Feb 20, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting

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INCLUDES UH, CLOSED SESSIONS, SO THAT'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED. UM NEXT. UM GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[1. Roll Call]

NEXT UH, I ASK, UM VICE MAYOR HILL TO OPEN UP WITH OUR OPENING PRAYER. UM I ALSO WANNA PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE FIRE. WE HAD TODAY. VICE MAYOR HILL YES. LET US PRAY. WE TURN TO GOD, OUR FATHERS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU, LORD. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT MANY GIFTS AND BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US, LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. LORD, WE THANK YOU. AND LORD. WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON THOSE VICTIMS ON TODAY DURING THE FIRE HAVING A FATHER WE ASKED THAT YOU BE WITH THE LOVED ONES. HEAVENLY FATHER W, YOUR LOVING ARMS AROUND THEM HAVING A FATHER WAX THAT BLESSINGS UPON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO RESPONDED FAR HIM IN OUR EMS OUR FIRE OUR POLICE OFFICER HEAVENLY FATHER, BE WITH THEM AS WELL. HAVING A FATHER THOSE WHO WAS HURT IN THE FIRE HE THE FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU WERE HEAL. THEY ARE WOUNDS.

NOBODY ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING HEAVEN AND FATHER THAT IT MAY BE FRUITFUL TO YOUR NAME THAT THERE WILL BE NO CONTENTION AMONG US HAVING A FATHER. WE ASK THAT YOU WILL BLESS THE CITIZENS, CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. TAKE IT TO HIGHER HEIGHTS AND DEEPER DEPTHS. AND YOU HAVING A FATHER THAT WE WOULD DO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS YOUR CITY. IT'S IN YOUR NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. THAT CAN EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR NATION. UH, AND JUSTICE. FOR ITEM, FOUR DETERMINATION OF PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

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

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RECOGNIZE CHRIS.

[6. Responses to Previous Public Information Posted]

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

[8. City Manager's Report and Special Reports]

GOOD EVENING, MISS GLASER. GOOD TO SEE YOU DOING GREAT. ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. UM I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I AM JOANNE GLAZER. I'M AN OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE S PC, A SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. THIS S PC A WAS FOUNDED IN 1911 IN PETERSBURG. THE SPCA IS ALL VOLUNTEER. THERE IS NO PAID PERSON. THE S PC A IS MAINTAINED BY DONATIONS. AND AS A 501 C, THREE NONPROFIT THE SPC ASSIST WITH MEDICAL EXPENSES, ANIMAL FOOD AND OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS SPAY AND NEUTER OF DOGS AND CATS. THE SPCA ALSO. ASSIST WITH ANIMAL FOOD SUPPLIED TO LOW INCOME ELDERLY RESIDENTS AND WITH THE ONES WITH PETS THAT CANNOT AFFORD FOOD, FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OTHER ANIMAL RESCUE GROUPS AS NEEDED, SUCH AS FLOOD AND FIRE AREAS. OFFERING A PLATFORM FOR REPORTING SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY OR INTERVENTION. AND THE NEEDS TO DO THAT. THE SPCA COLLABORATES WITH THE LOCAL POLICE AND ANIMAL CONTROL. TO ADDRESS THESE REPORTS AND WORKS TOWARDS IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGH NEW LAWS AND MEASURES. ENGAGING IN EFFORTS TO FIND HOMES FOR ADOPTABLE SHELTER ANIMALS AND COLLABORATING WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHARE THE SAME OBJECTIVE. THE S PC A ALSO OFFERS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS, CLUBS AND THE PUBLIC TO PROMOTE

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THE CURRENT PETERSBURG ANIMAL SHELTER, AS YOU KNOW. IS GOING OVER 50 YEARS OLD. IT IS 1000 SQUARE FOOT CINDER BLOCK BUILDING. IN A FLOOD ZONE. AND IN THE SUMMER OR IN THE SUMMER TIME THE AREA BECOMES A BREEDING GROUND FOR MOSQUITOES. THIS CINDER BLOCK BUILDING HAS POOR HEAT AND AIR CONDITIONING RETENTION. PEELING PAINT. THE INSIDE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT HEALTHY FOR STAFF OR THE ANIMALS. THE SHELTER CAPACITY IS MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE POPULATION OF THE CITY. THE CORNEAL HEIGHTS. ANIMAL SHELTER IS FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF THE PETERSBURG SHELTER WITH A POPULATION OF 19,000 RESIDENTS. COMPARED TO THE PETERSBURG SHELTER WITH 34,000 RESIDENTS. PETERSBURG SHE ALL THEIR EXPERIENCES, FREQUENT SEWER BACKUPS AND STANDING WATER AROUND THE OUTER PERIMETER. THE PETERSBURG SHELTER HAS BEEN VISITED SEVERAL TIMES BY THE STATE VET. AND UNFORTUNATELY, INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE DUE TO THE AGE OF THE BUILDING, AND PARTICULARLY THE COMPOSITE OF THE FLOOR. THE S PC, A PETERSBURG HAS DONATED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER THE YEARS FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE SHELTER. AND NEW SUPPLIES. FOR EXAMPLE, IN JUNE OF 2021, THE S PC, A DONATED $25,000 WHICH WAS USED WITHIN 18 MONTHS. FOR FOOD AND SUPPLIES. THE STAFF OF THE SPCA. THE STAFF AT THE SHELTER DOESN'T DOESN'T OUTSTANDING JOB CONSIDERING THE DEGRADING OF THE BUILDING. THEY THEY KEEP IT CLEAN AND MAINTAIN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AS BEST THEY CAN FOR THE BUILDING. THE SHELTER IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS. AND THEY'RE HOLDING UP SOME SIGNS THAT TALK ABOUT THE SAME THING I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE. THE SHELTER IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT COME TO WORK. TO COME TO WORK AND WALK THE DOGS AND WASH AND GROOM AND A AND IDENTIFY OTHER RE OTHER RESCUE GROUPS TO FIND FOSTER HOMES. WE CALL THEM THE FRIENDS OF THE PETERSBURG ANIMAL SHELTER. WITHOUT THESE VOLUNTEERS. AND THE S PC, A THIS SHELTER. WOULD BARELY EXIST. THE S PC, A PETERSBURG HAS NOW PARTNERED WITH THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER. LAST MAY, THE S PC A WAS INFORMED THAT THE CITY WAS GOING FORWARD ON LAND OWNED BY THE CITY TO BUILD A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER AT FLANK AND JOHNSON ROAD. THE FUNDS HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE SHELTER. AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY, THE S PC A WAS ASKED TO SUBMIT AND APPLY FOR A GRANT. FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.

WE NOW HAVE A $25,000 GRANT. SITTING IN AN INTEREST BEARING MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT. AND THE PETERSBURG WELFARE SOCIETY HAS ALSO DONATED $7600. SO THAT'S A START. THE OTHER ENTITIES OUTSIDE THE CITY THAT WANT TO SEE A NEW SHELTER BUILT. ARE ALSO MRS JUNKIN IS ONE OF THEM.

THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, SHE HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT THE PETERSBURG SHELTER. THE SPC.

PETERSBURG AND THE FRIENDS OF THE PETERSBURG SHELTER ARE READY , WILLING AND ABLE TO SUPPORT AND SEE THE NEW SHELTER COME TO FRUITION. WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE CITY HAS ITS PRIORITIES, BUT 2024 MUST BE THE YEAR. THE NEW PETERSBURG ANIMAL SHELTER BECOMES A REALITY. THE MORTON INSULATED METAL BARN STYLE BUILDING WILL HAVE 45 DOG RUNS SEPARATE 30 CAT FACES WITH A FREE ROAMING ENVIRONMENT, A GROOMING FACILITY, VETERINARY CARE. BE A NEUTER CLINIC.

RECEPTIONS AND INTAKE AREA PLAY YARDS AND OTHER GREEN SPACES. MEET AND GREET, GET ACQUAINTED

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ALL THE SHELTERS IN THE AREA ARE FULL TO CAPACITY. THAT MEANS DOZENS OF DOGS AND CATS. WOULD EITHER BE THROWN OUT OR EUTHANIZED. WE JUST ASK. THAT YOU SERIOUSLY CONSIDER PRIORITIZING AGAIN. THE UH PETERSBURG ANIMAL SHELTER. WE KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE MANY THINGS ON YOUR PLATE AND, UH OTHER THINGS HAVE COME ABOUT SINCE THIS DECISION WAS MADE EARLY IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, BUT WE, UH IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD EXPEDITIOUSLY. TO START THE PROCESS. OF GETTING THE NEW SHELTER BUILT THE S PC A IS HERE TO HELP. AND WE HAVE DONE SO AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. ANY QUESTIONS? GO LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE SHELTER LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS GLASER. THANK YOU, SIR. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? UH, NO. BUT THANK YOU, MS GLAZER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE AND I'VE BEEN, UM WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MOVING FORWARD AND THE MAYOR AND EVERYONE ON COUNCIL AND I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU ASKED FOR. BELIEVE ME, OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANKS MR HO.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR YOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? NO, SIR. OK NEXT WE GO TO ITEM NINE, WHICH

[9. Official Public Hearings]

WE'RE GOT PROUD TO OFFER YOU. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY. AS YOU KNOW, WE PURCHASED.

UH, THE MASTER CHEVROLET PROPERTIES. THIS 1301 NORTH SYCAMORE STREET IS RIGHT NEXT TO ALIBIS. I GO THROUGH. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO LEASE THIS AREA AND USE THIS AREA NEXT TO THE RESTAURANT TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SEATING. THEY WILL IMPROVE THE STREETSCAPE AND CURB THAT THING. ANY FENCING THEY PUT UP WILL BE FOR APPROVAL BY THE A RB. THE 5000 A MONTH AND 6000 PER YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE CURRENT AREA FROM WALL MURAL.

UH, PARKING THERE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE PROPOSED EXPANSION. BASICALLY IT'S JUST ADDING AN ADDITIONAL ROW DOWN THAT SIDE AND THEY WOULD MAINTAIN THE SIDEWALK AREAS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IS A PENCIL RENDERING IT'S DONE FROM UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, I GUESS YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN. UH, NO SYCAMORE STREET FROM THE BOWLING BROOK AREA. VERY NICELY DONE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE DESIRED LOOK OF THE FENCING AND THE PLANNINGS THAT THEY WOULD USE. AND THEN ON THE ON THAT OTHER SIDE IS THE DESIRE FOR THE CORNER PLANNERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE GOT THE BUSINESS OWNER HERE AND THE GENTLEMAN IN THE CENTER THAT IS ALONZO SCOTT. HE IS A PROFESSIONAL SLAM BALL PLAYER. AND MR MAYOR, HE SAYS HE HAS A 54 INCH VERTICAL LEAP AND I SAID , WELL, THAT MEANS YOU CAN DUNK OVER THE MAYOR BY JUMPING OVER HIM. HE SAID. HE COULD DO THAT, SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT HIM ON THE SPOT. WE'LL PUT HIM ON THE SPOT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR GOAL AND DESIRES FOR YOU TO VOTE AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A LEASE AGREEMENT. AT THIS POINT, I ASKED CAT TO COME UP. SHE'S GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HER BUSINESS. AND AT THAT POINT, MR MAYOR, WE AUTHORIZE YOU TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. MHM. HM? GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UH, GOOD EVENING, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW ME. I AM CAT. UH, LEGALLY VIRGINIA MCKAY BUT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS ME AS CAT. UM. I AM THE OWNER OF TOWNS ALIBI LOCATED ON THE

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MY NAME IS SHAAR WADE. UH, I LIVE AT 230 NORTH SYCAMORE STREET. MHM. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND, UH, EVERYBODY HERE TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS SHAAR WADE AND I WORK AT ALL TOWN ALIBIS. I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE ALMOST DAY ONE. ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS THE PATIO EXPANSION. I'M HERE TO SAY THAT NOBODY DESERVES THIS OPPORTUNITY MORE THAN CAT OR HER BUSINESS.

FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, YOU WOULDN'T SEE THE FULL AMOUNT OR THE EXTENT OF LOVE, DEDICATION AND COMPASSION THAT SHE POURS DAILY INTO HER BUSINESS AND THE COMMUNITY. SHE IS TRULY A SPECIAL PERSON IN HER HEART IS GENUINE TO THE GOOD THINGS THAT SHE PUTS OUT INTO THIS WORLD. IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO HOLD EVERYONE UP TONIGHT AS WE COULD HAVE EASILY PUT OUT A CALL. FOR MANY PEOPLE TO BE LINED UP TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HER, BUT BY A SHOW OF HANDS IF YOU'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF CAT, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? THANK YOU. I'M ONLY HERE TO POINT OUT THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM BEHIND ME FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY AS I DO. WE ALL HOPE THAT WHEN THIS MEETING CONCLUDES, IT WILL INCLUDE THE ABILITY FOR CAT TO CONTINUE TO GROW HER BUSINESS AND SPREAD HER LOVE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OK? RIGHT? SEEING NO MORE HANDS THAN THIS PUBLIC HEARING. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED NEXT AND WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UM COUNCILMAN JONES. EVERYBODY DOING? UM I GOT A LIST OF THINGS. UM. NUMBER ONE. THANK YOU, CAT FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. THINK ANYBODY IS OUT THERE THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO THESE QUESTIONS? DON'T TAKE IT TO HEART, BUT TAKE THEM SERIOUS, OK? UH, FIRST. WHERE DID THIS $500 GENERATE FROM? TO YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, JAMES. THIS WAS THE RATE THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS. RELEASING THAT SPOT FOR SO DESPITE WAS LEAST BEFORE AT THAT RATE. ALL RIGHT. I, UH. THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT EGRESS AND SAFETY. HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN DRAWN OUT WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL AND EVERYBODY? WELL. WE HAVE, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT QUESTION, SIR. WE'VE WORKED WITH STREETS AND PUBLIC WORKS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RIGHT OF WAYS. YES, SIR. UH, THE NEXT THING IS I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE OLD TOWN SQUARE. COMING BACK, MISS K. THIS IS FOR YOU. UH, HOW

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MISSISSIPPI MANAGER TO GO TO GRASSROOTS PROGRAMS LIKE THE PETERSBURG ACADEMIC SPORTS LEAGUE AND THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE BY MISS PAT. HE, UM IF THAT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT DO YOU HAVE DO YOU? ME OR MR MOORE. MR JONES. THAT WOULD BE A COUNCIL MATIC ACTION YOU CAN DETERMINE. I KNOW I'M TALKING TO COUNSEL RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I THINK YOU COULD CERTAINLY DIRECT THE MANAGER TO DO THAT AT BUDGET TIME, BUT, UH, THAT COULD BE PART OF THE MOTION OF COUNCIL WAS INCLINED TO DO THAT. MAN, YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT? NO, SIR. I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE FOR MY MONEY TO GO TO THE YOUTH. LIKE I ALL RIGHT. MR. ME IS YOUR ANSWER? THAT'S ALL I GOT, UH, YEAH, THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE AND PETERSBURG. I THEM IN SPORTS LEAGUE, WHICH ARE, UH, PREVIOUS COUNSELOR. UH, MR MIKE ROSS WAS A PART OF A PRESIDENT OF AND HE MADE SURE THE MONIES WENT TO THOSE PROGRAMS I ALWAYS HAVE. I HAPPENED TO BE A COACH OF ONE OF THEM BACK IN THE DAY, SO THEY NEED HELP RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE MONEY GOING FROM SOME POSITIVE TO SOMETHING POSITIVE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO MAKE A MOTION. I WILL ALRIGHT, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS LEASE. AND TO DIRECT THOSE FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS PETERSBURG ACADEMIC SPORTS LEAGUE AND THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE BY MS PAT HINES. RIGHT. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT MOTION IN A SECOND, A

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OK? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. MR. D, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILOR CUTHBERT ABSTAIN BECAUSE MS MCKAY IS A RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, FOR, UH UH, SEE UM THE FOURTH WARD SEAT. SO I ABSTAIN. COUNCILOR JONES. COUNCILOR SMITH LEE. COUNCILOR MYERS. UH, COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. UH. VICE MAYOR HILL MAYOR PERHAM. I. THANK YOU SO MUCH. C AD. THANK YOU. ALIBI STAFF. EVERYBODY CAME. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR PETERSBURG. NEXT ROLL ON TO ITEM NINE B, WHICH IS TO CONDUCT A OH DID I NEED TO GO BACK TO COUNCILMAN CER. ARE YOU OK? AFTER THE ROSE CALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY. OK 98. OK, PERFECT. WE'LL GO TO NINE BEAT IN WHICH IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT TOWARD THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 101 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, MR MOORE THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THIS EVENING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE SALE OF ONE ON ONE WEST WASHINGTON STREET ACROSS FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER FOR A, UH, BARBERSHOP BEAUTY SHOP HAD BEEN AN APE, A MP AND BACK IN THE DAY, AND ALSO QUINN HALL USED TO BE THE HALL FOR THE CHURCH. SEE MR GARRETT'S GOT MY MUSIC. CUE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OFFERS ARE HERE TONIGHT. THEY'LL SPEAK MORE ON THEIR CENTER. UM THEY'VE OFFERED TO PURCHASE PRICE OF $173,250 FALLS WITHIN YOUR REQUIREMENTS. DEPOSIT WOULD BE $10,000. THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT IS A TWO STORY 30,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WITH PARKING THEY'RE ANTICIPATED COSTS ARE $20 MILLION. TIME TO COMPLETE 18 MONTHS. REAL ESTATE TAX FROM THAT WOULD BE $254,000 A YEAR AND IT WILL CREATE JOBS NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE PROJECT AREA. YOU SEE, THAT'S A BACK OF A THE FLAT OFF TO THE RIGHT? THERE'S A ARNOLD PENN. WE'LL GO TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OK? LITTLE MORE CLEAR. THIS IS FROM GOOGLE. SEEMS TO BE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALRIGHT. THIS IS THE TRANSIT CENTER. THE NEXT PICTURE IS THE ARNOLD PENN AND OLD HARLOW HARDY. FURNITURE COMPANY BUILDING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. LOOKING DOWN AND HEADING TO THE WEST HAVE ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. AND NEXT THERE YOU HAVE THE THIS WOULD BE THE NORTH. WESTERN HALF OF UNION FLATS. YOU SEE, MISS ROYSTER AGAIN IN MY PHOTO, AND THEN ON THE NEXT PHOTO IS THE EASTERN HALF. OF UNION FLAT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN OUR DESIRES FOR YOU TO, UH, CONSIDER THIS AND APPROVE THE SALE OF THIS. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR THIS AREA. THE MASS FOR THE BUILDING IS GONNA MATCH WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE TRANSIT CENTER AND THROUGH THAT PREVE PROCESS WILL ENSURE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RENDERING MISTER GARRETT IS GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN. I GET. SO AT THIS POINT, I LIKE TO ASK DOCTOR HIRSCH TO COME FORWARD. SHE'S ONE OF THE PROPRIETORS FOR THE PROJECT, AND HE'S GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU MORE. ON THIS PROJECT'S BEHALF. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UH, APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S TIME ALLOWING US TO SPEAK TONIGHT, ACTUALLY. I'M ARI HIRSCH. UH A PHYSICIAN WITH, UH, RICHMOND NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATES. AND ACTUALLY, THIS IS A DOCTOR, SANDY GIBSON WITH THE MIDDLE ATLANTA KIDNEY CENTER AND OUR GROUPS ARE COLLABORATING. TO HOPEFULLY BRING A REGIONAL CENTER OF KIDNEY CARE, UM TO THE PETERSBURG AREA. UH, KIDNEY CARE. UM NEEDS AN INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE APPROACH. I THINK MOST OF US WOULD AGREE, OR ALL OF US SHOULD AGREE THAT CARE IN GENERAL NEEDS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH BUT SPECIFICALLY KIDNEY CARE. AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE A REGIONAL DESTINATION OF CARE. UM AND INSTEAD OF MAKING PATIENTS, UH GO GET THEIR CARE. WE'RE GONNA BRING THE CARE TO THE PATIENTS. AND SO, UM, I THINK IN BOTH OF OUR PRACTICES, UH, PATIENTS ARE DRIVING A TREMENDOUS DISTANCES TO GET

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AN OLD TOWN, UH, BESIDE MARIA'S, UH, THE ALLEY WAS IN BETWEEN. AND WE GREW THAT AND WE NOW HAVE THE V ON CRATER ROAD. CONVENIENTLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN AND THE POPEYE AND THE BOJANGLES I. I FOUND IT FUNNY BECAUSE ALL THE PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION ANYWAY, THAT'S NOT WHERE WE PUT THE PLACE THERE. NONETHELESS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IS THAT, UH, CENTRAL CENTRAL G CARE FOR VASCULAR ACCESS FOR A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS WITH DIALYSIS AND EVEN, UH, THINGS THAT ARE PERIPHERAL TO DIALYSIS, BUT SORT OF COEXIST LIKE CARDIAC DISEASE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE TO RICHMOND. AND FOR A LOT OF US FOR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE, THAT'S A HARDSHIP. AND ARI AND I HAD WORKED TOGETHER AND WE DEVELOPED A P DUCT DIALYSIS OFF OF OFF OF TEMPLE AVENUE, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE'VE GROWN OUR HOME PROGRAM SO THAT WE HAD TO DIVEST SOME OF THAT FROM THE PETERSBURG UNIT. WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW IS BUILD A DESTINATION SPOT. SO THAT WE CAN HAVE VASCULAR SURGERY. THERE WE CAN HAVE RADIOLOGY THERE. WE CAN HAVE, UH, ANCILLARY THINGS LIKE CARDIOLOGY STUFF LIKE THAT IN ONE PLACE AND THAT WILL PROVIDE A CENTER FOR US IN PETERSBURG. SOUTHERN CHESTERFIELD, DINWIDDIE, PRINCE GEORGE TO BE TO BE HERE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO GO TO RICHMOND. AND THAT'S THE GENESIS OF THE PROJECT. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, I THINK THE YOU KNOW, 11 OF THE FOCUS WE HAVE WITH OUR PATIENTS. OBVIOUSLY PREVENTION IS IMPORTANT. UH, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING. UH, BUT ALSO WITH REGARD TO PATIENTS WHO ARE ON DIALYSIS. THE NEED FOR TRANSPLANTATION. AND TRAVELING TO RICHMOND TO VCU OR GOING TO U VA OR GOING TO INTERACT WITH DOCTORS FOR IT'S TREMENDOUS DISTANCES, AND OUR PATIENTS DON'T END UP GOING THERE A LOT OF THEM AND SO, UM YOU KNOW, OUR HOPE IS TO BRING THAT TO THIS AREA AGAIN BRING THE CARE TO THE PATIENTS. NOT MAKE THE PATIENTS GO SEEK THE CARE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OK, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NEXT FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO THE SALE OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 101 WEST WASHINGTON STREET. YES, MS RUDOLPH. I'M GONNA LOOK AT THIS. OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, UM. BARB RUDOLPH 1675 MOUNT VERNON STREET. UM I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL DETAIL BECAUSE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA PACKAGE WAS VERY UNCLEAR WHAT IT WAS AND I DID. INFERRED THAT IT MIGHT BE A DIALYSIS CENTER BASED ON THE NAME OF THE APPLICANT, BUT SO I'M RELIEVED TO SEE THAT IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THAT THERE IS A PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS LACKING A DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

AND THERE WASN'T MUCH TO GO ON. SO I CERTAINLY FEEL MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IT NOW, BUT I ONE QUESTION REMAINS. IS MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT EARLY DURING HIS TENURE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCILOR UM JONES HAS ASKED THAT THE CITY CHANGE ITS POLICY. ABOUT SELLING PROPERTY FOR ONE HALF OF THE ASSESSED VALUE. THE OBJECTION BEING THAT IT SEEMED LIKE WE'RE WE'RE CUTTING OURSELVES OUT OF SOME POTENTIAL REVENUE. AND THIS PARTICULAR LOT I THINK IS IN A PRIME LOCATION. IT'S VERY VALUABLE, SO AND I BELIEVE THAT THE QUESTIONS ABOUT CHANGE THAT POLICY HAVE COME UP MORE THAN ONCE. AND BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE WITH THIS PROPOSAL, NOTHING'S HAPPENED. UM, I HOPE THAT THAT WILL GIVE SOME OF YOU PAUSE AND PERHAPS RECONSIDER WHAT YOU ASK FOR FROM FROM THIS MEDICAL PRACTICE. WAS. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE UM, IT'S IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE. OF. IS OUR ABILITY OF REAL ESTATE. IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE CITY IS LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE. SO THAT'S UM I HOPE THAT YOU'LL LOOK AT THAT. AND MAYBE EVEN LOOK BACK AT YOUR MINUTES IN YOUR OWN RECORDS TO OBSERVE THAT THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT? YES. MURPHY. GOOD EVENING, MR GOOD EVENING. EVEN MR MAYOR, MR VICE MAYOR COUNCIL. UH I'M LARRY MURPHY, UM, INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER RICHMOND. UH, JUST WANTED TO STAND AND TO SPEAK AND SUPPORT. OF THIS PROPOSAL. I THINK THE

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BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE HAS NOT GONE UNRECOGNIZED. VICE MAYOR HILL. YEAH I. I JUST WANNA GET A, UH, CLEAR INDICATION ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE.

IS IT GONNA BE ANOTHER DIALYSIS CENTER, OR IS IT GONNA BE A PREVENTION? I MEAN, CAN YOU KINDA EXPLAIN BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A HELPING THEM IN THE CITY. OR IS IT GOING? I MEAN, CAUSE I KNOW WE SAY PREVENTION. BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN IN THE BUILDING? SO IN THE SO THERE WILL BE A DIALYSIS CENTER THERE. HOW MANY? HOW MANY? HOW MANY CHAIRS? IT'LL PROBABLY BE A 16 CENTER. HOWEVER. WHAT THERE ALSO WILL BE IS A HOME DIALYSIS CENTER. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PREVENTION, THE FACT THAT WE NEED ANOTHER DIALYSIS CENTER IN THIS REGION IS THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THIS LOCATION. SO SEEING PATIENTS IN THE OFFICE IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO SO WE CAN TREAT THEIR HYPERTENSION SO WE CAN TELL THEM AND FOCUS THINGS ON LIKE DIABETES TO PREVENT PROGRESSION OF KIDNEY CARE. WE ALSO, UH, HAVE NEWER MEDICATIONS FOR DIABETICS TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF KIDNEY DISEASE. SO EVEN THOUGH. WE NEED DIALYSIS AT THIS LOCATION TO MAKE THIS

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THE HOPE IS THAT WE'LL ALSO HAVE CARDIOLOGY. PRIMARY CARE. I LIKE TO HAVE ENDOCRINOLOGY THERE AS WELL. SO AGAIN. A ONE STOP SHOP FOR JUST GENERAL INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE, COMPLETE CARE AT ONE LOCATION. SO WHEN OUR PATIENTS COME SEE US, LET'S SAY I HAVE A PATIENT WHO HAS UNCONTROLLED DIABETES INSTEAD OF ME SENDING THEM TO SOMEPLACE ELSE, RIGHT? WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH CARE. YOU KNOW, YOU MAY SEE A PAY OR A PHYSICIAN WHO IS A PRIVATE PHYSICIAN. THEN YOU MAY GET INTO A BOND A CO DOCTOR, THEN YOU ALSO GO TO HC A DOCTOR. IT JUST FRAGMENT OF CARE. SO AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO JUST BRING EVERYTHING INTO ONE LOCATION. SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS NOT GOING TO BE JUST A DIALYSIS CENTER. IT'S NOT JUST A DIALYSIS, BUT THAT THAT'S THE HUB OF IT PRETTY MUCH, BUT THEN YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO GET A, UH, PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR THERE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. YEAH, THE THEY'LL BE NEPHROLOGIST THERE. YOU KNOW, OUR OUR PRACTICE IS COLLABORATING WITH DOCTOR GIBSON'S PRACTICE, SO YOU'LL HAVE NEPHROLOGY CARE BEING DELIVERED THERE AS OUTPATIENT CARE, PLUS THE AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER PLUS THE DIALYSIS CENTER. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE OTHER PHYSICIANS TO CO LOCATE THEIR CARDIOLOGY. ENDOCRINOLOGY PRIMARY CARE. OK, SO AT THE LET'S SAY LIBERTY RIGHT NOW, DOES THAT DOES THAT EXIST THERE RIGHT NOW? WOULD YOU JUST SAY NO. OK LIBERTY LIBERTY.

THAT IS JUST A DIAL THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. I WANTED TO DRAW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW THAT PATIENTS WHO GO TO LIBERTY AND THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THEIR ACCESS. THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. SOMETIMES THEY'RE GOING TO RICHMOND. AND THAT'S UH, THAT'S NOT THE WAY WE SHOULD BE DOING IT. UM NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN MYERS, I KNOW YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHICH WHICH. WANTED TO KNOW WHAT RENDERING THEY WERE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN THAT PARTICULAR. BUT WHICH? YEAH. WHICH WHICH? WHEN WINTER. WE HAD A MARTIN ONE AND, UH, TWO OTHER RENDERINGS. RIGHT, UH, I GUESS. PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT. MAKE A DECISION. LOOK. I WAS GOING TO THE GOING TO THE A RB. OK, IT DESTROYED DISS TODAY I BE WITH WOULD APPROVE WHICHEVER RENDERING OK. COUNCILMAN JONES. ALRIGHT, UM. MR MOORE. WHAT IS THE. WORTH IT IS IT IS LOT THAT THEY WANNA BUILD ON BECAUSE I SEE THE PURCHASE PRICE OFF IS 100 AND 73,000. WHAT? IS A TOTAL WORTH OF THAT PROPERTY. TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROPERTY SERVICE, 346,000 SAY. SAY THAT ONE WHICH I COULDN'T I'M SORRY, SIR. MOVE THIS ONE A LITTLE CLOSER.

$346,500 IN. WHO'S ASKING OR WHO PROPOSED THAT IT BE 50. THAT WAS DONE BY COUNCIL. UH, PRIOR TO YOU COMING ON COUNCIL, SIR. AGAIN. THAT WAS THE BASE AMOUNT THAT COULD BE OFFERED DOESN'T MEAN THAT COUNCIL HAS TO ACCEPT IT. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANNA ASK COUNCIL THAT WE VISIT THAT 50%

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WHOLE GAMUT, BUT, YEAH, WE NEED MORE DIALYSIS ISSUES. THAT'S THE THAT'S THAT'S THE UPSHOT. SO BASICALLY ALL YOU GUYS GONNA BE WORKING IN UNISON TO TAKE CARE OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAYS INTO DIALYSIS AND REGIONAL DOESN'T HAVE ANY DALLAS UNITS ON THE FLOOR ANYMORE. WELL NO, THAT'S AN ACUTE UNIT. THAT'S DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT SO ALL THE ALL THE ALL DALLAS IS IN THE UNITED STATES. FOR THE MOST PART, 89% IS CORPORATE, BIG, BIG BIG CORPORATIONS NOW FOR SENIOR LIBERTY IS FOR CUS DAVITA. UH A R A AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO GET BY IN FROM FROM THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH. IS THE VA TO GO AHEAD WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE KNOW THAT THE THAT WE DON'T HAVE WE? WE NEED SPACE. WE NEED MORE SPACE. SO I THINK I WANT TO PUT IT IN PETERSBURG. I'M FROM ERIC. I WANTED TO PUT IN PETERSBURG. UH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE NEED IS. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM. THANK YOU, UH, ONE COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS. UM JOBS CREATED GOT 50 JOBS CREATED. WHO ARE THOSE JOBS BE TARGETED TO. YOU DID THE ANALYSIS ON THAT, BUT, UH. SO IT'S YOU MEAN, LIKE SPECIFICALLY LIKE I MEAN, FOR INSTANCE, UH, IT'S BASICALLY MEDICAL PRACTICE JOBS JOBS RELATED TO THE MEDICAL PRACTICE. SO LIKE A. NURSES MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, UM, FRONT END STAFF. ARE YOU GONNA TALK HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IS IN THE NURSING PROGRAM OR ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S IN THERE IN THAT AREA. ARE WE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SEASON NURSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? BUT YOU HAVE A NURSING PROGRAM AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. RICHARD B AND VIRGINIA STATE. WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S IT WAS I GUESS YOU COULD. I MEAN, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT. UH, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE LICENSED FOR THE MOST PART WHO WORK WITH US. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU HAVE EXTERNSHIPS AND PEOPLE COME. YEAH I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. BUT IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW.

NOT REALLY. WHAT DID THE 16 CHAIRS COME FROM? WHY 16 NOT 20. THERE'S A KIND OF SCALE WITH HAVING HOT, LARGER UNITS. 12 UNITS. EIGHT UNITS. YOU CAN'T IT'S JUST NOT EFFICIENT. YOU GET OVER 20 CHAIRS IT BECOMES, UH, A BEHEMOTH. DIFFICULT. THE AVERAGE TIME A PERSON IS DIFFICULT TO

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COUNCILLOR SMITH LEE. COUNCILOR MYERS. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. VICE MAYOR HILL ALL RIGHT, MAYOR PER.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND MR MAYOR, COUNCILOR COVER. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNSEL TO, UH STUDY THIS ISSUE OF THE SALES PRICE. FOR OUR SURPLUS PROPERTIES. AND UH, DISCUSS THIS IN CLOSED SESSION WHEN WE MEET NEXT AND SEE IF WE CAN UH, COME TO, UH, A REVISED UNDERSTANDING THERE IS MORE TO THE CITY'S ADVANTAGE. OKAY? ALRIGHT, MR WILLIAMS. I'LL WORK ON THAT SO SOME ITEMS HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION. I'LL CHECK THE CODE AND CONFIRM WHETHER THAT WILL PROPERLY FALL UNDER THE CLOSED SESSION EXCEPTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NINE C, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION REQUEST FROM CHASE GABRIEL APPLICANT AND REPRESENTATIVE OF NAVARRE'S AUTO SALES TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AT 2520 DEERFIELD DRIVE TO OPERATE A USED CAR LOT IS PROVIDED FOR UNDER ARTICLE 23 SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS SPECIAL USES SECTION FOUR SPECIAL USES ENUMERATED ITEM 22 OF THE ZONER ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A STAND ALONE USED VEHICLE SALES NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW VEHICLE DEALERSHIP OR NOT LOCATED UP. SAME PARCEL AS SUCH NEW VEHICLE DEALERSHIP IF LOCATED UPON PARCELS OF LESS THAN ONE ACRE IN THE AREA, SUCH TO BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE B TWO AND M ONE ZONING DISTRICTS ONLY BESIDE MY GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. HI MAYOR, HEAD COUNCIL, NAOMI, SAY MO DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO AS THE MAYOR PUT SO WELL, WE DO HAVE A CASE BEFORE YOU 2023 SUPO NINE. IT'S A REQUEST BY CHASE DE BRAW, WHO IS LOOKING TO HAVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A USED VEHICLE SALES ESTABLISHMENT AT 2520 DEERFIELD DRIVE. SO AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS CHASED TO GR THE REQUEST AS I WAS REPRESENTED, AND AS OUR CODE REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL. YOU

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IT'S MAINTAINED, UM, IT'S UNOCCUPIED. AND THEN I HAVE A QUICK SITE PLAN SHOWING YOU THEY'RE GONNA DELINEATE THE PARKING SPACES FOR THE PROPERTY AS WELL TO MAKE SURE EVERY VEHICLE THAT'S FOR SALE ON THE LOT HAS AN APPROPRIATE SPACE. SO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST, BUT WITH CONDITIONS SO THE FIRST CONDITION BEING THAT THE LOT SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN AN APPROPRIATE CLEAN MANNER PAVED AND VEHICLES SHALL BE PARKED ONLY AND DESIGNATED SPACES.

ALSO, THE APPLICANT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CONDITION THAT ONLY 10 VEHICLES BE FOR SALE ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S GIVEN TO THE LIMITED SPACE OF THIS PROPERTY, AND WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT OVER PACKED, UM AND POORLY MAINTAINED AND THEN ALSO THAT A LIGHTING PLAN SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BEFORE APPROVAL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT NO DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING THE AREA IS IMPACTED BY GLARE THAT CAN IS HERE TODAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, LET ME KNOW. OK, THANK YOU NEXT OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. FOR A CHASE, GABRIEL AND REPRESENTATIVES OF N ORDER SAY AS TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AT 2520 DEERFIELD DRIVE. RIGHT? YES. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON HERE. VICE MAYOR HERE, AN ENTIRE BODY. IS THIS LOCATION IN THE BATTLEFIELD SUBDIVISION? OR AM I IN THE WRONG WITH THINKING THE DEERFIELD DRIVE IS ONE OF THOSE STREETS OVER THERE. OK COULD YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? PAULA CHESTER 1013. OAKMONT DRIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS CHESTER. ALL RIGHT. UM MR MOORE, UM MOM, SABA. UM. CAN YOU ANSWER MISTER CHESTER'S QUESTION. I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE OAKHURST NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHICH IS BY THE OLD SHONEY'S. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE IT IS. WE DRIVE TIME USED TO BE. RIGHT? UH, I'M SORRY. I'M STILL WORKING ON BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I WILL SAY YOU WOULD KNOW BETTER THAN ME IN TERMS OF THE NICKER AND VICE MAYOR HILL BECAUSE IT'S OVER IN HIS HIS AREA. YES, THAT'S UH IN O CURVES. UH, HOW TO HERE DRY WHEN YOU GO DOWN. IT'S RIGHT IN ALMOST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN YOU FIRST COME IN, UH, RIGHT BEHIND WHERE D TIME USED TO BE. RIGHT BEHIND IT, WHO WAS A CAR WASH AT ONE TIME YEARS AGO. OK? YOU'RE WELCOME. HOW YOU DOING? I'M CHASE GABRIEL 2520 DEERFIELD DRIVE. UM. I JUST WE I HAD IT AS A, UH, CAR WASH BEFORE AND THEY WEREN'T TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE OF IT. AND, UH HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO PUT A DEALERSHIP IN THERE AND I HAVE, UH, IT'S BEEN EMPTY SINCE NOVEMBER BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING BETTER IN THERE. THAT'S NOT GOING TO DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS MUCH. IT'LL ONLY BE OPEN. THREE OR FOUR HOURS A DAY. UM IT'S WHERE A CAR WASH WOULD BE OPEN. THEY SEEM LIKE THE ONLY, UH PROBLEM FROM THE PLANNING WAS PEOPLE SAYING THEY DIDN'T WANT A LOT OF COMMOTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I FIGURE A DEALERSHIP WOULD BE A LOT LESS COMMOTION THAN A CAR WASH THAT'S OPEN A LOT MORE HOURS. OKAY? THANK YOU. OK? A ANY MORE HANDS IN, THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, MA'AM. EVERYONE MY NAME IS MARBELLA. BARRETTE. UM, MY ADDRESS IS 25 16 4 THE TRAIL MANAPURI, UM I'M ACTUALLY, UH, REPRESENTING NAVS OUT SALES. I WOULD BE THE OWNER WORKING AS A FAMILY SMALL, FAMILY OWNED DEALERSHIP. UM AND, UH, IN THE LAST MEETING. WHEN WE MET. UM YOU KNOW, I. I WAS TELLING THEM THAT WE, UH, PLAN ON KEEPING

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IT IS THE USE THAT IS PERMISSIBLE WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN THE PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMERCIAL. SO SINCE THERE ARE NO CONCERNS REGARDING TO SAFETY WITH THIS PROPERTY OR ACCESS, WE ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S PERMISSIBLE WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. BUT HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THE AESTHETICS OF IT ALL AT THE ENTRANCE TO OK, I MEAN, IF YOU LIVED IN OAKHURST INSTEAD OF CHURCH HILL, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU? WANT TO DRIVE BY. USED TO CALL OUT EVERY DAY ON THE WAY TO AND FROM WORK. I GUESS THEY'RE ALSO CONSIDERATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE WITH WHAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE CAN OCCUPY A PROPERTY THAT'S OFFSET FROM THE MAIN ROAD. UM, SINCE THERE WERE NO CONCERNS WITH HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT TRAFFIC OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE DIDN'T SEE ANY CONCERNS. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE DENY. THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. SECOND. ALRIGHT MO MOTION TO SEC SECOND AND DISCUSSION MEMBERS OF COUNCIL RIGHT? SAYING NINE. MR AL. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROOM? COUNCILOR CUTHBERT. UH, COUNCILOR JONES COUNCILOR SMITH LEE. COUNCILOR MYERS. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK, VICE MAYOR HILL MAYOR PER. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM D, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FROM GRAND GENERATION LLC OWNER DYF FOR A SPECIAL USE FOR A PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 23 SECTION 420 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO OPERATE AS A VEHICLE REMOVAL OPERATOR. VEHICLE STORAGE LOT OR VEHICLE TOW LIGHT, SUCH TO BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE M ONE AND M TWO ZONING DISTRICTS. ONLY THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1700 TO 1701 MIDWAY AVENUE AND ITS OWN M ONE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THAT MY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO AGAIN, THIS IS CASE 2023 SP 10. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A VEHICLE STORAGE LOT OR TOW LOT AT 1700. THANK YOU. GREAT. 1700 MIDWAY AVENUE. SO OUR APPLICATION IS MISTER WYATT. THAT'S HERE BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY AND AS YOU CAN SEE PERV CODE. IF SOMEONE'S LOOKING TO OPERATE A VEHICLE STORAGE LOT, THEY DO NEED TO COME BEFORE YOU ALL FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. HERE'S A LOCATION AGAIN. IT'S OFF THE MAIN ROAD. IT'S OFF OF WASHINGTON STREET IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA AT 1700 MIDWAY AVE. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO RECOGNIZES THE SITE FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SITE PHOTOS RIGHT NOW. THERE'S NOTHING OCCUPYING THE SITE. THE BUSINESS WILL OPERATE WITHIN THE FENCED ENCLOSED AREA. AND HERE'S ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SITE AS WELL. RECOMMENDATIONS PLANNING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH CONDITIONS, ENSURING THAT ALL VEHICLES ARE STORED WITHIN CONFINES OF THE PROPERTY'S FENCE . ANYTHING BEYOND VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE, UM OPEN OUTDOOR STORAGE ON THE SITE AND THEN AGAIN, ENSURING THAT THE LIGHTING IS APPROPRIATE AND THEY COME BEFORE US WITH THEIR LIGHTING PLAN. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FROM GRAND GENERATIONS LLC OWNER DY FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. ALL RIGHT. HANDS. YES, SIR. OK? RIGHT AND THE HANDS OK? SEE NO HANDS. THERE'S PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT I GO TO THE COUNCILMAN OF THE SEVENTH WARD. COUNCILLOR WESTBROOK. YES, MAYOR. I MOVE THAT WE DID NOT REQUEST FOR A GRAND GENERATION LLC. COUNCIL MC. A SECOND. THE

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COUNCILOR MYERS. UH, COUNCILOR WESTBROOK, VICE MAYOR HILL MAYOR PERHAM. NEXT IS ITEM E, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION, MR MAYO? YES, COUNCILOR CAR. MAY I SAY SOMETHING? YES POINT OF PRIVILEGE FOR COUNCILMAN CUTHBERT. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS CITY COUNCIL HAS RECOGNIZED IN THE PAST AND HAS RECOGNIZED TONIGHT THAT IT'S A NEW DAY IN PETERSBURG AND THAT AESTHETICS ARE IMPORTANT. AND WE DON'T WANT JUST USED CAR LOTS AND LOTS FOR STORAGE OF VEHICLES. UH, THAT'S NOT THE IMAGE WE WANT IN PETERSBURG. THAT'S NOT OUR FUTURE. THAT'S NOT OUR GROWTH INDUSTRY. UM AND I HOPE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING WILL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S MY PERSONAL REQUEST. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. NEXT. NEXT IS ITEM ITEM E. WHICH IS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING. SIR, YOU DISTURB IN A PUBLIC MEETING. NEXT ITEM. E IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE READOPT ARTICLE. THREE DEFINITIONS IN ARTICLE 19 OFF STREET PARKING REGULATIONS TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF DRIVEWAYS FOR LOW DENSITY HOUSING AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE SIDEWALK. YES THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO AGAIN. WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR ANOTHER. THIS IS FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT. WE'RE LOOKING TO CLARIFY SOME OF OUR DRIVING REQUIREMENTS. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO COME BEFORE YOU TO MAKE THIS CLARIFICATION BECAUSE RECENTLY WE'VE HAD SUB SEVERAL HOMEOWNERS COME BEFORE US ASKING A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. YET THEY HAVEN'T INSTALLED A DRIVEWAY AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S UNCLEAR TO THE APPLICANTS AND THOSE THAT ARE BUILDING IN THE CITY. WHETHER OR NOT A DRIVEWAY IS REQUIRED SO THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO CLARIFY THAT. SO SOME WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT IS WE'RE LOOKING TO PROPOSE A NEW DEFINITION THAT IS OF A DRIVEWAY SO PAVED AREA BETWEEN A ROTOR STREET THAT'S REQUIRED AND THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES, WHICH PROVIDES AN APPROACH TO THOSE PARKING SPACES. JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A BASIC DEFINITION OF WHAT A DRIVEWAY WOULD BE. THE NEXT THING WE'RE PROPOSING IS ADDING TO THE GENERAL SECTION OF OUR PARKING OUR OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT CODE. UM WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED SO IT WOULD BE REQUIRED THAT RESIDENTIAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEXES TRIPLEXES, QUAD TEXES AND TOWN HOMES? SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS THIS ISN'T FOR MULTIFAMILY, WHICH MAY HAVE A PARKING LOT INSTEAD OF A DRIVEWAY, BUT FOR SMALLER, UM SINGLE FAMILY FIELD DEVELOPMENTS . THEY MUST BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE FORM OF A DRIVEWAY THAT MEETS THE MINIMUM PARKING STANDARD REQUIREMENTS. DESIGN STANDARDS OF THIS ARTICLE. SO I WILL SAY OUR CODE ALREADY HAS A LOT OF SPECIFICATIONS IN IT. AND THESE ARE THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT YOU CAN ALREADY FIND. SO WE ALREADY SAY THAT OFF STREET PARKING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL LAND USES AND ALL STRUCTURES UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. PARKING MUST BE SURFACED. WE ALSO STATE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE PARKING SPACES AND THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. SO IT'S ALL AND OUTLINED IN THE CODE, BUT IT SEEMED UNCLEAR THAT THIS SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A DRIVEWAY SERVING THESE DEVELOPMENTS. SO WITH THAT WE WENT BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS CLARIFICATION. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION. ORDINANCE TO AMEND A READOPT. ARTICLE THREE DEFINITIONS IN ARTICLE 19 OFF STREET PARKING REGULATIONS TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF DRIVEWAYS FOR LOW DENSITY HOUSING AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IN THE HANDS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALRIGHT. SAYING NONE. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

COUNCILMAN CUPPER I'M SORRY, MR MAYOR. I WAS ALRIGHT AND WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WANNA GO, UM, NOW TO COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR MOTION. ALL RIGHT, UM A MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE, UH UM ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. BUT WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 99.

YES HEARING, UH, AND CONSIDERATION OF IT ALL TO AMEND. UH, MOVE THAT WE UM.

AMEND THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. COUNCILMAN MYERS. I'D LIKE THE CABLE IS ALRIGHT. ME. RIGHT.

COUNCILMAN COOPER, WHERE YOU CAN CONSIDER TABLING THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE STUDY. THAT

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MAYOR PERHAM, A. AND. IN MAY. YES, COUNCILOR CO. I HAVE A MOTION. I HAND IT OUT. A PAPER.

ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY MANAGER. UH, IT'S TITLED ARTICLE 19 OFF STREET PARKING REGULATIONS AND I HAVE PUT A BRACKET AROUND PARAGRAPH EIGHT. DOWN A T THE BOTTOM DOES EVERYONE HAVE THAT? THAT PARAGRAPH EIGHT IS NO LONGER IN OUR ZONING ORNAMENTS, AND I CAN'T BE RIGHT. WHY NOT THERE? BUT IT JUST ISN'T MY NOTES INDICATE THAT IT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 28TH OF 2003. AND THE SIGNIFICANT OF PARAGRAPH EIGHT. UH IN LARGE PART IS THAT IT PROHIBITS PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD, UH, ON THE GRASS. UM BUT IT'S NO LONGER IN OUR ORDINANCE, SO UM I MOVE THAT WE REFER. YES, UH FORMER UH, PROVISION. SECTION FOUR SUB PART EIGHT. TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT. FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AND RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. OK? COUNCILOR MYERS, MR COUNCILOR CUTHBERT. I KNOW YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD, BUT WE DID CREATE AN ORDINANCE AGAINST THAT WITH A FINE, SO WE PROBABLY NEED THE CLERK TO FIND THAT ORDINANCE. WELL IF WE'VE GOT A GREAT I, I COULDN'T FIND IT. UH, WELL, UM CAN WE LEAVE IT LIKE THIS? YOU WANT TO JUST REVISIT THIS AND OUR OUR ON NEXT BUSINESS MEETING. YES SIR. BUT I IF I RECALL, WE DID ADOPT SOMETHING IN WITH A FINE THAT YOU CANNOT PARK. WELL, THAT'S FINE ON THE FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, RIGHT, MR AL, I WAS GONNA SAY WHAT YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT AT YOUR WORK SESSION. IT'S THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD WORK SESSION TOPIC TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH BEFORE WE BRING SOMETHING FOR ACTION. AT A AT A AT A. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO WE'RE IN FEBRUARY. SO IF WE COULD AT THE MARCH WORK SESSION? YES, LET'S MAKE A MOTION, THEN TO STUDY THIS AT THE WORK SESSION. THIS ARTICLE 19 OFF STREET PARKING REGULATIONS, SECTION FOUR SECTION. EIGHT ADDED TO OUR WORK SESSION DISCUSSION FOR THE FIRST MEETING. OK? YEAH, WE TABLE IT. UM TO THE SECOND MEETING. WE HAVE A WORK SESSION ON THIS BEFORE OUR REGULAR WE A RE TABLING IT TO THE MARCH. UH WORK SESSION? YES, I BELIEVE IT'S MARCH 4TH. OK, THANKS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IT'S A MOTION TO TABLE COUNCILMAN VICE MAYOR HILL. SECOND SECOND, ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR ANY OPPOSE? ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S ALL SET. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUR. NO, THAT'S IT. AND THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. NEXT.

WE HAVE ITEM NINE F CONSIDERATION TO ACCEPT THE DONATION THE AMOUNT OF 500,000 FROM PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE. FEDERAL CREDIT UNION SECOND READING. I WAS MR ALTMAN, YOU WANT TO GIVE ANY TYPE OF SO, UH, PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE, FEDERAL CREDIT UNION AND THE CITY ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. BACK IN THE FALL AND PART OF WHICH IN RECOGNITION OF THAT AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THE ONGOING FIELDHOUSE PROJECT UP AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, UH, PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE CREDIT UNION HAS DONATED $500,000 TOWARDS THAT PROJECT.

UM BECAUSE THE MOU IS WITH THE CITY. THE MONEY IS COMING TO THE CITY. BUT WE WILL. ONCE WE TAKE THIS ACTION AND WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDING THE BUDGET TO BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE IT. WE WILL THEN SEND THOSE RESPONSES TO THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOUSE. UH, COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. BUT WE'LL SEND THAT TO THEM. BUT BECAUSE OF THE MOU, WE'VE GOT TO PROCESS IT THROUGH US AS A PASS THROUGH AND SEND TO THEM. SO TONIGHT WOULD BE, UH, COUNCIL'S ACCEPTANCE OF THAT DONATION, AND THEN WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THAT DONATION OVER TO THE FIELD HOUSE COMMITTEE. RIGHT PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN FOR ANYONE WHO WANT TO COMMENT ON THE $500,000. UH, DONATION FROM PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE

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DARWIN, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILLOR CUTHBERT COUNCILOR JONES. COUNCILOR SMITH LEE. COUNCILOR MYERS. COUNCILOR WESTBROOK. UH. VICE MAYOR HILL, UH, MAYOR PER NEXT IS ITEM NINE G, A PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND FY 2023 2024 BUDGET. MR ALLMAN. UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH BUDGET OUR FINANCE TEAM HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET AND AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, UM MY NAME IS GARY COZ I'M A BUDGET ANALYST WITH THE CITY.

UH, NICE TO MEET EVERYBODY. UM SO TONIGHT WE HAVE FOR YOU, OUR OUR FY 24 BUDGET MODIFICATION.

UM I PREPARED THIS, UH, BUDGET MODIFICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR INTERIM CFO AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER. UH, WE HAD A LOT OF COLLABORATION AND INPUT FROM MULTIPLE APARTMENTS TO MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. EXCUSE ME TO INCLUDE, UH, THE CITY ASSESSOR, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE, THE TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT BILLING AND COLLECTIONS, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING AS WELL AS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. UM AND I'M WILLING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. UM, SO JUST STARTING HERE. OK UM, JUST SOME BACKGROUND. SO UH, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICY ALLOWS FOR A BUDGET MODIFICATION IF THE ADOPTION BUDGET IS INCREASED BY AT LEAST 1% BASED ON THE REVENUE ASSESSMENT, INCLUDING FROM THE CITY ASSESSOR AND THE COMMISSION OF THE REVENUE. UM WE DETERMINED THAT THE 2024 REAL PROPERTY REVENUE PROJECTIONS WERE UNDERSTATED, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE LOOKING TO AMEND THOSE PROJECTIONS. UH, IN ADDITION, THE CITY RECEIVED A PRIVATE DONATION, UH, WHICH THE CITY MANAGER WAS TALKING ABOUT. UH AND WE ALSO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE FUNDS. UM SO THE INCREASE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS $3.8 MILLION, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 4.5. UM SO HERE ARE THE CATEGORIES WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO MODIFY OUR REAL ESTATE TAXES. UH, SO THAT AGAIN BASED ON ASSESSOR CALCULATIONS AND THE COMMISSION OF THE REVENUE BILLINGS COLLECTION DATA , UM, AS WELL AS THE TREND DATA FROM LAST YEAR. UM WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT BY THAT LINE ITEM. $1.8 MILLION AS THE CITY MANAGER WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THE $500,000 WILL BE A PASS THROUGH FROM THE PEOPLES OF MANAGED BANK, UM, GOING TO THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM IN COMMITTEE FOR THAT FIELD HOUSE. UM NEXT. WE HAVE THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS REVENUE. SO THIS IS MONEY IS COMING FROM THE COM BOARD. UH FROM THE STATE . UH AND THAT WAS JUST UNDERREPRESENTED SLIGHTLY. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD THAT IN KIND OF TRUE UP THAT NUMBER UM, THE NEXT LINE ITEM IS GONNA BE STATE REVENUE, UH, GOING TOWARDS PUBLIC WELFARE AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES. UM THAT'S 766,000 AND CHANGE. AND LASTLY, UH, THE ADDITIONAL SALES USE TAX. WE WANNA INCREASE THAT, BASED ON THE FOUR YEARS OF TREND DATA THAT WAS ALSO UNDERREPRESENTED. UM, SO THAT COMES TO A TOTAL OF THREE POINT 3,881,300. BEING ADDED TO THE REVENUE. AS FOR EXPENDITURES, UM, WE NEED TO MARRY UP THAT AMOUNT WITH THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. SO THESE ARE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD TO OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. SO AGAIN THAT $500,000 WILL JUST BE THE PASS THROUGH FROM THE CITY TO THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE. UM THE BOND DEBT PAYMENTS ANNUAL ANNUAL BOND PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR THE NEW COURTHOUSE PROJECT. UM, WE WANNA INCREASE THAT BY 400,000. UM MOVING ON THE WORKERS COMPENSATION PREMIUM EXCEEDED THE PROJECTED EXPENDITURES BY THAT AMOUNT, SO WE'LL NEED TO INCREASE THAT BY 750,000 AS WELL. UM AUDIT COMPLIANCE AND FINANCIAL CLOSING CONTRACTS WITHIN OUR FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT. UM THOSE CONTRACTS WERE UNDER BUDGETED BY 350,000. UH WE HAVE A THE PPL DEVELOPMENT CODE LOAN PAYOFF FOR $349,445. UM. SOUTH SIDE. VIRGINIA EMERGENCY CREW. UH WE HAVE 650,000 DESIGNATED THERE, WHICH IS THEY ARE THE PRIMARY EMS RESPONSE AGENCY FOR THE CITY. UM MOVING ON. WE HAVE SPECIAL PROJECTS SO THESE WILL BE FOR ANY POTENTIAL COUNSEL APPROVED PROJECTS. UM THAT COUNCIL DEEMS THAT THAT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO MOVE FUNDS ON. UM I BELIEVE SOME THINGS WERE SPOKE ABOUT TONIGHT. THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THAT. UM AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT

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YEAH, THAT'S THE SLIDE. UM SO I THINK I MIGHT HAVE PUT MY GLASSES BACK ON. OKAY? UM, LOOKING AT THIS. THE EXPENDITURE CHART. THE. TWO THINGS AT THE BOTTOM, THE SPECIAL PROJECTS AND THE CONTINGENCY THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE SLUSH FUND. I MEAN, IT'S IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC, AND I FEEL LIKE FOR ALMOST $900,000. THERE REALLY SHOULD BE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE. BUT LET ME JUMP BACK TO SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THE REVENUE. WHEN YOU WHICH WAS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. YOU HAD SOMETHING IN THERE LIKE I DON'T REMEMBER. 700 SOMETHING.

YEAH 7 66 5 93 ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN CHILDREN'S SERVICES REVENUE. IT SEEMS LIKE HOW DOES THAT REVENUE GET SWITCHED OVER TO BEING TO SPENT BEING SPENT ON OTHER THINGS THAT DON'T HAVE TO DO WITH THAT? THAT'S THE PART THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. UM I DO UNDERSTAND, BUT LET'S GO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDE, PLEASE. GARRETT. THANK YOU. OK, UM. THE WORKERS COMPENSATION. THAT WAS. THESE ARE THE KIND OF QUESTIONS I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD BE ASKING.

I MEAN, THERE'S SOME ANSWERS HERE, BUT YOU GOTTA DIG A LITTLE DEEPER. THE $750,000 INCREASE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION WAS $280,000. SO IF YOU SPELL ALL THAT, AND YOU NEED ANOTHER 750,000, THERE'S SOMETHING IRREGULAR GOING ON. IS THERE LIKE AN INCREASE IN WORKERS' COMPENSATION CASES? ARE THERE A LOT OF INJURIES? THE UM THE AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE CONTRACTS. I REMEMBER THEY JUST THE PRESENTATION OF THE SPENDING THROUGH NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER.

ALL THAT MONEY WAS SPENT DOWN, SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO SEE THIS INCREASE HERE. BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHY WOULD WE UNDER BUDGET BY SO MUCH? I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE BUDGET FOR EVERY YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE AN IN-HOUSE CAPACITY TO DO AUDITS AND COMPLIANCES. AND WE HAVEN'T FOR YEARS. SO I. I MEAN, I QUESTION WHY? WHY SO MUCH OF AN INCREASE. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE LIBRARY? I MEAN, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES. BUT I DID WANNA MENTION ONE THING WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE PRICE TAG THAT WAS GIVEN FOR THE LIB THIS CONFERENCE ROOM EDITION THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BASICALLY A PRIVATE FUNDRAISING EFFORT TO PAY FOR IT. THE CITY. WHEN I ADD UP ALL THE DIFFERENT MONEY THAT'S GONE TOWARD THIS THIS

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[10. Public Information Period]

EACH SPEAKER SHOULD BE A RESIDENT OR BUSINESS OWNER OF THE CITY AND SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. NO SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION THE REGULAR DOCKET OF THE MEETING AND WISH THE SPEAKERS TO SPEAK. THE ORDER OF SPEAKERS LIMITED BY THE 30 MINUTE TIME PERIOD SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS. FIRST IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, THE NOTICE PERSONS WHO HAVE NOTIFIED THE CLERK NO LATER THAN 12. O'CLOCK NOON, THE DAY OF THE MEETING B SECOND OR CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THEIR SIGN UP PERSONS WHO HAVE SIGNED A SIGN UP SHEET PLACED BY CLERK, AND THEN WE HAD A MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE MEETING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM TONIGHT. WE HAVE SIX WE'LL START OFF WITH MISS SHEILA PITMAN.

HELLO GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. GREETINGS MR MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS ARE PETERSBURG CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHEILA PITTMAN, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR FOR URBAN LEAGUE AND GREATER RICHMOND. TODAY I COME BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD IMMENSE POTENTIAL TO UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY AND INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE PROGRAM I'M REFERRING TO IS LEAK. WHICH IS LEADING WITH EDUCATION, EQUITY AND ACCESS PROGRAM. OUR MISSION IS CLEAR. TO RECRUIT POTENTIAL TUTORS WHO WOULD DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO EMPOWERING PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES THIRD THROUGH 12 THROUGH ONE ON ONE TUTORING AND SMALL GROUP STATUES TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. WE SEEK YOUR SUPPORT IN SPREADING THE WORD AND ENCOURAGING QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO JOIN US IN THIS ENDEAVOR. THE SUBJECTS WE COVER ARE FUNDAMENTAL PILLARS OF EDUCATION. MATH, ENGLISH SCIENCE AND HISTORY. OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT, FOSTERING A HOLISTIC LEARNING EXPERIENCE THAT EQUIPS STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES. TUTORS IN OUR PROGRAM ARE VALUED AND COMPENSATED AT $15 PER HOUR WITH FLEXIBILITY AND SCHEDULING TO ACCOMMODATE PERSONAL COMMITMENTS. TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED UPON REQUEST, ENSURING ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS. BEFORE STEPPING INTO THE TUTORING ROLE. OUR TUTORS UNDER GO, AN INTENSIVE THREE WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM LED BY MYSELF IN CONJUNCTION WITH PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST THE TRAINING INCLUDES SUBJECT MATTER GUIDANCE AND SHOUTING OF PITTSBURGH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER STAFF. COMBINING ONLINE MODULES AND IN PERSON SESSIONS FOR A WELL ROUNDED PRES PREPARATION. SCHEDULING IS DESIGNATED WITH BOTH STUDENTS AND TUTORS NEEDS IN MIND. SOON AS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO CREATE SCHEDULES BASED ON PERSONAL AVAILABILITY, WITH ASSIGNMENTS FORCEFULLY SCHEDULED TO EXCLUDE STUDENT LUNCH PERIODS. APPLIED TO BECOME A TUTOR IS SIMPLE. INTERESTING EXCUSE ME. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS CAN COMPLETE THE ONLINE INTEREST FORMS OR CONNECT WITH US THROUGH URBAN LEAGUE OR GREATER RICHMOND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. IN CONCLUSION. THE LEAP TUTORING PROGRAM IS NOT JUST ABOUT ACADEMIC SUPPORT. IT'S ABOUT EMPOWERMENT, OPPORTUNITY AND INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF PETERSBURG. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT US IN RECRUITING POTENTIAL TUTORS. AND SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THIS INVALUABLE PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.

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TREASURER MULLEN SAID THAT THE CURRENT $7 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS WAS MADE SOME TIME AGO AND THAT THE $50 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND BALANCE WAS NOT INVESTED. THE CITY MANAGER INCORRECTLY POINTED OUT THAT THE $50 MILLION MENTIONED WAS OPERATING FUNDS AND THIS DERAILED THE DISCUSSION. I WANNA OFFER SOME FACTS TO GET US BACK ON TRACK. THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. OPERATING BUDGET IS $84 MILLION, NOT $50 MILLION. AT YOUR JANUARY WORK SESSION, THE ACTING CFO SHOWED A CHART SAYING THAT AS OF FISCAL YEAR, 2022 THE UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND BALLOT WAS $39 MILLION. CONSIDERING THAT THE PRE AUDIT GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR FY 2023 IS OVER $19 MILLION AND EXTRAPOLATING FROM FISCAL YEAR 2022. IT'S REASONABLE TO PROJECT A CURRENT UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND. BALANCE OF ABOUT 55 TO $56 MILLION. THIS IS I BELIEVE WHAT COUNCILOR CUTHBERT WAS TALKING ABOUT. NOT EVEN GETTING INTO INVESTING ANY OPERATING FUNDS OR MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS RECENTLY BORROWED. OTHER CONCERN IS THE CONSTANT EXCUSE, MAKING THAT THE CITY CAN'T MAKE A MOVE IN FINANCE WITHOUT A MEETING OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AN ENTITY THAT DAVENPORT RECOMMENDED. THAT YOU FORMALLY APPROVE, AND YOU FORMALLY APPROVED IT IN EARLY JULY. BUT YOU CAN'T GET TOGETHER TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS BECAUSE DAVENPORT IS TOO BUSY TO PARTICIPATE. WE'VE HEARD THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BASED ON YOUR LONG HISTORY WITH DAVENPORT AS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR. AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE STILL USING THE ROBERT BOBB GROUP TO HELP WITH FINANCIAL ISSUES. IT'S FAIR TO ASSUME THAT YOU TRUST THEM AND RESPECT THEIR GUIDANCE.

ROBERT BOBB URGED YOU TO CREATE A FINANCE COMMITTEE 6.5 YEARS AGO. AND NOW DAVENPORT STARTED PUSHING IT LAST YEAR YET YOU STILL HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH IT. PLEASE STOP TRYING TO IMPRESS HOW STANDARD AND POOR'S AND MOODY'S WITH HAVING A FINANCE COMMITTEE ON PAPER. AND FIGURING OUT HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE THE COMMITTEE TO ACT UPON SOUND INVESTMENT ADVICE. THAT WAY, YOU CAN START PASSING UP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INTEREST INCOME THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE EARNING. INSTEAD OF PASSIVELY SITTING THERE AND LISTENING TO REPEATED EXCUSES ABOUT THIS MEETING THAT CAN'T TAKE PLACE. THANK YOU. NEXT, SHIVA WADE. WAS WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARING OK. UM, NEXT, MISTER GARY TALLEY. NEXT, MS GENEVIEVE LORD. GOOD EVENING. GENEVIEVE LA 19 GUARANTEE STREET. ALL RIGHT. SO A COUPLE THINGS FIRST EARLIER TONIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE AESTHETIC OF PETERSBURG AND CAR LOTS AND CAR WASHES, ET CETERA. HOWEVER IT KIND OF BROUGHT TO MIND SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAD SOMETHING . A SIMILAR CONVERSATION ABOUT DOLLAR GENERALS IN PETERSBURG A WHILE BACK, BUT ALMOST EVERY DAY WHEN I DRIVE TO WORK, I SEE WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING A NEW DOLLAR GENERAL ON 460. SO I FIND IT A LITTLE INTERESTING. WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING. BUT THEN THE FOLLOW THROUGH ISN'T THERE AND IT'S NOT JUST WITH DOLLAR GENERAL AND HONESTLY, IT DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT ONE. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IN A GOOD LOCATION, BUT IT'S REALLY INTRIGUING TO ME THAT THAT'S WHERE THINGS HAPPEN. SO I URGE YOU TO TRY TO REMEMBER THOSE THINGS AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.

UH, BECAUSE IT REALLY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WHEN SOMETHING SAID, AND THEN THE FOLLOW THROUGH, ISN'T THERE SO I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. SECOND I LOVE OUR LIBRARY. I WORK IN THIS LIBRARY. I MEET CLIENTS IN THIS LIBRARY. I ATTEND MEETINGS HERE PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. UH, IT IS AN AMAZING SETTING, AND I THINK EVERYONE WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

HOWEVER, THIS LIBRARY ISN'T OPEN ON SUNDAYS. THIS LIBRARY IS ONLY OPEN FOR FIVE HOURS ON SATURDAYS. AND IT CLOSES AT FIVE OR 6 P.M. ON FRIDAYS. IT IS THE ONLY SAFE LOCATION FOR CHILDREN OR ADULTS WHO NEED A PLACE TO GO IN THIS CITY, AND IT'S CLOSED HALF OF EVERY WEEKEND. AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. SO I RECOMMEND THAT WITH SOME OF YOUR AVAILABLE FUNDING OF

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AND I LIVE AT 2942 HOMESTEAD DRIVE. I'M HERE THIS EVENING. AS IT RELATES TO THE CHANGE IN REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT. MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECEIVED NOTICES THAT THEY ASSESSMENT HAS CHANGED. WE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MANY CHANGES AS IT RELATES TO THE OF COURSE, CITY PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE. AND WHICH WHAT I AM REFERRING TO IS WHERE THEY LIVE IN THAT ENVIRONMENT ON THE STREET, AND THEY SURROUNDED COMMUNITY WITHIN THEIR STREET LOCATION. THE HOUSING COST HAS INCREASED. FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS, AND THIS IS THE ASSESSMENT. OVER 100. IT IS HAVING A DEVASTATING REACTION TO OUR POPULATION. SOME CITIZENS ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO OWN HOMES AS THE MANY HAVE HAD THEM FOR MANY YEARS SINCE PETERSBURG IS A VERY HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT, MANY HOUSES HAVE EXPERIENCED ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES. SOME REMAIN LIVABLE AND SOME NOT AS WE HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF BLACK PROPERTY AS A RESULT, INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES HAVE PURCHASED HOMES AND RESTORED THEM AND ARE SELLING THEM AT VERY HIGH COST.

THIS RAISES THE BARRIER OF YOUR HOME. EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING TO UPGRADE IT. SOME INDIVIDUALS LIKE I SAY, HAVE BEEN ASSESSED WITH AN INCREASE OF 100% OR MORE. I SAID, NOW LOOK AT THE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE HERE IN PETERSBURG AS REFLECTED IN THE US CENSUS REPORT, AND THIS IS ONE OF 2023 HAS BEEN UPDATED. OUR POVERTY RATE IS 22.2. THE STATE AVERAGE IS 10.6. THE HOUSING OWNERSHIP IS 35.9% AND FOR THE, UM. IS OVER. 75.8% STILL HAVE HOUSE PAYMENTS. THIS SITUATION. IS REALLY A CONCERN. OF MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY. OUR EMPLOYMENT RATE IS 5.40. AND AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF YOU THAT, UM THE RATE SHOULD BE. HIGHER AS IT RELATES TO EMPLOYMENT. HOME OWNERSHIP, AS IT HAS BEEN SAID, IS THAT 37.4? I SAID, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A NATIONWIDE TREND FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF HOUSES AND THEIR WORK. MANY OF US DESIRE A

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AND, UH, TO LET YOU SEE THE PROGRESS THAT IS BEING MADE. MR VAN VOS, WOULD YOU PUT UP ON THE SCREEN? A, UH, THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT I TOOK THIS MORNING, PLEASE OF THAT SAME PROPERTY AND. AND THERE IT IS, AND, UH, IT TOOK A LOT OF A LOT OF PUSHING BY, UH BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY.

UH BUT THIS IS A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE. AND I CERTAINLY THANK CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT. THAT SAID. LET ME SHIFT TO ANOTHER VISUAL. UH, THIS. I TOOK THIS PHOTOGRAPH. UH, THIS MORNING ALSO THIS IS ON WEBSTER STREET. FACING UH, GLENSIDE COURT. SO THIS IS THE WEST SIDE OF WEBSTER STREET FACING GLENSIDE COURT NOW, YOU KNOW I WONDER WHY CITY STAFF DOESN'T RECOGNIZE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO BRING THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION. BUT YOU GOTTA BE BLIND NOT TO SEE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. AND WE'RE TOLD THAT THE JOB OF CITY COUNCIL IS TO MAKE POLICY AND IT'S THE JOB OF ADMINISTRATION TO TEND TO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF RUNNING THE CITY WELL. UM THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT UH, MR ALTMAN, YOU WOULD ASK CODE ENFORCEMENT. TO UH, DO WHAT'S APPROPRIATE WITH THIS BUILDING, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. THEIR EXAMPLES LIKE THIS ALL OVER TOWN. RIGHT COUNCILOR COVER. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT USED TO BE? BECAUSE I'VE NEVER I. I'M GUESSING IT WAS FOR GARAGE. BUT I FOR PRIVATE HOMES, BUT I'M I'M I'M HONORED THAT YOU THINK THAT I MIGHT REMEMBER MR MAYOR? I BUT I REALLY DON'T. UH BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GARAGE AT ONE TIME WHEN CARS WERE QUITE SMALL. AND THEN THE, UH, OPENING WAS CLOSED IN, AND, UH THE BUILDING WAS TURNED INTO STORAGE . UH, BUT, UH, I'M I'M DOING A LOT OF GUESSING IN ANY EVENT, MR . ALTMAN IF YOU WOULD, UH, ASK CODE ENFORCEMENT TO BRING ITS POWERS TO BEAR. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT I GO TO, UH, COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU, MR MAYOR. GOT A LIST OF THINGS OUT THERE WITH ME. WE GO DOWN THAT LIST. I'M GONNA SAY SOME THINGS TODAY THAT PROBABLY GONNA MAKE YOU CRINGE. BUT I HOPE IT MAKE YOU SMILE IN THE END. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY'S UP THERE UP HERE.

AND, UM AND EVERYBODY IS OUT THERE. I WANNA GO BY, UM WHAT I'VE BEEN. HEARING AND READING IN THE PUBLIC ONE I'VE READ TODAY WHERE SOMEBODY SAID THAT KIDS DON'T NEED A NEW SCHOOL. WE NEED TO MAKE THEM COME TO SCHOOL. NOW I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT STATEMENT. WE HAVEN'T HAD A NEW SCHOOL IN YEARS SINCE THE SEVENTIES. AND WOULD YOU COME TO A SCHOOL OR WANT TO COME TO A SCHOOL IF YOU FELT UNWANTED IF THAT SCHOOL WAS OLD, IF THAT SCHOOL WAS OUTDATED IF THE SCHOOL WAS THE SAME SCHOOL YOUR GRANDPARENTS WENT TO IF THAT SCHOOL DIDN'T HAVE ANY PRIDE IF THE SCHOOL LOOKED MORE LIKE A PRISON AND IT DID AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY WHICH YOU WANT TO COME TO THAT SCHOOL. NOT ONLY DO THE CHILDREN NEED A SCHOOL, A NEW SCHOOL, THE EDUCATORS NEED A NEW SCHOOL. THIS IS WHAT GENERATES PRIDE. WE KEEP KEEPING THEM INTO THESE JAILS. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE. THESE PRISONS BEFORE THEY GO TO PRISON. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. OUR KIDS AND OUR EDUCATORS NEED NEW SCHOOLS. SIMPLE AS THAT, AND I'M ALREADY FIGHTING FOR BRICK FOR BRICK.

SEE NO GOOD TO BRITAIN SCHOOL. GET A BRICK. JUST LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M PUSHING FOR RIGHT NOW. THAT'S ONE THING. REAL ESTATE. WE ARE, UH. DEFINITELY GONNA APPROACH THAT.

I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE REST COUNCIL AND I'VE BEEN EDUCATED ON A LOT OF STUFF. SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE ASSESSMENT WENT UP IT IS UP TO COUNCIL. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MR MAY TO VOTE TO MAKE SURE YOU WHAT YOU PAY. DON'T GO UP. AM I CORRECT ON

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PERSON TO PERSON MAN TO MAN COUNCILMAN. TO THE NEW DEPUTY CHIEF MCGAHN. YEAH, I GIVE HIM A HAND BY THE WAY. THAT'S YOUR NEW DEPUTY CHIEF RIGHT THERE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW ME AGAIN THAT I WAS NOT AGAINST YOU. WHAT I'M AGAINST. IS ANY DEVIATION FROM POLICIES AND PROCEDURE. BANANAS. YOU GOT THIS POSITION. I'M GONNA HOLD YOUR ACCOUNT ON AS USUAL. BUT I KNOW YOU'LL DO A GOOD JOB. BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOOD JOB, KINDA DUDE. ALRIGHT, SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. MY NEXT TOPIC IS HEROES. WE NEED HEROES. AND WE HAD HEROES OPERATING TODAY. BY WAY OF POLICE. WE HAVE FIRE. EMS. WE LOST SOMEBODY TODAY. BUT ALSO A THREE YEAR OLD. WHO HAPPENS TO BE FAMILY MEMBER. I CANNOT THINK THE EFFORTS I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. CHIEF TRAVIS AND YOUR CREW. YOUR WHOLE STAFF. COMMENCE STAFF WAS ON SCENE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING THERE DOING YOUR THING? THIS IS WHAT A HERO IS.

EVERYBODY A HERO IS SOMEBODY WHO GOES TO WORK. RISKING THEIR LIVES. NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT PAYCHECK. SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY WANT MORE MONEY. THAT'S NOT WHAT BEING A FIREMAN IS ABOUT. WE KNOW YOU GOT FAMILIES TO TAKE CARE OF. THAT'S NOT WHAT BEING A COP IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT ANSWERING THE CALL. TO THE CITY THAT YOU'RE SERVING. AND THEY DID JUST THAT TODAY. IT IS JUST THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE EMS. WORKERS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THE END OF BLACK HISTORY, MARTIN. PLEASE PARDON ME FOR THE LANGUAGE THAT I'M ABOUT TO USE.

BUT. CAN'T SLEEP TONIGHT IF I DON'T SAY IT. BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A LONG TIME. BLACK HISTORY MONTH. TO THE WHITE PEOPLE THAT'S IN THE CITY. THIS IS NOT JUST YOUR CITY. TO THE BLACK PEOPLE THAT'S IN THIS CITY. THIS IS NOT JUST YOUR CITY. BUT TO THE CITIZENS. IN THIS CITY. TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS. IN THIS CITY TO THE TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY. REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE THIS IS YOUR CITY. THIS IS YOUR CITY. THIS IS OUR CITY. THIS IS PETERSBURG, AND WHAT'S MISSING IS OUR PRIDE. WE GOT THE KILLER DIVIDE. WE GOT TO KILL THE NOISE. AND GIVE BIRTH TO A NEW DAY. LIKE MR CUTHBERT SAID A NEW DAY IN THE CITY. THIS IS PETERSBURG. DON'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE. WHAT YOU ARE WHERE YOU ARE. THIS IS PETERSBURG UPTOWN DOWNTOWN ANYWHERE IN THE TOWN.

THIS IS PETERSBURG. AND WE HAVE TO START GERMINATING THOSE SEEDS OF LIFE. TO BE JUST THAT. LIKE YOU SAID. WE DON'T WANT NO JUNKIE. WE WANT NO TRASH AND Y'ALL SEE FOR YOURSELF. THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS JUST HERE THAT WAS PLEADING FOR US TO OPEN UP A DEALERSHIP AND WHEN IT DIDN'T GO HIS WAY A TOP CASH MESS ABOUT US. THAT'S WHY PETERSBURG AIN'T GOING NOWHERE.

WELL YOU RIGHT IF WE GOTTA GO SOMEWHERE AND THAT VEHICLE OR ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT YOU WANNA SELL, WE WON'T GO NOWHERE. PROBABLY. AH! AND BLACK TODAY. ON BLACK THIS MONTH. I'M PROUD TO BE BLACK. I'M GONNA BE BLACK EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. YOU. YOU WHITE TODAY. YOU WAIT TOMORROW.

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THAT'S THE PROBLEM. SO BE PROUD. BE PROUD TO BE WHITE. BECAUSE I'M PROUD TO BE BLACK. BUT LET'S NOT MAKE THAT INTERFERE. AND HURT ANYBODY'S LIFESTYLE. OR BRING HARM TO ANYBODY. IN, THE FUTURE AND Y'ALL SEE THE WAY THE WORLD GOING TODAY. THERE'S A LOT OF INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND LOVE BLOOMING IN THERE JUST LIKE THE TREES ON THERE IN THE SPRING TIME, DIFFERENT COLORS, SO 20 YEARS FROM NOW, SOME OF YOUR GRANDKIDS GONNA BE SOME OF EVERYTHING. STOP LAUGHING AT ME, MAN. IT IS, IT IS THE FACT IT COULD BE SOME THING. GOD IS FIXING IT THAT WAY. WE ARE ONE BUT IN PETERSBURG TAKE THIS CITY. I CHALLENGE EVERY BUSINESS OWNER EVERY CITIZEN. EVERYBODY HERE TO PROTECT YOUR CITY. HAVE PRIDE IN IT. PICK UP THE TRASH. IF YOU SEE IT, DON'T YOU AIN'T GOTTA CALL THIS MAN TO SAY WE SEE SOME TRASH ON THE STREET. PICK IT UP. GET UP. WE USED TO BE A CITY FULL OF PRIDE. WE GOTTA GO BACK TO BEING A CITY FULL OF PRIDE. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FROM THE SEVENTH WARD, DOCTOR WESTBROOK. WE KEEP IT SHORT. YOU KNOW, I DO. SEVEN FOR THE SEVEN FORWARD. UH SO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. ALWAYS HAVE SEVEN POINTS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW. SO MY SEVEN STARTS WITH, UM I WAS BLESSED TO GO UP TO SEE LISTEN TO MISS LIZ CHENEY, UM, FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THIS PAST SATURDAY AT THE RICHMOND FORUM, AND, UM, JUST TO DIRECT IT. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND JUST TO PUT IT AGAIN ON THE RECORD TO, UM, THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS UH, CITY MANAGER ALTMAN AND THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG. I HOPE WE DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING TO TOWN. IN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGAIN. VIRGINIA STATE IS HOSTING THE PRESIDENTIAL, UM, ELECTION OR GENERAL ELECTION FIRST TIME HELD AT A H BC U ON OCTOBER THE FIRST, UH, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK TO PREPARE, AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T MISS THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL FROM BUSINESS OWNERS DOWNTOWN TO CITIZENS, UH, PREPARING BECAUSE, HOWEVER YOU FEEL ABOUT IT. UH, THE CIRCUS IS COME TO TOWN. I JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT, UM THE GENERAL ELECTION. UM DEBATES. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU . UH, MR MYERS, AS I TRY TO GET IT OUT, SO AGAIN, I JUST HOPE BROTHERS AGAIN ALL THE WAY TO, UM, MR ATKINSON WITH THE PROGRESS INDEX THAT WE REALLY JUST UNDERSTAND. UH, WHAT'S COMING TO TOWN IN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, DEFINITELY SEIZE THE MOMENT BECAUSE IT COULD BE ONCE IN A GENERATIONAL TYPE OF THING THAT'S COME INTO THIS TOWN AND HOPEFULLY ECONOMICALLY, WE WILL, UH, PRIORITIZE AND MONETIZE IT. UH, SECONDLY, UM, AS I SPOKE TO, UM, CITY MANAGER UH, MR ALTMAN, UM HOPE THAT WE CAN START A HEALTH COMMITTEE. UH, PUBLIC GRASSROOTS HEALTH COMMITTEE, AND I'VE, UH HOPEFULLY WE'LL TALK TO THEM MORE SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT IT TO, UH, EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS. UM THE PURPOSE OF THIS COUNCIL. THIS COMMITTEE IS, UM NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T DO A ARTS COMMITTEE OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. THE CBD G, BUT, UM, I'VE BEEN JUST SAYING IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, UM, I DO BELIEVE, AS MS LAWS POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE 133 OUT OF 133.

I'M NOT KNOCKING THE NUMBERS. I'M JUST KNOCKING THAT THE STUDIES ARE BEING DONE, BUT VERY LITTLE IMPACT IS HAPPENING. I MEAN, I'VE HEARD NINE OUT OF 10 YEARS, MAYBE EVEN 10 OUT OF 10 YEARS. WE'RE THE LOWEST IN THE STATE. SO AGAIN, WE KEEP HAVING THESE STUDIES DONE. SO UH, ARE WE ALLOWING THE HIGHER UPS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING, BUT HOW CAN WE REALLY GET THE CITIZENS TO DO SOMETHING? I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A LOT OF PRIVATE BUSINESS, BUT HOPEFULLY WE AS CITIZEN COME TOGETHER AND PUT OUR IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN GET TO THE DOCTOR MORE TO GET OUR CHECKUPS. HOW WE CAN GET OUT OF HAVING THIS NUMBER PUT ON US OF BEING THE UNHEALTHIEST PLACE IN THE CITY.

SO I DID, UH, ASK MR ALTMAN TO SEE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A HEALTH COMMITTEE, UH, WITH MEMBERS BEING SELECTED BY HIM AS WELL AS COUNSEL THAT COULD MEET, UM AND REPORT BACK TO US BY MONTHLY AND HOPEFULLY WITH THAT BEING SAID IT COULD BE PUT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA GOING FORWARD INTO THE 2425 SESSION, UM, WHICH WILL BE NEXT YEAR. UH, THIRD IS, UM AS WE DO OUR

[02:10:06]

YEAH. GARY OK, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT, UM CUSTOMER SERVICE IN BILLING AND COLLECTION IS GETTING BETTER. IF YOU CALL DOWN THERE, AND IF YOU DON'T GET THEM RIGHT AWAY, THEY YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE. THEY WILL CALL YOU BACK SO I THINK WE NEED TO CLAP ON THAT. UM, THANK YOU, UM, MR MARSH AND ALSO, MR UM BARLEY. FOR TAKING THAT ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT CUSTOMER THAT THE CUSTOMERS THAT CALL AND WANT ANSWERS THAT NOW THINGS ARE ARE MOVING FORWARD. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. UH, VICE MAYOR HILL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. OH THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TODAY. I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE CONTRACTORS FOR DOING OUR CURVE SIZE AS YOU ALL KNOW, ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. UM THEY'RE MAKING IT, UH, HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. I BELIEVE THEY'RE JUST FINISHED, UH, CREATE A ROAD NOW THEY OWN, UH, I THINK WITH WASHINGTON STREET, SO I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA HELP OUR, UH, BICYCLES AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HANDICAPPED, UH, BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE, UH, SIDEWALKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO THANK YOU. UM THERE'S A CHANGE IN OUR CITY THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE. EVEN WITH THE COUNCIL. UH, WHEN THINGS CERTAIN THINGS COME AND WE KNOW WHAT WE

[02:15:03]

THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR HILL. UM I JUST WANNA JUST CLOSE OUT TODAY AGAIN. JUST JUST THINKING OUR, UM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. EVERYBODY FROM SOUTH SIDE VIRGINIA MERCY CREW. PETERSBURG FIRE PETERSBURG POLICE. WE CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR GIVING YOUR ALL EVERY DAY, AND ESPECIALLY ON A DAY TO DAY, WHICH IS SUCH A CHALLENGING DAY. I KNOW EMOTIONALLY IS EMOTIONALLY DRAINING YOU UP. JUST GIVE IT YOUR ALL AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH AND, UM, ASK FOR GOD TO CONTINUE TO LOOK OVER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL TO BLESS YOU AS YOU GO OUT HERE TO PRESIDE SERVICES TO OUR CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. UM I WANNA THANK UM, ALSO, UM MARK MARQUIS ALLEN AND HIS STAFF HAS BEEN BLACK HISTORY MONTH. HE HAVE HIS LAST EVENT COMING UP THIS FRIDAY. UH, WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE COME OUT AND SUPPORT. WE HAVE ONE OF PETERSBURG'S OWN RODNEY STIFF COMING HERE TO PERFORM TO CLOSE OUT. UM THE IS ALMOST SPENT BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS EVERY WEEK HERE, UH, THE BOOK SIGNING EVENT HERE WAS SPECTACULAR AS WELL THAT HE HAD A FEW FEW WEEKS AGO. SO WE ASK EVERYBODY TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT UM I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ALSO, JUST, UH, JUST THINK OF SO MANY OF THE TRAILBLAZERS THAT'S COME THROUGH PETERSBURG DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. UM, COUNCILMAN JONES SAID, JUST, UH, JUST REFLECTED ON THAT. AND I JUST CAN'T. UM, AS I SIT HERE, SITTING SITTING IN THIS FINE.

LIBRARY HERE THAT'S CREATED. BUT YET THINKING ABOUT WHY T WALKER AND THE STRUGGLES THAT HE WENT TO AT THAT MCKINNEY LIBRARY TO HAVE AFRICAN AMERICANS THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A LIBRARY. AND, UM, I KNOW, UM YOU ALL CAN REMEMBER US BEING BEING KIDS HERE GOING TO THAT OLD LIBRARY? UM AND IT WAS, UH I REMEMBER THE KIDS SECTION WAS DOWN IN THE BASEMENT. OF THEIR LIBRARY, AND I NEVER LIKE GOING DOWN TO THAT BASEMENT TO SEE THE BOOKS. IT WAS LIKE A DUNGEON.

AND ONE THING I CAN SAY. NOW WE HAVE A FIVE FIRST CLASS FACILITY HERE FOR OUR KIDS TO HAVE A TOP NOTCH LIBRARY. FOR OUR KIDS TO BE PROUD OF, AND EVEN THIS SPACE HERE, WHICH HAS REALLY BECOME THE CENTER OF COMMUNITY HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, WHICH PROVIDES SO MANY WEDDINGS, SO MANY EVENTS, EVERYTHING FROM, UM FROM ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO, UM ALL TYPE OF EVENTS GOING ON HERE NONSTOP. IT'S THE CENTER OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITY. AND I'M PROUD THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE PETERSBURG LIBRARY FOUNDATION TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE CONTRIBUTE 37 AND IT WAS 37% WELL SPENT HERE, WHICH IS AN INVESTMENT HERE INSIDE OUR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. UM, ALSO, UM I JUST WANT TO, UM. THANK UH IS, UM ANN TAYLOR AND PT? UH THEY THEY THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH HERE. I MEAN, AND GROWING UP HERE THEY WERE ALWAYS

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[13. Finance and Budget Report]

[15. New Business]

REVENUE FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,450 1ST READING. MR WILLIAMS. DOES THIS NEED TO BE ADDED TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA? YOU CAN JUST HAVE THE FIRST READING NOW, BUT IT'LL HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU'RE ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS FIRST READING. NEXT. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM D.

WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF AN APPROPRIATION OF ORDINANCE FOR THE DONATION TO THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY IN AMOUNT OF $19,620 1ST READING. UM, NEXT, IS, UM. BEING AS THE FIRST READING. WE'LL ADD THESE TO OUR NEXT MEETING IN A SECOND MEETING IN MARCH. ITEM C AND ITEM D.

NEXT MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH SOUTH SIDE VIRGINIA MERCY CREW, MR ALLMAN YES, SIR. MR MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. UH, THE CURRENT MOU WITH THE SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA EMERGENCY CREW IS SET TO EXPIRE AND WE NEED TO RENEW THAT, UH, MOU WITH THEM. THE PROPOSED MOU IS AN INCREASE IN COST. UM FOR, UM THEM TO PROVIDE SERVICE. OVER THE YEARS THEY'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN ABOUT 60% INCREASE IN THEIR OPERATING EXPENDITURES DUE TO THE CALL VOLUME THAT HAS INCREASED OVER 30% DURING THAT TIME, AND, UH, THAT'S RENDERED THE CURRENT AGREEMENT ON SUSTAINABLE AND FOR SOUTH SIDE, SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM TO DISCUSS RENEWAL. AND UH WE'VE WE'VE KIND OF NEGOTIATED TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.

THIS WILL BE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $300,000 ANNUALLY TO OUR COST. UH AND WILL BE PROVIDING

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[16. Business or reports from the Clerk]

UNFORTUNATELY WE DID HAVE A LOSS OF LIFE AND THAT'S TRAGIC. BUT AS COUNCILMAN JONES INDICATED EARLIER, UH WE'VE GOT HEROES. WE GOT HEROES THAT WALK AMONGST US AND SERVE OUR CITY EVERY DAY.

AND I WILL ADD, UM THAT THAT MOM THAT WENT BACK IN. SHE'S A HERO. HE'S A HERO BECAUSE SHE WENT BACK IN TO SAVE HER CHILD. SHE WAS BURNED, BUT, UM, I WANNA THANK THEM. THANK YOU. NEXT BUSINESS OF REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR WILLIAMS. NO PROBLEM. ALRIGHT. NEXT ITEM 18 ADJOURNMENT. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. IT MEANS ADJOURN. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.