[00:00:01]
          SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. NEXT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MAY 21ST, 2024. AT THIS TIME IS HILL. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. 
          LEE PRESENT. VICE MAYOR. HILL HERE. MAYOR. PERM HERE. SIR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. RIGHT. NEXT. VICE MAYOR HILL WILL LEAD US IN THE OPENING PRAYER. LET US PRAY. ETERNAL GOD, OUR FATHER, AS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU, GIVING YOUR NAME, HONOR, PRAISE, AND GLORY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY . WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF TODAY. NOW, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU MOVE IN THE MIDST OF OUR MEETING. HEAVENLY FATHER, AND BLESS US. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL IN A SPECIAL WAY AS WE DELIBERATE THE BUSINESS OF OUR CITY. HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT YOU WILL GIVE US WISDOM LIKE SOLOMON. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THY BLESSINGS UPON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE FIGHTERS, OUR EMS. HEAVENLY FATHER, KEEP THEM SAFE FROM ALL HURT, HARM, AND DANGER. WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR EMPLOYEES. HEAVENLY FATHER, BE WITH US, GUIDE US AND STRENGTHEN US. LET NO HURT, HARM, NOR DANGER COME NOW, AS WE BE EVER CAREFUL TO GIVE YOUR NAME ALL THE HONOR, PRAISE, AND GLORY. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ITEM THREE, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. COULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE? OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          [4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]
NEXT IS ITEM FOUR, DETERMINATION OF A PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT IS ITEM 
          [5. Proclamations/Recognitions/Presentation of Ceremonial Proclamations]
FIVE. PROCLAMATIONS RECOGNITIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS. ITEM A WHICH IS 2024 NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH MONTH PROCLAMATION STATES. WHEREAS MENTAL HEALTH IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF AN OVERALL WELL-BEING IMPACTING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS PETERSBURG AND VIRGINIA. WHEREAS 1 IN 5 AMERICAN ADULTS EXPERIENCES A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION EACH YEAR AND EVERYONE FACES CHALLENGES IN LIFE THAT CAN IMPACT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. WHEREAS DESPITE ITS PREVALENCE, MENTAL HEALTH REMAINS SHROUDED IN STIGMA, PREVENTING MANY FROM SEEKING HELP. WHEREAS EARLY INTERVENTION AND ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE ARE CRUCIAL FOR MANAGING MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE. WHEREAS MAYOR IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS, COMBAT STIGMA AND PROMOTE HEALTH RESOURCES. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR SAMUEL PERRY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 2024 AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF PETERSBURG TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, TREATMENT OPTIONS AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES. CHALLENGE STIGMA BY SPEAKING RESPECTFULLY AND INCLUSIVELY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. SEEK HELP IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND ADVOCACY. CREATE SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR OPEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE FEELS EMPOWERED TO PRIORITIZE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND SEEK HELP WHEN NEEDED. NOW, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HEREBY HEREUNTO MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA TO BE AFFIXED TO THIS 21ST DAY OF MAY, 2024. ATTEST BY MYSELF AND CLERK OF COUNCIL, MISS TANGIE HILL. DOES ANYBODY HERE TODAY FOR MENTAL HEALTH MONTH? OKAY THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PROCLAMATION, FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE ACES BEYOND ACES SUMMIT IS TOMORROW AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE FROM 8 TO 5. IF YOU ANYBODY. I'LL LEAVE THE FLIER IN THE BACK WITH THE CODE. IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN SCANNING IT TO ATTEND. THANK YOU , THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM B, 2024 NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES PROVIDED IN OUR 
          [00:05:06]
COMMUNITY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR CITIZENS EVERYDAY LIVES, AND WHEREAS THE SUPPORT OF AN UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMED CITIZENRY IS VITAL TO THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS WATER, SEWER, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SOLID WASTE COLLECTION. AND WHEREAS, THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE FACILITIES, AS WELL AS THEIR PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ARE VITALLY DEPENDENT UPON THE EFFORT AND SKILL OF PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS AND WHEREAS THE EFFICIENCY OF THE QUALIFIED AND DEDICATED PERSONNEL WHO STABBED PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS IS MATERIALLY INFLUENCED BY THE PEOPLE'S ATTITUDE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THEY PERFORM. AND WHEREAS THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMFORT OF THIS COMMUNITY GREATLY DEPENDS ON THESE FACILITIES AND SERVICES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SAMUEL PERRY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 19TH THROUGH 25TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND I CALL UPON ALL CITIZENS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN PROVIDING OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE. DATED MAY 15TH, 2024. SIGNED BY MYSELF AND CLERK OF COUNCIL, MISS TANGIE HILL. WHERE ARE YOU? PUBLIC WORKS ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE, FOR RENDERING OF PUBLIC WORKS. 
          THANK YOU VERY. ALSO, AT THIS TIME, PLEASE KEEP OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IN YOUR PRAYERS. HE HAD A DEFINITE FAMILY AND COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, NEXT, WE HAVE 2024 ARMED FORCES DAY PROCLAMATION IN THE STATES. WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETERSBURG CONDUCTED ITS FIRST ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRATION ON MAY 18TH, 2024 TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS, ARMED FORCES DAY IS A TIME HONORED OCCASION TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO BRAVELY SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, SAFEGUARDING OUR FREEDOMS AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S SECURITY. AND WHEREAS, ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION, WE REAFFIRM OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES. AND WHEREAS, SECOND LIEUTENANT MADISON MARSH, MISS AMERICA 2020 FOUR HOUR ARMED FORCES DAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER, RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHILE ALSO PROMOTING UNITY, PATRIOTISM, AND SUPPORT FOR OUR ARMED FORCES COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEREAS, WE SALUTE THE MISS AMERICA ORGANIZATION DEDICATION TO HONORING AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF THE MILITARY'S VITAL ROLE IN PRESERVING OUR NATION'S SECURITY AND FREEDOM WHILE INSPIRING OTHERS TO UPHOLD THE VALUES OF HONOR, DUTY, AND SACRIFICE EXEMPLIFIED BY OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MAYOR SAMUEL PERRY, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, DO HEREBY HONORABLE UNITED STATES SECOND LIEUTENANT MADISON MARSH, MISS AMERICA 2024, FOR BEING OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL ARMED FORCES DAY CELEBRATION AND THE CITY ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE BRAVERY AND DEDICATION OF THE ARMED FORCES PAST AND PRESENT, FOR THEIR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SERVING AND PROTECTING THEIR COUNTRY. DATED MAY 21ST, 2024. SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE CLERK OF COUNCIL, MISS TANJI HILL. ALL RIGHT. AND MR. MOORE, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU TO AN AD FOR MISS ROYSTER, BECAUSE IT IS ALSO SO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ONE TRIP DO FOR BOTH. OKAY NEXT AND IT STATES WHEREAS THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE POSITIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF ALL THOSE LIVING AND WORKING AND, AND VISITING OUR CITY. AND WHEREAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ADVANCING PROSPERITY AND WELL-BEING GLOBALLY, NATIONALLY AND LOCALLY. AND WHEREAS FOSTERING ECONOMIC GROWTH IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NATIONS AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING STANDARDS FOR ALL CITIZENS. AND WHEREAS COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION AMONG NATIONS IS VITAL FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS, AND WHEREAS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ACHIEVEMENTS, SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND INSPIRE FURTHER 
          [00:10:02]
ACTION TOWARDS INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH. NOW, THEREFORE, I SAMUEL PERRY BY THE VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 6TH THROUGH 10TH, 2024 AS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND ENCOURAGE ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES AIMED AT ADVANCING GLOBAL NATIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY URGES BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO COLLABORATE AND EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AND SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH. 
          DATED MAY 21ST, 2024, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE CLERK OF COUNCIL, MISS TANGIE HILL, MISTER MOORE, MISS ROYSTER, ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY. VERY GOOD. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. WE HAD A GREAT DAY. WE MADE SOME GREAT CONTACTS. AND, MISTER MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR WHEN THEY HAVE A BANQUET CLOSE IN THE AREA. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU AND YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO HER IN PERSON. SO THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU ALL FOR, RECOGNIZING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK. AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EVERY DAY, BUT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THIS WEEK FOR OUR BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. SO THANK YOU . THANK YOU. NEXT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IT IS ITEM E 2024, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY PROCLAMATION. AND IN STATES WHERE, AS THE CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE DESIGNATED MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICERS, MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK IN WHICH MAY 15TH FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. AND WHEREAS, THE MEMBERS OF THE PETERSBURG BUREAU OF POLICE PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL CITIZENS KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THEIR DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, HAZARDS AND SACRIFICES OF THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THEIR MEMBERS OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RECOGNIZE THEIR DUTY TO SERVE THE PEOPLE BY SAFEGUARDING LIFE AND PROPERTY, BY PROTECTING THEM AGAINST VIOLENCE AND DISORDER, AND BY PROTECTING THE INNOCENT, DECEPTION AND THE WEAK AGAINST THE OPPRESSION AND WHEREAS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE PETERSBURG BUREAU OF POLICE UNCEASINGLY PROVIDE A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SAMUEL PARENT, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 12TH THROUGH 18TH, 2024 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND MAY 15TH, 2024 AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND I URGE ALL PATRIOT CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO OBSERVE THIS OCCASION AND APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES AND OBSERVANCES IN WHICH ALL OF THE CITIZENS MAY JOIN IN COMMEMORATING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO, BY THEIR FAITHFUL AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, HAVE RENDERED A DEDICATED SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN SO DOING HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR THEMSELVES AN INVALUABLE AND ENDURING REPUTATION FOR PRESERVING THE RIGHTS AND SECURITY OF ALL CITIZENS. DATED MAY 15TH, 2024, SIGNED BY MYSELF AND THE CLERK OF COUNCIL, MISS TANGIE HILL, PETERSBURG BUREAU OF POLICE. EVERYBODY AROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          COME ON UP. 
          [6. Responses to Previous Public Information Posted]
          [00:15:24]
NEXT. ITEM. SIX RESPONSES TO PREVIOUS PUBLIC INFORMATION POSTED UNDER COUNCIL 
          [7. Approval of Consent Agenda]
COMMUNICATES. ITEM SEVEN. APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA TO INCLUDE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS. ITEM SEVEN A MINUTES. MAY 7TH, 2024. CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING CLOSED SESSION MINUTES OF MAY 7TH, 2024. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ITEM B CONSIDERATION OF FORMAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES ON CASE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BETWEEN 2014 TO 2020, WHICH CONSISTS OF AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWER TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT 1243 COMMERCE STREET IN AN M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A STANDALONE USED VEHICLE SALES BUSINESS AT 1614 EAST WASHINGTON STREET WITHIN AB2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A STANDALONE USED VEHICLE SALES BUSINESS AT AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR AT 534 EAST WASHINGTON STREET. GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A REZONING FROM M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO R3 TWO. FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTIAL USE OF 557559 COMMERCE STREET. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A REZONING FROM M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF 40 MARKET RATE RENTAL UNITS AT 123 PINE STREET. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A PETITION OF R1 A VAUGHN FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE A CAR WASHING AND DETAILING OPERATION AT 2199 COUNTY DRIVE AND A B TWO GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONS. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A STANDALONE VEHICLE REPAIR BUSINESS, AND NOW 46 EAST FIFTH STREET IN A B2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. THE ORDINANCE APPROVING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR PROGRAM YEAR FY 16 THROUGH 17, OR AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A STANDALONE VEHICLE REPAIR BUSINESS AT 3022 A SOUTH CRATER ROAD AND A B2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A CHILD CARE CENTER OPERATING AT 2568 NORTH STATMAN DRIVE, PARCEL NUMBER WRITTEN R1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A REZONING TO ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTIAL USE AT 217 221 NORTH SOUTH STREET LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE STORAGE OF MORE THAN 200 TIRES AT 756 SOUTH WEST STREET IN AN M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A MODIFYING PROFITS RELATED TO 500 OLD WAGNER ROAD AND 3601 FRONTAGE ROAD INTO R1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A USED VEHICLE DEALERSHIP AT 2128 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, AND A B2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTY AT 241 SOUTH SYCAMORE STREET, WITH CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH 20 ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA FOR USE AS A BED AND BREAKFAST, AND THE RB OFFICE APARTMENT DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A PETITION FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE A STANDALONE VEHICLE AND TRUCK REPAIR SHOP AT 107 NORTH SOUTH STREET IN AB2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR 323 WEST WASHINGTON STREET TAX MAP. PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE IN THE R32 FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT ON THE FIRST FLOOR, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS. ORDINANCE TO REZONE 301 TO 301 A WAGNER ROAD AND 151 REAR WAGNER ROAD FROM AGRICULTURE TO B2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE 2045 SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD AND PORTION OF 2100 DEFENSE ROAD FROM A AGRICULTURE AND R1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO THIS M TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT FOR INDUSTRIAL USES. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TOWER TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT ONE FOUR SQUARE INDUSTRIAL DRIVE IN THE M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE REZONING OF 607 HIGH STREET FROM TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A REZONING AT 601 AND 550 REEDS ROAD, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FROM M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING INDUSTRIAL USES INVOLVED IN DISTRIBUTION AND WAREHOUSE SERVICES. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTIES AT 235, 243 AND 247 HILL STREET FROM R3 TO FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ITEM C, WHICH IS REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 18TH, 2020 FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND JC BARNUM CONSTRUCTION, LLC TOWARDS THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT 741 BIG STREET. ITEM D A REQUEST 
          [00:20:04]
TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025 FOR THE GRANT ID NG 911 080B AND G911. FUNDING ITEM E A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING ON JUNE 30TH OF 2025. 
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
          COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES I. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEYERS AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOKE. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH LI. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL. AYE MAYOR. PARHAM. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT 
          [8. Finance and Budget Report]
ASSIGNMENT EIGHT. FINANCE AND BUDGET REPORT ITEM A PRESENTATION OF THE ACFR FY 2023 OVERVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE. YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, THIS EVENING WE HAVE, DAVID FOLEY WITH ROBINSON. 
          PALMER COX, OUR AUDITOR, HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL, COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH YOU HAVE A COPY OF AT, YOUR YOUR CHAIR ON THE DAIS. AND JUST AS, WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE ITEM B FROM THE AGENDA, THIS EVENING. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MR. FOLEY. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? GREAT WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, FOR HAVING ME HERE THIS EVENING, AND MY NAME IS DAVID FOLEY. I'M A PARTNER WITH ROBINSON, PALMER COX ASSOCIATES AND WAS A PARTNER IN CHARGE AND AUDIT MANAGER FOR THE CITY'S FY 23 AUDIT. AND WE HAVE, ISSUED A DRAFT OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FY 23, AND HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THAT TO YOU ALL, BUT FIRST, BEFORE I GET INTO THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT, WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AUDIT THAT WE DO FOR THE CITY. BASICALLY, THERE'S THREE MAIN PIECES OF THE AUDIT THAT WE DO FOR THE CITY WHEN WE DO THE FINANCIAL AUDIT, ONE COURSE IS WE AUDIT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED, ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. THE OTHER TWO PIECES OF THE AUDIT, WE DO IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS, ONE, ONE OF WHICH IS, IN ADDITION TO JUST LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES, WE REVIEW AND GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERNAL CONTROLS THAT THE CITY HAS OVER ITS FINANCIAL REPORTING, WE GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE AND REVIEW THOSE IN ORDER TO DESIGN OUR AUDIT TEST OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE OF THE AUDITS, THE FEDERAL COMPLIANCE PIECE, SO ANYTIME A LOCALITY OR ORGANIZATION EXPENDS OVER 750,000 IN FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS, YOU HAVE TO UNDERGO WHAT'S CALLED A SINGLE AUDIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIFORM GUIDANCE, THAT'S DONE. AND ALONG WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT ON AUDIT. SO WHEN WE'RE OUT DOING THE AUDIT, AS PART OF THAT AUDIT FOR THE MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS OF THE CITY, OMB PROVIDES A COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT, FOR THOSE FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS WITH THE CITY HAS TO COMPLY WITH WHEN IT'S EXPENDED, ITS FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS, SO AS PART OF WHEN WE'RE DOING THE AUDIT, WE GO THROUGH THAT COMPLIANCE SUPPLEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY, IS COMPLYING WITH THOSE, FEDERAL GRANT COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN PIECES. THE AUDIT THAT WE DO FOR THE CITY. SO AS 
          [00:25:07]
SUCH, INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT REPORTS FROM US THAT COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT, THE FIRST IS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REPORT IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION, SO INCLUDED IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION ON NUMBERED PAGE ONE IS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT. AND IN THIS REPORT WE RESTATE THAT WE DID PERFORM AN AUDIT ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IS WHERE WE, ISSUE OUR OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND WE ARE ISSUING A UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH IS A CLEAN OPINION ON ON THE SET OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BASICALLY AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS MEANS THAT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED, ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, THE TWO OTHER REPORTS FROM US ARE IN THE BACK OF THE REPORT AND THE COMPLIANCE SECTION, THE FIRST REPORT BACK THERE STARTS ON PAGE 106. AND THIS FIRST REPORT BACK HERE IS OUR REPORT OVER THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROL, OVER ITS FINANCIAL REPORTING AND THIS REPORT, AS WE SEE KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 106, AS PART OF THE AUDIT, WE DID NOTE, TEN, TEN MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN THE CITY'S INTERNAL CONTROL OVER ITS FINANCIAL REPORTING, THE DETAILS OF THOSE OR IN, IN A FEW PAGES BACK, STARTING ON PAGE 115, THESE FINDINGS ARE AND ARE SIMILAR TO THE FINDINGS THAT WE'VE, REPORTED, IN PAST AUDITS FOR THE CITY, BASICALLY THE THEME OF THESE, THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, RECONCILIATIONS AND DEVELOPING MONTHLY PROCEDURES, AND RECONCILIATIONS. ON A, ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SO THAT THE CITY CAN ENSURE THE ACCURACY OF ITS FINANCIAL REPORTING, AGAIN, THE FINDINGS REPORTED THIS YEAR ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS IN IN THE PAST, AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL REPORT FROM US IS ON PAGE 108, TWO PAGES OVER. THIS IS OUR REPORT OVER THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH THIS, MAJOR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE. THIS REPORT WAS CLEAN. WE NOTED NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, IN THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH THIS MAJOR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS. ALSO NOTED NO ITEMS OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S, COMPLIANCE WITH ITS FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAMS, SO THAT REPORT, WAS CLEAN FOR THE CITY, JUST A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS, JUST A COUPLE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO, HIGHLIGHT, BACK TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE REPORT AND BACK IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION, ON NUMBERED PAGE SEVEN IS EXHIBIT THREE, WHICH IS THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE CITY'S GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, THIS STATEMENT REPORTS THE ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE OF THE CITY'S, GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, IF WE LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN, REPRESENTS THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS A MAIN OPERATING FUND OF THE CITY, WE CAN SEE ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE PAGE, THE CITY ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH A TOTAL FUND BALANCE OF 47.5 MILLION, MEANING THE CITY'S ASSETS EXCEEDED ITS LIABILITIES BY 47.5 MILLION AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN THIS STATEMENT FURTHER BREAKS DOWN THE COMPONENTS OF THE FUND BALANCE BETWEEN NON SPENDABLE, SUCH AS INVENTORY AND INNER FUND LOANS AND PREPAID ITEMS, AND THEN UNASSIGNED. AND SO THE 47.5 MILLION FUND BALANCE, THE CITY ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH AND HAD AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 42.5 MILLION, WHICH I BELIEVE IS OVER A $3 MILLION INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN THE NON SPENDABLE PORTION OF THE FUND BALANCE DECREASED BY ABOUT A MILLION, AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS ON PAGE EIGHT, EXHIBIT FOUR, THIS IS A STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE FOR THE CITY'S 
          [00:30:03]
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. THIS STATEMENT REPORTS THE REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE, AS YOU CAN SEE, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THE GENERAL FUND, THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE MAIN OPERATING FUND, INCREASE ITS FUND BALANCE BY A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE. BUT BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN CUTHBERT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU, TELL ME THIS, AND I'M SURE ALL OF COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN KNOWING THIS. HOW MUCH? AS OF JUNE 30TH OF 2023, HOW MUCH CASH DID THE CITY HAVE ON HAND? HOW MUCH CASH? YES, SIR. AND IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT PAGE YOU FIND THAT NUMBER ON. OKAY SO, THAT NUMBER IS REPORTED IN, A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES, SO IF WE GO TO PAGE, IF WE GO TO PAGE FOUR, EXHIBIT ONE, TOTAL CASH FOR THE PRIMARY GOVERNMENT, THE CITY WAS, 6868 MILLION 354. SO 61.9 MILLION WAS THE CASH AND THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND THEN THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, ENTERPRISE FUNDS HAD ANOTHER 6.3 MILLION. SO THE TOTAL CASH 668 MILLION. 354, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S RESTRICTED CASH, RELATED TO UNEXPENDED BOND PROCEEDS OF 8.1 MILLION. SO YOU ADD THE 68 AND THE EIGHT, AND YOU GET 70, 76 MILLION IN ROUND FEES. YEAH. NOW, OF THAT 76 MILLION, HOW MUCH OF THAT MADE THE CITY, MOVE TO THE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL RUN BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT? HOW MUCH MAY WE, IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS THAT YOU JUST ASKED, NAMELY, HOW MUCH IS THERE? BUT OF THAT, 76 MILLION, HOW MUCH OF THAT? 76 MILLION. MAY THE CITY MOVE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL, I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY A HARD QUESTION FOR ME TO ANSWER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS YOU WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FUTURE SPENDING AND, YOU KNOW, THE LIQUIDITY OF THOSE, THOSE INVESTMENTS. RIGHT RIGHT. BUT IN TERM AND THAT'S A VERY PRACTICAL LIMITATION. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT. I MEAN, WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PAY OUR BILLS ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL IS THAT WE CAN GET OUR MONEY OUT ON, I THINK, 24 HOURS NOTICE. SO, NOT THAT I WANT TO CUT IT THAT CLOSE, BUT JUST TALKING ABOUT LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AND THIS IT MAY BE THAT THIS IS NOT YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT IF COUNCIL I THINK COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT 76 MILLION IN CASH MAY WE LEGALLY MOVE TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL AND EARN, I THINK, OVER 5% ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, AS THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S REALLY A LEGAL QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S ANY LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON HOW MUCH, AGAIN, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE CASH FLOWS AND COMMITMENTS AND, BEFORE THAT'S BEFORE YOU COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER. DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER ON CAN YOU APPROXIMATE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? I WOULDN'T HAZARD TO APPROXIMATE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COVER OUR DAILY FLOWS OF DAILY AND MONTHLY COMMITMENTS FOR, TWO BIG. THE BIGGIES ARE PAYROLL AND BOND PAYMENTS. SO YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE EVERY MONTH AND HAVE SOME. SO I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY A NUMBER IN HERE THAT WE WOULD NEED DURING THE MONTH, AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SAY MAXIMUM MAYBE HALF, BUT LESS THAN THAT COULD BE MOVED. SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE CASH FLOW TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES EVERY MONTH. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WORKING ON WITH DAVENPORT TO GET US THAT NUMBER SO WE CAN MOVE THAT MONEY BACK AND FORTH AND GAIN THAT 5% INTEREST THAT YOU KEEP REFERRING TO. AND WHEN WILL THE, WILL DAVENPORT BE? WELL 
          [00:35:06]
WILL DAVENPORT BE MAKING A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL THAT ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE? YES, THAT IS OUR THAT IS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE INTENT AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. WE'VE HAD WE HAD SOME HICCUPS GETTING, ODDLY ENOUGH, WITH THE MERGER OF TRUIST, OUR BANK STATEM. SO WE HAVE THOSE NOW AND WE'RE SENDING THEM TO THEM SO THEY CAN SEE THE CASH FLOW, MONTHLY CASH FLOW, AND THEN DEVELOP THAT NUMBER FOR US. ALL RIGHT. AND WHEN WILL DAVENPORT BE REPORTING TO THE PUBLIC AND TO COUNCIL ON THAT? THEIR CONCLUSION AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION? I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE AT THIS TIME. I KNOW WE RECENTLY GOT ALL OF OUR BANK STATEMENTS. THE TREASURER HAS BEEN WORKING ON SCANNING ALL OF THOSE TO SEND THEM, AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM TODAY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH GETTING ALL THOSE SCANS UP THERE. BUT WE CAN HAVE DAVENPORT , REPORT TO YOU AND YOUR AT YOUR ONE OF YOUR JUNE MEETINGS TO DISCUSS WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S GOING ON. DO YOU THINK THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN AT THE, WORK SESSION IN JUNE? THAT IS THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE. I CAN ASK TO SEE IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT THE WORK SESSION, AND IF NOT, CERTAINLY THE SECOND MEETING. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A, CALL, A SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL ON MAY THE 28TH. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND AT THAT TIME, COULD YOU, GIVE COUNCIL AN ANSWER AS TO WHEN DAVENPORT FEELS COMFORTABLE IN MAKING THIS PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL? YES, SIR. GOOD. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT IS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. YES, SIR. I SEE OUR TREASURER IS AT THE PODIUM. YES, A MEETING AND. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE CFO. MR. GLASNER, WE'VE GONE OVER SOME NUMBERS. THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE KICKING AROUND IS ABOUT 35 MILLION TO INVEST IN LGP. WELL, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'RE GOING TO GET A SEDAN CHAIR AND PARADE YOU THROUGH THE CITY. 
          OKAY BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE 5% OF 35 MILLION, IS A LOT OF MONEY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. YES, SIR. AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU PART OF THE TEAM WORKING TO, MAKE US, THE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN BE, LET ME GO BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER, IF I MAY, MR. CITY MANAGER, WHAT'S THE DEADLINE BY WHICH THE CITY MUST FILE ITS, ACFR. FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS DECEMBER 31ST. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS JUNE 30TH OF 2024. AND THE CITY'S DEADLINE FOR FILING THE CFR IS DECEMBER 31ST OF 2024. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU CAN, ASSURE COUNCIL WILL HAPPEN? YES. SO THE BIG ISSUE THAT WE HAD AND THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FROM AN INTERNAL CONTROL PERSPECTIVE IS THE CASH RECONCILIATION THAT WAS GOING ON. AND WE WERE USING A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR. WE TERMINATED THAT CONTRACT AND BROUGHT THAT IN-HOUSE. SO WE NOW HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER THAT PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THINGS GET DONE. AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CFO AND THEIR CONSULTATION WITH THE TREASURER, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DONE. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO PUT A BOW ON IT AND A CHERRY ON TOP OR WHATEVER, THE ANSWER IS YES. OKAY, GREAT, AND, MISS HILL, WOULD YOU PUT THAT IN OUR MINUTES, PLEASE? SO THAT IF COUNCIL EVER WANTS TO REVISIT THAT TOPIC, IT WILL BE THERE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT COUNCILMAN JONES. HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, I LIKE THE WORK. I THINK IT'S VERY CRAFTY. I THINK IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE. IT IS. IT GETS THICKER EVERY YEAR. YEAH. WHO PUT THIS BOOKLET TOGETHER, OUR PRODUCTION STAFF, YOUR PRODUCTION STAFF. 
          ONE LAST TIME, THEY LOOKED AT IT , IT WAS, JUST BEFORE WE LEFT. I THINK. I THINK, NO, I KNOW, AND IT'S. I'M PICKING ON YOU, BUT I'M BIG ON LITTLE THINGS. AND IF YOU EXPECT ME TO TAKE ANY OF THIS IN HERE AS VALID WHEN I SEE TEN MISTAKES ON THE FIRST PAGE, YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES LISTED HERE IN THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S NOT EVEN HERE. THEN YOU HAVE A COUNCIL PERSON. THAT'S MY NAME. NOT EVEN ON HERE. Y'ALL GOT TO PUT SOME RESPECT ON MY NAME, I. I TAKE THIS PERSONAL BECAUSE THE LEAST YOU COULD HAVE DONE WAS LOOKED AT THE FIRST PAGE BEFORE YOU GAVE IT TO US. 
          [00:40:07]
THIS MAKES ME NOT EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT THE REST OF THE PAGES. OKAY? I'M SO SERIOUS ABOUT THAT. 
          SO TELL YOUR STAFF, GET SOME GLASSES AND DOUBLE CHECK AND TRIPLE CHECK, AND WE NEED TO CHECK IT BEFORE WE ACCEPT THIS STUFF. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ABSOLUTELY. NO. WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE THAT CORRECTION, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A DRAFT, SO IT WILL BE CORRECT IN THE FINAL VERSION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR HILL. YES THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, WHAT IS THE RED FLAG THAT YOU SEE IN THE AUDIT ARE THERE? I MEAN, I KNOW YOU POINTED OUT SOME THINGS, BUT, IS IT ONE MAJOR THING THAT STANDS OUT THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF ADDRESS, IF YOU HAD TO PICK ONE? WELL I MEAN, I THINK WE POINTED OUT THE, THE TEN THAT WE THINK ARE THE, THE BIG ONES CERTAINLY, IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, I MEAN, REALLY, I THINK ALL THESE RECONCILIATIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND HAVING A MONTHLY PROCESS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU CLOSE A MONTH IN ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ONE, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL YOUR RECONCILIATIONS ARE DONE, REALLY ALL JUST AS IMPORTANT IS ANY OF THEM. SO THAT'S RECONCILING, MAKING SURE THE CASH IS RECONCILED. IT'S MAKING SURE YOUR SUBSIDIARY LEDGERS RECONCILE, TO THE TO THE FINANCIALS. IT'S MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS A VARIOUS DIFFERENT FUNDS AND MAKING SURE ALL YOUR FUNDS ARE IN AND, MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN BALANCE. SO REALLY, I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT THEME, WHILE WE GOT TEN DIFFERENT FINDINGS, THEY'RE ALL SPEAKING TO THE SAME THING, RECONCILIATION AND ESTABLISHING MONTHLY PROCEDURES. AND THESE ARE THOSE ARE VITAL TO, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO GET TO HAVING THE AUDIT ISSUED ON TIME TO HAVE THESE MONTHLY PROCEDURES IN PLACE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, YOU'RE JUST PREPPING FOR THE AUDIT, YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO GET ALL CATCH UP. A YEAR'S WORTH OF RECONCILIATIONS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING READY FOR AN AUDIT. IT'S DIFFICULT ENOUGH. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THESE PROCESSES IN PLACE, IT'S HARD TO GET IT READY BY, BY THE DEADLINE. SO OKAY, SO RECONCILIATION, BY THE END OF THE MONTH. SO WE. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. FOLEY, FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF TO HELP, GET THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT, NEXT, WE ROLL ON TO, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ITEM UP, WHICH IS 14 A, WHICH IS 
          [14. New Business]
THE PARTNERSHIP OF PETERSBURG FUND AGREEMENT. WE CAN PUT IN PLACE OF A B. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          MR. ALTMAN, THIS EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE DISCUSSED THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PETERSBURG FUND AGREEMENT AT OUR LAST, WORK SESSION. KEVIN FOSTER WITH JOHN RANDOLPH FOUNDATION IS HERE THIS EVENING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE FUND IS BEING ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW FOR ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY AND OUTSIDE THE CITY TO MAKE DONATIONS TO THE FUND, WHICH WOULD BE ALLOW THEM TO MAKE A 500 1C3 TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION AND THEN THIS FUNDING THE FUND WOULD BE USED TO ASSIST AND HELP WITH PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION OF AN ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUND COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND A REQUEST, TO THE CITY TO MAKE A NOMINAL DONATION OF $5,000 TO BEGIN THE FUND, WHICH WE DO HAVE, IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO DO SO, WE DO HAVE THOSE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DONATION, MR. FOSTER IS HERE THIS EVENING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS OVER THE PAST YEAR OR TWO, AND WORKING TOWARDS THIS, I THINK WE STARTED THIS CONVERSATION WITH MR. FOSTER PROBABLY A YEAR AGO. RIGHT, AND THEN WE FINALLY GOT IT TO A POINT WHERE ALL PARTIES ARE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD. AND, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST THIS EVENING TO ESTABLISH THE FUND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THAT'S THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PETERSBURG FUND AGREEMENT. ALL RIGHT, QUESTION. OKAY YEAH. THAT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT. YEP. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN JONES. MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR PETERSBURG. AS IT'S WRITTEN IN AS IS STATED. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNCILMAN AND $5,000 AND THE $5,000 TO START IT OFF. START IT 
          [00:45:01]
OFF WITH. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION THAT IS TO CREATE THE PARTNERSHIP FUND WITH $5,000, VICE MAYOR HILL, SECOND, A MOTION TO SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MISS HILL, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          MEYERS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. 
          HILL. AYE. MAYOR. PERRY I. THAT MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MAYOR. WE'RE EXCITED TO START WORKING WITH YOU. AND I'LL GET WITH MR. ALTMAN ON EXECUTING THE DOCUMENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, NEXT. AT THIS TIME, TIME AT THE LAST MEETING, I KNOW WE HAD, SOME SOME SPECIAL GUESTS, COUNCILMAN JONES, RECOGNIZED THE SPECIAL GUEST IS IN HERE. THAT COUNCILMAN SMITH. LISA, WE HAVE THE BURKE BOYS HERE. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WANT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT OUR YOUTH IS IN THIS CITY. IN EVERY CITY. BUT WE'RE SO FOCUSED ON EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING AROUND. AND THE CASINO, THIS CASINO. BUT WE FORGETTING THE BLOOD OF THIS CITY, RIGHT HERE. 
          AND THIS IS JUST A HANDFUL OF THEM. AND THESE GUYS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS THAT REPRESENT PETERSBURG. THE BIG BOYS COME ON UP. TELL US YOUR NAME AND THE POSITION YOU PLAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. THEN I WANT YOU TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH EVERYBODY OUT THERE. JUST TURN YOUR BACKS TO IT. TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS AND ANY COACHES HERE COACH COME ON UP WITH THEM. I WANT YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO TAKE CARE OF SOMEBODY ELSE'S CHILD AND BECOME THEIR FATHER WITH MOTHER WHEN THEY'RE NOT AROUND. SO YOU GUYS HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY TO US AND TO THE KIDS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND OUR COACHES IS COACHES ARE FATHERS AND PARENTS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. GO AHEAD. TELL ME YOUR NAME, YOUNG MAN. TREY. TREY, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER, WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? 88. 
          WHAT POSITION YOU PLAY TACKLE. ALL RIGHT. GIVE THE MIC TO THE NEXT PERSON. GIVE IT UP FOR TREY . OH. GO AHEAD. YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY? GO AHEAD. TREY COME ON, SAY SOMETHING. TREY, YOU GOING TO READ SOMETHING? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TREY HARRIS, AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE BIRD BOYS. THESE ARE MY BROTHERS AND TEAMMATES THAT HAVE MY BACK ON MAY THE SEVENTH, MY MOM STOOD HERE TO REQUEST A VENUE FOR OUR FALL BANQUET. THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US SOMEWHERE TO HAVE OUR BANQUET TODAY. I AM HERE TO ASK FOR HELP WITH THE EQUIPMENT OUR COACHES WORK VERY HARD TO TEACH US THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THIS GAME . HOWEVER, IT IS HARD FOR US TO CORRECTLY LEARN THE GAME OF FOOTBALL OUT WITH OUT THE PROPER EQUIPMENT. THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE NEED. HELMETS, SHOULDER PADS, TACKLE WHEELS, FOOTBALL DUMMIES, STEP OVER DUMMIES, LARGE TIRES, MEDICINE BALLS 5 TO 10 POUNDS. FOOTBALL SPEED AND AGILITY. LADDERS, CONES, WEIGHTS 5 TO 10 POUNDS. WE FEEL IF WE HAD THESE ITEMS IT WOULD HELP US PERFECT OUR SKILLS. WE KNOW THIS CAN'T HAPPEN OVER THE NIGHT, BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THIS PROPOSAL INTO CONSIDERATION TO HELP US GET BETTER. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE ONE DAY ONE OF US MAY BE SITTING IN YOUR POSITION WHERE WE COULD GIVE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HOPE YOU WILL GIVE ALL OF US TODAY. THANK YOU. HEY TREY. HOLD ON. HEY, GIVE HIM A HAND. TREY. DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET? I WANT EVERYBODY HERE TO GET YOUR NOTEPADS OUT AND YOUR PHONES OUT AND TAKE NOTES, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY. ALL OF YOU GUYS CAN BUY A HELMET. ALL OF YOU GUYS CAN BUY A CONE. ALL OF US CAN PUT TOGETHER. IT TAKES ALL OF US. SO GO DOWN THAT LIST ONE MORE TIME, MR. TREY AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO TAKE NOTES. 
          AND WHEN YOU BUY THIS STUFF, TAKE IT AND DROP IT OFF TO PARKS AND REC, AND HE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'LL GET IT. OKAY. YOU READY? EVERYBODY READY? SAY, I GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, TREY, GO DOWN YOUR LIST AGAIN. HELMETS, HELMETS, SHOULDER PADS, SHOULDER PADS. TACKLE WHEELS, TACKLE 
          [00:50:03]
WHEELS, FOOTBALL DUMMIES. FOOTBALL DUMMIES. STEP OVER DUMMIES STEP OVER DUMMIES. LARGE TIRES, LARGE TIRES. MEDICINE BALL. BAD BALLS. 5 TO 10 POUNDS. GIVE HIM 25 POUNDS. GO AHEAD. 
          FOOTBALLS SPEED AND AGILITY. LADDERS CONES. WEIGHTS 5 TO 10 POUNDS. THANK YOU, MR. TREY. 
          Y'ALL GOT THAT? SO TAKE IT ALL TO THE PARKS AND REC AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY GET IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO THANK YOU SIR. GET A MIC TO SOMEBODY ELSE. LET ME HEAR WHAT THEY GOT TO SAY. TELL US YOUR NAME AND POSITION AND YOUR NUMBER. COME ON CHAMP. MY NAME IS TAMARA AND MY POSITION IS WHY ? RECEIVER. WIDE RECEIVER. WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? MY NUMBER IS FIVE. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER FIVE. SOMEBODY WHO? BEHIND YOU. MY NAME IS KADEN. SOMEBODY GET KADEN THE MONEY. SPEAK UP. MY NAME IS KADEN. AND I'LL PLAY WIDE RECEIVER AND RUNNING BACK. 
          ALL RIGHT, I SEE THAT. GO AHEAD. KADEN. YES, SIR. NEXT. MY NAME IS JAE'SEAN AND I'M A WIDE RECEIVER. WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? JAE'SEAN NUMBER FOUR. NUMBER FOUR. ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL, GIVE HIM A HAND. MY NAME IS ASHTON. HOW YOU DOING, SIR? WHAT'S YOUR NAME IN YOUR POSITION? MY NAME IS ASHTON AND I'M TITAN. OKAY. AND WHAT? WHAT POSITION? WHAT YOU DO YOU TIGHT IN TIGHT END. Y'ALL GIVE HIM A HAND. ALL RIGHT, COACH, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU OUT. COME ON UP. YOU THE HEAD COACH? ASSISTANT COACH? MY NAME IS DEANDRE CARTER. I'M COACH CARTER, DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR. 
          RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. DEFENSE WINS THE GAME. HI. MY NAME IS COACH DENZEL GREEN. I PRETTY MUCH DO IT ALL. THERE YOU GO. WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL. AND THANK Y'ALL FOR COMING MAN. AND THANKS FOR TAKING IT UP. WE'RE GOING TO COME AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. COME ON COME GET YOUR PICTURE. GET YOUR PICTURE. COME ON Y'ALL. 
          WELL DONE. HEY YEAH. ALL GOOD. WELL, YOU ALL SPOKE WELL. YOU DID. 
          RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS, NEXT 
          [9. Official Public Hearings]
IS ITEM NINE, OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. ITEM A, 2024 CPA OH ONE, A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15 .2. 2225 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA TO REPEAL THE CITY OF PETERSBURG COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040 AND ADOPT A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TITLED PETERSBURG NEXT, WHICH INCLUDES UPDATES TO DEMOGRAPHICS, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, LAND USE, AND OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION. THE DRAFT PLAN CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE AT. PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. NEXT.COM. MISS ABBOTT, GOOD EVENING. HI, MAYOR. HI, COUNCIL. NAOMI SIAMAK, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I HAVE CAROLINE HERE WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP, AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THIS FINAL PRESENTATION. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTED AND READY TO GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. 
          VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CAROLINE VANDERHOFF, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP. 
          AND I'M VERY PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE CITY'S UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THIS EVENING, I WILL KEEP MY PART OF THIS VERY BRIEF, BUT DO WANT TO PROVIDE A REFRESHER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS, FOR THE RECORD, AS 
          [00:55:07]
THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN NEARLY THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING NOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SERVES AS PETERSBURG'S POLICY GUIDE TO LONG RANGE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, THE STATE REQUIRES THAT THE PLAN BE REVIEWED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS AND FULLY UPDATED EVERY 20 YEARS. 
          THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE BEGAN INFORMALLY IN 2021. BERKELEY GROUP COMPLETED A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT OF THE CITY'S CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ASSESS ITS STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES AND COMPLIANCE WITH STATE CODE, AS WELL AS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PRESERVATION ACT. THIS GAVE US A REALLY STRONG FOUNDATION FOR AN UPDATE TO THE PLAN, WHICH FORMALLY KICKED OFF IN THE FALL OF 2022 AND HAS HAD MULTIPLE PHASES SINCE THEN, BEGINNING WITH A KICKOFF MEETING WITH YOU ALL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THEN JUMPING RIGHT INTO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PHASE TO GATHER INPUT ON PLANNING TOPICS, STRENGTHS AND CHALLENGES FACING PETERSBURG THROUGHOUT 2023. WE HELD BI MONTHLY WORK SESSIONS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO DRAFT THE PLAN CONTENT, AND FOLLOWED THIS UP WITH A PUBLIC DRAFT REVIEW PERIOD, OPEN HOUSE, AND A FINAL JOINT WORK SESSION IN THE WINTER OF THIS YEAR. AND SO THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING, A COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING. AND THE ADOPTION PHASE. AND OF COURSE, YOU ALL ARE VERY AWARE THAT THE WORK DOES NOT STOP ONCE YOU ALL ADOPT THE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS MEANT TO BE A LIVING AND EVOLVING DOCUMENT THAT IS CONTINUALLY REVIEWED TO STAY CURRENT FOR WHAT IS FACING PETERSBURG. AND IN ORDER FOR PETERSBURG TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS TRULY REFLECTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY MUST BE INVOLVED IN INFORMING THE PROCESS. WE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A PUBLIC INPUT SURVEY AND FOUR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE, DRAFTING WORK SESSIONS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND YOU ALL WERE ALL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE ACCEPTED COMMUNITY COMMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE DRAFTING PROCESS. YES. AND WE ALSO HAD INTERVIEWS WITH YOU ALL AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS A SERIES OF EIGHT FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS. WE HAD LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATE INDUSTRY EXPERTS ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS TO PROVIDE THEIR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. AND THEN UPON COMPLETION OF THE DRAFT PLAN, WE HELD A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS SMALL GROUPS WITH PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THOSE EVENTS WERE WELL ATTENDED AND WE RECEIVED GOOD FEEDBACK THERE. AS WELL. BASED ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK, WE DEVELOPED FIVE KEY THEMES THAT ARE REFLECTED IN EVERY CHAPTER OF THE PLAN. THOSE ARE EQUITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND RESPONSIBLE REGIONALISM. I WILL NOW PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT PLAN, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT ALL ENCOMPASSING, BUT MY INTENT IS JUST TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CHAPTERS AND THEIR MAIN FOCUS, SO IN CONSULTATION WITH YOU ALL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THIS VISION STATEMENT IS INCLUDED TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE DRAFT PLAN . IT READS THAT PETERSBURG IS A THRIVING CULTURALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY WHERE ALL RESIDENTS ENJOY SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, QUALITY EDUCATION AND CELEBRATION OF RICH HISTORY. 
          AGAIN, THIS SERVES AS THE BACKDROP FOR THE ENTIRE PLAN. CHAPTER ONE CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS YOUR HOUSEKEEPING CHAPTER. MUCH OF THE CONTENT IN THIS CHAPTER COMES STRAIGHT FROM WHAT IS REQUIRED BY STATE CODE. THE CHAPTER OUTLINES THE LEGAL BASIS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF PETERSBURG'S PLANNING JURISDICTION. IT DESCRIBES THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO OTHER PLANS, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS SUCH AS YOUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCES. IT INCLUDES A SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS A SUMMARY OF THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED DURING ENGAGEMENT, AND IT DISCUSSES USING THE PLAN, WHO USES IT, AND HOW DO THEY USE IT IN THEIR DECISION MAKING PROCESSES, CHAPTER TWO PROVIDES SOME BACKGROUND ON THE CITY'S HISTORY. IT INCLUDES THAT VISION STATEMENT FROM A FEW SLIDES AGO, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IS THE MOST CURRENT AVAILABLE FROM RELIABLE SOURCES AND ADDRESSES PEOPLE IN POPULATION, ECONOMY AND INCOME, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IN CHAPTER TWO, THERE ARE ALSO A SERIES OF PLANNING FACTORS IDENTIFIED. THESE ARE LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRENDS THAT PETERSBURG HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE 
          [01:00:02]
COMMUNITY AND LAND USE DECISIONS FORWARD ON THINGS LIKE THE PHARMACEUTICAL CAMPUS, THE PRESENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS VSU AND RICHARD BLAND, THE RISE OF REMOTE WORK AND UTILIZATION OF THE APPOMATTOX RIVER WATERFRONT AT. CHAPTER THREE IS THE FIRST POLICY CHAPTER, AND IT ADDRESSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PETERSBURG. THE GOAL STATEMENT FOR THIS CHAPTER IS THAT PETERSBURG WILL BUILD A THRIVING AND RESILIENT ECONOMY THAT PROMOTES QUALITY JOBS AND DIVERSE INDUSTRIES, WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. HIS. CHAPTER FOUR ADDRESSES INVESTMENT IN THE CITY'S HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A GOAL STATEMENT OF BEING A CITY WHERE ALL HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ATTRACTIVE, SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL RESIDENTS. CHAPTER FIVE CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE ELEMENT. IT ADDRESSES PARKS, REC CREATION, ARTS, CULTURE, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION WITH A GOAL STATEMENT OF PROVIDING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PARKS, RECREATION, THE ARTS AND HISTORIC RESOURCES TO FACILITATE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. TOURISM AND CELEBRATION OF HERITAGE AND CULTURE. CHAPTER SIX ADDRESSES THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE GOAL STATEMENT IS THAT PETERSBURG PROVIDES AND MAINTAINS EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENHANCE LIVABILITY AND PROMOTE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS. CHAPTER SEVEN ADDRESSES PUBLIC SAFETY WITH A GOAL OF PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-BEING THROUGH CONSISTENT, EFFICIENT AND EQUITABLE PUBLIC SAFETY. SERVICE DELIVERY. CHAPTER EIGHT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP CHAPTER. FOR THIS CHAPTER, I WILL NOTE THAT MUCH OF THE CONTENT IS COMING FROM THE REGULATIONS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY ACT. SO IN ADDITION TO YOU ALL AND STAFF IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWING IT, WE HAVE ALSO HAD THIS CHAPTER IN THE REST OF THE PLAN UNDERGO AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW FROM DEQ STAFF, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL WITH THAT, SO THE GOAL STATEMENT OF THIS CHAPTER IS THAT PETERSBURG WILL COMMIT TO FOSTERING RESILIENCE, COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH PROTECTING AND ENHANCING ITS NATURAL RESOURCES. OOPS CHAPTER NINE ADDRESSES MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, AND SIMILAR TO CHAPTER EIGHT, A LOT OF THE CONTENT IN THIS CHAPTER IS REQUIRED FOR INCLUSION BY STATE CODE. AND SO VDOT, HAS REVIEWED THIS CHAPTER FOR COMPLIANCE. 
          WE'VE ALSO HAD INPUT FROM THE CRATER PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION AND THE TRI-CITIES AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. THE GOAL STATEMENT FOR THIS CHAPTER IS THAT PETERSBURG'S COMMUNITY IS EQUITABLY CONNECTED THROUGH A WELL DESIGNED, WELL MAINTAINED, AND MULTI-MODAL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. THE MAP YOU SEE HERE ON YOUR SCREEN SHOWS THE LOCATION OF PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER NINE, THE IDENTIFIED LOCATION OF PRIORITY PROJECTS IS A REQUIREMENT OF STATE CODE, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A POLICY DOCUMENT. IT IS NOT REGULATORY. AND SO THIS IS NOT LOCKING THE CITY INTO FUNDING ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. RATHER HAVING THESE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN SETS YOU ALL UP. SETS VDOT, THE PDC UP FOR INVESTMENT MOVING FORWARD, THE ORANGE CIRCLES YOU SEE ARE IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS. THE CIRCLED NUMBERS YOU SEE ARE IDENTIFYING CORRIDORS. SO LONGER STRETCHES OF THE ROAD NETWORK, CERTAIN CORRIDORS ARE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IF THEY ARE RELATED TO SHARED USE PATHS, BIKEWAYS OR SOME OTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, SO AGAIN, DIRECTING FUTURE INVESTMENT. AND THERE ARE 18 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT COVER VARIOUS ROAD AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR VEHICLES, BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS, YOU'LL NOTE THAT TWO OF THEM ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THIS MAP, AND THIS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE WIDESPREAD IN NATURE, KIND OF PERTAIN TO MULTIPLE AREAS IN THE CITY. NEXT WE HAVE THE LAND USE CHAPTER, AND THIS CHAPTER TIES TOGETHER ALL OF THE CONTENT FROM THE PREVIOUS CHAPTERS TO INFORM YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND FRAMEWORK. THE GOAL STATEMENT FOR THIS CHAPTER IS THAT PETERSBURG WILL SUPPORT LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT ARE HIGH QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AND ENHANCE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND EQUITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, ON YOUR SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE DISCUSSED THIS AT A FEW WORK SESSIONS NOW, SO I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON IT, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL OF TWO CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE SINCE OUR PREVIOUS JOINT WORK SESSION IN FEBRUARY, PER COUNCIL'S 
          [01:05:05]
REQUEST, YOU CAN SEE THAT WATERWAYS AND SEVERAL SEVERAL ROAD NAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THIS MAP FOR ORIENTATION, WE ALSO SAT DOWN WITH CITY STAFF TO EVALUATE AREAS THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DESIGNATED ON THIS MAP FOR GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, THOSE TWO AREAS ARE CIRCLED AND RED ON YOUR SCREEN. ONE IS THE AREA AROUND THE REEVES ROAD AND I-95 INTERCHANGE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS COMMUNITY MIXED USE. THIS HAS BEEN AMENDED TO GENERAL INDUSTRIAL, AND THIS ADDS AROUND 130 ACRES OF NEW INDUSTRIAL TO THIS MAP. THE SECOND IS THE AREA AROUND SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD, WELLS ROAD AND BOYDTON PLANK ROAD, PORTIONS OF THIS AREA THAT WERE NOT ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS INDUSTRIAL HAVE BEEN NOW IDENTIFIED AS INDUSTRIAL, AND THAT ADDS ABOUT 60 ACRES TO THE MAP, AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A GUIDE, THIS MAP AND YOUR ZONING MAP ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS, RATHER, THIS SHOULD SET YOU UP WELL TO MAKE FUTURE CHANGES TO YOUR ZONING MAP AND ZONING ORDINANCE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE REGULATORY IN NATURE. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION ELEMENT. THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER IS HITTING THE ROAD, PROVIDING YOU ALL WITH THE DIRECTION TO TURN. THE VISION OF THE PLAN INTO A REALITY, THERE ARE SEVERAL BENEFITS TO HAVING AN IMPLEMENTATION ELEMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT SERVES AS A MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, BUILDS TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY, HELPS GUIDE YOUR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESSES, AND HELPS YOU ALL ENSURE THAT ANY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE ARE MET AT THE PROPER TIME. THE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX IS A MASTER LIST OF ALL STRATEGIES INCLUDED IN THE PLAN. THERE ARE OVER 200 OF THEM. THEY ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN COMPILED IN ONE PLACE AND FOR EACH STRATEGY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS APPLIED. THE FIRST IS AN IMPLEMENTATION CATEGORY, SO CATEGORIZING EACH STRATEGY INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION TYPE, THE SECOND RESPONSIBLE PARTY. THIS IDENTIFIES THE CITY DEPARTMENT THAT IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING IMPLEMENTATION. THE THIRD COLUMN, STAKEHOLDERS AND RESOURCES, IDENTIFIES OTHER RESOURCES AND GROUPS THAT WILL BE HELPFUL IN IMPLEMENTATION, THESE COULD BE STATE AGENCIES SUCH AS VDOT OR DEQ. IT COULD ALSO BE LOCAL OR REGIONAL AGENCIES. COMMUNITY GROUPS, NONPROFITS AND THE LIKE. TIME FRAME IDENTIFIES THE IDEAL LENGTH OF TIME FOR EACH STRATEGY TO BE COMPLETED, WHETHER IT IS ENVISIONED TO BE SHORT TERM, MID-TERM, LONG TERM, OR ONGOING IN NATURE, AND THEN COST IDENTIFIES IN VERY HIGH LEVEL TERMS HOW COSTLY IT WILL BE TO IMPLEMENT EACH STRATEGY. IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EASILY ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET WITH EXISTING FUNDING, OR IF THE CITY MAY HAVE TO PULL GRANT FUNDING OR IDENTIFY ANOTHER MECHANISM TO FUND THE STRATEGY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD THEIR PUBLIC HEARING DURING THEIR REGULAR MEETING IN APRIL TO CONSIDER THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THEY DO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT PLAN AS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, ON BEHALF OF THE BERKELEY GROUP, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT WILL OTHERWISE TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. ALL YOUR HARD WORK THE LAST FEW MONTHS. NEXT, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW FOR THE PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA NEXT PLAN. 
          ANY HANDS? YES. MISS RUDOLPH. THANK YOU. MAYOR, GOOD EVENING, BARB RUDOLPH, 1675 MOUNT VERNON STREET. I, OF COURSE, RECOMMEND THAT YOU ADOPT THIS PLAN. I THINK IT'S GOT A LOT. I WENT TO A COUPLE MEETINGS ABOUT IT. IT'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD FACETS AND A PART OF IT THAT'S PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO ME WAS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, THAT WAS CHAPTER EIGHT, I BELIEVE. 
          AND ALSO IT WAS UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE. SO IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN IS, IS, THAT YOU REALLY DO LOOK AT HOW IT CAN BE EMBRACED WITHIN CITY OPERATIONS BECAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, THIS ONE GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF A PLACE WHERE THE ACTIONS OF THE CITY ARE AT ODDS WITH THE WHAT'S WHAT'S RECOMMENDED IN THIS PLAN. AND I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN, ON PAGE 313 OF THIS DOCUMENT, ONE THERE'S WHICH IS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PART, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT SAYS REDUCE IMPERMEABLE SURFACES , I THINK THAT'S UNDER STORMWATER, WHAT WE RECENTLY 
          [01:10:05]
SOME CITIZENS RECENTLY GOT A LETTER FROM THE CITY ABOUT DRIVEWAYS AND WHERE TO PARK. AND THE PURPOSE WAS TO REMIND PEOPLE NOT TO PARK TO PARK IN THEIR YARDS. IF THEY WERE GOING TO PARK OFF STREET, THEY WERE TO PARK ON A DRIVEWAY WHICH IT SPECIFIED WAS TO BE IN IMPERMEABLE SURFACE. WELL, IT SAID SERVICE, BUT I THINK THEY MEANT SURFACE, SO THERE'S A CONTRADICTION THERE. BUT EVEN BEFORE THIS PLAN CAME OUT, THAT KIND OF THAT GUIDANCE KIND OF CONCERNED ME BECAUSE, IT TRULY YOU DO WANT TO HAVE PERMEABLE SURFACES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT WATER TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO NOT BE LIKE, HIT THINGS AND RUN OFF AND CAUSE POLLUTION. BUT THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS, BECAUSE I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THE PARKING SITUATION, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. WHEN I USED TO HAVE MORE VEHICLES, I HAD TO PARK SOME OF THEM IN MY YARD ON A PERMEABLE SURFACE, MEANING THE DIRT. BUT IF I'D PUT IN A DRIVEWAY OR WHAT THE CITY WOULD ASK ME TO DO TO MAKE IT IMPERMEABLE, IT WOULD HAVE KILLED A TREE. SO WHICH ALSO IS PART OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, BECAUSE WE WANT THE CITY TO BE GREEN. SO PLEASE, AS YOU I'M JUST GIVING THIS EXAMPLE AS YOU GO FORWARD, THINK ABOUT THE ACTIONS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE CITY LOOK NICE, BUT IN THE PROCESS YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO IGNORE ALL OF THE CURRENT YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL BEST PRACTICES, WHICH WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S PERMEABLE. YOU CAN FIND PAVERS AND BRICKS AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN LAY IN THE GROUND THAT GIVES YOU A HARD SURFACE TO PARK ON. AND YOU STILL PEOPLE USED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE GRAVEL AND PARK ON THAT. THAT'S PERMEABLE. ANYWAY I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IT. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO MORE HANDS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT, VICE MAYOR HILL, IF I MAY, IN ORDER, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, APPROVE THIS, COMPREHENSION PLAN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE, MY MIC. OKAY. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SMITH. LEE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, MISS HILL, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, A COUNCIL MEMBER? JONES COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS, COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK A COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE, A VICE MAYOR. HILL AYE. MAYOR. PERM AYE. MOTION CARRIES. I'M AMENDED. OKAY ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE, ITEM B, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG'S 2425 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING THE FY 2425 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY, MR. KERSHNER IS HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE YOU A PRESENTATION. THE RESULT? THE BUDGET IS A RESULT OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WITH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS THAT WE HAD IN PERSON IN BOTH ZOOM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. KERSHNER TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, SO AGAIN, LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SAID, MY NAME IS GARY COZIER. I'M THE BUDGET MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, SO GROWING RIGHT INTO IT, FIRST WE'LL START WITH OUR ALL FUND SUMMARY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS HERE, SHOWING FROM LAST YEAR, THE 2324 AMENDED BUDGET NUMBERS FOR ALL THE FUNDS, COMES UP TO $121,152,600, AND WE ARE PROPOSING FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, 25, $137,602,113, WHICH IS A 14% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, SO SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS NEW BUDGET, IS THE TURF DIVISION , THE TURF DIVISION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE PETERSBURG SPORTS COMPLEX, WHICH WILL IN TURN PROMOTE INCREASED TOURISM AND REVENUE FOR THE CITY FROM ENHANCED AMENITIES AND TOURNAMENTS, THEY'LL ALSO MAINTAIN ALBERT JONES FIELDS, CAMERON FIELD, LEGENDS PARK, BLANDFORD CHURCH, AS WELL AS CENTER HILL MUSEUM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE FOCUSED ON OUR CLASS AND COMP STUDY. THERE IS A PLACEHOLDER IN THERE FOR $1.3 MILLION TO ADDRESS, SALARIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEES, MAINLY POLICE, FIRE, AND THEN THE REST OF THE EMPLOYEES, 
          [01:15:02]
EMPLOYEES BEHIND THAT. EXCUSE ME, THIS YEAR, IT'S NOT LISTED UP HERE, BUT WE'RE ALSO, THE CITY IS ALSO TAKING THE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE, WHICH IS LISTED AT OVER $400,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THE CITY WILL ABSORB THAT ENTIRE THING, SO WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL VERSION OF OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, AS WAS STATED EARLIER, IT IS JUST IN DRAFT FORM. BUT WE'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE WAS NO IMPACT ON THE CURRENT, FY 25 REVENUE PROJECTIONS, THE TAX COLLECTION RATES AND ASSOCIATED COLLECTION AMOUNTS WERE BASED ON INTERNAL DATA FROM DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE CITY ASSESSOR, BILLING AND COLLECTIONS, AND THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, SO WE USE UP TO DATE FIGURES AND CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, SO WE KNEW THE FUND BALANCE AMOUNT FROM FY 23 IS NOT FINAL, OR WAS NOT FINAL, WHICH WOULD IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE INCREASE THAT CAN BE USED TO FUND ONE TIME EXPENSES, AND LASTLY, THE GENERAL LEDGER ADJUSTMENTS WERE NOT YET FINALIZED. SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT FINAL COPY OF THAT ACHEFER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF MAKE SOME MORE DECISIONS, HERE'S THE PERSONNEL SUMMARY. SO WE ARE REPORTING THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS WHERE MAINLY THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE, HAS 502 POSITIONS, 105 OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE VACANT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PER THE VACANCIES OUT OF THE ALL THE 105 VACANCIES, 75 OF THEM CANNOT BE USED AS A SOURCE OF EXTRA FUNDING OR AS A SOURCE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, THESE INCLUDE CONSTITUTION OFFICER POSITIONS, THOSE ARE FUNDED BY THE COMP BOARD, SOCIAL SERVICE VACANCIES, THOSE ARE OFF LIMITS DUE TO STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE ONGOING RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND TRAINING ACADEMIES FOR POLICE AND FIRE. SO THOSE WE WOULDN'T WANT TO TOUCH THOSE EITHER, SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES. SO THE LEFTMOST NOT LEFTMOST, BUT THE AMENDED COLUMN THERE FOR 2324 SHOWS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE ARE IN. 
          RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THAT FISCAL YEAR SO $88,083,817, THE MIDDLE COLUMN THERE, 2324 YEAR TO DATE, THESE FIGURES ARE AS OF APRIL THE 30TH, AND THEY WILL REFLECT, QUARTER THREE, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE STILL HAVE QUARTER THREE REAL ESTATE COMING IN. SO THAT NUMBER OF 57 MILLION, IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE BEHIND, BUT WE ARE STILL ON TRACK TO HIT OUR REVENUES. WE'RE PROPOSING FOR FY 24, 25, $93,009,922 AS A GENERAL FUND OPERATING REVENUE, SO MOVING ON INTO PROPOSED EXPENDITURE SUMMARIES, GENERAL GOVERNMENT HAD AN INCREASE FROM 5.8 MILLION TO 6.47 MILLION, WHICH IS A 12% INCREASE, WHICH REALLY IS MAINLY BECAUSE WE ARE RETURNING ACCOUNTING SERVICES TO CITY CONTROL, IF YOU NOTICE, THERE, FINANCE AND BUILDING COLLECTIONS IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE WAS, AND THAT COMES FROM HIRING NEW STAFF AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER WITH RECONCILED MOTION BEING BEHIND THAT, WE CAN BRING THAT UP TO CURRENT, STATUS. FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, THERE WAS, INCREASED FUNDING COMING FROM THE COMPENSATION BOARD. SO THAT WENT FROM 5.617, TO 6.299 MILLION. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THESE ARE ALSO BROKEN DOWN, FOR THE 24, 25 YEAR, BY SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND THEN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND THEN MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OTHER EXPENSES. THAT FINAL COLUMN THERE SHOWS THE TOTAL THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR FY 24, 25, PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THERE WAS A PUBLIC SAFETY INCREASE, PUBLIC SAFETY INCREASE FROM $19,745,865 TO $21,296,027. OVERALL, 8% INCREASE IN ALL OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IN THE 911 COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS A LARGE INCREASE OF BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON, THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES AMOUNT WAS HEAVILY REDUCED FOR FY 2324. 
          AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN, SO WE RESTORED THOSE LEVELS TO WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR COMMUNICATION SERVICES, FOR COURTS AND OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY WAS JUST A 4% INCREASE. 
          ESSENTIALLY JUST INFLATION, NOT MUCH CHANGE. THERE FOR GENERAL SERVICES. GENERAL SERVICES INCLUDES, OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE 
          [01:20:07]
HOUSED UNDER THE GENERAL FUND. SO ENGINEERING FACILITIES MANAGEMENT GROUNDS AND THEN THE REFUSE COLLECTION. SO THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN CHARGES FOR REFUSE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW FOR A YEAR TO DATE, ON REFUSE COLLECTION, WHICH IS MORE THAN OUR PROJECTION FOR THE YEAR, SO WE OBVIOUSLY INCREASED THAT NUMBER, GOING TO SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICES WAS A 3% INCREASE, WHICH IS MAINLY FUNDED BY THE STATE, $14,859,417, GOING TO $15,342,598. HERE WE HAVE LEISURE AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. SO THIS IS WHERE THE TURF DIVISION FELL, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL 13% INCREASE, SO LEISURE AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS, WE HAVE GOING. FROM $2,434,114 TO $2,759,269. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO THESE ARE SERVICES THAT HELP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY PLANNING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT INCREASE FROM 3.2 MILLION TO 3.4 MILLION, WHICH IS A 5% INCREASE. AND THAT'S AGAIN, JUST INFLATION, SO, SO, HERE IS OUR NON-DEPARTMENTAL PAGE. JESUS WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS LISTED HERE THAT IN THE FY 24 AMENDED COLUMN THAT SAYS D.N.M, THAT IS DUES AND MEMBERSHIP. SO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN, 23, 24, WE HAD A CATEGORY CALLED DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS IN THE BUDGET, WHICH WAS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF OVER $700,000, WE HAVE DISBANDED THAT LINE AND CALLED OUT EVERYONE WHO WAS GETTING FUNDS THROUGH DUES AND MEMBERSHIP. SO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE WHO WAS IN DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS BEFORE AND WHAT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING IS PROPOSED FOR FY 25, SO THIS IS THE SECOND HALF OF DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS. SO YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM HERE, TOTAL NON-DEPARTMENTAL IS $10,923,336. SO THERE'S THAT COMPARISON THERE, 2324 LIKE I SAID, DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS WAS $789,281, AFTER PULLING EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE AND PROPOSING WHAT WE WERE GOING TO PROPOSE, WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS HOUSED UNDER DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS PREVIOUSLY, TOTALS $515,631. SO HERE IS JUST A SUMMARY OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE GENERAL FUND, WITH THE AMENDED NUMBERS FROM WHAT WE DID THIS CURRENT YEAR TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED PERCENTAGES HERE ON THE SIDE. SO, AS WE CAN SEE, PUBLIC SAFETY GETS THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WITH SOCIAL SERVICES BEHIND. AND THEN THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY OTHER THAT FALL UNDER THAT, SO THIS IS JUST BROKEN DOWN, BY TOTALS. SO FOR 24, 25, EVERYTHING WERE TOTALING. SO WE'RE PROPOSING $31 MILLION IN SALARIES, $9 MILLION IN BENEFITS, $12 MILLION IN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, $9 MILLION IN MATERIAL SUPPLIES AND OTHER EXPENSES, $4 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS JUST PAYING OUR BONDS, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, THE TRANSFER TO THE SCHOOLS, $12.3 MILLION, TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS, SO THOSE ARE THE GRANTS FUND, THE UTILITIES FUND, THE GOLF COURSE FUND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          THE TRANSFERS ACROSS ALL OF THOSE, AS WELL AS MASS TRANSIT. EXCUSE ME, TRANSFERS TOTAL $2.5 MILLION AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL IS AT 10.9 MILLION, WHICH BRINGS US TO THAT TOTAL OF $93,009,022. SO THEN HERE IS A SUMMARY OF HOW OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS BROKEN DOWN. SO THE GENERAL FUND TAKES UP 68% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, WITH THE OTHER FUNDS BEHIND GRANT STREET, CDBG UTILITIES, STORMWATER, GOLF AND TRANSIT. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL YOUR WORK ON THE BUDGET. YOU THE WHOLE 
          [01:25:07]
FINANCE TEAM. WE THANK YOU, NEXT, THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG'S 2425 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. MISS RUDOLPH. THANK YOU. BARB RUDOLPH, 1675 MOUNT VERNON STREET, THERE'S A LOT TO COMMENT ON, SO I'LL JUST TRY TO HIT THE HIGH POINTS. I KNOW I CORRESPONDED WITH YOU A COUPLE DAYS AGO ABOUT ONE TOPIC, WHICH WAS THE ABSENCE OF A PERSONNEL SUMMARY FROM THE BUDGET. THE DRAFT BUDGET, AND I SENT YOU AN EXAMPLE OF IT. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED, PLEASE REFER TO YOUR EMAIL. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, IN PAST BUDGETS, THERE WAS A SECTION THAT WAS MAYBE ABOUT, 15 PAGES LONG OR SO THAT LISTED BY EACH WORK UNIT, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT JOB CATEGORIES AND NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN THOSE JOBS. AND THEN IT HAD A YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON. SO THAT'S SOME REAL VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IN THIS DRAFT BUDGET, MR. KOZAR SHOWED ONE SLIDE THAT WAS ABOUT, HE CALLED IT A PERSONNEL SUMMARY, AND IT WAS GENERAL FUND, AND IT SHOWED 502 POSITIONS. AND I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS TO TALK ABOUT WHY THERE WAS NO SALARY SAVINGS TO BE HAD. BUT, IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, THERE WERE 659 POSITIONS. SO WHAT WAS WHAT'S MISSING ARE THINGS LIKE, LIKE TRANSIT AND THINGS LIKE TRANSIT HAS 54 EMPLOYEES OR DID OR DID IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT EVEN IN THAT CHART THAT YOU SAW, WHICH WAS AT A HIGHER LEVEL, THAT ARE NOT IN THE BUDGET. SO SO, ALSO IN THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS, THERE WAS ALSO A PERSONNEL SUMMARY LAST THIS YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEARS. SO I THINK MY IMPRESSION WAS PERHAPS THE FOLKS RAN OUT OF TIME WHEN THEY WERE WORKING ON IT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAVING NEW PEOPLE COME IN WITH NO INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO TRY TO BASICALLY DECIPHER WHAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE AND MAKE IT WORK, IS IN VERY DIFFICULT. AND I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THEIR PLIGHT. BUT I THINK THE WAY THE BUDGET IS NOW COULD STAND TO BE IT COULD. IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED TO, TO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION. AN I MEAN, I'VE SEEN YOU ALL UP HERE AT TIMES TALK ABOUT HOW MANY POSITIONS DO WE HAVE IN THIS OR THAT WORK UNIT. AND THE BUDGET WAS A REFERENCE POINT FOR THAT, NOT ONLY FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THIS IN THIS CASE PROPOSED YEAR, BUT ALSO FOR PREVIOUS YEARS. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT NOW. IT'S NOWHERE IN THERE. 
          SO I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU DEFER VOTING ON IT TONIGHT SO THAT THAT CAN BE ADDED BEFORE YOU VOTE ON IT ON PRIOR TO JULY 1ST. MR. MR. GLASSER AND MR. KOCHER, THEY KNOW I GOT KIND OF A THING ABOUT THE TURF DIVISION, BUT I CAN'T HELP MYSELF, THE WHAT WHAT HE SHOWED YOU TONIGHT WENT ON THE SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE CHANGES HE SHOWED. THEY SHOWED A $324,000 BUDGET, BUT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, IT SHOWS A $420,000 BUDGET FOR THE TURF DIVISION. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS, BUT WHEN I LOOK THROUGH THE LINE, ITEMS IN THE BUDGET PROPOSED, IT'S GOT IN THERE. IT'S GOT SOME SALARIES. BUT OF COURSE, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A PERSONNEL SUMMARY, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE IT IS OR HOW MANY ARE PART TIME AND HOW MANY ARE FULL TIME. BUT WE ALSO HAVE LISTING OF THINGS LIKE SOD AND SEED AND FLOWERS AND FERTILIZER AND, AND THEN I THINK CLEANING SUPPLIES. BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT EQUIPMENT. SO I'M LIKE, YOU HAVE A TURF DIVISION, ARE YOU JUST GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE GO AROUND BY HAND AND SOW SEEDS OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE, SO THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS, I MEAN, I HAVE A POINT HERE IS THAT YOU HAVE A GOLF COURSE, YOU HAVE A GROUNDS DIVISION, YOU'VE GOT A CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION, YOU GOT ALL THESE LITTLE WORK UNITS THAT ALL HAVE TO DO WITH WORKING ON GRASS. I'M NOT DISPUTING THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND THE ALBERT JONES FIELD AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS. I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT, BUT THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT TO BECOME A SEPARATE WORK UNIT. I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT SOURCE OF FUNDING, THERE NEEDS TO BE CONSOLIDATION HERE, BECAUSE WHEN I SEE A SEPARATE WORK UNIT FOR TURF, THEN I THINK, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MANAGER FOR THE TURF DIVISION? BUT THEY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BORROW THEIR EQUIPMENT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, GOLF COURSE OR GROUNDS OR SOMETHING. ANYWAY, IT NEEDS, I THINK IT NEEDS A LITTLE MORE WORK, I MENTIONED TO MR. GLASNER TONIGHT THAT I FOUND SOME THINGS WHERE I THINK IT'S POSSIBLY JUST MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE IN THE UPLOAD OF THE DATA INTO THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS. SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET TOGETHER WITH, WITH, THESE TWO, THESE TWO GENTLEMEN GLASNER AND KOSHER AND TALK ABOUT THAT WITH THEM. SO, I'M NOT THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE INSIDE BASEBALL FOR ME TO TRY TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT. RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, BASICALLY I WANT THE NUMBERS IN THE DETAIL LINE SHOULD ADD UP TO THE BOTTOM 
          [01:30:02]
LINE. THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM, FINALLY, I THINK I WOULD JUST COMMENT, GOING BACK AGAIN TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE 502 POSITIONS AND SHOWED ALL OF THESE THAT HAD TO BE THAT WERE NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE PROTECTED. NOW, HERE'S WHERE I'M HERE'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS IT'S NOT TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM ANYONE, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT IF YOU END EACH YEAR WITH A HUGE UNSPENT BALANCE IN CERTAIN WORK UNITS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, THAT'S MONEY BEING LEFT ON THE TABLE THAT'S NOT BEING SPENT. AND I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY ACCUMULATED ENOUGH OF A CASH BALANCE TO SATISFY OUR OWN NEEDS. AND THE RATING AGENCIES AND EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT WE'RE REALLY CAUSING A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE DEVOTING MONEY TO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T SPEND ALL OF IT. I MEAN, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE LAST YEAR OF SPENDING FOR, POLICE, IT WAS THERE WAS ABOUT $1.6 MILLION UNDER SPENT ON SALARIES AND IN FIRE. IT WAS 1 MILLION. THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE FRINGE FRINGE BENEFITS. I KNOW IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PROBABLY SOME OF IT WENT TO OVERTIME, MAYBE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT NOT ALL OF IT. BUT ANYWAY, I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT DON'T YOU TAKE THE ATTITUDE THAT YOU CAN'T LOOK FOR SOME SAVINGS? I MEAN, I WOULD LOOK IT'S NOT LIKE YOU ACTUALLY ARE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CUTTING POSITIONS. I'M TALKING ABOUT SAYING THAT THERE IS A WAY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT ON A YEAR BY YEAR BASIS, UNTIL THE CITY MAYBE GETS INTO A STATE WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO FILL A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT TO FILL POSITIONS ANYWAY, THAT COVERS SOME OF IT. SO THANK YOU. SAYING NO OTHER HANDS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. COUNCILMAN MYERS. YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I MOVE TO TABLE THE ADOPTION FOR THE 2024 2025 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE PURPOSE OF REALLOCATING FUNDS THAT WILL BE THAT WILL SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY WITH RETENTION AND NEGOTIABLE RECRUITMENT OF QUALIFIED POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE, SHERIFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING WITH A COMPENSATION CREDENTIALED STEP PROGRAM. ALSO THE COUNCIL DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO INCLUDE IN THE REVISED PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE REASONABLY ANTICIPATED TO BE EARNED BY FUNDS INVESTED IN THE LGIP, AND THE SAVINGS REASONABLY ANTICIPATED TO RESULT FROM JOB POSITIONS LIKELY TO GO UNFILLED AND. COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MISS HILL, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, A COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS A COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK A COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE, A VICE MAYOR. HILL A MAYOR. AYE MOTION CARRIES. YES. JUNE EIGHTH. OH, AND, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A TAG ALONG MOTION, IF I MAY, THAT, A PUBLIC HEARING BE ADVERTISED AND HELD ON JUNE 18TH CONCERNING THE , REVISED PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET. IS. ISN'T THAT JUNE THE EIGHTH? NOT JUNE 18TH? IS THAT IN THAT JUNE, THE EIGHTH, IS IT COMING BACK AT THE WORK SESSION OR IS IT COMING BACK AT THE. IT WOULD BE A IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE JUNE 8TH WORK SESSION, JUNE 8TH. COUNCILMAN COUPLE. IT WHENEVER IT'S GOING TO BE, IS IT GOING TO BE JUNE THE 8TH? IS THAT CHARLIE. THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD ON YOUR PAPER JUNE 8TH. SO IT'S A WORK ON JUNE 18TH? NO, JUNE 8TH. I'M DON'T WANT TO ARGUE, BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT. IT'D BE A WORK SESSION, THE WORK SESSION IS, JUNE 4TH, FOURTH. SO DO YOU WANT A SPECIAL MEETING? NO. CHARLIE, I NEED TO PUT MY GLASSES ON. YOU DID HAVE JUNE 18TH. I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT, SO JUNE 18TH, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, MR. MAYOR, OR DO YOU WANT A SPECIAL MEETING BEFORE THAT, COUNCILMAN MYERS, WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT ON WHATEVER YOU DESIRE, SIR. YOU WANT AN EIGHTH, EIGHTH OR THE 18TH? OH, WHAT'S OUR FIRST MEETING? IN THE FIRST MEETING IS THE FOURTH? THE FOURTH? YES. YOU WANT TO DO IT ON THE FOURTH, SO, IF YOU WANT 
          [01:35:02]
THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ADVERTISE ON THE FOURTH. OKAY. WELL, THEN, CHARLIE, AUGUST THE 18TH, IT IS. RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP IT ON THE 18TH. SO TO AMEND THAT MOTION, IT'S FOR THE 18TH. THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. AND, IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILMAN MYERS AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. AT THIS TIME IS HERE. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          OKAY, SO WE AMENDED THE MOTION TO FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE 18TH. RIGHT. EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. YES SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. NEXT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM C, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE VIRGINIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. FOR THE LIFE GRANT. DID YOU VOTE ON THAT LAST ONE? I THOUGHT YOU GOT A MOTION HERE. 
          OKAY, I'LL DO IT AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, A COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES, A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. A COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITHLEY A VICE MAYOR. HILL A MAYOR. PERM I . MOTION CARRIES. NEXT, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE VIRGINIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, FOR THE LIFE GRANT. YES, SIR. LET ME. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THIS EVENING WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR OUR OFFICE FROM THE VIRGINIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, FOR TO ASSIST WITH MEDICAL TRAINING, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES BEYOND THE NORMAL BUDGETARY MEANS, IT COUNCIL ACCEPTS AND APPROPRIATES THE FUNDING FOR THE FOR LIFE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $135,183.36 FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. REQUEST TO. WE REQUEST COUNCIL APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE VIRGINIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE LIFE GRANT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO HANDS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. VICE MAYOR HILL. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M MOVED THAT WE ACCEPT THE VIRGINIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR LIFE GRANT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE, SECOND MISS HILL, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE, A VICE MAYOR. HILL AYE. MAYOR PER EYE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT IS ITEM D, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE AND APPROPRIATE THE BUDGET FOR PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FY 2425. MR. ALTMAN, MR. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROPRIATE APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATION OF THE BUDGET FOR THE PETERSBURG CITY SCHOOLS FOR FY 23, 24, 25 AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 79,000 $558,324, THIS INCLUDES THE CITY'S $12.3 MILLION, SUPPORT FOR THE FOR THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM, YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE THE BUDGET IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOU, THE REQUEST WOULD BE TO BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE THE FULL, 79,000, $558,324, THAT WAS 79 MILLION. SORRY. YEAH, $79,558,324, AS PROPOSED BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          ALL RIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE AND APPROPRIATE THE BUDGET FOR THE PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 2425. OKAY. SEEING NO HANDS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED, NEXT, I'LL MOVE ON TO VICE MAYOR HILL. MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE THE BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS APPROVING THE BUDGET FOR PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND, MISS HILL, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL AYE. MAYOR I SO THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT IS ITEM E, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE F25776 FY 24 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AND PRETRIAL SERVICES, ONE TIME 
          [01:40:06]
FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,793. YES, SIR. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THESE FUNDS WERE BROUGHT TO THEIR ONE TIME FUNDS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION DURING A MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM DCJS, MISS LOVING HAS SUBMITTED THE REQUEST AND RECEIVE THE FUNDING, THIS EVENING, WE NEED TO COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO ACCEPT AND BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE THE FUNDING. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AND PRETRIAL SERVICES. ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THE AMOUNT OF $22,793. ALL RIGHT . SEEING NO HANDS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. NEXT TO GO FROM QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME, COUNSELOR MYERS. SO MOVED VICE MAYOR HILL SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MISS HILL, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEYERS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL AYE. MAYOR. PARHAM I. THAT MOTION CARRIES. NEXT IS ITEM F, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE DAVID BREIDENBACH, G GROTON, LLC AND HEREINAFTER VIRGINIA GREEN, TO DONATE AND PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO THE PROPERTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF WOODLAND ROAD AND OAK RIDGE ROAD. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IT'S REALLY KIND OF INTERESTING. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IN 29 YEARS, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THINGS ARE ABOUT THE SAME. THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING. DON'T DON'T MISINTERPRET WHAT I'M SAYING. SO WE HAVE IN IN OUR AREA UP ON WALNUT HILL AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH IT. WE HAVE A LITTLE TINY. IT'S ACTUALLY I THINK APPROXIMATELY 34FT■S. THAT'S THAT'S A ROUNDABOUT. AND IT SITS ON ON WOODLAND AND OAK RIDGE AND IT'S TINY. AND THE CITY DOESN'T MAINTAIN IT. SO A COUPLE OF US, WELL, 3 OR 4 OF US FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GO OUT THERE PERIODICALLY AND, YOU KNOW, PULL WEEDS AND DO WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO DO TO KIND OF MAKE IT LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO LOOK GOOD. AND THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT MAYBE NOT WHAT YOU WANT. SO SIX OF US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD USE VIRGINIA GREEN TO DO, YOU KNOW WHAT VIRGINIA GREEN DOES? THEY MAKE OUR. THERE IT IS RIGHT? RIGHT IN FRONT OF US NOW. SO, WE USE VIRGINIA GREEN TO DO PROPERTY STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY COME AROUND, THEY DO A REALLY GOOD JOB. MY LAWN LOOKS GOOD, RIGHT? RIGHT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          YOU'LL SEE WHICH SIX THEY ARE. I HAVE A REALLY LARGE, FLOWER BED IN MY BACK YARD. IT'S EASILY TWICE THE SIZE OF THAT DOT RIGHT THERE, AND VIRGINIA GREEN AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM. THEY DON'T THEY DON'T SPRAY THAT AREA, BUT THEY CHARGE ME FOR THE GROSS AREA. SO I SAID TO THEM, WELL, WOULD IT BE ALL RIGHT IF INSTEAD OF SPRAYING WHERE YOU DON'T SPRAY, TAKE THAT ACCUMULATED SPRAY AND PUT IT ON THIS LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE, KIND OF HELP US CUT DOWN THE WEEDS, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US, BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE YOUNG AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU ALL YOU ALL PULLED A WEED OR TWO, I'M SURE. SO SO THEY AGREED. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MATRICULATE THIS. THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT, I GUESS. THROUGH THROUGH THE CITY TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. AND I OWE, A GREAT DEAL OF THANKS TO MR. BYERLY AND ACTUALLY TO, PETERSBURG COUNCIL FOR HELPING US SHEPHERD. SHEPHERD OUR WAY THROUGH. SO ULTIMATELY, HERE I AM, SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL APPROVE THIS SO THAT WE CAN DO A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. IN DAYS GONE BY. I'M AN OLDER GUY, OLDER THAN YOU PROBABLY KNOW. AND THESE THINGS WERE DONE WITH A HANDSHAKE, AND. AND I KNOW THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND TIMES ARE DIFFERENT, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF REASON TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THINGS GO FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO GO FORWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU GOT TO HAVE A SECOND HEARING TO TELL VIRGINIA GREEN TO GO AHEAD AND START DOING THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT, ON THAT LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY, I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT THAT COULD NECESSARILY BE BAD, BUT HERE WE ARE. WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THE, THE HOOPS AND, I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE AT THE END OF THIS AND MAYBE I CAN NOT THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. LET'S, DO THE 
          [01:45:04]
PUBLIC HEARING REAL QUICK. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE MR. DAVID BREIDENBACH, G. GROTON, LLC AND VIRGINIA GREEN TO DONATE AND PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO THAT INTERSECTION AT WOODLAND ROAD AND OAK RIDGE ROAD, SEEING NO HANDS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT, WE GO ON TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO MR. BREIDENBACH AND THE GROUP, THANK YOU FOR TAKING PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP IN YOUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER HERE, MISS MARLOWE GREEN, OVER IN POCAHONTAS, TAKING PRIDE IN OWNERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH ALL OF US SHOULD DO. AND WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US TO KEEP THE CITY MOVING FORWARD. SO IN THE 29 YEARS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN UP HERE, IT'S NOT THE SAME BECAUSE I DON'T LOOK LIKE NOBODY THAT WAS UP HERE 29 YEARS AGO. SO. SO, SO I WASN'T LIVING HERE 29 YEARS AGO. I WAS LIVING, YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER TOWN ACROSS THE RIVER. 
          AND MY WIFE WORKED AT WALNUT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR US TO FIND SOME PLACE TO GO, WE LOOKED AT A FEW PLACES. BUT WE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ALWAYS LOVED PETERSBURG AND ALL ITS ALL ITS TWISTS AND TURNS AND CARBUNCLES. THERE, THERE, THERE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE CITY GREAT. AND THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ARE WHAT MAKES THE CITY GREAT. AND ALL OF YOU PUTTING IN THE TIME THAT YOU PUT IN AND DOING THE THINGS LIKE THE PLANS AND THE BUDGET AND ALL THAT STUFF, THAT'S ALL GOOD STUFF. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED. AND, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A COMMUNITY. AND IN, IN PETERSBURG AND LIKE YOU ASKING FOR HELMET DONATIONS, BUT BUT THE FACT IS THIS IS JUST A LITTLE TINY PIECE . IT'S A NOTHING, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO AND A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN DO AS, AS A MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND PROGRESS. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON IN PETERSBURG. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT ARE GOING ON IN PETERSBURG. AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND I HAVE SOME INKLINGS, THEY'RE ALL GOOD. AND I'VE BEEN IN PETERSBURG. I WAS A NEWSPAPER REPORTER. MY BUDDY BILL, WE WORKED TOGETHER FROM GOD KNOWS WHEN. WE WON'T TALK. BUT YOU KNOW, SO I'VE COVERED THE NEWS IN PETERSBURG AND OUTLYING AREAS, AND I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE, THE GOINGS ON OF THINGS. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME, MAYBE THE CITY WASN'T GOING THE RIGHT WAY, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT RIGHT. SO LET'S LET'S JUST KEEP ROLLING, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION, COUNCILMAN JONES? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOU WITH THE BREIDENBACH LLC, AS IT'S WRITTEN. OKAY ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR HILL, SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, MISS HILL, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, A COUNCIL MEMBER? JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEYERS COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. A COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M SORRY. VICE MAYOR. 
          HILL. AYE. MAYOR PARHAM I THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN. APPRECIATE YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE NEXT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN. BUT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. MOORE TODAY, WE NEED TO DO THE ORDINANCE FIRST. IF I'M CORRECT, I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO US THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT. WE CAN GO BEFORE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN DO IT. 
          OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY ALL RIGHT. I THINK I HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES. MR. JARRETT'S GOING TO PUT OUR SLIDES UP. OH, MR. JONES, I HAVE A ACTUALLY HAVE A TACKLING DUMMY AT THE OFFICE. I'LL BRING YOU. 
          YES, SIR. IT SAYS SOUTH ON THERE AND GO TO MR. WIELAND TO GET ALL THE TIRES THAT YOU NEED. MR. MOORE, CAN YOU PULL THE MIC UP? GOT OUR LITTLE MAN WAS AT THE MIC BEFORE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MAKE SURE I GET THIS AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND ONE OF THE COGS IN OUR CITY. NOW THIS IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR THE HOTEL PETERSBURG . GO TO OUR NEXT SLIDE. BASICALLY THESE ARE JUST SUMMATION SLIDES BEFORE WE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN THE BUILDING. IT WAS A WRECK. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A FOUR STAR PROJECT IN THAT PLACE. TABB STREET DEVELOPMENT IS LOOKING TO SPEND UPWARDS OF $20 MILLION TO PUT A 64 ROOM BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN. IT WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE RENOVATION OF THIS HOTEL AND AGAIN, THE HOTEL WAS VACANT, BLIGHTED AND A COMMUNITY NUISANCE, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AGAIN, THIS WILL BE PROVIDE FOUR STAR ACCOMMODATIONS. AND AGAIN, 
          [01:50:17]
IT'LL BE A DESTINATION HOTEL FOR PETERSBURG AND ALSO THE GREATER PETERSBURG REGION. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE, CONSULTANT, MR. JEFF SADLER WITH US TONIGHT. HE'S GOING TO DO A FEW WORDS ADD TO THIS, AND THEN WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MOORE. GOOD EVENING, MR. SADLER. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. ALTMAN AND MR. WILLIAMS, I'M REALLY KIND OF HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS A VERY TECHNICAL, ISSUE THAT ACTUALLY THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, ALONG THE WAY HERE. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY FOUR OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THIS PROGRAM THROUGH VIRGINIA TOURISM. SO SO, IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR YOU'D LIKE ME TO EXPLAIN, BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE, THE FIRST ISSUE HERE IS THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, AND THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT HAS THE CITY AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PARTNERING WITH VIRGINIA TOURISM AND TABB STREET DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER FOR THE HOTEL. AND THIS IS FOR A GAP FINANCING PROGRAM THAT IS PAID, A MATCHING PORTION FROM THE STATE AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPER. AND THEN ALL OF THIS IS COMING, MATCHING ALSO WITH 1% FROM THE CITY'S TAX COLLECTIONS FROM THIS PROPERTY. SO IT'S NOT A BURDEN ON ANY OTHER PROPERTY. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO NEXT WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL START OFF WITH MISS RUDOLPH. THANK YOU. BARB RUDOLPH, 1675 MOUNT VERNON STREET. DID. IT WASN'T I THINK THE DESCRIPTION ON THE AGENDA IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THIS, BUT THIS TALKS ABOUT FUNDING. AND I THINK THE GENTLEMAN JUST EXPLAINED IT FOR THE MOST PART, THAT IT'S STATE FUNDS, STATE MATCH AND SOME FUNDING, AND THEN THE CITY GETS 1% OF IT'S LIKE HOTEL TAXES OR SOMETHING. YOU CAN SUITE PART OF PART OF THE PART OF OUR RECEIPTS FROM THE HOTEL. THIS THE HOTEL LODGING TAX. 1% OF THAT WOULD GO TO LODGING TAX OKAY. GO TO OKAY, BUT I, IT DOESN'T SAY UNLESS I MISSED IT, IT DOESN'T SAY ANYWHERE HOW MUCH THE GAP FUNDING IS. I MEAN, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A MISSING PIECE OF THIS NOW. NOT NOT TO NOT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM, BUT IT JUST IT'S JUST ODD TO BE TALKING ABOUT MONEY. AND NOBODY SAID THE AMOUNT. I REMEMBER HAVING A SIMILAR MEETING SOME SOME OF YOU WERE ON COUNCIL BACK WHEN WE HAD THE SAME KIND OF THING. DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RAMADA INN. IT WAS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO. SO DO YOU DO YOU HAVE AN AMOUNT? THE AMOUNT OF GAP FINANCING IS $2.2 MILLION. OH, OKAY. WELL, THAT'S JUST PEANUTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER HANDS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. NEXT WE GO TO QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION. AT THIS TIME, I GOT A QUESTION. A QUESTION FIRST, COUNCILMAN JONES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT, $2 MILLION, NOT PEANUTS TO ME. SO, SO. BUT, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THIS PROJECT WANTS MONEY BACK FROM THE CITY'S COLLECTION ON MEALS AND LODGING TAXES. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? PULL THE MIC UP, JEFF. YES EXCUSE ME. SORRY, SO FIRST, I WOULD SAY THERE'S A FEW. YES. IS THE SHORT VERSION OF THAT, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE NUANCED THAN THAT, SO THE $2.2 MILLION IS AMORTIZED OVER 20 YEARS. AND THIS IS FOR A SPECIFIC LOAN FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING AUTHORITY, WITH THE WITH THE STATE AS WELL, SO IT'S, PAYABLE OVER 20 YEARS. HOWEVER, THE SPECIFIC LOAN FOR THIS IS TEN YEARS. SO AT THE END OF THAT, HALF OF IT IS STILL DUE. AND THAT AT THIS POINT IS NOT PART OF THE CITY'S OR WHAT YOU'RE ENTERING INTO. SO THE TERM SHEET SHOULD HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT THAT GOES INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF THE PAYMENTS AS WELL, AND IT IS 
          [01:55:06]
CAPPED AT 1% OF THE TOTAL TAXABLE REVENUES. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE LODGING TAXES, IT'S ALL TAXABLE REVENUES FROM THE HOTEL OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE RESTAURANTS, THE PRIVATE PARTIES AND ANY RETAIL THAT GOES ON AS WELL. SO I THINK I'M STILL LOST BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO GIVE MONEY THAT NORMALLY WOULD GO INTO OUR GENERAL FUND THAT'S COLLECTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE, BUT INSTEAD SOME OF THAT MONEY WANTS TO GO BACK TO THIS PROJECT. WHAT WHAT ARE WE GETTING FROM THAT? WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING ALL THE MONEY THAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING VERSUS GIVING SOME BACK? ARE WE PAYING SOMEBODY'S LOAN? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? SOMEBODY HELPED ME. SO THE PROJECT. SO SHORT ANSWER. YES. SO THE WE'RE GOING TO WE WILL COLLECT ALL THE FUNDING AND THEN WE, WE WILL USE THE EDA TO RETURN 1% BACK TO HELP SATISFY THE DEBT SERVICE. THAT'S A MATCH BETWEEN THE STATE, THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY TO RETIRE THE DEBT. SO BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS THE 1% IS FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE. SO WE'RE GIVING BACK A PORTION OF REVENUE THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY COLLECT BECAUSE THE HOTEL IS NOT UP AND OPERATIONAL. SO WE WILL USE SOME OF THOSE NEW FUNDS COMING IN TO HELP SATISFY THE DEBT UNDER THIS PROGRAM. SO WHOSE DEBT ARE WE RECYCLING THIS MONEY BACK TO? IS IT THE CITY'S DEBT? YEAH, IT'S THE DEVELOPER TAP STREET DEVELOPMENT. SO WHY ARE WE RESPONSIBLE OR WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO GIVE MONEY BACK? THAT'S NOT WE'RE NOT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE YET. SO THIS WAS A PROGRAM BROUGHT FORWARD AND DISCUSSED, TO HELP MAKE FINISH THE PROJECT OFF SO THEY CAN GET THEIR FINAL THIS IS THE GAP THAT THEY HAVE BETWEEN WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM NOW FOR THE PROJECT AND WHAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. AND IT WAS THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY, THE STATE AND THE DEVELOPER TO HELP PAY THE DEBT WOULD HELP PUSH IT OVER, GET THE FUNDING SO THEY CAN OPEN, OPEN UP, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT AN AUGUST OPENING FOR THE HOTEL, TO GET IT OPEN AND THE PROJECT COMPLETED. SO THE PROJECT'S SHORT FUNDING RIGHT NOW, AND THIS WILL HELP THEM GET ALL THE MAKE IT, MAKE THE PROJECT COMPLETE AND HELP GET IT OPEN. SO HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE SAID NO, WOULD THE PROJECT STOP OR WOULD YOU FIND A WAY TO KEEP IT GOING? THAT'S UP TO YOU. 
          WELL, I, I AM REPRESENTING I'M REPRESENTING, PUTTING TOGETHER THE WORK FOR THIS PIECE. BUT YES, THAT IS THE GENERAL POINT OF GAP FINANCING IS THAT AT A CERTAIN POINT, A PROJECT CANNOT ACCESS ADDITIONAL FINANCING. AND THIS LOAN IS THAT ADDITIONAL FINANCING. AND THE REASON THAT IT WAS ABLE TO BE PUT TOGETHER WAS WITH THE STATE, PROGRAM THAT THAT PROVIDES THE EXTRA INCOME STREAM TO PAY FOR IT. DO WE NOT SEE A FORESEE THIS HAPPEN BEFORE WE ASK OR THOUGHT ABOUT ASKING FOR THIS? WHY WHY DO WE WANT TO? WHAT IF WE SAID NO? WOULD YOU STOP? WOULD THE PROGRAM STOP, OR WOULD YOU FIND A WAY TO KEEP GOING? THAT'S THAT'S MY QUESTION . WOULD THIS PROJECT FIND A WAY TO KEEP GOING? WOULD IT OPEN UP A FEW MONTHS LATER WITHOUT THIS PROJECT, OR WOULD YOU FIND A WAY? I DON'T BELIEVE I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IS SOMEBODY HERE AGAIN? BUT HE'S REPRESENTING. HE JUST SAID HE REPRESENTED THE DEVELOPER. SOMEBODY HELP ME. I THINK ONE OF THE DEVELOPER WILL BE THE ONE TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. WHY? THE DEVELOPER IS NOT HERE ASKING FOR THE STUFF ITSELF. AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, BUT SO WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT HELPED PUT PUT IT ALL TOGETHER FOR ON THE DEVELOPER'S BEHALF. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE IS A SITUATION WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT CURRENTLY FOR THE DEVELOPER TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THE PROGRAM SUCH AS THIS TO HELP FINALIZE THE PROJECT. AND IF YOU WOULD HATE FOR THE PROJECT TO GET CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE AND THEN SIT DORMANT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T ACCESS THE FUNDING THAT COULD BRING IT TO A STOP. SO THIS IS JUST LOOKED AT AS AN OPPORTUNITY. MR. MAYOR, I THINK I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR 
          [02:00:03]
THE ATTEMPT TO HELP, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING, WE AS A CITY, WE RAISE HELL ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS THAT DON'T COST THE CITY A DIME. BUT HERE WE ARE NOW, READY TO SAY YES TO THIS BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. I MEAN, A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT, YOU KNOW, AND, I'M NOT BEATING YOU DOWN, SIR. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT THE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M DONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS. ALL RIGHT, JUST JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILMAN JONES WAS ASKING. SADLY, IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, WHAT IS THE OPENING DATE OF THE PETERSBURG HOTEL? BASED ON THIS FUNDING HERE, THAT IS AT BAY. WOULD THIS WOULD THIS BE OPEN THIS YEAR? IS. YES AS OF I THINK IT WAS ABOUT. WELL, ACTUALLY, IT WAS LAST MONDAY, THE GENERAL MANAGER, STATED MID SEPTEMBER FOR THE OPENING DATE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF IT BEING EARLIER. OKAY. AND THAT'S THIS YEAR. AND I, MR. JONES, I CAN SAY THAT AS OF JANUARY, WHEN I BEGAN WORKING ON TRYING TO PUT THIS, FINANCING PROGRAM TOGETHER, AS OF JANUARY, I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROJECT WAS JUST ABOUT OUT OF MONEY, BUT STILL HAD ABOUT 10 TO 15% MORE CONSTRUCTION TO GO. AND THAT THAT HAPPENED. SO, I APPRECIATE THAT TO, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO, I LET ONE OF THEM ONE OF Y'ALL WANT TO MAKE IT. ALL RIGHT, I'LL I'LL GO AHEAD ON AND MAKE THE MOTION. AND IN THE MOTION, I'M GOING TO, APPROVE THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN HERE. AND I WANT TO STRIKE THE WORDS EXPRESSEDLY SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF CODE SECTION FROM SECTION ONE, ENTITLED TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT FOUND ON LINES SEVEN AND EIGHT OF THE SECTION AS THE EXISTING LANGUAGE DESCRIBES A SECTION OF THE CODE WHICH IS NOT PERTINENT TO THIS PROJECT AND MAYOR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT'S THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH THAT CORRECTION, RIGHT? AND THAT IS THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, A SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN PROPERLY. SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT, ABSTAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. MEYERS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. I COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEYERS. VICE MAYOR. HILL AYE. MAYOR. PERRY A MOTION CARRIES NEXT. WE MOVE ON TO ITEM H, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA'S TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING PROGRAM, TO ENDORSE A PROPOSED TOURISM PROJECT AND TO AUTHORIZE OTHER ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE TOURISM GAP FINANCING. MISTER MOORE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. IN 2016, YOU ADOPTED THE TOURISM ZONE THAT WAS PER SECTION 50 9.1-3851. AND THAT'S IN THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, 1950, AS AMENDED. ORDINANCE 16 DASH 16 DASH ORD, DASH SIX. NEXT SLIDE, BY ADOPTING THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS WILL ENABLE THE HOTEL PETERSBERG PROJECT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRGINIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING PROGRAM THAT WAS JUST APPROVED. 
          MR. TAYLOR, DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK, SIR, SO JUST AS AN EXPLANATION, WHEN WE NEEDED TO DO THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, FIRST, BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED AS AN EXHIBIT, ITS EXHIBIT C OF THE ORDINANCE, THESE ARE ALL REQUIRED PARTS OF THE VIRGINIA TOURISM CORPORATION , AS ARTICULATED IN VIRGINIA CODE. AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO BE PUT IN THIS ORDER. BUT THEY ARE FOR THE SAME ITEM. THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND IT NEEDS TO SPECIFICALLY MENTION THE PROPERTY FEE TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO IT WAS AMENDED, AND NEEDS TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT THE TOURISM 
          [02:05:02]
DEVELOPMENT PLAN DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH VIRGINIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING PROGRAM TO ENDORSE THE PROPOSED TOURISM PROJECT AND TO AUTHORIZE OTHER ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE TOURISM FINANCING. ANY HANDS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. YES, WE HAVE ONE. MISS GREENHOW. HI, FRIEDA. GREENHOUSE GOOD EVENING. 1814 VERANDA AVENUE, WITH WHAT JUST WENT ON, I'M CONFUSED WITH. NOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID? BECAUSE WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON BEFORE, I KIND OF LOST TRACK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. SADLER, YOU WANT TO CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? YES. AND I MEAN, THIS IS A VERY CONFUSING PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT, WE'RE DEALING WITH, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG. SO THE FIRST ITEM WAS THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT. THAT IS WHERE THE CITY, THE STATE AND THE DEVELOPER ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP TO REPAY THE GAP FINANCING OF $2.2 MILLION. AND THAT WAS SO WHAT YOU APPROVED WAS FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THAT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT TO ENTER THE CITY INTO THE AGREEMENT, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT STATES TWO THINGS HAPPEN WITH THIS ORDINANCE. THE FIRST IS THAT IT APPROVES FORMALLY ADOPTS THE AMENDED VERSION OF THE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY VIRGINIA TOURISM. AND THE OTHER PART IS THAT IT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRGINIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING PROGRAM, SO AND THE REASON WE HAD TO DO THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT FIRST IS THAT IT IS AN EXHIBIT HERE THAT YOU ARE STATING THAT. YES, AGAIN, WE ALREADY ENTERED AGREED TO ENTER THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT, AND, THAT YOU ARE AWARE, I GUESS, OF HOW IT WILL OPERATE. WAS THAT DID THAT? I THINK I CONFUSED MYSELF, BUT I DON'T KNOW. DID I HELP YOU GUYS OUT WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER HANDS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED? NEXT ON DISCUSSION FORUMS. THE COUNCIL, VICE MAYOR HILL. YES. SO THIS BASICALLY IS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO APPROVE. IT IS THE WAY THAT THAT YOU PRESENTED IT TO US PRETTY MUCH RIGHT. THAT'S THE WAY IT COMES. YES, SIR. ACCORDING TO THEM. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND, I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, THE DEVELOPMENT CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FINANCING, PROGRAM, ENDORSE AND PROPOSE TOURISM PROJECT AND THE AUTHORIZE OTHER ACTIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE TOURISM GAP FINANCING. MOTION. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. MISS HILL, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT. ABSTAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. MEYERS AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL AYE. MAYOR I THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM H, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT. NOW I'VE DONE THAT ONE. WE'RE GOOD. WE 
          [10. Public Information Period]
GOT THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE CLOSED. THANK YOU. NEXT MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN, WHICH IS PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. LIMITED TIME TO 30 MINUTES SHOULD BE A PART OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AT EACH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. EACH SPEAKER SHOULD BE A RESIDENT OF BUSINESS, OWNER OF THE CITY AND SHALL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. NO SPEAKERS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION OF REGULAR DOCKET OF THE MEETING AT WHICH THE SPEAKER IS TO SPEAK. THE ORDER OF SPEAKERS IS LIMITED BY THE 30 MINUTE TIME PERIOD SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS A FIRST IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE NOTICE PERSONS WHO HAVE NOTIFIED THE CLERK NO LATER THAN 12:00 NOON, THE DAY OF THE MEETING, BE SECOND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THEIR SIGN UP SHEET. PERSONS WHO HAVE ASSIGNED TO SIGN UP SHEET PLACED BY THE CLERK IN THE REAR OF THE MEETING ROOM PRIOR TO THE MEETING. REMOVED FROM THE 
          [02:10:04]
CONSENT AGENDA WHEN START OFF WITH AMANDA GREEN. GOOD EVENING, 301 RALPH STREET. 
          AMANDA GREEN, AKA MARLOW, SO I JUST HAVE THE INITIATIVES HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO START OUT FIRST WITH A FEW JUST COMMENTS REGARDING SOME ITEMS ON POCAHONTAS ISLAND, 343 RALPH STREET IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THE GRASS HAS YET TO BE CUT, THE CITY HAS BEEN ON POCAHONTAS ISLAND RECENTLY AND HAS CUT OTHER, PROPERTIES FOR SOME REASON. THEY JUST DON'T CUT. IT'S REALLY 343 MAGAZINE ROAD. EXCUSE ME, AND THEN ALSO 323 RALPH STREET, ON MARCH 21ST, THIS OWNER WAS SERVED WITH A ZONING COMPLIANCE NOTICE, I DON'T SEE WHERE THEY'VE DONE ANY ABATEMENTS TO THEIR ISSUES WITH, MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND DOING STORAGE AND WHATNOT, THOSE ARE THOSE TWO ITEMS, I'M ALSO SEEKING AN UPDATE ON THE MOST RECENT INITIATIVES THAT WERE LAID OUT BEFORE COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING, SPECIFICALLY THE CITY ENGINEER ASSESSMENT OF THE BRIDGE, ALONG WITH THE VDOT TRAFFIC STUDY, I DO HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING WITH MR. CUTHBERT AND MR. ALTMAN REGARDING THE VDOT. EXCUSE ME, THE JARED HOUSE, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S ACTUALLY PICKING UP SOME TRACTION AND MOMENTUM, HOWEVER, I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THE OTHER TWO ITEMS. ALSO, I WANTED TO INCLUDE, THE ADDITIONAL, INITIATIVE THAT WE DISCUSSED AS, A COMMUNITY, WHICH IS REGARDING THE ROPER SITE, WE'RE REQUESTING THAT AN ABATEMENT PLAN IS PUT TOGETHER, AS YOU SEE HERE, THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE ROPER SITE, THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH CODE COMPLIANCE AND ENSURING THAT THEY HOLD OTHER PRIVATE OWNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PROPERTIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE, HOWEVER, THE ROPER SITE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY NEGLECTED BY THE CITY, AS YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH HERE, SOME OF THE SIDING HAS FELL OFF THIS BUILDING, IT'S JUST NOT SAFE. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO PLANS FOR THE ROPER SITE AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN MAYBE CONSERVATION, BUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMEONE OUT TO MAINTAIN IT FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WOULD BE IDEAL. SO WHAT WE'RE OUR INITIATIVE IS INITIATIVE NUMBER FOUR FROM THE POCAHONTAS ISLAND COMMUNITY, WHERE WE'RE ASKING THAT THE CITY DEVELOP AN ABATEMENT PLAN AND TAKE ACTIONS TO REPAIR AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES AT THE ROPER LUMBER SITE, LIKE I SAID, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY NEGLECTED BY THE CITY, WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN GET SOME FOLKS OUT TO JUST MAINLY CLEAN OFF THE VINES AND SOME OF THE OTHER OVERGROWN GRASS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING, SO HOPING TO MEET WITH MR. CUTHBERT AND MR. ALTMAN ON THURSDAY, SEE WHERE WE CAN GET. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SOME ACCOUNTING FOR THURSDAY. SO? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU GUYS. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LISTENING TO MY, INITIATIVE. SO HAVE A GOOD ONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, MRS. BARBARA RUDOLPH. THIS THING SCRATCHY TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, BARBARA RUDOLPH, 1675 MOUNT VERNON STREET. I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE RFP AND THE. AND THE CASINO. WHEN? EARLY ON, WHEN THERE WAS AN RFP ANNOUNCED. OF COURSE, BECAUSE IT WAS A COMPETITION, NOTHING WAS TALKED ABOUT. AND NOW THE RFP HAS BEEN CANCELED AND STILL NOTHING IS BEING TALKED ABOUT. SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW HOW ALL THIS MAKES SENSE, BUT I'M TRYING TO LOOK BACK OVER A COUPLE OF REFERENCE POINTS. I MEAN, ONE WAS THAT, MAYOR PERM WAS QUOTED IN A PRESS RELEASE BY CORDISH ON APRIL 25TH, I BELIEVE, WHICH WAS THE DAY AFTER YOU VOTED. AND IN THAT HE TALKED ABOUT A THOROUGH RFP PROCESS AND AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW BY OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. SO ANYWAY, IN OTHER WORDS, THE CITY WAS SAYING WE DID A THOROUGH RFP PROCESS AND THAT WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW BY OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. I JUST I JUST DON'T SEE WHERE THE FACTS BACK THAT UP, WE THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU PASSED ON THE 24TH, YOU REFERRED TO THE SPELLER CONSULTANT GROUP THAT YOU EMPLOYED IN 2022. NOW, THINKING BACK TO THAT, THAT WAS PRESENTED IN OCTOBER AND THE SELECTION THAT WAS RECOMMENDED WAS CORDISH . NOW, LET ME SAY I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH CORDISH, BUT MY QUESTION IS, HOW COULD THE SPELLER CONSULTANT GROUP HAVE BEEN USEFUL TO THIS RFP OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THIS PROCESS? UNLESS SHE HAD A CRYSTAL BALL AND COULD LOOK AND SAY, EXACTLY WHAT WERE THE PROPOSALS FROM BALLY'S AND PENN AND RUSH STREET AND THE 
          [02:15:01]
WARRENTON GROUP? BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE WERE PROPOSED ANYTHING BACK IN 2022. 
          BUT WE'RE CLAIMING THAT THE WORK THAT SHE DID IS THE BASIS FOR PICKING CORDISH IN 2024. IT DOESN'T. I'M JUST SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE STUFF ABOUT DAVENPORT AND WHAT THEY DID OR DIDN'T DO, WHETHER IT WAS PRELIMINARY OR WHAT. I KNOW THERE'S PIECES OF IT THAT APPARENTLY HAVEN'T BEEN SHARED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT THOSE PIECES MAYBE DIDN'T TOTALLY ENDORSE THE SELECTION OF CORDISH, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW. BUT I DO THINK THAT SOME OF THE WAY THAT THIS IS BEING EXPLAINED, WE DID THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME TRANSPARENCY, OR AT LEAST THAT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE. AND I'M NOT I DON'T HAVE AN AGENDA ABOUT WHO TO PICK, BUT I DO HAVE AN AGENDA ABOUT THE PUBLIC BEING SHOWN THAT YOU HAVE SOME TRUST IN US, RATHER THAN JUST TREATING US LIKE WE HAVE DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. AND PART OF A PROBLEM IS EXPLAINING SOMETHING. LIKE I SAID, FALLING BACK ON A YEAR AND A HALF OLD REPORT AND SAYING THAT THAT'S A BASIS FOR MAKING A DECISION IN APRIL OF 2024. THANK YOU. NEXT UP, MR. WILLIAM ELLIS. HERE. JONATHAN TAZEWELL. RIGHT THAT CONCLUDES WHO WAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. NEXT, WE GO ON TO ITEM 
          [11. Business or reports from the Mayor or Other Members of City Council]
11 BUSINESS OR REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR OF THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN CUTHBERT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO HAND YOU, SOMETHING I'VE HANDED TO, COUNCILMAN JONES AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ALREADY, AND ASK IF YOU WOULD TAKE A COPY AND PASS IT DOWN. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 521 SOUTH SYCAMORE STREET, MR. VAN VOORHEES, WOULD YOU PUT UP THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FRONT OF 521 SOUTH SYCAMORE, PLEASE, SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE CAN, THERE'S THE BACK, NOT A PRETTY PICTURE, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OR LOOKED LIKE LAST SUMMER. AND THIS IS THE FRONT. WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE LAST SUMMER. IT HADN'T GOTTEN ANY BETTER LOOKING. AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS THAT, THE CITY IS VERY SLOW IN TAKING PROPERTIES TO TAX SALE AND BECAUSE THERE IS A REAL INTERACTION BETWEEN, FAILURE TO COLLECT PASS2 REAL ESTATE TAXES ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE NEED FOR, CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ABATE THE DETERIORATION OF THE PROPERTY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE TWO GO HAND IN HAND. THE CONCEPT'S NOT COMPLICATED, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT IF PEOPLE ARE NOT PAYING THE REAL ESTATE TAXES, THEN THEY'RE LIKELY NOT PAYING TO KEEP THE PROPERTY UP EITHER. NOW I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME A MEMO THAT SAYS THAT AS OF LAST SUMMER, THE PROPERTY OWED A LITTLE OVER $7,000 IN BACK TAXES AND HAS BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR TAX SALE SINCE 2017. SO DO THE MATH IN ROUND FIGURES. SEVEN YEARS, AND THE CITY MANAGER RECENTLY TOLD COUNCIL THAT THE PAST DUE REAL ESTATE TAXES, OWING AS OF RIGHT NOW, A TOTAL AROUND $5 MILLION. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THERE THAT, IN PAST, PAST DUE REAL ESTATE TAXES, NOT CURRENT. ANYTHING PAST YOU. NOW, FORTUNATELY, THE GOOD NEWS IS, MR. VAN VOORHEES, WOULD YOU PUT UP THE LAST SHEET THERE? THE ONE THAT SHOWS THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS, CLASSIFIED, AD. THANK YOU. IN THE PROGRESS-INDEX ON MAY 3RD, THIS PROPERTY WAS INCLUDED, AMONG OTHERS, GOING TO TAX SALE, IN AN ONLINE AUCTION, ON STARTING MAY 28TH. SO JUST AROUND THE CORNER. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE ON A NICE PROJECT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO, IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, IN THIS ONLINE AUCTION. NOW, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS AND LIKE MANY WE SEE, IN PETERSBURG, WHERE TAXES ARE NOT BEING PAID. AND THAT IS IT'S OUR PROPERTY, 
          [02:20:04]
IT WAS OWNED BY SOMEONE WHO DIED WITHOUT LEAVING A WILL. AND SO THERE'S NOBODY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE BACK TAXES, AND YOU, YOU SEE FROM THAT PHOTOGRAPH, WHAT THE NET RESULT IS, THIS IS HARDLY ONE OF A KIND. IN ANY EVENT, IT'S A REAL PROBLEM. IT'S ALSO A REAL OPPORTUNITY. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS ALONG THE CHRISTMAS PARADE ROUTE, THIS IS NOT THE IMAGE THAT WE WANT TO PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, IT ALSO IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, COLLECT BACK TAXES, AND THEN WE CAN PUT THAT MONEY TO GOOD USE. 
          SO, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION, MR. ALTMAN, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, SOME WRITTEN PROTOCOLS FOR COLLECTING OTHER PAST DUE, TAXES, AND, REVENUE STREAMS. THE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX AND THE, UTILITY OF BILLS AND I WONDER IF AT THE JUNE WORK SESSION, YOU WOULD GIVE COUNCIL A WRITTEN PROTOCOL FOR COLLECTING PASS2 REAL ESTATE TAXES. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BILLING COLLECTIONS IS PRETTY FAR ADVANCED IN COMING UP WITH THAT PROTOCOL. AND IF, IF, THE JUNE WORK SESSION IS TOO SOON, THEN I DON'T MEAN TO, CREATE AN OBSTACLE. MY GOAL IS SIMPLY TO GET A WRITTEN PROTOCOL IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN WHITTLE DOWN THAT $5 MILLION. SO YOU'RE CORRECT, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE PROTOCOLS. WE MAY HAVE A DRAFT, BUT NOT, SAY, ONE READY FOR PRIME TIME JUST YET, BUT WE MAY HAVE A DRAFT AT THAT MEETING. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU WOULD, DO YOUR BEST. I ASK STAFF TO DO ITS BEST TO, HAVE A DRAFT PROTOCOL FOR US, FOR COUNCIL. AT THAT JUNE WORK SESSION WITH, I WOULD HOPE, A GOAL OF A FINAL PRODUCT FOR THE BUSINESS SESSION IN JUNE. 
          THAT WAY WE CAN GET ANY COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE BEFORE BRINGING SOMETHING FOR YOU TO FOR ADOPTION. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. WELL, THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. ALTMAN. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JONES. THIS MAY COME AS A SHOCK TO EVERYBODY, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY. THANK YOU. SAY IT AIN'T SO. THANK Y'ALL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT PROFESSOR WESTBROOK DO US ALL. THAT DON'T MEAN YOU GET HIS FIVE MINUTES, THOUGH, I'M GONNA START OUT QUICKLY WITH JUST TO ADDRESS, MISS HOWARD, MR. ALTMAN, THE ISSUE I KNOW, AS MR. CUTHBERT, COUNCILMAN KUPFER WAS TALKING ABOUT SALES AND TAX THINGS GOING WRONG SOMETIMES. 
          HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GO RIGHT AND WE CAN FIX IT. THE ISSUE WITH MISS MABEL BLACKWELL, TWO FOUR, THREE ONE PARKVIEW AVENUE. HAS THAT BEEN RESOLVED? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, WITH THAT BEING SAID. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE CAN CORRECT THINGS WHEN THEY DO GO WRONG AND MAKE THEM RIGHT. HAPPY BELATED MOTHER'S DAY WISHES TO EVERYBODY OUT THERE ON THE SOUND OF MY VOICE OUT THERE IN INTERNET LAND. PETERSBURG AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA. I KNOW, BUT IT WAS BELATED. WE AIN'T HAD A MEETING SINCE THEN. SO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, WITH THAT, SOUTHERN VIRGINIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I WAS BLESSED TO BE THERE WITH, COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH LEE, REPRESENTING THE CITY, ALONG WITH MISS BRITTANY, COUNCILMAN, COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE, MISS FLOWERS, PAUL MULLEN, TREASURER, A LOT OF OTHER OFFICIALS. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THE POLICE, THE FIRE , TELECOMMUNICATIONS, HONORED, WE'D LIKE TO DEFINITELY SHOUT OUT TO RESIST BOOKSTORE AGAIN. THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD, THE BREAKFAST ROTARY CLUB GETTING THE AWARD AS WELL, AND THE YMCA GETTING A NON PROFIT AWARD. ALSO, ON THAT MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VSU GRADUATE GRADUATES, AS THE 2024 GRADUATES AS THEY GO OUT AND BE GREAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY GREAT JOB TO, MAYOR PERM FOR SPEAKING AT THE RICHARD BLAND GRADUATION. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAIN STREET, PETERSBURG, FOR THEIR CLEAN UP OF DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG THAT THEY PERFORMED TWO SATURDAYS AGO, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THEM GETTING OUT THERE CLEANING. AND THEY SAID THEY WILL HAVE OTHER EVENTS, SO STAY TUNED. AND HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE WILL COME OUT, I KNOW THE PETERSBURG HIGH FOOTBALL TEAM WAS OUT THERE ASSISTING WITH THAT CLEANUP, WE'D LIKE TO BRING MORE ATTENTION, CONTINUED ATTENTION, I SHOULD SAY, TO THE WILCOX LAKE WATERSHED, DOCTOR KENNETH LEWIS HAS BEEN DOING A LOT WITH VIRGINIA STATE STUDENTS WITH CLEANING UP THE PARK, CLEANING RUBBISH OFF OF THE 
          [02:25:01]
TRAILS, AS WELL AS, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARK IS ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          PLEASE GET OUT THERE AND USE THAT MILE LOOP TRAIL AS WELL AS THE, IF YOU'RE INTO HIKING. THEY DO HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, MORE, DIFFICULT TRAILS THAT YOU COULD WALK THROUGH. BUT REALLY BE OUT THERE. ONE WITH NATURE. THE WILCOX LAKE WATERSHED, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON BEHALF OF MISS, I WOULD JUST SAY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THIS SATURDAY. LABOR OF LOVE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, IS PRESENTING THEIR SMALL BUSINESS PETERSBURG EXPO AND TRADE SHOW, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN GET OUT AND SUPPORT THE NON PROFITS OF THIS AREA. AND FINALLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONTINUE PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER. CUT YOUR GRASS, YOU KNOW, PREPARE FOR THE STUDENTS GETTING OUT. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM IN THE AREA CAMPS. THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM AROUND, WHETHER AT CHURCHES, WHETHER AT NONPROFITS, WHETHER AT VIRGINIA STATE. SO AGAIN, THERE'S, IF WE MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT, I DON'T LIKE TO POKE THE BEAR, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THE VIOLENCE DOWN BY KEEPING OUR YOUTH INVOLVED, DEFINITELY PRACTICE GOOD CONFLICT RESOLUTION. IT'S ASININE TO THINK THAT THINGS DON'T ARISE, THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENCES, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN TALK THEM OUT AND DON'T HAVE TO BE LIKE OUR, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO TALK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. PROFESSOR WESTBERG, YOU STILL HAVE OUR I MEAN, A MINUTE AND A HALF. DON'T DON'T, DON'T. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. COUNCILMAN MYERS, NOTHING AT THIS TIME, COUNCILWOMAN SMITH. LEE, I ONLY HAVE ONE THING, TWO THINGS, TO CONGRATULATE, THE YOUNG MEN THAT CAME AND SPOKE IN REFERENCE TO WHAT THEY NEED, AND, HOW THE YOUNG MAN JUST GOT UP THERE AND ARTICULATE AND EXPLAINED TO US WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE. AND THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, WHICH WE SHOULD SUPPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED. 
          ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, SHOUT OUT TO HEBRON, JANAYA SAINT CLAIR HAS, TOOK A GROUP OF GIRLS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO ASK ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, JUST TRYING TO GIVE THEM SOME EXPOSURE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT AREAS ABOUT LIFE AND TEAM BUILDING. 
          SO, THAT'S WHAT WE ALL NEED TO DO IS TO BUILD UP OUR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, VICE MAYOR HILL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON, RELAY FOR LIFE WILL BE ON, THIS MONTH, MAY THE 31ST, 4:00 AT, AT, GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH. WE ASK THAT YOU ALL COME OUT AND CELEBRATE RELAY FOR LIFE IS, ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION IN THE CITY, I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE, MR. ALTMAN. WE HAVE WEEDS THAT ARE GROWING UP ON CRATER ROAD IN THE MEDIUM. CAN YOU PLEASE GET SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ASAP, THOSE WEEDS ON THE CURB AND THEN IN THE MEDIUM, PLEASE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS MONTH IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH, SO PLEASE TRY TO TAKE OUT TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          NOT JUST THIS MONTH, BUT ALL MONTHS. AND, IT WOULD BE NICE, WE HAVE, I KNOW, 2 OR 3 NICE COMMERCIALS THAT, MISS JOANNE WILLIAMS WORKED ON. IT'D BE NICE FOR THOSE TO BE RUNNING AT LEAST . YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE NOT IN SESSION, GARRETT, IF YOU COULD AT TIMES PUT THOSE COMMERCIALS UP BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF RESPONSE FOR THE COMMERCIALS. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE SITTING, WAITING, BUT IT GIVES IT SHOWS THE TRUE PETERSBURG. SO BIG UPS TO THEM. AND FOR THE NEWSLETTER, THAT CAME OUT, GOT A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION IN IT AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND EVEN MY CLIENTS THAT COME IN MY, MY SALON, THEY TALK ABOUT IT AND THEY JUST REALLY LOVE THE, THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. IT WOULD BE LIKE, I DON'T I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS GOING ON. BUT THIS, THIS RIGHT HERE IS GREAT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR MAYOR FOR SPEAKING AT RICHARD BLAND. HE DID AN AWESOME JOB. ONE OF THE BEST, COMMENCE SPEECH. AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT FOR HIM, BUT HE DID AN AWESOME JOB. AND HIS COMMENCEMENT SPEECH, AT RICHARD BLAND COLLEGE, AND THAT'S MY TIME. OKAY THANK YOU, NEXT, I JUST WANT TO, TALK ABOUT. I WAS AT A, MY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING FOR SERVICE AND VOLUNTEERISM MEETING TODAY, AND, ONE OF THE, LADIES THAT SERVED ON THEIR BOARD WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW EXCELLENT THAT OUR CHAIR OF OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS. SHE REACHED OUT TO HER TO WITH AN 
          [02:30:08]
ISSUE, AND SHE CALLED BACK AND RESPONDED. AND SHE SAYS, MARY HOWARD WAS JUST ABOUT EXCEPTIONAL OF WHAT SHE DID TO HELP OUR PEOPLE OVER THERE. SO AT THIS TIME, I WANT MARY HOWARD TO COME ON UP HERE TO THE MICROPHONE. I'M GOING TO DEFER MY TIME TO MISS MARY HOWARD BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT, BEING NOT JUST BEING CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT SHE HAS A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION THAT'S COMING UP AND THAT SHE'S BEEN PLANNING FOR OVER A YEAR. IN THAT TIME IS ALMOST HERE. SO I'M GOING TO DEFER MY FOUR MINUTES TO MISS MARY HOWARD. THANK YOU. WELL I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT. I JUST HAD A HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING TONIGHT, AND I JUST DECIDED TO COME BY HERE. BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW THAT THE GIFT THAT GOD GAVE YOU, WHICH MINE IS SERVICE, THAT I'M DOING JUST THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, YEAH. JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ON, FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG IS JUNE 15TH AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX FROM 3 P.M. TO 7 P.M. THE TROLLEYS ARE SET UP TO PICK UP WHOMEVER THERE WANTS TO GO AT 230, AT THE TRAIN, AT THE BUS STATION, AND THEY WILL PICK THEM UP AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX AT SEVEN TO BRING THEM BACK. IT IS GOING TO BE A KIDS ZONE. IT HAS BANDS AND, VENDORS, OF COURSE, A COMEDIAN, FASHION SHOW, YOUTH DANCERS AND JUST FUN. JUST BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIR AND COME OUT. 
          IT'S ALL FREE, OF COURSE. THANKS TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. OKAY. THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. JUNE 15TH. JUNE 15TH SPORTS COMPLEX. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS HOWARD, FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME APPRECIATE IT. AND ALSO THEN I WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY, TAKE THIS TIME TO REFLECT BACK ON THOSE THAT'S NO LONGER AROUND WITH US AND, AND, AND VISIT AND PAY HOMAGE TO THOSE THAT'S PAVED THE WAY FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, THAT CONCLUDES MY TIME. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 12, ITEMS 
          [12. Items Removed from Consent Agenda]
          [13. Unfinished Business]
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE ARE NO ITEMS TONIGHT. ITEM 13 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. NO ITEMS LEFT. ITEM 14 NEW BUSINESS WAS ALREADY DONE EARLY. ITEM 15 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT AND SPECIAL 
          [15. City Manager's Report and Special Reports]
REPORTS. MR. ALTMAN, NO REPORT THIS EVENING, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS, BUSINESS OR 
          [16. Business or Reports from the Clerk]
REPORTS FROM THE CLERK. MISS HILL, ANY ITEMS? NO REPORTS TONIGHT, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. NEXT 
          [17. Business or Reports from the City Attorney]
BUSINESS OR REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR. WILLIAMS. ANYTHING TONIGHT? NO REPORT, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF OUR HEARTS AND MINDS ARE CLEAR, IT'S THE ITEM 18. ADJOURNMENT. SO MOVED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.