Nov 28, 2023 Special Joint City Council Meeting with the Planning Commission

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ALRIGHTY IT IS OFFICIALLY 602. WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH THIS. SPECIAL CALL MEETING BETWEEN PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL AND PETERSBURG PLANNING COMMISSION. UM AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE MR ALTMAN DO A ROLL CALL FOR US, MR ALTMAN. COUNCILMAN JONES. ANNOUNCEMENT.

CUTHBERT YEAH. COUNCILMAN MYERS. COUNCILWOMAN AND THAT SMITH LEAN COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. VICE MARY HILL HERE. PREPARE HIM. HERE. YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR MAYOR, ALRIGHT. AND. AT THIS TIME, IT'S ALEXANDER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER DOCTOR WHO. COMMISSIONER NORMAN COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. COMMISSIONER ERVIN COMMISSIONER HAIRSTON. COMMISSIONER VARGO. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR. VICE CHAIR, BLAND CHAIR ALEXANDER WE ALSO HAVE A CORN. OKAY THANK YOU. NEXT GO BACK OVER TO A CITY MANAGER. MR.

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SAY I'D MOCK PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THANKS FOR GETTING TOGETHER WITH US TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE LAND USE CHAPTER AS WELL AS THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER. WE DO EVER CONSULTANTS HERE TONIGHT WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP. SO I'LL HAVE CAROLINE, TAKE IT AWAY FOR US AND START WITH THE PRESENTATION TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION. AS NAOMI SAID, MY NAME IS CAROLINE BANTER, AND I AM HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE BERKELEY GROUP TO PRESENT AN UPDATE TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM ALSO WITH ME TONIGHT IS TORY HAYNES FROM THE BERKELEY GROUP. I BELIEVE MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET HER. EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND SHE AND I HAVE BEEN, UM, PROJECT MANAGING AND LEADING THIS UPDATE FOR THE CITY. SO WE HAVE QUITE A BIT TO COVER TONIGHT AND SO WE WILL JUMP RIGHT IN AND KEEP IT MOVING. UM SO IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. TONIGHT WE'LL BE REVIEWING DRAFT CHAPTER 10. EXCUSE ME, SIR. DO YOU ALL WANT TO PUT YOUR CHAIRS ON THE OTHER SIDE OR Y'ALL GOOD. OKAY? YEAH SOME SAY YES. SOME SAY WE'RE FINE. PLEASE. YEAH. OKAY.

ALRIGHT. GO AHEAD, ALL RIGHT? UM DRAFT CHAPTER 10 LAND USE AND DRAFT CHAPTER 11 IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, THESE ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTERS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS IS REALLY WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD AND YOU WILL HAVE A ROADMAP FORWARD FOR FUTURE. WE END USE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STRATEGIES AND THE OBJECTIVES THROUGHOUT YOUR PLAN. AND KIND OF THE CONCRETE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING TONIGHT. UM, BOTH KIND OF AS A WHOLE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PLANS, STRATEGIES AS WELL AS FUTURE LAND USE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE FOR COUNCIL ON WHERE WE FOUND AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION DURING OUR WORK SESSION IN SEPTEMBER. AT THE SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION, WE DISCUSSED THREE OF THE DRAFT CHAPTERS, PUBLIC SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION. AND SO ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE GOAL STATEMENTS FOR EACH OF THE CHAPTER. EACH CHAPTER IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS A GOAL STATEMENT THAT IS KIND OF THE OVERARCHING BROADVISION FOR EACH OF THE TOPIC AREAS, AND THEN THERE ARE OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES AS WELL. UM WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF ON ALL OF THE DRAFT CHAPTERS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCLUDING THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION. THAT WE ARE ACCURATELY REFLECTING ON THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF THE CITY , AND WE HAD GREAT STAFF TURNOUT

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[3.a. Review of Draft Chapter 10, Land Use]

GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? GOOD EVENING. UM I WOULD LIKE TO WORK OUT. COMMISSIONER HAIRSTON. EVERYBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW ME. UM I WAS. I WOULD LIKE THE WORD ENVIRONMENTAL IN HERE SOMEWHERE BECAUSE WE NEED TO LAND USE. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SECTION THAT SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LAND USE JUST TO BEGIN WITH. WE WANT TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT FIRST. SO AND OUR GOAL STATEMENT , WE SHOULD MAKE A STATEMENT A STRONG STATEMENT ABOUT BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. THANK YOU. THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THAT COMMENT WOULD LIKELY BE TO PLACE ENVIRONMENTALLY BEFORE THE WORD SUSTAINABLE AND SO THE GOAL STATEMENT COULD READ. TO USE AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT ARE HIGH QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE OR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND BUILD ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM IS THERE A GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THAT? EDIT FROM COUNCIL AS WELL? UM YES, THAT'S FAN WITH ME. ANY OTHER COMMENTS REMOVES THE COUNCIL ON THAT. OKAY? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT UM, SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR EDITS, UM WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE CHAPTER OBJECTIVES. SO ALL OF THE STRATEGIES IN EACH OF THE PLANNED CHAPTERS ARE GROUPED UNDER OBJECTIVES. THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM FOR THE LAND USE CHAPTER. THE FIRST BEING COMMITTING TO DEVELOPMENT THAT BUILDS EQUITY AND RESILIENCY THROUGH AN INTENTIONAL AND MULTIFACETED APPROACH. SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT COMPLEMENTS AND ENHANCES PETERSBURG'S HISTORIC CHARACTER. DIRECTING FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT TO AREAS WITH ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. AND FINALLY WORKING REGULARLY AND OPENLY WITH NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS AND THE CREATOR PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION TO PURSUE COLLABORATIVE AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO REGIONAL LAND USE CHALLENGES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES OR SUGGESTED? EDITS FROM COUNCIL? COUNSELING COVER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MA'AM, UM. LET ME GO BACK TO GOALS IF I MAY. YES, SIR. BACK THERE. UM I THINK. I THINK WE'RE ALL. CONCERNED ABOUT OUR LOW MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. UH, DO YOU KNOW HOW LOW OUR MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME? YES. YES SIR.

WE LOOKED AT THAT AS PART OF THE , UM, BACKGROUND ANALYSIS FOR THE PLAN. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. I HEARD, BUT I CAN'T. PICK OUT THE WORDS. I'M SORRY. I SAID YES, SIR. UM IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS

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OKAY. YOU TOOK A LOOK AT THE DATA, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GOLD? IS AFFECTING MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. PART OF IS THAT A LEGITIMATE SUBJECT FOR GOLD. YES SIR. AND THAT WAS THE THOUGHT BEHIND, INCLUDING A PHRASE THAT SAYS, BUILD ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. WE ALSO DISCUSSED IN OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE PLAN THE NEED TO BOOST THE CITY'S TAX BASE AND, UM, INCREASE INCOME THROUGH A VARIETY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT WAS ALSO A GOAL IN THE FUTURE LAND USE FRAMEWORK THAT WILL DISCUSS THE IDEA, UM THAT YOU WILL NEED DIFFERENT HIGH QUALITY LAND USES TO ATTRACT EMPLOYERS. AND ALSO RETAIN EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. DOES THAT? ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WILL OF CERTAINLY. TALKS ABOUT MY QUESTION. ARE THERE. SPECIFICS IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ARE DESIGNED TO RAISE OUR VERY LOW MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. YES SIR. WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER. UM THAT TALKS IN DEPTH ABOUT DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTORS IN PETERSBURG AND HOW TO ATTRACT SUPPORT AND RETAIN THEM OVER TIME. THAT WAS JUST. BUSINESS GENERATION KIND OF FOCUS. PARTIALLY ON BUSINESS GENERATION, UM, PARTIALLY ON RETAIN BUSINESS RETENTION. UM SO RETAINING BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXISTING IN PETERSBURG NOW EXPANDING OPERATIONS AND ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES OF VARIOUS TYPES. YES, SIR. AND WHAT IS THAT? WHICH WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER CHAPTER THREE. HEY DOES THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADDRESS? ZONING AS A. LEAVE HER TO AFFECT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. YES SIR. THROUGHOUT THE PLAN, WE HAVE VARIOUS STRATEGIES THAT ADDRESS THE NEED TO AMEND THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE TO BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY. TO BE BUSINESS FRIENDLY. YES SIR. HOW ABOUT ZONING CHANGES, THOUGH ZONING CHANGES SUGGESTED IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ANY PLACE. BY ZONING CHANGES. DO YOU MEAN AMENDMENTS TO THE ACTUAL ZONING ORDINANCE OR TO THE ZONING MAP IN THE CITY? WELL, AT LEAST TO ENCAPSULATE THE CONCEPT. OF HIS OWNING CHANGE AND HOW A ZONING CHANGE MIGHT AFFECT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. I WOULDN'T EXPECT THIS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ZONING MAP. SO WE DO HAVE SEVERAL STRATEGIES IN THIS CHAPTER THAT WE'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE. THAT ADDRESS, UM, ZONING FOR DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES, UM, ZONING TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT ZONING TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT BUSINESS USES. ALL OF THAT TOGETHER CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MEET YOUR GOALS OF BUILDING YOUR TAX BASE. YEAH OKAY. ALRIGHT GET TO ANY PROVISION THAT ADDRESSES CHANGES IN ZONING TO AFFECT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. UM FLAG THEM FOR ME BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS OR EDITS TO OBJECTIVES. IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT I'LL DO NOW IS I WILL GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES AT ONCE, SO YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THEM AND THEN ALONG THE WAY, IF YOU SEE ANY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO EDIT, DISCUSS, ASK A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, FLAG IT AND WE CAN COME BACK TO IT AT THE END AFTER WE'VE REVIEWED ALL OF THE STRATEGIES.

AND THERE AREN'T TOO MANY FOR THIS CHAPTER. UM SO THE FIRST SET OF STRATEGIES, INCREASING ACCESS TO STABLE AND WELL PAYING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY ALLOWING A VARIETY OF JOB PRODUCING USES ALONG HIGH FREQUENCY, PAT ROUTES AND ALONG ARTERIALS. PRIORITIZING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS WE FINDING STREETSCAPING LIGHTING AND PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG GATEWAYS TO THE CITY AND IMPORTANT ROAD CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR A GREATER VARIETY OF RESIDENTIAL TYPES, INCLUDING ACCESSORY DWELLINGS AND LIVE WORK UNITS. IN RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DISTRICTS.

DISCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION AREAS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE PETERSBURG'S NATURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES. AND FACILITATING ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIFESTYLES THROUGH INTEGRATING SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES AND GREEN SPACE INTO NEW DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE. THE SECOND SET OF

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EVALUATING ALL LAND USE APPLICATIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AGAINST THE APPLICABLE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES OF THE FUTURE. LAND USE MAP. AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ENSURE COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND THROUGHOUT HISTORIC CORE NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S A DESIGNATION ON THE FUTURE AND USE MAP AND WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A BIT. AND THEN AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO CREATE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY REGULATES DEVELOPMENT ALONG GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS. NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT OBJECTIVE INSTEAD OF STRATEGIES RELATES TO THE CONNECTION BETWEEN LAND USE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. PRIORITIZING NEW DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS WITH ADEQUATE WATER OR SEWER CAPACITY , OR THAT ARE PLANNED FOR EXPANSION REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE UTILITY CONNECTIONS WHERE UTILITIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, ENSURING WATER, SEWER, STORMWATER, PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALL AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. EVALUATING CITY FEES TO ENSURE THEY CAN ADEQUATELY GENERATE FUNDING FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

MARKET THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF INTERCHANGES ALONG INTERSTATES 85 AND 95 AND SUPPORT APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SUCH AS HOSPITALITY ORIENTED USES AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS. COMPLETE A BUILD OUT ANALYSIS AND AREAS PLANNED FOR FUTURE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GROWTH TO BETTER INFORM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF OFFERING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH CREATOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA AGAIN, THIS STRATEGY WILL MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE WHEN WE SEE THE MAP. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THIS IS THE FINAL SET OF STRATEGIES FOR THE LAND USE CHAPTER. SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH THE CONSIDERATIONS OF THE FORD GREG ADAMS, FORMERLY FORT LEE, JOINT, YOU LAND YOU STUDY. COMMUNICATE WITH ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS REGARDING DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON REGIONAL LOCALITIES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES AND WORK WITH THEM TO COORDINATE PLANS AND TO IDENTIFY AND MITIGATE AREAS WHERE CONFLICTS MIGHT BE PRESENT. AND PARTICIPATING ACTIVELY AND JOINT REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS AND STUDIES. ARE THERE? UM, GO BACK, PLEASE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LAND USE CHAPTER STRATEGIES. COUNCILMAN VICE MARY HILL. IS THERE ANYTHING TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND RICHARD BLAINE COLLEGE? WHAT WOULD THAT BE COMING UP? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE FOUR GREG ADAMS IN THERE NOW, BUT WITH THAT WOULD BE COMING UP IN ANOTHER SLIDE OR OR SORT. SO IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER, WE TALK, UM AT LENGTH ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND RICHARD BLAND TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL SEVERAL STRATEGIES IN THAT CHAPTER THAT ADDRESS THE CITY BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT AND WORK COOPERATIVELY ON SHARED GOALS. THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE LAND USE CHAPTER IS BECAUSE AS A US MILITARY BASE, UM FORT GREG ADAMS HAS SOMETHING CALLED A JOINTLY AND YOU STUDY THAT'S DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE D O D ADJACENT LOCALITIES, AND THAT IS A FORMAL LAND USE PLAN THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, UM, WHEREAS VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND RICHARD BLAND MAY NOT HAVE ONE TO THAT EXTENT. AND SO WE DISCUSSED THAT RELATIONSHIP IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER, FRAMING IT MORE AS, UM, AN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP. AND THEN THE FOURTH. GREG ADAMS IS CERTAINLY AN ECONOMIC PARTNER. BUT IN THIS CASE THERE ARE ALSO, UM MORE SIGNIFICANT LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES HE DOES REASON WHY I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT THEY HAVE OVER THERE AND, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW THEM NEEDING. AH DORMITORIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO I LOOK AT THAT AS AN ECONOMIC TOOL FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. BUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART WILL I'LL SAY WHEN WE GET TO THAT AREA, BUT I'M SATISFIED WITH YOUR WITH YOUR ANSWER. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAIRSTON . UM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A STRONG STATEMENT ABOUT DEVELOPING THE PARKS, THE RECREATIONAL AREA, OUR TRAILS AND ENTERTAINMENT. UH DISTRICT.

THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE, UM, A CHAPTER DEDICATED TO PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL

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AND THEN THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE PRINCIPLES. SETTING THE STAGE SERVING AS THE IDEAL. UM AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES FOR HISTORIC CORE NEIGHBORHOODS, CONTINUING THE EXISTING STREET GRID PATTERN WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING INTERCONNECTION AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE APPROPRIATE. PRESERVING RENOVATING, REUSING, UM AND ENCOURAGING THE ADAPTIVE USE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES AND PROTECTING AND ENHANCING HISTORIC STRUCTURES. THE PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN AND I'LL CLARIFY THE PICTURES THROUGHOUT. THE PRESENTATIONS ARE JUST EXAMPLES. UM KIND OF TRYING TO SHOW WHAT THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE ENCOURAGED BY EACH DESIGNATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HISTORIC COORDINATOR HOODS? ALRIGHT NEXT. NEXT. WE HAVE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL. THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE NOT DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICTS. UM THEY ARE INTENDED TO ALLOW A BROADER VARIETY OF RESIDENTIAL TYPES. UM, TO BUILD THE HOUSING SUPPLY. UM AND SUPPORT PATHWAYS TO HOME OWNERSHIP FOR THE CITY.

THEY'RE LOCATED AROUND THE CITYD INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO ACCESSORY DWELLINGS. SMALL MULTIFAMILY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, SENIOR HOUSING AND BOTH SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED HOUSING AND AGAIN. THAT'S NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU ALL AN IDEA. OF WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD MAY OR THIS TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD MAY BOOK AND FEEL LIKE I'M SO ENCOURAGING COMPACT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AGAIN, ENCOURAGING THE PRESERVATION, RENOVATION REUSE AND ADAPTIVE REESE REUSE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ENCOURAGED ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAXIMIZE DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIAL AND ADDRESS BLIGHT. INCLUDING A VARIETY OF SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TYPES AGAIN, HELPING BUILD ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY SUPPORT PATHWAYS TO HOME OWNERSHIP. AND INCORPORATING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CONNECTIONS AND SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL? RIGHT NEXT LINE. NEXT WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, AND THESE AREAS ARE INTENDED TO BE NODES FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SO DISCERNIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THAT PROVIDE FOR THE DAILY NEEDS OF AREA RESIDENTS. THE THOUGHT WOULD BE THAT A COMMUNITY COULD HAVE A CENTRAL PART, UM, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS USES SUCH AS A PHARMACY, MAYBE A SMALL GROCERY STORE, A CLINIC, A COMMUNITY CENTER. SOMETHING THAT MEETS A DAILY NEED THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH COMMUNITY CHARACTER. THEY COULD BE CENTERED AROUND AN INTERSECTION THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADAPTIVE REUSE OF A VACANT STRUCTURE. BUT ULTIMATELY WE WOULD WANT TO ENSURE THAT COMMERCIAL USES IN THESE AREAS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMPLEMENTARY TO THE SURROUNDING AREA. MEETING A COMMUNITY NEED UM SO DEVELOPMENT AGAIN, COMPLEMENTING THE SCALE SIZE PROPORTION AND CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES MAY BE NECESSARY CROSSWALKS MURALS LIKE THE ONE YOU HAVE OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY AND THEN INCORPORATING HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS FOR ALL BUILDINGS. THIS WOULD BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS COMPLEMENTING THE HISTORIC QUALITY AND CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT. WE HAVE CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL. THESE WOULD BE PETERSBURG'S MORE TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL AREAS FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BUT TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ELEVATE THAT MAKE SURE THAT IT IS HIGH QUALITY AND INTEGRATING A MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. THEY PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY ALLOW RESIDENTS TO ACCESS AMENITIES WITHOUT LEAVING. ALSO BENEFITING BY HELPING KEEP TAX DOLLARS IN PETERSBURG. I'M SO TYPICAL USES IN A CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL YOU DISTRICT COULD LOOK LIKE GENERAL RETAIL AND SERVICES BUT ALSO RESTAURANTS AND OR ENTERTAINMENT

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SO OFFICES, HOTELS, THE ARTS, PERSONAL SERVICES, PHARMACIES, HAIR SALONS, SHOPPING ENTERTAINMENT, UM, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN CREATE THESE VIBRANT, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT PETERSBURG SO EXAMPLE , PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES COULD LOOK LIKE CONNECTING EXISTING AND ESTABLISHED TRAILS, BIKE ROUTES AND RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.

AGAIN THINKING ABOUT HOW PUBLIC ART AMENITY IS, UM SO BENCHES, STREET TREES SIGNAGE COULD BE INCORPORATED TO ORIENT VISITORS AND CREATE A SENSE OF PLACE AND ENCOURAGING THE PRESERVATION.

RENOVATION REUSE AND ADAPTIVE USE OF EXISTING STRUCTURES. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. NEXT. WE HAVE THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DESIGNATION. UM SO THESE WOULD BE ENVISIONED TO BE PETERSBURG'S MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, UM, SUPPLYING STABLE AND WELL PAYING JOBS IN MANY INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIES SO AGAIN, TRYING TO CONNECT LAND USE TO YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS, UM, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. UM THAT ARE IN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES THAT PROVIDE JOBS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE FOR NEW PETERSBURG RESIDENTS, UM, TO COME IN AND BE CITED APPROPRIATELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THESE AREAS WOULD HAVE NOT ONLY AT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUT A VARIETY OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OFFICE MEDICAL USES AS WELL AS SUPPORTING SERVICE USES. THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT REGIONAL NODES FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE. UNLIKE MORE TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIAL USES, SUCH AS FACTORIES, AND THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS, SUCH AS NO NOISE AND ODOR ON ADJACENT PROPERTY IS MAKING THEM MORE COMPATIBLE NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS AGAIN TRYING TO BUILD THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN LIVE WHERE THEY WANT AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS EMPLOYMENT EASILY. AND THEN AGAIN, UM PRIMARY LAND USES COULD INCLUDE HOSPITALS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. SPECIALIZED MANUFACTURING. SMALL SCALE MANUFACTURING WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE INCORPORATING HIGH QUALITY MATERIALS THAT THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATING STORMWATER CONTROLS. LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT . UM AND AGAIN, WE'D ALSO SUPPORT CONSISTENCY WITH ECONOMIC INCENTIVE ZONES TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE TWO AREAS? ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. NEXT. WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL.

THESE WOULD BE AREAS OF PETERSBURG WERE ALL HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND USES ARE CITED.

SO THESE WOULD BE LARGER, MAYBE HAVE MORE ADVERSE IMPACTS SUCH AS NOISE AND ODOR. UM WE WOULD WANT TO CONCENTRATE THOSE AROUND ROAD AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT POSING ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORHOODS WANTING TO LIMIT THAT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. UM SO PROVIDING APPROPRIATE SETBACKS AND SCREENING ALONG PROPERTY LINES. UM, IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IS PROPERLY SCREENED BUFFERED AGAIN TRYING TO ENHANCE COMPATIBILITY AND LIMIT ADVERSE IMPACTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. UM REQUIRING DUMPSTERS, LOADING AREAS AND OTHER SERVICE AREAS TO BE SCREENED AND LOCATED AT THE REAR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. SOMETHING MORE SPECIFIC. THAT WOULD BE, UM , IMPLEMENTED THROUGH YOUR

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ALRIGHT IF YOU COULD PLEASE GO UP. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE OUR LAST TWO DESIGNATIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK, SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE. NEXT. WE HAVE CONSERVATION. UM THESE ARE AREAS OF PETERSBURG THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. UM, THAT MAYBE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A FLOODPLAIN ON THE SLOPES ARE TOO STEEP. THEY COULD NOT SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT. UM THEY MAY BE A HISTORIC RESOURCE. THEY MAY HAVE PARKS AND TRAILS OR HAVE PLANNED PARKS AND TRAILS AT THOSE LOCATIONS. AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ULTIMATELY, LANDS THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND PRESERVED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTED IN THESE AREAS UNLESS IT IS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE DESIRE TO PRESERVE PARKS, OPEN SPACE, RECREATION AND HISTORIC RESOURCES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AN OUTDOOR EMPATHY ATTAR TRAIL, A TENNIS COURT BASKETBALL COURTS. OUTDOOR RECREATION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. BUT NEW HOUSES BUSINESSES THAT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE IN A CONSERVATION AREA. AND SO AGAIN, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENHANCE AND PROTECT HISTORIC RESOURCES. PRESERVING AND RESTORING PETERSBURG'S EXISTING TREE CANOPY AND INTEGRATIVE NATIVE PLANTINGS. AND PROVIDING CONNECTIONS TO TRAILS BY CROWDS, PARKS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL AMENITIES. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. AND THEN WE HAVE GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS. UM SO GATEWAYS ARE LOCATIONS WHERE REGIONAL ROAD TRAIL AND RAIL NETWORKS AS WELL AS THE APPOMATTOX RIVER ENTER THE PETERSBURG CITY LIMITS. AND THEN CORRIDORS ARE LONGER STRETCHES OF THE STREET IN ROAD NETWORK THAT SERVE AS IMPORTANT LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRAVEL ROUTES . SO EXAMPLES WOULD BE WASHINGTON AND WITH UM, SOUTH CREATOR UM, THE PLACE WHERE THE APPOMATTOX RIVER TRAIL ENTERS THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND RUNS THROUGHOUT PETERSBURG. THOSE WOULD BE EXAMPLES OF CORRIDORS AND THE THOUGHT WITH DESIGNATING GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS IS THAT THEIR APPEARANCE AND FUNCTIONALITY HELPS INTEGRATE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USE DESIGNATIONS. AND IT CAN HELP CREATE A STRONG POSITIVE PERCEPTION OF PETERSBURG. SO PRIMARY LAND USES ALONG GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS MAY VARY, UM THEY COULD BE RESIDENTIAL COULD BE COMMERCIAL. THEY COULD BE RECREATIONAL IN NATURE, BUT ULTIMATELY IDENTIFYING THESE

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INVESTING IN SAFETY, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG CORRIDORS AND AGAIN THINKING ABOUT THE AESTHETIC COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS WELL. INCORPORATING SIGNAGE WAY FINDING PUBLIC ART, LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING AT GATEWAYS IN PARTICULAR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD EVENING. UM WHERE DO WE ADDRESS THE LANDFILL THAT IN THE FUTURE LAND USE. IS YOUR QUESTION ASKING WHAT IT'S DESIGNATED AS OR HOW IT'S ADDRESSED. YES SO IF YOU COULD GO TO SLIDES, PLEASE. FORWARD TO SLIDES. I'M SORRY. WE HAVE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THEN WE ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT IN THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE CHAPTER, BUT THE LANDFILL DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN DESIGNATION. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. DOES THAT? ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSION OR COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR, JONES. HOW YOU DOING? UM SPEAKING OF GATEWAYS. EAST WASHINGTON STREET COMING FROM FORT GREGG ITEMS AND WHERE'S WASHINGTON STREET? GOING TOWARDS CENTRAL STATE. IT WAS A TWO OF OUR COULD BE MOST BEAUTIFUL GATEWAYS. HOW IS THIS GONNA AFFECT THAT? HOW AND WHEN CAN WE START AND WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? AND WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? BECAUSE WE NEED TO START LIKE YESTERDAY. YES SIR. UM, SO THAT IS A GOOD POINT AND THE BOTH OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED AS GATEWAYS AND THE ENTIRETY OF WASHINGTON AND WITH STREETS THROUGH PETERSBURG ARE IDENTIFIED AS CORRIDORS. UM, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HEARD A LOT FROM YOU ALL FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM STAFF. UM, SO THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE LAND USE PLAN. IN THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT THE WAY THE IMPLEMENTATION CHAPTER IS SET UP IS THAT THERE IS A LARGE MATRIX AND EVERY ONE OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN IS INCLUDED IN THE MATRIX. AND SO THERE IS A STRATEGY ABOUT AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO SUPPORT UM, THOSE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS ALONG CORRIDORS AND THERE IS ANOTHER STRATEGY ABOUT SUPPORTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SO BOTH THE ZONING SIDE AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SIDE AND IN THE MATRIX IDENTIFIES TIMEFRAMES FOR THOSE SO WHEN THE CITY SHOULD BE WORKING ON THEM, AND WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING IMPLEMENT THAT V DOT CAN HELP FUND IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS THAT. UM THE ZONING ORDINANCE CAN ALSO SET YOU UP. WELL UM, THAT'S TYPICALLY DONE THROUGH AN OVER WAY. UM SO REQUIRING ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS FOR YOU KNOW, CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS ON DESIGNATED PROPERTIES AND THAT DESIGNATED LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, SO SOME OF IT COULD BE DONE THROUGH V DOT SOME OF IT CAN BE DONE THROUGH ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND BOTH OF THAT IS ADDRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER. AND IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES ONE MORE QUESTION. UM. TALKING ABOUT THE TIME FRAME AND THE MATRIX ARE YOU? SPEAKING OF? WHAT ABOUT PRIORITY WHICH ONE GETS THE PRIORITY. HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THAT? YES SIR. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH STAFF ON THAT WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM PRIOR TO THIS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. PART OF PRIORITIZATION IS REFLECTED IN THE TIMEFRAME SO IF IT IS A VERY URGENT TASK THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED OR THAT IS VERY IMMINENT ON THE HORIZON, THEN THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS A SHORT TERM STRATEGY. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO IDENTIFY UM WHAT WE'LL CALL CATALYST STRATEGIES, AND SO THOSE WILL BE KIND OF A SUBSET OF STRATEGIES THAT MAYBE, UM THEY COULD BE. PETERSBURG'S BIG MOVES ARE THE MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR PETERSBURG. UM, AND SO IF YOU FEEL THAT COUNCIL FEELS THAT GATEWAY AND CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS IS A CATALYST STRATEGY FOR PETERSBURG , THEN WE CAN CALL THAT OUT SEPARATELY AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THE MATRIX, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT DOES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST SAID ONE MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTION. UM KIND OF FOLLOWING UP ON MR HAIRSTON'S QUESTION, AND I DON'T THIS MAYBE PRELIMINARY, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR

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WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF HIS QUESTION WAS AIMING AT. IS THERE A STRATEGY IN HERE TO ADDRESS THAT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME. THIS IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE. NOT IN THE LAND USE CHAPTER WE DO. WE SHOULD HAVE THAT IN COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. I DON'T HAVE THAT CHAPTER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF. UM TO MAKE SURE THAT CHAPTER IS BUILT OUT AND REFLECTIVE OF PRIORITIES, AND SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS GO BACK. AND TAKE A LOOK. MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS, UM, NEEDING FOR THE LANDFILL, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S BUILT OUT. IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DOES THAT? ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, CITIZENS COMMISSIONER MICHAEL EDWARDS. SO CAN WE GO BACK TO THE VERY FIRST LINE HISTORIC COORDINATOR, HOODS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO GOING TOO FAR. THE HISTORIC COORDINATOR, HOODS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL. YEAH. SO. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A ITEM BEFORE US ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ABOUT NONCONFORMING USES. AND UP CURRENT PROPERTY THAT IS VACANT FOR TWO YEARS. ACCORDING TO OUR CODE REVERTS BACK TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT. SO BASED ON THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE HERE UNDERNEATH EACH OF THESE ITEMS. UH HUH. DOING AWAY WITH THAT. UH UM. THAT TWO YEAR REVERSION. THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESTORING THE PROFIT IS CORRECT. SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION CORRECTLY, YOU WERE ASKING WHETHER THE CITY SHOULD DO AWAY WITH THE TWO YEAR REQUIREMENT THAT A NON CONFORMING STRUCTURE SHOULD BE REVERTED. IF IT IS VACANT, CORRECT CURRENTLY, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. IT'S A DOUBLE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WE SHOULD EMBRACE WITHIN OUR PLAN TO ALLOW THAT CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE TO LET IT GO BACK TO IF IT WAS A DOUBLE TENEMENT VERSUS TAKING A DOUBLE TOURNAMENT BACK TO A SINGLE FAMILY. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT MY QUESTION IS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO PUT THAT INTO OUR PLAN TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. THE WAY IT WOULD STAY TO ITS NORMAL USE. AS WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO BE. WOULD BE OR NOT, UH, A DOUBLE TENEMENT PROPERTY VERSUS GOING BACK TO A SINGLE FAMILY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. SO THE TWO YEAR NONCONFORMING REQUIREMENT IS ACTUALLY A STATE CODE REQUIREMENT. UM SO THAT DOESN'T JUST COME FROM THE CITY. IT ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. THAT BEING SAID, WHEN YOU ALL UPDATE YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE, YOU ALL CAN. UM, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR DISTRICT REGULATIONS. UM SO YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE THAT EXAMPLE A STRUCTURE IS VACANT. IT'S NOT BEING USED AFTER TWO YEARS, IT HAS TO GO BACK. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT OKAY. IT'S IN X DISTRICT. HOW CAN WE SET UP THE REGULATIONS OF THIS DISTRICT TO SUPPORT NEW DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THE COM PLAN? UM, SO THE TWO YEAR NONCONFORMING RULE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YOU CAN'T REALLY CHANGE THAT BECAUSE IT'S IN STATE CODE, BUT YOU CAN CLARIFY THOSE REGULATIONS AND CLARIFY YOUR DISTRICT STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROPERTY CAN BE REZONED OR CAN HAVE A USABLE LIFE PAST THAT. SO JUST SO THE PUBLICS AWARE WE AS A PLANNING COMMISSION, WE VOTED TO, UH AMEND THIS, AND NOW IT'S BEEN SET TO COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. SO BASICALLY, THE NATURE OF MY QUESTION WAS COULD COULD THAT BE, UH, PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MOVING FORWARD ONCE THE ADOPTIONS ARE MADE. YES. SO THE CITY. UM DOES PLAN UM AT SOME POINT TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THAT IS MORE OF A ZONING QUESTION AND NOT REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN QUESTION. UM IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC CASE, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. STAFF MAY HAVE TO WEIGH

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COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO OF 0.4. THAT'S MORE OF A ZONING ORDINANCE ISSUE, BUT IT IS INFORMED BY IT IS IN STATE CODE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT HERE. BUT OTHER ASPECTS SUCH AS COMMUNITY DESIGN ELEMENTS, YOU ALL HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY OVER.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA? ALRIGHT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS

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[4.a. Overview of Draft Chapter 11, Implementation]

AGAIN THROUGH, UM, NEXT THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT DOES TALK QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE NEED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, ESPECIALLY FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. UM SO MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS ACTIVE THAT IT IS BEING UPDATED ANNUALLY IN COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS. NEXT YOU HAVE YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES. AND THESE ARE, OF COURSE, YOUR REGULATORY DOCUMENTS THAT SOLIDIFY AND FURTHER FLUSH OUT THE GUIDELINES IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM SO A LOT OF WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED WITH LAND USE, UM, SUPPORTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES. COMMUNITY DESIGN APPROPRIATE USE STANDARDS. THAT CAN ALL BE CODIFIED IN YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE, AND THAT CAN BE A GREAT WAY FOR THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION OF THE COM PLAN. MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER. LAND USE DECISIONS. SO WHEN YOU ALL HEAR A REZONING CASE, UM ENSURING THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION OR YOUR FINAL DECISION, UM, IS SUPPORTED BY THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, REGIONAL COLLABORATION. UM, AS YOU ALL ARE CERTAINLY AWARE MANY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES YOU ALL ARE FACING DON'T OCCUR IN A VACUUM THERE SHARED BY NEIGHBORS AND OTHER REGIONAL LOCALITIES, UM AND SO CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN OPEN AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WHERE NECESSARY TO HELP YOU ALL IMPLEMENT YOUR GOALS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HAVING A CLEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEW, UM, FOR THE CITY AND ITS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND CAN PROVIDE A LOT OF DIFFERENT BENEFITS TO THE CITY, UM, AT FIRST SERVES AS A MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY. UM IT HELPS PROVIDE ASSURANCE TO YOU ALL IS CITY COUNCIL IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. THAT THE PLAN IS NOT JUST GOING TO SIT ON A SHELF, IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.

THE NEXT AGAIN BUILDING TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY AGAIN. ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSPARENCY, HELPING PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME KNOWLEDGE AND DIRECTION AS WELL ON WHAT COMES NEXT AFTER ADOPTION OF THE PLAN. IMPLEMENTATION CAN HELP YOU GUIDE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESSES , SO HELPING YOU BE AWARE OF WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WHAT STRATEGIES SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BUDGET IT WHEN THAT SHOULD OCCUR. AND THEN FINALLY, IT HELPS ENSURE ANY STATE MANDATED RESPONSIBILITIES ARE MET. UM, OF COURSE, YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MUST BE REVIEWED EVERY FIVE YEARS HAS TO BE UPDATED EVERY 20 YEARS. UM THAT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF A STATE MANDATED RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE MATRIX AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CAN HELP SERVE AS A CHECK IN ADDITION TO OTHER CODE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO LAND USE OR THE CHESAPEAKE

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AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND VERY GENERAL TERMS HOW COSTLY IT WILL BE TO IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENT EACH STRATEGY, WHETHER IT WILL BE NOT VERY COSTLY, SOMEWHAT COSTLY OR EXTREMELY COSTLY. AGAIN HELPING PROVIDE YOU WITH A GENERAL GUIDE OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AND WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR. EXCITED, PLEASE. SO THIS IS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX AGAIN. EVERY STRATEGY IS INCLUDED. IF WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, WE WOULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT LONG. UM BUT ESSENTIALLY HAVING THE STRATEGIES, CATEGORIZING THEM IDENTIFYING THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY. UM HAVING A TIMEFRAME? UM MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE SHORT TERM. MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETED ANNUALLY. UM STAKEHOLDERS ARE RESOURCES. AND THEN IF THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT, HOW MUCH IT MAY COST UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY COLUMN UM, WE ARE GOING TO. WE WORK THAT SLIGHTLY ALONGSIDE STAFF TO FOCUS MORE ON DEPARTMENT HEADS. UM AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. YOU WILL SEE, UM CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION INCLUDED AND ALL OF THESE CELLS WHILE YOU ALL OF COURSE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND MAKING SURE THAT YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED. UM YOUR STAFF. UM YOUR STAFF IS DOING THE DAY TO DAY WORK. AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT'S REFLECTED AND THAT EVERYBODY IS INCLUDED, INCLUDING YOU ALL AS APPROPRIATE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION? COUNCILOR COUNCILMAN JONES. HOW YOU DOING? UM LOOKING AT THIS MATRIX. UNDER THE TIME FRAME. UNDERSTAND THE GOAL. BUT ANYTIME YOU GOTTA COST ONE OF THE N AND YOU GOT A TIMEFRAME. AND I'M SAYING ONGOING AND ONGOING AND I DON'T KNOW THESE PROBABLY JUST EXAMPLES. LONG TERM SHORT TERM I'M MORE USED TO GETTING THE JOB DONE. AND DEADLINES AND MEETING DEADLINES. WE CAN'T MEET ANYTHING BY SAYING HIS ONGOING SHORT TERM LONG TERM. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THESE THINGS. HE PUTS THEM SOME DATES AND DEADLINES, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT A COST TO IT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT A COST OR SOMETHING. WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT. SO I'M GOING BECAUSE MONEY IT'S NEVER LONG GOING UNLESS YOU SPENDING IT. WHAT I'M SAYING. YES SIR. UM, ONE WAY WE COULD ADDRESS THAT IS INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING SHORT TERM MIDTERM LONG TERM WE CAN PUT BE MORE SPECIFIC AND SAY WE COULD EITHER SAY WITHIN 0 TO 2 YEARS OR WE COULD PUT THE ACTUAL YEAR SO BY 2030 THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 2035. THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDED.

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6TH UM AGAIN. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WANT IN THE PLAN BEFORE IT GOES OFF TO V DOT AND T EQ. WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT IS INCORPORATED. UM SO PLEASE SEND US ALL OUTSTANDING COMMENTS QUESTIONS AT ITS BY THAT DATE, AND WE WILL BE SURE THOSE GET INCORPORATED. WE WILL BE HAVING ANOTHER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT IN JANUARY, UM FRIDAY FOR THE ART. THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO HOLD AN OPEN HOUSE AT THAT EVENT. UM THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE WILL BE THEIR STAFF WILL BE THERE, AND THAT MEETING WILL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING FEEDBACK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM SO PRESENTING THESE GOALS, THESE THEMES THESE STRATEGIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND ASKING HOW WE DID, UM SO ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ENGAGED AND TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND JANUARY AND THEN WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE Y UM AND STAFF AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. ON THE SAME DAY, UM, SO AGAIN, TRYING TO INVOLVE AS MANY PEOPLE WANTING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS DRAFT PLAN, SO THAT WILL COME IN JANUARY. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE JOINT WORK SESSION IN FEBRUARY. THAT WORK SESSION WILL BE FOR THE PURPOSES OF REVIEWING ANY COMMENTS FROM VIDA AND TQ THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL AS ANYTHING FROM STAFF FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION, SO WE WILL HAVE THAT. AND THEN WE ARE CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO HOLD A PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING IN APRIL AND A COUNCIL PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY.

THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING NEXT, AND WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO DO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCHEDULE OR ANY UPCOMING EVENTS? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCILMAN COOPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MA'AM CAN WE GO BACK TO THE MAP? 10.2 FUTURE LAND USE YES, SIR.

UM. IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE AREA THAT IS PURPLE. AND DECREASE THE AREA THAT IS KIND OF PALE YELLOW. THAT IS. INCREASE THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL. AND DECREASE THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL MACHINERY AND TOOLS TAX. REALLY, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND WE DON'T GET THAT OUT OF RESIDENTIAL. UM SO THAT'S AND JOBS. I MEAN, NO JOBS ARE AWARE IT'S ZONED INDUSTRIAL JOBS ARE NOT WHERE IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS. I REALIZE IT'S GOT TO BE HANDLED WITH REAL DELICACY. I MEAN, WE CAN'T GO IN WITH YO HA A MOLD AND SAY YOUR HOUSE IS NOW A RESIDENT NOW INDUSTRIAL BUT, UM MAYBE THERE'S SOME AREAS HERE THAT ARE PALE YELLOW THAT ARE NOT HEAVILY DEVELOPED. THAT WITHOUT. TOO MUCH OF AN IMPOSITION ON ANY INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN. WE COULD. AH! BENEFIT THE BROADER COMMUNITY. BY MAKING IT INDUSTRIAL BRING IN JOBS. AND BRING IN MACHINERY AND TOOLS STAYS. SO YES. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF I SAY TO KEEP IT

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PUT INTO A SPECIFIC. AREA OF THE CITY. YES SIR. SO WHAT WE CAN DO AT THE FEBRUARY WORK SESSION IS WE CAN BRING YOU A REVISED FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND WE CAN WALK THROUGH. THE MAJOR CHANGES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, CHANGES TO INDUSTRIAL WEEKEND MAKE THE PRESENTATION SO IT'S MAYBE ZOOMED IN ON THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL, AND WE CAN TALK THROUGH IT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL. UM SO YOU ALL CAN BE AWARE OF THE CHANGES AND BE COMFORTABLE WITH THEM. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WELL, WE'LL SEE. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE MAP BEFORE I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT THINK ABOUT THAT. AND IF YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY UM, TO INCREASE OUR INDUSTRIAL BASE BECAUSE, AS WE'VE SAID HERE ON COUNCIL BEFORE WE HAVE 23 SQUARE MILES, THAT'S ALL WE GOT. I GO OUT TO DINNER WITTY THEY GOT OVER 500 SQUARE MILES. YOU KNOW, I GET ON 85 AND HEAD TOWARD NORTH CAROLINA. AND MILE AFTER MILE AFTER MILE IS UNDEVELOPED LAND IN DIDN'T WITTY AND IT MAKES ME SALIVATE, I THINK, GOSH, I WISH WE HAD THAT IN PETERSBURG AND WE DON'T SO WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOT TO MAKE THESE. WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THE TRADE OFF BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AND TRY TO KEEP THIS CITY ALIVE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. WHAT? THANK YOU. YES SIR. WE WILL WORK ON THAT. AND WE WILL BRING YOU AN UPDATED MAP IN FEBRUARY FOR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, SIR. WE'RE GONNA UPDATE THE MAP TO REFLECT A SIZE CHANGE. COULD WE THEN ALSO HAVE A REFLECT HOW MUCH OF THE YELLOW IS ACTUALLY YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE SIZE OF THE YELLOW AND WHICH THE SIZE OF THE PURPLE IN RELATION TO EACH OTHER? BECAUSE WE'RE JUST NOW GOING TO JUST MAKE PURPLE, BIG AND YELLOW SMALL. I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH YELLOW WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 23 SQUARE MILES. SO NOW WE NEED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH EACH ONE OF THOSE MILES ARE CAUSE. IT SEEMED TO BE VERY VALUABLE. AS IT RELATES TO TAX TOO. YES SIR. WE CAN. WHAT WE CAN DO IS WHEN WE REVISED THIS MAP, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMPUTE. THE ACREAGE IS THAT ARE IN EACH DESIGNATION AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN FEBRUARY.

SO THE BIG QUESTION IS. WE TALK ABOUT THE YELLOW. WE TALK ABOUT THE PURPLE. BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S DEVELOPED IN THE YELLOW. BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE STREETS THAT TRANSPARENT BEHIND THE YELLOW. I'M ASSUMING THAT THEIR STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE FOLKS LIVING IN THEM SO HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE ACTUALLY CHOPPED FROM, YOU KNOW FROM OUR RESIDENTIAL, WHICH THE CITY IS RUNNING OUT OF HOW'S IT HIT THE MARKET? THEY DON'T STAY LONG. IS HARDLY NO OPTIONS AND THE LOSS OR THE APARTMENT BILL. SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHOPPING AWAY AT OUR RESIDENTIAL BASE. SO I'M NOT GONNA BE A FAN OF THIS, BUT I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT IS

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TAKEN, YOU KNOW. PUTTING PURPLE INTO THAT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE TO ME. IT LOOKS LIKE THE STREETS OF NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US PLEASE HAVE WITHIN YOUR REPORT. WHAT WHAT IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED AND WHAT IS DEVELOPED AND WHAT IS NOT. YES SIR. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST DO THAT AT A HIGH LEVEL. UM AND TO CLARIFY, YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHANGING LAND, USE CATEGORIES AND EXPANDING RESIDENTIAL YOU KNOW YOU ARE CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT IT'S STATING THAT IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME THAT EVERYWHERE WHERE THERE'S A STREET IS SOME SORT OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WOULD BE TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE TO SAY THIS IS AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT INDUSTRIAL. UM AND THAT WOULD BE THE CASE FOR ANY LAND USE DESIGNATION. YOU KNOW, YOU DO HAVE TO HONOR WHAT IS ALREADY THERE. YOU KNOW IF THERE'S AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD IF THERE'S AN EXISTING, UM, AN ACTIVE COMMERCIAL USE IF THERE'S AN EXISTING AND ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL USE UM, A FUTURE LAND USE MAPS SHOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THIS FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SO TO CLARIFY YOU KNOW, INDUSTRIAL IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO JUST STICK IT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT UNDEVELOPED LAND FOR THAT. UM BUT THERE IS DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM AND AGAIN KEEP IN MIND THAT BLUE AREA MAY BE CALLED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. BUT THAT AREA WOULD BE ALSO BE SUPPORTING, UM LARGE EMPLOYMENT USES, UM USES THAT WOULD BENEFIT . UM THE CITY AND PROVIDE TAX REVENUE TO SO IT'S NOT JUST THE PURPLE. IT'S THE BLUE AREA AS WELL. YES. THANK YOU. THE LIGHT BLUE AREA. UM I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN. BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL, UM WE WILL REVIEW WE WILL MEET WITH STAFF. UM WE WILL DETERMINE WHERE ADJUSTMENTS CAN AND SHOULD BE MADE. UM, AGAIN, RESPECTING EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, RESPECTING INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIDERATIONS, ANY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, MAKING SURE THOSE CONTINUE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND THAT WILL BRING YOU ALL SOMETHING IN FEBRUARY. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO MUCH. WAS CAROLINE THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL QUESTIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION? NEXT WE'LL

[5. Next Steps, Public Comments, and Final Questions]

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SEE EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT GROVE AVENUE. THE OLD HISTORIC, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN? WHAT ABOUT CRATER RURAL AREAS? THEY HAVE STORES UP, BUT NOT REALLY LIKE COLONIAL HEIGHTS, YOU KNOW? YOU WANT SOME? MM. WHEN YOU DRIVE FROM 9585 GETTING OFF. UM, CREATE A ROAD RIGHT THERE. FROM THE SEVERAL 11 OH, WAIT UNTIL YOU GET TO THE DOLLAR STORE. THAT'S A TRASH THIS PLACE I'VE EVER SEEN. IT'S NASTY, FILTHY. OH, DEAR, BY, UM WELL, UM BUTTERWORTH. TAKE AROUND WITH US SOMETIME. I DON'T KNOW WHO WHERE Y'ALL LIVE AT. IT'S A MESS. WE KNOW DRUGS IS A PROBLEM THAT'S EVERYWHERE. BUT WE DO WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. UM. THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON. WE TALKED ABOUT IMPROVING. 345 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. HOW ABOUT NOW? SIDEWALKS BROKEN. I RIDE A BIKE SOMETIMES. YOU GOTTA GET OFF BECAUSE THE SOUND WAS ALL CHIPPED UP. CORRECT. YOU'VE GOT TREES LIMPS. OVERTOPPING THE SAD WALKS. YOU GOT GRASS GROWING UP.

I DON'T SEE THAT DOWN GROVE AVENUE. GO DOWN TO, UM. WHAT'S THAT PLACE CALLED 36? BLANDFORD.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE IT. BUT YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY SURE YOU DON'T LIVE OVER THERE AND I SEE ONE GENTLEMAN. I SEE WE'RE ALL THE TIME. I'M NOT CALL HIS NEIGHBOR. HE DO A GOOD JOB. AND YOU'RE PRETTY SURE I'M PRETTY SURE YOU ALL KNOW BUT IT'S CRAZY. DRUGS IS BAD. YOU GOT THREE HOTELS. IT WAS ON TV TODAY. I'VE SEEN IT. THE GUY GOT CHARGED. WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? YOU WANT TO PROVE FIVE YEARS THERE ARE OVER. HOW ABOUT NAIL? THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO.

UM I GUESS MORE THINGS. HOW MUCH TIME 46 CIRCUS ME AGAIN. MAYBE ON YOUR BOARD. HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE SAVED LAST YEAR FOR CITY PETERSBURG. YOU GOT SO MUCH UNEMPLOYMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SOME SO MUCH OF A HAT, UNEMPLOYMENT, NOT EMPLOYMENT, BUT LOW INCOME.

PEOPLE DON'T HAVE JOBS CAN'T GET TO COLONIA HIKES. THE BUS ROUTES STOPS AT SIX O'CLOCK. HOW MANY PEOPLE WORKED AT SIX O'CLOCK, BUT WHY CALL IT YOU KNOW THE MIDDLE TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE WORKING WITH MOST OF THEM DON'T WORK NO MORE, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THEY'RE WORKING STORES.

ALL THEM OVER THE PLACES. LOWS. THEY CAME HERE TO THE JOBS. THEY DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION IF YOU HAVE A BUS, RUBBER INCREASING TIME. NINE. MAKE 10 WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. I GOT HIT. IT MAY MY TIME IS OVER. BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU GUYS NEED STOPLIGHTS MORE. MORE STOP BUMPS. SLOW YOU DOWN BEFORE YOU GET THERE. I GOT HIT IN THE MAN LEFT ME. AND GUESS WHAT DID NOT HAVE A POLICE REPORT. THEY DIDN'T KNOW A WRITER. I SAID, IS THIS BUT I'M GOING TO SUIT THIS DON'T MAKE SENSE. WHEN THE NEXT MEETING HERE. THERE WAS WHERE'S THE NEXT MEETING? YOU SAY NEXT MEETING? THEY JUST TALKING ABOUT WE CAN PUT UP THE SCHEDULE. I BELIEVE IT'S JANUARY AND YOU

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LET'S WORK ON WHAT WE GONNA DO NOW. GET PEOPLE JOBS, GIVE THEM BACK AND FORTH TO WORK. IT'S NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT BUS WROTE. GONNA CHANGE. THIS YEAR WE ARE START PAYING AGAIN. I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'D BE GLAD TO PAY TO GET A JOB IF THEY CAN GET THERE. SO LET'S MOVE ON. MY MAIN POINT IS TRANSPORTATION. AMONGST SOME OTHER THINGS, WHICH CAN BE WORKED OUT RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU ALSO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FORCE. YOU DON'T KILL ME, ARE YOU? NO, NO, NO. JUST JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU'RE GIVING A LOT OF COMMENTS. FOLKS WANT TO BE ABLE TO NOWHERE TO COMMENTS CAME FROM. YES, SURE IT'S SAFE. ALL RIGHT. UM MY NAME IS GARDNER CARTER. I MEAN, LET ME HAVE THREE YEARS. HELLO OFF FIRST STREET, BERKSHIRE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. BUT THAT'S WHEN THEY HAD TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, DOCTOR. LOUIS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. I AM DR KENNETH LEWIS 503 MISTLETOE ST. WARD FIVE IN THE CITY. AND OF COURSE I HAVE MANY HATS THAT I WEAR. AH! QUICK SHOUT OUT FOR THE PETERSBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, WHO WILL BE HAVING OUR CHRISTMAS CONCERT THIS SUNDAY, COMING AT FOUR PM UH, PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL TICKETS AT $23. WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A OF THAT JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. MY REASON FOR COMING UP HERE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A QUESTION OR MAKE A COMMENT IS, UH, REGARDING YOUR CAPITAL. PLANNING CAMPAIGN. HERE. UM, THE PRESIDENT OF THE WILCOX WATERSHED COMMISSION. AND I BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION BEFORE BACK IN JANUARY FEBRUARY TIME PERIOD. THAT THERE ARE MANY NEEDS OUT THERE. AH! AND QUITE FRANKLY, IF YOU ALL DON'T PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE DAM WALL AND THE FACT THAT TREES ARE GROWING THROUGH THE ROOTS. YOU WILL HAVE TO RENAME DEFENSE ROAD AS WILCOX LAKE ROAD OR YOU WILL HAVE TO RENAME WILCOX LAKE AS DEFENSE ROAD AS DEFENSE ROAD LAKE. BUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IF YOU DO NOT TAKE CARE OF IT, THAT WALL WILL BE. AND MY CAR WILL HAVE TO ACT LIKE CITI. CITIBANK BANG IF I AM DRIVING DOWN THAT WHEN I GET TO THE WATER, IT CAN JUST SORT OF FLOAT LIKE DICK VAN DYKE'S CAR DID. BUT WHILE I CAN MAKE LIGHT OF IT, IT'S NOT LIKE TO BE MADE OF BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATION OF WHAT STATE DAM OF THERE'S AN ASSOCIATION OF STATE DAMS. AND PART OF THE CRITERIA FOR A AND EMBANKMENT IS THAT THERE IS NO TREE GROWTH WITHIN 30 FT. OF THE DAM WALL. IT IS PERFECTLY SMOOTH THAT EMBANKMENT THAT. UH HM. BOWELS THAT AREA AROUND DEFENSE ROAD. IT USED TO BE COMPLETELY CLEAR. FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. YOU COULD SLED DOWN IT THE FOOTBALL TEAM AND BASKETBALL TEAM AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL WOULD RUN UP IT FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING, AND IT WAS WELL MANAGED. AND I WON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT IT AS A BLIGHT TYPE SITUATION. IT'S A SURVIVAL OF THAT PART OF PETERSBURG THAT IF YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO IT AND FIX IT. BECAUSE I SEE MORE TREES GROWING OUT WHICH TELLS ME THAT YOUR WORKERS CANNOT GET IN TO IT TO TAKE CARE OF IT BECAUSE IT'S VERY SOPPY RIGHT AT THAT INFLECTION POINT SO. UH I TRUST THAT YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT. HAVE A NEW PETERSBURG BEACH THAT WE CAN ALL GO TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR AUBIN.

REMEMBER TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN AS WE SPOKE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WHEN, UH MR LEWIS BROUGHT THIS UP. DARK ONE. EXCUSE ME. AH THE WE'RE WORKING WITH TIMMINS, CURRENTLY ONE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTUAL PLAN TO ADDRESS HOW WE'RE GOING, HOW WE GO IN AND FIX IT, SO WE JUST CAN'T GO IN AND HAPHAZARDLY STARTING CUTTING THINGS DOWN BECAUSE THAT MAY DO MORE DAMAGE. WE'RE WORKING WITH TIMMONS. NOW UNDER A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED THAT PLANE IS NEAR COMPLETION AND IT WILL BE ABLE

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YEAH, YEAH, I AGREE WITH.

OKAY YEAH, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL. I BELIEVE IT WAS. IT WAS A REQUEST NOT TO CUT IT FOR SOME REASON, BUT, UM, THANK YOU, DR LEWIS AND A MR ARTMAN THAT WE ARE. WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR JONES. I REMEMBER. WHEN THERE WAS A CLEAN BEAUTIFUL LOOKING DOWN. I HAD THE FOOTBALL TEAM THAT USED TO PRACTICE OVER THERE. APPEARS BRO HIGH SCHOOL TO THAT. WE WOULD RUN UP AND DOWN THE HILL. WE CALL IT HAMBURGER. AND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2009. AND TODAY, SOMEBODY HAD THE BRIGHT IDEA TO SAY IT WAS A HABITAT. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I WAS MAD THAT THEY STARTED LETTING GROW. AND THOSE AND YOU'RE RIGHT. THE ROOTS ARE GONNA GO TO THAT WATER. AND I MADE A COMPLAINT ABOUT IT MANY TIMES. BEFORE I GOT ON COUNCIL. AND IT IS A SERIOUS THING BECAUSE. IT NEEDS TO BE GOOD. I THINK I REMEMBER SAYING SOMETHING EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT ANY OTHER HANDS? UM UM, YOU WENT, LET'S GO TO THE DOCTOR WITH JACK. DR TWEEDY YET? OKAY? RIGHT. UM, RIGHT. OKAY THE, UM RIGHT, UM. RIGHT NOW. THANK THAT. THAT WAS STILL PEABODY SCHOOL. OKAY? ALRIGHT SO THERE'S A THERE'S A GIVE HER THE COWS MAN AWARD FIVE. I THINK YOU HAVE SOME OF THE HAS A WAR MEETING COMING UP AND YOU ADDRESSED THAT AT HIS NEXT MEETING. WHERE THAT SCHOOL IS DOCTOR WITH JACK, HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU GUYS THIS EVENING DOING GREAT. MELISSA, WHAT DO YOU ACT 22 CENTER HILL COURT. UM SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR EFFORTS TO INCLUDE, UM. PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, NATIVE TREES AND PRESERVATION OF GREEN SPACE IN YOUR PLAN, I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO UM MS RUDOLF SUGGESTION TO BREAK THAT GREEN SPACE DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE US SOME SOME BETTER IDEA OF WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT AND WHETHER THAT ACCESS IS EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM HMM. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM I NOTICED THAT ADAMS STREET IS NOT CONSIDERED A CORRIDOR. ON THIS MAP, AND THAT SEEMS KIND OF OUT OF PLACE BECAUSE IT DOES CONNECT US TO, UM COLONIAL HEIGHTS. UM. AND I THINK MAYBE THIS IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE PLAN, BUT A COMPARISON OF HOW THIS PLAN WOULD CHANGE THINGS MIGHT BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO WHAT SORT OF USE IS THE LAND NOW? AND WHAT DOES THIS PLAN CHANGE? HOW DOES IT INCREASE RESIDENTIAL OR INDUSTRIAL GETTING BACK TO MR

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IT'S MEASURABLE. UM, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME. THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIC AND THEY'RE NOT MEASURABLE. AND SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE. UM, THE CONSULTANTS TO PUT NUMBERS OR PERCENTAGES, THINGS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MEASURE. SO UM, FOR INSTANCE, INCREASING IS NOT PARTICULARLY HELPFUL. WHAT IS OUR GOAL? WHAT DO WE REALLY WANT OUR CITY TO MEET? UM AND IN A TIME FRAME. I THINK THAT WILL HELP THE CITY. I THINK IT WILL HELP PLAN FOR FUNDING. UM AND THEN IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION. UM IN YOUR OVERVIEW, IT SAYS, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE BENCHMARKS, PROGRESS TOWARD EACH STRATEGY MUST BE MEASURED, WHICH I FULLY AGREE WITH. WITH FOUR COMPLETION WITHIN THE A LOT OF TIME FRAME, AND SO I THINK HAVING THOSE PIECES IN THAT BIG SPREADSHEET WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR GUIDING THE CITY AS WELL AS HAVING SPECIFIC DATES RATHER THAN SHORT TERM MEDIUM TURN AND LONG TERM. UM AND FINALLY, UM. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT UNDER THE CONSERVATION, UM DEFINITION IT CURRENTLY READS, PRESERVE AND RESTORE EXISTING TREE CANOPY. UM I THINK THAT FOR THE CITY'S LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY, UM I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, UM, PRESERVE EXISTING CANOPY AND EXPAND THAT CANOPY AND X AND THEN STICK A NUMBER IN THERE. BY 5% PER FIVE YEARS OR 10% SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK TOWARDS AND TO GUIDE OUR EFFORTS. UM SO FINALLY, UM. WHEN WE ARE WRITING THOSE, UM, OBJECTIVES IN THAT SPREADSHEET, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSULTANTS TO I JUST USED THE WRONG WORD. ENCOURAGE UM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE FLUFFY WORDS DISAPPEAR. LET'S SEE IMPLEMENT. LET'S SAY COMPLETE. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE CITY UM HAS ISSUES AND IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK THAT PART OF THIS IS SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR THAT CHALLENGE. UM AND SO USING SOME OF THOSE STRONGER WORDS MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GENEVIEVE LAWYER I THANK YOU WAS ABOUT TO RAISE YOUR HAND THERE AT THAT. I THOUGHT YOU HAD A QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LOOK, THIS IS THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. UM I THINK I'M ONE OF THE, UM LAST THINGS THAT WAS ADDED BY THE GENERAL WAS WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME BEST USES FOR THE OLD UH, OH PEABODY COMPLEX. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO NEED TO LOOK AT. WHICH IS THE BEST USE THE THAT THE LAST WE WERE STOLE. THIS UP WAS A $52 MILLION INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO REDEVELOP THAT THAT SCHOOL SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WHAT IS THE BEST USES FOR THAT TO REVITALIZE THAT BLOCK? UM AGAIN. WE HAVE MANY MORE OF THESE SESSIONS TO GO TO GET CITIZEN FEEDBACK. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMING BACK IN JANUARY. INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS. ANYBODY ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. WE WANT TO GET YOUR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK SO WE CAN HELP NAVIGATE PETERSBURG INTO A BRIGHTER FUTURE AND THE BEST USES OF OUR LAND THAT WE HAVE. AGAIN THANK OUR PLANNING COMMISSION VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MISS CAROLINE, BANGOR FOR FURTHER WORK YOU'VE DONE AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. OF US HELPING, UM, UPDATING THE MUCH NEEDED, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HERE OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. UM ALL HEARTS AND MINDS ARE CLEAR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ITEM SIX ADJOURNMENT. ALRIGHT ON THE FAVOR BY TH

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