Jul 02, 2024 Regular Work Session

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RIGHT IT IS 5:00, AND WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AT THIS TIME IS HILL. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COUNCIL MEMBER JONES.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS. HERE COUNCIL MEMBER. VICE MAYOR. HILL. HERE. MAYOR PAM. HERE.

SIR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. NEXT ITEM IS OUR OPENING PRAYER. VICE MAYOR HILL WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. LET US PRAY. OUR GOD AND 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 BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING. HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING UPON THIS WEEK. THIS COMING UP, HEAVENLY FATHER, 4TH OF JULY. HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD KEEP US FROM ALL HURT, HARM, AND DANGER. HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE VISIT AND GO TO AND FROM WHAT NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS THAT IT BE A JOYOUS OCCASION. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON THIS COUNCIL, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES. HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD TAKE US TO HIGHER HEIGHTS AND DEEPER DEPTHS IN YOU . HEAVENLY FATHER, LET THERE BE NO DISSENSION AMONGST US.

HEAVENLY FATHER, IF WE DISAGREE. HEAVENLY FATHER, LET IT, LET US DISAGREE PEACEFULLY. WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE, AWAY ON VACATION AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM AS WELL. I ASK SPECIAL BLESSING UPON COUNCILMAN ANNETTE SMITH LEE. WHO'S NOT FEELING WELL ON TODAY. WE ASK THAT YOU GIRD HER UP, HEAVENLY FATHER, AND HEAL HER BODY. IT'S IN YOUR NAME THAT WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. NEXT IS ITEM THREE. CAN EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEDGE OF 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. NEXT IS ITEM FOUR, DETERMINATION OF A

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

[5. Public Comments]

ALL RIGHT, FIRST WE HAVE, CRAIG TUCKER. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I, THE PRESIDENT OF A NEW FOUNDATION INCORPORATED. WE ARE A NONPROFIT IN THE CITY, AND OUR MISSION IS COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT. WORKING WITH OUR CITY LEADERS AND OUR OTHER GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I COME TO THANK MY COUNCILWOMAN, MISS ANNA SMITH LEE, PERSONALLY FOR THE FUNDS AND YOU, COUNCIL, FOR PROVIDING US THE FUNDS TO IMPROVE OUR PARK ON FARMER STREET. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE NOW. IT'S LOOKED BETTER. I INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME BY AND LOOK AT IT. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL PERSONALLY FOR LISTENING TO US AND PROVIDING US WITH THE FUNDS TO FIX OUR PARK FOR THE CHILDREN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MISS TUCKER. AND COULD YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR ME? JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT'S, 1215 MCKENZIE STREET, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NEXT IS, MR. OTIS HILL. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MISS HILL, I DID WANT TO RESPOND TO, TANG HILL, THEY HAD A PICTURE THAT WAS COPIED. ABOUT A LOCAL PARK BY THE NAME OF CAMERON PARK . AND IT'S RIGHT ON THE CROSS STREETS OF GRAHAM HAM. GRAHAM, I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WHERE THAT IS. THAT PICTURE THAT WAS SENT, IT WAS ACTUALLY A FEW PICTURES SHOWED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL HOLES IN THE PAVEMENT AND ON THE TRACK FIELD THAT WAS RIGHT AROUND, THE GRASS AREA. THERE'S CRACKS. THERE'S HOLES, THERE'S ROOTS THAT ARE COMING UP ALL OVER. AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO WALK THROUGH. SO I'M HOPING THAT PERHAPS SOMEONE CAN GO OUT AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND PERHAPS FIX AND ATTEND TO THESE CRACKS SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN ATTEND THE PARK AND GO ON WALKS SAFELY. IT REALLY DOES NOT LOOK

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THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. HILL, NEXT IS MISS GENEVIEVE. LAURA HEY, FOLKS. GENEVIEVE.

LAURA, 19, GUARANTEES STREET. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT, SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE JUST BRIEF COMMENTS, RECENTLY, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY WITH, INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, AND THEY WERE SHARING ABOUT THE NEED FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT PSH IS A REALLY IMPORTANT, PROGRAM IN WHICH THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO LIVE COMPLETELY BY THEMSELVES ARE ABLE TO HAVE SUPPORT SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR OWN RESIDENCE. SO THIS SUPPORT INCLUDES FUNDING SUPPORT, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES A CASE MANAGER WHO'S ABLE TO ASSIST THEM. WELL, SHE WAS SHARING WITH ME THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS IN THE REGION. THEY HAVE THE FUNDING, THEY HAVE THE FUNDING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR DOZENS MORE PEOPLE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE APARTMENT CAPACITY, AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND LANDLORDS WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM. SO THE REASON I BRING THIS TO CITY COUNCIL IS THAT OTHER LOCALITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS PART OF THEIR PLANNING PROCESS OR ZONING, PERHAPS, WHERE WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN, THERE IS AN ALLOCATION FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THAT'S PART OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PETERSBURG SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER. THERE IS A NEED FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE, AND THERE IS A GROWING NUMBER OF APARTMENTS. I JUST RECENTLY READ THERE WERE MORE COMING TO PETERSBURG, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT, BUT WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED ARE GETTING THE SUPPORT AND SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR LANDLORDS. THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE THEIR RENT AND THERE ACTUALLY IS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN PLACE THAT PROVIDES FUNDING. IF THERE ARE DAMAGES TO THE PROPERTY, ETC.

AND THERE'S SOMEBODY CHECKING IN ON THIS INDIVIDUAL, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT THERE.

AND SO IT'S NOT LOSING ANYTHING FOR THE LANDLORD OR PROPERTY OWNER. AND IT REALLY DOES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PLANNING CAN LOOK AT, ZONING, WHOMEVER IT IS, I JUST URGE YOU TO DO SO AND TO INVESTIGATE THE NEED FOR REQUIRING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS. ANYTIME THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, NEXT WE

[6. Approval of Consent Agenda]

JUNE 25TH MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT, COUNCILMAN CUTHBERT LEFT THE DAIS, BUT HE DID NOT LEAVE THE STAGE, HE REMAINED 5 OR 6FT BEHIND ME, BEHIND THE CURTAIN DURING THAT MEETING AND DID NOT LEAVE THE BUILDING UNTIL AFTER COUNCIL ADJOURNED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCURACY TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE MINUTES. OKAY ALL RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE THE MINUTES OF JUNE 18TH, 2024. CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION MINUTES, JUNE 25TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES TO INCLUDE COUNCILMAN CUTHBERT, BEING, BEHIND THE CURTAIN FOR THE FOR THAT MEETING AND THAT DID NOT ACTUALLY LEAVE THE BUILDING, NEXT IS ITEM B, A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT SECTION TWO, ONE, 93 OF THE PETERSBURG CITY CODE PERTAINING TO STAFF IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY. FIRST READING ITEM C, A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE VIRGINIA OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR LIFE GRANT CARRYOVER FUNDS FROM FY 24 TO FY 25. BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $135,183.36. ITEM D A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN APPROPRIATION TO CARRY OVER THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM FUNDING FROM FY 24 TO FY 25 BUDGET. FIRST READING ITEM E A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE APPEAL BY VICTORIA GLASER, APPLICANT AND OWNER OF 104 MARSHALL STREET TAX PARCEL 022260001. ON THE DECISION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF A FENCE LOCATED WITHIN THE POPLAR LAWN HISTORIC DISTRICT. ITEM F A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE AMENDMENT AND RE ADOPTION OF ARTICLE THREE

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AND WE HAVE ITEM H, WHICH IS A REQUEST TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION TO CREATE AND TRANSFER INITIAL FUNDING TO THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND. FIRST READING THE ITEM I, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF FIRE PROGRAMS. AID TO LOCALITIES FOR FY 20 FOR THOSE ITEMS. FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. VICE MAYOR HILL.

SO MOVED COUNCILMAN MYERS SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MISS HILL, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER? MYERS, VICE MAYOR HILL. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES I MAYOR PERRY. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. HI. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN, WHICH ARE SPECIAL REPORTS. ANY ITEMS FOR TONIGHT? SPECIAL REPORTS I NO, SIR. MR. MAYOR, NO ITEMS THIS EVENING UNDER SPECIAL REPORTS OR MONTHLY

[9. Finance and Budget Report]

[11. Utilities]

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. BARLEY, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. SIR GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR.

COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. STATUS FOR UTILITIES DIVISION. THERE WERE 21 WATER UTILITY WORK ORDERS DONE. THERE WERE 28 WASTEWATER WORK ORDERS DONE, 242M WORK ORDERS DONE, 307 BILLING WORK ORDERS, INCLUDING 90 TERMINATIONS, 163 NEW SERVICES AND 54 READS AND LOCKS.

A MONTHLY UPDATE FROM STREETS. SIGNAGE HAS MOVED. COUNCIL'S REQUEST LAST MONTH ON SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD SOUTHBOUND, THERE'S A BRIDGE CLEARANCE WARNING SIGNED VEGETATION WAS REMOVED IN FRONT OF THAT, AND THE BRIDGE CLEARING WARNING SIGN WAS MOVED ON DEFENSE ROAD, EAST WASHINGTON STREET AT SLAGLE AVENUE, THERE'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE. TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS KNOCKED DOWN.

APPARENTLY THERE WAS A WRECK ON THE 22ND. TOOK OUT THE CONTROL BOX FOR THE LIGHT. SO THE LIGHT WAS OUT OF SERVICE, IT TOOK THEM ABOUT THREE DAYS FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO GET THAT BACK UP, STREETS RESPONDED THAT NIGHT AT 1 OR 2:00 IN THE MORNING, PUT OUT STOP MANUAL STOP SIGNS AND TO FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY, STREETS ALSO IS WORKING ON ROADSIDE VEGETATION REMOVAL ON JEFFERSON STREET BETWEEN EAST WITH AND EAST WASHINGTON DEFENSE ROAD BETWEEN BAYLOR LANE AND SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD AND BANISTER ROAD AT DEFENSE ROAD, AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR POWHATAN AVENUE TO DROP INS AND CATCH BASINS TO BE INSPECTED AND CLEANED. CURB AND GUTTER BE INSPECTED AND CLEARED OF ANY OBSTRUCTIONS. VEGETATION STREET SWEEPING WILL OCCUR BETWEEN SOUTH BOULEVARD AND JOHNSON AVENUE AND BACK TO THE VEGETATION REMOVAL. WE HAVE GENERAL MANAGER STREETS IS IN CONTACT WITH, JAMIE AT THE GOLF COURSE. HE HAS CERTIFIED PEOPLE THAT CAN SPRAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH HIM TO GET SOME SPRAYING DONE AND GET AT LEAST ONE OF OUR PEOPLE TRAINED, MAYBE TWO. SO LASTLY, FACILITIES AND GROUNDS IS BUSY, UNION TRAIN STATION HAD INSTALLED A RENTAL AC UNIT, FISCAL MANAGEMENT. THE REMODEL IS IN PROGRESS OF THE BREAK ROOM AND PRINT ROOM, SOUTHSIDE DEPOT, AC, AC REPAIRS, CATCH BAND AND RETURN CITY HALL ANNEX AC UNITS BEING INSTALLED.

PETERSBURG LIBRARY, SPRINKLER SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED. GRASS MOWING WILL BE REMOVED. POPLAR PARK, WESTOVER AVENUE SPORTS COMPLEX, A.P. HILL, FLANK ROAD BALLPARK, CAMERON FIELD, MOUNT VERNON PARKING LOT, FARMER STREET FIRE STATION, MCKENZIE STREET PLAYGROUND, FARMER STREET PLAYGROUND, ALBERT JONES FIELDS, OLD SOCIAL SERVICES VOTER REGISTRATION. OLD TIMMONS PARKING LOT. NORTH BOULEVARD SIDEWALKS, OLD HOSPITAL PARKING LOT. THE OLD TRAIN STATION, POCAHONTAS PLAYGROUND, MARTIN LUTHER KING BRIDGE, JEFFERSON STREET PLAYGROUND, FORT ROSS, PATTON PARK, ALSO, THE AC WAS REPAIRED AT BLANFORD CHURCH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY REPAIRED A DRAIN PIPE UNDER A SINK IN THEIR CLINIC AND SPORTS COMPLEX, REPAIRED SEVERAL BROKEN DRAIN PIPES IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM, STORMWATER. THE DRAINAGE STUDY IS STILL PROGRESSING. DATA COLLECTION IS WINDING DOWN AND MODELING PHASE HAS BEGUN. THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS ONGOING ON. SORRY THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS ONGOING ON, I LOST NORTH HILL. NORTH WHITE HILL,

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THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR. BAILEY. AND, ALSO, I WANT TO THANK I DON'T KNOW IF I SAW IT UP THERE OR NOT, BUT YOU ALL JUST REPLACE LIGHTS AT, GRAHAM ROAD AND SYCAMORE STREET. I KNOW GRAHAM ROAD AND CRATER ROAD. I BELIEVE THAT'S I BELIEVE SO, YEAH. RIGHT. YES, YES. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS THAT CRATER ROAD. AND WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT, THAT, THAT OTHER ROAD WHICH IS THE NEXT LIGHT UP. VICE VICE MAYOR HERE. NO, NO. WHERE YOU HAVE THAT BESIDE CRATER SQUARE. MAREK. MAREK. OKAY. RIGHT. MARK, I NOTICED WE HAVE THOSE TWO SETS OF NEW RED LIGHTS THERE, BUT WE STILL HAVE AN ISSUE THAT I ALWAYS WONDER HOW WE CAN FIX. ALL RIGHT. EVEN WITH THE NEW LIGHTS. AND THAT'S THAT. IF YOU OWN CRATER ROAD, MOST TIME WHEN I'M THERE, SITTING AT THAT LIGHT ON CRATER ROAD AND THAT RED, RED LIGHT, IT'S NEVER ANY TRAFFIC GOING THERE. AND IT RUNS A COMPLETE CYCLE BEFORE IT CHANGES. IS IT POSSIBLE TO, TO GET THE, THE STRIPS ON THERE THAT NOTIFIES WHEN THAT LIGHT NEEDS TO CHANGE INSTEAD OF JUST GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL, LIGHT CYCLE? BECAUSE I WAS HOPING WHEN THEY REPLACED THEM THAT WE WOULD GET SOME OF THOSE, SENSORS AS TO SIMILAR AREAS THAT WE HAVE ON CRATER ROAD, THAT WE'RE JUST NOT SITTING THERE WAITING FOR TRAFFIC, THAT MOST OF THE TIME DO NOT COME. I'M WRITING. OKAY I WILL CHECK WITH OUR STREETS FOLKS TOMORROW AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR HILL. YEAH, SO I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER EARLIER TODAY. JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHAT IS THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR THE CURVE? AND YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT AS FAR AS SPRAYING, NOT SPRAYING IN PEOPLE'S YARDS, BUT ACTUALLY SPRAYING, SPRAYING THE CURVE. AND GETTING WHAT IS THE PLAN? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF WEEDS EVERYWHERE. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN? WE'RE MEETING WITH JAMIE THIS WEEK TO SCHEDULE THE TIME FOR OUR STAFF TO WORK WITH HIS STAFF TO START SPRAYING.

HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK I CAN'T PROMISE THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK IF WE GET THE SPRAYERS AND THE HERBICIDES AND IN BY THEN. SO PROBABLY TWO OF OUR PEOPLE AND ONE OF HIS TO GO OUT AND WORK TOGETHER. SO, ARE WE CUTTING AND SPRAYING OR ARE WE JUST SPRAYING. WHAT ARE WE DOING? I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH STREETS FOLKS AND SEE, NO, I KNOW WE PLAN TO SPRAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I AND I GUESS ON A CASE BY CASE, IF IT'S HIGH ENOUGH THAT WE NEED IT AND THEN IT SPREAD. I MEAN, IT'LL BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF YOU CAN DO THAT, OKAY? BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET GET ON THAT. AND THEN ALSO, I DO KNOW, MR. ALTMAN, I DO KNOW WE NEED TO CALL, THE STATE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE ATTENTION TO OUR, EXIT AND ENTRY RAMPS, WE'VE GOT TO WE GOT TO GET ON TOP OF THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE, LIKE, 4 OR 5 MAJOR AREAS COMING IN AND COMING OUT OF THE CITY. BUT SOME OF THEM, THEY NEED SOME ATTENTION. AND I KNOW VDOT, THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT, BUT AS THEY COME INTO THE CITY, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE ON BECAUSE OUR GATEWAYS NEED TO BE, PRIORITY. SO PLEASE, TAKE CARE OF THAT, LIKE IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY THANK YOU. NEXT, WE GO TO COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU, MR. BARLEY. YEAH. RANDALL AND GAVE HIM A DAY OFF, I DON'T THINK. I DON'T THINK HE'S GOT ANYTHING TONIGHT. I KNEW MONEY HADN'T SPENT IT ALL YET, SO. OKAY, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO ASK. HE PROBABLY NEED SOME OF YOUR MONEY. YEAH, I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIGHTS, LET ME START WITH THAT. FIRST, THE SAME THING THE MAYOR SAID VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING ABOUT LIGHTS. RHYS ROAD IS ANOTHER ONE. RHYS ROAD AND CARTER ROAD. YOU SIT THERE FOREVER. AND THEN WHEN IT CHANGES, IT CHANGES FOR LIKE FIVE SECONDS AND IT'S GOING BACK TO, ANOTHER TWO CYCLES, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIGHTS, I'M STILL INTERESTED IN THE LIGHTS IN BERKLEY MANOR ON OLD WAGNER ROAD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. MR. MAYOR, MR. CITY MANAGER AND THE LIGHTS AND THE NEWBURGH MANOR SUBDIVISION. YES. THAT'S GOING OUT TO OLD WAGON ROAD IS DARK AS WELL. YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE SO. YES SIR. SO AS WE TALKED, THE LIGHTS ON, WE'LL CALL IT THE FRONTAGE ROAD. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT OUT. THEY'RE OUT.

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AND THE ONE THAT WAS THERE AND NOT THERE ANYMORE. YEAH. THAT'S NOT ON RYAN'S HOME THAT THAT IS ON US ON DOMINION. OKAY. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. SO MY NEXT QUESTION, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE WHERE YOU DID THE, THE VEGETATION. WHEN HE LOADS IT. RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. SO FIRST I'M GONNA ASK WHAT KIND OF VEGETATION DID YOU REMOVE, THE GRASS AND WEEDS ALONG THE CURB, ALONG THE CURB LINE, ALONG THE STREET. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE CURB AND EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE SIDEWALK. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. SO JEFFERSON STREET, I WANT YOU ALL TO VISUALIZE JEFFERSON STREET BETWEEN EAST FIFTH STREET AND EAST WASHINGTON STREET. THEN WE GOT DEFENSE ROAD BETWEEN BAILEY'S LANE AND SQUIRREL LEVEL ROAD. THEN WE GOT BANNISTER ROAD AT DEFENSE ROAD. NOW I'M NOT A I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING IT DONE, BUT THESE ARE STREETS. THERE'S HARDLY EVER TRAVEL COMPARED TO. NOW GO BACK TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WHERE YOU FIXED ON EAST WASHINGTON STREET. GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE PART. PARDON ME, PART OF WHAT WE DID ON DEFENSE ROAD.

WELL LET'S GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE FOR WEEDS AND GRASS I MEAN I KNOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING OKAY. HANG ON. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT THERE. NOW, ALONG THAT CURB IN THAT FIRST PICTURE, THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT. GOT UP ON THOSE STREETS, RIGHT? THAT THAT THAT, THE VEGETATION IS ALONG THE CURVE. RIGHT? THAT WAS SOME OF WHAT WE GOT. SOME OF WHAT WE GOT WAS. AND I DON'T HAVE THE PICTURES WITH ME, BUT THERE WERE, LIKE, SHRUBS AND STUFF THAT WERE OUT OVER THE EDGE OF THE CURB INTO THE ROADWAY. MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF OUR VEHICLES GOT SCRATCHED UP BY IT ON, I THINK, I BELIEVE WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHAT I WANT TO SHOW EVERYBODY HERE IS OUR MAIN STREETS, AND I THINK THE VICE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED THIS BEFORE OUR MAIN STREETS, AND IT'S NOT BEING DOWN ON YOUR EFFORTS, BUT OUR MAIN STREETS, WASHINGTON AND CRATER AND EAST WASHINGTON AND EAST WITH GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN JUST TO MAIN STREETS WHERE EVERYBODY COMING TO THIS CITY.

AND THE FIRST THING THEY SEE IS THAT THEY DON'T TRAVEL DOWN DEFENSE ROAD AS MUCH OR BANISTER ROAD AS MUCH. I MEAN, WE KNOW WE NEED TO GET THAT STUFF UP, BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON OUR MAIN STREETS WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE CITY AND LEAVING THE CITY, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SEE. IMAGERY IS EVERYTHING, AND THEY DON'T TRAVEL THOSE BACK ROADS LIKE THAT A LOT. THEY TRAVEL THESE ROADS ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT US TO WHEN YOU DO THIS NEXT TIME, SHOW US THEM BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, SO ONE I'D SAY, YOU'RE RIGHT. AND PART OF THAT IS, MR. BAILEY'S CREW WORKING WITH MR. FAGIN. JAMIE, FAGIN'S CREW AT THE AT THE GOLF COURSE. HE HAS A CERTIFIED SPRAYER THAT CAN SPRAY AND KILL THE GRASS. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO. WE WANT TO GET SOME OF THE FOLKS IN PUBLIC

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LET'S, MY NEXT QUESTION IS JUST. CITY HALL. NOPE. SOUTH SIDE DEPOT. WE INSTALLED THE AC THERE , I THINK WE INSTALLED A PORTABLE UNIT AT SOUTH SIDE DEPOT WAITING ON THE PARTS TO FIX THE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED ONE. I BELIEVE. AND UNION STREET TRAIN STATION. WE RENTED A AC UNIT FOR THAT. RIGHT? RIGHT CITY HALL. DON'T HAVE ONE. IT'S BEING INSTALLED. IS IT INSTALLED YET? IT'S THE ANNEX. THE CITY HALL ANNEX. AND. AND YOU GOTTA REMEMBER MY REPORT'S GOT TO BE IN LIKE, TWO WEEKS PRIOR. SO LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT. I ASSUME THAT IT'S DONE. NO, BUT I CAN'T CONFIRM. BUT YOU JUST GAVE A REPORT SAYING IT'S BEING INSTALLED. IT'S NOT INSTALLED YET. AGAIN, THIS IS AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO. HE HAD TO SUBMIT THE REPORT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M JUST GOING OFF WHAT HE SAID. HE SAID IT'S BEING INSTALLED BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU TOLD US THAT UNION STREET, YOU RENTED ONE SOUTH SIDE IS INSTALLED. CITY HALL ANNEX IS BEING INSTALLED, WHICH TELLS ME IT'S NOT INSTALLED YET, BUT IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF IT. RIGHT? AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO, WHEN I HAD TO SUBMIT THIS, IT WAS BEING INSTALLED. I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY'VE COMPLETED THAT YET. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE, BUT I HAVE TO CONFIRM IT. MR. BAILEY, WHAT YOU JUST. YOU YES. IT'S REQUIRED TO BE IN TWO WEEKS AHEAD. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TIME FRAME OF I'M GETTING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS. JUST. JUST LISTEN, YOU SAID AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT WE'RE HERE TODAY, TWO WEEKS LATER, AND YOU'RE TELLING US AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO IS BEING INSTALLED.

YOU DIDN'T CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S INSTALLED YET. AND I'M GETTING SOMEWHERE, EVERYBODY, BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX. AIN'T NOBODY IN THE SOUTH SIDE DEPOT, AND AIN'T NOBODY IN THE UNION STREET TRAIN STATION. AND THEY GOT AIR CONDITIONING KEEPING WALLS COOL. THIS IS WHERE I'M GETTING AT. WHY IS IT BEING INSTALLED AND WHY IS IT TWO WEEKS AGO? AND WHY HAVEN'T WE CHECKED TO SEE IF THESE PEOPLE GOT AIR CONDITIONING IN THERE TODAY BEFORE YOU GOT UP AND SAY IT'S BEING INSTALLED? THIS IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT, Y'ALL. THIS IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. AND DON'T TAKE IT THE WRONG WAY. BARTLEY. I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ANYWAY, BUT HERE'S THE THING. I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZING, JUST LIKE WE DO IN THE BACK STREETS OVER THE MAIN STREETS. JUST LIKE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX. THEY DON'T MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU MAKE. THEY COME HOME PROBABLY FROM NO AIR CONDITIONING OR PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, AND THEY GOT TO COME TO A HOT, HOT DOG ON PLACE TO WORK. COME ON. WE JUST WANT TO CARE FOR THEM. LIKE, COME ON, THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, MISTER. I DON'T NEED NO EXCUSES, MAN. I, I JUST I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT THAT WE GOT TO PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE. AND THEN WE DID GOOD. WE GAVE THEM RAISES. WE CUT THE INSURANCE IN HALF. BUT IT'S HOT AS HECK OUT THERE. AND I BET YOUR OFFICE IS COOL. AND I BET ALL OF OUR OFFICES RELATIVELY, THERE'S A FAN IN THERE, BUT IT'S RELATIVELY COOL. YEAH, WELL, YOU GOT A FAN, BUT THEIRS IS BEING INSTALLED IN TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS BEING INSTALLED AND WE DON'T KNOW TODAY IF IT'S INSTALLED OR NOT. AND SOMEBODY WORK 9 TO 5 TODAY. HOT AS HELL. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. AND THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. WE JUST YOU'RE DOING IT. LISTEN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. JUST KEEP ON DOING IT TILL YOU GET IT BETTER. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. THANK YOU, MR. BRADLEY. OKAY ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. ALSO, ONE ONE LAST THING. I WANT, BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER, MR. BAILEY, TO CHECK INTO AS WELL IS FOR ON FOR 60. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FATALITY OUT THERE ON 460, AND LIGHTING IS TERRIBLE ON 460. CAN WE LOOK AT SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO AT LEAST TO GET SOME LIGHTS COMING INTO THE CITY? BEING IS SO DENSELY POPULATED DOWN IN THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU HAVE HAVE PEOPLE WALKING, TRYING TO CROSS 460 TO TRYING TO CROSS A BUSY HIGHWAYE AND YOU REALLY CAN'T JUDGE THAT TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC REALLY CAN'T SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO CROSS. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN INVEST INTO LIGHT UP THAT 460 CORRIDOR. YES TO DO SOME CROSSWALK LIGHTS. WE IF YOU ALL

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[14. Economic Development]

[15. City Manager's Agenda]

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. WE ARE REVISING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, AND WE JUST RECENTLY KICKED IT OFF. SO I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE NOW AND THE TIMELINE FOR THE FUTURE. SO BACKGROUND WE JUST ADOPTED OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WITH THAT WE JUMPED RIGHT IN WITH THE BERKELEY GROUP, THE CONSULTANTS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT. WHAT'S IN THAT PLAN THROUGH THE KICKING OFF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE UPDATE, I DID JUST REAL QUICK WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ZONING IS BEFORE I HOP IN, WHAT WE ARE DOING SO FAR. SO ZONING IS WHAT GOVERNS HOW WE DEVELOP OUR LAND PHYSICALLY AND WHAT KINDS OF USES YOU CAN HAVE. FOR EXAMPLE, IT CAN SAY HOW TALL YOUR HOUSE CAN BE OR WHERE YOUR FENCE CAN BE LOCATED. IF YOU CAN OPERATE A BUSINESS OR WHAT USE YOU CAN HAVE ON YOUR PROPERTY SO THAT ARE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF WHAT ZONING CAN DO FOR PROPERTIES IN PETERSBURG. THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AT THE SAME TIME. AND THAT TELLS US HOW WE CAN REGULATE LAND, HOW IT'S DIVIDED, HOW IT'S ASSEMBLED, HOW BIG A BLOCK CAN BE IF GREEN SPACE MIGHT BE REQUIRED WHEN YOUR SUBDIVIDING AND BREAKING DOWN PROPERTY AND DOING A NEW DEVELOPMENT, OR IF THERE MIGHT BE STREET DESIGN STANDARDS FOR WHEN YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING MAYBE LIKE STREET LIKE REQUIREMENTS, SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS AND SO FORTH FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. SO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUTLINED MULTIPLE STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE UPDATE TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. AND OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. SO I JUST LISTED A FEW HERE. OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATED THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE AND CREATIVE REUSE OF DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW HOUSING AND NONTRADITIONAL AREAS. WE SHOULD LOOK AT REDUCING PARKING MINIMUMS AND REQUIRING BIKE RACK INSTALLATION OR CREATING AN OVERLAY DISTRICT TO REGULATE THE USES AND DESIGN OF OUR GATEWAYS AND GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS AND THEN SUPPORT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. AND THIS GRAPHIC HERE SHOWS WHAT THAT IS. IT IS HOUSING TYPES THAT YOU DON'T USUALLY SEE THAT HAVE KIND OF DISAPPEARED OVER TIME. YOU SEE OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE CITY. YOU SEE OUR HIGH RISE OR OUR APARTMENT BUILDINGS IN THE CITY, BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT IN-BETWEENS THAT ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT AFFORDABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, WHETHER IT'S A DUPLEX, WHETHER IT'S A TOWNHOME, MAKING SURE WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE IN OUR ZONING. SO WE HAD OUR KICKOFF WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM, MY STAFF AND THEM. WE MET ON APRIL 29TH. REALLY JUST START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO ENGAGEMENT, START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY ANY CONCERNS WITH WHAT WE HAVE EXISTING THAT DOESN'T ALLOW ALIGN WITH STATE CODE AND GET INITIAL FEEDBACK GOING TO GET STARTED. WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME ENGAGEMENT SINCE THEN. WE WENT TO THE JUNETEENTH POP UP AND WE DID A POP UP EVENT WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT ACTUALLY. I WAS SUPER EXCITED FOR THE AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT WE GOT THERE, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD TWO FOCUS GROUPS IN TANDEM WITH THAT ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE TALKED WITH FIRST CITY STAFF. AT ONE MEETING AND THEN ANOTHER MEETING, WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL DEVELOPERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, GREATER PLANNING DISTRICT, AS WELL AS THE MAIN STREET ORGANIZATION. HERE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE BOARDS THAT RESULTED FROM OUR ENGAGEMENT EVENT ON JUNETEENTH. WE GAVE THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT IS A HIGH PRIORITY VERSUS A LOW PRIORITY FOR THEM WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND IT WAS GREAT. WE EVEN HAD CHILDREN GET INVOLVED, WHICH IS SUPER FUN. WE JUST KIND OF REPHRASE THE QUESTIONS IN A WAY THAT MADE IT UNDERSTANDABLE TO THEM. AND THEY WOULD JUST SAY, YES, THAT'S IMPORTANT OR NO, THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO ME. AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND WE'RE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH SOME OF THE FREEBIES THAT WE PROVIDED. WE HAD PETERSBURG WATER BOTTLES THANKS TO AIR, THEY LET US USE

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SO WHAT DO YOU WANT? OUR SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO LOOK LIKE? OUR MIXED USE DISTRICT AND SO FORTH. SO PLEASE DO TAKE THE TIME TO TAKE THE SURVEY TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCESS. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MISS ADMARC. NEXT WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN JONES, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELL, THANKS. I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOU AND THE TEAM COMING DOWN TO EAST WASHINGTON STREET FOR THE TREE PROJECT. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND RESOURCES THAT CAME WITH YOU, GO BACK TO THE ENGAGEMENT SLIDE.

THIS ONE. OKAY SO IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THAT EVERYTHING ON HERE IS HIGH PRIORITY. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PRIORITIZE THAT? IF EVERYTHING ON HERE IS A HIGH PRIORITY THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE. SO WE ARE LOOKING WE JUST WANT TO SEE, AS YOU CAN SEE, REDUCING PARKING REQUIREMENTS. WE SORT OF GOT A MIXED RESPONSE ON THAT ONE. WE GOT MOST PEOPLE SAYING THAT'S IMPORTANT BUT SORT OF A MIXED RESPONSE. SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP US KIND OF SEE WHAT ARE PEOPLE GOING TO WANT TO SEE IN THE WRITTEN RESULTS. AND WE CAN DO ALL OF THESE THINGS. WE JUST WANTED TO GET FEEDBACK. ARE THESE THINGS IMPORTANT TO YOU? OKAY, SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND THE PEOPLE IS SPOKEN THAT ALL OF THIS IS HIGH PRIORITY AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ALL. OH, IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME TOO. I'M EXCITED TO MOVE ALL THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S ALL I GOT. AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE BOARDS. WE HAD ANOTHER ONE WITH FEEDBACK TOO, THAT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. OKAY. VICE MAYOR HILL, HOW ARE YOU DOING, JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE EVENT THAT WE HAD ON THAT DAY WAS VERY EXCITING. YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY ENGAGING. YOUR TEAM DID A GREAT JOB WITH INTERFACING WITH EVERYBODY. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO THE BOARD BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE IT WAS A LINE THERE. BUT THE MAYOR JUST CUT EVERYBODY AND JUMPED UP AND SAID, I'M GOING TO FILL OUT THE BOARD. I SAID, WELL, YOU ONE OF THE POLICYMAKERS, YOU GOT TO FILL OUT THE BOARD. BUT HE SAID, I'M GOING TO PUT MY STICK UP HERE TOO. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT. YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD ON I WAS JUST TRYING TO LOOK, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE MISSING FOR OUR YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT. I'M PRETTY SURE YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS RIGHT HERE COVERS MOSTLY EVERYTHING, BUT IS ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, THINK OF OUT OF THE BOX RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO CAPTURE? SURE. I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY EMPHASIZING DESIGN. THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE WANT TO SEE OUT OF THIS ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE, SOMETHING THAT EVEN WITH A VARIETY OF USES, IT'S GOING TO FRONT THE STREET. IT'S GOING TO BE ATTRACTIVE AND ACTIVE AND MAKE PETERSBURG JUST AN ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT. SO RIGHT NOW YOU MIGHT GO ON A QUARTER, QUARTER LIKE CRATER ROAD AND SEE THERE'S PARKING IN THE FRONT, THE BUILDINGS REALLY FAR SET BACK.

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[16. Business or reports from the Clerk]