EVERYONE. WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH TODAY'S SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS 12
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01 AND MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH HERE, MYERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER HILL HERE. VICE MAYOR SMITH FULLY PRESENT. PERM HERE. NEXUS ITEM TO DISCUSSING AND CONSIDERATION. A WHICH IS[2.a. Consideration of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Petersburg, Virginia committing funds for water and wastewater improvements necessary to support an advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing and R&D cluster project. (Page 2)]
CONSIDERATION FOR RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. COMMITTING FUNDS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCED PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CLUSTER PROJECT. MISS WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY A REALLY APPRECIATE HE CALLED A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY. THIS IS A HIGHLY IMPORTANT PROJECT AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. MAYOR PAY ARMS CERTAINLY HAS CONTRIBUTED A LOT AS HE SERVES ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL COALITION TEAM. THE CITY TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS GRANT APPLICATION. IT'S OVER 1000 PAGES TO THE E D. A WE'RE COMING DOWN NOW TO THE FINAL MONTH. WE SHOULD KNOW IN AUGUST, UM IF THIS GRANT WILL BE AWARDED TO NOT ONLY US, BUT FIVE OTHER COALITION PARTNERS THAT GO FROM RICHMOND DOWN TO PETERSBURG. UM, THIS IS AN AMENDED UM, RESOLUTION. WHEN WE FIRST THE FIRST RESOLUTION WE SUBMITTED WE DID NOT KNOW WE WOULD RECEIVE 29 A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SO WE HAD TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT FROM THIS GRANT APPLICATION, AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS IT REDUCED DOWN TO OUR ASK WOULD BE 7.5 MILLION.AND WE WOULD MATCH IT BY 1.3 MILLION. AND SO I'M ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS TODAY.
OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS WILLIAMS EMOTION, ALRIGHT, COUNCILMAN HILL. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATION. RIGHT? MOST TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. I'M SORRY. I SAID RECORD. I'M SORRY . MOVE THAT WE APPROVED OF RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, SIR.
COUNCIL, UM VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. SECOND ANY QUESTIONS? FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT NUMBER, WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER WESTBROOK HIGH HI. HI HIS ITEM B CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A
[2.b. Consideration of a resolution to authorize a non-competitive application for the Industrial Revitalization Fund in support of recovery of the former Ramada Inn site located on E. Washington Street. (Page 4)]
NONCOMPETITIVE APPLICATION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL REVITALIZATION FUND AND SUPPORT OF RECOVERY OF THE FORMER RAMADI INSIGHT, LOCATED ON EAST WASHINGTON STREET. MR MOORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THIS AND THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE. ARE IN SUPPORT OF BRINGING THE RAMADA DOWN THE OLDER MODEL DOWN. IT'S A GREAT DAY CITY OF PETERSBURG. THIS IS JUST AWESOME. WHAT'S HAPPENING? D. H. C. D IS MANAGING THE FUNDS THAT WERE APPROPRIATED OUT BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OUR FIRST ONE. IT'S NON COMPETITIVE, SO THIS IS NOT A COMPETE SITUATION.AND IT'S FOR $1 MILLION. AND THIS IS FOR THE FORMER RAMADA INN BUILDING SITE LOCATED ON THE EAST WASHINGTON STREET. UM, WE'D ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN APPROVING THIS RESOLUTION. OKAY.
COUNSELOR LIVES SO MOVED. COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK SECOND. DISCUSSION MR MAYOR. WHERE'S THE WHERE'S THE RESOLUTION? HUH? REFERENCE. BASICS OF NINE BE IT RESOLVED. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WISHES TO APPLY FOR $1 MILLION OF INDUSTRIAL VALIDATION FUND FOR THE FOLLOWING RAMADI IN BUILDING AND SITE LOCATED ON EAST WASHINGTON STREET AND PETERSBURG. PHYSICAL WHEREAS FISCAL YEAR 23 FUNDS FROM THE OKAY, OKAY. YEAH. HOW MANY MORE OF THESE DO WE HAVE? THE ONE MORE SIR. THAT WON'T BE AN AMOUNT OF $700,000 AND THAT'S FOR POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. YES. WELL I TRUST THAT PEOPLE WHO DRAFTED THIS. GOT IT. RIGHT. UM I'M A LITTLE COMPLEX AS TO WHY THERE'S. COUNCILOR CUPBOARD TAKE YOUR TIME. YOU NEED A YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S BOTH A PAGE FOUR AND FIVE SENSES BUT IN ANY EVENT, THERE'S A MOTION ON
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THE TABLE AND I'M READY TO VOTE FOR, OKAY. AT THIS TIME AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? COUNCILOR MECHANICSBURG COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I ADMIRE THE WESTBROOK REMEMBER HUGH SMITH LEE HIGH THERE, PERM. I SAT RIGHT NEXT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO[2.c. Consideration of a resolution to authorize a non-competitive application for the Industrial Revitalization Fund in support of the demolition of the former Ramada Inn. (Page 7)]
ITEM C, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION AND RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A NINE COMPETITIVE APPLY APPLICATION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL VIOLINS ATION FUND IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE FORMAL RAMADI AND THE MORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS THE SECOND PIECE FROM THE AMOUNT OF $700,000 THE ACTUAL DEMOLITION. OF OUR BELOVED, NOT BE LOVED ICON. THE OLD RAMADA INN. THE DRAFT RESOLUTION IS ATTACHED. THESE RESOLUTIONS WERE REVIEWED AND SENT BACK TO US BY D. H. C D SO WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THIS TIME, COUNCILMAN HILL. THE MORE THAT WE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION.RIGHT, COUNSELOR. MYERS SECOND, ALRIGHT, TALISMAN COVER, IF ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE WE VOTED HIM, MR BAE, DON'T RUB IT IN. OKAY ALRIGHT, I KNOW. I KNOW. WE LOOK LOOK YEAH, WE WANT TO GET THIS BE CLEAR ON EVERYTHING, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S UH THE RESOLUTION HERE. IT'S FOR THE R F. THE RESOLUTION IS ON PAGE NINE, WHERE WE ALL WANT TO GO, AND I'M SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAVE GOT IT. RIGHT. SO I'M READY TO VOTE.
OKAY NOW, MR WILLIAMS, COSMO COVER SAYS HE'S SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT. YOU WANT TO STAY FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU THAT EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT. WELL, ACTUALLY, I SAW THESE WHEN YOU GUYS DID WHEN IT COUNTS THERE, UH, IN THE PACKAGE, BUT I HAVE LOOKED AT THEM AND THEY APPEAR TO BE ACCURATE. THANK YOU, SIR. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROOM. TOUGHER.
REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I ADMIRE RIGHT MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL VICE MARY SMITH LEE MAYOR. FINE. I PASSED THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR GETTING THIS IN. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING FOR THIS SPECIAL CALL MEETING FOR THESE THREE IMPORTED ITEMS. THE NEXT ITEM THREE IS A GERMAN. YES SIR. THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. I SPECIAL CLOTHES SPECIALIST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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