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AH I PROPOSED ALRIGHT. THAT MEETING IS ADJOURNED. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE . CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR APRIL 25TH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR BERT HERE. JONES? YEAH, SMITH LEE. COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, VICE MARY HILL MAYOR PATTERN HERE.
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR MR RICHARD STEWART.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT TO GO TO THE ITEM TO THE PRAYER. VICE MAYOR HILL WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. LET US PRAY. THEY HAVE IN THEIR FATHER'S ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU, LORD.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT MANY GIFTS AND BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US.
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF TODAY. NOW LOADED. WE ASKED THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING. HAVING A FATHER DIDN'T MEAN BE FRUITFUL TO THEIR NAME. NOR DO WE ASK THAT WE WOULD LEAD THE CITY AND THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE US TO LEAD IT. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THEIR BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITIZENS HAVING A FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU PUT YOUR GOD IN THE RAIN ANGELS AROUND ALL OF US. LORD, WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVING A FATHER. WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON OUR ADMINISTRATION DIS COUNCIL HEAVENLY FATHER. BE WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. 70 FATHER, WE DROP A SYMPATHETIC TIER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES HAVING THE FATHER LEFT THE FAMILY OF RICHARD STEWART AND CAME UP HAVING A FATHER WHO HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. HAVING A FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE HIS SOUL INTO THE IS IN YOUR DARLING SON. JESUS THEN WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN.
AMEN. ASKING EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE OF LEADERS TO THE FLAG. HAVE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS THERE. UNDER GOD.
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NEXT. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOR DETERMINATION OF
[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]
[5. Proclamations/Recognitions/Presentation of Ceremonial Proclamations]
THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. UM, NEXT, WE GO TO PROCLAMATIONS, RECOGNITIONS PRESENTATIONS OF CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS. I WANT YOU TO SQUEEZE IN OUR TREASURE IS HERE TONIGHT, MR TOMMIE HARRISON. UM, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO I YOU OKAY? MR HARRISON. UM SO.REAL QUICK. UM WE WERE PLANNING AS A CITY TO, UM I HAD 89 SOLDIERS THAT WERE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE BAGS. ACROSS THE CITY. UM AND ENCOURAGE THE CITIZENS TO FILL THEM WITH TRASH AND, UH, CELEBRATION OF BIRTHDAY. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION TODAY. NUMBER ONE, I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT WE PAY A DOLLAR 56 CENTS A GARBAGE BAG. SO THE PLAN WAS TO DISTRIBUTE 5000 GARBAGE BAGS. FOR US TO DISTRIBUTE 5000 GARBAGE BAGS. IT'S GONNA COST US LIKE $7500. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE PAY A DOLLAR 56. I JUST LEARNED. I'M SORRY. 64 CENTS. EXCUSE ME WHO WE PAY 64 CENTS A BAG AND I LOOKED UP AT SOUNDS CLUB AT THREE CENTS A BAG. SO MOST GARBAGE BAGS OF THREE CENTS. WE'RE PAYING 64. CENTS TO CITY DOESN'T HAVE 2500 BAGS TO GIVE ME TO GIVE TO THE SOLDIERS SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT RIGHT NOW. I HAVE 89 SOLDIERS. WHAT I DID DO WAS MOVED THE SOLDIERS TO THE MAY 6TH CLEANUP. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THE SOLDIERS THIS SATURDAY, I'M GONNA PUT HIM WITH THE CITYWIDE CLEANUP AND IDEAL WORLD ARE FLOWERS WILL BE HERE TOMORROW. UM THE SOLDIERS ARE WAITING TO STAPLE AND ATTACHED THE BAGS. TO THE FLYERS. WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE BAGS. THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THIS WAS TO GET BUYING FROM THE CITIZENS TO HELP PICK UP THE TRASH BECAUSE WE DO THE CLEANUP SO ALL THE TIME, BUT BASICALLY I GET A BUNCH OF SOLDIERS. WE GO CLEAN UP THE AREA SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS. WHATEVER. IT'S DIRTY AGAIN, WE GO BACK AND CLEAN IT UP. MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS, LET'S GET LITERATURE IN THE HANDS OF THE CITIZENS. LET'S GET THE CITIZENS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP ON CLEANING UP AT LEAST THEIR AREA . AND THAT WAS THE PLAN. SO IT WENT AWRY. TODAY WHEN I LEARNED ONE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE 2000 GARBAGE BAGS AND TWO WHEN I LEARNED THAT WE PAY OUR 64 CENTS OF BARRICK, SO WITH THAT MEETING WITH RANDALL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, BUT WE NEED TO PIVOT. OKAY. AND THE CITYWIDE CLEANUP. MR HARRISON. YOU WANT TO GIVE THAT DATE AGAIN? IT IS MADE SIX NEXT OR NOT. NEXT SURVEY IT IS. LET ME TELL YOU. THE EXACT DATE IS MAY 6TH,
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THOUGH. YEP. SO, THREE WEEKS AWAY, I MAY SIX MAY 6TH. IT'S ALWAYS THAT PUBLIC WORKS, BUT YEAH, ALRIGHT, MAN. THEY ALWAYS THAT'S WHERE IT'S BEEN MAY 6TH THAT CITYWIDE CLEAN, CLEAN UP SOFT GOODS AND ALL THAT STUFF, RIGHT? WE HAVE SIX LOCATIONS FOR DUMPSTERS, OKAY? I DON'T DO Y'ALL KNOW HIM? I HAVE THEM. OKAY, SO WE HAVE, UH, IT'S GONNA BE COOL SPRINGS, PEABODY. UM PLEASANT LANE. THERE'S ONE IN EACH AWARD, BASICALLY, SO WE'LL HAVE DUMPSTERS THERE FOR CITIZENS TO DROP OFF BIG LARGE ITEMS IF THEY WANT, AND THEY'LL BE SOMEBODY LIKE LAST TIME TO HELP THEM THROW THE BAGS IN ON THAT SATURDAY, PERFECT ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YES QUESTION , UH COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE QUESTION. I WOULD HAVE SUPPLIED THOSE BAGS FOR YOU. NO, NO PROBLEM. YOU SAID THEY WE CAN PURCHASE THEM AT SAM'S CLUB CAN PURCHASE PURCHASE THEM. IF WE JUST GO BY HEFTY DUTY BAGS. WE CAN BUY THEM FROM SAM'S CLUB AND IDEAL WORLD IF I CAN GET 2,505,000 WOULD BE PERFECT. I HAVE SOLDIERS ON STANDBY WITH STAPLES, THEY'LL STAPLE AND PUT THEM TOGETHER AND DISTRIBUTE. OKAY UM, I WILL GIVE YOU A CALL LATER. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR HARRIS, AND, UM CITYWIDE CLEANUP MAY 6TH SO NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 58, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION FROM INTERFACE STUDIO LLC ON THE DOWNTOWN 2040 MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. ALRIGHT, MR MOORE. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE'RE ON IT HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT OUR CONTINUING WORK ON THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. WE MEET WITH OUR CONSULTANTS FROM INTERFACE STUDIO EVERY TWO WEEKS , AND WHEN THEY COME TO TOWN, WE ASKED THEM TO PRESENT THE COUNCIL AFTER THIS PRESENTATION THE NEXT TWO DAYS, IT WILL BE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THEIR STEERING COMMITTEE AND BACK ON THE GROUND, SO MANY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. UM MY NAME IS MINDY WATTS. I WORK WITH INTERFACE STUDIO WHERE THE PHILADELPHIA BASED CITY PLANNING FIRM THAT WAS HIRED TO LEAD THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLANNING PROCESS, AND IN FEBRUARY WE WERE HERE. MY COLLEAGUE SCOTT PAGE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL. AND UM, WE'RE BACK WITH A QUICK UPDATE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME ON THE AGENDA FOR US TONIGHT. SO UM, LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE WERE REALLY JUST GETTING OUR FEET WET. IT WAS OUR FIRST VISIT. WE WERE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TAKING PICTURES, MAKING A LOT OF NOTES HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL WITH OTHER LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, OUR PURPOSE. SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN SORT OF, UM, DIGESTING THE DATA WE COLLECTED, MAKING A LOT OF MAPS . AND SO HERE THIS TRIP OUR PURPOSE IS TO AS MR MORRIS SAID.KICK OFF WITH OUR PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND, UH, START TO SHARE OUT SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE'VE COLLECTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WILL SORT OF LEAD US PREPARE US TO BRING THE MATERIAL TO THE PUBLIC. UM, AND FOR A VISIONING, UH, EVENT, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO DEVELOPING, UM, STRATEGIES AND ULTIMATELY WORK TOWARDS FINISHING THE PLAN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THIS MAP JUST SHOWS THE DOWNTOWN STUDY AREA SOMEWHERE WORKING, UM, IN THE AREA THAT GOES FROM THE HIGHWAY OVER TO MARKET STREET AND FROM THE RIVER DOWN TO WITH AND HALIFAX. IT'S IMPORTANT ALWAYS TO CONSIDER THE CONTEXT FOR ANY DOWNTOWN PLANNING PROCESS. AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW, PETERSBURG HAS A RESIDENTIAL POPULATION OF OVER 33,000 PEOPLE, BUT THAT THERE ARE SOME LARGE, UM UH, POPULATION HUBS VERY NEARBY AT THE FORT LEE AND AT VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF WHAT THIS DISCUSSION HAS BEEN ABOUT IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS DOWNTOWN IS FOR EVERYBODY. PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL WELCOME HERE. PEOPLE SHOULD BE EXCITED TO COME TO THE DOWNTOWN. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING NOT JUST AT THE RESIDENTS OF PETERSBURG BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING AREAS. DOWNTOWN IS THE HISTORIC CENTER OF PETERSBURG. WE CAN ALSO SEE A LOT OF CHANGE OF FOOT. AND SO WE THINK THAT THE PLANNING PROCESS IS REALLY RIGHT. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS UP PERMITS BUILDING PERMITS JUST OVER THE PAST YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE REALLY A CONCENTRATION OF THE YELLOW DOTS AND THE DOWNTOWN. THOSE ARE SHOWING A BUNCH OF RENOVATION. AND SO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN KIND OF LESS COMMON IN THE DOWNTOWN OVER THE PAST YEAR, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN SEE A LOT OF REINVESTMENT ACTIVITY HAPPENING.
AND UM, THAT COMES TO LIFE IN PLACES THAT DRAW PEOPLE, OLD BUILDINGS, SEEING NEW USES. ONE
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OF THE THINGS THAT PLANNERS ALWAYS DO IS CREATE LAND USE MAPS, WHICH ARE SORT OF BRIGHTLY COLORED MAPS THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW EACH PIECE OF LAND IS BEING USED. SO ON THIS MAP, EVERYTHING THAT'S RED IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. EVERYTHING THAT'S BLUE IS INSTITUTIONAL. SO A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION OR GOVERNMENT, UM, THOSE TWO USES MAKE UP OVER 50% OF THE DOWNTOWN , SO IT JUST HELPS US UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM KIND OF HOW THE DOWNTOWN FUNCTIONS. WHAT BRINGS PEOPLE HERE? YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND THEN IN GRAY, UM, SORT OF THE SURFACE PARKING AND BROWN, THE VACANT LAND AND SO TOGETHER VACANT PROPERTY AND SURFACE PARKING TAKE UP ALMOST A THIRD OF THE DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S SORT OF AN IMPORTANT NOTE AS WELL AS WE THINK ABOUT AREAS THAT WHERE THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE AND CONTINUED INVESTMENT. SO, AS I MENTIONED THERE'S A RESIDENTIAL POPULATION IN THE DOWNTOWN. UM IT'S RATHER SMALL AND KIND OF SCATTERED. SO THIS MAP JUST SHOWS ALL OF THE PARCELS OR PIECES OF LAND WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, AND THERE'S A RED DOT FOR EACH RESIDENT APPROXIMATELY AND SO, UM, FEWER THAN 2000. PEOPLE LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AND THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE , AS I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE AND MORE FOOT TRAFFIC TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE AND THAT MAY SEEK TO LOCATE HERE IN THE FUTURE. WE ALWAYS LOOK TO SOME PURE CITIES TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF THE SCALE OF THE DOWNTOWN HERE. THE SCALE OF THE MAIN COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, UM , AND TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF WHAT'S WORKED IN OTHER PLACES THAT COULD WORK HERE AND WHAT SETS PETERSBURG APART AND SO THIS MAP JUST SHOWS TO SCALE SOME OF THE DOWNTOWNS OF OTHER VIRGINIA CITY'S, UM, WE'VE WORKED IN HARRISONBURG PRIOR TO WORKING HERE IN PETERSBURG. UM BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH MR MOORE AND HIS TEAM ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES THAT PEOPLE HERE LOOK TO AS PLACES THAT THEY LIKE TO VISIT AND SPEND TIME IN THEIR DOWNTOWN , SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM THESE PLACES. AND WE SORT OF START BY DOING A DIGESTIVE UNDERSTANDING . YOU KNOW HOW BIG ARE THOSE CITIES? HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THEIR DOWNTOWNS? HOW MANY JOBS ARE IN THEIR DOWNTOWNS? AND YOU KNOW HOW BIG IS THE PHYSICAL PLANT OF THE DOWNTOWN? UM AND THIS ALL WILL HELP US SORT OF.THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE MORE JOBS INTO THE DOWNTOWN ON A DAILY BASIS. THERE ALREADY ARE A BUNCH OF GREAT RESTAURANTS AND STORES, LOCAL BUSINESSES. UM SO WE MADE NOTES. LAST TIME WE WERE HERE ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES. YOU CAN SEE. THERE'S A YOU KNOW, STORES AND RED, UM SOME SERVICE BUSINESSES, RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS. UM A FULL 33RD PERSON. 33% OF THE STOREFRONTS, UM, ARE NOT OCCUPIED CURRENTLY.
AND SO THAT REALLY INFORMS THE EXPERIENCE OF WALKING ALONG SYCAMORE WALKING THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE PLAN WILL GRAPPLE WITH. UM. YOU KNOW, WE MAKE NOTES ABOUT SORT OF WHERE THERE'S VACANT PROPERTY AS WELL SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND AGAIN WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO THE MIX AND, UM KIND OF CHANGE. CHANGE THE DYNAMIC, UM ON SOME OF THESE BLOCKS. AND SO , UM, THAT WILL BE A PIECE OF THE PLAN. A BIG FOCUS. I THINK.
AND AS I SAID, THIS REALLY KIND OF INFORMS THE EXPERIENCE OF WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN AND THE WALK ABILITY. HERE IS ONE OF THE REAL CHARMS OF DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG. IT'S BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY PLEASANT PLACE TO EXPLORE ON FOOT. IT HAS A REALLY LOVELY SCALE, BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW IT GETS INTERRUPTED BY PARKING LOTS ARE PAVED AREAS WHICH COVER 27% OR 51 ACRES OF LAND IN THE DOWNTOWN. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK.
YOU KNOW, PARKING WE'VE HEARD IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO KIND OF BETTER UTILIZE OUR LAND IN THE DOWNTOWN. WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT THE GREAT NATURAL ASSETS SORT OF THE AREAS THAT ADD BEAUTY. ADD NATURAL HABITAT. UM THAT, UM, KIND OF CAN SERVE AS THEIR OWN DRAW. WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE COME WITH SOME COMPLICATING, UM, RISKS OR THREAT OF FLOODING FOR PARTS OF THE DOWNTOWN, AND SO THAT'S A PIECE OF THIS. WE HAVE A I SHOULD SAY A FULL TEAM OF, UM OTHER CONSULTANTS. SOME LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, SOME TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS AND ECONOMISTS, AND SO THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE SORT OF HELPING US AS WE DIG INTO SOME OF THE MORE TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT DOWNTOWN THAT ARE PRESENTED TO US HERE. AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE HIDDEN PLACES THAT REALLY SPECIAL POCKETS THAT PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT DOWNTOWN THAT THEY LOVE TO DISCOVER AND, UM, WILL BE REALLY EXCITED TO KIND OF OPEN UP THIS CONVERSATION TO THE FULL PUBLIC IN THE MONTHS TO COME. UM I SHOULD SAY WE ALSO ALWAYS MAKE A MAP OF THE OPEN SPACE. AND SO WE DID NOTE THAT AT PRESENT, THERE IS NO CENTRAL GATHERING SPACE IN THE DOWNTOWN TO SPEAK OF, BUT CERTAINLY WE KNOW THERE'S PLANS FOR THAT. THE HARBOR HARBOR FRIEND AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF OUR
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NEXT STEPS TOMORROW EVENING, WE'LL BE BACK HERE AT THE LIBRARY, WORKING WITH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT MR MOORE AND HIS TEAM HAVE ASSEMBLED. IT HAS PEOPLE WHO WEAR MANY DIFFERENT HATS IN THE DOWNTOWN, SO A MIX OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWNTOWN ON BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN ON PROPERTY DOWNTOWN, UM AND CAN REALLY HELP US HAVE CONNECTIONS MAKE CONNECTIONS INTO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WHO ALL HAVE A REASON TO BE IN DOWNTOWN. UM WE'RE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS MOSTLY FOCUSED ON THE PUBLIC REALM THIS TRIP. SO UM, STREETS, PARKING PARKS. UM STORMWATER WILL BE KIND OF THINKING ABOUT OUTDOOR VENUES. SO THINKING ABOUT WITH THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO WILL BE JOINING US TOMORROW ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PUBLIC SPACES IN BETWEEN BUILDINGS. AND WE WILL BE STARTING TO BRAINSTORM WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW TO ROLL OUT THE DOWNTOWN PROCESS AND INVITE RESIDENTS TO COME AND WEIGH IN ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THEIR VISION IS FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND SO WE ARE LOOKING LIKELY TO BE BACK TOWARD THE END OF MAY. OR MAYBE EARLY JUNE. TBD WILL LET YOU KNOW. UM BUT THAT WILL BE WHEN WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY OPEN UP THE DIALOGUE TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK I HOPE THAT WAS LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST A SNIPPET OF THE ANALYSIS WORK TO DATE. OKAY THANK YOU FOR THE SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND WE ALL SET FOR TOMORROW. 5 30, WE ASKED. EVERYBODY IS HERE TONIGHT TO JOIN US. ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. NOT TOMORROW. 5 30.WE'LL KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING. OKAY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. NEXT TO GOING ON TO ITEM SIX RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. THAT'S UNDER COUNCIL COMMUNICATE. AH ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS APPROVED OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. TWO INCLUDES MINUTES
[7. Approval of Consent Agenda (to include minutes of previous meetings):]
APRIL 4TH 2023 CLOSED SESSION. BE A REQUESTED SCHEDULE. PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT CONSIDERATION OF AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR GRANTS FOR POOR CREEK SERVICE AREA SOUTH CENTRAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BLOCKS WATER MAIN AND EMERGENCY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION MARKETING AT THE MAY 16TH 2023 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THOSE ARE THE ISLANDS. CONSENT AGENDA, ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME. VICE MAYOR HILL MORE THAN WE ACCEPT A, UH, APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK SECOND RIGHT. MADAME CLAIRE, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR RECOVERED. AH REMEMBER JONES? SMITH LEE HIGH REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. VICE MAYOR HILL PERM PAST ALRIGHT. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. OUR OFFICIAL PUB. PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE[9. Public Information Period]
HELD ON APRIL 25TH SPECIAL CALL MEETING. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. PUBLIC INFORMATION, PERIOD. LIBERTY AND TIME TO 30 MINUTES SHOULD BE PART OF AN ORDER OF BUSINESS AT EACH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SPEAKER SHOULD BE A RESIDENT OR BUSINESS OWNER OF THE CITY AND SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. NO SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM. SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION OR REGULAR DOCKET OF THE MEETING AND WISHES SPEAKERS TO SPEAK. THE ORDER SPEAKERS LIMITED BY THE 30 MINUTE TIME PERIOD SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS. FIRST, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE NOTICE PERSONS WHO HAVE NOTIFIED THE CLERK NO LATER THAN 12 O'CLOCK NOON THE DAY OF THE MEETING. TO BE SECOND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THEIR SIGN UP PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED A SIGN UP SHEET PLACED BY THE CLERK IN THE REAR OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE MEETING ROOM REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE TO SIGN UP. WE'LL START WITH MRS CHERYL BROWN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. BEAUTIFUL CITIZENS. I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY OFFER KUDOS. AND HEARTFELT THANKS TO PETERSBURG CITY OF OFFICIALS. OPEL WORKERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL NEWSLETTER THAT INFORMS US. AND TO SAY THAT I NOTICED I NOTICED A DIFFERENCE . I MOVED HERE A YEAR AGO FROM BOSTON. AND THIS ENTRANCE TO THE CITY WAS QUITE UNSIGHTLY WITH DEBRIS WHEN I LEFT THE RICHMOND AREA AND OTHERS, YOU KNOW, UM MUNICIPALITIES. THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS RIGHT WHEN I ENTERED PETERSBURG BUT NOW WHEN YOU ENTER OFF OF 95, I NOTICED A DIFFERENCE THAT IT'S CLEANER AND I JUST WANT TO THANK WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE. THE MUNICIPALITY THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP UM THE HIGHWAY IS CLEANER. THE STREETS ARE CLEANER. AND THE BUILDING OWNERS SEEM TO HAVE A BETTER
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PRESENTATION, PERHAPS AS A RESULT OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR GENTLE NUDGING FROM THE CITY MANAGERS AND OTHERS. I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY, BUT WHILE WE MEET OFTEN TO DISCUSS WOES TODAY , I OFFER ONLY KUDOS. THANK YOU. FOR THE BEAUTIFUL NEW WELCOME SIGN THAT I NOTICED. WE MAY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT WE'VE STARTED THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER FOR A PRETTIER PETERSBURG. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MR OTIS HILL. HELLO. HELLO. I WOULD. I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW DEATHS PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN PETERSBURG. AND TWO WOMEN ARE LIVE HERE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO. THEY'VE JOINED ME AND WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU. WE'VE GIVEN YOU COPIES OF, UM FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU CAN DO THE BEST PRICE. AND LET ME KNOW, UH AND WE CAN FILL OUT THE PAPERS. UH, YEAH, AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND GIVE YOU THOSE PAPERS BACK THAT YOU CAN FILL OUT. YOU'LL MAKE THE DECISION ON WHICH ONE YOU WANT. US TO GET AND WE'LL BE HAPPY WITH WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE ON THOSE. JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. MAYBE BY NEXT MONTH. WE'LL KNOW WHAT TO DO. OKAY? RIGHT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS, AND WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH. I'M THINKING, UM POSSIBLY FIVE PEOPLE WILL WILL WILL BE NEEDED.WHO WILL GIVE ME THE FORMS BACK? UM SO MAYBE FIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF THAT WOULD NEED THIS.
EVERY, UM, DEVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. HMM. MY NEXT. THAT'S ALL FOR SIGNED
[10. Business or reports from the Mayor or other Members of City Council]
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM. 10, WHICH IS BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR OR OTHER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. START OFF WITH COUNCILMAN COVER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I HAVE ONE ITEM AND THAT IS TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN JONES AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE PART TWO OF OUR JOINT WARD MEETING. ON THURSDAY, APRIL 27. UH AT 5 30. PM AT BETHANY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SAME PLACE THAT WE HAD OUR MEETING EARLIER THIS MONTH. UM, WE HAD INITIALLY HOPED TO HAVE THAT MEETING TWO WEEKS. AH, LET'S SEE ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT. BUT A SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME. AND SO WE BUMPED OUR JOINT MEETING BY TWO DAYS. TO THURSDAY. APRIL 27. AT 5 30 AT BUT BETHANY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. UM. AND WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS A WHOLE ARRAY OF ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO COUNCILS.UH SORRY. BROUGHT TO AH, COUNCILMAN JONES'S ATTENTION IN MIND. WHEN WE MET EARLIER THIS MONTH. AND WE ALSO ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT BLIGHT. SO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN, UH VARIOUS ISSUES FACING THE CITY, INCLUDING BLIGHT, UM, INVITE YOU TO ATTEND. AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION. I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT, SO THAT'S THURSDAY.
UM, APRIL 27. 5:30 P.M. AND UH, BETHANY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. AT 6 13 EAST WITH STREET. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE YOU TO ATTEND. ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEATH OF A COMMITTED. CONSTITUENT OF MINE, UH, RICHARD STEWART. HE CERTAINLY WAS A DEDICATED AH! I'LL CALL HIM A METROPOLITAN THAT IS RESIDENT OF PETERSBURG. HE LOVED PETERSBURG AS EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE DOES AND CERTAINLY DID HIS VERY, VERY BEST TO SERVE PETERSBURG AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERVICE IN HIS LIFE AND WE WILL MISS HIM. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY TODAY. THEY JUST WANT TO SEE UM I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL. RECOGNITION
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OF MR STEWART. WE JUST SAW HIM AT THE LAST MEETING. AND, UH, CERTAINLY A POWERHOUSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT WE'LL MISS. SO I SALUTE MR STEWART. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE. UM AND WARD ONE. AS WELL AS WAR 23456 AND SEVEN FOR BELIEVING IN AND US. AND FOR THOSE WHO PARTICULARLY BELIEVE IN ME AND HELPING US I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE INTENT OF THIS COUNCIL SINCE I'VE BEEN ON HERE THAT I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FACTS. THAT THE INTENT OF THIS COUNCIL IS TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE AND THAT'S ALL I'VE BEEN SAYING. SAYS I'VE BEEN HERE UM AND I APPRECIATE THAT OUT OF THIS COUNCIL. AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU HEAR OUT THERE ON THE STREET OR SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S OUR INTENT TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE.IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UM LIKE WHERE EVERYBODY BUT WE CAN GET THIS BOAT MOVING. IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE. THEN. I THINK WE'RE ONTO SOMETHING. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOUR BUSINESS OWNERS, RESIDENTS. VISITORS WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, THOSE WHO'S WATCHING. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A MOTHER'S DAY PROGRAM COMING UP. MADE OF SEVEN, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT HERE WITH 300 YEARS' WORTH OF GOSPEL QUARTET. GROUPS IS GONNA BE THREE O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK. YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE NOW, AND IT'S GOING TO BE PROMOTED ON THE RADIO AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT JUST KNOW YEAH, WE ARE. MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE'RE BEING MOST EFFECTIVE. THAT'S THAT'S OUR INTENT. MOST EFFECTIVE. AND THAT'S THE QUESTION WE ASKED ON EVERYTHING BEFORE US. HOW CAN WE BE MOST EFFECTIVE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEXICO TO THAT COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. UM JUST A COUPLE QUICK POINTS FROM ME. UM I'M GONNA START OUT WITH THANK YOU. MS. CHERYL DIDN'T GET YOUR LAST NAME BUT ABOUT THE BEAUTIFICATION. I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING A DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY. UM I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KEEP CONTINUE TO PRESS ON WITH THE LITTERING. UM, I HAVE NOTICED AN UPTICK AGAIN IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY, AND I JUST HOPE THAT AS RESIDENTS, WE CAN CHALLENGE EACH OTHER TO CLEAN UP OUR CITY OF ALL TIMES. WE CAN'T EXPECT PUBLIC WORKS TO GET IT ALL. BUT I THINK IF WE ALL CHIP IN AND DO OUR PART, WE CAN ASSIST PUBLIC WORKS WITH MAKING THIS CITY EVEN BETTER. UM GRASS IS STARTING TO GROW AS WE KNOW, SPRING IS HERE, SO PLEASE CUT YOUR LAWN SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET YOUR YARD STAKED WITH A NOTICE THAT YOU WILL BE FINE BECAUSE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HOPEFULLY STAFF RIGHT AROUND AND PLEASE LET AGAIN PUBLIC WORKS, NO CODING COMPLIANCE.
KNOW THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, CALL YOUR NEIGHBORS OUT THAT THEY NEED TO CUT THEIR GRASS SO THAT, UM, IN THIS NEXT MONTH OR TWO GRAPHS CAN REALLY GROW EXTREME BREAKS. SO IT NEEDS TO BE CUT CONTINUOUSLY. UM AND THEN, HOPEFULLY UM, WHETHER IT IS PUBLIC WORKS OR FULLER. I'M NOT TRYING TO POINT THE BLAME OR PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON EITHER BUT ONE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES DOWN BY THE RIVER, THE WALKING TRAIL. UM I HOPE THAT WE CAN START WITH THE GRAFFITI ON THAT BRIDGE THAT GOES ACROSS THE RIVER. UM, I DID JUST WALK DOWN THERE THIS PAST WEEK. AND IT WENT FROM 1 TO 3, AND NOW IT'S THREE PIECES OF VERY PROFANE GRAFFITI, OBSCENE LANGUAGE ON THAT BRIDGE, AND HOPEFULLY, PUBLIC WORKS OR FOLDER CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S TAKEN DOWN AS PEOPLE TRY TO GET OUT AND EXPLORE THAT RESOURCE AND WALK ALONG THE RIVER AND AS WELL, UM , TO NOT CALL OUT ANY PARTICULAR PROPERTIES AND BOARDS, BUT THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT I'LL MAKE MENTION OF, UM, WHERE WE SHOULD NOT BE. AGAIN PUTTING OBSCENE LANGUAGE OUT FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND SEE IT. UM I DON'T SEE THE MEANING OF IT. AND WITH THAT, UM, MR ALTMAN, I WAS HOPING I COULD GET SOME CLARITY AND I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. WHAT IS THE POLICY FOR THESE MEMORIALS THAT I SEE UP IN FRONT OF PEOPLE HOUSES? TO I GUESS, HONOR MAYBE FALLEN VICTIMS, BUT THEY UP FOR MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE. VERY ARE YOU TALKING SPEAKING TO SAY THERE WAS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE? OKAY UM, I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IF WE HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY WITH REGARD TO THAT. AND IF THERE IS WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN WE CAN REPORT BACK. I'M NOT AWARE OF ONE AT THIS POINT, BUT LET ME DO SOME LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND GET BACK WITH COUNTY AGAIN. JUST I'M COMING. NOT CALLING OUT ANY HAVE SOME ADDRESSES THAT I'LL SPEAK. BUT I JUST WANTED ON PUBLIC RECORD THAT UNDERSTAND ABOUT HONORING FALLEN OR WHATEVER, BUT HMM. THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT'S BEEN UP FOR A VERY LONG
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TIME AND ON A VERY MAIN THOROUGHFARE, AND I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.AGAIN, JUST ONE AND ON THE RECORD, UM, BUT MORE OR LESS IT IS. THEY'RE WALKING BRIDGE. UM JUST GONNA GO BACK AND EMPHASIZE THAT. AND WHY DID I SAY ALL THAT? BECAUSE THIS PAST WEEKEND, I WAS HONORED TO REPRESENT COUNCIL AND RUNNING THE HALF MARATHON. UH THAT WAS HOSTED HERE IN OUR CITY, AND WE HAD ROUGHLY 1000 PEOPLE TO COME IN TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY RUN THROUGH THE CITY. FROM POCAHONTAS ISLAND , DOWN 36 THROUGH THE PART, UH, DOWN WASHINGTON STREET THROUGH BATTERSEA. UM AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE OUR CITY TO OUTSIDE AND HAVE THESE EVENTS OF THAT SORT. WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS, UH, A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT A CITY SHOULD BE. UM BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY COMING OUT, AND I JUST LIKE TO PUT OUT A PUBLIC CHALLENGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE CITY RESIDENTS JUST GETTING OUT AND VOLUNTEERING ALONG THE ROUTE. THERE WAS A LOT OF PLACES THAT PEOPLE WERE PUTTING UP THEIR YARD SALE OR THINGS OUT OR JUST ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THAT WENT BY, ESPECIALLY ON HIGH STREET. SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUE RIGHT HERE. UM AND WELL AS MR COBURN, CHARLIE COOPER, BUT THEY WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC TO ROOT THE NEIGHBOR THE RUNNERS ON SO, UM, AS WE GO DOWN 36 IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WITH THAT EVENT THAT I HOPE THERE WILL BE A LONG STANDING EVENT THAT MY CHALLENGE THAT YOU KNOW MORE RESIDENTS COME OUT AND SUPPORTED. IT IS EARLY IN THE MORNING HAD A 7 30 START, BUT IT THIS IS OUR CITY AND PEOPLE SEE US AS WE PROMOTE OURSELVES. UM I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONDOLENCES TO MR STEWART . UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT SURE IF I'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE FUNERAL DISPARITY. HAVE THE RICHMOND YOU CROPS 10-K, BUT I AM SUPPORTING HIM IN SPIRIT. AND MR STEWART, I THINK BETWEEN MYSELF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CUPBOARD AND COUNCIL MEMBER JONES JUST PUTTING IT ALL ON THE RECORD THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR SLOWING, SPEEDING DOWN COMING ACROSS THE BRIDGE INTO POCAHONTAS. I REMEMBER THAT AS ONE OF YOUR THINGS THAT YOU WOULD CONSTANTLY SAY AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ABOUT THE NEED FOR A STOP LIGHT OR SOME TYPE OF SPEED CURBING GOING THROUGH THE POCAHONTAS ISLAND AREA, SO HOPEFULLY UM, AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOUR LEGACY IS CARRIED OUT WITH THAT ONE OF YOUR LAST FINAL REQUEST. AND FINALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK, UM ATROCITIES, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND AETNA. IN THE SEVENTH WARD. I CAN CLAIM THAT WE'VE GOTTEN DOWN UNDER MY 10 YEAR FIRST BLIGHTED PROPERTY ON 3 10 SUMMIT STREET. UH MISS KATRINA THOMPSON AND HER SEVEN KIDS. SHE HAS SEVEN KIDS, TWO SETS OF TWINS. THEY'VE BEEN, UH , PRETTY MUCH IN AND OUT OF HOMES IF NOT HOMELESS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AFTER THEY HAD AN UNFORTUNATE TRAGEDY A COUPLE YEARS AGO. AND THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF ATROCITY HUMANITY . TRY CITI HABITAT FOR HUMANITY UNDER MISS KELLY PARKER AS WELL AS AETNA, UM UNDER MISS PAULA, UM SNOPES. I'LL GET YOU THAT FOR THE RECORD, MISS JACKSON, BUT THEY BOTH WE TORE DOWN THE HOUSE WITH THE ARMY CORPS. UM, UM I WON'T COME I RECORD ENGINEER.
EXCUSE ME, UH, A GROUP OF ARMY SOLDIERS CAME AS WELL AS WITH EVERYBODY ELSE TO TEAR THAT DOWN AGAIN ON 3 10 SUMMIT STREET AND A NEW HOUSE WILL BE BUILT WITH SEVEN BEDS. FOUR BATHS TO BE GIFTED TO THEIR FAMILY. SO UM ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME, JUST LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE IN SEVEN FORD BIG WARD ENERGY. COUNCILOR MYERS. I HAVE NOTHING ADDITIONAL TO THAT THING. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT. THANK YOU. UM COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. UM YES. HELLO. KEEP A CUP. I WILL BE HAVING A, UM WHAT SIX WILL BE HAVING A MEETING. ON MAY 11TH AT SIX PM AT COOL SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UM THANK YOU, MR MR HARRISON FOR LEADING AND WANTING TO KEEP THE CITY UM CLEAN. MY CONDOLENCES TO MR RICHARD STEWART. HE WAS MY MOM'S FRIEND, BUT NOT ONLY THAT THEY BOWLED TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, HE CAME AND WATCH ALL HER SOFTBALL GAMES. HIS DAUGHTER AND I WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. HE WAS JUST AN AMAZING PERSON. AND HE WILL BE MISSED. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS MR STEWART AND HIS FAMILY. UM ALSO ON MAY THE 13TH THE S.
YOU WILL BE HAVING THEIR GRADUATION. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT VICE MARY HILL. YES. HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU. MR BROWN. FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IT'S GOOD TO AH, GET SOME RECOGNITION AT TIMES OF THAT NATURE. UM ONE ALSO, UH, THINK PUBLIC WORKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN WE HOSTED THE GOVERNOR, IT WAS A
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FIRST CLASS AFFAIR. UH THE WAY WE, YOU KNOW, CLEANED UP AND BLOCKED OFF THE STREETS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND HOW SAFE EVERYTHING WAS. SO WE THINK OF PUBLIC WORKS IN, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM WITH THOSE EFFORTS. AH, MR ARE STORED IN OUR JUST AT THE BANK. YOU KNOW THE MONDAY BEFORE HE PASSED AND WE WERE TALKING AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND HE WAS GIVEN WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, EVEN AT THE BANK. WHILE WE WERE STANDING IN THE LINE. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITY. I DID AN INTERVIEW. UH YESTERDAY SOME NEWS OUT. LET HER CALL ONE TO SPEAK. AND WHAT HAVE YOU WANTED? ONE THING DID I REMEMBER ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE'S ALWAYS PUSHING NOT ONLY POCAHONTAS, ALAN, BUT JUST THE CITY OF PETERSBURG SO HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED. MY FATHER WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIM. AND, UH AND HE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME. MY DAD SAID HE'S ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, AGGRESSIVE ABOUT THE CITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO HE WILL BE MISSED A BRIEF HIS FUNERAL'S AT TABERNACLE THIS SATURDAY AT 11 O'CLOCK. I BELIEVE IN THIS 11 OCLOCK FOR THOSE WHO MAY WANT TO COME OUT TO ATTEND. UH, ALSO, UM. THE FACT THAT RUN I DID THE, UH, MAY I STARTED OFF THE WHAT? WITH THE SPEECH WITH THE WELCOMING, BUT THE MAYOR WELCOMED THEM BACK THIS WEEK. WE HAD A NICE GROUP THERE RAN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO I WANT TO THANK THOSE EFFORTS. THEY CAME OUT SO TO THE CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, PETERSBURG IS DEFINITELY ON THE MOVE ON THE RISE. WE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS GOING ON. DEVELOPMENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND SO WE JUST WANT TO KEEP ON KEEP STAY POSITIVE, AND EVERYONE STAYS SAFE, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS SUMMER TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. UM YES, ALSO, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO PICK IT BACK ON WHAT YOU SAID WITH MR RICHARD STEWART WAS DEFINITELY BE MISSED. I'M SO USED TO SEEING HIM RIGHT THERE IN THAT CORNER. OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND HE ALWAYS GAVE SO MUCH GREAT DIALOGUE TO ALL SUBJECTS. THAT UM, WE DISCUSSED HERE AS A COUNCIL AND, UM, HE WOULD GREATLY BE MISSED, BUT CITY COUNCIL WILL PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTION TO HONOR HIM AT THE FUNERAL. UM ON SATURDAY, 11 O'CLOCK WE ASKED. ALL OF YOU ARE TO COME COME OUT TO HAVE A CELEBRATION. OF A LIFE WELL SERVED HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. UM, ALSO, AS, UM AS VICE MARY HILL SAID ABOUT THE PETERSBURG HALF MARATHON IN FIVE K. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT. AS ALWAYS HERE. WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO KEEP BUILDING ON IT. THEY DO A GOOD GOOD JOB OF BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE CITY TO SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL AH, DOWNTOWN AND ALL OF THE HISTORY THAT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG HAS HERE. UM NEXT. THAT SAME DAY, WE ALSO WAS OUT AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE. IT WAS ANOTHER WONDERFUL EVENT ON SATURDAY. IT WAS JAZZ IN THE GROVE WERE PLUNKING AND WITNESS WE HAD OVER. IT WAS OVER 2000. PEOPLE CAME INTO PETERSBURG. TO RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE TO SEE, UH , CLUNKY AND ONENESS AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC SHOW WITH GREAT CROWD TONS OF PEOPLE AND EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME AND EVERYONE DISPERSED AND WENT ON.UM ALSO WE HAVE COMING UP TO THE REDESIGNATION OF, UH, FORT LEAD TO FOUR GREG ADAMS. SO THAT CELEBRATION IS COMING UP THE END OF HIS MOUTH AND ASKED EVERYONE TO JOIN US OUT. FORT LEE FOR THIS UNVEILING, YOU KNOW, GENERAL GREG IS STILL ALIVE. SO HE'S ONE OF THE I THINK THE ONLY LIVING GENERAL WHO'S ABOUT TO HAVE A BASE RENAMED AFTER HIM, UM, HERE AT FORT LEE. UM SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND ALSO ON THE 24TH. WE HAVE A JOINT WAR THREE MEETINGS WITH MYSELF IN SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN KIM PRITCHARD. UM, IT'S GONNA BE AT VERNON JOHNS. UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SIX O'CLOCK. MAY APRIL 24TH AND WHAT THAT'S A MONDAY SO PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIKE TO COME OUT, PLEASE, UH COMING HERE IF WE HEAR FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, AND I'M ALSO OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT, DR STERLING SHE HAS A CHALLENGING JOB HERE OF GETTING OUR SCHOOLS IN ORDER , AND SHE NEEDS TO SUPPORT OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL TO COME OUT AND WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND HER AND HELP SPEARHEADED THE DIRECTION OF OUR PETERSBURG SCHOOLS. NOW. IT IS SIX O'CLOCK.
MONDAY APRIL 24TH AT VERNON JOHNS MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND, UM. AND ALSO WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN PETERSBURG. I WAS LIKE, THANK YOU, MR RICHARD HARRIS, WHO'S BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN. UM YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE HIM, UM, REALLY CORRAL AND PUBLIC WORKS
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TO GET OUT THERE AND KEEP THE CITY LOOKING GOOD. WE THANK THEM SO MUCH, UM, ALSO, UM, THE PEOPLE JUST KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE. I MEAN, MEN AND WOMEN OF PETER'S BURY POLICE UPON YOUR GUYS STAND UP AROUND. APPLAUSE FOR YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.YOU ALWAYS OUT THERE FOR THE RACE. YOU GOTTA REALIZE WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS HERE, P D COME IN AND HELP US PULL IT OFF. THE BIGGEST THING IS TO GIVE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. HAVE A GOOD TIME.
AND YOU MAKE SURE THAT THEY LEAVE OUT THE CITY. WELL, WHETHER YOU'RE THE GOVERNOR OR RUNNING FOR A MARATHON, YOU ARE GET IT DONE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING GOING INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS. I KNOW IT ALWAYS IS CHALLENGING. BUT WE THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT THAT YOU GIVE TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE. UM AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL CONCEDE THE REST OF MY TIME TO COUNCIL COVER EVERYTHING YOU HAD. ANOTHER ITEM . THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. YES, AND I APPRECIATE IT. UH, I INTENDED . TO UH, THANK NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES FOR THE PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE ON GROVE AVENUE. UH HUH. 6 18 GROVE AVENUE, WHICH IS THE ONE OF THE LAST BUILDINGS ON THE HIGH STREETS OUT OF GROVE AVENUE AS YOU'RE HEADED TOWARDS VIRGINIA STATE. AH IS BEING REHABBED. AFTER HAVING BEEN NEGLECTED FOR DECADES. AND THAT'S AWFULLY GOOD TO SEE. AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM 6 18. YOU'LL SEE A, UM FRESHLY CLEARED LOT. IT THE ADDRESS IS 703 GROVE AVENUE. SO ON THE RIVERSIDE AS YOU GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE CORNER AH, IT WAS THE LAST BUILDING ON GROVE AVENUE. UM BEFORE YOU REACH UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD. IT WAS IN WRETCHED SHAPE. IT HAD TO COME DOWN. I HATE TO SEE ANY BUILDING DEMOLISHED. BUT THIS ONE WAS BEYOND SAVING. AND UH, WITH THE GENERAL URGING OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. THE PROPERTY OWNER TOOK THE BUILDING DOWN THE STREET LOOKS A LOT BETTER BECAUSE THAT BUILDING IS GONE.
SO THANK NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES FOR THAT GOOD WORK. ALSO UH, TAKE A LOOK AT NORTH JEFFERSON STREET. I'VE MADE A NOTE SPOKEN ABOUT THAT ONCE BEFORE, I THINK BUT NORTH JEFFERSON STREET HAS NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD IN THE LAST 10 YEARS AS IT LOOKS NAIL AND THAT, IN LARGE PART IS DUE TO PRIVATE INVESTMENT. UM I'M SURE ENCOURAGED. AT POINTS. AT SOME ADDRESSES, BUT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, BUT SOME OF IT I'M SURE IS VOLUNTARY, AND IT'S A CONTAGIOUS KIND OF A THING. ONCE A NEIGHBORHOOD GAINS MOMENTUM ON UPLIFT, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AH, THAT WHOSE WHOSE PROPERTY IS NOT UP TO THAT STANDARD, UM, FEEL MOTIVATION TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR PROPERTY.
AH NORTH NORTH JEFFERSON STILL HAS A LONG WAYS TO GO. BUT MY GOODNESS, IF YOU THINK BACK THE WAY IT LOOKED, LET'S SAY FOUR YEARS AGO AND COMPARE THAT TO THE WAY IT LOOKS TODAY. YOU WOULD BE QUITE PLEASED. SO TAKE A LOOK AT NORTH JEFFERSON AND MR MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME AT THAT POST SCRIPT. ALRIGHT PERFECT. AND I'M ALSO I HAD A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. UM, TOMORROW. WILL BE OUR FIRST GAME OF RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE BASEBALL TEAM IS PLAYING AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX. A BIG KUDOS TO MARQUEES ISLAND FOR BRINGING OUR SPORTS COMPLEX BACK TO LIFE. WE HAVE A HOME TEAM WITH RICHARD BLAND PANTS PLAYING THERE, ALONG WITH A HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS COMPLEX. LOOKS PHENOMENAL. THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE A TON OF UPGRADES UP THERE. HE'S PUTTING UP SOME OF THE AWNINGS TODAY, SO IF YOU CAN JOIN US IF YOU HAVE TIME TOMORROW, ONE O'CLOCK, WE'LL BE THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH THERE. UM OF A LONG AND PROSPEROUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COLLEGE AND WITH THE CITY SO AS LONG OVERDUE UM, GETTING THEM FROM PLAYING THEIR GAMES WAY DOWN, AND THEN WE NEED TO HAVING A HOME HERE IN PETERSBURG. SO IT'S EXCITING AND ALSO, UM, YOU ALL FORGET BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT I'M GOING TO MENTION IT FOR YOU, CHARLES COOMBS AND TRANSIT. HAD A GREAT DAY YESTERDAY WITH THE OPENING OF THE RESTAURANT AND THE DEDICATION OF THE PARKING RIDE. SO SO IT'S CALLED HEAVILY HANDS RESTAURANT INSIDE PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT, SO THOSE WHO WANT BREAKFAST THANK YOU SERVING MUCH TOO. AND UM, IF PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT THAT NEW BUSINESS THAT'S IN TRANSIT, WHICH IS A VITAL PART TWO OUR CITIZENS WHO FREQUENT THAT TRANSIT STATION TO FINALLY HAVE A PLACE TO EAT IN THERE, SO IT'S
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EXCITING TIMES. AND THANKS, MR COONS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP, AND ALSO MR MARQUEES ISLAND FOR ALL HE DO OVER THERE AND PARKS AND RECREATION ALRIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES. BUSINESS OF REPORTS.NEXT WE MOVE ON TO CHINA'S REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE NO ITEMS NUMBER 12 FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORT. THERE'S NO FINANCE OR BUDGET REPORTED THIS MEETING. UM MAX IS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OR ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE RE ADOPT THE CITY CO CHAPTER, 98 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHERS PUBLIC PLACES TO INCLUDE SECTION 98-25 BOLLARDS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. MR TABLE GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY? SO THE CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY CODE TO ADD PROVISIONS THAT PERMIT AND REGULATE THE INSTALLATION OF BOLLARDS AND LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS TO PROTECT HISTORIC ASSETS, INCLUDING HISTORIC FENCING. FOLLOWING DELIBERATIONS . THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE AND PROVIDE ANY REVISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN THE CITY INCLUDE HISTORIC ELEMENTS THAT ARE EVERY PLACE A BLE. SUCH HISTORIC ELEMENTS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE THREATENED BY MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS WHO MAY CRASH INTO THEM, CAUSING DAMAGE OR INJURY. SOME OWNERS OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE THE COST OF BOLLARDS FOR PROTECTION OF THEIR PROPERTIES IN THE CITY. AND THEY ARE WILLING TO ALLOW INSTALLATION OF THE BOLLARDS WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO THESE ARE SOME IMAGES OF BOLLARDS THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE CITY, PRIMARILY IN THE DOWNTOWN, UH AND HISTORIC AREAS. UH, THE BOTTOM ONE IS AT MARKET AND OLD STREET. AND THE OTHER IS ON GROWTH. UM AGAIN. HELPING TO PROTECT ACCESS TO CERTAIN AREAS.AND THESE ARE BOLLARDS THAT ARE LOCATED ALONG THE TRAIL AGAIN TO PREVENT ACCESS. AND MOST MOST OFTEN, BOLLARDS ARE USED TO CONTROL OR PREVENT ACCESS TO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND BOLLARDS CAN BE DECORATIVE, PROTECTIVE OR BOTH. DECORATIVE BOLLARDS WOULD PROVIDE NO CRASH PROTECTION AND WILL PRIMARILY SERVE AS AN PRESENT, UH, SERVE AND AESTHETIC PURPOSE AND A VISUAL CUE FOR DRIVERS. PROTECT PROTECTIVE BOLLARDS. ARE GENERALLY RATED, UH BY VEHICLE WEIGHT. VEHICLE SPEED AND PENETRATION OF THE VEHICLE INTO PROTECTIVE PROTECTED ZONES, AND THOSE RATINGS ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS. UH PROTECTIVE BOLLARDS WOULD PROVIDE CRASH PROTECTION, WHICH CAN BE INCREASED BASED ON THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLES ALONG THE ROADWAY. BOLLARDS TO PROTECT FROM SPEEDING VEHICLES INCREASE IN COST, OF COURSE AS THE SPEED PROTECTION RATING INCREASES. UH AND OFTEN PROTECTIVE BOLLARDS ARE INSTALLED WITHOUT DECORATION . HOWEVER THEY CAN BE PURCHASED WITH DECORATIVE COVERINGS.
BECAUSE BOLLARDS WOULD BE LOCATED IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. THEY WOULD ALSO NEED TO BE DECORATIVE SO AS TO NOT DETRACT. FROM CITY, THE CITY'S HISTORIC ASSETS. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF HISTORIC LOOKING BOLLARD ON THE RIGHT THAT IS ACTUALLY CRASH PROTECTED. IN THE LEFT IS A BALLARD THAT IS NOT. THIS IS A CLOSER IMAGE OF THAT SAFETY RATED BALLER. SO, UM, THE COST.
OF BOLLARDS CAN RANGE FROM 600 TO 1000 FOR DECORATIVE BOLLARDS AND UP TO 4004 CRASH RATED BALANCE. AND THAT'S 4000 EACH. SO THE PROVISIONS OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE INCLUDE UM WITHIN HISTORIC DISTRICTS AT THE REQUEST AND EXPENSE OF A PROPERTY OWNER AND UPON SHOWING GOOD CAUSE THE CITY WILL INSOLVABLE STOUT BOLLARDS WITHIN THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY TO PROTECT HISTORIC LANDMARKS. RESOURCES AND ELEMENTS THAT MAY INCLUDE THE CAST IRON FENCES, GRANITE CORNER FENCE POSTS, BUILDINGS AND THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED. PROVIDED THE BOLLARDS DO NOT UNDULY INTERFERE WITH PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. NUMBER TWO,
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THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE REQUESTED BOLLARD. THREE THE LOCATION OF THE BOLLARD SHALL BE DETERMINED AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE CITY WITH CONSIDERATION, INCLUDING ADEQUATE RIGHT OF WAY. TO ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIANS TO ACCOMMODATE ACCESS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES. TO ACCOMMODATE SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO CONDUCT ACCOMMODATE UTILITIES. TO ACCOMMODATE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE COST OF SUCH BOLLARDS. AH AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT SHALL BE DETERMINED AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND PAYMENTS BY A PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE CONSIDERED A DONATION TO THE CITY ACCEPTED BY CITY COUNCIL UPON RECEIPT OF FUNDS TO THE CITY. COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REPAIR MAINTENANCE, REPLACEMENT OR REMOVAL OF INSTALLED BOLLARDS, AS REQUIRED WILL BE PAID BY THE PROPERTY OWNER THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL DONATION. THE BOLLARDS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT SHALL BE DEEMED CITY PROPERTY AND ALL RESPECTS. THE PROCESS SHALL BE MANAGED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE DEVELOPED BY THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN FINALLY. PROPERTY OWNERS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM WITH SUBMIT THEIR REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE IN WRITING, IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION WHERE THE BOLLARDS ARE TO BE INSTALLED. UH WHERE POSSIBLE BOLLARDS BOLLARDS INSTALLATION SHOULD BE COMBINED WITH OTHER TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES TO ENHANCE SAFETY, REDUCE SPEEDING AND PROTECT PEOPLE AND PROPERTY. AND FINALLY, BOLLARDS WILL BE INCLUDED IN A CITYWIDE PLAN. TO ENHANCE TRAFFIC SAFETY. THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT. AND I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR TABLE NEXT WE GO TO QUESTIONS AND COMMERCE REMEMBERS THE COUNCIL COUNSELING CUPBOARD. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCILMAN JONES. COUNCILMAN JONES. HAVE YOU DONE ANY RESEARCH ON THE, UH INEXPENSIVE WAY ON INEXPENSIVE SOURCE OF, UH OF STOUT BOLLARDS.I HAVE, UM. AMAZON GOT ON FOR $74. AND THEY CRASH PROOF AND HE STILL AND THEY COULD PREVENT EQUIVALENT TO A TANK. UM I DON'T KNOW IF WE GET THESE NUMBERS FROM BUTTON. PERHAPS WE NEED TO LOOK FOR MORE INEXPENSIVE WAYS TO BUY THESE THINGS, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE MORE LESS EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT I'M SEEING HERE. RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT GOES TO WHAT COUNCILMAN JONES IS SAYING THAT IT'S CERTAIN AREAS. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT. THE EXPENSIVE BALLOT WHEN WE CAN GET THE LOWER COST ONES, AN AREA THAT'S NOT HAS HAD TRAFFIC. HAS SPEEDING AREAS. THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE LESS EXPENSIVE VERSION. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR. GOLDBERG WELL, I THINK WE CAN WORK THIS OUT THESE IMPORTANT DETAILS. UH ONCE WE GET THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE, MR TOBI, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESEARCH, YOUR CAREFUL RESEARCH AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. UH THE ILLUSTRATIONS WERE ESPECIALLY, UH, ILLUMINATING. I THOUGHT MR MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. IT IS NOT GOING TO COST THE CITY OF AND IT WILL HELP TO PROTECT OUR HISTORIC ASSETS. IT'S A MOTION. NEXT. COUNCILMAN JONES SECOND.
PROMOTION THE SECOND AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROAD? COUNCILOR MECHANICSBURG REMEMBER JONES? I REMEMBER SMITH FLEE. I REMEMBER MYERS. REMEMBER WESTBROOK. VICE
[14. New Business]
MAYOR HILL PERN PAST NEXT MOVING OUT OF 14 NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 703 BANK STREET, 7 16 WITH STREET 801 BANK, ST PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND NEW LIGHT L. L. C MR MOORE. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR HAROLD MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE'RE BACK HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS TO APPROVE THE SOLUTION AGAIN. THIS WAS VOTED ON ON FEBRUARY 21ST. AGAIN FOR THE PROPERTIES OF 703 BANK STREET, 7, 16 AND 801. THE AGREEMENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS GONE THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE APPROVED. SO. ANY[00:55:14]
QUESTIONS, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. VICE MAYOR HILL. AS MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM MOVED THAT WE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION. DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. FOR DEVELOPING OF 703 BANK STREET 7 16 WHIP STREET. IT'LL? ONE BANK STREET. PETERSBURG VIRGINIA, BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND NEW LIGHT LLC COUNSELING MYERS IN A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, MADAM CLERK DISCUSSION COVER PUBLIC HEARING. NO, SIR. OKAY? UM. WELL, I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS. THERE'S SOME, UH. SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY IN MY MIND. UH AS TO WHETHER 703. EAST BANK'S READ IS A BUILDABLE LOT. IT'S ONLY 36 FT WIDE. AND I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY. AND, UH, THERE WAS THIS. HE WAS UNCERTAIN AS WELL, I BELIEVE IS A FAIR SUMMARY. UNLESS YOU'VE GOT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS NORMAN TO SHARE NO, I WASN'T ABLE TO THE ISSUE THAT CAME UP WITH WITH REGARD TO THE SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY.THE DATE AT WHICH IT OCCURRED, AND THE CREATION OF THE NONCONFORMING LOT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING THERE IS PERMITTED BY WRITING THE BT DISTRICT IN OUR PREMIER MIDDLE ORDINANCE, THE QUESTION COMES INTO PLAY WITH REGARD TO THE LOT. UM I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE ASSESSOR'S RECORDS TO SEE WHAT YEAR THAT WAS SUBDIVIDED. AND WHAT'S YOUR WE ADOPTED A SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE WITH REGARD TO THE PROPERTY, SO THE SUGGESTION WAS, IF THERE'S ENOUGH CONCERN THAT WE COULD TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL NEXT WEEK, WHICH WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK AND RESOLVE AND GIVES US TIME TO LOOK AT THE DATES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY WAS EITHER SUBDIVIDED PROPERLY UNDER THE ORDINANCE AT THE TIME, WHEREAS A NONCONFORMING LOT OF RECORD SO THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DO THAT AGAIN. WE DO HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK, A COUNCIL WERE TO WANT TO POSTPONE. THERE WAS ENOUGH CONCERN. WE COULD TAKE THIS UP NEXT TUESDAY WITH OUR SPECIAL MEETINGS. THANK YOU, MR HOLMAN. MR MAYOR. LET ME SHOP AND THAT MOTION TO TABLE AND MOVE THAT WE MOTION TO TAPE. SORRY I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS UNTIL OUR MEETING ON APRIL. THE 25TH.
COUNCILMAN JONES HAS THE SECOND . YES I SAY. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION. COUNSELOR. MYERS BEFORE WE DO THAT, WHY DON'T WE ASK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR? IS THIS THE BUILDABLE LOT? CONSIDER ALWAYS TABLING SOMETHING. FINALLY ASKED THE QUESTION. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE HAVE DETERMINED ORIGINALLY, THAT IT WAS NONCONFORMING LOT WITH THE STRUCTURE EXISTING ON IT, AND AGAIN, IT WAS TO REHAB THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY. SO. SO THERE'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE . YES SIR. WHAT DO WE TABLE IN THIS FOR? BUT IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, HASN'T IT? YES, SIR. AND I THINK THE WHOLE PROBLEM DEVELOPED BECAUSE . AN OWNER AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST TO BE DETERMINED. AH! DIVIDED A BUILDABLE LOT. INTO TWO PARCELS. AND SOLD THE CORNER PARCEL TO SOMEBODY WHO PUT A BILLBOARD ON THE CORNER OF PARCEL. LEAVING A RESIDUAL PARCEL. IT'S ONLY 36 FT WIDE.
YES, SIR. SO I THINK THAT'S HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT. AND WHERE THE . THE EGG GOT BROKEN WAS WHEN.
AN OWNER IN THE PAST SPLIT THE LOT OFF INTO TWO PARCELS INTO TWO PIECES AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
AND, UH, SOLD THE CORNER PIECE TO SOMEONE WHO PUT A BILLBOARD UP ON IT, LEAVING OH, HOUSE SITTING ON A LOT. THAT WAS ONLY 36 FT WIDE. UH HUH. AND, UM NOT A BUILDABLE LOT. AND THE HOUSE HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. SO WHEN I TALKED TO MR ALTMAN EARLIER TODAY, HE, UM, VERY KINDLY AGREED TO RESEARCH THE TIMING OF WHEN THE AH BUILDABLE LOT WAS SPLIT. IN THE
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TWO PARCELS, ONE FOR THE BILLBOARD AND ONE THAT HAD A HOUSE ON IT. THAT WAS ONLY 36 FT WIDE. AND. HE HAS AGREED TO DO HIS BEST TO REPORT BACK TO US A WEEK FROM TODAY, SO WE'LL KNOW WHETHER WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WHETHER WE'RE DEALING WITH A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE OR AH. A PROPOSED NONCONFORMING USE THAT IS NOT PERMITTED BY OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. AND SO THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION TO TABLE IT'S ONLY A WEEK DELAY AND WE'LL SEE. UH WHAT THE FACTS ARE, BUT I THINK WE NEED THOSE FACTS IN ORDER TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION. WHETHER WE'RE LEADING PERSPECTIVE PURCHASER INTO AN AMBUSH. WHERE THE HOUSE. CANNOT LEGALLY BE REHAB. YES HE'S FINE WITH ANOTHER WEEK, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. WELL THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MR DEVELOPER. APPRECIATE IT. BECAUSE HER MIND WHAT. I'M OKAY WITH AGREEING WITH A WEEK BUT. MONTHS, AND THERE'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. WHAT IS IT? IS IT NOT HABITABLE? AND IF HE'S RENOVATING TO MAKE IT HABITABLE? HOW IS IT THAT AN ISSUE. I MEAN , MR CITY MANAGER BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE AT HAND ISN'T REALLY THE USE OF THE PROPERTY. FROM A NONCONFORMING USE PERSPECTIVE.THE B TWO ZONING DISTRICT THE WAY OUR ZONING ORDINANCES SET UP THE PREVIOUS DISTRICTS ARE PERMITTED USES. SO ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU DRILL DOWN A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. IS PERMITTED.
SO THE USE OF IT AS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING, WHICH IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND. THE APPLICANT WANTS TO REHAB THE PROPERTY FOR IS PERMITTED. THE ISSUE COMES INTO PLAY WITH REGARD TO THE SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY. AND WHERE THAT FALLS WITHIN. THE TIMING WITH REGARD TO I WAS IN ENGLAND. IT WAS. DID WE ALLOW THE CREATION OF A NONCONFORMING LOT? OR WAS THAT LOT CREATED BEFORE WE EVEN ADOPTED A SUBDIVISION AND ZONING ORDINANCE? IT'S A NONCONFORMING LOT, WHETHER IT'S A NONCONFORMING LOT OF RECORD OR ILLEGAL NONCONFORMING LOT.
THAT'S WHERE THE DATE WOULD COME IN AND VOTE TO ALLOW US TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BUT AGAIN TO YOUR POINT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY. IT'S EXISTING IS PERMITTED BY OUR ZONING DORNIN'S SO WHY DO WE NEED TO DELAY IT? IF IT IS PERMITTED. WELL I THINK THE QUESTION IS WITH REGARD TO THE SUBDIVISION AND I WAS I'M WILLING TO DO THE RESEARCH JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT COUNSELORS COUNCIL CEILING STRUCTURE SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT WAS DONE. MANY YEARS AGO WITH RESPECT TO ITS SUBDIVISION. THERE IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT RENOVATING. CORRECT THAT THAT IS A USE UNAPPROVED USE. I'M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. IT'S AN APPROVED USE THROUGH THE ZONING. IT IS AN APPROVED USE. SO WHY THE DELAY? BUT I THINK THE REQUEST IN MY CONVERSATION WAS JUST SENT OUT AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE OKAY INTO WHAT REGARD WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND. WHAT COUNCIL FULLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND . AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY UP HERE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF THERE'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, AND IT'S BY, RIGHT THEN WHAT IS THE ISSUE? THE ISSUE. THE QUESTION BROUGHT TO FOURTH WAS THE SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND. AND HE WANTS TO JUMP IN AND I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN AND SAY, I THINK THAT THE REASON WHY IT WOULD PROBABLY BE PRUDENT TO GLASGOW WEEK IS NOT NECESSARILY QUESTION BUT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE OWNER. I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME AND CHALLENGE WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD, I WOULD WANT TO HAVE EVERYTHING CONFIRMED BEFORE OR RENOVATE.
YEAH, I WOULD WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING CONFIRMED. THERE IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. I UNDERSTAND , BUT IF I WERE THE DEVELOPER, I WOULD NOT WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON IT ONLY TO HAVE SOMEONE COME BACK LATER AND CHALLENGE WHETHER OR NOT I EVEN HAVE ZONING THE USE IT SO WAITING A WEEK SEEMS TO MAKE A GREAT A GREAT DEAL OF SENSE THAT IT WAS BY RIGHT. AND IT WAS ZONED PROPERLY. SO WHICH ONE IS IT? I HEARD, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT ALL DAY LONG, BUT UNLESS THEY HAVE A FORMAL ZONING, DETERMINATION, THEY'RE NOT REALLY PROTECTED. AND SO I THINK YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU SPEND MONEY, AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE A WEEK, I WOULD SUGGEST DOING IT. I MEAN, COUNCIL CAN PERCEIVE HOW IT WISHES, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. WHY ARE WE HERE TONIGHT DOING THIS IF IT'S NOT ZONE CORRECTLY. IT'S ZONE CORRECTLY.
WHAT. HE JUST SAID THAT IT WAS WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU ALL ARE CONFUSING MORE THAN IT IS, BUT
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SO YOU KNOW WHAT IF HE'S OKAY WITH A WEEK? THAT'S FINE, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME SOMEONE COMES UP HERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY PIECE BURGERS, ALWAYS A DELAY OR TABLE OR SOMETHING THAT THAT NATURE WHEN IT SHOULDN'T EVEN COME BEFORE US IF IT'S NOT VETTED CORRECTLY. PERIOD. TO THAT POINT. SO LISTEN, IF YOU WANNA DO IT A WEEK, THAT'S FINE.I JUST EVERY TIME WE'RE UP HERE. THERE IS SOMETHING CONTEMPLATING. SOMETHING THAT IS SO UNNECESSARY. TO YOUR POINT. MR MYERS. THIS I THINK YOU'RE WHERE WE'RE AT IS I'M CONTEMPLATING IN MY MIND AND ADDED ITEM THAT WOULD GO IN THE AGENDA PACKETS THAT WOULD HAVE A LETTER FROM OUR ZONING ADMINISTRATOR THAT WOULD SAY THAT THE USE PROPOSED THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE PROPERTY. MEET THIS MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE ONION IT'S AND IT'S A BUILDABLE LOT AND THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE, THAT QUESTION IS ANSWERED. DEFINITIVELY BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. AND MAYBE I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT IS HIS USE FOR THE PROPERTY. HIS PROPOSED USES A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING IS MY IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO REHAB TO RENT. YOU'D LIKE TO REHAB A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING THAT EXIST. YES, SIR. OKAY. THEN I DON'T THINK I'M TOO CRAZY DOWN HERE, OKAY? AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. WHY WE CONTINUE TO TABLE STUFF. PERIOD. THAT'S WHY WE'RE WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHY WE'RE NOT GOING TOMORROW AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME NOW. I'M NOT FUSSING. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE BEFORE US. IF IT'S NOT VERY CORRECTLY PERIOD. AND I THINK ZONING AND ALL WORK TOGETHER IN ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MR MORE WOULD HAVE COME HERE BEFORE US. IF EVERYTHING WAS NOT INTACT. AND SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S CONTINUED TO BE DELAYED. ALRIGHT. THE EMOTION AND THE SECOND. ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROOM. COUNCILOR FOR COMFORT. AH! COUNCIL MEMBER JONES REMEMBER SMOOTHLY. SOME OF THE MYERS VOTE ON BUT I MEAN NO . I NEED TO HEAR JUST YOUR EYES FOR THE RECORD. NO. YOU SAID NO. OKAY THANK YOU. REMEMBER WESTBROOK? VICE MAYOR HILL. REGRETTABLY. MAYOR PERM. MOTIONS PASSED NEXT MOVE ON ITEM 14 B, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION AND RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND TRI CITIES, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR THE PROPERTY AT 8 35 COMMERCE STREET, MR MOORE THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON JULY 19TH 2022 CITY OF PETERSBURG ENTERED INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH TRI CITIES HABITAT. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY AT 8 35 COMMERCE STREET. THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE WAS FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX MONTHS EXCEPT BY WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CITY HAS APPROVED BY PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL. THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE CALLS FOR THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY. CLOSING OCCURRED ON AUGUST 11TH 2022. AND AS OF MARCH 29TH 2023. A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY HAD NOT BEEN ATTAINED TRI CITIES, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS REQUESTING EXTENSION THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH OUR CITY ATTORNEY SO WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS.
OKAY? YES. THANKS, MARY HILL. MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND TRI CITY OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR THE PROPERTY OF 8 35 COMMERCE STREET. COUNCILMAN SMITH LEE SECOND MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAMA CUTHBERT. REMEMBER JONES? I REMEMBER SMITH LEAGUE NUMBER, MYERS COUNCILMAN BORSCHBERG BERRYHILL PERN PAST. NEXT IS ITEM 14 C CONSIDERATION RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE COMMITMENT TO FUND THE LOCALITY SHARE PROJECTS UNDER AGREEMENT WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AND PROVIDE
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SIGNATURE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL AGREEMENTS AND GORDON DEMS FOR ANY APPROVED PROJECTS WITH V DOT THE WILLIAMS. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. DON'T FIRE DOING FINE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM IS SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY DONE IN THE PAST WITH VIDA, WHICH BASICALLY JUST GIVES THE PROVIDES SIGNATURE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER OVER TO EXECUTE ALL AGREEMENTS. AND ADDENDUMS FOR APPROVED PROJECTS. UM, WITH THE DATA. IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD WE'VE CANCELED PROJECTS WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE FUNDING NOT DOING IT NOW, BUT JUST THIS WILL BE GOING FORWARD THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THOSE. AND SIGNED THERE WAS AN APPROVAL AND APPENDIXES. FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH PETE, I DON'T OKAY. PERFECT. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR, MYERS. VICE MAYOR HILL. ALRIGHT JUST NO DISCUSSION. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROSE? COUNCIL MEMBER EXPERT REMEMBER JONES, SMITH LEE KATHY MEYERS, COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK NICE, MERRY HILL MAYOR. PRIME MOTIONS PASSED THIS ITEM D CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE PROGRAMS FIND A TWO LOCALITIES. FINDS CARRY OVER. SECOND READING. COUNCILOR MYERS. COUNCILOR. MS SMITH LEE SECOND STAND, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER, KUPERBERG, UH, MEMBER JONES. UH HUH. MEMBER SMOOTHLY. I MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK , VICE MARY HILL MAYOR PERM PAST CIRCLE BACKGROUND IN COUNSELING JONES FOR A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
SO THE BACKGROUND OF THIS, UM IT'S FUN. AND FIRE PROGRAMS TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE CITY.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? WE GET THIS MONEY ANNUALLY, AND IT SAYS EITHER CITY OF PETERSBURG RECEIVED THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE PROGRAM AID TO LOCALITIES GRANT ANNUALLY TO ASSIST SPECIFIC TRAINING DESIGNATED FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT. ANY UNSPENT FUNDS PROVIDED SHOULD NOT FORFEIT TO THE CITY OR BACK TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
UNSPENT FUNDS SHALL REMAIN AVAILABLE TO THE AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURT OF VIRGINIA. AND MY QUESTION IS I'VE SEEN IT FOR FY. FISCAL YEAR, 2019. SOME OF 33,020 20.
SO I WAS 61,000. AND 2023. WITH THE PAST ISSUES WE'VE HAD IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND IT'S BEEN OVER IN THE MEDIA ABOUT MONEY. AND WE'VE ASKED THE FORMER CHIEF AND THE CHIEF BEFORE HER. ABOUT MONEY. WHERE WAS THIS MONEY ALL THE TIME. FROM 2019. 2020. IN 2023. ALRIGHT. AND MS LUCAS WAS JUST SAYING THAT YOU THAT THAT SHE APPROPRIATED EVERY YEAR. UM, MR. MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING.
ALSO SAY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE FUNDING THAT WAS LEFT OVER THAT WAS NOT SPENDING 19 AND 20.
WE'RE APPROPRIATING THAT TO THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET IN 23, WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY $23 DOLLARS THAT WEREN'T SPENT. WE'RE HAVING TO APPROPRIATE THEM BUDGET APPROPRIATE THEM TO THE CURRENT BUDGET. SO WE CAN SPEND IT BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THE ROLLOVER FUNDS EVERY YEAR, YOU HAVE TO RE APPROPRIATE THEM TO THE NEW BUDGET. NOW AS TO WHY THEY WEREN'T SPENT. I WASN'T HERE AND I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT MY NEXT QUESTION, BUT I WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, LOGICALLY, PEOPLE WERE FUSSING ABOUT PREVIOUS CHIEF SMART SPENDING ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT IT WASN'T SPENT IS IT'S RIGHT HERE. THEY KNEW THE MONEY WAS AVAILABLE, BUT THEY ELECTED NOT TO SPEND IT. WE'RE MAKING SURE IT'S BROUGHT FORWARD SO WE CAN SPEND IT ON THE NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROGRAM FUNDING ALLOWANCES SO YOU CAN TELL ME RIGHT NOW. AT NO TIME. THIS MONEY WAS SITTING IN THE GENERAL FUND. IT CAN'T SIT IN THE JOB CAN'T AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. BECAUSE THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ONLY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY'VE BEEN SITTING THERE. AVAILABLE TO BE USED, BUT WE'RE NOT USED FOR SOME REASON IN 19 AND 20. AND SUBSEQUENTLY YEARS NOW WE'RE HAVING TO APPROPRIATE THEM TO THE CURRENT BUDGET YEAR SO WE CAN SPEND THEM BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS THAT ARE APPARENT IN AVAILABLE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT NOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT ABOUT $90,000 THAT CAN BE SPENT THEY NOW THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO SPEND THAT $90,000. IT'S BEEN SITTING THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BUDGET APPROPRIATED TO THE CURRENT YOUR BUDGET IN ORDER
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TO SPEND IT. SO NOW THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SPEND IT WITH THE WILL. YES. NOW THAT COUNCILS APPROVED IT. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON ITEM 14 E CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION. THE VIRGINIA OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND AUTHORITY AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. VICE MARY HILL. MOVED.ANNOUNCEMENT. MYERS ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILOR MCCAFFERTY, UH, FOR JONES SMITH FLEE COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, VICE MAYOR HILL HARPER PAST NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON OUT OF THE 15 THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, MR
[15. City Manager's Report]
ALTMAN WELL, COUNCIL KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER UNDERNEATH COUNCIL COMMENTS BY GIVING KUDOS TO ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WOULD LET THEM KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE DID PUBLIC WORKS POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARD TO THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT LAST WEEK BLOCKING OFF SYCAMORE STREET, WHICH IS NOT SIGNAL WASHINGTON FROM SYCAMORE , DOWN FROM ADAM'S DOWN IS NOT AN EASY FEAT AS WE ALL SAW, BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND GETTING THAT ACCOMPLISHED. AND OF COURSE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MENTIONED, UH MR ALLEN OVER AND RECREATION FOR THE JOB THAT HE'S DOING WITH ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE UPCOMING EVENTS WITH THE MOTHER'S DAY EVENT AND TOMORROW WITH THE FIRST PITCH AND GAME, RICHARD BLAINE AND ARE REVITALIZED SPORTS COMPLEX AND WE'LL BE HAVING MORE WORK DONE OUT THERE, SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZED ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEESO EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS. OKAY.PERFECT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MYERS. YES. AND, UM MR MAYOR TO MY TWO GREEN. I FORGOT TO THANK RICHARD HARRIS AND CHEAP. TRAVIS CHRISTIAN FOR ALL THAT THEY DID WITH RESPECT TO THE DIET AND MAKING THAT STREET. CLOSE YOUR HAPPEN WITHOUT A HITCH. UM IT TOOK THEM SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET THINGS DONE. UM, AND THERE WAS A CHANGE AND THEY IMMEDIATELY TOOK CHARGE OF THAT CHANGE, AND EVERYTHING WENT VERY WELL. AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO RICHARD HARRIS FROM THE WORKS DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF TRAVIS CHRISTIAN TAKING THE HELM ON THAT FOR US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT WE MOVE ON OUT OF 16 BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CLERK. IT'S LUCAS. ANY ITEMS? I HAVE NO ITEMS ALRIGHT, NEXT, AND WE WANT ITEM 17 BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY MR WILLIAMS IN THE ITEMS, REPORTS. PREMIER ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM, 18 IS ADJOURNMENT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WELL, THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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