Jan 16, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting

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CLOSED. NEXT WE ROLL ON INTO A REGULAR SCHEDULE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JANUARY 16TH 2024.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING US. WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED. SO AT THIS TIME, MR ALTMAN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? ANNOUNCEMENT CUTHBERT COUNCILMAN JONES HERE. COUNCILOR SMITH LEE PREP. COUNCILMAN MYERS HERE. COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK PRESIDENT VICE MAYOR HILL HERE. HERE. ALRIGHT NEXT, WE'LL ROLL ON ITEM TWO OPENING PRAYER VICE MAYOR HERE WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. THAT WAS SPRAY THEY'RE HAVING A FATHER'S ONCE AGAIN. WE COME BEFORE YOU, LORD. FIRST OF ALL, GIVE ME YOUR NAME ON THE PRAISE AND GLORY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF TODAY. LORD WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THIS MEETING AS WE GO THROUGH TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY HEAVENLY FATHER. YOU ASKED. WE ASKED THAT YOU BE WITH US GUIDE US AND LEAD US HAVING A FATHER THAT WE MAY MAKE DECISIONS TO HELP MOVE PETERSBURG AND SURROUNDING AREA ALONE. HEAVENLY FATHER THEIR BLESSINGS. UPON OUR CITIZENS HAVE ANY FATHER OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THOSE WHO WORK AND PLAY IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WAX, ESPECIALLY BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL, HEAVENLY FATHER THAT WE MAY DO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BUY THE CITIZENS, BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BUY. UM WE GIVE YOU A NAME ON APPRAISING GLORY? KEEP US IN YOUR LOVING CARE THAT NO HURT HARM OR DANGER. COME NOW WE'LL BE ABLE CAREFUL TO GIVE YOU A NAME ALL THE HONOR. PRAISE AND THE GLORY IS IN YOUR NAME.

WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. NEXT CAN EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, BEAUTIFUL. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS ONE DAY SAID. OH, MY GOD. HE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THAT'S HIS ITEM FORWARD DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE

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HOW ARE YOU? COUNSEL WERE HONORED TODAY TO HAVE MR BEN JARVELA PRESENT. UH, GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN CIVICA. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A GREAT ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, CONTINUING GREAT WORK FOR THEM. SO AT THIS POINT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, COUNSELOR VERSUS GOLDMAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US IN THIS EVENING. ALRIGHT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE OPPORTUNITY, SO WE WANT TO GO THROUGH A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF WHAT EXACTLY CIVIC IS WHAT IT DOES. WHY IT'S SPECIAL AND WHERE WE'RE SITTING IN STATUS RIGHT NOW. SO CIVICA THE MISSION IS TO DELIVER QUALITY GENERIC MEDICINES AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE TO EVERYBODY, AND WE ARE THE NATION'S ONLY NONPROFIT PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY. IT'S ME. WERE FOUNDED BY A NUMBER OF HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS WHO HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING SHORTAGES AND IMPORTANT PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS FOR YEARS. FINALLY THEY REALIZED THAT THIS ASPECT OF THE FARMERS MARKET IS NOT CORRECTING ITSELF, AND THEY DECIDED TO BRING ABOUT A SOLUTION ON THEIR OWN CIVICA.

AS A RESULT OF THAT SOLUTION, WE WORKED BY PARTNERING WITH OTHER MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'RE BUILDING OUR FIRST MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION RIGHT HERE IN PIERCE BERG. RIGHT NOW.

CIVICA SERVES OVER 1500 HOSPITALS. WE'VE SERVED ABOUT 50 MILLION PATIENTS, AND WE ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF THE HOSPITAL BEDS HERE IN THE US. SO MANY ESSENTIAL MEDICATIONS ARE PRODUCED BY ONLY A FEW LARGE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. AND WHEN IT COMES TO GENERIC MEDICATIONS, WHICH ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 90% OF US SUPPLY, THE PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY THE INVERSE OF WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU ASK MOST PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT'S THE ISSUE WITH PHARMACEUTICAL PRICING, AND IT'S TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO NOVEL THERAPIES. BRAIN BRAND NAME MEDICATIONS, THE PRICE OFTEN IS FAR TOO HIGH. THE ISSUE WITH GENERICS IS THE PRICE IS SO LOW, THERE'S BEEN SUCH A RACE TO THE BOTTOM WITH THESE PRODUCTS THAT YOU END UP WITH ONLY ONE OR TWO MANUFACTURERS PRODUCING THE PRODUCT AT ALL. IF EITHER OF THEM RUNS RUNS INTO ANY SORT OF QUALITY DISTRIBUTION OR SUPPLY CHAIN. ISSUES THERE'S INSTANTLY A SHORTAGE AND THIS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM CRITICAL CRITICAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC, ANTIBACTERIALS AND AESTHETICS. CRASH CART MEDICATIONS, YOU NAME IT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE CIVIC, A ROSTER THAT HOSPITAL SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WILL DISTRIBUTE THOUSANDS OF DOSES ON ANY GIVEN DAY. TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR QUICK PARTNER SYSTEMS. THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE KIND OF BUY IN THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT CIVIC HAS SEEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR ITS MODEL. SO WHY DOES THE CIVIC MODEL WORK WELL, FIRST ENDS THAT RICE THAT RACE TO THE BOTTOM PRICE PRESSURE ON MANUFACTURERS BY SUPPLYING THE DRUG SUBSTANCES DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITALS. THERE ARE NO LONGER BEHOLDEN TO THE PRICE PRESSURES

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RIGHT HERE IN PETERSBURG. WE'VE GOT 140,000 SQUARE FEET FACILITY . WE HAVE OCCUPIED THAT FACILITY. WE'RE GETTING READY TO BEGIN. MANUFACTURING WILL BE AT ABOUT 250 EMPLOYEES AT FULL STAFFING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ABOUT 115. AS OF LAST WEEK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE DIFFERENT VIAL OR THREE DIFFERENT FILLING LINES. ONE WILL DO 90 MILLION MILES A YEAR. THE OTHER DO 15 MILLION SYRINGES A YEAR AND THEN THE THIRD IS GOING TO BE OUR DEDICATED INSULIN CARTRIDGE LINE. WE HAVE THREE PACKAGING, BASE, WAREHOUSING AND SHIPPING AND AN ON SITE LABORATORY, AS WELL AS A NEW WET LAB BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. SEVEN TO PETERSBURG IS GOING TO PRODUCE DOZENS OF MEDICATIONS, BUT THE MOST NOTABLE OF THE THREE WILL BE THE GENERIC FORMS OF THE THREE MOST COMMON TYPES OF INSULIN THAT ACCOUNT FOR USE IN THE US THAT INCLUDES LARGE INGLIS PRO AND ASPERGER. ALL TOLD, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 75 TO 80% OF TOTAL US. MARKET RIGHT THERE. WE'VE ALSO SIGNED A DEAL WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR ITS CAL RX PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE LOW COST INSULIN TO THE CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA. EVERY MOLECULE OF THAT IS GOING TO BE MADE RIGHT HERE IN PETERSBURG.

TALKED ABOUT THE WET LAB GOING TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY 60,000 SQUARE FEET THAT WILL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 50,000 PEOPLE, AND WE ANTICIPATE BREAKING GROUND ON THAT LATER THIS YEAR. HAVING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRENT STATUS OR ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT CIVIC. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHERWISE, I'LL BE DEFINITELY BEING A BE HERE AFTER THE MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY OTHERS.

THEN IT'S ALWAYS GREAT SEEING YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM I KNOW WHAT WE'VE DONE SO MANY, UM JOB RECRUITMENT EVENTS AND INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS RIGHT HERE INSIDE THE LIBRARY. I KNOW WE'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INTEREST FROM A LOT OF OUR YOUNG STUDENTS AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL, PURSUING CAREERS. AND UH, AT CIVICA, UM, ONE OF THE NEWEST QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, UM, I'VE GOTTEN SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE ARE WORKING IN DIFFERENT FIELDS. UM THAT'S SAYING, HEY, I'M. I KNOW WE HAVE THE BRIGHTPOINT CERTIFICATION AT JOHN PALLOR. BUT I'VE SEEN TALK TO SOME PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THAT'S THINK ABOUT CAREER CHANGING. WHAT IS THE PATH FOR THEM IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OR TO GET A JOB AT AT CIVICA CHANGING CAREERS? IS IT IS THEIR PATH TO GO TO BRIGHTPOINT THROUGH THE CERTIFICATION, OR IS IT TO ANOTHER CAREER PATH. PCU OF VIRGINIA STATE TO FRESHEN UP THEIR SKILLS THAT WOULD DEPEND LARGELY ON THE CAREER FIELD.

THEY WERE LOOKING AT SOMEBODY WHO HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION, AND THEY WANTED TO GET INTO PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF MANUFACTURING, CLEAN ROOM BACKGROUND THAT THEN WE WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THE CCW A OR THE BRIGHT CRACKING PROGRAMS. THE FIRST IS TWO MONTHS. THE SECOND IS TWO SEMESTERS, AND THAT'LL GET YOU CERTIFIED AND QUALIFIED TO COME IN TO CLEAN ROOM MANUFACTURING AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE WAY COMPUTER CHIPS ARE MANUFACTURED ALL THE FULLY GOWNED ALL THE PARTICULAR CONTROL EVERYTHING. WE DO EXACT SAME THING HERE IN PETERSBURG.

AH IF IT'S SOMEBODY WITH A RELATIVE RELEVANT DEGREE, THOUGH, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, OR ADMINISTRATION, OR LEGAL OR ANY OF THOSE KIND OF CAREER FIELDS, WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT, UH, HERE IN IN CIVIC AT LARGE AND HERE, ESPECIALLY IN PETERSBURG. I CAN THINK OF OUR OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP WITH A PREPONDERANCE OF FORMER NAVY NUCLEAR ENGINEERS BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF APPLICABLE CAREER. FIELDS THERE.

SO IT IS CASE BY CASE BUT FOR THE MANUFACTURING BASE, WHICH IS THE BULK OF THE EMPLOYEES HERE IN PETERSBURG, IT WOULD REALLY DEPEND ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE ANYTHING RELEVANT IN THEIR BACKGROUND. PERFECT THANK YOU. BEN VICE MAYOR HILL. UH THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING PETERSBURG.

WHERE WOULD THEY GO IF THEY WANT TO LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THE AMERICANA TOOK WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT. YOU KNOW THE EMPLOYMENT, BUT WHERE WOULD THEY GO? IF THEY WANT TO LOOK FOR EMPLOYMENT? OUR WEBSITE IS CIVICA RX .ORG. AND THERE'S A FULL LINK TO ALL OF OUR OPEN POSITIONS RIGHT THERE. THERE'S ALSO LINKS TO THE CCW AND BRIGHTPOINT CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS FOR ANYBODY THAT WAS LOOKING TO GET INTO THOSE. OKAY COUNCILMAN SWIFTLY. GOOD

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WE'RE ATTENDING THE ONE HERE AT V S YOU JUST ACROSS THE RIVER ON JANUARY, 31ST. WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENT FOR THAT ONE. BEYOND THAT, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT MY CALENDAR. WE'VE GOT A FEW SCHEDULED OVER THE COURSE OF THE SPRING. AND IF YOU'RE AWARE OF ANYTHING OR SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS TAKING MORE AND WE TRY TO GET TO AS MANY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 31ST SO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AT THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. THANKS AGAIN, BEN APPRECIATE APPRECIATE COMING OUT. NEXT WEEK. GO ON TO ITEM B, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE REGARDING THE UPCOMING FY 2025 REASSESSMENTS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GREAT. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GREAT WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND OFFER YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN OF THE REASSESSMENT PROCESS AND THE NOTICES THAT PROPERTY OWNERS CAN ANTICIPATE TO RECEIVE IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY SO WE RECEIVED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REASONING BEHIND REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS. AND WE REQUIRED TO DO SO, ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA AND THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. UM, THE REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS ARE TO REPRESENT FAIR MARKET VALUE.

WHICH IS THE PRICE, WHICH AT WHICH ARE WILLING BUYER AND A WILLING SELLER WILL EXCHANGE FOR THE PROPERTY WITH NEITHER SIDE UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO ACQUIRE OURSELF. KAY. NEXT PLAYER, PLEASE. OKAY? SO ALL SALES AND TRANSFERS ARE RECORDED CIRCUIT COURT UM, OUR OFFICE REVIEWS THESE TRANSFERS AND TRANSACTIONS TO DETERMINE IF THEY REPRESENT FAIR MARKET VALUE. SOME EXAMPLES OF SALES THAT DO NOT REPRESENT FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE ARE FORECLOSURES, BANK SALES, SHORT SALES AND FAMILY CELLS, WHICH ARE THE BUYER AND SELLER HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. HOME.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE ALSO MUST CONSIDER THE AGE SIZE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND THE TYPE OF REAL ESTATE IN ADDITION TO THE SALES VERIFICATION, UM, DATABASE APPLICATIONS THAT HELP US DETERMINE THESE CHARACTERISTICS ARE COSTAR. AS THE INDUSTRY LEADER OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DATA. EAGLE VIEW IS A HIGH RESOLUTION AERIAL IMAGERY THAT ALLOWS OUR TEAM TO VIEW PROPERTY AND MEASURE STRUCTURES. AND ALSO ENABLES OUR OFFICE TO DETECT CHANGES AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SITE VISITS AND, UM INCREASE EFFICIENCY. WE ALSO USE MLS. THE MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE IS A DATABASE ESTABLISHED BY REAL ESTATE BROKERS TO PROVIDE DATA ABOUT PROPERTIES. AND WE USE MARKET REPORTS FROM LONG AND FOSTER PROVIDE MARKET STATISTICS SHOWING DATA LIKE MEDIAN SALES PRICES, INVENTORY LEVELS AND DAYS ON MARKET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO MATT BASED RENTAL AND REAL ESTATE MARKET SITES AND PERMITS ARE HELPFUL TOOLS AND VALUING PROPERTY. REACHING OUT TO REAL ESTATE AGENTS, BUILDERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOOD SOURCES AND COLLECTING INFORMATION AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THEIR REASSESSMENT NOTICE WILL LOOK LIKE. OKAY INSTEAD OF THE REASSESSMENT, CARS THAT WERE SET IN THE PAST NOTICES WILL BE MAILED IN THE FORM OF A LETTER. THE REASSESSMENT NOTICE WILL INCLUDE THE NEW VALUE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AS WELL THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS. UM AND INFORMS PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE APPEAL DEADLINES WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS THEIR APPEAL APPLICATIONS AND OUR CONTACT INFORMATION. THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 13,000 REASSESSMENT NOTICES THAT WILL BE MAILED ON JANUARY 26TH. BASED ON THE NEW FIGURES. WE'RE SEEING A 15% OVERALL INCREASE IN VALUE FROM THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY SO HERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER. UM FRIDAY, JANUARY 26. THE ASSESSMENT NOTICES WILL BE MAILED. THE OFFICE REVIEW PERIOD IS FROM JANUARY 26 TO MARCH 1. UM IF YOU'RE UNSATISFIED WITH OFFICE REVIEW OR MISSED THE DEADLINE, YOU CAN APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. BETWEEN JANUARY 26 AND APRIL THE FIRST UM, IF YOU MISSED ALL APPEAL DEADLINES ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION DECISION. YOU CAN APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT. APPEALS TO THE COURT ARE NOT DICTATED BY ANY DEADLINES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HERE'S OUR CONTACT INFORMATION. WE ARE LOCATED ON THE THIRD FLOOR CITY HALL. UM WE RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CAN BE A STRESSFUL TIME FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT WE ARE MORE THANY TY THE PROCESS HOW THE PROPERTY WAS ASSESSED. UM WE CAN MAKE APPOINTMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT WORK SCHEDULES. SO PLEASE LISTEN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO HELP. UM SO I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND THANK MY TEAM. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE PARTITIONED REBEL GROUP WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT. AND ALSO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT, HARD WORK AND PROMOTING PETERSBURG. PROGRESS AND GROWTH. SO THANK YOU AND HAVE YOU ANY QUESTIONS? LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING AND WE THANK YOUR STAFF AS WELL AND ASSESSES OFFICES HERE FOR ALL YOUR EXCEPTIONAL WORK HERE AND KEEP

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SUGGESTED A BIT OF BACKGROUND. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS, ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT. FOOD DESERT AND A GROCERY STORE. AND SO AS WE WENT ON A FIELD TRIP, THE MAYOR MR MYERS AND MYSELF WENT ON A FIELD TRIP TO LOOK AT A GROCERY STORE THAT THE DEVELOPER SYCAMORE GROVE HAD PROPOSED. BUT BEFORE WE WENT, WE HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS GROCERY STORE CALLED THE MARKET AT 25TH AND RICHMOND, AND WE WENT UP TO LOOK AT THAT. THAT AND WE LOOKED AT THE GROCERY STORE WAS VERY APPEALING. BUT WHAT INTRIGUED US A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE GROCERY STORE WAS THE HEALTH HUB, WHICH WAS NEXT DOOR, WHICH WAS A JOINT EFFORT. BETWEEN THE SEA YOU VCU HEALTH AND WE GOT A TOUR AND WE WERE REALLY BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT. HOW COULD WE TRANSFER SOME OF THAT THOUGHT HERE TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG WITH AS COUNCILMAN. COMFORT LIKES TO TALK TO US ABOUT BEING 133 OUT OF 133 AND THE JOHNSON WOULD HEALTH ACCOUNTING HEALTH RANKINGS AND THERE'S HEALTH OUTCOMES. HOW COULD THIS HELP? SO WE HAD OUR TOUR? WE HAD A COUPLE OF FOLLOW UP MEETINGS, AND IT'S REALLY GAINED SOME TRACTION. UH BRINGING INTO THE MAT CANCER MASSY MASSY CANCER CLINIC AT THE OUR LAST MEETING INTO PLAY. WE JUST RECENTLY MET WITH PRESIDENT ABDULLAH AT THE ISSUE TO TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIP POTENTIAL THERE, SO MISS GARLAND HAS REALLY BEEN KIND OF THE WORKHORSE BEHIND THIS, JOANNE WILLIAMS WILL SAY SHE'S THE ONE OF THE MOST ORGANIZED INDIVIDUALS THAT SHE'S EVER COME ACROSS. BUT SHE'S ALSO GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO DOING SOMETHING POSITIVE TO HELP THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE FOR US TO WORK WITH HER AND WORK WITH THE MINUTE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS FROM VCU HEALTH SYSTEMS THAT ARE A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF I BELIEVE IN THE CEO AND THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

SO THAT TELLS YOU A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT THAT THESE YOU HAVE WHEN THEY COME AND TALK TO THIS ABOUT US THIS EVENING. SO WITH THAT, DEFERRING TO EITHER OF THE VIEW THAT HE'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BUT LIKE MISS GARLAND MAY GIVE OUR PRESENTATION. I'M GONNA SAY IS THAT LOOK, I HAVE MY VCU HAD HERE. I'M I MUST HAVE KNOWN Y'ALL WERE COMING TODAY. ALRIGHT? BUT LIKE, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND, UM AND FOR BEING HERE AND PETERSBURG. WE DEFINITELY SOLICIT ALL THE HELP HE CAN AND CHANGING OUR HEALTH OUTCOMES HERE. I'M HAPPY TO SEE DR WIN AS WELL. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING FORWARD AND IS JUST, UH, CAPITALIZING ON ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. YOU KNOW, WE SAW THE PRESENTATION BY CIVICA EARLY EARLIER THEY HAD BEEN REPRESENTED, AND WE HAVE GOOD MOMENTUM NOW OF BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS IN PHARMA. WE HAVE VIRGINIA STATE VCU RICHARD BLAND BRIGHTPOINT AT THE TABLE AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL TO REALLY, UH, CHANGE OUR HEALTH OUTCOMES HERE AND TO REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE, AND WE'VE BEEN IDLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VCU HEALTH OR FOR BEING THERE AND TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO HELP SMALL CITY OF PETERSBURG. OKAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR KHAN. SO. AS I MENTIONED. MY GOAL TODAY IS TO PRESENT A VISION TO YOU. AND TWO

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THIS IS THE MAP FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES. AND AGAIN THAT IS MEASURED BY THE LENGTH OF LIFE.

AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF LIFE. WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THE DARKER SHADED AREAS ON THE MAP. ARE THOSE THAT DO NOT FARE AS WELL IN RELATED TO THEIR HEALTH OUTCOMES HAVE PLACED A CIRCLE AROUND PETERSBURG, WHICH HAD IS HAS AS MR ALTON ALTMAN MENTIONED RANKED 133. OUT OF 100 AND 33 LOCALITIES. AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. WHAT ARE THE DRIVERS BEHIND THIS RANKING? ONE OF THE KEY ONES IS LIKE EXPECTANCY. BASED UPON THE 2023 REPORT, THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR PETERSBURG RESIDENTS IS 66.2 YEARS. THAT YOU CAN SEE COMPARED TO VIRGINIA AND THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE IS A LOT LOWER. VERY INTERESTING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA BROKEN DOWN BY RACE. THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR BLACK RESIDENTS IS 67.3 YEARS.

THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR WHITE RESIDENTS IS 60.7 YEARS. THERE ARE MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT HOW IT IS. WE CAN IMPROVE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY RATES FOR PETERSBURG RESIDENTS.

ANOTHER FACTOR THAT IS LOOKED AT HER KEY INDICATOR IS WHAT'S CALLED POTENTIAL LIFE LOSS GRAPH THAT IS ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THAT THERE ARE OVER 21,400 OF POTENTIAL LIFE LOST FOR PETERSBURG RESIDENTS DUE TO PREMATURE DEATH. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THAT IF THE RESIDENTS OF PETERSBURG. LIVED LONGER. THAT THERE WOULD BE FEWER YEARS OF LIFE LOST. THE CALCULATION IS BASED ON. AVERAGE OF THREE YEARS, AND FOR THIS STUDY, IT WAS LOOKED AT YEARS 2018 TO 2020 COMPARED THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR PETERSBURG RESIDENTS TO THE AGE 75, WHICH WAS THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

IF RESIDENTS AND PETERSBURG. HAD ACHIEVED THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR THE COUNTRY OF

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IN PETERSBURG. THEY ARE RELATED TO NUMBER ONE HEART DISEASE, WHICH, IF WE WERE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE TRUST ISSUES SUCH AS PHYSICAL EXERCISE, WE COULD HELP PEOPLE LIVE LONGER. THE SECOND IS CANCERS, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IF WE CAN FIND CANCERS EARLY ON, WE CAN EXTEND HOW LONG PEOPLE LIVE. THE NUMBER FOUR REASON IS DIABETES. AND AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS A MANAGEABLE DISEASE, AND WE CAN EXTEND LIFE EXPECTANCY. BASED UPON THE DATA THAT WE'VE REVIEWED IN THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS MODEL, WE'VE IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. BOTH IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH OUTCOMES. SUCH AS HOW CAN WE REDUCE SOME OF THE CAUSES OF PREMATURE DEATHS AND THE HEALTH FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE OUTCOMES SUCH AS TAKING A LOOK AT? HOW DO WE REDUCE THE ADULT OBESITY RATE? IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. 47% OF ADULTS FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF OBESE. VERSUS 32% FOR THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO ADDRESS BOTH FACTORS AND THE HEALTH OUTCOMES. WE'RE NOT ONLY LOOKED AT QUANTITATIVE DATA, BUT WE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE QUALITATIVE DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS PAST YEAR THERE WERE TWO HEALTH ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE PRODUCED. THE FIRST WAS BY THE CREATIVE HEALTH DISTRICT COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT WAS DONE FOR THE ENTIRE HEALTH DISTRICT WITH SPECIFIC CALL OUTS FOR PETERSBURG, AND THE SECOND WAS A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE CAMERON FOUNDATION. SEVERAL CONCERNS WERE CALLED OUT FOR PETERSBURG RESIDENTS BASED ON FOCUS GROUPS AND SURVEYS. THESE INCLUDED THE COST OF PRESCRIPTIONS AND FOLLOW UP CARE. LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTHY AND AFFORDABLE FOODS.

COMMUNITY SAFETY AND FEAR OF VIOLENCE AND THE LAST, WHICH WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS LIMITED USE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE. SO HERE'S THE VISION. HERE'S THE PROPOSAL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOU THIS EVENING. TO THINK ABOUT ESTABLISHING PETERSBURG HEALTH. HUB PLUS MODEL. DIFFERENT THAN THE HEALTH HUB IN RICHMOND BECAUSE IT WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF PETERSBURG RESIDENTS. THE VISION WAS IS TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY BASED COMMUNITY ENGAGED HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICE CENTER HERE IN PETERSBURG. WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT VCU VCU HEALTH SYSTEM AND THE MASSIVE CANCER CENTER WILL SHARE A COMMITMENT. WITH THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL HEALTH. AND ADDRESS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND HEALTH DISPARITIES. IN THE CITY. OUR MISSION. WILL BE TO BRING THOSE THREE ENTITIES TOGETHER. LEVERAGE THE COMBINED RESOURCES TO OFFER COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTIVE WELLNESS AND CLINICAL SERVICES IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS THE CITY GOVERNMENT. VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND WE WILL BE ALL FOCUSED ON ONE GOAL, AND THAT'S ADDRESSING THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF THE PETERSBURG COMMUNITY. HOW WILL WE DO THIS? THREE CORE GOALS. ONE. TO ESTABLISH THIS COMMUNITY HUB THAT SUPPORTS PREVENTION. HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS. WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ESTABLISH AND FACILITATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH MANY OF THE GROUPS THAT ARE LISTED ON UNDER THE FIRST BULLET. AND ALSO THINK ABOUT HOW WE DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS THAT ADDRESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. ALL OF THESE FACTORS THAT ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING HEALTH OUTCOMES BECAUSE, REMEMBER THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH REPRESENT 50% OF THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE HEALTH OUTCOMES. OUR SECOND GOAL, AS MENTIONED EARLIER IS TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES FROM BCU, VCU HEALTH AND THE MASSIVE CANCER CENTER TO ADDRESS

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AND THE THIRD IS TO ESTABLISH AND TRULY TO ENHANCE THE ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE RESOURCES AND ENGAGE STUDENTS AND FACULTY. AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE CORE MISSIONS ARE OF THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. SPECIFICALLY BCU AND COLLABORATION WITH VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THEN REALLY RAMP UP THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THE PETERSBURG COMMUNITY. SO WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? IT'S A PHASED APPROACH. PHASE ONE WOULD BE THE COORDINATION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY OPERATING HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND WHAT I'VE LISTED ON THE SCREEN OR SEVERAL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT ONLY OPERATED BY VCU VCU HELP AND THE MASSIVE CANCER CENTER. BUT OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE'VE ENGAGED AS WELL. PHASE ONE WOULD TRULY BE A HEALTH HERB WITHOUT WALLS, AND OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO ENHANCE THE COORDINATION OF EXISTING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS AND WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL.

FACED TOO. THEN BE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE BRING PARTNERS TOGETHER AND A DEDICATED FACILITY. ESTABLISHED THIS FACILITY THAT REALLY THINKS ABOUT HOW WE LEVERAGE CURRENT AND FUTURE PARTNERS WHO WANT TO CO LOCATE AND FOCUS ON SERVICES THAT ARE ADDRESSING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT ARE GROUNDED IN THE DATA. WITHIN FOCUS ON PRIMARY CARE.

DENTAL LIBERAL HEALTH. DIAGNOSTIC AND ANCILLARY SERVICES THAT MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. FOOD ACCESS AND SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT MEDICALLY TAILORED MEALS FOR THOSE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS. FOCUSING ON HOW WE CAN ENHANCE FITNESS AND EXERCISE ACTIVITIES AND FINALLY HOW DO WE GROUND ALL OF THIS AND THINKING ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH CAREERS THAT CAN BE AVAILABLE TO PETERSBURG CITIZENS. THE NEXT STEPS. WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THESE PRIORITY ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE DID NOT GET HERE OVERNIGHT AND WE WILL NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS OVERNIGHT. AND SO WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE 2 TO 3. AREAS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON AND DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT. THE SECOND THING WE NEED TO DO IS CONDUCTING ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND IDENTIFY THE PARTNERS. WHO ARE WILLING TO COME TOGETHER AND WORK ON A COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRATEGY.

THIRD IS TO OUTLINE THE METRICS FOR EACH OF THE PRIORITY ISSUES ENSURE THAT WE CAN COLLECT OUR DATA, AND THEN WE CAN REPORT HOW IT IS THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T MEASURE IT, THEN WE HAVEN'T MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE'LL NEED TO FINALIZE A PROJECT PLAN AND A TIME AS MR ALTMAN MENTIONED, THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS THAT OUTLINED. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WE NEED TO FINALIZE OUR PLAN AND GET TO WORK. AND FINALLY, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO IDENTIFY PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESOURCES TO KEEP US ON TASK AND ON TIME TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND WITH THAT I WILL PASS TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT I'LL POLICY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COUNCIL MYERS YES, MR MAN. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND LISTEN, CHERYL. I HAVE TO TELL EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T VISITED UH, 25TH STREET MARKET. YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE, JUST LIKE WE DID WHEN WE WALKED IN THAT DOOR. I MEAN, IT WAS EXTREMELY CLEAN. THE PEOPLE THERE WERE WARM AND GENTLE. AND THEY TEACH YOU HOW TO PREPARE AND FIX YOUR FOOD. AND HOW TO EAT HEALTHY. I MEAN, IT IS JUST EXTRAORDINARY AND WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH HUB. YOU STILL BRING TEARS TO MY EYES? CHERYL, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT TO BRING REAL MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF PETERSBURG. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

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PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THE PRE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. COMING DOWN. GREAT SEEING YOU AGAIN. ALRIGHT NEXT MOVE ON TO I CAN'T. I DIDN'T WANT US TO GET MR GRAHAM'S YES, BUT BACK ON FIVE B. I'M SORRY. WE'RE MOVING ALONG AT A GOOD CLIP HERE, AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO INTERJECT ONE OF THE LAST SLIDES IN THAT PRESENTATION , AND THAT'S THE UPCOMING REASSESSMENT PRESENTATION GAVE A TIMELINE AND I THINK THE ONE OF THE LAST ITEMS IN THAT TIMELINE HAD COURT NO DEADLINE OR SOMETHING OF THAT EFFECT, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK THE ASSESSOR WAS TALKING ABOUT IT. NO ADMINISTRATIVE DEADLINES.

THERE ARE STATUTORY DEADLINES ARE LIMITATIONS OF ACTION AND THE TIME IN WHICH YOU MUST FILE IN COURT AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO START SHOWING UP WITH REASSESSMENTS FROM THE 19 EIGHTIES OR LONG AGO AND SAYING, OH, WE DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE, SO THERE AREN'T ANY ADMINISTRATIVE DEADLINES, BUT THERE ARE STATUTORY DEADLINES IF ANYONE PLANS TO FILE A ERRONEOUS REASSESSMENT CLAIM. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX, WHICH IS RESPONSES

[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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RIGHT. HAS, UM, START WITH MR JEFF FLEMING. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL CITY MID EVENING. JEFF LEMON 1819 ATTACK AVENUE, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA GREAT CITY THAT I LIVE IN. UM. PEOPLE COME TO PETERSBURG. WE WANT BUSINESS AND PETERSBURG. YES, WE DO. BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO ABIDE BY THE RULES. THIS, MR SAYED SHAH, THE OWNER HAS ALREADY PARKED CARS ON THE PROPERTY. IT LOOKS LIKE TRASH. HE HASN'T GOT A PROOF OF NOTHING. HE'S GONNA JUST GO PARK CARD. PEOPLE CAN'T COME TO PETERSBURG AND DO WHAT THEY WANT. WE HAD THEY HAD TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. EVERYBODY SAYS WE'RE GONNA COME TO PETERSBURG. IT'S EASY. WE CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING. WE LOSE TAX BASE. THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE TO PUT OUR FOOT DOWN AND I'M AGAINST THIS. HE SHOWED ME WHEN I RIDE THROUGH THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SEEING ALL THESE CARS THROWING UP LIKE WHAT THE HECK HE'S GOT MORE THAN 30 CARS OUT THERE. SO IF HE'S NOT GONNA BUY IT BY THE RULES TO GET STARTED, ONCE HE'S IN THERE, HE'S GONNA DO WHAT HE WANNA DO.

THEN WE GOT A HEADACHE. AND IF HE WAS HERE, I'LL TELL HIM THAT TO HIS FACE. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM. A CITIZEN. THIS IS MY CITY. BUT I'VE I WOULD HOPE YOU DISAPPROVE THIS, UH ESPECIALLY USE PREVENT, PUT A USED CAR LOT. ANOTHER THING. HOW MANY USED CAR LOTS WE NEED IN THE CITY. HOW MANY WE GOT $15 GENERALS HOW MANY CAR LOTS USED TIRE STORES, CAR WASHES. COME ON. WE NEED TO

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ALL RIGHT, MR GANNAWAY. I BET HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. HAPPY NEW YEAR IN THE US SO UM, MY NAME IS BRUNEL GANNAWAY 652 OLD WAGNER ROAD. PETERSBURG AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. UM AFTER HIM. WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THE HEALTH. IN A WAY, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, UM, I JUST AGREE, AGREE WITH GERMAN JUST SAID WE WERE TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY AND WE'RE ALREADY GETTING A BIT NEGATIVE NAME ALREADY AND WE GOT I CALLED. INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO IN THE ARCHES ACROSS THE BRIDGE. WE'VE GOT THE BURGUNDY ARCHES, SO WE'RE SEEING IT ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC PEOPLE JUST BRINGING THINGS IN. UH SO WE WERE DOING PUT. LET'S BRING THE BUSINESS OF PETERSBURG I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE, AND ALL I'M SAYING IS TRASH BEING BROUGHT IN. WE CAN'T GET PATRICIA PUT PICKED UP, THEN WE'LL ADD MORE TRASH. PEOPLE JUST WANT TO TRASH IT UP. LET HIM TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. IT'S TIME OVER THERE. I JUST I SAID THAT WE WERE JUST TURNED THIS DOWN. I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS I I'VE SEEN THE GENERAL WAS TALKING ABOUT. WE DON'T NEED NO MORE TRASH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SEEING NO MORE HANDS AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING THIS CLOSE COUNSELING COVER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. MR VAN BOY, HE'S DO YOU HAVE A VIDEO THAT, UH, TO SHOW AT THIS POINT? WOULD YOU PLEASE SHOW THAT VIDEO? I TOOK THIS VIDEO THIS MORNING. AH AND WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT I SAW, AND I WANTED EVERYBODY. IN THE AUDIENCE TO SEE IT. THERE'S THE VIEW RIGHT THERE. I SHOULD HAVE STARTED AND THEN OCULAR STOPPED THERE. BUT I'M LEARNING. IN ANY EVENT. HMM.

AH. I'M THIS IS IN BOARD FOR VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO THIS. I HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT LIVE ON TAYLOR STREET JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THIS. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO BRING THE NEIGHBORHOOD UP. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY GONNA BRING THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN. I AM TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN COMING TO PETERSBURG . THEY THINK THAT WE'RE A SOFT TOUCH THAT ANYTHING THAT THEY PROPOSE. WE'RE GOING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR, AND, UH THAT'S NOT THE WAY. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THINGS. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE WAY I LOOK AT THINGS. AND WHILE I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL. I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT ANYBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL THINKS THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. SO IN ANY EVENT AND MOVE THAT WE DENY THIS REQUEST FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT. ALRIGHT VICE MAYOR HILL SECOND OF EMOTION, THE SECOND DISCUSSION COUNSELING JONES. WELL. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. BUT JUST NOT IN PETERSBURG. YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED. UM. WE HAVE DREAMERS AND PETERSBURG THAT I WANT TO OWN A BUSINESS SOMEDAY. WHAT TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS. BUT YET THEY CAN'T DO IT. FOR NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT WE GET THESE. PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CITY.

DREAMING OF THEIR OWN DREAMS. TO BUILD A BUSINESS IN THE CITY. BUT THEY'RE DREAMING ON TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PEOPLE WHO GOT DREAMS TO START DOING BUSINESS. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CAR LIGHTS AND PETERSBURG DEALERSHIPS AND THINGS THAT ARE NATURE. BUT THIS ALREADY SHOWS US THAT. YOU DON'T EVEN COME HERE AND ACCESS PERMISSION. YOU DISRESPECT THIS CITY AND THE CITIZENS TO ASK PERMISSION. CAN YOU DO THIS STUFF? FIRST? YOU DO IT, THEN YOU ASKED FOR IT LATER. IT'S NOT THE WAY IT GOES. AND I'M ALL ABOUT FOLLOWING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND I BELIEVE UH, DID YOU FOLLOW EVERY POLICY PROCEDURE TO BRING THIS TO US TO WHERE WE CAN DENY BECAUSE I'M ON BOARD WITH THE NINE OF MYSELF, BUT I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. WE NEED TO PUSH FOR OUR CITIZENS. TO BECOME BUSINESS OWNERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND PROPERTY ON AND NOT LETTING ANYTHING HAPPEN INTO THIS CITY, AND THIS IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM. AND MOST OF THEM CARS. UM THEY'RE GOING TO SELL THEM TO HIM. THEN THEY'RE GONNA BIG ONE FROM HIM. YOU KNOW , AND THEN WE GET THE POLICE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THAT STUFF BECAUSE THEIR CARS BEEN REPO AND THE CARS WITH LEMONS ANYWAY. YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S CAUSING TOO MANY READ TOO MUCH RESOURCES. FOR ALREADY SOMEBODY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR CITIZENS AND I SAID THESE POLICIES AND RECEIVES WE CAN'T DO IT. SO I'M ON BOARD WITH WITH THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. UH, DISCUSSION VICE MAYOR HERE.

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SO FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO WORK FOR US YOU ALL KNOW THE SENTIMENTS OF THIS COUNCIL? STOP LETTING THIS STUFF LIKE THIS COME TO US. BECAUSE THEN WE'RE GONNA STOP LOOKING AT YOU LIKE YOU KNOW. COME ON. NOW WE CAN DO BETTER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND. MR ROBBINS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILOR CUTHBERT COUNSELOR JONES. COUNCILOR COUNCILOR SMITH LEAN. COUNCILOR MYERS WESTBROOK, VICE MARY HILL HIGH. ALRIGHT THE MOTION'S DENIED. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO ITEM SEE A PUBLIC HEARING FROM BARRY JONES, OWNER OF CAPITAL CITY HOMES ARE VIA TO REZONE PROPERTIES FROM M ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO BE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

WITH THE ATTENTION OF BUILDING EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. THE PROPERTIES ARE CONTINGENTS TO ONE ANOTHER AND ARE VACANT LOTS ADDRESSED AS FOLLOWS. NINE ON 19059999 15 9 21 9 25, 9, 29, 9, 33, COMMERCE STREET AND 208 NORTH DUNLOP STREET AND FURTHER IDENTIFIED RESPECTIVELY AS 024140003. TO 414000502414.

TO 0 TO 4140013. MR SMITH SAID MAMA. THAT WAS A GREAT MAYOR. SO YES, THOSE CASES IS 2023 REZONING 06, AND THIS IS LOOKING AT REZONING SOME PROPERTIES FROM M ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO BE, TOO FOR ITS EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO THE BACKGROUND HERE BARRY JONES AS THE APPLICANT AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO REQUEST THIS REZONING. YOU CAN SEE THE LOTS HERE THERE ON THE CORNER OF COMMERCE, STREET AND DUMB LAPS. DUNLAP STREET. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A VIEW FROM DUNLAP STREET, LOOKING DOWN COMMERCE AT THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO BE REZONED. AND THEN LOOKING DOWN COMMERCE STREET TOWARDS DUNLAP. THESE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY ZONED M ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDS THAT THEY BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL USES. THE SITE PLAN HAS SHOWN HERE SHOWING THE DIFFERENT LOTS THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS SHOWN HERE. SO PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PURSUIT HERE IS FOR B TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SHOULD THIS USE NOT CONTINUE FORWARD A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, IT WOULD STILL BE ZONED OUT A USE THAT MEETS WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO PURSUE OF COMMERCIAL USES. SO THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS WELL AS PLANNING COMMISSION. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

NEXT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. FROM BARRY JONES. OWNER CAPITAL CITY HOMES ARE VIA TO REZONE PROPERTIES FROM N ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ISSUE TO BE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. OR ON COMMERCE STREET. THE EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS HANDS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING. ALRIGHT SEEING NINE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. NEXT WE GO TO DISCUSSION OR BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCILS WILL START UP A COUNSELING CUPPER. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE DENY THIS PERMISSION. THIS, UH, REQUEST TO REZONE OKAY. COUNCILMAN VICE MARY HILL SECOND. MOTION SECONDED DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT, CNN, MR. ALBEE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILMAN COMFORT

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IT'S A DUPLEX THAT'S NONCONFORMING. AND WHAT'S HIGH STREET 1009. IT'S ANOTHER DUPLEX THAT'S NOT CONFORMING. AND HERE'S INDEPENDENCE. I HAVE AS WELL. SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES WE'VE COME ACROSS AT OUR TIME. UM IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REHABILITATE THESE STRUCTURES AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE OF OUR CODE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN VACANT FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TACKLE ON THIS THAT I MENTIONED IS MAKING SURE THAT COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES THAT EXISTED HISTORICALLY CAN STILL BE USED AS A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE. A LOT OF OUR ZONING REQUIRES THAT ONLY RESIDENTIAL USES B IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT WE DO HAVE HISTORICALLY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES AND IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, SO THE PROPOSAL HERE WOULD BE TO ALLOW THOSE USES TO CONTINUE IF A HISTORICALLY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE USED TO EXIST. SO SOME BENEFITS FOR RESIDENTIAL IT SUPPORTS THE REHABILITATION OF BLIGHTED PROPERTIES. IT CREATES HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE BY DESIGN. IT ALSO CREATES HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIVERSE RESIDENTS WITH DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS AND NEEDS MAKES OWNERSHIP MORE AFFORDABLE AND ALSO HELPS BUILDING EQUITY MORE ACCESSIBLE AND FOR RENTERS. IT ALSO MAKES COMMUNITIES THEY WANT TO LIVE IN MORE ATTAINABLE. COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES AGAIN SUPPORTS THE REHABILITATION OF THOSE EXISTING BLOODED PROPERTIES PROVIDES NEIGHBORHOODS WITH EASY ACCESS TO RESOURCES AND REDUCES VEHICLE TRIPS. SO STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION BOTH RECOMMEND APPROVAL. WE'VE ALSO BEEN BEFORE

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OKAY THANK YOU. NEXT WEEK, I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE ADOPT ARTICLE 24 NONCONFORMING USES AND ARTICLE 25 SUPPLEMENTARY HEIGHT AREA AND BOOK REGULATIONS AS SET FORTH IN HIS ORDER CORNERS OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND REQUESTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START OFF WITH THE LEGENDARY CUTE AND PRETTY. KNOW WHAT THE LEGEND YEAH. AH AH, KEN PRIDGET. 1113 OVER BROOK ROAD.

PETERSBURG. AND LIKE PREVIOUS PERSONS UP HERE, WISH ALL HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE ALL THESE WISE DECISIONS AND NOT HAVE ANY BRAIN DAMAGE. APPRECIATE THAT, UM THIS HAS BEEN, I THINK, UH, SOMETHING IS A LONG TIME COMING. WE'VE GOT HOUSES SITTING THERE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED BY NOW. BUT BECAUSE OF THIS, UM UH, ARTICLE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO IT , AND THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER HOUSES THAT ARE READY TO GO TO BE DEVELOPED AND THE AS THE PLANNING DIRECTOR. MENTIONED THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT NEED THESE TYPE OF HOUSING. UM, WHEN THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED UH, I BELIEVE PART OF THE REASON WAS, UH AND I THINK I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL AT THE TIME. IT REALLY DIRECTED IT TOWARDS HOUSES THAT WERE ON THE LOWER PART OF HASH 32234 500 BLOCK WHERE THESE HOUSES HAD BEEN SITTING THERE FOR YEARS AND NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE WITH THEM, SO TO REVERT THEM BACK, BECAUSE IF YOU WENT INTO SOME OF THESE HOUSES, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE DOORS EACH HAD PADLOCKS AND LOCKS THAT WERE MANUALLY PLACED ON THESE DOORS FROM WHEN THEY USED TO BE A GRAND OLD HOME FOR THE FOR FAMILIES. SO THAT WAS ONE REASON NOT TO COVER THE WHOLE CITY BUT TO COVER SPECIFIC AREA OF HOUSES THAT WERE MUCH MORE GRAND OR THAN THESE. THEY WERE JUST FOR A BAD EXAMPLE TO COMPARE. THESE WERE HOUSES THAT PROBABLY THE PEOPLE WHO OWN BUSINESSES IN THE LATE 18. HUNDREDS EARLY 19 HUNDREDS LIVED IN AND THE ONES ON THE 800 BLOCK TO 1200 BUCKS WEST HIGH STREET WHERE PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T AFFORD A GREAT BIG HOUSE LIKE THAT, BUT THEY COULD AFFORD A DUPLEX OR A FEW SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS, UH THESE ARTICLES AND MAKE THESE CHANGES SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CAN PROCEED. UM ONE OTHER LITTLE THING I LIKE TO ADD. THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE MATERIALS IN HIS START DISTRICT. UM THEY THAT THE ROOF SITUATION AND THE SIGHTING SITUATION AND, UH VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED ALSO NOT IN DISORDERS, BUT LATER ON, BUT THE R B HAS APPROVED ULTIMATE MATERIALS FOR SOME THINGS LIKE HARDY PLANK FOR WOOD. I'M TOTALLY AGREE WITH NO VINYL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THE HARDER PLANK HAS BEEN AND THESE HOUSES. AS I SAID AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GRANDIOSE HOUSES. THE METAL ROOFS WERE DONE AT THE TIME, AND THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE TODAY SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AT SOME POINT NOT REQUIRING A METAL ROOF ON A HOUSE. THEY MAY HAVE HAD ONE BECAUSE I'VE SURVEYED A LOT OF THE HOUSES UP THERE, AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN CHANGED. TWO COMPOSITION WITH OR WITHOUT APPROVAL, AND SOME OF THEM ARE BEING HELD UP NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE A MENTAL ROOF AND THE PEOPLE NEED TO ECONOMICALLY REDEVELOP THESE HOUSES WITH LESS OF A PRICE MATERIALS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT MR JEFF FLEMING. HOW YOU DOING? JEFF LEMON 1819 TUCKER AVENUE.

SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA. BUT I SAW SOMETHING IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS THAT I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND. I WAS ALWAYS TOLD YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. ASK IS THIS JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL DUPLEXES? OR HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THOSE HIDEOUS TRAILER PARKS ALONG FOR 60? BECAUSE THOSE ARE NON CONFORMING USES AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. ONCE THEY TOOK A TRAILER OUT OF THERE, THEY COULDN'T BRING ANOTHER ONE BACK. SO HOW DOES THAT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS OR MR MARKS. YEAH YAMADA COULD ANSWER THAT FOR ME. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO

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LIVING CONDITIONS ARE I WOULD LET MY CAT LIVE THERE. SO HOW I HOPE WE WOULDN'T ALLOW THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THAT TRAILER PARK THERE. AS A NON CONFORMIST USE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS THAT MAYBE SHE COULD ANSWER THAT FOR ME. ALRIGHT, MR PATTERSON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR POWER CITY COUNCIL EVENING. JOE BATTISTON, THE CHAIR OF THE R B. AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME BEFORE US. THAT WANTED TO REDO THESE HOMES AS DUPLEXES. WHEN THEY PURCHASED THEM. THEY PURCHASED THEM WITH THE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RENOVATE A DUPLEX. THEN THEY GO TO GET THE PERMITS, AND THEY FIND OUT THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS CHANGED THAT THEY CANNOT. TURN AROUND AND MAKE IT A DUPLEX. WELL THEY RUN INTO PROBLEMS WHERE THEY'RE FIGURING THEY'RE GOING TO RENOVATE. ONE HOME ON ONE SIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND RENT OUT THE OTHER, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP THEM PAY FOR THE RENOVATION AND THE PURCHASE OF THE HOME SIMILAR TO WHAT THE PERSON BEFORE ME HAD SAID. UM PEOPLE WITH LIMITED NUMBERS THAT WANT TO GET INTO HOMES. THESE DUPLEXES MAKE IT VERY, VERY POSSIBLE FOR THEM. BUT THE TROUBLE IS THEY CAN'T TURN AROUND. COME INTO PETERSBURG EXPECT TO BUY A DUPLEX, RENOVATED AND THEN FIND OUT THAT THEY NOW HAVE TO TURN IT INTO A ONE FAMILY HOME. YES THE RB ASKS THEM TO KEEP THE DOUBLE DOORS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO THOSE OF THE GUIDELINES FROM NATIONAL PARKS DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR'S AND HISTORIC RESOURCES HERE IN VIRGINIA. SO WE HAVE GUIDELINES. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND WE FOLLOW THEM. BUT BIGGEST PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THESE PEOPLE ARE BUYING. A DUPLEX TO LIVE IN HALF RENT THE OTHER HALF. NOW THEY'RE BEING TOLD THEY HAVE TO LIVE IN A MUCH LARGER HOME THAT COSTS MORE TO HEAT MORE TO, LIKE MORE INSURANCE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE INCOME THEY WERE PLANNING ON WHEN THEY PURCHASED IT. SO IT'S DOING A LOT OF HARM TO THE CITIZENS THAT ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFE AND IMPROVE THESE BUILDINGS AND BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE. SO PLEASE CONSIDER AT LEAST THE DUPLEX PORTION OF IT. AND YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO TRAILERS FIT IN, BUT I HAVE TO AGREE TO TRAILER PARKS HAVE NOT BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY. SO WE HAVE TO REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED THAT PART OF IT, TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. BACK THERE WITH THE HAT. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASPER LEWIS AND MY WIFE AND I WANT TO PROPERTY AT 1009 TO 11 WEST HIGH. YOU JUST HAD IT ON THE SCREEN A FEW MINUTES AGO. WE'VE OWNED THAT PROPERTY FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AND UH, WE RENTED OUT THE WHOLE TIME. UP UNTIL. UH JUNE LIE OF 2020. AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME WE HAD DECIDED THAT WE WERE GONNA MERCER TENANTS MOVED OUT, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND GET THE HOUSE AND AN UPDATED WELL, COVID HIT. THEN WE HAD THIS BIG BUILDING BOOM IN RICHMOND, AND WE HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE LICENSE PEOPLE THAT WE NEEDED TO COME IN AND DO THE WORK THAT WE WANTED. WELL, BY THE TIME WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD GET THE PEOPLE AND GET EVERYTHING LINED UP. WHEN I STARTED TO PUT IT PUT IN FOR MY PERMITS. I FOUND OUT THAT I IF I HAD GOING BEYOND TWO YEARS AND WHICH IT DID. IT WENT JUST TWO YEARS IN A FEW MONTHS. I WASN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE MY RENOVATION. SO THIS HAS BEEN A BIG INCONVENIENCE FOR US, AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY WE'VE HAD IT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. IT'S BEEN WELL MAINTAINED THE WHOLE TIME. WE'VE HAD IT. WE'VE RENTED THE PROPERTY OUT, AND IT'S STILL LOOK PRETTY GOOD. WE JUST WANT TO UPDATE THE PROPERTY.

EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF YOU. PASSING THIS THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MISS MICHELLE MIRO'S. MICHELE MOREAU IS 131 SOUTH MARKET STREET. THIS ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE AMENDED. PETERSBURG IS KNOWN AS A VIOLENT CITY WITH PLENTY PLENTY OF VACANT AND BLIGHTED HOMES AND BUILDINGS, ADDING TO OUR PROBLEMS. MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE STANDING ABANDONED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE TAKEN BACK TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THEY WERE NEVER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO BEGIN WITH. THEY WERE BUILT AS DUPLEXES BUSINESSES, ETCETERA, FOR INSTANCE, THERE ARE THREE DUPLEXES RIGHT NOW ON ROME STREET THAT ARE BARELY HANGING ON. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1900 AS DUPLEXES, TWO

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UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S GOING TO LAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WINTER, THE BACK HAS COLLAPSED IN THE STOREFRONT WILL BE GONE SOON. THERE ARE SEVERAL LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE THIS. WE STAND ON THE BRINK OF SOMETHING GREAT HERE IN PETERSBURG AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE THOUGHT PROCESS AROUND HERE ABOUT BLIGHTED BUILDINGS, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE TORN DOWN AT CITY EXPENSE. WE WILL LOSE OUR OWN HISTORY. WE WILL LOSE OUT ON TAX REVENUE LEFT AND RIGHT AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SOCIAL ISSUES PERPETRATED BY OUR OWN STUPID RULES THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED RATHER THAN CONTINUE TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE STREET TO ANOTHER DAY. PLEASE CHANGE THIS NOW AND ALLOWED DEVELOPERS WHO ARE WAITING TO COME IN AND FIX THESE BUILDINGS UP TO DO SO. THIS IS NOTHING BUT A POSITIVE FOR PETERSBURG. THANK YOU. NICE SING NO MORE HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS DOWN CLOSE. NEXT. I GO TO DISCUSS MY MOM'S THE COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. UM YES. UM MR JEST. WHEN LEWIS AND MISS LEWIS, YOU'RE HERE TOO, RIGHT? UM, MAYOR, UM THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. UM. I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD BE PENALIZED FOR UM, WANTING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT THAT THEY STARTED ONE THING ABOUT IT. THEIR LIGHTS WERE ON EVEN THOUGH. THERE WAS A PAUSE IN THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING SOME OF THE WORK. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION ON THEM BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED DURING COVID AND THEY DID COMPLY. THEY HAD THEIR LIGHTS ON. RIGHT COUNSELOR. MYERS AGREE WITH HER, MR MAN. I DID HAVE THEM TO REACH OUT TO BESIDE MARK, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OUT OF THEM. SAD MARK. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT SITUATION, PLEASE? SURE SO.

SINCE IT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR THE TWO YEARS. THAT'S WHERE WE USE OUR DETERMINATION. UM IT WASN'T BASED ON THE UTILITIES, WHERE THE CONVERSATION AND THE THEY TOLD US THAT HAD BEEN VACANT FOR TWO YEARS, AND THAT'S HOW IT'S DECIDED. THEY ARE ABLE TO STILL MOVE FORWARD. MM, NO. UM BUT HOPEFULLY WITH THIS TEXT AMENDMENT, THEY CAN. ALRIGHT THEN I WILL ALLOW, UM ARE YOU MY TIME TO MR COOPER, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR MAYOR, COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK COUNCILOR COVER.

YEAH. THANK YOU. MHM. THERE'S TWO YEAR THING. THEIR HOUSES. THERE'S BEEN VACANT SINCE I WAS A KID. IN THIS CITY. ALL ALONG HARRISON STREET AND ALL THESE OTHER STREETS JUST TORN UP. AND

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FOR STUDY AND RECOMMENDATION. THREE INITIATE. A PROPOSAL TO REZONE THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST WASHINGTON STREET FROM DAVIS STREET WEST TO THE WEST BOUNDARY OF 431. WEST WASHINGTON STREET.

THE R B OFFICE APARTMENT DISTRICT. AND SENDS THIS PROPOSAL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR STUDY. AND RECOMMENDATION. AND I WILL BE GLAD TO EXPAND ON AH, THIS ALTERNATE VERSION OF ONCE THIS MOTION IS SECONDED. THANK YOU. QUESTION. OKAY, UM, COUNSELING JONES. A SECOND THREE PARTS OF THAT MOTION. SECONDED NEXT. UM DISCUSSION, VICE MAYOR HILL. UH DOES THIS RIGHT HERE HELPED THE LEWISES I MEAN, THE JASPER LOUIS, MR JACKSON. MR YEAH. YES, MR. LEWIS, MR LEWIS. MR KELLERMAN HILL. I EXPECT THAT IT WILL. AND THIS IS WHY UM THIS ALTERNATE WILL ALLOW. NONCONFORMING DOUBLE TOURNAMENT STRUCTURES LOCATED IN DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW TWO OR MORE DWELLING UNITS. TO BE USED AS DOUBLE TOURNAMENTS. EVEN IF THE STRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS. PROVIDED THAT THE LOT AS NOW CONFIGURED. COULD LEGALLY HAVE BEEN USED FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WHEN THE DOUBLE TENEMENT WAS CONSTRUCTED. THAT IS IF IT WAS LEGAL TO BEGIN BEFORE THE ZONING CHANGE, AND IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF A ZONING CHANGE THAT MADE IT ILLEGAL, THEN IT COULD BE LEGAL INTO THE FUTURE, WHICH SEEMS FAIR TO ME. BUT THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF THIS AND HOW IT'S GONNA PLAY OUT. WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN A PUBLIC HEARING LIKE THIS, WHERE THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND THEN A RECOMMENDATION, FORMULATED AND SENT BACK TO THE PLANET TO CITY COUNCIL, THIS CANNOT BE DECIDED TONIGHT BECAUSE THE ALTERNATE VERSION IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE PROPOSED VERSION. SO, UH, BUT WE'LL GET THERE. WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE'LL GET THERE THIS SPRING. UM BUT I WANTED TO OFFER THAT, UH, EXPLANATION TO THE LEWISES ARE. APPEAR BEFORE I SUGGEST YOU APPEAR BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WHEN THIS IF THIS MOTION PASSES AND I'LL PUT YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND SAY IF THIS PROPOSAL GETS THROUGH, WILL WE BE ABLE TO, UM, USE OUR DOUBLE TOURNAMENT IN THE FUTURE? I THINK THE ANSWER COULD BE YES, BUT IT DEPENDS ON SOME SOME DETAILS, AND THAT'S NOT. I THINK THE PLACE FOR THE DAY BUT CERTAINLY THIS ALTERNATE ADDRESSES MOST SITUATIONS. OF THE GENERAL TYPE THAT THE LEWISES HAVE DESCRIBED. AND SO THAT IS WHY I HAVE MADE THIS MOTION. WHY APPRECIATE THE SECOND, I THINK WILL BE MAKING HEADWAY, MAKING PROGRESS AND MAKING PETERSBURG A BETTER PLACE IF THIS MOTION CARRIES THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR COUPLER. UH COUNCILMAN COUPLE OF I BELIEVE THAT DOES ANSWER. MY QUESTION DID IT WILL HELP THEM AND THE

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AND THAT WAS THAT WAS THE PLAN AND THEN WE GOT HIT WITH COVID. AND THEN WE HAD THIS BIG BUILDING BOOM. I WAS HARD TO GET A DECENT ELECTRICIAN. RIGHT? NOW ALSO, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SCHOOLED HERE THAT IF THE UTILITIES EXISTED. THE HOUSE DIDN'T REVERT, BUT IF THE UTILITIES WERE TURNED OFF, AND IT'S SET THERE WITH NINE UTILITARIAN YEAH. UTILITIES NEVER TURNED OFF WATER. OR ELECTRIC CONTINUE TO PAY THE BILLS TO PAY THE BILLS. AND SO AT THIS POINT, THAT'S WHY I ASKED PLANNING TO CONSIDER. MOVING TO ALLOW YOU TO MOVE FORWARD. MR CITY MANAGER. HOW DID WE FIX THAT ISSUE BECAUSE UNLESS. COUNCIL HAS BEEN MAKING DECISIONS ON THINGS THAT WEREN'T CORRECT OR IN OUR BELIEFS. AND AS WE WERE TOLD THAT IF THE PROPERTY SIT THERE IN THE UTILITIES EXISTED OVER OPERATING . THAT PROPERTY WAS STILL FUNCTIONAL PROPERTY. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE IS THAT IF FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE. IT ISN'T THERE THAT IS NOT BASED UPON THE UTILITY HOOKUPS. IT'S BASED UPON THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, SO IF THE PROPERTY AT SOME POINT IN TIME WAS REZONED TO TONIGHT. I'M JUST GONNA SAY WE WENT FROM DUPLEX TO SINGLE FAMILY. AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT PROPERTY EXIST TO BE USED AS A DUPLEX FOR A PERIOD OF TWO OR MORE YEARS. THE NONCONFORMITY WENT AWAY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE WAS TWO HOOKUPS THERE OR NOT, IT'S THE USE OF THE PROPERTY THAT ISN'T BASED UPON THE UTILITY HOOKUPS ON SITE. UH SO NOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE PROPOSED THAT WAS JUST SENT BACK. I THINK THAT ADDRESSES THE SITUATION WHEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL IF I'M THE PROBLEM. I'M READING THE TEA LEAVES CORRECT. SO. WHO. IS WATCHING THE HOUSE TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOMEBODY'S IN THERE OR NOT. AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO HMM. WHAT. WE WAS CONVEYED TO US AS A COUNCIL. IS THAT IF THE UTILITIES EXIST IT IS NOT AN ABANDONED OR VACANT PROPERTY.

THE ONE. IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION ON WHO'S WATCHING. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T OFF THE CUFF ANSWER. HOW MANY? HOUSES WE HAVE IN THIS CITY. I'M SURE OUR ASSESSOR COULD TELL ME HOW MANY STRUCTURES WE HAVE, BUT I'M SURE IT'S A GOOD 20,000. AND THERE'S TOO MANY THERE'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WATCHING ALL OF THEM, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE SOMEONE ON EVERY CORNER TO SEE WHEN SOMEONE MOVES OUT, AND THERE'S A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS THAT GOES BY BUT I CAN SAY FROM MY 20 SEVEN YEARS DEALING WITH ZONING. IT'S NEVER BEEN ABOUT THE UTILITIES. IT'S BEEN ABOUT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY. THAT'S THE STATE CODE, BUT I CONVEY TO YOU THAT WHAT COUNSEL WHAT WAS CONVEYED TO COUNSEL FROM. THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT WORKS UNDER YOUR REGARD. SO INSTEAD OF DEBATING WHETHER IT WAS VACANT OR NUTS WHAT CAN WE DO FOR MR LEWIS? MOVING FORWARD AS THIS HOUSE IS NOT BEEN ABANDONED OR VACANT, AS MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN. HERE IN THE CITY, PETERSBURG AND THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE RENOVATIONS OF

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IT IS VERY STRONG EVIDENCE WHEN YOU HAVE THE UTILITIES ON, BUT IT'S NOT THE DECIDING FACTOR. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HE MAY CERTAINLY HAVE A CASE AND ALL HE HAS TO DO IS CONVINCE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT YES, IT WAS, IN FACT, USED FOR THAT PURPOSE OF PROBABLY THE BEST WAY FOR HIM TO DO THAT IS OFF OFFLINE, BUT I AGREE THERE IS, YOU KNOW SOME EVIDENCE THAT HE JUST NEEDS TO ARTICULATE THAT VERY CLEARLY. AND I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. DURING COVID. THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATION PASSED THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT EXTENDED THE LIFE OF A PERMIT AND SITE PLANS BECAUSE COVID SLOWED EVERYTHING DOWN. SO I WANT TO. I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY WITH. I THINK IT WAS FIVE YEARS SO WE MAY BE WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME ALSO SO WHAT DO WE DO FROM THIS POINT ON I THINK MR LEWIS NEEDS TO GET WITH PLANNING AND THEN WORK WORK THAT THROUGH AND THEN SEE WHAT WE CAN COME WITH A SOLUTION TO ALLOW YOU TO MOVE FORWARD, GIVEN YOUR SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES AS WE WORKED THE ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION BACK TO COUNCIL BELIEVING THAT BEING SAID, IF HE CAN'T SATISFY PLANNING THAT THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WILL MOST LIKELY CORRECT AS ISSUE AS LONG AS HIS PROPERTY WAS ILLEGAL WHEN IT WAS FIRST ZONE FOR THE DUPLEX, SO EITHER WAY, YOU WANT TO BE OKAY. YEAH AND I KNOW TONY THAT WOULD FIX THE ISSUE. BUT IN HIS IMMEDIACY, AND HE'S BEEN WAITING AND WE'VE TALKED TO HIM SIX MONTHS AGO, AND THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. AND HERE WE ARE AT THE WAKING HOUR. AND I'M SURE HE'S LIKE TO RECOVER SOME OF HIS MONEY WHEN HE RINSE IT BACK. WELL YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE THING THAT THAT THAT HIT US WAS THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE TOWN AT THE TIME HURT US. AND WHEN WE DID GET PEOPLE LINED UP WE COULDN'T GET PERMITS SO NOW LOST THE PEOPLE. I'VE GOT TO GATHER THEM AGAIN AND GET EVERYTHING GOING, SO YOU KNOW. LIKE I SAID, WE'VE HAD IT FOR OVER 30 YEARS. WE'VE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 36 YEARS AND NO VIOLATIONS ON THE PROPERTY. AND IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE YOU MIGHT EVEN MIGHT NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU MAKE. I WOULD TALK TO THAT YOUNG LADY RIGHT THERE AND SET UP A MEETING AND GET WORK THROUGH THAT. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT COUNCIL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. MS SMITH LI AO ME. CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, SET UP A MEETING WITH HIM? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT NEXT WE CAN ROLL ONTO ITEM NINE PUBLIC

[9. Public Information Period]

TONIGHT WE'LL START OFF WITH MR DAVID BETTS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. NINE DAVID BATS LIVE 1127 HIGH PEARL STREET ON SKEW ON TWO PROPERTIES DOWN ON WHICH STREET WHERE WAS WHERE THERE WAS FLOODED. OH, I ASKED. WHEN IT WAS TURNED DOWN THE HOTEL. I WAS THE ONE WHILE I WAS AT WORK GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T DROP NOTHING ON MY BILLS. SO I WAS THERE SO EVERYTHING THAT THEY DROPPED THEIR NUTS IN THE CREEK. I WAS CALLING THE CITY MANAGER OR THEY GOT THE DEBRIS OUT, BUT THE TREES THEY LEFT IN THERE. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THEM TO GET THE TREES OUT THERE OUT THERE, CREEK. AND NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN. NOBODY EVERYBODY LIKE THEY WAS DONE SAID THEY TOLD ME WHEN TO THE, UH, THE GRAY HAS STOPPED GROWING WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO WHEN YOU

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I MEAN, THIS IS CRAZY. I MEAN, I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT I COULD CALL. KEEP CALLING. THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE CITY OF BEEN WITH THE CITY 2025 YEARS OR DRYNESS AND SEAMAN WORK IS WHAT I WAS DOING BEFORE THEY PUT ME INTO PICKING UP TRASH, AND I TOLD I ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER. I MEAN, THEY JUST PAID IT. NO MIND AT ALL. I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY REIMBURSE EVERYBODY ALL DAMMIT PLAN BECAUSE IT'S CRAZY. THESE ARE I MEAN, ALL THIS STUFF IS JUST AND THEN IT DIDN'T THE OH, WE'RE STARTING TO, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CREEK. IT WON'T UP UNDER THE BRIDGE. IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CREE, WHERE THE TREES WERE DROPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CREEK. WHETHER WHAT HE HAD THIS THING THAT SNAPPING OFF THE BEAMS THAT THE MELLOW BEANS AND I MEAN, I'M JUST SO MAD. THEY KNEW ABOUT IT. AND WOMEN DO NOT.

I MEAN, I WENT TO EVERYBODY. EVERY BETTER ARE, UH, I WENT TO THE CITY BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THEM PUT IN THE WORK ORDERS. THEY WOULDN'T DO NOTHING WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER. I MEAN, THEY TOLD ME WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE GROWING SEASON. ACTUALLY HAD TWO GUYS TO WORK WORK WITH US. THEY GET FLOOD. THEY ARE THERE WAS THEN ON WHICH STREET AND ACTUALLY THE TRUCKS FLOODED. THEY ACTUALLY DROPPED THEM DUDES FROM SUPERVISORS TO REGULAR WORKERS. BOTH OF THEM QUIT. I'M ASKING. WHAT DO THE WHAT DO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FEARLESS? WHAT DO WE WHAT WOULD WHAT? WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THEM? BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY FAILED EVERYBODY, BECAUSE IN THIS CRAZY DONALD ON BOWLING BROOK STREET. YOU GOTTA OPEN ABOUT THIS WIDE ABOUT THAT TALL. AND TOO LONG.

THE WATER COMING OFF AWAY FROM THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. AIN'T NO WAY IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN LEAVE ANYTHING IN THAT CREEK. FROM THE HOTEL THIS FROM THE HOTEL. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS GET THE PEOPLE TO CLEAN IT. GET THE I MEAN, IT'S CRAZY, AND THEN IT HOLD UP. ASKED TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER AT THE CUSTOMER PART THAT'S HOW CRAZY IT IS. AIN'T NO BEST THERE AIN'T DID NOT CALL THEM. I CALLED HIM SISTER FLOOD. NOBODY RESPONDS. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

NOBODY RESPONDS THE CITY MANAGER . NOBODY RESPONDS. I MEAN, THE ONLY WAY THEY RESPONDED. GET THERE. HE LOOKED AT AND SAID, WELL, I GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THEY ACTUALLY THEY ACTUALLY GET THE MAJORITY OF THIS STUFF OUT THERE, BUT IT'S STILL THERE, AND YOU STILL GOT TREES THAT WHERE THEY SNAPPED OFF. AND THEY STILL HANGING DOWN THERE AND NOBODY GOT HIM UP. I MEAN THIS CRAZY I ACTUALLY ONLY PROPERTY FOR 2520 YEARS I BOUGHT A 2003 ADVANCE AND IT'S CRAZY.

NOBODY DO NOTHING. I MEAN, YOU BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION, SO WE'LL WE'LL GET SOME PICTURES AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I GOT SOME PICTURES OF IT. OKAY, PERFECT. AND I ACTUALLY GOT I GOT SOME ACTUALLY GOT SOME , UH I'M GONNA GET MY PHONE LAW WHERE I CAN SHOW THAT I ACTUALLY DID CALLED. CAN'T SAY THAT THEY WON'T FOR ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, MR PAUL GILLESPIE. I'M PAUL GILLESPIE. I LIVE AT 2473 NORTH SEVEN DRIVE. ALSO OWNED PROPERTY AT 2345 COUNTY DRIVE.

AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THAT I'VE TALKED TO MR ALTMAN SEVERAL TIMES. I CAN'T GET MY TRASH PICKED UP. I CAN'T GET MY RECYCLING PICKED UP. IT'S BEEN TWO CYCLES WITH RECYCLING. SO FOUR WEEKS AND TWO WEEKS ON MY TRASH. AND. THEY'RE OUT THERE ON TIME. THEIR FULL. THEY'VE GOTTEN THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. THEY HAVEN'T GOT NOTHING. AND THEN ANOTHER THING. I PAID. I TRIED TO REREGISTER MY VEHICLE. WITH THE M V. SEND HIM A CHECK. AND I GET A THING FROM THEM. TELLING ME I HAVEN'T PAID DECAL FEES IN PETERSBURG, AND THERE'S A WHOLE PUT ON. I'VE NEVER GOTTEN BUILD FOR DECAL FEES. I SHOWED MR ALTMAN THE BILLS HE MADE HIM COPIES WAS GONNA GET BACK WITH ME AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK. BUT IT'S BEEN CAUSING ME A LOT OF TROUBLE BECAUSE THEN I HAVE TO PAY A LATE FEE ONCE I FINALLY GOT HIM TO DROP THE WHOLE SO IT COST ME MONEY COST ME TIME. FOR

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ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. NEXT MR JASPER LEWIS. THANK YOU VERY EARLY. YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ALRIGHT UM, NEXT WE HAVE MISS, UH, CATANIA PROCESS. ICE IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? ALRIGHT DOING GOOD. UM NEXT . WE HAVE MR VERNELL GANNAWAY. GRIEVING EVERYONE AGAIN TONIGHT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU. UH DIFFERENT ISSUES. I KNOW WHEN I HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR EVERYTHING I WANT TO BRING OUT TONIGHT. BUT WITH THE GENTLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS FAR AS FEES ARE I'VE BEEN IN THIS THIS CITY THE WHOLE ALL MY LIFE AND NEVER SEEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH WATER BILLS AND THIS FIELD THAT HAPPENED. I WAS TOLD OLDER FEE. FOR TRUCK, THE OLD TRUCK I HAD AND THEY'RE CHARGING ME THE FACE. I DON'T WANT TO PAY THAT FEE OF $62.

WHATEVER IT WAS THAT I GET OUT OF THE WATER BILL. THEN THEY ADDED A FEW P ON THAT SAY, WELL, THAT IS FOR TWO YEARS BACK. I'VE NEVER BEEN LATE ON THE WATER BILL, SO SOMETHING IS NOT HAPPENING. AND THEN I'M GONNA DOUBLE BILL NOW AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING? ARE THEY ADDING MORE TO THE BILL? UH WENT FROM 62 TO 66 TO 181 ON ONE SIDE AND I WANT TO 138 OR OTHERS HAD PLEASE TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THAT'S HOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR. THEY PULLED UP SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN. WE'RE GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE EVERY DAY IN THE CITY WHERE THEY COLLECT THEM.

YOU KNOW, I'VE NOTICED THAT EVERY TIME I GO THERE, THERE'S SOMEBODY NEW, SO SOMEBODY'S NOT UP ON THE ON THE JOB. I WANT TO TALK TO THE PERSON IN CHARGE AGAINST THE COMMISSIONER.

WHATEVER. AND SHE SAID, YOU GOT TO SEE THEM ABOUT THIS. YOU GOT TO SEE THAT ONE BY THIS ONE. SO I WANT THAT TO BE TAKEN CARE. ALSO, YOU KNOW, UM I'M CONCERNED WITH AS WELL AS THE GENTLEMAN APARTMENT TRASH. THEY TAKE THAT THAT OUT OF A MONEY IS EVERY MONTH. ONE TIME WE USED TO DO IT EVERY TWO MONTHS NOW EVERY MONTH AND WE'VE GOT SOME OUTSTANDING BILLS THAT'S COMING FROM SOMEWHERE. AND SO YOU KNOW, AND THE TRASH THAT PICKED UP IT TOOK ABOUT THREE WEEKS FROM MAY BEFORE THEY GET THE RECYCLED TRASH PICKED UP FINALLY PICKED UP ONE CAN, AND I SAW SOME INTERESTING ANOTHER DAY WHEN IT CAME TO PICK UP MY TRASH, UH, TRASH ON ONE SIDE. MY NEIGHBOR.

THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT IN AND OUT AND THAT THEY'RE ALL THE TIME. SO THEY CAME AND BOUGHT THE TRASH UP. BUT THE TRASH OLD WINE IN THE WORLD AGAIN AT THE END OF THE TRUCK CAME BACK UP.

THEY SAW THE GAP WITH THE CANE IDEA. INSTEAD OF PICKING IT UP. THEY KEPT ON GOING. THAT IS UNNECESSARY. YOU KNOW, WE ARE PAYING THAT. AND THIS IS WHERE? TRYING TO KEEP THINGS. UH THIS IN ORDER THAT WE HAVE AND STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS. WHAT IS GOING TO EXCUSE IT? WE GOT ONE SHIRT, ONE TRUCK OR WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. THAT'S NOT OUR FAULT. WE'RE STILL GETTING CHARGED FOR THIS. ANOTHER THING. I WE JUST HAD A BIG RANGE OF RECENTLY AND THIS RAIN CAUSED WHERE I LIVE. I DON'T HAVE CURVING ON ALWAYS ON THE ROAD. WELL, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST 1015 YEARS ABOUT ABOUT OUR STREET OR WAGNER. MY MY, MY MILAN IS PROBABLY UNDER WATER. SO WHEN I GO OUT THERE IS JUST FLOODED ALL THE TIME. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO PUT ANOTHER DRAIN. IS THERE WELL, THE DRAINING STATE WHEN ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO THEY SUPPOSED TO WORK DONE BEFORE THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES BUILT. THEY BEEN CLEANING OUT THAT LITTLE BRUSH AREA WHERE THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE BUILT. THERE'S PUT SOME QUESTIONS RUN. ALL THAT'S GONE. SO THE TREES BACK UP THERE NOW. SO ANOTHER SIDE WE HAVE A DRAIN WHERE ALL THIS BE BACKED UP, AND SO ALL THAT IS COMING OUT. SO EVERYTHING IS FLOODED FROM MY END DOWN. THEN THEY TOLD ME FROM THE THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WORK SAID, WELL, WE'RE GONNA CLEAN IT AND DO IT YOUR DRAIN OUT EVERY SIX MONTHS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN FIVE YEARS. NOBODY BEEN IN FIVE YEARS. I'VE SEEN IT WITH THE NEW TRUCKS RIDING UP NEAR THE STREET. I NEVER SEEN HIM. THEY HAVE COME INTO PLAY NOTHING OUT, SO I HAVE CONTINUED TO LISTEN TO SEE THIS MY PROPERTIES TO KEEP DETERIORATING FROM WATER TO STANDING JUST WATER STAND AND JUST GOES UP AT THE WEILL BE TO MY FRONT DOOR. OKAY? UH AND I KNOW THAT MY TIME IS UP. BUT ANOTHER THING ABOUT THIS, UH, I KNOW MY TIME'S ABOUT THIS RES ROAD EXIT. I KNOW THEY HAD SOMETHING WITH A BEAT OUT OVER ABOUT THAT REASON REASON I'VE SEEN FOUR ACCENT. I THINK I TOLD HIM PRONOUNCEMENT, UH, MODEL ABOUT THAT, TOO. HAD ACCIDENTS

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THEY WERE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE. JANUARY 1ST. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE ALL THE LEAVES OF A PILED EVERYWHERE. THE RAIN LAST TUESDAY JUST SPREAD THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE. UM HMM. THAT'S ONE ITEM. UM WILL YOU ALL MR CITY MANAGER? LOOK AT THE BUMPS ON THE BRIDGE ON JOHNSON ROAD THAT WAS NEXT TO THE GOLF COURSE AND OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

THERE'S UH, THAT WAS. A PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT THE BUMP IS GETTING MUCH MORE NOTICEABLE. NASA WHEN YOU'RE EVEN JUST DOING 35 MILES AN HOUR, IT IS REALLY, UH, POSSIBLE TO DO DAMAGE BOTH DIRECTIONS. UH SO IF Y'ALL COULD LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE, IT WOULD BE GREAT. UM THE OTHER QUESTION. I HAVE. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS HAS BEEN IN THE PLANS BEFORE. BUT BIRDSONG ROAD BETWEEN. JOHNSON ROAD AND FLANK ROAD ISN'T REALLY REALLY BAD SHAPE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE PETERSBURG SPORTS COMPLEX AND ATTRACTIVE VENUE FOR A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES, SOFTBALL GAMES , STUDENT ACTIVITIES, LITTLE LEG AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT ROAD IS TOO NARROW, AND IT'S ALSO UH, THE EDGES OR CRACKED OFF, AND THERE'S A LOT OF POTHOLES ON IT. SO IF IT IF IT WAS IN THE WORKS TO BE SOMETHING TO BE DONE LIKE TO LIKE TO HEAR, IF ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE OR NEAR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THAT UM A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. UM MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT WASHINGTON STREET EXIT OFF OF 95. AND THAT WAS THE ANSWER. GUY WAS VIDEO THAT HAD TO BE QUESTIONED ABOUT WHETHER THEY COULD MOVING LANE OVER SO THAT PEOPLE COMING OFF OF 95 SOUTH WILL NOT HAVE TO MOVE OVER. IT'S STILL PRETTY DANGEROUS. AND, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. BUT EVEN IF THE ROAD WAS CHANGED TWO WAYS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE FUTURE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLS AT THE EXIT ANYWAY, SO IN THE TIME BEING, IF IT COULD BE, UH, IF YOU ALL COULD TALK TO OR ASK ME DOT PERMISSION TO, UH, MAKE THAT NON STOP. WHEN YOU GET OFF BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE IF YOU'RE THERE DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, YOU NOTICE CARS BACKED UP INTO THE, UH, SOUTH SOUTH MOTEL LANE ON ACTUAL 95. SO THAT'S JUST, UH CONTINUATION OF THAT QUESTION. IS ANYTHING BEING DONE? YOU ASKING VETO HEART TO LOOK INTO IT? AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THANK YOU TO ME. NEXT, MISS GENEVIEVE LORD. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. ALRIGHT, SO. OKAY. SO TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, TWO TOPICS, BUT THEY BOTH HAVE A ONE CENTRAL UNIFYING PIECE. SO FOR TWO YEARS , I WORKED AS A SOCIAL WORKER AT THE PETERSBURG BUREAU OF POLICE, AND IN THAT TIME I CARED DEEPLY FOR OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS. AND I THINK THAT I HEAR FROM YOU GUYS FREQUENTLY THAT YOU ALSO CARE FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND YOU WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM. HOWEVER. WE HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN WE HAD SEVERE RAIN AND FLOODING. AND WE HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICERS OUT RUNNING CALLS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING INTO

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SO MY QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU. THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO FIND SOME PERSON WHO'S HOMELESS WHO FREEZES TO DEATH WHEN IT'S 14 DEGREES OUTSIDE ISN'T ONE OF YOU. IT'S ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WORKS HERE. AND THAT'S NOT FAIR. THEY SHOULD HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN TAKE PEOPLE WHEN IT'S COLD OUT WHEN THE WEATHER'S BAD SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY KNOW THEY'LL BE SAFE, AND THEY WON'T BE FREEZING TO DEATH. IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY. SO WHAT IS IT ABOUT? IT'S NOT ABOUT BUILDINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE THEM. SO WHAT IS IT? DO THAT? DOES IT MATTER? IT MATTERS TO ME. AND I THINK IT MATTERS TO ALL OF OUR OFFICERS, BUT IT MATTERS TO BECAUSE OF THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE HERE. WHO AREN'T GETTING WHAT THEY NEED. THEY SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT FREEZING TO DEATH TOMORROW NIGHT. SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS, MISS. HIS FIRST PATRICIA WILLIAMS. PARK AVENUE.

RIGHT, UM. ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD NEXT MOVE ON TO BUSINESS

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

UM THIS IS GONNA BE A YEAR OF REVELATION. I CAN SEE IT ALREADY. UM CHALLENGING YEAR, SO LET'S NOT LIGHT STEP, BUT I WANT TO START WITH MR OTIS HILL FOR THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING HE ASKED ABOUT SMOKE DETECTORS WELL, I FELT SMOKE DETECTORS IS BARRY OPERATED FOR YOU, AND I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE THE MANAGER. THE NICE COUNCIL. THE BACKGROUND IS THAT WE GET $1000.

AND BODY SMOKE DETECTORS IS BATTERY OPERATED. YOU CAN GET 25 OF THEM FROM, UH THE AMAZON.

IT'S JUST WHAT THE THESE GUYS NEED FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED. AND I SEND THAT LINK TO YOU SO WE CAN GET 25 SMOKE DETECTORS AND WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO INSTALLER FOR THAT'S ONE THING I WANT TO DO. SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF THAT HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. I DON'T WANT TO SEE MR OTIS HERE AGAIN, AND HE DON'T HAVE A SMOKE DETECTOR IN THIS HOUSE. OKAY? UM NEXT THING IS, UH, THANK YOU. YOU ARE. CITIZEN PETERSBURG AGAIN. I WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS, YOU ARE VALUABLE. EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU THOSE WHO ARE HERE AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE, UM BUT I NEED YOU TO START EXERCISING YOUR VALUE. THIS LAST ELECTION. ONLY ABOUT 30% OF US VOTED IT IS NOT A REPUBLICAN THING IS NOT A DEMOCRATIC THING. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES, IN MY OPINION, BOTH OF THEM WERE OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PUSHING THEM IN MY OPINION FAILED BECAUSE YOU GOT 70% OF VOTERS. I HEAR THAT DID NOT VOTE AND THERE'S A REASON WHY WE'RE NOT REACHING THEM. AND THE REASON THAT WE'RE NOT REACHING THEM IS THAT THEY'RE NOT ON YOUR RADAR. THAT'S 70. POVERTY 70% UNEDUCATED 70% OF EVERYTHING IS A LOT OF THINGS IS ADDING UP TO THE 70% OF VOTERS THAT WE'RE NOT REACHING. AND WE GET MAD AT WHAT'S UP HERE. BUT WE NEED 70% OF YOU. MORE OF YOU TO VOTE. GOT AHEAD OF HIM. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE, YOU'VE GOT TO BE THE CHANGE. I'M UP HERE BECAUSE I'M

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NOT JUST US APPEAR, BUT EVERYBODY. YOU GOTTA SHED IF YOU GOT A GARAGE, EVERYBODY, BUT WE MAKE THE POLICY. WE NEED TO GET TIGHTENED UP ON THAT WE HAVE VIRGINIA? NOPE I AIN'T GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT? YOU HAVE A NEW WE HAVE, UH, HARDEST REGULATIONS IN THE PERFECT BUILDING, SITTING THERE WITH THE LIGHTS ON NICE AND WARM INSIDE. AIN'T NOBODY IN THERE ANY COLD NIGHTS. YOU KNOW, SO WE GOTTA TIGHTEN UP ON THAT MAN. WE HAVE TO. WE OWE IT TO YOU GUYS. THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD AND TO FOLLOW OUR OWN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. ALL RIGHT, SO WE GOT TO DO THAT. BUT YOU GUYS PLAY A BIG PART IN THAT, TOO.

OKAY KEEP CALLING. KEEP CALLING DOCUMENTS SENT IT TO US, AND WE'LL GET IT TO YOU LAST BUT NOT LEAST. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS AGAIN. UM I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND MY WARD MEETING IS COMING UP AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, BUT I HOPE I ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO HEAR. UM WE JUST GOT TO GET OURSELVES TOGETHER. WE GOT YOU, MAN. WE ARE TOO MUCH TOO MUCH.

TOO MANY. TOO MUCH BRAINPOWER APPEAR FOR US NOT TO BE GIVING YOU GUYS WHAT YOU NEED. YOU EVER GO TO SCHOOL AND YOUR TEACHER? JUST SHE LOOKS SMART. SHE ACTS MIGHT, BUT SHE GIVES YOU DUMB ANSWERS. YOU KNOW? SO WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DO THAT. NEITHER ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. RIGHT COUNSELOR WESTBROOK. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. UM I'D LIKE TO START OUT BY FIRST OF ALL, JUST I'M GLAD THAT EARLY PART OF THE MEETING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THE CITY. UH WITH VCU COMING IN, UM I WOULD HOPE THAT MORE RELEASED LIKE THE AX, MS JOANNE WILLIAMS AND YOUR DEPARTMENT WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND ONE OF THE UPCOMING

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AGAIN WHEN IT COMES BACK TO HEALTH IN THIS NEW YEAR, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM WITH COMMUNITY CLEANUPS AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JONES AND MR BETTS. UH YOU KNOW, THERE'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME UP HERE WITH YOUR PASSION TO LET PEOPLE KNOW OF. YOU KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL GET ADDRESSED. SIR, WE ARE LISTENING . AT LEAST I AM AND I KNOW SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AS WELL. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES BECAUSE THAT HELPS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE HEALTH OF THE CITY. UM SUPPORT THESE HEALTH INITIATIVES, HOPEFULLY AGAIN THE MALE CLINIC ON WHITEHALL. EXCUSE ME ON HALIFAX STREET IS STILL GETTING, UM ARE MALES IN THE CITY? I'M ALWAYS PROPONENT OF OUR MALES GETTING PROPER CHECKUPS. UM VOLUNTEER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. I KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF DEPEND ON SOCIAL SERVICE TO COME IN AND HELP OUT, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS FOR US TO VOLUNTEER OUR SERVICES TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP OUT WHETHER IT IS, UM, CHECKING ON FOSTER CHILDREN. ADOPTION UM ALL THE THINGS THAT GOES ON WITH SOCIAL SERVICES. WE ARE SITED AS TWO THIRDS RELYING ON SOCIAL SERVICES, SO MAYBE IT'S MORE OF US NEED TO VOLUNTEER AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW WE CAN LINDA SERVICES AND THEN ULTIMATELY, AS THE YEAR HAS STARTED. WHEN IS YOUR NEXT ANNUAL CHECK UP? ARE YOU READY TO GET YOURSELF CHECKED OUT? WHETHER THAT IS OLDER PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, MALES, COLONOSCOPIES OR JUST A PHYSICAL CHECKUP ALTOGETHER WON'T GO INTO EVERYTHING. WHETHER IT IS A MAMMOGRAM CHECKS. BUT CHECK WHEN YOUR NEXT CHECK UP IS YOUR APPOINTMENT. YOUR DENTIST APPOINTMENTS. SO AGAIN, WE CAN CHANGE THIS NARRATIVE THAT WE ARE ON HEALTHY PLACE BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH THAT. UM FINALLY, I WAS JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY AGAIN. UM HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY, UH, EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. I'M VERY HAPPY THAT IN MY WARD, UM UM AS WELL AS A FEDERAL ROAD, BUT THE S CURVE GOT NEW SIGNAGE. HOPEFULLY IF YOU'VE DRIVEN AROUND WILCOX LAKE, YOU'VE SEEN THAT SIGNAGE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IT'S A SLICK ROAD, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTERTIME. THERE'S NEW SIGNS, SIGNAGE GOING ALL AROUND DEFENSE ROAD. UM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH IS GOING SO THAT WE CAN CURVE THIS VIOLENCE HELP OUT CHIEF CHRISTIAN AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT I THINK

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ALRIGHT, COUNSELOR, MS SMITH LEE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, LAST YEAR, PET HANDS OPEN UP. A SHELTER. AND. AND TAYLOR, MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHER CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG PROVIDED ITEMS. FOR THEM. MM HMM. AND. IT'S SAD TO SAY WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING. AND NOBODY SHOWS UP.

THEY SHOW UP FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO JUST GET SOMETHING TO EAT. BUT WE HAD BEDS THERE. THEY PROVIDED, UM, COTS AND UM. EVERYTHING SO WE IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING. IT MIGHT NOT BE TO THE LEVEL OF WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT. BUT WE DID. SHE DID OPEN UP A SHELTER LAST YEAR. FOR SURE. ON THE CORNER OF CHAPEL AND HINTON ST ALSO. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR MARTIN LUTHER KING. THE MEMBERS OF THE DELTA OMEGA CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED. DID A MAKEOVER AT COOL SPRING.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR THE. FOR THE TEACHERS LOUNGE. THEY DID PAINTING. THEY PROVIDE A SNACKS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DAY OF SERVICE, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR HILL. YES, THANK YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. WE PRAY THAT EVERYONE IS DOING WELL , UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT UH, I KNOW THE WEATHER BEING KINDA CRAZY LATELY, BUT THE LEAVES AND THE TRASH. WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKS. UH MR ARTMAN TO GET THOSE THOSE THINGS UP. IT'S A LOT OF TRASH. FIRST OF ALL WAS DOING WELL, BUT THEN SEEMED LIKE WHEN I GUESS WHEN AH , THE TRASH WOULDN'T BEING PICKED UP TO RECYCLE AND ALL THAT JUST TRASH LIKE EVERYWHERE ALL OVER THE CITY, SO WE HAVE TO GET IT COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GONNA CLEAN UP THE LEAVES IN THE TRASH BECAUSE SOME AREAS THE TRASH HAS BEEN PICKED UP. AND THE LEAVES HAVE BEEN PICKED UP IN ANOTHER AREAS THEY HAVE IN STS. SEE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR LEADS RAKED OUT TO THE EDGE OF THE AUDIO WALKWAY. SO CAN WE PLEASE GET ON TOP OF THAT? ALSO SOMETHING I WANT TO KIND OF INTRODUCE. MAYBE UH, DURING THE SPRINGTIME, NOT THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT DURING THE SPRINGTIME, MAYBE IF WE COULD HAVE A CITYWIDE AWARD MEETING RIGHT HERE AND WHAT IT WOULD CONSIST OF UH, ALL THE DIRECTORS HAVE A TABLE. UH SO DID THE CITIZENS CAN COME IN AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO, AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALONG WITH THEIR MINISTRATIONS, UH, WE HAVE A TABLE AND EVERYBODY JUST CAN COME IN. NO SET FORM THAT YOU JUST GO TO WHATEVER WARD OR WHATEVER ISSUE THAT YOU MAY HAVE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE POLICE. YOU

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I WAS TALKING WITH SOME UM, UM PRINCE GEORGE POLICEMEN. THEY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE VACANCIES THAT THEY HAVE TRYING TO FEEL POSITIONS AND THEY WAS LIKE, HEY, MAN, I HEARD THAT Y'ALL IN PETERSBURG POLICE SHOW THEIR FULL STAFF. YEAH, THAT'S THE PART OF THE AMAZING CULTURE THAT CHIEF CHRISTIAN HAS PUT TOGETHER HERE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A FULL STATE OF POLICE FORCE WHEN UM, AND THIS DAY AND TIME, SO MANY APART SO MANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE NATION ARE HAVING A HARD TIME RECRUITING, JUST SPEAKING UP THERE AT THE EXCEPTIONAL JOB THAT CHIEF AND HIS STAFF DO HERE AND SERVING SO WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND YOUR DEDICATION. AND ALSO I KNOW WE HAD A NEW GROUP OF FIRE RECRUITS COMING THROUGH, TOO. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN AND FIRE JEFF FLEMING IS HERE. TODAY. OUR FORMAL FORMER RETIRED RETIRED POLICE FIRE CHIEF BACK THERE, T C BACK THERE IN THE BACK. YOU THANK HIM FOR ALL HIS SERVICE TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM APPLAUSE WITH TC. HE IS STILL LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO GO BACK OUT THERE. SO IF EVERYBODY FIND HIS UNIFORM, BRING THE MAN HIS UNIFORM, OKAY, BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS READY TO SERVE AND RESIDENT HERE OF THE CITY APPEARS WHERE WE ALWAYS THINK. THANK YOU FOR ALL FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, AND I KNOW YOU'RE PROUD OF ONE OF YOUR BEST RECRUITS HERE. TALISMAN JONES HERE SINCE SIN APPEAR WHO YOU BUT THEIR PROGRAM INTO PETERSBURG SCHOOLS. YEP WHICH IS SOME SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BRING. BRING BACK CHIEF AND THAT'S THE I GROOMING. ARE RESIDENTS HERE. I YOUNG YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS WHO ARE IN SCHOOL NOW TO MAKE THEM DREAM OF HAVING

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[13. Unfinished Business]

316 NUMBER ONE COMING IN THE CITY WITH RAIL. UH ACCESS TO WATER AUTOMATICS. NEARBY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COULD BE IN THE SHAPE IT'S IN. PETERSBURG ALSO RANKS AND THE TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS CITIES AND TO LIVE IN IN VIRGINIA. AT THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE CITY LEADERS IS FOR CITIZENS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO FOLLOW STANDARDS AND TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN PROPERTY. WE NEED YOU ALL TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY SO WE CAN GET A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU WANT FURTHER INVESTMENT. AND AS A PROPERTY OWNER. I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN ALL RAISE OUR STANDARDS TO TOOT. UH, WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITIZENS AND PROPERTY OWNERS? UM IF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY THE CITIZENS AND INVESTORS ALL FOLLOW THE SAME STANDARDS, CONSISTENCY. WE CAN ALL MAKE PETERSBURG A GREAT CITY. IF NOT YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE. I THINK WE'RE Y'ALL GOTTA STRUGGLE AHEAD, BUT I THINK WE NEED CONSISTENCY. WE NEED TO FOLLOW STANDARDS AND TREAT EVERYBODY THE SAME. UM I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S EFFORTS, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT. WE HAVE OUR ITEM B CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG RULES A COUNCIL MAN IS WILLIAMS. YES SIR. MR MAYOR.

THESE RULES WERE PREVIOUSLY TABLED BY COUNSEL. AT THE LAST MEETING. THERE'S SOME CHANGES THAT WERE NOT THE LAST MEETING AT ITS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THE, UH. RULES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE COVER SHEET, MANY OF WHICH ARE SIMPLY HOUSEKEEPING MEASURES, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN RULES IS THE ADDITION OF A UM REMOTE PARTICIPATION POLICY. STATE CODE REQUIRES THAT IN ORDER FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY YOU MUST HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE. SO THIS SETS FORTH POLICY. IT DOESN'T ALLOW PER STATE CODE MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY MORE THAN

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[14. New Business]

MR ARMAND, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILMAN CUTHBERT. COUNCILMAN JONES SMITH LEE.

COUNCILMAN MYERS WESTBROOK, VICE MARY HILL. MAYOR PARAM HI. NEXT IS, UM ITEM B CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE EMBLEMATIC RIVER WATER AUTHORITY BOARD. FINE. THE APPOINTMENT OF THE MANAGER AND MR BARELY 22 YEARS, TWO YEAR TERM. ALRIGHT, THAT IS A MOVE TO A POINT. MR ALTMAN, MR BARLEY. THANKS, MARY HILL. SO MOVED. COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE SECOND, ALRIGHT, MR ARMAND, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILMAN ROBERT COUNCILMAN JONES SMITH LEE. HI COUNSELOR. MYERS UH, COUNCILOR WESTBROOK HILL, PARAM. NEXUS ITEM. 15 CITY MANAGER REPORT, MR ALMOND. ANY ITEMS I HAVE DONE THIS THIS EVENING, MR MANUAL. ALRIGHT NEXT BUSINESS OVER REPORTS FROM THE CLERK.

THANK YOU, MR ALMOND FOR CLERKING FOR US TONIGHT AND I CLEARED THE STILL ON MATERNITY LEAVE. MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU. NEXT IS BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR WILLIAMS AND ITEMS TONIGHT, MR MAYOR. ALRIGHT, NEXUS ITEM 18 ADJOURNMENT. ALL IN FAVOR.

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