Jun 04, 2024 Regular Work Session

. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN, PROPERLY SECOND THAT WE COME OUT, THAT WE ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION, MADAM

[1. Roll Call]

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COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE PRESENT. VICE MAYOR HERE.

SIR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. LET US PRAY. TURN TO GOD, OUR FATHER, AS ONCE AGAIN WE COME BEFORE YOU, PRAISING YOUR HOLY AND YOUR RIGHTEOUS NAME. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THE DAY. NOW, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WILL MOVE ON THIS COUNCIL AND THROUGH THESE CHAMBERS AND WITH OUR CITIZENS. HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE DELIBERATE, THE BUSINESS ON TODAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THY BLESSINGS UPON OUR ADMINISTRATION. WE ASK THY BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITIZENS. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS COUNCIL IN A SPECIAL WAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, GIVE US WISDOM AND SOLEMN AND HEAVENLY FATHER TO DELIBERATE AND DO YOUR WILL. LORD, WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITIZENS IN A SPECIAL WAY THAT YOU WOULD KEEP ALL OF US FROM ALL HURT, HARM, AND DANGER. LET US SEE. NO ACCIDENTS, CAUSED NO ACCIDENTS AND BE NO ACCIDENTS. THIS IS OUR PRAYER IN YOUR DARLING SON, JESUS CHRIST NAME WE PRAY. AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. LET US STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S IN THE CORNER. IT'S IN THAT CORNER. IT'S IN THE CORNER. DETERMINATION OF A

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

[5. Public Comments]

AND I DID SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES. IN COUNCIL COMMUNICATES, WHICH IS USUALLY NOT THAT INFORMATIVE. IT SAID MORE. IT SAID MISS RUDOLPH EXPRESSED HER CONCERN OVER THE CANCELLATION OF THE RFP FOR THE CASINO, REVERTING TO OLD INFORMATION AND THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE SELECTION OF A CASINO OPERATOR, WHICH DOES SUMMARIZE SOME OF MY POINTS. IT CERTAINLY SAYS A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN WHAT'S IN THE MINUTES. I LOOKED BACK OVER PREVIOUS MINUTES, AND THERE ACTUALLY WAS MORE OF AN ATTEMPT TO TRANSCRIBE WHAT I AND OTHER PEOPLE SAID. SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE THIS TO HEART AND PERHAPS ALLOW THIS SET OF MINUTES TO BE APPROVED AT

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[6. Approval of Consent Agenda]

PROPOSED REVISED OPERATING BUDGET TO PAGES 120 TO 121. THESE ARE THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION? MR. COUNCILOR? VICE MAYOR, JUST ONE POINT OF ORDER, I BELIEVE THAT, ITEMS B C D E, AND F SHOULD ALL BE IDENTIFIED AS FIRST READING AND SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING. JUST THE WORDING OF THE AGENDA APPEARS THAT YOU WOULD BE ADOPTING THOSE, BUT I THINK EACH OF THOSE SHOULD BE FIRST READING AND SCHEDULED PUBLIC HEARING FOR B, C, D, E, AND F, OKAY. THANK

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IT'S JUST YOU'RE ADOPTING THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH B C D AND F AND F IDENTIFY FIRST READING SLASH SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING. YES. AND TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY'S CLEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? YES, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER. CUTHBERT. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL. AYE. MOTION CARRIES, CAN YOU HOLD ON. GARRY COUNCILMAN JONES ASKED. CAN YOU TURN HIS MIC UP A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? THEY CAN'T BE CONTROLLED INDIVIDUALLY. ALL OR NOTHING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH CHECK, CHECK. OKAY. TO PUT MY LIPS ON THE MIC. OKAY, OKAY. TALKING. WE MAKE A LOT OF MONEY HERE, BUT IT'S TO BE HAPPENING. GIVE ME A FAVOR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. YOU WANT TO GO SEE IT IN THERE? NO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN COPPOLA, YOU HAD SOMETHING. MR. WILLIAMS, IS THERE SOME WAY WE SHOULD, MODIFY THE CONSENT AGENDA IN THE FUTURE TO INDICATE THAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING RATHER THAN ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE? YES. I THINK, PRECEDING EACH OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, IT SHOULD JUST READ FIRST READING SLASH SCHEDULE, PUBLIC HEARING. THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. OKAY GOOD. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK

[7. Special Reports]

PREVIOUSLY, WE'D COME BEFORE YOU ALL BECAUSE SOME TREES HAD BEEN REMOVED ON SYCAMORE STREET, AND IT WAS REQUESTED THAT STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO REPLANT SYCAMORE STREET AND WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT OR TREE DESIGN, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THOSE TREES WERE REMOVED BECAUSE OF THEIR IMPACTS ON THE SIDEWALK, THE PRUNING THAT WAS DONE ON THEM, AS WELL AS THE IMPACTS TO THE VISIBILITY OF BUSINESSES. SO WE WORKED WITH THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CENTER TO COME UP WITH AN INITIAL CONCEPT TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, AND THEN I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE AS WELL. SO THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CAME , CENTER CAME OUT. THESE ARE OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH US THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY GRANT THAT WE GOT. SO WE GOT A GRANT WITH THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT CREATING A TREE ORDINANCE, A TREE MASTER PLAN, AND A TREE MAINTENANCE PLAN. AND THEY AGREED TO HELP US WITH THIS ADDITIONAL CONCEPT AS WELL. SO THEY CAME OUT TO THE SITE AND TOOK A LOOK AT SYCAMORE STREET BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND WITH, AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO WE HAD INITIAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN TREES AND LIGHTING. WE HAD PEDESTRIAN ACCESS CONFLICTS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A TREE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE CROSSWALKS. AND THEN WE HAD LIMITED SOIL VOLUMES AND DEBRIS IN OUR DRAINAGE. SO THEY TOOK THIS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN MAKING CONCEPTS ABOUT HOW CAN WE HAVE LESS SIGNIFICANT OF AN IMPACT ON THE SIDEWALK? HOW CAN WE INTEGRATE TRAFFIC CALMING? HOW CAN WE INTEGRATE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AS WELL? SO HERE ARE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. NOTING THAT THERE'S NO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE'S IMPACTS SUCH AS URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, MEANING THE TEMPERATURE IS HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE PAVEMENT AND THE LACK OF SHADING . THERE'S LIMITED VISUAL INTEREST FOR PEDESTRIANS. NO BIKE LANES, DAMAGED SIDEWALKS.

SO THESE ARE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. THE PROPOSED DESIGN THAT THEY TOOK A LOOK AT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST CONCEPTUAL. THERE'S STILL WORK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION. WAS TAKING A LOOK AT HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, SUCH AS PUSHING THE TREES OUT INTO THE STREET TO CREATE TRAFFIC CALMING, AS WELL

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IT CLOSED IN APRIL, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT IN EARLY 2025. IF WE WANT TO WAIT THAT LONG. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER GRANT, THE STORMWATER LOCAL ASSISTANCE FUND THAT WILL OPEN BACK UP AUGUST 1ST. AND THAT WILL REQUIRE 50% MATCH, THOUGH, AS WE LOOK TO MOVE FORWARD. THE OTHER GRANT, CHESAPEAKE BAY SMALL WATERSHED GRANT. THERE'S NO MATCH REQUIRED, BUT ONE IS ENCOURAGED. BUT BOTH COULD REALLY HELP ACCOMMODATE THIS VISION AND EVEN EXPAND IT LONGER ON THE CORRIDOR SHOULD THERE BE INTEREST. WE ALSO HAVE RANDALL HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TOO FROM PUBLIC WORKS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS, SO LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JONES, DIDN'T I GO TO COUNCILMAN CUTLER? HOW ARE YOU DOING, NAOMI? DOING WELL. THANK YOU FOR THE MIC, MY MAN, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. TREES I LOVE TREES. I TALK TO TREES, I TOUCH THEM, COMMUNICATE WITH TREES. DO EVERYTHING BUT CLIMB TREES. I'M LOOKING AT WHAT YOU PRESENTED. WANTED TO PRESENT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU PRESENTED WAS HAVING TREES IN THE STREET. AND FROM THAT PICTURE, LOOKED LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME MESS THAT WE GOT IN FRONT OF THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT BUILDING, AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WE GOT PEOPLE NOW THAT CAN'T HARDLY DRIVE IN THIS CITY, AND THAT THING IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SO JUST WANT TO NOT AGAINST THE PLANTING OF TREES. LET ME CORRECT LET ME MAKE THAT CLEAR. BUT HOW IN THE WORLD ARE WE FOCUSING ON TREES JUST ON SYCAMORE STREET, WHEN DOG GOING TO EAST WASHINGTON STREET BEEN DAMAGED AND IGNORED FOR YEARS COMING FROM FORT LEE, THERE'S NOT A SINGLE TREE IN THAT MEDIAN AND WE HAVE FLOODING THERE.

THAT'S A PROBLEM. PUT SOME TREES IN THE MEDIAN. I'M GOING TO SAY NO TO THIS UNLESS YOU INCLUDE EAST WASHINGTON STREET COMING FROM FORT LEE OR CAMP GREG ADAMS. FORT GREG ADAMS COMING

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SLOW DOWN AND LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, NAOMI? SURE. AND I HAVE A FEW RESPONSES TO YOUR COMMENTS REAL QUICK, TOO. WELL, ONE OF THEM, WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME TREES ON EAST WASHINGTON STREET. I WILL ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE I GOT A GROUP OF BUSINESS OWNERS THAT'S OUT HERE RIGHT NOW THAT'S PLOTTING, NOT PLOTTING. IT'S PLANNING TO PLANT TREES AND BEAUTIFY EAST WALL STREET ON THEIR OWN. AND THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO DO THAT. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PLANTING TREES ON SYCAMORE STREET AND THEN SHORTENING THE STREETS BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY SMALL. ANYWAY. SO WE WANT TO SHORTEN THE WIDTH OF THE STREETS. WE GOT FIRE TRUCKS THAT GOT TO GET DOWN THE STREET. WE GOT POLICE. IF THEY IF THEY'RE ON A CHASE, YOU CAN PUT THEM IN DANGER TOO. I DON'T THINK, THIS SHOULD BE JUST FOR SYCAMORE STREET, IS WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU. THIS NEED TO BE. THIS NEED TO CARRY ON TO. I'M TIRED OF EAST WASHINGTON STREET BEING IGNORED. EVERYBODY IN HERE. I'M TIRED OF EAST WASHINGTON STREET BEING IGNORED. IT'S BEEN LOOKING LIKE THAT SINCE K-MART LEFT FROM DOWN THERE. PUT A TREE OR A FIVE OF THEM DOWN. DO SOMETHING. ALL WE GOT IS A FADED WELCOME TO PETERSBURG SUN COMING FROM FOURTH GRADE. THAT'S PITIFUL. IT'S PITIFUL. IT'S THE WORST LOOKING PLACE IN THE CITY BECAUSE WE'RE IGNORING IT. I'M TIRED OF IT BEING IGNORED.

THAT'S ALL I GOT. SO I WANTED TO SPEAK REAL QUICK ABOUT THE FOCUS ON SYCAMORE. THE FOCUS ON SYCAMORE IS BECAUSE WE JUST TOOK THE TREES OUT OF SYCAMORE, AND SO WE WANTED TO BRING ATTENTION TO HOW WE CAN CREATE THE NEXT MODEL SEGMENT OF HOW TREES COULD LOOK IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FOR WASHINGTON STREET. WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT WASHINGTON AND WEST STREET RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF FUNDING THROUGH GRANTS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS, HAVE IT GO TWO WAYS EACH WAY IN COORDINATION WITH I-95. SO SINCE THERE'S THAT ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION, IT COULD BE OF CONCERN TO PLANT TREES AND THEN SIX YEARS LATER, HAVING TO REMOVE THOSE TREES BECAUSE OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO WAIT SIX YEARS BEFORE WE EVEN DO ANYTHING. I KEEP HEARING WE'RE ANTICIPATING THIS, ANTICIPATING THAT THIS WAS BEFORE I EVEN GOT ON COUNCIL THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT EAST WASHINGTON STREET LOOK LIKE THAT , AND I'M TIRED OF IT. EVERYBODY IN HERE GOT TO BE TIRED OF RIDING DOWN THAT STREET LOOKING LIKE THAT, MAN. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GOT? MISTER. MISTER JONES, SO PART OF WHAT MISS ADAMS AND THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP IS LOOKING AT IS OVERALL TREES IN THE CITY. AND CERTAINLY THE SECTION THAT, SHE MENTIONED IS THE PIECE THAT'S BEING FOCUSED ON BY THE STAR STUDY. THE SECTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FROM THE CITY LIMITS AT, THE BATTLEFIELD PARK, ESSENTIALLY WHERE KMART USED TO BE IN THROUGH ALL THE WAY, PROBABLY TO ABOUT ABOUT WHERE THE RAILROAD TRACK IS. AND IT SPLITS OPEN INTO, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY EVER LANES. SO I THINK, YES, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT IS A GATEWAY INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SOLDIERS AND AT FORT GREG ADAMS AS THEY COME INTO OLD TOWN AND TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT SECTION TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A WIDE MEDIAN THERE, WHICH DOES SERVE AS A STORMWATER PIECE SO THAT THOSE, BLACK GUMS, IS THAT WHAT IT WAS THAT THAT MAY BE THERE BECAUSE OF THE STORMWATER GETS REDIRECTED TO THE CENTER MEDIAN. SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. BUT ALSO YOU WOULD WANT TO MAYBE BALANCE THAT OUT LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE SIDE. SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. ON HOW WE COULD PUT SOME TREES ALONG THERE AND CREATE A NICE ENTRANCE, A VISUALLY APPEALING ENTRANCE INTO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT HASN'T REALLY CHANGED IN A VERY LONG TIME. IT'S BEEN THAT WAY AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, COMING IN. SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO REALLY MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT SECTION OF THE CORRIDOR. AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MR. CITY MANAGER, I WANT EVERYBODY

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AND, I LIKED VERY MUCH THAT, BRILLIANT RED COLOR THAT'S, THE FIRE MASTER BLACK GUM BRINGS WITH IT. AND I'M THINKING THAT FOR GREATEST VISUAL IMPACT, IT MIGHT BE WISE TO MAKE THE LINE OF TREES CONSISTENT AND NOT HAVE ANY MEENY MINEY MO DOWN THE STREET. BUT ALL ONE SPECIES, SO THAT IT WOULD REALLY POP, THAT'S AN ARCHITECTURAL TERM THAT I'VE LEARNED IS POP. OKAY, BUT IN ANY EVENT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE HAVE BROUGHT BEFORE US.

THANK YOU. AND YEAH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S CONCERNS WITH THE COMMUNITY FORESTER WE'RE WORKING WITH. IF YOU DON'T HAVE SPECIES DIVERSITY THAT IT MIGHT IMPACT THE WHOLE STREET. SHOULD DISEASE OR SOMETHING COME THROUGH. BUT I'M SURE WE COULD HAVE MORE OF A CONCENTRATION THAT HAS THAT VISUAL IMPACT, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING. OKAY. YOU HAD SOME YOU WANT TO BRING. YEAH REAL QUICK. THE SAME GROUP THAT LOOKED AT SYCAMORE STREET. I ALSO TOOK THEM OUT TO THE AREA COMING INTO, PETERSBURG. ALL RIGHT, HOLD UP, HOLD UP RIGHT QUICK.

SAY THAT AGAIN SO HE CAN HEAR THAT. OKAY SO I BELIEVE I THINK I THINK WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, BUT ANYWAY, THAT SAME GROUP THAT LOOKED AT SYCAMORE STREET THAT DID THIS OR PULLED GO OUT ON WASHINGTON STREET COMING INTO SO THEY DID LOOK AT THAT.

JUST THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST PIECE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, FIRST PRESENTATION THAT WAS THAT WAS DONE. SO WE ALSO WE LOOKED AT THAT AND THERE WERE SOME GAS LINES. WE SAW THE GAS LINES. AND THEN THERE WAS SOME, SOME ALSO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE THERE TOO. SO AND IF YOU REMEMBER THE THAT MEDIAN, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A V SHAPE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. SO THEY'RE ALSO SO THEY, WE'VE ALREADY WALKED IT ONCE WE LEFT. SYCAMORE STREET. THAT'S WHERE WE WENT. SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW IT'S NOT BEING IGNORED BECAUSE YOU DID SEND THE REQUEST AND WE DID GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT. SO WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN IT. AND THEN ALSO SINCE THAT TIME, OBVIOUSLY, THAT PORTION OF SYCAMORE STREET HAS BEEN PAVED TOO. SO WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS TO THEN WITH RESPECT TO WASHINGTON STREET AND SOME OF THESE OTHER STREETS, AS YOU KNOW, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO TAKE THE TREES DOWN SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WAS TEARING UP THE SIDEWALKS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. NOW, AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER TREES ON WASHINGTON STREET, ON WILLOW STREET, OTHER STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE JUST CUT DOWN TWO TREES RIGHT IN FRONT OF FOLHA. AND IF YOU LOOK

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SO. OKAY, OKAY. WHY HAVE YOU HERE, TWO THINGS, WHEN WE TAKE DOWN TREES, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN UPROOT THE TREES AS OPPOSED TO CUTTING THEM DOWN? OKAY, OKAY, SO IN IN MOST, IN SOME CASES, YES. OKAY. SO THE ACTUAL, A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S UTILIZED IS A PRETTY GOOD SIZE, PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AND SO THE TREES THAT GOT KNOCKED DOWN OR CUT DOWN IN FRONT OF MARKET STREET, THERE WAS ONLY A PRODUCT LACK OF MAYBE LIKE A TWO FOOT BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK. SO. SO THAT WOULD TEAR UP SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT. SO WE'LL LOOK AT OTHER WAYS OF, OF DOING THAT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME WE'RE TELLING THEM TO CUT THEM AS FAR DOWN AS POSSIBLE. OKAY I UNDERSTAND BUT YES I UNDERSTAND, SINCE WE'RE ON THIS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS, I'M GLAD THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS HERE. I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR ALMOST A MONTH. WE GOT TO START CUTTING OUR GRASS IN THE MEDIUMS. LIKE TODAY . THIS IS LIKE THE FIFTH TIME I'VE SAID THAT. AND I'M KIND OF TIRED OF HEARING MYSELF THAT WE GOT SOME AREAS, CREATIVE ROLE THAT WE ARE STARTING TO GROW UP.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I SAID LAST TIME THAT WE NEED TO CUT AND THEN SPRAY. DON'T SPRAY A WHOLE BUNCH OF WEEDS. JUST CUT AND SPRAY. SO AND OUR CURBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I KNOW YOU WAS OUT THERE LAST TIME AND I TOLD YOU AS WELL. SO WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE. IT'S NOT GOING UNNOTICED. I'VE TALKED TO THE CONTRACTOR THAT MAINTAINS THE MEDIA. TALK TO HIM. HE'S SUPPOSED TO GET ME A SCHEDULE THIS WEEK. AND WE ALSO LOOKING AT A NEW A NEW PIECE OF MACHINERY. IT'S A IT'S A STREET SWEEPER, BUT ALSO IT'S GOT SOME, SOME TOOLS IN WHICH IT WOULD CUT ALL OF THAT AS WELL AS SWEEP IT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. WE'RE LOOKING WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE NOW EVEN IF BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HERE TOO AS WELL. AND WE AND THE TRASH IS STARTING TO BUILD UP TOO, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING OVER HERE AT YOU BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND. BUT THE TRASH IS STARTING TO BUILD UP TOO, YOU PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SO WE NEED TO GET THAT, ADDRESSED, LIKE TOMORROW. I MEAN, I KNOW WE GOT CONTRACTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE DO HAVE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES, SO WE JUST NEED TO GET ON THAT, LIKE, ASAP. AND BACK IN THE PAST, I THINK WE USED TO HAVE, LIKE, A, A VOLUNTEER, LIKE, BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE. THEY USED TO BEFORE OUR 2016 HIT. THEY USED TO COME AND HELP BEAUTIFY THE AREAS LIKE AT THE AREA OF SYCAMORE, LIKE RIGHT IN FRONT OF A PLUS LAUNDROMAT WHERE WE HAVE THAT PIECE OF LAND RIGHT THERE. WE NEED TO GET WE NEED TO GET ON TOP OF THOSE AREAS LIKE THAT AS SOON AS WE CAN, OR LIKE WHEN YOU'RE COMING BEHIND THE OLD LIBRARY AND WHAT HAVE YOU, THE ROUNDABOUT, THOSE AREAS LIKE THAT. SO I'M JUST PUTTING THIS, THESE THINGS ON YOUR RADAR BECAUSE, I SEE THEM AND THE MAYOR AND I, HE'S AT A GRADUATION FOR HIS DAUGHTER TODAY. THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE'S NOT HERE. BUT HE AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING, SO WE NEED SOME, SOME, SOME ATTENTION PAID TO THOSE THINGS. OKAY. SO REAL QUICK, THE CONTRACT FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION, THE BEAUTIFICATION CONTRACT, THE CONTRACT EXPIRED. THERE ARE ABOUT 38 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT NOW THAT THAT DO, GRASS CUTTING FOR THOSE PRIVATE LOTS TO HAVE THEM GO AND MAINTAIN THOSE WHILE WE PUT OUT ANOTHER CONTRACT FOR A BEAUTIFICATION CONTRACT. THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENED. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW, SPECIAL REPORTS ITEM, SEVEN B WILL BE UPDATE ON MCKINNEY BUILDING AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE CENTER AND ARCHIVES, PAGES 131 TO 153. OH, MISTER CROCKETT, GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR HILL. ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CITY ADMINISTRATION, CITY OF PETERSBURG RESIDENTS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL ON WHETHER MCKINNEY FOUNDATION IS WITH THE REPURPOSING OF THE FORMER MCKINNEY LIBRARY. AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURAL CENTER AND ARCHIVE. WE'VE, THE MCKINNEY FOUNDATION HAS DONE A LOT SINCE WE LAST CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, AND, MOVING TOWARD THIS END GOAL. AND, PERIODICALLY, WE REALLY LIKE TO COME BEFORE

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AND THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN GETTING THE MCKINNEY FOUNDATION TO THE SUPPORT, SO AT THIS POINT, THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING WILL BE GIVEN BY, GIL ENSMINGER, WHO'S THE PRINCIPAL OF INTERIORS DESIGN, MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT ANTERO'S DESIGN WAS THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM THAT DESIGNED THE NEW LIBRARY, AND IT ALSO DESIGNED THE FACILITY THAT WE'RE IN THIS EVENING. AND SO WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH INTERIOR DESIGN, AND THEY DO GREAT WORK. AND WE THINK, THEY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB ON THE STUDY THAT THEY WILL PRESENT, THIS, THIS THIS EVENING, LASTLY, WE, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY MEETING, ON NEXT TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH AT 6:00 PM AND WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT AND LET US KNOW, LET THE MCKINNEY FOUNDATION KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS. NEW AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURAL CENTER, PLEASE SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOUR CONSTITUENT. IT'S, WE'D LIKE TO GET ALL THE COMMENTS AND INPUT THAT WE CAN, FROM THE, FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS JUNE 11TH AT 6 P.M. AND IT WILL BE IN THE WELLNESS CENTER ON THE SECOND FLOOR. AND THAT WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED BY GIL ENSMINGER, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY A COUNCILMAN MYERS, WHO HAS BEEN, A REAL CHAMPION FOR THIS, FOR THIS EFFORT. AND SO I'D LIKE, GIL, COME FORWARD. GOOD EVENING, MR. VICE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, I'M GIL ENSMINGER. I'M WITH ANTERO'S DESIGN ARCHITECTS, AND IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. I'M PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SOME IDEAS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS FOR AN ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE MCKINNEY LIBRARY BUILDING FOR THE PETERSBURG AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CULTURE CENTER AND ARCHIVES, I HAVE A SERIES OF SLIDES TO SHOW YOU THIS EVENING TO SHOW OUR FINDINGS ABOUT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE BUILDING. SOME EXAMPLES OF SIMILAR FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AND POTENTIAL WAYS THAT IT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS BUILDING. THIS IS JUST A PRELIMINARY STUDY. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER IDEAS TO FOLLOW AND A LOT OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE PROJECT BECOMES A REALITY OR BEFORE THE, DESIGNS ARE FINALIZED. I THINK IN UNDERSTANDING HOW TO PRESERVE AND COME UP WITH AN APPROPRIATE ADAPTIVE REUSE FOR THE BUILDING, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BUILDING, THIS IS JUST A BRIEF BULLET POINT LIST OF A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT HISTORIC, EVENTS AND COMPONENTS TO THE BUILDING THAT MAKE IT IMPORTANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1859 BY JOHN DODSON, WHO WAS THE FIRST ELECTED MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. IT WAS ONCE THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE FOR BILLY MAHONE, THE FAMOUS GENERAL AND, VIRGINIA SENATOR, IN 1923, IT WAS BEQUEATHED TO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, BY PETERSBURG, BY CLARA MCKINNEY, AND THEN IN 1924, IT OPENED AS THE CITY LIBRARY. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, IN 2024, PETERSBURG LIBRARY WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. YEAH THE LIBRARY WAS EXPANDED IN 1958 WITH A MAJOR ADDITION THAT EXPANDED THE LIBRARY, SHELVING AND STACKS AREAS, AND IN 1960, IT WAS A MAJOR FOCAL POINT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE CITY, AND IT WAS DESEGREGATED IN 1960 AND NOVEMBER 7TH, 1960. WE'LL SHOW IN SOME FLOOR PLAN SHORTLY HOW THE LIBRARY WAS BROKEN UP AND HOW IT WAS SEGREGATED, AND HOW

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ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE HARRISON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE IN ROANOKE, THIS FACILITY STARTED IN A FORMER SEGREGATED SCHOOL IN THE CITY AND HAS SINCE RELOCATED TO A COMMERCIAL SPACE. BUT IT HIGHLIGHTS AN IMPORTANT HISTORY, IMPORTANT EVENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENTIRE REGION, AND A THIRD EXAMPLE IS THE JEFFERSON SCHOOL IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND IT'S THE JEFFERSON SCHOOL, AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER, IT'S A VERY KIND OF LARGE FACILITY, MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY THAT HAS CLASSROOM FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS EXHIBIT SPACE, MULTI-PURPOSE SPACE, AND LARGE MEETING ROOMS. SO THESE WERE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES WE LOOKED AT TOGETHER WITH THE MCKINNEY FOUNDATION TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES WERE FOR THE MCKINNEY BUILDING, WHEN WE BEGAN OUR STUDY, WE TOOK A DETAILED LOOK AT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. I THINK EVERYBODY RECENTLY PROBABLY HAS SEEN THE EXTERIOR CONDITION OF THE BUILDING, FORTUNATELY, IT DID RECEIVE A NEW ROOF RECENTLY, WHICH WILL HELP TO PRESERVE THE BUILDING. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE THE EXTERIOR, EXTENSIVE, STUCCO WORK AND REPAIR WILL BE NEEDED.

REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF WINDOWS. THE ROOFING ON THE 1958 ADDITION STILL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND SOME STRUCTURAL MASONRY WORK NEEDS TO BE, REPAIRED ON THE EXTERIOR. SO EXTENSIVE WORK ON THE EXTERIOR, THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE INTERIOR CONDITION. THIS IS THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING. THERE IS MOISTURE INFILTRATION THROUGH THE EXTERIOR WALLS AND RISING DAMP FROM THE, GROUND BELOW THE BUILDING. SO WATERPROOFING AND MOISTURE MITIGATION IN THE BASEMENT IS, IS A IS A PRIMARY IMPORTANCE IN THE BUILDING. ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES OF THE INTERIOR. THE SHOW SOME VERTICAL CIRCULATION AND MAJOR CIRCULATION PATHS IN THE BUILDING. THERE IS AN ELEVATOR IN THE BUILDING THAT WAS PUT IN THE 1950S. IT'S NOT CURRENTLY, IT'S NOT HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE AND DOESN'T MEET CURRENT STANDARDS. SO THERE WILL BE UPGRADES TO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY AND EGRESS COMPONENTS IN THE BUILDING TO MEET CODE, THE BUILDING IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LOT OF ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL, VERY ORNATE PLASTER WORK, MANTELS AND OTHER DETAIL IN THE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE REPAIRED AND RESTORED AS PART OF ANY ADAPTIVE REUSE AND RESTORATION. THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE 1958 CONSTRUCTION THAT ROOF, AS I MENTIONED, HAS BEEN LEAKING. I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN PATCHED NOW AT THIS POINT, BUT THERE IS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AS PART OF ANY RENOVATION, THIS COMPONENT OR THIS AREA OF THE BUILDING, THE 1958 FLOOR, IS THOUGHT OF AS BEING THE ARCHIVES COMPONENT TO PRESERVE ARTIFACTS AND HISTORIC DOCUMENTS FOR THE CITY, THE STRUCTURE OF THAT BUILDING OF THIS PORTION OF THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO BE REINFORCED TO SUPPORT THE LOADS FOR THAT ARCHIVES FUNCTION. AND THESE ISSUES OR THESE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL CRACKING AND REPAIRS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE IN THE BUILDING, THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING SYSTEMS IN THE BUILDING ARE VERY OUTDATED.

I THINK PERHAPS THE DANGER STICKER ON THIS HVAC UNIT MAY BE A GOOD STATEMENT FOR MOST OF THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN THE BUILDING. SO ALL OF THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE UPGRADED AND REPLACED, A MORE SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM WOULD BE NEEDED FOR THE ARCHIVES COMPONENT OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BE MORE OF A SPECIALIZED MECHANICAL SYSTEM, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING VEHICLE FOR THE PROJECT WOULD BE HISTORIC REHABILITATION TAX CREDITS. IN ORDER TO COME TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE, THERE'S A SERIES OF STEPS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN, SOME OF WHICH WOULD INVOLVE CAREFUL RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF SOME OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL, WHICH WOULD LIMIT, TO SOME EXTENT, THE

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AND THE TAN AREAS WOULD BE OFFICE STAFF SPACE. AND THEN THE LAVENDER AREA OR PINK AREA WOULD BE A CONFERENCE ROOM FOR SHARED CONFERENCE USE. AND THESE ARE JUST RENDERINGS SHOWING THE BUILDING WITH MINIMAL ALTERATIONS TO THE EXTERIOR, JUST PRESERVING AND RESTORING THE EXTERIOR COMPONENTS OF THE BUILDING, AND A FINAL RENDERING. THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES TALKS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT, SO WITH SOME OF THE SPECIALIZED SYSTEMS THAT WOULD NEED TO GO INTO THE BUILDING, THE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS THAT ARE REQUIRED RESTROOM OF OR ORNATE PLASTER AND DETAILING, IT'S NOT AN INEXPENSIVE PROJECT, BUT NOT MANY PROJECTS ARE INEXPENSIVE.

WITH TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS. SO WE DID HAVE A PROFESSIONAL COST ESTIMATE THAT WAS COMPLETED ON THE PROJECT. THERE IS A DETAILED ESTIMATE THAT'S IN OUR REPORT, AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY. BUT THE BASIC CONSTRUCTION COST, INCLUDING A 10% CONTINGENCY AND 6.38% OF ESCALATION, WOULD BE ROUGHLY $5,986,248, WE'RE WE'RE SUGGESTING, SOME IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO IT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR THE ARCHIVES AND EXHIBIT FUNCTIONS, THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT IS THE FOUNDATION WATERPROOFING IN THE BUILDING. THAT'S ABOUT 279,009 44. AND THEN THE SHELVING, I'M SORRY, THE, THE STRUCTURAL REINFORCING FOR THE ARCHIVES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE ARCHIVE SHELVING ANOTHER $109. SO THAT BRINGS THE CONSTRUCTION COST TO ROUGHLY 6,375,003 63 THERE ARE OTHER,

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SHOW HIM SOME LOVE. I WAS AT THE COMMENCEMENT, AND THEY GAVE HIM AN HONORARY DOCTORATE. THAT'S THAT'S WALKING HISTORY RIGHT THERE. SO WE THANK THANK YOU ALL FOR WORKING IN ANY WAY WE CAN HELP. WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO HELP SUPPORT. THANK YOU. MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN C CDBG ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTATION OF RECOMMENDED, FY 24 TO FY 25. UPDATE AT. ALL RIGHT. A GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS KOFI D, AND I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ADVISORY BOARD. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. LIKEWISE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALRIGHT. THIS IS OUR AGENDA, A FEW THINGS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE AGENDA.

JUST WANT TO TELL CITY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, YEAR THREE OF ME BEING THE

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JUST CAN'T BE IN THE BACK. ALL RIGHT, WHAT CAN CDBG DO AND HOW IS IT FUNDED. SO CDBG IS BROKEN DOWN IN TWO WAYS. LIKE I SAID, IF YOU ARE A MUNICIPALITY OVER 50 K, YOU ARE DIRECTLY RECEIVING FUNDS FROM HUD. IF YOU ARE A MUNICIPALITY UNDER 50 K, YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE CDBG, PETERSBURG, WE'RE A TAD BIT SPECIAL. SO GUESS WHAT? WE DIRECTLY REPORT TO HUD. THAT BEING SAID, THE FUNDING CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOW. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT.

WHAT CAN CDBG FUNDING DO. THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. HOUSING REHABILITATION, CODE ENFORCEMENT, ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY DEMOLITION INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT ULTIMATELY YOU HAVE TO SERVICE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME POPULATION. AND IT IS ALSO NOT ONLY BASED ON THESE EXAMPLES, BUT IS THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES THAT WE MUST MEET WHEN FUNDING ANY PROJECT. NOW I'LL SAY THAT BACK. BACK ONE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. I SAY THIS WHILE THEY CAN FUND THESE PROJECTS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A BOARD AND WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL, IS THIS IF THERE IS LINE ITEMS IN THE NORMAL BUDGET AND OPERATING FUND, THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY THERE. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR CDBG FUNDING FOR BIG, IMPACTFUL PROJECTS. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE, OVER THE PAST YEARS HAVE SEEN THAT WE'RE LIKE, HEY, THAT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE CAME FROM REGULAR BUDGET OR OPERATING FUNDS, BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO TACKLE SOME OF THOSE BIG PROJECTS WITH CDBG, WE'LL MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT IN THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. WELL GOVERNED BY 24 CFR 570. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES. THAT'S NUMBER ONE IS PROVIDE A BENEFIT TO LMI PERSON TO PREVENT OR ELIMINATE SLUMS BLIGHT OR MEET THE URGENT NEED OF THE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE TWO CAVEATS THERE THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, UP TO 15% OF MUNICIPALITIES CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT HERE AS WE GO THROUGH

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ALL RIGHT. TWO UPDATES TO THIS. SO THERE ARE DUE TO THE IMPROVING ECONOMIC CONDITION OF PETERSBURG, TWO CENSUS TRACKS DO NOT QUALIFY SOLELY FOR CDBG FUNDING. THOSE ARE IN THE WALNUT HILL AREA AND THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE AREAS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO HAVE CDBG PROJECTS. SO I'LL GIVE A PRIME EXAMPLE IF I'M IF, PARKS AND RECS WANTS TO FUND A PROJECT AT LEGENDS PARK THAT'S GOING TO MEET THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY. SO OTHER, THE OTHER POPULATION OF PETERSBURG, PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN THE OTHER PARTS OR OTHER CENSUS TRACK USE LEGENDS PARK. SO GUESS WHAT WE CAN DO? WE CAN STILL FUND IT, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FUNDED UNDER THE PREMISE OF GATES OF HEY, WE'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR ALL THE LOW MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE IN PETERSBURG, NOT JUST THOSE TWO CENSUS TRACKS. SO IT'S A GIFT AND A CURSE. WHILE THE ECONOMIC CONDITION HAS IMPROVED, WE HAVE TWO CENSUS TRACKS THAT ARE NOT TECHNICALLY SOLELY ELIGIBLE FOR CDBG FUNDS. NEXT SLIDE CRITERIA FUNDING. ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE THE ACTIVITIES BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHAT WE CAN DO WITH CDBG FUNDS. ALL RIGHT NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. THESE ARE THE SUBRECIPIENTS FOR LAST YEAR. WE ALLOCATED A TOTAL OF $585,507.

THAT WAS APPROVED BY YOU I BELIEVE LAST JULY, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WAS TEN SUB RECIPIENTS FROM LAST YEAR. ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE I GUESS, THE GREAT REVEAL OF THE 2024 RECIPIENTS. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR SUB RECIPIENTS FOR 24. SO AS YOU SEE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICANTS WERE PUBLIC SERVICES 12 WITH ROUNDING UP THE REAR AS IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES AND HOUSING REHABILITATION AND THEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WAS LAST WITH ONE.

SO MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE PUBLIC SERVICE. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAD 21 SUB RECIPIENTS FOR THIS YEAR. NEXT ONE IF YOU DON'T MIND. THE REQUESTED TOTAL WAS FOUR POINT.

NOW KEEP IT UP PLEASE. $4.3 MILLION WITH THE LARGEST AMOUNT REQUESTED OF 1.5 MILLION.

UNLESS, CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE A GO FUND ME AND ADD TO OUR CDBG FUND, WE FELL SHORT OF THAT. SO THAT BEING SAID, $582,410 IS WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM HUD. SO WHOEVER REQUESTED 1.5 MILLION CAN'T DO IT. NEXT LEGAL ORGANIZATION INFORMATION. SO THESE ARE JUST THE JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE POPULATION OF OUR SUBRECIPIENTS. SO FOR THIS YEAR, 12 WERE NONPROFITS, FOUR WERE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. ONE WAS A CHURCH OR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, TWO WERE GOVERNMENT AND ONE A PIECE FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATION AND ONE OTHER. SO AS I SAID BEFORE, A LOT OF NONPROFITS ARE APPLYING FOR CDBG. NEXT SLIDE FOR THIS IS THE 2024 RECOMMENDATIONS. LIKE I SAID, OUR BOARD CAME UP WITH THIS AND THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL AT CITY COUNCIL. WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ALL AGAIN ON THE 18TH FOR YOUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. SO PLEASE TAKE THESE INTO CONSIDERATION. SO FOR THE NON PUBLIC SERVICES THESE ARE IT STANDS. THE BIGGEST RECIPIENT IS PARKS AND RECS AT 212,000. FOLLOWED BY OUR ADMIN FUND. AND PROJECT HOMES FOR A TOTAL OF $494,482. AND ONE THING WE DID DIFFERENT THIS YEAR WE DIRECTLY LINED THEM TO THE CDBG MATRIX CODES. ONCE AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO JENNIFER FOR ACTUALLY GETTING US THE RESEARCH AND MAKING US UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS AND YOU HAVE TO ALIGN THE ACTIVITIES TO A MATRIX CODES TO KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE WITH HUD GUIDELINES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE PUBLIC SERVICES RECOMMENDATION. WE WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. WE WANTED WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC SERVICES IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE, REALLY NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHO SHOULD RECEIVE WHAT. AND, YOU KNOW, DIVVY THAT DOWN. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE GAVE EVERY PUBLIC SERVICE, THE EXACT AMOUNT, WHICH IS 15% OF THE ALLOCATION. SO OUT OF THAT $582,000 THAT WE HAD TOTALLY, $87,000, 360 WAS 15% OF THAT ALLOCATION. SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT THAT NUMBER OF 87,360. SO EVERYBODY THIS YEAR WILL RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT. AND THE ACTIVITY CODES BASED ON WHAT

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NEXT SLIDE. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS ONE. AND I GOT TO THANK JENNIFER AGAIN, IS THAT WE HAVE A FULLY ONLINE APPLICATION. WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO, THE POSITION AS CHAIRMAN AND CAME ON THE BOARD, WE WERE HANDING AROUND PIECES OF PAPER AND GIVING PEOPLE BINDERS, DROPPING THEM OFF AT PEOPLE'S HOUSES FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS. WE ACTUALLY GOT A FULLY FUNCTIONAL ONLINE APPLICATION. THAT SMALL DATA OUTPUT OF BAR CHARTS ACTUALLY CAME FROM THAT. SO PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE FROM THEIR HOMES, UPLOAD THEIR DOCUMENTS, APPLY WITHOUT HAVING TO DROP A PAPER COPY THAT MAY GET LOST AND NOT MEET DEADLINES. WE ADDED THREE BOARD MEMBERS AS OF NOVEMBER. AS I SAID AGAIN, WE HAVE A FULL TIME CDBG ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN WE GAVE OVER 200 K TO PARKS AND RECS TO IMPROVE FARMER STREET AND SOME OF THE OTHER PARKS WHICH WILL COME ONLINE HERE, LATER THIS SUMMER AND LATER THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. WELL, CITY COUNCIL STAFF, THAT CONCLUDES MY MEETING, NOT MY MEETING, CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL STAND HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL , COUNCILMAN JONES, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I'M DOING WELL. COUNCILMAN JONES. CALL MY NAME OUT TWICE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT VOID. YES, SIR, PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, SERVICES.

THAT IMPROVES THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID? YES ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TRUMPS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO START WITH THAT FIRST. IT'S THE LAST THING I WROTE, AND I THINK IT'S SO FAIR. I THINK IT'S ADMIRABLE WHAT YOU DID THIS YEAR, WHICH IS PUBLIC SERVICE, EVERYBODY THAT APPLIED AND THAT NAME WAS ON THE LIST. EVERYBODY'S GETTING THE SAME THING. YOU'RE NOT PICKING AND CHOOSING, SAYING THIS ONE IS GETTING 10,000 MORE THAN THAT ONE, AND THAT ONE IS GETTING 5000 LESS. THIS IS SO FAIR. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. I, FOR THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PUBLIC, I WANT YOU TO TELL US, HOW DO YOU ADVERTISE ABOUT THIS GRANT? WHO CAN APPLY AND WHEN CAN THEY APPLY? THEN I GOT SOME MORE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. SURE. SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS HOW DO WE ADVERTISE? SO WE ADVERTISE VIA THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS.

WE ALSO ADVERTISE IN THE PAPER AS WELL. SO OUR CDBG ADMIN, WE WORK WITH HER AND I ONLY GET AGENDAS OUT, ON TIME. BUT WE ALSO WORK TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING OF NEED. SO I BELIEVE IN FEBRUARY WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING IN NEED THAT WAS ADVERTISED ON WEEKS IN ADVANCE THAT PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY COME TO AND PROVIDE INPUT. SO I WILL LET'S BACK WITH PLANNING FOR A SECOND.

RIGHT. SO TYPICALLY IN FROM DECEMBER TO ABOUT MARCH IS I CALL IT OUR HEAVY SEASON BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OF NEEDS, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER MEETINGS AS WELL WHERE WE ENGAGE SUBRECIPIENTS. SO WHAT WE DO IS NOT ONLY DO WE POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE NEWSPAPER, THAT PUBLIC HEARING NEEDS IS THE MAJOR TOUCH POINT TO HEAR. I THINK WE HAD OVER 50 PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR THAT ACTUALLY CAME. ALL ORGANIZATIONS WERE ALL TYPE ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO COME SAY, THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, THIS IS WHAT I NEED. SO THAT'S OUR MAIN TOUCH POINT IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH IS HOW WE GET IT OUT AND ALSO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT, YOU ALSO MENTIONED, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND DEMOLITION, WHICH IS THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT AND WE NEED HELP WITH GETTING A LOT OF THESE STRUCTURES KNOCKED DOWN THAT'S BEEN SITTING LIKE THIS FOR 20 YEARS, DILAPIDATED AND ALL ALONG HARRISON STREET, AND SOME IS IN SOME IN EVERY WARD. YEAH. I'M NOT GOING TO JUST PICK

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YEAH. AND THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE ANSWER I WAS GOING TO ALLUDE TO. SO, PUBLIC WORKS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY THEY'VE HAD THEIR ALLOCATION. THEY JUST NEED TO USE IT. SO IN THE PAST I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN ON, I THINK TWICE WE'VE FUNDED PUBLIC WORKS OR WHATEVER THE DEPARTMENT IS, THAT SLIPS ME TO FUND DEMOLITION . SO IT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. THEY JUST NEED TO APPLY AND WE GIVE EVERYBODY A FAIR CHANCE. WE OPEN THE APPLICATIONS, CLOSE LATE MARCH, SO WE TALK ABOUT APPLICATIONS OPENING UP IN JANUARY AND THEY HAVE UNTIL MARCH TO APPLY. SO DO WE APPLY TO. YEAH THERE'S FUNDING ALLOCATED TOWARDS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES TO ASSIST WITH BUILDING DEMOLITION AND CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET AND PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGETS THAT WE'VE GOT. WE'VE GOT TO SPEND THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE WE IF YOU DON'T SPEND IT ALL IN ONE YEAR, YOU HAVE A TIME PERIOD. YOU HAVE TO SPEND IT. AS LONG AS YOU MEET OUR TIMELINESS REQUIREMENT FOR OVERALL EXPENDITURES DURING THE YEAR AND THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE, IN THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION TO ASSIST WITH THAT. ALSO OKAY, SO MY LAST QUESTION IS YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU DID. I SAW IN THE LIST WHERE IT HAD, CDBG ADMIN AND I WAS $100,000, IS THAT FOR THE SALARY OF YOUR NEW ADMINISTRATOR, OR IS THAT FOR SPREAD IT OUT? AND HOW DO. I DON'T KNOW ME IT DON'T LOOK IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE APPLYING FOR OUR OWN GRANT TO PAY FOR STUFF. I DON'T I MEAN, EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. HOW HOW DOES CDBG ADMINISTRATION APPLY FOR A CDBG GRANT? SO SO THE FUNDING FORMULA ALLOWS EACH COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM SO IT CAN GO TOWARDS , THE SALARY OF OUR EMPLOYEE OFFICE SUPPLIES THE ADVERTISING OFFSET. YES. IT ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION, THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROGRAM. SO WE UTILIZE THOSE DOLLARS AS OPPOSED TO USING GENERAL GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE EFFORTS. ONE MORE THING. YOU ONLY HAD ONE CHURCH THAT APPLIED FOR IT. YES. OKAY, OKAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO, MAN. YOU'LL GET THAT PERSON THERE, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JONES, COUNCILMAN COUPLER, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. MR. ALTMAN, LET ME FOLLOW UP ON A COMMENT YOU MADE. THERE IS AN UNSPENT PRIOR ALLOCATION. FOR WHAT? CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND ALSO FOR DEMOLITION AS WELL. SO NOT NECESSARILY FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT , BUT THE IN THE PAST, WE'VE PROVIDED FUNDING. IF WE HAVEN'T SPENT IT ALL, WE CAN CONTINUE TO SPEND IT WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE WE HAVE TO REALLOCATE FUNDS. BUT THE EFFORT IS WE HAVE FUNDING. IN THE CURRENT YEAR, CDBG BUDGET TOWARDS FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM CDBG FOR DEMOLITIONS. AND THEN HERE IN, YOU HAVE IN YOUR PROPOSAL, $95,000 FOR DEMO WORK AND THIS PROPOSED CDBG BUDGET.

AND I THINK IN THE PAST, WE'VE ALLOCATED $100,000. IT I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY THE SAME AMOUNT, BUT I DO REMEMBER $100,000 WAS ALLOCATED. I THINK TWO YEARS AGO. SO WE'RE NOW AT JUNE 4TH OF 2024. IS THERE AN UNSPENT ALLOCATION FOR DEMOLITION? I'D HAVE TO LOOK IT UP, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IF WE HAVE AN UNSPENT WHAT THAT WHAT IF THERE IS ONE AN UNSPENT ALLOCATION TO WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND IT BY JUNE 30? BECAUSE THE KEY FOR HUD IS YOU HAVE A TIMELINESS REQUIREMENT IN MAY THAT YOU HAVE TO HIT FOR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE FUNDING EXPENDED. IF YOU HIT THAT, THEN YOU SOME PROJECTS CARRY OVER. SO IN SOME INSTANCES WE MAY SUPPORT PROJECT HOMES AND THE REHAB OF THOSE HOUSES GOES PAST A BUDGET YEAR. THAT'S WHERE THE TIMELINESS PIECE COMES IN WITH HUD. SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS, DON'T DISAPPEAR ON JUNE 30TH, LIKE WITH THE GENERAL FUND. THEY CAN BE SPENT THROUGH THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. YES BUT THE CITY CAN'T APPLY FOR, SAY, ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR DEMOLITION

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I, I MR. ALTMAN, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS? HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS, I THINK IT'S TIME TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, RATHER THAN THAN TALK ABOUT IT, MR. ALTMAN. SO THE QUESTION, I THINK, REALLY IS THE VACANCIES THAT ARE IN ONE THAT ARE IN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND FILLING THOSE, AND THEN THE DISCUSSION OF ADDING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. SO ONE, THE CLASS AND COMP STUDY WILL ADDRESS SALARY DISPARITIES WITHIN THE MARKET TO HELP RAISE THAT UP. THEN TO THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. YES, A FUNDING SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS COULD BE CDBG FUNDING. BUT THE SOUNDS AS THE COMMITTEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT SOURCE OF FUNDING OR THEY DON'T GET A BIGGER POP BANG FOR THE BUCK ON A PROJECT THERE. SO THEN WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT IF WE WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, HOW MANY WOULD WE WANT TO ADD AND WORK THAT INTO THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS? I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'VE GOT TO WORK ON FILLING THE EXISTING VACANCIES WE HAVE NOW AND GETTING US ESTABLISHED, STEADY WORKFORCE AND THEN BEGIN TO ADD POSITIONS OVER TIME. WELL I AGREE, THERE'S NO SENSE IN FUNDING ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IF WE'VE GOT THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE POSITIONS THAT ARE REMAINING UNFILLED. AND BUT, MR. ALTMAN, WE JUST GOT A WE GOT AN INCREASE THE RPM ON THIS CODE ENFORCEMENT . WELL SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BUT WE CAN ADJUST SALARIES. WE CAN REDUCE COSTS ON HEALTH INSURANCE, BUT WE CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE APPLY FOR THE JOBS. SO THAT'S WE'VE GOT A RECRUITMENT EFFORT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT ON HOW TO RECRUIT PEOPLE INTO DOING, AND HAVING DONE CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU'RE KIND OF LIKE THE BAD GUY. I MEAN, YOU'RE THERE, THE YOU'RE THERE, THE GUY OUT THERE TELLING EVERYBODY WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. AND THAT'S NOT EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA. SO IT'S GETTING PEOPLE TO APPLY. WE CAN'T CONTROL THAT PIECE OF IT. BUT WE CAN ADDRESS SALARIES AND ADDRESS THE INSURANCE TO MAKE THE POSITIONS MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE. BUT ALSO CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DOING THOSE JOBS SO THEY CAN GO OUT AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO GO OUT AND DO IT, ENFORCE IT, AND THEN MAKE THE MAKE MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH REHAB OR DEMOLITION, AND IMPROVE THE

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[8. Monthly Reports]

[9. Finance and Budget Report]

THAT WILL BE ACCRUED BACK TO THIS FISCAL YEAR, SO IN JULY AND UP TO AUGUST, WE STILL CLAIM MONEY FOR FY 24, EVEN THOUGH FY 25 HAS ALREADY BEGUN, AND THAT'S JUST SIMPLY DUE TO THE TIMING OF

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YEAH GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. PAGE I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. PAGE TWO SHOULD BE. YES, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT A TOTAL 88% OF ALL THE EXPECTED FUNDS, THERE'S A SPENDING FREEZE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, SO ONLY NECESSARY PURCHASES AND PURCHASES RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY ARE BEING APPROVED RIGHT NOW, SO THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. THERE'S STILL A REMAINING BALANCE AS OF MAY THE 31ST OF, 10 MILLION UNSPENT DOLLARS IS, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PAGE THREE. WE GO DOWN TO PAGE THREE. ONE MORE. YEAH.

THERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. THIS IS, ALL THE OTHER FUNDS, REVENUE CATEGORY. SO, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF JUST WHERE WE ARE, RIGHT, WE'RE WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF, THE ALL MOST OF THE MAJOR FUNDS ARE ON TRACK, RIGHT? MASS TRANSIT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE WAITING FOR FEDERAL FUNDS, AND WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT. AND THE TIMING OF RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS, BUT THAT IS THE ONLY OTHER GENERAL FUND THAT IS NOT ON THE ONLY OTHER MAJOR FUND THAT IS NOT ON TRACK RIGHT NOW, AND LASTLY, EXPENDITURES FOR THE OTHER FUNDS, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH TRACKING PRETTY GOOD THERE EVERYWHERE. STREETS, REVENUE WELL EXCEEDS EXPENSES. PUBLIC UTILITIES REVENUE WELL EXCEEDS EXPENSES, STORMWATER. WE DON'T HAVE MANY EXPENDITURES THERE, AND THEN DOGWOOD REVENUES EXCEED EXPENDITURES. ALSO AND FOR MASS TRANSIT, IT'S OVERALL 62, WHICH IS ON TRACK FOR THE YEAR AT THIS POINT, 92% OF THE YEAR IS DAIKON, WITH US BEING IN THE LAST MONTH OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, SO THESE, THESE NUMBERS ARE REALLY GOOD. AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL. SO I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS NOW. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR FINANCE. COOL. OKAY THERE BEING NONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. AS WE MOVE TO ITEM TEN CAPITAL PROJECTS

[11. Utilities]

HEY, HOW ABOUT THAT, WATER UTILITIES COMPLETED SEVEN WORK ORDERS LAST MONTH. WASTEWATER DID 18 WATER METER WORK ORDERS, 176 UTILITY BILLING, 289. THERE WERE 75 WATER TERMINATIONS, 168 NEW SERVICES AND 46 WERE READ AND LOCKED. SPEAKING OF WATER UTILITIES, THEY'RE OUT TONIGHT ON A WATER LEAK. THEY PREPARED A LEAK TODAY, DID A NEW TAP TODAY, AND NOW THEY'VE GOT A 16 INCH MAIN THEY'RE WORKING ON TONIGHT. SO THOSE GUYS ARE BUSY, MONTHLY UPDATE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES, EAST WASHINGTON STREET AND WEST WASHINGTON STREET, THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR MONEY REPAVED BOTH WAYS. AND NEW ROADWAY MARKINGS. THIS IS THE PAVING LIST. THE INITIAL PAVING LIST FOR NEXT BUDGET YEAR, BASED ON THE APPROVED FUNDING. BUT IT'S EAST FILLMORE STREET, SOUTH CRATER ROAD, MADISON STREET, BIRDSONG ROAD, JUST NOT THE WHOLE STREET. BUT THESE STREETS ARE PARTS OF THESE STREETS ARE GOING TO BE PAVED. COX ROAD, SEABOARD STREET, FERNDALE, SOUTH STREET, REEVES ROAD AND SOUTH SYCAMORE. AND BASED ON SPEAKING OF, VACANCIES AND OPENINGS, THE STREETS DIVISION HAS 14 VACANT POSITIONS, SO WE'RE OPERATING IN ABOUT 55. SO, TO YOUR POINT, VICE MAYOR, ABOUT PICKING UP TRASH, WE'LL MOVE THE INMATES OUT OF THE GRAVEYARD TOMORROW, OUT OF BLANFORD, AND GET TRASH PICKED UP ALONG CRATER AND THE AREAS YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

BUT WE WILL LOSE A DAY OF MOWING IN BLANFORD. AND THAT'S. THAT'S A PRETTY HOT TOPIC IN SUMMERTIME, TOO, FACILITIES DID AN ELECTRICAL SERVICE RECEPTACLE INSTALLED AT, PLEASANT LAKE PICNIC PAVILION, A HISTORIC AND ORIGINAL CAST IRON FENCE FROM THE, COMSTOCK CASTLE AT OLD HOSPITAL SITE WAS REMOVED AND PUT IN STORAGE. DEAD TREES REMOVED FROM POPLAR LAWN CENTRAL PARK. WE MET THIS WEEK WITH MISS SIDEWALK AND LADY. I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME. SHE WAS A

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CONSTRUCTION BID PHASE ABOUT TO BEGIN ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS TO INCLUDE NORTH WHITE HILL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. FLEETS BRANCH STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT IN WILCOX, DAM MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN ROLLED OVER INTO THE IMPROVED INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL GO ON.

THERE IS NO PATH FORWARD FOR SUCCESSFUL FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT. REVIEW APPLICATION APPROVAL, REESTABLISH THE SINKHOLE FOR THE CULVERT ON WEST BANK STREET AND ENGINEER FOR THAT PROJECT HAS SUBMITTED PLANS FOR OUR REVIEW. THEY SUBMITTED THEM 516 WE HAD A 30 DAY WINDOW TO REVIEW AND APPROVE OR DENY THOSE, EXTERNAL CONSULTANT HAS BEEN RETAINED TO SATISFY THE DCR REQUIREMENTS, ROUND FOUR APPLICATIONS BEING CONSIDERED BY DCR FOR AWARD OR WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN THE RUNNING FOR THAT. THE EPA DISPUTE THAT THE CITY WAS HAVING, HAS BEEN RESOLVED IN OUR FAVOR, AND A CONSENT DECREE WAS SIGNED BY ALL PARTIES, AND WE SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED THE CITY'S BAY ACT LOCAL IMPROVEMENT REPORT TO DEQ BY MARCH 15TH, AS THE DEADLINE IS REQUIRED, 95% OF ALL STORMWATER REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS COMPLETED WITHIN A TIME FRAME ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE. 41 STORMWATER SITE REVIEWS WERE COMPLETED IN 17.

STORM SOIL EROSION BUILDING PERMITS WERE REVIEWED AND COMPLETED, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. WELL THANK YOU, YOU GOT A QUICK QUESTION. HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE CURRENTLY WORKING AND HOW MANY VACANCIES DO YOU HAVE? I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. I CAN GET YOU THAT NUMBER. I'LL BE GLAD TO EMAIL IT TO COUNCIL OR EMAIL IT TO THE MANAGER TO DISTRIBUTE TO COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, HOLD ON. COUNCILMAN JONES. NO, I WAS LOOKING AT SOMETHING. I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES. I'M GONNA GET TO YOU. I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES RIGHT NOW, ALSO, SO YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD A. YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD THE INMATES WERE GOING TO BE WORKING AT THE CEMETERY. YOU SAID INMATES ARE WORKING AT CEMETERY. THE BULK OF THE MOWING AT THE CEMETERY IS DONE BY INMATES. YEAH, YEAH. AND SO AGAIN, WE'RE STREETS. IS IT AT AT HALF, HALF CAPACITY. THEY HAVE PEOPLE OUT PICKING UP GARBAGE, PICKING UP TRASH ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY. BUT IF THERE'S AREAS WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE, WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE THE INMATES OUT. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S THE MOST READILY AVAILABLE PEOPLE THAT CAN GO OUT. SO THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT FIXING POTHOLES, PATCHING STREETS, FIXING CURB AND GUTTER AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO WE CAN BRING THEM OUT OF THE CEMETERY. BUT WE'LL LOSE A DAY OF MOWING IF WE DO THAT. OKAY THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. MR. BARTLETT, HOW YOU DOING? I'M GOOD. SIR. YOU ALL RIGHT? CAN Y'ALL GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE ABOUT THE WORK ORDERS? GARRETT THANK YOU. WELL, HE'S GOING BACK TO THAT SLIDE. I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE QUESTION VICE MAYOR ASKED YOU. HE ASKED YOU HOW MANY EMPLOYEES YOU HAD WORKING FOR YOU. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE, 11 MONTHS. 11 MONTHS. AND BEFORE THAT, YOU WAS HERE BEFORE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. BUT YOU'VE BEEN HERE 11 MONTHS AND YOU CAN'T TELL US. AND THIS IS NOT BEATING YOU DOWN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I LET YOU KNOW THAT. BUT YOU CAN'T TELL US HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WORKING FOR YOU. NO. SURE, BECAUSE WE HAD AT LEAST ONE. WHY IS THAT? WE HAD AT LEAST ONE RELEASED TODAY. I BELIEVE THE PAPER. ONE OUT OF HOW MANY? AND IN FRIDAY. SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. I CAN GET YOU THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, SIR. YES, SIR, I AM. SO WHY CAN'T YOU TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE WORKING FOR YOU? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. WHY DON'T YOU KNOW? I ANSWERED 100 EMAILS THIS MORNING, SIR, I SPENT MY DAY OUT ON A WATER LEAK. WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS WITH TWO TANKS. WE'RE WORKING ON, SEVERAL MEETINGS, AND I DID NOT DO A HEAD COUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE I HAVE. DO YOU HAVE MEETINGS WITH YOUR PEOPLE? YES. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE OUT OF THIS WHOLE CITY. WE CAN ONLY DO SEVEN WORK ORDERS IN ONE MONTH. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL THAT CAME. THEY DID MORE THAN SEVEN. THEY DID. I WOULD BELIEVE IT BETTER IF YOU KNEW HOW MANY WORK FOR YOU. THEY DID MORE WORK THAN SEVEN. WORK ORDERS. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO BE DONE. SO WHY AM I LOOKING AT A NUMBER SEVEN? RIGHT HERE FOR WATER UTILITIES? WORK ORDER. THERE WERE SEVEN WORK ORDERS ASSIGNED TO THEM, AND THEY COMPLETED THOSE. BUT THEY DID MORE WORK THAN THOSE SEVEN WORK ORDERS. NOT EVERYTHING DONE IS BASED ON WORK ORDER. I THINK YOU NEED TO GROW A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PEOPLE. AND IN NO

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PROBABLY EIGHT FROM UTILITIES. THAT'S 22. I'D SAY WE'RE PROBABLY AT ABOUT A WE'RE ABOUT A THIRD DOWN FROM THAT. OKAY, I'M GONNA GET OFF THAT HORSE. I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT THING PAVING. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT PAVING, A LONG TIME AGO. RIGHT AND I'M SEEING STREETS GO TO THAT THAT SLIDE WITH THE PAVING ON THERE. NOW, THAT LOOK GOOD, THAT APPRECIATE THAT THAT THAT LOOK REAL GOOD. THANK YOU. BUT GO TO THE LIST, PLEASE. YEAH. SOME OF THOSE STREETS HAVE BEEN PAVED TWO AND THREE TIMES. AND YOU GOT BERKELEY MINOR, WHICH IS AN AREA WHO PAY HIGH TAXES LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT THIS IS A HIGH TAX PAYING AREA AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THE STREETS PAVED YET SINCE I'VE BEEN OUT THERE. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR 20 YEARS, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE STREET IN BERKELEY MINOR PAVED MAYBE NORMANDY, BUT THAT'S IT. AND I AND I GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT. AND WE NEED WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING IT ADDED TO THIS LIST AND YOU SAID YOU WERE LOOKING TO IT, AND IT'S NOT ADDED TO THAT LIST, AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT RIGHT NOW. I JUST WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. BERKELEY. MAN, I NEED PAVED. IT HADN'T BEEN PAVED SINCE IT'S BEEN BUILT. AND I APPLAUD THE AFTER YOU ASKED ME THAT QUESTION, I CAME BACK WITH A COST TO DO. THE AREAS THAT COUNCIL HAD ASKED FOR THAT NIGHT, AND THOSE WERE HIGHER THAN THE TOTAL FOR THAT WAS MORE SO THAN THE BUDGET, THE WHOLE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR. SO NONE OF THE STREETS LIKE THE ONE YOU JUST SAW, WASHINGTON, WOULD HAVE BEEN PAVED THIS YEAR HAD THAT BRING US BACK TO PRIORITIZING WHAT GIVE THESE STREETS MORE PRIORITY OVER OVER OTHERS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I ASKED FOR THIS THING A LONG TIME AGO. MR, MARCH. PART OF IT IS THE STREETS HAVE BEEN IN THE QUEUE FOR A LONG TIME, SO, WHAT YOU RUN INTO IS IF WE INSERT ALL THE, LET'S SAY, ALL THE STREETS IN BERKELEY MANOR WOULD PRETTY MUCH TAKE THE BUDGET. ALL THE BUDGET, ALL THE STREETS OFF. SO THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WAITING IN LINE TO GET THEIR STREETS PAVED, AND THEN IT WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW , WE IF WE GO IN AND INSERT STREETS AND KIND OF CUT IN, CUT IN LINE IF YOU WILL, THAT'S, THAT'S CREATES SOME PROBLEMS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH A PROCESS. THERE'S SOME WAYS THAT WE'VE GOT A CITY ENGINEER ON, ON BOARD NOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO FILL THAT POSITION FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND THERE'S SOME PROGRAMS THAT HE'S KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THAT MAY ALLOW US TO INCREASE THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN GET TO DO MORE PAVING EACH YEAR. AND WE'VE HE WE'VE ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT INSTEAD OF JUST ALWAYS JUST DOING COMPLETE REPAYS, DOING SOME SERIOUS LEGAL WHICH WILL STRETCH OUR DOLLARS AND GET MORE, MORE, MORE SURFACE DONE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY. SO SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO STRETCH OUR CURRENT DOLLAR, BUT ALSO SOME PROGRAMS TO LEVERAGE OUR DOLLARS TO GET MORE DOLLARS. AND SO JUST WE DON'T YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL ABOUT PRIORITIES. BUT STAFF DOESN'T WANT TO KIND OF CUT PEOPLE OFF THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING IN LINE FOR A WHILE. THAT'S ALL I AT ONE TIME, WE USED TO HAVE IN THIS CITY, A PAVING SCHEDULE. AND YOU WOULD SEE PAVING DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND ALL AREAS. AND NOW WE GOT A LOT OF STREETS, NOT JUST BRICK, BUT IN ALL THE WARDS ARE BEING NEGLECTED. YOU KNOW, AND IT'S AND IT'S SAD BECAUSE IT LOOK LIKE TO ME WE'RE JUST THROWING SOME STREETS OUT THERE TO, JUST TO SAY WE PUT SOME PAVEMENT DOWN. NOW I'M GOING TO GET OFF OF THAT HORSE. MY NEXT THING IS, THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT BUILDING THAT BUILDING IS A DISGRACE FOR OUR SAFETY. IT'S MISSING CEILING TILES. IT GOT MOLD GROWING IN IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WORKED, PEOPLE, SNAKES IN THERE, ALL KIND OF STUFF. SO WHAT KIND OF MODERNIZATION ARE WE DOING TO IT OTHER THAN TEARING IT DOWN? MR. BAILEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? TO PUT A DOORBELL ON IT. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO IT, I THINK IT'S.

TURN IT OFF. LET ME GET BACK TO THE SLIDE. IT'S GOT THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, THEY ARE DOING, PAINTING CARPET, NEW LIGHTING AND NEW FLOORING. OKAY. THANK YOU, AND THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, I BELIEVE, IS INSPECTED IN APRIL. CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH A COPY OF THAT REPORT, THAT SPRINKLER REPORT WITH THE DEFICIENCIES, NOT TODAY, BUT WHEN YOU CAN, MR. CITY MANAGER, TO GET IT TO ME. PARDON ME, BUT I'M OLD. IF I DON'T MAKE A NOTE, I'LL FORGET IT. OKAY. GET THAT.

YEAH. NEXT THING, REAL QUICK. WILCOX. DAM. I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ROLLED PAST THIS THING, BUT THE TREES ARE GROWING ALMOST TO THE S-CURVE, SO THE THAT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE IS WE HAVE ENGAGED. WE HAD WE HAD A GRANT, WELL, WE HAVE A GRANT. WE'VE ENGAGED THE TIMMONS GROUP TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO DO THE DAM RESTORATION. WE JUST CAN'T GO OUT THERE AND START CUTTING

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LEE. NOT THE ONE IN THE COURTYARD. NO I THINK IT'S LIKE THEY WANT TO, LIKE, DO A GARDEN.

AND. YEAH, I THINK WE HAD THEY SENT US PICTURES OF ONE BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS INSIDE THE COURT.

IT WAS INSIDE THE COURTYARD. THERE WAS AN ISSUE. SO AND. NO, YOU'RE DONE. THANK YOU, MR. ALTMAN, PLEASE GET BACK WITH ME ABOUT THE BIG SINKHOLE THAT'S ON BANK STREET. YOU KNOW WHERE THE OLD DMV USED TO BE? THE BIG. I COULDN'T HEAR YOU IN THE BEGINNING. THE BIG, THE BIG SINKHOLE THAT'S ON ON BANK STREET. YEAH SO THAT'S, UNFORTUNATELY, AS OUR, OUR FRIEND IN THE FRONT ROW KNOWS, THAT ONE'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND CURRENTLY THE OWNER IS WORKING TO GET THAT RESOLVED, AND THEY THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEIR ENGINEER TO GET THAT RESOLVED AND FIXED. BUT IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE KEEP PUSHING THE OWNER TO GET IT. GET IT RESOLVED AS MUCH AS WE CAN, THE STATE DCR HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED, AND I THINK WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP HERE SHORTLY TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN WITH EVERYBODY. AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE THEIR INITIAL PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO US ON THE 16TH FOR OUR REVIEW. SO I THINK BRIAN AND, WELL, WELL, FOR SAFETY MEASURES, WE NEED TO BE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO HELP PUSH THEM ALONG. WHEN WE'VE DONE OTHER PROJECTS WHERE WE HELP WORK WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WE NEED TO BE TRYING TO WORK TO GET THAT DONE RIGHT. OKAY THE INITIAL PLAN THEY SUBMITTED, DCR REJECTED THE DESIGN, SO THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND GET REENGAGE THEIR ENGINEER TO COME BACK WITH A BETTER DESIGN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BARLEY. APPRECIATE YOU.

ALRIGHTY FACILITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NO ITEMS. CITY MANAGER, AGENDA ITEMS. NO ITEMS,

[16. Business or reports from the Clerk]

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THANK YOU. I PLAN TO HOLD A WARD MEETING, AT THE POCAHONTAS HISTORIC CHAPEL ON JUNE 20TH AT 530. AND I'LL BE GETTING A NOTICE OUT ABOUT THAT. I'LL ASK HIM THE CLERK OF COUNCIL TO DO THAT. BUT SINCE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS ONLY TWO DAYS BEFORE JUNE 20, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE COME TO THE MEETING ON JUNE 20TH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, THE JARRETT HOUSE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT, THE, HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT IS NOW GOING DOWN. RALPH STREET AND HOW TO DIVERT THAT TO, A PATH THAT DOES NOT IMPOSE ON, THE POCAHONTAS COMMUNITY. WHAT'S THAT DATE AGAIN, JUNE 20TH AT 530 AT THE HISTORIC POCAHONTAS CHAPEL ON WHITTON STREET. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL. AND MR. VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JONES, YOU GOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT? YES. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. I LIKE TO LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I HAVE A WARD MEETING. WARD ONE MEETING, THURSDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2024 AT 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M. AT THE FINGERTIPS RESTAURANTS LOCATED AT 1600 EAST WASHINGTON STREET. AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT CAN WE DO AS CITIZENS IS THAT WE CAN DO ON OUR OWN WITHOUT WAITING FOR THE CITY TO DO FOR US. SO A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE AS CITIZENS THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO. I KNOW I STAY HARD ON THE CITY AND US ABOUT DOING THINGS, BUT THERE'S A LOT WE CAN DO ON OUR OWN. SO I INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN A RESTAURANT YOU NEVER BEEN IN BEFORE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HE'S WASHINGTON STREET NOW, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT IN THE FUTURE ON WHAT WE PLAN TO DO WITH IT. SO I JUST WANT TO WELCOME YOU GUYS TO THAT. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2024, PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL, MY DAUGHTER IS GRADUATING THIS SATURDAY WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO WISH THEM LUCK. AND Y'ALL SEE THESE GUYS? Y'ALL GIVE THEM SOME WORDS OF ADVICE. SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. THAT'S HOW I GOT HERE BY PEOPLE. DIDN'T GIVE ME NO MONEY, BUT THEY TALKED TO ME AND THEY GAVE ME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. AND THIS IS WHY I AM WHO I AM TODAY. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND WE WANT TO THANK THOSE YOUNG FOLKS AND SEE THEM ALL. WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, WE HAVE A, REPORT. WE HAD, GIANT OF A PERSON WHO PASSED IN OUR COMMUNITY, DOCTOR, COLONEL, DOCTOR. PORTIA TAYLOR, I'M GOING TO GIVE THE FLOOR TO, OUR ANNETTE SMITH. LEE WHO IS THE GOD, CHILD TO THE TO THE TAYLOR. SHE'S GOING TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION ON DATES. SO COLONEL PORTIA L TAYLOR, JUNIOR WAKE WILL BE ON JUNE THE 28TH AT 6 P.M. AT GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH. AND HE WILL BE FUNERALIZED ON JUNE THE 29TH, WHICH IS SATURDAY AT NOON AT GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OUR HEARTS AND MIND ON ONE. YES, SIR, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T ANNOUNCE.

PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT, MISS PAT HINES AND THE HALIFAX TRIANGLE JAZZ FESTIVAL GOING ON THIS WEEKEND, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER WILL BE VERY PERMITTABLE FOR THAT. EVERYBODY CAN COME OUT, ENJOY THEMSELVES, BRING THEIR CHAIRS, YOU KNOW, JUST COME OUT, HAVE A GOOD COMMUNITY, EVENT, I'M GLAD THAT MISS HINES PULLED IT OFF AGAIN WITH THE HELP OF EVERYBODY INVOLVED. I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYBODY, SO I'LL JUST CALL HER OUT, AND ONE OTHER THING, WARD SEVEN IS HAVING, TENTATIVELY PLANNING A MEETING AS WELL ON JUNE 20TH.

MORE INFORMATION TO COME. OKAY. JUNE 20TH. CAN YOU? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE STAFF AT TENTATIVELY BUT HE HAS HIS ON JUNE 20TH. SO YOU GOT OKAY. SO EVERYBODY GOING TO BE ALL OVER OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND ALSO JUNETEENTH WILL BE THE JUNETEENTH YEAH JUNETEENTH EVENT WILL BE ON JUNE THE 15TH AT THE PETERSBURG SPORTS COMPLEX. YES YES. THANK YOU. JUNETEENTH. WE CELEBRATE THAT ON THE 15TH AT PETERSBURG SPORTS COMPLEX. THANK YOU, I JUST REMIND OUR CLERK,

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BUT ALSO, I WANT TO, SAY THAT, WE ENJOY HAVING YOU HERE. WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I KNOW IT'S A LEARNING CURVE THAT WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH. SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING THUS FAR. WE APPRECIATE YOU WITH THAT BEING SAID, CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN? CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND BEEN MOVED IN PROPERLY SECOND THAT WE ADJOURN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY, HAS THE SAME RIGHT. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED . THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.