[1. Roll Call]
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CONCLUDES OUR CLOSED SESSION. NEXT WE'RE READY TO ROLL INTO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UM, THE. CLOSED SESSION. CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED. ALRIGHT AND NEXT, IT IS 5 30 READY TO GET STARTED FOR THE SEPTEMBER 20TH 2022 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS BOILS AND SMITH HERE MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK OVER HILL HERE, SMITH LEE PRESENT HERE. THE NEXT MOVE TO ITEM TWO TO PRAYER COUNSELOR HERE WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. THAT IS PRAY. HAVING TWO FATHERS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT MANY GIFTS AND BLESSINGS YOU BESTOWED UPON US. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ASKED THEIR BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY. OUR CITIZENS CAST THEIR PRESENCE UPON HOW WORKERS HAVING A FATHER THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED BY THE CITY HAVING A FATHER. WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL AND ALL THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER HAVING A FATHER TO MAKE THIS CITY A GREATER CITY. I THOUGHT WE ASKED THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS DAY. WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BLESS THIS COUNCIL MEETING HEAVENLY FATHER THAT THERE MAY BE FRUITFUL TO YOUR NAME. WE GIVE YOUR NAME ALL THE HONOR, PRAISE AND GLORY. AND WE THANK YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS. WE DO PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. NEXT IS ITEM THREE PLEDGE OF LEADERS.
EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT MOVED. ITEM FORWARD DETERMINATION OF PRESIDENT A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT ITEM. FIVE PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS PRESENTATIONS OF CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE NONE FOR TONIGHT. UM NEXT IS, UM ITEM SIX RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. MISS WILLIAMS. HAVE THAT IN COUNCIL COMMUNICATES. ITEMS. SEVEN IS APPROVED OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO INCLUDE MINUTES OF
[7. Approval of Consent Agenda (to include minutes of previous meetings):]
PREVIOUS MEETINGS, ITEM A MINUTES SEPTEMBER 6 2022 CLOSED SESSION MINUTES SEPTEMBER 6 2022 WORK SESSION MINUTES ITEM BE REQUESTED SCHEDULE, PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE P U D AND PROFFERS FOR THE HARRISON CREEK PROPERTIES.UM THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE HARRISON CREEK WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 15TH 2022. AND ITEM C IS A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED AND APPROPRIATE F Y 22 23 ALL FUNDS BUDGET ON OCTOBER 18TH 2022 ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN WIRES. MOVED. UM COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. SECONDE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILOR BECAUSE BERT. COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. I COUNCIL MEMBER HILL I. SMITH. LEE MERRITT PERN. THANK YOU. NEXT IS
[8. Official Public Hearings]
ITEM. EIGHT. OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION. OTHER ORDINANCE APPROVING THE RE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 55 STEPS AND DRIVE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT ARE ONE A TO MIX. USE DISTRICT. IT MAKES D THREE. ALL RIGHT, MR TABOR. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO REZONE THE PROPERTY. 26 55 STEADMAN'S DRIVE, WHICH IS DEEDED TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FROM OUR 182, MX D THREE. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND TOTALS 21.94 ACRES. AH! REZONING THE PROPERTY WILL PERMIT A MIXTURE OF USES FOCUSED ON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES REZONING POTENTIALLY MAKE THE PROPERTY MORE MARKETABLE. AND ADJACENT LAND USES ARE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED A RESOLUTION DURING THEIR MEETING ON JULY 7TH RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REZONING. ALRIGHTY. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE RE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 26 55 STATEMENT DRIVE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT. TWO M X D THREE. HANDS ON THE PUBLIC[00:05:07]
HEARINGS, SEEING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING THIS CLOSE NEXT, UM COUNCILMAN HILL. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE JOAN MIXED USE ZONE CHANGE TO M X D THREE.RIGHT? THE ORDINANCE. COUNCILMAN COVER BIRTH SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT AH, COUNCIL OF WILSON SMITH, I CAST MEMBER MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, REMEMBER HILL. I. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. I PERN PAST ITEM, A B, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE RE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 5, 13 OLD WAGNER ROAD AND 5 25 OLD WAGNER ROAD FROM A AGRICULTURE DISTRICT ARE ONE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT. MR TABOR. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY RECEIVED INQUIRIES REGARDING VACANT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 25 OLD WAGNER ROAD. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED A AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND THE MINIMUM ACREAGE PER OUR ZONING ORDINANCE IS EIGHT ACRES. HOWEVER THE PROPERTY IS 1.55 ACRES. ALSO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AT 5 13 OLD WAGON ROAD IS ALSO ZONED A AGRICULTURE DISTRICT AND THAT PROPERTY IS 130.87 ACRES. UM. THE PROPERTY DIMENSIONS OBVIOUSLY DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ZONING DESIGNATION. REZONING THE PROPERTIES TO R ONE. A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT WILL BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE AND PERMIT THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE. ADJACENT LAND USES ARE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED A RESOLUTION DURING THEIR JULY 7TH 2022 MEETING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REZONING. OKAY? THIS TIME. THIS WILL OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVING THE ORDINANCE OF THE REZONING OF PROPERTIES LOCATED 5 13 WAGON ROAD. 5 25 OLD WAGNER ROAD FROM A AGRICULTURE DISTRICT TO R ONE, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
ALRIGHT SAYING NO. ONE. MS. GRIFFIN, PLEASE. G ON MY DOCTOR GRIFFIN 1200 HARRISON CREEK BOULEVARD. PETERSBURG VIRGINIA 238. OH, FIVE. UM I AM A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU UPHOLD THE VOTE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE BERKLEY MANOR PROJECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT SEEING NO OTHER HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS, TYNE DISCUSSION. UM YES, DISCUSSION. COUNCILOR HILL. SO MR TABOR, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED IN FAVOR. I HAVE THIS OKAY? AND THEY PLAN ON PUTTING SINGLE HOMES. SINGLE YES, SIR. OKAY? IS THIS. THE. WHAT WAS? IS THIS THE SAME MATTER THAT CAME BEFORE YOU ALL DID? A LOT OF THE CITIZENS CAME OUT THERE. THIS IS NOT THIS ONE.
OKAY ALRIGHT. OKAY I'M GONNA SAY TO MAKE OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. UH FAB 13 OLD WAGON AND ROLL AND 25 25 OLD REGULAR ROLE FROM A ARCHITECT YOUR DISTRICT TO R ONE , A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT. APPROVED THE ORDINANCE. ALRIGHT AND NEXT, COUNCILMAN MYERS SECOND ALRIGHT WITH MOTION A SECOND. UM THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION CNN. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? REMEMBER CUTHBERT? AH REMEMBER WILSON SMITH? I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE MAYOR PERM I PASSED ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS NEXT ONE. WE WANT TO ITEM NINE, WHICH
[9. Public Information Period]
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MINUTES SHALL BE PART OF ORDER BUSINESS AT EACH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING HE SPEAKER SHOULD BE A RESIDENT OR BUSINESS OWNER OF THE CITY AND SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. NO SPEAKER WOULD BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION ON THE REGULAR DOCKET OF THE MEETING, AT WHICH THE SPEAKER IS TO SPEAK. THE ORDER OF SPEAKERS LIMITED BY THE 30 MINUTE TIME PERIOD SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS A IN FRONT OF THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE NOTICE PERSONS WHO HAVE NOTIFIED THE CLERK NO LATER THAN 12 O'CLOCK NOON THE DAY OF THE MEETING. ITEM BE SECOND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THEIR SIGN UP PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE SIGN UP SHEET PLACED BY THE CLERK IN THE REAR OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE MEETING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. TODAY WE HAVE 12345. WE HAVE SIX. WE'LL START OFF WITH MRS BARBARA RUDOLPH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. EXCUSE ME. UM GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM MISS LUCAS. I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE YOU TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU.OKAY UM BARB RUDOLPH 16 75 MOUNT VERNON STREET. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE REAL ESTATE TAX BILLS THAT ARE DUE SEPTEMBER 30TH, WHICH IS THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2023. THESE BILLS INSTEAD OF USING THE NEW PROPERTY TAX ABOUT NEW PROPERTY VALUE ASSESSMENTS THAT YOU APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE CURRENT BILLS ARE BASED ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2022.
WHICH ARE NOW OBSOLETE ASSESSMENTS. SO THE CORRECT TAX RATE, WHICH SHE PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR OF A DOLLAR 27 PER 100 THAT IS USED BUT IT'S APPLIED TO LAST YEAR'S REAL ESTATE ASSESSED VALUES RATHER THAN THIS YEAR'S REAL ESTATE ASSESSED VALUES. THE ASSESSOR TOLD US IN FEBRUARY THAT 65% THE PROPERTIES IN THE CITY INCREASED IN VALUE. MOST OF THESE HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY UNDER BUILD. THE ANNUAL IMPACT OF SUCH AN ERROR COULD COME CLOSE TO $2.5 MILLION, WHICH IS HOW MUCH REAL PROPERTY REVENUE WAS INCREASED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 BUDGET OKAY. I THINK IT'S EASIER TO ILLUSTRATE THIS USING REAL LIFE EXAMPLES, WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT THE SPREADSHEETS THAT MISS LUCAS IS PASSED OUT TO YOU. THESE INCLUDE YOUR RESIDENCES, ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL OF YOU. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, HOW? WHAT TO LOOK FOR HERE. FOR EACH ADDRESS. THE FIRST ROW SHOWS LAST YEAR'S ASSESSMENTS AND TAX AMOUNTS, SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR PRIOR YEAR BILLS. THE SECOND ROW, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE.
THAT SHOWS THE FY 2023 APPROVED ASSESSMENTS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT CAME IN THE MAIL ON A CARD TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS. WITH THE TAX AMOUNT CALCULATED USING THE NEW RATE OF THE DOLLAR 27 PER 100. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S THOSE ARE THE CORRECT AMOUNTS ON THAT ORANGE HIGHLIGHTED SECOND ROW. THE THIRD ROW. SHOWS WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BUILD ON THE SEPTEMBER 30TH BILLS. FOR YOUR PROPERTIES. THE ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY TAX AMOUNTS OR INCORRECTLY CALCULATED FROM LAST YEAR'S ASSESSMENTS. YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST ROW AND SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE IDENTICAL. THAT'S HOW THAT WAS. HOW I BACKED INTO FINDING THE FIGURING OUT HOW THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE BILLS WERE. THE BILLS WERE ACTUALLY CALCULATED.
OKAY NOW. THE CONCERN. I DON'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE CITY IS DEALING WITH THIS. NOW THESE BILLS ARE THE TAXES ARE DUE IN 10 DAYS. YOU'VE GOT POTENTIALLY A LARGE NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CITY THAT ARE EITHER UNDER BUILD, WHICH WOULD BE THOSE WHO HAD INCREASES AND THOSE WHOSE PROPERTY VALUES DECREASED COULD HAVE BEEN OVERBILLED AND THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY HIM BACK. I DON'T THINK THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE PLEASED AND EITHER ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS NOBODY WANTS TO LEARN THAT THEY OWE THE CITY MORE MONEY. UM ALSO, I GUESS THERE'S A HUGE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT INVOLVED IN CONTACTING EVERYBODY'S MORTGAGE HOLDERS.
EVERYBODY WHOSE TAXES ARE TAKEN OUT AND PUT PAID FOR MONTHLY AND A REAL ESTATE PAYMENT. I OWN MY HOME, SO I GET I GET TAX DIRECTLY BY THE CITY. AND I NOTICED THIS WHEN I RECEIVED MY BILL, THAT'S HOW THIS CAME TO LIGHT TO ME. AS I LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT THAT I GOT FOR THE QUARTERLY BILL. AND IT WAS $488 . WELL I KNEW THAT MY REAL ESTATE TAX WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER $500. SO THAT RIGHT THERE, THAT'S WHAT MADE ME STOP AND START LOOKING AT IT. SO I LOOKED
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. I PROBABLY I ONLY LOOKED. I SAMPLED ABOUT TWO DOZEN PROPERTIES NOW YOU AND THAT INCLUDES THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE ON THE SPREADSHEET. BUT I ALSO LOOKED AND I WENT ALL OVER THE CITY. AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TIME CONSUMING, BUT I COULD LOOK AT MORE. UM, SO I HOPE THAT I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND PARTICULARLY BE FORTHCOMING BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT CAN BE COVERED UP. I MEAN, IT'S A BIG MASS. PEOPLE SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY PAID THEIR BILLS AND EITHER PAID TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE, THE ONLY ONES WHO AREN'T AFFECTED OR PEOPLE WHOSE ASSESSMENTS DID NOT CHANGE. SO IF SOMEBODY'S ASSESSMENT FROM 22 TO 23 REMAINED THE REMAINED THE SAME. THE NEW LOWER TAX RATE WOULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED AND THEY PAID THE CORRECT AMOUNT. BUT THAT'S THE MINORITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND PETERSBURG. LOOKING BACK. UM I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT PROCESS. I KNOW THAT THE ASSESSED VALUES ARE GENERATED BY THE ASSESSOR. ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE. THE FINANCE OFFICE COLLECT THE OFFICE OF COLLECTIONS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRINTING AND MAILING THE BILLS. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE QUALITY CONTROL FAILED SPECTACULARLY TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE THIS NEVER SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT LIKE THIS. UM I DON'T. I KNOW I'VE EXCEEDED MY TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA TIME, BUT I REALLY DID. I FELT LIKE THE ONLY WAY TO SHARE THIS AND MAYBE GET YOUR ATTENTION WAS TO USE THE ACTUAL AMOUNT, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MR RICHARD A. STEWART. MM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY NAME RICHARD AIDS TO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE AIRPORT IS OUR I'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPLE LIVING ON AN ISLAND AND OUTSIDE THE ISLAND AND SO FORTH AND SERVE ABOUT THE RIVER. DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S A MRS STEWART DID YOU KNOW? THIRD STREET CAN BE CLOSED DOWN, YOU KNOW, FIFTH STREET CAN BE CLOSED DOWN GENERAL JOSEPH JENKINS ROBERTS STREET. AS YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE FOURTH OF JULY, ALL THAT WAS SHUT DOWN. ASK THE I DON'T I AM GOING ON, BUT THE CITY HAD PASSED SOME ORDINANCE SETTING EVERYTHING DOWN THAT SOME 1000 TO 2500 CALLS WOULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACTIVITY DOWN THERE, HE WOULD HAVE POST THEM TO PARK. ON THE WEST SIDE OF LOW SUPPORT ON THE STREET AND POCAHONTAS AND ON THE GRASS OF JOSEPH JENKINS ROBERTS. WITH THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY. WITH THE CITIZENS. THE UNION STATION. KROGER SPOT. HOW CAN AN AREA DOWN AT OPERATE IF YOU SHUT THOSE AREAS DOWN? EVEN WHEN IT MOST TIMES WHEN IT RAINED, LIEUTENANT RUN WHEN JOSEPH DINKY ROBERTS FLOODS SO HOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IS HAVE THE AREA BEEN SOLD AND ORDERS HAVE SHUT IT DOWN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT THE PEOPLE KEEP CALLING ME AND ASKED ME ABOUT IT. LOOK OUT FOR POCAHONTAS. ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO THANK POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PATROLLING POCAHONTAS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE SAFER COMMUNITY TO SEE THEM RIDE THROUGH THERE, AND STATE TROOPERS AND SO FORTH AND SARAH ALL THIS CRIME GOING ON IN PETERSBURG. WE THANK POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT. EVERYTHING THAT COMES OVER POCAHONTAS TO LOOK OUT FOR US.WE ARE VERY THANKFUL. AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. NEXT UP. WE HAVE MR MICHAEL MOORE STORES. LOOMIS MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL MOORE STORES HAD HIM AT 1705 JOHNSON ROAD. UM THE REASON I COME BEFORE YOU IS WITH REGARDS TO SPEED DETERRENCE ON MARINA AVENUE. NOW THE RESIDENTS OF ARENA AVENUE ASKING FOR YOUR RECONSIDERATION OF SPEED DETERRENCE ON TWO BLOCKS OF RHINO BETWEEN BERMUDA AND JOHNSON ROAD. RESIDENTS ON THIS CORRIDOR WITNESS HOW OFTEN PEOPLE SPEED UNLIKE THE AREA FROM BERMUDA TO SOUTH BOULEVARD , WITH SEVERAL STOP SIGNS AND PARKED CARS TO SLOW SPEED. THESE TWO BLOCKS ARE WIDE WITH NO STOP SIGNS OR PARKED CARS TO SLOW TRAFFIC. WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE BY GETTING PETITIONS SIGNED AND SUBMITTING THEM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THE DPW PAID TO HAVE SURGERY. EXCUSE ME. SURVEYS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A NEED FOR SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. THE PROCESS HAS TAKEN MORE THAN TWO YEARS TO WHICH WE STILL HAVE NO RESOLUTION. WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, THE SAME TO BLOCK CORRIDOR HAD TWO ACCIDENTS DUE TO DRIVER ERROR. ONE BY A DRIVER HITTING A TELEPHONE POLE AT MARINA AND BERMUDA. AND 30 FT FROM THE SAME INTERSECTION. ANOTHER DRIVER WAS ISSUED TWO CITATIONS, ONE FOR SPEEDING AND THE OTHER FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING. THE DRIVER HIT A NINE TON PARK TRAILER AND PUSHED IT
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NINE FT INTO A BACKYARD. THAT TRAILER HAD VERY COULD HAVE VERY WELL BEEN PEDESTRIANS OR CHILDREN SINCE THAT STRETCH OF THE ROAD HAS NO SIDEWALKS. THE CITY SPENDS HUNDREDS OF TAX DOLLARS TO CONDUCT A STUDY THAT POINTED OUT THE OBVIOUS THAT NOT ALL DRIVERS SPEED. BUT THE RESIDENTS DAILY. THEY WITNESSED ENOUGH OF THEM THAT DO SO AND THEY DO IT AT SPEEDS THAT ARE FAR ABOVE 25 MPH. SINCE THE CITY HAS NOT PROVIDED A SOLUTION OTHER THAN TO POST CHILDREN AT PLAY SIGNS THAT ARE IGNORED AND THE RESIDENTS PURCHASED $245. OF SPEED BUMPS AS A TEMPORARY RESOLUTION. DURING THE MONTH THAT THEY WERE IN PLACE. WE SAW A REDUCTION IN SPEED AND TRAFFIC. ON SEPTEMBER 16TH DPW REMOVED THEM IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM, OBSTRUCTING OR IMPEDING TRAFFIC. WE WENT TO DPW AND SPOKE WITH ONE OF THEIR GENERAL MANAGERS, MR REGGIE LANCE, HE SAID OUR CONCERNS WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING ONE OF THE CITY MEETINGS. BUT OUR COUNCIL PERSON FROM THIRD WARD MAY APPARENT REJECTED THEIR PROPOSAL. DURING THAT TIME, THE TEMPORARY SPEED BUMPS WERE REMOVED. WE WITNESSED THE RETURN OF SPEEDERS, INCREASED TRAFFIC AND ONE DAMAGED VEHICLE WHEN A CAR DID NOT STOP AT A STOP SIGN.AGAIN I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER OUR CONCERNS ABOUT SPEEDING ON THIS ROAD FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE ALONG THAT TWO BLOCK AREA. OUR PERSONAL AND PROPERTY SAFETY SHOULD BE MORE OF A CONCERN TO YOU THAN IS YOUR PARENT CONCERN FOR THE WILL OF THOSE WHO SPEED THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR AND DO NOT LIVE THERE. THEY COMPLAIN AND GET RESULTS. WE COMPLAIN AND GET NOTHING. THANK YOU. NEXT UP. WE HAVE MR GARY TALLY. GOOD EVENING , EVERYBODY. 23 23 4 RICE STREET HERE IN PETERSBURG. I'M GOING BACK TO WHEN I ASK THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE, SINCE THERE'S STILL NOT BEING ANSWERED IN COUNCIL COMMUNICATES UM. FORGET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FROM MARLOW OR THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE. LET'S GO TO THE ONE ON AND I WAS GOING TO READ WHAT I WHAT I WROTE BEFORE. REGARDING THE OLD RAMADA INN. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND NO ANSWERS. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MANY CODE VIOLATIONS THAT MR HARRISON PILED UP OVER THE MANY YEARS? DID THEY JUST DISAPPEAR? DID HE EVER PAY THOSE I REMEMBER DISCUSSION IN THE COUNCIL MEETING CRIMINAL CHARGES BEING FILED. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION ONLINE TO BE PAID HIM OVER 500,000 MORE THAN HE PAID US. FOR THAT FOR THAT BUILDING. NOW THERE'S GOT TO BE A GOOD REASON. WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW. LAST WEDNESDAY IN THIS VERY ROOM FOUR OF Y'ALL SAID YOU SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT. LET'S SEE. TELL US WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND RAMADA INN? WE KNOW IT'S COMING DOWN AND WE'RE ALL THRILLED. FINALLY. BUT WHAT'S THE WHOLE STORY BEHIND IT? TELL US, PLEASE. NEXT UP. MISS STELLA COMING.
ALL RIGHT, MR WILLIAMS. YES MR MAYOR JUST TO AVOID ANY CONSPIRACY THEORY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT REGARDING THE RAMADA. THERE'S AN ORDER THAT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WITH THE COURT THAT DESCRIBES THIS POSITION OF THE CASE THAT ADDRESSES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT MR TALLY IS ASKING ABOUT. UM AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST IF HE REALLY WANTS A COPY THAT ORDER YOU CAN CERTAINLY REQUESTED. UM I DON'T MIND PROVIDING COUNSEL DOESN'T HAVE OBJECTION. I'LL GIVE HIM A COPY OF THE ORDER. OKAY? THANK YOU. OKAY UM, AGAIN IS MISS STELLA CUMMINGS HERE, STELLA CUMMINGS. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NEXT IS MISS CHOMA GRIFFIN. I'M A GRIFFIN 1200. HARRISON CREEK ROAD. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA 238. OH, FIVE. AND AGAIN I WAS COMING TO ACT THAT THE COUNCIL UP HOLD THE BIRTHDAY MAN OR PROJECT WHERE, UM, THERE WAS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT HE MADE AND THAT WAS MY STATEMENT. OKAY? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. NEXT
[10. Business or reports from the Mayor or other Members of City Council]
WE GO TO ITEM 10, WHICH IS BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. UM, COUNCILMAN COVER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MOMENT.UM I WANT TO, UH, OFFER ATTRIBUTE. TO THE LATE FORMER MAYOR FLORENCE FOLIO. SHE AND I
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SO AROUND SOME THINGS AND ON SOME THINGS WE DID NOT BUT I ALWAYS KNEW WHERE SHE STOOD. AND THAT'S TO HER GREAT CREDIT. ALSO SHE UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING PETERSBURG'S HISTORY.AND THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE. FOR THOSE AMONG THOSE WHO WERE NOT PRESENT BACK IN THE 19 SEVENTIES, WHEN OUR HISTORIC ZONING CAME INTO PLAY. AND OUR FIRST HISTORIC UM, ZONES WERE DECLARED. WITHOUT DR FALL IS LEADERSHIP. WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE. I WAS THERE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF 4 TO 3 VOTES. AND IF IT WERE NOT FOR DR FARLEY WE WOULD NOT HAVE A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS. IN OUR CITY WOULD HAVE LOST A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE. THIRD POINT AS PART OF MY TRIBUTE TO DR FARLEY. SHE WAS NOT AFRAID.
TO RETHINK SOLUTIONS. IN LIGHT OF CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES. SHE RECOGNIZED THAT THE WARD SYSTEM HAS OUTLIVED ITS PURPOSE. AND SHOULD BE DISCARDED. IN FAVOR. OF AT LARGE ELECTIONS. UH, AGREE WITH HER. NOW LET ME GO TO A SECOND ITEM. I WANT TO THANK OUR PRESERVATION PLANNER. MISS SAN GREGORIO. FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE. TO ME ALLOWED THESE CARDS. TO EVERY PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN OUR LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS. AH GIVEN THE LOCAL, UM GIVEN THE PROPERTY OWNER.
NOTICE THAT THEY NEED A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BEFORE THEY MAKE CHANGES TO THE EXTERIOR OF THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY'RE IN A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL UM. FORESTALL SOME INAPPROPRIATE CHANGES AND SOME RESULTING HARD FEELINGS. AMONG OUR CITIZENS. THIRD ITEM. I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE DEATH. OF OUR FRIEND. WILL THE NOISE AS YOU MAY REMEMBER. IN JUNE OF 2021. HE WAS MURDERED. IN A CITY PARK. AND HIS DEATH WAS THE IMMEDIATE. DRIVING FORCE BEHIND COUNCIL'S ACTION TO ADOPT A GUN ORDINANCE. THE PERPETRATOR WAS TRIED. FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. AND. IN AUGUST, WAS SENTENCED. THE LIFE. IN PRISON.
YEAH THERE'S NO HAPPY OUTCOME. HERE. WE HAVE ONLY LOSERS. AMONG THE LOSERS IS CITY COUNCIL.
BECAUSE WE'VE LOST ONE OF OUR MANY. PEOPLE WHO APPEARED BEFORE US FREQUENTLY AND WAS VITALLY INTERESTED IN HIS OWN WAY. IN THE SUCCESS AND FUTURE OF PETERSBURG. AH LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS A THREAT. OF REGIONALISM. TO OUR BURGEONING PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER. I WANT TO READ FROM WHAT TO READ TO YOU. AN EMAIL. THAT WAS SENT ON JULY 10 OF 2020. TO THE HEADS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IN THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY. REGION. IT, SAYS V. G R THAT IS THE VIRGINIA GATEWAY REGION. IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH JEFF GALLAGHER FLOW AND OTHER STATE PARTNERS TO ENSURE OUR REGION. REGION. IS PREPARED FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL ARISE. SUCH AS FORMER MANUFACTURING CLUSTERS. AND THAT'S PLURAL. AND JUST LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE. WE SAW
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THAT REGIONALISM PLAYING OUT. UH, AND, UH, FRONT PAGE ARTICLE ON LAST SUNDAY'S PROGRESS INDEX I GUESS DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY HEADLINED CERVICAL PLANS. $27.8 MILLION TESTING LAB. IN CHESTERFIELD. SO AH! THIS CUP COMPETITION OF FOOT. AND WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND WE'RE NOT JUST THE CHOSEN ONE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO EARN IT. SO IF WE WANT MORE PHARMACEUTICAL GROWTH IN PETERSBURG WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE. VISIONARY. AND PLAN FOR IT. AH! THIS IS A. SHOT ACROSS OUR BOW. CIVICA PLANS $27.8 MILLION TESTING LAB. IN CHESTERFIELD. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO MY NEXT CITIZENS ACADEMY, WHICH WILL BE OCTOBER 15TH IN THIS ROOM. THERE APPEARS TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION. FROM THE CITIZENS ABOUT WHERE TO GO AND VOTE.SINCE WE HAVE HAD REDISTRICTING DONE, SOME PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE TO VOTE. WHAT PLACE THEY CAN GO TO, SO WE WILL HAVE IT ADDRESSED IN OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY OCTOBER 15TH IN THIS ROOM AT FOUR O'CLOCK TO SIX O'CLOCK. ALL ARE WELCOME. AND PLEASE SHARE WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK TO CITY EMPLOYEES , MISS JENELLE SINCLAIR. MS TAMARA BRAUN FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID AND HELPING TO COORDINATE. THE LAST HEALTH EVENT WE HAD WE HAVE EMBARKED ON MAKING SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY ARE HEALTHY.
HOPEFULLY THE INSURANCE THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE CHARGED WILL WILL SEE A DECREASE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE HEALTHY. BUT THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES WENT FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES CAME OUT AND ATTENDED THE EVENT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK THEM AND MS JOANNE WILLIAMS FOR HER PART IN IT. AND I DON'T SEE A JOB PERSON. BUT SHE ALSO WORKED VERY HARD. IT WAS BROWN AND MISS MISS SINCLAIR WENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT COUNSELOR WESTBROOK. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UM I'D LIKE TO START OUT, UM, AS WELL CO SIGNING WITH MR COOPER DID OF ACKNOWLEDGING FLORENCE FARLEY I DID LAST WEEK, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO DO IT AGAIN. CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS UM, MR WILBERT BLAND. MANY OF US HAVE BOUGHT FLOWERS, ANOTHER THINGS FROM BLAND FLOORS, SO WE LOST TWO STELLAR STALWARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW IT WOULD TAKE A LOT TO REPLACE THEM. BUT HOPEFULLY THEIR MEMORY WON'T BE LOST IN THE THINGS THEY DID FOR THE CITY. SECONDLY I'D LIKE TO GO ON TO NOTE NOTIFY, EVEN THOUGH THE DAY IS CLOSING TODAY IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY. SO PLEASE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, JUST FIND YOUR VOTING PACE AS MISTRESS CA SAID REGISTER IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY , UM, FOR OUR PEOPLE WHO UNFORTUNATELY HAVE HAD INCIDENTS WITH THE LAW, GET YOUR RIGHT TO RESTORE. YOU'D BE SURPRISED THAT YOU KNOW THE PROCESS AND YOU'RE GETTING YOUR RIGHTS BACK TO VOTING AND BECOMING A CITIZEN AND HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD, UM AND ABSENTEE VOTING, AND IF NOTHING ELSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER. THE EIGHTH EARLY VOTING DOES START THIS WEEK. SEPTEMBER 23RD, SO GET OUT THERE. EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. UM AT ANY POINT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, ACTUALLY IS 48 DAYS LEFT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN BEFORE NOVEMBER, 8TH AH, THIRD.
I'D LIKE TO JUST MOVE ON WITH JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BASED. MY CAMPAIGN ON IS THE YOUTH. UM TRY CITY'S ELITE TUTORING. UM HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON, PLEASE LOOK THEM UP AS THEY'RE OUT, HELPING THE STUDENTS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST CAME TO MY ATTENTION TODAY AT ONE, A HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY HAD A DINING WITH DAD'S. UM AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT JUST FAR AS I SAW PICTURES, BUT DAD'S I THINK I'VE SAID OVER 100 DADS CAME OUT TO HAVE BREAKFAST WITH THEIR CHILDREN THAT WANT TO HEAL. AND UM, I HOPE THAT THIS PROGRAM CARRIES OVER TO OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOT JUST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT I THINK IF THEIR YOUTH REALLY GET BEHIND AND SEE THE FATHERS OF THE COMMUNITY BEHIND THEM, GREAT THINGS CAN CONTINUE TO HAPPEN AND THAT UPWARD TRAJECTORY CAN CONTINUE GOING FORWARD. AS WELL AS I JUST MENTIONED THE MEN ON THE MISSION, MR SAM MASSENBURG
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WITH THE PARKS AND RECS. UM IF YOU ARE INTERESTED WITH BEING HALLMARK, SO I KNOW AT PRESENT LANE ELEMENTARY, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR LUNCH MONITORS AND HALL MONITORS TO BE IN THE SCHOOL AGAIN, JUST PLAYING YOUR PART VOLUNTEERING. UM AND P T A MEETINGS. UM SCHOOL HAS A BIT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AND A HALF IN, BUT THERE ARE SOME COMPLAINTS THAT THE PARENTS ARE NOT ACTUALLY COMING OUT TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS THEIR ISSUES OR EVEN THEIR SUCCESS STORIES AT PTA MEETINGS, SO JUST GET INVOLVED WITH YOUR AREA SCHOOLS AND REALLY LET THE YOU SEE THAT WE ARE BEHIND THEM. EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHILD, YOU KNOW A CHILD, YOUR NEIGHBOR. UM A GODCHILD. UM A NEPHEW AND NIECE , UM, THAT YOU CAN JUST GO OUT AND SUPPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE PRINCIPLES KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THEM. UM FOURTH, I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON TO DELTA OMEGA OF OMEGA SAPPHIRE IS DOING A ESSAY CONTEST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND I THINK WITHOUT PROPER PUBLICATION , IT DOES GO, UM, NOT PARTICIPATES, NOT PARTICIPATED IN AS WELL AS IT SHOULD BE. THIS YEAR'S TOPIC IS A WORLD CRISIS HAS OCCURRED. A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR HEALTH DISPARITIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. WHAT ARE YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR POSITIVE CHANGE ? THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 21ST AND AGAIN IF YOU GET WITH THE DELTA OMEGA CHAPTER OF OMEGA PSI PHI, UM MR BROTHER MORRIS, PLEASE ENCOURAGE OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO REALLY PARTICIPATE WITH THAT. UM AS WELL BECAUSE THE HEALTH INITIATIVES IS A PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PETERSBURG. UM, THANK YOU TO, UM THE DOCTORS OF THIS AREA. I WAS BLESSED TO BE A PART OF THIS GROWING HEALTH INITIATIVE AS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR PETERSBURG RELATES TO HEALTH. UM EVEN IN THE MEN'S CLINIC. UM THIS COMING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OVER THE STIGMA OF BEING THE UNHEALTHIEST CITY IN THE STATE. UM ALSO, FINALLY I'LL JUST CLOSE OUT WITH JUST TWO PIECES WILL FINAL TWO IS DELEGATE KIM TAYLOR, IF YOU WANT TO GET TO, UH, TALK TO HER MORE, SHE WOULD BE AT TRAPEZIUS NEXT TUESDAY. THE 27TH. FROM 5 30 TO 7. SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE HOW THINGS GO ON AT A BIGGER LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING OUR NEEDS ARE SATISFIED IN PETERSBURG COME OUT TO MEET WITH DELICATE TIM KIM TAYLOR 27TH KETCHUP. EASY. UM, UH, FORT LEE. UH THIS THURSDAY, THE 22ND FOR THE VETERANS AND PEOPLE WHO KNOW VETERANS. THEY'RE HAVING A HIGHER VETS NAIL EVENT FROM 11 30 TO 1. SO IF YOU ARE A FORMER VETERAN, GET OVER THERE AND THE FINAL THING. UM I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GOD BLESS THE QUEEN BECAUSE QUEEN LATIFAH IS STILL ALIVE. OKAY? ALRIGHT NEXT, UM COUNCILOR MYERS. YES THANK YOU, MR MAYOR AND TOLD THEM TO CANCEL. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY. UH, PROBABLY WHAT TO SAY THAT MR MAYOR, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN YOUR POSITION. FORMER MAYOR BRIAN MOORE HAS BEEN IN YOUR POSITION, BUT SO MANY TIMES AND OFTEN WE HEAR YOU JUST A CEREMONIAL MAYOR. BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROGRESS. THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AT THIS TIME . IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING CEREMONIAL. IT'S ABOUT BEING A BUSINESSMAN. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND BEING INCLUSIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL TO HELP YOU MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HILL. YES. GOOD EVENING EVERY WINTER. APPRECIATE EVERYONE IS HAVING A BLESSED DAY ON TODAY. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, BUSINESS THINGS. UM SO WE KNOW WE HAVE THE BRIDGE THAT'S BEING WORKED ON. UH ON 95. I NOTICED GOING GOING NORTH. WELL, YOU HAVE TO DEVIATE FROM ITS A LOT OF TRASH. THERE'S THERE THAN PEOPLE THEY GO DOWN TO 4 60. MAKE THAT THAT LOOP. THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH IN THAT AREA. I KNOW BE DOC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S UH IF WE COULD GET SOME OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS TO CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE IT MAKES OUR CITY LOOK VERY, VERY BAD. UM I KNOW AND THEN I WANT TO KNOW THAT TIMELINE WHEN VIDEO IS GOING TO BE FINISHED DEBRIS SO IT CAN OPEN BACK UP SO WE CAN HAVE TRAFFIC GOING BOTH WAYS THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NOVEMBER DECEMBER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO CITY MANAGER OR EITHER PUBLIC WORKS CAN GET BACK WITH ME ON THAT. I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT. ALSO ON HARLEY HERE, DR. UM WE HAVE PUT UP A SIGN. I'M STILL GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE SPEEDING , SO I PROPOSE THAT WE MAY PUT A PUT A STOP SIGN. THEY CORNY OF, UH AH! NEWPORT'S AVENUE AND ON HOLLY HELL WHERE YOU GO DOWN THAT STRAIGHT STRETCH BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING GOING THAT WAY. WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE,
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SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO STUDY FOR THAT. TO GET THAT DONE. I'LL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT JUST HAVE BEEN GETTING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT. AS WELL. ALSO I WAS GONNA MENTION ABOUT WILBERT BLAND SENIOR WHO PASSED AWAY. WHO WAS IT? DEAR FRIEND TO THE COMMUNITY, HIS FLOORS. YOU KNOW MANY OF THE PEOPLE EVEN HERE IS ALWAYS PATRONIZED THE BLAND'S FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT ALONG WITH BLENDS FLOORS. THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME TYPE BUSINESS SO WE ARE IN PRAYER AND MOURNING FOR THAT LOCAL BUSINESS HAS BEEN DOWN. WE CALLED IT ON THE AVENUE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS , AND THEIR BUSINESS IS ON WITH ON WASHINGTON STREET. ALSO WE HAD A LIVING LEGEND. THE PAST A MARVEL HICKS. SHE'S AN ACTOR AND SINGER SHE'S FROM. SHE'S FROM PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT AND I HAD THE BLESSED PRIVILEGE TODAY. YOU ALL MAY NOT KNOW. BUT AH, PLAYER IN THE WORLD ALWAYS WHEN HE COME IN TOWN. HE'S IN TOWN. NOW HE ALWAYS COME TO MY BUSINESS, TOO FREQUENT MY BUSINESS. I'VE BEEN CUTTING HE AND HIS SIBLINGS HERE FOR MANY YEARS AND HE CAME IN TODAY. AND HE TALKED ABOUT MARVA HELPING HIM GETTING HIS START AND ACTING, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH MISS MANNING, GO, YOU KNOW, THEY ENCOURAGED HIM AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND I BELIEVE THE MAYOR MAY HAVE SOME TYPE OF MEETING OF WHAT MEMBER OF THE FAMILY BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A MEMORIAL.I KNOW THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING AND L A AND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING AND NEW YORK AND I THINK THE LAST STOP IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. IN HER HOMETOWN, WHICH IS PETERSBURG. CORRECT CORRECT, COUNSELOR HERE? YES YES . PETERSBURG SOMETHING SO WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING FOR MARVA HICKS. UH, SHE'S UH, TONY BROADWAY. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AROUND, EBONY JUST DID A SPREAD FOR HER. IF YOU LOOK AT LOOK AROUND, UH AND SHE'S, UH, SHE'S PETERSBURG. GAIL AS THEY SAY SO WE THANK ALL THOSE AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL. WE HAVE COME A MIGHTY LONG WAY IN OUR STAFF WHO'S HELPED US OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS. I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE DO HAVE THERE. AND I AM REALLY CONCERNED WITH, UM WHAT MR BOB RUDOLPH SAID ABOUT THIS THIS ABOUT THE TAXES WHEN WE MADE A VOTE TO MAKE IT ONE WAY, AND IT'S STILL CAME BACK THE OTHER WAY, SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT AND SEE WHERE THE FAULT, LAD, UH, ON THAT AND WHAT HAVE YOU SO WE CAN GET OUR BUSINESS IN ORDER, BUT I AM PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION IN WHICH WE ARE GOING THERE AND I KNOW I WAS SITTING MANAGERS COMING IN AND THE TIME WHERE THINGS ARE MOVING REAL FAST AND STAFF HAS TO BUCKLE THEIR BOOTS UP TO SO WE CAN GET THINGS DONE AND IT WAS A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS ARE COMING TO PETERSBURG AND WE DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THOSE, ESPECIALLY THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE THANK ALL THE STAFF. WE THINK ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE CITY ESPECIALLY, WE. THANK THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, UM, NEXT UP, VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. WHERE'S JOANNE? JOANNE, STAND UP. PLEASE. AH! JUST STAND UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT GREAT NEWSLETTER. I'VE GOTTEN SO MANY CALLS, AND I NEED SOME EXTRA ONES. IF YOU HAVE SOME OKAY? I'LL GET YOU ONE.
I'LL GET YOU ONE THERE. I MEAN, HOW AM I? I'LL GET YOU ONE THANK YOU, JOANNE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM RECEIVING THEIR LETTERMAN JACKETS. FOR PLACES OF SECOND IN THE STATE. THAT WAS REAL AWESOME. THEY HAD IT AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ALL GOT LETTERMAN JACKETS AND TROPHIES AND PLAQUES. A JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU, SHERIFF CRAWFORD AND THE UM AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FOR SPEARHEADING THE COMEDY BASKETBALL GAME THAT WAS HELD AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM. UM IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, TRULY A GREAT EVENT. THERE WERE SO MANY KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS WERE INVOLVED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED THE PAST TO BE INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN. THANK YOU. OKAY? UM. ALSO THANK YOU VE S YOU FOR ALLOWING PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM TO PLAY ON THEIR FIELD. I THINK THAT IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WHEN WE ARE IN NEED . THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR US, AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW HOW GRATEFUL THE PRESIDENT OF VIRGINIA STATE HAS BEEN TO PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ALL RIGHT. I'M I'M I'M GETTING THERE. MR PAUL JOHNSON. YOU CAN
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STAND UP. AND WHERE IS JIM REED? IS HE HERE? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. YOU'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB, WHAT, THREE MONTHS? AND YOU'RE A ROCK STAR, BECAUSE ANY TIME THAT I HAVE EVER HAD TO CALL YOU AND MR REID, Y'ALL HAVE GOTTEN ON IT. AND THE CITIZENS OFF MY BACK, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. OKAY IT ANYBODY MAYOR. HOWARD TOOK WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. YOU HAVE DONE. AND NOW STANDING JOB. YOU HAVE A FULL TIME JOB FAMILY. BUT WHEN WE WERE. IN THE MIDST OF A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS. YOU GO TO MEETINGS AT THE MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS. AND YOU WERE REALLY OUR CITY MANAGER AT ONE TIME. BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MEETINGS THAT THE CITY MANAGERS. WOULD HAVE GONE TO. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT NOBODY ELSE SAY OR WHAT NOBODY ELSE DO. UNTIL THEY WALK IN YOUR SHOES.AND DO THE THINGS THAT YOU DO. AND HAVE DONE THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE. TO BOARD US BACK FROM $9 MILLION TILL NOW, A PLUS. I THINK THAT YOUR WORK. SPEAKS FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. AND KEEPING US ON TRACK. ALRIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, UM.
FIRST OF ALL WHAT? I HAVE A FEW FEW THINGS FIRST. UM I JUST NEED SOME HELP FROM THE CLERK. I KNOW WE HAD SOME CONSTITUENT COME UP TO SAY ABOUT WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR ABOUT SPEED BUMPS THAT CAME UP TO COUNSEL THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT. DO YOU HAVE A RECORD OF ANY OF THAT COMING OUR WAY, BECAUSE I DON'T RIGHT, RIGHT. IT WAS NO. WE SAW SOMETHING FROM STOP SIGNS. UM UM, MR CITY ATTORNEY. I BELIEVE WE COUNSEL DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACTION ON ON SPEED BUMPS ANYWHERE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. MR. OKAY WELL, LOOK, MR CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU CHECK INTO THAT? TO SEE YOU KNOW WHO OWNS STAFF IS MISGUIDING CONSTITUENTS HERE, BASICALLY SAYING COUNSELORS MAKING CHICKEN DIRECTORS AND PLEASE FOLLOW BROKE UP WITH HIM. SO HIS, UH NEIGHBORS CAN BE CLEAR ON COUNCILS DIRECTION AND WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT'S UNTRUE. OKAY, UM NEXT THING IS, UM. LIKE COUNCILMAN HILL SAID. WE HAD WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT. UM THE WEBER BLEND WITH A WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION THAT HIS, UM HIS FUNERAL AND THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCILMAN COVER BIRTH COUNSELING WESTBROOK COUNSELOR HERE WAS REPRESENTED THERE, BUT HE WAS REALLY A MENTOR TO ALL OF US YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND, UM, WE'RE WITH, UM WITH MR BLAND'S FAMILY, YOU KNOW, KENNY'S AND LINDA, WHO ARE STILL EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, AND WE WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THEM AND CONTINUE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE BLAND'S FLOORS FORWARD, AND THEY WILL ALSO FEATURED IN OUR NEWSLETTER. THANK YOU, JOANNE FOR PUTTING THEM IN THERE WAS RIGHT ON TIME, UM, PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON BLENDS FORWARD FLORES AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT AS AS WELL, UM ACCOUNTS. MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT A LOT ABOUT THE THINGS I DO. I CAN'T PULL IT OFF WITHOUT STAFF. AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IS MS JOANNE WILLIAMS, WHO WAS ALWAYS RECOGNIZING HAROLD GUARD AMONGST THE PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER. AND HOW? BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO TIMES BEFORE MR JOHNSON GOT HERE AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT, UM THAT MS JOANNE WILLIAMS WAS OVER THERE, HAMMERING AWAY GETTING US THE DETAILS IN ORDER TO WIN THE BUILD BACK BETTER REGIONAL CHALLENGE, AND JOANNE JEFF GALLAGHER SAYS THAT HE'S TAKING YOU OUT. HE'S GONNA HOLD YOU DO IT FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DID TO HELP US GET THERE. UM NEXT. SOMETHING THAT HAVEN'T BEEN SPOKE OF YET WAS THE RE ENTRY FOR ONE. I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SHERIFF CRAWFORD. I MEAN, SHE THREW ON AND ACCEPT EXCEPTIONAL REENTRY FORUM LIKE SHE ALWAYS DO. HER ANNUAL RE ENTRY FORM WITH SPECTACULARS. ALWAYS SHE ALWAYS REPRESENTS US TO THE FULLEST. UM ALSO, AS COUNCILOR, HILL SAID. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MARBLE HICKS FAMILY AND PUTTING TOGETHER MEMORIAL HERE THAT WE NOW HOPE THAT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG THAT WE CAN HELP SPONSOR TO THE MEMORIAL OF MARVA HICKS HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE. AN EXCEPTIONAL UM DAUGHTER OF THE CITY WHO DEFINITELY HELPED PUT US ON THE MAP. SO MANY SO MANY UM STARS
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AND PEOPLE HAVE COME THROUGH PETERSBURG HAS MADE A HUGE IMPACT ACROSS THE WORLD. UM LIKE TO DRESS UP IN THAT COUNCILMAN, KUPPER SAID. IT'S ABOUT THE FARMER CLUSTER AND IT'S YOU KNOW THEIR LAB. THAT THEY PUT IN CHESTERFIELD. UM IT WAS HARD TO COMPETE WITH CIVICA BEING A PRIVATE COMPANY AND CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A MILLION DOLLAR PIECE OF PROPERTY. GIVE IT TO YOU. INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND, READY TO GO OKAY, WHICH WHICH HIGHLIGHTS SOMETHING THAT COUNTS. ONE CUFF REFERENCE TO HAMMER ON ALL THE TIME. IS THAT GETTING THEIR POOR CREEK WATER STATION UP AND RUNNING WILL DEFINITELY DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING HERE ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY. UM IN IN MANY WAYS, UH, CIVICA HAD TO PUT A PLAN IN CHESTERFIELD JUST CAUSE I WATER CAPACITY PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THEIR SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY AND LABS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE PUSH ALONG WITH POOR CREEK AND GET THAT DONE. WE HAVE THE FUNDING AND, UM WITH COUNCILOR COVER IF I DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANYTHING ELSE. DUE TO THE LAST NOT HAVING , UH, SITE READY FOR DEVELOPMENT , AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO LOOK FROM NOW ON ON WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPAND OUR FARMER PART ALSO OUR OUR INDUSTRIAL PARK OVER AND COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK'S NECK OF THE WOODS THAT IS FILLED UP. WE HAVE TO LOOK LOOK AT HOW WE CAN. UM UH, ACQUIRE SOME OF THOSE THOSE EMPTY PARCELS THAT I USED FOR FARMS, THINGS THAT NATURE TO EXPAND THAT INDUSTRIAL PARK BECAUSE THE BUSINESSES ARE READY TO COME. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PADS READY, UM WE WERE LOSE OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN. UM ALSO, UM. THE ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS WELL ABOUT THE WHOLE ISSUE ARGUMENT. LET MR ALMOND SPEAK ON THAT LATER ON THE PLAN TO ADDRESS, UD GETTING THOSE THOSE REAL ESTATE BILLS. CORRECT IT. PLEASE FOLLOW BACK UP WITH THAT. AND AGAIN, UM , THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD. AND WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 11 ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE ARE NO ITEMS TONIGHT ITEM 12 FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORT. NO ITEMS TONIGHT ITEM 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. NO ITEMS TONIGHT I AM 14 NEW BUSINESS ITEM A CONSIDERATION OF[14. New Business]
APPOINTMENTS TO THE EMBLEMATIC RIVER WATER AUTHORITY BOARD. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE. ALRIGHT.RECOMMENDED. CITY COUNCIL APPOINT UH, JOHN MARCH. ALBAN JUNIOR CITY MANAGER AS THE PRIMARY AND TANGELA AND HIS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AS ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE APPARATUS RIVER WATER AUTHORITY BOARD. TALISMAN MYERS. COUNCILMAN HILL. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
UM COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH QUESTION. EXCUSE ME. CAN WE COMBINE? UM ITEM 14 A B F N G ALWAYS APPOINT THE CITY MANAGER, TOO. THE VARIOUS BOARDS. SO YES , WOULD RECONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT TO APPOMATTOX RIVER WATER AUTHORITY, CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT TO SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT AUTHORITY BOARD CONSIDERATION APPOINTMENT TO RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY AND CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENT TO THE CREATIVE YOUTH CARE COMMISSIONS BOARD. ALRIGHT. THAT'S THE AMENDED MOTION. THERE WAS AN ITEMS A, B, F AND G.
TALISMAN MYERS MOVIE. COUNCILMAN HILL SECOND. ALRIGHT, MADAME CLAIRE, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? REMEMBER CUSTOMERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I MYERS WESTBROOK MEMBER HILL BY SMITH LEE. PERM. I. ALRIGHT. NEXT. WE MOVE ON THEIR INTO ITEM C, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF THE UPDATE TO THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM AND RESOLUTION FOR PETERSBURG AREA TRANSITS TITLE SIX PROGRAM IS HERE. OKAY? OKAY? OKAY? GOOD EVENING FROM THE MR CONTI, WHICH IS OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT. THE DIRECTOR AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MS YVETTE POINDEXTER.
WE'RE HERE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE UPDATE OF THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM AND OUR RESOLUTION, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL TRANSIT MR ADMINISTRATION TO BE UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS. THE UPDATE INCLUDES THE CHANGES TO LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE SERIOUS SERVICE AREA. INFORMATION THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE 2020 CENTERS. ALL RIGHT.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM QUESTIONING BY COUNCILOR WESTERN SMITH. I'M SORRY. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM ON PAGE 100. LOOKS LIKE 100 AND 31 ST WHILE P. 80 DOESN'T HAVE A FORMAL BOARD. CITY COUNCIL CURRENTLY ACT AS THE BOARD. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE. AND YOUR LIST FOR THE COMMITTEE. IT INCLUDES THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, DIRECTIVE, MASS TRANSIT AND LEAD PURCHASING AGENT. AND SO I WAS WONDERING BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY ACCORDING TO WHAT I'VE READ. YOU REALLY WANT TO FOCUS OR REACH OUT TO THE HISPANIC POPULATION? IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER SOMEONE FROM THE HISPANIC POPULATION ON THAT BOARD AS WELL AS A CITIZEN, ANY OTHER CITIZEN FROM THE CITY? UM REMEMBER WE HAD MISS AT BASILEA USED TO BE THERE, BUT SHE'S NO LONGER HERE WHEN WE HAD THE HISPANIC LIAISON FOR 60. YES AGAIN. IT WAS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE SHE LEFT RIGHT. WE COULD FIND SOMEONE TO REPLACE THAT WE WILL.WE WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE THAT SO AS A CITIZEN IS WHAT? I'M AT A SPANISH SPEAKING PERSON AS A CITIZEN AS THE BOARD MEMBER. SURE OKAY. ALRIGHT I THINK I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE TO TURN MY PAGE. YEAH. PAGE 1 39. THE PLAN DETAILS PROCEDURES ON HOW TO IDENTIFY A PERSON. WHO MAY NEED LANGUAGES ASSISTANCE. OKAY, I SAW THAT. BUT I OTHER PLANTS TO WHAT? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HELP THEM ONCE THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED OTHER PLANS TO HIRE A. ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PERSON WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. UM WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND ACTUALLY, WHAT WE MAINLY DEAL WITH IS PEOPLE THAT'S COMING IN FROM TRAVELING. AND WE HAVE, UM , EMPLOYEE THAT IS ABLE TO TRANSLATE THE INFORMATION WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TO TWO. OKAY MR RAMOS AND WANDA RAZO. THERE ARE TWO, UM, TRANSIT EMPLOYEES. THAT KIND OF CAN. INTERPRET WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT ANSWERS THE LAST QUESTION YOU HAD DUAL LANGUAGE STAFF IS AVAILABLE, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW. THAT WE HAVE THEM. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME. OKAY, COUNSELOR, WESTBROOK. IN THAT SAME VEIN, I HAD THE SAME SIMILAR QUESTION.
SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN THEN WHY, WITH ALL THIS? WHY ARE YOU ELIMINATING THAT OFFICE ALTOGETHER? IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE NEED YOU KNOW SOMEBODY EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HISPANIC COMMUNITY ONLY 5% OF THE POPULATION, BUT I JUST DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT ELIMINATING THE OFFICE DIDN'T ELIMINATED THE CITY DID WE TOOK IT FROM THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IT HAS THE PROGRAM HAS TO BE UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS. YEAH IT WASN'T NOT. IT'S NO LONGER PART OF THE OF THE CITY'S PROGRAM, SO I DIDN'T WANT TO WRITE FALSE INFORMATION. SO I TOOK IT OUT OF THE OUT OF THE PLAN. UM EXCUSE ME, MR WESTBROOK. SHE SHE IS EXACTLY RIGHT. THE CITY ELIMINATED THE POSITION. WE HAD A SPANISH SPEAKING LIAISON PERSON. ON STAFF FOR THE CITY. HER OFFICE WAS LOCATED ON 4 60. SHE ACTUALLY IT WAS BENEFICIAL IN, UM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAD REALLY WISH WE COULD GET HER OR SOMEONE AGAIN OR OPEN UP THAT OFFICE AGAIN BECAUSE IF YOU CAN SEE FROM THE STATISTICS, AND THIS REPORT ARE SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY AND CONTINUES TO GROW. AND WE HAVE NO ONE CONTACT PERSON. THEY REALLY USED THAT OFFICE CONSIDERABLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT AGAIN, JUST BEING NEW TO COUNCIL THAT THAT VERBIAGE ESPECIALLY THE OPTICS OF IT. WITH THIS BEING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. I JUST NEEDED THAT CLARITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELCOME. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY ALSO FOR THOSE IF YOU HAVE ANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE, UM TOTAL SPANISH SPEAKING TO SEND THEM TO THE CLERK OF COURT CIRCUIT COURT CLERK. HE IS BATTLING GLOBAL, AND SHE DOES A LOT OF THAT FOR, UH, SPANISH SPEAKING PRAGUE. UM POPULATION THAT WE HAVE HERE, SO SHE WILL HELPFULLY HELPED THEM WITH ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED. MR. MAYOR. WHAT'S HER NAME? YEAH. MY PAM. WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? OKAY, ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, UM OF COURSE. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. THEN ON THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM FOR PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT. VICE
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MAYOR SMITH LEE MOVE. COUNCILMAN HERE SECOND MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SOME OF THE CUPBOARD. UH MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I MYERS WESTBROOK. I KILL SMITH LEAGUE HIGH CRIME. I FASTD ALSO, UM, MR COONS TO WE'RE ALSO GONNA WORK EXPANDING THAT BUS SERVICE. YES SIR. TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL ASIC. WONDERFUL WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL . GREAT WORK. APPRECIATE IT. UM NEXT WEEK. MOVE ON TO ITEM 14 D, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT TO THE BRIGHTPOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRIGHTPOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD DIRECTORS AND ALSO TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION WITH A POINTY NAME. I MISS LUCAS. WE HAVE. MAY I HAVE SOME APPLICANTS ? WE HAVE KAREN D. BLAND EAST PRESIDENT SAMUEL L BET. GREENWOOD DRIVE. UM, THESE ARE ALL NEW APPLICANTS, RIGHT? OKAY.AND MR BYRNE, I'D LUNDY AND WE HAVE MR LESLIE SPATE. MISS BELINDA TIE RIGHT? MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE APPOINT BERNARD LONDON TO THE, UM THE BRIGHT. POINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. QUESTION QUESTION. DOES UM, UNDER THE COLUMN LABELED WARDS.
AS WARD FIVE MILLION. THAT THE PERSON SHOULD COME FROM WARFARE OR IS THAT WHERE THE LAST PERSON CAME FROM THE LAST PERSON CAME FROM? IT'S NOT AWARD APPOINTED, UM, BOARDS SO IT CAN BE FROM ANY AWARD. OKAY AND, UM DO WE DO WE HAVE THE DATES OF WHEN THESE APPLICATIONS CAME IN? THEY FIRST FIVE ACTUALLY WERE WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. MAY I? SECOND THAT MOTION? OKAY? THAT NOMINEE EMOTION. THE SECOND QUESTION. UM COUNCILOR WESTBROOK ? NO QUESTION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOMINATE MS KAREN BLAND TO THAT FOR THAT POSITION, OKAY? NICE AND I WOULD NOMINATE MR SAMUEL BACK. THAT POSITION THAT WILL BE IT WOULD. AND ANOTHER QUESTION. YES, COUNSELOR WESTERN SMITH. UM I DON'T HAVE. THE INFORMATION ON THE INDIVIDUALS THEY WERE ALREADY SUBMITTED IN THE PAST. UM TO YOU GUYS, I JUST DIDN'T INCLUDE THEM IN THE PACKAGE BECAUSE I ALREADY SENT THEM TO YOU. THE RECENT ONE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE GOT WITHIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS WAS MR LUNDY'S. OH, READ APPLICATIONS JUST AS EVER. YEAH. UH FROM WHAT I KNOW OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LISTED. I THINK THEY ARE ALL QUALIFIED. HOWEVER, UM. WHEN CHOOSING SOMEONE AND BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, OR AT LEAST WE SHOULD CHOOSE THEM BASED ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, WHICH I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME. AND I HATE TO JUST CHOOSE SOMEONE BECAUSE I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO SO AND SO I LIKE SO AND SO BECAUSE HE GAVE IT A CHANCE OF CANDY OR SO AND SO. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TABLE THIS UNTIL WE HAVE ACTUAL APPLICATIONS IN FRONT OF US SO THAT WE CAN GO DOWN IN HISTORY IS MAKING A DECISION BASED ON UM WHAT? WE KNOW WHAT WE SEE. ALRIGHT, THAT'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BUT COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH TO TABLE IT. ALRIGHT TABLE IT ALRIGHT, IT'S A MOTION TO TABLE SECOND. IT WAS THE SECOND COUNCIL AND WEST QUESTIONS QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR HERE, SO TRADITIONALLY , THOSE WHO SERVE ON THIS BOARD NORMALLY COME FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, DON'T THEY? WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE WE HAVE THE CERTIFICATES AND BREAKPOINT. THEY HAVE THIS NEW DEGREE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ALONG WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD TO GET OUR CHILDREN CERTIFIED AND FARMER CLUSTERS. NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE APPLICANTS, YOU GOTTA SEE THOSE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE DIRECT OUR C. THERE WAS PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIRECT INTO, UH , WITH THE ACTUAL SCHOOL BOARD OR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CITY . UH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, JUST LIKE WE SAID, WE'RE GETTING PROBLEMS. YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, COUNCILMAN. WESTBROOK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN ENGAGE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD. UH AND WHAT
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HAVE YOU SO THE REASON WHY WE SELECT MR. BERNARD LUNDY IS BECAUSE HE'S A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ON THE SCHOOLBOY, SO THAT GIVES THEM DIRECT ACCESS TO PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY WAS KIDS. AH, GRADUATE. SO LET'S BE VERY PRUDENT WHEN WE WHEN WE DO THIS AGAINST WHAT WE'LL GO AHEAD. YOU CAN CALL THE VOTE, BUT I'M AGAINST WHAT TABLE IT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST JUST WANT TO SAY KAWASMEH HILL. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. BUT OF THE TWO UM, POSITIONS WE HAVE WE HAVE THE SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR KENNETH RICHARD THERE RIGHT NOW. REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL, SO I MEAN, HAVING THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION, SO I'M I'M I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT IF THE SCHOOLS WON'T WE'LL LOSE OUT IF YOU DON'T APPOINT ANOTHER SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE. SO I THINK THE BALANCE THAT OFF IS ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A MIXTURE BUT THE CHAIR IS DEFINITELY BEEN THERE IS GOING TO REMAIN. YES KEN IS KEN IS REMAINING. YES. I WAS UP ON THE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS RESIGNING. NO NO, HE'S HE'S STILL ON. THIS IS THE SECOND POINT. NO NO, IT'S NOT WE HAVE TWO APPOINTEES. ONE OF THEM IS, UM NFL PRITCHARD SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR AND HIS TERM DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL JUNE OF 25 JUNE OF 2025. THIS IS JUST FOR THE SECOND POSITION. THIS IS THE SECOND TERM, THEY CAN ONLY SERVE TO FOUR YEARS TERM. SO THIS WILL BE HIS SECOND TERM. SO AFTER HE FINISHES DISTANCE, 2025, HE WON'T BE ABLE TO BE ON THE BOARD THAT WOULD HAPPEN TO MISS DID OTHER WHO WAS FORMALLY ON THERE. SHE DID HER SECOND TERM, AND SO HER SEAT IS VACANT NOW TO FILL OKAY? YES. COUNSELOR MELISSA SMITH. MAY I ASK MAY I ALSO STATE LAST SENTENCE READS.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHOULD BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEED FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION. WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THEY HAVE TO COME FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. YEAH, THERE ARE MECHANICS. WHO ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEED FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THERE ARE PLUMBERS, THERE ARE ELECTRICIANS , CARPENTERS. SO ONCE WE HAD THE ACTUAL APPLICATIONS IN OUR HANDS AND WE CAN READ WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO OR WHAT THEY ARE OR ARE NOT INTERESTED IN. THEN THIS COUNCIL CAN MAKE A SOUND AND EDUCATED DECISION BASED ON THE INFORMATION AT HAND. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL RUN THE MOTION TO TABLE FIRST. THIS IS THE MOTION TO TABLE AT THIS TIME. ADAM CLARK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER KOZBERG REMEMBER WILSON SMITH, I MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. GUYS REMEMBER HILL? NO. BY SENATOR SMITH LEE. NO MAYOR PERN. MOTIONS PASSED.
THE TABLE. RIGHT NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PETERSBURG REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK I MEAN COUNCIL UNCUFF BIRTH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I MOVED THAT. WE TABLE THIS. APPOINTMENT UNTIL AFTER COUNCILS RETREAT. FOR TWO REASONS. ONE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DEVELOP A VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PETERSBURG REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY. ALL OF WHOSE BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL. AND TO ONCE WE HAVE THAT VISION IN PLACE. COUNCIL WILL THEN BE IN A POSITION TO INSTRUCT OUR APPOINTEES. TO, UM TAKE THE ACTION NECESSARY. TO ACHIEVE COUNCILS VISION. SO WE NEED TO DETERMINE OUR VISION. AND ONLY ONCE WE'VE DONE THAT, SHOULD WE BE APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THIS IMPORTANT BOARD? WHEN ARE WE GONNA FORMULATE THAT VISION. I THINK OUR. LOGICAL NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS OUR RETREAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I AM MOVING TO TABLE THIS UNTIL AFTER COUNCIL'S NEXT RETREAT. ALRIGHT UM COUNCILWOMAN WESTON SMITH. I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION BECAUSE COUNCIL ALREADY MADE A DECISION AND A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING TO TABLE THIS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE DID HAVE OUR RETREAT AND COULD DISCUSS THIS AUTHORITY. ALRIGHT THAT'S EMOTION. THE SECOND TABLE AT THIS TIME. UM MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? COUNCIL MEMBER EXPERT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I KATHY MEYERS, NO. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. REMEMBER HILL. BY FIRST SMITH LEE. PERM FAST. NEXT MOVE ON TO. ITEM H, WHICH IS
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CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATION FOR THE FY 23 GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM GRANT AND THE AMOUNT OF $190,000 2ND READING. ARE WE AT ITEM ITEM H RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE DID F AND G TOGETHER. SO THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR THE GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. COUNCILOR MYERS MOVED. ALRIGHT COUNSELOR.HILL ALL RIGHT, MR MAYOR. YES QUESTION ABOUT SURE SPENT. I'LL TELL YOU HOW I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE SPENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF IT BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE OR NOT. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MAKE A FULL COURT PRESS TO GET UP. PUT UP. AS MANY OF OUR.
FIREARMS PROHIBITED SIGNS IN ALL PARKS. UM, AS IS REASONABLY HELPFUL. AND, UH, SENSE THAT.
NOT ALL OF THE APPROACHES TO ALL OF OUR PARKS HAVE THESE SIGNS. I THINK IT WOULD BE A RELATIVELY SMALL BUDGET ITEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE. DO YOU KNOW, MR ALTON? I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE CAN LOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN LOOK INTO SEE IF THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE. WELL THAT'S FINE, RIGHT? EITHER WAY. UM UM THANK YOU, MR MAYOR AND I'M READY TO VOTE WHEN THE REST OF KILLING COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. YES I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND US.
THAT COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED THAT. UM. THE PERSONS WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE GRANT HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FIRST BEFORE MAKING A DECISION AS TO HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY AND THAT'S ALREADY APPROVED. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. AT THIS TIME. IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT, REMEMBER WILSON SMITH? I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK OVER HILL I SMOOTHLY MAYOR PERN MOTIONS PASSED. MAYOR, PARENT POINT OF ORDER. I THINK THE CHIEF WAS COMING UP. YES. SHE QUESTION GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. UM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT GRANTS. THE FIRST ONE IN WHICH WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL. UH BEFORE DOING ANY EXPENDITURES WOULD BE $300,000 GRANT. SO THE $190,000 GRANT WAS THIS WAS A SEPARATE GRANT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. OKAY THANK YOU. APPARENTLY NEXT MOVE ON, QUICK BACK THEN. OKAY? QUICK POINT OF ORDER. CAN I CLEAR UP WITH G? UM ANOTHER WE APPOINT? WE DID THAT JOINTLY FOR THE, UM UH, CITY MANAGER, MR ALTMAN TO BE BUT FERGIE. THEY ALSO NEEDED TO BE AT ONE MORE APPOINTMENT AND APPOINTEE. SO CAN WE JUST AT LEAST LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED IF THAT'S THE PROPER PROCEDURE. OR G FOR THE CRATER YOUTH CARE COMMISSION BOARD. UH MR WESTBROOK IS CORRECT. THE CITY. THE CITY HAS TWO REPRESENTATIVES ON THE CREATOR YOUTH CARE COMMISSION BOARD, THE LAST CITIZEN. MEMBER I BELIEVE DECLINE OR HIS TERM IS UP, AND HE DECLINED TO BE REAPPOINTED. SO THERE IS ANOTHER POSITION THAT COUNCIL WILL NEED TO APPOINT. WE NEED JUST ADVERTISING, RIGHT ? RIGHT. THIS IS GOING TO YEAH, IT IS. IT WILL TAKE APPLICANTS FOR THAT. AND WHENEVER THAT TIME WE GET APPLICATION, AND THAT'S AVAILABLE, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT APPOINTING. THAT RESIDENT OF PETERSBURG UM. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION. APPROPRIATION AT THE VIRGINIA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS GRANTED AMOUNT OF $4500 2ND READING. COUNCILOR MYERS MOVIE. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SECOND ALL RIGHT, OPEN THE FLOOR. YES. UH FIRST, LET ME OPEN THE FLOOR FOR
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ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $4500. ALRIGHT. SEE TOMORROW. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. CITY COUNCIL. YES, MA'AM. OKAY WELL, LOOK, I'M GONNA CLOSE. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER HAND. SO I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT, AND NEXT, WE'LL GO TO QUESTIONS. COUNSELOR WILSON SMITH FROM MR MARA. THE CITY IS REAL SPONSOR FOR A MATCH OF 4500 . YES, MA'AM, DO WE HAVE IT? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S ALL I WANTED.THANK YOU. THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CALL EXPERT COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I ADMIRES COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL HIGH, SMITH LEE MAYOR PERN PAST ALRIGHT. NEXT WE MOVE ON. TWO ITEM. 14 J, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION OF THE FY 23 S R. O S. R O GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $211,428 2ND READING. RIGHT COUNSELOR. MYERS MOVED. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SECOND ALRIGHT NOW OPEN UP THE FLOOR. FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE AMOUNT OF 200 $11,428 FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS GRANTS. SAYING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. UM, NEXT? YES. THE QUESTION, COUNSELOR. WESTBROOK YES, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, UM, BEING THAT THE SCHOOL YEAR WE'RE A LITTLE OVER. MAYBE A MONTH AND A HALF. WHEN DOES WOULD THAT PERSON ACTUALLY START BEING THAT IT IS THAT GRANT IS FOR THIS YEAR. I DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THAT MONEY. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF CHRISTIAN, UM, CAN YOU COMMENT ON THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT? AND THE QUESTION WAS, HOW SOON CAN THAT MONEY BE ALLOCATED TO THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND IS ACCREDITED FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND NEXT SCHOOL YEAR OR JUST A SCHOOL YEAR. WE'RE WAITING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WAITING FOR SOME INFORMATION BACK REGARDING THAT THE ALLOCATIONS OF THOSE FUNDS, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN PUT IT IN AT LEAST A SECOND SEMESTER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO THE SCHOOLS. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TWO MORE BEING ASSIGNED WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? KUZMIN WESTBROOK. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF. CAN YOU KEEP US UPDATED ON THAT THEN ? AS YOU WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS, I WILL. OKAY WONDERFUL COUNCILMAN WASN'T SMITH. YES SINCE THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, THEN YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO GO ON TO HIGHER NOW AND JUST GET REIMBURSED AFTER THE GRANT SENT. WE DO OKAY, ACTUALLY, ALSO LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING SOME THAT WE ALREADY WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THOSE POSITIONS. TO THE GRANT FUNDED POSITION AND THEN HAVE TO BACK FILL THOSE POSITIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT CAN I ASK A QUESTION? ANOTHER QUESTION.
COUNSELOR MYERS. BUT IT SAID CONSTRAINT FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23. OF WHITE 23, RIGHT, EXACTLY. UM, IT SAYS FISCAL YEAR 23 IS WHAT COUNCILMAN MY HUSBAND SAYING.
RIGHT? RECOMMENDED COUNCIL APPROVED THE OPERATION. SO FY 23 SO THAT PROBABLY BE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. RIGHT SPEAKING WITH THEM, WE CAN. WE COULD ACTUALLY START TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, BUT IT WOULD GO ON TO 2022 23 SCHOOL YEAR BUDGET. OKAY? OKAY? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. AT THIS TIME I CAN SEE IS THAT'S WHY 23 NOW WHICH ONE IS BOTH KNOWN SOMETHING THAT SAYS FY 23 NOT 22. 21 20. SO IF I COULD ALL RIGHT, MR OLDMAN. THE FY 23 FISCAL YEAR IS 20 BEGINNING IN JUNE OF JULY 22 ENDING OF JUNE OF 23, SO IT APPLIES TO OUR CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. IT YOU KNOW, IN MOST PLACE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T ALWAYS SAY FY 22-23. IT'S JUST F Y 23 SHORTENS IT. BUT IT WILL APPLY TO THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, WHICH COUNCIL ADOPTED UM, I'M ASSUMING IN MAY AND WE WILL HAVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR IT AT YOUR OCTOBER MEETING, BUT WILL APPLY TO THE CURRENT YEAR SO THE CHIEF CAN HAVE THEM IN THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR.
THEY WILL HAVE THE OFFICERS THERE. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY? ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR. MYERS,
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YOU'RE GOOD. ROBERT YEAH, I'M GOOD, BUT THEY NEED AH! I'M NOT GONNA LET IT GO BECAUSE THEN WHEN THEY COME BACK AND BITE YOU IN THE YOU KNOW WHAT DON'T SEE ITS FISCAL YEAR, 23 SO EITHER PUT 22 23 DAY OR DON'T PUT IT THERE AT ALL. OKAY JUST JUST TO READ THE GRANT LETTER THAT WAS SENT FROM JACKSON MILLER. AND IT SAYS CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING RECIPIENT OF THE ABOVE REFERENCED GRANT PROGRAM. YOUR D. C. G S GRANT AWARD NUMBER IS 23-238 A AND WAS APPROVED FOR A TOTAL AWARD OF $211,428. FUNDED THROUGH AWARD NUMBER 2 23 FREE GRANT. THE PROJECT PERIOD IS THEY HAVEN'T A PACKAGE JULY 1ST 2022 TO JUNE 30TH 23. THANK YOU , MR MAYOR. YES, THAT'S ALL I ASKED FOR. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, COUNSELOR FOR WILSON SMITH. I MYERS? ABSOLUTELY, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. I REMEMBER HILL. ALL RIGHT, SMITH LEE BY MOTIONS PASSED. THANK YOU. CITE, UM KAY CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNUSED FY 22 FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT TO THE FY 23 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $1717.20 SECOND READING. RIGHT COUNSELOR MYERS MOVIE. COUNCILMAN HILL SUCKING. ALL RIGHT, AND THEN WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANT AMOUNT OF $1717 OR 27 CENT. SAYING NO HANDS ON THE GRANT.BACK. MADAME CLAIRE, DID YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR OF CUTHBERT, REMEMBER WILSON SMITH? I REMEMBER MYERS WESTBROOK MEMBER HILL. I SMITH LEE HIGH PERM PAST UM, NEXT IS ITEM L CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNUSED FY 22 FUNDS PROVIDED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE PROGRAMS EIGHT TO LOCALITY TO THE FY 23 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $96,735.31 2ND READING. COUNCILOR MYERS VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SECOND, ALRIGHT, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ON THE $96,735.31. FOR THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE PROGRAMS, AID TO THE LOCALITY. ALRIGHT SEEING NO HANDS. IT'S PROBABLY HEARING HIS CLOTHES NEXT, MADAM CLERK AS YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD. REMEMBER EXPERT, UH, FOR WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. REMEMBER HILL VICE SMITH LEE PERM FAST. NEXUS ITEM M CONSIDERATION FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF THE UNUSED VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS TO THE FY 23 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $3949.98 2ND READING COUNCILMAN HILL MOVED COUNCILOR MYERS. ALRIGHT WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANT. IN THE AMOUNT OF $3949.98 ALRIGHT, SEEING NO HANDS. IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CLOSED. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL SMOOTHLY I TIME I PASSED. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ITEM IN WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PMP ASSOCIATES. HAS BEEN, UM, TABLED, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE. MOVED SECOND. ALRIGHT WITH SECOND COUNSELOR MYERS.
MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT REMEMBER WILSON SMITH? I REMEMBER MAIRA COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK MEMBER HILL SMITH LEE MAYOR PERN TABLE. NEXUS ITEM. OH CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 29 . OH, TWO. NEVER UM, WROTE PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND TERRY AND CYNTHIA BRADSHAW. COUNCILMAN MYERS MOVIE. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD. GUYS REMEMBER CUTHBERT? AH, REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I REMEMBER MYERS REMEMBER WESTBROOK MEMBER HILL. ALL RIGHT , SMITH LEE HIGH PERN. I PASSED.
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NEXUS ITEM P CONSIDERATION OF AN ADDITIONAL 500,000 AND GRANT FUNDING FOR THE FLEET'S BRANCH STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT, NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY GRANT FUNDING SECOND READING. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE MOVIE.COUNCILMAN HILL SECOND. WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE $500,000 GRANT FUNDING. FROM THE EQ FOR THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION. ALRIGHT SEEING NO HANDS. IT'S PROBABLY HEARING HIS CLOTHES. MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL QUESTION.
COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH. YES, UE UNDERSTANDING. IT'S STATES AWARDED THE CITY OF PETERSBURG GRANTS TO ABSORB PART OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT ON THE PROPERTY OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. SO THAT THE CITY MAY BENEFIT FROM THE RESULTING POLLUTANT REDUCTION CREDITS. SO IF VIRGINIA STATE IS IN METRIC. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW WE GET HOW WE'RE GETTING THIS AND PETERSBURG YES, MA'AM. UM THANKS, COUNSELOR. SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU. AND STAFF MAYOR THAT THE ACTUAL PROJECT IS ON V S. YOU SOIL, HOWEVER, THEY CAN SHARE THEIR POLLUTANT. GOOGLE CREDITS WITH SAY THAT PETERSBURG THEY DON'T NEED THEM. BUT WE DO BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEED TO ADDRESS OUR TM DEAL REQUIREMENTS . SO UM SO THEY CAN GIVE US THEIR POLLUTANT MOVIE CREDITS. THEIR NAME IS FOR JUST LIKE WE ARE, AND SO THEY HAVE THE SAME TEAM DEAL REQUIREMENTS. THAT CITY HAS, UM SO WHEN THEY WHEN THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THE AIR POLLUTANT MOVIE CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CITY IS KIND OF A COLLABORATIVE JOINT PROJECT WITH WITH THE TWO ENTITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MORE QUESTIONS. QUESTION COUNSELOR. QUESTIONS JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO PRESIDENT ABDULLAH IN VIRGINIA STATE. ALRIGHT WONDERFUL. ALRIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR BECAUSE, BERT, UH, MOVE WASN'T SMITH I, KATHY MEYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. I REMEMBER HILL, ALL RIGHT. VICE MARY SMITH LEE HAI PAST. THANK YOU GUYS APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN MYERS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT COUNSELING WESTBROOK IS TRYING TO DESTROY MY MIND DOWN HERE AND , UH, CITY MANAGER I WAS NOT FUSSING AT YOU ABOUT THAT, BUT HE MESSED ME UP. SO THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT, SO WE KNOW WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. ALRIGHT. IT'S GOING ON NOW. ALRIGHT, THAT LEADS UP THE ITEM. 15 IT'S CITY
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MANAGERS REPORT, MR OLDMAN. SIR MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UH, AS WAS BROUGHT UP BY ONE OF OUR CITIZENS IN THE EVENING. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME ISSUES WITH THE REAL ESTATE BUILDING AND WE FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS OVER THE PAST WEEK AND SOME CONVERSATIONS. UH, WE'RE GOING TO PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO FIND OUT WHAT WHO? WHAT? WHERE AND WHY. I THINK AT THIS POINT, OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON WHAT THE FIX IS BECAUSE WE NEED IF WE DO HAVE ISSUES. WHAT DOES THAT FIXES IT? SUPPLEMENTAL BILLS AND IF WE NEED TO PROVIDE MORE TIME TO OUR RESIDENTS TO AN EXTENSION, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO HOT WASH JUST TO WHY IT HAPPENED. WHAT HAPPENED? WE WILL REPORT THAT BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE CITIZENS AND IN OUR SOLUTIONS FOR THAT NOT TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. AH IT IS A TREMENDOUS INCONVENIENCE TO OUR CITIZENS TO HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THAT AND WE DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON A SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE. SO I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE RIGHT BY THEM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ITEMS? NO, SIR. I'VE BEEN A BUSY WEEK AND BUSY COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO OUR FIRST FULL MEETING WITH COUNSEL, I DO APPRECIATE IT. AND AS WE ALWAYS WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN PETERSBURG, SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY. THE DISCUSSION OF THE COMPETITION IN THE REGION. THAT COUNSELOR CUTHBERT HAD AND REST ASSURED, WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WET LAB IS HERE IN PETERSBURG, NOT SOMEWHERE ELSE. UH THERE WAS A RECOGNITION . I WILL SAY JUST, UH EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS OF A COMPLETE LACK. OF LAB SPACE, NOT JUST IN PETERSBURG BUT OF THE ENTIRE RICHMOND REGION. SO IT IS NOT[01:30:07]
SURPRISING THAT THERE IS A NEED TO BUILD THE SPACE, BUT WE NEED TO BE IN A POSITION. TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT FURTHER AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, UM AND MR CUTHBERT IS INDICATED IN MR WESTBROOK IS INDICATED THERE IS SOME PROPERTY OUT ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY 179 ACRES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND CLEAR UP ANY ISSUES THERE, SO WE'RE IN A POSITION TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT NEXT OPPORTUNITY THAT HAPPENS TO COME ALONG, SO STAFF WILL BE WORKING HARD ON THAT. BUT I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO WIN THOSE BATTLES. BELIEVE ME, I ABSOLUTELY WANT TO WIN THOSE BATTLES. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT. THANK YOU. UM, ALSO, UM GEOFF LEMON, IS THAT RETIRED FIRE CHIEF TC. HARRISON THERE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT RETIRED CHIEF TC TC STAND UP, SIR. WHAT OH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. RIGHT? UM NEXT UP, WE HAVE TO THE CITY. BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CLERK, MISS LUCAS. I HAVE NO ITEM ITEMS TONIGHT.
THANK YOU NEXT BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR WILLIAMS AND THE ITEMS. REPORT, MR MAYOR. ALRIGHT NEXT IS ITEM. 18 ADJOURNMENT ENTERTAIN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY, SOME OF SECOND ALL IN FAVOR
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