May 03, 2022 Regular Work Session

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. FOR MAY. 3RD 2022 CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. IT IS 504 AND WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE

[1. Roll Call]

NOR DO WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING THAT IT MAY BE FRUITFUL. KNOW THAT WE ACCESS SPECIAL BLESSING. BLESS US SPECIAL COVERING. OVER OUR CITY HAVING A FATHER. DUE TO THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE THAT HAS PLAGUED OUR CITY HAVING A FATHER . WE ASK THAT ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH PUT DOWN THE WEAPONS HAVING A FATHER AND TRY TO HAVE A MORE PEACEFUL SOLUTION. HAVING A FATHER WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON THOSE WHO ARE BEREAVED WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES. TO COVID, BUT ALSO TO THIS VIOLENCE HAVING A FATHER WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THEM AND GOT THEM AND STRENGTHEN THEM HAVING A FATHER. TAKE THEIR ANGER AND THE HATE OUT THERE, HOSS HAVING A FATHER LIKE ONLY YOU CAN. IT'S IN YOUR NAME. WE DO PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN.

AMEN. NEXT IS ITEM THREE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. EVERYONE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLAYED.

EXERCISING FORWARD DETERMINATION, THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

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

ITEM FIVE. A APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA A MINUTES PAGE THREE MINUTES OF APRIL. 19TH 2022 CLOSED SESSION MEETING. MINUTES OF APRIL. 19TH 2022 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I DON'T BE A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING FROM MAY 17TH 2022 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH CONDEMNATION OF A PORTION OF PARCEL 065. THAT'S 011004. 27 93 SOUTH KOREA ROAD. ITEM. FIVE C. A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING FOR MAY 17TH 2022 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED OF UTILITY EASEMENT, INCLUDING CONVERSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 2000 AND $34.72 ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING UTILITY EASEMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15 46 BAXTER ROAD. PRINCE GEORGE VIRGINIA 238 75 AS PART OF THE PRINCE GEORGE WATER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION PROJECT. ITEM. FIVE D REQUEST TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO COMPLY WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. PRESERVATION ACT. NEXUS ITEM FIVE E IS A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT MICHAEL BREWERY. MICRO SATURDAY AND MICRO WINERY AND THE B ONE ZONING DISTRICT. AND INCLUDE ARTICLE THREE SECTION ONE OF THE PETERSBURG ZONA ORDINANCE DEFINITION. USE REGULATIONS IS

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CASA MEMBER WESTBROOK HIGH. REMEMBER HILL. I. SMITH LEE. BY MAYOR PERM. I PASSED NEXT MOVE ON ITEM SIX SPECIAL REPORTS. NO SPECIAL REPORTS TONIGHT. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN MONTHLY REPORTS. UM NO MONTHLY REPORTS THIS EVENING, UM NEXT FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORT. MISS JORDAN.

[8. Finance and Budget Report]

THANKS ALSO AT THIS TIME ON UNDER THE FINANCE REPORT, UM I WOULD LIKE TO. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM SUSPEND THE RULES OF COUNCIL. AND TWO. RESOLUTION TO REFUND SOME REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY AND BUSINESS LIGHTS, TAXES. SO FIRST ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES.

SOME OF SUCK IT. RIGHT? MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I GOT OVER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL SMITH

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ALRIGHT MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN MYERS. SECOND FOR COUNCILMAN HILL. IT'S TIME, MADAM CLERK.

COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILMAN BECAUSE BERG COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER, MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER, WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL SMITH LEE HIGH NEAR PERM. OKAY NEXT.

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AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETERSBURG DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE SUCH AN ORDINANCE UNDER HIS CODE OF ORDINANCES AND WHEREAS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR HAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL ACCOUNTS TOTALLING $21,840. AND AGGREGATE , ERRONEOUS, REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY AND BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES, AS DEPICTED. AND EXHIBIT A, WHICH WITH REDACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 58. THAT ONE.

THAT'S THREE OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA AND WHEREAS STAFFERS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FROM CITY COUNCIL TO REFUND THESE ERRONEOUSLY COLLECTED TAXES TO THE RESPECTIVE CITIZENS AND ENTITIES THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S HEREBY DIRECTED, AUTHORIZED AND TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO ENSURE THAT'S SAD, ERRONEOUSLY COLLECTED FUNDS, ALONG WITH ANY APPLICABLE PENALTIES AND INTEREST ARE REFUNDED TO THE RESPECTIVE TAXPAYERS. TOO WET.

COUNCILMAN COVER. A MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. RIGHT. COUNCILMAN HILL SECOND EMOTION. RIGHT? MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT POINT OF WORK. DID YOU HAVE DID YOU HAVE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU OPEN IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE ADOPTING THE OKAY? ALRIGHT AND AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION TO REFUND REAL PERSONAL PROPERTY AND BUSINESS LICENSE TAX IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION? SAYING NO HANDS. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CATHOLIC DUISBURG. CHASM AND BOYS AND SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. CATHERINE THE HILL BY SENATOR SMITH LEAD OUR MAYOR, PERN I

[9a. Capital Projects Update (page 388)]

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NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE NEXT EXPECTED COMPLETION ON THAT. CURRENTLY IS JUNE 2023. OF THOSE BEHALF. IMPACT AREAS WILL BE PRIORITIZED INTO AND DEVELOP. IN ORDER OF PRIORITY. QUESTION.

RIGHT COUNSELOR CUPBOARD. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. REVISIT POOR CREEK WITH US, PLEASE. CAN YOU PUT THAT SCREEN BACK UP ON THE SLIDE BACK UP ON. IS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE GRANT APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE US. GNOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ONCE IT WAS AROUND 30 AROUND $30 MILLION. ANY INSIGHT INTO OH, I MEAN, MISS WILLIAMS SAYS THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT PROJECT. UM, IT'S 26 MILLION. AH WE HAVE A MEETING ABOUT IT TOMORROW, SO IT'S COMING DOWN TO THE FINAL STAGES. WE'RE OPTIMISTIC. GOOD WELL, BUT THE CHECK NEEDS TO BE IN THE BANK. IT DOES. IT DOES. UH, ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S GREAT. NOW, UH DO WE HAVE OUR CONGRESSIONAL AH! REPRESENTATIVES INVOLVED OR IS THAT NOT APPROPRIATE? THEY ARE INVOLVED. THEY THEY'VE ALL WRITTEN LETTERS OF SUPPORT IF YOU WANT TO QUICK RUNDOWN ABOUT POOR CREEK. WE HAVE 2.4 MILLION WE RECEIVED FROM, UH, CONGRESSMAN KITCHEN. WE HAVE TO MATCH 600,000. WE HAVE A 20 MILLION REQUEST BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUEST. AND THEN THIS GRANT. WELL, THAT'S GREAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 20 MILLION FOR MOMENT THAT'S THROUGH THE STATE. YES, BUDGET IS THAT CORRECT AMENDMENT. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE HOUSE AND SENATE. BUT IT HAS TO GET THROUGH THE CONFEREES. THEN IT'S SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. AND WHAT IS THE TIMETABLE ON THAT? IS IT JUNE 30TH. I MEAN, DON'T WE HAVE TO HAVE THE STATE HAS TO HAVE A BUDGET BY THE END OF THE THERE'S A THERE'S A THERE'S SUPPOSED TO SORRY, BUT WE DON'T KNOW. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKSTOP DATING. IT MAY BE SOONER THAN THAT. YES SIR. BUT IT OUGHT NOT TO BE INTO JULY BEFORE WE KNOW WELL, WE HOPE NOT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN POOR CREEK. RIGHT, OKAY. WELL THAT'S GREAT. UM AND THEN WE HAVE A $10 MILLION. UM AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2021. IT TRIGGERS JULY ONE. WE HAVE MET ALL OF THE CRITERIA FOR RECEIVING THAT RIGHT NOW.

VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS WORKING WITH THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPLEX TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE QUALIFIED FOR ALL THE JOBS OR MET ALL THE JOB REQUIREMENTS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN BE DOING IN TANDEM WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE AWARD OF THESE GRANTS? YES. ONE OF THE, UH ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE $10 MILLION IS THAT WE APPLY FOR LOANS SO WE APPLIED FOR, UH, FROM THE VIRGINIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR WATER AROUND 17 MILLION AND FOR FROM THE EQ AROUND 17 MILLION. THOSE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES. JUST IN CASE WE DON'T GET THE GLANTZ ALRIGHT, GREAT AND. DO WE HAVE SHOVEL READY CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS WERE IN THE DESIGN. WE'RE GOING. THEY ARE WORKING ON THE RFP RIGHT NOW FOR DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST TRYING TO ANTICIPATE BOTTLENECKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO. WELL THE TOTAL PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS A MARCH 15TH IS $36 MILLION. SO RIGHT, SO WE KNOW WE HAVE A TIMELINE. DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL WILL PROBABLY TAKE A YEAR AND A HALF. THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO ACTUALLY SHOVELS IN THE GROUND.

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT ITEM. 10 IS UTILITIES. NO REPORTS TONIGHT FROM UTILITIES. UM NUMBER 11 IS STREETS AND I

[11a. Pothole Blitz & Litter Pickup Update (page 395)]

OKAY, I'M BACK. OKAY SO POTHOLED BLITZ RESULTS JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THOSE THINKING. EVERYBODY SAW THOSE NUMBERS. UH, WE DID ABOUT 1900. AH POTHOLES DURING THAT BLITZ PERIOD, WHICH I AVERAGE ABOUT 372 A WEEK OR 74 PER DAY. YEAH, I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME RULES THAT REALLY BAD ROADS, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETIMES THAT WE DON'T DO BATTLE, BUT WE DO DO THE POTHOLES. IN ON THE BAD ROADS, THOUGH. THEY FLUSHED OUT QUICKER THAN OTHER ROADS. LITTLE INITIATIVE. UM, WHERE CLEANUP ON MAY 14TH 22. FOR ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW THAT IS OUR LOGO THAT YOU WOULD BE SEEING EVERYWHERE. DOCTOR S PETERSBURG. JUST CLEAN UP. WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 14TH, AND IT WILL CONSIST OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WILL HAVE CITY STAFF. WE ALSO HAVE PORTLY SOLDIERS THAT WE HAD LAST TIME WE'LL HAVE. THE TRIAL IS LIKE WE DID LAST TIME, SO IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF CITYWIDE CLEANUP. FROM THE STANDPOINT OF, UM ITEMS THAT YOU CAN THROW AWAY SUCH AS YOU KNOW, APPLIANCES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. THEY'RE SIX LOCATIONS OR SIX CONTAINER SITES. COOL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, PLEASANT'S NAME, PEABODY. EQUIPMENT ANNEX PARKING LOT BLAME FOR SCHOOL AND LEGENDS PARK INTO IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THIS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JOANNE ON SOME MARKETING MATERIALS. WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT MESSAGE BOARDS THIS WEEK. JOAN'S WORKING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE DO HAVE FLYERS IN WHICH IN THAT FOLD I GAVE Y'ALL Y'ALL Y'ALL HAVE A FLYER, TOO. ALSO I'VE COLLABORATED WITH VIDA. ON FRIDAY. I GOT THE CALL. WE DO HAVE APPROVAL TO CLEAN UP LITTER ON SOME OF THE EXIT RAMPS AND PETERSBURG UM, CAVEAT IS LONG AS WE'VE GOT A BLUE LIGHT. THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM. SO WE'LL HAVE THE BLUE LIGHT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE CONES AND SIGNS AS WELL. AND. OKAY? THOSE ARE PHOTOS OF EXITS. THAT HAVE HAD LITTLE ACCUMULATED ON THERE. I GO PAST THE FIRST ONE PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY, SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE THAT WE THAT WE DO. SO ONCE WE GET WE GOT THE PHONE CALL TO SAY THAT WE CAN DO IT. BUT WHEN I GET THE PERMIT BACK. AND HAND . WE'LL SCHEDULE IT. THEY DID GUARANTEE THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT BEFORE THE CLEANER. SO UM, I'M COUNTING ON BEING ABLE TO GET SOME OF THAT STUFF. QUESTION.

QUESTION. COUNSELOR HILL. UH I APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS. UM WHAT'S GONNA BE THE ON AND GOING.

ESPECIALLY FOR THE EXITS. AFTER WE DO THIS, THIS CLEANED UP. I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE ONGOING YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE SCHEDULE OF ALL THE EXITS COMING IN AND GOING OUT OF THE CITY? OKAY ALL RIGHT, SO OUR STREET OPERATIONS GREW OUT IN THE STREETS. ALL THE ALL DAY EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. I LEAN ON THEM TO TELL ME WHERE WHERE WE NEED TO GO. I LET THE AMOUNT OF LITTER DICTATE WHERE WE GO. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M I KNOW WHICH ONE I'M GOING TO DICTATE WHERE YOU GO. I CAN HARDLY HEAR YOU SPEAK UP. I'M SORRY. UM THANK YOU. THE COMMON

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THAT'S THAT'S THE PICTURE OF THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE EVERY DAY COMING TO WORK. YEAH, BUT JUST ALL THE EXITS. WE WANT TO HELP COVER THE EXITS COMING IN, AND WE HAVE REASON ROLES. WE HAVE WAGON AND ROLL. WE HAVE WASHINGTON STREET. UH, WE HAVE SQUARE LIBERAL. SO JUST ONLY FOUR OR FIVE EXITS COMING IN COMING OUT GOING BOTH WAYS, SO I WOULD LIKE ATTENTION GIVEN TO THOSE ON A DAILY BASIS. UM ON THE REGULAR. I SEE ONE GENTLEMAN ALL THE TIME CLEANING UP. ONE PERSON DID CLEANING UP ALL THE TIME AND WHICH IS GOOD. THEY ARE PUPPETS. HE CLEANS UP ALL THE TIME, BUT HE CAN'T DO IT BY HIMSELF. SO WE NEED SOME ATTENTION GIVEN TO OUR EXITS.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DABBING ON COUNCIL 67 YEARS. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, SO WE NEED SOMETHING DONE DO WE HAVE THE PERMISSION TO GO ON THE EXITS. SO WE NEED SOMETHING DONE RIGHT AWAY. OF COURSE, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE VEST UP IN LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED EVERY DAY BECAUSE THAT'S YOU KNOW, COMING IN OUR CITY, BUT THANK YOU APPRECIATE YOU, VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. ALSO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON THESE ACTS. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S A SAFETY. UM HAS SO I KNOW THAT WE HAD WANTED TO CLEAN UP THE EXIT. FEAR. AND WE GOT WITH ENVY DOT AND THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY ONLY DO IT LIKE WHAT ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE WANTED TO CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY. THIS OF EVERYTHING. THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T DO IT. SO YOU DO HAVE THAT IN PLACE. RIGHT MR WILL NOW THIS WAS THIS IS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. ONLY NOT CITIZENS TO BE JUST SIT EMPLOYEES WHO A LOT OF THE STREET OPERATIONS CREW ALREADY OUT IN THE STREETS ALREADY THEM THEY NEED TO BE EXACT. THAT AND WELL, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BLUE LIGHT OUT. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS JUST SOME PICTURES FROM THE LAST CLEANUP THAT WE DID. FROM THE SOLDIERS. ONE DOES THAT LIBERTY GAS STATION ONE IS ACROSS THE STREET ON WASHINGTON STREET, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE. YOU ALSO HAVE SOME UPCOMING CLEANUP. OTHER PEOPLE.

OKAY, SO. WE HAD SOME PREVIOUS CLEANUPS AND SMITH LEE MARCH 18TH. AH! HER AND SOME BS U AK APRIL 9TH. WE HAD. JULIO TEMPLE TO 29. MASONIC ORDER. THE APRIL 23RD. ONE DIDN'T TAKE PLACE AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING PLACE GOING GOING ON IN THE CITY. UM THE POCAHONTAS. RIVERWALK EARTH DAY TOOK PLACE, LIEUTENANT FRY. THAT WAS PART OF EARTH DAY FOR THEM.

THE ROTOR CLUB ALSO DID ONE. UH IN OLD TOWN AND THEN TO THE RIGHT IS THE FOLLOW SCHEDULE.

I'VE TALKED TO THEM AS WELL, AND THEY HAVE PREVIOUS PETERSBURG HARBOR AND THE ROAD A RIVER.

WROTE HER APART AT POCAHONTAS ISLAND. THEY JUST DID THAT THIS PAST SATURDAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WILLIAMS. NEXT MOVE. BACK AGAIN. BACK HERE, ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT, THIS

[11b. Discourage Speeding Update (page 402)]

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COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH, WHO WOULD DO THE STUDY AND FOR HOW MUCH? THE STUDY WOULD BE ABOUT $5000 AND WE'LL PROBABLY KIMBERLY HORN, WHO WE ARE WHO THE CITY IS ALREADY AHEAD OF THE CONTRACT WITH TO DO THE. THE REST OF THE OTHER NINE B THREE J. DIDN'T REQUIRE A STUDY. AND THEY COULD BE. THOSE STOP SIGNS COULD BE PUT UP AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS. BUT BY MID JULY AT HOW MUCH 56,000. 56,000 TOTAL, YES. WE HAVE. WE'VE WE'VE CHECKED OUR INVENTORY. WE HAVE THE SIGNS WE HAVE TO POSE. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE. BUT THAT'S BEEN ORDERED ALREADY. I SAID THE WE'VE GOT SOME BRACKETS THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE. BUT THEY WE'VE ALREADY ORDERED THOSE BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE ENOUGH TO DO THESE IN STOCK. SO WITH THE BRACKETS MAKE THE $56,000 INCREASE INCLUDED INCLUDED IN MEXICO. COUNCILOR COVERING.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MR MAYOR, AS I RECOLLECT IT. COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTALL THE STOP SIGN. BE THROUGH FOUR B THROUGH FOUR J. AND, UH, TABLED FOR A UNTIL TONIGHT'S MEETING. IT IS MY MEMORY CORRECT ON. I THINK WE'RE TABLE. WE PASSED THE FIRST PAGE AND I KNOW THE SECOND PICK AND STUFF FOR THE SELF AT THE BOTTOM OF ONE AND TWO. AND THEN THE SECOND PAGE. THIS IS ON THE FIRST PAGE. THINK. THIS IS ALL THE FIRST HELP US IT WAS. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT FOR A WITH RESPECT TO WHEN COULD IT BE DONE ? THERE WAS A QUESTION WITH ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON COST. AND THEN THERE WAS A MOTION MADE FOR THE SECOND PAGE TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS TODAY, SIR. AS YOU UNDERSTAND IT, MR MILLER. AT ALL. LAST COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER. TO PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS FOR A THROUGH J. IS THAT CORRECT ? OR DO WE NEED A MOTION? NOW THAT'S WHAT I MEAN MOTION NOW THERE WAS A QUESTION AS TO WHEN WE COULD DO IT. AND WE JUST NEED THE OPTIMIZATION TODAY. SO WE NEED A MOTION TO WHAT? WE CAN'T MAKE A MOTION TODAY. I THINK WE'RE PAST THE MOTION STAGE. I THINK WE JUST CORRECTLY SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD LAST TIME, SIR. WE'RE CORRECTING THINGS THAT WE THAT WE WERE UNSURE OF. LAST TIME I UNDERSTAND, AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD. I JUST I'M WONDERING WHETHER THE GREEN. THE LIGHT'S BEEN, YOU MIGHT SAY, IS THE LIGHT GREEN FOR INSTALLING THOSE STOP SIGNS FOR THE THROUGH J. OR IS THE LIGHT ORANGE WAS THE LIGHT RED. THE STAFF. THAT LIGHT IS GREEN READY TO MOVE FORWARD. I'M A RESTATE. UM THE MOTION MADE AT THE LAST MEETING FROM COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. SHE MADE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. TO APPROVE THE MOTION AND OMIT ONE

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OKAY THE 56,000 WILL COME FROM WHAT LINE ITEM. WHEN YOU SAY LION EBEN. IN THE BUDGET COME FROM ST OPERATIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM ST OPERATION. STANDING MORE QUESTIONS ON PAGE ONE WILL GO DOWN TO THE PAGE TO COUNCILMAN COVER. WELL, LET'S SEE. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING TO THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THESE ITEMS. YES, SIR. ITEM ONE. IN RESEARCHING WITH MYSELF AND SPEAKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY , MR COOPER. YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, CODE 46 POINT. 2-878 46.0.2 GIVES A STATE AUTHORITY. BUT IN DOING THE RESEARCH, SIR, REQUIRES 75% OF THE FRONTAL, UH , RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON A PARTICULAR STREET THAT WE WOULD SELECT THAT WAS SELECTED TO COME BEFORE. AH A COUNCIL AND DO PETITION OR TWO DOCUMENTATION OR , UH, POLICE BECAUSE OF THEIR INTERVENTIONS OR BECAUSE OF THEIR WORKINGS AND IN PARTICULAR STREET TO GET US THROUGH NUMBER ONE. IF THERE'S COUNSELORS PLEASURE. HELP ME WITH THAT. I UNDERSTOOD THE CITIZENS COME BEFORE COUNCIL, BUT A PETITION WILL DO. IS THAT RIGHT? IT ACTUALLY CALLS FOR EITHER A PETITION OF 75% OF THE PEOPLE FRONTING THAT STREET TO SUPPORT IT. OR YOU CAN HAVE A REPORT FROM YOUR POLICE CHIEF, SAYING THAT SAFETY ISSUES REQUIRE LET THAT BE DONE, SO YOU HAVE EITHER OR TO INITIATE THE PROCESS. AND THAT'S FOUND IN 1 10-11 OF THE CITY CODE. OH SO THIS IS THE CITY CODE OR. HEY, ALREADY RECOGNIZES THAT WE CAN DO THIS.

YES IT HAS A PROCESS SPELLED OUT HOW TO DO IT, AND THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. AND WHAT WAS THAT CODE SECTION AGAIN? 1 10-11. OKAY? GOT IT. ALRIGHT. SO THAT GETS US. PAST ONE, I GUESS MR CITY MANAGER WITH TALKING ABOUT ITEM TWO ON PAGE TWO. YES WE ARE, SIR. UM AND THAT REQUIRES,

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IF COUNCILMAN HERE HAS HIS LIGHT ON THAT RIGHT NOW TO DISCUSS CUSTOMER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM I THINK TRICYCLE WILSON SMITH SAYS SOMETHING THAT LAST MEETING THAT MOVIE WAS DISCUSSING THIS. AH ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. I THINK MOST YOUNG WOW. PEOPLE LEARN 25 MILES AN HOUR. OH I'M NOT SAYING THEY CAN'T SEE THE 20. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I MEAN, I CAN RIDE MY BIKE 25 MILES AN HOUR GOING DOWNHILL.

HONESTLY. SPECIALLY GOING DOWN SYCAMORE STREET SO. YOU KNOW, HE DROPPED IT DOWN FIVE MILES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO BYE. WHATEVER THE PLEASURE, THE COUNCIL BILLS, BUT I'M JUST SPEAKING. REALISTICALLY, THAT'S ALL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, UH. MR MAYOR. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION AND MORE DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. HOW MUCH WOULD AN ENGINEERING STUDY OR INVESTIGATION COST US? PROBABLY ABOUT 3000. FOR SPEED.

3 TO 5. THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HILL. THANK YOU.

DRISCOLL WILSON SMITH. I'M READY TO GO TO NUMBER THREE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT QUESTION. WILLIAMS NUMBER THREE, OKAY, NUMBER THREE WAS WHETHER THE FRESHLY PAINT ALL EXISTING PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS ON THOSE PARTICULAR. STREETS UM CURRENTLY, STREET OPERATIONS DOES HAVE $100,000 AND COMFORT FOR MARKETING COMPANY. TO DO STREET MARKETS. AND SO DOING THOSE WE WOULD HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHICH STREETS WE WANTED TO DO. WHICH IN WHICH LIKE YOU WANT TO SAY PLAY SCHOOLS WHERE KIDS CROSS THE STREET THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WOULD THINK THOSE WOULD BE HIGHER PRIORITY. UM ALSO, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WITH THE TIMING. UM NOT A MARKETING COMPANY. LOT OF MARKET COMPANIES. THEY ARE ALREADY SET UP TO BE MARKING FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS OUT, SO THE TIME IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW OF THE ESSENCE. IT WOULD BE TOO THERE. TODAY'S SCHEDULE. COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN. WE WOULD ALL BE IN AGREEMENT TO FRESHLY PAINTING EXIST IN PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS. BUT IT WOULD BE PRIORITIZED DEPENDING ON WHICH ONES ACTUALLY NEEDED THE MOST. WELL PRIORITIZED BASED ON RIGHT BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE SOME THAT ALMOST ALL GONE RIGHT. AND THEN YOU GOTTA LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO LOT OF TIMES I DEFER TO THE STREET OPERATIONS GUYS WHO ARE OUT THERE. EVERY DAY TO GIVE ME GUYS THANK. MR MAYOR. DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT? OR IS THIS THE CONSENSUS OF RIGHT STAFF AND COUNCIL OR THIS IS ON PAGE TWO THAT WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW. SO UM, WE HAVE TO ADD IT TO THE MAY 17TH MEETING WHATEVER MOTIONS THAT WE WANT TO CARRY OUT. WORK THROUGH EACH ONE. OKAY, GREAT. I GUESS THAT I CERTAINLY WANT TO HEAR WHAT STAFFS HAS TO SAY. BUT AT SUSPECT THAT WHAT. WHAT THE MAJOR SAID APPLIES TO EVERYTHING ON PAGE TWO. RIGHT? YES GOOD. SO THEN, WILL THAT MOTION BE CHANGED TO READ? DIFFERENTLY AND STATE DURING THE CROSSWALKS. ACCORDING TO THE PRIORITIES. WILL IT STAY LIKE THIS? AND JUST STIPULATE THESE PARTICULAR STREETS. I MEAN, I COULD WE WOULD DO IT. THAT'S STREET

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ALRIGHT COUNCILMAN HILL. YES. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST BASIC STUFF AS ELSE RUNNING THE CITY. UM WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TOO, AND I UNDERSTAND. COUNSELING. A COUPLE OF APPROACH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE'S YOU KNOW, FIGHTING FOR HIS HIS WAR NOW I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS A CITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHERRY PICK AND NOTHING THAT'S BEING DONE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT NEED FRESH PAINT ON THE STREETS . SO UM, AND THEY SHOULDN'T TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR STUDYING THING. YOU GOT TO JUST LOOK AT IT. YOU KNOW, OLD TOWN AREA? OF COURSE. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE YOU KNOW CERTAIN AREAS. YOU JUST CAN'T SEE, UH, WHETHER PARK OR THE LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO RUN A CITY, THEN THIS RIGHT HERE IS, YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAVE IT DOWN THERE BECAUSE YOU SEE THESE THINGS EVERY DAY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE WHOLE ENTIRE CITY. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE NEED THE WALKWAYS. IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOLS. THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITY PRIORITY OVER ANYTHING AND THEN GO FROM THERE, BUT I THINK THE SCHOOLS SHOULD TAKE PRIORITY AND THEN SO THE KIDS ARE. NO, NO, NOBODY GET HIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN GO OUT FROM THERE, BUT THIS IS JUST BASIC. MAINTENANCE. TO US TO OUR CITY. THANK YOU. BYE. MR WILLIAMS WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM FOUR. OKAY, NUMBER FOUR WHETHER TO INSTALL MORE STEP SPEED LIMIT SIGNS ALONG THE STREETS WHERE THE CITY INSTALLS NEW STOP SIGNS. SO IN EACH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE INSTALLED NEW STOP SIGNS. WELL, WE'LL DO AN ASSESSMENT. HOW LONG IS THE STREET? YOU KNOW, FROM ONE STOP SAYING TO THE OTHER STEPS SAYING AND WILL USE BEST PRACTICES TO DETERMINE WHERE TO PUT STOP SAYING IF IT'S NOT ALREADY THERE. COUNCIL BUSINESS, SMITH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT WHEN YOU WHEN WE COME BACK EATING. YOU WILL HAVE THAT REPORT TO KNOW HOW MANY ADDITIONAL, UM STREET SANDS. WE NEED TO GO ON THOSE STREETS. YOUR SPEED LIMIT SIZE. I MEAN, YOU'LL HAVE THAT. WE CAN, WE CAN HAPPEN AND WHAT IS THE COST OF EACH SPEED LIMIT SIGN? THAT'S A GOOD NAME. PROUD ABOUT. LESS THAN 100 BUCKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HILL. CAN WE TAKE THIS APPROACH? I MEAN THE SIGNS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. WE HAVE THEM UP. ON OUR MAIN STREETS. MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOOD, BUT GOING IN OR COMING OUT OF ANY NEIGHBORHOODS. JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SIGNS WHEN YOU COME IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES IF THERE'S NO SIGNS THAT PEOPLE JUST DO WHATEVER, AND I NOTICED WHENEVER THERE'S A STRAIGHT AWAY OR WHENEVER THERE IS A, UM, FRESHLY PAVED. AREA THAT'S WHEN THEY REALLY START TO SPEEDING. YOU KNOW, UH, SO YOU KNOW, COMING IN OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE JUST MAKE SURE THOSE THOSE ARE THERE SO WE CAN JUST TAKE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH EVERYTHING. DON'T TAKE A STEADY ALL WE GOTTA DO. JUST YOU KNOW, LOOK WHAT OUR OWN EYES WHEN WE SEE IT EVERY DAY, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY COUNSELING COUPLE OF BROUGHT THIS TO US BECAUSE HE SEE THIS EVERY DAY. SO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO SPEND MONEY. JUST USE COMMON SENSE. THANK YOU. AND JUST SO I COULD A AT THIS. THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO SPEED LIMITS SCIENCE WHERE WE INSTALLED NEW STOP SIGNS. THANK YOU. NEXT TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER FIVE. AND NUMBER FIVE WHETHER TO INSTALL SOLAR POWER AND THAT MERELY THE BATTERY POWERED SCIENCE ON SOUTH SYCAMORE STREET WHERE IT CROSSES 85. YEAH. SO THE. COMMENT I HAVE ON THIS ONE. BUT IT BECOMES A BUDGETARY ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE THE SOLAR POWER. ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND $4000 A PIECE. SO. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR. LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND LOOK AT HOW TO FINANCES LOOK VERSUS BUDGET. MR MAYOR. WE'RE APPROACHING THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT MISS MILLER. YES SIR. MR WILLIAMS IS CORRECT.

HOWEVER AS WE TRANSITION AND MOVE FORWARD, WE DO WANT TO GO TOWARDS MORE SOLAR VERSUS THE BATTERY OPERATED SIGN, SIR. SO THAT'S THE GOAL OF OURS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. TO MODERNIZE. YES

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THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT ITEM SIX. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. REMEMBER SIX. WHETHER CREATE FUND AND STAFF I DEDICATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT THAT WILL NOT BE DIVERTED TWO CALLS FOR SERVICE EXCEPT UNDER THE MOST DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES. CURRENTLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING A UNIT THAT WILL ENFORCE TRAFFIC WITH OUR UM. TRUCKS ARE WAITING FORCE MINT PROGRAM. AND THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO STAFF POSITIONS WITH TRAFFIC OFFICERS . WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE TRAFFIC OFFICER. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WHOLE CITY. UM NOT TO SAY THAT THE PATROL OFFICERS DON'T DO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. BUT WE AT THIS TIME, WE ONLY HAVE ONE DEDICATED TRAFFIC OFFICER. ANNOUNCEMENT COVER. AND SO, MR MILLER, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM ADMINISTRATION AS TO. NUMBER SIX. NUMBER SIX. WE'VE ALREADY DEDICATED OUR NEW BUDGET AUTHORIZED AND CHIEF CHRISTIAN TO HAVE A DEDICATED TRAFFIC UNITS, SIR. SO STAFF IS RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING SIX AND IT'S IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT ON BOTH? YES, SIR. GREAT. AND WHAT ABOUT FIVE IS AH! HIS STAFF IS THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDED AND FIVE OR OR NOT RIGHT NOW. IT'S A LIKE ITEM. I HAVEN'T I DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET BEFORE ME, SO I CAN'T TELL IF WE'RE ALREADY ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR THAT, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YES, IT'S MODERN. IT'S NEW, IT WILL LAST LONGER REQUIRES LESS MAINTENANCE. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AS I SIT HERE TODAY, DON. I CAN'T TELL YOU? YES, THAT WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. WHEN THE MOTION IS PRESENTED TO US ON MAY 17 WOULD THE ADMINISTRATION INCLUDED RECOMMENDATION. AS TO THIS ITEM VALVE. YES, SIR. GREAT. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR.

THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP FOR MAY. 17 1 OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 12. FACILITIES. REPORT TONIGHT ITEM

[13a. To provide the City Council an update on current Economic Development Projects (page 409)]

BACKGROUND SPRAGUE PROGRAM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. PROGRAM HAS TO STATE BASED GRANTS. ONE IS THE GRAND CREATION. JOB CREATION GRANT. AND THE REAL PROPERTY INVESTMENT GRANT. THESE ARE PROVIDED TO QUALIFIED

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ADJUSTING THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES . WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THOSE BOUNDARIES OUT INTO THE AREAS WHERE WE THINK IT WOULD DO THE MOST GOOD. IN THE MODIFICATION OF INCENTIVES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 1584 RESIDENCES WITHIN THE ENTERPRISE ZONE. WHICH ARE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH YOU DO NOT WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR. STATE BASED GRANTS. WHICH WILL GIVE US A POOL AREA OF ABOUT 367 ACRES TO WORK WITH. PER THE REGULATIONS. WE WERE REQUIRED TO MAIL OUT A CARD TO THESE 1584 RESIDENTS, LETTING THEM KNOW IT WAS CONSIDERED MOVING THEIR PROPERTY. WE HAVE NOT DONE IT. OUT OF THOSE WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 22 CALLS INTO THE OFFICE. AND I HAD ONE SCHEDULE IN PERSON VISIT, BUT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. SO OUR CALLBACK RATIO IS VERY GOOD, I THINK. ON THE 10TH AT FIVE P.M. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, INFORMATIONAL MEETING WILL PROVIDE ANYONE THAT COMES WITH ANY ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TO ANSWER THOSE AND WE'LL BRING THE US RESPONSES BACK TO YOU AS COUNSEL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AGAIN AS WILL ALLOW US TO ADDRESS 367 ACRES. WE CAN ALLOCATE. THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT AREAS WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING OUT IN THE ROUTE 36 QUARTER, INCLUDING LADAKH ROAD.

AND INTO THE WEST WASHINGTON STREET QUARTER. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE UP TO THREE CONTINUOUS ZONES. WE HAVE TO THIS POINT. THE CURRENT ZONES. AS YOU SEE HERE, THERE WAS THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED. AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL AREA, BASICALLY THE ADDITIONAL AREAS A LITTLE PIECE ON THE CRATER ROAD AND OUT INTO THE WEST OUT FROM WASHINGTON STREET. THAT AREA ENDS ABOUT ON ROUGHING MILL ROAD UP BY BATTLE SCENE IN THE WAREHOUSES. THE NEXT SLIDE.

APOLOGIZE FOR THAT GRAPHIC BECAUSE THAT BOARD THAT YOU SEE THERE WHERE IT SAYS ENTERPRISE ZONE TWO WILL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THOSE THREE FT BY FOUR FT BOARDS AT THE MEETING. BASICALLY IT SHOWS THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA WING OUT INTO AGAIN. THAT'S IN THE 36TH QUARTER. OH, THANK YOU.

AND AS YOU SAY, WE DO THAT ADDITION TO THE WEST WASHINGTON STREET AREA. LOT OF THOSE AREAS ARE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED THE WAY THEY CAN BE BUSINESSES.

SO THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROBABLY DO A LOT OF CHANGE OR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN THOSE AREAS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THANK YOU, MR GARRETT FOR ENLARGING. IT'S REAL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. THIS WOOD IS POTENTIALLY WHAT WE WOULD SAY THE MODIFICATION OF INCENTIVES. WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS DOING THE ANALYSIS TO FIND OUT ARE WE WAVING TOO MUCH CONSIDERATION TO KEEP THE STANDARD WAIVERS, BUT WE'LL PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE WAIVERS, THE SAME OR YOU WANT TO ADJUST THOSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE ANALYZE. IT DOES TAKE COST TO DO A LOT OF THESE PROCESSES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE BETWEEN THE WAIVER AND THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. YES, SIR. HOW'S MY HEEL? MORE SO WITH THE MEASURING STICK WHEN WE WAVE WHEN WE GIVE WAIVERS, DO WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL LOCALITIES OR HOW DO YOU WELL ON THE SLIDE. IT GOES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT WAVING PROCEDURES SAFER. THE FEE WAIVERS. IT'S BASED ON THE COST AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.

CURRENTLY, IT'S 100. WATER AND SEWER PERMIT FEES. YOU SEE, WE WEIGH THOSE FINANCIAL VALUE FOR $150 250 DOLLARS RESIDENTIAL AT 100. WE CAN WAIVE THOSE SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT DOLLAR POINTS.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IS FIND OUT HOW MUCH WE HAVE WAVED OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE USE THE SAME CITIES FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION. LYNCHBURG THEY HAVE ABOUT THE SAME ITEMS. SAME INCENTIVE PACKAGE. SO WE PROVIDED THAT ONE FOR YOUR INFORMATION. NEXT

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AND THEN WE WOULD IMPLEMENT WHATEVER CHANGES WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OKAY? SO AGAIN. THESE ARE THE THREE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR. GUIDANCE AGAIN. OUR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY OUT IN THE AREAS THAT 36 QUARTER IN THE WEST WASHINGTON STREET.

THAT'S SUMMARY. ANY QUESTIONS, MR LARRABEE HAVE TO ANSWER BEFORE I PROCEED. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? MORE ON THESE ITEMS. COUNCILMAN COVER. MR MOORE IS THE SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, FORMER SITE IS THAT CURRENTLY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE. I DON'T BELIEVE SO, SIR. I'LL DOUBLE CHECK FOR YOU. IT ISN'T AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE. OKAY UM ONE DAY IF WE DO YOU THINK IT WORTHWHILE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WE CAN . WE CAN DO THE CALCULATION TO SEE IF WE CAN GET DOWN TO THAT AREA, SIR, OR WE CAN ALSO CREATE A THIRD. NOT CONTIGUOUS AREA. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A STAND ALONE AS I RECOLLECTED. IT'S 24 ACRES , AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL SO I DON'T THINK WE IT WOULD BE AN ISLAND. BUT IS THERE ANY PROHIBITION AGAINST MAKING AN ISLAND IN EFFECT? WE CAN BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK . OKAY I'LL TAKE THAT. CONSIDER THAT THAT'S KIND OF A PLUM PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY GOTTEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. MHM. WE CERTAINLY WANT TO PUSH THAT.

YES, SIR. WHAT ABOUT, UH, THE CITY'S 173 ACRES THAT IT OWNS OFF OF SQUIRREL LEVEL. IS IS THAT CURRENTLY IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA AND IT'S NOT. WELL CONSIDER IF YOU WOULD, WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BUT AH! CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY HURDLES THAT OBSTRUCTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT. PROPERTY ALREADY. BUT IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU COME BACK TO COUNCIL, LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE.

YES, SIR. WE'LL DO THAT. 233. THANK YOU, MR MOORE. NEXT BILL. GO TO THE NEXT PHASE. HAVE YOU REPORTED? WHICH ONE OF THEM I'VE GOT NEXT. GET ANOTHER PRESENTATION I'M DOING SEE YES, SIR. IT'S A SCHEDULE FOR THE LAST MEETING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT TODAY. SO THIS WILL BE THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN UPDATE. NO. THIS ONE WAS EMAIL. AH, LET'S SEE THAT ONE PROBABLY SAYS BAM! MHM. YOU NORMALLY JUST GO THROUGH THE PAPER, THEN? THAT'S FINE. YES.

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I'M ON PAGE THREE OF OUR SLIDES. IT'S THE SAME ONE FROM LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. ALREADY AT THE SUMMARY. RIGHT? OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO SLIDE FOUR. JOGGING RIGHT ALONG. YEP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON SEPTEMBER 27 2021. COUNCIL VOTED TO ALLOCATE $100,000 FOR THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. AN ADDITIONAL $100,000 WAS ALLOCATED TO THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN FROM OUR PROFUNDITY, AND THIS WAS TAKEN FROM COUNCIL DOCUMENTATION. OKAY? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. BASICALLY THE INFORMATION YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS ALL PUBLIC. NOW IT'S JUST ALL THE PROPOSALS OF PUBLIC DOCUMENT. WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THE PROCUREMENT IS NOT SO I CAN ONLY REALLY ADDRESS WHAT THE CURRENT SCOPE HAS. SOME OF THE SCOPE HIGHLIGHTS WAS CONNECTING THE DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION. WITH THE COURT MANDATED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PETERSBURG DISTRICT COURT. BUT ALSO LOOK AT LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING FOR POCAHONTAS ISLAND AND HALIFAX TRIANGLE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. PUBLIC PARKING PARKING RECOMMENDATIONS. INCLUDES SOME SURFACE PARKING. AND POTENTIAL OF CREATING A PARKING AUTHORITY TO FINANCE OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PARKING LOTS AND GARAGES. ANOTHER KEY AREA WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING AT CONNECTING THE DOWNTOWN TO THE APPOMATTOX RIVER AND THE TRAIL SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY? LOOKING AND APPROVING THE ENTRYWAYS TO THE CITY TO INCLUDE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING BRIDGE AND EXIT 52. I'M SURE WE ALL WOULD APPRECIATE THE REMINDER NOT BEING OUR OUR ICONIC SIGHT FOR 100,000 CARS PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. WE'RE GONNA GET IT DONE. SO IT'S GONNA BE FANTASTIC. ALSO ANOTHER CONSIDERATION ON THAT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST BUT REWORKING WASHINGTON AND WEST STREETS AS TWO WAYS. NEXT SLIDE. I WAS ASKED TO CONSIDER POTENTIALLY OF EXPANSION OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS. CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE PROCESS TO BE INCLUSIVE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. BE A DEVELOP A NEW CITY VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT.

AND THEN DEVELOPING ECONOMIC STRATEGY INITIATIVES, GOALS AND AN ACTION PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE CURRENT DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN WOULD BE A FIRST STEP. IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS, AND WE WOULD EXPAND THIS TO BE INCLUSIVE. FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. WITH MATRIX. EACH WARD REPRESENTATIVES DEVELOPMENT, PRIORITIZE INITIATIVES, GOALS AND ACTION PLAN ITEMS. FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HAVE A SAMPLE OF THESE. I USED ONE OF MS WILSON SMITH.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. SHE GAVE ME ONE ROUTE 36, FORMER FOOD LION AND KMART SITE. BASICALLY WE WERE WRITING CONSIDERED DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS. THEY'RE AN EYESORE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

CLEANING UP THIS SITE WOULD ENHANCE THE ROUTE 36 ENTRYWAY INTO THE CITY. SO THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST STRATEGIC INITIATIVE. SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD FILL THESE IN WHICH YOU REPRESENTATIVES AND ALSO YOUR CONSTITUENTS IF YOU SO DESIRE.

WE WOULD TIE THOSE TWO RELATED GOALS. PROVIDE ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION. AND THEN THE MAJOR ACTION STEPS AND SCHEDULE. TO PROVIDE TO COMPLETE THAT PARTICULAR STRATEGY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN WE WOULD ALSO SAY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT MR MORE PART OF THE NAME WILL BE IN SOME OF THESE. RESOURCES NEEDED AND WE ALSO DO THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. NEXT. WE DO THE

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ALL RIGHT. SAYING NO LIGHTS. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR MOORE. MY NEXT PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE IT'S EMBEDDED. THIS IS WHAT I'LL DO THE INDUSTRIAL REVITALIZATION PLANNING GRANT AND TARGETED BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT GRANTS. AND AFTER THAT ONLY HAVE ONE MORE. YES, SIR. OKAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. GOING TO PROVIDE YOU.

SUMMARY INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS OUR PLANNING GRANTS AND ARE TARGETED BROWNFIELD ASSESSMENT GRANTS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE HAVE APPLIED TO THE ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT. FOR TWO. UH, GRANTS. FOR EXIT 52 4 16 2ND STREET MOST MOST, I WOULD SAY MOSTLY KNOWN AS THE ELECTRIC BUILDING. APPLICATIONS WERE APPROVED ON MARCH 18TH. THE CITY WILL BE AWARDED $70,500 FOR EXIT 52. IN $85,000 FOR 4 16 2ND STREET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD IS FROM MARCH 28TH. AND ALL ITEMS ARE DUE BACK TO THE H C. D ON JULY 29TH 2022. THE STUDY WILL ASSIST US IDENTIFYING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE KONING ZONING ASSESSMENTS. IDENTIFICATION OF TENANT AND END USERS. AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE IN THE ECONOMIC PROCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE WITH THE EXIT 52 . THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE RAMADA BUILDING, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT REPORT BACK. WE'RE USING OUR OWN CALL CONTRACTOR. TIMMONS IS DOING THAT WORK FOR US. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE HAVE APPLIED FOR BROWNFIELD GRANTS. WE HAVE TWO SITES. OKAY 10, 15 COMMERCE STREET FITNESS. AND 1, 30 POCAHONTAS. THE APPLICATION WAS APPROVED ON MARCH 30TH 2022. THESE ARE E P A GRANTS. THE IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD IS FROM 30 MARCH 2022 TO MARCH 30TH. OF 2024. YOU PAY WILL DO EXHAUSTIVE STUDY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE EXCAVATION OF TEST PITS INSTALLATION OF GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS. EXTRACTION OF SAMPLES. GROUNDWATER AIR AND OTHER ACTIONS ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLAY. WILL BE MANAGING THAT PROCESS FROM OUR OFFICES. ANYTIME YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE IS TO MARRY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK FUNDING GRANTS . WE WERE WE DO THESE INITIAL ONES WE'RE GONNA APPLY FOR. I THINK THERE'S TWO HALF MILLION DOLLAR ONES. AND WE ALSO MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A MILLION DOLLAR ONE, WHICH HAS NO CITY MATCH, SO WE'LL KEEP THAT ON OUR RADAR. MR MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES QUICK SUMMARY ON THOSE RIGHT QUESTIONS, MR MOORE NEXT TO ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN CUPPER MISS. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MR MOORE 15 COMMERCE. IS THAT TITMUSS? YES. OKAY AND WHAT IS, WAS IT 1 30 POCAHONTAS. YES SIR. AND WHAT IS WHAT IS THERE? CANNOT RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SO I HAVE TO PULL THAT PROPERTY FOR IS THAT PART OF THE ROPE OF BROTHERS OR IS IT ACROSS THE ROAD, SO I'LL AGAIN. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME TO READ IT ACCURATE TO YOU, BUT I BELIEVE IT IS ROPERS. ALRIGHT FINE. THANK YOU. DOUBLE CHECK, SIR. MAKE SURE THANK YOU. YEAH THANK YOU IS WHAT IT IS. I WAS JUST JUST WANTED TO BE INFORMED.

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SO. THERE I SEE THE PEACE AND STUFF ABOVE THE GRAND UPDATES IF YOU GOOD DEALS. WHAT? GO UP ONE MORE. YEAH. REMEMBER, WE HAD THE FOLKS ACTUALLY COME OUT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS FOR YOUR CITY. UM REAL ESTATE PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN THE PROCESS WOULD BE THE SAME. WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY REVISIONS IN THIS PRESENTATION SINCE WE PROPOSED IT TO YOU. AGAIN ANYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH THE SYSTEM COMES BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. ANY KIND OF SPECIFICATIONS YOU PUT ON PROPERTY THAT YOU WANT SOLD.

WILL BE IMPORTANT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN THE PROCESS. BASICALLY, WHOEVER WANTS TO MAKE A PROPOSAL GETS AN ACCOUNT. AND THEY GO INTO THAT SYSTEM. AS YOU CAN SEE WHAT HE DID, AS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE SPECIALISTS SPECIFICS. NO DUPLEXES AND OUR THREE DISTRICTS. AND THERE'S A 30 45 DAY APPROVAL PROCESS BASED ON CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AGAIN WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN. THERE'S NO UPFRONT COSTS OF THE CITY. AND THEY DO HAVE TO PUT IN $500,000 DEPENDING ON THE SITE, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE DUE DILIGENCE THAT THEY ARE SERIOUS AND DOING A PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE. THIS WOULD BE THE NEW DISPOSITION PROCESS FOR THESE PROPERTIES. AGAIN WE WOULD NOT BE DOING ANY MORE PAPER APPLICATIONS IN OUR OFFICE. OUR GOAL IS TO DO EVERYTHING ELECTRONICALLY WHERE WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN ONE SYSTEM IS VERY EASILY AUDITED. SO THAT WAY WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING FOR LIKE A STAR NEXT MEETING. WE'RE GONNA YOUR APPROVAL TO DO THIS PROCESS AGAIN. STAFF CONTROLS THE BIDDING PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE STATE SALE BASED ON THE GUIDELINES YOU PROVIDE. AND YOU HAVE THE FINAL SAY. I HAD RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. AGAIN ALL PROPERTIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE APPROVED CITY OWNED PROPERTY LIST. WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND I HAVE A LISTING. I WILL SEND OUT TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THE QUESTION I HAD WAS PEABODY ON THE LIST, AND PEABODY IS NOT SO I THINK THAT'S STILL IN LITIGATION. WE HAD OTHERS QUESTION. SCRUB DEALS WILL POST THIS ON OTHER MLS SITE, SO IT'S NOT JUST FORGOT DEALS THAT WOULD GO OUT EVERYWHERE SO WE'LL GET MORE EXPOSURE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO FOR PROPERTIES TO BE SOLD.

OKAY? SEE. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT CAME UP OR IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S BEING DONE TO I GUESS MARKET THESE SITES. VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP HAS WHAT THEY CALL A SCANDALOUS, WHICH HAS PROPERTIES. LIST OF PROPERTIES, ACREAGE USAGE, AND THAT IS BY THE CITY AND IT HAS A POINT OF CONTACT. HAVE A COPY OF THAT LIST. I WILL PROVIDE THAT TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS OF HOW LONG WOULD WE BE COMMITTED TO THIS? AS LONG AS WE HAVE PROPERTIES, AND IT WOULD BE GOOD AT SOME POINT WHERE WE HAVE NO PROPERTIES ON THAT. SO AND AGAIN ALL PROPOSALS. ALL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THESE PROPERTIES OR THE SUBJECT OF COUNCIL APPROVAL. MR MAYOR. I'VE CONCLUDED THIS WITH ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMAN COPRA.

FOLLOWED. LET'S GO BACK FOR A MINUTE. UM LET'S TALK ABOUT FITNESS. AS AN EXAMPLE. I REALIZED THAT GOV DEALS. WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PUT TITMUSS ON OF. MLS AS MLS BROKERS, I SUPPOSE. TO INCLUDE TITMUSS ON THERE. FOR SALE. INVENTORY. BUT IF THE CITY WANTED TO RETAIN A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRM. LIKE THE ONE THAT. IS DEVELOPING WITH ME

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WHICH ALLOWS MORE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUT ALSO LIMITS RESIDENTIAL. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN OUT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THESE. I DON'T WANNA TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE INTEREST THAT'S IN THE SITE. THERE IS INTEREST IN THE SITE. VERY POSITIVE. THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN AS IT SAID IT'S NOT CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN. OR MAJOR LIKE EXIT, THEY CONSIDER GRAMMAR AND MAYBE NOT A PRIMARY ROAD FOR ENTRY. BUT THOSE KIND OF THINGS CAN BE MITIGATED AT THE SITE IS DONE RIGHT IN THE USAGE IS APPROPRIATE. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS REVITALIZING THAT SITE. SO. OUR DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS PUSHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER ASSOCIATE OR PUSHING THE MARKETING OF THE FORMER SO ORIGINAL MEDICAL CENTER SITE IS THAT CORRECT? AS WE GET INTERESTED CALLS. WE ALSO GET OUTSIDE CALLS SAY THERE'S CAN YOU TAKE US TO DIFFERENT SITES, AND WE'LL DO THAT. NOW IT'S THE SOUTH SIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORMER SITE WOULD NOT BE ON THE GOV DEALS LIST, WOULD IT OR WOULD IT UP? IT COULD BE IF IT'S A CITY OWNED PROPERTY. BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN ASK THAT IT BE REMOVED. I'M SORRY IT IS OR IS NOT OR WILL BE OR WILL NOT. WE WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING IT ON THAT SITE. IS IT CURRENTLY ON OUR LIST OF DISPOSABLE, UM CITY SIGHTS.

I DO NOT SEE IT ON THE LISTING THAT I HAVE. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR BAD IDEA TO PUT IT ON THAT LIST. AH! BUT IN ANY EVENT, IT'S NOT THERE RIGHT NOW. AH! AND THEN FOR HOW LONG DOES THE CITY'S COMMITMENT WITH GOV DEALS LAST? CAN WE TERMINATE THAT DEAL AT ANY TIME? OUR BELIEF, SO I KNOW OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE CITY USED DEALS, PROBABLY MORE. AND AT THE RESEARCH THAT ONE FOR YOU. I KNOW THERE'S A WAY TO GET OUT. I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS OF HOW THAT'S DONE. LET'S SAY WE LISTED PROPERTIES WITH GOV DEALS, AND AFTER TWO YEARS WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS NOT WORTHWHILE. COULD WE TERMINATE OUR, UM ARRANGEMENT WITH GOV. DEALS. YES, WE COULD.

SIR. I JUST NEED TO GET THE DETAILS OF HOW IT CAN BE DONE ALRIGHT? AND BEFORE THESE PROPERTIES GET LISTED, BUT THE GOVERNMENT DEALS IS COUNCIL GOING TO BE ASKED TO SPECIFY WHAT USE IS IT WANTS TO SEE ALMOST PROPERTIES? ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT WHEN THE PROPERTIES GO TO GOV DEALS, THEY WILL GO WITH A RESTRICTION ON USE AND EFFECT YOU DECIDE YOU WANT. OKAY? WELL, THAT'S GREAT. GOING ON THE LIST. YES, SIR. OKAY AND THIS COMES BACK TO COUNCIL. THEN WITH. FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. WHEN MAY 17 OR BELIEVE ME HAVE TOLD US OR IF WE NEED TO BACK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE CAN ALSO DO THAT IN THE JUNE MEETING. MAY 17 IS RIGHT AROUND CORNER THAT MAY BE TOO SOON FOR US. BUT IN ANY EVENT THAT'S COMFORTABLY JUNE, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. THAT'S THAT'S YOUR CALL. I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO YOU KNOW, CRAM IT. AH ON TO STAY UP SCHEDULE. JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR EXPECTATION WAS PROVIDE A LISTING ALL THE PROPERTIES BY WARD. YES, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ON THE WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU. MR MOORE, INCLUDE, UM, PROPERTY THAT'S SMALL LOTS THAT AREN'T BUILDABLE. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DISPOSE OF THOSE LOTS AND I BELIEVE THEY WILL NOT. SO OKAY.

SO NOW AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AT AND TALKING WITH ANOTHER CITY EMPLOYEE. WE HAD AN IDEA FOR THE SMALL LOTS, BUILDABLE ONES, THE ONES WE REALLY COULDN'T DO MUCH WITH. TO

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2 TO 19. 804618 2 TO 19. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? CNN. THANK YOU, MR MOORE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE GO TO ITEM 14 CITY MANAGERS AGENDA, MR MILLER. MR MAYOR. NOTHING ELSE TO ADD IN. THIS COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS. OKAY? UM QUESTIONS FOR MR MILLER C N I LET'S MOVE ON ITEM 15 REPORTS, BUSINESSES OR BUSINESS FROM THE CLERK. I HAVE NO ITEM. I ITEMS 16 BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE

[17. Public Comments]

AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. HONORABLE MAYOR. SAM PERM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSEPH PRESTON DICKENS. RESIDING CURRENTLY AT TINO TO OAKMONT DRIVE. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

VERY THE APART. KNOWN AS THE BATTLEFIELD PARK AREA. UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SEE IF I CAN GET A FORMAL REQUEST INTO YOU. AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AND SO. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING THAT I AM A MEMBER OF THE THEN WITH THE PETERSBURG CRIME SOLVERS. AND I'M SURE THAT MOST OF YOU ARE FOR ME WITH THAT ORGANIZATION IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND WE'RE I'M HERE TONIGHT. THAT I THOUGHT THAT MY CHAIR LADY MIGHT BE WITH ME AND SHE COULD COME UP WITH ME SO I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR IN DEPTH. THERE'S SOME THINGS I CANNOT SAY ON MY OWN. AND SO, BUT AH! I WOULD LIKE TO WHAT DO WE GOT HERE? IF THERE WAS, UH WELL, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CRIME, I'LL TAKE MORE THAN THAT. NOT UNLESS YOU WANT TO RELOAD. YEAH. AND SO. ALRIGHT DURING THE PANDEMIC, OUR FUNDS FOR DOING WHAT WE DO AND WE OPERATE WHAT WE CALL THE P THREE APP. AND THERE'S A NATIONWIDE BUSINESS THAT THAT HELPS PUT THIS KEEP THIS BUSINESS ON TRACK. UH AND I WILL SAY THAT ROUGHLY WE SPENT ABOUT $2000 2000 DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THIS APP. AND NOW FUNDS HAVE BEEN LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THAT WE CAN'T MEET. WE CAN'T GET. WE COULDN'T GET ON THE ROAD TO SOLICIT FINDS AND IN THE PAST, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RECALLED. AND OUR VARIOUS BANQUETS WHERE WE WHERE WE RAISED THE FUNDS AND, UH, TO SUPPLY OUR NEEDS FOR THE CITY.

AH! I WOULD LIKE TO. JUST IN CASE IF THEY'RE ON LISTENERS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT. WE ARE COMMUNITY BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. FUNDAMENTAL UNIQUE PURPOSE OF HELPING TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY. ECONOMIC UH, THE EQUITY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN PREVENTION AND APPREHENSION AND CONVICTION OF CRIMES BY REWARDING COMPENSATION TO CITIZENS WHO HELPED KEEP OUR CITY SAFE BY PROVIDING THIS INSTANT NOTIFICATION OF CRIMES. YOU KNOW , THROUGHOUT WITH P THREE TIP MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. AND SO. UH I WAS HOPING TONIGHT THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO COME BEFORE YOU AND

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YES SIR OF YOU RECALL THAT THAT LETTER OUT TO YOU. DOES ANY OF YOU RECALL THAT YES. JUST WANT TO KNOW. ARE YOU GETTING YOUR EMAIL? YES. ALRIGHT I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH AND I'LL BE GETTING BACK WITH YOU WITHIN THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH OUR CHAIR, LADIES SO THAT WE CAN FURTHER THIS THIS CAUSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR DICKENS. AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH CRIME SOLVERS. ALRIGHT. APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE IN CROWD. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. WE HAVE MISS JULIUS DEATH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. MY CONCERNS. UM MR MORRIS SPOKE ON BUILDINGS. I DO LIFT TRANSPORTATION. I ALWAYS FORGET THAT GIL VIA SITS 2448 COUNTY. DR APOLOGIZED. THANK YOU TO DO THIS REAL QUICK. I DON'T USUALLY DO THINGS QUICKLY, BUT I WILL. DO THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UM HE DID MENTION CERTAIN THEY CAN BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND AT THE LAST MEETING I REMEMBER MISS SMITH, SPEAKING ON UM, BUILDINGS THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT CENTRAL STATE LOCATION. IF THAT'S THE CORRECT TERM, I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OUT OF TERM, BUT THOSE BUILDINGS TO INSTEAD OF SELLING THEM TO OTHER INVESTORS . WHY CAN'T THESE BUILDINGS BE PUT? I DON'T KNOW. ZONING PLEASE FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE ON ZONING AND COLDS. BUT WHY CAN'T THOSE BUILDINGS BE PUT TO GOOD USE FOR INSTANCE, DEVELOPING A SEE THESE OLD WAREHOUSES TURNING INTO LOSS AND HOUSING. WHY CAN'T THEY BE DEVELOPED MISS SMITH FOR, UM OTHER HOUSING FOR OUR LESS FORTUNATE. I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO STAY HOMELESS, BUT OUR LESS FORTUNATE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND ALSO WITH ME DRIVING FOR LIFT I SPEAK TO A LOT OF THE, UM YOUTH AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, AND I THINK UNTIL THE CITY DEVELOPED CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUTH CERTAIN PROJECTS. VOCATIONAL I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. WE HAD VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WE LEARNED WELDING, UM, COMPUTER SCIENCE. HOME ECONOMICS AND SO ON, AND SO ON. AND SO WHY CAN'T THINGS LIKE THAT BE ADDED BACK TO THE SCHOOL SO THAT THESE KIDS CAN HAVE SOMETHING POSITIVE TO GRAVITATE AWARD? OPPOSED TO NOTHING, WHICH LEAD THEM TO GRAVITATE TOWARD, UM, THE NEGATIVITY THAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW WITH THAT KEEPS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUSY. I THINK WE NEED TO. IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE FOR THIS YEAR. BUT WE NEED SOME ACTIVITIES FOR THESE CHILDREN TO YOUTH TO DO TO KEEP THEM BUSY SO THAT THEY WON'T CONTINUE SO WE WON'T CONTINUE HAVING THE BLOODSHED IN THE CITY LIKE WE HAVE BECAUSE I THINK IF WE DON'T CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THIS CITY IS ON. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE SUMMER. AND I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER MR WESTWOOD AT, UM WE'RE DOING A STATE WHERE WHEN I WAS A KID CULTURE WILLIS AND MICHAEL MORRIS. THEY TAUGHT US SWIMMING, UM KARATE. AND CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE TOOK AN INTEREST IN AND THAT WAS JEFFERSON STREET POOL. AND CERTAIN THINGS. WE WENT TO THE POOL EVERY DAY. THAT'S WHY I LEARNED TO SWIM BETWEEN. UM VIRGINIA STATE AND THE POLLS. SO WHY CAN'T WE BRING BACK SOME OF THESE THINGS FOR THESE YOUTH TO DO SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ILLEGAL WEAPONS? THE LEGAL WEAPONS ARE SOLD TO PARENTS WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE KEEPING IT. WELL, I GUESS THEY HAD THEM FOR THEIR SAFETY AND A GHOST GUNS THAT THESE KIDS ARE GETTING OUR HANDS ON AND CAUSING ALL OF THIS CRIME IN THIS CITY. I THINK IS AND WE HAVE SOME VERY, VERY INTELLIGENT YOUTH IN THE CITY. BUT IT'S NOT BEING THEY'RE NOT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO, UM GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF. THANK YOU.

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SO IT IS EXACTLY FOR WHAT YOU DID SAY. AND AS FAR AS THE YOUTH, UM, BECAUSE I'M I REALLY BUG ARE. OUR PERSON DIRECTOR TO DEATH. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW. BEING SPONSORED BY OUR RECREATION AND LEISURE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE REGISTERING THE YOUTH FOR, UH, BASEBALL. ALWAYS GET BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL MIXED UP, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE OTHER. THEY ARE REGISTERING FOR A SUMMER CAMP. THEY JUST HAD A CAMP FOR, UM, WHEN THE KIDS WERE OUT ON SPRING BREAK THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AT THIS POINT TO KEEP THE YOUTH OFF OF THE STREET AND TO ENGAGE THEM. ALSO ON JUNE THE 12TH FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE WILL HAVE A CITY SPONSORED UM, NATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY EVENT, AND IT IS TO HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES. FOR OUR YOUTH OUT AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX. THAT'S JUNE, THE 12TH FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. SO KNOW THAT YOU ARE HEARD, AND SO ARE OTHER CITIZENS KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS BEING DONE THAT OUR RECREATION AND LEISURE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIRECTOR IS HERE TONIGHT. MR ALLEN, IF YOU COULD STANCE OR SHE COULD SEE YOU THAT HE IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND. RE IMPLEMENTING THINGS THAT WE USED TO DO. HE IS BRINGING IT ALL BACK AND ADDING SOME TO IT SO GOOD AND THANK YOU. RIGHT? RIGHT? YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS STEPH. APPRECIATE THAT. AND UM, ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR ALLEN AS WELL BECAUSE WE WILL BEEN WORKING HARD THIS WEEK SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO GET OFF BACK OFF THE GROUND THAT'S BEEN OFFLINE FOR QUITE SOME YEARS AS MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD AND WE ARE HAVE THE PETERSBURG SCHOOLS TO THE TABLE. AS WELL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS NEED AN OUTLET EARLY AND THANK YOU, MR ALLEN FOR HELPING TO RE ENGAGE THAT AND HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR UNIFORMS AND BUT LIKE THIS STEP SAID. WE HAVE TO GET PARENTS INVOLVED TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THESE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND WE ALL PART OF THIS VILLAGE AND HAVE TO, UM, UM DO OUR PART. SO AT THIS TIME. UM. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THAT EYE CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. REGULAR SPECIAL WORK SESSION AND I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADD A CLOSED SESSION TO TONIGHT'S MEETING TO DISCUSS A PERSONNEL MATTER. SO MUCH. DON'T MOVE. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE UM MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR BERT UH, REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS. DOUBT. REMEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL BY SENATOR SMITH LEE PERN. OKAY THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO

[Closed Session]

[01:40:01]

MOVE. COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. MADAM CLERK SHOULD PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL OF A CUSTOMER , UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER WIRES. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL VICE MAYOR SMITH LI HAI MAYOR PERMED MY PASSWORD NOW CLOSER CLOSER.

ALL RIGHT. I AT THIS TIME, MR WILLIAMS. CARRIE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OK, MR WILLIAMS. YES SIR.

THE MAYOR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONCLUDE THE CLOSED SESSION CALLED THIS EVENING AND RECONVENE AN OPEN OPEN SESSION AFTER CERTIFYING THE CORNERS WITH 2.2 37 12 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM THE OPENING REQUIREMENTS WERE DISCUSSED, AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MAYORS AS THEY WERE IDENTIFIED IN MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED. WERE HEARD DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED. ANY MEMBER WHO BELIEVES THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE FOREGOING REQUIREMENTS ARE SO STEEP FOR THE RECORD. INDICATING THE SUBSTANCE OF DEPARTURE THAT IN HIS JUDGEMENTS BELIEVES HAS TAKEN PLACE. THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE, MR MAYOR.

CORRECT. UM COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. SO MOVE. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SECOND, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CUSTOMER COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, REMEMBER HILL. SPICER SMITH, LI HAI MAYOR, PERN.

ALRIGHT WE'RE DOWN BACK IN OPEN SESSION AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OF THE MOTHERS HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND THIS SUNDAY. ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR MOTHER. AND IF YOU'RE A MOTHER HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT OUR NEXT MEETING. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

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