Dec 13, 2022 Regular City Council Meeting

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COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED . NEXT, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON INTO REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR DECEMBER. 13TH GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR BECAUSE BERG, YAHOO! WILSON SMITH HERE REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL HERE. SMITH LEE PRESENT MAYOR PANG HERE. THANK YOU. NEXT UM, COUNSELOR HERE WILL LEAD US IN THE OPENING PRAYER. LET US PRAY. ETERNAL GOD. OUR FATHERS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT MANY GIFTS AND BLESSINGS YOU BESTOWED UPON US. LORD, WE ACCESS WE DELIBERATE THIS BUSINESS HAVING A FATHER THAT YOU BE WITH US. WE ASKED THAT BLESSINGS UPON THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THE RESIDENTS. UH FIRST RESPONDED WELL, EXCEPT BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION. THIS COUNCIL HAVING A FATHER THAT WE DID, WE WOULD DO THINGS PLEASING IN THAT SITE. WE ACTUALLY EVEN OUR SPECIAL BLESSING UPON ONE WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNCIL FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVING A FATHER THEY WILL NOT BE HERE. THIS IS HER LAST MEETING. HAVING A FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS TRICYCLE WISDOM, SMITH. HAVING A FATHER DID YOU WOULD BE WITH HER GOT HER STRENGTH AND HER AND HER FAMILY HAVING A FATHER. LORD WE ASK THAT YOU WILL GIVE HER JOY DURING HER TIME, AS SHE TAKE ON NEW ADVENTURES HAVING A FATHER TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT HER HANDS TO YOU.

WE THANK YOU FOR HER SERVICE. WE THANK YOU TOO, FOR HER FAITHFULNESS. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT SHE'S BROUGHT TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WE ASKED NOTHING BUT HEALTH AND PROSPERITY FOR HER AND HER FAMILY IS IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. NEXT COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME TO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE. TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS SAYING. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NEXT ITEM. FOUR DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

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BASICALLY THERE YOU COULD ROLL UP THE STREETS AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK. THIS HAS BEEN A 15 YEAR DEVELOPMENT FOR US. WE STARTED WITH JUST A LIVE ENTERTAINMENT COMPONENT. WE'VE EXPANDED IT MULTIPLE TIMES. WE'RE NOW ON OUR FOURTH RESIDENTIAL TOWER. SO JUST JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE QUALITY AND THE SCALE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND THIS IS A WIDER SHOT OF KANSAS CITY TO THE FAR RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE NEW, UH, ARENA THAT WAS BUILT IN THE CENTER. YOU'LL SEE ONE LIGHT, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AND TO THE LEFT. THE TALLER BUILDING TO THE LEFT IS THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS FOR H AND R BLOCK. AND THIS IS A STREET LEVEL SHOT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED. THERE. YOU HAVE A MOVIE THEATER THAT WE DEVELOPED. THAT'S DOING EXTREMELY WELL. WE HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE HOTELS. WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL AND WE HAVE A STREET LEVEL RETAIL. AND THIS HAS BEEN IN THE HEART OF KANSAS CITY. UH THAT'S BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND WE CONTINUE TO SPEND EXPAND IN THE DISTRICT.

AND THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WERE IN CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON PLACE . WE DEVELOPED THAT PROJECT OF ROUGHLY 30 YEARS AGO. WE'RE GONNA ARLINGTON, TEXAS. WE WILL BE PARTNERED WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO THE LOWER RIGHT IS THE POWER PLANT. OUR HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE. AND TO THE LEFT. LOWER BOX IS OUR BALLPARK VILLAGE IN ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, OUR PARTNERS THERE WITH THE ST LOUIS CARDINALS. SO THIS IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE LEVEL THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND REALLY DOES SET THE EXPECTATION FOR WHAT YOU'LL SEE COMING UP FOR PETERSBURG. UH, WE WERE URBANISTS AT OUR HEART, MOST OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, AND THAT'S WHY THIS SIDE APPEALED TO US WHILE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG APPEALED TO US. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE OVER OUR MANY YEARS IN BUSINESS TO HAVE 17 URBAN LAND INSTITUTE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO BRING THAT SAME VISION THAT SAME LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE TO THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. UH, PETERSBURG. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR PETERSBURG. OUR SITE IS AT THE CORNER OF WAGNER ROAD AND I 95 WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE. IT'S A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. GOT A GREAT LOCATION. GREAT VISIBILITY OFF 95 WAGNER. WE THINK THIS WOULD BE AN IDEAL DESTINATION FOR NOT ONLY JUST A CASINO, BUT FOR A MULTIFACETED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. AS I SAID EARLIER.

THE SITE WHERE YOU CAN SEE I 95 WAGNER ROAD WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT RIGHT IN THE CENTER, AND WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF WHAT THE MANY COMPONENT PARTS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL BE. THIS IS JUST A FLY THROUGH VIDEO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE OF THE SCALE AND WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL OFFER.

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THESE ARE THE VARIOUS COMPONENT PARTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UH ITEM NUMBER ONE. YOU'LL SEE THE CASINO AT ABOUT 230,000 SQUARE FEET. WE HAVE A HOTEL COMING IN AT ABOUT 100 AND 80,000 SQUARE FEET. THERE WILL BE 200 ROOM HOTEL. THE ENTERTAINMENT PLAZA NUMBER THREE. IT'S A MIXED USED ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL OFFER RETAIL DINING, TRADITIONAL RETAIL OF SOFT GOODS, JUST A WIDE RANGE OF DINING OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AS YOU GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT WHAT WE'VE PLANNED HERE IS MULTIPLE PHASES. UH THERE'S GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE THAT WILL SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT PHASES THAT WE HAVE PHASE ONE BEING A CASINO DEVELOPMENT PHASE TWO BEING, THE MORE THE RETAIL COMPONENT AND THE LAST PHASE PHASE THREE WOULD BE LARGELY RESIDENTIAL. THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO CREATE A DESTINATION. UH, THAT'S WITH A CITY WITHIN A CITY TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER APPROXIMATELY 1300 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, DINING OPTIONS AND A FULL SCALE CASINO IS A REAL GAME CHANGER IN OUR VIEW FOR THE STUDIO OF PETERSBURG. AGAIN THIS IS JUST A STILL RENDERING OF THE SITE ITSELF. AS YOU COME INTO YOUR LEFT, YOU'LL BE COMING OFF OF WAGNER. THERE'S A RING ROAD THAT GOES AROUND THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT. PHASE ONE WILL INCLUDE AGAIN THE CASINO THE PARKING GARAGE TO THE LEFT. AH ARRIBA RIETI OF RETAIL OPTIONS AT THE FRONT OF THE CASINO AND TO THE FAR RIGHT BEING PHASE THREE, WHICH MAY BE MORE OF A TRADITIONAL RETAIL KIND OF CALL IT MORE LOCAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT , LARGELY THOSE LARGE BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT INTO THE BACK OUR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WRAPPED WITH PARKING GARAGES. AND ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, HOTEL THAT WE ANTICIPATE DEVELOPING THERE. IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND CENTS ONCE THIS PROJECT IS FULLY BUILT OUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $1.4 BILLION IN INVESTMENT. THIS IS OVER IN TERMS OF THE 15 YEAR ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE 15 YEARS $10 BILLION IN ECONOMIC STIMULUS TO THE REGION. 1.5 SORRY 1.1 BILLION IN TOTAL TAX REVENUES. 10,000 JOBS, FOUR MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OVERALL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. COMING IN ABOUT 1300 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. 500 HOTEL ROOMS AND APPROXIMATELY 600,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT SPACE. THIS IS A RENDERING A STREET LEVEL. AS YOU COME INTO THE DEVELOPMENT YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL AND ON ONE SIDE OR ON BOTH SIDES TO THE NORTH.

AND THEN THE ENTRANCE TO YOU HAVE INTEREST TO LIVE ENTERTAINMENT VENUE TO THE LEFT.

TYPICAL DESIGNS. WE'RE DOING A MAJOR PROJECT IN POMPANO, FLORIDA AGAIN BEING PHASED IN, UH, VERY SIMILAR CONCEPTS. MAIN STREET. VISTA WITH LANDSCAPE BEING, UH, POOLS, WATER WATER FEATURES. ALL THIS WOULD BE INCORPORATED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN ANOTHER STREET LEVEL, RENDERING. WE TALKED ABOUT THE WATER FEATURES YOU HAVE THE LIVE HOTEL AND THIS IS OUR OUR BRANDED HOTEL. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT VISITED US IN MARYLAND OR PENNSYLVANIA, YOU SAW A SIMILAR HOTEL IN THOSE IN THOSE CITIES. THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE BACKSIDE OF THE HOTEL. YOU CAN SEE. UH, THE POOL HERE FORWARD. FOR OUR GUESTS. NOW THE PHASE PHASE ONE, WHICH

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YOU SEE A LOT OF FRIENDLY FACES , AND EVERYONE IS RESPECTFUL, HAPPY AND THEY'RE WELCOMING HOTEL SAYS THAT IT IS A FAMILY IS ACTUALLY A FAMILY. WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, RESPECT EACH OTHER, AND WE VALUE EVERYTHING THAT WE WORKED FOR. I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN HERE FOR OVER A DECADE THAT HAVE STARTED OFF IN A POSITION OF POSSIBLY CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND NOW THEY'RE DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THE HARD WORK IN. BUT THE COMPANY ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'VE ALWAYS FELT AS THOUGH I HAVE A VOICE WITHIN THIS COMPANY. I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH I'M JUST ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. UH, FOR THAT REASON, YOU KNOW, I PLAN ON BEING HERE FOR AS LONG AS THEY'LL HAVE ME AND YOU ARE PART OF A TEAM THAT IS THOUGHTFUL. WHEN YOU ARE PART OF LIFE. YOU DEFINITELY FEEL THAT YOU'RE PART OF THE FAMILY. THIS IS A CULTURE THAT EMPOWERS YOU TO BE BETTER AND DO YOUR BEST IS VERY STRONG AND THEY ALWAYS ARE FAIR IF YOU WANT TO FEEL VALUED AND YOU WANT TO LOVE YOUR JOB EVERY DAY APPLY. THIS PLACE. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT. YOU WILL FEEL LIKE A VALUED MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. NEXT WEEK. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW BEAUTY. A QUICK VIDEO ON JUST OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL AND MINORITY COMPANIES. UH, THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT I STARTED. PROBABLY 20 YEARS AGO. IT'S NOW WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION NATION RIDE AGAIN. WE WERE THE

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WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO WHEN THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. GET IT DONE WHEN THEY SAY HOW IT'S GOING TO GET DONE. GET IT DONE THAT WAY WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF A CORPORATION LIKE MARYLAND LIVE. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DELIVER 365 DAYS A YEAR. THEY DON'T JUST WANT TO GIVE MONEY. IT'S MORE OF THEY WANT TO BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED. THE THING ABOUT THIS CASINO IS THEY MADE A COMMITMENT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REINVEST IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE STOOD BY THEIR WORD. LIVE CASINO IS EMBLEMATIC OF LETTING THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY SPEAK FOR THEIR CHARACTER COULD LITERALLY PICK UP MY PHONE AND CALL, UH, DAVID QUARTERS AND SAY, HEY, I GOT AN ISSUE AND HE SAID, HEY, LET'S MEET, LET'S SOLVE IT PROUD TO SAY THAT WITH THE HELP OF GREAT PARTNERS LIKE CORDISH COMPANY THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DENY THE REQUEST OF THE CRITICALLY ILL CHILD FROM DAY ONE, THEY EXPRESSED AN INTEREST TO HELP. IS HOW THEY COULD HELP AND THEY WERE AN EXCELLENT COMMUNITY PARTNER. WHEN THE PROPERTY HERE WAS BUILT. THEY DIDN'T JUST COME ONTO THE SCENE AND MAKE A SPLASH AND DISAPPEAR. THEY'VE BEEN JUST SUCH A VALUED TEAM MEMBER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. IT IS INCREDIBLE TO HAVE OUR BRAND NEW NEIGHBORS AND LIVE CASINO HERE, VOLUNTEERING AND DONATING MONEY, PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME OF NEED. CASINO STEPPED UP. PUT THEIR MONEY WITH THEIR MOUTH IS AND REALLY MADE A REAL BIG IMPACT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, SHOWING THE PEOPLE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS HOW MUCH THEY CARE AND HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO PARTNER NOT ONLY WITH THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA BUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR US. MR MAYOR,

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TO CHANGE THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME. AND WE'RE DELIGHTFUL. DELIGHTED TO BE YOUR PARTNER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO FULLY ENGAGING WITH THE MAYOR. THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO DELIVER A WORLD CLASS DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ZED. APPRECIATE IT. UM. FABULOUS PRESENTATION, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK ST CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO GROWING A NEW ECONOMY HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, BUT AT THIS TIME, I WANT, UM, ISSUE TO PUT TWO MINUTES UP. I WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ON THIS BECAUSE, UM CORDISH WILL BE COMING BACK NEXT MONDAY WITH ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING. SO I WANT TO GET SOME FEEDBACK. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND THEN THEY CAN FOLLOW RIGHT BACK UP NEXT WEEK. SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA START OFF MR RICHARD TAYLOR.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND. BUT IF YOU CALLED ON ME, YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. UM AS YOU SAID, AND Z HAS SAID, THIS IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS CITY OF LIVED HERE FOR 79 YEARS ALL MY LIFE. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

COME ALONG. IF WE MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE ARE MISSING A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR MIKE PACKER.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL PAK, CARLA AT 12 45 WOODLAND ROAD IN PETERSBURG. UM I SPEAK VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, I HAD MIXED FEELINGS, ESPECIALLY RELATING TO THE GAMBLING PART OF IT. BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS IS, MR TYLER SAYS HAS COME ALONG IN PETERSBURG MODERN HISTORY THAT COULD CAUSE US TO HAVE A BALANCE WITH INDUSTRY. UM, COMMERCE AND RESIDENTIAL THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO PROVIDE THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT OUR CITIZENS NEED. THIS WILL BRING THE INCOME TO THE CITY THAT THE CITY NEEDS. UM MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE'RE IN A DAVID AND GOLIATH SITUATION RIGHT NOW. OR OUR REPRESENTATIVES HAVE TOLD US THAT IT SHOULD BE A ONE CASINO SITUATION IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA, EITHER IN RICHMOND OR IN PETERSBURG. UM WE HAPPEN TO BE THE DAVID IN THAT SITUATION. SO I WOULD ASK FOR THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO COME HERE SO OFTEN AND EXPLAIN TO THE CITY COUNCIL HOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED WHAT IT NEEDS TO ACCOMPLISH. UM, AND SOME COMES RIGHTFULLY SO THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THIS PARTICULAR AND ENDEAVOR. WE NEED ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK. MEASURE OUT THE VALUE AGAINST ANY DETRIMENTS THAT MAY SAY. AND IF YOU AGREE WITH ME, AND YOU SEE THAT THIS THAT THE VALUE FOR OUTWEIGHS ANY DETRIMENTS THAT WE ALL GO AS ONE AND WE MAKE OUR DAVID AS LARGE AS WE POSSIBLY

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THAT'S THE STREETS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED RATHER THAN THE POTHOLES HAVING TO BE. FIELD.

EVERY YEAR. THIS ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO DO ITS JOB WITH THE RESOURCE IS IT NEEDS? SO TO ME, IT'S A NO BRAINER. PLEASE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE FENCE, OR MAYBE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE. TAKE A LOOK AT IT CLOSELY. MEASURE IT OUT. DON'T JUST BE IN LINE AGAIN TO COME IN AND BE NEGATIVE ABOUT SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE USED TO DOING ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE. PLEASE LET US ALL STAND TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SPEAKER JEFF FLEMING.

HOW YOU DOING? LIKE TO THANK THE QUARTERS COMPANY JEFF FLEMING, 18 19 CHECKED AGAIN IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, LIKE TO THANK THE QUARTERS COMPANY FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A NICE PRESENTATION. IT LOOKS WONDERFUL . I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THE CITY REALLY COULD USE TO CONCERNING QUESTIONS THAT WERE ANSWERED IN THEIR PRESENTATION. FIRST WOULD BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU THOUGHT IT SOUNDS LIKE A CITY WITHIN A CITY. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT WILL THEY BE WILLING TO DO UNTIL THE CITY IS ABLE TO REAP THE TAX BENEFITS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE PROJECT TO DEAL WITH THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS? NUMBER TWO. THE TIMELINE. THERE WAS NO TIMELINE. REALLY. I KNOW THE TO CASINO AND THE HOTEL GOES FIRST . WHAT IS THE COMPLETE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION OF THE COMPLETE PROJECT? THOSE ARE ONLY TWO QUESTIONS. I HAVE THAT LOOKS LIKE A WONDERFUL THING COULD ANSWER THOSE AND DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR RICHARD STEWART. MY NAME RICHARD A STOOD AT 1 29 RAW STREET. THE QUESTION I WANT TO ASK IS THIS LADY NAMED CATHY HUGHES. PROPOSED MAKING SOME KIND OF UNSEEN ER. ENRICHMENT.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN IT? DONALD TRUMP HAD TO CONSENT TO WHY DID THAT? GO ON THERE? UP THERE? I GOT SOME RELATIVES THAT IT WORKED UP THERE AND THEY'RE GOING ON. ALSO ANOTHER THING HAVE ANY STUDIED IN THE DONE COMPARED THIS TO LAS VEGAS? THEY CALL IT SIN CITY OF THE WEST OF PETERSBURG WILL BECOME THE SENSE IN CITY. OF THE SOUTH WENT GAMBLING AND ALL THIS TYPE OF STUFF. AND PETERSBURG, ONE OF THE MOST POVERTY STRICKEN CITY. IN THE SOUTH. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE WAGE OF $30,000.15 DOLLARS AN HOUR, BUT MY THING IS WELL, HOW DO YOU GO ON? GO DOWN THERE TO DUNLOP HOUSE STREET TOWER, ALL IMPORT FOLKS DOWN AND SO FORTH. THEY CANNOT WORK THE JOBS AND SO FORTH. AND SEVERAL CRIME RIGHT NOW IS THAT IS IN PETERSBURG IS TERRIBLE. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? IMPROVE AT LEAST DEPARTMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SO FORTH IN THE SYRUP BECAUSE WE NEED TO EXPAND ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN. SOMEBODY HAD TO PUT THE FIRE OUT OF THE START. BUT TAKE A VERY GOOD LOOK AT THIS CONCEALER. I KNOW IT SOUNDS GOOD. BUT WHY HAVEN'T YOU DID A STUDY BY LAS VEGAS? OUT THERE IN THE WEST, BUT THEY CALLED SIN CITY WITH CRIME, POVERTY, PROSTITUTION AND EVERYTHING. IS THIS GOING TO INCREASE IN PEACE, BERG? AH LET'S THINK ABOUT IT. TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT RIGHT. MICHAEL EDWARDS.

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WE ARE NOWHERE COMPARABLE TO LAS VEGAS. YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU SEE SIN EVERY DAY. YOU WAKE UP. YOU SEND EVERY DAY. POVERTY YES, IT'S POVERTY FROM COAST TO COAST. SO RATHER THAN DESTROY.

LISTEN, BRACE SOMETHING. THAT CAN BUILD UP. FAR TOO LONG AND YEARS PAST I'VE SET OUT IN THIS AUDIENCE. AND I'VE LISTENED. WE CAN'T DO I CAN'T DO WE WON'T DO. AND IT'S ALWAYS WON'T WON'T WON'T IS HE, AS THEY SAY IT'S ONCE IN A GENERATION. OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS THE CITY OF MY BIRTH, LIKE MANY SITTING IN THIS AUDIENCE. I NEVER DREAMED THAT I WOULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT THEN I CITY LIMITS. NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA HOW MANY CARS PROBABLY 95 EVERY DAY.

BYPASS PETERSBURG BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING HERE. SO WHEN THE TIME COMES KEEP AN OPEN MIND. THINK OF INFRASTRUCTURE. PAVED ROADS. BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE HAD OUR CAUSE DESTROYED BY THE ROADS. THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEMS. SOMEBODY WILL SAY OH, YOU CAN'T PUT PINKS PINK LIPSTICK ON A COW AND THINK IT'LL LOOK GOOD. BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN. ASK THE QUESTIONS. WHICH IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE NOW. EMBRACE IT. DON'T BE NEGATIVE. IF YOU DON'T WANT IT. VOTE. NO BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY. IN THIS ROOM LISTENING ONLINE. WHEN THE TIME COMES. VOTE YES. THINK OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS. YOUR POLICE OFFICERS. YOUR TRANSIT WORKERS, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF.

YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THINK OF THAT WHEN YOU VOTE. AND VOTE YES. ALL RIGHT, MR GARY TALLY.

GARY TAYLOR 23 23 FORT RICE STREET. I'M NOT FOR OR AGAINST IT. I WORKED FOR A CASINO COMPANY FOR SIX YEARS. UM GOLD STRIKE CASINO RESORT HELPED OPEN THAT PROPERTY. MY QUESTION IS REALLY IS REALLY FOR CORDISH. ALL THE EXAMPLES THEY'VE GIVEN US ARE THEY BUILT BIG CASINOS.

AT THE CASINOS DOWNTOWN IN LARGE CITIES. IS THERE ANY COMPARABLE INFORMATION FOR A SMALL TOWN LIKE US BUILDING THE CASINO ON THE EDGE? NOW I THINK THAT UP AND DOWN I THINK THAT COULD BE A GOOD A GOOD THING FOR US. THE TAX REVENUE WOULD BE AWESOME. COULD BE AWESOME. BUT TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI HASN'T CHANGED MUCH AT ALL. IT'S STILL A VERY TINY SMALL TOWN. PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO TWO. THEY COME TO ROBINSON VILLE, WHICH IS WHERE THE CASINOS ARE. UM WHEN THE FIRST CASINOS OPENED UP, THEY WERE CASINOS, ONLY NO HOTELS, NO RESORTS. FIRST TIME I SAW MY COMPANY WAS A BIG OLD CIRCUS TENT AND THE DEALERS WERE DRESSED LIKE CLOWNS. UM THEY CHANGE THEY NOW IT'S MANDALAY RESORT GROUP. UM, HIGH END BUT IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T HELP. THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. NOBODY'S BUILDING HOUSES IN ROBINSON VILLE. NOBODY'S MOVING DOWN THERE. THEY DRIVE DOWN. THEY GAMBLE. THEY STAY IN THE HOTELS AND THEY LEAVE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST SURPRISES I DISCOVERED WAS ON. I VOLUNTEERED WHEN I WORKED AT A HIGH END HOTEL BEFORE THAT. WE WERE ALWAYS DEAD ON HOLIDAYS. THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS, WE WERE EMPTY. NOT SO IN THE CASINO INDUSTRY, IVAN SAID. I'LL WORK THIS ONE BECAUSE IT WILL BE EASY AND THEY SAID NO, WE WILL BE PACKED AND WE WERE SELL OUT. ON HOLIDAYS, THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS WERE FILLED CAPACITY. THE TAX REVENUE COULD BENEFIT US QUITE A BIT. BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION AWAY FROM THE CITY. PEOPLE COME IN. THEY WILL GO THERE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO OFFER THEIR IS MORE THAN WE HAVE DOWNTOWN. AND WE HAVE RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES CLOSING NOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND ENOUGH WORKERS. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION AGAIN. I'M NOT PRO PRO FOR OR AGAINST IT. I SEE THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF IT. BUT THE LOCATION ON A SMALL ON THE EDGE OF A SMALL TOWN LIKE US. I'D LIKE QUARTERS TO ADDRESS THAT. HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE

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THE CITY ITSELF. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. RIGHT BY THERE. WITH A HAND RAISED YES. IS THAT MISS CELESTE WIN? FROM MY SCHOOL BOARD. GOOD EVENING, MISS WAYNE . HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING, MARY PARAM, UM VICE MIRA AND IT SMITH. AND OTHERS, UM, APOLOGIZE . OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CELESTE. WIN 3 19 EAST FILLMORE STREET. UM I'M STANDING HERE AS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND UM I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF PETERSBURG OR CITIZEN OF PETERSBURG SINCE 2011. UM AND I AM FOR THIS PROJECT. AH! WOW. YOU ALL KNOW. MORE THAN I KNOW WHO ARE ALL NATIVES OF PETERSBURG THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDS NEW SCHOOL. AND I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM WHEN THEY NEED AT LEAST ONE NEW SCHOOL. OUR KIDS NEED TO BE SOMETHING NEEDS SOMETHING TO BE INSPIRED FOR. INSPIRED WITH AND GETTING A SCHOOL. PROBABLY MY WOULD BE THE HIGH SCHOOL WILL GIVE THEM ASPIRATIONS TO AS MY GRANDMA WOULD SAY, MAKE YOUR GRADE. GET YOUR LEARNING TO ACHIEVE TO GET TO THAT HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WHICH IS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL. SO I'M NOT SAYING IT WILL HAPPEN. 10 YEARS. 15 YEARS, BUT IT IS AN AVENUE FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH AND GETTING A NEW SCHOOL. GRANTED. IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY. BUT IF YOU GO HARD EAST HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MINUTES AWAY QUITE AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES AWAY EAST HERE. IT'S A LITTLE AREA CALLED WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA AND WILLIAMSBURG. LIKE PETERSBURG ALREADY HAS A HISTORY. IN WHICH PEOPLE COME TO VISIT TO ENJOY AND SHARING THAT HISTORY, SO WE ALREADY KNOWN TO BE A HISTORICAL CITY. SO IT'S NOT REALLY GONNA HURT US. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE OUTSKIRTS. LIKE BUSH GARDENS. THEY HAVE PEOPLE GOING TO COMMENT AND ENJOY, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO ALSO WANT TO ALSO TOURED DOWNTOWN TO ENJOY OUR HISTORICAL SITES, SO I FIND IT. IT'S A PLUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MISS BARBARA RUDOLPH. ARE BREWED OFF 16 75 MOUNT VERNON STREET. UM COULD I THINK IT WOULD HELP BE HELPFUL? IF, UM THE INFORMATION GIVEN IS MORE SPECIFIC. MR ZED SMITH DID GIVE A NUMBER OF $214 MILLION FOR 15 YEARS. THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 14 YEAR IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE CITY. MIKE PACKER SAID 30% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, WHICH IS PROBABLY ABOUT 10 MILLION CLOSE TO $10 MILLION MORE THAN THAT, SO THAT'S ENOUGH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT FROM NOT JUST THROWING NUMBERS AROUND, BUT ACTUALLY GETTING THE SPECIFIC DATA. UM I APPRECIATE WHAT RICHARD STEWART SAID. WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS THIS DOING FOR THE PEOPLE OF PETERSBURG WHO WAS BEING LEFT BEHIND BY THIS? UM AND. THE EFFORTS TO DEPICT PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS AS BEING NEGATIVE AND NOT BEING ON THE TEAM ISN'T REALLY GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER. I WOULD JUST THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT DIRECTED ANY OF YOU UP THERE THAT'S DIRECTED AT A COUPLE OF THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS. SO, UM I THINK. THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO BE A LOT MORE. WE NEED TO KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT HOW CORDISH AS A COMPANY IS GOING TO BRING PEOPLE IN PETERSBURG INTO SOME OF THESE JOBS. THAT'S WHAT RICHARD WAS ASKING, AND I'VE GOT THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, TOO.

IT'S REAL HARD. I MEAN, THERE'S THE CASINOS ARE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT WHO THEY HIRE. AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIC BOOM TO THE CITY UM, I HOPE THAT WE GET SOME CLARITY ABOUT THAT. THIS IS IT'S A BIG STEP. AND I THINK THAT, UM I WAS I LOVED. I LOVED SINGING THE RENDERING AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO US. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SEE ALL THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. THIS IS THE PART THAT'S REALLY THE MEAT OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AND HOW IT'S AND HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK TO PETERSBURG AND TO THE TRAVELERS.

SO THANKS FOR IT. RIGHT, MR TOMMIE HARRISON. THOMAS HARRISON 12 01 HALIFAX,

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MY NAME IS KAI HASKETT STATE. 2029 36. BRYAN BURROUGH, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. LIKE I SAID, THEY BROUGHT UP A LOT OF INTERESTING POINTS AND ALSO TODAY, BUT I ALSO REALIZED THAT THE REALIZE WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HERE. LIKE WE HAVE NOTHING LIKE NOT EVEN A MALL. NOT EVEN CHICK FIL A LIKE NOTHING AND TO THE POINT ABOUT POVERTY, POVERTY IS CREATED WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE NOTHING. SO IF I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND I DON'T GET, I DON'T REALLY GOT NOTHING TO DO. I DON'T PLAY SPORTS. I DON'T DO NOTHING LIKE THAT. I'M A PROBABLY GET IN TROUBLE. I'M GONNA PROBABLY DO SOMETHING THAT I'M PROBABLY NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING EVEN EVEN IF I DON'T THINK IT'S TROUBLE AND AS WELL ABOUT GIVING MONEY BACK TO THE CITY.

UM MR PACKER SAID THE THING ABOUT THE 30% I AIN'T GONNA LIE THAT DID SOUND GOOD. BUT SHE ALSO CAME BACK IN REBUTTAL, AND SHE SAID THAT THE STATISTICS WEREN'T CORRECT ABOUT WHETHER WE BRING AND 22 THAT 214 MILLION DID SOUND GOOD. WILL YOU BREAK IT DOWN OVER 15 YEARS? 14 MILLION IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER. SO I THINK THEY ALREADY SAID THAT THEY WOULD AGREE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT AND BRINGING BUSINESSES HERE AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YOU CAN DO THINGS THAT YOU CAN RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL SAY, LIKE, BRING MORE THAN 214 MILLION. UM THAT WILL BRING MORE MONEY THAT WILL HELP THE PERCENTAGE GO OUT FOR THE CITY. I GUESS THE GDP OR WHATEVER YOU WOULD CALL IT, UM I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO GET THIS DONE. AND IF WE SIT HERE AND WE SO WE WITH ANY IDEA THERE'S A WORST CASE SCENARIO AND AS A BEST CASE SCENARIO, SO EVERY TIME YOU BRING UP A SCENARIO AND YOU SAY YOU COULD COMPARE IT TO LIKE LAS VEGAS LIKE SOMETHING. FIRST OF ALL, LAS VEGAS IS NOT EVEN THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY IN THE STATE. SO THIS IS THE YOU KNOW, COUNTRIES ARE THOSE THAT DON'T EVEN MATTER FOR REAL, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. AND SO EVERY TIME YOU BRING UP A SITUATION, YOU GIVE US THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.

YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO NOTHING. LIKE WHAT IF THIS IS AWESOME, LIKE WHAT IF HE IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. IT'S PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT TALK ABOUT WE NEED STUFF LIKE THIS IS PEOPLE BACK THERE THEY SAY, HEY, THERE'S NOTHING PIECE BACKWARD LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. AND AS FAR AS BRINGING THEY'RE JUST THINGS YOU CAN DO. YOU CAN RENEGOTIATE THE THINGS THEY SAY, THEY SAY, SAY, WHAT DID THEY PROMISE TO TRAIN PEOPLE SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN PETERSBURG TO FOR THE JOB NOW THAT THEY CAN WORK IN THE CASINO. FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T WORK IN A CASINO THAT DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS. I JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT YOU CAN DO TO FIX IT. EVEN JUST A LOT YOU CAN DO CAN FIT TO FIX IT, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT THAT CAN GO WRONG. SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. OKAY? YES, SIR. HEY GOOD AFTERNOON MONEY. HAROLD BEASLEY. I KNOW THE IMPACT OF A BUSINESS PACKING UP. AND MOVING OVER, LIKE BRANDON WILLIAMSON DID. AND LIKE THE YOUNG MAN JUST LEFT. PETERSBURG DON'T WHAT? WE DON'T HAVE. SIMPLE THINGS. A BOWLING ALLEY. THE THEATER. A NEW CAR DEALERSHIP. THAT THE PROS AND CALM BE WEIGHED CAREFULLY. I'M FORWARD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, UM YES, I HAVE ANOTHER HAND RIGHT THERE. OH THAT'S OKAY. ZED. COME ON, BACK UP. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF

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IT'S A TWO YEAR PROCESS GETTING THERE. BASE TO WILL. IT WILL BE DICTATED BY THE MARKET. BUT WE'RE VERY BULLISH ON THIS SITE , GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES ALONG 95, SO THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT COULD COULD BE ACCELERATED. BUT IN REALITY YOU'RE LOOKING LIKE BEFORE DEVELOPMENT, PROBABLY 7 TO 8 YEARS IN FULL DEVELOPMENT. ROB YOU WANNA ANYTHING? I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS OF PETERSBURG AND THOSE THAT HAVE STOOD UP HERE TO COMMENT TONIGHT. FIRST TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US INTO ALLOWING US TO PRESENT WHAT WE DO, BUT TO THE RESIDENTS HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AND SUPPORT. UM YOU KNOW, WE ARE A FAMILY COMPANY. WE BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE COME INTO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATIVE EFFORT AND REFERENDUM THAT HAVE TO GO ON AND BEING ABLE TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE HEARING WHATEVER CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, UM ABOUT THE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY AND WORKING WITH YOU TO BRING SOLUTIONS TO THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE IT. WE HAVE DONE IT SUCCESSFULLY AND I 100% BELIEVE IN AND WE CAN CONNECT YOU WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A CREATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. UH AND THAT'S THAT'S THE END GOAL FOR ALL OF US, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO

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THANK YOU NEXT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, MR WILLIAMS. SO THE MAYOR JUST ASKED ME TO GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL'S ACTION IS GOING TO BE TONIGHT. UM I THINK THAT THE QUESTIONS POSED BY BAR UM SOME OF THE SPEAKERS LIKE MS RUDOLF WILL PROBABLY BE VETTED OUT IN THE MEETING IN. UM UM UH, IN A WEEK OR SO, UM, BUT I GUESS THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN WHERE WE'RE AT IS THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF MILES AND A 10 MILE RACE. UM HAVE YOU NOTICED THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION HAS A LOT OF CONTINGENT SUBJECT TO, AND THAT'S BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE COUNCIL VOTES TONIGHT DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS A DONE DEAL. THE LAW PROVIDES THAT IN ORDER TO SELECT AND ELIGIBLE YOUR PREFERRED OPERATOR, YOU MUST FIRST BE DESIGNATED AS AN ELIGIBLE HOST CITY AND SO A LOT OF THIS IS CONTINGENT UPON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY . AND SO WHAT COUNSEL IS SAYING BY THE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WE WOULD LIKE TO GO FORWARD WITH WITH CORDISH.

HOWEVER THE CODE ALSO REQUIRES THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER CERTAIN ITEMS THERENE ITEMS LISTED IN THE CODE THINGS SUCH AS THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT AND PERSPECTIVE. REVENUES OF THE PROPOSED CASINO GAMING ESTABLISHMENT AND SO COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THOSE. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION IS CONTINGENT UPON UM CORDISH COMING BACK, PRESUMABLY THIS MONDAY AND SATISFYING EACH OF THOSE AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE COVERED. MOST OF THEM WERE COVERED IN THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT CORDISH WILL COME BACK AND SATISFY THE REMAINING COUPLE THAT THEIR OUTSTANDING BUT IT'S NOT A FINAL ACTION AND IT DOESN'T GIVE US A CASINO. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THIS YOU GO TO YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR AND YOU SAY HOW MUCH YOU WANT AND THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR PETERSBURG . AFTER THAT, THERE'LL BE A REFERENDUM, SO GET OUT AND VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON TONIGHT. AND SO YOU KNOW WITH THAT SAID THE MAYOR WOULD CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL. SELECTING A PREFERRED GAMING OPERATOR PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 41 OF TITLE 58.1 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, SUBJECT TO THE CITY BEING QUALIFIED AS AN ELIGIBLE HOST CITY AND FURTHER REVIEW CONSIDERATION AND RATIFICATION. OF THE NINE ITEMS LISTED IN 58.1 41. OH SEVEN B OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MYERS MOVED COUNCILMAN HILL SECOND. AT THIS TIME. MADAME CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I WIRE COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL SMITH LI HIGH MOTIONS FAST. ALRIGHT THANK EVERYONE FOR THE FEEDBACK AND QUARTERS WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.

WE HAVE A MEETING RIGHT HERE IN THE LABORATORY ADDRESS ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE SO, UM, THANKS AGAIN, CORDISH COS LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP. UM. NEXT WE MOVE ON

[6. Responses to Previous Public Information Posted]

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

ITEM B CONSIDERATION OR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED OF EASEMENT TO PRESS GEORGE COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF A SANITARY SEWER FORCE. MAIN REALIGNMENT ITEM SEE A REQUEST THE SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE FY 23 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO THE Y M C. A THOSE THAT I CONSENTED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCILOR MYERS SO MOVED VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE BECKETT. MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT. MR MAYOR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. SEVEN V, UH, ALRIGHT . VOTE ON SEVEN B TONIGHT. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT A FUTURE DATE? WHAT THEY CAN JUST SAYS WE

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[8. Official Public Hearings]

PARCEL ID 0 TO 4. THAT'S 2900 TO 4. MR MOORE. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE WERE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE MOVE THIS TO THE 17TH ARE PETITIONER HAD HER BABY TODAY. SO INSTEAD OF BEING HERE SHE IS AT THE HOSPITAL. THE NEWBORN IS DOING WELL. SO WE WOULD ASK THAT HE MOVED TO THE 17TH ALRIGHT, RETAIN THE MOTION TO MOVE IT TO THE 17TH. COUNCILMAN HILL. MOVED MAN SMITH LEE YES, DISCUSSION POINT OF ORDER. SINCE YOU'VE GOT THE PUBLIC HEARING ALREADY OPENED. DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCEED AND THEN CLOSE IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO UM, HOLD IT AGAIN ON THE 17TH AND THEN JUST VOTE ON 17TH. BOTH AGAIN. UM, BECAUSE THE PETITIONER IS IN HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT. SO LET'S LET'S KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 17. JANUARY, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. MADAM COLLECTED. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. REMEMBER KUPFERBERG AH COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH, I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCILMAN. BUT WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL SMITH LEE PERM MOTIONS PASSED, MR MAYOR, MAY WE GO BACK FOR A MOMENT TO SEVEN SEATS? UH, WE'VE BEEN GETTING AH! FAIRLY FREQUENTLY. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AND JUST SAY A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING AND NO DATE AS EVER SPECIFIED. I'M ALL FOR HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING. BUT I THINK THESE THESE ITEMS REALLY OUGHT TO BE PINNED DOWN WITH WITH A DATE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A YEAR FROM NOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS IT WILL BE AH, ON IN OUR BUSINESS MEETING IN JANUARY. WHEN IS THAT? WHAT CAN WE AGREE WITH THAT? I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE

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ALRIGHT PRESUME WHEN COUNCIL WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, OKAY, WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE THINGS DANGLING OUT THERE AND PUT IT ON A CONSULT AGENDA.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THINGS DANGLING IF IT IF COUNCIL DOESN'T PICK A DATE, WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE FIRST MEETING POSSIBLE. SO WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD, BUT I APPRECIATE THE REQUEST FOR THE SPECIFIC DATE, RIGHT? WELL IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE FUGITIVE IF STAFF WOULD PROPOSAL SPECIFIC DATE. AND THEN IF COUNSEL WANTS TO FIDDLE WITH IT, COUNSEL KEN. THANK YOU, MR ALTMAN. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM, MAYBE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND ENTRUSTED VISIONS LLC. AND A BIG DEVELOPMENT LLC TOWARDS THE SALE OF CITY ON PROPERTY AT 10 22 HAVE PERIL STREET PARCEL ID 044070009, MR MOORE. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY SLIDES WILL BE UP SHORTLY. THANK YOU. SEE THE CLICKER WORKS. TO BRING YOU INFORMATION. THESE ARE FROM OUR GOOD DEALS SALES THE AUCTIONS AGAIN. THE AUCTIONS ARE FOR SALE. BUT AS. FOR THEIR DIRECTIONS WERE GIVEN THE ALL FINAL DISPOSITION IS TO COUNSEL.

NEXT SLIDE. OKAY? BACKGROUND ON THIS PROPERTY OF HIS OWN, CURRENTLY IS R TWO. ACREAGE IS 0.11. CURRENT STATUS OF THIS PROPERTY IS VACANT AS A RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. THE PROPOSED USE BY THE PETITIONERS FOR RENOVATION AND SALE AT MARKET RATE.

PURCHASE PRICE IS $20,300, WHICH IS 50% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE. THE PETITIONERS HERE. IN THE LAST THING AND MAKE A FEW STATEMENTS BEFORE WE GO. TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY? HEY, HOW YOU DOING? IT'S ME AGAIN. UM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SHOULD SAY. UH WE PLAN ON PLAN ON PURCHASING A PROPERTY ON 10 22 HAVE PEARL STREET. WE THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE US ABOUT 2 TO 3 MONTHS TO FINISH IT. UM THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE USING. WE USE THEM BEFORE WE BASICALLY PLANNING TO FIX IT UP AND SELL IT ON TO THE MARKET RATE AND I GUESS THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE PLAN. WHEN WE PLAN ON CHANGING NOTHING ABOUT IT. WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT THE SAME AS A THREE BED TWO BATH, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE AT ALL. WE LIKE HOW IT LOOKS. WE'RE GONNA JUST KINDA RENOVATED AS IT IS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU WITH THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOUR. THAT CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGED TO EXECUTE THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY. A 10 22 HAVE PERIL STREET ANY HANDS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALRIGHT SAYING NO HANDS THIS PROBABLY HEARING HIS CLOTHES NEXT DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, CUFF BIRTH.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MR HASKINS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAINST, UH , COUNSEL. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOU TO ADDRESS. YES SIR. HOW YOU DOING, MR COLBERT? FINE MR HAS IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. AH! ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UM, CERTAINLY TILTS MY THOUGHTS STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT YOU ARE BEHIND IT. I KNOW YOU DO GOOD WORK, AND I KNOW YOU'LL SEE THINGS THROUGH. UM BUT TELL ME THIS. HOW MANY BEDROOMS DO YOU EXPECT THIS THIS HOUSE TO HAVE WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED THREE. LET ME JUST SHARE WITH COUNCIL. WHAT MARK CONCERN IS THAT WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS INCLUDED ME, BUT UM LET'S SAY THAT. WITH A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE. LET'S SAY THEIR TWO CHILDREN THAT LIVE THERE. THAT'S CERTAINLY A AFFAIR. AH! ASSUMPTION. TWO SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN OF THE CITY PAYS APPROXIMATELY $2300 PER YEAR PER CHILD. SO AT TWO CHILDREN A YEAR, IT'S $4600. PER YEAR IN COSTS TO THE CITY. TO EDUCATE, UM. AH, EACH CHILD AND AH! ALL RIGHT, UM. TWO CHILDREN . IT COULD BE $4600 PER YEAR AND CITY FUNDS TO EDUCATE TO CHILDREN. UM AND WE COMPARE THAT TO THE ANTICIPATED. ESTATE TAXES

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AND PETERSBURG IS IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IS IN THE MORE WE BUILD OUT. AH! MODEST RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UM, THE DEEPER IN THE HOLE WE GET AND I DON'T LIKE THAT CONCLUSION. AH! BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT MASK BEFORE. COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION NOT ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROJECT BUT IN CONNECTION WITH OTHER PROJECTS. SO THE NUMBERS $2300 PER YEAR PER CHILD. UM BY MY BY MY MATH PER BEDROOM IN EXCESS OF ONE UM, I'M GONNA VOTE FOR THIS . I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE'VE ALREADY GOT. NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHT. ON HALF PEARL STREET, AND I HOPE THIS WILL ELIMINATE ONE OF OUR BLIGHTED BUILDINGS. MR HASKINS.

I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ELIMINATE ABOUT FIVE OF THEM BECAUSE WE BOUGHT A HOUSE. WE OWN 11 04 HAVE PEARL STREET AS WELL. AND THAT'S JUST FINISHED. RENOVATING THAT MIGHT SEE A FOR RENT. SIGN OUR DAD IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. WE ALSO GOT THE BIG WHITE HOUSE ON THE CORNER THAT WE PLAN ON DOING. IT WAS GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE CORNER. THAT'S 104. AND WE'RE GONNA DO 10 22 AND WE WERE GOING TO START THEM AT THE SAME TIME. SO WE'RE GOING TO IT'S GOTTA. IT'S A COUPLE OF HOUSES DON'T HAVE PROUD THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO WELL, THAT'S GREAT. AND I WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. AND AS I SAY, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT DILEMMA THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE. NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHEN WE WHEN WE THE MORE MODEST HOUSING THAT WE SUPPLY AND PETERSBURG UH, THE GREATER THE DEFICIT TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL SERVICE BUDGET. AND THAT IGNORES THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. RECEIVING SOCIAL SERVICES. UM CAN'T PREDICT IT.

UM. THE RESIDENTS OF THIS HOUSE WILL BE ON THAT LIST. BUT ALL OF THESE ARE FACTORS TO CONSIDER COUNSELOR. SO THANK YOU, MR HASKINS, BUT REALLY COUNTS A WEEK. WE CAN'T GLOSS OVER THIS WEEK. IT'S NOT JUST A WIND. SITUATION WHEN WE GET RID OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S ON OUR I'LL LIST. THERE'S A COURSE THAT COMES WITH IT. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR HASKINS, COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. YES MR HASKINS. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. AS YOU SO ELOQUENTLY STATED EARLIER. YOU COULD BE OUT HERE GETTING INTO TROUBLE. BUT INSTEAD YOU'RE BEING INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE AND WORKING HARD. NEVER LET ANYBODY DETER YOU. YOU'RE ON A GOOD GOOD PATH AND AS AN OLDER AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN, AND YOU COULD BE ONE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN. SO PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW YOU THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR WILSON SMITH. HE WANT TO PUT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. YES I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DO AS THE ORDINANCE AND STRUCK'S OKAY? THANKS, MR SMITH. LEE SECOND ALRIGHT, MADAM, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? COUNCIL MEMBER COBURG REMEMBER WILSON SMITH? I REMEMBER MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL BY SMITH LEE HIGH PERM PASSED THIS ITEM. EIGHT C PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO PROFFERS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED WITH THE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1212, 2012 25 AND 12 55. HARRISON CREEK BOULEVARD. STABLE. HONORABLE MAYOR, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM P B F L L. L C REPRESENTATIVE BY SEA BURDEN CUT RIGHT? TO AMEND THE PROFFERS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED WITH THE RE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1200. 12 2012 25 AND 12 55 HARRISON CREEK BOULEVARD. THE PURPOSE IS TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE STRUCTURES WITH A TOTAL OF 120 UNITS OF HOUSING. DESIGNED LIKE THE EXISTING AQUA LUXURY APARTMENT, MULTI FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON THE PARCELS ADDRESSED AS ONE AS 12, 2012 25 AND 12 55 HARRISON CREEK BOULEVARD. PREVIOUSLY THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED 08 OR 20 ON FEBRUARY 19TH 2008. WHICH

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THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS OWNED WAS REZONED FROM ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONS TO PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH PROFFERED CONDITIONS. THE PURPOSE WAS TO PERMIT THE P U. D TO BE KNOWN AS HARRISON CREEK ON 36.21 ACRE PARCEL OF LAND ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME AS 27 24 70 COUNTY DRIVE. THE HARRISON CREEK DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL INCLUDED UPSCALE OFFICE COMMERCIAL AND LIFESTYLE, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED THE PROPOSAL INCLUDED OFFICE RETAIL ON 3.97 ACRES, COMMERCIAL MINI STORAGE SITE ON TWO POINT OH TWO ACRES, COMMUNITY CENTER POOL, MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. CONTAINING 336 DWELLING UNITS, UH, WITH 15 STRUCTURES ON 28.47 ACRES. IN 2021, THE PETITIONERS PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO THE PROPHET CONDITIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF UP TO 65 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES ON 6.27 ACRES. ALONG HARRISON CREEK BOULEVARD AND ROUTE 64 60. THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE POSITION AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON NOVEMBER 4TH TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PROFIT AMENDMENTS. THE CITY COUNCIL SUBSEQUENTLY CONSIDERED THE PETITION AND REFERRED IT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE PETITION DURING THE JANUARY 20TH. 2022 MEETING DURING DELIBERATIONS, THE COMMISSION ASKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE TWO OF THE PROPHET CONDITIONS TO THE CITY'S SEWER CAPACITY SYSTEMS SEWER SYSTEM CAPACITY. THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AT THE TIME STATED THAT WHILE THE CURRENT WATER SEWER SYSTEM COULD SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD LIMIT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. THE COMMISSION EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING THE LACK OF HOMEOWNERSHIP, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, THE CAPACITY OF THE POOR CREEK WATER SEWER SYSTEM. AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE ON PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEVELOPER AT THE TIME STATED. THAT THEY ORIGINALLY INVESTED $228,000 IN A PUMP STATION TO CREATE CAPACITY. THIS CAPACITY WAS THEN THOUGHT TO BE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR THE APARTMENT AND THE RETAIL SPACE.

HE FURTHER STATED THAT IN THE PAST 11 YEARS THERE HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR MOTION AND TRYING TO BRING A GROCERY STORE OFFICE ESTABLISHMENTS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESS IN DOING SO. THERE IS, HOWEVER, THEY STATED DEMAND FOR OFF BASE HOUSING FROM FORT LEE. AND THEY STATED THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THE CAPACITY. FOR THE WATER SEWER. UH SYSTEM ON THE SITE THROUGH THE PREVIOUS INVESTMENT. THE PREVIOUS INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS STATED THAT CLINTON PETERSBURG HAS PLENTY OF DRINKING WATER CAPACITY BUT NOT SEWER CAPACITY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE TIME VOTED TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THE PETITION. THE DEVELOPER REQUESTED THAT THE ITEM BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE DECEMBER 13TH 20 22ND MEETING.

THE DEVELOPER ALSO HAS SUBMITTED AN AMENDED DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT REPLACES THE PROPOSED COTTAGE STYLE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITH STRUCTURES LIKE THOSE IN THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCLUDE, AS STATED PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE STRUCTURES WITH A TOTAL OF 120 NEW UNITS, INCLUDING 61 BEDROOM AND 62 BEDROOM UNITS. RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE ACCENT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE AMENITIES AND FACILITIES OF THE EXISTING AQUA APARTMENT COMMUNITY. THAT DEVELOPER MR SIEBERT AND CUT RIGHT SUBSEQUENTLY ALSO PROVIDED AN AFFIDAVIT TO CONFIRM THAT HE IS A MEMBER OF 1200 AQUA LLC, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT 1212, 2012, 25 AND 12 55. HARRISON CREEK BOULEVARD. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. OKAY THANK YOU , MR TABOR. UM AND AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS ADVERTISED FOR THIS. SO WE'RE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH MR MAYO. IF I MAY. WHAT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING GOING

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THAT CORRECT, MR. TABLE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION INITIALLY, UM, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE 65 UNIT DEVELOPMENT. OKAY THEN THEY SUBSEQUENTLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THAT, UM, THE PETITION FOR THOSE 65 UNITS. SO THEY APPROVED IT AND THEY THEN THEY'RE DENYING IT AND THEN DENIAL IS BASED ON THE IMPACT AND THE CAPACITY OF THE POOR CREEK WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM.

AND SO WAS IT, NOT THE SAME IMPACT AND CAPACITY AT FIRST. IS IT? UH THEY DID NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THAT TIME. OKAY? BUT NOW DID YOU NOT SAY THAT IN THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THE IT WAS STATED WITHIN YOUR REPORT THAT THE SYSTEM COULD HANDLE. AND THE VERY BEGINNING THE 65 UNITS. THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AT THE TIME. AND FORMED THE PLANNING COMMISSION DURING THEIR DELIBERATIONS THAT THE SYSTEM COULD ACCOMMODATE THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER IT WOULD YOU KNOW, LIMIT CAPACITY FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND THE CURRENT PLANT, THE CURRENT PERSON SAYS IT WILL NOT UM. WE DO NOT HAVE INFORMATION. UM, INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. UH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. AND WITH THE NEW INFORMATION WERE THE DEVELOPERS GIVEN THE NEW INFORMATION. THAT WE'RE HEARING TONIGHT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND NOT SUPPORT THIS. THEY ARE AWARE THEY WERE PRESENT AT BOTH, UM, COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS WHEN THEY CONSIDERED THE ITEM. OKAY THIS TO ME. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME WITH THIS PARTICULAR THESE PARTICULAR APARTMENTS. UM. AND THEY'VE THEY'VE COME BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND PRESENTED IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO ASK THEM FOR, THEY HAVE DONE BEEN IN FULL PARTICIPATION AND PRESENTATIONS IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT, OKAY? ANDT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE IMPACT AND CAPACITY AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN IT WAS OKAY WHEN THEY WERE GONNA DO 65 UNIT AT FIRST, AND NOW IT'S NOT OKAY.

AND I LIKE TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS. UM. WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE FOR US TO SHOW US BUT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE CHANGE. AND WHAT THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH. BECAUSE AT ONE POINT, IT'S OKAY AND ANOTHER POINT. IT'S NOT OK. AND IN THE MEANTIME, THESE DEVELOPERS KEEP COMING BACK AND THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. CAN WE HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPERS, THEN? CAT. THERE IS A SORRY PLEASE. COULD COULD I SAY SOMETHING, MR MAYOR BEFORE WE DO THAT ANSWERING COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH'S QUESTION. SO THE SCOPE OF WORK CHANGED SINCE THE LAST UM. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND

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AH AH! AH, AND THE INPUT WE RECEIVED WAS THAT INSTEAD OF 60. SOME RENTAL HOUSES WOULD BE BETTER TO TAKE THE APARTMENTS BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE AQUA APARTMENTS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED 100% OCCUPIED WAITING LIST AND WITH THE NUMBER OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN CITY OF PETERSBURG, MY HOMETOWN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED GOOD QUALITY APARTMENTS, AND THESE ARE GOOD QUALITY APARTMENTS IS EVIDENCED BY THE QUALITY OF THE HOUSING THE MANAGEMENT. THE WAITING LIST AND SO ON. SO UH, IT DOESN'T NEED IN MY LEGAL OPINION TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO BUT BE INTERESTED TO HEAR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OBSERVATION AS TO WHAT THE SOLUTION MIGHT BE THAT WE COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY. AND I WAS TRYING TO INTERJECT THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL ADMIRES DID A EXCELLENT JOB OF, UH, BOILING IT DOWN, AND THE FACT IS THAT WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED 65 INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNITS NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOUBLE THAT IN APARTMENT COMPLEX. I CAN CERTAINLY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I AGREE WITH MR DICKS. THAT AQUA IS A IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, TOP OF THE LINE APARTMENT DWELLINGS IN PETERSBURG. BUT I THINK THAT 15.2 22 85 DOES CLEARLY SAY THAT YOU NEED A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANE AND COMMISSION AND THIS IS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE, IN MY OPINION TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. IN FACT, IT'S A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL. SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE INPUT FROM THE PLAN COMMISSION ON THIS PROPOSAL BEFORE COUNCIL VOTES IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH 22 85. OKAY FIRST OF MAY, AND MAY I ADD TO THAT. WHEN WE WHEN COUNCIL SET THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER THE 15TH SO JUST LAST MONTH. THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR WHAT 65 LITTLE HOUSES. AND TO MY MOM FOUND MINT WHEN I OPENED BY AGENDA PACKET OVER THE WEEKEND. TO READ WHAT WAS. BEING PROPOSED. IT WAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROPOSAL. AH SO THIS TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROPOSAL IS 61 BEDROOM APARTMENTS IN 62 BEDROOM APARTMENT. IT BASICALLY DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF TOILETS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTEND WITH, OR HAVE TO. SORRY. IN OUR POOR CREEK. UH HUH. SERVICE AREA. WHICH IS HAS VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF EXCESS CAPACITY ALREADY. THIS IS THE SAME AREA THAT SERVES IT'S THE SAME SERVICE AREA. IT'S THE SAME WASTEWATER PLANT. THAT PUMPING STATION THAT SERVES ALL PHARMA INDUSTRY. AND SO WE GOT. WE GOT TO KEEP OUR EYE ON ON THE BIG CHANCE AND THE BIG CHANCES, FARMER UM, BUT, MR DICKS, LET ME ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS. UM THE PARCELS THAT YOU SEEK TO REZONE CONTAIN APPROXIMATELY SIX ACRES IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. IS THAT RIGHT? THEY'VE BEEN UNDEVELOPED SINCE THE ORIGINAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED IN 2008. OKAY, WELL, WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT IN A MOMENT. UM, BUT IS PB LF LLC, THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF RECORD OF THESE SIX APARTMENTS ASIDE, THESE SIX ACRES UM I WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. YES ALRIGHT, IS CORRECT. NOW LET'S TURN TO THE ADJACENT

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STRIP SHOPPING. COMMERCIAL SUCCESS, RIGHT, COUNSELOR COVER OF TELL ME IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE GET TO COUNSEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. ARE WE GOING TO TABLE IT OR I MEAN, I THINK WE OUGHT TO SEND IT BACK TO THE PLAN.

OKAY LET'S SEND IT BACK TO PLANET THEN BECAUSE WHEN NOT GONNA HAVE THIS IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR IT, LET'S LET'S GO AHEAD ON THE TABLE AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. I UNDERSTAND, MR MAYOR, BUT I DON'T WANT THINGS TO GET BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BEING ANSWERED, AND THAT IS THAT. WHEN THIS GOES WE HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THAT THIS AND THEN KICK IT BACK TO US. ALRIGHT, WELL QUESTION, MR MAYOR. ON AN ISSUE THAT IS VERY MUCH ON MY MIND, AND I'M SURE WILL BE ON THE MIND OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IS HOW MUCH OF OUR REMAINING AH POOR CREEK WASTEWATER CAPACITY. UH, WILL THERE BE IF WE APPROVE THIS PROPOSED? UH, THIS PROPOSAL. OH MR MAYOR, MR MAYOR, MAYOR, PLEASE, MISS. COME HERE, MR MAYOR. DID WE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING APPROVED A CAR WASH ON CREATE A ROAD. AND WHAT IS THE COMPARISON OF THAT WASTE WITH RESPECT TO THESE APARTMENTS NOW, IF WATER IS JUST RUNNING DOWN THE DRAIN, I CAN'T SEE HOW WE CAN COMPARE TOILET FLUSHES. TOWARD THE RUNNING ALL DAY LONG DOWN. IN A SEWAGE SYSTEM. SO HOW IS THAT A COMPARISON? WELL, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, BUT THAT'S A QUESTION. WE NEED TO FIND OUT OR AN ANSWER. WE NEED TO FIND OUT BEFORE WE START COMPARING ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE FLUSHING THEIR TOILETS WHEN WE'VE GOT A DEVELOPMENT COMING TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WELL UH, WE NEED TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS. AND AS YOU JUST POINTED OUT, COUNCILMAN MYERS, WE HAVE LESS, UH, WASTEWATER PROCESSING CAPACITY TODAY THAN WE HAD BEFORE WE APPROVE, APPROVED A CARWASH RIGHT? GREATER ROAD THAT SUBTRACTS FROM ALL REMAINING, WHICH DOESN'T DELIVER MUCH TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. IS THIS COMPARABLE TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? WELL, IT MAY NOT. BUT THE FOCUS OF MY CONCERN IS HOW MUCH WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS. MUNICIPALITY MUST GENERATE REVENUE FOR THIS TAX. LET'S CALL FOR THE QUESTION ON THIS COUNCIL BEEN HEALED. YES UH, I MOVED THAT WE TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROVIDES A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL AS REQUIRED UNDER 15 POINT, 2-2285N COVER BIRTH. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILOR BECAUSE ROBERT WILSON SMITH, I. MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER, WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL SMITH, LI HAI PERM, AND THIS IS TABLE TO JANUARY. 17TH. YES MAYOR JANUARY . GET THE PLAN. WE'VE GOT TO GET THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL SEND YOU THE PLANNING. SOME MR MAYOR. IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL COME SEE MR COUPLAND AND SEE IF I CAN'T ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAVE ANSWERS TO EVERY ONE OF HIS QUESTIONS. THANK YOU DO NEXT. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM D, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 13TH

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LAST MINUTE QUESTION ALSO. IF YOU BUY PROPERTY. CAN YOU BUILD A HOUSE? YOU BUILD A HOUSE ALREADY THERE TO HAVE BEEN ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL SPECIFICATION.

SEEING NO MORE HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING HIS CLOTHES. NEXT, UM DISCUSSION FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ALRIGHT COUNCILMAN CUPPER. WE'RE BACK TO THE SAME MATH I MENTIONED EARLIER. UH, IF WE ASSUME HMM. AH. THE EACH BEDROOM OVER ONE IS GOING TO HAVE A SCHOOL AGE CHILD AND.

MAYBE IT'LL HAVE TO. AND MAYBE IT WILL HAVE NONE. BUT UM, WE GOT TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS.

HMM THAT'S $2300 PER YEAR. CITY REVENUE. TO EDUCATE THE CHILD. TIMES TWO BEDROOMS IS $4600 A YEAR WE ONLY SELLING THIS PROPERTY FOR $5000. UM. THE ASSESSED VALUE IS UNKNOWN. AND

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RIGHT? DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? KATHMANDU KOZBERG NO REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I COUNCILOR BERT MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK REMEMBER HILL.

ALL RIGHT. SMITH LEE MAYOR, PARENTS PASSED MR MAYOR, COUNCILOR HILL MAYOR, UM COUNCILMAN COUPLER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE NUMBERS, BUT WE CANNOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE THE PERSON HAD A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE THAT TWO CHILDREN ARE GOING TO LIVE THERE. SOME PEOPLE BUY HOMES JUST FOR THE SPACE. BE A COUPLE OF THERE. THEY MAY HAVE A GUEST ROOM FOR GUESTS AND THEN THE BIG ONE ROOM AS AN OFFICE. I HAVE MANY FRIENDS IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AS YOU DO AS WELL. AND IF IT'S A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE NORMALLY IS JUST A COUPLE.

AND THEY NORMALLY HAVE A GUEST ROOM AND THEY HAVE AN OFFICE OR EITHER. SHE HAS HER SHE ROOM AND HE HAS HIS MAN CAVE, SO WE JUST CAN'T YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE JUST CAN'T ASSUME SO I SEE THE FACES ON OUR RESIDENTS OUT HERE AND THEY ARE REALLY UPSET AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO GOVERN, BUT WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE SENSITIVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT. WE UNDERSTAND THE PLIGHT THAT WE HAVE. WHAT ARE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE PAY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE JUST CAN'T ASSUME BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS A THREE BEDROOM HOUSES COULD BE TOO LITTLE KIDS LIVING THERE THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF CLEAR THAT UP. UH, I WANT TO SAY I HEAR YOU ALL, BUT I SEE YOU ALL AS WELL. SO, UM, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT NEXT ONE MOVE ON TO ITEM E, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE VACATION RIGHT AWAY ALONG RIVER STREET BETWEEN THIRD STREET. AND FIFTH STREET, MR TABLE. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THE JANUARY 17. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MOTION TO MOVE THE MORE THAT WE MOVE THIS TABLE THIS ITEM TO JANUARY, THE 17TH MYERS. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE GO TO ROLL ? MR MAYOR? MAY I ASK A QUESTION, MR TABOR? UM MR TABLE . WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION OF THE UM PROPONENT FOR MOVING THIS. UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING THIS EVENING, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE MEETING WHEN IT'S CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR MARKUP BERT . AH REMEMBER WILSON SMITH, I WIRES COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBER HILL. VICE MAYOR SMOOTHLY PERN MOTIONS PASSED.

ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE DAY AND BEFORE WE GO INTO THE PUBLIC

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AND AT THIS TIME VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE WILL APPROACH THE MICROPHONE FOR SOME SPECIAL SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS FOR OUR VERY SPECIAL COME IN PRISON

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WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU, AND IT READS. MAYOR SAMUEL PERM AND CITY OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. THE HONORABLE TRUST CO. WILSON SMITH. IT IS WITH IMMENSE PLEASURE ON THE BEHALF OF PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL TO BE STORE THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HER 12 YEARS OF RELENTLESS SERVICE OF EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF HE THIS SPRING. AS WELL AS HER ACHIEVEMENT OF SUPERB AND EXEMPLARS FIVE. PERFORMANCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE A TESTAMENT.

OF HER COMMENCEMENT. CHARACTER IN THE SERVICE OF HER ELECTED DUTY. PRESENTED THIS 13TH OF DECEMBER 2022. SIGNED BY THE MAYOR, SAM PERM. WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL THIS GOOD STUFF UP TO YOU, MAYOR. YOU WANT TO? YEAH. ALSO COUNCIL. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WANT YOU TO THE ENJOY THIS, OKAY? BUT BUT THESE FLOWERS ARE FOR YOU, TOO.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG THAT YOU CAN HANG IN YOUR HOUSE. ALSO YOU SEE? EVERYBODY WHO TRULY TRULY. APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. ON COUNSEL FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.

UM. THE DEPARTMENTS FROM ALL HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU AND THE MAYOR IS GOING TO HAND THAT TO YOU. I WANTED ALL OF THEM TO SAY SOMETHING, BUT I THINK THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA CUT DOWN ON THAT. BUT OH, THEY CAN. OH THE MAYOR SAID THEY CAN SO AND OUR LIKE, UH, THE FEEL OF THE FIRST. COME ON AND TELL US HAVE BEEN LOST YOUR BRIE AND

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HELLO I AM, UM SO HONORED. AT THIS POINT, I BELONG TO FIVE OR SEVEN GROUPS. BUT TONIGHT I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM THE BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION MISSIONARY WOMEN. 672. AND AS THE BIBLE SAYS, YOU GET THEM WHERE THEY ARE. YOU LEAVE THEM AND YOU MADE THINGS HAPPEN. AND SO TONIGHT, I BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AND FROM THE CHURCHES IN PETERSBURG THAT I REMEMBER. I GOT YOU SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, SOMETHING THAT GROWS BECAUSE YOU'VE GROWN AND YOU STILL GROWING AND AS LONG AS YOU WATER THIS JUST LIKE YOU WANTED THE CITIZENS IN PETERSBURG. TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR YOU CONTINUE THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE AND I LIVE AT 4 18 BREATHS BOY HEIGHTS. THINKING SOME MORE AS ANOTHER MISSIONARY HERE. AND IT'S NOT VALUABLE STUDYING NIGHT, SO WE ALL RIGHT? TRESSEL SMITH. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THIS CITY. YOU ARE A REMARKABLE LADY. UM, COME ON UP CHAMBERS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. CHIEF CHRISTIAN ACTS THAT I EXTENDED APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING HERE TONIGHT, AND HE ACTUALLY LIKE, COME AND PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE TO YOU, MS WILSON SMITH. UM ON BEHALF OF THE PITTSBURGH BUREAU, POLICE CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR TRUST YOU, WILSON SMITH AND GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF YOUR SUPPORT AND DEDICATION. TO THE PIECEWORK BUREAU OF POLICE AND OUR STAFF. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR KOONTZ. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE TRANSIT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T BE HERE THAT SUPPORT YOU AND WISH YOU WELL. AND I BROUGHT A FEW THINGS FOR YOU.

MAKE SURE YOU READ THOSE CARDS WE WENT HARD WITH THE WORD IS TRUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY THERE, BRIAN MOORE. THANK YOU. MY ADVICE, MARY. MS TRISKA, WILSON SMITH. COUNCILWOMAN. MY FRIEND AND FORMER COLLEAGUE. YOU HAVE AFFECTED MANY LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE REALM THAT YOU COULD EVEN IMAGINE. I'VE GOT THREE OF THEM IN MY HOUSEHOLD THAT LOOK UP TO THE WAY THAT YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF. THE WAY YOU REPRESENT THIS CITY AND THE WAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT ENERGY TO LOOK OUT FOR EVERYONE. SO AS YOU HAVE YOUR TITLE OF COUNCILWOMAN. HE ALSO HAD THE TITLE OF MOTHER.

GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDMOTHER. AND THOSE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT SURE THOSE KIDS ARE GONNA BE THE BETTER FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MOORE. ALRIGHT, RANDALL.

IT WAS IRONIC THAT WHEN I CAME HERE TONIGHT, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WORK IN CLOSED SESSION YOU WERE SITTING THERE. RIGHT THERE. AND YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE IN THERE AND I CAME STRAIGHT TO YOU. I GAVE YOU A ACCORD FROM PUBLIC WORKS. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS,

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, RANDALL. I MISS WHITE. OKAY, I'LL GET YOU. COUNCILWOMAN I JUST PERSONALLY, IT'S BEEN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE WORK TOGETHER, BUT I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU. I ENJOYED OUR INTERACTIONS. I ENJOYED WATCHING YOUR SHARE. PASSION UM, FOR YOUR MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT THEIR HEALTH AND WELLNESS ARE TAKEN CARE OF, AND WE WORKED ON MANY, MANY INITIATIVES IN THAT SHORT LITTLE WINDOW TOGETHER, BUT I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THE INTERACTIONS SO BEST WISHES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WHITE. MR CROCKER. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. UM YOU HAVE A CARD IN THE BAG FROM THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND ALMOST EVERY STAFF MEMBER OF THE LIBRARY SIGNED IT. BECAUSE FOR US, YOU'RE NOT JUST A COUNCILWOMAN. YOUR CUSTOMER. YOU BRING THE GIRL SCOUTS HERE YOU USE AND MEETING ROOMS AND WE ENJOYED HAVING YOU THE CARD BEADS CAN HEARTS OF GARDENS. KIND THOUGHTS ARE ROOTS. KIND WORDS ARE THE FLOWERS CAN DEEDS ARE THE FRUITS AND SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE FRUITS THAT YOU HAVE BORN HERE AT THE PIECE FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY AND IN THE CITY OF PE THANK YOU, MR CRACKER. MR STEVENS. COUNCILMAN. IT'S EASY TO SAY LOTS OF THINGS ABOUT YOU. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS JUST THANK YOU. YOUR DRIVE YOUR INITIATIVE. THE STRENGTH AND THE COURAGE THAT YOU THAT YOU EXHIBIT EVERY TIME THAT SHE CAME TO THE STAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE ABLE TO REMEMBER. SO REMEMBER THAT THIS WAS JUST ONE STEP IN YOUR JOURNEY. THEY'RE MORE STEPS FOR YOU TO MAKE AND THEN MORE THINGS FOR YOU TO CONQUER. WE MUST. WE WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS AND ALL OF YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU. IS THAT ALL ANYONE ELSE HAD? OKAY, COME ON, CHIEF. EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN A SHORT PERIOD. BUT EVERY CHANCE THAT WE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER EVEN WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS, EVEN WITH THE INITIATIVES. WHAT? YOUR TO MY HEART. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HE'S STILL AFTER YOU LEAVE COUNCIL. OKAY SO WE DO HAVE HER PASTOR HERE SO. IS THAT RIGHT? REVEREND SHANNON AND ALSO MISS ROY. OKAY. COME ON UP. LISTEN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. AND COUNCIL PERSONS. AS STAND HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN TRISKA WILSON'S SMITH. WE ARE THE ANTI POVERTY COMMISSION. WE. PETERSBURG ANTI POVERTY COMMISSION MEMBERS EXPRESSED US SINCERE.

APPRECIATION FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE IS SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG.

IN A MORE DEFINED CLOSENESS TO THE ANTI POVERTY COMMISSION. WE EARNESTLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AS OUR ADVISOR. SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL. LEAVING US IN A FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE. HELPING TO RESOLVE THE CHALLENGES AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PURPOSE OF ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSION WHERE DEPICTED IN YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE. AS REFLECTIONS. THE ANTI POVERTY COMMISSION EXISTENCE MATERIALIZE AS YOUR VISION TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF PETERSBURG THE MISSION OF THE COMMISSION IS TO PRESENT

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HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, TRANSPORTATION AND POSSIBLY LEGISLATIVE OPPORTUNITIES. A PLAN EXECUTION WAS REALIZED BY FOUR PHASES. THROUGH THE COMMISSION'S RESEARCH THE HELP OF THE CITIZENS STAKEHOLDERS, BUSINESSES, AGENCIES AND YOUR GADDIS. THIS WAS CARRIED OUT AND PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE APPLAUD YOU, COUNCILWOMAN PRESKA WILSON SMITH. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND CONTINUE TO SURROUND YOU WITH THE OVERWHELMING ARMS OF SERVICE TO ALL PEOPLE. WE THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE IS THAT WE LIKE TO PRESENT TO HER. OKAY? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND THE FLOWERS. AND WE THANK YOU. MM HMM. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY COUNCILWOMAN TRISKA. LISTEN SMITH, YES, AS A PASTOR SOONER IF I CAME DESIGN HERE IN PETERSBURG, UM COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. HEARD ABOUT MY BACKGROUND. I RETIRED FROM RICHARD B. DEVELOPMENT AFTER 22 YEARS. I NEED YOU. YES, MA'AM. WHAT ELSE I WAS GONNA SAY. AND SO IT WAS THAT A PROPERTY COMMITTEE WHEN I FIRST CAME TO PETERSBURG, AND THEN I SHARE WITH COUNCILWOMAN SMITH. I SAID, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR ME TO REPRESENT. I NEED TO BE A RESIDENT OF PETERSBURG, WHICH I WAS NOT AND I SAID, BUT BEEN, UH , KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOME OF THE POLITICAL ENTITIES OF THINGS I'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE NOT A RESIDENT OF THE PLACE. IF YOU WORK IN THIS PLACE, YOU CAN STILL QUALIFY, SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS A MONTH LATER SHE CAME BACK, SO I GOT IT DONE. YOU PASTOR, THE CHURCH IN PETERSBURG SO YOU CAN REPRESENT I SAID, THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND SO WITH THE SPIRIT OF LET'S GET IT DONE. MENTALITY I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THERE'S A PASTOR ZION AND CERTAINLY ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON THESE TOIL PREVIOUSLY IS AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT SOME EXPLANATION. ALS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT THROUGH YET. GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU. HEAVEN SMILE UPON YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MAYOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE RICE MEAL. IS THAT IT? OKAY? BUT TRESCHOW WE HAVE CAKE AND MENTS AND PEANUTS. I KNOW YOU LOVE MINTS AND PEANUTS MIXED TOGETHER , SO WE HAVE THAT ON THE BACK TABLE, BUT, UM, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE OR CITY COUNCIL FOR 12 YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH WAYS TO SAY. THANK YOU. MY GRANDFATHER USED TO SAY. THAT THANK YOU ISN'T ENOUGH, BUT IT'S SAME AS CASH. I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THOSE WHO ARE HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE. I HAVE DONE THE VERY BEST THAT I CAN DO. IT HAS BEEN MY MISSION. TO SERVE THE CITY THAT I GREW UP. IN PETERSBURG IS MY HOME. IT IS MY MOTHER'S HOME. MY SIBLINGS, ALL OF US RIGHT HERE IN PETERSBURG. AND I LOVE WHERE I LIVE. I LOVE THE PEOPLE. AND IT HAS BEEN MY MISSION TO JUST SERVE YOU. TO DO WHAT I COULD FOR YOU. DID YOU DO WHATEVER I COULD. TO MAKE THIS CITY AND HELP THIS CITY CONTINUED TO GROW. I JUST LOVE YOU ALL SO

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SOMETIMES YOU'RE JUST NOT ON THE SAME PAGE. BUT WE ARE A GROUP OF SEVEN. WITH THE SAME GOAL OF MAKING PETERSBURG PROSPEROUS SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. AND THE I'M GONNA GIVE MY CAR KEYS TO THE MAN. I GUESS THE GUYS WILL HELP TAKE ALL THIS STUFF OUT TO THE CAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE. MAYOR I FORGOT TO MENTION THIS TRESCHOW. WE REALLY HAD A BIG BIG SURPRISE FOR YOU, UM MISS TAYLOR WAS GOING TO FLY YOUR SON IN FROM CALIFORNIA, BUT HE HAD, UM OTHER OBLIGATIONS SO HE WILL BE HERE TO SEE YOU PRETTY SOON. YES, THAT'S RIGHT PRETTY SOON. ALL RIGHT, NICK, COUNSELOR. WHAT STUFF? DID YOU WANT TO CUT YOUR CAKE NOW OR OR OR HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT? ACTUALLY I DON'T WANT TO PROLONG THE COUNCIL MEETING IN A LONGER BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE HERE WHO PROBABLY NEED TO GO HOME AND LET'S GET ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY. THAT'S ALRIGHT WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN HILL. YES. UH I JUST WANTED TO STAY THERE THIS TIME. TODAY IS MY MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY AND THEY'RE HAVING A BIG PARTY. FOR NOW. MY PHONE HAS BEEN RINGING LIKE CRAZY. MY FAMILY TOLD ME YOU KNOW, YOUR PASTOR AND FAMILY COMES FIRST, BUT I COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, STOP THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN TRICYCLE WILSON SMITH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT SHE'S DONE, AS SHE SAID, WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE, BUT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME COMMON GOLD, TOO. MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AND I KNOW HER HEART IS IN THE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. I WANT TO THANK HER FOR WHEN MIKE ROSS PASSED AWAY. SHE WAS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED ME ON COUNCIL FOR THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO SERVE FOR EIGHT MONTHS, THEN RUNNING IN A SPECIAL LOOK ELECTION FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN HAVING TO RUN AGAIN AND 16 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPIRIT. I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CYCLE FICE AND SLEEP THAT NICE THAT YOU'VE HAD AND DEALING WITH COUNSEL AND DEALING WITH THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG. UH, KEEP OUR KEEP YOU IN MY PRAYERS AND MY THOUGHTS AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE THAT YOU DO, AND ALL DID YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG? SO WITH THAT SAYING, I GOT TO GO SEE MY MOM NOW BECAUSE I'M OUT AND I'M GONNA BE IN THE DOGHOUSE IF I DON'T GET TO 14 OH, NINE LINCOLN STREET. SO YOU ASK.

EXCUSE ME AND PARDON ME BECAUSE MY WIFE AND MY MOM AND MY AUNTS, EVERYBODY CALLING ME AND I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE. SO BE BLESSED AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. I'M ON YOUR PHONE PHONE CALL AWAY. ALRIGHT. NEXT MOVE ON ADAM NAN, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. PUBLIC

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THE ORDER TO SPEAK IS LIMITED BY THE 30 MINUTE TIME PERIOD SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS A FIRST IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE NOTICE PERSONS WHO HAVE NOTIFIED THE CLERK NO LATER THAN 12 O'CLOCK NOON OF THE DAY OF THE MEETING. DON'T BE SECOND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THEIR SIGN UP. PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED ASYLUM SHE PLACED BY THE CLERK IN THE REAR OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE MEETING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL START OFF WITH MISS BARBARA HOOSIER. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MY NAME'S EVENING, HOOSIER. AND THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU COULD YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR US, PLEASE? YES MY ADDRESS IS 23 35 ANDERSON STREET. THANK YOU, PETERSBURG. THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS THAT ONE YEAR AGO OVER A YEAR AGO. IN APRIL OF 2021 I SUBMITTED TO THIS COUNCIL UM, A PETITION. ASKING THAT YOU ALL

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THANK YOU. NEXT, MISS ROSA LEROY. I BELIEVE SHE JUST CAME UP AND SPOKE MR RICHARD STEWART.

MY NAME RICHARD A STOOD 1 29 ROSE STREET. I COMMEND YOU, MR SMITH. YOU'RE A GREAT ONE. AND KNOWING YOU EVER SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD. AND YOU KNOW I WAS I WAS SUPER FLIED DURING THAT TIME, THE WRONG I STOP AND VISIT HIM KNOWN YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT I'M HERE TODAY IS ABOUT I'M GLAD YOU ALL TOOK UP THE ISSUE OF THE MUSEUM AND QUESTION ARE WE THINK ABOUT WHY IN THE COLONIAL HIKES HOPE. WELL THEN WHERE THE CHESAPEAKE AND ALL THEM IS ON THAT AT NINE O'CLOCK, ALL THE WHITES NOW COORDINATION BETWEEN THE IRISH HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CASINO, BECAUSE WHATEVER THAT UNSEEN IT DOES, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE WHOLE. AND 95. THE OTHER DAY AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE MONOLITH KING BRIDGE. LIKE I SAID, COMING OUT OF POCAHONTAS IS A DANGEROUS PLACE. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO CUT THE TREES BACK. YOU CAN'T SEE BUT YOU TRAVELING FROM 0 TO 25 SOMEBODY ELSE TRAVELING 40 AND 50, MASS PER HOUR. SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET KILLED OUT THERE. BUT I APPRECIATE FOR THESE DEPARTMENT. AND THE STATE POLICE FOR WRITING A LOT OF TICKETS ON CREATE A ROLE BECAUSE THAT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE. NOT THAT THEY I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT. IT IS. LUTHER KING BRIDGE. NOW BENEATH THE MODEL OF KING THAT'S HOMELESS PEOPLE SLEEPING DOWN THERE. THEY PUT A PUP TENT THEY SET ALL DAY, AND THEY OH, SLEEP DURING THE NIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY IS DO THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SLEEP DOWN? THERE IS KIND OF ORDINANCE. I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. AND MR TRUST MISTRUST BECAUSE SHE SPOKE ONCE ABOUT HOMELESS AND SHE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL GOT NO EMPTY VILLAINS OUT THERE IS SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. BUT THEM BUT I HOPE SOMETHING SHOULD BE LOOKED AT. BECAUSE THEY'RE DINING SLEEPING BENEATH THAT BRIDGE. SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN TO HIM. I THANK YOU. NEXT, MISS BARB RUDOLPH.

THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING, BARB RUDOLPH 16 75 MOUNT VERNON STREET. UM MOSTLY, I STUCK AROUND BECAUSE I WANTED TO ALSO RECOGNIZED PRESKA WILSON SMITH FOR HER OUTSTANDING SERVICE. UM SHE'S BEEN. RESPONSIVE TO ALL CITIZENS, NOT JUST THOSE IN HER WARD, BUT SHE'S BEEN VERY WILLING AND OPEN TO HELPING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY. SHE'S DONE A LOT TO TRY TO BRING INFORMATION TO CITIZENS THROUGH THE CITIZENS ACADEMY AND EFFORTS LIKE THAT. I MEAN, SHE'S DONE A WHOLE LOT TO TRY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT. AND I APPLAUD THAT AND HOLD THE SAME VALUES AND HOPE THAT I CAN CONTRIBUTE TO IT AS WELL. SHE COMES TO THE MEETINGS. SHE'S

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THANK YOU. AND I'M HERE TODAY. BECAUSE MY WIFE MAINLY WANTED ME TO COME HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU. NOW YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE GOING TO START A NONPROFIT. CORRECT. MY BUSINESS.

WELL DON'T A $10,000 WORTH OF ADVERTISING TO HELP YOU START YOUR NONPROFIT. THAT'S WHAT MY WIFE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR BACK EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. OKAY? GOOD LUCK TO YOU. FIRST LET ME START UP AS SAYING THAT I ALSO LOVE THE CITY. BUT I'M DONE. I'M DONE WITH THE POLITICS OF PETERSBURG. AND I'M DONE WITH THE POLITICS OF PETERSBURG BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW OUR PRIORITIES. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU. I'M TALKING ABOUT. HIM. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WITH DANGEROUSLY CLOSE. AND BREAKING HOMICIDE. RIGHT? I THINK WE HAD 2020. THE RECORD IS 23. WHERE'S THAT PASSION? WHEN IT COMES TO SOLUTIONS. TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. WHERE'S THAT PASSION? WHEN IT COMES TO POVERTY. IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I DON'T SEE IT. I CANNOT. BE A PART OF THIS. I GREW UP IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE FAMILY IN THE NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHEN YOU SEE SO MUCH ENERGY RATHER, IT'S A CASINO. ETCETERA. BUT DON'T HAVE THAT SAME PASSION TO PRESERVE HUMAN LIFE. I COULD NOT BE A PART OF THIS. I SIMPLY CAN'T. I LIVED IN PECAN ACRES. AND SOMEONE FROM PEAK AND I CAN SAY THIS I WORKED HARD. FOR MY BUSINESS. AND WITH THIS BUSINESS THAT I HAVE, I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE. AND THE ORDER TO BE AROUND. AMBASSADORS. ACROSS THE GLOBE. I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THEM. BUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED MOSTLY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE INDIVIDUALS. IS WHY THEY DON'T COME TO CERTAIN CITIES LIKE PETERSBURG. AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASON IS POVERTY. IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TO DECREASE THE POVERTY RATE, HOW CAN WE HAVE MAJOR RETAILERS COME TO THE CITY? IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. BUT YOU HAVE CITIZENS AS WELL AS YOU.

ARE FOCUSED ON THINGS. YOU HAVE NOT FOCUS ON YOUR PRIORITIES AND THE FIRST PART OR IT IS TO PRESERVE HUMAN LIFE. NOT A BLIGHTED BUILDING. HUMAN LIFE. IS MORE IMPORTANT. BUT NO WE DON'T HAVE THAT PASSION. IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WE DON'T FOCUS ON CHILDREN. SLEEPING OUTSIDE. MR HARRIS. I KNOW THAT. BUT WITH RESPECTFULLY I HAVE NEVER BEEN OVER THE MINUTES. I RESPECTED THE THREE MINUTES. AND I WANT YOU TO RESPECT ME. OKAY? THREE MINUTES. I WANT YOU TO RESPECT ME. AND I'M GOING TO FINALLY SAY THIS. IN HERE. YOU GUYS CALLED ME THE ANGRY BLACK MAN. YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS PAPER? THIS PAPER. SHOWS. YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS. A LETTER FROM THE FORMER STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. HOW TO REMOVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND BRIAN TELFAIR REQUESTED IT. MOM STRUCTURE, ANGRY BLACKMAIL. I COULD HAVE USED THIS. THINK ABOUT WHAT I SAID. THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. AT THIS TIME WE MOVE ON

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

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILOR MIDWESTERN SMITH. THANK YOU. UH MAYOR PARAM. I LIKE TO THANK THIS COUNCIL. AGAIN AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THE MANY GIFTS AND THE KIND WORDS AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE EVER DONE FOR ME AND FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG TRULY WANTED. THANK YOU. UM I WANT TO ALSO BRING ATTENTION TO, UM, THE FACT THAT SHERIFF VANESSA OUR PROFIT HAS BEEN TAPPED TO LEAD THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION. THE SMALL AND RURAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

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THE ORGANIZATION IS MADE UP OF POLICE CHIEFS, SHERIFFS. AND TRIBAL CHIEFS. AND THEIR STAFFS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SINCE STARTING. I'M TRYING TO READ OFF OF A PHONE, YO. SINCE STARTING THE ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN AND RECORD NUMBERS AND CURRENTLY HAS OVER 6200 MEMBERS. AND A WOMAN FROM PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. OUR VERY OWN SHERIFF. VANESSA CRAWFORD IS THE CHAIR OF THAT ORGANIZATION. AND AS MY PARTING STATEMENT. WHICH I HAD WRITTEN AND HAVE LEFT IN THE CAR. DURING THESE 12 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN QUITE ADAMANT ABOUT PROCESSES, PROCEDURES AND POLICIES. DURING OUR MANY DISCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE 12 YEARS, I HAVE ALSO OFTEN QUESTIONED US ON COUNCIL ABOUT THE CORRECT PROCESS. OR WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE? WHAT POLICY ARE WE FOLLOWING? AND I HAVE DONE THAT BECAUSE I HAVE LEARNED IN LIFE THAT PROCESSES, PROCEDURES AND POLICIES. ARE THERE GUIDING FORCE THAT TAKES YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? JUST LIKE YOUR FOR SOME PEOPLE. YOUR BIBLE IS THAT THAT DOCUMENT WHICH GUIDES YOU ARE CHARTER IS THAT DOCUMENT WHICH GUIDES US? ON THIS COUNCIL. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THE MAYOR SPOKE ABOUT ARTICLE THAT HAD BEEN IN THE PROGRESS INDEX. AND THAT ARTICLE MENTIONED FORMER COUNCIL PERSON JOHN HART. ONE OF THE OTHER P WORDS THAT I WANT TO LEAD THIS COUNCIL WITH IS PEACE. I WILL HAVE PIECE OF MIND. PEACE OF HEART AND PEACE IN MY SOUL. AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I MUST LET YOU KNOW. THAT I NEVER EVER. IN MY ENTIRE LIFE ON PAPER. ON EMAIL OR VERBALLY SAID I DID NOT WANT TO HELP JOHN HART. NOT ONLY DID I NOT DO THAT I WOULD NOT DO THAT. I ME. BEING ME WOULD TAKE CARE OF MY ENEMY. IF I HAD TO, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW I AM AND THAT IS WHAT I BELIEVE IN. WHAT I DID SAY. WAS THAT I THOUGHT ME AND MY STUDYING AND MY READING AND MY DISCUSSING WITH ATTORNEYS OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN AND WITH HR PERSONNEL THAT WE DID NOT FOLLOW THE CORRECT PROCEDURE. AND WHAT WE DID. AND THAT WAS ALL. THAT I FELT ALL THE LOT TURNED. IT TOLD US THAT WE COULD DO THAT THE MOTION READ THAT WE WOULD GIVE A IT'S NOT A STIPEND. IT WAS A SEVERANCE PACKAGE, AND OUR ATTORNEY AGREED THAT WE COULD DO THAT. BUT ALTHOUGH SOMEBODY TELLS ME SOMETHING I GO BACK AND STUDY IT FOR MYSELF. I GO BACK AND READ IT. I READ EVERYTHING. IN MY READING AND MY STUDYING ELECTED OFFICIALS DO NOT GET SEVERANCE PACKAGES. SO I BROUGHT THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ATTORNEY. IN OTHER WORDS, WAIT A MINUTE. I THINK WE'VE MADE A MISTAKE. CHINA SAYS WE CAN'T DO IT AND WE DIDN'T TAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC. THOSE WERE MY ISSUES WITH IT. NO MATTER HOW SOMEONE MAY FEEL ABOUT ME OR THINK THAT I MIGHT BE IGNORANT. OR DISGUSTING OR REPULSIVE. THAT IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. I WOULD DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD FOR JOHN HART AND ANYBODY ELSE SITTING UP HERE? I HAD THE RIGHT TO STUDY IT. I HAD THE RIGHT TO COME BACK WITH MY OPINION. IT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY TOLD

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THERE'S NO PETERSBURG WITHOUT YOU AND THANK YOU. COUNCIL IN WESTBROOK. ALRIGHT UM GOOD. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY'S IN GOOD SPIRITS. TRY TO BE A SHORT AND BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ON MY MIND. UM FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST THINK THE NON PROFITS OF THE CITY. UM IN MY YEAR OF BEING ON COUNCIL HAS JUST BEEN AMAZING SEEING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY TRYING TO NOT BE DONE WITH PETERSBURG I KNEW HEARD THE COMMENT ABOUT I'M DONE BUT YOU CAN HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE. EITHER YOU WALK AWAY AND TALK ABOUT IT OR YOU PULL YOUR BOOTSTRAPS UP AND YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. UM AND I DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT MISSED OUR FRUSTRATION. SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS PAST SATURDAY, I WENT TO, UH, LENDING, HELPING HANDS ALONG WITH OTHER NONPROFIT JOINT AH FUNCTION WHERE THEY GAVE TOYS AT LEAST FIVE TOYS TO AREA KIDS OVER 300 KIDS CHILDREN WITH SERVICE WITH THAT, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE NONPROFITS FOR CONTINUING MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE CITY AND OUR CITIZENS. UM SECOND, UM, I'VE JUST IN MY PARTNERSHIPS THAT I'VE BEEN MAKING TALKING WITH OUR TREASURER, MR. PAUL MULLINS. I'M A COP. PAUL MULLEN. NO S. I'M A GREAT PROPONENT OF DOGS. I'M A DOG LOVER. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS GET BEHIND. REGISTERING YOUR DOGS PROPERLY PAYING GOOD FILLING OUT THE PAPERWORK WITH BUILDING AND COLLECTIONS. AND JUST REGISTERING YOUR YOUR PETS, ESPECIALLY YOUR DOGS. I'M A DOG LOVER. AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD HELP RECENTLY. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, I WAS IN AFRICA AND I JUST SAW THE NUMBER OF CATS JUST ROLLING ROAMING THE CITY AND AS AN ANIMAL LOVER ALTOGETHER, I SAID, NOW, HOW CAN I COME BACK HOME AND UTILIZE WHAT I SAW OVER THERE AND AGAIN? THE PEOPLE HELPED OUT THE CATS AND I SEE A DOG AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THEM. BUT AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THERE IS THIS GROWING PETERSBURG BULLY. PEOPLE ARE BREEDING THE DOG. CAN WE JUST REGISTER OUR DOGS PROPERLY? UM THIRD, I'M GONNA GET TO THE CHILDREN BECAUSE THE CHILDREN IS WHAT I STOOD ON IN MY WHEN I WAS RUNNING, UM I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR KIDS AND TO OUR CHILDREN FOR TWO REASONS. UH FIRST OF ALL, UM IT TROUBLES ME AS AN EDUCATOR. I THINK THAT THERE'S A PERFECT STORM GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF COVID HAS EXPOSED SOME THINGS THAT AGAIN. PEOPLE ARE NOT MAYBE NOT AWARE OF, BUT WORKING VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ATTENDANCE AND WORK. PRODUCTION. NOW I COMMEND. I'M NOT TRYING TO THROW THE SCHOOL BOARD UNDER THE BUS AT ANY, UM, IN ANY MANNER. I DEFINITELY WANT TO MEET WITH MY NEW SUPERINTENDENT, MISS STERLING DR STERLING TO GET HER OPINIONS ON THINGS. I HOPE THAT THIS IS MY ONLY IF ANY BAD NEWS ABOUT OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING ABOUT TRUANCY OR THEY'RE WORKING ON TRUANCY TO GET OUR KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL. BUT I SEE THAT ON THE COLLEGE LEVEL, THE KIDS JUST DON'T COME TO CLASS. THEY JUST FEEL LIKE HEY, I DON'T HAVE TO COME TO CLASS. BUT THERE'S A PERFECT STORM BREWING AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE WORK PRODUCTION.

SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE HAS TO BE DONE WHEN A D IS NOW PASSING, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE, BUT ON A 10 POINT SCALE, YOU CAN TURN IN A 60 GET US JUST BASICALLY TURNING ANYTHING AND THE TEACHERS ARE TOLD TO PASS YOU IS THIS SOCIAL PROMOTION IS THIS NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE THE CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND ARE PETERSBURG WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A STATE OF THE ART TOP NOTCH RESORT. BUT OUR KIDS ARE SUFFERING WITH SUBPAR EDUCATION BY SAYING THAT A D IS ACCEPTABLE TO MOVE ON, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE STATE STANDARDS AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, BUT PETERSBURG IS IN A POSITION TO BE A TRENDSETTER. AND DO SOMETHING TO SAY NO LONGER SHOULD BE ALLOW A D IN A REPORT CARD FULL OF DS TO BE PASSING TO GET TO THE NEXT GRADE. UH SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND THAT, BECAUSE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY WANTS TO POINT THE FINGER AT CITY COUNCIL . I HOPE WE CAN START POINTING THE FINGER AT SCHOOL BOARD TO SAYS THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. UM BUT

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OKAY VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE. THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT . I WANT TO GIVE US SPECIAL.

THANK YOU TO, UM BISHOP WESLEY TAYLOR. CAVALRY TEMPLE. UM CHURCH THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF UM. DON LOCK AND HITTING AND COMMERCE THAT BLOCK UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE A MODEL. ORGANIZATION CHURCH. FACILITY BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS CLEANING THAT AREA UP IN OUR TRULY APPRECIATE THAT UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY. TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. JUST REMEMBER THE REASON

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MAYBE THAT NUMBER'S WRONG, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD. BUT IN ANY EVENT BACK TO PRINCE GEORGE

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I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT. I DO KNOW THAT MR JOHNSON REACHED OUT TO THE RISK MANAGER, AND HE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OUR GENERAL MANAGER FOR FACILITIES JUST TALKED TO MISS ENNIS MINUTES AGO WHEN TOLD THAT WOULD BE ON IT TOMORROW. AS FAR AS FAR AS FINDING OUT WHERE WE ARE FIVE

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[13. Unfinished Business]

THAT IT WAS ASKED MR MYERS IN REFERENCE TO USE. SO, MR MYERS, YOU WANT TO REPEAT RIGHT COUNSELOR. MYA'S. MR BEASLEY. I THOUGHT YOU READ. JONES STREET SOMEWHERE ELSE. YOU'RE FINE.

OKAY BUT, YEAH, I DO WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY AS WELL ADJACENT TO IT, WHICH IS TO 11TH SOUTH JONES STREET. WHICH IS A RURAL PROPERTY. AND I WANT TO USE IT SOLELY FOR PARKING LOT FOR MY TENANTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, BUT WHEN? WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION. AND I WAS THINKING SOUTH JONES RATHER THAN LET ME KNOW IF JONES RATHER THAN SOUTH JONES, WHERE YOU WERE. YEAH. THANKS MR BEASLEY, BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM, MR MAYOR, MAY I ASK MR COUNCILMAN COVER WHEREVER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. SORRY MR MR MOORE.

EASILY. MR BEASLEY. I'M SORRY. OKAY? I'M TUNED IN, UM MR BEASLEY TO 11. YOU OWN NOW.

CORRECT THAT'S CORRECT, AND IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL HOUSE. AT THIS POINT, THAT'S CORRECT. DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SINGLE FAMILY OR UH, DO YOU PLAN ON ADDING A UNIT 2 TO 11? ALL RIGHT, UM. WOULD YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO PUTTING A PROVISION IN THE DEED? THAT SAYS THAT, UH, THE COMBINATION OF 2 11 AND 2 15. SOUTH JONES WILL REMAIN A SINGLE FAMILY. UH, DWELLING, ABSOLUTELY. YOU WOULD OBJECT OR NOT OBJECT. NOT AT NOT OBJECT, OKAY? WELL, THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW I THINK A SINGLE FAMILY RENTAL IS BETTER THAN A DO BLACKS IN TERMS OF PETERSBURG'S FUTURE. AND SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PROPOSED SALE OF 2 15 SOUTH JONES STREET TO MR BEASLEY PROVIDED THAT THE DEED AH! LIMITS. THE. USE OF 2 11-2 15 TO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AND AS AN EXPLANATION MARK CONCERN IS THAT 2 15 BY ADDING TO 15 WE ADD, UH, LINEAR SQUARE FEET. TO THE USE OF 2 TO 11 SO THAT 2 11 THEN LEGALLY COULD BE A DOUBLE TOURNAMENT. AND UH, APPLAUD USING 2 15 AS A PARKING LOT. AH BUT I WOULD HATE TO SEE IN THE ORDER. HATE IS TOO STRONG A WORD, BUT I WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF IN THE FUTURE THIS SALE OF 2 15 TO YOU ENDED UP UH, LEADING US TO THE POINT WHERE 2 11 BECAME A DOUBLE TOURNAMENT INSTEAD OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO AND MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SALE OF 2 15 TO MR BEASLEY AS PROPOSED OR TO HIS CORPORATION PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEED WILL CONTAIN A PROVISION THAT SAYS THAT TO 15 WILL 2 15 AND 2 11 AS A COMBINATION WILL REMAIN A SINGLE FAMILY USAGE. IT IS THE MOTION

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THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE CURRENT BUILDING QUESTION. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE OWNER WORKING ON THE BUILDING. THEY HAVE DONE IT AS YOU CAN SEE QUITE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DEMO. IN THE AREA. FACILITY. THE NEXT SLIDE. THERE'S A WINDOW REPAIR AND THEY'VE DONE SOME OF THE OVERHANG REPAIRS TO THE BUILDING. TOP GOING FROM THE LEFT. THIRD ONE IN IS EXTERIOR.

THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME OF THE DRAIN WORK. UH SEE SOME OF THE SCRAPINGS ON THE WALL. THEY HAD REPLACED THIS DOOR THAT'S IN THE LOWER PORTION. THEY DO HAVE ELECTRICAL PERMITS. THE LAST PICTURE IN THE BOTTOM IS IN THE BASEMENT. MANY FOLKS HAVE BEEN IN THE BASEMENT PRIOR TO DEMOLITION. HE'S ONE OF THE COOKS. CREWS WORKING IN THE CEILING. SO WORKING FOR THE ALSO THE SIGN SEE THEY'RE PITTING SOME OF THE CINDERBLOCK REPAIRS , SO THERE'S AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK. THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE FACILITY. THE DEVELOPERS REQUESTING ONE YEAR EXTENSION.

IS PRESENTED US INVOICES PROBABLY GOT ABOUT $7100 INTO THE PROJECT. HE SAYS HE'LL BE DONE BEFORE THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS, IF WE DO THE WHEN YOUR EXTENSION WE WOULD DO THAT WITH THE CAVEAT. OF AN AUTO REVERSION CLAUSE SO THAT IT WOULD NOT MR WILLIAMS. WOULD YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE WANT TO DO? PLEASE MR. MAYOR IF I MAY, THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ACTUALLY THE FIRST PROPERTY THAT WE UTILIZED THE REVERSION OR REVERT ER PROVISIONS IN AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IN THE ENSUING YEARS, WE RAMPED THAT UP, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT COUNCIL USE THAT TOOL TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPER PERFORMS AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND AS SUCH , IT'S A LITTLE BIT WEAKER, UM REVERSION THAN IS INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT ONES THAT WE DO UNDER THIS ONE. THE PROVISIONS REQUIRE THAT COUNCIL ACTUALLY AUTHORIZED REPAYMENT OF HIS PURCHASE PRICE LESS A CERTAIN AMOUNT IN THIS CASE $25,000 FOR THE PROPERTIES TO REVERT. UNDER YOUR CURRENT RIVER TRES IT REVERTS AND YOU PAY THEM NOTHING . SO YOU GET THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE PURCHASE PRICE AND SO JUST TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE, THE CURRENT ONE IS A MUCH WEAKER THING, AND YOU'LL BE REPAYING THEM ABOUT $110,000 FOR THIS PROPERTY. UM, IF YOU EXERCISE IT, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND SUPPORTING WHAT MR MOORE IS RECOMMENDING. WE STRENGTHEN THAT REVERSION CLAUSE IN THE ENSUING DEED. AND WE ENSURE THAT THEY EITHER COMPLETED WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR OR WE TAKE IT BACK. ALL RIGHT. IN DISCUSSIONS. AS THE

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[14. New Business]

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY AND THANK YOU, MR TABOR FOR SCHEDULING US TO BE HERE TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE THE AUDIENCE AND I DO JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS REALLY INSPIRING TO SEE THE CELEBRATION THAT YOU HAD OF YOUR COLLEAGUE WHO'S MOVING ON TO DIFFERENT ENDEAVORS AND HIS PERFORMED YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COUNCIL. SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE A PART OF THAT CELEBRATION. UM SO MY NAME IS NICOLE HUTTON. I'M WITH OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY WITH MY COLLEAGUE TANYA DINKLAGE, COBB.

WITH UV A AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE RAFT DOES, AND THEN

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UM SO WE WANT THESE STRATEGIES THAT ARE DEVELOPED TO BE COMMUNITY DRIVEN. UM WE ADAPT TO SUPPORT EACH LOCALITIES NEEDS AND CAPACITIES, UM, DIFFERENTLY. AND WE OFFER THIS PROCESS AT NO COST TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS GRANT FUNDED AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED BEFORE, UM, WE HAVE FUNDING FROM THE JESSE BALL DUPONT FUND FROM THE VIRGINIA ENVIRONMENTAL ENDOWMENT FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. UM AND THEN WE HAVE GENERAL STAFF FUNDING FOR THE THREE UNIVERSITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OUR TEAM. SO THE COMMONWEALTH CENTER FOR RECURRENT FLOODING RESILIENCY HAS PROVIDED THAT AS WELL AS YOU POSSESS INSTITUTE FOR ENGAGEMENT AND NEGOTIATION AND THE VIRGINIA SEE GRANT. I DO WANT TO NOTE ON THIS SLIDE. WE ARE STILL SEEKING FUNDING FROM LOCAL COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE HERE. UM BUT THIS IS A TESTED PROCESS. THIS IS A NEW SO WE'VE DONE THIS IN ABOUT 26 DIFFERENT LOCALITIES , UM, INCLUDING THOSE THAT WERE WORKING IN RIGHT NOW. WE STARTED THIS PROCESS WITH A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN 2015. AND WE'VE SINCE EXPANDED INTO THE EASTERN SHORE, THE NORTHERN NECK, THE MIDDLE PENINSULA, WHICH WERE ACTUALLY WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW AND LOOKING FORWARD. UM TO WORKING IN CRATER. WE'VE STARTED WITH TWO LOCALITIES THERE. HOPEWELL AND PETERSBURG WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE RESULTS TO YOU, UM TONIGHT AND HOPING TO GAIN SOME MORE ENGAGEMENT TO PROGRESS . THOSE LOCALITIES PROCESSES. THIS IS A THREE STEP PROCESS. IT STARTS WITH ASSESSMENT WHERE OUR TEAMS COMPLETE A RESILIENCE SCORECARD. BASED ON POLICY ANALYSIS OF THE LOCALITY. WE MATCH THAT UP WITH QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS. WE HAD 44 INDIVIDUALS FROM 38 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED IN OUR, UM QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR THESE LOCALITIES SO FAR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO RE ENGAGING THEM AND ENGAGING MORE AS THE PROCESS GOES FORWARD, SO THE POINT OF THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED ON THE SCORECARD FROM OUR ANALYSIS IS REALLY WHAT MATCHES UP WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LOCALITY. OUR NEXT STEP. UM AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO RECRUIT FOR TONIGHT IS THE RESILIENCE ACTION WORKSHOP, UM, FOLLOWED BY A ONE YEAR RESILIENCE, ACTION CHECKLIST IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE DEVELOPED THAT CHECKLIST AND THEN WE SPEND A YEAR MAKING SURE THAT PROGRESS IS MADE TOWARDS THAT CHECKLIST. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT JUST LEFT WITH ACTION ITEMS, UM, AND NO SUPPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITIES THAT HELPED TO DEVELOP THOSE UM AND THEN WE DO HAVE ALUMNI THAT ARE A PART OF OUR PROCESS. SO ONCE ONCE YOU'RE PART OF THE RAFTER NEVER REALLY OUT OF THE RAFT, WHICH COULD BE TERRIFYING . UM BUT THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T ABANDON ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE STARTED THIS WORK IN, AND WE KNOW THAT ONE YEAR ISN'T ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE, BUT WE TRY TO GET A GOOD START AND THEN KEEP THE RELATIONSHIP GOING FOR THE FUTURE. CAN WE GO TO THEM? YOU'RE STILL THERE? YEAH YEP. SO WE DID RUN THE SCORECARD FOR THIS AREA. UM AND WE SCORE ON FIVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE SCORES THAT YOU RECEIVED ON THOSE, AND I JUST WANT TO FRAME THIS AS LOW SCORES ARE ACTUALLY OPPORTUNITIES HERE. UM, THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE, JUST AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE. UM SO. IN TERMS OF THE LOCALITIES, LEADERSHIP POLICY AND COLLABORATION. UH THE LOCALITY RECEIVED A SEVEN OUT OF 20. IN TERMS OF RISK ASSESSMENT AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THE SCORE WAS A 16 OUT OF 20. IN

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UM AS I SAID, WE BRING ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO THE TABLE. THESE ARE SAMPLES OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT. OF OUR WORK WITH OTHER COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU HAPPY TO BE WORKING, WORKING WITH MR TABOR AND, UM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? REMEMBER THE COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, OK? ALRIGHT.

AND, UM, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. COUNCILOR MYERS.

VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE SECOND MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT AH , REMEMBER WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK SMOOTHLY PERM I

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WAR. AND IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH. UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. OKAY. COVER BIRTH. A SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK AND PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SOME OF THE CUSTOMER COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER MEYER COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.

VICE MAYOR SMITH FLEE PERN. I PASSED. ABSOLUTELY. I AM D IS CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE TRANSITION TO AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE. TORRIO. COME ON UP. ALRIGHT TO THE MAYOR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND THOSE PRESENTS. GOOD EVENING. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN WILSON SMITH ON HER SERVICE AND HER 12 YEARS I COME FROM, UH, CITY GOVERNMENT, SO I KNOW THAT UH, THE WORK THAT YOU DO. YOU HAVE TO BE SELFLESS. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU COULD GET YOUR FLOWERS TODAY. UH AND BE PROUD, BE PRAYERFUL OVER YOUR NEXT CHAPTER AND HOPE THAT IT WILL BE FRUITFUL. UM AND SO AS FAR AS THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY, UM BACK IN JULY OF JULY OF 19TH OF THIS YEAR. I CAME BEFORE COUNCIL AND I REINTRODUCED THE COLLEGE AND TALKED ABOUT ALL THE INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE OVER AT RICHARD BLAINE COLLEGE AND SO WE HAVE SHOWN OURSELVES TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION. AND SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR A LIFETIME FOR SUCCESS. AND SO, UH, THIS SESSION, WE'RE GONNA WE HAVE LEGISLATION. UH THAT'S PART OF OUR NEXT STRATEGIC STEP THAT WILL FURTHER THE MISSION AND VISION OF THE COLLEGE. AND SO THIS LEGISLATION CALLS FOR RICHARD LAND COLLEGE TO HAVE A DEDICATED BOARD OF VISITORS THAT WILL PROVIDE MORE AUTONOMY FOR THE COLLEGE SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND. UPON JUST OUR VISION THAT WE HAVE. AND SO FAR, WE ALREADY HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE WILLIAM AND MARY BOARD OF VISITORS UNANIMOUS SUPPORT AT THEIR LAST MEETING. WE ALSO HAVE THE HOPEWELL PRINCE GEORGE CHAMBER. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STATE LAWMAKERS BEHIND US AND JUST GOT WORD FROM MY COLLEAGUE JEFF BROWN. THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS US. SO WE JUST GOT PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY AND ALSO COLONIAL HEIGHTS TO SUPPORT US TONIGHT. AND SO IT IS MY HOPE AND GOAL THAT THIS BODY WILL ALSO SUPPORT US AND OUR LEGISLATIVE EFFORT. PROBLEM. THANK YOU, TERRELL. ALRIGHT.

COUNSELOR CUP EARTH. A MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION HAS PROPOSED COUNSELOR MIDWESTERN SMITH SECOND, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER COMFORT COUNCIL MEMBER, WILSON SMITH. I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. VICE MAYOR SMITH LEE MAYOR PERM PAST. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TERRELL. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT WE GO TO THE CITY

[15. City Manager's Report]

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OKAY I'M GONNA MOVE THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY GET YOU GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR OUR EFFORTS. AND, UH, AND THE RESULTS OF THOSE EFFORTS.

AND THAT'S TRUE.

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IS THAT THE PERSON THE WHOLE PROCEDURE? YES, MA'AM. IN SOME CASES, SOME CASES IT'S JUST THAT WE GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND , UH, EDGE FORWARD TO GET THERE. UH PROPERTIES RENOVATED THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. SO WE PUSH THEM INTO COMPLYING WITH THE CODE. OKAY OKAY. AND THE PROPERTY ON LIBERTIES STREET. LIBERTY STREET. THAT BUT STAYS THERE. BUT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH 1 25 LIBERTY STREET 25 1 29 LIBERTY THAT WAS CLEANED UP YESTERDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SO WHERE? WHERE ARE WE IN RELATION TO THE HOTELS, THEN? THEY'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE FOR THE DEMO, AND THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD AND THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE DOING GREAT THINGS. AND WHICH ONES ARE WE? ARE WE YES. SPEAKING OF THE OLD RAMADA INN, MA'AM, TALKING ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT WERE MADE WITH REGARD TO THE HOTELS ALONG 46. TO SHUT THEM DOWN AND GET THEM TO COMPLAINTS BY YES, MA'AM. OKAY ALL OF THEM. YES, MA'AM. UM RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE OYO DEAD OR SHUT. THAT IS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF CODING. UH, UH, CODE ISSUES WE HAVE TO TRAVEL IN THAT IS CLOSED DOWN. BECAUSE OF CODE ISSUES. INVEST THE ONLY TWO THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE SHUT DOWN WERE SHUT DOWN TO CALIFORNIA AND THEY WENT IN AND COMPLETELY RENOVATED THAT ENTIRE PLACE AND IT LOOKS REMARKABLE. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN BACK UP THEN. YES MA'AM. THERE IS ALREADY OPEN AND ONGOING. UM. PROCESS WHERE WE CONSISTENTLY CHECK THE HOTELS. I MEAN, BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GET IN THE SHAPE THAT THEY'RE IN THEY'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO GET THAT WAY. WHAT WHAT ARE WE PUTTING IN PLACE TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY KEEPING UP WITH ALL OF IT. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY MAKING A STEAM INSPECTIONS OF THE MOTELS. SO WE'VE MADE THE INITIAL ROUND OF ALL MOTELS IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THE A TEAM IS CONTINUING TO DO FOLLOW UP.

INSPECTIONS AND CITE THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND DO ACTION PLANS AND ENSURE THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY ONE THING. THEY ONLY GET TO OPEN IF THEY COMPLY. WITH THE CODE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THE GOOD REQUIREMENTS AND WE'RE NOT LETTING THEM BACK OPEN REOPENS THAT CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT.

CODE COMPLIANCE. ALLCO COMPLIANCE ISSUES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. LET'S KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO, MAKING PETERSBURG LOOK AND BE A PLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. IT STARTS WITH YOU GUYS. AND WE'RE GETTING THEIR BREAD, YOU KNOW? WE GRADUATE EVERY MODEL POINT WITH WITH A LOT OF WORK YOU PUT IN EARLY TWO. SO WE THANK YOU. AND I'M ALSO BACK IN THE BACK. ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE TEAM JEFF FLEMING, BACK THERE. SISTER FIRE MARSHAL BACK THERE. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, TOO, BECAUSE IT TAKES A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT AND SOMETHING THAT CHIEF READ ALWAYS SAYS THAT HE HAS A GREAT STAFF. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS WORKING TOGETHER TO GET IT DONE FOR US, OKAY? THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY HARDWORKING FOLKS RIGHT HERE, AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, AND THEY'VE NOT ONLY ADDRESSED THEY WON'T JUST ALL AREAS OF THE CITY AND THE ONE THING THAT ISN'T UP THERE, WHICH IS THE ROMANO AND THEY'RE THEY'RE MANAGING THAT, AND THAT'S AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. SO THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. SECOND THE SECOND ITEM UNDERMINED INTO THIS EVENING IS THE SMART METER UPDATE FROM DOMINION ENERGY. WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM DOMINION ENERGY HERE THIS EVENING, BRITTANY, BRITTANY. THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US TONIGHT. GOOD TO SEE YOU . GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS, TOO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I DEFINITELY WANT TO JUST SAY TO YOU, COUNSEL WOMEN ON WILSON SMITH. I HAVE ENJOYED

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ONCE THAT POWER IS RESTORED. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN REGARDS TO ANOTHER BENEFIT IS THE DETAILED ENERGY USAGE, CUSTOMERS CAN LOG INTO THEIR DEMEAN ENERGY ACCOUNT TO RECEIVE MORE DETAILED ENERGY USAGE, ENABLING THEM TO TAKE CONTROL OF HOW AND WHEN THEY USE THEIR ENERGY. ONE OF THE THIRD BENEFITS IS A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT. SMART METERS CAN BE READ AND OPERATED REMOTELY WITHOUT HAVING TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE RESIDENTS HOME. ONE OF THE LAST BENEFITS IS IMPROVED GRID OPERATIONS. SMART METERS INFORMATION HELPS TO IMPROVE GREAT OPERATIONS AND ASSIST WITH THE INTEGRATION OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES SUCH AS SOLAR ENERGY. SINCE 2009 DEMAND ENERGY HAS INSTALLED OVER 1.5 MILLION SMART METERS IN AREAS OF NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS VIRGINIA. DAMIAN ENERGY HAS COMPLETED ITS INSTALLATION OF SMART METERS IN PETERSBURG DISTRICT OFFICE AND THAT DEPLOYMENT WAS COMPLETED IN 2021. OUR INVESTMENT IN SMART METER TECHNOLOGY WILL CONTINUE ACROSS OUR SERVICE AREA THROUGH 2024. AS FAR AS CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE PETERSBURG DISTRICT OFFICE, POSTCARDS AND MILK 2 TO 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO INSTALLATION DOOR HANGERS ARE PROVIDED THE DAY OF DEPLOYMENT TO CUSTOMERS. SO FOR THE DAY OF EXCHANGE, A METER MAN WILL KNOCK ON THE DOOR IF SOMEONE ANSWERS THEY WERE EXPLAINING THE METER EXCHANGE AND HAND THEM THE DOOR HANGER. IF NO ONE ANSWERS, THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO EXCHANGE THE METER IF THEY CANNOT ACCESS THE METER AT THE CUSTOMER'S LOCATION, THEY WILL EVEN KNOW ON THE DOOR HANGER A BATH IN THE CUSTOMER TO REACH OUT TO THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TO SCHEDULE NEVER ANOTHER TIME, UM, TO EXCHANGE THE METER. AS FAR AS OPT OUT INFORMATION. WE DO OFFER THAT, UM, FOR CUSTOMERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE AND FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO OPT OUT OF THE METER, THEY WILL RECEIVE A NON COMMUNICATING METER. AS FAR AS RADIO FREQUENCY LIKE YOUR CELL PHONES, LAPTOPS AND OTHER WIRELESS DEVICES. SMART METERS USE RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS, BUT AT A MUCH LOWER LEVEL, SO ONE THING TO NOTE SMART METERS ARE SAFE. SMART METERS ARE NOT ON ALL THE TIME, WHICH MEANS THEY ONLY TRANSMIT PERIODICALLY, TYPICALLY LESS THAN 5% OF THE DAY. THE SMART METER. UM TRANSMITTER IS DISTANT , WHICH MEANS THERE IS TYPICALLY LOCATED ON OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THAT WE DO HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE TO KIND OF EXPLAIN OUR SMART METER PROGRAM IF CUSTOMERS WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR SMART METER PROGRAM. ALSO CUSTOMERS CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS LISTED HERE IF THEY WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GREAT TRANSFORMATION, PLAYING AS WELL AS FRUIT, FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE DO HAVE THIS COMING UP. AGAIN BEFORE. UM I LEAVE FOR TODAY. I DEFINITELY WANT TO SHOWCASE THAT SAFETY IS ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITIES HERE AT JIMMY AND ENERGY. AND I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT REMOVING OR REPLACING DOMAIN, ENERGY METERS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION CAN CREATE SERIOUS RISKS TO YOU AND YOUR HOME IF A DEMI ENERGY CUSTOMER WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE SMART METER PROGRAM FURTHER, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US THAT OUR CUSTOMER CONTACT CENTER OR THEY CAN REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY AND MY INFORMATION IS HERE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYTHING SO MUCH BRITTANY FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM NEXT QUESTIONS ROOM AS THE COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. CNN THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRITTANY AND ALL YOU DO FOR US AT DOMINION. THANK

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[16. Business or reports from the Clerk]

[17. Business or reports from the City Attorney]

AND DON'T FORGET GET A PIECE OF CAKE IS CAKE BACK THERE IN THE BACK, PLEASE. WE NEED SOME, UM GENTLEMEN TO MAKE SURE THAT TRUST YEAH. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BECAUSE I GOT NO ONE. ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW COOL OUT THERE.

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