER. UM I'VE BEEN A VICTIM SEVERAL TIMES, WITH MY PROPERTY BEING DESTROYED PARKED OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. THE MOST RECENT WAS THIS PAST NOVEMBER, MY TRUCK GOT ABOUT $6000 WORTH OF DAMAGE DONE TO IT PARKED OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. UM, IT'S A PROBLEM. I'M ENCOURAGING YOU GUYS TO PLEASE WORK TOGETHER TO PASS THIS MOTION BECAUSE EVENTUALLY IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY. IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY'S FAMILY MEMBER. UM AND I I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT MY KIDS RIDE THEIR BICYCLES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM PLAY WITH THEIR FRIENDS. MY WIFE AND I WALK OUR DOG. OTHER NEIGHBORS WALK THEIR DOGS. SOME OF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UM IT NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS TOOK IT AS AS SUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SORRY. CLEVELAND, EVERYBODY

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BUT THEY STILL ALMOST LIKE THIS, THOUGH. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS BECAUSE LIVING AROUND THERE IT AIN'T LACK. LIVING ON A LEVEL STREET WHERE YOU CAN TURN IN, BUT WE LIVED DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. AND WHEN WE TURN IT IN AND SO DANGEROUS, THE CARS ARE COMING, AND THEY THEY SEEM LIKE I'LL PROBABLY PUT MY LIGHT ON. I MEAN, MY SIGNAL ALONG AT PROBABLY ABOUT THREE HOUSES BEFORE I GET TO MY HOUSE. BEFORE I GET YOUR MILES AND I LOOK, IT'S STILL UP ON ME LIKE THIS. SO JUST LIKE I SAID, WHEN, UM I GET THAT IN THE IN THE DOOR. I WAS I WAS SO HAPPY BECAUSE IT WAS SOME BEING. YOU KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE. I HOPE YOU'LL BE DONE. YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE I GOT THOSE THREE, UM GRAND KIDS IS 12. THERE'S ONE AND TWO AND THEY'D BE RUNNING WILD AND THEY HIT THAT HILL AND CAN'T STOP AND A CAR COME PAST, YOU KNOW, SO TAKE. COUNCILMAN COLEMAN FOR DOING THAT, YOU KNOO BRING IT TO YOUR FRONT. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU. RIGHT. NEXT UP, SIR. YES. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BOB ROGERS AND I LIVE AT 207 MARSHALL STREET. AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE POPULAR LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE . AH SPEEDING AT THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON AND MARSHALL. NEAR WHERE I LIVE IS A PROBLEM BUT ALSO ENCOURAGE MORE THINGS, BUT WE'LL GET WHAT WE CAN GET TONIGHT, I ASSUME, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN THREE ACCIDENTS WITHIN ONE HOUSE OF MY WITHIN ONE HOUSE OF WHERE I LIVE. AT THE CORNER OF MARSHALL AND JEFFERSON, AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM WERE DUE TO SPEEDING. SO THANK YOU. I URGE YOU TO DO THIS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT. THE LADY IN THE BACK. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. UH MY NAME IS CLAUDIA BASIC. AH, TWO OF FIVE SOUTH SYCAMORE STREET. AND, UH, SPEEDING HAS AFFECTED ME. TWICE IN 2020, WHERE CAR ENDED UP IN MY YARD. AH AND THAT WAS SPEEDING EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THEN SECOND CAR IN JULY. UH, IT WAS A D U I SO THOSE ARE TWO AND IT'S A PERSONAL UH, IT WAS A PERSONAL WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? AH CONSEQUENCE FOR ME. HOWEVER I'M HERE TO ALSO ADDRESS THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT'S ACROSS FROM SYCAMORE AND MARSHALL. THOSE ARE SENIOR LIVING BUILDINGS. AND THE CROSSWALKS. THERE ARE AN ISSUE OF POTENTIAL HAZARD. IT IS A HAZARD. I DO HAVE FOOTAGE OF, UH RESIDENTS WHO JUST CAME FROM THE DOLLAR. THE NEW DOLLAR, UM STORE. WITH THEIR SHOPPING CART , WAITING BETWEEN 3 TO 5 MINUTES. BEFORE ANY CAR WOULD STOP. I ALSO HAVE A FOOTAGE ON VIDEO OF A WOMAN WHO HAD WHO WALKS ON SHE'S DISABLED. AND SHE WAITED, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT SIX MINUTES BEFORE ANY CAR WOULD STOP. AND EVEN A BUS, A SCHOOL BUS. PAST HER AS SHE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROSSWALK. A THIRD

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AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY DESERVE AH! A WAY TO CROSS THAT WITHOUT FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES. UH A FLASHING SIGN ANYTHING. THERE ARE NOT THE TRAFFIC IS JUST NOT STOPPING, EVEN AS THEY ARE VISIBLE VISIBLY. ABOUT TO CROSS THAT CROSSWALK. SO I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING THIS, UH , ISSUE BECAUSE IT DOES INVOLVE PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU. PARIS. MICHELLE MOREAU'S 1 31 SOUTH MARKET STREET AS YOU ALL KNOW MY WALK EVERYWHERE IN THIS CITY. I DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME UP AND DOWN SYCAMORE AND AROUND POPULAR LAWN. AND UM, I AM VERY HAPPY YOU'RE PUTTING IN THE STOP SIGNS . I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE GET VERY CYNICAL AND THINK THAT DRIVERS TEND TO BLOW THROUGH STOP SIGNS AND WHAT IS THE POINT OF PUTTING HIM OUT? BUT IT DOES AMAZE ME. I DO WATCH, UM SUCH ON LIBERTY OR OTHER STREETS. THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEEDING WILL STILL STOP FOR STOP SIGNS. SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THESE ARE GOING IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS ABBY GILBERT 241 SOUTH SYCAMORE STREET. I PRETTY MUCH JUST WANT TO BE ANOTHER VOICE BACKING UP EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST SAID SO I HOPE YOU'VE HEARD THE HEARTFELT CONCERNS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. UM THIS IS SERIOUSLY AN ISSUE. WE'VE MOVED HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF INSTANCES LIKE CLAUDIA JUST MENTIONED PEOPLE IN THE CROSSWALK. THEY'RE IN THE CROSSWALK, AND THEY CAN'T EVEN CROSS THE STREET. UM I HAVE CHECKED THE PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEIR WEEKLY REPORTS THAT THEY PUT OUT OF CERTAIN INCIDENCES THAT HAVE ONLY BEEN REPORTED. SO WHAT GOES ON THE REPORT IS THAT THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE AND EVERY WEEK. IN ONE OF THE WARDS, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE HIT AND RUN. SOMETIMES THERE'S MORE THAN ONE IN THE WARDS, SO THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE. UM. UM, YES. SECONDLY WE DO LIVE ACROSS FROM THE LAFAYETTE SENIOR COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND I'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF INSTANCES AS WELL WHERE THEY STAND THERE, AND THEY WAIT OR ONE EVENING, I SAW A WOMAN THAT WAS ALMOST LIKE SECONDS. AWAY FROM BEING HIT BECAUSE SOMEONE DIDN'T SEE HER. IT WAS DUSK. SHE WAS TRYING TO CROSS AND SHE STEPPED INTO THE ROAD AND THEY HIT THEIR BRAKES AT THE VERY LAST SECOND, SO WE ALMOST HAD ANOTHER HIT AND RUN. UM, SO AGAIN. I READ IT RIGHT. I HOPE THIS IS PASSED AS A BILL, AND WE DON'T NEED MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. PLEASE. WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE SOME THINK THANK YOU. ALRIGHT? YES, MR STEWART. MY NAME. RICHARD STEWART 1 29 ROW STREET. PROUD. THE MOST DANGEROUS STREET IN PETERSBURG. I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR COMING OVER DURING THE DAY AND EVERYTHING SORT OF NEUTRAL. THE MAN IN THE EVENING. THERE'S NO TOUR STUFF COMING TO PETERSBURG. ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE COMING OVER THERE. THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING AT THE BOTTOM OF A ROAST STREET WE CALL THE RACE TRACK. THEY COME DOWN THERE TO MENACE AMOUNT OF SPEED. OVER THERE, AND SOONER OR LATER, SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT. AH THEY GOT THE ROTARY PARK DOWN THERE. THEY GO DOWN TO THE ROLE OF THE PARK AND I THINK A DRUG DEALER DRUGS EXCHANGE DYNAMIC. AND WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY COME OUT VERY, VERY FAST.

WHENEVER THEY COME IN. SO I HOPING THAT WHATEVER THIS ORDERS YOU PASS IT BECAUSE. REALLY CAN APPLY THE POCAHONTAS SOME WAY SOMEHOW BECAUSE OUT OF SEE HIM COME DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAIN LUTHER KING BRIDGE AND LOOK LIKE THAT'S THE STARTING LINE. AND THEY RAISED FROM POCAHONTAS

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THEY DON'T EVEN STOP IT THAT LIKE I'VE EVEN HAD NOT NOT THE LIKE WITH THE STOP SAYING IT USED TO BE A LIGHT RIGHT THERE. BONANZA IS JUST A SENATE EVEN HEAD PUBLIC WORKS TO PUT A LARGER STOP SIGN, AND THEY STILL BEAM LAND THROUGH THERE. SO, UM WE DON'T I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE MOTION WITH WHAT WAS WHAT WHAT? WHAT IS THERE, BUT, UH, I WANT PUBLIC WORKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT AH, THE CORNER OF BOWLING BROOK AND SYCAMORE STREET. CAUSE THAT'S A DANGEROUS I MEAN, AND IT ALSO ON TOP OF THAT, WE NEED TO START ESPECIALLY DOWN IN OLD TOWN AREA. I HAD A GENTLEMAN IN POCKETS HIS VAN IN FRONT OF, UH , BUSINESS THERE AND IT'S 30 MINUTES, BUT HE WAS PARKED IN THE WRONG AREA. AND HE SAID, NO . YOU KNOW, ACTING PARK RIGHT HERE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU CAN'T BECAUSE THIS IS NO PARKING RIGHT HERE. AS IF YOU MOVE UP A LITTLE BIT. IT'S UNLOADING, BUT YOU COULD NOT SEE THIS. THEY ARE THE STRIPES ON THE ON THE STREET AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS.

SOME TIME AGO AND SEEMED LIKE IT JUST FELL ON DEAF EARS. BUT FOR PUBLIC WORKS, WE NEED TO RE STRIKE THE STREETS AND THE PARKING WHERE PEOPLE CAN PARK IT. ESPECIALLY DOWN IN THAT DOWNTOWN AND OLD TOWN AREA SO WE CAN HAVE MORE VISIBILITY SO PEOPLE WOULD KNOW WHERE TO PARK AND WHERE NOT TO PARK THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I'M WAITING FOR THE VOTE. NEXT QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS. PLEASED FOR ITEM ONE AND THE STOPLIGHTS. AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST WASHINGTON AND PERRY. AND A STOP LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST WITH STREET AND PERRY. WHAT IS THE COST OF THOSE STOPLIGHTS? AND DOES THE CITY PAY FOR THIS OR BE DOT. ANYONE HERE FROM PUBLIC WORK? MR WILLIAMS, PLEASE. AND IF HE'S NOT SURE COUNCIL WHEN WE HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU. YEAH, WE CAN VERIFY THIS INFORMATION, BUT I KNOW THAT THE CITY WOULD UNLESS THEY CAN GET SOME GRANTS OR LESS. THEY CAN GET SOME FUNDING FROM V DOT BECAUSE YOU LIVED. THE STUDY IS DYING AND THEN BASED ON WHAT THE STUDY SAYS. THE MONEY. OR THE AWARD IS AVAILABLE. I KNOW WE CAN. HAVE THE DATA TRIED TO ADMINISTER THAT PROJECT, BUT I KNOW THAT BUT THAT ALSO HAS COME TO THIS BODY AS WELL AND TALKING WITH. COUNCIL ON NOT JUST PARIS ST. UH NOT JUST THOSE STRIPES, STOPLIGHTS BUT ALSO THE WASHINGTON AND WITH AND SO WE CAN BRING THEM BACK AS WELL. SO I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION. BUT THERE'S NO CLEAR CUT WAY. I THINK THE CITY WOULD BE ON THE HOOK FOR SOME OF IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I DO KNOW THAT TRAFFIC LIGHTS COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM. TODAY'S PROBLEMS GROWING UP ANYWHERE FROM 300,002.

PROBABLY HALF MILLION. CAUSE WE , THE CITY HAS A LOT OF OLDER EQUIPMENT AND STOPLIGHTS. AND SO , UM I CAN GET MORE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. ON THE UPCOMING MEETINGS, AND I CAN GET WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AS WELL. AND FOR THE STOP SIGNS THE CITY DOES THAT CORRECT. THE CITY CAN CAN DO THAT. IF THAT'S WHAT COUNSEL AT A COST OF SIGN. RIGHT AND I BELIEVE THAT REGGIE LANCE CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND HE GAVE A PRESENTATION IN WHICH UH , THE SIGNS THAT THE SIGNS AS WELL AS THE BARS TO STOP BARS, UM, AS WELL AS THE POLLS,

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UH IT ASKS YOU TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. AT ALL WORK SESSION. ON MAY THREE. THIS IS ON PAGE TWO OF THE MOTION. UM AND SO WHEN YOU COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH MORE INFORMATION ON MAY THREE.

PERHAPS YOU COULD TELL US WHETHER THAT SEPTEMBER ONE DEADLINE IS FEASIBLE OR NOT.

YES, SIR. I COULD OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. AH, AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S SUPER ALRIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, UM COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH FROM ANOTHER COMMENT. YES I APOLOGIZE . UH, THAT I HAD NOT. I THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY VOTING ON PAGE ONE. PAGE TWO DOES STIPULATE SOME THINGS I DID WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT , UH, FRESHLY PAINT ALL EXISTING EXISTING PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS,

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BEGAN THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. ISF ITEM NUMBER ONE AND TWO. TAKEOFF ITEM NUMBER ONE DOWN THE BOTTOM AND TABLE EVERYTHING ON PAGE TWO. AMENDED MOTION COUNCILMAN MARK MYERS, YOU'RE GOOD. SECOND DAY OF THE AMENDED MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION COUNSELING COVER? YES. I LET'S LOOK AT PAGE TWO FOR A MINUTE. WHAT DOES IT REALLY SAY? IT SAYS. IN ADDITION, AS TO THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN TO DISCOURAGE SPEEDING. COUNCIL ASKS THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH STAFF TO PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL'S WORK SESSION ON MAY THREE. AS TO THE FOLLOWING AND THEN THERE ARE SIX ITEMS IN EACH OF THEM STARTS OFF WITH THE WORD WHETHER WHETHER TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL STREETS. AH! FOR EXAMPLE, PERHAPS, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. AND IT'S A PERHAPS AH! IF THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF THINK THAT THE THIS EXAMPLE IS SHOULD NOT. BE WHERE WE, UM, HAVE AUGMENTED FINES. THE CITY MANAGER WILL AND STAFF WILL MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO US. THIS MOTION DOES NOT DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER, TOO. WOW ALL THE CITY ATTORNEY OR ANYONE ELSE TO ADOPT AUGMENTED FINES. UM IN THE SECOND, LET'S LOOK AT ITEM TO WHETHER TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OR OTHERWISE DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO DECREASE THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 25 MILES AN HOUR TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. AH! AS VIRGINIA CODE ALLOWS. NOW IF WE READ THE VIRGINIA CODE SECTION, IT SAYS THAT THE SPEED LIMIT HAS HAS GOT THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT HAS GOT TO BE CLEARLY. AH MORE SO IT'S NOT LIKE UM, THE PAUL. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO'S JUST JUST LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE WILL HAVE NO CLUE THAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS 20 MILES AN HOUR. UM AND I HAVE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS. ABOUT SPEEDING ON WEST BANK AND HIGH STREET. UM BETWEEN NORTH SYCAMORE AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD. AH! PRETTY REGULARLY. I'VE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS. UM AND THEN AH! CERTAINLY NUMBER THREE IS NOT INTENDED TO LIMIT AH! THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS. TO BE

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WELL, I CAN I CAN SUPPORT THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. AH VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT. AH! COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL HIGH BY SMOOTH. SMITH, LI HAI MAYOR, PERM HIGH PASS ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR COVER OF ANY OTHER ITEM. NO, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR AND WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM JUST THREE THINGS. AM I, TOO HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF. MURDERS KILLINGS THAT SHOOTINGS AND WE HAVE HAD IN THIS CITY. UM IT'S REALLY BEEN HORRENDOUS. I WANT TO ASK US ONCE AGAIN. THAT BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE. THAT NOT THAT MY IDEAS ARE PERFECT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING

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ABOUT US, UM THE CITY. ADOPTING A PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE IN VIRGINIA BEACH WHERE YOU RENT OUT UM PROPERTIES. WE HAVE SOME VERY SMALL LOTS IN THIS CITY THAT NO ONE WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO BUILD ON AND THE CITY OWNS THEM. IF WE COULD RENT OUT THE PLOTS FOR GARDENING SPACES AS THE REVENUE TO THE CITY, AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN APARTMENTS AND THINGS TO HAVE SOMEPLACE TO DO GARDENING, WHETHER IT'S FOR FOOD OR WHETHER IT'S FOR, UM JUST GREENERY AND HELPS TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY. IT IMPROVES GREEN SPACES. AND. WHEN IMPROVING THE LOOK OF THE CITY AND DOING THINGS LIKE THIS. IT HAS A PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT ON THE CITIZENS WHO LIVED THERE. UM. PROGRAM CAN BE STUDIED ON VIRGINIA AT VIRGINIA BEACH WEBSITE. AND I'D LIKE TO ELABORATE JUST A LITTLE BIT ON MY CO COUNSEL, MR CUTHBERT TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LITERACY RATE IMPROVING AND HE IS CORRECT. LITERACY RATE DOES NEED TO IMPROVE. WE NEED TO DO SOME THINGS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM TO IMPROVE. HOWEVER. FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP GREATLY WOULD BE YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS. WHEN JUNE COMES, OUR KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL ONCE AGAIN JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER. AND. OTHER THAN WHAT THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING. THERE'S NOTHING MUCH FOR THEM. THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOL OFFERS STABILITY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP. WITH WHAT THEY WHAT THEIR LAG. WHAT'S LAGGING? IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEN COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO STEP UP. BECAUSE THE 12 YEARS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL WE HAVE GIVEN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY YEAR, BUT WE EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS, AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. NO MATTER WHAT ELSE THEY'RE GETTING FROM OTHER ENTITIES. WE CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING. IF WE WANT MORE FROM OUR CHILDREN, WE HAVE GOT TO INVEST MORE. IN OUR CHILDREN. EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT GIVES YOU A MILLION BOY EVERY YEAR. WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR CHILDREN? SO CONSIDER ALSO, PLEASE GO INTO YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS. AND TELLING YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHAT IT IS YOU WANT. S FOR YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS WITH FOR YOUR CHILD. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE SUMMER? ASK YOUR SCHOOL BOARD TO IMPLEMENT THIS. I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT THE CONCERN FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE CITY REST QUITE HEAVILY ON MY HEART AND YOU ARE NOT ALONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WINSTON SMITH. I'D LIKE TO, UM A LOT SOME OF MY TIME FOR YOU BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SPEAK ON UM, I KNOW MISSTEP TALKED TONIGHT ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ON SEVERAL MEETINGS AND WE HAVE A GREAT CONCEPT OF ASKING THE STATE TO REOPEN. THAT TRAINING, UM, CENTER PART TO GIVE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICE TO OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE VETERANS. COULD YOU TALK TO ME STUFF ABOUT BECAUSE SHE SHE RAISED THAT QUESTION TONIGHT, AND WE HAD A GREAT PLAN, BUT WE NEED TO HELP FROM THE PUBLIC TO GET UM, SOME ATTRACTION FROM THE STATE TO ALLOW US TO USE THAT FACILITY. COUNCILOR WEST SMITH. OKAY, SO. ON THE GROUNDS OF SOUTH SAVAGING YOU. TRAINING CENTER. CURRENTLY A LOT OF EMPTY BUILDINGS. THERE ARE COTTAGES, WHICH NUMBER FROM 12 TO 40. EACH COTTAGE HAS. BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR FULL BEDROOMS WITH BUILT IN DRESSES AND MIRRORS. EACH COTTAGE HAS A HUGE LIVING ROOM. KITCHEN WITH REFRIGERATOR

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IT'S A GOOD PLAN BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE ARE PUT ON THE STREET, AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO HOTELS, YOUR HOTELS SOMETIMES HAVE SEX OFFENDERS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE GOING WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED CHILDREN ARE BEING TEASED WHEN THEY HAVE TO CATCH THE SCHOOL BUS AT THE HOTEL, AND THEN YOU WONDER WHETHER OR NOT DOING GOOD IN SCHOOL. THE PROCESS OF EVICTION IS CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAN IT IS HELPING. YOU DON'T WANT TO COME UP WITH A PLAN IF YOU HAVE NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GO SOUTH SAVAGE IN YOUR TRAINING CENTER HAS HAS THESE EMPTY BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE A VERY WELL BUILT IS ALSO ANOTHER BUILDING CALLED BUILDING 1 25. IT IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS. EACH SECTION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. EACH OF THE TWO SECTIONS HAS A BEDROOM FOR EIGHT BEDS. A BEDROOM FOR FOUR. A BEDROOM FOR THREE BEDS. A BEDROOM FOR TWO AND A BEDROOM FOR ONE. THIS IS WHAT I PROPOSED FOR SINGLE PEOPLE. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SINGLE AND HOMELESS, THEY WOULD BE IN THE AND BUILDING 1 25. IT HAS, UH, TWO KITCHENS, ONE ON EACH SECTION TO RECREATION ROOMS, ONE ON EACH SECTION. EACH SECTION HAS BATHROOMS. SHOWERS.

UH, KITCHENS. THE WHOLE NINE YARDS. IT'S A WIN WIN SITUATION BECAUSE IT'S SOUTH, AVERAGING THE CHINESE CENTER ACROSS THE STREET FROM A SERVICE STATION ACROSS THE STREET FROM MCDONALD'S DOWN THE STREET FROM THE GROCERY STORE. AND IT'S ON THE BUS LINE. IT'S UM ITS BUILDINGS THAT ARE JUST THERE, AND IT IS OWNED BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AT THE STATE OF VIRGINIA COULD WORK WITH THE LOCALITY BEING US. IT IS BEING PROPOSED AS A REGIONAL EFFORT.

WHICH MEANS X AMOUNT OF, UM, COTTAGES GO TO HOPEWELL. X AMOUNT WOULD GO TO PRINCE GEORGE X AMOUNT TO DINWIDDIE COLONIAL HIKES LIKE THAT. IT'S ALL. STILL, IT WOULD ALSO BE USED FOR EMERGENCIES. WE HAD A HORRIFIC FIRE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHERE PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED. THOSE COTTAGES COULD HAVE COULD HAVE HELPED. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN EMERGENCY PLACEMENT FOR PEOPLE.

WHO HAD FIRES. SO IT IS STILL AN IDEA AND WE ARE TALKING TO SEVERAL, UM, HOME. INSTITUTE'S WHO WORK FOR AND WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION, SO I WAS GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY WHAT YOU SAID. WE ARE WORKING ON IT. AND UM, WE HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH SOCIAL SERVICES AND OTHER PEOPLE. EMMA'S GENEVIEVE LORE AND MYSELF ARE PREPARING TO ONCE WE SPEAK TO MR MILLER AND MR INNIS ABOUT IT, WE WANT TO SPONSOR A UM. SUMMIT A HOUSING SUMMIT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES WHO ARE WORKING ON HOUSING, AND WE WANT TO SIT TOGETHER WITH EVERYBODY AND COUNSEL SO THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE. OF WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON IT AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE. TO TELL YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUST. WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU. BUT WE JUST I JUST WANT YOU TO HEAR THAT WEEKEND BECAUSE WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND WE'LL HAVE FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH YOU AFTER AFTER THIS MATTER BECAUSE WE NEED AS MUCH TRACTION AS WE CAN GET. I JUST WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS A PLAN, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO IMPLEMENT THAT. AND I'M SO YOU CAN HELP US SISTERS WITH THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. OKAY NEXT I GO TO, UM COUNCILOR

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AND WHY DO I MENTION THAT? BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MENTOR AND BRING THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM TO PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT THE KIDS CAN HAVE A MORE PRODUCTIVE WAY OF GETTING THEIR VOICE OUT AND BE HEARD AND UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, DISCOURSE THAT CAN BE DONE DO DEBATE IS HELPFUL WITH SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. MOVING ON TO THE CITY ITSELF. UM I ALWAYS HAVE A KIND OF A MESSAGE OF THEME, AND MY THEME IS ALWAYS ABOUT NOT BEING PASSED, POSSESSED, BUT BEING MORE FORWARD FOCUSED, AND TO DO THAT, UM, IT'S A FEW POINTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AND HAVE A SUB POINTS THE FIRST ONE BEING UM, A CITY MUST BE OPEN TO ANYONE. AND WHEN IT MEANS OPEN TO ANYONE, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT OUR PARKS LIKE POPULAR LAWN PARK. UM AFTER WEATHER'S BREAKING, I HOPE THAT YOU GET OUT AND ENJOY THE PART AS WELL AS REALLY SUPPORT THE FULL ART APPOMATTOX RIVER TRAIL SYSTEM. THAT IS BEING EXPANDED, BUT IT IS ALREADY UM, PORTS HAVE BEEN PAVED, AND I REALLY ADVISE PEOPLE TO GET DOWN THERE FOR YOUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH TO SEE THIS GREAT RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR CITY AND REALLY UTILIZE IT FOR RECREATION. AND BEING FINALLY THE WILCOX LAKE AND PARK PAVILION. I'VE BEEN RECENTLY HELPING OUT WITH THE BOARD AND THEY REALLY ARE TRYING TO BRING BACK THINGS LIKE, UM, LIGHTING CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, MAYBE EVEN BRINGING SANTA CLAUS IF YOU'RE FROM THIS AREA. ABOUT 30 40 YEARS AGO IN SANTA CLAUS USED TO COME INTO PETERSBURG ON THE RIVER, BUT JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT WILCOX LAKE PAVILION IN LAKE SO IT MUST BE OPEN TO ANYONE. SECOND ONE IS IT. THE CITY MUST HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. AND ON THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR FOOD BECAUSE I'M ONE THAT I LOVE TO EAT, AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S A LOT OF GREAT CUISINE IN PETERSBURG, WHETHER YOU'RE VEGAN, AND YOU WANT TO GO DOWNTOWN TO LOCAL VIBE. OR YOU STAY DOWNTOWN AND PATRONIZED ALIBIS. CROKER SPOT MARIA'S ANDRADE'S OR YOU VENTURE OUT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, LIKE THE YANKEE COFFEE SHOP, TRADITION WINGS OR THE CARIBBEAN KITCHEN, WHICH IS ON ROUTE 36. MOVING ON 2.3 IT CAN ATTRACT AND TO ATTRACT AND MAINTAIN DEMAND.

FOR THAT, UM I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF WHAT THEY DID WITH THE EASTER EGG HUNT THIS PAST WEEKEND DOWN IN THE ART LEE PARK , BUT I REALLY FELT LIKE THE CITIZENS ITSELF WASN'T TOO EARLY THAT I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF SUPPORT. AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE MORE SUPPORT. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF KIDS IN THE CITY THAT WOULD HAVE LOVED TO COME OUT AND REALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE EASTER EGG HUNT. UM BUT ALSO TO THE FIVE K AND HALF MARATHON. NO PETERSBURG IS RANKED 1 32 OUT OF 1 32. AS FAR AS THE UNHEALTHIEST CITY BUT COMING OUT AND WALKING THREE MILES OF FIVE K. I KNOW IT'S INTIMIDATING TO SOME SOME, BUT YOU KNOW, REALLY WALKING IN PARTICIPATING. MAYBE YOU COULDN'T DO THE HALF MARATHON, BUT JUST COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM ALL AROUND THIS REGION TO RUN THROUGH PETERSBURG AND SEE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. AND AS WELL SUPPORT THE RIVER STREET MARKET, SO THAT IS THE TRACK AND MAINTAIN DEMAND.

NEXT IS THE FRAMEWORK FOR URBANIZATION. AND I'D LIKE TO SHOUT OUT MR MOORE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING SOME THINGS THAT YOU COURSE THAT YOU KNOW YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. BUT IF YOU REALLY ARE INTERESTED, I ADVISE YOU TO JUST REALLY LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN PETERSBURG AND DON'T JUST LOOK AT ALL THE BAD THAT'S GOING ON, UM, SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM CITIZENS, UM, REALLY COME OUT AND EXPRESS YOUR VOICE HERE AT COUNCIL. UM, I'M ONE THAT I'M NOT A LOT ON THE INTERNET. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S THIS THING CALLED OPERATION CLEAN SWEEP WITH PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS THEIR WELL. HOW ABOUT BRINGING THOSE CONCERNS THE CITY COUNCIL? SO IT'S YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS CAN BE ON THE BOOK, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT SOME CONCERNS WITH FACES SO THAT WE CAN REALLY ADDRESS YOU ONE ON ONE AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN INTERNET. BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT REALLY REAL. UM GREAT PROJECTS REQUIRE A LOT OF RESOURCES. SO AGAIN SHOUT OUT TO MR MORAN DEPARTMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. UM NEXT IS FIVE. IT HAS TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE AND LIVEABLE ENVIRONMENT. UM I WOULD LIKE TO SHOUT OUT THERE TO FOUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE JUST INDUCTED. WE HAD A GREAT CLASS THAT MYSELF AND MAYOR PERRIMAN ALL THE COUNCIL JUST SUPPORT BEFORE NEW FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAVE COME TO HELP, YOU KNOW, PROTECT THE CITY. FIRST RESPONDERS. UM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK AS WE SHIFT BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT LITTERING, THE QUESTION IS NOW WILL YOU BUY IN? BECAUSE NOW THERE IS A CITYWIDE CLEANUP. UM THEY HAVE STARTED BUT THERE IS AN OFFICIAL KICK OFF ON MAY 14TH AND IT EVEN HAS A THEME DON'T

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THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH LITERACY, BUT THERE IS IT IS UPWARD. UM AND MISS MISSIONER GUARANTEED ME OF THAT AS THEY'RE HAVING READING AND MATH GROWTH. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY PREPARING FOR THE ESSO WALES NOW, SO IF YOU CAN SUPPORT THEM THIS THURSDAY, THEY'RE INVITING ALL PARENTS OUT FROM 5 15 TO 6 34 S O. L RALLIED TO REALLY GET PARENTS OR BOARD. NOT JUST THROUGH FUNDRAISERS, BUT TO REALLY COME OUT AND SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP. BRING UP THE SL WELL SCORES AND FIND STRATEGIES THAT WORK THERE TO HELP THEIR STUDENT. I'M ALSO A PLEASANT LANE, THOUGH THEY DID GET THE FITNESS FOR KIDS AWARD, WHICH HELPS OUT WITH FITNESS WITH LITERACY, SO THEY'RE COMBINING THAT FITNESS WITH LITERACY TO AGAIN COMBAT THIS UNHEALTHY LIVING AS WELL AS THE LITERACY RATES. UM BUT WITH ALL THAT SAID, UM, I LOOK AT MISS, UH, STIFF WITH YOUR SHIRT ON GOOD PARENTS MATTER. UM AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY PARENTS. I'M CALLING YOU OUT. AND MAYBE THAT'S THE WRONG THING TO DO, BUT I'M APPARENT MYSELF AND I REALLY THINK THAT INSTEAD OF ALWAYS POINTING THE FINGER AT THE TEACHERS FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOB. IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO OUR JOB AND SOMETIMES CUT THE T V OFF. CUT THE INTERNET OFF.

GIVE THEM SOME SCREEN TIME, BUT CUT IT OFF. CUT THE VIDEO GAMES OFF. BUT OUR KIDS ARE GETTING A LOT OF MESSAGES FROM WAYS THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS CONTROLLABLE, AND THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF WRONG MESSAGES. UM SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF MONITOR THEM. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WORKING 23 JOBS TO PROVIDE BUT BEING A PARENT IS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT PROVIDING IT IS ABOUT NURTURING AND HELPING THEM TO GROW INTO THAT CITIZEN THAT YOU KNOW, MAKES THIS A GREAT CITY AGAIN IN PETERSBURG PARENTS. COME ON, LET'S LET'S DO IT TOGETHER. I'M IN HERE WITH YOU. UM IT TAKES A VILLAGE, BUT I BELIEVE IT STARTS WITH AN ENVIRONMENT AT HOME, WHICH IS THE PARENTS. AND THEN I'M A BACKTRACK TO NUMBER SIX, WHICH WAS IT NEEDS TO NURTURE A CIVIL SOCIETY. UM I THINK IF YOU WON'T HEAR FROM EVERYBODY, IT'S ALL ON OUR HEARTS TO GUN VIOLENCE. UM, BUT IT STARTS WITH , YOU KNOW THE SIMPLE FIGHTS IN SCHOOL. CAN WE CURVE THE VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS? UM A FISTFIGHT CAN TURN INTO RETALIATION WHEN SOMEBODY'S EMBARRASSED, SO THEY LOST THE FIGHT, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO AND GET A GUN. UM OR AGAIN THE SPEEDING. THERE'S A BIG THING, UM, AGAIN, PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK OLDER PEOPLE DOWN BY THE SENIOR CITIZEN COMMUNITY, BUT THE GUNS IN ITSELF, CAN WE PUT THE GUNS DOWN FROM AN ERA? I'M A HIP HOP FAN, BUT THERE WAS A SONG CALLED SELF DESTRUCTION. AND I WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE MUSIC LIKE THAT IN 2000 AND 22? WHERE IS THAT WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME GAME. THAT SOMETIMES AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER. IT'S ABOUT CONFLICT RESOLUTION. IT'S ABOUT YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENCES, BUT WE CAN GET OVER THEM THROUGH DEBATE AND MAYBE EVEN THROUGH A BOXING MATCH. I MEAN, IT'S BETTER. IT'S NOT TAKING A LIFE THAT FINALITY AND I NOW I CHALLENGED THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I HOPE THAT YOU HEAR THIS MESSAGE IS THAT DEATH IS FINAL. IT'S NO COMING BACK FROM THAT. THIS IS NOT A VIDEO GAME. WHEN YOU GET TO PUSH RESET. UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOSING TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT COULD BE THE NEXT SCIENTISTS, ACCOUNTANTS, LAWYERS, DOCTORS, LET ALONE POLITICIANS THAT ARE LEADING THIS CITY. UM AND WE'RE LOSING THEM BEFORE THE AGE OF 21 25.

SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. UM, SO IT GOES AGAIN TO THE PARENTS, BUT TO THE KIDS THEMSELVES. WE NEED YOUR VOICE AND ALL DAY IN MY CLASSES. I JUST HAD SOME REALLY REAL DISCUSSIONS WITH MY STUDENTS, AND THEY CAME UP WITH A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. I'M JUST GONNA READ OFF TWO OF THEM. UM, NOT TO HOLD UP TOO MUCH TIME. ONE IS ONE OF MY STUDENTS SAID THAT THE MAIN IDEA IS THAT THE CHILDREN AND TEENS NEED TO CULTIVATE ANGER MANAGEMENT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS, AND THIS IS FROM A STUDENT AT VIRGINIA STATE. AND HAVE ACCESS TO COUNSEL IN SCHOOL BECAUSE CHANCES ARE IT'S TOO UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT JUST PARENTS ALONE TO BE TO GIVE ALL THE THERAPY ON THE LARGEST SCALE, SO WE NEED TO SO INSTEAD OF CONSTANT PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOL. ESPECIALLY WITH PROBLEMATIC STUDENTS HELP THEM OUT WITH MORE COUNSELING. IN ANOTHER STUDENT, SAID THESE YOUNG FOLKS IN THE CITY NEAT CITY LEADERSHIP TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES AND OUT IN THE CITY.

THEY NEED TO SEE SUCCESSES AND BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THOSE IN LEADERSHIP. SO WE SEE

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COUNCILMAN HILL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT ON TODAY. UM MUCH HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY? I WANT TO TOUCH ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS. JUST A LITTLE BIT. UH, AS COUNSEL. WE. HURT, JUST LIKE OUR CITIZENS HURT. AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THESE SHOOTINGS AFFECT US PERSONALLY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW ESPECIALLY BY A LOT OF US ARE BORN AND RAISED HERE. AND WE HAVE FAMILIES HERE, SO YOU DON'T KNOW. WITH FAMILIES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED TO HIS IMPACTED OFF. SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU MAKE STATEMENTS LIKE WE JUST SHIP WE SHRUG OUR SHOULDERS TO THINGS THAT HIS FATHER IS FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH IS ALMOST OFFENSIVE.

YOU KNOW, AND NOT THE POINT OUT IN THE BODY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FROM HERE WHERE WE'RE IN A FIGHT HERE. SO WE GO TO CHURCH HERE. WE SHOP HERE REALLY LIVE HERE AND OUR FAMILIES ARE HERE. SO WE'RE WERE YOU KNOW, WE ARE PAID TO SPIRIT, SO I JUST I JUST WANT ALL OF US TO BE MINDFUL. YOU KNOW, I'M I'M OKAY WITH US BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. BUT WE ALL ARE IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS CITY. OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD. I TOOK MY HEAD MY HAND MY HEAD OFF TO THEM. A LOT OF THINGS YOU CAN'T GET. BECAUSE IF SOMETHING UNDER INVESTIGATION, WE CAN'T BE SO VERBAL AND TELL EVERYTHING WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE THEY MESSED UP THE CASE MATTER. WE JUST RUN. AND YOU KNOW, AND WHAT HAVE YOU THEY? THEY STAY QUIET AND THEY MOVE QUIETLY AND THEN FOR YOU KNOW IT. THERE'S AN ARREST SOMEWHERE.

SO YOU KNOW, DON'T TAKE US SILENCE. OR THEIR SALADS AS THEM NOT DOING THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY ARE THAT'S A VERY, VERY HARD JOB. YOU CAN GO FROM HELPING SOMEONE CROSS THE STREET TO SOMEBODY POINTING A GUN AT YOU. SO YOU KNOW THE EMOTIONS. WHAT THAT JOB WE CAN'T EVEN IN THIS YOU'VE BEEN THERE. YOU CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. SO I UNDERSTAND.

SO WHEN SOMEONE GETS SHOT, YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY WHEN YOU COME UP HERE AND YOU COME TO THAT, MIKE, YOU SAY THINGS. JUST JUST JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT BECAUSE WE ARE A PART OF BEING ON CITY COUNCIL IS BEING AH, LIVING IN THE CITY. SO THESE THINGS RIGHT HERE. THEY HIT US HARD, SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BLIGHTED PROPERTIES VERY QUICKLY. WE KNOW THAT'S AN ISSUE . BUT IF YOU NOTICE LATELY, A LOT OF OBLIGING PROPERTIES, OR SOME ARE BLIGHTED PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN BEING REHAB. SO LET US CELEBRATE THOSE THINGS. IF YOU GO UP, UH, HALIFAX STREET AND SOMEONE JUST SOME OF THE AREAS, THEY'RE REHABBING THEM, AND THEY'RE BRINGING THEM BACK. SO YOU SEE THE CHANGES COMING? AND ONE THING I MUST SAY FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IS AH LOT OF PEOPLE SEE THAT GEORGE IS IMPEDED IN PETERSBURG AND SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG. WE DON'T SEE THE JOY THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A POINT WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING IN. I MEAN, I SEE IT ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS OUT IN, UH, BERKELEY MANUS STATE. WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE OLDER HOMES. WE HAVEN'T AND THINGS

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ONCE YOU MOVE OUT. SO YOU ARE, I WOULD SAY, STAY HERE. YOU SEE, OUR TAXES ARE GOING DOWN FIRST TIME IN YEARS. UH SO THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UH, OUR RATINGS BOND RATINGS HAVE GONE UP. SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S LIKE YOUR GRADE SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET A GRADE IN SCHOOL, IS THAT A YOU KNOW, WE WAS DOWN THERE IN THE CMBS AVOIDING THE SEEDS THAT ONE TIME NOW WE'RE BACK TO A WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING FACT FINANCE TEAM. THERE'S WORKING HARD, UH, A AND I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE AND THEY COME, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL ISSUES, SO YOU KNOW IT. YOU JUST WASTE YOUR BREATH. WHEN YOU ACCESS ABOUT PERSONNEL ISSUES.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT LEGALLY. YOU CAN'T EVEN DO THAT. I CAN'T SAY SOMEONE LEFT BECAUSE OF SUCH AND SUCH. AND WHAT HAVE YOU BUT DON'T ALWAYS POINT TO US BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE. WE ARE HERE WITH FIXTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY, MOST OF US WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE LOVE YOU SO IN THE LITTER. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE LITTER ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I'M GLAD WE FOUND THAT, UH, GETTING SOMEWHERE WITH THAT I STILL MR WILLIAMS. I STILL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE SIGNAGE. THIS BECOMES OFF THE HIGHWAY. ABOUT PEOPLE LOITERING ON THE COMING OFF THE CORNER BECAUSE I BELIEVE I BELIEVE CHESTERFIELD HAIR, SOMETHING ABOUT PANHANDLING AS THEY COME OFF. THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY JUST STAND THERE AND THEY GOT SHIFT THERE. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT. DELAYS IN MEETING BUT I WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT ANY TIME BUT SANDWICH OF PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY. OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND WE'RE SO HAPPY ABOUT THAT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON ALL OVER THE CITY, NOT JUST OLD TOWN , BUT ON THE WEST AND THE EAST PART OF OUR CITY. UM I SIT WHERE I CLEANED UP IS DOING OUTSTANDING JUST FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IT UP. AND WHAT HAVE YOU THERE CUTTING THE GRASS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET UP THE TRASH. BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING . SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYBODY AND WE CAN TELL THAT EVERYBODY'S HERE AND EVERYBODY'S LISTENING PART OF SOLUTION. AND NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM. SO I KNOW YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU INVESTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. SO WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND CONTINUE TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN THE CITY TOO. AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW DEATH AFFECTS US AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU RUN AND YOU KNOW TO A COUNCIL PERSON, AND YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SUCH AND SUCH, OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, JUST BE MINDFUL THAT MAYBE HIS COUSIN OR SOMEONE WHO JUST GOT SHOT. YOU DON'T YOU DON'T KNOW. SO I LIKE TO APPLAUD OUR POLICE OFFICERS. FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M NOT GONNA BE LONG, BUT I DO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WARD SIX AND SEVEN, IS GOING TO HAVE A JOINT WARD MEETING OUR MAY 2 26. UM, WE WERE ANNOUNCED. UM WHERE THE IV THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. UM CAN THE POLICE OFFICERS PLEASE STAND UP? I KNOW YOUR JOBS ARE NOT EASY AT ALL. BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOU ALL WORK VERY HARD TO TRY TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES. BUT IT'S SAD WHEN A 14 YEAR OLD IN A 15 YEAR OLD HAVE A GUN. YOU ALL ARE NOT PUTTING THE GUNS IN THEIR HANDS. THEY'RE GETTING THEM FROM SOMEWHERE. 14 AND 15 YEAR OLDS SHOULD BE JUST JUST BEING HAPPY IN SCHOOL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW. AM I GOING TO PLAY SPORTS AND I'M GONNA BE ON THE DEBATE TEAM. BUT THEY ARE GATHERING TOGETHER HAVING SHOOTOUTS. AND I THINK WHAT? UM MR HILL AND ALSO. MR WESTBROOK SAID ABOUT. THOSE VIDEO GAMES ARE JUST NOT HEALTHY FOR THEM.

BECAUSE A BULLET. KILLS YOU AND YOU AIN'T COMING BACK. BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE FULL SUPPORT. ALWAYS AND I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE KIDS.

GRANDKIDS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. THAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO, UM, SEEING THIS SITUATION. BUT WE JUST GOT TO KEEP PUSHING. AND WE GOT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. TO GET THESE YOUNG KIDS TO REALIZE THAT THEIR LIVES DO MATTER. THANK YOU. UM. TRUST SKA. COUNCILWOMAN TRISKA. YOU

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AND UM I CAN READ THEM THE BOOK , SHE PERSISTED. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND HAVING A THE FIRST FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN. UM POLICE CHIEF HERE SHE PERSISTED AND HAVING THE FIRE CHIEF RIGHT AND THEN HAVING THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, SHE PERSISTED. SO WE'RE JUST AS A CITY. WE JUST GOT TO PERSIST TO KEEP TO KEEP DOING BETTER.

KEEP KEEP PRESSING ON. UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK UM AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THIS FACILITY RIGHT HERE. BUT I WANT TO THANK WAYNE CROCKER AND ELABORATE FOUNDATION FOR HAVING A VISION TO GET US TO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS DEFINITELY INSTRUMENTAL TO OUR KIDS HAVING A PLACE TO COME. FOR SHOWS. THEY HAVE RAISED THE MONEY FOR THIS. SO BELIEVE ME, THIS WAS DEFINITELY STEERED BY THE FOUNDATION AND AS A CITY WE WAS HAPPY TO BE TO BE PART OF THIS BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY TRANSFORMATIVE AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A NEED OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T WANT TO DOWNPLAY THAT. UM, ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TONIGHT, AND I WANTED TO THANK MR BRIAN GORDON. THEY'RE JUST SITTING BACK THERE IN THE BACK AND HIS STAFF ARE OFFICE. UH THEY DID SOME FAMILIES WORK TO GET US TO THIS POINT, SO I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. BUT THAT ARE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS DEFINITELY VALUABLE TO THE CITY AND THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR FINANCIALS HERE AS WELL. UM ALSO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE GUN BALANCE AND HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH MR MARQUEES ISLAND RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK OF MR BARRY MOHAMMED. WE HAVE SOMETHING COMING. UM THAT THAT WE'RE SETTING UP IT'S GONNA BE CALLED GLOVES UP, GUNS DOWN. AND IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT BASED ON ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND GETTING OUR YOUNG MAN TO AGREE TO DISAGREE. AND YOU CAN, UH, BOXING THE BOXING RING TO GET THAT BEEF OFF. AND THEN AFTERWARDS YOU CAN YOU CAN BE FRIENDS AFTERWARDS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. RESORT TO, UM GUN GUN VIOLENCE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO AND LOSING LIVES BOTH WAYS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER TO SOMEONE. MR. ALLEN, WE THANK YOU FOR HELPING AS A SPIRITED THAT AND GETTING THAT OFF THE GROUND, SO WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP IMPROVE THE CITY. AND UM, I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND

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[14. New Business]

COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN HILL. SO MOVE. VICE VERSA. SMITH LEE SECOND. MADAME CLAIRE, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILMAN RECOVERED. OF SAYING. REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS.

BATHROOM NUMBER. WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL. I VICE MAYOR SMITH LI HAI MAYOR PARIS HI.

TRYING TO ALL RIGHT. OKAY NEXT WEEK, MOVE ON TO ITEM C CONSIDERATION TO APPROPRIATE 1007 $160.88 RECEIVED. FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL EQUALITY FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG'S LITTER PREVENTION AND RECYCLING PROGRAM ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1ST, 2000 AND 21 TO JUNE 30TH, 2000 AND 22. SECOND READING. SOME OF ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR HILL SECOND ALRIGHT. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COME FROM A BACKUP FOR AH! 1000 MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS.

AH! CAL FROM EVERY MYERS. COUNCIL OVER WESTBROOK. I KILL I , SMITH LI. I. NEXT IS ITEM D, A RESOLUTION ADOPTED PIECE, VERY AIR TRANSITS TRANSIT STRATEGIC PLAN. COUNCILOR MYERS. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. RIGHT? MADAM CLERK. DISCUSSION COVER COULDN'T TELL WHAT THE PLAN WAS. SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT THE PLAN IS. ALRIGHT, MISS JACKSON. THE PLAN WAS ALREADY APPROVED, BUT THEY NEEDED A RESOLUTION. IN ORDER FOR IT TO, UM FOR THEM TO SEND IT ALL FOR THE STATE. WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE PLAN. THEY JUST NEEDED TO BE DONE BY A RESOLUTION. SO THAT'S WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS FOR. WELL YOU KNOW, I LOOKED THROUGH HIM UP GENDER PACKET. I DIDN'T SEE THE PLAN THAT WE WERE. MOVING SO. REALLY A LOT OF WHEREAS IS HERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEREAS WHEREAS WHEREAS. IS HEREBY APPROVED ITS STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT'S ALL. 1, 34 AND 1 35. A LOT OF WHEREAS IS AND I SAW THE RESOLUTION, BUT I DID SEE THE PLAN. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. WE HAVE SOLVING TO APPROVE. MR. MASON, MR MASON. GOOD EVENING, MR CARPET. IF YOU NEED A COPY OF THE PLAN, I HAVE A COPY OF IT RIGHT HERE FOR LIKE MR MISS SMITH SAID THE PLAN WAS

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CAN WE. TABLE THIS UNTIL MAY, 18 AND OVER WHENEVER THAT. MAY 17 WORK SESSION IN MAY AND IS THERE ANY TIME COMPULSION BEHIND THIS MASSACRE? UM UM, COUNCILOR COVER. WE APPROVED THE PLAN OF FOUR MEETINGS GO, AND THIS IS JUST PUTTING IT ON THE RESOLUTION. WELL, I'M I'M NOT.

PARED TO VOTE FOR A PLAN THAT I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME. IF TWO CHOICES WE CAN EITHER CONTINUE THIS AND DO WHAT I THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND THAT IS INCLUDED THE PLAN. AH! ALONG WITH THE RESOLUTION SO WE CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE RESOLVING. OR WE CAN JUST PUSH AHEAD. UM ALL RIGHT. WELL IF WE WANT TO PUSH AHEAD, I'M I'M GONNA VOTE. NO, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING ON. COUNCIL MEMBER CUPBOARD. NO BUT FOR GOODNESS SAKES, WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMES UP AGAIN, LET LET'S INCLUDE THE PLAN WITH THE RESOLUTION. COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I COUNCILOR FOR MYERS. COUNCILMAN BUT WESTBROOK I REMEMBER HILL I SMITH LEE HIGH ALPINE PAST. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR NEXUS ITEM E. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 301 RALPH ST PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND AMANDA GREEN WITH THE PROVISION THAT THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE FROM THE CITY OF PETERSBURG TO THE PURCHASER STATES THAT ONLY ONE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING MAY BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY THAT IS NOT SUBDIVIDED. BOY. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BELIEVE, EVER QUICK INTRODUCTORY SLIDE PRESENTATION. SURE TO BE UP SHORT. THANK YOU.

THAT IS ME. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN HIS PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MISS AMANDA GREEN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 301 ROSS STREET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. QUICK BACKGROUND AREA ZONED R TWO ACREAGE 20.798. IT SAYS PROPERTY VALUES $30,000 30,500 DOLLARS. AND THE PROPOSED PURCHASE PRICE IS $16,000. CURRENT USES IS A BACON LOT, AND THE PROPOSED USE IS A THREE BEDROOM, ONE AND ONE HALF FULL BATH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSE FOR OWNER OCCUPANCY. THE ANTICIPATED. CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS 219,602 $162. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU'LL SEE THE LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED HOUSE. VERY NICE. YOUR STORY. I BELIEVE NEXT SLIDE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. I BELIEVE THE PETITIONER IS HERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. HELLO AGAIN. CITY COUNCIL GREEN 12 10. WHAT'S FIVE THAT, UM, I FIRST WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING COUNCIL MEMBER COUGH BURKE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING THIS. UM ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK THE PROVISION IS A COMMON PRACTICE FOR OTHER SALES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY. I DO UNDERSTAND HIS REASON FOR IT. UM I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT I'M HOPING THAT THIS INITIAL INVESTMENT WAS SPURRED DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND FROM OTHER MILLENNIALS.

UM I YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM DON'T KNOW THAT POCAHONTAS ISLAND EXISTS, AND IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST BLACK COMMUNITIES. EXCUSE ME, MINORITY COMMUNITIES. IN THE UNITED STATES. UM IT'S ALSO AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ZONES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO OLD TOWN PETERSBURG AND HIS RECOGNIZES HISTORIC. UM SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS WILL REALLY PROMOTE AND GET OTHER PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE ISLAND AND WANT TO INVEST THERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY? ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT OF THREE IN ONE BROAD STREET. MM. COUNSELOR CUPBOARD. A MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR 301 RALPH STREET. WELCOME MISS GREEN TO THE FABULOUS FOURTH WALL. COUNCIL MEMBER WINSTON SMITH, SECOND CORRECT, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR

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REMEMBER HILLS SNIFF LEE MARATHON. I THANK YOU, MISS GREGG. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MR MORROW. NEXT IS ITEM F CONSIDERATION OF REAPPOINTMENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO REAPPOINT, UM MR RICHARD TAYLOR. SO MOVED. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR, MYERS. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? PERT. CATHERINE WILSON SMITH. I COUNSELING FOR MYERS WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. MY EYES BURN. ALRIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM AGE CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT AUTHORITY BOARD. AND WE, UM ITEM G PERSONNEL POLICIES AND MAGA RIDGES, WHEREAS REMOVED TONIGHTL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL BECAUSE THEY'RE RAISING REPORT TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT AUTHORITY BOARD. SPACE 1 73. ALL RIGHT. AND IS RECOMMENDED. IN THIS AS A PRIMARY AND RANDALL COUNCILMAN HILL. A SECOND THAT. NO I'M SORRY. SO MOVED THAT WE APPOINT RANDALL WHIMS. AND TANGELA INTERNISTS. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK.

COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE WORLD ROLE? OTHER COMFORTS. AH, REMEMBER WILSON SMITH? I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. I REMEMBER HILL. HI, FERN. NEXT ITEM ON CONSIDERATION REAPPOINTMENT TO THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY READ. SO THE PERSON ON THIS BOARD WILL BE MAYOR PERM AND ALSO ALTERNATE PERSON. OKAY? SO THAT WOULD BE TO REAPPOINT MAYOR PERM BECAUSE TERM INSPIRED AND ALSO THE FRANCO AS THE ALTERNATE FROM IMPACT. TO MOVE SECOND. RIGHT, MADAM CLERK.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. FOR ROBERT WILSON SMITH, I COUNSEL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL ON THE WESTBROOK HILL. I BYE. ALRIGHT UM, NEXT, WE HAVE ITEM AJ. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE APPLICANTS FOR THAT, SO WE'RE GOING TABLE THIS FOR TONIGHT. UM, NEXT ITEM K. CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTING TANGELA ENOS IS THE PRIMARY TO THE APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY BOARD AND RANDALL WILLIAMS AS THE ALTERNATE THE PROMOTION COUNSELOR HILL SECOND ALL RIGHT. MADAM. YEAH, COUNCIL MYERS. OKAY. COUNCIL, MYERS AND COUNCIL WESTBROOK, OKAY? NEXT. MADAME CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? UH WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MEYER. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCILOR OF A HILL.

I THEY'RE PERM. UM NEXT CITY MANAGERS REPORT, MR MILLER ANY ITEM? VERY QUICKLY, MR MAYOR

[15. City Manager's Report]

[16. Business or reports from the Clerk]

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JUST APPRECIATE. CO WORKERS EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU. NEXT BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR WILLIAMS NO REPORT, MR MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ITEM 18, THE GERMAN MOVE. THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR.

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