Feb 07, 2023 Regular Work Session

THREE IS A GERMAN. THAT CLOSED SESSION MEETING IS ADJOURNED. NEXT WE'LL ROLL ONTO OUR REGULAR

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[1. Roll Call]

TURNING GOD. OUR FATHER IS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU HAVING A FATHER. FIRST OF ALL GIVING YOUR NAME ON APPRAISING GLORY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF TODAY DOWNLOADED. WE ASK THAT YOU WERE BLESSED THIS MEETING AS WE PROCEED THROUGH, UH, THIS IMPORTANT DAY ON TODAY HAVING A FATHER THAT YOU WILL GIVE US WISDOM ON HARD TO MAKE THE HOST DECISIONS THAT ARE RIGHT. FOR OUR CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. HAVING THEIR FATHER, WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITIZENS HAVING AND FATHER BE WITH THEM KEEP AHEAD OF PROTECTION AROUND THEM. WE ACTUALLY SPECIAL BLESSING UPON OUR ADMINISTRATION, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF AND WORKERS, BE WITH THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES BE WITH THIS COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD DO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN THAT SITE. IT'S IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. NEXT IS ITEM THREE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BECAUSE EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ITEM. FOUR DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

[5. Public Comments]

YEAH, YEAH. THERE WE GO. 1 29 ROSS ST PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. WHAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT.

THANK THE CITY. WOW CLEANING UP THE PARK OVER AND POCAHONTAS IN THEIR HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT WERE SLEEPING BENEATH THE BRIDGE. I THINK I SEE THE CITY HAVE REMOVED THE TENSION, DIFFERENT THINGS. I THANK THEM FOR THAT. ALSO, I THINK POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR IT'S ALL IMPORTANT AND MAKING IT A SAFER COMMUNITY AND ALVA AND PRESS BY SOME GUY CAME HERE. UH LAST CITY COUNCIL BEING LIVING IN THE CURRENT HOUSE DOWN THERE. AND HE SPOKE OF A CERTAIN ACTIVITIES DOWN THERE AND SPEEDING DOWN AND I WENT DOWN AND TOOK A LOOK AND I COULD SEE IT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S LEGAL SO FAR. BE NICE, TOO BIG TO PUT SOME KIND OF CAMERA SOMETHING DOWN THERE. TWO. KEEP THAT THAT ARIA AND OBSERVANCE BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS ILLEGAL THINGS THAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE AND ALSO BLACK HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS IS GOING WORLDWIDE AT I GOT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE CALLED AND THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO PETERSBURG. HE CAN'T BELIEVE HISTORY SPOKE TO MISS GEORGE TODAY AND SHE TELLS ME SHE'S GONNA PUT IT OUT A LITTLE BIT. MORE SO WE GOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS CITY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU, OKAY. DR JACK . SARAH MELISSA WHAT? 22 CENTER HILL COURT. PETERSBURG VIRGINIA 238. OH, THREE. UM, I JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY FORGETTING THE SIDEWALK SCENE WORK GOING ON ON GROVE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE PUTTING THE BRICK BACK IN VERY NICELY AND FIXING THE LIGHT POLES THAT GOT KNOCKED DOWN. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. ALSO WE ARE HAVING MORE TREAT PLANTING WORKSHOPS.

SO IF YOUR AWARD HAS NOT GOTTEN A TREE PLANTING WORKSHOP YET WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT THIS WEEK SO THAT WE CAN ORDER THE TREES. UM AND GET THOSE SCHEDULED, SO PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL. UM I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU MY CARD AS WELL. BUT I REALLY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN PETERSBURG HAS A WARD. UM TREE PLANTING WORKSHOP. WE DO HAVE SOME THAT WERE PLANNING FOR WEST VIEW. UM NOT KINDERGARTEN PRESCHOOL, AND, UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH COOL SPRING. UM. ELEMENT ELEMENTARY AS WELL. UM AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PLANTING AT BLANDFORD YET, YOU SHOULD COME TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THAT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU NEXT, MR DR KENNETH LEWIS. GOOD EVENING TO ALL. KENNETH LEWIS

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

[7. Special Reports]

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UM JUST WANTED TO HIT THE HIGH POINT, STARTING ON PAGE 2 88 AND YOUR PACKAGE. ORIGINALLY WE HAD $113 MILLION PROJECT, THE STATE WAS GOING TO PAY A GRANT OF ABOUT $86 MILLION TOWARDS THE NUTRIENT ELIGIBLE COST. WE BID THE PROJECT, AND FORTUNATELY WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THIS DAY AND TIME IT WAS 2 15 WAS A LOW BED. YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO BE ONE OR $2 MILLION SHORTS. ANOTHER THING TO BE $100 MILLION SHORT. I TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PROJECT. WE TOOK OUT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS 25 TO $30 MILLION WORTH OF WORK. BID IT AGAIN. NINE WEEKS LATER, IT CAME IN ANOTHER $20 MILLION HIGHER. UM IN THIS SITUATION, THE COMMONWEALTH IS PAYING A LARGE PART OF THIS THROUGH THE W FUNDS SINCE WE WERE EXCEEDING ALL THAT WE HAD TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS. SO WE WENT BACK CAME UP WITH THE PHASING PLAN THAT WE COULD PRESENT TO THE DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. SO THAT WE COULD BREAK THIS PROJECT INTO SMALLER PROJECTS AND WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOCAL CONTRACTORS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AREA THAT CAN DO IT $200 MILLION PROJECT SO WE PRESENTED TO THE EAC KNOCK IT DOWN INTO ABOUT SIX PROJECTS.

BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO EXTEND THE TIME FRAME. THIS HAS A REGULATORY TIMEFRAME OF JANUARY 1ST 2026. FOUND TWO PATRONS PATRON. EXCUSE ME. WE HAD, UM SENATOR MORRISSEY AND DELEGATE TAYLOR. THEY TOOK TWO BILLS FORCE AHEAD. UM WE GOT THE BACKING OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION AND THE JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION. SO THAT'S MOVING FORWARD SO WE COULD EXTEND THE DEADLINE TO JANUARY 1ST 2031 THAT ALSO ALLOWS US TO REDO THE W I F GRANT. THAT'S ACTUALLY A CONTRACT. WE GET TO EXTEND THAT AND THEN WE ALSO GET TO EXTEND THEIR FIFTIES PERMIT. THEY HAD SOME REGULATORY DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM, SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE WE HAVE SELECTED A NEW ENGINEERING FIRM TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT, THE BOARD ACTUALLY MADE THAT SELECTION ON JANUARY THE 26TH. THEY CONCUR WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THE 27TH. WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. WE'VE ALREADY HAD TO KICK OFF MEETING . UM WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS WERE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL PROCESS MODELING. I'VE GOT TO HAVE A FAITH, A FORMAL PHASING PLAN AND NEW CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE THE D E Q. BY MAY 1ST UM, THE LAST MEETING WAS CANCELED. I GO IN FRONT OF THE IGA ON FEBRUARY THE 23RD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LEASE FOR THE OLD ROPER PROPERTY THAT'S GOING TO USE THE LAY DOWN YARD. ALSO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE'RE PUTTING A NEW ROAD THROUGH THE ROPE OF PROPERTY THAT SPLITS THAT INTO TWO PARCELS. THE MEDIA WILL BE ABLE TO MARKET IN THE FUTURE. PLUS WE GET ALL THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC OFF OF THE ISLAND. WE'VE ALSO BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A SOUTH CENTRAL 16.43 MILLION ARE FOR GRANT TOWARDS THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S TOWARDS NUTRIENT QUALIFYING COSTS. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG HAS ALSO BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A $19.29 MILLION OR PRO GRANT TO PUT TOWARDS THE NUTRIENT PART OF THE PROJECT. ONE OTHER POINT I NEED TO MAKE IN THIS PROJECT. WE ALSO HAVE APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION WORTH OF. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PLANT THAT ARE NOT TIED TO NUTRIENTS. SO WHAT THEY CALL THAT IS A LOCAL SHARE. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LOCAL SHARE BEING ROUGHLY ABOUT $30 MILLION IN THE CURRENT RATES FOR ALL FIVE OF OUR MEMBERS. THAT RATE IS ALREADY BUILT IN. SO WHEN WE DO THIS PROJECT, THE INTENT IS NOBODY SEES ANY STICKER SHOCK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM THE WAY THE GRANT IS WRITTEN AS WE GET AS BID PRICES, THE GRANT COVERS 95% OF THE ELIGIBLE THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 79% OF THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS. IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR WILSON. UM WHEN IS THE START TIME? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S AS THINGS CONTINUE TO GO UP. I THINK THE LONGER IT

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WE'RE TAKING OUT THE BASKETBALL COURT. WE AGREED TO PUT THAT BACK OR PUT BACK SOME KIND OF PLAY AREA FOR THE CHILDREN SOMEWHERE. WE STILL NEED TO WORK THAT OUT.AND GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. AND OTHER QUESTIONS, ALL RIGHT, SAYING THAT THANKS A LOT, MR. WILSON APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS TO MOVE ONE ITEM SEVEN B PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON WILCOX. WATER SHARED CONSERVANCY BAD DR KENNETH LEWIS. THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL ADMINISTRATION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DR KENNETH LEWIS. TODAY I COME TO YOU AS PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE WILCOX, WATER SHADE CONSERVANCY AND THE PETERSBURG LEGENDS HISTORICAL PARK IN NATURE CONSERVANCY. AND WHILE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SLIDES, OF COURSE I DON'T PLAN TO GO THROUGH THEM IN GREAT DETAIL, BUT JUST GLASS OVER THEM. BUT THIS IS WHO WE ARE. WE ARE BORED OF VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT STAFF OF CITY VOLUNTEERS WHO COME TOGETHER. TO HELP MAKE THE FORMERLY PARK NOW THE PETERSBURG HISTORIC LEGENDS PARK AND WILCOX LAKE OF OUR PLACE. AH THAT'S WHO WE LOOK LIKE. RIGHT NOW. MOST LIKELY THOSE QUESTION MARKS BELONG TO AH MEMBER WESTBROOK. AND SO HE WILL BE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY THIS, BUT I WILL ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THAT'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF WILCOX LAKE ON BOTH SIDES, BOTH SIDES OF THE PARK THERE. AND THIS IS A BOOK BY NANCY COBRA THAT GIVES GREAT DETAIL OF THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE PARK. THIS IS JUST EVIDENCE OF OUR LEGAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FROM 2009. HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE IMPORTANT GEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL , BOTANICAL, POLITICAL, CIVIL RIGHTS AND RECREATIONAL SITES, WHICH MAKES THIS 330 ACRES. A UNIQUE GREEN SPACE. SO LADIES AND LITTLE OF THE BOTTOM LINE IS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. YOU HAVE 330 ACRES OF GREEN SPACE THAT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FOR RELAXATION FOR MENTAL WELLNESS FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS. FOR ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING, FOR PART FOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR MUSICAL EVENTS FOR THEATER EVENTS FOR ALL OF THAT RIGHT INSIDE OF THE PARK.

HERE ARE SOME ARTIFACTS ACTUAL PIECES OF INFORMATION. WE HAVE A 330 MILLION YEAR OLD GRANITE FORMATION. WE HAVE CIVIL WAR WORKS. WE HAVE A WILD FLOWER AND BIRD SANCTUARY. WE HAVE LANDSCAPE CREATED BY THE DEPRESSION ERA WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION PROJECT. AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. AND THIS IS, UH. OUR STRATEGIC PLAN . HERE IS OUR REVISED MISSION STATEMENT. YOU CAN TAKE A MOMENT AND READ IT. THIS IS OUR REVISED VISION STATEMENT. YOU CAN TAKE A MOMENT AND READ IT. THIS IS OUR IMPACT STATEMENT. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE A VISION

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WELL THOSE TREES SHOULDN'T BE THERE THAT YOU SEE. THAT SHOULD BE A SMOOTH SURFACE. BECAUSE THOSE TREES ARE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S A BREACH IN THE DAM WALL. AND WATER IS SEEPING. SO THEN THE CITY CAN'T GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO CUT DOWN THE TREES. AND. 2021 OR SO THERE WAS A $90,000 LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET FOR REDESIGN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF THE DAM WALL. AND I WAS

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IT'S NOT MY SPACE. NOT OUR SPACE. INDIVIDUALLY. IT'S THE CITY SPACE. WE HAVE WALKING TRAILS THAT NEED TO BE MAINTAINED. AND I PUT THIS PICTURE UP BECAUSE I'M WALKING TRAILS OR USER FRIENDLY AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESS FRIENDLY. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS, ALRIGHT. BUT HERE'S SOME PARTNERSHIP PROPOSALS WITH VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. THERE'S SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, THIS GENTLEMAN WITH HIS FAMILY. THAT'S HE'S A DOCTOR SCOTT. HE'S THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES. AND THAT'S DOCTOR. UH KOUACHI CLEMENS, HE'S VICE PROVOST PARTNERSHIPS. WE HAVE MEMBERSHIPS OR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S MR DANCE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHO WAS HELPING OUT CLEARING INVASIVE TREES IN THE MEADOW. MY FRATERNITY WHO CAME OUT FOR COME OUT ONCE A YEAR FOR A DAY OF SERVICE. LOCAL MEMBERS OF THE BOY SCOUT GROUP OF GIL FILLED BAPTIST CHURCH. AH WE PARTICIPATE IN OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND HERE'S SOME MORE DREAMSCAPE FOR YOU. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE LEFT WELL LEFT AND RIGHT. THOSE ARE PICTURES OF HOPEWELL RIVER PARK. AND YOU SEE THAT BOARD THAT BOARDWALK RIGHT? THERE IS ONE THIRD OF A MILE LONG SO UP AND BACK IS TWO THIRDS. SO IF YOU NEED A WHAT A TWO MILE WALK, WALK UP AND DOWN IT THREE TIMES AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR WALK IN. WE CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF THING, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT AT AT WILCOX LAKE. I GAVE YOU THIS PICTURE. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF GOING DOWN TO COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, 16 SUMMERS AGO TO TAKE A COURSE AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THEY HAVE A COLUMBIA RIVERFRONT PARK AND YOU CAN START WALKING AND WASHINGTON STREET AND YOU'LL GET THERE. WASHINGTON STREET GOES RIGHT TO THE CENTER OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SO YOU NEVER HAVE TO GET OFF WASHINGTON STREET. BUT I JUST ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THAT, LANCE THAT THAT THAT THAT VISTA AND WE CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF A OF A LANDSCAPE KIND OF A THING RIGHT THERE AT THE PARK. YOU TALK ABOUT UH, TOURISM AND YOU TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CREATE WHAT YOU HAVE AND WATCH PEOPLE COME. I MEAN, PEOPLE GO TO RICHMOND TO GO TO THE PARK. PEOPLE GO TO NORFOLK AIRPORT WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TO PETERSBURG TO GO TO THE PARK. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME MORE PICTURES OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA RIVERWALK PARK. AND HERE'S SOME LESSONS. THIS LADY IS NAME IS MARY BELL FOCI. SHE LIVED AT 5 20 PILGRIM STREET. AND SHE WAS ONE OF THE BLACK WOMEN WHO HELPED CREATE THE TRAILS IN THE FORMERLY PARK. AND THOSE OF YOU IN THIS AUDIENCE

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THERE'S A VIDEO ABOUT IT. AND SO DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT AND HISTORIC MARKER WOULD GO WELL RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF BILL IS LAYING IN HALIFAX STREET, ACTUALLY. SAY POINT THAT WAY, AND YOU'LL SEE A HISTORIC AND HISTORIC SITE. THIS IS WHAT THE PARK LOOKED LIKE BACK IN THE EARLY FIFTIES. AND EVEN THOUGH MY TAX DOLLARS AND MY GRANDMOTHER'S TAX DOLLARS WILL GO TO SUPPORT IT. UH, SHE COULD NOT GO THERE TO ENJOY IT. AND SO INSTEAD OF THE CITY, SAYING, YES , EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY IT. THEY SAID NO AND HELL, NO ONE WILL SET IT DOWN AND NOBODY WILL ENJOY IT. AND THAT'S WHAT PART WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT PHOTO THERE. IF YOU'RE COMING DOWN DEFENSE ROAD AROUND THE S CURVES. AH, THAT THAT SIDE OF THE PARK. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE. AND SO. WE'VE GOT A PAVILION THAT ANYONE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. WE HAVE SCHEDULED PARK CLEANUP DAYS. WE HAVE NATURE WALKS, DESIGNATED TRAILS AND FISHING, NO SWIMMING, BUT FISHING AND ALSO BOATING, KAYAKING AND CANOEING. AND I DON'T KNOW. I'M PROBABLY OUT OF TIME RIGHT NOW. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST CLICK ON THAT. COULD I JUST CLICK ON THAT AND JUST SHOW YOU TWO MINUTES OF THAT? CAN YOU DO THAT, MISS LUCAS? UM GARRETT. JUST CLICK ON THE BOTTOM. CLICK ON THE BOTTOM LINK THERE.

19 35. THEY WERE A GROUP OF WOMEN THAT CAME FROM PITTSBURGH. THEY WERE ALL AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN. UH UNEMPLOYED. MANY OF THEM HAD A HOUSEHOLD RIGHT? AND SO THE WPA BROUGHT THEM OUT TO DO SOME LANDSCAPING OUT HERE, AND THEY DID EVERYTHING FROM ESTABLISHMENTS MEDAL, WHICH, IF YOU COME IN A DIFFERENT TIME OF YEAR, IT'S A RIOT OF COLORS. YEAH HONEYSUCKLE AND TO DO OTHER LANDSCAPING IN THE PARK. INTERESTING SO THIS ACTUALLY WAS A WOODED AREA BACK IN 19 WAS WOMEN CUT ALL THOSE TREES AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND YOU AND YOU SEE HOW BIG THE TREES ARE, THOSE WOMEN CUT ALL THOSE TREES DOWN AND AS THEY PLANTED THE MEDAL, THEY ALSO DOCUMENTED WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING BESSIE NEAR MATTER . MARSHALL WAS DOING A BOOK OF WATER COLORS. AS THEY WERE PLANNING. SHE WAS DOING WATER COLORS. WONDERFUL. SHE WAS NOT A PROFESSIONAL, BUT HER WATERCOLORS ARE FANTASTIC. I'VE SEEN SOME OF THEM. THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

TELL ME HOW MANY WOMEN WERE HERE , THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS IS QUITE A HUGE META WITH THE W P A.

THERE WERE 100 ABOUT 100. WOMEN THAT WORKED AND THEY WORKED FROM 1935 UP UNTIL 1939. SO IT WAS QUITE A LONG TIME THAT THEY ACTUALLY WORKED OUT HERE. DID THEY USE ALL JUST NATIVE PLANTS OR DID THEY USE OTHER TYPES OF MOST OF THE PLANTS ARE NATIVE PLANTS? THEY PLANT SHRUBS ENTRIES, THEY HAD TO CLEAR OUT THE WOODS. AGAIN THEY HAD TO MEET PATHWAYS AND THEY PUT PINE NEEDLES IN THE PATH WHERE IT'S SO PEOPLE COULD WALK THROUGH. SO YEAH, THEY NOT ONLY CLEAR THINGS , BUT THEY ALSO LANDSCAPED WITH THESE NATIVE PLANTS. LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE THAT KIND OF THE RESULTS OF THEIR WORK DECADES LATER, OKAY, OKAY. THIS IS FASCINATING TO HAVE THIS NICE MEADOW AREA AND THEN IT'S LIKE JUST A WALL AND IT GOES RIGHT INTO THIS LUSCIOUS, WONDERFUL SHADE. OKAY PEGGY, AS WE WALKED DOWN THIS PATHWAY, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE? IF NONE OF THIS HAD BEEN CLEARED, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WALK ON THIS PATHWAY UNDERBRUSH ALONE. WE'D BE FIGHTING THAT. NEVER MIND THE TREES. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THE WP WOMEN DID A GREAT JOB OF ACTUALLY COMING INTO THIS PARK. AND CLEARING THINGS OUT AND DEVELOPING THESE PATHWAYS SO THAT PEOPLE COULD JUST COME AND ENJOY THE PARK. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE W P A. TO THINK THAT THE LADIES CLEARED OUT THESE WOODS, BUT THEN THEY PLANTED WILDFLOWERS UNDER THESE WOODLAND SHADED CONDITIONS AS WELL. AND THERE IS A RAVINE ON EACH SIDE OF US, AND THEY CLEARED THE TREES FROM THE RAVINES. AND THEN THEY PLANTED

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DAMAGE. YOU'RE GONNA. NOT EVEN THE WHOLE YEAR. WE NEED TO ACT ON IT NOW. BECAUSE I USED TO COACH BRENDAN JOHN. AND WE WOULD HAVE FOOTBALL TEAM WHO RUN FROM PETERSBURG HIGH AND WE CALLED IT HAMBURGER HERE. WE WERE RUNNING HERE. AND WHEN THOSE TREES ARE PUT UP AND ADVISE ME, I REMEMBER

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UNCOVER THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING ON THAT MR WILLIAMS AREA DESIGNATED CITY AS A CITY PARK. THEY CAN. WE CAN PROHIBIT THE CARRYING OF FIREARMS, AND THAT'S COUNCILS WISH. OH I THINK WE HAVE WITHOUT SIGNAGE. WE CAN'T ENFORCE IT CORRECT. RIGHT WE, WE NEED TO POST IT. BUT THAT'S PRETTY PRETTY SIMPLE FOR ADMINISTRATION. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY EASY FIX TO A TO A PROBLEM IN THE RAMBLEWOOD AREA IS TOO AS THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO POST THE WILCOX LAKE PARK. THE LEGENDS WILCOX LIKE PARK. WITH.

SCIENTISTS SAY IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO CARRY FIREARMS IN THE PARK. AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL SHOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN ADDRESS IT. SO, MR OLDMAN. I SEE YOU TAKING A NOTE AND I'M GLAD OF THAT. UM MR COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK IS TOO FAR AWAY TO SEE YOU WRITING THE NOTE, BUT I ASSUME THAT IT SAYS THAT WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. SAYS POSTWAR COX LIKE LEGENDS PARK, NO FIREARMS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. AND THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION, RIGHT? DR LEWIS. WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. I HOPE YOU HAVE SOME GOOD LUCK ON THAT SCHOOL PIECES LIKE YOU SAID. EVERYTHING IS BACK THERE IN YOUR SCIENCE CLASS IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL AND IT'S A SHAME IN GOING TO SCHOOL THAT PETERSBURG HAD. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THOSE TRAILS, DID YOU? I MEAN, I MEAN, I MEAN, LOOK, UM, LOOK ME LOOK LIKE COUNCILMAN JONES AND I WAS IN SCHOOL THE SAME TIME AND I SCIENCE TEACHER DIDN'T TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE. IT WORKS OUT LIKE MAYBE

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AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH TO LET ME COORDINATE ANYTIME THAT YOU MIGHT BE AVAILABLE ON SOME SATURDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WE CAN START AT THE WATER'S EDGE WHERE BOATS CAN UNLOAD THAT THAT SLOPE NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A DEEP DROP OFF. IT'S DAMAGING TO THE VEHICLE, LETTING GO OF THE BOAT. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING BUT I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO TAKE PEOPLE ON TOURS OF OUR PARK IN PETERSBURG. YES COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. YES ANYONE WHO TOOK ADVANCED BIOLOGY UNDER COACH DIRE ANYBODY WAS IN YEAH, WE WENT TO WILCOX LATE. YOU HAD TO GO THERE, AND WE DIDN'T LIKE IT. BUT HE WAS SO BEFORE HIS TIME. IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL. ONCE WE GOT INTO IT, HE EVEN HAD US ON TOP OF THE ROOF OF PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL, LOOKING AT THE STARS. SO UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS STILL THINGS HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. YES YOU DO, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RECREATIONAL. YOU CAN HAVE CONCERTS THERE WE WERE AT THE COOPER PART. YOU CAN TURN THAT INTO AN AMPHITHEATER. IT'S ALL THERE JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIE. KISS ME, KATE, WHERE SHE SAYS I CAN DO ANYTHING. YOU CAN DO ALL RIGHT, AND WE CAN ALRIGHT , COUNSELOR. JONES ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. YEAH, UM. YEAH THIS IS TO THE CITY MAN IN MISSISSIPPI MANAGER JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS IS THERE A TIME FRAME ABOUT THAT MONEY? WE CAN GET THEM TREES THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO FORGET THIS DAY. AND WE COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND ALL THEY MAY.

YOU KNOW? THAT WE NEED TO GET TO THE DESIGN WORK DONE ON THE REDESIGN OF THE DAM FIRST. AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND APPLY FOR THE FUNDING THIS SPRING TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION WORK. SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE H C. H. D. C ARE ALREADY AND THEY ARE. THEY'RE ENCOURAGING US TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDING TO DO THE REPAIR WORK ON THE DAM. SO THAT WAY, IT'S NOT OUR DOLLARS, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ON IT AND WE'VE GOT TO GET IT DONE SO, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WORKING. WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORGET. IN MY LISTED TWO DUIS. YOU THINK WE HAVE A TREE CUT THIS YEAR? ONE OF THEM. IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN GET IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE GRANT ABSOLUTELY. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DR LEWIS APPRECIATE. THE WILCOX LAKE AND PETERSBURG HISTORIC LEGENDS PARK IN NATURE CONSERVANCY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT. WE'RE MOVING ON ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS MONTHLY REPORTS. UM NO ITEMS FOR THE NIGHT OF NINE IS FINANCING BUDGET REPORT

[9. Finance and Budget Report]

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UM WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS GO OVER BRIEF AGENDA HERE. I'M GOING TO TAKE THE FIRST PART OF THIS PRESENTATION TOPICS A, B AND C. THERE'S A BACKGROUND BRIEF CREDIT RATING HISTORY, HISTORICAL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE . THEN MY COLLEAGUE DAVID WILL THEN CAP IT OFF WITH TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE SEE AS SOME POTENTIAL GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WITH RESPECT TO WHERE IT'S GONE. COME WITH ITS FUN BALANCE AND POLICIES WITH RESPECTIVE OUTSTANDING DEBT MANAGEMENT AND FUTURE AFFORDABILITY IS WHAT WE SEE AS NEXT STEPS FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AS WELL. SO TURNING TO BACKGROUND AND THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY HERE FOR, UM FOR YOU. MANY OF YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH THIS FROM FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE , MR CITY MANAGER YOU NEED TO THE CITY BUT HAVE SEEN FROM THE FROM NOW AS AN OUTSIDER. WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OR WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE. OF COURSE OF THIS TIMEFRAME. UM IN 2012. DAVENPORT'S WE USE DAVENPORT'S REALLY STARTED WORKING WITH THE CITY AND PROVIDING INITIAL IDENTIFICATION OF WHAT WE SAW AS A STRUCTURAL BALANCE AND FUND BALANCE ISSUES PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL THE TIME WE WERE THEN ENGAGED IN 2014 AS THE CITY'S OFFICIAL FINANCIAL ADVISOR OF RECORD AGAIN LOOKING AT PRE EXISTING ISSUES WITH THE CITY'S FUND BALANCE AND FINANCES. IDENTIFICATION OF THESE ISSUES LED TO THE DOWNGRADE BY STANDARD AND POOR'S OF THE CITY'S CREDIT RATING FROM A PLUS TO TRIPLE B STILL IN THE INVESTMENT GRADE CATEGORIES, TRIPLE B IS THE LOWEST OF THE INVESTMENT GRADE CATEGORIES. WE'LL SEE THAT ON THE NEXT PAGE OR TWO ABOUT HOW THAT PROGRESS WENT. THIS WAS TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN 2016. UM WE AGAIN RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY ADDRESS STRUCTURAL BUDGETING AND FUND BALANCED LEVELS. UNFORTUNATELY THAT THAT DIDN'T OCCUR AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN IN THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN AS WELL. WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO 2016, WHERE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, LACK OF FUN BALANCE AND STRUCTURAL BALANCE REALLY CAME INTO PLAY AND REALLY CAME TO A CONCLUSION PIVOTAL POINT IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. WE WERE THEN BROUGHT IN AT THAT TIME TO WORK WITH THE COMMONWEALTH TO REALLY HELP THE CITY ESTABLISHED A PATH FORWARD AND FROM THAT TIME FRAME OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND HELPING ESTABLISH A FUND BALANCE POLICY. DOING THESE FINANCIAL REVIEWS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO SEE THE TRACK RECORD THAT THAT THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE AND REALLY ADVISING THE CITY IN MAINTAINING ITS STRUCTURAL BALANCE IN TERMS OF BUDGETING.

UM WITH ALSO, WHAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO THE CITY IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD STEWARDSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF DEBT WOULD RECOMMEND IT RECOMMENDING DEBT RE FINANCING FOR INTEREST RATE SAVINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THAT TIME FRAME, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN MILLIONS IN SAVINGS OF INTEREST EXPENSE.

SO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF OUR THE POWER OF OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS PART ONE WE'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT FROM PERSPECTIVE OF FINANCIAL REVIEW. THIS IS CONCERNING THE GENERAL FUND. ALL THE INFORMATION WE'RE GOING TO TALK HEARING IS GOING TO BE CONCERNING THAT WERE THEN UNDERGOING GOING TO UNDERTAKE A UTILITY FUND. FOLLOW UP FINANCIAL REVIEW, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED AT A SUBSEQUENT DATE TO THIS PRESENTATION. THE GENERAL FUND REVIEW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE COVERS AGAIN. THE CREDIT RATING HISTORY HISTORICAL GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AND TRENDS. FUND BALANCE POLICY AND COMPARATIVES AS WELL AS OUTSTANDING DEBT.

FUTURE DEBT AFFORDABILITY FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT WE THAT THE CITY CRITICALLY NEEDS TO UNDERTAKE. PRELIMINARY APPROACH TO FUNDING ESSENTIAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE NEXT STEPS. SO PART B CREDIT RATING HISTORY. UM. IN 2014. PART OF OUR INITIAL ON BOARDING HIS FINANCIAL ADVISOR. WE RECOMMEND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FINANCIAL POLICY GUIDELINES AND RESERVES IN 2014. IN ADDITION, THESE FINANCIAL POLICY GUIDELINES ALSO CALLED FOR A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET. THAT MEANS ESSENTIALLY, RECURRING REVENUE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER RECURRING EXPENDITURES. UM. HOWEVER BECAUSE THE CITY HAD BEEN UNDER TRACK RECORD OR A TREND OF NOT FOLLOWING THOSE PARTY GUIDELINES AT THAT TIME. WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS SLOWLY BEING WHITTLED DOWN,

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ADDITIONALLY MOODY'S ASSIGNED INITIAL CREDIT RATING OF 82 TO THE CITY IN 2021. SO THIS SLIDE GIVES YOU A PERSPECTIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT I'VE JUST SAID IN TERMS OF THE HISTORY. AND THE CREDIT RATING DOWNGRADES AS WELL AS THE CREDIT RATING UPGRADES. I THINK THE KEY POINT AND TAKE AWAY FROM THIS AS YOU CAN SEE THE UP, UP AND UP CREDIT RATINGS HAVE BEEN GOING UP. BASED ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, GOOD STEWARDSHIP AND LEADERSHIP BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND REALLY HAVING A LASER FOCUS ON THE CITY'S FINANCES AND SOLID FUND BALANCE AND POLICY ADHERENCE. SO . COMMENTARY ON THIS PAGE. AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THIS, BUT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS ARE UNDERLINED HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE. THE UPGRADES REALLY ARE A RESULT OF ADHERENCE TO AN IMPROVED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES. COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING INTERNAL CONTROLS AND FORMALIZING FINANCIAL POLICY GUIDELINES AND STRENGTHENING THOSE UM, BUDGETING STRUCTURAL BALANCE SPACE ON A STRUCTURAL BALANCE BASIS WITHOUT THE USE OF RESERVES. THAT MEANS RECURRING REVENUES REALLY MEET ALL RECURRING EXPENSES, AND THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE THAT WAY. ON A CONSERVATIVE BASIS. VERY STRONG LIQUIDITY. THAT'S GOOD, FUN BALANCE. GOOD CASH POSITION. REALLY STRONG MANAGEMENT OF DEBT . WHAT YOU HAVE HERE DEBT HAS NEVER BEEN THE CITY'S PROBLEM. DEBT RATIOS YOU'LL SEE IN HERE ARE TO THAT EFFECT. AND REALLY, WHAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION HOW WE CAN MAINTAIN THIS GOING FORWARD. IS CONTINUALLY DIVERSIFYING THE CITY'S ECONOMY THAT IS INVESTMENTS NOT ONLY IN UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT INVESTMENTS AS YOU SAW HERE WITH DR LEWIS, THE PUBLIC PARKS THE SPACES THAT REALLY ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. KEY THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT ABOUT THAT THAT ULTIMATELY WILL LEAD TO WEALTH, ENHANCED WEALTH AND INCOME LEVELS.

OVERALL YOU'VE GOT THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKING TOGETHER IN THAT RESPECT. AND THEN, LASTLY FORMALIZING. AND CONTINUING TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE FINANCIAL POLICY GUIDELINES. MY COLLEAGUE DAVID WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SECTION, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY THE THREE THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY REINFORCED THIS CREDIT RATING BUT ALSO LEAD TO UPWARD MOVEMENT IN THIS CREDIT RATING AS WELL. MOODY'S YOU SEE SOME OF THE SAME COMMENTS HERE. THE KEY FOCUSES CREDIT STRENGTHS. BUDGETARY PERFORMANCE IS GOOD FORMAL BUDGET AND DEBT POLICIES. PROACTIVE PHYSICAL IN CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT THERE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT CREDIT CHALLENGES AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO RECTIFY THAT WITH IMPROVED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IS GOING TO IMPROVE THAT. WHY DO YOU UPGRADED CREDIT RATINGS AND STRONG RATINGS MATTER? ONE IMPROVING THE GENERAL FUND RESULTS. THIS ALLOWS LOWER INTEREST RATES FOR ANY INVESTMENTS IN THE CITY HAS TO MAKE WHICH RESULTS IN LOWER DEBT SERVICE PRESSURE. AGAIN THAT THAT HELPS THE CITY OVER THE LONG RUN YOUR ACCESS TO RE FINANCING THAT DEBT WHEN, WHEN RATES GO LOWER THOSE CREDIT RATINGS HELP ENABLE THAT UM. FUND BALANCE ENHANCES THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS.

STRONG CREDIT RATINGS SENDS A MESSAGE TO EXISTING AND POTENTIAL NEW BUSINESSES AND THE PUBLIC THAT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IS BACK. KNOWS HOW TO MANAGE ITS FINANCES. IT'S GOT A GOOD HANDLE AND GRIP ON THINGS AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD. THAT'S A VERY STRONG

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AND HAS REBOUNDED FROM YEARS OF STRUCTURING UNBALANCED BUDGETS THAT LED TO 2016 AND WHAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM ON ROW 10 THAT FUND BALANCE THAT'S TOTAL FUND BALANCE, BOTH UNASSIGNED THAT YOUR POLICY IS BASED ON AS WELL AS OTHER FUND BALANCE HAS CONTINUALLY GOING UP AND IN 2021 STOOD AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IT HAS BEEN IN WELL OVER A DECADE. AND THE NEXT PAGE. THIS IS JUST A LOOK OR A SNAPSHOT AT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET TRENDS FROM 22 TO 23. I THINK THE KEY POINTS HERE AGAIN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE. GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES, CONSERVATIVELY BUDGETED AND REFLECT INCREASES DUE TO ENHANCED ANYTHING COLLECTIONS. UM SOME OTHER POINTS HERE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, MAYBE CONSIDERATIONS DOWN THE ROAD IS THE LOCAL TRANSFER FOR SCHOOLS HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN CONSTANT SINCE 2019. WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM THAT'S AN EXPENSE ITEM THERE THAT MAY MAYBE REVISIT HER MAY NEED TO BE REVISITED AT SOME POINT. AND THEN THE BUDGET. ONE OTHER THING, THE BUDGET FOR DEBT SERVICE. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, DEBT DID NOT GET THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND THE PROBLEMS IT WAS MORE THAN BUDGETING SIDE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS HAVING DEBT SERVICE UNDER 5% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET WHEN WE TYPICALLY SEE A POLICY LEVEL AND ACTUAL RATIOS CLOSER TO 10% MEANS THAT THE CITY IS NOT OVER LEVERAGED ITSELF, AND THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO POTENTIALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SMART USE OF DEBT TO INVEST IN CAPITAL PROJECTS. GENERAL FUND REVENUES AGAIN. THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT GRAPHIC OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE 2023 BUDGET. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, UM 70 , I THINK THE TWO KEY TAKEAWAYS HERE ARE 75% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET COMES FROM LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF BASKET OF LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES , MOST OF WHICH IS GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES. AND ON THE LAST PAGE. HERE OF THIS SECTION.

GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS SLIDE ONE OF THE KEY GRAPHICS HERE AGAIN WE WANTED TO TAKE OUT AND POINT OUT IS THAT DEBT SERVICE AGAIN? JUST I'M HARPING ON IT, BUT SAYING THAT LESS THAN 5% IT'S A VERY STRONG RATIO AND A VERY GOOD RATIO. WHEN THINKS ABOUT FROM PERSPECTIVE OF BEING LEVERAGED OR NOT, OVER LEVERAGED. YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT IN THE OVER LEVERAGED CATEGORY. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE DAVID ROSE.

HE'LL GO LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE NEXT SECTION ABOUT THOSE ASPECTS OF THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL PLEASURE THERE. UM LET ME JUST STOP AND ASK FIRST.

ANYBODY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ROLAND IS PUT IN FRONT OF YOU ANYTHING WE COULD ANSWER. MAYBE I COULD ANSWER AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON. IF NOT OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THIS CORRECTLY. UM ALRIGHTY. LET'S SIT HERE. ALRIGHT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOMETHING ROLLING. ADDRESSED WHICH IS YOUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WITH THAT REALLY MEANS IS YOUR RAINY DAY FUND. IF YOU WOULD. IT'S YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT IF YOU WANT TO THINK OF IT THAT WAY. UM AND AGAIN THAT WAS BASICALLY AT ZERO AND NEGATIVE BACK IN 2016. TODAY THAT'S AS HIGH AS I'VE EVER SEEN IT FOR PETERSBURG EVEN PRIOR TO MY BEING INVOLVED, AND SO IT'S CRITICAL ABOUT AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE. YOU CAN SEE THERE

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PAUL THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T DO ANYMORE AND HAVEN'T HAD TO DO. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE DO THAT AGAIN, AND THAT'S PART OF WHY THAT FUND BALANCED MATTERS. THE SECOND, AS I SAID, IS IF WE CAN GIVE THE TREASURER THE RIGHT INFORMATION WE CAN HELP EARN INTEREST INCOME ON THOSE MONIES AND FURTHER HELP THE GENERAL FUND AND SUBSEQUENT BUDGETS, INCLUDING THE 24 BUDGET. THIRD IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THAT CREDIT RATING. WE WANT TO SEE THAT CREDIT RATING CONTINUE TO GO HIGHER. WHEN YOU DO THAT AGAIN, THE BORROWING COSTS GO LOWER. THE SAVINGS GO HIGHER AS IT RELATES TO DEBT SERVICE, AND THE COST OF MONEY IS LESS. AND THEN, FINALLY, IT HELPS TOWARDS HAVING DOLLARS TO DO ONE TIME INVESTMENTS BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE BORROWED. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO CASH FUNDING, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A HEALTHY BLEND OF THAT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE. SO WHAT WE DID. WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE CITIZENS AND FOR YOU TO SEE HOW YOU'RE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR, 21 LOOKED RELATIVE TO BASICALLY DOUBLE A RATED CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE PETERSBURG WAS THERE. THAT BRIGHT ORANGE, YOU RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. AND YOU WERE BASICALLY HIGHER. THEN THE AVERAGE FOR THE A'S AND YOU WERE A LITTLE BIT LOW. THE DOUBLE ACE. THAT'S THE ASPIRATION. UM AND THEN YOU COULD SEE WHERE BETTER THAN THE TRUTH AND BETTER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG. AND THEN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS NOT ONLY THE ABSOLUTE DOLLARS

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WELL WE HAVE SOME MONEY NOW AND SO WE'RE IN A POSITION. TO DO THIS PRUDENTLY. AND CAREFULLY AND THAT'S THE KEY HERE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE PART OF IT BEING CAUGHT INDUCED. SO THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO GIVE YOU ALL SENSE OF THE DEBT OUTSTANDING. FOR A YEAR OF THE CITY. WE HAVE ABOUT $41 MILLION OF TAX SUPPORTED DEBT.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER PIECES OF DEBT THAT ARE COVERED . IF YOU WOULD BUY SOME OTHER REVENUES IF YOU WOULD USE YOUR FEES IF YOU WOULD, BUT THE TAX SUPPORTED DEBT. THE ACTUAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT IS ABOUT 41 MILLION, AND THE TOTAL DEBT SERVICE WITH THE INTEREST IS ABOUT 55 MILLION. SO, AS ROLAND SAID, THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT. BUT FOR A CITY OF YOUR SIZE, THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A LOT THAT'S ACTUALLY UNDER THE AVERAGES. SO WE STARTED TO TALK WITH STAFF OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL NEEDS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SO WE SAID TO OURSELVES, OKAY? WE WERE SIMPLY TO LOOK AT YOUR OVERALL DEBT SERVICE. AND WE WERE NOT TO ADD ANY MORE BURDEN. IN THE FUTURE YEARS. HOW MUCH DEBT COULD WE AFFORD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS? AND ONE WAY YOU LOOK AT THIS WE COULD EASILY AFFORD ABOUT $10 MILLION OF NEW DEBT WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO ADD TO THE OVERALL DEBT SERVICE OF THE 23 LEVELS. THAT'S BASICALLY ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS, AND BY THE WAY, WE LOOKED AT THAT AS IF IT WAS 5. WHICH IS ABOVE THE CURRENT MARKET. BUT THEN WE SAID , OK, IF WE WERE TO STRATEGICALLY TAKE SOME OF THOSE EXCESS FUND BALANCES THAT YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF AND CREATE WHAT WE CALL A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. AND WE TOOK THAT CAPITAL RESERVE FUND. AND WE MADE IT ABOUT 2.5 MILLION OF THAT ROUGHLY $25 MILLION THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT 25 MILLION IS WELL ABOVE THE LEVELS OF YOUR POLICY AND EVEN ABOVE THE WELL ABOVE THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH YOUR BLESSING. WHAT YOU FIND IS NO LONGER DO WE HAVE A $10 MILLION CAPACITY. WE ACTUALLY JUMPED THAT. BASICALLY A $20 MILLION CAPACITY, SO WE ARE IN A MODE NOW, FIRST TIME IN YEARS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON DEBT RESPONSIBLY AT SOME $20 MILLION WITHOUT HAVING TO ADD TO THE BURDEN OF THE OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR OR FISCAL YEARS, FOR THAT MATTER. SO WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? WHY IS THAT CRITICAL? WELL, HERE'S THE SOBERING PART. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHEN I SUE WE, THE STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED TWO MAJOR PROJECTS, UH, THAT GIVE YOU AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE. THESE ARE NOT OUR NUMBERS. THERE YOUR STAFF'S NUMBERS AND AGAIN THEY'RE NOT ABSOLUTES, BUT THEIR ORDER OF MAGNITUDE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST $90 MILLION. OF NEEDS BETWEEN JUST TWO MAJOR PROJECTS, A COURTHOUSE AND A SCHOOL. SO WHAT WE DID IS WORKING WITH STAFF WERE IN A

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UP TO 30. OF A SCHOOL FUNDING. PROJECT AND ON TOP OF THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS THE CITY BEING ABLE TO BORROW FROM THE STATE. UPWARDS OF $30 MILLION FOR SCHOOL FOR SINGLE PROJECT AT 2% FOR UP TO 30 YEARS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE. WHEN WE PUT ALL OF THAT INTO THE MIX, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS IN A MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE WAY THAN ONE WOULD THINK, JUST LOOKING AT IT AT FIRST BLUSH. SO HERE'S WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU. IF WE WERE TO HAVE A CAPITAL RESERVE, AS WE RECOMMEND. AND WE WERE TO INCORPORATE COURTHOUSE AT THAT, BASICALLY, THE AMOUNTS THAT I SAID EARLIER. WE CAN DO ALL THAT IF WE WERE TO EARMARK. APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION IN FUTURE YEARS DEBT SERVICE. SAID ANOTHER WAY. OUR DEBT SERVICE RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION IF WE WERE ABLE TO JUMP THAT ANNUALLY FROM A $3 MILLION APPROPRIATION TO SLIGHTLY OVER $4 MILLION. WE CAN AFFORD TO DO THIS COURTHOUSE AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CAPITAL RESERVE FUND BEING UTILIZED. WE TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT. ABOUT $3.2 MILLION , BUT AGAIN, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO THAT RESPONSIBLY. SO THEN WE SAID, OK, IF WE DO THAT. HOW DO WE LOOK RELATIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORS ONCE AGAIN? IN TERMS OF JUST DEBT SERVICE. ARE WE MOVING THE WAY OF BEING IRRESPONSIBLE? AND WHAT WE FIND IS THAT OUR OVERALL LEVEL OF DEBT SERVICE AND OUR BUDGET. WOULD GO BASICALLY JUST A LITTLE OVER 6.3. SAID. ANOTHER WAY POLICY IF IT'S 10 TO 12 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, WE GO TO A LITTLE UNDER, WE'D GO A LITTLE OVER SIX CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. THAT IS VIEWED AS YOU CAN SEE BY YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU WOULD STILL BE AT THE LOW END OF DEBT SERVICE AS A PERCENTAGE OF BUDGET VERSUS VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN VIRGINIA, AND THAT'S WITH ADDING THE COURTHOUSE. SO THEN WE SAID OKAY , LET'S NOT JUST DO THE COURTHOUSE. LET'S MOVE FURTHER AND ADD ON THE SCHOOL. AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WHAT WE THEN NEED ALL TOLD, IS ABOUT TO COME AROUND OFF HERE ABOUT $2.5 MILLION ANNUALLY OVER AND ABOVE WHERE WE ARE. SO YOU MIGHT SAY.

HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE GET THERE? WELL, IF YOU GO BACK, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK TO ALL THE SLIDES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'VE CREATED YOUR STRUCTURAL BALANCE OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, YOU'LL FIND THAT WE HAVE WELL IN EXCESS ANNUALLY OF $2.5 MILLION, AND THAT'S WHY THAT FUN BALANCE HAS BEEN GROWING SO MUCH. BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THOSE DOLLARS THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND WORKING WITH STAFF IS THAT IN THE 24 BUDGET WE ACTUALLY MOVED TOWARDS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO HOW TO FUND THE COURTHOUSE. SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO FUND THE SCHOOL INEVITABLY. AND ALSO HAD TO BUILD A CAPITAL RESERVE.

AS WELL AS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO TAKE SOME OF THOSE EXCESS DOLLARS AND HAVE THEM GO TOWARDS INCREASED SCHOOL FUNDING. INCREASING THE POSITIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT.

AND ALSO TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE YOUR ON THE SIGN FUND BALANCE, SO IT'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH, AND WE'RE LIKE TO RECOMMEND DOING THAT BY COMING BACK WITH YOUR BLESSING AND WITH STAFF AND TO GIVE YOU SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL OF THESE THINGS AS YOU MOVE CLOSER TO THE 24 FISCAL YOUR BUDGET AGAIN. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PAGE AND EXAMPLE THAT WHEN WE HAD THE COURTHOUSE, WE ADD THE SCHOOL WE'RE NOW AT ABOUT 8. OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU DO BUDGET WISE GOING TOWARDS DEBT SERVICE, NOT A SMALL AMOUNT , BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A VERY SOLID AMOUNT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, KEEPS YOU VERY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. SO IS RESPONSIBLE AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO, LASTLY, I KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS. UM WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU RIGHT NOW

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ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. BUT BECAUSE IT TAKES A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT AND TO HAVE THE TYPE OF CONSTRAINTS WE NEEDED, AND IT WAS TOUGH TIMES I WAS SITTING HERE TELLING, UM COUNCILOR JONES THAT YOU JUST YOU GET ON CITY COUNCIL AND A PRETTY GOOD TIME RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN DEFINITELY BEEN YEARNING TO DO, AND THAT IS TO FINALLY FINALLY BE ABLE TO BUILD A NEW SCHOOL HERE. AND I'M YOU KNOW TO GO. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE BILL. ONE NICE NEW SCHOOL THAT AND TAKE TWO OF THOSE RELICS OFFLINE. THAT WE HAVE AND ALSO DEALING WITH THE SITUATION IN THE COURTS. I MEAN, THE JUDGES HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH US. THROUGH THIS FINANCIAL CRISIS BECAUSE THEIR FACILITIES ARE DEFINITELY AND IN DIRE NEED OF REPLACEMENT AS WELL. SO, UM THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I THINK JUST TO PUT EVERYTHING IN AND IN LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT CITY OF PETERSBURG. YOU'RE ABOUT TO BUILD A NEW CHORD IN A NEW SCHOOL WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. DO YOU HEAR ME? LET'S PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, RIGHT? LONG OVERDUE. SO RIGHT NOW, I WAS SOME QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, COVER BIRTH, MR MAYOR, MR. ROSE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US, UM I AM. I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THE STRONG AH! LURE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW SCHOOL. AND THE 30. STATE MONEY, COUPLED WITH THE 2% INTEREST RATE. IS CERTAINLY ATTRACTIVE. AND I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY. ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A LEGAL PISTOL TO OUR HEAD. ON THE COURTHOUSE AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH . WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY 30% GRANTS FROM ANYBODY FOR THAT ON A 2% MONEY FOR THAT. SO, BUT WE. I SEE THE REASON TO DO BOTH. AND I'M A STRONG SUPPORTER OF BOTH. UM THAT'S IT. I THINK WE HAVE. TO OTHER TO OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS. ONE OF THEM IS TO CREATE MORE INDUSTRIAL PARK LAND. WE TALK ABOUT GROWING OFF FARMER INDUSTRY AND THAT UM BLESSING KIND OF FELL IN ALL OUT. UM WE SHOULD. I COULD TAKE CREDIT FOR IT OR FEEL LIKE I SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO IT

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THAT CAN RAVAL OUR NEIGHBORS. AND TO REDUCE OUR TAXES IN THE FUTURE. AND WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO PAINT OURSELVES INTO A CORNER FINANCIALLY. THAT SO THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THEY ARE TERRIBLY IMPORTANT. TO THE PEOPLE OF PETERSBURG INTO THE FUTURE. PETERSBURG UM. MAYBE AND YOU MADE A PASSING REFERENCE TO THIS. HOW CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PETERSBURG TO HELP US DO THESE VARIOUS CAPITAL UM, PROJECTS.

TAKE THEM ON THE THOUGHTS, I THINK. YES, THERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS SO FIRST OFF UM, BY CREATING THAT CAPITAL RESERVE. UM, WE ARE DOING WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, WHICH IS AVOIDING HAVING TO PUT MORE BURDEN ON THE CITIZENS WITH REGARD TO REAL ESTATE, SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO BY MY RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE THAT WE INCREASE THAT UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE POLICY. SO THAT WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY DOWN THE ROAD TO HAVE CONTINUED EXCESS DOLLARS, SO THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO MAYBE DO WHATEVER THIS COUNCIL WANTS WITHIN REASON AND PAY CASH OR MORE CASH THAN JUST BORROWING FOR THINGS LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL SITES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT CAN BE DONE. BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T DO THAT. UM AND SO THAT'S A SECOND RECOMMENDATION WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ON THE THIRD IS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SETTING UP A BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE, WHICH WE'VE GOT ELEMENTS OF THAT ALREADY. WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THAT, UM, ALREADY THERE, AND I WANT TO ENHANCE IT THAT WAY WHEN THERE COMES A TIME THAT WHEN YOU DO REASSESSMENT DOWN THE ROAD, AND IT HAPPENS TO BE A TOUGH TIME WITH REGARD TO LET'S SAY THE STATE AH, WHEN IT COMES TO NOT HAVING HIS MONEY DOLLARS, AS IT HAS NOW. HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HELP BUFFETT YOUR NEED TO HAVE TO RAISE THE REAL ESTATE TAX RATE DOWN THE ROAD WHENEVER THAT IS, SO THERE'S SOME THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UM, TO DO THOSE THINGS. UM WE ALSO ARE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF YOUR POLICIES AND MAKING SURE THAT AGAIN WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AND EVEN WITHIN THOSE POLICIES, WE DON'T GO RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE. WE HAVE A

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THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH DURING THE WEEK. LATE LAST WEEK, BUT WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. SO EVERYONE HERE THEY'RE THE COMMUNITY. GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE YOU'VE COME A LONG, LONG WAY. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH MR ROSEN DAVENPORT'S CONTINUOUS ON THAT PATH. BUT WE STILL ARE IN NEED OF REVENUE TO ADDRESS LONG, LONGSTANDING CAPITAL. SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY, SO WE HAVE A WAY TO GO, BUT CONGRATULATE YOURSELVES ON WHAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR, AND YOU HAVEN'T WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT CFO AND ARE NOT GOING TO PRESENT SO. WELL, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MISS JORDAN . THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR HILL. YES I JUST WANTED TO, UH I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE UNDERSTAND BALANCE. UH, WHICH IS GREAT. UM. RIGHT BECAUSE I WAS ON COUNCIL WHEN EVERYTHING FELL IN AND WHAT HE HAVE USED. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR THE LONG GROVE HALL DURING THIS TIME. UM WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT PETERSBURG IS ON HIS WAY BACK. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS MANY TIMES SO BUT WE CAN'T EVER GO WRONG WITH INVESTING IN THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. PARTY INVESTED IN THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY IS LIKE WE SAID. THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX IF WE CAN GET THAT TO COME DOWN EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE THAT'S INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE. AH GUINESS SCHOOL. THAT'S INVESTING IN THE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, SO WHATEVER WE DO WHATEVER IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE COURT THAT'S INVESTED IN PEOPLE. MANY OF US DON'T LIKE TO GO TO COURT, BUT I STILL INVESTIGATING PEOPLE. SO WHATEVER WE DO, IT HAS THE MIRROR. HOW WOULD IT HELP THE PEOPLE? NOT JUST A CERTAIN ENTITY, WHATEVER, BUT JUST THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL. SO IF WE STAY THE COURSE THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING, SO WHEN WILL WE GET ANOTHER? I LIKE TO CALL THEM CREDIT RATING. WHEN WILL WE GET BOOTED UP AGAIN WITH THIS WITH THIS NEW NEWS THAT WE JUST RECEIVED? GOOD QUESTION, VICE MAYOR, UM. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH STAFF ABOUT GOING BACK FORMALLY TO THE RATING AGENCIES, UM WHEN WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO LET'S SAY, STARTING WITH FUNDING TOWARDS THE COURTHOUSE. AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO MR ALTMAN AND STAFF, BUT AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY I'D LIKE TO SEE US TRYING TO DO THAT ON THE HEELS OF THIS VERY STRONG. ON THIS VERY, VERY STRONG, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET SHORTLY, COUPLED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE 24 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, WHICH WILL HAPPEN OBVIOUSLY, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO LONG WINDED WAY OF SAYING I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN A MODE WHERE WE APPROACH THE RATING AGENCIES FORMALLY THIS SUMMER. WHICH I THINK WILL BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT. UM AND THEN WE DO THAT WILL MAKE THE CASE FOR A FURTHER INCREASE OF RATINGS. IT MAY NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR, BUT I THINK IT WILL HAPPEN WITHIN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. THEY DON'T TYPICALLY LIKE TO MAKE UPGRADES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THEY LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE THREE YEARS OF A TRACK RECORD. UH BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DONE WE SAY WE YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH SO FAST THAT IT WILL BE SO NOTED, AND I THINK THAT WILL HAVE SOME VERY, VERY GOOD COMMENTARY BY THE RATING AGENCIES. SO THAT'S THIS SUMMER WOULD BE AT LEAST THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. FOR NOW, PRELIMINARILY SPEAKING WITH MR ROSE, I THINK OUR PLANE WOULD WANT TO HAT. WE'D WANT TO HAVE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THOSE POLICIES IN PLACE. COME BACK TO COUNCIL GET THOSE APPROVED. SO WHEN WE DO GO TO THE AGENCIES, WE HAVE THOSE THINGS WITH US TO SHOW THE STEP . THE ADDITIONAL STEPS WE'RE TAKING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING VERY FINANCIALLY PRUDENT WITH OUR FUNDING, WHICH I THINK WILL HELP US OVERALL WHEN WE GO TO

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I BELIEVE. YES, SIR. DESIGN IS A DESIRE ON COUNCIL TO IT. AND AGAIN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE PROBABLY NOT READY. WE PROBABLY WON'T GET ONE. BUT WE'RE CONCERNED AND WE NEED THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO GET IN LINE. SO WE RESERVE A SPACE IN LINE. THE KEY FOR US IS APPLYING FOR THAT GRANT THAT WILL BE COMING OUT THAT WE WILL BE AND THEN BE ABLE TO USE TOWARDS DESIGN COSTS AND OTHERS TOWARDS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SCHOOL. SO WE JUST WE HAVE THAT IN YOUR YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING. SHOULD COUNSEL DESIRE YOU WOULD NEED TO WAVE YOUR RULES TO TAKE ACTION. OKAY MR MAYOR MOVED THAT WE WAIVE THE GROUP SO WE CAN AH. I HAVE A MOTION PUT ON THE FLOOR. ALRIGHT WELL, WE GUYS, WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ADD A MOTION. TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

SECOND ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR. MS SMITH LEE, A SECOND ALL RIGHT, MR MAYOR OF BIRTH DISCUSSION.

HOW DID WE GET OURSELVES IN THIS BOX? I SAW THIS THIS RESOLUTION ON SATURDAY. WHAT IS IT ALL WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN A $43 MILLION PROJECT. WE'VE HAD NO DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. AND WE'RE TOLD THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY. THAT'S A HECK OF A WAY TO RUN A SHIP. I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE COUNCIL. SOMEBODY HAS PAINTED US IN A CORNER. MR ALTMAN, HOW DID WE GET IN THIS CORNER? WE'RE NOT PAINTING COUNCIL IN A CORNER. WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT SHOULD YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT. THERE IS A CONCERN WITH THE STATE LEVEL THAT IF YOU'RE NOT IN LINE THEN YOU MAY NOT GET FUNDING AND A FUTURE DATE. SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND I WAS TOO THINK ABOUT GETTING IN LINE. BUT THE REAL ISSUE IN THE REAL FOCUSES ON APPLYING FOR THE GRANT THAT WILL BE COMING OUT WHICH WILL BE FREE MONEY THAT WE COULD THEN USE TOWARDS MOVING TOWARDS GETTING DESIGN WORK DONE , SITE WORK, ACQUISITION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION TO THEN REAPPLY. FOR LITERARY LOAN AND A FUTURE DATE AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT OF THE CONTEXT TO THAT, MR CUTHBERT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF COMFORT, UM IN ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS. THIS STATE HAS NEVER HAD A GRANT PROGRAM OF THIS MAGNITUDE. FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS. BUT THEY HAVE LAST YEAR. THE LAST YEAR'S, UH, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT LEGISLATURE , NOT THE ONE THAT'S MEETING RIGHT NOW. THEY PUT ASIDE. $450 MILLION IN GRANT MONEY. THAT IS

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BUT HAVING SAID THAT THEY ALSO CREATED LAST YEAR $250 MILLION OF LITERARY LOAN MONIES THAT IS SITTING AS WELL, EFFECTIVELY AN ESCROW AND THAT'S GOING TO ALSO BE DESIGNATED FOR THOSE THAT MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA AND ALSO HAVE A COMPOSITE INDEX WHICH YOU DO OF UNDER 0.2999. SO THE THINKING HERE IS IT COSTS US NOTHING. AS A CITY TO IN EFFECT, TRY TO GET IN LINE OR AT LEAST TO TELL THE COMMONWEALTH WE HAVE THE DESIRE DOWN THE ROAD, BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION. TO DO A NEW SCHOOL. IT DOESN'T BIND US. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE US BUT IF IT GIVES THE STATE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND INDICATION THAT WE HAVE SOME 40 OR 30, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF NEEDS FOR SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH INVARIABLY WE ALL UNDERSTAND YOU DO. NOTHING IS LOST BY PUTTING OUR NAME IN THE HAT. IF YOU WOULD, I CAN TELL YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH REGARD TO THAT LITERARY LOAN THAT MR ALTON IS TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A SITE, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVEN HAVE A SITE NUMBER TWO. WE HAVE TO HAVE SPECIFIC DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTATION. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. BUT WE ARE SIMILAR. MANY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT HAS WOKEN UP AND HAVE SEEN THAT THIS PROGRAM IS RASIC LEE ONCE IN THE LAST 67 GENERATIONS. WHY NOT GET IT STARTED? SO I WOULD NOT BE AFRAID. IF I WERE IN YOUR SHOES TO PUT AN APPLICATION IN. I WOULD SIMPLY SAY WE ARE JUST TRYING TO LET THE COMMONWEALTH KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SERIOUS AND IF INDEED, THIS LEGISLATURE PERHAPS DOES SOME MORE OR EVEN NEXT YEAR'S LEGISLATURE DOES SOME MORE. WE MIGHT BE IN THAT POSITION A YEAR FROM NOW, WHERE THAT APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT THEY CAN ACT ON. SO THAT'S OUR TAKE ON IT. THERE IS NOTHING LOST. AND IF I LET ME SAY ONE MORE THING, IF THEY SHOULD TURN AROUND AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T MEET THESE CRITERIA WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU GO WITH ME. $30 MILLION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO TAKE $30 BILLION, BUT I WOULD BECAUSE , FRANKLY, IF I WOULD BE ABLE TO BORROW AT $30 MILLION AT 2% GUARANTEED MONEY I CAN SIT WHILE THOSE ZONES ARE BEING DONE DESIGNS BEING DONE AND I CAN EARN 4% ON THAT MONEY. SO WE AS A CITY CAN ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY WHILE THINGS ARE GETTING DONE IF THEY'RE SHOWING THAT MUCH LARGESSE, SO THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE TO THIS. AND AS I'VE TRIED TO SHOW YOU THE LAST HALF HOUR OR SO WE HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO DO THIS AND AGAIN. MR JORDAN'S COMMENTS, UM, IS THAT MUCH MORE UNDERSCORING WE'RE IN SOLID SHAPE. WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT. SO THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT. WELL I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS. BUT THE PROCEDURE THAT WE HAVE FOLLOWED IS UNACCEPTABLE. IT LETS IS TUESDAY AND LET ME SAY THIS. I DON'T I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.

HOWEVER HOWEVER, YOU ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. AS EVERY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CAR COMMONWEALTH WHEN THIS WAS INTRODUCED LITERALLY. IN EARLY DECEMBER EARLY DECEMBER. THAT'S WHEN ALL THIS IN EFFECT WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT IN EARLY DECEMBER. THE MIDDLE OF IT'S THE WE'RE ONE WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY. IN FAIRNESS AND FAIRNESS TO YOUR TO THE MANAGER AND ALL WE AS QUICKLY CONTACTED THE MANAGER. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT DOING THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WE'RE NOT AS QUICK TO ACT WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR SCHOOL BOARD TO PULL TOGETHER. SO ACTUALLY, I THINK, IN FAIRNESS, MR COTTON, THE FIRST ONE TO BE CRITICAL, AS AS THE VICE MAYOR SAID, ALSO GAVE YOU BAD NEWS AND GAVE YOU STUFF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR. FIVE AND SIX AND EIGHT YEARS AGO, SO I'VE BEEN IGNORED BEFORE. BUT NOW I'M SAYING YOU MEANING YOU AS THE CITY AND UNDER MR ALTMAN DID A VERY GOOD JOB TO MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY, AND I THINK THE WAY HE'S REFERENCED IT AND FRAMED IT IS WE PROBABLY WON'T GET ANYTHING BUT WE WILL LEAST LET THE COMMONWEALTH NO. WE WANT SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD. THAT'S RIGHT THAT I'M CHOKING ON. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? AGAIN? I GET IT. I GET IT. BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE IN CHOKING ON THAT PROCEDURE, BECAUSE IT'S EVERY LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT CAME OUT ALL THE

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SO WHEN I DO THE ROYAL CAR BOAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS MOTION WILL BE ON TO ADD IT. COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT COUNCIL MEMBER, JONES SMITH LEE I COUNCIL MEMBER, MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK , VICE MAYOR HILL PERM PAST THE SECOND VOTE WILL BE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, AS NOTED IT WAS MADE BY VICE MAYOR HILL'S SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. COUNCIL MEMBER KUPFERBERG.

I REMEMBER JONES SMITH LEE COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, VICE MAYOR HILL MOTIONS PASSED OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT ONE. WE'VE ON ITEM 10, WHICH IS

[10. Capital Projects Update]

WINDOW RESTORATION. UH, PAINTING. RESTROOMS ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS, DEMOLITION THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE SECTION OF THE SOUTH SIDE DEPOT THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL COVER. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME BETTER THAN ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING. UM THAT THAT GOES FURTHER THAN, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ADDRESSED. NEXT SLIDE. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TODAY YOU'VE GOT FIREWALL CONSTRUCTION, WOOD FRAMING, DEMOLITION AND PAINT REMOVAL. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE HERE, SO REMEMBER THIS PICTURE BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA SEE UM, PICTURE

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THIS WAS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE JOINTS THAT NEEDED TO BE, UM NEED TO BE REPAIRED. UH DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL YOU OPEN THE FLOOR UP. AND WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GOT. UH WE ALSO HAVE SOME CHIMNEY CAPS AND UTILITY CONNECTIONS THAT UTILITIES THAT CITY STAFF IS GOING TO HELP WITH WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR THE ROOF TRUST IS BEING EVALUATED. LAST BUT NOT LEAST WHEN IT WAS NO, WE WELL, WHEN WE GOT THE RING WE HAD, UM WE HAD SOME FROM LEAKING INSIDE THE BUILDING. WE GOT BAKER ROOFING OUT. THEY CAME OUT ON THE DAY THAT IT WAS SNOWING. SO THEY HAD TO READ, UH, GET ANOTHER DATE. SO THEY CAME OUT TODAY. UM AND BY THURSDAY, WE SHOULD KNOW THE EXTENT OF UM. WE SHOULD HAVE A QUOTE THAT GIVES US TAKE STILL OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE ROOF. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR APPRECIATE THANK YOU. NEXT. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 UTILITIES. NO ITEMS AT NIGHT. UM ITEM, 12 STREETS, PRESENTATION OR SPEEDING

[12. Streets]

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WE HAVE ESTABLISHED LONG STANDING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE FOLLOWED. YOU CAN READ THROUGH THOSE IF YOU LIKE. IN PARTICULAR YOU WILL NOTE THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS IN RED INDICATING NEGATIVE IMPACTS. DEPLOYING SOME OF THESE MEASURES THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER. IN PARTICULAR. SPEED BUMPS CAN BE VERY DEAD FROM MENTAL TWO VEHICLES IF THEY'RE NOT BUT.

DEPLOYED IN THE PROPER LOCATIONS IN GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, STREET OPERATIONS POLICY NEVER RECOMMENDS INSTALLING SPEED BUMPS AND AN ACTIVE ROADWAY. THEY'RE DEEMED APPROPRIATE FOR PARKING LOTS AND VERY LOW SPEED ENVIRONMENTS, BUT NOT ON TRAVELED ROADWAYS. SPEED HUMPS OR GENERALLY NOT RECOMMENDED AS A POLICY MATTER FOR THE STREET OPERATIONS DIVISION. BUT AS ALWAYS, THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED AS PART AS A TRAFFIC CALMING SOLUTION IF COUNSEL THEIR CITY MANAGER DEEMS THAT WE SHOULD PURSUE THAT ROUTE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES THAT SAY THE EXAMPLES OF SPEED BUMPS THE SPEED HUMPS IN THE RUMBLE STRIPS THE SPEED BUMPS AGAIN OR VERY AGGRESSIVE DEVICE. THEY MEANT TO REALLY SLOW VEHICLES NOW. THEY HIGHLY IMPACT THE VEHICLES NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLES HEADING THEM, WHETHER IT BE A MOTORCYCLE , WHETHER IT BE A CAR, WHETHER IT BE A VAN OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLES AIMING WINCES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE GREATLY IMPACT AND WHEN THEY HIT THESE SPEED BUMPS. SPEED HUMPS ARE A LITTLE MORE MODERATE. IN THE. THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS ON THE VEHICLE. BUT AGAIN, SPEED HUMPS DO IMPACT. THE MOTORIST AND IN PARTICULAR FIRE APPARATUS. EMERGENCY APPARATUS ARE GREATLY IMPACTED. THEY SLOWED THE RESPONSE TIMES OF THESE VEHICLES AND THEREFORE CAN HAVE A REALLY DETRIMENTAL EFFECT. AND PROVIDING EMERGENCY SERVICE TO THE INJURED TO PEOPLE

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THEY'RE USED TO ALERT THE MOTORIST THAT HEY, PAY ATTENTION UP AHEAD. THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON. SO THAT'S WHY YOU ALL HAVE. RUMPLE STRIPS USUALLY HAVE SOME SORT OF VANCE SIGN BEFORE THE RUMBLE STRIPS, THEN THE RUMBLE STRIPS AND THEN MAYBE ANOTHER SIGN TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, PAY ATTENTION. THERE'S SOME SORT OF HAZARD IN THE ROADWAY. NEXT SLIDE. POLICE GET. SO OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS, THE STREET OPERATION DIVISION HAS, UH PUT FORTH VARIOUS EFFORTS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE SPEEDING SITUATION IN PETERSBURG. SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN AT THE REQUESTED COUNSEL.

WE'VE INSTALLED NINE STOP SIGNS AT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS. I'M SORRY, 13. LOCATIONS WE'VE INSTALLED. ADDITIONALLY NEW STOP SIGNS AND STOP BARS. ELECTRONIC SPEED SIGNS ARE CURRENTLY DEPLOYED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY. WE HELP SUPPORT THE ONGOING PHOTO ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT THE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATES. AND THIS TAKES CASE PLACE IT WITHIN JEFFERSON. ADAMS IN WASHINGTON AND CRATER WAGNER. UH, ALSO. AS IN A VISION WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH RESTRICTED PARKING AREAS. LINE OF SIGHT ISSUES FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. WE WORK WITH RISK MANAGEMENT TO IDENTIFY ROADWAYS THAT ARE SAY HI EXPERIENCING UNUSUALLY HIGH ACCIDENT RATES. WE WORK WITH THE OWN CALL ENGINEERING FIRMS TO HAVE THEM COLLECT DATA FORESTS AND TO PROVIDE REPORTS AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS. SO AGAIN, WE CAN COME UP WITH INFORMED RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THESE VARIOUS SPEAK CONCERNS AND SAFETY ISSUES. WE HAVE TAKEN A PROACTIVE APPROACH . IT IS OUR INTENT TO START A PILOT PROGRAM OF IN HOUSE DATA COLLECTION. AND THAT WILL HELP US REDUCE COSTS TO GET SOME OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME COUNTS AND SPEED COUNTS THAT WE NEED DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO THE ON CALL ENGINEERING SOURCES TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HMM. NOW ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ASKED TO COMMENT ON WAS. MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS IN SCHOOL ZONES. SO. VIRGINIA CODE FOR 46.2. THAT'S 873 DETERMINES WHAT THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS CAN BE IN. AT THE SCHOOL CROSSINGS, AND IT ALSO DEFINES THE PENALTIES. THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT IS 25 MILES AN HOUR AND, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SIGNING. YOU HAVE TO HAVE FLASHING BEACONS, AND THEY HAVE TO BE PLACED WITHIN MY 600 FT. THE CROSSINGS. THE FINANCE AND FLASHING BACONS CAN ONLY BE DISPLAYED 30 MINUTES BEFORE AND AFTER REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS ARE DOING SUCH OTHER TIMES THAT STUDENTS ARE PRESENT. THE CITY MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT ON HIGHWAY ALRIGHT ON A HIGHWAY IN THE CITY, PROVIDING AN ENGINEERING STUDY HAS PROVIDED JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CHANGE. MR LANCE HAS ANY OF THIS BEEN DONE AROUND THE MATHEMATICS, REGIONAL GOVERNORS SCHOOL MINOR. WHY NOT ? NEVER. I'VE NEVER RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR IT. BUT IT CAN BE DONE CORRECT. ABSOLUTELY. AND AT LEAST DURING THE TIME THAT SCHOOLS THE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. UH THE CAMERAS WOULD BE ACTIVE AND LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE UNDER STATE LAW. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL THAT'S AN THAT'S IN THE NEXT SECTION. UM THAT WAS SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY, AT THIS POINT, JUST THE ACTUAL SPEED LIMIT. ORDINANCE. OKAY BUT OKAY, WELL, I'M JUMPING AHEAD THEN.

BUT I SAW THE CITATION TO 46.2 DAYS. 8 73. WHAT DO YOU DO? MR ALTMAN? WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE TO GET SPEED CAMERAS UP IN FRONT OF OUR OLD WEST WASHINGTON STREET WEAR SPEEDING IS KNOWN TO BE A PROBLEM. DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. THAT IS SOMETHING YOU'LL WANT US TO LOOK. LOOK AT WELL, UM WOULD YOU MIND BRINGING THE POLICE CHIEF UP TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR YOU, MR COUNCILOR COOPER I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM JUST MAKE

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WHETHER CHIEF HAS ALREADY SPOKE TO THAT. I'M GLAD, WELL, PLEASED TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE MOVING AHEAD WITH THAT. CIVIL PENALTIES, ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT SAYS THAT SHALL NOT EXCEED $100. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT MEANS IT CAN BE ADDED TO IN ADDITION TO ANY LOCAL FINES THERE WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION. UH I BELIEVE ABOUT WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS WERE DOING TO HANDLE TRAFFIC ON ME. AND SPEED CONTROLS, AND I WAS ASKED TO CHECK WITH THE CITY OF RICHMOND.

SINCE THERE WERE SOME FRIGHTS THAT WERE NOTICED BY I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN CONFIDENCE. AND I PERSONALLY HAVE NOTICED THEM AS WELL IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. SO I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY RICHMOND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING GROUP AND GOT SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU YESTERDAY.

ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNICATIONS THEY PROVIDED BACK THE CITY OF RICHMOND UTILIZES A COMPREHENSIVE SPEED. MANAGEMENT APPROACH. TO ADDRESS THEIR CITIZENS CONCERNS. THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH INCLUDES MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES THAT FOCUS ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES , INCLUDING LOW COST SYSTEMIC ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS. HIGH VISIBILITY AND FORCE MINT.

AUTOMATED SPEED AND FORCE MINT IN SCHOOL ZONES. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, TOO. HELP INFORM CITIZENS OF THE VARIOUS INITIATIVES THAT THEY HAVE. EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ADWORDS ADVOCACY AND POLICY. SO THIS AND CONCERNS ARE REVIEWED THROUGH ACCEPTING ENGINEERING PRACTICES

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WELL THEY'RE NOT READING THIS SPEED. LET ME DANGLE, READ A STOP SIGN. WE HAVE TO GO ALL OUT FOR THE PEOPLE. SOME DON'T WANT TO GET HIT. SO I DON'T WANT THAT PROBABLY TO GET HIT. THIS IS A SERIOUS THING AND WHY WE'RE TAKING TIME. SOMEBODY ELSE OUT THERE ARE GONNA GET HIT HURT OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO STOP TAKING TIME LIKE HIS OSTERLOH. WE DON'T OWN IT. WE ALL WENT TO THE PEOPLE MORE THAN JUST CAMERAS. SPEED BUMPS, SPEED HUMPS. WHATEVER YOU GOTTA DO THOSE FIRE GUYS, THEY CAN DRIVE ACROSS IT. I DIDN'T WANT TO DO UNLESS THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO.

COPS. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. TRAINED FOR THAT. WE GOTTA STOP COMING UP IN HERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO. I'M TIRED OF THAT NONSENSE. LET'S TALK ABOUT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR COVER. I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN JONES. I DO AGREE 100% TOO OFTEN. THESE DISCUSSIONS QUICKLY DEGENERATE INTO WELL, WE CAN'T DO THIS. WE CAN'T DO THAT. WE JUST GONNA TWIDDLE OUR THUMBS UNTIL THE NEXT PAYDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO CASH OUR CHECK OR THE NEXT PAYDAY AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DRAG OUR FEET AND NOTHING EVER SEEMS TO GET DONE. AH! WE GOTTA SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. WE'VE GOT TO FIND WAYS TO SAY YES. AH! NOW MR VAN VORHEES. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I HAVE SENT TO YOU, PLEASE. NOW THIS IS A SPEED HUMP. UM. ON A REMOTE ROAD IN RICHMOND. WE'RE TOLD MR LANCE NEVER IN AN ACTIVE SPEEDWAY. WELL. IT LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE SORRY. NEVER IN AN ACTIVE ROADWAY. THAT LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE ROADWAY TO ME. AND YET, MR LANCE TELLS US NEVER IN AN ACTIVE ROADWAY, MR VAN BO, HE'S WOULD YOU SHOW US THE NEXT ONE? RIGHT NOW. THIS IS ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN RICHMOND. THIS ROAD WINDS DOWNHILL AS YOU SEE BESIDE THE JAMES RIVER. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY SPEED HOME. AH! THERE

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AH MR ALTMAN, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO INSTRUCT STAFF. TO FIND OUT HOW MANY SPEED HUMPS OR BUMPS.

THE CITY OF RICHMOND NOW HAS IN PLACE. WHERE ARE THEY? FOR HOW LONG? HAVE THEY BEEN IN PLACE? WHAT DOES RICHMOND SEE TO BE THE ADVANTAGES? WHAT DOES RICHMOND SEE TO BE THE DISADVANTAGES? ONE BALANCE. DOES RICHMOND SEE THE ADVANTAGES OUTWEIGH THE DISADVANTAGES? WAS IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO SEND YOU AN EMAIL TO THAT EFFECT THAT THESE QUESTIONS ON IT. AND IF YOU COULD GET US ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE SOLUTION TO EVERY SPEEDING AREA. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM WAS SYCAMORE STREET. UM BUT IT CERTAINLY IS A SOLUTION IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UM AS WE SEE ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE, AND AS WE SAW ON BRIMMER ROAD UM SO WE WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO REACH YES. AND WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. WE'VE GOT TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS AND WE CAN'T JUST TWIDDLE OKLAHOMANS AND SAY I CAN'T DO IT. NEVER INTERN, ACTIVE ROADWAY. UH SO I'LL SEND YOU THAT. EMAIL UH, MR CITY MANAGER AND I'LL BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD BRING US BACK ANSWERS AT ALL BUSINESS MEETING. IN MARCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR LANCE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT. NEXT IS, UM ITEM 13 FACILITIES. THERE IS NO ITEMS FOR THE NIGHT NEXT UNDER 14

[14. Economic Development]

AND THEY WILL BEGIN THEIR PRESENTATION AND TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THIS POINT.

LET'S GO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SCOTT PAGE. IT'S VERY, UH, IT'S VERY NICE TO BE HERE. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS REALLY JUST INTRODUCE THE WORK THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO. WE'RE STARTING LITERALLY TONIGHT. UM MY COMPANY INTERFACE STUDIO. WE DO CITY PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A LOT OF THAT IS FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE, SO WE'VE DONE BIG DOWNTOWN, SMALL DOWNTOWNS. ALL OF THAT WORK IS VERY MUCH GROUNDED IN OUR APPROACH TO HOW WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. THIS IS VERY MUCH A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PLAN. THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. UM WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT HIGHLIGHTS . RECENTLY WE COMPLETED A PLAN IN HARRISON HARRISONBURG. BUT ALSO MOST RECENTLY IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. AND I CAN SAY JUST FROM MY QUICK DRIVE AROUND TODAY IN DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG, YOU HAVE SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO WORK WITH, AND THERE'S SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN DO AND I'M REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR A LOT OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK IT ECHOES EXACTLY WHAT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS WORK WILL BE FOR DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG. SO I WANT TO MAKE THIS POINT REALLY CLEAR BECAUSE IT IS REALLY, I THINK SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERTAKING THIS KIND OF AN INITIATIVE. STRONG DOWNTOWN'S DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT RIGHT THERE. THE RESULT OF GREAT PLANNING. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A DOWNTOWN ACROSS THE COUNTRY SUCCEED. AND EXCEED, UM THE. YEAH POTENTIAL CERTAINLY , AND THE IDEAS AND THE HOPES AND VALUES OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IN THEIR DOWNTOWNS WITHOUT A GREAT PLAN BEHIND IT. SO FOR US WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER DOWNTOWN PLAN. WHAT ARE WE REALLY THINKING ABOUT? WE HAVE TO CREATE A COMPELLING VISION THAT IS ACHIEVABLE. IT HAS TO BE GROUNDED IN WHAT THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS OWNERS PROPERTY OWNERS RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE FOR THEIR DOWNTOWN. THAT'S WHERE REALLY MOST OF THIS PROCESS IS EMBEDDED IN IT HAS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDRAISING.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE START TALKING ABOUT FROM DAY ONE WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN IS, IS, WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AND DO IT. IS THERE MONEY THAT WE HAVEN'T ACCESSED FROM OTHER SOURCES THAT WOULD HELP US TO ACHIEVE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE DOWNTOWN? IT'S ABOUT CREATING PARTNERSHIPS, AND IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIZING. HOW TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN DOWNTOWN SO THAT WE REALLY DO SEE, I THINK THE KIND OF ADDED BENEFIT THAT CONSISTENT INVESTMENT CAN DO FOR

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RIGHT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE ABOUT DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG . ITS HISTORY, ITS ARCHITECTURE . CERTAINLY WHAT YOU SEE ON THE STREETS TODAY. UM ALSO, WE NEED TO BUILD ON SOME OF THE MOMENTUM WE SEE HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG. UM TODAY, AND WE CERTAINLY SAW SOME OF THAT.

ALREADY. BUT ALSO WITH GRAPPLING WITH THE REAL ISSUES WHETHER THAT'S ABOUT CONCERNS AROUND FLOODING. VACANT STOREFRONTS. UH SAFETY, STREET SAFETY RIGHT AND TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ALL OF THOSE ISSUES ARE REALLY CENTRAL TO THIS WORK WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN COULD BE. SO OUR PROCESS IS VERY MUCH GROUNDED IN ENSURING THAT DOWNTOWN IS WELCOMING TO DO THAT . WE HAVE TO REALLY CREATE AN ENGAGING PUBLIC PROCESS FOR US.

THAT MEANS WE MAKE THE PROCESS AS FUN AS POSSIBLE. WE WANT PEOPLE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES WHEN THEY ARE TALKING WITH US AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR DOWNTOWN.

AND WE IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY GREAT IDEAS COME OUT OF THIS PROCESS. I WILL SAY THAT OFTEN TIMES AND WE'VE WORKED IN SOME DOWNTOWNS, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT OR SEEMINGLY A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT ABOUT WHERE DOWNTOWN COULD BE OR SHOULD GO. WE FIND THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE AGREEMENT THAN MOST PEOPLE THINK. AND WHEN WE RUN THE PUBLIC PROCESS IN A WAY WHERE WE REALLY REACH ALL CORNERS OF DOWNTOWN AND ALL FOLKS THAT CARE DEEPLY ABOUT DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND A LOT OF IDEAS COME UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY CLEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THEIR DOWNTOWN AND WHAT PRIORITIES THEY HAVE. SO ENGAGEMENT IS THE CENTERPIECE HERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT INVESTMENTS IN PARKS , WHETHER THAT'S IMPROVING EXISTING PARKS DOWNTOWN OR CREATING NEW ONES. AND WITH THAT INVESTMENT IN PARKS, THINKING ABOUT HOW THOSE PARKS ARE ACTIVATED. ONE OF THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT DOWNTOWNS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BOOSTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS WITH MORE PROGRAMMING, MORE EVENTS AND MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AND THEIR DOWNTOWNS. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT STREETS AS WELL . THE DESIGNER STREETS NOT JUST YOUR MAJOR STREETS IN AND OUT OF TOWN LIKE WASHINGTON AND WIFE. BUT ALSO SYCAMORE. THE SHEET THE STREETS ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO WALK ALONG THE STREETS? DOES IT FEEL SAFE TO CROSS? IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ATTRACTING THE CUSTOMERS TO YOUR BUSINESS? THAT IS REALLY A MATTER OF HOW WE DESIGN AND THINK ABOUT THOSE STREETS. AND SO THAT IS A PART OF THIS WORK AS WELL. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, TOO. FOR ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE BUILT. NEW BUSINESS, NEW HOUSING, WHATEVER THAT, MAYBE THAT'S A PART OF THIS PLAN. WE WANT TO SET CLEAR EXPERT EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY SAYS YES, THIS IS WHAT WE AGREED UPON. THIS IS HOW WE WOULD LIKE OUR DOWNTOWN TO EVOLVE AND GROW. AND OF COURSE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY CENTRAL TO THIS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH AN EYE TOWARDS HOW DO WE DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMY? I'VE HEARD THAT QUITE A FEW TIMES TONIGHT. HOW DO WE FILL THE STOREFRONTS? AND HOW DO WE SUPPORT SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY BLACK AND BROWN BUSINESSES WE HAVE DONE? UM WE'VE ENGAGED WITH SOME CITIES AND CREATED PROGRAMS THAT DID EXACTLY JUST THIS. AND THIS PICTURE IS ACTUALLY FROM MACON, GEORGIA. BUT WHERE WE WORKED IN ABOUT, UH, SINCE 2015 MACON HAD FAR MORE VACANCY WHEN WE STARTED WORK THERE THAN YOU ALL HAVE CURRENTLY. TODAY IT IS NOW ON NATIONAL LIST FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT. IT HAS BEEN A REAL SUCCESS STORY, AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THESE INCREMENTAL CONTINUOUS INVESTMENTS IN STOREFRONTS AND PEOPLE IN PLACE.

SO REALLY, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN IS REALLY ALL ABOUT SEEING RESULTS OF THAT. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE ABOUT RIGHT? THE PLAN IS NOT JUST A PLAN. THE PLAN SHOULD BE ACTIONABLE. AND WHEN THE PLAN IS DONE, EVERYONE SHOULD BE SHAKING THEIR HEADS AND SAYING, WE TOTALLY AGREE THERE'S GOING TO BE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SAY, LOOK, I'M MORE INTERESTED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR WORK TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ASPECTS OF THE PLAN. THAT'S GREAT. THERE WILL BE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WILL SAY, LOOK, I REALLY CARE ABOUT THE STREETS OR THE RIVERFRONT. AND THERE AND THERE WILL BE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN, OF COURSE FOR THOSE ACTIONS TO TAKE HOLD AS WELL. THIS WAS WORK FROM GRAND RAPIDS THAT WE DID SOME YEARS AGO.

ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY I MENTIONED MAKING BEFORE IT IS REALLY REMARKABLE TO SEE THESE CHANGES AND HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN HAPPEN. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE KIND OF POTENTIAL AND ARCHITECTURE AND BEAUTY THAT THERE'S ALREADY EXISTS IN DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG, THIS IS REALLY A GREAT MOMENT TO SEIZE. UM, THAT OPPORTUNITY AND START TO DEVELOP WHAT IT IS. WE WANT TO BE DOING GOING FORWARD. SO AS I MENTIONED MY COMPANY OR CITY PLANNERS AND URBAN DESIGNERS,

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AND AT SOME POINT IN THE PROCESS, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION. WELL, WHO HAVEN'T WE TALKED TO YET? TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE FEELS THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN A PART OF THE PROCESS. SO THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THE TIME TO TALK WITH EVERYONE, AND DURING THAT ENTIRE PROCESS, WE ARE SHARING DRAWINGS AND INFORMATION ABOUT NOT JUST WHAT PETERSBURG COULD BE. BUT HOW OTHER DOWNTOWNS HAVE FACED SIMILAR CHALLENGES JUST SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE KNOW. OTHERS HAVE TRIED AND SUCCEEDED OR FAILED ON BECAUSE THAT JUST HELPS TO ENRICH THIS CONVERSATION. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ONE THING I WILL MENTION ABOUT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR DOWNTOWN.

PLANNING IS WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL 2040 TO SEE CHANGE. RIGHT I MENTIONED WE DID WORK AND MAKING IN 2015. THEY'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED. 95% OF THE PLAN WE DID FOR THEM. THEY'VE ASKED US TO COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S NEXT? UM WE CAN DO THINGS IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO I AM INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT YEAR AS I AM IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE CONTINUE THAT MOMENTUM. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS.

UM THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS A PROJECT MY OFFICE DID. TO CREATE AN OUTDOOR MUSIC STUDIO VERY COST EFFECTIVE AND HELP TO ACTIVATE A PLACE THAT MOST PEOPLE OVERLOOKED IN OUR HOMETOWN OF PHILADELPHIA. THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS BY THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS THAT ARE ON OUR TEAM. THIS WAS A STREET THAT REALLY NEEDED SOME ACTIVATION AND THEY BROKE OUT A BUNCH OF DUCT TAPE. AND THAT'S HOW THEY CREATED THAT PLAZA, WHICH I THINK IS KIND OF AMAZING. IT WAS JUST AN IDEA TO TEST IT RIGHT. DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS SPACE? IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE THIS SPACE BOOK , WE'LL GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT THIS IS A WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ACTIVATE THIS PART OF TOWN. SO THAT'S JUST HOPEFULLY GIVES YOU A WINDOW AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT THIS WORK IN THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH. IT WILL, OF COURSE, BE ENGAGING WITH YOU AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CONSTANTLY. UM, OVER THE NEXT 8 TO 10 MONTHS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THANK YOU LOOK FORWARD TO IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT . WELL WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

[15. City Manager's Agenda]

CITY ATTORNEY ASKED JUDGE MARTIN TO SET A DATE OF VALENTINE'S DAY. FEBRUARY, 14TH AT NINE A.M.

FOR THE CASE TO BE HEARD OR EITHER TRIED OR DISMISSED, UH AND WE WILL BE GOING OUT AND DOING A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION PRIOR TO THE COURT DATE TO SEE IF IT'S BEEN REMOVED. SO MR WILLIAMS CAN TRY IT. AND FOR THE RECORD, VALENTINE'S DAY WAS JUST COINCIDENTAL. THAT WAS THE DAY HE HAD. WITH REGARD TO OUR EFFORTS TO ISSUE AN RFP TO UPGRADE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH I BELIEVE I CAN SAY WE CERTAINLY NEED TO DO. AT THIS POINT, WE'RE GOING UNDER THE UNDER THE FINAL REVIEW OF THE RFP. I'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH IT MYSELF AND MAKE COMMENTS. WE ANTICIPATE ISSUING THAT RFP NEXT WEEK. AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM. UH WELL THAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED. IS AN UPDATE ON EFFORTS BETWEEN WITH CODE AND WILL OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND DR FICCI WITH REGARD TO HIS PROPERTIES. THERE WAS A REPORT IN THE WEEKLY OR WEEKLY UPDATE BACK IN JANUARY ABOUT MEETING WITH MR SHOP. AND MR DOCTOR FITZHUGH, WHICH, UH, THEY ON THE

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UM. BY WRITING THIS STIFF AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE, SO IT'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF PETER'S EMBARRASSED I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. NEXUS ITEM 18 ADJOURNMENT. MOVED ALL IN FAVOR

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