Jun 20, 2023 Regular City Council Meeting

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SESSION. UM AND NEXT WE'RE ROLLING ON IT. IT IS FIVE O'CLOCK AND WELL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE'RE STARTING RIGHT ON TIME TONIGHT, MR TALLEY. I KNOW YOU MADE THAT REQUEST, AND WE FULFILLED IT TONIGHT FOR YOU BY BEING ON TIME. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER KORNBERG COUNCIL MEMBER, JONES SMITH LEE. COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. VICE MAYOR HILL PERN HERE, NEXT VICE MAYOR HERE WOULD LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER.

LET US PRAY. THEY'RE HAVING A FATHER'S ONCE AGAIN. WE COME BEFORE YOU, LORD. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT MANY GIFTS AND BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE SOLD UPON US AND OUR FAMILIES. WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING HEAVENLY FATHER THAT THERE MAY BE FRUITFUL TO YOUR NAME. LORD AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DELIBERATION , HEAVEN AND FATHER WOULD LIKE TO THANKING THANK ALL IN THE FAMILY WHO LOST A LOVED ONE. JUST RECENTLY. HEAVENLY FATHER AND PECAN HAVE ANY FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH HIS FAMILY HAVING A FATHER STRENGTHEN THEM HEAVENLY FATHER THROUGH THE SENSELESS SHOOTINGS. HEAVENLY FATHER WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH ALL OUR RESIDENTS. NAMED BY NAME ONE BY ONE COLLECTED. THEY HAPPEN TO FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD SOMEHOW HAVE SOME TYPE OF RELIEF RESOLUTION TO THE GUN VIOLENCE, HAVING A FATHER THAT IT WILL PUT DOWN THOSE GUNS HAVING YOUR FATHER AND COME TO A SENSIBLE UNDERSTANDING WITH ONE ANOTHER. SO WE ASKED THAT BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL HAVING THE FATHER BUILDERS UP WHERE WE MAY BE TORN DOWN, HAVING A FATHER BE WITH ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATION WORKERS HAVING A FATHER FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, HAVING A FATHER KEEP THEM SAFE FROM ALL HER HOME AND DANGER. WRAP YOUR LOVING ARMS AROUND ALL OF US HAVING A FATHER AND WE'D BE ABLE CAREFUL TO GIVE YOU A NAME. HOLD ON ALL THE GLORY AND ALL THE PRAISE. IT'S IN JESUS' NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. AND COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STORM STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? WHICH IS. TEXAS ITEM. FOUR DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

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

STATE CHAMPION VHS L CLASS THREE HAD JOB JEREMIAH JOHNSON WHEN THE V H THAT SOUNDS HIGH JUMPING TO 2023 TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP. JOUSTING COMPETED AT DHL CLASS THREE STATES TRACK TOURNAMENT ON

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JOHNSON EXCEL, TAKING HOME FIRST PLACE WITH A WIN OF A HIGH JUMP OF 68 INCHES, ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. JOHNSON'S JUMPED AT THE PETERSBURG HAS TO RECORD THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SAID MANY YEARS AGO. REGULATION. THAT BE GREAT. COME ON.

UPCOMING SENIOR. SO YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THAT CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN NEXT YEAR? YOU KNOW THAT.

NEXT IS ITEM FIVE B. A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING JULY 1ST 2023 AS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED DAY IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WHEREVER AS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED WAS FOUND ON JULY 1ST 2023 IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA , ON THE PRINCIPLES OF SISTERHOOD SERVICE, CHARITY, GOODWILL AND HUMANITY TO HUMANKIND. AND WHEREAS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED IS A NONPROFIT 501 C THREE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE CAUSES OF FEMALE VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE PLIGHT OF FEMALE VETERANS SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOMELESSNESS, MIDDLE ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE NEED FOR RESPECT. CARE. AND WHEREAS BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE PLIGHT SOME FEMALE VETERANS SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND THE NEED FOR RESPITE CARE. AND WHEREAS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED, IS ALSO COMMITTED TO ORGANIZING AN APARTMENT OR CHARITABLE PROJECTS WITH VARIOUS VETERANS SHELTERS.

FAITH BASED AND VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHILE FOSTERING THE SPIRIT OF SISTERHOOD SERVICE, CHARITY, GOODWILL AND HUMANITY TO HUMANKIND. AND WHEREAS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED, PROVIDES OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO VETERAN WOMEN IN NEED, WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE DYNAMICS OF LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT SERVICES. AND WHEREAS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED ASSIST WITH OBTAINING TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE VETERAN WOMAN AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHEREAS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED, PROVIDES STABILIZATION AND TEMPORARY SERVICES FOR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WHEREAS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED, PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO VETERAN WOMEN IN NEED OF HOUSING. DEPOSITS HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND OTHER NECESSITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, ARMOR SAMMY PAM , BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED ME BY THE CITY OF PETERSBURG DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 1ST 2023 AS NEW GAMMA EPSILON MILITARY SORORITY INCORPORATED DAY IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND COMMANDMENTS OBSERVANCE TO ALL CITIZENS DATED JUNE 20TH 2023 SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE CLERK OF COUNCIL OFFICIAL LOOK ALRIGHT. IS SOMEONE HERE TODAY FROM YES, PLEASE. LADIES OF NEW GAMMA EPSILON. COME ON UP.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

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WHICH INCLUDES THE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITION AND STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES. GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, BALANCE SHEET STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE.

PROPRIETARY FUNDS. STATEMENT OF NET POSITION STATEMENT OF REVENUES EXPENSES AND CHANGING THEIR POSITION AND STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS. JUDICIARY FUNDS, WHICH IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS HIGHLIGHT, BUT THAT INCLUDES STATEMENT OF JUDICIARY NET POSITION. FUNDS NOT AVAILABLE, HELD IN TRUST OR AGENCY. STATEMENT OF NET POSITION. GOVERNMENT WIDE INCLUDES BOTH THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTAL AND BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES. STATEMENT OF NECK POSITION.

EXHIBIT ONE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY'S ASSETS AND LIABILITIES UNDER ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR. THE STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION IDENTIFIES THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF ASSETS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT CITY OPERATIONS. HOW MUCH THE CITY OWES VENDORS AND BONDHOLDERS AND THE CITY'S NET POSITION AS THEY WANTED IT BASED UPON US AVAILABILITY TO BE USED FOR FUTURE EXPENDITURES. THE STATEMENT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE BALANCE SHEET. EXHIBIT THREE FOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF FUNDS. SO OUR NET POSITION WENT FROM 47,000,008, 54, 6, 46 AND 2021 TO 71,043,013 AND 2022. OVERALL INCREASE OF 48. POSITION IS DIRECT, DIVIDED INTO THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES. NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS, RESTRICTED NET NET ASSETS AND UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION. FOR 2022. TOTAL NET POSITION WAS 47,000,008 54, 6 46 AND AGAIN IN 2022, OR NET POSITION IS 71,043,013. STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES EXHIBIT TO REFLECT THE CITY'S REVENUE AND EXPENSES FOR ITS GOVERNMENTAL AND BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES BELOW US A BREAK OUT OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES. WHICH ALSO INCLUDES AMOUNT FOR EACH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 22 ALRIGHT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES . THE BELOW REFLECTS THE CITY'S EXPENSES FOR EACH OF HIS MAJOR FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES. THE BALANCE SHEET GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. EXHIBIT THREE IS COMPRISED OF THREE FUNDS, GENERAL FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS, FUNDS AND NOT MAJOR FUNDS. FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF JUNE. 30TH 2020 TO 4. THE GENERAL FUND

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REVENUES EXCEEDED EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND BY 16,000,003 33,644 FOR 22 FOR OVERALL INCREASE OF 20. PROPRIETARY FUNDS INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S PUBLIC UTILITY, MASS TRANSIT AND GOLF COURSE OPERATIONS, THE STATE THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES AND CHANGES IN THAT POSITION. EXHIBIT SEVEN SHOWS THE CITY'S REVENUES AND EXPENSES CATEGORIZED BETWEEN OPERATING, NON OPERATING AND OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR PROPRIETARY FUNDS OR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES. FUND BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES IS 25 MILLION. 6 30 TO 48. PREVIOUS YEAR WAS 23,000,006 67 5 98. WE HAD A SLIGHT DECREASE IN MASS TRANSIT. A COUPLE OF 100,000, BUT WE'RE STILL STILL IN THE POSITIVE DIRECTION. UM AND STILL SAFE SOUND FOR THE GOLF COURSE, AS WELL AS MASS TRANSIT GOLF COURSE ALREADY USUALLY SHOWS A NEGATIVE BECAUSE OF THE DAD. THAT'S THERE, BUT MASS TRANSIT IS 14,000,005, 87, 4, 37 AND THE GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS GOING DOWN AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE POSITIVE REVENUES WITHIN THE GOLF COURSE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CLOSING OF CHESTERFIELD GOLF COURSE OF 2,011,001 39, OKAY.

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW. EXCUSE ME. EXHIBIT EIGHT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY SOURCES, RECEIPTS AND USE OF PAYMENTS FOR CASH DURING THE FISCAL YEAR CLASSIFIES SOURCES AND USES THE CASH INTO FOUR CATEGORIES ASSIST IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE CITY HAS ABILITY TO GENERATE FUTURE NET CASH FLOWS TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS AS THEY COME DUE AND ASSIST IN DETERMINING THE NEED FOR EXTERNAL FINANCING. LONG TERM OBLIGATIONS OF THE 65,767,300.

IN TOTAL OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY , 44,000,954,005. WAS IN THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS BACKED BY FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY OF THE TOTAL OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY FOR MILLION 260,475 WAS DUE AND PAYABLE WITHIN ONE YEAR. THE BREAKDOWN ACROSS THE GOVERNMENTAL AND BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES IS BROKEN OUT BELOW. BUDGETARY DATA. GENERAL FUND BUDGET, ACTUAL INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND ON EXHIBIT 11 IS PRESENTED FOR EVERY SOURCE OF REVENUE AND CATEGORY OF EXPENDITURE BY MAJOR FUNCTIONAL PROGRAM IN THE GENERAL FUND, INCLUSIVE OF DEBT SERVICE AND TRANSFERS OR PENSION DATA THAT PENSION LIABILITY EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. INFORMATION IS PRESENTED IN SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION SECTION. AND COMBINING THE STATEMENTS AND NON MAJOR FUNDS SUPPORTING SCHEDULES. THIS SECTION INCLUDES COMBINING STATEMENTS FOR OUR NON MAJOR FUNDS INCLUDE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS SUCH AS FEDERAL AND STATE PROJECT FUNDS, CDBG STORMWATER. PERMANENT FUNDS. BLANDFORD CEMETERY PERPETUAL FUNDS MEMORIAL MCKINNEY MEMORIAL LIBRARY. OKAY? AND THIS CONCLUDES THE OVERALL OVERVIEW HIGHLIGHT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22 A CFR MR FOLEY FROM RFC WILL BE NEXT. GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR MEMBERS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID FOLEY. I'M A PARTNER WITH ROBINSON, FARMER COX ASSOCIATES AND UM, I WAS THE PARTNER IN CHARGE AND AUDIT MANAGER OR FOR THE CITY'S FY FISCAL YEAR. 22

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THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT REPORTS FROM AUSTIN. COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THE ON IT. UM THE FIRST ONE FROM US IS, UM IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION, THE FRONT OF THE FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE REPORT. UM AND THIS IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT. AND IN THIS REPORT WHERE WE STATE WE DID PERFORM AN AUDIT ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS , AND IT'S WHERE WE ISSUE OUR OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND IT'S UM MISS JORDAN'S ALLUDED TO EARLIER WE DID ISSUE A UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. UM WHICH IS THE WHICH IS A CLEAN OPINION ON, UM , THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MEANING UNMODIFIED OPINION MEANS THAT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, UM HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. UM THE OTHER TWO REPORTS FROM US OR IN THE BACK OF THE REPORT AND THE COMPLIANCE SECTION. UM THE FIRST REPORT IS ON NUMBER PAGE 1 43. THE FIRST REPORT BACK HERE IS OUR REPORT ON THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING. IS AGAIN WE AS PART OF THE OIL THAT WE DO REVIEW AND GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERNAL CONTROLS. THE CITY HAS OVER ITS FINANCIAL REPORTING AND AS A. AS ARE ALL THE PROCEDURES DISCLOSED . WE DID, UM, AS SIMILAR TO PRIOR YEARS. WE DID, UM, NOTES, UM, MATERIAL WEAKNESSES AND THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING. THE DETAILS OF THOSE ARE IN THE BACK OF THE REPORT. UM BASICALLY THE MATERIAL WITNESSES THAT WE NOTED , ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT HAD BEEN NOTED THE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL REPORT FROM US IS ALL REPORT OVER. UM THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH ITS MAJOR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. UM THIS REPORT WAS CLEAN, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, UM, WERE NOTED IN THE CITY AND SCHOOL BOARDS COMPLIANCE WITH THIS MAJOR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. UM ALSO NO OTHER ISLANDS OF NON COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL GRANTS WERE NOW DID SO THIS REPORT FOR THE CITY WAS CLEAN. BUT THAT'S. THOSE COVER THE THREE OPINIONS FROM US, UM AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. BUT BE HAPPENING. ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN JONES. ARE YOU ALL DOING? IT'S JUST A GENERAL QUESTION. I KNOW. THIS WAS DOING DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

BEFORE I TOOK SEATS. UM WE GOT ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GETTING READY. WE DO. THIS DECENT ARE CORRECT. I KNOW WE'RE DOING BETTER QUESTION IS, WILL WE BE ON TIME? MOVING FORWARD. THE

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[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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IT'S COUNCIL DESIRE. IT'S A MALE YES, VICE MAYOR HILL. UM MOVED THAT WE APPROVED THE ORDINANCE APPROVING PETITIONER FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE USE OF AUTO SALES. CAR RENTAL AT 12 42 WEST WASHINGTON STREET. ALRIGHT UM, COUNSELING MYERS OF EMOTION IN THE SECOND. ALRIGHT IN THE DISCUSSIONS, SEEING NO DISCUSSION. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILOR BECAUSE BERT REMEMBER JONES. I REMEMBER MYERS. VICE MAYOR HILL PERN. I FAST. ALRIGHT NEXT IS ITEM A B A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION FOR ORDINANCE APPROVING A PETITION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT. FOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND DETAILING AT 18 41 ANCHOR AVENUE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN AN IN ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY RECEIVED A PETITION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR USED AUTO REPAIR AND DETAILING AT 18 41 ANCHOR AVENUE THE PROPERTY HAS STATED IS LOCATED IN IN ONE LINE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. AND THE CODE REQUIRES THAT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT BE APPROVED FOR THE PROPOSED USE. NEXT AH, THE PROPERTY IS 0.202 ACRES AND AGAIN LOCATED IN A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. AND THIS ILLUSTRATES THE LOCATION OF THE PARCEL. ALONG ANCHOR AVENUE JUST NORTH OF WEST WASHINGTON STREET. AND THIS ILLUSTRATES THE ZONING IN AN M ONE DISTRICT. AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM FUTURE LAND USE IS FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THANKS. AND THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED USE. EXCLUSIVE.

PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE ITEM DURING THE JUNE 1ST MEETING, THE COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PETITION. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR TABOR. UM NEXT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE AUDIENCE APPROVING THAT PETITION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ORDER, REPAIR AND DETAIL IN 18 41 ANCHOR AVENUE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN M ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT IN THE HANDS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. SAYING NINETIES PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. COUNCILOR JONES. MR TABOR, UM. I'VE BEEN BACK THERE DANGLE. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAUGHT IN THE ACT BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY DETAILED AND GOING ON BACK THERE. IT WAS JUST TOTALLY NEED A SPECIAL USE, PREVENTING UM, I'M SORRY. YOU COULD YOU REPEAT THAT? WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON RIGHT NOW IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE BACK THEN. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAUGHT IN THE ACT? AND WE JUST HELPING THEM OUT. GUIDE HIM THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NO SIR. WE RECEIVED THE PETITION AND THE PETITION WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND NOT BEFORE YOU UM , IT IS NOT RELATED TO ANY NOTICE OF VIOLATION, OR, UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY? VICE MAYOR HILL. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CITIZENS. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE PETITIONER FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AND DETAILING AT 18 41 ANCHOR AVENUE. ALRIGHT WITH EMOTION. COUNCILMAN JONES SECOND MOTION. THE SECOND. MADAM CLERK, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

COUNCILOR RECOVER. REMEMBER JONES? I MYERS VICE MAYOR HILL PERM PAST. NEXT IS ITEM. EIGHT C. A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION FOR ORDINANCE APPROVING THAT PETITION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 7 12 PAST STREET.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE B TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT, MR TABLE HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY RECEIVED A PETITION FOR SPECIAL

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IT IS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH SOUTH STREET. UH AND UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AND HIGH STREET. THIS ILLUSTRATES THE ZONING AGAIN BE TOO. THE CAN'T COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM SHOWS. UM AH. CORRIDOR USE OR DEVELOPMENT. AND THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE PROPERTY LOOKING SOUTH. AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE VACANT PROPERTY OR VACANT AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE BUILDING. THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE ITEM DURING THE JUNE 1ST MEETING. AND THE PETITIONERS STATED THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 12 1 BEDROOM UNITS, WITH EIGHT UNITS OFFERED TO RENTERS AT 80% AM I AND FOUR UNITS OFFERED TO RENTERS AT 60% AM I THE PETITIONER ALSO STATED THAT RENT WOULD BE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $850 PER UNIT PER MONTH. AND OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE MET. THE COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PETITION, AND I DO SEE THE PETITIONER HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PETITION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT. FOR MULTI FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 7 12 HIGH STREET . THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE B TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. AND HE HANDS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 47 12 HIGH STREET. SEEING NO HAS THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. NEXT UM, SOME QUESTIONS FROM FOR MR TABOR. UM I HAVE BEEN HEARING IT. IS THE USE OF THIS IS FOR APARTMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW UM. I HAD HEARD THERE WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR SOME OTHER USE. BUT IT IS GOING TO BE FOR APARTMENTS. YES WELL, THAT IS WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED APARTMENTS.

YES. AND AGAIN THE PETITIONERS HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR COVER THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MR TABOR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS AT ALL. DID YOU SAY THAT THE RENT WAS GOING TO BE $50 A MONTH? I'M SORRY. 858 150 APPROXIMATELY. ALRIGHT I AND, UM. IS ANYONE WHO MEETS THOSE INCOME IS THIS A LOT TECH PROJECT IS THAT. UH, IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE THE PETITIONER TO RESPECT YOU. NO, SIR. THIS IS NOT A LIGHT TECH PROJECT. OKAY, BECAUSE WHEN I HEAR THE PERCENT OF AM I KIND OF QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, YOU KNOW? RIGHT YEAH. I UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WHY YOU MIGHT HAVE MADE THAT CONNECTION BECAUSE THAT IS VERY COMMON, BUT NO SOUTH SIDE IS JUST A MISSION DRIVEN NONPROFIT. SO WE'RE BUILDING THIS EXACTLY AS MARKET RATE. HOWEVER OUR MISSION IS TO, UH, IS TO PROVIDE UNITS FOR INDIVIDUALS AT LOW TO MODERATE INCOMES. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THAT. AND HMM. SO ANYONE WHO MEETS THOSE INCOME REQUIREMENTS COULD MOVE INTO THESE BOMBS. YES IS IT EXPECTED ? DOES YOUR GROUP EXPECT THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE? NO, SIR. NOW UH, INCOME REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE ANYWHERE BETWEEN $36,000 PER YEAR TO $50,000 PER YEAR, SO NO OKAY? OKAY? AH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR MYERS. YES SIR. I MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THAT PETITION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 7 12 HIGH STREET SUCKING, ALL RIGHT. SECOND VICE MAYOR HILL. ANY DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT SEEING THEM, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILOR BECAUSE, BERT AH, REMEMBER JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS. VICE MAYOR HILL PERM PAST ALRIGHT. NEXT IS ITEM. THE PUBLIC HEARING AND

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RIGHT. SO, UM. YEAH, BUT WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'LL FOLLOW BACK UP WITHOUT QUESTIONS. OKAY, OKAY. ALRIGHT THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION. OKAY SORRY. THERE'S ONE MORE ONE MORE THING. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE ITEM DURING THE JUNE FOR THE 1ST 2023 MEETINGS, AND THE COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PETITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR TABOR. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW. FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE PETITION FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE CAR WASH IN ORDER MOTIVE DETAILING THEIR 16 02 WEST WASHINGTON STREET. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE B TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. ANY HANDS. TO SPEAK ON THE CAR WASH.

ALRIGHT SEEING NO HANDS. OKAY. ONE HAND. YES, MR TALLY. GARY TALENT 23 23 4 PRICES AREN'T THOSE RESIDENTIAL HOMES RIGHT NEXT TO THAT PROPERTY. WELL, I SURE WOULDN'T WANT THAT CAR WASH NEXT TO MY HOUSE. OKAY, SEEING NO OTHER HANDS. IT'S PROBABLY HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. NEXT WE GO TO QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. WE START OFF WITH COUNCILMAN JONES. YES, UM. CAR WASHES FINE. RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT FINE EVERYWHERE. RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M AGAINST THAT, JUST AS MUCH AS I'M AGAINST TRUCKING COMPANY BEING ON SOUTH STREET. SHOULDN'T BE THERE. WE HAVE NO ROOM FOR DRAINAGE. DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. HE'S GOING TO DISTURB THE LAND, DISTURBED THE GROUND, DESCRIBED THE SOIL AND DISTURB THE PEOPLE. FAST AND WELL FOR THAT TO GO TO BECAUSE I KNOW NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE SIDE OF CAR WASH WHERE PEOPLE GOING TO BE IN AND OUT WASHING CARS.

CHEMICALS ALL IN THE GROUND. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY GOT A GARDEN BACK THERE ANYTHING. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO THE PEOPLE. SO WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THAT? DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO RECTIFY THE DRAINAGE. AND CHEMICALS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT'S GOING INTO OUR GROUND.

SO, UM IF IS THE PETITIONER HERE. OKAY? I'LL SAY THAT, UM. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY LAND DISTURBANCE OR DEVELOPMENT OF UH , CURRENTLY VACANT PROPERTY WOULD REQUIRE A SITE PLAN AND THAT'S A OF COURSE A SEPARATE PROCESS FROM THE ZONING PROCESS . AND IN THAT PROCESS, UM ISSUES SUCH AS TRAIN EGE, UH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UM UTILITIES. UH LIKE WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS. UM. AND I GUESS WE ILLUSTRATED OR SO THAT THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SHOWS THE PROPERTY AS COMMERCIAL. COUNCILOR MINDS. YES. HE KEEPS SAYING CARWASH. IS

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HE DROPPED THE CALL FROM THE PERSON DETAILS AND INSIDE HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE AND FURTHER HAVE YOU ARE BOTHERED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE YOU TALKED ABOUT. IT'S A RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR. BUT DID YOU ALL BOTHER AS A PLAN TO DEPARTMENT TO INDICATE WHAT ELSE IS IN THAT BLOCK? THAT IS COMMERCIAL? IT'S NOT ALL RESIDENTIAL. HMM. SO SOME CONSIDERATION NEED TO BE WITH RESPECT TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN JUST THE CORNER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PROVIDE COUNSEL AND OVERVIEW. HAVE ANYTHING IF YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IF YOU DON'T EXPRESS TO THE COUNCIL, THE OVERALL VIEW OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA. CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDES? OKAY AND SO THIS ILLUSTRATES THE CURRENT ZONING. OF THE PROPERTY , UM SO WE CAN SEE THE PROPERTY ON THE CORNER AND ALL OF THE PROPERTIES TO THE WEST ARE ALL ZONED B TWO. SO I. CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT AERIAL PHOTO? AND THAT IS LOOKING SOUTH NORTH. AND SO THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH. SO ALL OF THE PROPERTIES TO THE RIGHT.

OF THIS PROPERTY TO THE WEST ARE ACTUALLY ZONED B TWO. AND IF WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE. THANK YOU. IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE CAN SEE ALL OF THE RED PROPERTY ALONG WASHINGTON STREET IS DESIGNATED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS COMMERCIAL AS WELL. SO THE PROPOSED USE IS, UM IN CONFORMANCE WITH ZONING AND ALSO WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. HOWEVER, OF COURSE IT IS, UM COUNCILS, PREROGATIVE. TO APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED THE PETITION. RIGHT, VICE MAYOR HILL . SO, UH, FOR THE POTENTIAL OWNERS. WHAT TYPE OF CAR WASH WITH THIS BE. WOULD IT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A DETAILING? LIKE A LIKE A HANDS ON YES. HE IS JUST LIKE A DETAIL IN HANDS ON, OKAY? RIGHT COUNSELOR COVER. MR TABOR? YES THIS IS ZONE B TWO, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF PERMISSIBLE USES OR POSSIBLY PERMISSIBLE USES WITHIN THE B TWO. AREA THAT BE. UH USES WITHIN B TWO THAT. OR NOT A THREAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEY'D BE USES IN B TWO. THAT WOULD BE A THREAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? UM. SO I GUESS WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UM TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. SIMPLY BUT OF COURSE WITHIN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UM IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ADJACENT USES AND, UM THERE COULD BE, UH.

WITHIN THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROPERTY AND THE APPROVAL CERTAIN BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS.

AH IF THAT IS, UM. RECOMMENDED TO SO TO THE EAST AND ACROSS THE STREET IS THE FORMER OLD MANSION , UM, PROPERTY AND THEN FARTHER. AH! EAST IS THE RAILROAD TRACK AND ACROSS THE STREET. IS THIS COMMERCIAL USE? UM HERE. IT USED TO BE THE THAT'S RIGHT. THIS YES, SOUTHERN STATES. RIGHT AND ANCHOR INDUSTRIAL PARK IS FARTHER DOWN THE STREET ACROSS THE STREET. BUT WE CAN SEE RESIDENTIAL USES DIRECTLY TO THE WEST. BUT OUR ZONING. ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT A SPECIAL USE

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UH, I CAN. I CAN SEE, UH MORE UPSCALE BUSINESS USE HERE. BUT I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS IS FAIR TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVED BEHIND OR NEARBY. I THINK WE'RE KIND OF DRIFTING. MAYBE WE ARE ALREADY THERE. TOWARDS MAKING WEST WASHINGTON STREET LOOK KIND OF LIKE HOLD STREET ON IN SOUTH RICHMOND, WHICH IS NOT THE LOOK. WE WON'T ANYWHERE IN TOWN. AH I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT OTHER MEMBERS OF HAVE HEARD WHAT OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL HAD TO SAY. BUT UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE THINKING OF OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UH I'M GONNA SIT MR MR CUTHBERT. I WOULD FURTHER AGREE. IF THIS WAS AN ORDINARY CAR WASH AND YOU GOT THEM LINED UP DOWN THE STREET AND WAITING TO WASH YOUR CAR AND STAND TO WATCH CAR, BUT IT'S A DETAILED SHOP. SO IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE. AND I'M SURE ABOUT APPOINTMENT ONLY. AT THIS TIME. I KNOW, UM. THAT COUNCILMAN FROM WARD SEVEN. HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. HE'S OUT OF THE COUNTRY. AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO MAKE IT AND MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT WITHOUT HAVING HIM HERE, SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE INTO COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK IS AND WEIGH IN WITH THE RESIDENTS IN HIS WAR BEING THE SAME AS WARD. SO MOVE. I'LL MOVE TO TABLE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TABLE TO THE MEETING. AND, UM JULY. OKAY? WHERE MOTION A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. UH, POST.

ALRIGHT. THE MOTION CARRIES. DISCUSSIONS. ENJOY MR MAYOR, MR. MAYOR REMIND COUNSEL THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO PLACE CONDITIONS UPON THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMANENT SO IF YOU THINK THAT IT NEEDED NEED THE PROPERTY, YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK. THERE NEEDS TO BE OFFENSE TO SCREEN IT FROM THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. YOU CAN PUT CONDITIONS UPON THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT. TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, SO JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL IT COMES UP NEXT MONTH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM E HAS BEEN MOVED TO OUR JULY MEETING AS WELL. UM, NEXT IS ITEM. F, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HANDLING APPEAL BY PERMITS. OIN APPLICANT OF 1 25 NORTH MARKET STREET. TAX PARCEL 01124.0001. OWNED BY SC MARKET STREET LLC ON THE DECISION OF THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COURTHOUSE, LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. GOOD EVENING, MISS SANDRA GLORIA. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL UM, HERE BECAUSE MR PARK MEETS WINE, OWNER OF 1 25. NORTH MARKET STREET IS APPEALING THE DECISION MADE BY THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD ON APRIL 12TH 2023. SOME BACKGROUND FOR THIS CASE IS THAT ON FEBRUARY 17TH OF THIS YEAR I MET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER ON SITE WITH MR SHOP PROPERTY INSPECTOR STEVENSON AND INSPECTOR GILES TO DISCUSS THE CODE VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY AND INFORM THE OWNER THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. FOUR SECTIONS ON THE WEST ELEVATION OF THE PROPERTY THERE WERE COLLAPSING BRICK, MR. ARMEY PROPOSED THE INSTALLATION OF METAL PLATES TO PREVENT THE BRICKS FROM FALLING. I INFORMED HIM OVER EMAIL THAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE A OR B APPROVAL BEFORE IT COULD BE DONE. THE PLATES ARE INSTALLED WITHOUT APPROVAL, AND A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS ISSUED. THE PROPERTY OWNER SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THE WORK TO THE R B ON MARCH 12TH. NOT THE APRIL 12TH MEETING. THE AIR B AND ANNA'S MISS LEE DENIED THE APPLICATION BECAUSE IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE AS PER OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES. CHAPTER FIVE SECTION B SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT REGARDLESS OF IF THEY USE METAL PLATES ARE APPROVED OR NOT. THE FIRE MARSHAL AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE OFFICIALS NOT FIND THE PLACE TO BE A SATISFACTORY ABATEMENT FOR THE CODE. VIOLATION OF THE BRICKS ON THE BUILDING IS IT'S NOT AN ENGINEER APPROVED REPAIR. SO THEY WOULD, UH CONSIDER REPOINTING THE BOOK TO BE INAPPROPRIATE REPAIR FOR THE VIOLATION. MR MAYOR. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MISS AND GREGORIO SAID ABOUT THE FIRE MARSHAL AND CODE OFFICIAL AND SO ON. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. DO YOU WANT ME TO START OVER? UM

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THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME LOOSE BRICK. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO PULLING BRICK OUT OF HIS BUILDING, BUT IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MORTAR TO HOLD SOME OF THE BRICK THAT IS NOT COVERED. IT'S IN REALLY ROUGH CONDITION. I'M SORRY, OKAY? AH! WE HAD ASKED THEM TO POINT THAT UP, AND HE SAID, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO POINT THAT UP BECAUSE I PLAN ON POINTING THE WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING WHERE IT NEEDS IT IN THE FUTURE. I SAID, BUT THIS

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HAVE AN EXCUSE FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD SAY AND JUST WAS ADAMANT THAT HE WANTED TO KEEP THESE STEEL PLATES OR, YOU KNOW, SHEET METAL PLATES UP. UM I DON'T KNOW. WE SAW IN THE PICTURE THERE. BUT YOU KNOW, I GUESS FRIDAY THE PLYWOOD OR IT'S ACTUALLY PARTICLE BOARD WAS PUT IN THERE, WHICH DOESN'T HOLD UP TO WEATHER. BLEW OUT OF THE FOURTH FLOOR WINDOW, I GUESS FRIDAY, BUT NOBODY'S COME ALONG TO PICK UP THE WARD OFF THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. UM. I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE AFFIRM OUR DECISION. TO DO THE POINTING, WHICH, OF COURSE, CODE COMPLIANCE FEELS THE SAME WAY THAT WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT ANY OTHER HANDS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALRIGHT SEEING NINE. I CIRCLED BACK TO COMMENTS. REMEMBER THE COUNCIL COUNCILOR MYERS BACK TO YOU. IS THE PETITIONER HERE. THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING HERE. OKAY? SO. SO, KATIE THAT I READ THIS. WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR? AND IN IN FIRST OF ALL, HAD THE VIOLATIONS BEEN ABATED. THE OTHER. THE OTHER VIOLATIONS OR JUST EVALUATION. AH, I BELIEVE. THE ONE THAT WAS ADDRESSED SO FAR AS THAT SOME WINDOWS BROKE AND FELL INTO THE SIDEWALK AND THAT WAS CLEANED UP. I AND THE SOME OF THE OTHER. SOME OF THE WINDOWS WERE BOARDED UP MORE SECURELY. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED YET. ALL RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO HARSH. ON THE SUBJECT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A DISGRACE. AND I WANT TO KNOW. WHAT MORE ENFORCEABLE ACTIONS CAN WE TAKE MR CITY ATTORNEY TONIGHT WITH RESPECT TO THIS BUILDING? UM AS A CONTRACTOR.

BRICKLAYER, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE MISSING . AND IT'S NOT MORTAR. IT'S BIDDING. UM IT'S COMPLETELY WIPED OUT HERE, WHICH WILL CAUSE A SHIFT. IN THIS BUILDING, AND SO ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE UM, AND IT'S IMMEDIACY. SO WHAT CAN WE DO? UM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO THIS. YEAH. THE ONLY THING THAT'S IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IS THE VIOLATION APPEAL THAT'S BEEN MADE TO THE R B. SO IF YOU AGREE THAT THE OWNERS AND VIOLATION SIMPLY AFFIRM THE A R B DETERMINATION THAT THERE'S NOTHING ADDITIONAL THAT COUNCIL CAN DO AT THIS POINT WITH RESPECT TO THE OWNERS VIOLATION . WELL, KIM COUNCIL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER. TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. YEAH, SOMETHING TO FURTHER ABATE. THESE ISSUES? YES. HOW'S THAT QUESTION PHRASES THAT A GOOD QUESTION FOR YOU? YES, YOU COULD DIRECT HIM TO HAVE HIS PERSONNEL INVESTIGATE TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE OTHER VIOLATIONS. THEY'D STILL HAVE A PROCESS AND HAD TO FOLLOW. BUT YES, THAT COULD I UNDERSTAND. MR MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. SHALL WE DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER? AND I'LL LET I'LL LET MR CUTHBERT DO THAT PART. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR COVER WELL, I THINK COUNCILMAN MEYERS HAS A VERY GOOD IDEA. AND THAT IS THAT WE DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER. YEARS. ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES. TO ABATE. ALL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS. AT THIS ADDRESS. UH, AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE. AND I MAKE THAT MOTION. SECOND ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IT! I'M CLARK. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER COMFORT. I REMEMBER JONES. COUNCILOR MYERS. AH MERRY HILL. ALL RIGHT. BY PAST. AND MR MAYOR , AS FAR AS THIS APPEAL IS CONCERNED. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DENY THE APPEAL AND AFFIRMED THE DECISION OF THE SECOND DAY. MOTION SECONDED THAT APPEAL. ALL IN FAVOR. I OPPOSED. ON THE

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SEVERAL DOCUMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO YOU. THE ACTION PLAN. IT WAS ACTUALLY STAFF FOR 30 DAYS AS REQUIRED. FOR THE PROGRAM. THAT HAS BEEN DONE. TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOUR PRESENTATIONS ARE CHAIR WILL BRING A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO REVIEW YOU HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SEE UP ON YOUR SCREEN AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION CLOSE THAT AND THEN TAKE YOUR COMMENTS. WE WILL COME BACK WITH ALL THE DATA IN JULY WITH THE FINAL DOCUMENT, ONE FOR THE APPROVAL OF MONIES AMOUNT. AND ALSO FOR THE ACTION PLAN. THIS TIME I HAVE CHARITY COME UP. YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION FROM THE PACKAGE, MR D. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING , MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND DIGNITARIES. MY NAME IS SOPHIA D. I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CDBG ADVISORY BOARD. IF WE CAN GO AHEAD, WHOEVER'S ARE WHEN IT'S NOT. IT'S GO AHEAD. I THINK IT'S UH 1 16. WE CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE SLAB PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

AND THE INFORMATION YOU SEE BEFORE YOU AND THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND JUST SUMMARY OF HOW TO PROGRAM WORKS, AND YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY IT AND JUST GIVING MORE OF A NARRATIVE. THIS IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ONCE OVER AND A NICE, NEAT PACKAGE FORMAT. SO ONCE AGAIN MY NAME IS KOFI D.

I'VE BEEN THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CDBG NOW FOR TWO YEARS, AND I HAVE BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO SERVE IN HIS BOARD AND GET IT BACK TO PAR. AS IT HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE'S THE AGENDA OVERVIEW.

WE'LL GO OVER THESE VERY TOPICS AND ITEMS. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT IS CDBG KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A FEW YEARS. I KNOW WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF COUNCIL, MR MARLOWE JONES. JUST WANT TO GO OVER. WHAT IS CDBG CDBG STANDS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO CITY COUNTIES. OTHER MUNICIPALITIES FOR REVITALIZATION EFFORTS IS MAIN FOCUS. IS TO FUND REVITALIZATION EFFORTS FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS. FORTUNATELY UNFORTUNATELY, PETERSBURG IS CONSIDERED AS A WHOLE LOAD OF MODERATE INCOME AREA. THE ADVISORY BOARD IN CITY COUNCILS IN THE CITY'S SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WHEN IT COMES TO RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DON'T MAKE DECISIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS. WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON OUR TRAINING BASED ON WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKING ALSO WITH OUR CDBG ADMINISTRATOR. ONE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT THE PROGRAM RESIDES NOW UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, OFFICE, MR BRIAN MOORE AND MISS VENABLE. ROYSTER WE'VE BEEN UNDER PLANNING. WE'VE BEEN ON THE FINANCE, SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A HOME UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS YOUR COMPOSITION OF YOUR BOARD. ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 MEMBERS. YOU CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. THREE MEMBERS WERE APPOINTED BY WARD AND ONE AT LARGE, SO IT REMAINS THAT WE HAVE SEVEN SEATS VACANT.

AS IT STANDS. NEXT LIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S CDBG ADMINISTRATOR IS NOW VACANT, BUT THIS IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD BASED ON WHAT WARD AND AT THE AT LARGE SEAT. SO YOU HAVE MYSELF, MR BACA MORE TO MAKE A GREEN AND MR ETHAN CALVERT AND THOSE ARE THE DESIGNATED COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALONG WITH THE AT LARGE SEAT. ALRIGHT AND GO BACK UP, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO HOW DID THE CDBG WORK? SO YOU HAVE TWO PROGRAMS? YOU HAVE THE FEDERAL OR NATIONAL PROGRAM. YOU HAVE A STATE PROGRAM. IT ALL DELINEATION IS 50 K OR MORE POPULATION SIZE. ANYBODY UNDER 50 K IS SUBJECT TO

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AND THEN HERE AS WELL. YOU MUST MEET ONE OF THE THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES. IT GOES BACK TO THAT MEETING THE NEED OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSONNEL. PREVENT OR ELIMINATE SLUMS OF BLIGHT. AND MEET THE URGENT NEEDED COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT THIS YEAR, AND AS I SAID, THIS PROGRAM IS EVOLVING. IT'S GETTING BETTER 15% OF THE CITY'S ALLOCATION. CAN BE ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SERVICES. SO YOU'LL SEE HERE, UM NONPROFITS AND PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY ON A SMALLER SCALE CAN RECEIVE UP TO 15% OF THE TOTAL ALLOCATION FROM WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE CRITERIAS. IT'S NOT LIMIT, TOO.

BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE CDBG FUNDS CAN DO. ALRIGHT, NEXT LOT. SO GOING TO THE 2022 SUB RECIPIENTS, SO WE HAD SEVEN SUB RECIPIENTS THAT WERE CHOSEN IN APRIL OF 2022.

EXCUSE ME. APRIL 2023. WE MET WITH ALL OF THE SUB RECIPIENTS, AND WE ACTUALLY GOT PROGRESS OF HOW THE PROGRESS ARE GOING AND ALSO JUST ENGAGED ORGANIZATION ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. AND WE'RE GONNA BE ALLOCATING FUNDS . CITY SUB RECIPIENTS. WE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE SO NOT ONLY DO MEETING THEM AND ENGAGING THEM AND YOU'LL SEE LATER ON. WE ACTUALLY DID A SITE VISIT OR ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE SUB RECIPIENTS. WE WANT TO DO THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS JUST TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALSO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE FUNDS FOR THE CITY. GO TO NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR 2023. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 18 ORGANIZATIONS. THIS SLIDE THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. THAT'S WHAT.

18 ORGANIZATIONS. AS FOR A TOTAL OF $1.7 MILLION, I WISH WE HAD THAT MUCH. BUT WE DID NOT. WE GOT ALLOCATED A LITTLE OVER 585,000. SO THIS ADVISORY BOARD HAD TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY QUITE SOME NUMBERS AND FIGURE OUT WHO WE WANT TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL. AS MR MOORE EXPLAINED, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL COME HERE SHORTLY WILL JUST BE WITH THE BOARD DECIDED TO BUT ULTIMATELY, CITY COUNCIL ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION ON THE SUB RECIPIENTS.

AND THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE DID KEEP IN MIND THE 15% OF PUBLIC. SERVICES ALLOCATIONS FOR SOME OF THOSE SMALLER NONPROFITS EVER SEEN SMALLER AMOUNTS. WE KEPT THAT WITHIN THE 15% OF THE $585,000 THAT WE WERE ALLOCATED FROM HUD FOR THIS PROGRAM HERE.

APPLICATION OVERVIEW. THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE APPLICATION ENTAILS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IS FOR US TO HAVE A STRONG AND, UH, VERY DILIGENT ADMINISTRATOR BECAUSE CREATING THE APPLICATION AND ALSO GOING THROUGH THE ADVOCATION IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE TO DOING SOMETHING MORE ELECTRONICALLY BASED INSTEAD OF GETTING SHEETS OF PAPER, OR PDF, SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN INPUT UH, YOU KNOW, APPLICATIONS AND JUST HAVE A QUICKER PROCESSING TIME. READING THROUGH 30 PAGES PER APPLICATION IS NOT THE MOST IDEA TO SAY TO THIS. AND THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE ITEMS WE ASKED. WE DO ASK FOR TAX RETURNS WE DO ASK FOR, UH OTHER VARIOUS DOCUMENTS JUST

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WE DO HAVE GOLD, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH PAST SUB RECIPIENTS. THAT LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE GOING FORWARD. WE ASKED CITY COUNCIL WE EMPLOY YOU ALL TO IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW, IN YOUR AWARDS, WE NEED MORE BOARD MEMBERS. WE REALLY DO. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT THE CDBG BE COMPREHENSIVE THAT MAYBE NEEDS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY OUTSIDE OF OUR WARS, BUT WE CAN'T SEE THAT UNLESS WE HAVE PARTICIPATION. CONNECT WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND BEST PRACTICES THAT TIES IN WITH THE D A NATIONAL CONFERENCE. THEY HAVE ONE IN D. C. WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO SOME OF THE SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ON THE STATE PROGRAM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN SHARE BEST PRACTICES.

SOLICITOR. DIVERSE UH SUB RECIPIENT BASE. I THINK THIS YEAR I RECOMMENDATIONS REFLECT THAT. IT WAS A MIX BETWEEN, UM SMALL NONPROFITS, UM, CITY PROJECTS AND OTHER. AND IN OUR OFFSEASON QUOTE UNQUOTE. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD STANDARD STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE AND CONTINUITY DOCUMENTS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE BOARD WAS QUOTE UNQUOTE RESURRECTED. WE HAD DOCUMENTS THAT WERE VERY OLD . SO WHILE WE HAVE ACTIVE BOARD NOW THE GOAL IS TO HAVE DOCUMENTS IN PLACE WHEN WE ALL TRANSITION OUT, THEY CONTINUE FORWARD AND NETWORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. NEXT TIME. CDBG ACTUALLY, WE MET WITH PROJECT HOMES IN APRIL OF 2022, AND WE GOT A TOUR OF THREE HOMES THAT THEY RENOVATED. ONE WAS IN BLANDFORD. ONE WAS IN THE PINE GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I BELIEVE ONE WAS BY PIN OAKS, AND WE GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THE GOOD WORK. THEIR PROJECT HOMES IS DOING SO MORE VISITS LIKE THIS TO JUST GET OUT THERE AND REALLY SEE WHAT OUR SUB RECIPIENTS ARE DOING AND PROVIDE VISIBILITY NOT ONLY TO THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. READY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND AVAILABILITY FOR CDBG 23 24 ACTION PLAN. RIGHT? YES, MR FISHER. MR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. UM. I REPRESENT DOWNTOWN CHURCHES UNITED HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU MANY TIMES BEFORE. ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR, UM, THE MISSION OF DOWNTOWN CHURCHES. UNITED, WHICH IS TO TAKE CARE OF CRITICAL NEEDS THAT PETERSBURG RESIDENTS HAVE IN TERMS OF FOOD AND ALSO IN UTILITIES ASSISTANCE. SO UM, I THINK I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR BUDGET IS 200 SOME $1000. WE SPENT 60,000 LAST YEAR JUST PAYING UTILITY BILLS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CRISIS. SO UM, THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD I WANTED TO AND I WANT TO APPLAUD THE BOARD KOBE AND THE BOARD FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO STREAMLINE AND MAKE THIS PROFESSIONAL UM APPROACH TO HANDLING CDBG BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE REST OF IT, AND THIS IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. BUT ANYWAY, UH I JUST WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE $22,000 THAT THEY RECOMMENDED ORIGINALLY SEE HERE IT'S BEEN CUT BACK TO 16,000 WHETHER OR NOT IT'S FOR FOOD OR IT SAYS FOR FOOD, BUT NOT FOR ADMINISTRATION. IN THE PAST. WE'VE ALWAYS USED IT TO HELP PAY OPERATING EXPENSES. YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO USE IT FOR FOOD, WE HAVE TO USE IT FOR FOOD AND WE'LL TAKE WHAT WE WERE PAYING FOR FOOD AND PUT IT INTO OPERATING EXPENSES. SO THAT'S NOT A BIG PROBLEM. BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET 22,000 RECOMMENDED RATHER THAN THE 16,002 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YES, MISS SINCLAIR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN NELSON, CLAIRE AND I'M, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF HEBRON V. A PINK HE RUN HAS BEEN A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATED IN THE IN THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS 2015, AND IN THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE EXPANDED TO THE COMMUNITY. TO HAVE ROCKS AND RULERS, WHICH IS THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM FOR BOYS AND GIRLS THAT IS HELD ON SATURDAY NIGHTS FROM SEVEN PM TO 11 PM WE STRATEGICALLY PLANNED THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE BOYS AND GIRLS OFF THE STREETS WHEN THEY'RE NORMALLY OUTSIDE DOING. MOSTLY ILLEGAL THINGS, AND THEN WHERE THEY CAN CAUSE VIOLENCE. AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT

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THANK YOU. RIGHT? SAYING NO OTHER HANDS. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. UM NEXT, UM, QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM I SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE AND WE BRING THAT BACK UP THERE? THE YES, YES. CLARIFICATION MR. MAYOR LET'S BRING UP THE 23 SUB RECIPIENT RECOMMENDATIONS, RIGHT? UM, NEXT, IS, UM. WE HAVE . CAN YOU ELABORATE ON MR FISHER'S FIRST ON THE REDUCTION? FROM. 22 TO THE 6 16,000. SO THAT VERY FIRST PAGE WAS THEIR FIRST INITIAL OR LIKE DRAFT. THIS IS OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION. SO THIS HERE IN THE POWER POINT IS THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS SO MR FISHER IS MORE LIKE 25. ALRIGHT NEXT. NEXT QUESTION IS FOR HEBRON. I KNOW HE BRIAN DOES A LOT FOR OUR YOUTH HERE. UM AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUNG FEMALES WHO ARE STRUGGLING , AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A WAY FOR US TO SUPPORT UM HE BROUGHT IN THEIR EFFORTS WITNESSED FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE HERE THAT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY GETTING MORE? MONEY INTO YOUTH PROGRAMS. UM MAYOR. IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, WE DID ALLOCATE OR RECOMMEND. THINGS JUST SERIOUS, SCROLL DOWN JUST A TAD BIT. THAT IS MR MAYOR. I THINK THEY'RE ON THE WRONG PAGE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE 1 13 AND 1 58 CONTAINS THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT'S THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THAT'S THE YEAH, EXACTLY. YES. SO MR FISHER IS 22,000 AND THEN FOR MISSING CLAIRE. IT'S 10,000 FOR HEBRON. THE RECOMMENDATIONS, OF COURSE.

OKAY. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 10. UM . ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR, MYERS. I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL SUPPORT THAT WE WISH TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR HEBREW ON AND WE WOULD TAKE IT FROM LYNDON HELPING HANDS $10,000 AND THEN 4002 RIVER STREET MARKET. WE WOULD INCREASE RIVER STREET MARKET. FROM $13,200 TO 17,200. WE WOULD INCREASE HEBRON FROM 10,000 TO 20,000. OKAY COUNCILMAN MYERS. IF I MAY, WHEN YOU COME BACK IN JULY, WILL HAVE WE HAVE A MEETING HERE AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN JULY FOR THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. AFTER ALL YOUR INPUT DAYS, SO WE'LL BE THERE WOULD HAVE MY CHANGES ON THERE. AM I CORRECT? YES, THANK YOU. OKAY? ALL RIGHT NOW, DO YOU NEED A MOTION FROM FROM COUNCIL ON THAT, UM BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK. BRING IT BACK. OKAY YEAH, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AS THE D AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME APPLICANTS TO WE CAN BE ADDED TO THE CDBG BOARD MYSELF. I JUST TALKED TO VICE VICE MAYOR HILL.

SO WE HAVE SOME GOOD APPLICANTS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO ASSIST YOU AND ALL YOUR GOOD WORKS, AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO GET OUR CDBG BOARD. BACK UP AND RUNNING AND OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU VERY MUCH REPORT IN JULY AND ALSO TO, UM UM, MR FISHER. MISS SINCLAIR, WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS. EVERYTHING YOU DO HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG JUST JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE SEE IT. WE SEE THE RESULTS AND WE STAND WITH YOU, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM H, WHICH IS, UH, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE TO THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PALLET OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH BIRD RIDES INCORPORATED TO ESTABLISH A STAND UP ELECTRIC SCHOOL INSURANCE SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, SECOND READING.

HONORABLE MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. WE'D LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED TO THE JULY 18TH MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY THE BIRD REPRESENTATIVES WERE NOT ABLE TO

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OKAY. SO IN PUBLIC WORKS, SO YOU'VE GOT TWO PROJECTS THE SOUTH CRATER ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AS WELL AS THE SOUTH SYCAMORE STREET BRIDGE BRIDGE COVER REHAB. THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE 100% REIMBURSABLE PROJECTS WITH GRANTS. ONE IS CONGEST SEE MAC GRANT AND THE OTHER ONE IS A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANT. UM WE'VE INCREASED OUR ANNUAL PAVING AMOUNT IN ST OPERATIONS TO THE TUNE OF FROM 1 MILLION TO $1.5 MILLION IN THE PROCESS OF, UM THE CONTRACT HAS ENDED AND WELL IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING ANOTHER CONTRACT. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE COST OF EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP SO A MILLION DOLLARS TODAY COULDN'T BUY YOU WHAT A MILLION DOLLARS COULD BUY YOU LAST FISCAL YEAR. UM STORMWATER PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT US. CITY BY A DRAINAGE STUDY HERE. WE'VE GOT THE WILCOX LATE. WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER STORM STORM STORM DRAIN PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY OPERA. THE STORM. WATER FUN DCR GRANT. UM. AND SO WE ALSO HAVE SOME STREAM

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SO WE DESIGNATED SOME MONEY FOR THAT AS WELL. IF WE GO TO OUR SEWER OR WASTEWATER CATEGORY CONVEY CONVEYANCE SYSTEM REHAB, WHICH IS CONSISTED OF REALIGNING OUR SEWAGE PIPES THAT NEED TO BE DONE THAT THAT CRACK AND BREAK AND THIS FISCAL YEAR CURRENTLY FISCAL YEAR. 23 IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE WE'VE DONE THAT WE HAVE A VENDOR IN THERE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. WHO'S ALREADY STARTED DOING SOME OF THAT. THAT WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THE AND I, AS WELL AS THE NEXT, UM PROJECT, WHICH IS TO SEWER MASTER PLAYING IMPROVEMENTS. POOR CREEK ON THE SUICIDE. WE'VE GOT THE PUMP STATION ENFORCED MAIN PUMP STATION AS WELL AS THE FORCE MAIN AND WE'VE GOT 10 MINUTES. SO IF YOU SEE TIMMONS OUT IN THE STREET DOING, UM, SURVEY AND THAT'S FOR THE ACTUAL THAT PROJECT, AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME SEWER EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE ALSO, WE HAVE SOME TRANSIT.

ITEMS IN THE NEXT CATEGORY. WHICH WOULD BE, UM. FACILITIES SO FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE DESIGN OF THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER REHAB PROJECTS THERE AS WELL. SO UM IN TOTAL. UM. FUNDING PROJECTS IS ABOUT 67.56 , OR $7.6 MILLION. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT AREN'T FUNDING, BUT WE ARE SEEKING THE FUNDING FOR WHICH WOULD BE THE OKAY A ROAD BRIDGE LAFAYETTE STREET BRIDGE. AND THEN THE, UH WILCOX LATE CONSTRUCTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SEEKING SOME DCR FUNDING FOR THAT, AND THAT WOULD MAKE THAT WOULD BRING IT TO A TOTAL OF ALMOST $72 MILLION IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. NEXT SLIDE QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, UM. NEXT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR. ANYONE WHO WANT TO COMMENT ON CONSIDERATION TO ADAPT TO 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET. HE HANDS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. SAME NIGHT WE GO TO QUESTIONS ROOMS. THE COUNCIL COUNCILOR JONES. HOW YOU DOING? COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YES, HONESTLY. I NOTICED ON YOUR PRESENTATION YET. ONE ABOUT ANNUAL PAVING MHM. I HAVEN'T BEEN SEEING MUCH PAVEMENT GOING ON IN THE CITY. AT ALL. SO MY QUESTION IS PAVED. WHAT WHERE AND WHEN. THE MAIN QUESTION IS, IS THERE A SYSTEMATIC PROGRAM.

TO WHERE YOU GUYS GO AND SAY WE'RE GONNA DO THIS WOULD FIRST THIS SIX MONTHS OR THIS QUARTER.

THIS WATER THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. BECAUSE I LIVE IN BROOKLYN MAN AND THEM STREETS HADN'T BEEN

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DETERMINE THE CRITERIA OF THAT, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY COMPARING BECAUSE WHEN YOU GOT STREETS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, LIKE PETERSBURG SO THAT WANT TO SAY THIS PROGRAM POLICY STARTED.

THOUGHT ABOUT FOUR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING, MAYBE FIVE YEARS AND WE STARTED PUTTING A MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE UM INTO THE REHAB AND THE PAYMENT OF THE STREETS. SO WE'VE DONE IT THE PAST. I WANT TO SAY I KNOW FOUR YEARS AND WE DECIDED TO INCREASE IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING IS GOING UP AND WE'VE GOT A NEW CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE TO OBTAIN I THANK YOU ON THAT ONE. THE NEXT ONE QUESTION IS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAD TO HEAR ABOUT DRAINAGE STUDIES. WHAT EXACTLY GOES INTO YOUR DRAINAGE STUDIES? BECAUSE THE CITY IS BUILT ON WATERWAYS. PETERSBURG IS A WATERWAY CITY. WHAT YOU GOT VARIOUS CREEKS STREAMS. MM, ETCETERA, RIGHT. AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME THERE'S SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON A NEW FLOOD ZONE POPS UP SOMEWHERE ELSE ACROSS TOWN. ALMOST AS IF WATERWAYS ARE BEING BLOCKED, AND NOBODY'S EXPECTING BEHIND THE CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE WATERWAYS ARE NOT BEING BLOCKED.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE WHERE I LIVE THAT AGAIN. THE NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT JUST TOOK PLACE THAT USED TO BE A WATERWAY BEHIND IT. A NICE STREAM NEVER STOPPED. NOBODY'S CHECKING ON.

SO WHAT GOES INTO YOUR DRAINAGE STUDIES? OKAY, SO WE WE'VE SECURED, UH A COMPANY THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF UM ASSESSING THE WHOLE CITY. AND UM , THEY'RE PROBABLY I WANT TO SAY THEY MAY BE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A PILOT PROGRAM THAT THEY, UM THAT THEY WORKING ON AND I KNOW THAT IN THE OLD TOWN , I GUESS IN THE OLD TOWN SECTION SO WE MET. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. I CAN GET DARRYL. HE'S OUR STORM WATER GUY FROM, UH, WE'VE MET WITH DCR SEVERAL TIMES IN DARRYL'S HERE AT NIGHT, SO HE COULD PROBABLY EVEN ADDRESS THIS EVEN MORE. SO, UH, COUNCILOR JAMES ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STUDIES DO, AND ALLOW US TO DO. WE HAVE A STUDY COMPLETED FOR ONE OF OUR DRAINAGE WAYS THAN THAT ALLOWS US TO APPLY THE DCR FOR GRANT FUNDING TO CLEAN UP AND CORRECT ANY ISSUES WITHIN THE DRAINAGE WAYS THAT'S GOING TO HELP US MAKE GET SOME MONEY IN THE LONG RUN, BUT I'LL LET OUR STORM WATER INDIVIDUAL HERE. EVEN EVEN MAYOR. YES. THE TERM STATUS. WE ARE WITH THE POWER PROGRAM THAT VANDAL REFERRING TO IS ABOUT COMPLETED WERE OUR PROCESS PROCEEDING TO GO THROUGH FURTHER UP IN THE WATERSHEDS, STARTING THE OLD TOWN AND LIEUTENANTS RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE WATERSHED. UM SO THE DRAIN DRAINAGE CREWS ARE OUT THERE DOING IS SERVING INVENTORY OF ALL OUR STORMWATER NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PIPES, INLETS. AND THEY GET THEY'RE GONNA EVENT EVENTUALLY MODEL ALL WHAT WE HAVE TO SEE HOW OFFICIAL IT IS WHERE THE ISSUES ARE, AND ULTIMATELY DETERMINED FOR THE CITY. WHAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN TERMS OF PILOT PROJECTS AND THE VOTE AND EVENTUALLY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. FOR THE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. IS THERE AN UPDATED MAP ON ALL OF OUR WATERWAYS AND STREAMS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP FOR US. THEY'RE ACTUALLY THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING INFORMATION SERVING INFORMATION GETTING G. I S DONE AND SO ULTIMATELY, ONCE THAT FINISHES, WE'LL HAVE A MAP. WE'LL HAVE. WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT LAID OUT IN GIS IN TERMS OF EXACTLY WHERE THE PIPES ARE. WHERE THE NSR WHETHER THIS IS OUR SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, IN TERMS OF THE SURVEY CREWS THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION. 400 FARMERS STREET. HMM WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO THAT AND UNDERSTAND WHY UM MY QUESTION IS AT FIRST, IT STARTED OUT TO BE A PUBLIC. SAFETY

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IT WASN'T THOROUGH ENOUGH. IT WAS JUST DYING, BUT NO ONE'S IN THE BUILDING THERE. WE CAN OPEN IT UP AS MUCH AS WE CAN MATTER OF FACT, ALL OF THE CARPET ALL OF THE FURNITURE. ALL OF THE CEILING TILES. ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN CLEANED OUT OF THE BUILDING. SO YOU'VE GOT JUST BASICALLY A BUILDING THERE, AND IF YOU WANT TO OPEN UP WALLS, WE CAN OPEN UP WALLS OR THEY CONTRACTOR WANTS TO OPEN UP WALLS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS EXPOSED SO THAT YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING. AND THAT'S TO ME. THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO THE BEST WAY TO GO. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU DON'T MAKE THE DECISIONS ON WHO GOING IN THERE, SO I SHOULD HAVE DIRECTED THAT QUESTION TO YOU. UH WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THERE IS ROOM IN THE BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND POLICE RIGHT NOW, THE EMPHASIS THAT WE'RE TAKING IS LOOKING AT P D BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE OF THE FIRST PIECES THAT HAS TO FALL IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR COURTHOUSE PROJECT. SO WE GOT TO GET THEM AND GOT TO GET THEM OUT OF THE CURRENT POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THEIR STAR. EMPHASIS ON GETTING THEM MOVED FIRST PLUS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGES THAT UPGRADE TO OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR US WHEN WE DO THAT TO INSTALL IT AT THE NEW LOCATION, NOT AT THE CURRENT POLICE STATION AND HAVE TO MOVE IT. I WANT TO DO THAT ONE TIME, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PUTTING EMPHASIS RIGHT NOW ON P. D. BUT THERE IS ROOM IN THE BUILDING FOR FIRE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A THOUGHT OF IF WE BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION, WOULD WE WANT TO HAVE OUR ADMIN AS A PART OF THAT NEW FIRE STATION? SO THERE'S SOME OPTIONS THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW OUR EMPHASIS ON P D BECAUSE OF THE COURTHOUSE PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TOO. OKAY? THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION? OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. QUESTION, PLEASE. YES YES. COME ON. COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. CLEAN AND EVERYONE EVENING. MY NAME IS CHERYL BROWN, 18 60 WESTOVER. UM THAT MY HOUSE IS AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH AND WEST OVER AND EVERY RAIN. THERE'S A FLOODING ON THAT AREA, AND I RECENTLY STARTED GETTING, UM. MALE THAT'S SAYS THAT WE AS CITIZENS SHOULD PURCHASE INSURANCE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S FROM THE CITY OF PETERSBURG OR IF THAT'S A SCAM. DOES THAT MEAN IF THERE'S TROUBLE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT GOTTEN LIKE FOUR PIECES OF MAIL, SAYING THAT I SHOULD BUY ADDITIONAL INSURANCE. IS THAT FROM THE CITY OF THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM MR ORMAN. YOU WANT TO I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. AND NOT SO I APOLOGIZE . I'M TRYING TO THINK OF MY MIND LOOKING AT THE FLOODPLAIN MAPS AND YOUR LOCATION, BUT LET'S ASSUME FOR A MOMENT THAT THEY NEED FLOODPLAIN MAP PUTS YOU POTENTIALLY IN A FLOODPLAIN AREA . THEN YOU WOULD BE RECEIVING MAIL BECAUSE IT'S REQUIREMENT UNDER FEMA REGULATIONS TO HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE FOR YOUR HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD PLAIN MAP. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF WE CAN REACH OUT SOMEONE STAFF WILL GET WITH YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE SO WE CAN VERIFY YOUR LOCATION AND LOOK AT THE FLOODPLAIN MAP AND LET YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE IN A FLOODPLAIN OR NOT. OKAY THAT IS THE CITY SENDING OUT SOMETHING.

IT'S NOT. I DON'T KNOW THE CITY'S NOT SENDING OUT THE INFORMATION, BUT YOU MAY BE GETTING INFORMATION POTENTIALLY FROM THIRD PARTIES THAT HAVE SEEN THE FLOODPLAIN MAPS OR THEME OF THEMSELVES. OKAY THANK YOU, MA'AM. BEFORE BEFORE YOU LEAVE, MR. MAYOR WHAT IS YOUR

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IF IT'S COMING TO THIS PART OF UTILITY BUILDING, ITS COMING WOULD BE COMING FROM FROM US, CALLING IT INSURANCE. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. THAT WE JUST DID A MASSIVE UPGRADE AND ADOPTION OF THE FLOOD PLAIN MAPS AND AS A RESULT, LOTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CITY OF WOULD BE REQUIRED OR NEED TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE AS A RESULT OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE FLOOD PLAIN MAPS SO WE COULD BE ALERTING OUR CITIZENS THROUGH THE BILLING THAT THIS IS OUT THERE AND YOU NEED TO INVESTIGATE IT. I HAVEN'T SEEN THE BUILDING THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO ME THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT IF WE COULD SEE THAT, THEN WE COULD DEFEND UNTIL THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FOR YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU, MA'AM. IT DOES SOUND LIKE THAT'S IT DOES SOUND. THEN LET ME LET ME TRY TO REWIND MY COMMENTS. I DIDN'T I CAN'T IMAGINE THE CITY SAYING THAT YOU'RE IN A FLOODPLAIN IF YOU'RE AT THE CORNER OF THE BOULEVARD AND WEST OVER OR CLOSE TO IT, BUT, UM, ANY EVENT YEAH, I THINK YOU YOU NEED TO GET YOUR WHATEVER THE DOCUMENT IS THAT CONCERNS YOU, UH, LET ME SUGGEST THAT YOU BRING IT TO MR ALTMAN AND LET HIM TELL YOU WHAT IT REALLY MEANS. OKAY, I WILL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL MAINTAIN A MOTION FOR THE 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET. MOVED SOME MOVE MOTION COUNCILMAN JONES ALRIGHT, MADAM. CLAD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. IN MY CUPBOARD. REMEMBER JONES MYERS. THEY'RE PERM. I. MOTIONS PASSED. ALRIGHT UM, NEXT

[9. Public Information Period]

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RIGHT. THANK YOU COURSE. NEXT WE HAVE OLD IS HELL. HELLO. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'M OTIS, HEAL MY ADDRESSES. 2306 NORTH. WHITE HILL DRIVE IN PETERSBURG. AND. UM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR PLAN IS FOR US IN THE DEAF COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE NEED THE CARBON MM. MONOXIDE ALARMS AND I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS WE HAVE. I'VE BEEN GATHERING NAMES. I NEED SIX FORMS TO GET THESE DEVICES. I HAVE THE LIST. UM. I HAVE ALL THE NAMES HERE AND, UM YOU KNOW, THEY NEED COMMUNITY ACCESS. UM SOMETIMES MOST OF THESE ARE RENTERS AND THAT THE LANDLORD NEEDS TO ADD. ADD THOSE ON. UH SOME OF THEM ARE SECTION EIGHT HOUSING THAT POSSIBLY NEEDS TO BE, ADDED THESE, UM THE COVER MONOXIDE. UM DEVICES. IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE A DECISION. THEY HAVE TO BE VISUAL ALARMS AS OPPOSED TO THE SOUND ALARMS. I DON'T REMEMBER. I SPOKE ABOUT THIS BEFORE. YES, WE DID. MR CITY MANAGER. SO, UH, OUR INTERIM FIRE. CHIEF MCGAHN IS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. HE AND I HAVE DISCUSSED, UH THE THIS EXACT TOPIC TODAY AND ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH PURCHASING SOME FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. IF MR HILL IF YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF AT LEAST A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A NEED. I HAVE A LIST.

I CAN GIVE YOU THE LIST. IF YOU COULD GET THAT LIST TO CHIEF MCGANN, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN ORDER THE CORRECT AMOUNT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PURCHASING THOSE JUST LIKE WE WOULD WITH ANY OTHER, UH, SMOKE DETECTOR DONATION. WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, MR BOBBY BEVERLY.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HOW YOU ALL DOING TODAY? GREAT BEVERLY WORK FOR COOL SPRING HERE IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, AND ALSO FROM PETER SPIRIT. I WON'T BE LONG BY THE MINUTE WE HAD JUNETEENTH AS OF YESTERDAY. UH AND AS ALWAYS, IT'S BEEN AN EMBARRASSMENT. CROSS THE COUNTRY AND SPECIAL IN VIRGINIA PETERSBURG WAS EMBARRASSING.

BLACKSTONE WAS EMBARRASSED AND RICHARD WAS EMBARRASSED IN AND HOPE WILL HOPE WILL GOT IT RIGHT. AH. COUNCILMAN JONES WAS THERE ON SATURDAY TO WITNESS HOW ELABORATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT AND ALSO BECAUSE IT'S A HISTORICAL DAY, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A HISTORIAN TELLING YOU ABOUT THESE HOLIDAYS. I'M GOING TO TELL EVERYONE BEHIND ME AND WHEN IN FRONT OF ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CELEBRATED YESTERDAY BECAUSE

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ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, QUAN. UM. NEXT DAY THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC

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

OR DID THE ONES THAT YOU SENT THAT DAY AND ASKED TO BE FORCED TO YOU YESTERDAY. YES YOU WERE OFF. YOU DIDN'T SEE IT THIS MORNING. WELL, IT'S NOT HERE. OKAY, WELL, LET ME LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED. 29 LIBERTY STREET WAS A VERY ATTRACTIVE PRESSED BRICK BUILDING. BUILT SOMETIME IN THE 19TH CENTURY. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S BEFORE OR AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. UM. IT WAS TORN DOWN. LAST WEEK. AH, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT OF IT. AND THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED. TWO LESSONS. ONE SIDE OF THE COIN AND THEN THE OTHER. ONE SIDE OF THE COIN SAYS THIS, SAID STATE OF AFFAIRS. ILLUSTRATES HOW IMPORTANT. THE JOB OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS. AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN SAYS . THIS ILLUSTRATES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DOES NOT DO. IT'S IMPORTANT JOB. THERE'S NO REASON TO LOSE THAT BUILDING IF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES HAD DONE ITS JOB. BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES FAILED. TO DO ITS JOB AND THE PEOPLE AT THE TOP OF THE CITY MANAGER DID NOT REQUIRE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO DO ITS JOB. AND WE LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES TODAY. AN EMPTY LOT. THE 19TH CENTURY PRESSED BRICK BUILDING GONE FOREVER. UM, MR VAN BOYS. LET ME ASK YOU TO PUT UP 1 29 MONUMENT AVENUE. THIS BUILDING IS IN WARD ONE. UH HUH. AND THAT'S NO REFLECTION ON THE WARD ONE COUNCILMAN, I CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE MUCH IN MY WARD. AND GOODNESS KNOWS I WORK HARD AT IT. UM 1 29 MONUMENT AVENUE. YOU SEE IT THERE. I NOTICE OF VIOLATION HAS BEEN ISSUED. UH UM. MR ALTMAN, WHEN WAS THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION ISSUE IN THE LAST MONTH? I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF IT FRONT OF ME AT THE MOMENT. UM WELL, WAS IT ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I SENT YOU? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WELL I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA, BUT IN ANY EVENT, UM I NOTICE OF VIOLATION HAS BEEN ISSUED. UH AND THE EMAIL YOU

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SAY, LISTEN TO MR DUNN, AND AS WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS, HE'S MOVING AT A PACE THAT ISN'T REALLY SATISFACTORY TO US TO TRY TO GET AND WE'VE ENCOURAGED HIM TO TAKE MORE PROPERTIES TO TAX SALE, SO ALL I CAN DO IS ENCOURAGE HIM AS AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR. TO DO THAT, OR HIRE AN ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS SO WE CAN GET MORE TAKEN TO TAX SALE, SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING MORE TO TAX SALE AND BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THAT ARENA. AND WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT WE'LL GET IT MOVED ON. BARTON. I SAID WE'LL GET IT MOVED THROUGH. OKAY, GREAT. ALL THAT'S IMPORTANT. ALL RIGHT, UM. SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS BLIGHT. ONE IS THROUGH. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

AND THE OTHER IS BY TAKING THE PROPERTIES TO TAX SALES TO TRY TO PUT THEM INTO THE HANDS OF SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WILL REALLY DO SOMETHING WITH THEM AND HAS THE MEANS TO DO SOMETHING WITH NOW MANY OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BLIGHTED. OUR CURRENT IN THEIR BACK IN THEIR TAXES, SO WE CANNOT TAKE THOSE TWO TAX SALE. BUT THE ONES THAT ARE THAT THAT WE CAN TAKE THE TAX SALE. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TAX IT TO TAKE THE TAX SALE AND WE NEED TO DO IT ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS.

BECAUSE THAT ALSO IS A TOOL, A METHOD FOR IMPROVING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR CREATING OR PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOR HELPING OUR TAX BASE. LET ME GO TO, UH TO 27. SORRY TO 2 TO 7 SOUTH WHITE HILL DRIVE. UM DO YOU HAVE THAT ONE? MR VAN BOYS? ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT AS YOU SEE. HOLDING THE ROOF AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A EXPERT IN AH! ENFORCING OPERATOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE BUILDING CODE TO SEE THAT THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT BUILDING MEETS OUR UM. OUR STANDARDS. NOW THE EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED, MR ALTMAN SAYS AN R O D HAS BEEN ISSUED. WHAT IS AN R O D. BETTER MONEY. IT'S A REPAIR DEMOLISH ORDER. REPAIR OR DEMOLISH GOOD. WAS THAT REPAIR OR DEMOLISH? UH ORDER ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I SENT TO YOUR OFFICE. I DON'T HAVE THE DATE THAT IT WAS SO I CAN'T TELL YOU ON ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT YOU SENT IF IT WAS IN RELATIONSHIP TO YOU SENDING THE EMAIL OR IF IT WAS DONE BEFORE. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF THE INFORMATION YOU SENT ME SAYS OH, BACK TAXES TO 2015 HAS BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR TAX SALES SINCE 2016. DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT'S NOT BEEN TAKEN TO TAX SALE? THAT'S WHAT SEVEN YEARS AGO. SO I THINK MY PREVIOUS ANSWER TO THE PREVIOUS TO THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY STANDS, UH, CAN'T EXPLAINED EXACTLY WHY MR DUNN ISN'T TAKING EVERYTHING TO TAX SALE AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS WE WOULD LIKE HIM TO. BUT WE ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AS WELL. YOU AND I HAVE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH MRS JORDAN'S REGARDING GETTING HIM TO TAKE MORE TO AND BE MORE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT TAX SALES. SO MARK THIS THE SAME RESPONSE. OKAY, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TAKEN TO TAX SALE HAD DONE IS ONE OF OUR KIND CONTRACTS. MR CITY ATTORNEY DO WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION? THEY HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT UM JASON DONE IN THIS TAX SALE PROCESS AND WHO'S GOING TO BE A CONTRACTOR? ON HAND OF DOING THIS, WE COULD, BUT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE MORE PRODUCTIVE JUST TO HAVE MR DONE COME TO THE NEXT MEETING AND COUNCIL CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH HIM DIRECTLY BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH COUNSEL UNCOVERED STATEMENT THAT 2016 NO EFFORT TO COLLECT THAT.

WE NEED TO HAVE ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION. OKAY SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET MR DUNN TO MEETING YES.

YES. OKAY? ALRIGHT. NEXT UM NEXT UP, MR. COUNCILMAN, COVER. YES LET ME GO OVER TWO MORE. AND

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IT'S BEEN IN THIS BAD SHAPE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, AT LEAST MR ALMOND. WHY HAS A NOTICE OF VIOLATION BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS BUILDING? THIS IS SHERWOOD. YES, SIR. THE OWNER HAS, UH. HAD AN ENGINEERING REPORT DONE AND WAITING TO BE WAITING. WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WITH REGARD TO THE OWNER'S INTENTION TO REPAIR SO WE'VE BEEN OUT. WE'VE SIGHTED THEY HAVE THERE'S YOUR NOTICE OF VIOLATION RIGHT THERE. AND WE HAVE CITED AND NOW THEY'VE SUBMITTED A PLAN TO REPAIR THE BUILDING AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE THAT PLAN, SO I NOTICE OF VIOLATION HAS BEEN SERVED. IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR SERVING A NOTICE OF CITATION, WHICH IS THE NEXT STEP BEFORE WE CAN TAKE THE OWNER TO COURT? THAT WE WITH THE ISSUANCE OF AN ADDED THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. RESPONSE WAS, I'M GOING TO HAVE A PLAN TO FIX THE BUILDING. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE. ARE WE LOOKING FOR THE BUILDING TO BE FIXED? ARE WE LOOKING TO GO TO COURT? TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU WOULD HAVE. IF THE OWNER IS READY TO FIX. THEN YOU WORK WITH THE OWNER TO ACCOMPLISH THE RENOVATION AND OF THE PROPERTY. WHILE I STRONGLY DISAGREE. IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR SITUATION. AH, EITHER WE TAKE THEM TO COURT. ALL WE WORK WITH THE OWNER WE CAN DO BOTH. AND BY DOING BOTH. WE ARE NOT AT THE MERCY OF AN OWNER SAYING, MAKING LOTS OF PROMISES THAT THE OWNER DOESN'T KEEP. THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN IN THIS SHAPE FOR TWO YEARS. AND IF THIS OWNER WAS REALLY WANTING TO HELP THE CITY AND HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN. WE WOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT THE PICTURE THAT YOU'VE GOT UPON THE SCREEN. UM SO, UH, AH, STOP AT THAT POINT, BUT AT THE JULY MEETING I WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT THESE. AH! 1 29 MONUMENT TO 2 TO 7 SOUTH WHITEHILL DRIVE. 1917 WELL, WE KNOW ABOUT THAT. 1 17 51 SHERWOOD PLUS THE OTHERS ON MY LIST, AND, UH, PERHAPS, MR ALTMAN, YOU CAN GIVE US ALL UPDATED THAT POINT ON PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE IN THE MEANTIME. THANK YOU, MR ALTMAN. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE PROPERTY ON PALATINE YOU SHOULD THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. BUILDING INSPECTORS. THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE OR INSPECTORS AREN'T ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE REAR YARD UNLESS THEY HAVE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OR PERMISSION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER BEHIND THEM. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE WOULDN'T WE CAN'T. WE CAN GO TO THE WHAT'S CALLED THE ROAD OF THE ROUTE OF THE POSTMAN. WE CAN GO TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, BUT WE CAN'T GO AND GO AROUND BACK UNLESS WE HAVE PERMISSION TO GO ON THE PROPERTY. HAVE YOU ASKED FOR PERMISSION? AS CITY. THE CITY ASKED FOR PERMISSION. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I'M NOT DOING THE INSPECTIONS, BUT I'M JUST SAYING FROM A PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO THE BACKYARD WITHOUT PERMISSION. I CAN'T ANSWER IF THEY HAVE OR HAVEN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HERE AND I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT OUT DOING THE INSPECTIONS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, I THINK PART OF THE ROUTINE IN

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THANK YOU. UM. THIS IS THE COUNCIL SEGMENT. UM, CAN WE, UM , GET TO YOUR QUESTION AFTER THE MEETING? JUST BECAUSE WE HAD THE RIGHT? AND RANDALL IS RIGHT THERE IF YOU WANT TO TALK WITH HIM DIRECTLY OKAY? AND HE CAN RELATE IT BACK TO US. JUST OUT THE ORDER OF THE MEETING, OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR, JONES. I, UM A COUPLE OF THINGS. JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON COUNCILMAN CUPBOARD. AND INFORMATION I JUST SHARED WITH MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

STAY COOL HAS A CHAPTER. VIRGINIA THE CHAPTER NON GENERAL POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AND I THINK WE CAN USE IS, UM. AS NUISANCE WITH THESE PROPERTIES THAT ARE JUST WITNESS TO HELP OUT WITH GOLDEN PLAYERS AND, UH, THINGS THAT NATURE UM, SOME OF IT SAYS, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY NUISANCE. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THESE HOUSES FALL UNDER. RIGHT, UM SO. ABATEMENT OR REMOVAL OF NUISANCES BY LOCALITIES AND RECOVERY OF COSTS. AND I JUST WANT TO ASK IF WE COULD USE THAT DOWN THE LINE. WE LOOK AT IT LATER. ALL RIGHT, BUT COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I GOT FOR THE PUBLIC IS, UM JUNETEENTH. IT WAS SPOKEN OF BY MY BROTHER, BOBBY BEVERLY. I DID WITNESS. TWO EVENTS OVER THE WEEKEND, AND I ENJOYED BOTH OF THEM THOROUGHLY. HOWEVER I AM BOTH OF THEM SHOWED LOVE TO THE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW? ONE WAS EDUCATIONAL, AND IT TAUGHT ME A LOT. UM, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS. JUST AS EDUCATIONAL BUT WAS COMMUNITY LOVE AS WELL. I LOOK FOR BOTH. HOPE WELL IN PETERSBURG TO JOIN FORCES NEXT YEAR. AND BRING WHAT I WITNESSED IN HOPEWELL TO PETERSBURG AND AIR WITH THAT LOVE, SO I GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO PETERSBURG BROTHER KWAN. WHO PUT THIS THING TOGETHER WITH THE MOVE FOUNDATION. I THINK I SAID THE NAME RIGHT? AND THEY ON POCAHONTAS ISLAND, AND WE REPRESENTED, MR STEWART. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD BROTHER KWAN. WHAT I SAW DOWN IN HOPEWELL MEN WOULD WOULD DEFINITELY ADD TO WHAT YOU ALREADY GOT GOING. UH AND PETERSBURG MAN, THERE WAS NOTHING BUT LOVE OUT THEIR FOOD TRUCKS AND PEOPLE AND, OF COURSE , A LOT OF POLITICIANS WHO IS RUNNING FOR A SEAT TONIGHT WAS OUT THERE AND SHAKING HANDS AND KISSING BABIES AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, BUT IT WAS A GOOD DAY. NO VIOLENCE, NO ANYTHING AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. WELL, I JUST GOT TO SHARE BOAT. BROTHER BEVERLY, PROBABLY BARELY AND KENNY TO ALL THE WAY AND MISS LATINA. DOWN IN HOPEWELL. I NEVER WITNESSED, UH, A LOT OF BASIN BEFORE. AND IT REALLY TOUCHES YOUR SOUL. TO WALK BEHIND THE DRUMS AND FLUTES AND IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE, EVERYBODY THAT WALKED DOWN TO THE WATER AND CALLED ON THE ANCESTORS. AND WE HONORED OUR DEAD. THAT WAS SOME DEEP STUFF, AND THEY DID THAT BEFORE HE DID ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE. SO TO SEE PEACE HAPPENING DOWN THERE AND CALLED UPON THE ANCESTORS. AND TO SEE IT HAPPENING. AND PETERSBURG OR WE WANT TO SEE IT HAPPEN IN PETERSBURG AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PRESENT SOME FUNDING FOR BROTHER BELLY AND MISS CATINA TO BRING IT HERE. UM YOU GUYS, I THINK WE OWE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. BOTH OF YOU FOR DOING SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY MAN, AND, UH, AND TEACHING. I HAD TO TAKE SO MANY PICTURES OF THE BOOKS THERE, BROTHER BEVERLY HAD OUT ON THE TABLE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS EXISTED. MAN I'VE BEEN READING ALL WEEK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING TO EDUCATE AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE AS PEOPLE CHOSE DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN BEFORE WE CHOSE EDUCATIONAL THE OVER LIBERATION. AND THAT'S WHAT WE MESSED UP AT. THAT'S WHAT WE MESSED UP AT. WE SHOULD HAVE CHOSE DELIVERED LIBERATION. BECAUSE WELL, YOU LIBERATED YOU CAN TEACH THE RIGHT STUFF, AND YOU AIN'T GOT TO GO BY WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT YOU TO LEARN. AND DIRECT YOU TO LEARN. YOU CAN TEACH YOUR HISTORY THE RIGHT WAY. AND THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF OUR ANCESTORS TEACHINGS A LOST BECAUSE WE CHOSE EDUCATION INSTEAD OF BEING IN CHARGE OF OUR LIBERATION IN CHARGE OF EDUCATION. WE ARE THE ONES WHO NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE AND NO MATTER IF YOU'RE BLACK OR WHITE. LEARNING IS LEARNING. UM. SPEAKING OF THAT MY NEXT THING

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POCAHONTAS ISLAND. I WAS INVITED AND I SAID I WAS GOING TO APPEAR, BUT MY TIME GOT CAUGHT UP. SO I DO APOLOGIZE AND UM YEAH. YEAH. OH I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. AND I'M SORRY.

IT'S THIS THIS AIR QUALITY IS REALLY AFFECTED. ME, UM I WANT TO. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND I WANT TO THANK MR RICHARD HARRIS, WHO'S BEEN ACTING WORKS DIRECTIVE FOR AND HIS CREW AND HIS TEAM. WONDERFUL JOB THAT THEY DID OVER THE WEEKEND THIS LAST WEEKEND DURING OUR STORM.

UM, THE CITY. WORKERS HAVE DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. UM IN THE SHORT PERIOD TIME THAT THEY HAVE AND UM. TO REBUILD TO CLEAN UP OUR COMMUNITY AFTER THESE INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED, SO I WANT TO PARTICULARLY GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT FOR ALL OF THAT. AND, UM THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. OKAY? THANK YOU, UM ALSO JUST WANT TO ECHO EVERYTHING THAT COUNCILMAN JONES HAS SAID AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A BUSY WEEKEND, BUT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING AND HAVE UM, THE GREAT MAN HERE AND QUIET MOHAMMED BACK THERE, ALONG WITH UM, BROTHER, BOBBY BEVERLY FOR YOU, DO THEY? JUST THESE GUYS ARE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING THAT THEY DO IS THEY SHOW UP HERE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS. TO HAVE EDUCATE AND TEACH AND BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO AND SPREADING THAT KNOWLEDGE AND SPREADING THEIR LIFE. BECAUSE THAT IS, UM SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DON'T VALUE. NOW WE HAVE A GENERATION THAT HAS LOST THEIR CONNECTION. SO WE WANT YOU ALL TO CONTINUE. PUTTING ON MORE EVENTS EDUCATING MORE OF OUR YOUTH AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN COMBAT THIS SENSELESS ERA OF GUN VIOLENCE AND ANGER AND THAT'S WITH KNOWLEDGE OF SELF. AND WE NEED YOU GUYS TO HELP TEACH THAT AND IT'S A TEAM TEAM EFFORT. IT TAKES EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND NOT JUST IN PETERSBURG. BUT IN THIS WORLD AND THAT IS BEING ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND EDUCATING OUR OUR YOUTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE SO THEY CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE. ADULTS HERE AND NOT END UP LIKE SO MANY OF OUR YOUNG BLACK MEN EITHER END UP DEAD OR IN JAIL. UM THAT COUNCILMAN JONES SAID. IT'S TIME TO START CHOOSING LIFE. AND IT IS LIFE IS SO PRECIOUS AND WE REALLY NEED YOU ALL TO HELP TEACH THAT VALUE OF LIFE. AND THIS JUNETEENTH WEEKEND WAS A GREAT WAY TO KICK KICK THAT OFF.

AND, UM WE STAND WITH YOU AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD AND LIKE WE SAID, WE CAN DO EVEN BIGGER EVENTS TOGETHER. BETWEEN THE WHOLE TRI CITY REGION TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE WOULD GROW. UM NEXT, I WANT TO THANK OUR PUBLIC WORKS PERSONNEL AS WELL FOR, UM, IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND. THOSE GUYS WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK. WE HAD A LOT OF FLOODING AND A LOT OF OUR CITY BUILDINGS AND HE MANAGED TO GET US BACK. OPENNESS WEEK. UM LIKE COUNCILMAN MYERS SAID, UH, THANK RICHARD HARRIS AND HIS WHOLE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM FOR WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK THIS WEEKEND. UM ALSO, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND OUR OUR PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS LONG WAS THE CHIEF BACK. THERE ARE FIRE CHIEF CHIEF MCGANN, CHIEF CHRISTIAN FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS, WHO ALSO WAS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK DEALING WITH THESE STORMS. ACCIDENTS WAS LEFT AND RIGHT. AND EVERY TIME I CALLED, CALLED YOU ALL Y'ALL WAS THERE TO HELP ASSIST AND GET OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT

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DON'T GO. I NOTICED. UM ALSO ONE SATURDAY, UM. TO WRAP EVERYTHING AROUND. WHAT WAS WEST BEEN GOING ON JUNETEENTH. WAS WAS WE HAD A VERY SPECIAL, UM RIBBON CUTTING AND OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING COUNSELING COVER. IT WAS WITH ME FOR RESIST BOOKSTORES. UM DEMETRIUS HAS OPENED UP HIS OWN BOOKSTORE HAS HAS A WHOLE PLETHORA OF BOOKS WRITTEN BY A LOT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR NORMAL AH BOOKSTORES. SO I URGE ALL OF OUR OUR CITIZENS TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT. RESIST MR WONDERFUL BOOKSTORE. HE'S GONNA HAVE SOME SPOKEN WORD. I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME SOME ENTERTAINMENT AND REALLY WANTS TO BE A PLACE OF REFUGE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE STORIES. THAT BOBBY BEVERLY TELLS SO MUCH AND HIS TRAVELS, BUT WE FINALLY HAVE AN ACTUAL BOOKSTORE NOW THAT HAS THAT DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT WE CAN GET OUR YOUNG CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS BOOKS SO THEY CAN READ UP AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND EVERYTHING THAT'S UH, THAT THAT COMES WITH BEING A PROUD, PRODUCTIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERE AND IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE LACK , COUNCILMAN JONES SAYS MOST OF THIS VIOLENCE IS BEING DONE AT THE HANDS OF WHAT PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE US. SO UM, KNOWLEDGE IS THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME THAT. UM. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, AND WE'LL UM MOVE ON DOWN TO THE TO THE MEETING. WE HAVE, UM FOURTH OF JULY COMING UP AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON JULY 4TH MEETING BEING IN THE HOLIDAY TO JULY, 5TH. UM RIGHT HERE AT FIVE O'CLOCK AT THE LIBRARY. AND THEN, UM THE. JULY 18TH MEETING IS GOING TO BE MOVED TO JULY 26 RIGHT BECAUSE I'M WHICH IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER WEDNESDAY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WEDNESDAY MEETINGS. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN ON THE 26 WORKING ON OUR WITH DAB IMPORT. TO TAKE MEASURES TO INCREASE THE BAR RADIO ON TUESDAY AND WE'LL BE BACK WEDNESDAY FOR OUR SECOND JULY MEETING. UM, NEXT IS ITEM

[11. Items removed from Consent Agenda]

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, ALTHOUGH YOU JUST CAME HERE. HOW LONG YOU BEEN HERE? UH 10 MONTHS. SO YOU GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN 2010, 2005 AND 2006, OKAY? JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND WE'LL GET THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT WE GO MOVE ON TO ITEM 11. I JUST REMOVED FROM THE CASINO AGENDA. THERE ARE NO ITEMS. UM ITEM 12

[12. Finance and Budget Report]

[15. City Manager's Report]

THERE IS A PUBLIC INPUT SESSION OR AN OPPORTUNITY. YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND PROVIDE INPUT. SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO DO THAT BETWEEN NOW AND, UH, SURVEY UP TO JUNE 20/7. PLEASE PLEASE PARTICIPATE AS WE WOULD ALSO IN OUR ONGOING DOWNTOWN PLANNING PROCESS. WE HAD A MEETING AFTER THE LAST WORK SESSION. THAT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. I THINK OVER 100 PEOPLE WERE THERE AT THE PALACE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS THAT CAME OUT FOR THAT AND PARTICIPATED AND PROVIDE THEIR INPUT INTO THE FUTURE OF WHAT WE WANT OUR DOWNTOWN TO BE. I, TOO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN PUBLIC WORKS. FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND POLICE AND FIRE FOR THEIR

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