May 17, 2022 Regular City Council Meeting

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IS A GERMAN. THIS SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. NEXT. WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG, UM, TO

[1. Roll Call]

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM TWO IS THE PRAYER COUNCILMAN HERE WILL LEAD US IN THE OPENING PRAYER. THAT IS SPRAY. TURNING GOT OUR FATHERS ONCE AGAIN. WE COME BEFORE YOU HAVING A FATHER.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. FOR ALL THAT MANY GIFTS AND BLESSINGS YOU BESTOWED UPON US NOW LOWER THE ACT THAT BLESSING IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS VIOLENCE THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY. AND HOW SURROUNDING AREAS AND EVEN IN OUR COUNTRY. HEAVENLY FATHER WE ASK THAT YOU WILL PROTECT US FROM ALL HURT HARM AND DANGER. HAVING A FATHER PROTECTION UPON YOUTH. OUR YOUNG ADULTS HAVE ANY FATHER ESPECIALLY HAVING A FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU WERE PUT A SPIRIT OF FORGIVENESS IN THEIR HOUSE THAT THEY CAN WORK OUT THESE MATTERS. ABOUT TALKING AND NOT BAD VIOLENCE. HAVING THE FATHER BE WITH US BE WITH OUR SENIORS HAVING A FATHER BE WITH THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS HAVING THEIR FATHER BE WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PROTECT THEM HAVING A FATHER. WE ACCEPT BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL HAVING THE FATHER THAT WE WOULD DO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN THAT SITE THAT WE CAN LEAVE LEAD THIS, UH CITY TO HIGHER HEIGHTS. HAVING A FATHER BLESS THIS MEETING IN A SPECIAL WAY. IT'S IN YOUR DARLING SON. JESUS CHRIST NAME WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN NEXT ONE. MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE? MY PLEASURE. CASE OF, UU . NEXT. WE HAVE ITEM FORWARD

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

THE MONTH OF MAY 2022 AS BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND URGED ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AND INTO THE FUTURE. DATED MAY 17TH, 2000 AND 22. SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE CLERIC OF COUNSEL, MS NIKITA JACKSON. MR MORRIS.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM FIVE B A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 15TH THROUGH TO 21ST 2022 IS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES PROVIDED

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CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED ALL 88 RAMPS AND PAVING OF EAST WEST STREET. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT COMPLETED THE NORTH PARK DRIVE DRAINAGE AND THE PERMISSIBLE PAPER PROJECT STREET OPERATIONS AND THE RIGHT AWAY PROGRAM REPAIRED. 2217 POTHOLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. PREPARE.

SIX STORM DRAINS PAVED OVER NINE STREETS AND REPAIRED AS FOR IT ON FOURTH STREETS AND ISSUED APPROXIMATELY $150,000 AND NOTICES. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMPLETED THE RENOVATIONS OF HUSTLERS, COURT AND EXIT 52 FACILITIES MAINTENANCE COMPLETED SOCIAL SERVICES, LOBBY RENOVATIONS AND THE ELEVATOR OF HUSTLERS COURT. PUBLIC UTILITIES HAS REPLACED 90% OF THE REMAINING CUBIC FEET. METERS REPAIR 91 WATER MAIN LEAKS MAINTAIN 100% COMPLIANCE WITH SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT. REPLACE APPROXIMATELY 500 FT OF SOIL LINE AND REPAIRED 126 SEWER COLLAPSES. THEREFORE I SAY I'M YOUR PARENT BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 15TH THROUGH 21ST, 2000 AND 22 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, AND I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROVIDING OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS. WHICH PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE DATED MAY 17TH 2022 SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE CLERK OF COUNSELORS NIKITA JACKSON. ALRIGHT. ANYBODY FROM PUBLIC WORKS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S OKAY, THERE HE IS. LOOK, I ROBBED APPLAUSE SPEEDS FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS, GUYS.

NEXT ITEM SIX RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD UNDER COUNCIL

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

[8. Official Public Hearings]

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PREVIOUS APPROPRIATION WAS 1.674 MILLION. THE ADDITIONAL LOST REVENUE IS THE 2.25 MILLION.

THAT WOULD BE GOING TO THE D A. SO THERE WILL BE A TOTAL REVENUES OF 3.9 TO 5 MILLION.

TIME MR MAYOR, PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR NOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR CONSIDERATION. OF AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1ST 2021.

AND ENDING JUNE 30TH 2022 FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, LOST REVENUE APPROPRIATION.

OKAY? RIGHT NO HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT. WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL QUESTION COUNSELOR WILSON SMITH. DOES THS FOR LOST REVENUE, DOES THIS ACTION ON APPROPRIATED OR DO WE HAVE TO ON APPROPRIATED BEFORE TAKING THIS ACTION. OKAY, LET ME DO THAT AGAIN. THESE FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED TO LOST REVENUE RIGHT BY US BY COUNSEL. SO BEFORE WE TAKE THIS ACTION DO WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TO RE APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO DO THIS? NOW YOU CAN DO IT ALL IN ONE. MOTION OR ONE ORDINANCE. OKAY? AND. DOES THIS MONEY QUALIFY FOR E. D A. WAS WHAT'S THE QUALIFICATION THAT MAKES THIS SO? THANK YOU. COUNCILORS SMITH FOR THE QUESTION. THE REASON FOR THE RE APPROPRIATION WAS THE RP FUNDS BASED UPON THE FINAL GUIDANCE THAT WAS PUT OUT I HAVE ONE OF THE PROJECTS DID NOT QUALIFY. UNDER THAT PARTICULAR GUIDANCE. SO FUNDING IS BEING PUT IN THE APPROPRIATE SO THAT THE PROJECT DOES QUALIFY. AN ANSWER. HOTEL PETERSBURG PRICE THANK YOU, MAN. ALRIGHT IN THE OTHER QUESTIONS, MR MORE NOT COUNCILMAN HILL. MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE APPROPRIATION FOR, UH, THE ORDINANCE. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. SECOND. MADAME CLAIRE, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER PARKS STRAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I CASANOVA MYERS, STEEN. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.

COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. THEIR PURPOSE. MOTIONS PASSED. THE NEXT MOVE ON ITEMS A B A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSIDERATION. OF AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED OF UTILITY EASEMENT, INCLUDING COMPENSATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $2034.72 PERCENT 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 23875 AS PART OF THE PRINCE GEORGE WATER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION PROJECT. GOOD AFTERNOON. MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SEASON.

THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO CREATE AN INTERCONNECTION WITH PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY. THE MAJORITY OF THE BENEFIT FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE DRIVING BY THE CITY AS OUR SYSTEM OPERATIONS DO NOT ALLOW US TO SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT PRINCE GEORGE IN THE SITUATION. AH THIS PARTICULAR EASEMENT WILL BE LOCATED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AND WILL BE THE SITE OF A FUTURE WATER METER VAULT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR BARNES. ALRIGHT SO NEXT, WE'LL OPEN UP THE FOUR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE EASEMENT. TO EXECUTE A DD UTILITY, INCLUDING COMPENSATION AMOUNT OF

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YES, MA'AM. INTO MIKE'S STAGE. NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. YES, VIA STIFF 244 A COUNTY, DR PETERSBURG. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS. ARE YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT? UM, PASS THE MONEY TO. TO PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF OR ON OUR WATER BILLS IS THAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'M SORRY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. IS THAT. I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION AFTER PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED, I HAVE YOUR QUESTION. RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC HEARING. THEN ANY OTHER HAND? RIGHT, MR. BARNES. YOU WANT TO COME AND CLARIFY MISSTEP ON THAT. HER QUESTION. THIS IS THIS IS AN EASEMENT ACQUISITION , SO THIS MONEY WILL ULTIMATELY BE PAID TO A RESIDENT THAT OWNS PROPERTY THAT WE ARE SEEKING INTEREST IN CURRENTLY THERE IS NOT THE ABILITY WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO LOCATE THIS VAULT WILL HAVE TO UTILIZE SOME PRIVATE PROPERTY OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET. SO THIS MONEY WILL BE CONVEYED TO A PRIVATE RESIDENCE BY THE CITY.

BUT IT IS FOR AN INTERESTING PROPERTY. RIGHT? QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. RIGHT? AND THEN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCILOR MYERS COUNCILOR HILL. RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNSELING BECAUSE BERT. STAFF MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS.

CASA MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. THEY'RE PERM BY PAST NEXT MOVE ON ITEM H C. A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SITTINGS ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT MICROBREWERY MICRO SADDLERY AND MICRO WINERY IN THE B ONE. ZONING DISTRICT, MR TABLE. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS AN ITEM REQUESTING AMENDMENT TO THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR MICROBREWERY MICROSURGERY MICRO WINERIES IN THE B ONE ZONING DISTRICT. THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED 21 OR 18 ON MARCH 23RD AND THAT ESTABLISHED THE DEFINITION OF THESE USES. UH AND THIS IS A REQUEST TO ASSIGN A ZONING DISTRICT B ONE. FOR THE USE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM AND STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS. THANK YOU, MR TABOR, AND NEXT TIME OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDED THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE TO PERMIT MICROBREWERY MICRO SATURDAY AND MICRO WINERY AND THE B ONE ZONING DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCILMAN HILL. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MOVED THAT WE APPROVED THE ORDINANCE APPROVING RIGHT COUNSELOR MYERS. ALRIGHT. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. AS A MEMBER KUPFERBERG STRAIN. SOUTH OF THE WILSON SMITH. I ADMIRES, UH, MEMBER WESTBROOK HIGH. REMEMBER HILL.

MAYOR PERN. MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT IS, UM, ITEM D, A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND COASTAL VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 10 24 8 STREET PARCEL ID 013-23000. THIS MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AGAIN. THIS IS FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR 10 24 8TH STREET. I BELIEVE THE PETITIONERS HERE. I'LL LET THEM MAKE THEIR COMMENTS, SIR, AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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DO YOU PROPOSE TO RENT THE PROPERTY OR SELL IT? AND THAT LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR AGENDA IN VARIOUS CITIES IN THE TIDEWATER AREA. I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT NEWPORT NEWS HAMPTON UH, WERE THOSE PROPERTIES THAT YOU SOLD? ALSO? YES, SIR. WE DON'T DO A LOT OF RENTAL. WE DO OWN A RENTAL, BUT WE DID NOT BUILD IT. BUT WE PRIMARILY BUILT TO SELL.

WOULD YOU? AH CONSIDER. OH, BUILDING ONLY ONE HOUSE ON THIS PROPERTY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FEASIBLE TO BUILD ONE WITH THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE CROSS THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT WE ALREADY HAVE. IT'S $15,000 AS YOU KNOW TO JUST FOR THE TAP FEES TO THE CITY. SO THAT INCREASES THE PRICE AND WITH THE COST OF MATERIALS, I DON'T THINK THAT WE COULD DO IT AND BE, UM AND DO JUSTICE TO THE AFFORDABLE ENTRY LEVEL HOMES. WE TRY TO STAY IN THE ENTRY LEVEL. IT'S A IT'S A BETTER MARKET. THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO SELL AND THE ENTRY LEVEL AFFORDABLE HOMES. MARKET UM AND WE WE'D PREFER TO STAY THERE. ALRIGHT. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF. AT THIS TIME I ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. UM YES. THREE STREETS IN BLANDFORD, 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH. AND THEY ARE ALL THREE IN NEED OF UPGRADES OF ANY KIND. SUCH A PROJECT WOULD REALLY HELP TO LIFT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOPEFULLY BRING IN OTHER, UM, NEW DEVELOPMENT.

SO BASED ON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE GENTLEMAN'S PROPOSAL. RIGHT? COUNCILMAN HILL SECOND. TIME, MADAM CLERK YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. STOP THEM IN THE CUPBOARD.

1000 MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I ADMIRES COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL, ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PERM I PASSED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GENERAL COUNSEL. RIGHT NEXT UP. WE HAVE ITEM E, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PETERSBURG CITY. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FY 22 23 BUDGET.

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CALLED. RIGHT? THANK YOU. WELL, WELL, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SCHOOLS. FY 22 23 BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT SAYING NO HANDS.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ALL RIGHT, MR WILLIAMS AT AT THIS TIME. DO WE HAVE TO, UM, HAVE ANOTHER MEETING MEAN? WE DON'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE TONIGHT. CORRECT.

IT'S OKAY. OKAY. UM, CAN WE, UM SCHEDULE A MEETING ON THE 31ST OF MAY. TWO. HMM. ON MAY 31ST TWO. APPROPRIATE DOCTOR HANDLING. UM. IS LIKE, IS THAT SOON ENOUGH? CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE APPROPRIATION IN THE PACKET. SO, UM ME ON BEHALF OF. SCHOOL DIVISION. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD DO THAT? SOONER OUR ISSUE IS THE ABILITY TO ISSUE CONTRACT. THERE ANY PASTA? HEARING PRIOR TO THAT. ALL RIGHT, UM WESTERN SOON AS ADVERTISE. RIGHT? ALRIGHT. WE LOOKING AT YEAH. OKAY. UM WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT YOUR SCHEDULE. THANK YOU CAN DO LUNCH TIME TO 24 OFFICE. IT'S GONNA BE FAST. FOR YOUR INTERVIEW. OKAY JUST ONE IS ALL RIGHT. THE QUICKEST IS THE 24TH OKAY? WHICH IS, UM, NEXT WEEK, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SURE SURE. YES QUESTION. DOCTOR HAMLIN FROM COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN, THE $10,000 THAT THE CITY DID THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. EXCUSE ME. ASKED FOR THE 10,000. OR DID YOU ASK FOR MORE THAN THAT? WE WERE ORIGINALLY WE'RE ASKING FOR 11 MILLION AND BE QUITE HONEST. C I P WITH THAT ADDITIONAL MEANING WOULD REALLY BE A BLESS SORRY. THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS WAS 11 MILLION. UM AND GIVEN YOU KNOW THAT THE STATE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE C I P THE ADDITIONAL MILLION WITH TRULY HELP. NO. BUT I LEVEL FUNDING REQUEST TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN 10 MILLION, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE OF BUDGETING EVERYWHERE SO WILL WILL WILL ACCEPT. WHATEVER THIS BOARD AND BODY WAS BROKE. AND SO THE 10 MILLION LEVEL FUNDING IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING YOU I KNOW, AT LEAST FOR THE FAT LESS SINCE 2016. I WOULD SAY. OKAY? THANK

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WOULD YOU, UH, TELL COUNCIL, PLEASE. OH, WHAT THE. ADDITIONAL COST WOULD BE. TO RUN THE PITTSBURGH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. YEAR ROUND RATHER THAN JUST FRON MAY, PROBABLY TO SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER. WE EVERYTHING I READ, AND I'M SURE YOU OR A BELIEVER THAT. WE LOSE A LOT DURING THE SUMMER, AND I KNOW AH, MY GOOD COLLEAGUE. AH! BESIDE ME. COUNCILWOMAN DRISCOLL, WILSON SMITH. HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS AND, UH I'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU COULD. HELP EDUCATE COUNSEL AS TO WHAT THE ADDITIONAL COST WOULD BE AND PERHAPS ALSO WHETHER THERE ARE ANY GRANT PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, WE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MIGHT APPLY FOR TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE. WE'RE ALL STRAPPED FOR CASH. WE'RE ALL EXTREMELY SYMPATHETIC. BUT WE HAVE LIMITED MEANS AND. WE HAVE TO ROB PETER TO PAY, PAUL. UM AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN TRAGICAL WILSON SMITH FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GONNA BE.

FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE AT ANY TIME , BUT IT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I THINK IF WE GOT SOME INSIGHT INTO BOTH WHAT THE COST WOULD BE AND WHAT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE? UM THE OTHER OTHER THING, DOCTOR HAMLIN, UM, WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER ON MAY 24TH IF YOU WOULD SHARE WITH COUNCIL WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS PLANS ARE FOR ADDRESSING WHAT I'M SURE HAS TAKEN PLACE AND THAT IS THE LOSS OF UM WHAT. EASY FACILE READING ABILITY THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE SUFFERED. DURING THE COVID LOCKDOWN. AH! I'M SURE IF WE WERE TO TEST OUR STUDENTS AGAIN. FOR THEIR LITERACY. THE SCORES WOULD LIKELY BE WORSE THAN THEY WERE BEFORE. THEY WERE LAST TESTED BEFORE COVID HIT. UM SO IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH COUNSEL WHAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS PLANS ARE FOR ADDRESSING THAT THE LAWS CHANGE FOR THE WORSE. AH AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING IS ANTICIPATED TO BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THAT WOULD CERTAINLY GIVE ME GREATER INSIGHT. INTO MHM. OH THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE OFFERING OUR CHILDREN AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM. TO ACHIEVE THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. WHATEVER THAT POTENTIAL, MAYBE. YES SIR.

COUNCILMAN CULPRIT. NO PROBLEM AT ALL GREAT WOMAN WILL FOLLOW UP QUESTION. COUNSELOR WILSON SMITH. NO QUESTION I DID WANT TO ASK PRIOR TO THE MEETING. IF I CITY MANAGER COULD LOOK AT OUR FINANCES AND SEE IF WE COULD DO THE 11 MILLION. IT'S ONE MILLION MORE. LIKE I SAID, BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO GIVE THE SCHOOLS $10 MILLION EVERY SINGLE YEAR, BUT WE EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULTS.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE CAN'T PUT SOMETHING ELSE INTO OUR CHILDREN AND PROVIDE MORE FROM US. SO I'M GONNA I'M ASKING CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE PEOPLE IF YOU COULD. SOMEHOW FIND A WAY. IF NOT, AT LEAST WE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO GIVE THE SCHOOLS THE 11 MILLION THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, AS OPPOSED TO THE 10 MILLION THAT WE HAVE SETTLED UPON. AH, YEAH. AFTER YEAR AND TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN CUTTHROAT IS SAYING, YES, WE DO NEED TO GO TO YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS . IT HELPS THE CITY AS A WHOLE, NOT JUST THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO CREATE A BETTER CITY SO YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS. DO WONDERS FOR OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM STABILITY. IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT OF SCHOOL FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER, WHERE

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I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT CALENDAR OR YOU CAN GET IT OFFLINE. AND IF YOU NEED ANY HELP, I CAN GIVE YOU I'M GOING HOME FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE CONTACTS AND TIES.

WE ARE KINDRED SPIRITS AND NEIGHBORS. SO YES, MA'AM. WE'LL BE TALKING. RIGHT? THANK YOU, DOCTOR HAMLIN AND WE'LL GET THAT SCHEDULE FOR THE 24TH. OKAY? WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCES IN CHECK TAKE IT FROM ME. OKAY. NEXT IS. ITEM F A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO COMPLY WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CHESAPEAKE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT , OR BAY ACT WAS ENACTED BY THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1988 AS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF VIRGINIA'S NON POINT POLLUTION SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE B ACT IS TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BY REQUIRING THE IMPLEMENTATION REFLECTIVE LAND USE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. THE ACT REQUIRES THAT JURISDICTIONS AMEND THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS REGARDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CURRENTLY INCLUDES PROVISIONS FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT.

HOWEVER THERE IS A NEED TO AMEND SECTIONS OF THE PLAN. THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REGULATES COMPLIANCE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANS WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT. AND STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EQ ON DRAFTING, UM. AMENDMENTS AND THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY D. Q AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU, MR TAYLOR. NEXT WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION WITH ORDINANCE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO COMPLY WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT. RIGHT? SAYING NO HANDS JUST PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS . MEMBERS OF COUNCIL UM COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. YES, UM. P P T B 20 FOR ME. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? JUST JUST AN ABBREVIATION PETERSBURG 2040. A PLAN FOR UM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE YEAR 2040. SO I COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS GOOD THROUGH 2040. YES HOWEVER, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS. THE AMENDMENTS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT.

THERE ARE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL. IN THE FUTURE. WHAT I'M ASKING, THOUGH. IS. WHEN WAS WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THIS PLAN WAS DONE? RIGHT SO THE LAST TIME THE PLAN WAS AMENDED WAS 20. 15T MEAN THAT WE HAD A COMPLETELY NEW PLAN, THEN. SO I PLAN IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE EVERY 10 YEARS, RIGHT? AH IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AMENDED. EVERY FIVE AMENDED EVERY FIVE IS A COMPLETE PLAN SUPPOSED TO BE DONE EVERY 10. WELL IT'S YOU'RE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO JUST AMEND THE EXISTING PLAN, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO. OKAY AND THIS WAS AMENDED IN 20. YOU JUST SAID IT 15 2015. OKAY SO THEN, AND THEN IT SHOULD BE AMENDED AGAIN IN 2020. YES, MA'AM. AND THEN IT WAS AND IT WAS AND THEN. RIGHT HOWEVER, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT.

THAT WE HAVE TWO THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED PREVIOUSLY THAT THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. OKAY? I WANT TO SAY I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M REALLY DON'T BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE PUTTING

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RIGHT? QUESTION COUNSELOR HERE. COUNCILMAN. COUPLE OF REPEAT YOUR RIGHT, UM. A MOVE THAT WE TABLE THEM OUT OF PENDING RECEIPT OF A REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS AS TO WHAT EFFECT ABANDONING THIS PUBLIC STREET WILL HAVE UPON TRAFFIC. AND PUBLIC SAFETY. I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER TO THAT. AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE JUST ABANDON OF PAVED PUBLIC ROAD THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOW ENTITLED TO USE. A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME, ADAM CLARK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SOUND FROM THE CUPBOARD. REMEMBER WILSON SMITH? I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS CASTLE MEMBER WESTBROOK HIGH. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. THEY'RE PERM. MOTIONS BACK. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM. AH PUP PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH THE CONDEMNATION OF A PORTION OF PARTIAL 065-110. 27 93 SOUTH CREATOR ROAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, PUBLIC WORKS AND

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CREATE A ROAD SIGNAL OPTIMIZATION PROJECT WHERE WE'RE INSTALLING NEW MASTER ARMS AND TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. WE'VE NEGOTIATED WITH THE NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS. ALONG THE ALIGNMENT THROUGH KD ARE REAL ESTATE SERVICES TO ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS. WE'VE HAD ONE PARTICULAR OWNER THAT HAS DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS. AND ON THE ADVICE OF KATE ER, WHO IS EXPERIENCED IN THESE MATTERS WERE SEEKING CONDEMNATION. BYE. NEXT. WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH THE CONDEMNATION OF A PORTION. OF PARCEL AT 27 93 SOUTH CREATOR.

ALRIGHT, SEEING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING THIS CLOSE NEXT DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. COUNCILOR HILL. MR MAYOR MOVED THAT WE APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH A COMBINATION OF A PORTION OF THE PARCEL 065-110.

2793 SOUTH CREATE A ROLE. COUNCILOR MYERS. MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? HOLD ON ONE SECOND, MR WILLIAMS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOUR COUNCIL EXERCISES THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN THAT WE HEAR FROM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS TO ENSURING THAT ALL OTHER MEANS HAVE BEEN EXERCISED. CITY COUNCIL IS VERY. CONSERVATIVE WITH REGARD TO TAKING SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY WITHOUT ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN TRIED FIRST. WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME AND MONEY AND INITIATE LITIGATION. UM SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MR MAYOR. RIGHT HERE. UH OH, WILLIAMS. SO I YOU YOU THINK WE SHOULD TABLE THIS? OR LET ME RESUME THAT MY MOTION INTO YOU. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE I I'M NOT SURE I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IF THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID THAT, AND YES, AND MAYBE TABLING IT UNTIL WE CAN GET THAT CONFIRMATION IS APPROPRIATE. BUT AT THIS POINT. I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD ANYTHING FROM MR BARNES YET REGARDING WHAT EFFORTS WERE MADE AND WHERE THEY ENDED THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND I JUST HATE FOR US TO FURTHEST THING INTO COURT WITHOUT MAKING SURE HE'S DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN. MR MAYOR. HMM. ONE DAY WE. VERY NEXT ONE IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BEGIN EMINENT DOMAIN AGAINST PARCELLS 65110004. NO. DO WE CONSIDER ONE AND THEN. IN MR CITY ATTORNEYS THAT DO NOT AUTHORIZED YOU. RIGHT THIS THIS ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST STEP THAT WOULD LET ME GO AHEAD AND FILE SUIT THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS PREPARED. HE HE CALLED, OR SOMEONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS CALLED AND ASKED HOW THEY INITIATED, SO I TOLD THEM HOW TO DO IT. BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THEY MAKE SURE ALL REASONABLE MEANS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED FIRST, AND I JUST HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM FURTHER ABOUT WHAT EFFORTS WERE MADE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE COUNCIL CUT ME LOOSE TO DO THAT. THAT UH, THAT THAT HAD BEEN DONE. MAYBE ASK MR BARNES TO COME BACK UP AND LET US KNOW OR IS THAT APPLICABLE TO BOTH ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT'S A CONSIDERATION. RIGHT I THINK THAT THIS ITEM IS THE ADOPTION OF THAT ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE ME TO PROCEED THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS, AND SO TO SEPARATE ONES. HEY, I SPEAK YES, COUNCILOR WESTERN SMITH. UM, DID. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, UM MR WILLIAMS. WERE MADE PRIVILEGE TO THE ENTIRE PACKAGE FOR THIS FOR THIS. LAND ITEM BECAUSE THEY DID A LINE BY LINE ITEM OF THE CALLS THE MAILINGS HOW THE MALES WERE SENT. THE RECEIPT OF THE MALE. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB

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TO AH, RESOLVE THIS SHORT OF CONDEMNATION AND THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN THINK OF TO DO. IT IS FOR US TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND ASKED MR BONDS TO JOIN US. WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S PERMISSION AND AH! LET MR BONDS AND MR WILLIAMS EXCHANGE COMMENTS AND. GET SOME GARDENS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AT THAT POINT IN THAT FASHION AND THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME RESULT. BUT MR WILLIAMS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I THINK BEYOND WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED, THERE WOULDN'T BE A WHOLE LOT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE BASES WERE COVERED . AND IF COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH HAS IDENTIFIED PORTIONS OF THE PACKAGE THAT CALL OUT THAT INFORMATION AND SHE COULD POINT THAT OUT SO EVERYONE BEFORE YOU VOTE ARE SATISFIED, I THINK WE'RE OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COGNIZANT THAT WHEN YOU VOTE ON THIS, THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO FILE A LAWSUIT DIRECTING YOU TO FILE A LAWSUIT IS WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE THAT WE HAVE A RECORD. I WANT TO SEE IT, BUT, UM, THAT LETTERS WERE SENT , BUT IT'S ONE THING TO SEND A LETTER. IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. SHOW ME, PLEASE. THE PAGE WHERE IT DOCUMENTS THE CONVERSATION AND WHAT THE AH! UPSHOT OF THE CONVERSATION WAS. CALLED THE LAST CONVERSATION WAS THAT THE OWNERS REFUSED TO SET ANY PAPERS.

THAT THAT IS CORRECT. I WAS NOT PRIVY TO THE ACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE. ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR OUR CONSULTANT WITH KIM LEE HORN IS HERE IF YOU HAVE MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, IT AMOUNTED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER NOT WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MR MAYOR. CAN WE CALL? CAN WE CALL FOR THE VOTE? I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM KIMBERLY HORN, THE PERSON WHO HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY ON. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING . MY NAME IS JENNA BOYD WITH KIM LEE HORN. OUR SUB CONSULTANT.

KATIE ARE REAL ESTATE IS WHO PERFORMED THE ACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS AND PHONE CALLS AND SENT THE CORRESPONDENCE VIA LETTER. UM BUT WHAT THE WHAT? OVER THE COURSE OF JULY 2021 MARCH 2022 MULTIPLE OUTREACH AND ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT AND SETTLE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER WERE MADE. A SETTLEMENT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE REACHED OVER THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND IN FEBRUARY, 2022 WAS WHEN THE FINAL IMPASSE TOOK PLACE. UM AND THE PROPERTY OWNER SAID THAT HE WOULD DID NOT

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SHORTER. COM CONDEMNATION? CORRECT THAT'S CORRECT. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND THE SECOND NO, I WAS. I'M GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD. I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE WHY IT IS SUCH A DEBATE BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS FOR THE CONSIDERATION. HAD THE NICKS. ORDINANCE COMING UP. TO AUTHORIZE. ALRIGHT WITH EMOTION TO SECOND. AND AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE UM, COUNSELING WILSON SMITH LIKE FOR YOU TO REPEAT THE MOTION COUNCILMAN FEEL THE MOTION WAS WHERE AT RIGHT? UM, MOTION WAS I MOVE THAT WE, UH. APPROVED THE ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WHAT CONDEMNATION OF AND PORTION OF PARCEL 06 AT 110004. 27. 93 SOFT CREDIT ROAD THEY CONSIDERATION. OF THE ORDER. MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND, UM, AT THIS TIME. IT SHOULD BE A RESOLUTION IS WHAT JACKSON WAS SAYING. THAT'S THE NEXT ORDINANCE ONLINE, MR MAYOR. OKAY SO JUST FOR CLARITY ITEM EIGHT.

I EVEN THOUGH THERE'S TWO AGENDA SHEEP THE AGENDA SHEET THAT'S PUT IN THERE WAS PUT IN BY THE DEPARTMENT AS AN ATTACHMENT, BUT WHAT'S ON THERE IS AN ORDINANCE , BUT IT'S ONLY A RESOLUTION AS ATTACHED IN THE PACK. SO THE CLARITY WOULD BE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE TITLE SAYS ORDINANCE , THERE'S ONLY A RESOLUTION IN THE PACKAGE AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY MANAGER MHM. WE WILL HAVE TO BRING THAT JUNE MEETING IS AN ORDINANCE IS ERRONEOUSLY PUT IN AS A RESOLUTION, SO THAT'S JUST LOOKED AT IT AND SAYING IT. THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO CLARITY ON. HEART SO DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO HAVE A TABLED UNTIL TWO. MUCH TODAY. JUNE 1ST WHAT'S UP NEXT WEEK? UM YOU COULD PUT IT. WE HAVE THIS MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL'S COMING UP ON THE 24TH. YOU WANT TO DO IT THEN? ALRIGHT TABLING UNTIL THE 24 SECOND SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL THE 24TH MOTIONED AND SECOND THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? CAST MEMBER CUTHBERT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I COUNSELOR FOR MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL OVER HILL. I THEY'RE PERM BY MOTIONS PASSED, MR MAYOR. YES. COUNSELOR HERE. IN THE FUTURE. ALL THE ACTS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND MAYBE THE CITY CLERK GET TOGETHER. MAYBE LOOK OVER BEFORE WE GET THESE PROPOSALS BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT HER INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE WE CAN CATCH SOME OF THIS STUFF BEFORE HIT. UM. I GUESS. THIS WAY. SO THE AGENDA MEETING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW WE DON'T DEBATE FOR 5 10 MINUTES AND THEN WE'RE GOING UP TAPING IT, SO THANK YOU. YOU ALWAYS DO. WHERE SOMEBODY IS NOT LISTENING. IF YOU DO SOMEBODY'S NOT LISTENING.

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GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU DOING? THE MANAGER. UM THIS WAS PRESENTED AS A MODIFICATION TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE. CHANGING THE TIME FROM, UH, AS DIRECTED BY AS DIRECTED BY A CITY ATTORNEY CHANGING THE TIME FROM 11 P.M. TO 10 P.M. CURFEW CHANGE. ALL RIGHT. MR WILLIAMS. YES AND JUST TO BE CLEAR IN REACTION TO SOME EVENTS THAT HAD TRANSPIRED PREVIOUSLY, UM THAT I THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE OF CHIEF CHRISTIAN HOPE TO EXPAND THE CURFEW IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY. HE'D HOPED TO EXPAND IT FURTHER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE, BUT THE STATE COULD ONLY ALLOWS IT TO BE EXPANDED. IN AN HOUR ON EACH SIDE OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN OUR CITY CODE AND SO EXTENDING IT TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE CITY CODE WILL ALLOW US THE BEST THING TO DO AT THIS POINT, BUT HE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT COUNSEL AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, SO ALL RIGHT, UM. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HERE WE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT, UM ANY HANDS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION OF CHANGING THE ORDINANCE AND CITY COLD FOR CARE FEW HOURS IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. OKAY SEEING NO HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT COUNSELOR MYERS. BIT. SO YOU'RE ASKING US TO IMPOSE A 10 PM CURFEW. UM THE DIFFERENCE IN AN HOUR. I MEAN, MADAM CLERK, HAVEN'T WE? WERE WE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN THAT IN THE PAST WITH AN INCIDENT LIKE THIS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST? UM WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. IT WAS DONE WHAT THEY DID MAYBE 30 DAYS AND IT WAS LIKE A STATE OF EMERGENCY. AND THEY DID LIKE A PRESS RELEASE ON IT. AND THEY DID A, UM PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE THEY ONLY DID IT FOR 30 DAYS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PERMISSIBLE, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, AND WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. THAT'S WHY IT'S NO ACCOUNT OF IT IN MY MINUTES OR ANYTHING, BUT I DO RECALL US MOVING INTO LIKE UM, I THINK IT WAS EIGHT PM BECAUSE I RECEIVED NUMEROUS CALLS, UM, TALKING ABOUT IT, AND IT WAS BASICALLY YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO WORK, PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING. IF THEY GO TO WORK, THEY CAN'T GO TO WORK BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE OUT IN THE STREETS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, BUT IT WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO TO WORK, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU COME OFF, WE'RE JUST STRAIGHT HOME INSTEAD OF HANGING OUT IN THE STREETS, BUT I DO RECALL THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT IT DID HAPPEN BEFORE. OKAY SO THAT WAS A 30 DAY. OKAY? ALRIGHT, MR WILLIAM. SO THE STATE CODE SECTIONS IN THE PACKAGE. UM YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT COUNSEL MAY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST OR WHAT THE CITY MAY HAVE DONE. ON THIS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. THE LEGALITY. I JUST DON'T DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION. AND THEY FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT STATE CODE PROVISIONS TO BACK WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THESE CASES. POLICE MAY VERY WELL GO OUT AND ARREST SOMEBODY FOR VIOLATING THIS ORDINANCE AND WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE STATE COULD REQUIRE US. WE COULD FIND OURSELVES IN A PRECARIOUS SITUATION. SO WHAT WE'VE GOT, AND I THINK HE'S JUST PULLED IT UP AS THE STATE CODE PROVISIONS THAT IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY THE HOURS THAT LOCALITIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO USE AS A CURVE. RIGHT BACK TO COUNCILOR MYERS. WELL. I MEAN, I'D HATE TO TABLES AND WOULD LOVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS 10 PM, BUT I THINK IT'S A CITY ATTORNEY. YOU NEED TO LOOK AT OTHER AVENUES WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE. AND HOW DO WE ACCOMMODATE THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFETY TO OUR CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST UM, APPROPRIATE THING TO DO AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE. WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO.

KEEPING RIGHT. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE INSTITUTE, THE 10 P.M. CURFEW, BUT ALSO LIKE IN

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UM UM, CHIEF, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR YOUR TIME THAT YOU WERE ASKED FOR HONESTY, SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 18. AND YOU'RE UNDER RIGHT THERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND ONLY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS AS WE GET THROUGH OUR SUMMER MONTHS. BUT THE CURFEW TIME WOULD BE EIGHT PM PROVISIONS AND IMPOSED IN THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SPOKE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT IS THE LANGUAGE AS IT READS UM BEING WITH THEIR PARENT OR GUARDIAN. MORE RESPONSIBLE ADULT AND WHAT WE FOUND. SOMETIMES AS YOU PUT THAT RESPONSIBLE ADULT IN PLACE, FOUND 18 19 YEAR OLD BROTHER OR COUSIN THAT'S CLAIMING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. WELL NOW. KID AT THAT TIME AND CAUSES SOMETIMES WE HAVEN'T HAD HAVE HAD ISSUES. WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE ADULT BEING 18 19 YEAR OLD BROTHER, SO JUST, UH SOME FURTHER CONVERSATION TO KIND OF ADJUST THE LANGUAGE AS IT READS CURRENTLY. OKAY? THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF A CURFEW, BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW. WHENEVER YOU OR THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY COME BACK WITH INFORMATION. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE TIME FRAME OF THE SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE IF WE PUT A 10 O'CLOCK CURFEW IN PLACE, AND THESE SHOOTINGS ARE OCCURRING AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING, THEN WE'VE DONE NOTHING. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE EXACTLY WHAT TIME THAT THE PERSON WHO WAS SHOT JUST RECENTLY, YESTERDAY OR DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. IT WAS IN IN DAYLIGHT, I BELIEVE DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS, BUT I KNOW IT WAS IN DAYLIGHT. SO WITH A 10 O'CLOCK CURFEW, ACTUALLY. DO ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. UM I THINK WE DO NEED TO IMPROVE ON OUR CURFEW TIMES. SO I SUPPORT THAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT BASED ON THE ACTUAL FACTS OF WHAT'S OCCURRING. AND WHEN IT IS OCCURRING, AND WHEN YOU SAY EIGHT O'CLOCK, IT'S STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE AND I KIDS ARE STILL PLAYING OUTSIDE AND JUST AS LONG AS WE MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON ON THE FACTS AND WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT'S ALL. CAN I ADD JUST MY INPUT ON IT. THE INTENT FOR THIS CHANGE IN THE CURFEW IS NOT TO PUNISH OUR KIDS IS MERELY TO MAKE THAT PARENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR WHEREABOUTS OF THEIR CHILDREN. AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. COUNCILMAN CUPPER. SO THE WAY WE'RE GONNA LEAVE, THIS IS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL REPORT BACK TO US AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. IS THAT CORRECT? I THOUGHT THERE WAS A MOTION TO ADOPT AS MUCH AS WE CAN NOW AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT THE CHIEF AND I HAVE PREPARED THE LETTER, BUT PERHAPS COUNCIL AUTHORIZED TO GO OUT UNDER THE MAYOR SIGNATURE PROBABLY CARRY MORE WEIGHT THAN MINE AND WE CAN HAVE THAT PREPARED IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. I THINK IF COUNCIL WISHES I THINK THAT MAKES GREAT SENSE.

THAT'S THE CONSENSUS. THE COUNCIL ALSO LOOKING THROUGH THIS. STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION AND COMPARING IT TO OUR LOCAL ORDINANCE. AH THE STATE ENABLING LEGISLATION DOES NOT OF GIVE THE MANNER OF PASS IN EFFECT. UM, IF ACCOMPANIED BY MM HMM. AN ADULT PERSON HAVING THE CARE AND

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WITHOUT OFFENDING THE DYLAN RULES. WE CAN. I THINK THERE WERE REASONS WHY IT'S IN THERE, AND I WOULD DEFER THE CHIEF ON THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THE IDEA WAS THERE MAY BE SOME LEGITIMATE REASONS WHY MINERS MAYBE OUT AT THAT TIME IF THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO THAT WORKING HOURS AFTER OUTSIDE OF THE CURFEW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OH, NO. THE HOUR. THAT'S NOT MY POINT. MY POINT IS THAT OUR ORDINANCE THAT PETERSBURG ORDINANCE SAYS UNLESS SUCH A MINOR IS ACCOMPANIED BY SUCH PARENT COMMA, GUARDIAN, COMMA OR OTHER ADULT PERSON HAVING THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF SUCH PERSON. SO I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE TAKE OUT THE LANGUAGE OR OTHER ADULT PERSON HAVING THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF SUCH PERSON BECAUSE STATE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO DO TO INCLUDE THAT LIKE RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY THAT'S THAT'S FINE. AND THAT GETS THAT ELIMINATES THE I'M WITH MY BIG BROTHER WHO HAPPENS TO BE 19, AND I'M IN HIS CARE AND WE'RE SHOOTING UP PETERSBURG TOGETHER , YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW. UME FLOOR. WOULD BE MODIFIED TO TAKE OUT FROM PETERSBURG ORDINANCE 74-1. THE LANGUAGE OR OTHER.

ADULT PERSON HAVING THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF SUCH PERSON. I THINK WE'VE TIGHTENED THINGS UP A BIT.

HI COUNSELOR. MYERS. I DON'T MIND MODIFYING PHONE. THE MOTION, BUT I THINK THAT THE THERE IF A CHILD IS WITH THE DIRECT PARENT YES, I CAN SEE TAKING THE FLUFF OUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE. BUT IF YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER TRAVELING WITH YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PASS. BUT THEY'RE IN THEIR PARENTS CARE AT THAT TIME, AND THEY'RE NOT JUST OUT ON THE STREET. ABSOLUTELY AND WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID. THE PETERSBURG ALRIGHT, THE PETERSBURG CODE RIGHT NOW SAYS UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS ACCOMPANIED BY SUCH PARENT COME ON GUARDIAN COMMA OR OTHER ADULT PERSON HAVING THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF SUCH PERSON I WANT TO LEAVE IN THE UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS ACCOMPANIED BY SUCH PARENT OR GUARDIAN. BUT TAKE OUT THE BIG BROTHER, WHO HAPPENS TO BE ONE YEAR OLDER. UH, LANGUAGE, OR AT LEAST THAT WOULD PERMIT THAT. SO I'M PROPOSING TO TAKE OUT THE LANGUAGE OR OTHER ADULT PERSON HAVING THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF SUCH PERSON. BUT THAT'S THE ONLY DELETION ON PROPOSALS. THEN MR MAYOR MOVED TO AMEND. RIGHT? SCUSI IN FROM REMEMBER THE COUNCIL, UM COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. I THINK IT'S A MISTAKE TO TAKE THAT LANGUAGE OUT. BECAUSE IF WE DO, WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR COMMUNITY. MOST OF THE ADULT PARENTS ARE AT WORK , AND THEY LEAVE THE YOUNGER CHILDREN IN THE CARE OF THEIR TEENAGE BROTHERS OR SISTERS, SO THEY ARE, IN FACT. BEING CARED FOR BY THESE INDIVIDUALS, IT SAYS ADULTS SO THEN WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S THE TERMINOLOGY FOR ADULTS. THAT ADULT IS A 19 YEAR OLD BROTHER AND WE TAKE THAT OUT. THEN I MEAN, IT'S I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT. WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNITY TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY PERSON MIGHT BE WITH THEIR BIG BROTHER THEY MIGHT BE WITH THE BIG SISTER MIGHT BE WITH THEIR AUNT WHO'S 19 OR 20 YEARS OLD. AND WE HAVE TO GIVE RESPECT TO THAT. WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE WHO WE ARE SERVING AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AROUND US. I DON'T APPROVE OF TAKING THAT OUT. COUNCILMAN HILL. YES, UM. MESSINA MAZAR I MEAN, THIS IS A DIFFICULT MATTER. MY CINEMAS ARE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT TAKING THAT PARTICULAR LANGUAGE OUT. SO TO DO THE FACT YEAH, I WOULDN'T SAY A 19 YEAR OLD. TO ME AS A RESPONSIBLE DOG. I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY A 20 YEAR OLD RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF CHILD WOULD SAY THAT. WHAT IF A PERSON IS WHAT A AUNTIE DEATH. 50 OR 60, BUT THAT'S NOT IN THERE YOU SAID YOU SAID GUARDIAN IT WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED? AS A GUARDIAN SAID, FOR CHA GOES OVER THEIR OWN HOUSE AND SPENDING NIGHT AND THEY'RE OUT WITH THEM. SO I THINK WE'RE KIND OF SPLITTING HAIRS, SO WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING THAT WE DO IS GIVE IT THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THE CHIEF. THE CHIEF HAS MORE EXPERIENCE IN THIS THAN ANY OF US UP HERE OTHER THAN OUR CITY MANAGER BECAUSE HE USED TO BE A CHIEF. AND GET WITH THEM AND LET THEM PUT THE RIGHT LANGUAGE IN

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MILEAGE OF EMOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT'S BEEN SECONDED. ALRIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME UM. COUNCIL COVERING ANOTHER QUESTION. OKAY ALRIGHT. OKAY OKAY. OKAY AND IT'S COUNSELOR MEYER'S ORIGINAL MOTION. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH, LIKE FOR YOU TO PLEASE RESTATE THE MOTION. SO OH, I MOVED THAT. WE, UH INSTITUTE, THE 10 P.M. CURFEW AS WELL AS HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REACH OUT INTO THE STATE. WITH RESPECT TO INCREASE IN THAT CURFEW. SUCKING. KIND OF MOTION THE SECOND I JUST TIME, MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROOM? AND WHAT ABOUT THE DELETION ABOUT OR OTHER ADULT PERSON HAVING THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF SUCH A PERSON. WE OMITTING THAT OR LEAVING IT IN THE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, WE WERE GOING TO LET THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE POLICE CHIEF WORK. FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THAT WHEN THEY BRING IT BACK TO US.

OKAY? OKAY? RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ONE MORE CLARIFICATION. IT'S, UH, ONE HOUR ON EACH SIDE. SO IT'S 10 PM AND SIX AM WE'VE MOVED THE SEVEN A.M. TO SIX A.M.

SO IT'S JUST ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED JUST FOR CLARITY, AND THAT'S WHERE.

KATHMANDU, HUBERT UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL PERN. I PASSED. OKAY. NEXT WEEK, MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS

[9. Public Information Period]

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WE CAN BEAUTIFY THE CITY BY PICKING UP THE TRASH. BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA LEAVE THE UNFORTUNATE OUT THERE WITH NO PLACE TO GO. THERE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN HAVING TO. I MEAN , IS IT THAT I TAKE THAT BACK? IT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE MURDERS THAT'S TAKEN PLACE.

SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE ENTIRE CITY. THE ENTIRE CITY, AND I JUST OPENED WITH THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS JUST SAID, BUT I WANTED TO SAY, UM, INITIALLY, THAT THE BEAUTY IN THE CITY. I FELT REALLY GOOD ON SATURDAY. I DO LIFT TRANSPORTATION AND I WAS PICKING UP AND DROPPING OFF. THERE WERE TWO PROBLEMS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AT THE PETERSBURG CIVICS, UM, CIVIC CENTER. AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT I STOOD AND I WATCHED THEM HOW WELL ORGANIZED THEY HAD EVERYTHING AND HOW THEY ALSO INTERACTED WITH EVERYONE EVEN ASKING. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING? WHO YOU'RE PICKING OUT WHAT'S GOING ON? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE BEAUTY OF THAT, BUT WHEN YOU COME RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, YOU SEE THE SAME THING THAT WE EVERY TIME I COME MY BIG MY BIG HEART IS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THE HOMELESS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, I DON'T KNOW ONE. I MEAN, I'M NOT HEARING WHERE IT IS ANY PROGRESS AND EVEN HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO STOP AND TALK TO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE. I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU MAYOR AND NO OFFENSE. THIS YOU OR ANYONE ON YOUR BOARD? DO YOU ALL EVER TAKE THE TIES OFF? TAKE THE SHOES OFF. PUT ON THE MASK AND GLOVES AND GO OUT AND TALK TO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHY THEY'RE THERE. WHEN DID THEY GET THERE WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BE HOMELESS? AND WHAT CAN WE DO AS CITIZENS? TO ASSIST THEM ON REMOVING THEM FROM THE STREETS AND GET IN AND WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. TO MOVE ON TO MISS MICHELLE MIRALLES. HELLO I'M MICHELLE MORALS 1 31 SOUTH MARKET STREET. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING TOGETHER THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT CONFRONTING VIOLENCE HERE IN PETERSBURG. I BELIEVE IT IS A BIT TOO LITTLE AND A BIT TOO LATE, BUT AT LEAST IT IS SOMETHING I DO FIND IT INTERESTING, HOWEVER, THAT THERE IS NOT A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THE PANEL FOR THE DISCUSSION. ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO KNOW WHO WILL BE THERE UNTIL THE EVENT? I HOPE THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER REHOUSING OF INTRODUCING PEOPLE AND HAVING TALKING POINTS ONE. NOTHING IS GETTING DONE. I CAN DEFINITELY SAY WE ARE ALL TIRED OF LISTENING TO CITY OFFICIALS TALKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WHILE NOTHING GETS DONE. I STILL BELIEVE THE CITY STILL DOES VERY LITTLE BIT, SHRUGGED SHOULDERS AND SAY IT IS PETERSBURG. WHY DO I THINK THIS BECAUSE EVERY DAY I TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE THE ONES MOST AFFECTED BY THE VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY IN WARD FIVE. THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE THE ONES LEFT BEHIND THE ONES THAT NO ONE CARES ABOUT. IF NO ONE CARES? WHY SHOULD THEY CARE ? YOU WANT THEM TO SAY SOMETHING IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, BUT WHY SHOULD THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE WHEN THEY KNOW THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THEIR BACK? DO YOU

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

THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AH, BUT MORE IMPORTANT. AH! THERE WAS AN AWFUL LOT OF COLLABORATION. THAT TOOK PLACE. UM. DURING THAT MEETING, AND ESPECIALLY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING AND WORKING TOGETHER. FORM AND SUBGROUPS KIND OF ON OFF. AH AD HOC, UH, VOLUNTEER BASIS GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER. RECOGNIZING THAT THEY SHARED A COMMON INTEREST IG COMMUNITY PROBLEMS. AND IT WAS VERY GRATIFYING TO SEE AND I'M SURE COUNCILMAN MAYA'S AGREES. AH AND. SO UM, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE OF PETERSBURG AND HOW THEY ARE DETERMINED. TO WORK. TOGETHER TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS. UM SECOND THING I HAD A FUNNY EXPERIENCE I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. I WAS DOWN THE OFFICE SATURDAY NIGHT. WORKING I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL JOB DOES REQUIRE A LOT OF DAYTIME WORK. AND I WAS WRITING A BRIEF , SO THE PHONE RINGS. IT'S ABOUT QUARTER TO SIXTH SATURDAY EVENING. AND. RECOGNIZE THE NAME ON MY CELLPHONE. AS I HE WAS A CONSTITUENT. AND SO, MIKE, THIS CONSTITUENT CALLS ME UP. WE'LL CALL HIM BOBBY. HIS NAME IS NOT BOBBY, BUT WE'LL CALL HIM BOBBY AND BOBBI SAYS, UH, CHARLIE, THIS IS THIS IS BOBBY. I SAID, WELL, HOW ARE YOU? HE SAID FINE . I NEED YOU TO COME. HE SAYS TO ME, I NEED YOU TO COME CUT MY GRASS. AND HERE I AM, YOU KNOW, GOT MY HEAD DEEP INTO A BRIEFING THAT I'M WRITING AND YES, CONSTITUENTS CALLING ME UP, ASKING ME TO COME CUT HIS GRASS. SO I'M SCRAMBLING MENTALLY TRY TO FIGURE THINGS OUT. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? UM I SAID, UH, BOBBY, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT'S THAT YOU WANT? AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, MY GRASS IS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN. MY GRASS IS REALLY TALL. I SAID, UH

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A PIG'S FOOT STRATEGIC AREAS, AND I WAS THANKFUL FOR, UM, MANAGER MILLER STUDY MANAGER FOR HELPING ME OUT WITH ISSUES CONCERNING FERNDALE AVENUE ISSUES WITH SPEEDING AND PUBLIC SAFETY THAT THEY HAVE. UM SEABOARD STREET WITH THEIR WATER , WATER, DRAINAGE ISSUES AND BLIGHTED HOMES. AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT AS IT WAS MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE OUR CITY CLEANED UP THIS PAST SATURDAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE HOPEFULLY TO MAKE THAT AT LEAST A QUARTERLY THING. I HOPE THAT THAT'S JUST NOT A ONE AND DONE TYPE OF ISSUE. UM I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THAT IN. MAYBE, UH, IN IN, BUT I WOULD LIKE HOPEFULLY CITY MANAGER TO AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER. WE HAVE THAT TYPE OF CLEAN UP WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME OUT. AND CONTINUE TO BUILD UP THE BEAUTIFICATION OF PETERSBURG. UM AS WELL AS IT WAS MENTIONED, UM, I WAS ONE OF THOSE TWO PEOPLE THAT WAS AT THE UNITY WALK ON APRIL 30TH. BUT I WAS NOT THERE FOR CAMERA. I WAS THERE FOR THE YOUTH AND BEING A PERSON THAT WANTED TO LISTEN. UM I THINK MR COUNCIL WINBERG TRUST CO. WILSON SMITH FOR DEVELOPING A PLAN TO COMBAT VIOLENCE. UM I THINK THAT WE ALL AS COUNSELOR TRYING TO FIND OUR OWN WAYS AND ANGLES TO DO THAT, UM, AND ALSO THANK CITY LEADERS, FORMER CITY LEADERS FOR POURING INTO ME THEIR KNOWLEDGE , WISDOM AND FOR HELPING ME WITH THE DIRECTION ON MY WALK OF COUNCIL. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. MANY OF THEM THAT AGAIN. THEY HAVE JUST REALLY HELPING ME OUT ON MY JOURNEY. UM AND THAT INCLUDES AGAIN COMING UP WITH THAT PLAN TO POSITIVELY AND OFFICIALLY MOVED. PETERSBURG FORWARD WHICH IS NOW MY JOB, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST FOR SEVENTH WARD. IT IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. AND HOPEFULLY AS WELL MAKE PETERSBURG ONE OF THE LEADERS OF

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UM, I'VE SEEN, UH, CHIEF MILLER . HE HAD THESE TRAINING SESSIONS THAT I REALLY FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EMPOWERING EACH DEPARTMENT TO DO THEIR JOB. AND THEN ONCE THEY DO THEIR JOB, WE AS CITY COUNCIL AND WE AS OFFICIALS CAN COME IN. TO JUST NOT LET THEM BE ON THEIR OWN BUT BE THERE FOR THEM. AND ONE OF THOSE CITY LEADERS THAT I'M CALLING OUT TODAY IS ONE OF OUR FAITH BASED LEADERS IN BISHOP BREATHES. UM AND IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH ON ON SOUTH KOREA ROAD UM, HE HAS HIS. THEY ACTUALLY BACK OPEN. UM, STARTED ON EASTER. UH SO PLEASE GO OUT WHEREVER YOU DO WANT TO SERVE YOUR FAITH, WHETHER IT IS CATHOLIC, CHRISTIAN BAPTIST BUDDHA. AM ME WHATEVER YOU ARE. THAT HIGHER GOD, WHOEVER YOU SERVE, CALL OUT TO HIM, UM AND HOPEFULLY PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF THE CITY. BUT I LIKE BISHOP BREEZE ON APRIL 3RD, AND IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, HE HAD A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERIES.

AND I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT PLAGIARIZE HIS WORDS. SO HIS THREE POINTS WHERE, UM, CAN YOU ALIGN WITH THE IDENTITY OF THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE EVERYONE IS NEEDING OF A SENSE OF BELONGING, AND, UM AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CHALLENGE CITY MANAGER OR MAYBE EVEN THE SCHOOL BOARD. UH WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CITY, THE CITY OF PETERSBURG BEING THE CITY OF READERS. LIKE WHERE IS OUR THEME? WHERE IS OUR MANTRA? NOW THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET BEHIND AND HAVE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING BECAUSE IF IT IS THE BLOOD OF THE CRIPS IF IT IS A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR THEIR FAMILY TO BE A PART OF SO WE DO NEED A SENSE OF IDENTITY THAT EVERYONE CAN GET BEHIND. UM, WHEN THEY KNOW NUMBER TWO WHEN THEY KNOW HOW THE COMMUNITY OPERATES AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. WE CAN START TO CHANGE THINGS, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW THIS COMMITTEE OPERATES BECAUSE THEY LEARNED BEHAVIORS SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SHOWING THEM PROPER BEHAVIORS FOR THEM TO FOLLOW. AND FINALLY, ONCE THEY LEARNED THESE BEHAVIORS AND CUT AND THE CUSTOMS OF THE COMMUNITY, WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BEHAVE. UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S JUST A PART OF LIFE WITH THE GOOD THERE IS THE BAD, BUT WE DO KEEP NEEDING TO FACT KEEP PUSHING THE POSITIVE. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT SAYS, WHY FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH IN PETERSBURG, AND MY RESPONSE TO THEM IS INSTEAD OF BEING BITTER? WHY NOT JUST TRY TO BE BETTER? YOU CAN HAVE THE NEGATIVE ALL YOU WANT. I'M GONNA STICK WITH THE POSITIVE AND I'M GONNA KEEP TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVE . SO MY POINTS THAT I HAVE, UM, AWAY FROM BISHOP BREEZES STAY FOCUSED, UM, AVOID BEING SIDETRACKED. THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. UM I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT AFTER COVID MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST REALLY NOW , LIKE A TALKING POINT. IT'S MORE POPULAR, UM, JUST SAID VIRGINIA STATE THIS PAST WEEKEND , THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER SAID THAT THIS NEXT GENERATION WILL BE THE GENERATION THAT NORMALIZES GOING TO THERAPY AND HAVING A THERAPIST. UM, I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO TALK OUT.

THERE ARE SOME TRAUMAS THAT ARE KEEPING US IN A CYCLE THAT AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING BACK IN 1989. AND ARE WE REALLY GOING STEALING SELF DESTRUCTION? TO DO YOUR PART ACT ON THE MESSAGE. UM THIS IS I KEEP SAYING ALL HANDS ON DECK. UM, I MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH YOU. I MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE TO LIKE YOU, BUT WE ALL KNOW THE SAME TEAM AND I'M TRYING TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. IF THAT, THEN THAT METAPHOR AND IF YOU WATCH GOOD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, THEY ARGUE AMONGST EACH OTHER SOMETIMES. BUT THEY LEARNED HOW TO PLAY TOGETHER. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT ME TRYING TO MAKE FRIENDS.

IT'S ABOUT ME HAVING ALLIES. EVEN IF I DISAGREE. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN TO DISAGREE, WHICH I'VE HAD WITH. SO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS TABLE. BUT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET ON THE SAME MESSAGE AGAIN. EVERYONE HAS TO BUY IN THREE OPPORTUNITY IS ALL IS FOR ALL AND IT'S MADE POSSIBLE BY YOU. IT IS FROM THE YOUTH TO THE ELDERLY. THAT INCLUDES THE CHURCHES THAT INCLUDES THE NONPROFITS THAT INCLUDE IN CRUISE OF THE SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES. UM THAT INCLUDES CIVIC GROUPS, AND THAT INCLUDES CONCERNED CITIZENS BECAUSE AGAIN AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW IT TAKES A VILLAGE. IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE NUMBER FOUR. DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE WAY FORWARD THERE. I FEEL LIKE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON NOW THEY'RE DISTRACTIONS. I DO FEEL LIKE THAT. THEY'RE UNFORTUNATE DISTRACTION AGAIN. GUN VIOLENCE IS A MAJOR DISTRACTION, BUT I STILL WILL CALL IT A DISTRACTION. AT THE SAME BECAUSE THERE'S BIGGER THINGS AND BETTER THINGS THAT CAN BE GOING ON AND THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT IN PETERSBURG AND AGAIN IF THOSE PEOPLE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE NEGATIVE NUMBER FIVE. USE THAT OPPOSITION TO REACH OUR GOALS.

AGAIN I SAY BETTER IS NOT WHERE WE'RE GOING BETTER, NOT BITTER. UM BECAUSE IN THIS TIME, THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE AGAIN THESE DISTRACTIONS WHETHER IT'S HIGH GAS PRICES. UM, I DO WOULD LIKE

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WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT YOU KNOW THIS VIOLENCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THEN THERE THERE ARE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE, UH LIKE TO REMAIN. THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS ARE WHO KNEW OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN COMMUNITY. AH THEY SEND US TEXTS WHERE I KNOW THEY SEND ME TEXTS AND THINGS THAT THEY DON'T FACEBOOK AND THAT SENT HIM STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE CHIEF. SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGHT THIS GOOD FIGHT OF TRYING TO GET INDIVIDUALS DOWN THEIR GUNS, SO YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE TALKING, BUT WE NEED THEM TO TALK MORE FOR THOSE WHO SEE THINGS AND KNOW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND IF IT DON'T LOOK RIGHT, WE ASK THAT YOU WERE CONTINUE TO SAY SOMETHING. NOW WHAT HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL DONE? AS FAR AS, UH , DEALING WITH THIS? UM OF THIS CRIME WERE RECENTLY UH, THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF COUNCIL MORE, ESPECIALLY COUNCILMAN COUPLER. AH, HE PUT OUT AN INITIATIVE THAT YOU CAN'T BRING BRING WEAPONS. INTO A PUBLIC PRAY PLACES, OUR BUILDINGS, PUBLIC SPACES LIKE CITY HALL. THIS BUILDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING, YOU'LL SEE A SIGN UP SAYING YOU CAN'T EVEN AT OUR OUR EVENTS LIKE WHENEVER WE HAVE PARADES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YOU CAN'T BRING A WEAPON. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LEGISLATE SYRIAN THINGS. THAT'S OUR JOB. OUR JOB IS TO IS TO DO POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND WHAT HAVE YOU, UM SO WE PUT LEGISLATION IN FOR THAT? AND NOW THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR POLICE CHIEF, WE HAVE STATE AND FEDERAL AH, LAUREN FORCE MINT HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THEM RIDING THROUGH THE CITY SUMMON. IN UNMARKED CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I ROLLED UP ON A COUPLE OF SO JUST WATCH YOUR SPEED AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WE'RE DOING AS A GOVERNMENT WERE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN AND ONE THING. I, UH I LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE THE GOVERNOR CAME DOWN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND FROM EVERYTHING THAT I EVER SEED FROM IT THAT HE'S DOING HIS HIS FULL SUPPORT BEHIND US, UH, WITH HIS WITH HIS POLICE OFFICERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO WE NEED AH, THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. THAT'S WHY THIS, UH US HAVING THE KIDS. THEY GO HOME EARLY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UH YEAH. YOU SAY WHERE THEY MAY SHOOT DURING THE DAYTIME, BUT WE AT LEAST THE KIDS MAY NOT BE ON THE STREET WHEN SOMEONE OUT THERE SHOOTING SO WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN, IF YOU KNOW OF SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, PLEASE LET US KNOW. UH WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME THINGS FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, SO THE KIDS JUST WON'T BE IDLE. THIS SUMMER, SO WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING IDEALS ARE MARVELOUS . MY PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN. DON'T BEAR ME A PROBLEM THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO YOU KNOW, BRING ME A SOLUTION. WE ALL SEE THE PROBLEMS BUT BRING US SOLUTIONS, YOU KNOW, AND WE THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING HERE. UH, WE ADMONISH THOSE WHO MAY SUPPORT US, AND WE ADMONISH THOSE WHO DON'T SUPPORT US. BUT AS A WHOLE, OUR CITY IS LOOKING BETTER. FINANCIALLY WE'RE LOOKING BETTER. THINGS HAVE CHANGED WERE ON THE RISE. BUT THE WHOLE JUST LIKE MY

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YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY. THEY WERE SHOT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE LOCKED UP BEHIND THINGS. SO BE CAREFUL HOW THE WAY WHEN YOU POINT FINGERS BECAUSE THREE FINGERS MAYBE POURING BACK AT YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. I THANK YOU. FOR WHAT? YOU MEAN TO THE CITY. I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY. IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN HILL. UM. COUNCIL WESTERN WOULD YOU SAY? YOU HAD THREE THINGS? I'M GONNA GIVE YOU 10. SECONDS OF MY TIME TO RUN 10 SECONDS. SORRY, EVERYBODY FOR BEING LONG WINDED, BUT I DID WANT TO CLOSE WITH SAYING HAPPY, BELATED MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE. WE DO LOVE YOU, UM IN ADVANCE BECAUSE WE WON'T SEE YOU PREFER SAY, BUT HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AND HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY COMING UP, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS PRAISE TO MRS DOROTHY PATTERSON, WHO WAS THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, AND NEXT YEAR'S FOLLOW UP TO REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU ARE FOR SERVING CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW, UH, QUITE STRESSED. JOB. I THINK. DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE. OF THE RESPONSIBILITY . UM AND, UM BUT I'M JUST ASKING EACH ONE OF YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AS WELL. I KNOW. UM VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE IS ALSO KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE AVALANCHE OF JUST WAVE. OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE CONFRONTING HERE IN THIS CITY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND , UM, CONFRONTING AND DOING THE BEST YOU CAN FOR THE CITY. UM BUT BUT THINK OF THINKING OF THAT, UM, I WAS JUST SO HAPPY TODAY TO SEE MISS GENEVIEVE. LAURA I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE GENEVIEVE, PLEASE, COULD YOU PLEASE STAND SHE IS A SOCIAL WORKER FOR PETERSBURG POLICE AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A, UH, SNAKE. BIT OF THE THINGS SHE DO. OKAY I WAS OUTSIDE ON. UM AND COUNCILMAN, CUPBOARD AREA. NO, NO COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK'S AREA AND, UM, IT WAS I WAS OUTSIDE AND A GENTLEMAN WALKED UP TO ME AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, UM HOLD THEM HOMELESS AND I'M UNDER THE BRIDGE AND DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. AND I PLACED A PHONE. CALL THE CHIEF CHRISTIAN AND SAY , LOOK, WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE TO NEED SOME HELP, AND HIM ALONG WITH GENEVIEVE CAME AND GOT THAT THAT THAT GENTLEMAN A PLACE TO STAY AND GET THEM IN THE SYSTEM SO WE CAN RECEIVE SOME HELP. SO IT'S JUST I WANT TO THANK YOU, GENEVIEVE FOR WHAT YOU DO TO HELP. EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE CAN GET THEM ALL ONE AT A TIME. I KNOW THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS SO HUGE, BUT WE TRY TO ALL DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND PLAY PLAY OUR PART. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, GENEVIEVE FOR IT FOR HELPING THAT GENTLEMAN OUT. UM NEXT UP, YOU KNOW, WE CELEBRATE IN PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AND I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I'M ALONG WITH, UM OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, 10 TANSLEY, AND AS WE WERE OUT THERE ON SATURDAY IN THE RAIN PICKING UP TRASH, WE DIDN'T CANCEL IT. PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. THEY HUNG OUT THERE WITH US. WE GOT SOAKING WET PICKING UP TRASH. BUT WHAT WE DID WAS WE GOT THE CITY CLEANED UP. AND LOOKING GOOD, SO I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF FOR DOING IT. THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND FOR THOSE THAT JOIN US. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE CITIES SUPPORT, THOUGH FROM MY RESIDENCE BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WHEN WE HAVE THESE THINGS, EVERYONE CAN COME UP AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING BUT WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS IS IMPORTANT THAT EACH OF THE OUR CITIZENS COME AND ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND COME OUT WITH WITH US AND HELP KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN BECAUSE IT'S A TEAM EFFORT WITH THAT AS WELL. UM ALSO THIS THIS WEEKEND, WE HAD OPENING OF TWO NEW BUSINESSES. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME PETERSBURG JEWELRIES. JEWELRY STORE, WHICH IS DOWN IN OLD TOWN. WE HAVE OUR OWN JEWELER.

NOW THAT CAN FIX YOUR JEWELRY, SALE JEWELRY. HE HAS A WONDERFUL PLACE NOT TOO FAR FROM MARIA'S, AND I WAS HAPPY TO BE THERE ON HIS IS A RIBBON CUTTING AND ALSO, UM UM APPOMATTOX EVENTS IN HIM WITH MR NATHI AND MARTIN OPENED UP HER OWN BUSINESS. THERE, TOO. FOR EVENTS, YOU REDID THE BLACK SWAN AND IT REALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, AND WE DID THAT ON SUNDAY, AND I LIKE TO THANK COUNSELING MYERS AS WELL. UM, THE GOVERNOR. I HAD CALLED ME LAST MINUTE AND SAYS, LOOK, I WANT TO COME TO TOWN AND I WANT TO DO A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION JUST TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP PETERS BURIED AND I KNOW AT THAT SAME TIME I HAD MISSED AN HOLDING IN TOWN FOR TWO OF THE CIVIC PLANT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MYERS. FOR GOING AND MEETING AND MEETING

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[13. Unfinished Business]

IT HAS ALL THE PARTICULAR FINANCIAL DETAILS. THE DATES HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT AT THIS POINT SO THEY CAN BE PUT IN BYE. PENSION PARTIES. THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE HEDDA'S ATTORNEY, MR HEFTY. AND HOTEL PETERSBURG'S LEGAL GUIDANCE. THANK YOU, MR MOORE, COUNCILMAN HILL. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I MOVED THERE. WE, UM APPROVED THE EXECUTION OF THE

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HIGH PASS. THANK YOU. OKAY? THANK YOU, MR MORROW. NEXT WE HAD ON YEAH. DON'T GO TO ITEM

[14. New Business]

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OH, I'M SORRY. YOU CERTAINLY DID COUNT HILL AND I APOLOGIZE AND YOUR INPUT IS MUCH APPRECIATED AND EMBEDDED IN THE IN THE TEXT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. UM, MR MAYOR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THE BUDGET THAT WAS PUT UP ON THE SCREEN. NEEDS TO REFLECT THE THREE STOP SIGNS ON IT WAS JUSTP JUST TO UPDATE THAT. COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. YES. THANK YOU, UG AND PUTTING UP STUFF SENSE WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO THE SPEED BUMPS? AS OPPOSED TO STOP SIGNS. YES, MA'AM. AND WHAT'S SO I DIDN'T HEAR IT, THOUGH. WHAT IS WHAT IS THE OUTCOME? THEY'RE

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SO BUT WHAT'S THE ANSWER? WHY NOT? NOT YOU MEAN RANDALL WITH OKAY, MR WILLIAMS, MA'AM.

FORGIVE ME, MR RANDALL WILLIAMS, MAN. BUT BUT STILL THE POINT REMAINS, IF WE'RE BEING TOLD, AND THIS IS JUST FOR US IF STOP SAYINGS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR SPEED CONTROL. WOW WE ALL JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON TO PUT UP STOP SIGNS FOR SPEED CONTROL. AT THE ISSUE IS THAT WE WANT TO CONTROL THESE SPEEDERS. AND IN IN OUR MINDS WE CAN DO SO BY PUTTING UP THE STOP SANDS. THEN.

I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING LITERATURE TELLS ME SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THIS. MEMBER WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CHANGE BEHAVIOR. WE HAVE A CULTURE. UH AND THAT'S CURRENTLY PUTTING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY IN PERIL. AND WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE CULTURE. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO GO OUT AND ZAPPING PEOPLE WITH WITH WITH TRAFFIC. SUMMERS IS IN THE LIKE. WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR IN OUR CITY MAN. UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHY SO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS TO GO ON EVERY INTERSECTION. AND EVERY CORNER AND BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HAD THUS FAR, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN TO IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL HAVE SAID THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO CHANGING THE CULTURE AND CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR. WE'RE TRYING THIS AS A MEASURE MAN IN IN COUNCIL CAN AND WE CAN COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS, AND THEY MEASURING STICK COULD BE THAT THERE WAS NO SPEEDING REPORTS TO YOU ALL. FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS . THAT WOULD BE A WIN FOR US. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A DENT IN THE BEHAVIOR IN OUR COMMUNITY, MA'AM AND UNDERSTAND THAT I SPOKE A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT CHANGING OUR CULTURE AND CHANGING THEIR BEHAVIOR, BUT I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US. THIS WAS GIVEN TO US AT YOU COULDN'T USE THAT TO CONTROL SPEEDING, SO I'VE GOT SOMETHING RIGHT HERE IN BLACK AND WHITE. THEY SAY YOU IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DON'T USE IT. AND THEN ON ANOTHER ANOTHER THING YOU DO USE IT. LET ME GO TO ANOTHER THING. ANOTHER POINT. THERE'S $100,000 IN ITEM NUMBER THREE. AS TO WHETHER TO FRESHLY PAINTED EXISTING PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS IN THE CITY. COUNCIL DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO PRIORITIZE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHERE THIS WORK IS AND THEN TO SEE THAT SUCH WORK IS COMPLETED BEFORE NOVEMBER 2022 ALL WITHIN A BUDGET OF 100,000. WHERE ARE WE GETTING? WORD THAT THAT AMOUNT COME FROM 100,000. I HAVE TO GET SOMEONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. MAYBE MRS ENNIS, DO YOU HAVE THAT? I THINK MRS ANDERSON MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE BUDGET ANNUALLY FOR. SO I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT EVERY YEAR THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGETS TO PAINT, CROSSWALKS, STRIPES, STREETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THAT COULD BE WITH THAT AMOUNT COMES FROM, BUT I CAN DO SOME MORE INVESTIGATION AND BRING IT BACK TO WHAT THE DEFINITIVE RESPONSE. SO IF VOTO THIS AND YOU GO OVER 100,000 THE THEN WHERE ARE WE? SO TO PUT THE DEPARTMENT IS RECEIVES OVER $6 MILLION FOR PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO IF THEY EXCEEDED AT THE AT THE WILL OF THE CITY MANAGER, THEY CAN. THEY MOST DEFINITELY COULD DO IT. IT'S IN THEIR BUDGET TO DO IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, MRS. ARE WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. AND WHAT DISCUSSION COUNSELOR HILL.

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COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. MAYOR PERM PAST RIGHT? ALRIGHT NEXT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 14 D, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION TO EXTEND THE PETERSBURG PRESERVATION TASK FORCE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING COUNSELOR MYERS YES, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU WITH THIS, MR MAYOR. RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN HILL. SECOND ALRIGHT . MOTION TO TABLE THE QUESTION, COUNSELOR WAS THIS MAN. OKAY? ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME. ADAM CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR MAYOR? UM WE'RE TABLING IT UNTIL WHEN AND WHY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR MYERS. I LIKE THE TABLE TO THE VERY NEXT MEETING. NOT THE ONE ON THE 24TH. BUT THE NEXT FULL MEETING BUSINESS MEETING. YES, SIR. IN JUNE. MHM. THE BUSINESS MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE JUNE 21. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND UM, ARE THERE SOME DETAILS TO BE ARMED OUT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN? WHAT? HELP HELP ME UNDERSTAND? THIS MAY BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA, BUT I , IT COMES AS A NEW IDEA TO PROCESS THE REQUEST. AND, UH DISCUSS IT AT THAT TIME. WELL, WHAT'S GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, 21? THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TABLED UNTIL JUNE, 21ST. I UNDERSTAND, BUT. LET'S PRETEND IT'S JUNE 21, WE COULD BE ANY FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. IN ORDER FOR ME TO RESPOND TO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME. LIKE I SAID, I NEED TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT IN ORDER TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. SO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT ON JUNE 21ST. OKAY, THANKS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO TABLE TILL JUNE 21ST. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR CUTHBERT. COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH, I COUNSELOR BOB MYERS. CASTLE NUMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. MAYOR PERM PAST. NEXT IS ITEM 14 E CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND AMANDA GREEN FOR THE PROPERTY AT 301 RALPH ST PARCEL ID 022-150801. TO REMOVE THAT CLAUSE THAT PROHIBITS THE PROPERTY TO BE SUBDIVIDED. MR MOORE. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING SCREEN IS ASKING FOR A RECONSIDERATION OF THE WARDENS THAT WAS PASSED. PREVIOUS MEETING AT 4 19. SHE IS HERE TONIGHT. EVENING GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM AS I WAS REVIEWING RECEIVED THE D BACK ON THE 24TH . AND WHEN I READ OVER THE DEED AND GET WITH MY ATTORNEY, WE LOOKED AT IT. IT DIDN'T REALLY ENCAPSULATE STRATEGIC VISION OF THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO DEVELOPING AND IN FILM, LOTS ON THE ISLAND. UM AND TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT SPEAKS TO STRENGTHENING THE CITY'S TAX BASE AND TWO HAVE A PROVISION THAT SPEAK THAT THIS ALLOWS THE SUBDIVISION, UH, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS STRICKEN WITH BLIGHT AND VACANCY. YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY. OR THE RESIDENTS THAT RESIDE ON THE ISLAND. UM YOU KNOW, I DO APPRECIATE, UH, THE CITY CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT. UM ON GETTING THIS FAR. UM BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED AS IT APPEARS TO BE ARBITRARY AND UNFAIR. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER DEEDS FOR THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, A PULLED DEED FOR THE JOHNSON JENKINS DEVELOPMENT AND I DON'T SEE WHERE IT HAS THIS TYPE OF LANGUAGE NOR UM, THERE ARE A FEW OTHER SALES RECENTLY THAT I

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HEY, I WANT TO GET THEIR SUPPORT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OF CITY PETERSBURG TO KINDA GO BACK INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS, AND NO ONE'S EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. UM AND I'M BUILDING DOING INFLATIONARY TIME WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. I'M NOT A MILLIONAIRE, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR ME. UM AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS SEE ALL TYPES OF MILLION DOLLARS IN MILLION DOLLAR DEALS, BUT I MEAN, I COME FROM SECTION EIGHT. UH AND, YOU KNOW, PARENTS STRUGGLE WITH DRUGS AND TO BE DOING A DEVELOPMENT DEAL WITH THE CITY TODAY. IT'S A BIG DEAL IN ITSELF. SO I JUST HOPE YOU GUYS WILL RECONSIDER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL GREEN MISS GREEN. I HAVE TO TELL YOU MISS GREEN. I REALLY LIKE HOW YOU ARTICULATED WHAT YOU WANTED UP THERE, BUT I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO AMEND THE CONVENIENCE? UM, IT SPEAKS TO THAT PARCEL. UM NEVER BEING ABLE TO BE SUBDIVIDED. IT SAYS THAT, UH, COVENANTS AND AGREES THAT ONLY ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE MAY BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY CONVEYED HERE IN AND THAT THE PROPERTY CONVEYED HERE IN IS NOT SUBDIVIDED. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING TO REMOVE. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL PROVISION THAT WAS ACTUALLY ADDED RIGHT BEFORE YOU GUYS VOTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT DEAL. UM SO IT ALL HAPPENED IN NOVEMBER WAS ACTUALLY ADDED IN AS A PART OF THE REQUESTING COUNCIL MEMBER, COLBERT DOES.

THAT LANGUAGE WAS INCLUDED IN THE DATA CONVENIENCE. SO IT'S NOT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, DATA CONVENIENCE. THAT'S THE ISSUE HERE. UNDERSTAND AND SO. YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A DUPLEX RATHER THAN THE SINGLE FAMILY. THAT IS NOT CORRECT. I'M TRYING TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY TO GET THERE, OKAY? AH! YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BEING SUBDIVIDED. NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY PARCELS HAVE YOU PURCHASED? IT'S ONE PARCEL PARCEL. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUBDIVIDING, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO IN THE SUBDIVISION? JUST WANTED 14 AND 15. IT'S TOO SEPARATE LOTS, 14 AND 15. I JUST WANT TO SPLIT THEM. UM IT'S AND CONTINUE WITH MY CURRENT BILL, WITH MY HOUSE BEING SITUATED ON LIKE 15 OVER TIME. OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY BREAKING DOWN LIKE 14 SMALLER LOTS AND MAYBE EVEN THE LIGHT 15 AS WELL. POTENTIALLY. D YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THAT. THERE MAY BE AN INSTANCE WHERE THIS THING WOULD NEVER COME BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE YOU KNOW TO DO ANYTHING IS RELEASED TO ECONOMIC RESURGENCE. SO IN ESSENCE WAS SINCE THAT IS 15 14 . I'M SORRY. 14 AND 15. WAS THERE A DUPLEX THERE PRIOR TO.

BUT I KNOW IT'S A LARGE LOT, BUT AT SOME POINT IN PETERSBURG, THERE WERE SEVERAL DUPLEXES THERE WERE BUILT ON LOTS, THESE SIZES AND SO I'M ASKING, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY. UM SO GO AHEAD, MR MORE IF YOU CAN MAKE IT CLEAR OPEN FOR A LONG TIME. I HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH SOME OF THE OLD RECORDS TO FIND OUT ABOUT HOW AT THIS POINT, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT EXISTED THERE PRIOR TO BUT BASICALLY, WHEN I'M HERE TODAY IS SHE WANTS TO SUBDIVIDE DELIGHT. AND SO HER INITIAL IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE HER HOME.

AND THEN POSSIBLY LATER DOWN THE ROAD. YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ANOTHER HOME BESIDE THEM. IS THAT CORRECT? ONLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE ARE DONE WITH DUPLEXES IN THE CITY OF PEACE. BERG. AT LEAST I AM. SO IT'S TOO MANY DUPLEXES IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND SO WE NEED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR HOMES, NOT RENTERS. AND SO THAT WILL REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THE ISLAND. BUT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE. I'M SAYING WELL. ON 14. LET'S SAY ON 14 YOU WANT TO PUT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME? BUT YOU WANT TO SUBDIVIDE THE LAND SO THAT YOU CAN INITIATE SO YOU CAN THEREAFTER PLACE ANOTHER HOME. IN THE FUTURE. IT'S THAT

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COVER. MISS GREEN, UH, THIS LOT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S GOT A LOT OF FRONT FOOTAGE ON ON ROTH STREET. ISN'T THAT CORRECT? YES. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE FRONT FOOTAGES ON ROTH I HAVE THE PLAT, BUT I CAN'T READ IT MYSELF . I USE THE BUILDING FOR THAT, BUT, UH UM I KNOW THAT THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY IS TO BE SET BACK. IT'S LIKE 35 FT, AND YOU GOT FIVE FT ON THE SIDE RIGHT NOW. I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH FRONT FOOTAGE. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S FINE. IT'S AT THE CORNER OF ROTH AND LOGAN. THAT IS CORRECT. THE UNDEVELOPED ROAD ON LOGAN? YES, THE HOUSE THAT YOU WERE PROPOSING TO BUILD WHEN YOU CAME TO US IN NOVEMBER. WAS TO FACE ROTH STREET. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEN AFTER YOU AND IN YOUR APPLICATION AH! EXPRESSING YOUR DESIRE TO PURCHASE THIS LOT. DID YOU SAY THAT YOUR INTENTION WAS TO BUILD A SINGLE ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THAT LINE? YES SIR. MY INITIAL INTENTION WAS TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A LOT FOR ME TO RESIDE IN SO I CAN BELONG TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOWEVER IN THINKING ABOUT THE SPACE ON THE YOU KNOW THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT IT IS. IT'S JUST IT'S AN UNLOADED IN CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. SO AS WE SPOKE ON THE FOURTH RIGHT BEFORE, REMEMBER, I CALLED YOU AND I EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO THE ACTUAL PROVISION ITSELF. SO YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO BUY HOMES. I THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY THAT MAY WANT TO BUY A HOME. AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, WE COULD REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IF WE REMOVED THAT PROVISION, WELL, I'M ALL FOR MOVING NEEDLES. BUT I'M ALSO A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMBIGUITY OF IT ALL. UM NOW AFTER YOU APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, AND WE AGREED TO SELL YOU THIS LOT UH, PROVIDED THAT, UH, ONLY ONE HOUSE WAS TO BE BUILT ON IT. DID YOU APPEAR BEFORE CITY COUNCIL? UH DURING A PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION. I BELIEVE IN EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT LOGAN STREET, WHICH RUNS BESIDE THIS LOT WAS UNPAVED . YES, I'VE EXPRESSED A NUMBER OF CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO POCAHONTAS ISLAND HAS RELEASED WALKS, NOT BEING PRESIDENT AS IT RELATES TO DOMINION POWER OR NOT. INSTALLING THE LED LIGHTS. UM A NUMBER OF ISSUES HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. NOW I CAN IMAGINE THAT IF WE ELIMINATE ALL RESTRICTIONS ON THIS AH, ON CONSTRUCTION ON THIS LOT. YOU MIGHT. BUILD SEVERAL HOUSES THAT FACE THIS UNPAVED LOGAN STREET.

AND THEN YOU WOULD COME TO US AND SAY, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS PAVE LOGAN STREET BECAUSE IT'S GOT ALL THESE HOUSES ON IT. AND WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY TO PAY THE LOGAN STREET ? IT'S MORE THAN JUST PUTTING DOWN ASPHALT. YEAH WE HAVE TO TEND TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF TAKING CARE OF THE WATER RUNOFF AND CURBS AND GUTTERS, AND SO IT GOES. AH AND WELL, YOU BOUGHT THIS LOT FOR WHAT $9000. WAS THAT? WHAT? IT WAS ACTUALLY OVER THE STANDARD.

I WANT 54% OKAY, BUT HOW MUCH HOW MUCH 16 K OKAY. $16,000 100 AND 25,000 SONGS SO THE CITY GETS $16,000 OUT OF IT. AND THEN AH, IN MY NIGHTMARE, YOU COME TO US AND ASK US TO PAY THE STREET AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE? SO CAN I ADDRESS THAT? UM WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM PERSPECTIVE OF APPRAISALS, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE ON AN UNPAVED ROAD FACING AN UNPAVED ROAD. IT WOULDN'T HAVE PRAISED THE VALUE WOULD NEED FOR IT TO BE. SUSTAINABLE SO THEREFORE, THAT'S NOT MY INTENT HERE. MY INTENT IS TO BUILD UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS BEST AS I CAN BUILD MY HOUSE IN HOPEFULLY GET SOMEONE ELSE TO BUY INTO THE IDEA TO BUILD ANOTHER ONE RIGHT BESIDE ME. THAT'S MY INTENT. MY INTENT IS

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