Mar 04, 2025 Regular Work Session

THAT CONCLUDES OUR CLOSED SESSION IS ADJOURNED. NEXT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE'RE READY

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COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. PRESENT. VICE MAYOR. HILL. HERE. MAYOR. PARENT. HERE. NEXT.

VICE MAYOR HILL WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. LET US PRAY. OUR GOD AND OUR FATHERS. ONCE AGAIN, WE COME BEFORE YOU, GIVING YOUR NAME, HONOR, PRAISE, AND GLORY. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF TODAY. NOW, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THIS MEETING AS WE DO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THIS CITY. HEAVENLY FATHER, BE WITH US, GUIDE US AND STRENGTHEN US. WE ASK SPECIAL BLESSINGS, BLESSING UPON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, HEAVENLY FATHER, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR EMS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS. COVER THEM. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR STAFF AND THIS COUNCIL. HEAVENLY FATHER, BE WITH US AND GUIDE US AND STRENGTHEN US. FORGIVE US OF OUR SINS IF WE BE EVER CAREFUL TO GIVE YOUR NAME, HONOR, PRAISE, AND GLORY. IT'S IN YOUR DARLING SON, JESUS CHRIST NAME WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. NEXT IS ITEM THREE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE. 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

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

[5. Public Comments]

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

THERE ARE NO ITEMS LISTED TONIGHT. ITEM EIGHT. MONTHLY REPORTS. NO MONTHLY REPORTS ON

[9. Finance and Budget Report]

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THE PROJECT, THE PORT CREEK OVERALL PROJECT INCLUDES THE ABANDONMENT OF THE EXISTING FORCE MAIN THAT GOES THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD WEARING REPLACING IT WITH A LARGER FORCE MAIN. THE REHABILITATION OF THE WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION, PORT CREEK PUMPING STATION, AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITIONAL THIRD PRESSURE ZONE FOR THE CITY, WHICH IS A HIGHER PRESSURE ZONE, PROVIDE BETTER WATER SERVICE TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES THE NEW WATER BOOSTER PUMP STATION, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT WALNUT HILL TANK. THE NEW WATER TRANSMISSION MAIN DOWN 301, AND THE NEW WATER STORAGE TANK, WHICH IS OFF NORMANDY DRIVE NEAR 95. SO LET ME SHOW YOU A FEW PICTURES HERE AND BRING YOU UP TO SPEED. SO THE WATER STORAGE TANK IS ABOUT 80% COMPLETED. THE PROJECT COMPLETION DATE IS OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR. THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT FROM A WEEK OR SO AGO. THE. WE'RE PROVIDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INSPECTION ON THIS CONTRACT. THE CONTRACTOR IS LANDMARK STRUCTURES. AND JUST TO KEEP YOU ABREAST OF THE FUNDING. THIS WAS A ALMOST A $7 MILLION GRANT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEDERAL. AND WE'VE GOT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT 5.8 MILLION. THERE'S 2.4 MILLION REMAINING. THE CITY CONTRIBUTION TO THIS WAS A MATCH OF 15.6%, WHICH THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THIS IS 1.2 MILLION. SO NEXT SLIDE HERE SHOW YOU SOME INTERESTING PICTURES OF THE CONSTRUCTION. THE INTERIOR OF THE OF THE OF THE TOWER THERE. THAT'S THE COLUMN FOR THE TOWER WHICH IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE TANK ON TOP. YOU CAN SEE THE INLET PIPE. THAT'S AN INLET PIPE OUTLET PIPE AND AN OVERFLOW PIPE THERE. AND THEN THE CENTER PICTURE UP TOP. YOU GOT A LADDER GOING UP WITH THE REST PLATFORMS FOR WORKERS TO REST. AS THEY'RE CLIMBING UP THE INTERIOR OF THE TOWER, AND THEN THE STEEL PLATES BEING WELDED TOGETHER THERE AROUND THE TANK WHERE THIS CONTRACTOR DOES IS VERY CLEVER. THEY BUILD THIS TANK, THE TOWERS CONSTRUCTED, AND THEY BUILD THE TANK AROUND THE TOWER. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO JACK THAT TOWER ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP OF THE TANK. AND THAT WILL BECOME THE WATER STORAGE TANK. YOU'LL SEE THIS IN A MOMENT. AND WE EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS. WE SAID YEAH, ABOUT THREE WEEKS. THAT SHOULD HAPPEN. AND SO WE SHOULD BE AN EXCITING TIME TO BE OUT THERE TO WATCH THEM JACK THIS TOWER UP. AND. YES, SIR. PARDON ME. I'LL GET YOU A SPECIFIC DATE, BUT IT'S ABOUT THREE WEEKS, SO WE'LL GET YOU A SPECIFIC DATE. I THINK JOANNE IS WORKING ON THAT. SO AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE THE TANK UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHILE THEY'RE POURING CONCRETE FOR THE DOME PORTION AND THAT TOWER AT THE MIDDLE. SO WE GOT A VIDEO HERE. THIS VIDEO WAS PREPARED BY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT JOANNE INTERNALLY TO THE CITY. AND SO YOU CAN WATCH WHAT'S SORT OF A BACKGROUND OF THE TANK AND HOW IT WAS BEING BUILT. EXCELLENT VIDEO. LIKE I SAID, PREPARED INTERNALLY. SO THAT'S THE TANK SITE, WAGNER ROAD.

JUST GIVE ME A. BREAK IN THE FEW OTHERS THAT I'VE MADE. SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

THEY BUILD THE TANK AROUND THE BOTTOM. THEN IT'S GOING TO BE ALL UP IN THE AIR TO PUT THE ROOF ON AND THE WALLS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE 2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER AVAILABLE FOR THE THIRD PRESSURE ZONE FEEDING THAT AREA, INCREASING WATER FOR THE CASINO AREA AS WELL AS THE PHARMACEUTICAL AREA SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR UTILITIES. THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS

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COMPLETION DATE IS JULY OF THIS YEAR. THE CONTRACTOR IS WACO. THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING. WE'VE STILL GOT A $4.3 MILLION TO SPEND ON THIS PROJECT. IT'S AT A WE'VE ONLY ONLY SPENT 1.5 MILLION ON IT SO FAR. AND YOU'VE SEEN THE WATER MAIN COME DOWN. 301 FROM THE WALNUT HILL TANK SOUTH UNDERNEATH THE CREEK THERE, THE BLACKWATER SWAMP. AND IT'S HEADING ON DOWN SOUTH AND IT'S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO WAGNER ROAD WHERE IT TIES IN. THESE PICTURES SHOW THE WATER MAIN ON 301 BEING INSTALLED. AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS THE WATER PUMPING STATION. THAT'S THE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE BLUE TANK IN THE BACKGROUND TO GIVE YOU SOME PROXIMITY RIGHT ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS FROM ABC DISTRIBUTORS. SO. I HIT THE RIGHT ONE, GARY. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. SO THERE'S MORE WATER PIPE THERE THAT'S STORED. ALL THE PIPE IS ON SITE. THE WATER PUMPING STATION WAS BEING BUILT. AND YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE MORE CONSTRUCTION THERE AS WE'VE BEEN MOVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE FOURTH MAIN PROJECT REPLACING THE FORCE MAIN THAT GOES ON THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD AND IS NOW GOING TO GO ON 301 NORTH. THAT THAT PROJECT WAS WAS BID. WE HAD TO REBUILD IT RE REBID IT THROUGH SOME COMPLICATIONS. WE LOST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME STILL OVERALL ON, ON ON SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE HAD FLUFF BUILT INTO THE SCHEDULE. SO IT'S COMPLETION DATE IS MAY OF 26. SO IT STILL HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO. WE HAVE NOT. THE CONTRACTOR WAS HAS BEEN SLOW GETTING STARTED. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS INVOLVED TRYING TO KICK THEM INTO GEAR WITH THE UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS. AND THAT CONTRACTOR IS MORGAN CONTRACTING. BUT WE BELIEVE THEY'RE THEY'VE GOT PIPE IN, WE'VE GOT SUBMITTALS IN. THINGS HAVE BEEN MOVING ALONG JUST NOT AS FAST AS ANYBODY WANTS IT TO.

BUT THEY'LL BE ON SCHEDULE WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, THE PUMPING STATION IS MUCH THE SAME. IT WAS PART OF THE REBID PACKAGE THAT WE HAD TO DO TO GET PRICES DOWN AND BACK WITHIN BUDGET, BECAUSE WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY BID, IT WAS OVER BUDGET. BUT WHEN WE SPLIT IT UP INTO TWO PROJECTS, IT WAS BETTER FOR THE CONTRACTORS AND WE DID MUCH BETTER. SO THIS ONE'S MOVING ALONG A LITTLE BIT FASTER. THEY ARE WORKING OUT THERE. WE'VE SPENT 172,000.

THAT'S ALL OUT OF THIS 8.6 MILLION LEFT TO. TO BID ON TO BUILD ON THIS PROJECT. SO IT'S MOVING ALONG. AND ANOTHER MONTH OR SO WE'LL WE'LL HAVE BETTER PICTURES OF THIS ONE BEING WORKED ON AND SHOW YOU. SO JUST IN SUMMARY, THE WATER TANK, THE WATER BOOSTER PUMP STATION, ALL THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN 2025 AS PLANNED. THAT ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO GET THE WATER PRESSURE THEY NEED FOR ALL THE NEW FACILITIES BEING BUILT. THE WASTEWATER PUMP STATION PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED IN 26, AND THAT THAT FITS INTO THE SCHEDULE. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO STAND BY THE FACT WE'RE WE'RE ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET STILL. EVERYTHING IS COMING IN ABOUT AS EXPECTED. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU MIKE, AS ALWAYS FOR THE UPDATE. AND I'M I'M JUST I'M VERY SURPRISED. I'M HAPPILY SURPRISED THAT THAT YOU KNOW, STAYING ON BUDGET, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE TARIFFS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S, THAT'S HITTING NOW.

BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION IS THAT SHOULD WE BE PREPARED TO BUDGET IN ANYTHING EXTRA? NOT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WITH THE AMOUNT OF MATERIALS THAT TAKE TO PULL A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE OFF. SO, SO JUST TELL US. SO JUST TELL ME. MOST OF OUR PIPES AND STUFF ARE AMERICAN MADE, RIGHT? YES. SO MOST OF IT IS AMERICAN MADE. AND AS A BUY AMERICAN CLAUSE IN EVERY CONTRACT AND THE MOST OF THE MATERIALS, EVEN THE PUMPING STATION AND THE AND THE PIPELINE THAT THAT'S THAT'S NOT A LOT OF UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE MOMENT. THE MATERIAL HAS BEEN ORDERED AND DELIVERED SOME OF IT AND IS READY. SO THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE LEAD LINE, LEAD TIME ITEMS. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS IT TAKES LONG. IT'S A BIG PIPE.

LONG TIME TO GET IT. BUT IT'S ORDERED AND READY TO GO. SO IT'S ALL DONE. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE MATERIALS WE NEED AND IT IS A BUY AMERICAN CLAUSE ON EVERYTHING, SO. OKAY. BECAUSE MIKE, AS I SEE THEM MOVING, YOU KNOW, FAST DOWN CRADLE ROAD. YEAH. ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE FEW COMPLAINTS I GET IS BECAUSE OF THEM HAVING TO OPEN UP THEIR WHOLE ON THE WHOLE, ALL THE WAY DOWN CRATER ROAD. HAVE WE FACTOR IN PAVING OF CRATER ROAD AFTER ALL OF THIS IS COMPLETE? IS THAT

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WELL, I'D SAY TECHNICALLY WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS. YES, WE HAVE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER LINE, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEWER LINE AND THE PUMP STATIONS THAT GO WITH THOSE TWO PROJECTS. MICROPHONE. PLUS THE NEW WATER TOWER. SO THE WATER TOWER IS A SEPARATE PROJECT. IT WASN'T. THAT WAS A SEPARATE POT OF FUNDING FROM US EPA THAT WE RECEIVED. SO REALLY WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND THAT THAT CORRIDOR THAT SERVES PHARMA AND THE CASINO AREA. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND THE WASTEWATER PROJECT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CLEAN WATER PROJECT.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DRESS UP A PIG ANY WAY WE WANT TO. I DON'T MAKE THESE THINGS UP. RIGHT. BUT. ALL RIGHT, SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE CALL IT WASTEWATER OR CLEAN WATER, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YES. WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DRINK IT. NO. RIGHT.

OKAY. SO THAT PROJECT, WHETHER WE CALL IT WASTEWATER OR CLEAN WATER, IS THAT THE POOR CREEK PROJECT? WE REFER TO THE ENTIRE PROJECT AS POOR CREEK. BUT YES, THAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE POOR CREEK PUMPING STATION. THE POOR CREEK WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION. RIGHT. IS THAT FACILITY ITSELF? BUT THE PROJECT WE REFER TO AS POOR CREEK, BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS USED TO POOR CREEK. IT WAS. AND THEN BEEN HEARING POOR CREEK FOR 20 YEARS. THERE WAS NO NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF IT. IT WAS THE FEELING AMONG THE STAFF. IS THAT THE SAME AS THE FORCE MAIN PROJECT? THE FORCE MAIN IS PART OF THE POOR CREEK PROJECT. SO THE FORCE MAIN IS THE PIPE. ACTUALLY, IT'S THE PIPE THAT LEAVES THE PUMPING STATION AND GOES TOWARDS SOUTH CENTRAL. I GOT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MY PLEASURE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS AGAIN, MIKE, FOR THE UPDATE. MY PLEASURE. MAYOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL. NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM A,

[11. Utilities]

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WE JUST DID RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH TRI CITIES OR TRI STATES FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. SO AS THIS SAYS, THE FLEET BRANCH RESTORATION PROJECT HAS KICKED OFF. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING READY TO KICK OFF ON THE STORMWATER SIDE. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM ALL THE STUDIES. WE'RE ACTIVELY PUTTING THESE INTO EFFECT AND MAKING PROJECTS OUT OF THESE RATHER THAN JUST STUDYING. AND THE STUDIES HAVE RESULTED IN US MAKING PROJECTS. SO WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF HEADWAY ON SOME OF THE STORMWATER. NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR MONTHLY REPORT. BUT ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. SO ONE ONE THING THAT ISN'T THERE IS THE MOUNTAINS OF SNOW THAT WE PUSHED. OH SORRY. YEAH. SO THAT THAT TOOK A LOT OF, OF OUR RESOURCES AWAY FROM DOING OTHER THINGS. SNOW REMOVAL. SO THAT WASN'T IN THERE, BUT THAT

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WELL, WE'LL HAVE WHEN IT'S UP. WE'LL WE'LL HAVE IT. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, I THINK AT YOUR WARD MEETING AND I MENTIONED CLOSING SOME OF THOSE CROSSINGS TO PROHIBIT THE LEFT HAND TURN OFF OF CRATER ONTO THOSE CROSS STREETS. AFTER THAT MEETING, I HAD A CITIZEN PUT ME IN A CORNER TO TRY TO WORK ME OVER ABOUT.

DON'T YOU DARE CLOSE MY CROSS STREET, BECAUSE THAT'LL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS THINKING, IN LIGHT OF THE EMAIL THAT YOU SENT TO TODAY OR YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS SITUATION, WAS WE MAY WANT TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS, BUT HAVE A MEETING IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET SOME CITIZEN FEEDBACK, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT LADY WORKED ME OVER PRETTY WELL. SO WE'LL HAVE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BRING FORWARD. WE LOOKED AT CLOSING THE MEDIAN BY PUTTING SOME OF THE BOLLARDS IN PLACE. NOT LIKE ACTUAL IN THE BEGINNING CONCRETING IT, BUT CREATING A BARRIER THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TURN TO PROHIBIT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THE LAST ONE OF THE LAST ACCIDENTS WE HAD WAS A RESULT OF A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC AND GOT GETTING HIT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT, SOME SHORT TERM ACTIONS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT. WELL, HOPEFULLY IF WE HAVE IT TO YOU HAVE IT DONE IN APRIL INSTEAD OF REPORTING OUT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THE PICTURES OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT IN PLACE AND YOU'LL ALL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. SO BUT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS ADDRESSING THAT AND LOOKING AT THAT. THERE'S, THERE'S THREE ROADS RIGHT THERE CONCURRENTLY WITH EACH OTHER THAT SEEM TO GET A LOT OF THAT CROSS TRAFFIC. AND HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THOSE TO LIMIT THE ACCIDENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING? WELL, THERE'S NO PERFECT SOLUTION. NO, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. ALL RIGHT. SO ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THAT OR. THAT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PUTTING IN THE INTERIM MEASURES IN PLACE, AND WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PLAN BECAUSE IN MY EXPERIENCE TOO, AS FAR AS TO ADDRESS ONE PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT AND IT WILL AFFECT MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO OCCUR.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, RATHER THAN JUST ADDRESS ONE PARTICULAR INTERSECTION. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WELL, WHAT SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE CAN HAVE THE TEMPORARY MEASURE IN PLACE. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. BUT WE KNOW COLLECTIVELY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS MOVEMENT HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT INTERSECTION AND WE MAY GET COMPLAINTS THERE. SO WE'LL BEGIN TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE. BUT OVERALL WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT STRATEGICALLY FROM A LONG, LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE. BUT WE CAN PUT SOME SHORT TERM MEASURES IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED. SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BRING TO COUNCIL AT OUR APRIL

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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. ALSO, CAN WE ALSO LOOK AT TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT MEASURES OVER THERE? GOING TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER. HAVING NOVO NORDISK OVER THERE NOW. AND WE PLAN ON HAVING A WHOLE LOT MORE TRAFFIC AND IT'S NOT WELL LIT AND. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THERE IS THEY THEY NEED SOME CROSSWALKS GOING FROM THE CIVIC SIDE OVER TO THE NOVO NORDISK SIDE. THEY TYPICALLY USE GOLF GOLF CARTS. THEY TRY TO GO ACROSS NORMANDY AND COME AROUND THAT CORNER. PEOPLE FLYING BY. THEY GET TO AMSTED RAIL AND OTHER PLACES BACK THERE. BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS BACK THERE JUST BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC HAS AT LEAST QUADRUPLED.

WHAT IT USED TO BE, AND THAT ROAD REALLY WASN'T MADE FOR THAT TYPE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. WE HAVE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT AS WELL AS THE THERE IS A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT'S GOING TO COME. THE CASINO'S REQUIRED TO PERFORM TWO AND IT'S WITH THE IT'S BROAD AROUND BRASFIELD PARKWAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SO THAT'S BEING DONE BY THE CASINO. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE PRIVY TO THAT. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS BASED UPON THAT. BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR, THAT THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT IF YOU WANT TO CALL ANOTHER MOVE UP THE PRIORITY LIST TO DO SOME KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THERE. I AGREE WITH YOU TO REMIND, WE HAVE THE PIPELINE STUDY THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN REEVES TO CRATER, GREAT REEVES AT CRATER ALL THE WAY UP CRATER TO WAGNER, THEN WAGNER DOWN TO NORMANDY. SO VDOT IS WORKING ON THAT TO LOOK AT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT NORMANDY AND WAGNER. BUT I THINK SHORT TERM, THE LIGHTING PIECE, WE CAN WORK WITH DOMINION TO SEE IF WE CAN LIGHT THAT INTERSECTION UP BETTER. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PROBABLY MORE STOCK IN THAT LEFT HAND TURN LANE. AND WE NEED A RIGHT HAND TURN LANE COMING OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT INTERSECTION AND THEN THE CARRY THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BACK TO BASICALLY WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THAT CROSSING BETWEEN NOVO AND CIVICA IS MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALL THE WAY BACK. PERFECT. AND ALSO WE'RE RUNNING UP ON BUDGET TIME TOO. WE JUST HEARD MIKE SAY THAT THEY'RE PAVING HALF OF CRATER ROAD. CAN WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT NUMBER IS TO GET THE OTHER HALF DONE? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION OVER THERE THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE ONE SIDE THAT'S THAT'S PAVED. AND THE OTHER SIDE IS WORN. NEXT, VICE MAYOR HILL. YEAH. VERY QUICKLY THREE THINGS. ONE, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT SYCAMORE STREET GOING NORTH AT. LORD HAVE MERCY. ANYWAY, I COME BACK TO THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF THE STREET RIGHT ACROSS STREET FROM MY SHOP. SO RIGHT THERE AT THAT, THAT LIGHT, THAT STOP SIGN RIGHT THERE, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY RUNNING. THAT STOP SIGN USED TO BE A LIGHT THERE, RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PUT A LIGHT BACK THERE OR NOT. WE'VE EVEN ENLARGED THE STOP SIGN AND THEY'RE STILL RUNNING THE RUNNING THAT STOP SIGN AS SOON AS THEY THEY THEY COME FROM WHERE DIXIE IS, IS THAT LIGHT? AND THEY JUST BOLT ON THROUGH. AND THAT'S EVERY DAY. ALL DAY. I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST SUMMERTIME.

IT'S EVERY DAY. ALL DAY. IF YOU IF I SIT THERE, I CAN COUNT AT LEAST 30 CARS IN AN HOUR THAT THEY JUST GO THROUGH THAT, THAT AREA RIGHT THERE. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS WHEN PEOPLE CROSS THE STREET. SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LIGHT RIGHT THERE. ALSO. WHEN TURNING LEFT, GOING NORTH, CRATER ROAD, WHEN TURNING LEFT ONTO ON THE BOULEVARD SOUTH BOULEVARD. OKAY. WHEN TURNING LEFT, THAT LIGHT IS ENTIRELY TOO LONG. MYSELF AND FOUR OTHER CARS JUST SIT THERE TODAY TRYING TO TURN LEFT, AND IT'S JUST ENTIRELY TOO LONG. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE CHANGES HAPPEN AT THE OTHER LIGHTS, AND I HAD TO GO AROUND AND GO AROUND, MAKE A U-TURN SO I CAN GO HOME. SO WE NEED TO CHECK THAT CYCLE. YOU SAID THAT'S THE ONE FROM SOUTH CRATER TO IF YOU GO NORTH IF YOU IF YOU I MEAN IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH I'M SORRY. SOUTH IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH WHEN YOU'RE TURNING LEFT LIKE YOU'RE GOING TOWARDS THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE. OKAY. RIGHT THERE. AND YOU SAVE A LOT

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SO IF YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY IT'S GOING TO BE IMMEDIATE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING GETTING THE SOUTH CRATER ROAD SIGNAL PROJECT BID OUT HOPEFULLY EARLY THIS SPRING AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY THIS FALL. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES ALONG SOUTH CRATER AND WAGNER ROAD. BUT I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT IN THE IN THE INTERIM. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LEAST WHAT IS PUBLIC WORKS GOING TO DO ABOUT ALL THIS TRASH. DOES THAT FALL UP ON YOU? YEAH. THE REFUGE IS UNDER UNDER MERIDIAN. YEAH. ALL ALL THE TRASH IS ALL OVER THE CITY. THIS HAS BEEN MY GRIPE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS AND GUYS, THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

ONCE YOU CALL THEM OUT AND THEY CLEAN UP. BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT COME HERE, THE MORE AND MORE TRASH THAT THEY COME. SOME OF IT BECAUSE IT GETS WINDY SOME DAYS AND THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER TRASH COMING OUT. BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE EVERYWHERE WE GO THERE'S TRASH EVERYWHERE. I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ALL THESE SIGNS AND THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT AMAZES ME HOW OUR CITY CAN TAKE UP PUBLIC OFFICIAL SIGNS JUST IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH THEY SHOULD. BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THESE ROOFING SIGNS AND DIABETES SIGNS AND SIGNS FOR THIS AND SIGNS FOR THAT, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEY DON'T NOBODY WANT TO TAKE THEM UP. I WANT ALL THE SIGNS TAKEN UP THERE AND THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND I JUST TALKED TO SOMEONE TODAY. THEY SAID WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY GOT A PERMIT TO PUT THOSE SIGNS. Y'ALL KNOW THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T GO DOWN THERE AND GET PERMITS TO PUT THOSE LITTLE YARD SIGNS THERE. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. AND THERE'S ONLY IN PETERSBURG. IF YOU GO TO OTHER LOCALITIES, YOU DON'T SEE ANY SIGNS ANYWHERE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE, THEY PICK THEM UP. THEY'RE PUBLIC WORKS. TAKE PICK THEM UP. SO I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO RIDE TO MY WHEREVER WE'RE GOING AND SEE ALL THESE SIGNS HERE.

I'M TIRED OF IT. AND I'VE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU GUYS ARE MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY FOR, FOR US TO BE GOING THROUGH ALL THIS. NOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE REALLY, REALLY NEED THIS DONE. WE NEED OUR STREETS CLEANED, WE NEED OUR AND I KNOW DMV TAKE CARE OF THE OFF RAMPS, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ALL THIS TRASH. NOW I GET THE PUBLIC WORKS. THEY CAME DOWN IN OLD TOWN AND THEY CLEANED UP A COUPLE OF COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND EVERYTHING WAS NICE. CAME BACK THERE THE NEXT DAY, TRASH EVERYWHERE. AND SOME OF THAT IS ON THE OWNERS, BECAUSE I HAD TO SEND SOMEONE THERE TO GET ONE OF THE BUSINESSES HAD TRASH STACKED UP EVERYWHERE AND PAPER WAS BLOWING EVERYWHERE. BUT WE HAVE TO GET A HOLD OF THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE MANY PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING TO THE CITY, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE KNOWN AS A FILTHY CITY. I KNOW THERE'S A PLAN, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PLAN. NO, I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN, AS FAR AS FOR WHAT I WOULD CALL WAS, WOULD BE THE DERELICT SIGNS THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THOSE ARE ILLEGAL BECAUSE THEY CAN PLACE THOSE ON THE PUBLIC PROPERTY AS MUCH AS THEY WANT TO. BUT IT WOULD JUST TAKE AN INITIATIVE ON OUR PART TO WHEN WE SEE THEM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THEM, RATHER THAN WAIT AND TRY TO CALL SOMEBODY AND SAY, PICK IT UP.

BUT THAT'S GOT TO BE A PLAN THAT WE'VE GOT TO INITIATE. SO I ONE OF YOUR, ONE OF YOUR NOT TO CUT YOU OFF. ONE OF YOUR WORKERS WAS WORKING IN THERE. HE WAS PICKING UP ON GRAHAM ROAD AND I JUST PULLED OVER. I SAID, MAN, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE SIGNS. AND HE SAID, IF I GET AUTHORIZATION TO PICK HIM UP, I'LL PICK HIM UP. BUT NOBODY'S TOLD ME TO PICK HIM UP, SO I CAN'T PICK HIM UP. SO I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS OR WHATEVER. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS RIGHT THERE PICKING UP, BUT HE WASN'T PICKING UP THE SIGNS THERE. AND YOU ALL KNOW WHEN YOU COME OFF THAT EXIT THERE, LIKE 5 OR 6 OF THEM THERE. YEAH, I AGREE, I AGREE WITH YOU. I MEAN THAT'S WE DO I GUESS AS FAR AS FOR A DIRECT AUTHORIZATION, BUT WE DO HAVE A DIRECTIVE THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR SIGNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT ARE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, YOU KNOW, THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A SUPERVISOR OR SOMEONE TO AUTHORIZE THAT. THEY SHOULD THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THEIR EVERYDAY TASK IS TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THAT. SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF, YOU KNOW, FOR MEANS AND METHODS. AND AS FAR AS THE DIRECTIVE TO STAFF, OKAY, WHAT ABOUT THE EVERYDAY TRASH OR WHAT HAVE YOU. GO AHEAD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CREATING A THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, A CREW, OR LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND HELP US DO THAT. WE'VE GOT OUR GUYS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE ROTATE THEM AROUND THE CITY RIGHT NOW. AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE COULD BE HERE ONE DAY AND THEN MOVED AND THEN THAT GETS TRASHED THE FOLLOWING DAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING SOME PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BODIES, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH CONTRACT OR THROUGH HIRING, TO HAVE MORE OF A PRESENCE AND MORE PLACES TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT CLEANED UP. AS FAR AS THE SIGNS, I'LL GIVE NAOMI'S CREW A CREDIT. FRIDAY. I

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ALL YOU DO NEXT IS ITEM 12 STREETS. THAT WAS IN THAT WAS THE STREETS FACILITIES. NO ITEMS

[15. City Manager's Agenda]

WHAT I WOULD JUST MY COMMENT THIS EVENING, MR. MAYOR IS EVERYBODY ALL OF OUR CITIZENS LOOK OUT TOMORROW. TOMORROW AFTERNOON WE HAVE SOME REALLY BAD WINDS AND WEATHER COMING THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL TORNADOES. SO EVERYBODY KEEP AN EYE OUT OF THE SKY AND BE WATCHFUL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND HOPEFULLY NOTHING HITS US. BUT THERE ARE CALLING FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. EVERYBODY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAN, GET ONE TOGETHER. I'M SURE THE GENTLEMAN AGAINST THE BACK WALL THERE CAN HELP YOU FIGURE OUT SOME OF THAT. I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY IN PUBLIC. WORKS IS ALREADY READY FOR WHAT MAY BE COMING TOMORROW, BUT I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THAT KIND OF OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. WE MAY HAVE BAD WEATHER TOMORROW. REALLY BAD WEATHER. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT

[16. Business or reports from the Clerk]