Jul 19, 2022 Regular City Council Meeting

[1. Roll Call]

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ADJOURNED NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE. CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 19TH 2022. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. AND AT THIS TIME, ADAM CLARK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER KUPFERBERG HERE. NUMBER WILSON SMITH. HERE 1000 OF THEM LIARS HERE. WESTBROOK PRESIDENT. REMEMBER HILL HERE. SMITH LEE PRESIDENT, MAYOR PERN HERE. NEXUS ITEM TO THE PRAYER. UM, COUNSELING HERE WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. LET US PRAY. MY GOD. AND MY FATHER IS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU HAVING A FATHER.

GIVING YOUR NAME ON A PRAISE AND GLORY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS GLORIOUS DAY. LORD, WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING. HEAVENLY FATHER DIDN'T MAY BE FRUITFUL TO THESE. THAT YOUR PEOPLE HAVING A FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS US. BLESS OUR CITIZENS. BLESS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. BLESS THIS ATROCITY AREA. HAVING A FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU WILL KEEP YOUR GUARDIAN ANGELS AROUND US HAVING A FATHER. WE ACCEPT. WE STAND FAST IN YOU HAVING A FATHER. WE GIVE YOUR NAME ORDER ON A LOT OF PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY FOR THE GLORIOUS THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR LIVES IS IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. OKAY? NEXUS ITEM THREE. COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME TO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE? UH FRIGIDLY, EVEN TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES. WHICH IS STAYING. NEXT IS ITEM FOUR DETERMINATION, THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO

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

23RD 2022 AS PRE TRIAL, PROBATION AND PAROLE SUPERVISION WEEK IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG.

WHERE WHEREAS PRETRIAL SERVICES , PROBATION AND PAROLE AGENCIES ARE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. AND WHEREAS PRE TRIAL PROBATION AND PAROLE AGENCIES WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER LOCAL AND STATE ENERGIES, SUCH AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, MAGISTRATES , VICTIM SERVICES JUDGES, COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY SHERIFF'S JAIL AND PRISON ADMINISTRATORS, REENTRY PROVIDERS, LOCAL EDUCATORS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT PROVIDERS AND OTHER CITIZENS. ORGANIZATIONS TO EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO CRIME AND CORRECTIONAL NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. AND WHEREAS VIRGINIA MAINTAINS A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO BE SUPERVISED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WHILE ON PRE TRIAL PROBATION OR PAROLE SUPERVISION TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF CITIZENS, AND WHEREAS PRE TRIAL PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS ARE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROFESSIONALS CHARGED WITH PRESERVING VIRGINIA'S SAFETY BACK IMPLEMENTING DATA DRIVEN POLICIES TO ENSURE INDIVIDUALS ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, ADHERENCE TO MANDATED CONDITIONS. WHICH INCLUDE APPEARANCE IN COURT AND APPLYING APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS AND SANCTIONS FOR NON COMPLIANCE OF PRETRIAL, PROBATION AND PAROLE CONDITIONS, WHEREAS PRE TRIAL PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS SUPPORT REHABILITATIVE JUSTICE, ENGAGED IN EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES AND HELP INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY TRANSITION INTO PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS. NOW THEREFORE, UH, SAMUEL, PARAMOUNT VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM IN JULY 17TH THROUGH 23RD 2022 AS PRE TRIAL, PROBATION AND PAROLE SUPERVISION WEEK IN THE CITY OF PETER'S VERY DATED JULY 19TH 2022. AROUND FOR APPLAUSE, PLEASE FOR PRE TRIAL PROBATION OF ROSE DIVISION, SO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. CITY MANAGER CITY ATTORNEY IF ACTED, JUST SAY ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF THAT STAND BEHIND ME.

EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE TEAM FOR FIVE YEARS OR BETTER AND STAFF THAT

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MULTIPLE TUDE OF ISSUES AND I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT INTO THE CASES THAT WE SUPERVISE ON A DAILY BASIS. WE ARE ABOUT 90% STATE FUNDED AND REGULATED. THROUGH D. C. J S AND 10, LOCALLY FUNDED. AND WE SUPERVISE AN AVERAGE BETWEEN 375 TO 425 INDIVIDUALS ON PRE TRIAL PROBATION SUPERVISION ON DAILY BASIS. EXCUSE ME, AND I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE THEM IF I COULD. WE'LL START WITH THE OLDEST DEREK BROWN. HE'S A PRETRIAL OFFICER FORWARD. TONY STEVENSON. FIVE YEARS, PRETRIAL OFFICER, BOTH OF THEM. SHERRY JONES, PROBATION OFFICER. KEVIN. RUSSELL BECAUSE I ALWAYS MESS UP HIS LAST NAME.

HE AND THIS GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN A HE STARTED OFF AS AN INTERN BECAME PART TIME AND FULL TIME HE IS A PREACHER. EXCUSE ME, PROBATION OFFICER AND ALL OF THEM DO PRE TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE MORNING, SO THEY'VE BEEN AT WORK SINCE SIX O'CLOCK SEVEN O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. NO SHIA MORRIS IS OUR MOST RECENT UM, EMPLOYEE AND THEN OUR BONES. SHE WORKS THE FRONT SO SHE'S IN THE FRONT OFFICE AND DIAMOND MITCHELL. SHE CONTROLS THAT LOBBY AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING IN A TIMELY FASHION AND CONTROLS ALL THAT HAPPENS UP THERE, BUT I JUST CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH ME FOR ME, THREW ME FOR THE CITY.

THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB, AND I DON'T THINK THEY GET THE CREDIT. ENOUGH CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS TOO SO AGAIN. THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. UM, NEXT, WE HAVE, UH IS ITEM FIVE B, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION BY THE BEST COLLEGE IN THE LAND . RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM MARY. WE HAVE THE STATESMAN HERE AT A COUNCIL MEETING. DERAIL GOOD EVENING.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD EVENING DOING WELL, HOW ARE YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE IN PETERSBURG, YOU KNOW. DON'T HOLD IT FROM YOU.

CALL IT ALL RIGHT. SO TO MAYOR PERM AND THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND TO THOSE THAT ARE IN PERSON AND WATCHING LIVE GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING . MY NAME IS CAROL ROBINSON AND I AM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE AND I AM JOINED HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE JEFF BROWN, WHO IS DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS.

AND SO WE HAVE. WE HAVE EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY TO, UH OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS TO CREATE A POWER POINT THAT WOULD REINTRODUCE THE COLLEGE AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE JUST JUST EMBARKED ON. UH SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. AND SO JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY RICHARD BLANK COLLEGE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN 1960, CLASSES BEGUN IN 1961, AND THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS WAS IN 1963. UH HERE'S AT A GLANCE.

SO, UM THINKING ABOUT OUR POPULATION. WE SERVE OVER ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION OF FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. UM WE HAVE A MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE 57% ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR? UM AND WE ALSO HAVE 83% FULL TIME PROFESSORS. THIS IS VERY RARE FOR A TWO YEAR INSTITUTION. UH, WE HAVE A FIRST YEAR GPA OF A 3.0. WE HAVE OVER 2500 STUDENTS EACH YEAR BEGINNING IN THE FALL, AND WE'RE VERY GENEROUS BY GIVING OUT $7 MILLION IN FINANCIAL AID AND ALL TOGETHER WE HAVE OVER 18,000 ALUMNI WORLDWIDE. UM, HERE'S A CHART THAT JUST GIVES A BREAKDOWN OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HONORS AND PROMISE RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUTERS IN DUAL ENROLLMENT AND ALSO THE BREAKDOWN OF GENDER. SOMETHING TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR GLOBAL STUDENT SUCCESS PROGRAM. UM THIS

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OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE SHIFTING. UH FEWER STUDENTS ARE COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. UH AND THEN ALSO THE COST. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON THE BURDEN OF HAVING HIGH TUITION, HIGH TUITION COSTS AND RACKING UP DEBT. AN INTERESTING THING THAT CAME OUT IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH TALKED ABOUT A ROLE MINT ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE OTHER FOUR YEAR COLLEGES OR THEIR ENROLLMENT IS SINKING. EVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE STRUGGLING, UH, THROUGH THE STATE. THEY'VE LOST 23,000 STUDENTS, WHICH IS A 14% DROP. AH, BUT. AS YOU SEE THE BOTTOM. RICHARD BLANK COLLEGE HAS BUCKED THE TREND BY GROWING BY 21. SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT. HOW WE'VE DONE THIS. WE'VE BROKEN DOWN OUR PROGRAMS INTO THREE BUCKETS AT RBC GPS AT RBC AND CONNECTED RPC, SO EDGES ALL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT HOW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE A COMPETITIVE EDGE OVER THEIR PEERS AND TAKING COLLEGE COURSES . GPS TALKS ABOUT HOW ONCE THE STUDENT IS ADMITTED HOW WE NAVIGATE AND GIVE THEM ALL THE RESOURCES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND CONNECTED RBC TALKS ABOUT ONCE THEY GET A DEGREE AND ALSO TARGETING THE NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS. HOW DO WE KEEP THEM CONNECTED TO GET CREDENTIALS AND, UH, TERMINAL DEGREES? SO WITHIN OUR EDGE, BIG THING WE DO IS DUAL ENROLLMENT ALLOWING FOR HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO EARN COLLEGE CREDITS OR OBTAIN A ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. AND SO THERE'S THREE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT YOU HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OR HOMESCHOOL STUDENT THAT COULD TAKE THESE COURSES VIRTUALLY TO GET COLLEGE CREDITS . WE ALSO HAVE RBC CAMPUS WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY COME TO RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE. UH TO TAKE COURSES WITH RBC PROFESSORS, AND WE ALSO HAVE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS AND THAT IS WHERE A STUDENT WILL STAY ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL AND BE TAUGHT BY A TEACHER WHO WAS CREDENTIALED TO TEACH COLLEGE COURSEWORK AND GAIN CREDIT THAT WAY AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR GPS. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE QUALITIES AND RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE. THAT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER TWO YEAR WE HAVE STUDENT STUDENT ADVISING THROUGH LEARNING MENTOR. SO AS SOON AS A STUDENT ARRIVES AT RICHARD BLAND, THEY HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO WALK THEM THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE LEARNING JOURNEY, UH, HELP THEM WITH MAKING INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS TALKING ABOUT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. AND WE'RE ALWAYS USING DATA TO INFORM US ON DECISION MAKINGS ON HOW TO PULL A STUDENT OUT OF THE HOLE. WHAT ARE THEY GONE DOWN OR JUST TO HELP A STUDENT GET TO THE NEXT PATHWAY? AND BY A STUDENT BEING IN GPS THAT COMES WITH HIGHER RATES OF DEGREE COMPLETION. HIGH RETENTION, UH, NEED TO TAKE FEWER CREDITS THAT ARE UNNECESSARY. THEY COME OUT WITH LOWER STUDENT DEBT. THEY SPEND LESS TIME IN COLLEGE, AND THEY ALSO COME OUT WITH A GREATER EARNING POTENTIAL. UH, SOMETHING ELSE WE'VE DONE IS THE UNIVERSITY CENTER, SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY IN VIRGINIA WESLEYAN

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RBC TUITION. I REPEAT, WE ARE GOING TO CHARGE THEM RBC TUITION SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE PRICE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST AT VIRGINIA WESLEYAN TO TAKE 15 CREDITS. OVER $22,000, BUT WE WILL CHARGE THEM RBC TUITION AND THE SAME GOES FOR V S U. SO WE ALWAYS YOU KNOW, SO WE WERE CONNECTED TO WILLIAM AND MARY IN SO WE CANNOT LEAVE THEM OUT. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE THIS AMAZING PROGRAM CALLED PROMISE SCHOLARS. SO THIS IS A VIRGINIA RESIDENTS STUDENT WHO WAS A HIGH ACHIEVER PELL GRANT ELIGIBLE AND HAS COMMITTED TO TRANSFERRING TO WILLIAM AND MARY AFTER GRADUATING FROM RBC AND SO WHEN THEY ENROLL IN THIS PROGRAM WILLIAM AND MARY. COURSES ARE TAUGHT AT RBC BY WILLIAM AND MARY PROFESSOR. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE GIVEN TO COVER TUITION STUDENT IS GIVEN HOUSING AND ALSO APPEARED TO PEER SUPPORT AND MENTORSHIP. UM WE'RE LOOKING AT CONNECT OUR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS LOOKING AT FAME, UH P THREE P R UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS AND OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA FAME. AND SO THROUGH A GO, VIRGINIA GRANT AND COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH CENTER FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, WHICH WE CALL C CAM RBC HAS LAUNCHED THE FIRST FEDERATION FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING EDUCATION CHAPTER IN VIRGINIA. AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE SPRING OF 2021. SO THIS PARTNERSHIP PROMOTES AND EARN AND LEARN MODEL THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING THEIR DEGREE WHILE ALSO GAINING PAID ON THE JOB TRAINING. AND SO WE PARTNERED WITH 12 INDUSTRY LEADERS, AND BY THE TIME A STUDENT ACTUALLY FINISHES THE PROGRAM, THEY LEAVE WITH VIRTUALLY NO DEBT. AND SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS CIVICA PHILO ARM, SAID RAIL, JEWISH AUTOMATION IMPACT FINE CHEMICALS. PHILIP MORRIS. AND SO WE HAVE OUR INNOVATION PARK SO THROUGH WORK ON OUR MASTER PLAN, RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE WILL BE WORKING ON UTILIZING 185 ACRES TO WORK ON OUR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND WORK ON SMART ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE FOR ONE INDUSTRY, WE'D BE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH HIS UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS, AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF A DRONE. LASTLY WE'VE GOT OUR VIRTUAL OR RB, CVS, YOU VIRTUAL SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES. UM AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH V. S YOU TO ESTABLISH AN ONLINE SCHOOL AIMED AT A DIVERSE POPULATION OF VIRGINIANS. UH THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL AIMS TO SERVE ADULT THE ADULT LEARNER MARKET SPECIFICALLY DEEP DEGREE COMPLETAR. THOSE SEEKING CAREER CHANGES, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND STUDENTS SEEKING EDUCATIONAL FLEXIBILITY. AND THROUGH THE SCHOOL. WE ALSO OFFER CERTIFICATES AND MICRO CREDENTIALS TO PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO HOPE TO OBTAIN NECESSARY CREDENTIALS AS QUICKLY AND COST EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. SO I SAY ALL OF THAT, TO SAY THAT RICHARD BLAND WERE COLLEGE THAT IS CHARTING OUR DESTINY FOR CONNECTING HIGHLY CAPABLE STUDENTS TO EXCEPTIONAL REGIONAL JOBS AND BEYOND. QUESTIONS I CAN SAY IS GREAT WORK, RBC GREAT WORK AROUND APPLAUSE. UM THIS PRE PRESENTATION WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IN PETERSBURG ASKING , HOW CAN THEY GET INTO THE GROWING PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY THAT IS GROWING HERE IN PETERSBURG AND NOW YOU JUST HEARD THE PATH RIGHT THROUGH RBC WILL BE TRAINING TO STAFF CIVICA FLOW IN AND PACKED SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT DOES INTERESTED, SEE TWO RAIL, SEE, JEFF, IF YOU HAVE KIDS

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AND SHE WENT IN AS 11TH GRADER. SHE STARTED SHE WAS A FRESHMAN AND THEN HER SENIOR YEAR AS A AS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS A SOPHOMORE. SO THEN SO WHEN SHE GRADUATED FROM PETERBOROUGH, HASHTAG GRADUATED WITH HER ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM RICHARD BLAINE. SO WHEN WE WENT TO NORFOLK STATE, WHERE SHE WANTED TO GO TO GET ACCEPTED SHE HAD TO DO WAS TWO YEARS SO SHE'LL BE COMING OUT THIS DECEMBER, SHE GRADUATED BACK IN 2020. SO YOU DO THE MATH HAS SAVED US TWO YEARS, SO I'LL I WOULD ADMONISH ALL STUDENTS. IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS FROM PETERSBURG TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE DOING THE ROBING. I KNOW YOU HAVE THE TEST FOR IT, BUT ALL THE HER CLASSMATE THAT WENT THROUGH THEY DID. THEY ARE DOING IT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING IN DIFFERENT AREAS. SO YOU KNOW IT DOES WORK . IT HELPED HER WITH COLLEGE AND YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T EASY, BUT SHE DID, WHERE SHE CAME OUT WITH HONORS, AND SHE'S ON THE DEAN'S LIST RIGHT NOW NORTHWEST STATE SO WE'RE HAPPY FOR HER. WHERE. SO SO THAT'S TWO YEARS THAT YOU CAN YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IF YOU IF YOU QUALIFY IF YOU'RE A STUDENT AT PEACE VERY WELL. SO WE THINK RICHARD BLAINE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. UM YES . I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. BUT BEING THAT THERE IS SOME WORK BEING DONE AT THE PITTSBURGH HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM, AND THE TRACK IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. UH WITH RICHARD BLAINE, BE WILLING FI ENCOURAGED THE RESIDENTS OF SEVENTH WARD AS WELL AS THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO COME AND USE THE FACILITIES. WE HAVE WALKING GROUPS THAT YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE AN OUTDOOR SAFE PLACE TO EXERCISE AND CONTINUE TO CHANGE THAT STIGMA OF PITTSBURGH BEING UNHEALTHY CITY RIGHT NOW, ALBERT JONES FEELS LIKE ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES THAT IS ACCESSIBLE, SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF RICHARD BLAINE WOULD BE ENCOURAGED, UH, WILLING TO PARTNER OF THE MONTHS WHILE THE WORK IS BEING DONE TO THE STADIUM FIELD, I WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING BECAUSE AS I DRIVE IN EARLY IN THE MORNING, ALREADY SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WALKING THE TRACK. WALKING THE CAMPUS. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF 74, YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO REVEREND PRE STATION. THANK YOU, JEFF FOR COMING OUT AS WELL, UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU'LL HAVE THAT GREAT COMMERCIAL WITH BLAIR UNDERWOOD. I THOUGHT Y'ALL WAS GONNA PLUG BLAIR INTO THIS POWER POINT RIGHT HERE. PETERSBURG ZONE, BUT IT'S A GREAT COMMERCIAL. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL DOING OUT THERE, OKAY? UM NEXT, UM, ITEM SIX IS RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT'S POSTED ON THE COUNCIL COMMUNICATES. NEXT

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

[8. Official Public Hearings]

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TONIGHT WE'RE OFFERING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TERRY AND CYNTHIA BRADSHAW. THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUY 29. OH, TWO GRAHAM ROAD PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE PROPERTY IS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN THE BATTLEFIELD PARK SUBDIVISION. IT WILL BE REVITALIZED AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT OUTSIDE PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. INTERIOR. AT THIS TIME. I HAVE MR BRADSHAW TO SAY A FEW THINGS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MR MAYOR. OKAY? GOOD EVENING, MR BRADSHAW. GOOD EVENING. YES MY NAME IS CYNTHIA BRADSHAW AND RESIDENTS IN PETERSBURG. AND MY SON, MONTY.

HE GRADUATED FROM VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY NEXT YEAR, SO I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A REALLY NICE GIFT FOR HIM TO GRADUATE, YOU KNOW, GETTING OUT OF SCHOOL FRESH LITTLE STARTER HOME, SO HAVE A LOOK TO PURCHASE IT. I REALLY WOULD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR NOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ON THE SALE OF CITY ON PROPERTY AT 29 OH, TWO NIV RAM ROAD. THANKS SEEING NO HANDS. THERE'S PROBABLY HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. NEXT. COUNCILMAN HILL. IT'S A MAN MOVED THAT WE APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION. THE PROPERTY. COUNCILOR MYERS SECONU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD. WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR. COMFORT AH, MR MOORE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? UM. OTHER THAN WE DO SUPPORT, RECOMMENDING THAT THIS PROPERTY IS SOLD. IT'S GOING TO BE FOR A GREAT USE. THE HOUSE HAS SAID, VACANT FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO REDUCING OUR RESIDENTIAL HOLDINGS. OH WHAT? WHAT IS THE CURRENT ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, MR MOORE? 73,300 WAS THE ASSESSED VALUE WHEN THIS APPLICATION WAS PUT IN RIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT THE ASSESSED VALUE.

AS OF NOW, IS IT AND WHAT IS THE ASSESSED VALUE NOW? I DID NOT BRING A FIGURE WITH ME, SIR. WE WERE ADVISED TO USE THE FIGURE OF THE 73 5 ASSESSOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE VALUE WAS. THE VALUE INCREASED. DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS. IT CERTAINLY HAS. THE ASSESSMENT IS INCREASED. THE ASSESSMENT IS NOW 100. UH 1004 $100 INSTEAD OF. UH UM. I THINK IT WAS 73,000 AND CHANGE. YES, SIR. SO IT'S INCREASED BY 25. AND WE ARE VOTING TODAY. AH! I CAN'T IMAGINE SELLING A HOUSE IN WALNUT HILL. AH! FOR WHAT IS IT? 52? WHAT ARE WE OFFERING? BUT WHAT $36,650 IS THAT? THE PROPOSED SALES PRICE. YES SIR. THAT'S BASED ON THE GUIDELINES 50% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE AT $36,000 FOR HOUSING, WALLET HILL . THIS IS IN THE BATTLEFIELD PARK AREA, SIR. YES SIR. I'VE BEEN THERE. I'VE WALKED AROUND IT UNDERSTOOD, SIR. UH I CAN'T.

I CAN'T GO ALONG WITH SELLING A HOUSE AND WALL OF THE OFFICE. $36,650 IT'S ALSO CONTRARY TO OUR GUIDELINES. AH OUR GUIDELINES SAY 50% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE. WE'RE TAKING A VOTE TONIGHT. NOT WHEN THIS APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED IN THE ASSESSED VALUE IS NOW UH $105,400. UH, I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE DON'T DOUBT THAT WHEN YOU RECEIVED IT, BUT WE'RE TAKING A VOTE TONIGHT, AND THE ASSESSED VALUE IS AT THE TIME OF THE VOTE IS $105,400. MHM AND HALF OF THAT IS 52,700, WHICH IS STILL A GIVEAWAY. UM, T

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WELL MR MAYOR, UH, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION COUNCIL. MYERS, YOU WANT TO CHIME IN? I KNOW YOU WERE ON COUNCIL. YES MR AREA, REGARDLESS OF HOW THE CITY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY. IT IS OF NO VALUE TO THE CITY. IT PROVIDES NO TAX REVENUE. AND SO NOW YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO WANTS TO SPEND MONEY AND BRING IT BACK TO THE TAX ROLLS. BUT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO HER REQUEST. THANK YOU. RIGHT AND THE HOME LAST USE WAS FOR THE PETERSBURG GENERALS. AT THE TIME. IT WAS A HOUSE FOR OUR I'M UNSURE OF THAT STORY MAY HAVE BEEN USED FOR A COUPLE OF FOCUS ONLY A TWO BEDROOM HOUSE, ITS SERIES OF NO USE IN RIGHT COUNSELOR, WINSTON SMITH. LET'S HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION. UM. AND IT PERTAINS TO OUR GUIDELINES DO I GUIDELINES SAY AT THE POINT OF INQUIRY. AT THE POINT OF SALE OR AT THE POINT OF COUNCIL VOTE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW MUCH A PERSON CAN PAY FOR THE PROPERTY.

FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW WE HAD SOME GUIDELINES WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT SELLING. SALVATION ARMY PROPERTY. I WOULD LEAVE. AND WE HAD TO GO BY. I HAD TO BE, I THINK 50. OF THE VALUE. IS THAT 50% OF THE VALUE. UPON THE APPLICATION. 50% OF THE VALUE. A PUN COUNSELS VOTE. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULES SAY. BUT DOCUMENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. IT WAS AT THE APPLICATION TIME. THAT'S WHY WE CAME BACK WITH THIS FIGURE. THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED US BEFORE. ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE ASSESSMENT, SO I CAN PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION COUNSEL. IF YOU SO DESIRE, I WOULD I STRONGLY SUGGEST. AND MAKE A MOTION THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THOSE FACTS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF US, WHICH GIVES US THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO GO IT CLEARLY STATES 50% AT A SPECIFIC TIME. SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW THE RULES THAT WE SHOULD TABLE THIS UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING, AND THAT'S EMOTION. SECOND, IT. WHAT WAS THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO TABLE IT? UM AND AT THIS TIME, WHEN WAS THE HAVE A QUESTION? WHEN WAS THE APPLICATION FILED FOR, UM FOR A PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY? IS PRIOR TO THE JULY MAKE MAKE OKAY? NOT SAY. SO WHILE HE'S LOOKING FOR THAT, MR CITY ATTORNEY CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY SAYS OR FOOT WHEN WE PURCHASE WHEN PROPERTY IS PURCHASED FROM THE CITY? THERE'S A DOCUMENT WHICH SAYS HOW MUCH THE APPLICANT PAYS. FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. 50% 25 IS MISS BOONE. ANYWAY, SHE KNOWS IT RIGHT OFF TALKING ABOUT PERCENT OF YEAH. I MEAN, IT IS 50% OF THE VALUE AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION SO THAT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION, OKAY? WELL MR MORE THAT THAT'S A MINIMUM AMOUNT, ISN'T IT? YES, SIR. YEAH. AND DO YOU HAVE THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU? YES SIR. I'M LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT NOW. NO, NOT THE CONTRACT. THE RESOLUTION. BY WHICH COUNCIL

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COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK NO. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL NO. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. PERM. NO. DOES NOT PASS. NEXT. THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS UP. FOR THE PASSING OF THE RESOLUTION FOR 29. OH, TWO NEVIN ROAD, MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER COMFORT NO. 1000 NUMBER WILSON SMITH. NO. COUNCILOR OBERMEYER REMEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL HIGH. BY MARY SMITH LEE FIRM HI, MAYOR. POINT OF ORDER, UM THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION REQUIRES A SUPER MAJORITY TO PASS A SALE OF REAL PROPERTY. SO TECHNICALLY THAT THAT FAILED. FIRST TIME I HEARD IT. I WAS WHEN I WAS A SUPERMAJORITY NECESSARY. WHENEVER A LOCALITY SELLS REAL PROPERTY HAS TO PASS BY A VOTE OF THREE QUARTERS OF COUNCIL AND SO 5.25 IS SUPER MAJORITY. SIX MEMBERS HAVE TO SUPPORT THE SALE. BUT IS THAT WHAT WHAT? WHAT PUBLIC PROPERTY YOU TALKING ABOUT? PUBLIC PROPERTY ACTUALLY PARK IT'S NOT A STREET ART STREET. YEAH. IT'S NOT A WAREHOUSE THAT WE'VE USED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS. IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

CORRECT. CORRECT. THE SECTION DOES SAY PROPERTY. NO RIGHTS OF A CITY TOWN AND WATERFRONT. WORF PUBLIC LANDINGS WARS, DARK STREETS, AVENUES, PARKS, BRIDGES OR OTHER PUBLIC PLACES. I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT. I THINK IT'S NOT A PUBLIC PLACE, SO IT DOES PASS . THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE STATUTE BECAUSE THERE'S A PARALLEL STATUTE. UH, MR WILLIAMS. I THINK IT SPEAKS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC USE. WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE SAME STATUTE SINCE THE 12 YEARS. I'VE BEEN HERE LONG BEFORE THAT, SO IT IS NOT A PUBLIC USE, NOR HAS IT BEEN ALL RIGHT. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION INTO ADOPT. FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO FISCAL YEAR 2023 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADVISORY BOARD. PURPOSES OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 23 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADVISORY BOARD. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ACTION PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLACK GRANT ADVISORY BOARD. ANYBODY HERE FROM CDBG? A BATTERY BOARD. MR MAYOR. OKAY. OKAY, MS WIN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PERRY ON VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER. I'M SHAKIRA WIN FINANCE MANAGER FOR THE CITY HERE ON BEHALF OF MRS STACEY, JORDAN'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. AND I'M HERE FOR CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ACTION PLAN AND FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE CDBG ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE AGENDA PACKAGE. I'M SORRY. UM I'M SHAKIRA WIN FINANCE MANAGER FOR THE CITY HERE ON BEHALF OF MRS STACEY, JORDAN'S DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND I'M HERE FOR CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 ACTION PLAN AND

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UM OF FUNDING FOR THE MCKINNEY LIBRARY. UH AND THAT IS PROPOSED TO BECOME AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM, AND IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT A COUNCIL SEVERAL TIMES. I THINK THE LAST TIME WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. THERE WAS A PRESENTATION MADE BY THE MCKENNEY FOUNDATION. AND AT THAT TIME MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT COUNSELOR CUTHBERT HAD WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THIS WAS GOING AND HOW IT WOULD BE FUNDED. WHICH I THOUGHT WERE GOOD QUESTIONS. THAT'S NOT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE HAD ANY ISSUE WITH THE GOALS OF THIS, NOR DO I NOR, NOR DO I KNOW ANYONE WHO DOES THINK HAVING AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM. IT'S EXCELLENT AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD LOCATION FOR IT. UM BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SO MANY. UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. THAT LOOKING AT, UM. THE OTHER TYPES OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CDBG ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH WOULD HELP WITH, UM CRITICAL HOUSING NEEDS THAT THE CITY HAS FOR PEOPLE. THIS THING STOOD OUT TO ME AT ALMOST $200,000 AS NOT THE BEST USE OF THAT MONEY. I WOULD, UM. FOR ONE THING, LOOKING BACK AT NOTES THAT I HAD ABOUT THE LIBRARY. UM AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM PROJECT IS THIS WAS FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE CAMERON FOUNDATION WAS SUPPOSEDLY SUPPORTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WHAT DID THEY FIND? AND WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT? I MEAN, I THINK RIGHT NOW YOU'RE OPERATING IN AN INFORMATION VOID. UM THERE'S JUST SOME SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND THIS FACILITY FOR ONE THING , BECAUSE WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING, SO IT'S KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS. AND HOW THEY CHANGE AND JUMP AROUND WELL. IT'S INTERESTING THAT THIS PROPERTY IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. THE BUILDING ITSELF WAS ASSESSED AT 718,900. WELL, IT GOT REASSESSED TO 132,600. THAT'S UM THE DECLINE OF $586,000. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST RIGHT THERE ON THE FACE OF IT. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I REALIZED IT'S BEEN SOLD OR SOLD BY THE CITY FOR A DOLLAR TO THE MCKINNEY FOUNDATION, WHICH WAS ALREADY A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT. SO I THINK FOR I THINK THIS PROJECT. FOR THE FOR THE MUSEUM NEEDS SOME DEFINITION. IS IT GOING TO BE A NONPROFIT COLLECTING MONEY FROM FROM PUBLIC DONOR FROM DONORS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR IS IT GOING TO BE SUBSIDIZED BY THE CITY? I THINK THAT'S WHERE WHERE , UM, COUNCILOR CUTHBERT WAS GOING BEFORE, BECAUSE ONCE YOU START WITH THE CITY MONEY GETTING INTO IT, IT'S HARD TO DRAW THE LINE AND WHILE AGAIN. IT'S A VERY NICE TO HAVE EFFORT. IT IS NOT THE MOST CRITICAL THING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT CDB CDBG FUNDING COULD BE USED FOR IT FELT LIKE IN READING THE APPLICATION THAT THERE HAD BEEN QUITE A BIT OF SHOEHORNING TO TRY TO FIT IT INTO THE CRITERIA TO EVEN QUALIFY AS A CDBG EFFORT. UM, IT SAID, PROVIDE FOR THE REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC BUILDING SERVING THE LOW INCOME SERVICE AREA OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I MEAN, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT? UM, YOU KNOW, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM HAS TO DO WITH LOW INCOME PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO ANY OTHER PEOPLE. I MEAN, I THINK THE MUSEUM EXISTS FOR ALL LEVELS OF PEOPLE IN PETERSBURG AS WELL AS BEING A TOURISM ASSET. SO IT SEEMS TO ME

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THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSE. BACK. I SEE MR KOFI. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY, SAYING THE WORDS BEING RESERVED ON THE ADVISORY BOARD, MR KOFI OR YOU? YOU KNOW? WONDERFUL. EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND ALL DISTINGUISHED DIGNITARIES ARE MY NAME IS KOFI D. I'M THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE CDBG ADVISORY BOARD. I JUST WANT TO SAY SOME GENERAL STATEMENTS AND GIVE AN UPDATE ON CDBG AS WE NOTICED CDBG ADVISORY BOARD, UM, FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN VACANT, IF NOT LONGER, BUT I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME POINTS OF PRIDE. UH, THIS PAST YEAR. PETERSBURG IS PART OF THE N C. D A, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THE CONSORTIUM OF UH, CDBG S THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR. WHAT WE HAD A BOARD IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THAT WASN'T A PART OF THAT. ANOTHER POINT OF PRIDE FOR THE CDBG IS THE TRAINING THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. SO THE OTHER FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS SUCH AS MYSELF AND THE OTHER THREE ATTENDED TRAINING THROUGH N C D A. SO WHILE WE DO HAVE SOME STAFFING GAPS AND SOME SHORTFALLS SHOW A CITY COUNCIL GOING FORWARD. WE WILL MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO USE THIS FUNDING IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES IMPACT TO THE CITY. SO I ASKED THE PATIENTS NOT ONLY A CITY COUNCIL BUT ALSO OF THE PUBLIC TO LET US BUILD THIS AH ADVISORY BOARD UP AND ACTUALLY MAKE AN IMPACT. MAYBE WE'RE GONNA GET IT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT NEXT MEMBERS OF DISCUSSION, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. UM I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WE HAVE C D. V G ADMINISTRATION FEED. $116,650 NOW PREVIOUSLY. PRIOR TO LAST YEAR, AND MAYBE PRIOR TO THAT ONE. WE HAD AND ADMINISTRATION FEE, BUT WE HAD ONE ADMINISTRATE TOUR. BUT NOW THAT THE CDBG FUNDING IS BEING ADMINISTERED BY WAY OFF FINANCE DOES THAT MEAN THOSE INDIVIDUALS GETTING PAID 116,000 FOR ADMINISTERING THAT, PLUS UM PLUS THE JOB OF. WHAT THEY DO AND FINANCE? NO, MA'AM. UM THE THERE'S A 20. UM ADMINISTRATIVE AMOUNT ALLOWABLE WITHIN CDBG GUIDELINES. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S RESERVED FOR THE TENT IS TO SUPPORT SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR CDBG ADMINISTRATOR WHOSE JOB IS TO FACILITATE THE GOALS OF CDBG AS WELL AS PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE ITSELF. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PAPER, COMPUTERS AND THOSE THINGS, SO THAT'S WHAT THAT BETWEEN. OF COURSE, THANK CAP IS FOR I THINK WE'RE SAYING SO AND SO IN TERMS OF IT BEING TURNED OVER THE FINANCE, UM THE GOAL IS TO HIRE A FULL TIME CDBG ADMINISTRATOR. BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS BRING CDBG COULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THE PROGRAM IN COMPLIANCE. UM AND SO WE'RE UNDERGOING AN AUDIT RIGHT NOW WITH THE CDBG, UM, MONITOR FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I START IS, BUT THE GOAL IS TO HAVE, UM UH, CDBG ADMINISTRATOR. WITH THE BRAND ITSELF. I'M GLAD YOU'RE YOU'RE LOOKING AT GETTING AN ADMINISTRATOR AND AS MINDER STANDING THAT THAT AND I DO REALIZE THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY IS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM. BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM BY A SPECIFIC

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WHO DOES THE FINANCIAL REPORTING , BUT THEN YOU HAVE A CDBG ADMINISTRATOR WHO CARRIES OUT THE PROGRAMMATIC ASPECTS OF THE GRANT. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT PIECES FOR, AND IT'S CONSIDERING THE ACTUAL FRINGE BENEFITS WITH THAT. AND THE SUPPORT OF THE OFFICE IN TERMS OF CARRYING OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT 20% IS. SO THERE'S ONE PERSON TO CARRY OUT EVERYTHING THAT THAT IS LISTED ABOVE. AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN FINANCE . WHO DOES THE FINANCIAL REPORTING THERE CAN'T BE ONE PERSON TO DO BOTH. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING WHAT GOING TO DO BOTH THINGS. NO THAT'S NOT ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS GRANT. SO YOU'RE GONNA HIRE SOMEBODY TO CARRY OUT THIS? YES MA'AM FINANCE WILL CONTINUE TO DO JUST THE FINANCIAL REPORTING. OKAY. THANK YOU. MORE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS ACCOUNTS. COUNCILOR MYERS. YES SIR. MR MAYOR, UM, MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER AND ADOPT. THE PY 2022 2023 I MEAN FISCAL YEAR 2023 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. COUNCILMAN HERE. RIGHT? THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION. THAT MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? BECAUSE. REMEMBER WILSON SMITH, I REMIND CATHERINE OF THE WESTBROOK MEMBER HILL.

DEVICE MEDICINE MYTH. HI. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE PUBLIC INFORMATION

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FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE. WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE HERE? HOW MANY FIREFIGHTERS HOW MANY SPECIFIC TRUCKS ARE WE SUPPOSED TO HAVE? PART B THAT QUESTIONS. WHAT DO WE HAVE? AND HOW DO WE PLAN TO FILL THE GAP AND BY WHEN YOU ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT. REGARDING REGARDING THE OLD RAMADA INN. AGAIN. THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION, BUT NO ANSWERS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MANY CODE VIOLATIONS MR HARRISON PILED UP OVER THE YEARS. DID THEY JUST DISAPPEAR? DO YOU EVER PAY THOSE? I REMEMBER DISCUSSING BEING DISCUSSION IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, CRIMINAL CHARGES BEING FILED. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT DISCUSSION? THE DISCUSSION ON ONLINE AGAIN. I DON'T GET MY NEWS FROM THE INTERNET, BUT IT SAID WE PAID HIM OVER 500,000 MORE THAN HE PAID US. AND THESE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS. SO WE KIND OF LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE DID THAT.

THERE HAS TO BE A GOOD REASON. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. FINALLY LET'S SEE. WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF ALTERNATIVES FOR YOUTH. WE NEED OUR KIDS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. TO START SOME OF THE VIOLENCE. IT'S NOT GONNA IT'S NOT THE BE ALL END ALL BUT IT WILL HELP. WE JUST JUST PASSED A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. THERE IS NO MONEY FOR COMMUNITY CENTER DEVELOPMENT. IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE MORTON STREET USED TO BE A BIG PARK THERE THAT CLOSED DOWN YEARS AGO. IT'S ABOUT I WANT TO SAY TWO ACRES. MAYBE I'M NOT GOOD AT GUESSING, BUT MAYBE TWO ACRES THAT'S JUST VACANT. I THINK IT'S CITY PROPERTY. WHY DON'T WE DO SOMETHING WITH THAT? THE A P.

HILL COMMUNITY CENTER. WE WERE GIVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR COVID FUNDS. WHY DON'T WE INVEST

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CORPORATE LIVING, DID A SPECIAL ON POCAHONTAS AND MYSELF. LIVING. IN HER BUT PEOPLE FROM ALL UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST ALL INTO POCAHONTAS AND BROUGHT PEOPLE FROM MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA. I MEAN, THEY ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER. AND TO POCAHONTAS , AND I'M SENDING DOWNTOWN TO THE BUSINESS WHEN YOU LEAVE THEM. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING I'M HOPING I DON'T GET MY FOLKS KILLS COMING IN JUST TO SEE MY HOLDING THE WALL MAGAZINES. SO Y'ALL PLEASE. AND ANOTHER THING IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTERSECTION THERE'S TREES HAVE GROWN TALLER THAN THE BRIDGE AND YOU CANNOT LOOK TO YOUR LEFT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUMP'S TASTING RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE TREES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT MR ALEXIS CLINTON.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING . CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALEXIS CLINTON. UM, A U. S.

NAVY VETERAN OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. UM, CURRENTLY WORKING OUT OF THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF VETERAN DEFENSE AFFAIRS. MY INTENTION IS SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TODAY IS TO INTRODUCE THE VETERANS BEHIND ORGANIZATION TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE WITH AT RISK AND HOMELESS VETERANS. UM, WITHIN THE TRI CITY AREAS. VIRGINIA RENTAL RATES IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE GROWN OVER 20% WITH VIRGINIA HOME. THE SECOND LEWIS RENTAL VACANCY AMONG LARGE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AREAS AT 1.1. MCGUIRE HUNTER HOMES. VETERANS AFFAIRS CURRENTLY FACES DIFFICULTY. AND ASSISTING THE PANDEMIC INFLUX OF HOMELESS VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THERE IS A DIRE NEED FOR HOUSING PROGRAM THAT ASSISTS AT RISK AND HOMELESS VETERANS SUCH AS THE NO VETERANS BEHIND ORGANIZATION. NBB WILL OFFER A JOB READINESS PROGRAM THAT CONSISTS OF RESUME WRITING. BACK INTERVIEWS, EMPLOYMENT NETWORKS. UM AND ALSO THE VETERANS WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION INTO THE REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM PARTNERS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY. UM ULTIMATELY ACHIEVING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. LASTLY NBB WILL BE EXCITED TO OFFER SERVICES FROM LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS. IN CLOSING. I'M ASKING THAT YOU ALL SUPPORT. UM NO VETERANS BEHIND AND ITS EFFORTS TO GIVE VETERANS WITHIN THE TRI CITY AREAS. THE GIRL THE GROUNDING TO BE REINTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY. WITH INFLATION AND THE COST OF LIVING ON THE RIDES ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT UM, OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE CITY WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FROM OUR VETERANS. THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO BECOME MORE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE TRI CITY REGIONS. I PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT AND WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE CITY CLERK AND GETTING THE INFORMATION ADDED TO THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.

NEXT MOVE ON TO MR BARBE, RUDOLPH. GOOD EVENING. BARB RUDOLPH 16 75 MOUNT VERNON STREET. THE EARLIER DISCUSSION. BROUGHT SOME UP SOMETHING KIND OF IMPORTANT AND THAT IS, UM YOU ALL HAVE PROCEDURES THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED AND I'M TALKING NOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE ABOUT SELLING CITY PROPERTIES. UM THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNSELOR CUTHBERT WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT

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NEXT AT THIS TIME COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. UM WE WANT TO EXTEND THE INVITATION. RARE QUICK WHILE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT. YES TO THE I'M SORRY TO THE YOUNG LADY MISS QUENTIN ALEXIS QUINTON. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PICKED UP A FLYER FROM THE BACKROOM TOMORROW WE ARE HAVING A HOUSING SUMMIT. UM RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERY ROOM STARTS AT TWO O'CLOCK, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH HOUSING HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN EVICTED HOUSING FOR VETERANS, JUST HOUSING AND YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. WE WILL BE HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK. THANKS FOR GOING TO, UM BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL. THE WORK MISS JACKSON. OKAY UM, THE FIRST

[10. Business or reports from the Mayor or other Members of City Council (Part 1 of 2)]

AND THE SECOND SHOUT OUT IS TO OUR VERY OWN JOANNE WILLIAMS FOR WINNING. NOT ONE EMMY. AWARD BUT TWO EMMY AWARDS FOR HER FILMS, ONE ON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AND I FORGET THE SECOND ONE, BUT SHE WANTS TO EMMY AWARDS. I HAVE ALREADY. UM TOLD YOU ALL AND IN THE BACK THERE IS A FLYER FOR THE HOUSING SUMMIT THAT PETERSBURG WILL BE SPONSORING TOMORROW. IF YOU DID NOT PICK UP A FLYER FROM THE BACK TABLE, PLEASE DO SO THIS IS BEING SPONSORED BY SEVERAL PARTNERS.

ONE BEING MISS GENEVIEVE. LORD GENEVIEVE, WOULD YOU STAND UP, PLEASE? GENEVIEVE IS A SOCIAL WORKER WITH PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S ALSO BEING SPONSORED BY ANTI POVERTY COMMISSION AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE FROM THAT GROUP HERE AS WELL AS MYSELF. SO IT'S A TWO PART EVENT TOMORROW WE WILL LISTEN AND WE WILL HEAR AND WE WILL LEARN WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING, BECAUSE IT APPEARS THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTITIES WORKING TO HELP THE HOMELESS

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[9. Public Information Period (Part 2 of 2)]

MARK SOME ARE SQUIRES 1701 MONTICELLO STREET HERE IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU GUYS TODAY ON BEHALF OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON TO BE HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I WROTE A POST ON FACEBOOK IN REGARDS TO INSTANCES WHICH WERE HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY. PETERSBURG IN REGARDS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM I THEN WAS OUTSIDE OF MY HOME ON MERCURY STREET, WHICH I'M CURRENTLY DEVELOPING. AND I FOUND A AT THE TIME I REFERENCED IT AS A CLIP. TURNS OUT, IT WAS A HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINE. I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SEND SOMEBODY OVER. UM OVER AN HOUR HAD PASSED AND NOBODY HAD COME DURING THAT TIME. SOME OTHER EVENTS HAD TAKEN PLACE. UM I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS. HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, YOU CAN CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND YOU CAN BE TOLD THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME TO HELP YOU OR ASSIST YOU AND THEN NOBODY COMES AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO DOWN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MEET SOMEBODY SHORTLY AFTER THAT. I HAVE NEW TENANTS FROM FORT LEE MOVING TO ONE OF MY RENTAL PROPERTIES, AND A POLICE OFFICER TOLD HIM TO NOT LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG BECAUSE IT IS A DANGEROUS PLACE. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS WERE DOING, TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I HOPE THAT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WILL LOOK INTO THESE ISSUES. I'M AT A RENTAL INCOME NOW DUE TO THIS, THERE WAS A CLAUSE IN THE LEASE SO THEY DIDN'T PAY THAT PORTION, BUT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. UM, I AGAIN I HOPE THE CITY PETERSBURG WILL LOOK AT THESE ISSUES AND TAKE THESE ISSUES SERIOUSLY.

THIS GOES INTO OUR RESPONSE TIME. FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT , PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE SEEN MY STORY. IT'S BEEN SHARED OVER 100 TIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA THOUSANDS . TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT. UM SO I HOPE THAT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WILL LEARN FROM THIS. WE CAN ALL GROW TOGETHER, BUT IT IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ME AT THIS TIME. I'M SURPRISED THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER WITH SAY NO TO ME WHEN I AM TRYING TO SPEAK. I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK EARLIER. FOLLOWING THE RULES HERE. I DON'T APPRECIATE TRYING TO BE SILENCED HERE IN

[10. Business or reports from the Mayor or other Members of City Council (Part 2 of 2)]

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THE BAD NEWS IS THAT IT TOOK THE MAYOR. THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AH IT OUGHT TO BE HAPPENING WITHOUT THAT KIND OF HANDS ON INTERVENTION. AH BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE HAPPY SIDE OF IT IN THE HAPPY SIDE OF IT IS THAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. AND UH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL OH, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT AH! THE OTHER THING, UH, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THIS VOTE THAT WE TOOK UM. WHICH I DO BELIEVE WAS WAS A LOSER AND NOT A WINNER. ON ER. 29 OH, TWO. NEVER, UM UH, MR MAYOR? I BELIEVE PREVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TOLD ME THAT THAT HOUSE WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IN ORDER TO SUPPLY HOUSING FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG BASEBALL TEAM. THE PETERSBURG GENERALS IS THAT CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT THEIR NEIGHBORS ON NEVER, UM ROAD THEY TOLD ME OKAY? UM THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT THIS. UM, AFTER THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO AH! SORT OF THE APPLICABLE LAW. OF. AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO OFFER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT.

COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, UM LIKE TO START OUT WITH A QUOTE BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND I'M JUST GONNA ADD LIVE FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY, BUT HE, FREDERICK DOUGLASS ONCE QUOTED A PERSON'S GREATNESS CONSISTS IN HIS OR HER ABILITY TO DO. AND TO DO AND THE PROPER APPLICATION OF HIS OR HER POWERS TO THINGS NEEDED TO BE DONE. UM I STARTED OUT WITH THAT QUOTE BECAUSE I ALWAYS LIKE TO GET UP HERE AND PREACH THE POSITIVITY THAT'S GOING ON IN PETERSBURG, UM, AT THE TIME WHERE YOU CAN CUT ON THE NEWS AND SEE A LOT OF THINGS GOING WRONG. JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A BALANCE AND I'LL START OUT WITH CHURCHES PUTTING GOD FIRST TO SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO ME. SO FIRST OF ALL, LIKE TO SHOUT OUT, DR SUSIE, RIGHT? UH ZION APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN MEMORIAL CHURCH ON YOUNG'S ROAD. SHE HAD HER FIRST PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY THIS PAST SUNDAY, AND I WAS GLAD TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT HER. UH UM. THEN I'LL MOVE OVER TO MOUNT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH. UM SPEAKING OUT TO MR TALLY. UM I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE YOUTH. UM AND MOUNT OLIVET IS HAVING A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ENTITLED NEIGHBORHOOD BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT. IT IS FROM JULY 25TH TO AUGUST THE SECOND. UM, SO THEY WILL BE GOOD, UM, COMPLEX COMPETITIVE BASKETBALL GOING ON EVERY NIGHT 2 TO 3 GAMES AT NIGHT. 16 TEAMS HAVE REGISTERED. IT STARTS AT SIX P.M. EACH NIGHT. UH STARTING AT THREE. EXCUSE ME, 10 A.M. ON SATURDAY THAT FINAL DAY, SO THERE'S NO COST TO PARTICIPATE.

BUT PLEASE COME OUT TO SUPPORT REVEREND WESLEY MCLAUGHLIN AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE TO MOUNT OLIVET AND AS WELL INCORPORATED WITH THIS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, NOT JUST FUN AND GAMES. BUT THEY DO HAVE A LIFE SKILL WORKSHOP. UM TO ACCOMPANY THAT AND THEN I WILL ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AT GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH ON CREATIVE ROLE ON JULY 31ST. THEY ARE HAVING A UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY OUTDOOR SERVICE ENTITLED, I LOVE PETERSBURG AGAIN. UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY. UM AGAIN, IT'S TO GET PAST BEING RESTRICTED TO YOUR OWN PLACE OF WORSHIP. BUT MAYBE WE COULD GET TOGETHER AND SUPPORT ALL PLACES OF WORSHIP, BECAUSE I BELIEVE GOD IS ALL INCLUSIVE. UM SO AGAIN, THAT IS JULY 31ST AT 10 A.M. AT GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH. NEXT I'LL MOVE ON TO. UM, IF YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION THIS UPCOMING WEEK, THERE IS A HEAT WAVE COMING TO THIS AREA WITH THAT IS A PERFECT TIME TO SHOUT OUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT MARKETS ALLEN AND PARKS AND REC IS DOING. BY OPENING FARMER STREET POOL DID. THEY WAS THEIR FIRST SOFT GRAND OPENING, BUT THEY ARE OPEN FROM 12 TO 6 ON TUESDAYS THROUGH SATURDAY. UH 12 TO 6. BUT THERE IS AN HOUR FROM 3 TO 4 THAT THEY DO GIVE THE LIFEGUARDS A BREAK, AND I WAS TOLD TODAY THAT THEY HAD ABOUT 70 PEOPLE TO COME OUT SO FAR OR GET TOO CLOSE THERE AT SIX. BUT THEY HAVE 70 PEOPLE TO COME OUT TODAY TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE. GET INTO PHARMA STREET POOL. UM NEXT, I'LL MOVE ON AGAIN TO THAT RESURGENCE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, I WAS PROUD TO SEE THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF EVENTS AGAIN GOING TO SERVE SERVICE OUR YOUTH WHETHER IT WAS THE Y M C. A WHETHER IT WAS SUMMER CAMPS AT V S U OR AREA CHURCHES OR AGAIN JUST THINGS

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THANK YOU NEXT, COUNCILMAN MYERS. I HAVE NOTHING AT THIS TIME IS THE MAYOR. BUT I'D LIKE TO, UH YIELD MY TIME UNTIL WE GET TO D ON UNDER 14, IF YOU DON'T MIND. ALL RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN HILL. YES, UH GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. PRETTY ALL THIS. WELL, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MAYBE JUST TWO ITEMS. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO PUBLIC WORKS, UM OFTENTIMES WE GET UP HERE AND WE SAY THANK YOU TO A CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT WHENEVER I SAID, THIS IMPOSED YOU ASIDE AND SAY THEY CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE THAN THAT. THAT THAT THAT GOES THAT WE GOES EVEN FURTHER. UM THE HAD ONE OF THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESS OWNERS DOWN IN THE OLD TOWN AREA WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WELL THEY SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CLEANSING OF THE CITY HERE RECENTLY, AND THEY DON'T SAY AS MUCH TRASH AS THEY USED TO. WHAT HAVE YOU SO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, UH, AS REGARD TO MR TALLY WITH THE WITH THE PARK UM THERE IS A PLAN FOR THAT, FOR THAT PARTICULAR PART. WE WANT TO MAKE IT A WALKING PARK. THE PLAN IS TO TRY TO GET UH, SOME SEATING, MAYBE SOME TYPE OF PAVILION IN THE MIDDLE AND SOME WALKING TRAIL TO GO STRAIGHT AROUND AS TALKING TO THE CITIZENS IN THAT AREA. THEY DON'T WANT TO BASKETBALL COURT ANYMORE. BACK THERE. THEY HAD TO TAKEN DOWN SOME YEARS AGO. AND THE CITIZENS THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT BACK THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WAS GOING IN THE BACK AND DOING AFFAIRS THINGS OF THAT NATURE. BUT THAT IS A PLAN. WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DONE. WE SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET DONE FOR AWHILE, BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE IT IS ON OUR RADAR TO TRY TO GET THAT PART. UH REHABBED AND REDONE. IT DOES BELONG TO THE CITY BY WAY OF WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GROUP? GET THE NAME OF THE GROUP. BUT WHAT IS IT? ANYWAY ONE OF THE LOCAL GROUPS HERE AND BUT WE DO TAKE CARE OF THE PARK, AS FAR COULDN'T AGREE AS THINGS THAT NEED TO JUST WANT TO, UH ALSO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE BE SAFE DOING THIS HEAT WAVE THIS SUPPOSED TO BE COMING THROUGH THINGS THAT NATURE AS YOU SEE THINGS LIKE ALL OVER THE NATION IS VERY HOT. SO WE MUST LOOK OUT. LOOK OUT FOR OUR ELDERS AND OUR YOUTH AS WELL DOING THIS HEAT TIME, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, MR MAYOR. JUST GLAD, GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE GLAD TO SEE THAT EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT IS VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. ONLY HAVE A FEW THINGS . I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, MR. KENNETH MILLER AND THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MISS ENNIS AND I, MAYOR FOR THE OUTSTANDING , UM, INTERN. YOU PROGRAM THAT YOU ALL HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGH OUT THE CITY. AND I AM SO GLAD

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ENJOYS MR KENNETH MILLER, SERBIA FOR OUR GOVERNOR, SO I JUST JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THE AMOUNT OF TALENT WE HAVE SETTING UP SITTING UP HERE WITH US. THERE'S RECOGNIZE, UH, IN THE COMMONWEALTH. WE THANK BOTH OF YOU ARE FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WELFARE. YOU DO HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND GOVERNOR YOUNG CAN NO, WE HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE WORKING HERE. UM NEXT UP.

I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM THERE ARE NO ITEMS NEXT IS ITEM 12 FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORT. NO ITEMS TONIGHT ITEM 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. NO ITEMS

[14. New Business]

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THANK YOU. MR MAYOR. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH A RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO INSTALL A SIDEWALK MURAL IN FRONT OF ARTIST SPACE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH. AND, UM, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES TO ALLOW THIS AS A HAS IT CHANGED TO THE ORDINANCE THAT PREVENTS, UM THIS , UM SORRY, WRONG PIECE PAPER THAT PREVENTS THE ORDINANCE TO PAINTING OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. SO WE SUPPORT THESE, UH THIS EFFORT THAT THE IMAGES SHOWN ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS VEIN. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I YIELD THE FLOOR TO THEM, AS THERE WOULD BE THE ARTISTS PERFORMING THE WORK. HOW YOU DOING? GLAD TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SIDEWALK HERE. THIS MIRROR HERE IS KIND OF LIKE, UH, REPLICA OF WHAT THE SIDEWALK LOOKS LIKE ON 1 20 PERIOD THAT GOES DOWN WITH THE ARTIST SPACE LOSSES. UM ONE OF THE RESIDENT ARTISTS IN THE BUILDING. AND WE DON'T CAN'T FIGHT CRIME, BUT WE WANT TO PUT DOWN SOME ART AND, YOU KNOW BEAUTIFY THE SITUATION. RIGHT NOW WALKING IN AND OUT OF THE DOOR RIGHT THERE. IT'S JUST KINDA HARD. IT'S ALWAYS A CONSTANT REMINDER. UM THEY'RE STARTING TO BUILD A SHRINE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE ACCESS OF THE DOOR, SO WE WANT TO PUT DOWN SOMETHING A LITTLE BETTER. AND NO JUST TRY TRY TO TIGHTEN IT UP OUT THERE. IT'S ROUGH OUT THERE. THANK YOU ALL. COUNCIL MEYERS AND MR MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THESE TWO. THESE ARE TWO OF OUR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IN THE CITY OF PETERBOROUGH. PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. TO MIRROR OPERATES THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND, UNFORTUNATELY CONFLICT FOR ME, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT IS OUT OF THE COP OUT OF THE CAMERON BUILDING. SHE HAS OPENED A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT SERVES ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. RENARD HAS CLOSED DOWN HIS WHAT IS IT? SHOOT FOR? WHAT IS WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT, HUH? SHOES ON DECK. THEY USED TO HAVE THAT DOWNTOWN PETERBOROUGH. BUT HE HAD TO GO TO WORK. AND SO I THINK THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE OUR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS , HE'LL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING SOON, BUT I HAVE TO COMMEND THESE TWO. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY FORCEFUL. AND TRYING TO CREATE WHAT ARTISTS SPACE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT. AND HAS NOT GOTTEN THERE AND I'M GONNA SAY THAT.

BUT BECAUSE OF THESE ARTISTS THEY'RE GETTING THEM THERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. AND WITH THAT, SHOULD I MAKE A MOTION STERILE? YOU WANT TO WAIT GO AHEAD ON AND MOVE OVER THE MOST. ALL RIGHT. I'M MOVING FORWARD THAT WE ALLOW TO CONSIDERATION. REQUEST INSTALLED SIDEWALK MURAL ALARM PERRY STREET AT ARTISTS SPACE. RIGHT. COUNSELOR. WESTBROOK SECOND THE MOTION. THE SECOND IT'S TIME MADAM CLERK IS PLEASED ALL THE ROADS. SOME OF THE CUP WORK. REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I. BY THE WEST OVER HILL HIGH SMITH LEE HARD HI. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'M NEXT. UNDER NEW BUSINESS. WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS. OH AND, UM, BEFORE I GO BACK TO A, UM THE FIRST IS WE NEED TO ADD WAS 14 E, WHICH IS A REQUEST TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG DISPOSITION GUIDELINES FOR CITY OWNED REAL ESTATE PROPERTY. ITEM 14 F WHICH IS A VIRGINIA BROWNS FIELD ASSISTANT FINDS GRANT FOR THE HARBOR PROJECT. ITEM. GENE, WHICH IS VIRGINIA BROWNFIELDS ASSISTED FUND SITE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING GRANT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE HARPER PROJECT. AHH. IS THE VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS GRANT. THERE WE HAVE ITEM 14, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY MAGIC TO SIGN AND SUBMIT. APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS FOR THE SUBMITTAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVITALIZATION FIND GRANT FOR THE REHABILITATION OF 1 12 NORTH SYCAMORE STREET. AND THEN I HAVE ITEM J, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER TO

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ITEM K, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 35 COMMERCE. ST. PETERSBURG VIRGINIA BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND TRI CITIES, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. THOSE. COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH MOVE ALRIGHT. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SEVEN CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE MAY WE TALK ABOUT THIS? WE HAVE AN AGENDA FOR A PURPOSE. AH! I STUDY IT THE WEEKEND BEFORE I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME. READING THE DOCUMENTATION AND THINKING ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE JUST BEEN PLOPPED DOWN WITH. HOW MANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS, MR MAYOR TWO. BREATHE. 456 SEVEN. SEVEN ADDITIONAL. I'M HOW MANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAVE HAVE READ ALL SEVEN OF THOSE ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE OR LET'S TRY IT THE OTHER WAY. IS THERE ANYONE ON COUNCIL WHO HAS READ ANY OF THESE SEVEN ITEMS? ANY OF THEM. NO ONE HAS READ ANY OF THE SEVEN UM. I MEAN, YEAH, I WANT TO SEE IS ACCOMPLISHED THINGS, BUT WE'VE WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. IF WE HADN'T EVEN READ WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON. SO, UH, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS. THERE IS NO TIME URGENCY TO ANY OF THEM AS FAR AS I KNOW, AND IF THERE IS THEN SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT GETTING THESE INTO THE AGENDA IN TIME FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. UM SO WE'RE MEETING ON AUGUST THE SECOND ANYWAY. AH! UH HUH. AND MAKE YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER THESE ITEMS. ON AT OUR MEETING ON AUGUST TWO. AND THAT WE BE GIVEN AN AGENDA. IN THE USUAL BUSINESS LIKE FASHION THAT HAS A COPY OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON. ON AUGUST TWO. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND ADDED TO THE AUGUST 2ND. SPECIAL MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. MOTION IN A SECOND. THE ATTITUDE. AUGUST 2ND. DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN HILL DISCUSSION IS ANY OF THIS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IS ANY OF IT TIME SENSITIVE I MEAN, NOT ALL OF IT, BUT IT'S IN A UNDERSTAND, UH, CLERK. IT WAS OUT. SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE REASON WHY THIS RIGHT HERE. RIGHT NEXT WE HAVE MISS KELLY PARKER. IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE MICROPHONE, I KNOW YOU HAVE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. AND I KNOW THIS. THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO US. TO ME WITH YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. SHOULDN'T HE BE RESPONDING? UM. MS PARK.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TIME SENSITIVITY OF IT, I DO. THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER. THE REASON WHY WE HAD TO WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE IS BECAUSE THERE IS A TITLE ISSUE THAT IS NOT DUE TO HABITAT. IT IS A CITY PARTICULAR ISSUE, AND IT IS RECENTLY GETTING RESOLVED AND SO THEREFORE IT WAS NOT SUBMITTED INITIALLY, BECAUSE I DID BELIEVE THAT I HAD TO HAVE THAT RESOLVED PRIOR TO MISS BOONE DID INFORM ME THAT IT WAS NOT REQUIRED TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT STAGE. WE ARE PREPARED TO PAY FOR THE PROPERTY AT 8 35 . WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME SENSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE READY TO MOVE ON. AND IF WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER, IT'S REALLY GOING TO CHANGE OUR TIMELINE. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO ADD IS A GROCERY COMPONENT TO THE RESTORE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE TITLE ISSUE RESOLVED . APPARENTLY THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THAT IT WAS CONVEYED TO THE CITY AND THEN WHEN THE CITY CONVEYED PROPERTIES TO INCLUDE THE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, AND THE FOOD PANTRY NEXT DOOR TO US IN THE PROPERTY BEHIND IT, THEY

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MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UH BEING UNAWARE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING THAT WAS CALLED IN AUGUST ON THE SECOND. JUST HEARING ABOUT THAT. BE WILLING TO HOLD THESE UNTIL THE SECOND BECAUSE AGAIN. WE THOUGHT THAT YOU WEREN'T GOING TO MEET AGAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HILL. MR MAYOR. WE CAN DO THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO MEET EARLY. BECAUSE THE MEETING WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE A SPECIAL MEANING FOR TWO ITEMS. NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE WHOLE. MEETING SCHEDULED LIKE A WHOLE. DOCKET AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO I'M WILLING TO MEET ON THE SECOND. WHERE WE WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO. DO TWO THINGS. AND THEN WE WAS GOING TO BE OUT. BUR STUFF HAS COME UP. IF WE MEET EARLIER AND THEN WE HAVE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ON CRIME THAT SAME DAY THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND THERE ARE RULES OF COUNCIL. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. NOT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUR VACATION TIME, AUGUST SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE MEET EARLIER EARLY IN THE MORNING AND HAVE OUR MEETING AND SO BE IT. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT 8 19 THINGS ON THE DOCKET WILL BE A REGULAR

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RIGHT, QUICK, MR MORE. YOU COME ON. THESE ARE ADDED TO A EXCUSE ME. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THESE ARE ADDED TO AN AUGUST 2ND AGENDA. WE SHOULD BE FINE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. TO, UM YEAH, AND THE MOTION WAS TO, UM MOVE. ITEMS. MM HMM. THROUGH OKAY? TO THE AUGUST 2ND. 2022 MEETING SPECIAL MEETING. COUNCILMAN WINSTON SMITH. SO WE AGREE. THE ITEMS FROM MR MOORE. HE'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE SECOND BUT MR PARKER NEEDS US TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE TONIGHT. SO SHE CAN MOVE ON AUGUST THE FIRST . SO CAN WE SAY THE OTHER ITEMS OTHER THAN THE ONE FOR HABITAT. UM YES, COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. THANK YOU. YOU SECONDED THE MOTION TO TABLE SO YOU WANT TO, UM IS THAT OKAY WITH COUNCILMAN KOZMA CUPBOARD BECAUSE YOU MADE THE INITIAL MOTION. SO, UM TO TABLE EVERYTHING SO. DO YOU WANT TO AMEND YOUR MOTION, OR YOU JUST WANT TO HAVE THE MOTION? MR. MAYOR? WHAT ABOUT THE ONE THAT WON 12 SYCAMORE. CAN WE ADD THAT ONE FOR TONIGHT? RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AND SUBMIT A APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS FOR THIS SUBMITTAL. OF THE INDUSTRIAL REBOUNDED IZATION FUND. GRANT. THIS IS A GRANT. FOR THEIR RE HABITATION OF 1 12 NORTH SYCAMORE STREET. CAN WE PUT THAT ON? BUT TODAY. BEING THE GRANT. I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S TIME SENSITIVE. YEAH MR. MOORE HAD SAID THAT IT WASN'T HIS TIME SENSITIVE, BUT, UM, COUNCILMAN COVER BIRTH IS HIS MOTION ON THE FLOOR IF HE CHOOSES TO AMEND, MR COUPLE. WOULD YOU ALLOW THIS? I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

THIS I HATE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. AND AS MY. SEAT MATE, AND, UH, BEST PAL HERE. HIS POINTED OUT. UH, MR MOORE SAID THAT. IT WAS NOT ALL THAT TIME SENSITIVE AND COULD WAIT. IF YOU GO. EXCUSE ME, MR MAYOR MEMBERS COUNCIL. IF YOU ADD THESE TO THE SECOND, WE WILL MEET THE DATES FOR THE SUBMISSIONS THAT WE NEED AGAIN. WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET THESE FORWARD. WAS WERE UNAWARE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE IN AUGUST MEETING. BECAUSE OKAY, SEPTEMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO LATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALREADY. ALRIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME COUNSELOR COVER IF YOU HAVE EMOTION. TO, UM, TABLE EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. RESOLUTION IS CONFIRMED. YES SIR. ALRIGHT SECONDED BY COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. UM AT THIS TIME, ADAM CLARK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? REMEMBER I WILSON SMITH, I MYERS. 1000 OF THE WESTBROOK I NUMBER HILL HIGH. SMITH LEE PRIME. ALRIGHT SO NEXT, WE'LL ADD, UM HABITAT AS ITEM E. AND WE'LL GO BACK TO ITEM A, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 15 44. HALIFAX, ST PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND ROUGHLY ENTERPRISES LLC, MR MOORE GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS A CONSIDERATION FOR A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR 15 44 HALIFAX. THIS CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WAS APPROVED. ON JUNE 21ST. SLIDE NEXT SLIDE. IN THE

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THIS IS CAD DRAWING OF THE ELEVATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT BE APPROVED. MR RUFFIN IS HERE. IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OF HE OR I THANK YOU, MR OKAY? THANK YOU. KEEP OPEN, ALL RIGHT? HOW YOU DOING, MR RUFFIN? GOOD EVENING. YEAH GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THE UH UM, THE PURCHASE. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS A STAGE TO WHERE I WAS TOLD. WE NEED TO INITIALLY. AH PROS. UH, UH, THE DIVISION OF THE PROPERTY INTO FOUR SECTIONS DID CHECK WITH PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND OF COURSE, THERE UM, REQUIREMENTS WERE 50 FT OF ROAD FURNITURE AND WHAT THE PROPERTY AT HAND. IT DOES ALLOW ME TO BRING IT UP INTO A RANT ABOUT 54 TO 56 FT ROAD FURNI AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL THAT WE HAVE SET FOR THANK YOU, MR BUFFETT. OKAY, COUNSELOR, WILSON SMITH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION IMPROVING THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. ALRIGHT VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. SECOND, IT RIGHT. AND THE DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNSELOR, COUNCILMAN, COVER BIRTH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. UM I'M GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS, MR RUFFIN AND APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY, BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO THE MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THAT BOOK. I DIDN'T WRITE THE NUMBERS DOWN. I THINK I'VE GOT THEM, RIGHT. AH! THAT THE ASSESSED VALUE IS $44,000. AND THE OFFER PRICE IS 25. IS THAT RIGHT? MR ROBIN? CORRECT. UM AND JUST REMIND MY FELLOW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT OUR POLICY FOR SELLING THESE PROPERTIES. THESE SURPLUS PROPERTIES. FOR WHICH WE HAVE NO, NO. USE OURSELVES IS THAT THE MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE PRICE BEAT AT LEAST. 50% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE. UH HUH. 50% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE IN THIS CASE COURSES 22,000 OFFERS 25 SO WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THINKING THAT THE WE'RE GOING TO SELL EVERYTHING AT 50% OF ASSESSED VALUE. THAT'S THAT'S NOT OUR POLICY. OUR POLICY IS TO REQUIRE UH, THAT THE SALES PRICE BE AT LEAST 50% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE, SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND USE THIS AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF OUR ABOUT POLICY AND WHAT OUR POLICY MEANS. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THE MAYOR. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. MR. RUFFIN PAID OVER THE NOW. OH, I'M SORRY, MR MAYOR. YES, COUNCILOR HILL. ON. UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. COUNCILMAN COUPLE OF AND THIS IS NO REFLECTION ON THAT. I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LAST YOUNG LADY IN BATTLEFIELD PARK. BUT THE THING IS IF YOU SIGNED THE PAPERS AT ONE TIME. AND IS ONE PRICE. AND THEN YOUR APPLICATION IS IN AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ASSESSMENT CHANGE DURING THE TIME. IT'S JUST LIKE BUYING A HOME. IF YOU BUY AT HOME FOR $150,000. YEAH BUT THEN WHEN YOU GO TO CLOSE AND THEY SAY NO, THE HOME IS $200,000. BUT NO, YOU'RE ALREADY DID THE PAPERWORK. SO YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THERE WAS NO FAULT OF HERS DURING THE TIME THE ASSESSMENT CHANGE AFTER SHE PUT HER PAPERWORK AND SO WE KEEP ON GOING BACK TO THIS. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IF WE CAN GET MORE, WE GET MORE.

BUT WHAT? WHAT IT WAS ASSESSED AT THAT TIME. IT WAS HALF OF THE HALF OF WHAT IT WAS. SO MR MAYOR . BR POINT OUT TWO THINGS IN RESPONSE TO COVER. LET'S USE THE MCKINNEY LIBRARY AS AN EXAMPLE.

AH THE LAST ASSESSMENT WAS OVER. $700,000 I HEARD TONIGHT. THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT IS 142,000. I THINK AH, WE REALLY SAYING THAT, UM IF, AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED, AND IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, BUT

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PARTICULAR PROJECTS. ONE IS THE FALL LINE TRAIL PHASE WHEN A TRAILHEADS. APPOMATTOX RIVER TRAIL ADAMS STREET. I 95 AND BRIDGE TO COLONIAL HEIGHTS. ADDITIONAL PROJECT A P 91 66 IS THE AFFYMAX RIVER TRAIL FROM OLD TOWN PETERSBURG SQUAWK ALLEY. TO ADAMS STREET. SO WE WOULD ASK FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THIS REVOLUTION. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR MOORE. ALL RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION, THEN. SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION FOR SUPPORT FOR THE SMART SCALE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY THE ATROCITY MPO AND CREATIVE PLANNING DISTRICT. TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. DON'T MOVE. COUNCILMAN HILL. CIRCUIT.

I'M RIGHT AT THIS TIME, MADAM. PLEDGE YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD. COUNCILOR BERT. AH WILSON SMITH

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[15. City Manager's Report]

AND, UH, SO, UH AND IT REALLY PLEASED ME. AND YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST. AND, UH, CERTAINLY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF POCAHONTAS. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY? ALRIGHT, MISS ENNIS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR , VICE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED THAT WE GIVE A TIMELINE AS IT RELATES TO OUR POOR CREEK INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. WE HAVE MR GOODALL HERE FROM J. M T. HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE, JUST FLOAT. SO YOU ALL KNOW WE DID PROVIDE YOU WITH THE EXTENSIVE COPY ABOUT 120 SOMETHING STEPS THAT IT TAKES US TO GET FROM BEGINNING TO END. BUT DOCTORS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR EVENING. SORRY. GOOD EVENING, MR RARE COUNCIL.

UM MY NAME IS AS, UH, MISS ENNIS EXPLAINED. MY NAME IS DOC ARTICLE I'M FROM J. MTM ONE OF YOUR CONSULTING ENGINEERS. UH I'M HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS WITH COUNSEL TO BRIEF YOU ON THE OVERALL SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER PORTION OF THE LARGE PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SUPPORT OF THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UH.

RATHER THAN DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DETAILED SCHEDULE, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN. I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AT AT AT SORT OF AN UPPER LEVEL. UM AND WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS, UM, A CONDENSED VERSION OF WHAT MRS ENNIS WAS WAS JUST SHOWING YOU ALL. UM THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES AND IT WOULD TAKE MORE TIME THAN WE HAVE THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU A DETAILED BRIEF. I AM OF COURSE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AT YOUR DISCRETION. THE SCHEDULE IS PRELIMINARY, BUT IT IS A UPDATED VERSION. OF THE SCHEDULE THAT

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AND I WANT TO ADD MY THANKS TO EVERYONE ELSE'S. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. GOOD SHOW. THIS IS LIKE COUNSELING COVER SAYS I JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THIS IS THE CORNERSTONE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT THAT SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE CITY AND, UM, I SEE, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF WHAT ROUGHLY FAB YEARS TO GET THERE. CLOSE TO FOUR SERVICE.

CAN WE SHAVE THEM OFF OF THAT THEN? YEAH. YES YES, SIR. THAT IS THAT IS POSSIBLE. IT WAS GOOD SHOT. WHAT WHAT WHAT WE HAVE IS WHEN, UM, WHEN, UH, FLOW AND PACKING. CIVICA GOT THAT THE FEDERAL CONTRACT TO MAKE THE, UM THE FEDERAL STOCKPILE OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL, GREEDY INTS.

THEY TOLD US RIGHT AFTER JUMP. WE GOT A GREEN LIGHT EVERYTHING FAST. WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY DELAYS. BECAUSE THIS IS OF IMMEDIATE SECURITY OF THE NATION TO GET THIS DONE, SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING ANY BARRIERS THAT THAT WE CAN MOVE OUT THE WAY TO EXPEDITE THIS WILL DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HELP MOVE THIS ALONG, OKAY? I BELIEVE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS ALREADY TAKING ACCESS TO THAT EFFECT. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. LASTLY MRS WILLIAMS WAS GOING TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL TONIGHT. BUT UH, BRINGING AN UPDATE ON THE ARTIFACTS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, HOWEVER, MRS WILLIAMS L TONIGHT SHE'S GETTING SOME TREATMENT. SO SHE APOLOGIZES FOR NOT BEING HERE,

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[16. Business or reports from the Clerk]