Jun 21, 2022 Regular City Council Meeting

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ADJOURNMENT. THIS SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION. CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. GOOD EVENING. EVERYONE IS JULY. 21ST 2022.

WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT, REMEMBER WILSON SMITH HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL MAYORS WITH SMITH LEE, PRESIDENT PRIME HERE. THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM TO PRAYER COUNCILMAN HERE WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. THAT A SPRAY. TURNING GOD. OUR FATHER IS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU HAVING A FATHER GIVING YOUR NAME ON APPRAISING GLORY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GLORIOUS DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE THEIR LORD. WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING HEAVENLY FATHER. WE ACCEPT. YOU WERE BLESSED. THIS COUNCIL WOULD WISDOM. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD CONTINUE TO BLESS ALL OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR CITIZENS HAVING THE FATHERS KEEP US NEAR YOU HAVING A FATHER AS WE DO.

YOUR BUSINESS IS IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. NEXT IS ITEM THREE TO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE DAY. UNDER GOD.

INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU AND MOVE ON ITEM FORWARD

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

[6. Responses to Previous Public Information Posted]

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

[8. Official Public Hearings]

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. AGAIN. THIS IS THE PRESENTATION PRECURSOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. TWEEN REFERENT ENTERPRISES LLC IN THE CITY FOR THE PURCHASE OF 15 44 HALIFAX STREET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE'S ONLY IS THERE BE TO ENCOURAGE 2.541. ASSESS THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IS 44 500 . YOU CAN SEE THE PURCHASES PRICE PROPOSED USE IS SUBDIVIDED PROPERTY OF THE FOUR HALF ACRE LOTS AND CONSTRUCT 43 BEDROOMS, TWO FULLY BATHROOM, SINGLE FAMILY. CREDENTIALS DISSIPATED COST IS $600. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE NEXT SLIDE. THE DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS. AND PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, MR MAYOR, THE PETITIONERS HERE.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? GOOD EVENING. ALRIGHT UH, MY PROPOSAL BASICALLY IS, UH PLAYING SOMEBODY JUST WANT TO ACQUIRE 15 44 HALIFAX STREET HAVE TALKED WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO, UH , SUBDIVIDED INTO FOUR LOTS. THEY GAVE ME THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROAD FURNITURE THAT'S NEEDED, WHICH IS OVER 50. THEY'RE ALLOWS ME TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO FOUR SEPARATE LOTS. UM BASICALLY, OUR PLAN IS TO, UH, BIG IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COOL SPRINGS AREA WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME. OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FOR THAT AREA. LIKE HE SAID, MAINLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH. UM AS YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSE THERE IS, UH, WE NORMALLY UM MAKE THEM LUXURY BUT AFFORD. BUT THAT IS OUR PLAN. AND THAT'S THE PROPOSAL THEY WERE TRYING TO SUBMIT TO YOU GUYS. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW. I OPENED THE FLOOR FOR THE

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$15,000 IT'S BEEN LISTED AS A VACANT LOT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS WHAT IS ON THAT VACANT LOT. IN THE SUMMARY OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECOMMENDED SALE OF THIS. I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE PETITIONER. HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE PETITIONER, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. IF NOT, MR. MAYOR WELL, WITH YOUR PERMISSION WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HERE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. NEXT OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER'S EXECUTED PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND WILLIAM NICHOLSON. TOWARDS THE SALE OF CITY ON PROPERTY AT 302 MARKET STREET NORTH MR FLEMING. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JEFF FLEMING RESULT RESIDED, 18 19 CHUCK CHUCK AVERAGE.

AGREED. THE PERSONAL PROPERTY. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH. I JUST HOPE THAT MR CUPBOARD USES THE SAME ENTHUSIASM. AS HE IS USING THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED WITH THIS. THAT WILL TELL ME WHERE HE'S TRUTH REALLY LIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MY NAME IS BILL HARD STOCK LIVE AT 2 39 HIGH STREET RIGHT UP THE STREET. UM, THIS PARK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ENTRANCE TO HIGH STREET FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OVER THE YEARS. BILL NICHOLSON HAS DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB AS FAR AS UPGRADING AND TAKING CARE OF THE SPACE. UM WE HAVE USED IT FOR PUBLIC EVENTS. HISTORIC PETERSBURG FOUNDATION HAD A AN EVENT THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO PROMOTE HISTORIC PRESERVATION. UM I'D LIKE TO SEE IT REMAIN AS A CITY PARK. IN MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS IF HE BUYS THIS PROPERTY, WILL IT BE ATTACHED TO HIS HOUSE, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO IT? AND SHOULD HE SELL HIS HOUSE? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THE PROPERTY AT THAT POINT, WOULD IT GO WITH THE HOUSE? OR WOULD IT BE SOLD SEPARATELY? OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO IT. UM WE DON'T KNOW WHO HE WOULD SELL HIS HOUSE TO IF HE SELLS IT, AND HE'S MADE INDICATION THAT HE WOULD AT SOME POINT TO ME BECAUSE I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT. UM SO I'M CONCERNED THAT IF HE SELLS THE HOUSE WITH THE PROPERTY WITH THE PARK WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE THE PERSON. WHO IS NOW THE OWNER OF IT AND WHAT THEIR WHAT? WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT. WILL IT MAINTAIN IT? WELL THEY TAKE CARE OF IT. UM WELL, THEY CHANGE IT. WILL THEY BUILD SOMETHING THERE? ONCE IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY. THEN IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL. SO JUST JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU SELL PUBLIC LAND THAT IS REALLY A KEY ENTRANCE TO ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC STREETS IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

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HELLO. HI. MY NAME IS TRAVIS NELSON. I RESIDE AT 2 17 HIGH STREET ALONG WITH MY ROOMMATE.

DANIEL BUSHY. AND ADAM SMITH. I WANT TO ASK YOU AND I PLEAD FOR THE CITY NOT TO SELL THAT PART.

THAT LOCATION. ISSUES FOR A LOT OF THINGS. I'M A LIFE COACH AND DSP DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL.

I TAKE CARE OF YOUNG MEN LIKE THESE. THAT PARK. SITS IN A PLACE AND TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I MOVED HERE OBSERVED THAT PARK AND IT GAVE US A LOT OF WHAT WE NEEDED. IT GAVE MY HOME THE EMERGENCY EXIT SO THAT IF THERE IS A FIRE, AND THEY'RE THERE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK TO THAT PARK AS I DID MENTION THAT TO MR NICHOLS NICHOLSON. HE ADVISED ME WELL, THEY CAN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT MOBILITY. IF I SEND THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE AND UP THE STREET, THEN THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WALK WITH. THEY'RE NOT REALLY SURE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS. I CAN'T SEND THEM ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC. SO THAT PART WAS A SAFE HAVEN FOR US. TO WHERE THEY COULD GO IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY OF A FIRE BECAUSE WE DID HAVE ONE THAT WAS ON HIGH STREET MANY YEARS AGO, EVEN IF I AS A CAREGIVER, GOTTEN SICK OR HURT, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT PART. TO GET HELP. WE TRAINED FOR TWO YEARS. AND I GOT THEM TO WHERE THEY COULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND TAKING AWAY THAT PART WILL TAKE A WAY A PART OF THEM. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT HELPS THEM TO BE SAFE IN AN EMERGENCY. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS SAY THAT MR NICHOLSON, MR. NICHOLSON HAS TAKEN CARE OF THE PARK HAS TAKEN CARE OF THE PARK. SINCE I BOUGHT THIS INFORMATION TO THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF MY RESIDENTS, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF HATE. WE'VE GOTTEN CALLED UGLY NAMES BY MR NICHOLSON WITH MY YOUNG MEN IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU GUYS THAT PIECE OF LAND. REALLY MEANS SOMETHING TO A LOT OF US. MAYBE NOT TO HIM OR I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE NOT TO YOU GUYS, BUT I WATCHED YOU GUYS PRAY. AND I WATCH YOU GUYS PRAY IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU TAKE US INTO CONSIDERATION. PLEASE SAVE OUR PART. AND ALLOW THESE YOUNG MEN TO BE ABLE TO

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HELLO MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS FRANCINE NIGHT. AND I, TOO HAVE INVESTED IN PETERSBURG. I GRADUATED FROM VIRGINIA STATE BACK IN 1981. AND SINCE I HAVE RETURNED TO PETERSBURG BECAUSE I LOVE PETERSBURG. THANK YOU. COULD YOU SAY TO IT? NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN? FOOTBALL SORRY. YES FRANCINE NIGHT AND I LIVE IN 2 19 HIGH STREET. THANK YOU. AND ON THE ROAD HOME. THERE'S ALSO CONNECTED TO THE PARK. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WHEN I SAW HER I STREET WAS THE PARK AND I'M LIKE THIS IS VERY CHARMING. IT BRINGS CHARM TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HAVE SEEN THE PARK BEEN USED BY MANY THERE'S WALKING TOURS THAT HAPPENED ON SATURDAYS AND I'VE SEEN THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLY THERE. THERE'S BIKERS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE STREET HAVE LOOKED FRIENDLY. THEY HAVE THEIR LITTLE FURRY ANIMALS. THEY WALKED THEIR DOGS THERE. THE PARK. GREEN SPACE IS SO IMPORTANT TO PETERSBURG. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. MR NICHOLSON OWNING THAT GREEN SPACE WOULD TAKE AWAY THAT FROM US BECAUSE IN HIS IN CONTROLLED BY ONE PERSON FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY ONE PERSON WOULD WANT TO DO THAT. BUT I GUESS IT'S TO INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUE, BUT IT'S NOT TAKING A CONSIDERATION. OF YOUR THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BRING. DIVISION HAS ALREADY BROUGHT DIVISION UPON THE NEIGHBORS ALREADY. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT PARK FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE WE ALL OUR CITIZENS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. FOR THE USE OF THAT PART. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. PLEASE SAVE THE PART FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MELANIE CRONE. I LOVE IT. 112 WEST HIGH STREET. I ALSO OWN LOCAL VIBE CAFE AND I LOVE THAT LITTLE PARK. USED TO HAVE A BENCH IN IT, AND I USED TO GO FOR A WALK AND HANG OUT ON THE BENCH. AND I WISH THAT BENCH WAS STILL THERE. I'VE SEEN LOTS OF PEOPLE ENJOY THAT PARK IN A BENCH WHEN IT WAS THEIR LAST NIGHT. I WENT BY TO LOOK AT THE PARK. WHEN I REALIZED IT MIGHT BE SOLD IN THE IN THE PEOPLE OF PETERSBURG MIGHT LOSE THIS PART.

SO I WALKED BY IT. AND I HAPPENED TO RUN INTO SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PARK TO. I THINK THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE PART THAT I DO. AND SO INSTEAD OF SITTING IN THE PARK AND ENJOYING THE PARK WE WERE SITTING ON THE BENCH. AT 404 MARKET STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NO PARKING. THERE'S NO BENCH IN THE PARK NOW. SO IF THAT BENCH WAS IN THE PARK, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE PARK. BUT SINCE THERE'S NO BENCH THERE THEN WE WERE JUST ON THE SIDE. OF THE SIDEWALK BETWEEN PARK AND LOCAL VIBE CAFE. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND SAY PLEASE LET THE PEOPLE OF PETERSBURG KEEP THAT PART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT SEEING NO MORE. OKAY. ONE MORE HAND. YES, IN THE BACK. HELLO MY NAME IS RAY BENTLEY. I'M NOT FROM PETERSBURG. BUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY FRIEND BILL NICHOLSON, WHO HAVE KNOWN SINCE HE WAS 18 YEARS OLD AND USHER IN ONE OF OUR THEATERS IN RICHMOND. SCUSE ME. POINT OF ORDER. UH YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESIDENCE HERE IN THE CITY TO SPEAK. YES YES TO SPEAK ON THAT CELESTIAL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF BILL FOR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. YES, IN THE BACK. WAS A HAND UP.

YES. HELLO I'M RUSSIA. STEBBINS I LIVE AT 6 10 HIGH STREET. I HAVE LIVED IN MY HOUSE FOR OVER 25 YEARS. THAT LITTLE PIECE OF LAND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PARK AND IN TALKING WITH NEIGHBORS, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN A PARK FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS OR MORE. SO I'M I'M CONCERNED THAT OUR

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AH WILL THERE BE ANY BANDING COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF ANYONE TO MAINTAIN THIS PARK AS A GREEN SPACE? THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE AT THE SALE. D TRANSFER. AGAIN, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION WOULD HAVE TO ASK MR WILLIAMS AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PUT INTO A DEED OF SALE. BUT YOU AGREE THAT THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. YES, SIR. AND DO YOU

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YOURSELF, SIR. LET ME I CAN DOUBLE CHECK.

MY INITIAL REVIEWS, OR IT'S TAKING ME LONGER THAN I WOULD LIKE. WE READ. INITIALLY WE BELIEVED THAT TO BE SO. I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO FIND THAT PARTICULAR PARAGRAPH FOR YOU.

WITH THE INTELLIGENCE. I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE APPLICATION PORTIONS. BUT I DON'T HAVE THIS APPLICATION WITHIN THIS PACK. ALL RIGHT. WELL I'M NOT AWARE OF THE PROVISIONS, BUT PERHAPS IT'S THERE. UM THANK YOU, MR MOORE. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. MR MAYOR. MR MAYOR. MR. MAYOR IS THE EMOTION ON THE TABLE? NO UM, COUNCILMAN MYERS WILL TAKE IT. AND TO FURTHER CONSIDERATION WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS, HE SAYS, AND HAVE SOME MEETINGS TO SOME DISCUSSION OR HOW TO KEEP THE PART AVAILABLE TO ALL OF HIS CONSTITUENTS. SO THAT THAT IS EMOTION? NO NO MORE, HE SAID. NO ACTION EVERY TIME. NO WAY. WELL WE ONLY TAKE ACTION OR NO ACTION BY MOTION. ISN'T THAT THE CASE? MR WILLIAMS. IF THERE'S NO MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE, THE ORDINANCE DIES FOR LACK OF EMOTION OR SECOND. SO IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING, THEN THAT PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES THIS UNLESS IT'S BROUGHT BACK AS A NEW ITEM AT SOME FUTURE DATE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. YES, SIR . MR MAYOR. I WAS GOING TO JUST SUGGEST IF IT WENT ON ANY FURTHER, MR MOORE COME BACK WITH A PLAN. BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARY NOW. OKAY THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. YES UH, WHEN WE DO COME BACK TO THIS ISSUE. AH! I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MISSED. OR IF THIS IS INDEED A PARK. CAN WE LOOK AT WHY OR WHY NOT? THIS IS INCLUDED UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION. IF IT IS INDEED A PARK. IT SHOULD BE MANAGED BY THE CITY OF PETERSBURG THROUGH PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHO MANAGES ALL THE OTHER PARKS. CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. CAN WE LOOK AT THAT BEING A PART OF IT AND MANAGED BY THEM. ABSOLUTELY THANK THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT ONE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM C, A PUBLIC HEARING OR AN APPEAL BY TABLEAU ON THE DP. APPLICANT AND OWNER OF 2 1500 STREET TAX PARCEL 011-20-0010 THE DECISION OF THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CENTER HILL LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE SAN GREGORIO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR VICE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL BEFORE I GET STARTED. I WANTED TO INVITE MR BILL HARTSOCK, MEMBER OF THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD THIS WEEK. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF

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IT'S A BIG ECONOMIC DRIVER BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE TO THE CITY CENTER. AND THE QUALITY OF THE HOUSES AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THAT OF THAT STREET. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF US. UM I DID SELL TO 17 TO 19. AH! HENRY STREET TO A BUYER WHO WAS WORKING ON THOSE HOUSES RIGHT NOW. AND HE HAS FOLLOWED THE GUIDELINES. UH SLOWLY, BUT HE WAS FOLLOWED THE GUIDELINES. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT EVERYONE ELSE WOULD ADHERE TO THE SAME QUALITY THAT THE REST OF THE PEOPLE AND THAT STREET OR FOLLOWING AND WORKING WITH US AS ARB TO MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I HOPE I HOPE YOU WILL FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD, TOO. REJECT THIS APPEAL AND TO, UM. MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSE AT 2 15 FOLLOWS THE SAME QUALITY AND THE SAME CHARACTER AS THE REST OF THE HOUSES IN THE AREA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NEXT, MR BILL IRVING.

SO I WANTED TO DO MY STE ON. SO MR ON A DEEP IS APPEALING THE DECISION MADE BY THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD ON APRIL 13TH 2022. ON MARCH 28TH. I RECEIVED A CITIZEN COMPLAINT THAT WORK WAS BEING UNDERTAKEN AT THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL. AFTER A SITE VISIT TO CONFIRM THIS ISSUED A STOP WORK ORDER ON THE PROPERTY AND A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. BASED ON THEIR ZONING ORDINANCE. ARTICLE 35 SECTION SIX ON THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE OWNER APPLIED FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE WORK, WHICH WAS HEARD AT THE APRIL 13TH ARAB MEETING. THE WORK UNDERTAKEN INCLUDED REMOVAL OF AN ORIGINAL DOOR TRANSOM AND SIDELIGHTS AND REPLACEMENT OF THOSE ELEMENTS WITH A VERY MODERN DOOR SURROUND. THE NOOSE

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I THINK WE'RE GOOD UP THERE. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I NAME IS BILL IRVIN. I LIVE AT 26 PERIODS. STREET. UM IN PETERSBURG. HAVE SO FOR 29 YEARS. UH I DO. UM WITH SOME REGULARITY, WHETHER IT'S HENRY STREET OR NORTH JEFFERSON STREET AND OTHER STREETS, GO THROUGH AND CELEBRATE THE. BUT MHM INVESTMENT BEING MADE ON SO I DID SEE AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS. ON THAT I WILL TAKE WITH YOU. THANK YOU THROUGH WITH. UM ENSURED ORDER, OKAY? I ITEM NUMBER ONE. IS THE ENTRANCE TO 2 15, AND IT'S NOW IT CONSISTS THINK AND. WE UM AND TERMS OF MODERNIZATION. WE EVEN HAVE A MASON NIGHT FRONT DOOR. PHOTO NUMBER TWO IS TO 15 SOME FEW YEARS PAST. SIGNED LIGHTS THE TRANSOM. WHAT? UH UM. WAS BOARDED UP WITH THE FRAME IS STILL THERE, OKAY? SO WE HAVE WHAT YOU JUST RECENTLY SAW IS THE PRESENT DOOR. HERE'S WHAT WAS RECENT. A NUMBER THREE. I'LL CALL YOU QUICK ATTENTION IN TERMS OF YOU LOOK AT THE REAR END. THE WORK FAN, YOU'LL SEE THE TRANSOM IS STILL IN PLACE. THIS WAS BEFORE THE COMPLETE MAKEOVER. OUR USE. OF 2 15 THE ENTRANCE TO 15. TO THE RIGHT OF THE WORK BAN IS, UM 2 17. HENRY STREET, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSOM AND SIDELIGHTS THERE. AND STILL ON HENRY STREET NUMBER FOUR. GAME. 2 11 HENRY STREET. I WANT YOU TO THANK FOR A MINUTE. THE FIRST IMAGE PHOTO GRAPH IN IN THIS SERIES OF IMAGE THAT IT DID HAVE SIGNED LIGHT. AND WOULD HAVE HAD THE FRAME FOR A TRANSOM. AH! AND HERE'S TO 11.

REALLY COMPLIANT AND I THINK INVESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY OVER TO NORTH JEFFERSON STREET. AND WE'RE IN TERMS OF DISTANCE IF YOU'RE HALFWAY WELL SINCE IT'S NORTH. NORTH JEFFERSON. AND YOU MAKE A T INTERSECTION WITH HENRY. WE'RE ONLY ONE BLOCK. FROM 2 15 HENRY STREET. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME OTHER EXAMPLES. OF HOMES AT 1 21 IS OWNER OCCUPIED. FULLY RESTORED. SIDELIGHT AND TRANT. BUT GO A LITTLE FURTHER.

BUT THE QUESTION IS, IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE PROBLEM. OR IS THE PROPERTY OWNER? THE PROBLEM HERE IN TERMS OF LIVING IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND BEING COMPLIANT. WITH THE ZONING

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2 TO 15. ALL RIGHT. EXCUSE ME, HENRY STREET. RIGHT, UM MR IRVING. UM FOR THE. CAN YOU BRING YOUR COMMENTS TO GET MOVING. UM I COME BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORT OF AARP S DECISION REGARDING TO 15. HENRY STREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. THIS THE FLOOR'S OPEN FOR THE. 2 15 HENRY STREET. THE A R B PROPOSAL. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSAL? HOW YOU GUYS DOING? ALL RIGHT, JAMIE'S TAIWAN THE DEEPER I KNOW. OWNER OWNER OF 2 15 HENRY STREET. UM SO PRETTY MUCH. I GUESS I WANT WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF THE DOOR BECAME TO WHAT IT IS NOW. SO THE NEXT DAY WHEN I GOT WE ALREADY WERE ORIGINALLY HAD PLANS TO KEEP IT.

THE SAME. WE'RE JUST GOING TO RESTORE IT. SO I HAD MY GOD COMING, UM STAND DOWN THE DOOR EVERY PAIR TO DO AND PUT A LOT. THE REVENUE NEXT DAY. THE VERY NEXT DAY SOMEBODY PUNCHED A HOLE INTO THE ONE OF THE SALADS AND THEY ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS JUST REACH INSIDE AND UNLOCK THE DOOR AND THAT THAT'S WHERE MY OWN CONTRACTORS. TOOLS WERE MISSING AND I HAD TO ME AND BURST THEM.

SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO ERADICATE THAT PROBLEM, I HAD IT BROUGHT IT UP AND WHEN WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT BROUGHT IT UP. IT DIDN'T REALLY LOOK GOOD. SO THAT'S WHEN WE WENT IN. PUT THE DESIGNS AS YOU SEE. RIGHT NOW, SO THAT'S WHERE WE CAME ABOUT THAT AND I DID TOOK IT TOOK TIME TO TALK TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS. UM AND THEY DID HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BREAKING IN, UM I'M EXCUSE ME. I AM KIND OF NERVOUS. I'M SORRY, BUT I DID. UM I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER THE PARTICULAR NEIGHBOR'S ADDRESS, BUT, UM HE DID HE DID. THERE WAS SOME BREAK INS. EVEN IN THIS KIND OF IT'S KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN I GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SOMETIMES MY OWN PROPERTY WAS SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE THAT THERE'S LOCAL RAPPERS THAT LITERALLY TOOK THEIR SHOT MUSIC VIDEOS IN MY HOUSE. THAT'S HOW EASY IT WAS TO GET IN THERE. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, OKAY, LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT I DID TO THE PROPERTY JUST TO ENSURE THE DISTANCE. SURE, WHEN THAT PROBABLY DOES GOVERNMENT IT OUT. I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE BREAKING IN AT LEAST BEING THAT EASILY BROKEN INTO SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I DID THAT. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. MICHELLE MOREAU'S 1 31 SOUTH MARKET STREET. I WAS AT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING THAT HE WAS AT. I ALSO WAS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION

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AND I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP WHAT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD HAS SAID THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YES, LET'S GO AWAY. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I LIVE AT 18 WOODMERE DRIVE APARTMENT B PETERSBURG. I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO UPHOLD ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD'S DECISION. I SERVE ON TWO BOARDS. UH, HISTORIC BOARDS, HISTORIC PETERSBURG FOUNDATION AND HISTORIC FARMERS BANK. AND I SERVE AS A DOCENT AT THE FARMER'S BANK. AND I GET TO TALK TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO VISIT THE BANK AND VISIT PETERSBURG AND WE ALWAYS BEING COMPLIMENTED ON HOW WELL WE DO WITH MAINTAINING THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE AT THE LOOKS OF BUILDINGS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO FOR US TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE COMPLIMENTS. AND WHILE I AM SORRY THAT THERE WAS SOME PERSONALITY. DISAGREEMENT AT THE MEETING, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT MR HARTSOCK HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THAT. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE US TO BECOME ONE OF THOSE CITIES OR THAT WE REGARD ARCHITECTURAL. REALLY, LORD AS WE GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND THEN ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO UPHOLD THE ARBS DECISION. SCUSE ME, MAN. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? MISS BEVERLY COVE. YES, SIR. MR MAYOR , CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LARRY MURPHY. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. I OWN 2 33 AND 2 35 NORTH SYCAMORE STREET. AND I'VE BEEN SERVING ON THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ABOUT SIX YEARS. AND CHAIR FOR THE LAST YEAR. UMA UNANIMOUS DECISION TO DENY. AH! THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION BY MR ON ON THE DEPO. YOU'VE SEEN THE PICTURES. I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THEM. THE RULING WAS CORRECT. AH, AND I JUST WANT TO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A RB. IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIKE ARCHITECTURALLY CORRECT BUILDINGS. IT BECOMES A MATTER OF ECONOMICS. AND THE FACT THAT IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN OUR ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE OR OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS. THERE'S DEFINITELY FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AS FAR AS TAX CREDITS. AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO REMOVE THOSE PARTICULAR DISTRICTS FROM OUR FINE SET FROM OUR FINE CITY. SO THE RULING THAT NIGHT WAS CORRECT. THINK MR HART SOCK HAS APOLOGIZED FOR SOME OF HIS COMMENTS THAT WERE INAPPROPRIATE AND THAT MEETING BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES, THERE'S DEFINITELY NOT AN ARCHITECTURALLY CORRECT. I GUESS ALTERATION TO THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR AH! TIME BUT SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. BUT THE RULING WAS DEFINITELY A CORRECT RULING. IT WAS UNANIMOUS. AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU UPHOLD THAT PARTICULAR RULING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SEEING NO OTHER HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT WE GO TO COUNSELING COPPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. A MOVE THAT COUNCIL UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE A R B AND DENY THE APPEAL. BANK COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN

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BUT I AM FAMILIAR WITH IT. UM IT'S A PROPOSAL BY FULLER REGARDING A PARK THAT IS OWNED IN DINWIDDIE COUNTY. BY THE CITY . THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE PARK IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OTHER LOCALITIES. REPRESENTATIVES FROM FULLER ARE HERE TO PRESENT THAT I WOULD ALSO COMMENT THAT I RECEIVED A CALL. THIS WEEK FROM THE DEN, WITTY COUNTY ATTORNEY HE WANTED CITY COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT HE'S DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. AND HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT DUNWOODY HAS NOT FORMALLY CONSIDERED THIS. THEY BELIEVE IT WILL BE FAVORABLY PAST IF COUNCIL HERE PASSES IT AND PRESENTS IT, BUT THEY MAY HAVE SOME REVISIONS THAT THEY MAY WANT WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT NECESSITATED COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. SO WITH THAT I HAD ASKED THE REPRESENTATIVE FULLER, PERHAPS COME UP AND PRESENT THIS FOR YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M WENDY AUSTIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FULLER AND I'M HERE WITH HEATHER HEATHER BARR ARE OUR REGIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM DIRECTOR WE'RE REALLY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE, UM, WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CITY STAFF, UM, CITY ATTORNEY AND INTERIM CHIEF MILLER AND MISS. PIANIST TO PREPARE THESE DOCUMENTS. WE WERE HERE A FEW MONTHS OR SO AGO WITH THE CONCEPT OF, UH AT LEASING THE PARK FOR PUBLIC USE SO THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH COOPERATING JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING CHESTERFIELD IN WITTY AND OF COURSE, PETERSBURG AND THEN FULL ARE ALL WOULD WORK TOGETHER. UH, UNDER AN AGREEMENT TO COOPERATING AGREEMENT TO MANAGE AND OVERSEE THE FERNDALE PARK PROPERTY. UH THEN WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT. DIN WITTY AND CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND FULLER HAVE ALL AGREED TO, UH INVEST FUNDING AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FERNDALE PARK AREA. TO THE ADJOINING APPOMATTOX RIVER TRAIL CORRIDOR AREA THERE. UH AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO RESEARCHED AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE BRIDGE FROM. IN WITH THE OVER TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY TO CONNECT THAT NORTH MAKE THAT NORTH AND SOUTH CONNECTION OF THE THEMATIC STORY EVER TRAIL, WHICH WOULD COMBINED TO CREATE THAT FULL 25 MILES. APPOMATTOX RIVER TRAIL BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN TRAIL CONNECTING THE ENTIRE REGION 60 JURISDICTION REGION. SO THIS IS VERY. IMPORTANT PROJECT TO THE ENTIRE REGION. AND WOULD BENEFIT ALL OF THE POPULATION OF OUR REGION IN TERMS OF PROTECTING

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HI. MY NAME IS TINA. NOR AND I LIVE AT 1 2011 WORTH. I JUST HAD A QUESTION IS THE IS THIS THE DIPLOMATIC RIVERSIDE PARK. AND SO WOULD. THEY OWN IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS WHAT THIS IS. THAT'S THE BEST PARK IN IN PETERSBURG, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS WITH PETERSBURG. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S STILL OUR PARK AND THAT WE DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT? SORRY OUT OF BREATH. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT GIVING THEM AN EASEMENT MEANS MR MAYOR, AND SHE WOULD LIKE ME TO TRY TO ANSWER THAT, MR WILLIAMS, SO WE'RE NOT GIVING ANYTHING TO FALL ARE THROUGH THIS ACTION.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING AN EASEMENT TO DINWIDDIE COUNTY SO THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH FULLER BECAUSE IT'S IN THEIR JURISDICTION. CITY OF PETERSBURG WILL STILL OWN IT, AND IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED AS A PUBLIC PARK. SO THAT'S OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE EFFORT. BUT THEN WOODY COUNTY WILL ACTUALLY JUST HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WORK WITH FULLER AND HAVE THEM MAINTAIN IT, SO IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE. AT LEAST IT'S GOING TO BE AN EFFORT TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE. SEEING NO OTHER HANDS . THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSE.

NEXT COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. UM A QUESTION. UM. I WANT TO THANK FOLA. FIRST OF ALL, EXCELLENT IDEA, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON THAT EFFORT. MY QUESTION IS MR WILLIAMS SHE TALKED ABOUT THEN WE D NOT IF I HEARD IT CORRECTLY, THEY'RE NOT TOTALLY ON BOARD YET. THEY THINK THEY MIGHT BE, BUT IT'S NOT CONFIRMED. THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH THE CONCEPT. I THINK THE ONE COMMENT THAT CAME FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WAS THEY MAY WHEN THEY GET IT IN FRONT OF THEIR BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO 3 10 YEAR TERMS INSTEAD OF 1, 30 YEAR TERMS SMALL THINGS LIKE THAT, UH , THEY THINK THEY'LL PROBABLY WANT TO TWEAK. WE CAN'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL IT ACTUALLY GOES IN FRONT OF THEIR BOARD. AND IT WON'T ACTUALLY GO IN FRONT OF THE BOARD UNTIL AND UNLESS COUNCIL APPROVES IT. THEN IT BECOMES A PROPOSAL TO THEM SO IT COULD COME BACK. IT MAY NOT, BUT HE JUST WANTED TO LET COUNCIL NO, AND HE WAS VERY EXPLICIT THAT THEY'RE NOT REQUESTING THAT IT BE PULLED. THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT IT BE APPROVED, BUT HE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT THERE'S NO CHANCE THAT COULD COME BACK WITH SOME TWEAKS FROM DINWIDDIE. SO AND IF WE APPROVE IT, AND THEN THEY COME BACK WITH SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? SO IF THEY'RE NON SUBSTANTIVE IF IT'S NOT A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE THAT CHANGES THE LEGAL POSITION. THE CITY THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT YOU'RE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF DEED AND SUBSTANTIAL SEMBLANCE TO THAT DEED. IF IT IS SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY CHANGED THE TERM OF THE DEED FROM 30 YEARS TO 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS TO 40 YEARS. IN THAT CASE, IT WOULD COME BACK TO YOU AS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OTHER APPROVED OR REJECTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNSELOR, MYERS. YES MR MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE MAKE. CONSIDERATION THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING INTERIM CITY MAN TO ASK YOU I'M SORRY. MOTHER RAMPAGE. APOLOGIZE. I DO APOLOGIZE. UM. THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A DEED OF EASEMENT TO DEN WITH THE COUNTY

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[9. Public Information Period]

BE SECOND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THEIR SIGN UP PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED A SIGN UP SHEET PLACED BY THE CLERK IN THE REAR OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE MEETING REMOVED FROM CONSENTED.

AND WE'LL START OFF WITH THIS. PATRICIA COLONY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SORRY.

MY NAME IS PATRICIA CULLINANE. I LIVE AT 2014 METALLIC SAV. AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING CONCERNING SOME ISSUES DEALING WILLING WITH FIRE SAFETY. AND THE EQUIPMENT REGARDING THESE ISSUES. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. UM ONE SHOULD I AS A TAX PAYING RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE WITH FIREFIGHTING RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN CUT BY ALMOST 50. TWO. UM WHO'S COMING TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD? WHEN FIRE ENGINES AREN'T AVAILABLE DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEM? TO GET TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF A FIRE ENGINE OR ANY KIND OF RESOURCE HAS TO COME FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR, UM NEIGHBORHOOD.

OR OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY. THIRD IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. WHY SHOULD MY CAR HAVE TO BE INSPECTED AND FIRE VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED TO LAPSE. FINALLY. WHERE THE VEHICLES FAIL INSPECTIONS. AND THEY GET A NEW INSPECTION. BUT THEY FOUND SAFE. THIS CONCERNS FRIGHTENED ME. AND I FEEL THE NEED TO HAVE THEM ADDRESSED. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I KNOW THE ISSUES OF SAFETY MEAN AS MUCH TO YOU. AS THEY DO TO ME, AND I'M SURE THAT, UM. IN THE FUTURE, THE VERY NEAR FUTURE THAT THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT. WE HAVE MR BRUCE DONALD. GONE. NEXT, MR JEFF FLEMING. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TONIGHT.

SPEAK ON GEOFF LEMON 18 19 AVENUE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON. SITUATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. IT'S BEEN A NEWS. I'M QUITE SURE YOU'VE SEEN IT. AND I GUESS THERE'S SOME MISINFORMATION BEING PUT OUT THERE. FOR ONE. I THINK IT'S PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT TERMINOLOGY THEY'RE USING WHEN THEY SAY A FIRE TRUCK. OKAY FIRE TRUCK IS A LADDER TRUCK. THEIR JOB IS TO RESCUE A FIRE ENGINE IS TO PUT WATER ON THE FIRE. RIGHT NOW.

THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A FIRE TRUCK WITH LADDER AND RESCUE CAPABILITY AT THIS TIME. THAT MEANS ANYTHING IN SIGMA TOWERS, PARACHUTE LOSS A LOT OF OUR LARGE BUILD APARTMENT BUILDINGS.

WE CAN'T GET UP INTO. OKAY? OUR STAFFING LEVELS. WE'VE BEEN CRYING AND CRYING FOR STAFFING, STAFFING, STAFFING. THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS AT ANY CERTAIN NUMBERS AND FDA 17 10 DICTATE FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF INCIDENTS. AND WE CAN'T MEET HIM. WE NEED TO HIRE SOME PEOPLE. YOU'RE

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THANK YOU. NEXT MRS. BARBARA RUDOLPH. NOT HERE. NEXT MR RICHARD STEWART. MY NAME RICHARD. A STEWARD. I LIVE AT 1 29 RAW STREET. POCAHONTAS ALAN ALL MY LIFE. WHAT I'M HERE TODAY IS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC LIKE WE NEED COMING OUT THE RAMPANT POCAHONTAS. YOU KNOW SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET KILLED EVEN COMING OUT. JOSEPH JENKINS, ROBERTS STREET AND MADISON STREET IS SO FAR IT'S VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE DOING THE BUSINESS OUR WE CANNOT SEE IT AROUND AND GET OUT THERE AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET KILLED AT I'M CALLING PERMANENT TRANSPORTATION AND ASK HIM ABOUT THE MODEL OF THE KINGSBRIDGE. THEY SAID. THAT'S BETWEEN THE CITY AND THEM BECAUSE WHO MAINTAIN THAT AREA SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AH, THE LIGHT, BUT SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET KILLED COMING OUT OF POCAHONTAS ALBUM BECAUSE IT'S DANGEROUS. I KNOW WHEN I WAS A KID, I'D RATHER HORSE AND WAGON. WE HAD A LIGHT. AND THE LIGHT WAS THERE UNTIL THE TORNADO 1993 WHEN THE BRIDGE BLEW DOWN, AND THEN THEY RE BUILD A NEW BRIDGE IN 2000 AND TWO AND THEN PUT THE BRIDGE BACK. AND WE NEED A LIGHT VERY BAD AT THE LIGHT OF SOMEBODY COULD GET KILLED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT UM ARE STABBINGS 16 HIGH STREET. UM CAROL WEST. HELLO MEMBERS OF CHAIRMAN I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM A CITIZEN OF PETERSBURG. MY GRANDPARENTS WERE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG. AND I PURCHASE THE PROPERTY ON MCKEEVER STREET FOR YEARS AS A LITTLE GIRL. I SAW

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TO CHANGE IT TO COMMERCIAL. BECAUSE THERE IS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING NEXT DOOR, AND IT'S FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. I KIND OF WORRY ABOUT THEM FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN THE FLOOD INCOMES I'M I'M HERE IN REFERENCE TO CHANGING THAT AREA. DEFINITELY TOO COMMERCIAL. I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AND THE MONEY. TO SOLVE THE FLOODING PROBLEM THERE. I 95 85. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH MAINTENANCE AND TRYING TO KEEP THE RAMPS AND EVERYTHING STRAIGHT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, I HAVE SEEN BOATS. BEFORE I HAD TO GO IN AND TAKE THE RENTAL PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING ISSUE, AND I THINK IF WE DO GET SOME BIG ORGANIZATION IN THAT AREA MAYBE THEY HAVE THE FUNDS, AND MAYBE THE CITY ALSO CAN HELP TO DO SOMETHING TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE. THE FLOODING BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT IT FROM TIME TO TIME. WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY WAYS COMING IN AND OUT OF PETERSBURG, BUT I 95 85 IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN THAT BLOOD COMES . YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE. CITIZENS HAVE A HARD TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IN THE CARS HOW TO GET OUT OF THAT AREA, SO I'M JUST HERE TO LET YOU KNOW. AH, I AM IN AGREEMENTS TO TURNING THAT AREA MCKEEVER STREET AND TO COMMERCIAL ZONE. THANK YOU. YOU. NEXT, MR BILL HEART STOCK.

HEART. 2.5 ST. HE'S GONE. NEXT, MISS TRACY BANGS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MY NAME IS TRACY BAINES AND I RECITED WITH WOODSIDE AT 10 21 WEST TUCKAHOE STREET. MY PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE TODAY IS TO ALSO DISCUSS SAFETY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. ONE RESIDES ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF PINE TREE APARTMENTS. THE OTHER RESIDE ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE NEW ARTISTRY LOSS ON THIS SIDE. MY DAUGHTER THAT LIVES ON PINE TREE HAS A HAS MY GRANDSON. I. HE ALSO ATTENDS ONE OF HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. EVERY NOW AND THEN I THINK ABOUT A FIRE. WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK ON HARRISON STREET TO WEAR THE QUITE A FEW CHILDREN WERE LOST OR NOT FINDING IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS, BUT ONE OF THOSE CHILDREN WENT TO SCHOOL OF MY DAUGHTERS, AND IF HE WAS ALIVE NOW HE WOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND 30 31 32, BUT HE WAS LOST IN A FIRE. UM ALSO THINK ABOUT THE FIRE I SAW ON T V A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHERE MONTHS AGO IN RICHMOND, I THINK WAS FOX ELEMENTARY. I DON'T THINK OUR CITY COULD STAND TO HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO TAKE CARE OF IT. I WILL BE VERY HEARTBROKEN IF SOMETHING HAPPENED AND ONE OF MY DAUGHTER'S APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULDN'T GET TO THEM BECAUSE OF FAULTY EQUIPMENT. OR THEY'RE ARRIVING AT AN AMBULANCE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. ARE WE GONNA PUT HOSES ON THE AMBULANCE OR OR OR MAKE SURE ALL THE CITIZENS HAVE REALLY GREAT WATER HOSES TO HELP FIGHT FIRES THEMSELVES WERE NOT GONNA SURVIVE LIKE THAT. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO FIGHT FIRES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR CITIZENS AT RISK. AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO PUT THE CHILDREN IN OUR CITY AT RISK BECAUSE WE WANT A HORRIBLE RISK AT THE SCHOOL WOULD CATCH ON FIRE OR SOMEONE WILL RUN INTO A BUILDING AND YELL FIRE. AND IT REALLY IS A FIRE AND WE CAN'T GET TO IT AND FIGHT IT AS IT SHOULD BE DONE. SO LET'S TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE THIS JULIUS STIFF.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND STAFF. GILDEA STIFF TO 448 COUNTY, DR PETERSBURG. MY CONCERN IS. THE

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UM I LIKE TO KNOW. HOW CAN I? AMBULANCE HELP FIREFIGHTERS FIGHT FIRE. BUYERS DON'T GO OUT WITHOUT WATER AND HOSES. WHETHER THE CITY NORMALLY RISK OF LIVES OUR LIVES. WHAT OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES THAT? UH WE'RE NO BETTER THAN WE WERE, UH, IN MY PARTICULAR AREA. CAMELOT BACK IN 19. I'M SORRY. 2000 AND 16. AH WHEN THE CITY TRIED TO SET OUT, SHUT OUT, FIRE DEPARTMENT DOWN. COMPANY FIVE. MAYBE SOME OF YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW MR COLEMAN CAN HE REMEMBERS UM, I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS DOING TO PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT. UM YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T FIRE DEPARTMENT BY WITH 50. WELL IN THE CASE OF OFFENDERS. WHO'S GONNA COME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ■FINES OR NOT. IT'S NOT A BILL, BUT IF WE KEEP CUTTING RESOURCES UM, AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEM TO GET THERE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A RASH OF FIRES, AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAD TO HAVE MUTUAL AID FROM SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS TO HELP US PUT OUT FIRES IN OUR CITY. UM. HIM LAST. I ACTED? NO UH, YOU KNOW, IN REGARDS TO INSPECTIONS. UM I THINK WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH BILL'S NOT GETTING PAID ON CERTAIN FIRE ENGINES.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF FIRE ENGINES. YOU KNOW, THEY ALLOWED THE INSPECTION STICKERS TWO LAPS. OWNER, YOU KNOW? AND. THESE ONES THAT HAVE FAILED INSPECTIONS. ARE THEY FOUND TO BE SAFE NOW? AH! LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NO BETTER OFF THAN WE WAS IN 2000 AND 16. WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO SHUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT DOWN. UM I DON'T KNOW WHY WE CAN'T PAY OUR REPAIR BILLS AS WELL. THAT'S MY STATEMENT, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD, AND AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING INTO BUSINESS REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR OF MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. UM I SEE WE HAVE A FIRE TRUCK OUTSIDE TO GIVE MR MILLER YOU WANT SOME? SOMETIMES YOU WANNA ADDRESS THIS UM. GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE ON FIRE SERVICE AND THE BUDGET AND THESE BEARS A FEW OF THESE CONCERNS, WHILE EVERYONE IS STILL A THAT SPOKE UP ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ISSUES THIS YEAR, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THANK YOU SO MUCH. START UP WITH EASY ONE. VERY SURELY.

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APPARATUS. PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WILL SUFFICE UNTIL WE GET A NEW LADDER, AND THAT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT OUR FIRE CHIEF HAS SPOKEN WITHOUT FINANCIAL ADVISORS ABOUT AND WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS COMING UP ABOUT THAT, MR MAYOR. OKAY, MR. MILLER CAN YOU GIVE US THE LAST TIME WE BOUGHT FIRE APPARATUS? I BELIEVE 2017, SIR. RIGHT? AND HOW MANY OF THOSE DO WE BUY IN 2017? SORRY I DON'T KNOW. THREE. IT WAS. IT WAS A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT THEY THEN CITY MANAGER MR TERRELL AND BOB GROUP HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. AND WE AS A CITY CAME TO FOR THAT, SIR. HAVE WE BEEN GETTING THOSE THOSE INVOICES FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S MONEY IN THE BANK. AND I KNOW MRS MRS JORDAN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR FIRE CHIEF AND I CAN ASSURE YOU SO THERE'S A ADEQUATE FUNDING IN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS NOT JUSTIFIED DEPARTMENT WITH RESPECTIVE PAYING OUR BILLS. UH MRS HAVE TO CREDIT MRS JORDANS AND MRS ENNIS AND CHIEF WALK INS FOR COLLABORATING AND GETTING THOSE THOSE PAID. THERE WAS A STUMBLING BLOCK WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBERS OF HER STAFF. BUT SHE HAS SINCE CORRECTED THAT, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR MOTHER. UM, SO NEXT I GO ON TO BUSINESS REPORTS FROM

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

AND OUR JUNE 7TH MEETING. AH, REMEMBER THE PUBLIC AS. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT MAKING PETERSBURG AN EASY TARGET FOR THE HOMELESS? THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WAS REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT IT'S QUITE EASY FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE TO COME DOWN. EITHER. I 95 OR 85. TAKE UP RESIDENCE. UM ON THE STREETS. PETERSBURG. UM, ABSOLUTE, THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO MADE THIS COMMENT.

THE POINT THAT THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WAS BRINGING TO COUNSEL'S ATTENTION. WAS THIS. SHE WAS REMINDING COUNCIL THAT COUNCIL MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. THE UNINTENDED ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES.

OF ACTIONS MOTIVATED BY GOOD INTENTIONS. I THINK THAT'S. AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR US ALL TO KEEP IN MIND. GOOD INTENTIONS ARE ONE THING. UH, MAKING THE SITUATION BETTER. IS A DIFFERENT TOPIC. LET ME GO TO THE SECOND TOPIC, AND THAT IS THE HIGH STREET PARK. THIS REALLY IS A QUESTION FOR MR TONY WILLIAMS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. UM IF THE HIGH STREET PARK PROPOSED SALE COMES BACK BEFORE COUNCIL MR WILLIAMS WILL IT REQUIRES ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. YES IT WILL BE STARTING FROM SCRATCH. IT HAD BEEN PRESENTED AS A NEW ITEM SINCE NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.

AND IN ADDITION, YOU KNOW YOU HAD A LIST OF ITEMS THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT YOU PASSED THE ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE SALE, BUT THE SALE ISN'T CONSUMMATED UNTIL YOU GET THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BACK, WHICH YOU CONSUMMATE BY RESOLUTIONS, SO A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU EXPRESSED RESERVATIONS ABOUT COULD BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH MAY REQUIRE INCORPORATION OF DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT THAT'S IF IT EVER COMES BACK MAY NOT THANK YOU, MR WILLIAMS. UM MR MANN COUNCIL THIRD THING. WE WERE TREATED TONIGHT. TO A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS. THANKS TO MR BILL IRVIN. PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING. THE TRANSFORMATION TAKING PLACE.

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COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU. UM COUPLE OF ITEMS. WELL PROBABLY MORE THAN A COUPLE BUT ANYWAY I WANT TO FIRST CONGRATULATE, UH, MR MARKIS ALLEN FOR A JOB WELL DONE ON JUNETEENTH. WE HAD A WONDERFUL JUNETEENTH EVENT AND PETERSBURG PETERSBURG HAS SCHOOL. SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. MR ALLEN AND THE TEAM OF PETERSBURG PARKS AND LEISURE SERVICES. ON SUNDAY, WE HAD ANOTHER JUNE TEETH EVENT ON POCAHONTAS ISLAND, SO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MOVE, WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION WHO PUT THAT ON. SO FOR A WHOLE WEEKEND, WE HAD JUNETEENTH JUNETEENTH CHUNKING. SO THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMEONE SAID A LITTLE EARLIER, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE 21,000 CASES AND SOCIAL SERVICES. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. WHEN WE SAY THAT WE SAY THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP FROM 17,000 TO 21,000 AND JUST TO HEAR IT LIKE THAT SOUNDS BAD. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE TO BE BROKEN DOWN. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE 21,000 PEOPLE RECEIVING A CHECK EVERY MONTH FROM SOCIAL SERVICES. THEY ARE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO SOCIAL SERVICES, WHICH MAKE UP THAT NUMBER. AND WE SHOULD ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS BEFORE WE RUN OFF AND SAY IT THE WAY IT WAS TOLD TO US UM ANOTHER THING IS. EVERY WEEK, SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK, I SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO ANYBODY WHOSE EMAIL ADDRESS I HAVE ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE AND I END MY EMAIL BY SAYING THERE IS NO PETERSBURG AND I LEAVE THE YOU OUT OF PETERSBURG.

THERE IS NO PETERSBURG WITHOUT YOU. I DO THAT SO THAT THOSE RECEIVING THE EMAILS WOULD UNDERSTAND AND SEE AND FEEL THEIR IMPORTANCE IN THIS CITY BECAUSE NOTHING IN THIS CITY CAN GO ON. WITHOUT YOU. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HOPEWELL CONTACTED ME. AND SAID, YOU KNOW , I THINK HOPE WILL SHOULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT USED THE WORD WELL IN HOPEWELL, AND SO THEY HAVE, AND THEY KICKED IT OFF. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A SLOGAN FOR PETERSBURG TO BE. THERE IS NO PETERSBURG WITHOUT YOU. AND LASTLY, I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM SOMEONE I DO NOT KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE HIS LAST NAME. HIS NAME IS PAUL. K N E P P. E. R ANYWAY, HE SAYS. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILWOMAN EARLY ON IN MY RESEARCH OR MOSES MALONE. I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THERE IS NOTHING IN PETERSBURG NAMED AFTER HIM.

OTHER THAN THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL GYM. TYPICALLY A PERSON WHO HAS ACCOMPLISHED AS MUCH AS

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ONE OF THE STREETS I WANTED TO NAME WAS AFTER RICKY HUNLEY HARDING STREET. RICKY HOLLAND.

HIS FAMILY JUST GAVE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AT $10,000 CHECK. NOBODY KNOWS IT. NOT EVEN THE YOUNG BOYS WHO NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS. THAT'S IT FOR ME TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. WESTBROOK. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO START OUT WITH JUST SOME, UM, CONGRATULATIONS. SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATING THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FROM PETERSBURG HIGH IN APPOMATTOX REGIONAL GOVERNOR SCHOOLS. I WISH ALL THOSE GRADUATES WELL AS THEY GO FORTH WITH THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. UM I, TOO WOULD LIKE TO JUST CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE IN ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE TO PUT ON THE TWO JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEKEND. UM AS WELL HAPPY, BELATED FATHER'S DAY TO ALL FATHERS THAT WERE OUT THERE. UM I HOPE THAT YOU WERE CELEBRATED. YOU HAD A DAY OF REST AND A DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR YOU. UM AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO SOME THINGS. UM WHAT I LIKE TO CALL IT TO CONTINUE THE WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD.

AND FOR TODAY, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS A LOT ON THE YOUTH BEING THAT THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. UM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CHALLENGE PARENTS AS WE MOVE INTO THIS SEASON OF LESS SCHOOL UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR KIDS IN ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. UH THAT WE DO. TRY TO WORK WITH OUR YOUTH TO EMPHASIZE EXERCISING. UM AND YOU EXERCISE WITH YOUR CHILDREN AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY GET OVER THAT STIGMA OF PETERSBURG BEING THE MOST UNHEALTHIEST CITY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. MINUTE STARTS WITH EXERCISING WITH YOUR CHILDREN GETTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF JUST BEING ACTIVE. UM AND WHAT COMES WITH THAT IS ALSO, UM AGAIN. I KNOW IT DID NOT ALWAYS RECEIVE WELL BOOKS. CUT THE SCREEN TIME DOWN, WHETHER IT IS ON THE TELEVISION OR THE CELL PHONES OF THE TABLETS. UM, AND MAYBE JUST REPLACE IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MEDITATION OR SOME QUIET FOCUS TIME. THERE IS A BIG PUSH. AFTER THIS COVID PANDEMIC ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, AND I THINK IT JUST STARTS WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING QUIET AND LISTEN, APPRECIATE NATURE AND JUST AGAIN, CUTTING DOWN SOME OF THE NOISE THAT CAN COME FROM MEDIA.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK FOLDER. I KNOW THEY WERE HERE EARLIER. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT FERNDALE AVENUE PARK AND THE EASEMENT WITHIN WOODY, UH, AS THEY CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THE AUTOMATIC TRAIL IF YOU LISTEN TO PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S THE BIKE TRAIL, CONNECTING FROM HANOVER TO VIRGINIA STATE OR THE WALKING TRAIL FROM DUNWOODY TO HOPEWELL , IT IS GROWING B REALLY GETTING EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND USING OUT RIVER SYSTEM LIKE THERE ARE UP IN RICHMOND. UM AND THEN, FINALLY, FOR OUR KIDS ARE HOPEFULLY, PARENTS. UM YOU READ WHAT YOUR KIDS I KNOW THAT MY COUNCIL MEMBER CUPBOARD AND A LOT OF US WE REALLY ARE ON EDUCATION. AND JUST BECAUSE SCHOOL IS OUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE SCHOOLING STOPS. HOPEFULLY WE CAN READ WITH OUR KIDS AND REALLY EXPRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF LITERACY AND KNOW THAT JUST WHEN THE SCHOOL BELL RINGS SCHOOL DOESN'T END TO PICK IT. BACK OFF OF MY NEXT POINT OF, UM UM AH. MISS TRESCOTT COUNCIL MEMBER, TRESCHOW WILSON SMITH. I KNOW, SHE SAYS THERE'S NO YOU, UH THERE'S NO PETERSBURG WITHOUT YOU. BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO PICK IT BACK THAT THERE'S NO PETERSBURG WITHOUT P AND I HAVE 13. ADJECTIVE THAT YOU KNOW PETERSBURG. HOPEFULLY WE WILL

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IT IS GROWING. UM AND FINALLY, MY LAST POINT IS BUILDING UP THAT COMMUNITY. UM I LIKE TO SHOUT OUT THE GREENWOOD FARMS AREA, THE WESTERN HILLS AREA OF RAMBLEWOOD AND CAMELOT. UH THOSE WERE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CANVASSING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM, AND IT'S JUST GOOD TO GET OUT AND HEAR MY RESIDENTS . MY CONSTITUENTS VOICE EVEN IF I MAY NOT AGREE WITH THEM, EVEN IF THEY THINK THAT THINGS ARE GOING WRONG. I LIKE TO LISTEN ONE IN PARTICULAR. MS HERE TONIGHT, MISS TINA. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION AFTER THE WARD 67 MEETING AND I GOT TO LISTEN TO HER AND UNDERSTAND HOW I COULD TRY TO DO MY JOB BETTER BY LISTENING TO RESIDENTS, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT I SEE NOW FROM WHEN I STARTED. I DID MENTION THAT I ALWAYS ALWAYS SAW THE SAME TWO OR THREE VOICES IN ATTENDANCE WHEN IT WAS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION AND TONIGHT WE WAS OVERWHELMED WITH PEOPLE WHO JUST HAD ISSUES CONCERNS THAT THEY REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS ABOUT MAKING PETERSBURG HEATHER BETTER. PLEASE KEEP IT UP. PLEASE COME OUT THE CITY COUNCIL. UM PLEASE SUPPORT US. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT US, TELL YOU TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY AGREE TO DISAGREE, BUT MAKE PETERSBURG BETTER. AND FINALLY DECIDED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER MR RAY COLEMAN OVER THERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. MR COLEMAN HOLDING YOUR WORD TO ME. I APPRECIATE YOU.

COUNCILOR. CAST ME, MAYA. ALRIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO, UM, GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CITIZENS THAT CAME OUT TOWARD SIX AND SEVEN JOINT MEETING. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNED. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN RESOLVE A LOT OF THEM, OKAY? THANK YOU. PET HAS AND HER COMMITTEE FOR PUTTING ON THE JAZZ FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS A SUCCESS. THANK YOU. MARK, KEITH ALLEN, RYAN MASSENBURG JANIYA ST CLAIR FOR PUTTING ON AN AWESOME JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS PHENOMENAL. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PETERSBURG CAVALIER. EAST COAST BASKETBALL LEAGUE FOR WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP. YAY! AND THEY HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT AND THAT'S GOOD. ALSO THANK YOU FOR POCAHONTAS. SALAND. MR. UM, STUART, I WAS OVER THERE. ON YOUR NECK OF THE WOOD ON SUNDAY , AND IT WAS REALLY NICE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT JUNETEENTH. UM CELEBRATION. THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW. BUT I MET UM, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AND I WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST THERE ENJOYING THEMSELVES. THANK YOU. ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2022. WHAT A BLESSING. 18 18 12 YEARS BUT 18 YEARS OLD, GRADUATED 18 17 YEARS OLD GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. THAT THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. UM JUST WANT TO PICK IT BACK ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE GREAT THAT HALIFAX JAZZ FESTIVAL, THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. BUT THE PETERSBURG CAVALIERS WE WAS WE WERE AT THAT GAME, HOSTING A TROPHY IN THERE, WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF PETER'S BURIED. BUT ALSO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WENT ON TODAY. I WANT TO THANK CHIEF MILLER AND ALL HIS STAFF OR FOR CONDUCTING A WONDERFUL JOB SHADOWING PROGRAMS KICKOFF EVENT TODAY IN WHICH WE HAVE ONLY OVER 30 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT I PARTICIPATE IN OUR JOB SHADOWING PROGRAMS. AS PART OF BUILDING THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IS BRINGING ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENT, WHICH IS EXPOSING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO OPPORTUNITIES HERE WITHIN THE CITY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY LACKING. WHEN I WAS HERE AS A AS A YOUNG KID HERE. YOU NEVER HEARD OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. UM ALSO, UM, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UM, COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AS

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SPACE RIGHT HERE IN COMING RIGHT OUT OF PETERSBURG AND COME AND DO HIS DONNA MATRIX DAY EVENT EVERY YEAR AND ALSO SOMEONE WHO IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE CITY, WHICH IS TREY SONGS WHENEVER HE CAN HELP US WITH ANYTHING. HE'S ALWAYS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY. SO WE ALWAYS WANTED TO RECOGNIZE. ALL OF THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF GREAT YOUNG MAN AND WOMEN THAT ARE COMING UP AND CONTINUING TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY MISSED. I KNOW AND GROWING UP HERE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GAP WAS DURING THE ERA OF MOSES MALONE Y UM HE WASN'T RECOGNIZED AMONGST THE GENERATION, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO DO IS CATCH THEM WHILE THEY'RE LIVING TO KEEP THEM COMING BACK AND GIVING BACK TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG UM ALSO, UM, JUST JUST WANT TO, UM. SAY THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, SPECIFICALLY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A SHORTAGE. ABOUT A FIREMAN GOING INTO THAT FIELD, AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS JOB SHADOWING PROGRAM IS TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SERVING. I WAS JUST READING. THD WAS SCREAMING. UM UM DANGER EVEN ENRICHMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE 47 POSITIONS SHORT. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DESPERATE NEED OF PEOPLE. BEING IN PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY IS PULLING FROM SOMEWHERE TO KEEP IT GOING, SO IT DOESN'T EVERYBODY KNOW WE'RE ALLOCATING ALL OUR RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GUYS ARE SAFE. AND THEY ACTUALLY JUST JUST UM I JUST CAME FROM A FIRE THAT WAS AT OYO HOTEL AND EXTINGUISH THAT FIRE, AND I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP ON AN AMBULANCE. THEY HAD TRUCKS AND PUT THE PUT THE FIRE OUT. SO JUST JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IS STILL MARCHING ON UM THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS REMOVED

[12. Finance and Budget Report]

OCCURRING YOU TODAY, 13. FOR EXPENDITURES 7.9 WITH AN EXCESS OF $5 MILLION. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. UNDER FINANCE, FINANCIAL REPORTING BUDGET TO ACTUALS ALL OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AROUND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE'S

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I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. BECAUSE THIS IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22. IT WAS BUDGET AT 6.8 FOR FISCAL YEAR. 23 WE HAVE BUDGET M S 7.1, SO IT'S ACTUALLY INCREASE OF 300,000. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT UP. COUNSELOR, MYERS. SO I WENT TO REFLECT ON THEY HAVE $2.5 MILLION IN THEIR BUDGET. REMAINING FOR FISCAL YEAR. 2.3 ROUGHLY, AND THIS IS AS OF MARCH, 31ST. YES SIR. AND SO WITH RESPECT TO ONE OF OUR FIRE AMENDMENT, AND LET'S SEE CITIZENS CAME COME UP. AND SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LADDER TRUCK WHERE WE WITH RESPECT TO THAT. MR MYERS. UH GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, UM, FIRE CHIEF WATSON IS WORKING ON THAT WE DO HAVE THERE'S A REPAIR PIECE THAT HAS TO BE DONE. WHAT I HAVE TO GET GET ACROSS THE COUNCIL INTO THE PUBLIC IS THIS AND CHIEF WATKINS IS REALLY, UH HOW MUCH MORE INFORMED THAN I SHE GIVES TIMELINES AND SHE TALKS ABOUT FACTORS HE TALKS ABOUT EQUIPMENT HAS TO BE RETOOLED AND FIT IT, YOU KNOW, ORDERING A BATTERY FOR MY CAR. I CAN JUST GO TO ADVANCE AUTO AND GET A BATTERY BUT FOR FIRE TRUCK THERE'S A PROCESS OF GETTING IT BECAUSE IT HAS TO COME FROM OTHER PLACES. A BAR TRICKS. MAYOR DO YOU ALLUDE TO BE PURCHASED IN 2017 WERE PURCHASED FROM A COMPANY OUT OF PHIL, PENNSYLVANIA, AND I SHOW UP WHETHER IT WAS PITTSBURGH OR PHILADELPHIA. NONETHELESS, SIR. THAT THAT MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION IS CLOSED DOWN THERE NOW IN FLORIDA. SO IS BECAUSE CHIEF WATKINS AND USING HER INGENUITY HAS MADE SOME USING HER HER CONTEXT. RICHMOND HAS GOTTEN US CLOSER WITH THE REPAIR SHOP. UH THAT'S CLOSER TO US, AND SHE ALSO HAS A PROGRAM WHERE WE LEASE EQUIPMENT FROM THAT REPAIR SHOP. WHILE OUR EQUIPMENT IS BEING REPAIRED, SIR, SO SHE IS SHE IS WELL WITHIN. AH I GUESS HER HER JOB AS A FIRE CHIEF AND KEEPING US SAFE AND KEEP MASS INFORMED. SHE HAD A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO, AND SHE STILL CATCHING UP. YES SIR. I JUST WANTED YOU TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SO NOT TO RIDICULE ANYTHING THAT SHE HAS DONE. BUT TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO THAT SHE IS FOLLOWING THROUGH IN HER POSITION AS SHE HAS BEEN. YES SIR. BASICALLY, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. SHE'S SHE'S DOING A LOT OF CATCH UP. SHE REALLY IS AND, UM FIRE CHIEF WALK INS. NOW WE'RE ON THE PHONE LAST NIGHT AT 1 30 IN THE MORNING, TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL

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[13. Unfinished Business]

UM IN LAST MONTH'S IN A PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THE ITEM WAS BROUGHT UP IN TERMS OF ASKING ABOUT THE LEASE AGREEMENT FOR, UM FOR WHERE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CURRENTLY IS.

THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND MORE, UM MORE OF THOSE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED. AND SO, UM , I'VE GOT WELL. NORTH STEVENSON HERE TOO. MAYBE ■ANSWER SOME OFD LAST. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR.

VICE METER. AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL JUST REALLY BRIEFLY OVER THE ON ON THIS LEAD THROUGH A 38 11 CORPORATE ROAD. THIS IS THE FINAL RENEWAL FOR AT LEAST THAT WAS EXECUTED IN MAY OF 2000 AND 19. THE TOTAL SPACE FOR ON THE LEASE IS 24,000 SQUARE FEET AND THE COST OF $16 PER SQUARE FOOT. THE RENT AT THIS FACILITY INCLUDES UTILITIES INCLUDES WATER, SEWER, NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRICITY. I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS UH THIS LEASE AND THE SPACE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING IS ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE SPACE THAT WE HAD AT A FORM THAT ARE FORMER LOCATION ON FARMERS STREET. PHARMA STREET AT 27,000. FT. THIS IS 24,000 FT. THE INITIAL CONTRACT WITH FOR TWO YEARS WITH 21 YEAR. OPTIONS FOR RENEWALS. THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE CONTRACT TOTAL 30 THE FIRST PER YEAR WAS 6300 AND $84,000 EACH YEAR. WITH THE CITY PAYING OF SHARE OF 15.5% OR $59,520. THE THIRD YEAR OF THE OPTION, WHICH WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED. AH! WHAT'S FOR $395,000. 395,520 THE CITY SHARE. FOR THIS FOR THIS YEAR'S WAS $366,000. IF YOU NOTICED THE COST, FOR THE LEAST WENT UP, UH, FOR THE FIRST RENEWAL IS ACTUALLY A 3% INCREASE THERE WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN INTO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE RENEWAL NOW IS FOR THE FINAL YEAR OR THE SECOND YEAR OF THE RENEWAL OPTION. UH THAT COST IS $407,000 300. FORMED IN SEVEN 1003 570,006. CENT I'M SORRY. THE CITY SHARE IS ACTUALLY 63,144. THE RENT CAN BE PAID EITHER IN MONTHLY INCORRECT INCREMENTS OR IT CAN BE PAID IN TOTAL, WHICH WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. AH IF WE'RE PAYING IT IN MONTHS, AND THERE IS A LATE AND WE ARE LATE, THERE'S A 10% LATE FEE, WHICH IS CHARGED TO THE UNPAID MONTHLY MONTHLY BALANCE DUE. ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE OCCUPANCY OF THE 2400 SQUARE FEET THAT

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EVEN WHEN PEOPLE WERE WORKING FROM HOME OR THOSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING FROM HOME YOUR NUMBERS. AS FAR AS PRODUCTIVITY DID NOT GO DOWN. THEY REMAINED, UM EITHER HIGH OR OR HIGHER. IS THAT CORRECT? IN MOST AREAS WE HAD WE HAD ONE QUARTER THAT LITERALLY WAS ABYSMAL. UH AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE LITERALLY HAD TO BEGIN TO BRING STAFF IN. JUST COINCIDED THAT THE STATE THAT THE CITY DECIDED THAT EVERYONE WAS COMING BACK IN AUGUST, AND THAT HELPED US TO PUSH OUR PRODUCTIVITY BACK UP QUARTER WAS THAT I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, MAN, BUT THERE WAS A QUARTER THAT ARE ARE OUR PROCESSING NUMBERS WERE IN THE LITERALLY WENT DOWN INTO THE EIGHTIES AND OUR STATUTORY OUR QUOTA FROM THE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH IS 97% TIMING, TIMELINESS IN APPLICATION PROCESS. UM EXCUSE ME. THE STATE OF VIRGINIA GAVE ALL OF THE WORKERS, UM, LAPTOPS. I THINK IT WAS IN 18 OR 19 THINK IT WAS 19 PRIOR TO MOVING TO THE BUILDING.

SO WE'RE WHEN THEY GAVE THEM THE LAPTOPS, WAS IT NOT? ON THE PREMISE THAT THEY COULD USE IT ELSEWHERE, OTHER THAN JUST IN THE BUILDING. AH! THAT'S A YES AND NO. AS I SAID, OUR SYSTEM IS HARDWIRED. SO EVEN AS THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO REMOTELY, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THEM REMOTELY, YOU STILL HAVE TO COME INTO THE BUILDING AND PLUG INTO OUR SYSTEM. AND OUR SYSTEM IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT'S BEING USED BY THE CITY. AND OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT SOCIAL SERVICES SHOULD HAVE. HOW MANY OF THEM ARE BIG? YOU HAVE COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE CURRENTLY WE'RE BUDGETED AT 113 STAFF. I THINK AT LAST NUMBER THAT LOOKED AT THEY'RE ABOUT 86. 86 STAFF THAT ARE ON BOARD AND THAT INCLUDES THE AFTER WE CAN CONSTANTLY BRINGING ON BOARD NOW. AND FROM LAST YEAR I HAD ASKED ABOUT, UM, SOCIAL WORKERS OR SOCIAL SERVICES EMPLOYEES.

DOING MORE FROM HOME OR WORKING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. AT THE TIME, AS TITUS SAID SHE WOULD LOOK INTO THAT WITH THE STATE. AS HAVE WE MADE ANY PROGRESS WITH THAT? DID ANYONE LOOK INTO SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS ACTUALLY BEING OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING IN THE COMMUNITY, AS OPPOSED TO STAYING IN THE BUILDING. THEY HAD BEEN SOMETHING THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE DONE THAT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE COMMONWEALTH IS BRINGING ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES BACK IN THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. AH I BELIEVE THAT THE DATE THAT THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE BACK INTO THEIR OFFICES, EVEN THOSE THAT WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BACK INTERIOR OFFICES ON JULY 1ST. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MYERS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PHRASE THIS. T. BUT AREN'T THERE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK IN YOUR

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[14. New Business]

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS AGAIN ANOTHER PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE MADE TO YOU FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTIES. THE SLIDES HAVE NOT CHANGED. IF YOU APPROVE THIS , WE WILL BRING YOU THE LIST OF PROPERTIES FOR YOUR CONSIDER FIRST CONSIDERATION AT THE JULY MEETING. AND THEY WILL BE IN WARD ORDER. COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH MOVE. COUNCILOR MYERS. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROAD. THOUSANDS OF COMFORT FOR WILSON SMITH. CHASM. OBERMEYER COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK HIGH BY SENATOR SMOOTHLY I PERM. NEXT IS ITEM D CONSIDERATION. OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE COMMERCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MY WIFE, A REAL ESTATE LLC IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 30 FRANKLIN STREET. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. MR MAYOR. YES, THERE'S A POINT OF PLAYER CLARIFICATION . THAT'S FOR ONE YEAR. UH RELEASES FOR ONE YEAR WITH ADDITIONAL YEARS IF WE NEED IT, SIR. WHEN YOU I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT MR MILLER SAID. YES, SIR. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, SIR, AT LEAST FOR ONE YEAR WITH AN OPTION FOR ONE YEAR. ALREADY. I THINK WHAT ARE YOU SAYING IS THAT HE'S SUGGESTING THAT IF COUNCIL APPROVES THAT THEY APPROVE IT WITH THAT. AMENDMENT TO THE WHAT'S IN THEIR PACKAGE WANTS TO SHORTEN THE PERIOD. IS THAT RIGHT? CHIEF WAS NOT HERE.

THAT'S WHY ENTERTAIN A MOTION NOW FOR THE AMENDMENT. TWO. THE AGREEMENT. FOR ONE YEAR WITH THE

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CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR MAYOR, MAY WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS? COUNCILMAN CUPPER. THANK YOU, UM INSTINCTIVELY. I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I CANNOT IMAGINE CLOSING A PUBLIC STREET. FOR PRIVATE USE. BUT UM, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THIS COMES BEFORE US. IT COMES BEFORE US IN THIS VERY AMBIGUOUS PAST YEAR. OF APPROVING A CONCEPT. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN APPROVE A CONCEPT. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE FACTS. AH! AND YET THAT IS WHAT THIS ALL THE STRANGE AH AGENDA ITEM IS ASKING US TO DO CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, PROVING IN CONCEPT OF THE CLOSURE OF RIVER STREET.

PORTION OF IT. AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO OBTAIN NECESSARY INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION TO PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR APPROVAL. I FEEL LIKE COUNCIL IS BEING BACKED INTO A CORNER. WHEN THE CITY MANAGER COMES BEFORE US WITH THE FACTS, WHICH WE NOW LACK. WE'RE GOING TO BE TOLD, BUT YOU GUYS APPROVED THE CONCEPT ON JUNE 21, THEREFORE, YOU'RE OBLIGATED. TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS THING. UM I THINK WE NEED THE FACTS WITH NOT HERE TO APPROVE A CONCEPT. IN A VACUUM WITHOUT THE FACTS IN WHICH THE CONCEPT EXISTS. SO I THINK THIS IS WE OUGHT TO TURN THIS DOWN.

I'M GONNA VOTE AGAINST APPROVING A CONCEPT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY FACTS AND, UH, DO NOT MEAN TO SIGNAL THAT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. MY INSTINCT IS THAT THIS IS BAD FOR THE PUBLIC. FOR US TO CLOSE A PUBLIC STREET. THAT IS USED BY THE PUBLIC. OH, AND GIVE IT AWAY TO A PRIVATE OWNER. BUT CERTAINLY THIS MOTION IN MY VIEW. OR NOT TO GO FORWARD TO FAIL, AND I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT. BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE FACTS BEFORE US. SO THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. OKAY ALRIGHT. UM AT THIS TIME, I'LL GET MR WILLIAMS TO WIN BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS FORGETTING THIS.

THIS CAME FOR US TO US BEFORE AND IT WAS ABOUT GETTING A TRAFFIC STUDY. BECAUSE THE PURCHASER OF THE HARBOR SITE WAS WAS ATTEMPTING TO, UM CLOSED THE STREETS BUT ASKED FOR A STUDY.

SO IS THIS THIS THIS STUDY BECAUSE HE IS BOUGHT THEIR HARBOR, CITING HAS EVENTS PLANNED. SO IS THAT WHY THE CONCEPT IS HERE? SO UM, I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR CUTHBERT THAT WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, IT DIDN'T SEEM SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL TO ME. BUT I DID SPEAK WITH THE PLANNING DIRECTOR ABOUT IT AS TO WHY HE WAS PROPOSING IT THIS WAY, AND HE HAD A VERY SALIENT POINT. AND THAT IS THAT. PREVIOUSLY HE WAS DIRECTED BY COUNSEL TO HAVE THE CITY GET AN IMPACT STATEMENT REGARDING WHAT IMPACT THE CLOSURE OF THE ROAD WOULD HAVE. CUSTOMARILY THAT TYPE OF AN IMPACT STATEMENT IS PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER. AND SO THE REASON THAT HE IS PROPOSING IT IN THIS FASHION IS THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T START THE PRECEDENT OF THE CITY PAYING FOR THESE AS OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPER THEMSELVES. SO HE'S WORDED IT SUCH THAT YOU'RE

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WE'RE APPROVING A CONCEPT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE FACTS ARE. THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO DO PUBLIC BUSINESS. OR TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST. SO I VOTE NO. COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I VOTE YES. BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION LISTED IN OUR LITERATURE WHERE THE PERSON HAS TO DO THE FOLLOWING IS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE BY THE STAFF. THEREFORE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MUST TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO THIS SO, YES. CASTLE OF THE MYERS? YES. CATHERINE OF THE WESTBROOK. YES. FIVE MINUTES. SMITH LEE YES. HAIR PERMS. MOTIONS FAST.

ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM. E WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY BOARD. CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD IS MISS ENNIS AND MR RIGGLEMAN. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE APPOINT THE NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR PAUL JOHNSON AND RANDALL WILLIAMS AS THE UM. SECOND PERSON IS ALTERNATE FOR THAT BOARD, WHICH THEIR TERMS WILL EXPIRE. 12 31 2022. COUNCILOR MYERS. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SECOND MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CATHERINE BECAUSE BERT WILSON SMITH I. MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK SMITH LI I. BY FAST THANK YOU. MOVE ON ITEM, 15 CITY

[15. City Manager's Report]

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