May 16, 2023 Regular City Council Meeting

CONCLUDES. CLOSED SESSION NEXT WERE ROLLED RIGHT ALONG INTO REGULAR SCHEDULE. CITY COUNCIL

[1. Roll Call]

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BUT WHICH IS. THE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. NEXT IS ITEM FOUR DETERMINATION. PRESIDENT A

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

[5. Proclamations/Recognitions/Presentation of Ceremonial Proclamations]

MY FIRST PROCLAMATION. THIS EVENING. IS FOR JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, AND IT STAYS WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES HAS MANY HERITAGE MONTHS THAT CELEBRATE THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES THERE FORM THE MOSAIC OF OUR COUNTRY. CELEBRATING HERITAGE MONTHS WE LEARN ABOUT ONE ANOTHER, WE HONOR THE RICHNESS OF DIVERSE NATION AND WE STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. WHEREAS SINCE 2007 PRESIDENTS BUSH, OBAMA, TRUMP AND BIDEN HAVE ALL ISSUED PROCLAMATIONS FOR JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH WITH CELEBRATE JEWISH AMERICANS AND ENCOURAGE ALL AMERICANS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JEWISH HERITAGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH HAS THIS ORIGIN IN 1980 WHEN CONGRESS PASSED THE RESOLUTION, WHICH AUTHORIZED AND REQUESTED THE PRESIDENT TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING APRIL 21ST TO 28 1980 AS JEWISH HERITAGE WEEK. AND WHEREAS THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY DATES BACK TO 16 54 WHEN A GROUP OF 23 JEWS FLEEING PERSECUTION AT THE HANDS OF THE PORTUGUESE INQUISITION, FLARE BRAZIL AND FOUND REFUGE IN NEW AMSTERDAM, NOW NEW YORK FROM THE ATTORNEY GROUP. THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS GROWN TO OVER SIX MILLION, REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 2% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION TODAY. AND WHEREAS OVER THE PAST 369 YEARS, JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE GIVEN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND HIS NATION AS LOYAL AND PATRIOTIC CITIZENS, ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THE SAFE HARBOR THAT AMERICA PROVIDED FOR THEM. JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE SERVED IN GOVERNMENT AND THE MILITARY. THEY WON NOBEL PRIZES HEAD OF UNIVERSITIES AND CORPORATIONS. ADVANCED MEDICINES CREATED AND PERFORMED AND ENDURING WORKS, PERFORMING AND VISUAL ART. WRITTEN GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS BECOME EMBLEMS OF JUSTICE AS MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT AND SO MUCH MORE.

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ALRIGHT, NEXT AND FINAL PROCLAMATION FOR THE NIGHT. WILL BE FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK. WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY INTEGRAL PART OF OUR CITIZENS EVERYDAY LIVES. AND WHEREAS THE SUPPORT OF AN UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMED CITIZENRY IS VITAL TO THE OFFICIAL OPERATION OF PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS WATER, SEWERS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND WHEREAS THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE FACILITIES AS WELL AS THEIR PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF VITALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE EFFORTS AND SKILLS OF PUBLIC WORKS, OFFICIALS WHEREAS THE HEALTH SAFETY AND COMFORT OF THIS COMMUNITY GREATLY DEPENDS ON THESE FACILITIES AND SERVICES. AND WHEREAS THE EFFICIENCY OF THE QUALIFIED AND DEDICATED PERSONNEL WHOSE STAFF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS IS MATERIALLY INFLUENCED BY THE PEOPLE'S ATTITUDE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THEY PERFORMED. THEREFORE I SAMUEL PAM, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 21ST TO 27TH 2023 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROVIDING PUBLIC WORKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS. WHICH PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE. ALRIGHT I PUBLIC WORKS STAFF COME ON UP FRONT CLAWS.

[6. Responses to Previous Public Information Posted]

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

[8. Official Public Hearings]

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OKAY? VICE MAYOR HILL. A SECOND. MOTION IS SECOND. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH LEE. I CAN'T REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, VICE MAYOR HILL MAYOR PERM PAST ALRIGHT. NEXT, UM IS ITEM B. ITEMS BE SEE D E AND F.

WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR THE JUNE 20TH MEETING. UM THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM TO MOVE WITH THESE ITEMS. SO ALL THESE ITEMS WILL BE RESCHEDULED . SO THAT LEAVES US TO ITEM NUMBER G. WHICH IS A PUBLIC HANDFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, FY 2023 24 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. MISS STACEY JORDANS. YEAH. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR PARAM VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE, UM TO ADOPT THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 24. WE WILL BE BRINGING THE CAPITAL PIECE TO COUNCIL IN JUNE. REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES TOTAL 84,202,004. INCREMENTAL CAUSE FOR 23 24, INCLUDING 8.8% HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE THAT WOULD BE ABSORBED BY THE CITY AS WELL AS INCREASING TRANSFER AMOUNT TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS INSTEAD OF THEIR $10 MILLION WORTH. THERE WILL BE GETTING 12.3 MILLION THIS YEAR UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. UM AS WELL. EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE CITY RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL RATE INCREASE RATING INCREASE. UM SO NOW WE ARE A PLUS WITH S AND P AND THE A ONE FOR MOODY'S. MOODY'S ACTUALLY GAVE THE CITY A DOUBLE A THREE RATING AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AS TO WHY WE WERE ONLY GIVEN A ONE RATING. SO MOODY'S OVERALL RATING FOR THE CITY WAS H DOUBLE A THREE, WHICH IS A VERY STRONG, WHICH WOULD BE A TOP TIER TIER ONE RATING FOR THE CITY. THE FUND BALANCE IN THE CASH RESERVES HAVE GROWN STEADILY OVER THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, SUPPORTED BY STRONG PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS , ALTHOUGH THE CITY PLANS TO ISSUE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEBT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE NEAR TERM, RESULTING IN ABOVE AVERAGE, YET MANAGEABLE LEVERAGE, BURDEN. THE RATING ALSO REFLECTS THE CITY'S STRONG MANAGEMENT AND COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING BALANCE OPERATIONS.

CREDIT STRENGTH FOR THE CITY ARE HEALTHY LIQUIDITY AND RESERVES, EXPANDING LOCAL ECONOMY AND LOW FIXED COSTS. THE CITY HAS NEUTRAL AND LOW EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, INCLUDING FISCAL PHYSICAL CLIMATE RISK, NATURAL CAPITAL IN WASTE AND POLLUTION, AS WELL AS STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE. THE SCORE ALSO CONSIDERED THE CITY'S POLICY, CREDIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND STRONG MANAGEMENT AND BUDGETING PRACTICES. SOME OF OUR CREDIT CHALLENGES ARE BELOW AVERAGE, RESIDENT INCOME AND WEALTH LEVELS. THAT WAS THE MAIN CAUSE OF US NOT BEING ABLE TO GET A TOP TIER RATING THIS YEAR. AS WELL AS MODERATE THAT BURDEN EXPECTED TO GROW UP IN NEAR TERM, THE CITY'S EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, METRICS LAGGED THE

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THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET BY FUN GENERAL FUND IS 84,202,004 84,202,069 GRANTS IS 9 1,829,051. STREETS IS 6,756,000 . OH, SIX. CDBG IS 5 83 TO 53.

WE DO EXPECT THAT TO INCREASE JUST A BIT, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR THE OFFICIAL LETTER FROM CDBG. AND WELL, WE WILL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL UTILITIES IS 15 MILLION STORMWATER 1 1,322,056 GOLF 1,000,001 OH 45 50 TRANSIT 4 6,000,072 TO 67. OF COURSE EXPENSES WILL MATCH THE REVENUES. GENERAL FUND REVENUE SUMMARY COMPARES OF GENERAL PROPERTY TAXES, OTHER LOCAL TAXES, PERMITS FEES AND LICENSE FINES AND FORFEITURES, MONEY. PROPERTY CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE RECOVERY CALLS THE REVENUE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND NON REVENUE RECEIPTS TO TOTAL THE 84,000,002 02. 4 69. GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT IS 3 7,350,050 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES IS 5,617,000. 7 62 PUBLIC SAFETY IS 7 19,000,045 65. COURTS AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY IS 3 282,043. GENERAL SERVICES IS 3 6,000,091 3 48. SOCIAL SERVICES IS 8, 14,000,059, 4, 17 LEISURE AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS IS 4 2,000,034 1 14. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS THREE MILLION TO 57 553. THAT SERVICES IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. WE ARE CONTINUED TO BUDGET FOR THE SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE REFUND THAT WE DID, SO WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO TAKE THOSE SAVINGS OUT OF THE BUDGET AS OF RIGHT NOW, 3,002,126 SCHOOLS IS 12,361,004 . TRANSFERS ITS 2,541,000 TO 6.

NON DEPARTMENTAL IS 3 6,000,058 8 86. OKAY? GENERAL GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY HUMAN RESOURCES. CITY ASSESSOR FINANCE BUILDING THE COLLECTIONS, RISK MANAGEMENT PROCUREMENT AND CENTRAL STOREROOM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. THERE WAS AN OVERALL 3.46% INCREASE IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT 12.5% INCREASE THE CITY COUNCIL DUE TO THE SALARY INCREASES FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND

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THERE'S AN OVERALL 10.14% INCREASE TO CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. ANNUAL 5% THAT WHICH INCLUDES AN ANNUAL 5% COMPENSATION BOARD INCREASE IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAD AN INCREASE OF 14% DUE TO THE REINSTATEMENT OF HER POSITIONS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE 22 BUDGET. I SHOULD SAY 20% 3 23 EXCUSE ME. PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMARY. WHICH INCLUDES POLICE, 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, ANIMAL CONTROL, FIRE E. M S. UM V. J C. C C A SERVICES. UM, WE DO NOT LONGER WE NO LONGER CITY FUNDS COVER COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS IS FULLY GRANT VICTIM WITNESS. WE WILL BE TAKEN ON 10% OF THEIR FUNDING BECAUSE THEY GOT A REDUCTION IN THEIR FEDERAL FUNDS THIS YEAR AND THE FREEDOM SUPPORT CENTER. THERE WAS AN OVERALL 5.84% INCREASE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. 2% SALARY INCREASES HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FUNDING FOR 10, FIRE SERGEANTS AND TWO FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE COVERED FROM THE REMOVAL OF THE VACANCIES, REFINING ITS COLLECTIONS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DELAYED FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES BECAUSE THESE POSITIONS DUE TO THE 10% CUT FOR FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED. WE WILL ALSO ABSORBING 26,000 FOR VICTIM VICTIM WITNESS COURTS AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMARY. COURTS INCLUDES CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES, GENERAL DISTRICT COURT MAGISTRATES OFFICE, 11TH DISTRICT COURT JUVENILE DOMESTIC RELATIONS. THERE'S AN OVERALL 1.89% INCREASE THE COURTS 11TH DISTRICT COURT, WE'LL SEE A 2% INCREASE FOR RENT. OKAY? GENERAL SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES PUBLIC WORKS. FACILITIES MAINTENANCE GROUNDS AND REFUSE COLLECTION. OVERALL 9.2% INCREASE FOR GENERAL SERVICES OR UTILITIES SHOULD NOW BE PAID BY PHILIP FACILITIES MAINTENANCE. THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THEIR INCREASE CAME FROM, BECAUSE WE REMOVED IT FROM OTHER BUDGETS. AND BECAUSE FACILITY PAYS FOR ALL UTILITIES AND WATER BILLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. ALL OF THAT MONEY IS NOW LUMPED INTO THEIR BUDGET INSTEAD OF BEING SPORADICALLY. THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND THE TURF DIVISION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM GROUNDS AND PLACE UNDER PARKS IN IRAQ. SOCIAL SERVICES IS OVERALL 2.2% INCREASE, THEY WILL BE RECEIVING A 7% SALARY INCREASE FROM THE STATE THIS YEAR. OK CURRENTLY THERE ARE 29 VACANCIES. 21 WILL BE FUNDED IN JANUARY OF 2021. LEISURE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY. PARKS AND REC LIBRARY TOURISM. CEMETERIES MUSEUM AND, UH, WE NO LONGER HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO TOURISM AND MUSEUM NOW FALLS UNDER GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AS WELL. THAT'S WHY YOU WILL SEE THE ZEROS THEIR OVERALL 18.6% 65% INCREASE RECORD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DUE TO ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR RECREATION SPECIALIST SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS. TURF DIVISION REMOVED FROM GROUNDS IN PLACE UNDER RECREATION AND LIBRARY UPGRADES FOR COMPUTERS. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. PLANNING INCREASED BY 23.18% DUE TO THE ADDITION OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IN THAT DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IS 18.28% INCREASE DUE TO THE COST OF THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALL CITY RESIDENTS. RIGHT. NON DEPARTMENTAL. THESE ARE WHO WE? THE CITY GIVES MONEY TO AMERICAN RED CROSS, OF COURSE, BRIGHTPOINT. CENTRAL VIRGINIA. COOP EXTENSION CREATOR DISTRICT.

CREATED JUVENILE. DISTRICT 19 DUDES AND ASSOCIATION OF MEMBERSHIPS HAVE BEEN BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE. SO YOU CAN, UM SEE WHAT MAKES UP THE 7 89 TO 81. HOPEWELL IN PITTSBURGH, HEALTHY START LOVING STEPS WE HAVE THE MCKINNEY FOUNDATION MED FLY. METROPOLITAN BUSINESS LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. PETERSBURG MAIN STREET EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PETERSBURG SOUL AND WATER PETERSBURG SYMPHONY AND ART LEAGUE. RICHARD BLAND, RIVERSIDE REGIONAL JAIL.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. AND THE Y M C A AFTER SCHOOL'S PROGRAM TO INCLUDE THE FUND BALANCE, REPLENISHMENT AND THE CONSISTENCY, OKAY? SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS INCLUDE OUR GRANT FUNDS ARE STREETS, CDBG AND STORM WATER. GRANTS FUNDS, WHICH WILL BE CHANGING ONCE WE RECEIVE ALL OF THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION , UM, THAT WILL INCREASE BASED

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OF COURSE, OUR BUDGET PERSON IS GENETIC, JOHNSON AND CITY OF PETERSBURG STAFF ARE COOPERATING. THANK YOU. MR JORDAN'S THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR A LOT OF HARD WORK TO GET US HERE. UM NEXT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF PETERSBURG FY 23 24 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. ANY HANDS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, MR JEFF FLEMING. MAYOR VICE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL EVENING, JEFF LEMON 18 19 CHECK ATTACK AVENUE. HOPE YOU'RE DOING FINE THIS EVENING. I AM WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUDGET, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

UH I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS, BUT HE HAD. HE'S MADE A STATEMENT. IT KIND OF STUCK WITH ME. THAT THEIR PILLARS TO A CITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THEM. OKAY I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET PROPOSED BUDGET. FOR THE FIRE AND E. M S. NINE MILLION WAS REQUESTED. THEY'RE PROPOSING 7,000,002% $2 MILLION CUT. POLICE THEY REQUESTED AT 12 MILLION THEY GOT NINE MILLION.

WHICH IS TWO MILLION MORE THAN US. I'M NOT. I'M NOT. WE NEED POLICE. WE NEED FIRE. THEY'RE BOTH IMPORTANT PILLARS TO A CITY. THE CITY IS RECOGNIZED ON THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY. LET'S FACE IT. IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF FIRES, AND THINGS ARE BURNING DOWN. WE WERE IN THE NEWS WHEN PINE TREE RED FIRES GOING WHO WAS SETTING HIM? CRIME. YOU WERE IN THE NEWS. YOU DON'T WANT THAT. SO HAS TO BE A PARODY IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. THERE'S NO PARODY IN PUBLIC SAFETY. A POLICE OFFICER BASICALLY STARTS BASICALLY ALMOST MORE THAN FIREFIGHTER. NOW YOU'VE GOT FIREFIGHTERS STARTING MORE NOW BUT STILL NOT MAKING WHAT THE OTHER NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS ARE MAKING. WE'RE GONNA LOSE FIREFIGHTERS, SO WE KEEP BECAUSE WE BECOME A TRAINING GROUND.

WE'VE LOST SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WENT WAY UP. LOOK AT MELVIN CARTER.

PRODUCT OF PETERSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE'S THE CHIEF OF RICHMOND. WE LOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE GOT TO LEARN HOW TO RETAIN THEM AND ONE OF HIS FINANCE IT SAYS A 2% RAISE THE POLICE GETTING A RAISE. I HEAR THERE'S A RUMOR, BUT I DON'T SEE IT IN THE BUDGET. THAT'S TRANSPARENCY RIGHT THERE. THESE ARE JUST QUESTIONS I'VE HAD. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR JORDAN'S PUTTING ON THE COMMUNITY EVENT FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME OUT. SADLY, IT WAS VERY LOWLY ATTENDED. BUT THEY PUT ON AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM AND I LEARNED A LOT. BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY. WE REALLY DO. IN ORDER TO RETAIN THE GOOD PEOPLE. WE HAVE. AND IN ORDER TO BOTH POLICE AND FIRE AND TO RECRUIT BECAUSE IT IS TIME EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO FIGHT FOR THE SAME PEOPLE. THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK NO OTHER HANDS. IT'S PROBABLY HEARING HIS CLOTHES NEXT TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS. YES. COUNCILMAN VICE MAYOR HILL. YES MR JORDAN. CAN YOU TURN THE SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. GARY CAN TURN ITS SAD SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE. AND CAN YOU JUST TALK IN YOUR OWN TERMS? UM THE STRENGTH OF THE CITY AND FROM WHICH WE'VE COME INTO WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHAT HAS GOTTEN US HERE? ABSOLUTELY UM, SO IF YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE WITH THE CREDIT RATING. THE CITY IN 2014 WAS AT AN AA PLUS CREDIT RATING AND THEN DROPPED TO A TRIPLE B, WHICH IS THE FOURTH TIER. UM, AND THEN WENT EVEN LOWER TO THE FIFTH YEAR OF A DOUBLE B, SO THE CITY IS FINANCIALLY STABLE AS THEY WERE IN 2014, WHICH IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE FROM WHERE YOU WERE

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WHICH SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHERE THE CITY HAS COME. WE JUST HAVE TO STEADFAST WHAT WE ARE DOING.

KEEP ON DELINQUENCY COLLECTIONS , UM, DURING OUR TAX SALES TAX LEANS GARNISHMENT JUDGMENTS. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CORRECT PROCESSES WITH THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE HAVE TO MONITOR OUR SPENDING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVERSPENDING. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND NOT THE ONES OF INTERNAL EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU, AND, UH, UM I GUESS. A STRONG ECONOMY FOR THE CITY ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT? ABSOLUTELY IF WE BUILD A HIGHER ECONOMIC BASE WITHIN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE MEDIUM, UM SALARY FOR THE CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, THE CITY CAN WELL BECOME A SECOND TIER AND EVEN A TOP TIER HIGHEST POSSIBLE RATING. BUT WE HAVE TO BUILD THAT. THAT HOME MEDIAN FOR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. I THINK THE MEDIA WAS $45,000, WHICH IS NOT A LIE. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR, MYERS. YEAH, MR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM STACEY WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. AND LET ME TELL YOU MY TEAM. I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT AND YOUR TEAM AND YOUR TEAM. STACY WHEN YOUR TEAM BUT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE NOW. AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN ENORMOUS WITH RESPECT TO UM, WHERE THE MAYOR AND I WAS BEFORE. WHERE WE ARE NOW, AND WE WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK. BECAUSE WHEN WE COME FROM 25 MILLION IN THE HOLE AND 55 MILLION IN THE PLUS THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. SO THOSE WHO SAY THAT PETERSBURG IS NOT WHAT THEY THINK IT IS. WE ARE WHO WE ARE, AND WE'VE COME A LONG WAY. AND WE THANK YOU AND THE STAFF.

EVERYBODY SEE THE MANAGING THIS ALL OUR CITY MANAGER SINCE THERE AND EVERYBODY, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT IS. HUMBLING TO SEE WHERE WE'VE COME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE NOW. BASIC, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOUR STAFF COUNSEL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. WE APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. OKAY ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN JONES. HOW YOU DOING, MISS DAISY? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, GOOD. UM YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE THAT YOU WANT TO INCREASE IT 500,000 ANNUALLY. QUESTION IS AT WHAT COST? WILL YOU INCREASE? AND WHERE IS THAT GOING TO COME FROM ? YOU MAY HAVE GIVEN THAT ANSWER, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE EXPENSES ARE SEPARATED. IT'S BASED OFF OF THE REVENUES THAT WE GET INTO THE CITY FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY FINES AND FORFEITURES. PFC EVERYTHING IS DIVIDED ACROSS THE CITY BETWEEN GENERAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC SAFETY SCHOOLS. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUDGET AT LEAST 500,000 AND AGAIN. WE'RE WORKING ON OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES SO THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE AT A PLACE NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT MUCH AND THAT MONEY CAN BE USED IN OTHER PLACES BECAUSE THE EXPECTATION IS ONCE WE START DOING INVESTMENTS WITH OUR FUND BALANCE WILL BE ABLE TO THINK, UM, BRINGING ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND GROW THE FUND BALANCE ON TOP OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. OKAY UM ONE MORE QUESTION. I NOTICED YOU SAID WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY WAS 23.28% PUBLIC SAFETY. HOW IS THAT DIVIDED? IS THAT DIVIDED DOWN THE MIDDLE NOW IT'S NOT DIVIDED. SO JUST MR FLEMING CAME UP. POLICE IS NOT GETTING AN INCREASE THIS YEAR, THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT IS RECEIVING AN INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THIS YEAR IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF 2. POLICES BUDGET IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE LARGER THAN FIRE BECAUSE THEY HAVE 30 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES, SO THAT'S 30 ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE TO COUNT FOR SALARIES, FICA HEALTHCARE AND EVERY OTHER VRS, SO IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A BIT LARGER. I THINK WHEN I DID A CALCULATION FROM LAST YEAR'S PROPOSED PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE ISSUES PROPOSED BUDGET, THE INCREASE WAS ONLY FOR POLICE. IT ENDED UP BEING MAYBE 607 100,000. BUYERS INCREASE WAS 700. BUT WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL THINGS TO THEM. SO NOW IT'S ACTUALLY MORE SO. THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S SUCH A VARIANCE BECAUSE POLICE HAS 30 ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL IN THEIR DEPARTMENT. NOW, AS FAR AS FAR AS REQUESTS FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET, THEY DID REQUEST ADDITIONAL POSITIONS , BUT WE JUST DO NOT HAVE THE SOURCES RIGHT NOW TO FUND THAT. UNLESS WE START RESTRUCTURING AND SITTING IN SOMEBODY'S DEPARTMENTS AGAIN, WE HAVE 122 VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ACCOUNT FOR $7.6 MILLION OF

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THE OVERALL TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO THE NEXT ONE. GARY, PLEASE. IS 82,000,065 5 99. OKAY? ALRIGHT THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE AN APPROPRIATE THE BUDGET FOR THE PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. UM AND THEIR BUDGET. TOTALLY 82,065,005. OKAY SEEING NO HANDS THIS PUBLIC HEARING THIS CLOSE, VICE MAYOR

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NEXT. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSSION BY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCILMAN MYERS. YES SIR. MR MAYOR. I MOVED THAT WE AMEND AND RE ADOPT THE PETERSBURG CITY CODE TO RESCIND SECTION 1 18 DAYS. 94 HILL. OKAY YES. TALISMAN JONES, SECOND ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES BY MEMBER SMITH LEE. I REMEMBER MYERS MEMBER WESTBROOK NEVER HEAL PERM. I PASSED. NEXT IS ITEM NINE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD OF PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD.

[9. Public Information Period]

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MARKETING. MY NEXT MISS JANICE SUSSMAN.

ALRIGHT UM, NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO MISS PAULA CHESTER. GOOD EVENING, MISS CHESTER. GIVING ME A PERM VICE MAYOR HERE ATTACK COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM MY CONCERN IS THE WITH THE PREPARING THIS BEEN DONE, UM BRIDGE 36. UH I WAS WONDERING, HAS THERE BEEN PUT IN CONSIDERATION THAT WITH THE REPAIR. WE USUALLY HAVE A FLOODING. RIGHT AT THAT TRACK. AS YOU'RE GOING OVER THE BUT OVER THE BRIDGE TO GO INTO JUST THE FIELD RIGHT AT THE TRAIN TRACK. AND PETERSBURG SECTION.

THERE'S A HEAVY FLOODED YOU HAVE RAIN AT TWO INCHES ALMOST GONNA GET DROWNED OUT. SO I WAS WONDERING IS THAT CONSIDERED INTO THE REPAIRS THAT'S GOING ON WITH DEAL BOT. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITH EVERY TAKING CARE OF THAT PROBLEM ALSO. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS CHESTER AND MR RANDALL WILLIAMS . I'M GONNA CAN YOU GET WITH MISS CHESTER, RIGHT AND FOLLOW UP ON THAT FOR US, PLEASE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT NEXT MOVE ON TO BUSINESS OR REPORTS FROM THE

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

POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOLDIERS SERVICES, EVERYBODY, UM. THE WEEK BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY. WE HAD A SHOW HERE, AND WE HAD SOME OF THE GREATEST GOSPEL ARTISTS IN THE WORLD. COME TO THIS CITY. I MEAN, PEOPLE THAT, UH, THE GROUP SAM COOKED IS USED TO SAYING WHAT THEY SOLD STAIRS AND THE BROOKLYN ALL STARS. AND WE GOT THE DICTION HUMMINGBIRDS COMING HERE NEXT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THE PARKS AND REC. LIBRARY MR WAYNE CROCKETT ANTIQUE CITY COUNCIL FOR HELP MAKING THAT HAPPEN. UM I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE RIGHT? QUICK ON SOME THINGS. I WANT YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND THAT DON'T LET NOBODY TELL YOU. ANY DIFFERENT. WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU. WE UP HERE? NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY ELSE, SAY. WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR WELL BEING IN THIS CITY.

WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR WELL BEING, WHETHER YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE OR A CITIZEN. NO, YOU HAVE SUPERVISORS. THINGS THAT NATURE THAT YOU HAVE TO REPORT TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW. DO NOT LET ANYBODY STOP YOU FROM COMING TO ME OR ANY OTHER THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. TO SPEAK YOUR PIECE. WE ARE LISTENING HERE. BUT JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU COME . MAKE SURE IF IT'S GONNA PLANT OF ANYBODY WRONG IN YOU MAKE SURE THERE'S SOME PAPERWORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ALL YOUR HOMEWORK. SO I'M WHAT I'M SAYING. DON'T COME AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE YOUR END. OKAY? I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT UM. WE WILL NOT STAND FOR

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I WAS DISTURBED BY SOMETHING I SAW TODAY. SOMETHING THAT I WAS DEFENDING BEFORE TODAY. WE CAN'T DO THAT. IF YOU'RE GONNA ENDANGER THE PUBLIC. THEN YOU'RE JUST AS MUCH AS THE ENEMY TO ME AS YOU ARE TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU'RE ENDANGERING. UM BUT ON THE SATURDAY COME TO ME. TALK TO ME. I'M GONNA LOOK INTO THINGS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO BE CHALLENGED. WHETHER IT'S A DEPARTMENT HEAD OR DEPARTMENTS OR EMPLOYEES. BUT WITHOUT CROSSING ANY LINES. I GOTTA LOOK INTO THINGS. AND I GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY TEAM IS AWARE OF THINGS. AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE BEST, ACCORDING TO THE LAW. THERE'S A PROCESS AND BRING IT TO THEM. WE HOLD THE CITY MANAGER ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE HE DO. HE GOT TO DO IT. IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE. I CAN'T DO ABOUT MYSELF. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT? BUT I CAN'T TAKE IN THAT INFORMATION. AND I CAN DO SOME DIGGING BECAUSE OF I CAN KNOCK AT YOUR DOOR FOR YOU DOGGONE VOTE. THAT SHOULD BE A KNOCK AT YOUR DOOR. AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOCK AT MINE. TO TELL ME WHEN SOMEBODY MISSED DEPARTMENT THIS CITY. EMPLOYEE. SUPERVISOR. OR CITIZEN IS DOING YOU WRONG. THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO VOTE FOR IT TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT. AND IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO KEEP DOING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. UM TRY TO BE BRIEF. TONIGHT IS ALWAYS DO EVEN AH, A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS. MY MAIN ONE TONIGHT IS TRANSPORTATION. I KNOW THAT IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AT LEAST, DEFINITELY THE YEAR WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF SPEEDING. UM STILL SEEING A LOT OF SPEEDING GOING ON, BUT I DO HOPE THAT THE MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SLOW THINGS DOWN, ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT OF STUDENT THAT WAS HIT OVER BY PLEASANTS LANE ELEMENTARY. UM BUT YOU KNOW A LOT OF RECKLESS DRIVING THAT WE DO NEED TO ENFORCE TO OUR YOUNGER PEOPLE AS WELL AS OUR OLDER SENIOR CITIZENS JUST TO BE MORE ALERT WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE ROADS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMENT, UM, WITH THE BRIDGE, CLOSING TO ROUTE 36 GOING OVER TO VIRGINIA STATE. I KNOW THAT THAT'S A VERY HEAVY DARRYL FREER TO GET OVER TO METRIC AND CHESTERFIELD, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WORK IN VIRGINIA STATE, OR YOU FREQUENT THERE. UM THAT BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED, AT LEAST TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR SEVEN MONTHS. UM I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS POSSIBLE WITH EITHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR THE CITY MANAGER ITSELF TO SEE HOW IS THERE ANY WAY TO TRACK THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC THROUGH DOWNTOWN OR PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO DETOUR? HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE OF THAT TRAFFIC THAT WILL NOW BE UTILIZING THE MLK BRIDGE MORE TO GET IN AND OUT OF COLONIAL HEIGHT TO ACROSS THE APPOMATTOX BEING THAT DEVELOPED 36 BRIDGES CLOSED? UH SO HOPEFULLY IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, YOU ARE WILL BE AWARE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAXIMIZE AGAIN. THE USEFULNESS OF THAT DETOUR. UM. HIGHWAY 85 AGAIN STICKING WITH TRANSPORTATION. I KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE CITY LOCALITY, AND WE CAN ONLY HANDLE WHAT WE CAN BUT HOPEFULLY WITH THE RIGHT, UM , SUPPORT THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE GRASS IS PROPERLY CUT ON HIGHWAY 85. IT IS STARTING TO GET KIND OF TALL. IF YOU TRAVEL THAT COMING FROM THE SEVENTH WARD, ESPECIALLY FROM THE BILL OF LANE OVERPASS ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CAMERA FIELD. I DO SEE THAT THEY'RE CUTTING BACK. SOME TREES ON THE SOUTH BONG SIDE, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THE PROPER OFFICIALS CAN ALERT THE STATE, UH, TO CUT THE GRASS IN THE MEDIAN BETWEEN ON THE LENGTH OF HIGHWAY 85. AH THE DEFENSE ROAD , UM OVER BY THE NEW LAYARD OFF A SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD. UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES OF PONDING. RIGHT WHERE THERE, I GUESS TRYING TO WORK ON THE DRAINAGE, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY MANAGER AND AGAIN PUBLIC WORKS KNOW THAT THE CITIZENS OF SEVENTH WATER COMPLAINT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PONDING BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT IN THE AREA WHERE THE TREES ARE ACROSS THE ROAD, SO IT'S NOT A LOT OF LEEWAY TO UH, UTILIZED. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR GO OFF ROAD TO GET AROUND THAT PONDING BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THE UNDERPASS. UM THE TRAIN TRACKS AND THEN FINALLY JUST STICKING ON TRANSPORTATION. JUST TRYING TO KEEP MR RICHARD STEWARTS LEGACY ALIVE. I DO WANT TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND STOP LIGHT GOING INTO POCAHONTAS ISLAND. AH, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, AT LEAST I GAVE MYSELF A YEAR.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME FOR THE LEAST A YEAR OF ALWAYS KEEPING MR RICHARD STEWARTS LEGACY ALIVE TO PLEASE CONTROL YOUR SPEED AND GOING IN AND OUT OF POCAHONTAS ISLAND, ESPECIALLY OVER BY THAT ROPER PROPERTY. UM NEXT DAY'S LEAVE YOUR NETWORK FALL TRANSPORTATION IS THE V S U GRADUATION. WE UM VIRGINIA STATE . THEY DID GRADUATE 565 GRADUATES THIS PAST YEAR, THE

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HOPEFULLY YOU'RE REGISTERED THEM FOR SUMMER CAMPS, THE ARTS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN AS WELL I'M GETTING A PEOPLE KNOW THAT DO A MILLION PARLIAMENT PROGRAM IN VIRGINIA STATE. WE CAN'T LOOK OUT FOR OUR YOUNG MEN WITH TRADES. CARPENTRY PAINTING ELECTRICIAN'S WORK. HOW CAN THEY BE MORE HANDS ON BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN'T LEARN THE PERIODIC TABLE AND EVERYBODY MIGHT NOT LEARN ALGEBRA, BUT THEY CAN BE LABORERS AND GOOD CITIZENS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND DEFINITELY GET SOME OF THIS CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION? MAYBE. GRANTS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND CITY OF PETERSBURG IS ON THE RISE. AND FINALLY, UH , GO OUT AND VOTE. WE HAVE A MAJOR ELECTION THAT WE NEED TO GET CANDIDATES TO GO AND LOOK OUT FOR PETERSBURG IN THE SENATE AND IN THE DELEGATE RACE. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT OUT THERE WHO ALBUM VOTE FOR, BUT PLEASE JUST GET OUT THERE TO VOTE SO WE CAN HAVE HEALTHY COMPETITION TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF PETERSBURG IN THIS UPCOMING FALL SELECTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE GO TO COUNCILOR MYERS. WHY I GOT TO FOLLOW THAT. ANYWAY ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND HAPPY.

MOTHER'S BELIEVE IT MOTHER'S DAY AS WELL. UM UH, DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE OPENED THE V. C R C, WHICH THE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER. IT IS COMBINED WITH VETERANS SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AS WELL. SO I SAY TO ALL OF YOU ALL, PLEASE GO MAD. THERE'S SOME NEED FOR SERVICES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. UM, I DID ATTEND TODAY. UM NO LUXAN, WHICH IS A NARCAN DRUG I HAD TO TAKE CLASS TODAY THERE AND SO I HOPE THAT I NEVER HAVE TO USE THIS STUFF ON ANYBODY. AND UM, SO IT IS TO PREVENT OPIOID. HMM. OVERDOSE. SORRY. THAT STUFF. IT BOTHERS ME THAT WE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT. AND SO I WANT TO BE PREPARED. IF I FIND SOMEONE WHO NEEDS THOSE SERVICES THAT WANT TO BE THERE, SO I ENCOURAGE ALL THE COUNCIL. TO GO AND TAKE THIS CLASS AS WELL SO WE CAN BE PREPARED. HELP OUR CITIZENS IN NEED AND EVERYONE OUT THERE AS WELL TO PLEASE TAKE THIS CLASS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE AROUND YOU WHO YOU MAY NOT THINK IT IS, BUT OPIATES IS A HUGE ISSUE IN AMERICA TODAY AND HERE IN PETERSBURG, UM, ALSO SO WE ARE AT 32 WEST WASHINGTON . WE ARE OPENING THE POLICE. COMMUNITY. RESOURCE CENTER IS THAT IT IS CORRECT TO YOU. SO WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY POLICING THROUGHOUT, AND THAT'S AN OFFICE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND GET HELP AND SERVICES AND ALSO POWER WILL BE IN THE BUILDING AS WELL. UM I THINK THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE JUST STEAL EVERYBODY'S THUNDER UP HERE. SLAP YOU BACK BEHIND YOUR HEAD ONE DAY, BUT YOU'RE A GOOD GUY GOT TO SAY, BUT THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. NEXT COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AND I HOPE ALL THE YOUNG MOTHERS ELDERLY MOTHERS. MID AGE MOTHERS HAD A WONDERFUL MOTHER'S DAY. UM, WHAT SIX WILL BE HAVING A WARD MEETING AT COOL SPRING

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THERE IS GONNA BE A DELEGATE. HOUSE OF DELEGATES FORM. UM PLEASE COME OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR JUST WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE CANDIDATES. THEY WILL BE THERE AT ST STEPHEN'S THE PISTOL CHURCH. 2 28 HALIFAX STREET. AND IT'S IN THE PARISH HALL BUILDING RIGHT IN THE BACK. ALSO, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE. SIX YOUNG LADIES. THEY'RE CALLED LADY DIAMONDS AT BLAND FOOT. ACADEMY. UM THEY HAD LUNCH WITH THE FIRST LADY, AND IT WAS JUST TRULY A BEAUTIFUL OCCASION. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG LADIES AND YOUNG MEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORTHY TO BE AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO STAY AFLOAT TO BE GOOD CITIZENS AND GOOD STUDENTS. ALSO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE PACT. IS THAT WHAT THEY CALLED IT, MAYOR? THEY HAD 20 YOUNG MEN AT BLANDFORD ACADEMY. THAT UM, WAS THAT FRIDAY WAS THAT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY NIGHT? IT WAS ACTUALLY LAST WEEK LAST WEEK.

AND THEY WERE DRESSED UP IN THEIR NICE SLACKS AND SUITS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN THE KIDS ARE IN THE SIXTH GRADE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIT IN. THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY YOU KNOW, THE SEVENTH GRADERS OKAY? AND THE EIGHTH GRADERS. THEY THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING. BUT THE SIXTH GRADERS ARE REALLY TRYING TO FIT IN, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE SEPARATED THEM AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL WORKING OUT. UM. I THINK THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. MR MITCHLEY. LOOK, I JUST WANT TO ALSO THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AS WELL. WE HAVE A CELEBRITY HERE ON COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN AND THAT SMITH LEE JUST GOT INDUCTED INTO THE LINKS ORGANIZATION. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT FOR THE LINKS ARRIVAL, PAUL FOR THAT PLACE. AND THEN JUST A THEN THE WEEK BEFORE THAT, SHE GOT ABDUCTED TO THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME. SO SHE'S JUST SHE'S JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE DOING GREAT WORK, AND WE'RE PROUD OF YOU. COUNCILMAN SMITH LEE. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP UP WITH YOU. BECAUSE YOU MOVING FAST, YOU KNOW? YES, INDEED. ALRIGHT. VICE MAYOR HILL. MR MAYOR. YOU CUT ACROSS ME TOOK MY THUNDER. I GOT IT WRITTEN DOWN RIGHT HERE TO RECOGNIZE HER. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE HER THAT THAT OTHER MEETING, BUT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU YET AGAIN FOR BEING A PART OF THE PETERSBURG LINKS AND ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOU PETTY THINGS YOU'VE GOT INTO THE PETERSBURG HALL OF FAME FOR YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THEY ARE AND HELPING OUT THE STUDENTS IN THE SPORTS AND EVERYTHING SO AH, GOOD EVENING. EVERYONE PREDATE. EVERYONE'S DOING WELL, UM, I WANT TO THANK WAR TWO COMING OUT LAST TUESDAY TO OUR AWARD MEETING. ONE ESPECIALLY THANK MY PARENT WHO IS OUR CLERK, OF COURSE. KIM PREACHER WHO WAS THE CHAIRPERSON OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I WANT TO THANK CHIEF TRAVIS, KRISTEN AND OUR CITY, MAN THAT YOUR MARCH ART MAN, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, WE'LL BE TRYING TO HAVE, UH, THESE MEETINGS AT LEAST EVERY NOW THAT, UH GOOD SHEPHERD IS OPEN BACK UP. TRY TO HAVE HIM AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER. NOW, OUR MEETINGS. THAT'S THE PLACE THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD MEET. BUT BEING THAT COVID, AND THEY'RE

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YOU MAY NOT KNOW IF IT'S A COLD VIOLATION AND NOT, UH, CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. IF YOU CAN'T GET US, YOU CAN CALL THE OUR CLERK AND SHE'LL GET IN CONTACT WITH US. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS . THEY RIDE THROUGH THE CITY AND SEE HOW THE CITY IS LOOKING. AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND WE WANT TO KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITY WORKERS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. NOT ONLY JUST, UM UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT ALL IF YOU WORK IN ANY CAPACITY IN THE CITY, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU THAT YOU DO, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM PETERSBURG IS ON THE MOVE. I WAS JUST AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE ON YESTERDAY WITH PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE RECOGNIZE THOSE FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS, AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO READ THE PROCLAMATION THERE IN LIEU OF THE MAYOR NOT BEING THERE HERE, SOME OTHER BUSINESS IT TAKES SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR CHIEF TRAVIS, KRISTEN AND HIS TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. I MEAN, WE KNOW IT'S ROUGH WITH YOU ALL DO BUT JUST LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHEN EVERYBODY'S RUNNING OUT OF A BUILDING WHEN IT'S A FIRE THEY'RE RUNNING IN AND THE WAY THEY FIGHT THEIR FIRES. THEY FIGHT THEIR FIGHTS FROM THE INSIDE OUT, NOT JUST SPRAYING WATER ON IT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. ALONG WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS.

THEY DO A YEOMAN'S JOB AS WELL. SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR WORKS FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND THANK THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT CIRCLE BACK TO COUNCIL MIND YOU HAD 11 OF ITEM. UH YES. UM MR MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND ASK EVERYONE . IF YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING SUNDAY, UNFORTUNATELY, I WOULD NOT BE HERE. UM, BUT IF YOU GO BY HARVEST INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH AND BISHOP BONNER IS WILL BE CELEBRATING HER 50TH PASTORAL YEAR. AND THAT'S ALL GO AND GIVE HER SOME PRAISE. SHE'S DONE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG 50 YEARS. OF SERVICE. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, UM, NEXT UP TO YOU KNOW, TODAY HAS BEEN A REALLY BIG DAY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ALL KNOW IT, BUT WE HAVE THIS ENTREPRENEUR. OH SITTING AMONGST US HERE CALLED COUNCILMAN MARLOWE JONES, WHO JUST HAD A RIBBON CUTTING TODAY FOR HIS RESTAURANT DOWN AND WAVERLY SO WELL, I'M APPLAUSE WITH A RIBBON CUTTING. IT'S A BIG DEAL. HE'S DOING BIG THINGS . AND ALSO LOOK I'M GOING TO STEAL HIS THUNDER TWO IS THAT HE'S HE'S ABOUT TO RETIRE TO OPEN UP EVEN MORE RESTAURANTS THAN ONE IN PETERSBURG IS NEXT RIGHT? COUNCILMAN JONES IS NEXT , RIGHT? ALRIGHT SO HE'S RETIRED FROM BEING A STATE FIRE MARSHAL FOR OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE, SO JUNE. 1ST IS HIS LAST DAY SO ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THOUSANDS. JONES THE GREAT WORK UH, BARBECUE. LOOK HE DIDN'T INVITE US ALL TO PETERSBURG. PEOPLE TO COME EAT BARBECUE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN THERE, MR MAYOR.

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GOOD JOB COUNSELING JONES. GOOD JOB, MAN. ALRIGHT EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. YES AND ALSO, I'M JUST JUST LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID , BE AS YOU COMMENCEMENT JUST PASSED BY THE CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR GRADUATES. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A WENT ONE OF OUR SPECIAL OWN, WHICH IS MESSIAH. SCOTT JUST WHO JUST GRADUATED. HE'S YEP. COUNCIL COUNCILMAN JONES WAS HIS FIRST COACH. VERY VERY SMART GUY THAT IS, IS GOING TO SCHOOL AND, UM, HE'S ALREADY SAID THAT HE'S HE'S GETTING READY TO TAKE MY PLACE TO COME BACK AND SERVE PETERSBURG SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE GRADUATES COMING BACK TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE HERE. YEAH AND HE'S GONNA WANT TO WORK FOR PETERSBURG AND HE'S A SMART GUY IN THE SHOT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S COMING OUT OF PETERSBURG ALSO, UM RICHARD BLAND COLLEGES HAVING THEIR COMMENCEMENT. UM ON TOMORROW EVENING, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT. RICHARD BLAINE IS A BIG PART BECAUSE I DO ENROLLMENT PROGRAM. WE HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS EQUIPPING OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH A SOCIAL DEGREES COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AT 18. IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE, AND I DON'T THINK WE GET ENOUGH ACCOLADES FOR THEIR DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. SENIORS GRADUATING TOMORROW AS WELL FROM OUR RICHARD BLAND, WHICH IS GONNA BE PHENOMENAL. UM ALSO WE HAD THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP, WHICH WAS WHICH WAS REALLY HUGE. I JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR TREASURE AND PUBLIC WORKS TEAM THAT PULLED OFF ANOTHER GREAT CLEANUP. WE CAN'T DO ENOUGH OF THOSE. IT DEFINITELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN GETTING SOME OF THOSE LARGE DEBRIS. OUT OF YARDS AND OFF THE CURBS. UM ALSO WANNA SHOUT OUT OUR TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE SOMETHING COMING TO PETERSBURG THIS WEEKEND CALLED A BUS RODEO. SO IF ANY OF YOU THIS IS I THINK IT'S OVER 40 TRANSIT AGENCIES THAT'S COMING FOR THIS COMPETITION AND PETERSBURG FOR THE BUS RODEO. PRACTICE IS GOING TO BE, UM ON SATURDAY MORNING, I THINK FROM 92. THE ACTUAL COMPETITION STARTS ON SUNDAY. SO WITH I'M GOING TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SEE IN PETERSBURG. SO ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE SOME FREE TIME COME OUT AND SUPPORT UM, CAN'T THINK OUR GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY THAT WAS HERE LAST WEEK FOR THE COMING DOWN TO R Y M. C. A FOR THE OPENING OF THE KABOOM PLAYGROUND AT THE Y M. C A. WE HAD KIDS FROM WEST RETAILS OUTSTANDING EVENT. UM, HAVING THEM HERE AND HAVING THEIR SUPPORT ALSO, THE 1ST 1ST LADY WAS THAT BLANFORD? UM BLANFORD SCHOOL AS WELL, UM THAT MORNING OF AND I'M LIKE COUNCILMAN SMITH, LEE SAID. I WAS ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE PACK, WHICH IS , UH, BLANFORD YOUNG MAN, THAT, UH JOINED A BOOK CLUB AND BIND THEY DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER. IT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL. IT WAS REALLY HUMBLING TO ME, TOO. TO MEET A YOUNG MAN OF THE PACK.

WHO WAS WHO SAYS? YEAH, I DID A PAPER ON YOU HAVE RESEARCHED YOU AS THE MAYOR PETERS. IS THAT SO? I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HIM, AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT DAY. TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE SCHOOLS AND THAT COURAGE, EVERYONE WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS THAT THAT THAT THAT NEED OUR ATTENTION, SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN CAN COME INTO THE SCHOOLS AND SHOW THEM THAT WE CARE AND PRAISED THEM FOR THE GOOD WORK THEY'RE DOING, UM IS ALWAYS A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL HERE. UM ALSO TODAY, I HAD A FABULOUS MEETING WITH STACY JORDANS AND DAVID STRUMINGHER, WHO OWNS VIRGINIA LENIN SERVICE. AND UM THERE'S VIRGINIA. LENNON HAS HAS BEEN HERE IN PETERSBURG, SAYS 1934. AND IT WAS REALLY HUMBLING TO DATED TO HAVE VIRGINIA LENIN SAY THAT THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN THIS SUMMER.

AND THEY WANT TO BRING ON INTERNS AND PAY THEM. THEY WERE EXPOSED THEM TO JOBS AT VIRGINIA LINEN SERVICE. AND WE JUST INCREASING. UM OUR NETWORK OF EMPLOYERS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN FACED WITH BARRIERS ON HOW TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M JUST JUST REALLY THANKFUL THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE THEIR BARRIER OF CONNECTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH

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[12. Finance and Budget Report]

IN THE EXCESS OF ABOUT 2.5 ANOTHER THREE MILLION RIGHT NOW . REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES IS , UH, $3 MILLION. SO THE MORE WE GET IT POSTED IN THE WAITING FOR REVENUE TO COME IN. WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE INCREASES. UM WE'RE WAITING FOR MONEY FROM GRANTS TO BECOME IN FROM THE STATE. UM AS WELL. WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE MASS TRANSIT. AS YOU KNOW, MASS TRANSIT REVENUES IS STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS. SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO BE POSTED UPCOMING DUE DATES, UM, INCLUDE THE FOURTH QUARTER REAL ESTATE, WHICH IS DUE JUNE 30TH SECOND HALF OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS JUNE JUNE 10TH AND OF COURSE, THE UTILITY BILLS ARE DUE BY THE FIFTH OF EACH MONTH. OKAY THAT'S LAST ONE SHOULD HAVE CAME OFF. THAT WAS WHEN THIS ONE ALRIGHT BUDGET ACTUALS. SO WE'RE LOOKING . WE'RE TRYING TO IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AGAIN. WE DO HAVE SOME REVENUE. THAT STUFF'S NOT YET BEEN POSTED, WAITING TO GET UPDATED AND POSTED IN THE SYSTEM. UM SO YEAR TODAY WE'RE AT $60.4 MILLION. AND THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN ON THE FIRST PAGE WAS A BREAKDOWN OF THE REVENUES AND THEN WE ARE ONTO THE ACTUAL EXPENSES. NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE THUS FAR, UM LET'S SEE FOR OUR LARGER DEPARTMENTS LIKE POLICE, THEY STILL HAVE $2 MILLION FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. FIRE SEISMIC $2 MILLION FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS AVAILABLE, UM REGIONAL JAIL SERVICES ARE EXPENSES HAVE DECREASED A LOT. BUT THAT MEANS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ARRESTING PEOPLE AND TAKE THEM TO RIVERSIDE. SO WHICH IS A GOOD THING THAT'S A POSITIVE THING. BECAUSE TO ME, I LOOK AT HIS CRIME BEING DOWN IN THE CITY. UM, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE ANOTHER LARGER DEPARTMENT. SOCIAL SERVICES. THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL THREE. ACTUALLY THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL 4.5, UM GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, WHICH IS TOURISM TO INCLUDE COMMUNICATIONS TOURISM MUSEUM, THEY STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL 600,000. LIBRARY STILL HAS AN ADDITIONAL 3 51 PLANNING FOR ALL FOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 1 30. OKAY? SO AGAIN, ADDRESSING PRIOR ARCTIC FINDINGS AND ADHERING TO PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC, AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT ARE ALSO INCLUDED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER FINANCE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN REGARDS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT NEED FOR IN REGARDS TO COMMUNICATIONS, UH, COLLECTIONS AND FINANCE WILL BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, INCLUDING OUR PHONE NUMBERS, EMAIL ADDRESSES.

ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION ON PROCESSES. WE HAVE A PROCESS FLOW CHARTS OUT THERE WE HAVE THE CASH FLOW ANALYSIS. WE HAVE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE WHERE WE PAY OUT TWO DIFFERENT, UM VENDORS POSTED OUT THERE WE HAVE OUR BUDGET ACTUALS POSTED, SO THE TRANSPARENCY IS THERE. WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS, OKAY? AND WE ARE PLANNING TO BE ON TIME FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 CALF FIRST, SO THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UM COUNCILOR JONES. TIRED OF MY QUESTION. OH I SHOULD HAVE ACTUALLY, THE LAST TIME I KNOW I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE BUDGET FAR AS THE FIRE ACHIEVEMENT DEPUTY WAS MORE IMPORTANT OR JUST AS IMPORTANT WITH THAT, UM THE BUDGET ON THE RECRUIT SCHOOL FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IS THAT COVERED IN THIS BUDGET TALKS OF JOINT RECRUITS AS WELL. THAT'S CHEAPER , SAME, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR? SHOULD? YES WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL AS WITH MR ALTMAN, UM, PER HIS DIRECTION THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO THE RECRUIT SCHOOL FOR NOT ONLY FIRE BUT HE AMS AS WELL, SO IT'S GONNA BE A JOINT ADVENTURE. SO WHEN I WAS SAYING, JOIN THEM TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER LOCALITY RECRUIT SCHOOL IS ALWAYS COVERED FIRING AMS WE

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UM MISS JORDAN. COULD YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN IF POSSIBLE SOCIAL SERVICE ABOUT 49% WHICH IS BASICALLY 50 REMAINING IS THAT NORMAL TO HAVE THAT MUCH MORE INTO THE LAST QUARTER? UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE VACANCIES, UM, THAT ARE IN SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE TURNOVER THEY DO HAVE A HARD TURN OVER RATE SO BY THE TIME THEY HIRE ONE PERSON OR THREE PEOPLE, THEY'RE LOSING THREE MOORS. IT'S JUST A VAST TURNOVER SO IT'S ALWAYS BEHIND. WE USUALLY END UP SENDING PROBABLY ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO MILLION BACK OF FUNDS ON USED FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. OKAY? ALREADY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT NEXT ONE MOVE ON TO ITEM 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. THERE ARE NO ITEMS NEXT TO GO TO NUMBER 14 NEW

[14. New Business]

AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS ITEM. SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. IT'S ON UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD.

GREAT AREA. UM MR MOORE, DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT? I BELIEVE IT'S HIM. MR. GARRETT THE SCROLL. YES, SIR. IT'S COMING UP SHIP. AGE 2011. LET'S GO THROUGH THE AGREEMENT NOW.

MAYBE ON THE BACK. I SEE YOU GOT TO GO. OKAY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UH HUH. PAGE 1 11. YES, WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT. COUNCILMAN JONES. I WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SALE OF THIS PROPERTY. I WANT TO THE ORDINANCE. OVER THE LOSING RESOLUTION APPROVED THE RESOLUTION. OKAY? ALRIGHT ADVICE . MARY HILL. SECOND MOTION A SECOND MEDICAL. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. I REMEMBER SMITH LEE. I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK HILL MAYOR PERM. NEXT IS ITEM B CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MAGIC TO AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND COASTAL VIRGINIA DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 10 24 8TH STREET MORE YES, THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ON JUNE 21ST 2022, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH COASTAL VIRGINIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 24 8TH STREET. CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE WAS TO BE COMPLETED. SIX MONTHS AFTER CLOSING. AS APRIL 19TH 2023 A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND NOT BEEN ATTAINED. COASTAL VIRGINIA REQUESTING THE EXTENSION TO THIS AGREEMENT ACTUALLY EXTEND MR PORTER IS HERE IN MR MAYOR. IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME ALL YIELD, AND HE WILL EXPLAIN. I BELIEVE HE'S PROVIDED SOME DOCUMENTATION, MR PORTER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. GREETINGS MR MAYOR, MR VICE MAYOR EVENING. I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF FOR THE I HAVEN'T HAD DINNER YET. AND ALL THE TALK ABOUT THESE RIBS. I'M HUNGRY, SO I'M READY TO GO BACK . IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, WE WENT

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WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS WHAT WE AGREED TO PURCHASE WAS LAUNCHED 345 AND SIX WOUND UP TO BE PART OF LOT THREE AND THEN ALL OF 45 AND SIX WITH OUR SURVEYOR FOUND THIS OUT SHORTLY AFTER WE HAD THE AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTIES. WITH ONLY PART OF LIFE THREE. WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD TWO HOUSES. WE ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD ONE SO WE WOULD BE VIOLATING THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH Y'ALL. WHEN WE FOUND THIS OUT WITH CONTACTED OUR REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY AND HE RESEARCHED, UH WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY. UM SO IF YOU GIVE ME THE LATITUDE TO EXPLAIN THIS BACK IN 1987, MISS CHRIS OWNED ALL OF 1234. FIVE AND SIX.

SHE CONVEYED PART OF LOT THREE WITH 45 AND SIX AND THEN LATER. HER INTENT WAS TO CONVEY THE OTHER PART OF LIKE THREE. WITH LOTS ONE AND TWO. AND THAT WAS IN 1993. THE MISTAKE HAPPENED.

IN 1993 WHEN THE OTHER PART OF LIKE THREE WAS NOT REPRESENTED ON THE DEED. IN 1993. IT WAS, ACCORDING TO MY ATTORNEY. IT WAS A CLERICAL ERROR. TYPO. I'M SURE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD PROBABLY HAS A LEGAL TERM FOR THAT. BUT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, IT WAS A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR THAT THAT PART OF LIFE THREE WAS NOT ADDED TO THE DEED. SO WHEN WE TRIED TO HAVE OUR SURVEY DONE, WE FOUND THIS OUT. WE STARTED PURSUING PARTS OF WHAT, MISS UM CYNTHIA BOONE, WHO I UNDERSTAND IS LEFT THE CITY. SHE'S A SUPERSTAR ROCK STAR. SHE DID A GREAT JOB WITH US. AND TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. WE'VE GONE TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT APARTMENTS THAT SHE'S RECOMMENDED. NO ONE HAS HAD THE ABILITY TO CORRECT THAT MISTAKE. UM SO IN THE MEANWHILE I WENT TO THE OWNER OF LOT ONE AND TWO, AND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE OTHER PART OF THREE OWNER AND BOUGHT WHAT I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OTHER PART OF THREE. SO I GAVE YOU ALL A PACKET. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS SEEN THAT. SO IF YOU SEE THE LAST PART THERE, SO I'VE ACTUALLY PAID FOR, LIKE, THREE TWICE. I BOUGHT IT FROM Y'ALL AND I BOUGHT IT FROM A CHURCH. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS AN EXTENSION UNTIL I CAN RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH THE OTHER PART OF LIFE. THREE LIKE THREE DID NOT VANISH. IT'S THERE. UM, I WOULD ASK FOR SOME HELP FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH THIS UM MISS BOONE BEFORE SHE LEFT DID GET ALL OF OUR PUT ALL OF OUR PACKETS TOGETHER, EXPLAINING EVERYTHING . AND ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE, AND ON APRIL 27TH THAT WAS SENT OVER TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

SO MY REQUEST WOULD BE THAT IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO EXTEND OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU UNTIL WE RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF THE VANISHED. PART OF LIKE THREE. AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEN ALLOW US ANOTHER 120 DAYS AFTER IT'S RESOLVED TO, UH CONTINUE OUR BUILD OR START OUR BUILD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. QUESTION. ALRIGHT. SAYING NINE UM ALL RIGHT, MR WILLIAMS. YES UM, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN PURCHASERS OF THESE LOTS HAVE ISSUES LIKE THIS, THEY NEED TO WORK THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S BECAUSE I CAN'T GIVE THEM LEGAL ADVICE OR SERVICES ON THESE. UH AND SO BUT BUT I DO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE ISSUE THAT THIS GENTLEMAN RAISES. I JUST NEEDUNT BECAUSE IT'S LEGAL ADVICE, AND I GIVE MY LEGAL ADVICE TO YOU. NO ONE HAS ANY OBJECTION. UM I SENT THIS ISSUE OVER TO OUR CLOSING COUNCIL THAT WE USE PENDER AND COWARD ROSS ROSS GREEN AND I SENT HIM THE INFORMATION THAT HAD BEEN FORWARDED BY THIS GENTLEMAN AND I THINK EACH OF YOU MAY HAVE JUST RECEIVED IT VIA EMAIL. UM JUST AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING AFFORDED TO YOU WHEN I SAW ON THE AGENDA, BUT I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU. IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF PARAGRAPHS, SAYS TONY. I'M NOT SEEING A PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE. AT THIS POINT, THE BUYER HAD THEIR OWN TITLE COMPANY ON THIS AND A COPY OF THEIR TITLE INSURANCE BINDERS ATTACHED. THEY BOUGHT TITLE INSURANCE FROM THEIR FOLKS AND THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION ON THEIR POLICY SAYS PART OF LOT THREE AND 45 AND SIX AND BLOCK 27.

THEY EVEN SIGNED THE DEED WHICH HAS A REVERT ER IN IT. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THIS, MISS, JUST MAYBE A CASE THAT THEY DID NOT GET THE SURVEY AND SOMEHOW THOUGHT THEY WERE GETTING SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT THEY AGREED TO. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS. AND SO THIS IS A NOT UNCOMMON PROBLEM, AND I THINK THE GENTLEMAN INDICATED THAT HE GOT THE SURVEY AND THEN AFTER HE GOT THE SURVEY, HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY OF THE SURVEY SPECIAL TO IDENTIFY THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. SO THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN

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MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, AND I THINK YOU HAVE THAT EMAIL THAT SHOWS YOU EVERYBODY. I'VE BEEN TO AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LETTER FROM MY ATTORNEY, I THINK HE EXPLAINS IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN YOU DID, SIR. HE EXPLAINED IT AS A TYPE OF TOPIC OPTICAL AIR THAT THE CITY SHOULD RESOLVE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. THAT LOCKE DID NOT VANISH. THAT LOT IS THERE. IT'S ALL OF THREE PURCHASED THREE ONCE FROM Y'ALL AND I PURCHASED IT FROM A CHURCH THE SECOND TIME, SO I'M NOT TRYING TO GET A FREEBIE OUT OF THE CITY. I'M WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. I PAID FOR IT TWICE. I JUST WANTED THAT'S ALL I WANT TO PAY FOR. ALL RIGHT. UM AND. YOU'RE ASKING FOR HOW MUCH OF AN EXTENSION IT IS NOW UNTIL I CAN RESOLVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE CITY COUNT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO HELP RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. UM IT WAS A CLERICAL ISSUE ON THE CITY'S PART. I'M NOT FAULTING ANYONE. IT HAPPENED LONG BEFORE. PROBABLY ANY OF US WERE HERE. IT'S AN OLD CASE.

IT'S OBVIOUS WHAT HAPPENED. I THINK IF ANYONE LOOKS AT IT, THEY CAN. FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS. IT WAS NOT DIVIDED INTO 12.5 FT. I PROMISE YOU THAT. OKAY, COUNSELOR. MY LIFE. UM YES, MR MAYOR. I'M LISTENING TO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN IS SAYING AND UM, SO CAN YOU CLARIFY TO ME AGAIN, YOU SAID THAT YOU PURCHASED HALF A LOT NUMBER THREE. FROM THE CITY OF MY CORRECT YES, SIR. WHAT I THOUGHT I PURCHASED. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. AND I'M TRYING TO FREEZE THE QUESTION. UM YOU PURCHASE HALF OF THE LOT ALREADY FROM THE CITY. AND THEY DO PURCHASE THE OTHER HALF FROM THE CHURCH. YES, SIR. SO. THE PROBLEM WOULD MAKE IT WHOLE IT SHOULD MAKE IT WORK. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE CITY RECORDS DO NOT SHOW. THE CHURCH THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM AS THE OWNER BECAUSE BACK IN 1993, THE CLERK IN THE CITY'S OFFICE DID NOT PUT 12 AND PART OF THREE ON THE DEED. THEY MADE A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR. THEY ONLY PUT ONE AND TWO AND NOT THREE. SO WHEN THE CHURCH PURCHASED IT, THEY ONLY PURCHASED ONE AND TWO SO IT'S A TITLING ISSUE. IT'S A TYPE OF RECORDING RECORDING ERA. OKAY, ALRIGHT. I'M GOOD. YES SIR. IN YOUR ASKING FOR 120 DAYS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE MASKING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, THEN GIVE ME 120 DAYS TO BUILD THE HOUSE. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I'VE BEEN AFTER THIS FOR 10 MONTHS TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. AND I HAVE MORE THAN THE PRICE WE ASK YOU, SIR, WENT WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RESOLVE? I WOULD ASK THE ATTORNEY IF HE IF HE COULD, MR CITY ATTORNEY WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER SINCE IT IS I DON'T KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO RESOLVE IT TONIGHT, BUT I'M SORRY. WOULD YOU MIND WORKING WITH THE PROBLEM IS ATTORNEY. I THINK YOU'RE GIVING AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. I'M SERIOUS.

I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN RESOLVE IT BECAUSE I'M NOT ASKING YOU AND SAYING THAT YOU CAN OR YOU.

CAN I TRUST YOU, TONY? OKAY, LET ME LET ME SAY THAT NOW. HE IS WILLING TO IMPROVE. TWO

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BUT REALISTICALLY. IF I SAY I GIVE YOU 120 DAYS FROM TODAY. TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. AND PURCHASE IT. I DON'T MIND DOING THAT. DOES THAT THAT OKAY WITH YOU? YES, OF COUNCIL IS INCLINED TO SELL HIM THAT ADDITIONAL PIECE OF THE PROPERTY. I GUESS THAT THE PRO RATA RATE AND HE'S WILLING TO PURCHASE IT. YOU DON'T OWN IT, SIR. THAT'S THE CITY DOES DOES NOT OWN THAT PART. SO AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN RESULT WE'VE GOTTEN THE OPINION FROM OUR CLOSING COUNCIL THAT THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE. HIS TITLE COMPANY HAS ENSURED IT. HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT THROUGH HIS TITLE COMPANY IF THERE IS AN ISSUE, BUT AND THAT'S WHERE MY CONFUSED SO. THE TITLE COMPANY INSURED. SO THE TITLE COMPANY NEEDS TO FIX IT. AND SO. LISTEN UM, THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA DO TONIGHT, SIR. AND IT'S NOTHING AGAINST YOU WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH. ALL OF US HAVE BOUGHT PROPERTY IN HERE AND WE UNDERSTAND AND I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THAT RECORDING, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME CONFUSION TO ME. AS TO WHO OWN THE OTHER HALF. THIS PROPERTY AND I THANK YOU. WELL I DON'T KNOW. WHICH ONE DO YOU OWN? WHICH ONE? DON'T YOU NORTH OR SOUTH? EAST OR WEST? SUPPOSEDLY I OWN THE PART OF LIKE, THREE. THAT IS NEXT TO LOTS, 45 AND SIX AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO 12 AND THREE 12 AND 12 AND THREE WHAT'S ATTACHED TO TWO YOU DON'T OWN 12 AND PART OF THREE YES UNDERSTAND THE STILL 12 AND THREE IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT, IT'S BUT SPREAD IN THE MIDDLE. SO WHO OWNS 12 AND THREE TODAY? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT AM I CORRECT OUTREACH CENTER ROUNDS. ONE THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU HAD TO PURCHASE IT TWICE PURCHASED THE PART OF THREE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CONVEYED IN 1993 TO THEM. PART OF THREE WITH LOTS ONE AND TWO SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE DEED IN 1993. THAT'S WHERE THE TYPO IS THAT THE TIME YOU PURCHASED IT, I JUST PURCHASED IT IN JANUARY. IT WASN'T IT DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THE DEED. SO WHEN I WENT TO PURCHASE IT, IT WASN'T ON THE DEED. OKAY? THAT'S WHERE THE TYPO IS IN 1993 UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HE'S SAYING. BUT. THE CONFUSION IS THAT YOU STILL HAVE NOT. TOLD ME WHO OWNS PART OF THREE AND IF YOU AND I STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT? WHAT DID YOU BUY FROM THE CHURCH? AND WHAT DID YOU BUY FROM THE CITY OF PETERSBURG? THAT PART OF 34 AND FIVE YES, SIR. OF THREE. YOU PURCHASED FROM THE CITY AND THE CHURCH. I PURCHASED PART OF THREE IF YOU WOULD SAY THE EAST SIDE OF THREE I PARKED PURCHASED THE EAST SIDE OF THREE WITH LOGICAL 34 AND 545 AND SIX FROM THE CITY OF PETERSBURG PURCHASED THE WEST SIDE OF THREE WITH ONE AND TWO. I PURCHASED THE WEST SIDE OF THREE FROM A CHURCH. WHEN WE WENT TO CLOSING, THEY DID NOT OWN PART OF THREE BECAUSE IN 1993 THE DEED DID NOT REFLECT THAT PART OF THREE THAT WAS THE POETRY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY DID NOT OWN IN MY CORRECT. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO OH, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 100 AND 20 DAYS. AND MR CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED I'M GONNA GIVE YOU 100 20 DAYS.

OKAY? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION. A SECOND THAT MR MAYOR MOTION IS SECOND DISCUSSION QUESTION. COUNSELOR JONES. I WAS GONNA SAY TABLE IT UNTIL WE GET SOME FURTHER INVESTIGATION GOING ON BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO MUCH CONFUSION GOING ON RIGHT NOW. GREAT IDEA.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. PROPORTION WHEN WE SAY WE BOUGHT IT TWICE. I DO UNDERSTAND IT. NUMBER ONE.

WE CAN'T GO BACK TO WHAT THEY DID IN 1988 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE GOTTA GO WAS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO ACT ON WHAT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, SO MAYBE SOMEBODY

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NO, I GOT NO, I GOT YOU A LITTLE BIT. LISTEN. THE TITLE COMPANY INSURED THE TRANSACTION. HE'S INSURED. I'M NOT TRYING TO DELAY THE PROCESS. IT'S NOT OUR PROCESS. HE'S ASKING FOR 100 AND 20 DAYS. SO HE CAN GO BACK. FIGURE IT OUT. AND SO IN THE ALWAYS ASKING FOR THE CITY MAN TO AMEND. UM DO YOU AGREEMENT TO GIVE HIM 120 DAYS TO GET THIS CLEARED UP? AND AS A STATE ATTORNEY HAS SAID, AND AS I WELL KNOW, THE TITLE COMPANY ENSURED THE TRANSACTION AND THE TITLE COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE. FOR THAT TRANSACTION. OKAY? SOMETHING, SIR. WELL, HAVE YOU PLEASE YES.

YOU KNOW, I'M MORE REPRESENTING THE GENTLEMAN THAT SOLD ME LOTS ONE AND TWO BECAUSE HE'S THE ONE THAT GOT SLIDED OFF OF THE PART OF THREE. NOT ME. I GOT FROM THE CITY. WHAT I PAID FOR IT WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE WHEN I READ THE DEED, IT SAID 345 AND SIX WITHIN THERE'S LITTLE WORD IN FRONT OF IT. THAT SAYS PART SO WHEN YOU DO FOUR OR FIVE OF THESE TRANSACTIONS A WEEK AND YOU READING SOME STUFF, AND YOU MISSED THAT WORD PART IT COST ME THE OTHER PART OF LIKE, THREE.

SO IN GOOD FAITH. I WENT TO THE CHURCH AND DIDN'T COME AFTER THE CITY. AT FIRST I WENT TO THE CHURCH AND SAID, HEY, YOU SHOULD HAVE, LIKE THREE PART OF LIKE, THREE THAT I DIDN'T GET COME TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED IS IT WAS A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN 1993. WHEN HE PURCHASED A LOT. HE DIDN'T GET WHAT HE DESERVED IN THAT SALE. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT PART OF THREE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY HATE THE CREDIT GROWTH STILL GO BACK TO WHO OWNS PART THREE THAT YOU DON'T OWN. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. DO WE KNOW WHO SHOULD OWN IT? IT SHOULD BE THE CHURCH SHOULD SHOULD IS SHOULD BUT. UM IT HAS TO BE DEFINED. WHO? THE OWNERSHIP NOW, I THINK SHOULD HAVE THE TITLE COMPANY GO BACK. LOOK AT WHO THE OWNER IS THE CORRECT OWNER AND THEN PURCHASE IT FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL . I THINK THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS SEEN THAT WHERE MY TITLE AGENCY HAS DONE THAT AND SHOWED YOU AND WROTE IT OUT. WHAT WHAT HAPPENED HERE? YOU READ THAT EMAIL? I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT COUNCILMAN IS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO RESOLVE THIS. IF HE'S SAYING THE CITY IS NOT THE OWNER OF THIS OTHER OWNERS THERE THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY CAN DO TO REMEDY MADE A MISTAKE IN 1993 . THAT IS NO ONE'S FAULT. THAT'S ALIVE TODAY THAT THE CITY CAN CORRECT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING . I'M NOT POINTING THE FINGER AND SAYING YOU'RE WRONG. I'M SAYING SOMEBODY IN 1993 TRYING. WE'RE TRYING TO HELP YOU, SIR. AND SO I'M GOING TO SAY TO YOU THAT HAVE THE TITLE COMPANY. TO GO BACK AND DO THE RESEARCH. TO FIND OUT EXACTLY. IT'S NOT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S JOB TO GO BACK AND DO A TITLE SEARCH IS NOT THE CITY TURNED HIS JOB TO GO BACK.

30 YEARS AGO. AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT. IT IS IN THE HANDS OF THE TITLE COMPANY PAY THE TITLE COMPANY TO DO THE RESEARCH TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY IF THE DEED WAS FILED OR MISFILED. THE TITLE COMPANY WILL FIX IT. AND THEY WILL ENSURE IT. THAT WAY. YOU WILL KNOW WHO IS THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY. AND IF YOU SO DESIRE, YOU WILL PURCHASE THEIR PROPERTY FROM THE INDIVIDUAL IF THEY'RE WILLING TO SELL I THINK TIME, BUT IT IS NOT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S JOB. TO DO THAT, RIGHT, COUNSELOR. MYERS, LET ME LET, UM MISS LUCAS CHAIRMAN, PLEASE, BECAUSE MISS LUCAS IS THE KEEP OF ALL RECORDS YOU CAN KIND OF EXPLAIN. YOU KNOW THE KEY, BUT THAT RECORD THIS YOUR WIFE IS THE KEEPER OF THEM RECORDS. I JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE ALL RECORDS ARE STREET WITHIN THE CITY, EVEN IF IT'S NOT MY JOB HELP OUT HERE JUST BASED OFF OF BOTH PARTIES, THE CITY ATTORNEY YOUR INFORMATION COUNCILMAN JONES AND THE GENTLEMAN UP THERE. IT SEEMS THAT BACK THEN THE CITY OWNED THE PROPERTY. THE PERSON THE LADY WHO OWNED THE PROPERTY AT FIRST WHEN SHE BOUGHT IT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 12 AND PART OF THREE BUT WHOEVER WAS DOING THE CLERICAL WORK HERE DID NOT PUT PART THREE ON THERE. SO WHEN SHE PURCHASED IT WAS ONLY ONE AND TWO WHEN HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY 345 AND SIX HE THOUGHT HE WAS HITTING THE ENTIRE 345 AND SIX WHAT THE WORD PART IN FRONT OF IT, WHICH I CAN UNDERSTAND. PARKING ME PART OF THREE OR IT CAN BE PART OF THREE PART OF FOUR PART OF 45, HOWEVER WAY THEY TYPED IT UP THERE, BUT THAT WAS BACK THEN. HE STATED THAT HE PURCHASED PART THREE FROM THE CHURCH. BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON RECORD THAT SHOWS IT. THAT THERE'S A PART THREE WAS

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BUT THERE WAS A MISTAKE THAT WAS DONE HERE. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE TITLE COMPANY UM, MAYBE ON AN ATTORNEY, SOMEBODY CAN FIND OUT A PROCESS OF HOW TO GET IT RESOLVED, BUT THAT PART THREE IS IN THE AIR, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN JOINED WITH. PART ONE AND TWO FROM THE CITY WHEN THEY DID THE PAPERWORK ON IT. EXACTLY MADAM CLERK DOES EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. AND THAT AND THAT THE TITLE COMPANY OKAY? NOT DECLARED COUNCIL. OKAY? YOU KNOW, I LOVE YOU. NO I KNOW. BUT YES, THE TITLE COMPANY. GOOD TO TRY TO COMPANY TO CLEAR IT, AND THEN YOU CAN PURCHASE IT. BUT IT IS NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOMETHING TO GROW AS A THIS IS WHO SAYS THIS? THIS IS THE ONE WHO IS THE TITLE COMPANIES SAY THAT THOSE WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY, SIR, THIS SAID, THAT'S WHY I PUT THIS UP HERE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M ENTERTAINED THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FROM COUNCILOR JONES THAT TABLE THIS FOR FURTHER FURTHER INFORMATION. BECAUSE WE NEED A COPY OF ALL OF THAT THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSED. COUNCILOR JONES SECOND UP THERE. I LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO TELL YOU WHAT IS UNTIL WE GET COPIES, EVERYTHING WITH RESPECT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. COUNSELING MYERS, BUT YEAH, EVERYBODY DON'T. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. WE'VE GOT MOTION TO SECOND TO TABLE IT, UM MADAM COLLECTED. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. I LI I REMEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR HILL. MAYOR PERM PAST THE TABLE, ALL RIGHT. AND THAT IS TABLED TO THE YOUR DATE. MAYOR HE WANTED TO COME BACK. LET'S SAY THE JUNE 20TH MEETING. OKAY? ALL RIGHT, UM. NEXT WE GO TO ITEM D, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 4 17. JEFFERSON STREET, SOUTH PETER'S, WHERE VIRGINIA BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND PROPERTIES REMEMBERED MR MOORE.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PARAM BY SAMIR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ON FEBRUARY 21ST 2023 CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY. 4 17 JEFFERSON STREET. THE PETITIONER. HAS ASKED HIM AS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THIS LINE ALL THOSE ZONED R THREE. MULTI FAMILY. ONLY HAS A WIDTH 50 BY ONE. 50. SO HE HAD REQUESTED DURING THE MEETING TO DO A DUPLEX. OF THE SIZE ZONE LIFE LOT OF THIS, I GUESS THE SIZE OF THE ZONED LOT. WOULD NOT ACCOMMODATE THAT, SO HE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU. UM THE QUESTION WOULD BE IF IT IS OUR THREE BUT THE ZONING DOESN'T MATCH CAN COUNSEL CONSIDER IT AND STILL PUT IN A DUPLEX. SO I HAVE THE ALL YIELD, MR MAYOR. TO THE PETITIONER, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND DISCUSS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR EVENING. HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU ALL. UM SO YES, THE LAST TIME THAT I CAME BEFORE YOU ALL I DID PRESENT MY PROPOSAL TO BUILD A DUPLEX AND I DID EXPRESS. UM ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE LOT SIZE. UM WITH PARKING THE SIZE OF THE UNIT. UM THE BEDROOM SIZES, BATHROOMS AND EVERYTHING IN THIS MATTER WAS ALREADY VOTED ON. AND YOU ALL APPROVED OF THE DUPLEX WITH THIS PURCHASE. UM AND TO MY UNDERSTANDING, UM THAT. THIS WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE AMENDED FROM A SINGLE FAMILY, TOO. ME BUILDING THE DUPLEX. UM SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU ALL MEN THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE YOU ALREADY VOTED AND APPROVED OF THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD A DUPLEX. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT NEXT. ANY QUESTIONS DISCUSSION COUNSELOR MYERS. MOVE TO AMEND. RESOLUTION MOVED TO AMEND YES. RIGHT. VICE MAYOR HILL SECOND ALRIGHT DISCUSSION. IF NOT, MR MAYOR. ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE'S A STATUTORY PROCESS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW TO GET VISIONS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT HE'S ASKING. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN AMEND IT IN THIS FASHION THINK HE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING TO OBTAIN A

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THIS WAS ACTUALLY VETTED TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY. AND DURING THE MEETING, IT WAS ASSET WOULD BE CONSIDERED A DUPLEX. AND THE VOTE WAS FOR A DUPLEX. BUT WHEN WE WENT BACK THROUGH THE MINUTES, IT SAID IT WAS JUST FOR SINGLE FAMILY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.

SO HE WANTED TO COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO FIND OUT IF HE COULD START THE PROCESS TO GO TO FAMILY. SO AT THAT POINT, IF YOU WANT TO AMEND OR IF YOU WANT TO AMEND WITH THE UNDERPINNINGS WHERE WE HAVE TO GO, BASICALLY HAS GOT TO GO TO THE B. C. A TO DO THIS SO THAT'S HOW THIS GOT TO YOU TONIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS BASED UPON THE ORIGINAL DECISION. WOULD YOU? YOU SAID THEY CAME TO US. AS A DUPLEX. AS A SINGLE FAMILY. UM, I'M SORRY IT CAME TO SOMETHING. I THINK IT'S TOO LATE CAME TO US AS A SINGLE FAMILY. BUT YOU SAID THAT HE WAS PROPOSED AS A DUPLEX.

THAT WAS THE NIGHT OF THE HEARING. AND SO DID WE APPROVE IT. BUT I THINK UNFORTUNATELY SO WE JUST APPROVED A SINGLE THING. AT THE AT THE TIME OF THE HEARING. IT WAS. IT WAS. IT WAS CLEARLY STATED THAT AS A DUPLEX AND I COMMUNICATED ALL OF THE ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE DUPLEX NEEDED AND THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SATISFY ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DUPLEX.

PARKING SQUARE FOOTAGE. BLACK SQUARE FOOTAGE. UM I CAN BEAT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION DURING THE LAST MEETING IN BASED ON THAT INFORMATION THAT I COMMUNICATED. UM, THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL VOTED ON. AS A DUPLEX. NOW. I'M SORRY, MR MAYOR. MR MOORE. SIR. IT'S A VERIFIABLE WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? LOOKING THROUGH THE MINUTES. WE DO NOT HAVE THE VOTE IN WRITING THAT IT WAS CHANGED TO THEY DO PLACE. WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND IT, SIR? MR MILLER. I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING A COMBINATION OF WHAT MR CITY ATTORNEY IS TALKING ABOUT LETTING US GO THROUGH THE B. C.

A AND THEN COMING BACK IF WE GET THE APPROVAL TO AMEND THE AGREEMENT LISTEN. DRAGGING OUT THE PROCESS. THE CITY ATTORNEY IS. LISTED OUT LEGAL. WELL LISTEN, UM, LISTEN, YOU ARE HERE. TO REPRESENT YOUR CLIENT. AND I'M NOT ADMONISHING YOU. PLUS ME. I'M NOT BUT I NEED TO BE CLEAR AND I THINK EVERYBODY UP HERE HE USED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR AND WHAT HIS NEEDS ARE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT ARTICULATING IT FOR HIM, HE CAN'T ARTICULATE AND COME BACK TO US AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING TO ARTICULATE WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS PASSED. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOU IF IT'S VERIFIABLE OR OPTIONAL FOR US TO CONSIDER TO AMEND, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU CAME BACK, ASKING US TO AMEND. SOMETHING. HERE. SO TO ME WHEN YOU ASKING ME TO AMEND SOMETHING. IT'S PROOF IN THE PUDDING. FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OFFICE SO NOW MR CITY ATTORNEY IS SAYING THAT WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS. AND I'M SURE THAT YOU FOLLOW WITH MS JACKSON. THEY LISTEN TO THE MINUTES BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE GENTLEMAN HERE IS THAT IT WAS PROPOSED. AS A DUPLEX. I'M CONFUSED ALL OVER AGAIN. SO. SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? MR CITY ATTORNEY? I THINK THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS OF ONE AS FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A SINGLE FAMILY. HE SHOWED UP IN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN ASKED COUNSELOR FLIP IT TO A DUPLEX, WHICH AT THE TIME YOU HAD NO REASON TO KNOW THAT IT WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED, AND HE FOUND OUT HE COULDN'T BUILD THAT DUPLEX.

SO IN ORDER TO LEGALLY BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT DUPLEX, HE WOULD HAVE TO GO AS MR MOORE HAS SAID THROUGH THE BZ, A PROCESS TO SEEK A VARIANCE. I CAN TELL YOU CHANCES ARE PROBABLY PRETTY GOOD THAT THEY WILL NOT GRANT IT BECAUSE THEIR STATUTORY CRITERIA THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MET. HE COULD APPEAL THAT DECISION TO COUNCIL. BUT I THINK COUNCIL WOULD LIKEWISE BE BOUND BY THAT

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ZONING ADMINISTRATOR HAS STATED DIRECTLY THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY AND AUTHORITY TO APPROVE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH. PROCESS THAT WOULD EXTEND AND DELAY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY. THAT AND LET ME CLARIFY THAT'S ONLY AFTER UM. THEY DENY IT. AND SO YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DENIED. SO I MEAN, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN COME BACK BEFORE US. OKAY? ALRIGHT, SO. THAT WAS SECOND ARE YOU GOING TO RESENT YOUR MOTION COUNCILMAN? AH, MY. ALL RIGHT. TIME I'D SAY THAT. WHAT THE MOTION TO TABLE YES, I MOVED THAT WE TABLED THIS MOTION IN THE SECOND. MADAM COLLECTION. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES I. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH LEE, I. COUNCIL MEMBER, MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK LIFE, MARY HILL TABLE. ALL RIGHT , MR MAYOR. YOU WANT THIS BROUGHT BACK WINTER? YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S LET'S LET'S TAKE IT TO THE BC. A YES, SIR, BACK TO US. YES SIR. NEXT UP, WE HAVE, UM, ITEM E CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE TRASH CONTRACT WITH CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. MR TIM WEBB. HOW ARE YOU? DOING GOOD. MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'M TIM. WHEREBY RUN LOCAL MURDERING OFFICER AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY. EVEN ALL RIGHT, UM. THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT HERE SUGGEST TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE BACKGROUND ON MARCH 22ND 2023 MERIDIAN WASTE SUBMITTED A PETITION TO THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY FOR SECTION FIVE D OF THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACT POINT ADJUSTMENT TO THE ASSOCIATED FEES ON THE BASIS OF UNUSUAL CHANGES WERE REALLY IN WAYS.

VIRGINIA LLC SITE INFLATION, LABOR CALLED SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND INCREASED TONNAGE. AND CALLS FOR DISPOSAL OF THE REASON FOR THE PETITION TO ADJUST THE PER HOUSEHOLD CALLS TO DEFEAT. RADIO WAVES. VIRGINIA L. C SUBMITTED SIMILAR REQUESTS ON JULY 2021. THAT WAS DENIED. BUT CENTRAL VIRGINIA WASTE SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A POINT IN WHICH WE NEED TO AMEND. THIS CONTRACT TO KEEP OUR RECYCLING GOING, AND I THINK ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IS IN AGREEMENT. SO AT THIS TIME A COUNCIL IN MIND MOVED CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE TRASH CONTRACT WITH CIVIL WOMAN. ALRIGHT COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER, JONES SMITH LEE COUNCIL MEMBER MEYER COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, VICE MARY HILL HIGH. ALRIGHT THANK YOU, MR WEBB MERIDIAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TOMORROW'S RECYCLING DAY TO UM ALRIGHT, PICK UP ON TIME, PLEASE. THANK YOU. OH NEXUS ITEM F CONSIDERATION AND APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. PAGE 1 58 OF THE PACKAGE. ALRIGHTY I KNEW APPLICANTS WE HAVE, UM.

LARRY MURPHY, DINO LANSFORD LAST WIN WILLIAM HIGH STOCK. LOUIS MAYLAND. JOB, ADDISON. UM AND RIGHT NOW, HOW MANY? WE JUST HAVE ONE POSITION OPEN. WE HAVE . OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO THE ONLY THE NEW APPLICANT WE HAVE. OKAY NO, THEY ALL WANT TO 346. OKAY? ARE THEY ALL UP? ALRIGHT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO REAPPOINT . UM I MOVED TO REAPPOINT. ALL MEMBERS. ZERO MEMBERS, COUNSELOR WESTBROOK. SECOND QUESTION. VICE MARY HILL QUESTION HAVE WE HAVE WE POSTED THIS? OR PUT THIS OUT

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YES A THREE YEAR TERM. SO THAT WAS EMOTION, THE SECOND TO REAPPOINT ALL OF THE CURRENT SIX MEMBERS. THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK. GOOD QUESTION, COUNSELOR JONES. I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ON IT. BUT I DO WISH THAT WE COULD ADVERTISERS THING. THERE'S SOME YOUNG ARCHITECT ENGINEERS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. THAT WOULD LOVE TO BE HONEST THING, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE UH, THAT DIDN'T GET ANY INFORMATION OF THESE AVAILABLE POSITIONS. UM BEFORE WE RE APPOINT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO. NOT REAPPOINT EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW UNTIL AFTER HAS BEEN PUBLICIZED TWO STUDENTS. WE JUST HAD A BUNCH OF GRADUATES GIVE SOMEBODY A CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR THESE POSITIONS IN THIS CITY. RIGHT BUT THEY OPEN SEAT WE HAVE IS FOR THE ARCHITECT. YEAH THAT IS ALL OF MY UP FOR RIGHT. SO IT'S WE HAVE ONE VACANCY, WHICH IS FOR THE ARCHITECTS. THAT'S THE ONE WE REALLY NEED TO PUSH THEM ADVERTISE. ALL OF THE CURRENT, UM MEMBERS HAVE PUT IN APPLICATIONS TO BE REAPPOINTED. AND THEY DO SOME GOOD WORK FOR US. SO EVEN WITH RE IMPORTANT, THESE ONES WERE STILL WE CAN COME BACK EXACTLY WAS WHAT AN APPLICANT FOR THAT REPORT. ARCHITECT. I RESCIND MY OKAY. PERFECT. ALRIGHT MISS LUCAS WERE POSTED TOMORROW, OKAY? THANK YOU, OKAY. ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. REMEMBER JONES? I REMEMBER SMITH, PLEA COUNSELOR OVERMYER COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, BERRYHILL. PEARL MOTIONS PASSED. NEXT IS ITEM G CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE LEASE AGREEMENT EXERCISING TO ONE YEAR OPTIONS. JUNE 1ST 2023 TO MAY 31ST 2025 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 419,000. $604 PER YEAR BETWEEN P AND P ASSOCIATES LSC IN THE CITY APPEARS VERY FOR THE PROBABLY LOCATED AT 38. 11 CORPORATE ROAD . PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA 238 OH, THREE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR. MAYER MOVE VICE MARY HILL. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROOM. REMEMBER JONES? NO. COUNCIL MEMBER, SMITH LEE. BY COUNCILOR BOB MYERS MEMBER WESTBROOK, MARY HILL MAYOR PERM FAST NEXT IS ITEM H CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE LEASE AGREEMENT EXERCISING TO ONE YEAR AGREEMENT OPTIONS JUNE 1ST 2023 TO MAY 31ST 2025 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 100 AND $20 PER YEAR. $10 MONTHLY BETWEEN PMP ASSOCIATES LLC IN THE CITY OF P IS VERY FOR THE PROBABLY LOCATED 38 11 CORPORATE ROAD. PETERSBURG VIRGINIA 238 OH, THREE FOR THE CITY'S HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. COUNCILOR MYERS. VICE MAYOR HILL, ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK. CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROOM? COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, NO. COUNCIL MEMBER, SMITH FLEE COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK, VICE MAYOR HILL PERM FAST NEXUS ITEM. 15 CITY MANAGERS REPORT. MR ARMAND

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