Mar 18, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting

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RIGHT. THE CLOSED SESSION MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. NEXT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED WITH OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR MARCH 18TH, 2025. IT

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MAYOR. PERRY. HERE. NEXT. VICE MAYOR HILL WILL LEAD US IN OUR OPENING PRAYER. LET US QUIET OUR HEARTS. OUR GOD AND OUR FATHER IS 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 WILL BLESS THIS MEETING, HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT IT MAY BE FRUITFUL TO YOUR NAME AND TO THE CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG AND EVEN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. WE ASK THAT BLESSING UPON THIS COUNCIL IN A SPECIAL WAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE VICTORIES THAT WE HAVE WON, AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR HANDS UPON EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE OF US.

LORD, WE ASK THY BLESSING UPON OUR CITY MANAGER IN HIS ABSENCE AS HE RECOVERS FROM HIS ILLNESS.

HEAVENLY FATHER, BE WITH HIM, GUIDE HIM, AND STRENGTHEN HIM. WE ASK THAT BLESSINGS UPON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR EMS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS. BE WITH THEM AND PROTECT THEM. LORD, WE ASK A SPECIAL BLESSING UPON ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THEM AND GUIDE AND STRENGTHEN. LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU BE WITH US IN THE MIDST OF THIS MEETING AND BLESS US. LET THERE BE NO CONTENTION AMONG US OR AMONG THE CITIZENS.

HEAVENLY FATHER. QUIET OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE FOR THIS CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE VICTORIES WE'VE WON, BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREATER IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. IT'S IN YOUR DARLING SON JESUS NAME. WE PRAY AND WE THANK YOU. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. ALRIGHT. NEXT. CAN EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN 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

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MUCH. THANK YOU.

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AT THIS. TIME. I'M VERY PROUD TO.

BE. HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. GOOD, GOOD. ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

YES, YES. THANK YOU. HEY, EVERYBODY. I JUST ASKED BILL. COULD COULD COULD HE MAKE IT A COUPLE MORE YEARS TO 50. SO I'M SO I'M HOPING HE'S GOING TO ACCEPT RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF US. RIGHT. RIGHT NOW A FEW MORE YEARS TO 50 I WANT I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR THIS. YES. IT WAS AN UNEXPECTED ALL THIS I JUST WANT TO SAY REAL QUICK THAT IT'S BEEN A JOY TO WORK FOR THE CITY. I'VE WORKED WITH A LOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE, A LOT OF CITY EMPLOYEES, A LOT OF WHO ARE GONE NOW. I MET A LOT OF RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY THAT I ENJOYED WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I KNOW SOME OF YOU, UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET ALL OF YOU, BUT IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO WORK AND THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, MAYOR.

NEXT WE HAVE ITEM FIVE D PETERSBURG TRANSIT MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE UPDATE FROM DARIUS MASON WITH PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT. DANIELLE MCCRAY AND SARAH SIRIANO WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYEES. PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW PLAN AIMED AT IMPROVING SERVICE AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE KIMLEY-HORN AND DRPA PARTNERS STAKEHOLDERS.

PAT HAS A PROJECT KNOWN AS THE PETERSBURG AREA TRANSIT MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE REPRESENTATIVES FROM KIMLEY-HORN WHO WILL PRESENT THE PRESENTATION, AND AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, THEY WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE A TRICK TO. THIS? OKAY. NOW I WANT YOU TO.

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WE ALSO HAD PRINTED MATERIALS AND LEVERAGED MANY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS AND THE WEBSITE TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS EFFORT. THIS NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU AN UPDATE OR GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE NUMBERS. WE HAD OVER 270 INTERACTIONS WHEN WE WERE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE WENT TO THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION CENTER. WE WERE AT THE HOPE CENTER FOOD PANTRY, AT THE WALMART ON CRATER ROAD, AND AT SOUTH PARK MALL. REALLY TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC ON TRANSIT SERVICE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. WE DISTRIBUTED OVER A LOT OF MATERIAL. WE'LL JUST SAY A LOT OF COLLATERAL, A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EFFORT. THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WERE REALLY CRITICAL TO THIS EFFORT. I MENTIONED THE ORGANIZATIONS WE CONNECTED WITH. THOSE ARE LISTED HERE VIRGINIA WORKS, CRATER HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HEALTH DISTRICT, AND ALSO THE DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES. THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AND PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THEIR CONSTITUENTS REALLY WERE LOOKING FOR. ONE UNIQUE PARTNER THAT WE FOUND VALUABLE, THAT PAT STAFF AND ALSO OUR PROJECT TEAM ENGAGED WITH WERE THE EMT PROVIDERS. THOSE ARE NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS. IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT GROUP OF PROVIDERS, AS THERE IS A HIGH NUMBER OF NON-EMERGENCY TRIPS DOCUMENTED IN THIS AREA. A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE USING EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION TRIPS, AND SO WE FOUND THAT TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS. AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THOSE SIX COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS THAT WE FOUND VERY VALUABLE TO OUR PROJECT TEAM. ALL OF THIS LED TO OVER 500 RESPONSES FROM CUSTOMERS AND POTENTIALLY FUTURE CUSTOMERS IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY. SOME TAKEAWAYS THAT WE HAVE ON THE NEXT SLIDE GIVES YOU A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT WE WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC. FIRST OFF, HANDS DOWN TO PAT THE SERVICE, A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM RIDERS AND CUSTOMERS WAS THAT THE SERVICE IS REALLY VALUABLE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LIFELINE TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE IT.

AND SO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY VALUE THE SERVICE. THERE IS A DESIRE FOR EXTENDED SERVICE HOURS ON THE WEEKENDS AND ALSO A DESIRE FOR SUNDAY SERVICE AND AN APPETITE FOR IMPROVING FREQUENCY TO YOUR LARGE EMPLOYMENT FACILITIES AND ALSO GROCERY STORES, AND A DESIRE FOR MORE INFORMATION. WHERE IS MY BUS? WHAT TYPE OF ROUTE IS MY BUS TAKING? MAYBE BY PAPER FORM AND ALSO DIGITAL FORMAT? AND THERE ARE EFFORTS UNDERWAY CURRENTLY TO IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION. THE NEXT SLIDE CONTINUES. THE AMOUNT OF TAKEAWAYS OR HIGHLIGHTS FROM ENGAGEMENT BEING ONE IS BUS STOP ACCESSIBILITY. ACCESSIBILITY. THE CLOSER A BUS STOP IS, OR IN AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THAT BUS STOP, THE MORE LIKELY PEOPLE ARE TO USE THE BIG BUSSES OR THE FIXED ROUTE VERSUS USING THE PARATRANSIT SERVICE.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE WHERE BUS STOP INFRASTRUCTURE IS PLACED. A STRONG DESIRE FOR ATTRACTING AND RETAINING PAT STAFF AND ENCOURAGING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE CURRENT STAFF TO RETAIN EMPLOYERS WHEN THEY COME ON BOARD. AND THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH APPRENTICESHIP AND YOUR LOCAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS THAT ONE WOULD NEED TO WORK AT PAT AND REALLY DEPLOY THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. SARAH IS NOW GOING TO GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS. SO COMBINING THE GREAT WORK FROM THE ENGAGEMENT EFFORT WITH A REVIEW OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND DISCUSSIONS WITH PAT STAFF, THERE WERE SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS WAYS TO IMPROVE THE PARATRANSIT OPERATIONS, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS UPDATING THE ADA PARATRANSIT ELIGIBILITY APPLICATION. IT'S CURRENTLY ONLY IN A PAPER FORMAT, AND SO AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT FOR THAT APPLICATION, AS WELL AS STREAMLINING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS TO MAKE IT MORE

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AND THEN FINALLY, MANY FOLKS THAT THAT USE THE SERVICE ARE NEEDED FOR CERTAIN TRIPS, BUT MAY BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FIXED ROUTE BIG BUSSES FOR OTHER TRIPS. AND SO PROVIDING A TRAINING THAT HELPS PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE SERVICE MAY ALLOW SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT RELY ON PARATRANSIT FOR SOME TRIPS TO USE FIXED ROUTE SERVICE, AND THAT FREES UP MORE SPOTS FOR OTHERS THAT NEED THE SERVICE, AS WELL, AS IT PROVIDES GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE ABLE TO USE THE FIXED ROUTE SERVICE. SO RECAPPING ON NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED, THIS WAS THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS. AND WE'RE MOVING INTO THE ACCESSIBILITY GAP ASSESSMENT, WHICH WILL LOOK AT BOTH THE FIXED ROUTE AND PARATRANSIT SERVICE AND WHERE THAT SERVICE IS BEING PROVIDED, AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO THE DESTINATIONS THAT THEY THAT THEY NEED TO GET TO. AND SO WE'LL BE REGROUPING AFTER THE END OF THAT. THERE'LL BE MORE ENGAGEMENT AND THEN PRESENTING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AGAIN. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO START OFF BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT Y'ALL DID SOME OF THE ASSESSMENTS OVER IN WALMART AND COLONIAL HEIGHTS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY, REALLY BUGS ME ABOUT THAT WALMART AND COLONIAL HEIGHTS IS WHEN OUR PEOPLE THAT WE TAKE OVER THERE FOR WORK OR FOR SHOPPING, ONCE THEY HAVE TO LEAVE, THEY HAVE TO SIT OUT THERE IN THE GRASS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A BENCH, THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANY COVERING. AND I'VE SEEN KIDS AND EVERYTHING SITTING OUT THERE IN THE GRASS IN FRONT OF WENDY'S, IN FRONT OF THEIR WALMART. AND IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT WE CAN'T GET SOMETHING OVER THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT'S RIDING THE BUS. WE KNOW THEY'RE COMING. WHAT CAN WE DO IN ORDER TO AT LEAST TO GIVE, GIVE PEOPLE AND GOD FORBID, OUR, OUR, OUR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. NOTHING OVER THERE. IT SEEMS TO BE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE. AND EVERY TIME I GO THROUGH THERE, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THERE AND THEY JUST SITTING OUT IN THE GRASS WAITING ON THE BUS.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT? JUST MAKES YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE NUMEROUS.

CONTACTING THE COLONIAL HEIGHTS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT NUMEROUS TIMES. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S ANOTHER LOCALITY AND THEY WILL NOT ALLOW US TO TAKE EQUIPMENT AND INSTALL IT IN THEIR CITY. WE CAN PROVIDE IT FOR THEM TO DO IT, BUT I HAVE NOT HAD FEEDBACK. I WILL REACH OUT AGAIN AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENTERTAIN. WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MOVE THAT STOP IN COLONIAL

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IT'S FOR OUR OWN PEOPLE IN PETERSBURG. THERE'S A LOT OF BUS STOPS. THERE'S NO CANNABIS.

THERE'S NOT EVEN A BENCH. NOW, I KNOW, I RECALL IN THE PAST, I REMEMBER READING A LAW OR A CODE THAT IF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE USE THAT BUS STOP, THERE SHOULD BE A CANOPY RIGHT THERE.

NUMBER ONE, NOT ONLY A CANOPY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS THE ROUTE POSTAGE. SEE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT ANY OF OUR BUS STOPS. AND I WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION RIGHT NOW HERE TODAY. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY YOU CAN PROVIDE COLONIAL HEIGHTS, THAT EQUIPMENT. SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE PROVIDE US THAT SAME EQUIPMENT AT OUR BUS STOPS? YES. THERE'S A GRANT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE PRESENTED IT TO COUNCIL LAST YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THE BUS STOPS WITH NEW BUS STOP, NEW BUS STOP, SHELTERS AND UPDATED POSTING FOR SCHEDULES AND WHATNOT. WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT GETTING. ELECTRONIC TYPE BUS STOP SHELTERS. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO FIND GRANTS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH THE WITH WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY. WE'RE TRYING TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS TO MAKE TRANSIT BETTER. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS RIGHT HERE WITH THE MODERNIZATION INITIATIVE PLAN. SO ARE WE IN VIOLATION OF STATE CODE OR TRANSIT CODE OR WHATEVER CODE IT IS TO NOT HAVE CANOPIES WHERE THEY ARE NECESSARY AND REQUIRED TO BE AT IN PETERSBURG? WELL, THERE'S NO NECESSARY. I GOT THE I GOT THE CODE SOMEWHERE. I'M GONNA FIND IT AND I'M GONNA BRING IT BACK TO MR. CITY MANAGER. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE SHOULD BE A CANOPY AT ANY BUS STOP THAT'S GOT OVER. I THINK IT SAYS TEN PEOPLE. I THINK LIKE THAT. THAT USES IT. AND THESE BUS STOPS SHOULD HAVE THE POSTAGE ON IT, ON WHERE THE NEXT ROUTE IS LIKE THAT. RICHMOND GOT HIM IN ALL OF THIS? YEAH, THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF US. NOT EVEN ONE. THAT'S CORRECT. BUT AGAIN, AND I'M NOT CUTTING ACROSS YOU. JUST LET ME FINISH. I KNOW YOU SAID WE'RE LOOKING AT A GRANT. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT A GRANT WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING IT TO COLONIAL HEIGHTS. SO WHY WE GOT TO LOOK FOR A GRANT WHEN WE WANT TO DO IT FOR PETERSBURG? WELL, COLONIAL HEIGHTS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT LOCALITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE EASILY SAID WE CAN PROVIDE THEM THAT. IF THEY TAKE IT, WE'LL GIVE IT TO THEM. BUT WHEN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT PETERSBURG OR WE'RE GOING TO FIND A GRANT FOR IT, ARE WE LOOKING AT IT? AND WE, WE GOT TO WE GOT TO SLOW DOWN WHEN THEY COME TO US. WHY IS THAT? IT'S NOT A SLOWDOWN. WE HAVE ONE BRAND NEW BUS STOP SHELTER RIGHT NOW. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG NEEDS AT LEAST TEN. SOME OF THE BUS STOPS NEED NEED BUS STOP SHELTERS. AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPERATING FUNDS TO ACTUALLY HAVE MONEY FOR A SHELTER. A SHELTER RUNS ABOUT 15 TO $20,000. THAT'S JUST THE SHELTER. THAT'S NOT EVEN THE PADDING. COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU BRING UP SOME GREAT POINTS IF MAYOR COUNCIL, IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, I'LL GET WITH MR. ALTMAN AND HIS RETURN. WE'LL HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH THE FOLKS IN TRANSIT, AND WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU WITH SOME SOME APPROPRIATE ANSWERS, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. ONE MORE THING.

ENGAGEMENT PHASE ONE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND I SAW A LOT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN YOUR IN YOUR LIST. RIGHT. BUT I DID NOT SEE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. I HEARD YOU MENTION TRADE SCHOOLS AND SKILLS SCHOOLS AND GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THEM. BUT OUR SCHOOL KIDS AND WORKERS USE THE BUS ROUTE AS WELL. AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY LOW INCOME PLACES ON THAT. STAKEHOLDERS, NO MATTER IF THEY'RE LOW INCOME OR NOT, THEY'RE STILL STAKEHOLDERS. AND THOSE PEOPLE WORK AND SOME OF THEM NEED TO WORK, AND THEY NEED TO KNOW WHERE OUR BUSSES ARE GOING WHEN THEY COME IN. THEY NEED TO KNOW THE SAME THING. AND THEY WERE NOT ON THE LIST AT ALL. I DIDN'T SEE PICNICKERS. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THESE PLACES. AS A STAKEHOLDER. WHY IS THAT? I WILL SAY THAT THE LIST THAT WE SHARED HERE ARE THOSE WHO WE INVITED A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND SOME OF THEM WERE INCLUDED SCHOOLS. WE DID PARTNER WITH SOME OF THE SCHOOLS TO HELP US DISSEMINATE INFORMATION. I CAN GET YOU THE EXACT CONTACT, BUT OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS WERE REALLY HELPFUL IN IDENTIFYING THE ORGANIZATIONS OR POINTS OF CONTACT. AND SO SOME OF OUR MATERIAL WAS DISTRIBUTED AT THE SCHOOLS. THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE LISTED HERE WERE THOSE THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO CAME AND PARTICIPATED IN THE LISTENING SESSIONS. OUR INVITE LIST WAS MUCH LONGER, AND WE CAN GET YOU THE LIST OF WHO WE INVITED TO THE LISTENING SESSIONS. BUT THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HERE AT THE LIBRARY. THANK YOU. BUT IN THE

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WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ON TOMORROW WE WILL BE DOING THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE NEW CASINO PROJECT. HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALK OR THOUGHT ABOUT US RUNNING ROUTES THERE? AND LET ME BE CLEAR WHEN I SAY THIS NOT FOR SHOPPING, BUT FOR WORKING INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE WORKING THERE. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT SUNDAYS, SATURDAY OR LONGER HOURS AND I KNOW YOU SAID SOME OTHER. SO WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO EMPLOY 700 PEOPLE? MAYBE NOT ALL 1700 MAY NOT ALL COME FROM PETERSBURG. WE HOPE SO. BUT HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT AREA? YES, THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AREA. AND THERE WILL BE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AT THE COUNCIL'S WORKSHOP APRIL 1ST. PAT PLANS TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ENTAILING JUST THAT.

OKAY. THE CONVERSATION AS FAR AS WEEKENDS, SUNDAYS. HOW HOW HAS THAT BEEN GOING? I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WEEKENDS IN CERTAIN AREAS? I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT'S A NEED FOR IT NOW OR WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR SERVICES. HOURS HAVE BEEN CUT, WERE CUT DUE PRE COVID BUT SATURDAY SERVICE FRIDAY SERVICE DOES NEED TO BE EXTENDED EVEN MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SERVICE I THINK SHOULD BE EXTENDED. I'M NOT NECESSARILY SOLD ON SUNDAY SERVICE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW THE CITY'S STATUS RIGHT NOW. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT PAT WILL BRING TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S APRIL 1ST WORKSHOP. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, ALL THE HARD WORK. I SEE THE CHANGES SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE IDEAS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO US. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALSO, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THE WORKING PIECE, COUNCILMAN JONES, YOU HAD ABOUT THE 3 TO 11 SHIFT. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO IN LOOKING AT YOUR EXTENDED SCHEDULE, 3 TO 11, A LOT OF PARENTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY, A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS, THEY WORK 3 TO 11, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS NOT AN 8 TO 5 OR 9 TO 5. AND AFTER 5:00 THERE'S NO TRANSPORTATION ANYWHERE. AND I DON'T THINK WE GOT A LOT OF CAB SERVICES ANYMORE IN THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW. BUT BACK IN THE DAY WE USED TO HAVE THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW WE GOT TO GET WITH THE TIMES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION. AND ARE YOU LOOKING AT EXTENDING AT LEAST 3 TO 11 SHIFTS? AGAIN, THIS WAS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO COUNCIL'S APRIL 1ST WORKSHOP. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US, MISS MASON AND ALL YOUR TRANSIT FOLKS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM E, WHICH IS THE PETERBOROUGH ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY. PAUL'S MISS CHLOE GRIFFIN, TREASURER OF PETERBOROUGH ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND CITY RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS CHLOE GRIFFIN AND I AM THE TREASURER FOR PETERSBURG ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY. AND HERE TO REPRESENT OUR GOALS TODAY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF PETERSBURG ANIMAL SHELTER. WE'RE A 501 C3 NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE IN PETERSBURG SINCE 2009. THIS IS A LONG STANDING MISSION, AND WE HAVE LONG ADVOCATED FOR REPLACING THE MUNICIPAL SHELTER AND ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE NEW SHELTER SUCCESS, AS WELL AS THE CURRENT SHELTER SUCCESS. OUR MISSION INCLUDES FUNDRAISING, VOLUNTEER SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION TO CREATE A HUMANE AND SUSTAINABLE SHELTER WHERE NEEDED. BECAUSE OUR CURRENT SHELTER IS CONDEMNED BY THE STATE THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY, AS RECOGNIZED BY YOUR RECENT BUDGET ALLOCATION, TO ESTABLISH THIS NEW SHELTER, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING INVOLVED IN THE COLLABORATION OF CREATING THAT NEW SHELTER SO WE CAN DESIGN ADEQUATE SPACES THAT ADDRESS OUR ANIMALS NEED AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE TREATED WITH THE COMPASSION THAT THEY DESERVE. DESPITE BEING CONDEMNED BY THE STATE VETERINARIAN, THE STAFF IS HAVING TO MANAGE AND TAKING RECORD NUMBERS AS THE CITY'S POPULATIONS GROW AND WE FACE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT LEADS TO A NATIONWIDE ANIMAL WELFARE CRISIS. LAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAD 446 DOGS THAT WENT THROUGH THE ANIMAL SHELTER, 183 CATS AND

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HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD, MR. JONES. GOOD. SO I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT YOU BEING AN HOUR AND A HALF LATE FOR WORK, BECAUSE YOU GOT TO TAKE THEM WAY UP TO RICHMOND TO GET THEM FIXED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY I ADOPTED A FEW DOGS FROM PETERSBURG SHELTER BEFORE I WAS AN EMPLOYEE, AND THEY PASSED ON THAT COST TO ME.

WITHIN 30 DAYS. I HAD TO GET THAT DOG NEUTERED OR SPAYED. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYMORE HERE, PASSING ON THAT COST OR TO HELP HELP YOU OUT? NO, WE ABSOLUTELY ARE PASSING ON THAT COST. SO OUR ADOPTION FEE IS THE COST OF THESE INITIAL MEDICAL SERVICES THAT OUR STATE REQUIRED. IN ORDER FOR A PET TO BE OFFICIALLY ADOPTED, THEY MUST BE SPAYED NEUTERED AND RECEIVE THEIR RABIES VACCINATION. AND WE FIND THAT WITH INCREASING VETERINARY COST, IT IS TYPICALLY THE ADOPTERS PREFERENCE FOR US TO UTILIZE RICHMOND ANIMAL LEAGUE.

OFTENTIMES, IF AN ADOPTER DOES NOT LIVE IN A CITY THAT ACTUALLY TOUCHES PETERSBURG, IT IS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT DOG SPAYED OR NEUTERED FIRST BEFORE IT GOES TO THAT ADOPTIVE HOME. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE TRIPS, DORAL ARE COMING THROUGH. AWESOME. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF I GOT A LOT OF VETERINARIAN FRIENDS THAT ARE CLOSE BY. AND HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD? I KNOW DISPUTANTA WAS VOLUNTEERING A LOT. YES TO US MAN. AND SO WAS CREATED. YES. CAN WE REACH BACK OUT TO THEM? JUST JUST TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP OUT WITH WITH THE NEUTERING AND SPAYED AND ABSOLUTELY PIECE DISPUTATION. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS EXPENSIVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY CAN HELP THESE BUSINESSES OUT, ESPECIALLY PETERSBURG, I DON'T KNOW, WORK OUT SOME KIND OF DEAL WHERE WE HELP THEM SOMETHING AFTERWARD. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT LOUD, BUT BECAUSE SOMEBODY TOLD ME WE REACH OUT TO THEM, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE GREAT PARTNERS TODAY. AND TRULY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THE CRISIS THAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST SPRING WITHOUT DISPUTANTA. YES, MA'AM. AND MY NEXT QUESTION, ARE THERE ANY SOPS ON AN ANIMAL SHELTER NOW ON OUR ANIMAL TAKE IN? I MEAN, WE JUST TAKE THEM IN AND WE DON'T. WE HAVE NO KILL SHELTER. WE JUST TAKE THEM IN. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SOPS OF THE SHELTER, GIVEN I'M NOT A CITY SHELTER EMPLOYEE. BUT THERE ARE, OF COURSE, ALWAYS SPACE RESTRICTIONS AND THE CURRENT ANIMAL CRISIS THAT WE ARE IN. AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE SIZE OF OUR SHELTER, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE AS MANY OWNER SURRENDERS AS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED. AND WE'VE HAD TO REDIRECT THOSE OWNER SURRENDERS TO OTHER SHELTERS IN THE AREA.

OFTENTIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THOSE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY END UP LETTING THOSE DOGS LOOSE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, AND THAT IS HOW THEY END UP AT THE SHELTER AS A STRAY. WE'VE ALSO HAD A FEW SEVERE INSTANCES AND WHERE DUE TO A SPACE CONSTRAINT, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IN THOSE OWNER SURRENDERS, AND THOSE OWNERS HAVE TAKEN PERFECTLY HEALTHY DOGS TO CREATE A ROAD TO BE EUTHANIZED. IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WE HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK, BUT IT IS FURTHER PROOF OF THE NEED FOR A LARGER SPACE. AND I KNOW I VISITED MY OWN ANIMAL SHELTER RECENTLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST THE TIME OF THE MONTH, BUT EVERY DOG IN THERE ALMOST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS READY TO TURN ME UP LIKE I WAS A WALKING SANDWICH OR SOMETHING COMING THROUGH THERE, AND THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA TAKE THEM ON A WALK. THEY COUNT ON THESE VOLUNTEERS TO COME IN AND TAKE THEM ON WALKS, BECAUSE THE STAFF

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THAT'S ALL I GOT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN MYERS? YES. MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO PAUSE FOR COMING AND MAKING THAT PRESENTATION TONIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD WITH YOUR EFFORTS IN THE FUTURE. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, BUT PARTICULARLY, I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO INTRODUCE MISS CAROL MATTHEWS, WHO WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN A LONG TIME. WHERE IS SHE? MISS MATTHEWS? STAND UP. BABE. MISS MATTHEWS, HOW ARE YOU? I DIDN'T SEE HER BACK THERE. THE FIRST TIME I HEARD A PAUSE WAS THROUGH MISS MATTHEWS. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT WHERE SHE STARTED. PAUSE. SO? SO FAST. YES, YES. SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. AND SO WE'RE PREPARED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU ALL. SITTING DOWN AND DISCUSSING THE MOU MOVING FORWARD. BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO BREAK GROUND IN MAY OR JUNE OF THIS YEAR. SO ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT BECAUSE WE FINALLY GOT THERE. OKAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

ALL RIGHT COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU SAID. I WAS BLESSED TO MEET WITH YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ON BEHALF OF MISS JENNY DODDS WAS CALLING ME, SET UP THE MEETING. JUST HAD A QUESTION. WHEN I WAS TALKING TO YOU, THOUGH. YOU DID HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE NEW SHELTER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THOSE TODAY? SEE, I WON'T SPEAK PUBLICLY TO ANY OF THOSE RESERVATIONS TODAY, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY ARE HOPING TO ESTABLISH THIS SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE. FRANKLY, THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERTISE THAT GOES INTO BUILDING A SHELTER. IT'S SIMILAR TO BUILDING, ACTUALLY, A FOOD DISTRIBUTION FACILITY WITH THE AMOUNT OF EXTRA REGULATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED. AND THE FACT THAT WE, FRANKLY, NEED TO PASS THE STATE VET INSPECTIONS AND STOP THE FINES. AND SO THEIR CURRENT BIGGEST RESERVATION ACTUALLY IS SURROUNDING A SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT IS CURRENTLY THE PROPOSED WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE NEW SHELTER. SEPTIC SYSTEMS DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT UPKEEP REQUIREMENTS, EVEN FOR STANDARD USE, AND A FACILITY THAT IS PROCESSING THIS AMOUNT OF ANIMAL WASTE AND PUSHING THROUGH THIS MANY CHEMICALS. IT IS WIDELY THOUGHT BY INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS THAT A SEPTIC SYSTEM IS AN UNACCEPTABLE USE FOR SEWAGE. SO I THINK THAT THE PAUSE GROUP, THE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF CAN HELP PROVIDE SOME MORE INSIGHT IN THAT AND JUST ENSURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CREATING A FACILITY THAT WILL SERVE THE CITY FOR YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AGAIN.

I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DID. I WAS WON OVER AND HOPEFULLY SEE YOU IN SEVEN FOR SOON HELPING OUT WITH THE SHELTER. YES, PLEASE JOIN ME ANY SATURDAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR HILL, ONE QUESTION. YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER. DO SO ARE YOU ASKING THAT WE FORMED THE COMMITTEE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? I'M ASKING THAT. PAUSE.

BE INVITED TO WEIGH IN ON DESIGN RELATED TO THE NEW FACILITY. AND I EXPECT THAT THERE'S ALREADY SOME SORT OF COMMITTEE THAT'S WEIGHING IN ON THOSE DESIGNS AS IS. SO PERHAPS IT COULD JUST LOOK LIKE A COUPLE MEMBERS OF PAUSE ALONGSIDE A COUPLE OF THE MOST PASSIONATE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUST TO REALLY ENSURE THAT WE'RE STAYING REALLY CONNECTED ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE ANIMAL WELFARE COMMUNITY ARE FACING. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO OKAY. I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR HILL. COUNCILMAN MYERS. YEAH. MR. VICE MAYOR, THERE IS THERE HAS BEEN A COMMITTEE THAT'S FORMULATED THAT WOULD INCLUDE JOANNE WILLIAMS AS WELL. AND SO WITH RESPECT TO WE'RE DOING ALL WE ALL THAT WE CAN AS FAR AS THE ENGINEERING OF THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE CITY WILL RETAIN ITS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHAT IT HAS TO DO. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PAUSE. EVERYBODY WILL PAUSE. PLEASE STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME TODAY.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO YOUR AGENDA PACKET. SO IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY OF THE

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[7. Approval of Consent Agenda]

[8. Official Public Hearings]

YES. A REQUEST FOR THEM TO AMEND THEIR BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.9 MILLION. THE FUNDING IS TO COME FROM UNSPENT FUNDS FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT WAS CITY PROVIDED IN THE PAST. AND THEY EXPECT TO USE THESE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, CULTURE, CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS INSTRUCTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS. OKAY, BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING, DID THEY GIVE YOU ANY TYPE OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE OF THE. I KNOW WE HAVE THESE ITEMS IN HERE, BUT IS IT MONETARY BREAKDOWN BETWEEN LISTED IN HERE? WE DO NOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR THEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THIS IS FOR THE. CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT OF THE FY 25 PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET AMOUNT OF $1.9 MILLION. AS RUDOLF. GOOD EVENING, BARB RUDOLPH, 1675 MOUNT VERNON STREET. I DON'T I DIDN'T SEE IT WENT BY TOO FAST WHEN IT WAS SHOWN, BUT I THINK THIS THIS LETTER DESCRIBING THIS WAS GOES BACK TO OCTOBER OR SOMETHING. DOES IT THE ONE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. ANYWAY, I JUST WAS KIND OF WONDERING WHY IT'S LINGERED THIS LONG BECAUSE WE'RE IT'S ALMOST BEEN A HALF A YEAR SINCE THIS ALL STARTED. SO THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S KIND OF A I MEAN, I'M JUST CONCERNED IF THIS WAS URGENT THAT IT TOOK ALMOST A HALF A YEAR TO, TO GET BACK TO US TO, FOR YOU ALL TO APPROPRIATE THE MONEY. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ALSO, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2020 THAT YOU FIRST PASSED. I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT'S A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE ABOUT THAT. LET THE LEFTOVER MONEY FROM THE SCHOOL DIVISION WOULD BE DEDICATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THIS THAT SOME OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT SOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE SPENT ON SOMETHING ELSE. SO I DIDN'T KNOW. IF I'M NOT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ANYTHING ON THEIR PLAN. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST USING SOME OF IT FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN CAPITAL PROJECTS. SEEMS INCONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED EARLIER BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I WOULD QUESTION THAT IF THAT EVER WOULD COME UP LATER AS SOMEBODY ASKING, WELL, WHY DID WHY DIDN'T ALL OF THIS GO TOWARD CAPITAL PROJECTS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FIELDHOUSE, BUT THAT THAT SO IT'S THE SAME THE SAME GUIDANCE THAT COUNCIL DID THAT GOVERNS, YOU KNOW, SPENDING MONEY ON THE FIELDHOUSE, WHICH IS A CAPITAL PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. TALLY. AND GARY TAYLOR 2323 FORT RICE. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS. OUR SCHOOLS NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER HANDS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. JUST IN CLOSING, I. I DEFINITELY AGREE

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AND WE DO HAVE ANSWERS RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US THAT WE GOT BEFORE THE MEETING. NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO REVIEW THEM, BUT I'LL GET BACK TO MY WORDS. WE'RE NOT HERE TO PUNISH THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT HERE TO PUNISH OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE HERE TO PROTECT. TO PROTECT THIS INVESTMENT, TO PROTECT THE VISION, AND MOST OF ALL, TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN OF PETERSBURG WHO ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE KIND OF EDUCATION EVERY VIRGINIA STUDENT DESERVES. AND LET ME SAY THIS TO OUR EDUCATORS, THE REAL MVP'S IN THIS WORK, WE SEE YOU. WE KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FACING. WE WANT THESE FUNDS TO BE USED IN A WAY THAT EMPOWERS YOU, SUPPORTS YOU, AND HONORS YOUR COMMITMENTS TO THE STUDENTS OF PETERSBURG. THIS THIS AMENDMENT SHOULD NOT IMPROVE, SHOULD NOT JUST IMPROVE OUR SCHOOLS PHYSICALLY. IT SHOULD UPLIFT OUR TEACHERS PROFESSIONALLY AND ELEVATE OUR STUDENTS ACADEMICALLY. TONIGHT, I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING AS A COUNCILMAN. I'M SPEAKING AS A SON OF THIS CITY. I'VE WALKED THOSE HALLS. I'VE WALKED A.P.

HILL ELEMENTARY, I'VE WALKED VERNON JOHNS, I'VE WALKED PEABODY, I'VE WALKED PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TURN THIS AROUND IF WE ARE BOLD, IF WE ARE HONEST AND WE ARE STRATEGIC, LET'S MAKE THIS SURE THAT THIS $1.9 MILLION BECOMES A SYMBOL OF TRANSFORMATION, NOT JUST ANOTHER LINE ITEM BUDGET. BECAUSE IF NOTHING ELSE, I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST. I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THAT'S IN PLEASANTS LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I WANT TO SEE HER GET THE BEST EDUCATION POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. OKAY. YES, MAYOR. WITH THE 9.1. 9 MILLION, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THE THEY HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT CERTIFIED. I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO GET THEM CERTIFIED THROUGH VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, IF POSSIBLE. OKAY. PERFECT. AND I THINK THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S TIME WE WILL WE'LL ADD THAT TO FOR PROGRAMS, FOR CERTIFICATION FOR TO GET TEACHERS CERTIFIED HERE IN THE PETERSBURG SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC WAS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE APPOMATTOX REGIONAL GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL, FIVE MORE POSITIONS THERE AND TWO AT COLD VA, ALONG WITH THE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR POSITION FOR THE 1.9. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, IT'S HEAR YOU.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT I COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. ABSTAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL. YOU ALL. YOU SAID ALL THAT AND ABSTAIN. I STAND BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH SCHOOL BOARD. WE HAVE NOT HAD A JOINT MEETING WITH SCHOOL BOARD IN TWO YEARS.

NO, NO, WE'VE MET WITH THEM IN TWO YEARS, BUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I MEAN, YOU COULD EXCUSE ME, MISTER MAYOR. CAN WE. WE CAN ASK. WE CAN HAVE ONE OF THEIR BOARD MEMBERS HERE. MISS TUCKER, WOULD YOU GET YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE? CAN YOU GET WITH YOUR TEAM SO WE CAN SCHEDULE A MEETING BEFORE BUDGET TIME? OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT IS ITEM EIGHT B, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE FY 25 GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET. MR. COZIER. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS ONE IS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO OUR GENERAL FUND. WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES COME IN ACROSS CATEGORIES SUCH AS PERMITS, FEES AND LICENSES, FINES AND FORFEITURES, CHARGES FOR SERVICES, EXPENDITURE, REFUNDS AND USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY, USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY, IS THE INCREASED INTEREST THAT WE ARE GETTING OVER WHAT WE PROJECTED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. THE PROJECTION WAS 1.4 MILLION. SO WE ARE INCREASING THAT AS WE ARE CURRENTLY PAST THAT ALREADY, AS YOU WILL SEE. AND LATER ONS FINANCE UPDATE. SO THE TOTAL INCREASE IS $2,193,168 TO BE DISPERSED ACROSS. MOST OF IT IS GOING TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN THE REST FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL. SO YES, $2.1 MILLION. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. KOCHER. NOW WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION. THE AMENDMENT TO THE FY 25 GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET. MISS RUDOLPH.

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THEY ARE NOT RECURRING EXPENSES. THE ONLY ONE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE ON WOULD BE OUR USE OF INTEREST. EXCUSE ME? USE OF MONEY OR PROPERTY, WHICH IS THAT INTEREST THAT WE ARE EARNING. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO INCLUDE THAT IN FURTHER BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. BUT THE REST OF IT IS FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS AND COSTS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND AT THIS TIME I WILL I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FY 25 GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,193,168.

COUNCILMAN MYERS. SO MOVED VICE MAYOR HILL SECOND. YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN COOPER, HELP ME WITH THE BASICS OF 106 REFERS TO TWO POINT. I'M SORRY.

PAGE 106 REFERS TO. PAGE. PAGE 106. YES. REFERS TO $2.193 MILLION. CAN YOU FLIP THE PAGE TO PAGE 107? AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT $96 MILLION. SO THE $94 MILLION NUMBER. GARY, CAN YOU SCROLL TO THE NEXT PAGE ON THIS SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE 94 MILLION IS OUR CURRENTLY FUNDED, 25 ADOPTED BUDGET NUMBER? THAT IS THAT'S WHAT OUR CURRENT NUMBER IS. SO ADDING THAT 2,193,168 BRINGS US TO A NEW OPERATING NUMBER OF $96,578,090. ALL RIGHT. I THANK YOU. WHAT IS PUBLIC WORKS GOING TO DO WITH AN ADDITIONAL $1.5 MILLION? SO AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES IS ACROSS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS BEING FACILITIES, ENGINEERING AND GROUNDS AS WELL AS REFUSE COLLECTION FOR THE GENERAL FUND. SO ACROSS THOSE FOUR DEPARTMENTS, THERE ARE SEVERAL EITHER ONE TIME COSTS OR ONE TIME PROJECTS THAT THE FUNDING IS GOING TO. ALL RIGHT. AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 315,000. YES. SO THAT THAT MAKES UP SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR MAIN ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT. SO SAME THING ONE TIME COSTS THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED. AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL EVEN $300,000. YES, SIR. SO THAT SAME THING ONE TIME COST AND GOING INTO WE HAVE OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT FALL UNDER NON-DEPARTMENTAL. BUT THINGS LIKE WE ARE WE HAD A CHARGE THAT WE MADE OUT OF OUR CONTINGENCY. SO JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE ONE TIME CHARGES THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO MAKE THIS FISCAL YEAR, THAT KIND OF ATE AWAY AT THAT FUNDING. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO KIND OF MAKE OURSELVES WHOLE TO REPLENISH THAT FUND. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION IS SECOND AT THIS TIME. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT I, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES I. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

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THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE A REQUEST BY CAPITAL CITY HOMES, LLC TO REZONE WILL PROFFERS PROPERTY AT 208 NORTH DUNLOP STREET AND 901 905 9099 15 919 921, 925, 929 AND 933 COMMERCE STREET FROM B2 GENERAL,

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I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS PROPERTY THAT'S COMING UP, AND I SEE THE DIAGRAMS ARE SHOWING, BUT IS THIS WHAT TYPE OF INCOME STATUS ARE THEY GOING TO BE USING FOR THIS? ARE THERE PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD THESE TYPE OF THESE THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES? THEY MAY AFFORD THAT IN THIS AREA. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. I CALL THEM LOFTS AND THEY ARE TRY TO BE MAINTAINED. AND SOME OF THEM PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THOSE BASED ON THE CRITERIA. OUR CITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHERE WE HAVE OF GROWING OUR CITY TO COME BACK, WILL THIS BE FEASIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FOR OUR CITIZENS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS, TO AFFORD THIS? HAVE THEY CONSIDERED THAT THEY DID A DIAGRAM OF WHAT THAT GOING TO BE? MY QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF. WE'LL TAKE MISS MARLOWE GREEN, THEN I'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP AND ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, MR. GANAWAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GREEN 301 ROLFE STREET. I DIDN'T SEE IN THE PRESENTATION WHETHER THESE WERE GOING TO BE FOR RESALE OR RENTAL. I KNOW IN OUR CITY WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON, YOU KNOW, RESELLING HOMES SO WE CAN HAVE MORE HOME OWNERSHIP. THEN I'M ALSO CONCERNED ON THE PRICE POINT OF THESE HOMES, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD HELP ME BECAUSE I AM RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM YOU GUYS. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRICE POINT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MODERATE INCOME HOUSING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, SO JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. BUT MY MAIN FOCUS WOULD BE IS THIS GOING TO BE FOR RESALE OR RENTAL? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER HANDS NOW I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME UP TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS FOR MR. GANAWAY AND MISS MARLOW GREEN. HEY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN. SO AS FAR AS THE HOMES THAT I'M GOING TO ARE PLANNING TO BUILD, THEY THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE FOR SALE. I DON'T PLAN TO KEEP ANY OF THEM AS RENTALS. OH, SORRY. YEAH. ALL THE HOMES WILL BE FOR RESALE. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT BEING BUILT AS RENTALS. OKAY. SO AND AS FAR AS THE PRICE POINT, I MEAN THERE'S QUITE A FEW, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY, NEW CONSTRUCTION HOMES THAT ARE POPPING UP AND SELLING PRETTY QUICKLY. I MEAN, THEY'LL BE IN LINE WITH THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE PRICE PER FOOT THAT THOSE ARE SELLING FOR. SO THEY'LL JUST BE MARKET RATE HOMES. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED NOW I'LL ACCEPT ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE. MR. JONES. YES, MA'AM. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED AND I WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND. QUITE A FEW OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA WANT HOUSES THERE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID TO YOU BEFORE I COMMIT. FOR YOU TO BRING THIS BACK, THAT IT HAD TO BE MARKET RATE, CORRECT? YES. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT. YES, MA'AM. BUT I DID CANVASS THE AREA AND THEY DO FEEL AS THOUGH THAT THEY NEED SOME HOUSES IN THAT AREA, THAT THAT AREA HAS NOT BEEN BUILT UP IN A IN A WHILE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

QUESTION, COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER ONE, WHEN BUILDING THESE HOMES, ARE WE? AND THESE MAY BE FOR YOU, NAOMI, TO SIDEWALKS BECAUSE WE'RE BIG ON REBUILDING OUR CITY. BUT I SEE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT. BUT NOBODY IS FIXING THE SIDEWALKS ALONG THEIR CONSTRUCTION. YEAH, PUTTING IN

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AND I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING, ARE YOU WHEN YOU DO THIS, DO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY COHESION IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING YOUR HOMES? YES, SIR. OF COURSE. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, VICE MAYOR HILL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, MR. JONES, I THANK YOU FOR CHANGING YOUR SPECS FROM, YOU KNOW, LOW INCOME HOUSING AND ALL THAT GOING UP TO MARKET RATE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS SUCCESSFUL. NOTHING HAS BEEN THERE FOR A GOOD LITTLE WHILE. I UNDERSTAND WITH THE ESTHETICS THAT YOU'RE DOING, I DON'T WANT THE SAME HOUSE. THAT THING THAT ATTRACTED ME TO MY HOME AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T WANT THE SAME HOUSE THAT SOMEBODY NEXT DOOR TO ME. I DON'T WANT THAT, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY VARY SOMEWHAT, BUT I DON'T WANT THE SAME THING. AND I KIND OF LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE DOING IT AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO I THINK THEY BRING MORE VALUE TO THAT AREA, SO I FULLY SUPPORT IT. I'M JUST GLAD THAT YOU CHANGED IT TO MARKET RATE THAT YOU'RE SELLING AND YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO BE A RENTAL. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNCILMAN WILSON SMITH, I THANK YOU FOR DOING THE WORK, TRYING TO DEVELOP YOUR AREA. AND WARD SIX, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING THERE IN A WHILE. AND. WILSON SMITH OH, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

LEE. ANNETTE. YEAH. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT THING IS THAT IS THE TIBBETS BUILDING. BUT THIS RIGHT HERE WILL GRAB A LOT OF SYNERGY AROUND THAT BUILDING ONCE WE DO THIS. SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION. I'LL LET YOU MAKE YOUR OWN MOTION. OKAY. AND THE MAYOR MAKE IT REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT MOTION ON THAT. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK, I'M GOING TO DIRECT MY QUESTION TO MR. WILLIAMS AND AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER, BUT MORE IS IT A I DON'T WANT TO ASK HIM OUT OF TURN, BUT IS IT A WAY THAT WE COULD MAYBE WORK WITH THIS DEVELOPER TO MAKE THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MARKET RATE AND HE'S AGREED TO IT, BUT IS IT A WAY TO MAKE IT MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT? BECAUSE WITH THE GROWTH OF PETERSBURG AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT OUR STAFF NOT LIVING HERE, I KNOW LIKE AT VIRGINIA STATE, WE HAVE A GRANT PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE A DEVS TO COME IN AND BUY HOMES IN THE CITY, AND VIRGINIA STATE HELPS OUT. IS IT A WAY THAT WE CAN MARKET THIS TO OUR WORKERS WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE, WITHOUT STOPPING THE SALE OF THESE HOMES? AND THEN SECONDLY, IS IT A WAY TO MAKE

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SO. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN MYERS? YES, MR. MAYOR, RESPECTFULLY, I LIKE WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. BUT THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT BUY DOWN THE PRICES OF THESE HOUSES, SUCH AS FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. AND SO THOSE KINDS OF MECHANISMS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE INSTEAD OF REDUCING IT FROM MARKET RATE, BECAUSE, AS HE HAS SAID, IT'S GOING TO BE COMPATIBLE TO WHAT ALREADY EXISTS. A HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROBABLY IS THIS TWO, THREE, FOUR BEDROOMS. THERE ARE THREE BEDROOMS, THREE BEDROOMS, TWO AND A HALF AVERAGE PRICE OF THREE BEDROOMS. HERE IS ABOUT 240 $250,000, WHICH IS WELL WITHIN THE RANGE OF A WORKFORCE HOUSING. SO THOSE THINGS DO EXIST, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO DELAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME LET ME CLEAR THAT UP. I DON'T WANT TO DELAY IT. I JUST WANT TO SEE IF OUR WORKERS CAN JUST AT LEAST HAVE A I DON'T WANT TO SAY A HEAD START, BUT JUST IF THEY COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, THAT'S ALL. I'M NOT TRYING TO DELAY IT. NO ONE SAY THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DELAY IT, BUT AS THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, THAT HE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND OFFER MORE PROFITS, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO DO SO AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN SMITH. LEE, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE DENIAL AND AMEND AN ORDINANCE. SO, NAOMI, I'M GOING TO MAKE MY OWN MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A REQUEST BY CAPITAL CITY HOMES, LLC TO REZONE WITH. PROFITS PROPERTY AT 208 NORTH DUNLOP STREET AND 901 905 9099 15 919 921, 925 929 AND 933 COMMERCE STREET FROM THE B2 GENERAL, COMMERCIAL AND M-1 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO THE R-2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR HILL. SECOND MOTION A SECOND.

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER. CUTHBERT, COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL. AYE. MAYOR A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST FOR COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. IF YOU WANT, YOU COULD CERTAINLY DIRECT THE MANAGER TO EXPLORE ANY LOCAL INCENTIVIZATION WE CAN DO FOR FUTURE WORKFORCE HOUSING. AND THAT WAY DOWN THE ROAD, THE NEXT DEVELOPER MAY HAVE, MAY BE INCENTIVIZED TO WORK TOWARD WHAT COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK IS SUGGESTING. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS ITEM D, A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN OPTION AGREEMENT AND CONVEY PROPERTY UPON SATISFACTION OF TERMS FOR 3501 HALIFAX ROAD. IS ANYONE THE APPLICANT TONIGHT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER'S ITEM IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. REASON THE CITY DESIRES TO OFFER AN OPTION TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT 3501 HALIFAX STREET FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A HIGH EFFICIENCY STACK DATA CENTER OR A COMMERCIALLY SIMILAR OR BETTER DEVELOPMENT. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT COUNCIL TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 18TH, 2025, FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN OPTION AGREEMENT AND CONVEY PROPERTY UPON SATISFACTION OF TERMS OF 3501 HALIFAX ROAD. BACKGROUND. THIS OPTION PURCHASES FOR 94.131 ACRES OF LAND OF 3501 HALIFAX ROAD, PARCEL ID 092010001. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A HIGH EFFICIENCY STACK, DATA CENTER OR COMMERCIALLY SIMILAR OR BETTER DEVELOPMENT. ALL RIGHT, ANY HANDS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, MISS BOB RUDOLPH. THANK YOU. BARB RUDOLPH, 1675 MOUNT VERNON STREET. THIS I NOTICED

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BUT BUT I JUST I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU'RE REFERENCING THAT PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT PLAN. I MEAN, THIS IS A DIFFERENT PIECE OF PROPERTY, A DIFFERENT SIZE. THERE MAY BE, AS I MENTIONED, THERE MAY BE FEWER OBJECTIONS TO THIS BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER KIND OF OBJECTIONS, WHICH IN THIS CASE, PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WOULD WOULD HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD. SO IT SEEMS LIKE I MEAN, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AGAINST AGAINST THE NOTION OF HAVING DATA CENTERS OR THE CITY SELLING IT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE PRICE. I MEAN, I CAN SEE THAT IT'S BEING OFFERED AT THE AT THE ASSESSED 100% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD NOTICE ABOUT THAT IS GOING LOOKING BACK AT THE REAL ESTATE RECORD SEVERAL YEARS, WHEN THAT PROPERTY WAS INITIALLY PURCHASED, IT WAS ASSESSED AT OVER $1 MILLION. AND THEN THERE WAS A SUBSEQUENT ASSESSMENTS, AND IT'S GONE DOWN TO BEING ASSESSED AT LESS THAN $200,000. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING'S CHANGED, BUT IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF INTERESTING THAT THERE WAS SUCH A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE. AND I IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS, BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S JUST I THINK THAT MAYBE MORE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE BEFORE YOU ALL VOTE ON IT, OR SO IT SO IT CAN COME BEFORE THE PUBLIC AGAIN. I MEAN, I LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE VOCAL OPPONENTS OF DATA CENTERS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME HERE IN THE CITY, AND THEY MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS NEW, NEW PLACE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NO MORE HANDS, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. JUST TO ADDRESS MISS RUDOLPH'S QUESTION. PART OF THIS IS THE OFFSET OF SOME WETLANDS. I KNOW THE FIRST ONE WAS LARGER, BUT THIS, THIS THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE CONSOLIDATION OF EXCLUDING OUT THE WETLANDS IN THIS PROPERTY. SO THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, SAME AREA. BUT THIS EXCLUDES THE WETLANDS.

THAT'S ANYTHING MR. MILLER OR I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK, AND I'LL JUST SECOND THAT, MISS RUDOLPH, AS I'VE BEEN DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT, IS ENCROACHING ON THE CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT THIS IS JUST TO GET IT MOVING AHEAD. THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT STILL HAS TO COME BACK. SO BEFORE IT IS SOLD, WE WILL GET MORE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SEE WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT FROM THE WARRANTY GROUP THAT CAN SPEAK ON IT, SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL COME AND DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN THE MONTHS TO COME. COUNCILMAN COOPER, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 154 AND I SEE THREE SEPARATE PARCELS IN YELLOW. ARE THOSE THE PARCELS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SELLING THAT ADD UP TO A TOTAL OF 94 ACRES? IS THAT THE CASE? I MEAN, THERE'S NO ACREAGE. YOU KNOW, WE GET PAGE 154 AND IT'S GOT THREE PARCELS AND NO ACREAGE ON THEM.

AND CAN YOU PULL THAT UP FOR US, DEREK. THERE WAS A MAP IN THE AGENDA. SO THIS IS PAGE 154. OH, GARRETT GARRETT OWNS IT. WRONG WAY I KNOW. 154 THIS IS IN OUR PACKET. YOU HAVE THE OLD ONE, GARRETT. THAT'S NOT THE REVISED ONE. IT'S 180 SOME PAGES. AND I KNOW I UPLOADED IT. HE'S

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AND WHAT IS THE TOTAL OF THOSE. IS IT 179. -94. IS THAT THIS IS THE 94. THE OPTION IS TO PURCHASE THE 94. SO EXCLUDING THE 80 ACRES IN YELLOW. THAT'S THAT MADE THE 170 ACRES OKAY. SO THEY SIGNED AN OPTION AGREEMENT TO BUY 179 ACRES FOR WHAT, AROUND $800,000? IS THAT THE CASE? A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. AND THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL CASE. AND THIS IS TO REPLACE THAT SO THAT INSTEAD OF PAYING THE CITY APPROXIMATELY $800,000, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THE CITY OF LESS THAN 200,000. IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? NO, THE AS THEY SAY IN HERE, THE PURPOSE IS TO IS TO NOT PURCHASE THOSE WETLANDS, IS TO WORK WITH THE 94 ACRES. SO THE OPTION IS STILL ON THE TABLE FOR THE AMOUNT THEY PAID. THIS IS JUST SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NOT PURCHASE THE WETLANDS PART OF THIS PROPERTY. WELL, HOLD ON, WHERE DOES WHAT PAGE IS THE PURCHASE PRICE ON PLEASE? GO FOR IT. MR. MAYOR. THESE THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY AT COLLIER'S YARD. THIS IS TO OFFSET WHATEVER WATER MITIGATION THAT THERE IS ON ON COLLIER'S YARD. AND SO THESE PARTICULAR PARCELS ARE IN THE WETLANDS. I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN MEYERS, WHAT DID YOU SAY THESE PARTICULAR PARCELS ARE? WHAT THE ARE WETLANDS. AND SO THERE ARE WETLANDS THAT ARE LOCATED IN COLLIER'S YARD, AND THERE'S THESE PARTICULAR WETLANDS. BUT IN AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE THE WETLANDS ON COLLIER'S YARD, YOU NEED THESE ADDITIONAL WETLANDS SO THAT YOU CAN MITIGATE THOSE ON COLLIER'S YARD. ALL RIGHT. SO DO THESE THREE YELLOW PARCELS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THE 179 OR NOT? YES. AND THEY ARE IN THE THEY'RE ALL WETLAND PROPERTIES, BUT THEY ARE INCLUDED. THEY'RE BEING PURCHASED TO MITIGATE THE WETLANDS IN COLLIER'S YARD.

WELL, WE'VE NOT BUILDABLE THEY'RE NOT BUILDABLE PARCELS. THEY'RE NOT BUILDABLE PARCELS.

THEY'RE WETLANDS. YOU CANNOT BUILD ON THEM, BUT YOU CAN MITIGATE WETLANDS WITH OTHER WETLANDS. SO WHY IS THIS ISSUE COMING BEFORE US? IF WE'VE ALREADY SIGNED AN OPTION AGREEMENT FOR 179 AND THE 179 INCLUDES EVERYTHING, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE TRANSACTIONS. AND WHAT'S THE FIRST TRANSACTION AND WHAT'S THE SECOND TRANSACTION? COLLIER'S YARD IS THE FIRST TRANSACTION. THIS IS THE SECOND ONE TO MITIGATE. WELL, DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE, THE CITY, ARE SELLING MORE THAN 179 ACRES TO THESE TO THE DEVELOPERS? AND I'M ASKING THIS, I'M A HUGE

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YOU ALREADY HAVE A SALE OR AN OPTION ON COLLIER'S YARD. THIS IS A SEPARATE SALE TO MITIGATE THE WETLANDS ON COLLIER'S YARD, AND IT'S A SALE OF PROPERTY AT A SEPARATE ADDRESS FROM COLLIER'S YARD. IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. IT IS A SEPARATE ADDRESS. SO THOSE PARCELS WILL HELP MITIGATE. COLLIER'S YARD. SO THERE'S NO INTENTION. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MITIGATE MEANS WHAT? I'M SORRY. SO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT MITIGATE IS THE EDUCATOR UP HERE. IT MEANS TO OFFSET. I MEAN, IF IT'S A SEPARATE TRANSACTION. SO THAT'S WHY IS IT IS A DATA CENTER PLANNED FOR THE PARCELS THAT ARE COLORED IN YELLOW. I'M SORRY. WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT. IS A DATA CENTER PLANNED FOR ANY OF THE PARCELS COLORED IN YELLOW? NO, SIR. IT IT IS, IT IS BEING PURCHASED TO OFFSET. MR. MR. ON THE MAP THAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF US, WHERE ARE THE 179 ACRES THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET? LOOK ACROSS THE STREET, SIR, ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THAT'S COLLIER'S YARD. OKAY, OKAY, THAT'S COLLIER'S YARD AND ACROSS THE STREET. AND I LOST MY MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SINCE THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT HERE TO EXPLAIN, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS INTO OUR NEXT MEETING. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR.

COUNCILMEMBER STRIFFLER, I SECOND THE MOTION A SECOND. ALRIGHT. AT THIS TIME, MISS HILL, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCILMEMBER CUTHBERT? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR.

[9. Public Information Period]

SECOND. READING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING SIR. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. BRUCE RICHARDSON, 848 MILLER STREET, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. OH, WHAT A NIGHT TO TALK ABOUT OUR UPCOMING HOMEBUYER EDUCATION EVENT. SO WE'RE DOING WE'RE HOLDING A HOMEBUYER EDUCATION EVENT. AND I BELIEVE MRS. CLERK OF COURT CLERK, CLERK OF COUNCIL HAS FOR EACH OF YOU THIS HOMEBUYER EDUCATION CLASS TO BE HELD SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH, RIGHT HERE AT THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM 10 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, NOT ONLY WITH BRUCE RICHARDSON, BUT WITH SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING CORPORATION, A LOCAL NONPROFIT. SO THERE IS A LOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER IN THIS HOMEBUYER EDUCATION EVENT. WE'VE HELD THESE THROUGH OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, AND WE'VE HAD GREAT TURNOUT. IT IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THESE HOMEBUYER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.

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GOOD JOB. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MR. VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND PETERSBURG RESIDENTS. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PICTURES IN JUST A MINUTE. MY NAME IS WAYNE CARTER. I LIVE AT 3209 HASTINGS ROAD IN THE SEVENTH WARD. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY BUILD A SIDEWALK OR A BIKE PATH ALONG JOHNSON ROAD FROM AT LEAST ELECTABLE HEIGHTS TO THE SPORTS PARK COMPLEX. THE RATIONALE FOR THIS BIKE PATH OR SIDEWALK IS SO THAT THE CITIZENS OF SEVENTH WARD AND PETERSBURG CAN USE THAT PATH FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING WALKING, BIKING OR RUNNING.

CURRENTLY, RUNNING OR WALKING ALONG JOHNSON ROAD IS RATHER HAZARDOUS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF SPACE YOU HAVE ON THE GROUND AND OF COURSE, THE CARS COMING AT YOU. I KNOW THIS PRECARIOUS BECAUSE I WALK AND RUN FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN CAMELOT TO THE SPORTS COMPLEX REGULARLY. I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE RIDING BIKES ON JOHNSON ROAD GOING BOTH WAYS, SO THERE IS A NEED. ALSO, I HAVE STUDENTS. I HAVE SEEN STUDENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL WALKING ALONG JOHNSON ROAD TOWARDS THE WALNUT HILL AREA, ALTHOUGH THERE IS SPACE ON THE SHOULDER ALONG THE ROAD, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE BRIDGE, IT IS STILL A HAZARD BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF THE SHOULDER. SOME OF IT IS ASPHALT, SOME OF IT IS GROUND, SOME OF IT IS WIDER THAN OTHER POINTS. I KNOW THAT THE PROPOSED APARTMENTS BEING BUILT AT THE FORMER VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL ARE DESIGNATED FOR SENIORS AND VETERANS, AND THAT'S INTELLECTUAL HEIGHTS. I WOULD SPECULATE THAT SOME OF THOSE SENIORS AND HEALTHY VETERANS WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST IN MAINTAINING THEIR HEALTH. WE KNOW THAT GEN Z, THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS THAT WANT THAT WE WANT TO ATTRACT TO THIS CITY, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WELL-BEING. THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING ACTIVITIES TO DO. THE BIKE PATH FROM DELECTABLE HEIGHTS ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK WILL SERVE AS AN INCENTIVE AND ATTRACTION FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MOVE TO THE CITY TO WORK AT THE CASINO, AS WELL AS A HEALTH CONSCIOUS PEOPLE WHO OCCUPY THE FORMER VIRGINIA AVENUE SCHOOL BUILDING. THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK, RUN AND RIDE THEIR BIKES TO THE PARK WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FISHING AT THE LAKE. ALSO, THE BIKE PATH WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO RIDE THEIR BIKES TO SCHOOL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. ON APRIL 28TH, 2022, A REPORTER WITH THE LOCAL NEWS RAN AN ARTICLE ENTITLED PETERSBURG RANKED LEAST HEALTHIEST CITY IN VIRGINIA AMONG 133 LOCALITIES BASED ON A STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON. NOW, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO WISCONSIN, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY UP THERE. I'M SURE THEY'VE NEVER BEEN TO PETERSBURG EITHER. HOWEVER, THE PERCEPTIONS

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ANOTHER CONCERN IS THESE DRAINAGE DITCHES FILL UP REGULARLY AFTER RAIN AND THEY DO NOT DRAIN RIGHT AWAY. THIS IS PROBABLY AFTER THIS WAS I TOOK THIS PICTURE WHAT MONDAY AND I THINK IT RAINED SUNDAY. IT'S STILL WATER THERE. OF COURSE THE CHALLENGE IS VECTORS FROM MOSQUITOES THAT CAUSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ILLNESSES, BOTH TO US AND TO ANIMALS. ANOTHER PICTURE PLEASE. NEXT PICTURE. IF NOT, YOU CAN SEE. AND THIS IS THE ROUTE THAT I RUN ON. THIS IS HEADING TOWARDS THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TOWARDS CAMELOT. I RUN ON THIS ROUTE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT CARS COMING TOWARDS ME. IF WE HAD A BIKE PATH POSSIBLY OVER TOP OF THE DRAINAGE DITCH WITH, SAY, SLOTTED CONCRETE SLABS THAT CAN BE REMOVED. IF THEY HAVE TO DO REPAIRS, THEN IT GIVES THE PLACE A NICE ESTHETIC APPEAL AND IT MAKES IT MORE FUNCTIONAL FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY REQUEST AND THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING FOR THE CITY. GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP, MARLOW GREEN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. ALRIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO BE REAL QUICK HERE. I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO ROSE STANDARDS VERSUS REALITY ON POCAHONTAS ISLAND. MOST PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS DON'T LIVE THERE. SO TRUCKS COME IN ABOUT 630 EVERY MORNING AND YOU SEE THEM PICTURED HERE. THESE CAN YOU MOVE THE THING TO THE LEFT SO THEY CAN SEE THAT TRACTOR TRAILER. SO YEAH. SO TRACTOR TRAILERS ARE COMING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 6:30 A.M. DOESN'T PROBABLY CONCLUDE TILL ABOUT 6 P.M. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? OH, EXCUSE ME. BEFORE WE MOVE OFF THIS SLIDE, THAT FIRST PICTURE WAS SHOWING MY BROTHER AND I WENT OUT TO ROLFE STREET AND WE MEASURED EVERY STREET. WE STARTED WITH ROLFE. WE MEASURED EVERY SINGLE STREET ON POCAHONTAS ISLAND WITH A MEASURING TAPE. ROLFE STREET IS 22FT WIDE. OKAY, SO ON THIS PAGE HERE, WHAT I'M SHOWING IS THE CITY ORDINANCE ARTICLE THREE, SECTION 33 TO 38, WHICH DOCUMENTS THAT THE INDUSTRIAL USE ROADS ARE REQUIRED TO BE 46FT WIDE. AND FOR RESIDENTIAL USES IS 36. AND SO OUR WIDEST ROAD ON POCAHONTAS ISLAND IS POCAHONTAS STREET, WHICH SITS AT 30FT WIDE. THE CURRENT ROUTE BY THE TREATMENT PLANT COMING DOWN SAPPONY TO ROLFE. LIKE I SAID, ROLFE STREET IS 22FT, WHICH IS NOT EVEN HALF OF WHAT'S REQUIRED. NEXT YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST CURRENTLY SHOWING THE CONDITION I TOOK THESE PICTURES TODAY. SO EVERYBODY IS VERY MUCH AWARE IN THE PUBLIC OF WHAT THE ROPER SITE CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE. THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND PHOTOGRAPH IS WHERE THAT ROAD POTENTIALLY WOULD GO. THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE HERE IS SHOWING POCAHONTAS STREET. YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THE MEASURING TAPE. MY BROTHER AND I MEASURED THAT, BUT IT'S 30FT WIDE, WHICH IS THE WIDEST STREET ON POCAHONTAS ISLAND. NEXT SHEET. ALL RIGHT.

SO IN OTHER NEWS. SO I WAS WALKING THE TRAIL WITH MR. WILLIAMS, AND THIS IS BEFORE WE DID THE CLEANUP. AND THIS GENTLEMAN HERE, I GAVE YOU A BETTER PICTURE THAN THE ONE I ACTUALLY HAVE OF HIM. HE WAS ACTUALLY NAKED, AND HE WAS HAVING SOME SEXUAL ACTIVITIES WITH THE PERSON THAT WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I DID SHARE HIS LICENSE PLATE TO CHIEF CHRISTIAN. I'M HOPING WE HAVE A CASE NUMBER. I'M ASKING FOR THE CASE NUMBER BECAUSE I WILL BE A WITNESS BECAUSE I HAVE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS. BUT THIS GENTLEMAN WAS BUTTERBALL. AS WE WERE WALKING THE TRAIL AND I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS AND ONE THAT'S NOT SO INDECENT. NEXT SHEET PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, SO EVERYBODY HEARD ABOUT THE BIG CLEANUP ON APPOMATTOX RIVER TRAIL, AND I REALLY HATS OFF TO MARQUIS ALLEN. I THINK HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. RANDALL WILLIAMS, A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF ORLANDO, NOT ORLANDO BROWN. JESSE DUGGER FROM GROUNDS. EVERYBODY KIND OF CAME TOGETHER. SO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG ACTUALLY BROUGHT OUT THE TROOPS, WHICH WAS AWESOME. IT WAS ABOUT MAYBE 30 OF THEM. THE CITY OF PETERSBURG ALSO BROUGHT THE PORTA POTTY AND THE LARGE CONTAINERS. OCR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT GROUP. WE PURCHASED THE TOOLS OR RENTED THE TOOLS AND ALSO FED THE SOLDIERS LUNCH AND THEY HAD DESSERT. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND OCR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT GROUP.

I HOPE WE CAN DO MORE THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND SO AGAIN, RANDALL AND THE GENTLEMAN HERE AT THE TOP, THAT'S WE KIND OF MET TOGETHER PRIOR TO THE CLEANUP. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK FOR THAT. THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT SUPPORT. WHO WAS INVOLVED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS.

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THE FIRE CHIEF. I HAD NEVER I MEAN, THEY HAD JUST SEEN US. I WAS AT A MEETING BEFORE. I THINK THEY MET ME HERE. AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WITH THE ACCIDENT AND THEY WERE JUST, LIKE, SO WARM.

AND MY WIFE HAD A PANIC ATTACK IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE SHE WAS DRIVING. I WAS A PASSENGER, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO I WANT TO BE RECORD THAT RECORD THE RECORD SHOW TO APPRECIATE OFFICER STREET TO FIRE CHIEF AND CAPTAIN ADAMS FOR BEING THERE TO HELP MY WIFE OUT BECAUSE SHE WENT THROUGH THE ATTACK. THAT'S THE GOOD THING. NOW, THE NEXT THING IS, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR BASED ON. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO MR. MIKE ROSS HAD GONE AWAY. I HAD WE HAD THREE, I THINK THREE DIFFERENT MAYORS OR CITY COUNCILMEN SINCE MR. MARLO JONES IS THE LAST ONE SO FAR, AND WE STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES BACK WITH THE GENTLEMAN. THE GENTLEMAN BROUGHT ABOUT DRAINAGE. WE'VE BEEN HAVING THAT PROBLEM OVER THERE. WE SUPPOSED TO HAD THE CITY WAS COMING THROUGH EVEN BEFORE THEY GOT THE NEW TRUCKS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FIXING THE DRAINAGE AREA IN MY AREA UNTIL I HAD TO GET A PIPE AND ALL OF THIS, AND THEY SAID THEY'LL KEEP THE DRAINS LIKE THE LAST DRAIN CLEANERS WAS LIKE, EIGHT YEARS AGO. OKAY, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED ALSO. SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS IN MY PROPERTY AND THE PROPERTIES NEXT TO ME AND MR. MR. MR. MARLO JONES HAS SEEN IT, MY YARD FLOODED UP WITH WATER. WE JUST HAVE A HEAVY RAIN. WATER IS EVERYWHERE. THAT MEANS ALL OF US CAN USE A SKATEBOARD FOR THE WATER IN MY AREA, I'M IN AN AREA WHERE THE EASE AND I GOT TRUCKS THAT COME AND THEY USE IT FOR THE, FOR THE FOR THE ELECTRICAL, THEY USE IT FOR CABLE, THEY MAXIMIZE CEMENT. AND THEY SAY, THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WAS AT EASE. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE. I DON'T BELIEVE MY PROPERTY WILL BE TORN DOWN BASED ON THIS. AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO OTHERS ALWAYS SINCE MIKE ROSS. SO I WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IF WE CAN GET A PERSON, GET A SIDEWALK. I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING, I THINK I HEARD MR. HOWARD MYERS THERE DID SOMEONE WITH APPRECIATING HIM, GETTING THEM FIXED, WHATEVER IT WAS. BUT I DON'T THINK IT TOOK TEN YEARS OR 15 YEARS TO DO IT. SO I JUST WANT TO GET THERE. I'M NOT A PEOPLE TO COMPLAIN, BUT I WANT TO ALSO KNOW THAT WE ARE CITIZENS HERE. BUT I'M GLAD TO HAVE I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AT THIS POINT THAT, YOU SEE, I GOT MY BLACK AND GOLD ON ALSO IS BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF MY CLASSMATES OUT HERE, AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE HERE TO SEE THE BACKUP THAT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE GOT. THEY OUT THERE, PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT THAT'S PEABODY BACK THERE. AND YOU ALL, A LOT OF YOU WEREN'T EVEN BORN AND SOME OF YOU WEREN'T LIVING HERE, BUT WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULDN'T BE A PETERSBURG. AND I WILL SAY THIS, I WAS A I'M A TRANSIT BECAUSE MY DAD BELIEVED IN THIS. HE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR WORK DONE. IF NOT, I'M GOING TO TRANSFER YOU. SO HE SENT ME TO PETERSBURG TO MAKE SURE I GET MY WORK DONE. SO. BUT IF IT REVERSED, I KNOW I WANT TO GET THE EDUCATION WITHOUT THE PEABODY AND THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF WE HAD. AND THESE ARE ALL PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE. AND IF THEY WERE IN TODAY, IF THEY WERE A LOT OF THEM, SOME OF THEM MOVED AWAY FROM PETERSBURG. BUT IF THEY HAD, IF THEY WERE MOVING HERE TODAY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'LL BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, DAN MATTHEWS. OKAY. DAN MATTHEWS, BESSEMER ROAD. NEXT, MISS KARA STEVENS. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

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AND THEN WE STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, I GUESS, HANGING OUT OR GOING OVER THERE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD GET THAT TO BECOME MORE OF SIGNIFICANCE, TO GET RID OF SOME OF THAT DEBRIS THAT'S GOING EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW, THE ANIMALS. AND THEN ANYBODY WHO IS OVER THERE HIDING, ESPECIALLY SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE PERSON THAT WE HAD PARTICIPATING IN OTHER ACTIVITIES. AND ALSO NOW WITH THE ATTENTION BEING PRESENTED THAT THE ROADS ARE SO MUCH SMALLER, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT OUR SMALLER THAN THE ACTUAL CITY ORDINANCE? WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE THAT WAS NOW BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, WHICH I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT. THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD. NEXT, MOVE

[10. Business or reports from the Mayor or other Members of City Council]

THIS IS ON ROSEWOOD TERRACE. ROSEWOOD TERRACE IS OFF OF GROVE. SORRY, OFF OF GRAHAM ROAD, UP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. JUST ALMOST WHERE THE INTERSTATE EXIT COMES INTO GRAHAM ROAD. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD I THINK IS MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF MR. MILLER'S EFFORTS AND THE EFFORTS OF THOSE HE LEADS. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING GREEN GRASS IN THAT FRONT YARD AND A FAMILY LIVING THERE. SO CERTAINLY KUDOS TO MR. MILLER AND HIS TEAM. I SENT HIM THAT PHOTOGRAPH OVER THE WEEKEND AND I SAID, MR. MILLER, IT'S TIME FOR A VICTORY LAP. AND INDEED IT IS. LET ME GO TO THE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS. MR. VVOH CRATER ROAD. NOW, THIS PROPERTY IS, AS YOU SEE, I TOOK THIS

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ALL RIGHT, SO, MR. WILLIAMS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO. YOU NEED TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT. I DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THEIR LETTERS THAT THEY ISSUE, BUT THEY WILL THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THE TIMELINE AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE THEM TO DEMOLISH IT. OH, I'M HERE. IT'S LIKE STEREO THAT'S NOT PLAYING CONSISTENTLY AND LEFT VERSUS RIGHT. I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL THAT'S FINE. SO IT'S UP TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AT THIS POINT. IS THAT RIGHT, MR. MILLER? YES, SIR. AS I SAID BEFORE, SIR, WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IT SHOULD COME DOWN, GIVE MYSELF SOME LEEWAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. NEXT, COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO SHOWED UP TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL. SHOUT OUT TO PEABODY ALUMNI. I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW WE'RE ALUMNI UP HERE TOO. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY. ALL THE VISITORS AND EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW I WASN'T GOING TO SAY MUCH TODAY, BUT. THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS FROM CONSTITUENTS. AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, LIKE MR. GANAWAY SAID, IT'S BEEN SINCE MR. ROSS SINCE THINGS GOT DONE IN HIS WARD AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING THINGS ARE NOT GETTING DONE. BUT I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT. SOME OF THESE THINGS. LOOK, TRUST ME, I'M JUST OFF AS Y'ALL ARE. AND BUT THE WAY THINGS WORK, WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT DON'T WORK OVERNIGHT. THAT'S NO EXCUSE FOR NOT GETTING DONE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HERE TO BEAT ANYBODY UP. BUT THINGS LIKE WHEN THIS STUFF HAPPENS, IT COULD COST AS MUCH AS I WANT TO KEEP SERVING YOU GUYS, IT'LL COST ME AN ELECTION. JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK I'M NOT DOING WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING. AND I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO GO OUT HERE AND SAY, WELL, HE AIN'T FIXED THE DRAINAGE. I CAN'T FIX IT. I COULD BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION. I COULD BEAT THE DESK AND SAY, YOU GOT TO GET DONE. BUT I CAN'T FIX IT, AND I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO GO ON IN NOVEMBER AND SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE AIN'T FIX THE DRAINAGE, OR HE AIN'T

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AND WHEN YOU GET IN A CAR THAT WE GIVE YOU, YOU OWE US SOME WORK. EVERY MILE YOU DRIVE, YOU OWE US SOME WORK BECAUSE WE GET TO BEAT THEM. NOW, YOU GOT THE NEXT ELECTION COMING UP. YOU GOT ONE, THREE, FIVE AND SEVEN, AND SOME OF Y'ALL ALREADY MADE YOUR MIND UP THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR SOME OF US BECAUSE WE AIN'T GOT A BRIDGE DONE YET. WE AIN'T GOT THE DRAINAGE DONE YET.

WE AIN'T GOT STREET PAVING YET, AND WE AIN'T GOT THE ROPE DONE. AND YOU ALREADY MADE YOUR MIND UP. BUT GIVE US A CHANCE TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE TO THOSE WHO WE PUT IN POSITION. WHO WE HIRED TO DO THESE JOBS. AND THAT'S EVERYBODY. NOW, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. I'M NOT BEATING ANY DEPARTMENT DOWN. BUT THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT ALL OVER THE PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THIS WORK DONE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. MAN, I'M REALLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I TALKED TO A CONSTITUENT IN BLANFORD SAID THE STREETS HADN'T BEEN PAVED IN 30 YEARS. 30 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND I WENT OUT THERE AND SAW IT FOR MYSELF. AND LUCKILY IN BROOKLYN MANOR, WE FIXED THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM BY ACCIDENT. ME, MARQUIS ALLEN AND THE CITY MANAGER, AND I THINK I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE WAS INVOLVED, BUT I KNOW WE WAS FIXING THE PARK UP AND WE FOUND THAT THE SIDEWALK WAS ABOUT TEN FEET WIDER THAN WHAT IT WAS, AND WE CLEARED THE DRAINAGE OUT. NOW WE DON'T DRAIN RIGHT THERE. IT DON'T FLOOD UP RIGHT THERE ANYMORE. BUT I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY THIS EVERYBODY TO COUNCIL, LET'S APPLY MORE PRESSURE TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE AND I'M NOT BEATING HIM UP, BUT HE'S ONLY ONE PERSON. AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE HE AND I THINK I HEARD THE COUNCILMAN SAY ONE TIME, WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR ISSUES IN OUR WARDS. AND THAT COMES FROM YOU GUYS TOO. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GOT A DRAINAGE ISSUE, AND I KNOW YOU GOT A LIGHT ISSUE OVER THERE, BUT WE ALL HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. BUT WE GOT TO APPLY THIS PRESSURE, MAN. I MEAN, APPLY PRESSURE UNTIL HE SAY OUCH AND UNTIL HIS POCKET SAY OUCH AND UNTIL HIS DEPARTMENT HEADS SAY OUCH OR MOVE. YOU KNOW, WE PAN YOU. WE MAKE $400 EVERY TWO WEEKS. Y'ALL GETTING THE BIG BUCKS? THE BIG BUCKS. OUR TRADE POSITIONS WITH YOU. I BET YOU I GET IT DONE. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO START OUT WITH. FIRST OF ALL, MY FIRST POINT IS HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TO ALL THE WOMEN IN THE AUDIENCE, THE WOMEN OF PETERSBURG NATIONALLY. THAT'S WHY I DO HAVE ALL MY PURPLE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN IN YOUR LIFE. I'D LIKE TO JUST CALL OUT MY MOTHER, ELIZABETH WESTBROOK, WHO RAISED ME AND EVERYBODY ELSE. I SEE A LOT OF WOMEN IN THE BACK THAT HAVE COME ACROSS, EITHER THROUGH MY MOM OR THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT HAVE IMPACTED ME. SO SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF Y'ALL. I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, I LOVE Y'ALL, I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS AND LOVE ON THE CITY AND THE YOUTH OF THE CITY. BUT AGAIN, HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. SECONDLY, I DON'T KNOW IF GARRETT HAD ENOUGH TIME. I DID JUST SEND IT AND HOPEFULLY DEPENDING ON GETTING IT TO ELLA. BUT TOMORROW AT THE PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, THERE WILL BE A SHOWCASE. YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE SPEECH AND DEBATE IN THE CITY, WHAT WE DO AT VIRGINIA STATE, BUT AS WELL AS PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL, THERE IS A THERE. IT IS RIGHT THERE. THERE IS A SPEECH TEAM SHOWCASE TOMORROW AT 3:00, 3:00 SHARP, WHICH WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE THREE STUDENTS. THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S MY WHEELBASE. MISS TAYLOR THOMAS, MISS KIJANI DONAHUE AND MISS JUSTICE AND MR. JUSTICE MOORE, TWO OF THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE COMPETING NATIONALLY AT THE NATIONAL COMPETITION IN JUNE. AND BUT ALL THREE OF THEM WILL BE COMPETING AT STATES NEXT WEEKEND. SO THIS IS A WEEK TOMORROW WHERE YOU CAN COME OUT AND SUPPORT THOSE THREE YOUNG STUDENTS AGAIN TOMORROW AT 3 P.M. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MOVE ON THIRD POINT AND THANK THE ARTS COUNCIL AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAD A HAND IN THE DISTRICT FINE ARTS FESTIVAL. THAT WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY AT PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WAS A ARTWORK FROM STUDENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICT. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE.

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EVERYBODY THAT HAD A HAND IN THE DISTRICT FINE ARTS FESTIVAL, I THINK IT WAS A LOT OF GIVE IT TO COUNCILMAN HOWARD MORRIS FOR STARTING THAT ARTS COUNCIL. MY FOURTH POINT IS SPRING STARTS THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH AT 5:01 A.M. AND I DO BRING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT THE GRASS IS GOING TO START TO GROW. SO PLEASE START TO CUT YOUR GRASS, START TO ENCOURAGE YOUR NEIGHBORS TO CUT THEIR GRASS, UPKEEP YOUR YARD. WHETHER IT'S PUTTING DOWN MULCH, PLANTING FLOWERS, PLANTING THAT GARDEN, BUT JUST AGAIN, GETTING INTO THE SPRING SEASON, THE NEW YEAR IS ABOUT TO START AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ALL PAYING A PART OF FUNDING OUR CITY AS CUTTING THE GRASS IS A GOOD START. FOLDER. MY FIFTH POINT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOLDER TO COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION. I'M CALLING, NOT CALLING THEM OUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY MANAGER. I KNOW MR. MILLER IS HERE, BUT COULD FOWLER COME? I SEE A LOT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE TRAILS IN CHESTERFIELD COLONIAL HEIGHTS SIDE. YOU HAVE THE. I THINK IT'S THE FALL.

APPOMATTOX FALL LINE IS CONNECTING APPOMATTOX TO VIRGINIA STATE. I THINK THAT THE CITY DESERVES AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT'S GOING AND HOW THE PAVEMENT ON OUR SIDE OF BY THE PATENT PARK IS COMING ALONG, BECAUSE THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BRIDGE OVER THAT. SO THERE'S A LOT OF BIG THINGS THAT'S COMING DOWN THERE WITH FOLDER THAT'S EVEN GOING TO AFFECT POCAHONTAS ISLAND, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO EXTEND ALL THE WAY FROM DINWIDDIE TO HOPEWELL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT THESE CITIES. AND THE FOLDER WOULD JUST COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION COMING INTO THE SPRING SEASON. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. MY NEXT TO LAST POINT IS SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE SPIRITUAL PEOPLE IN IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS LISTENING MYSELF, I AM A CHRISTIAN, BUT I DO PRACTICE RAMADAN, SO I'M ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR FOR A SECOND AND DRINK SOME WATER BECAUSE THE SUN IS DOWN. SO EVERYBODY THAT PRACTICES RAMADAN FOR MY CATHOLICS, THEY PRACTICE LENT. BUT I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET CLOSER WITH GOD. AND AS VICE MAYOR, HILL ALWAYS PRAYS OVER US. I HOPE GOD IS BLESSING OUR CITY. WE DO HAVE A HIGH DENSITY OF CHURCHES. I WAS TOLD THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST DENSITY IN THE NATION AND MY LAST POINT I'M GOING TO KEEP PUSHING. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH PLASTIC BAGS. SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS CAUSE A LOT OF TRASH. THEY COST TAXPAYERS TO COLLECT THE LITTER THAT PEOPLE THROW OUT THEIR THEIR WINDOWS, THEIR CARS WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING. AND IT'S ESPECIALLY DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT TO LOW INCOME AREAS. YOU SEE THEM A LOT IN LOW INCOME AREAS. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, BUT PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS. COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THINGS IN WASHINGTON DC AND FAIRFAX AND IN ROANOKE, AND IT HELPS CUT DOWN ON LITTER. SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY CONTINUE THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE TO LOOK INTO IMPOSING A FIVE CENT BAG TAX, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IN VIRGINIA. AS WE APPROACH THE BUDGET SEASON TO PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION. THIS IS NOT ABOUT JUST TRASH. IT'S ABOUT THE DIGNITY AND STEWARDSHIP OF PETERSBURG. OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES TO LIVE IN A CLEAN, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. A FIVE CENT BAG TAX IS A SMALL STEP WITH A BIG IMPACT. IT'S A TOOL THAT HAS WORKED IN OTHER LOCALITIES AND I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL WORK HERE IN PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN MYERS. AFTER ALL THAT, I HAVE NOTHING AT THIS TIME. BUT GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCILWOMAN SMITH LEE, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND SHOUT OUT TO PEABODY ALUMNI.

YAY! KUDOS TO TANYA BROWN AND TARA COSBY. THEY ARE MY EYES AND EARS. THEY HAVE AGREED TO HELP AND HELP ME IN WARD SIX. WHEN I'M HERE OR DOING OTHER THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. ALSO, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALI JONES AND NAOMI JACKSON FOR JUST BEING FOOTSTOOLS FOR YOUNG KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY, DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE. YAY! ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. NOT

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YOU JUST DON'T EVER KNOW. JUST CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THEM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR HILL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. THE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SENT ME THIS, MR. KEN PRITCHETT. HE SAID THE CURRENTLY BECAUSE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SCHOOL, HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE IF HE HE WAS TOLD THAT, THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOW UP. BUT I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP SOME THINGS. THEY CURRENTLY THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA STATE CALLED THE HERO PROGRAM. WE HAVE THEIR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND OUR CLASSROOM WORKING AS TEACHERS WITH MENTORS, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY STAFF MEMBERS COME IN AND EVALUATE THEIR STUDENT TEACHERS AS WELL. CAMERON FOUNDATION HAS GIVEN US FUNDS THIS SCHOOL YEAR TO GET OUR TEACHERS CERTIFIED. VCU HAS A TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN OUR SCHOOLS. THEY ARE TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THEIR MASTERS. WE ARE ALSO PAYING FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL LICENSE TEACHERS TO GO THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED ITEC. THIS PROGRAM ASSISTS WITH BECOMING LICENSED TEACHERS. SO HE SENT THAT TO ME BECAUSE I GUESS HE'S LISTENING ON THERE. I TOLD HIM I WAS READING, BUT SO WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE PIPELINE. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT WE'RE NOT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA STATE OR ANY OTHER SURROUNDING SCHOOLS. BUT TO MY COMMENTS. I WANT TO A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO HIT ON VERY QUICKLY. I WANT TO THANK MISS JOANNE WILLIAMS, MISS JOANNE WILLIAMS, SHE'S OUR PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP OFFICER. SHE DOES A MARVELOUS JOB WITH HER AND HER PARTNER, DOES A MARVELOUS JOB WITH CAPTURING ALL THE THINGS THAT'S GOING ON IN PETERSBURG. BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK HER FOR GOING THROUGH THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND PICKING UP OVER 30 SIGNS THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AREA. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I ASKED THE PUBLIC WORKS TO DO IT ON THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, AND THEY HAVE MADE SOME STRIDES. I WILL GIVE THEM THAT MUCH. AND WE KNOW THAT LITTER IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALWAYS CHASING PEOPLE ALWAYS. I MEAN, DOWNTOWN WAS JUST THEY CLEANED EVERYTHING UP. I EVEN HAD MY FRATERNITY BROTHERS COME UP AND CLEAN UP LAST WEEK. AND THEN WHEN I COME BACK TO WORK TODAY, I SEE PAPER EVERYWHERE. SO WE AS A CITY HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE STAFF IS NOT DOING BETTER, BUT WE AS A CITY HAVE. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. IF YOU HAVE TRASH CANS AND THEY ARE TOPPLING OVER AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON THE BACK IN THE DAY, WE WOULD TAKE A BRICK AND PUT IT DOWN BECAUSE TRASH JUST FLY EVERYWHERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WINDY DAYS WE'VE HAD, BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO ALWAYS PUT IT ON PUBLIC WORKS, ALTHOUGH ALL, ALL OF THEM COULD DO BETTER. BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE DOING WELL AS A CITY. WE HAVE A GREAT WE HAVE A MAJOR, GROUNDBREAKING ON TOMORROW WHERE WE'LL BE OPENING UP. WE'RE NOT OPENING UP, BUT WE'LL BE DOING A GROUNDBREAKING OF THE NOT PETERSBURG LIVE, BUT VIRGINIA LIVE. THAT'LL BE TOMORROW. IT'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND THE SHEETZ ON WAGNER ROAD, WHICH. IS NOT PUBLIC. IT'S ALL ON FACEBOOK. IT'S ALL ON FACEBOOK. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY, RIGHT? SO YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THAT ANYWAY. WELL, ANYWAY, WE'LL BE WE GOT A LOT, LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THEY TOLD ME IT'S NOT PUBLIC. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT ALL OVER FACEBOOK. BUT ANYWAY, SO I DIDN'T SAY WHAT IT WAS ANYWAY. BUT Y'ALL KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. SO. BUT I JUST REALLY WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TALK POSITIVE OF THE CITY. IT DID ME GOOD. MY HEART GOOD. MR. GANAWAY CAME UP HERE AND TALKED ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS CAME. THEY CAME TO HIS HIS WIFE AID. AND I WORKED ON THAT DRAIN WITH YOU TOO, AS AS WELL. I THINK I HAD THEM TO DIG A DITCH AT ONE TIME, BUT I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THAT THAT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE WAS ANNEXED FROM, FROM PRINCE GEORGE. AND FOR SOME REASON, THAT WHOLE AREA, THAT AREA AND EVEN LAKEWOOD ALWAYS FLOOD. WE GET PEOPLE TO DIG THE

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AND IF YOU CAN SEE OUR NEWSLETTER HAS GROWN TO WHAT IS IT IS ABOUT TEN PAGES. THIS LAST ONE, JOANNE, MAYBE ABOUT TEN. YEAH. SO IT WAS IT'S A WONDERFUL NEWSLETTER WITH A LOT IN IT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE MORE OF THE GOOD NEWS. ALSO WE HAVE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL RIBBON CUTTINGS GO ON. AND OUR NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE INVITE EVERYONE TO IS ON THURSDAY. WE HAVE OUR FIRST VEGAN RESTAURANT, AND EVERYONE IS TRYING TO GET HEALTHY AND HAVE MORE OF A HEALTHIER CITY. SO WE HAVE NEW VEGAN RIBBON CUTTING IS GOING TO BE THURSDAY AT 330, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS NEW RESTAURANT. AND YOU KNOW, THE FOOD IS TERRIFIC AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO DO IS, IS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO EAT MORE HEALTHY AND SUPPORT NEW VEGAN. ALSO, I'M HAVING A WARD MEETING ON WITH SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR KENNETH PRITCHETT AT VERNON JOHNS. THAT IS ON MARCH 24TH, MONDAY AT 6:00. ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME OUT AND OUR WARD THREE RESIDENTS AS WELL, TO COME HEAR FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP TONIGHT.

AND ALSO, HOPEFULLY THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE BACK REPRESENTING ON THE CITY SIDE.

AND AT THIS TIME, BEING THAT I KNOW SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR JUST CHIMED, CHIMED IN WITH SOME ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO DEFER THE REST OF MY THREE MINUTES TO COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, OKAY? BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU HAD SOME, SOME, SOME QUESTIONS ON ON THE SCHOOL SIDE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY TAKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY REALLY AT HEART, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER IN THE SCHOOL SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO I KNOW WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GIVE ALL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. I APPRECIATE IT, MAYOR, BUT NOT TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT YOU DID. THE REASON WHY. LET ME BE CLEAR, THE REASON WHY I ABSTAINED. BECAUSE I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. AGAIN, I WORKED IN THE SCHOOLS FOR FIVE YEARS, ACTUALLY. BUT I HAVE A DAUGHTER THERE NOW, AND I FELT EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED, ATTACHED TO WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO THAT'S WHY I DID WANT TO MAKE THE SPEECH ABOUT I AM IN SUPPORT, BUT I HAD TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT MISS BROWN IS DOING, SUPERINTENDENT, BUT I GUESS I'M A LITTLE GUN SHY OF. I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS WE'VE HAD SIX SUPERINTENDENTS, SO SEVEN. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

SO IT'S LIKE, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT YOU, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE LONG RUN? AND I THINK THAT SHE IS. BUT AGAIN, HER TRACK RECORD SAYS THAT YOU COME HERE, YOU DO, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT AND THEN YOU MOVE ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER PASTURES. AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG DESERVES A LOT FOR THEIR YOUTH. SO AGAIN, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, IF ANYBODY WANTS THEM, I WILL PUBLISH THEM OR GIVE THEM TO YOU. BUT THEIR ANSWERS DID COME BACK. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO THROW SHADE ON THEM. I'M JUST HOPING WE CAN HAVE THAT JOINT MEETING BECAUSE AGAIN, I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I HAD ONE JOINT MEETING WITH SCHOOL BOARD AND THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. VICE MAYOR THAT WAS IN THE IN THE LUNCHROOM OF PHS. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO 1 IN 2 YEARS NOW. AGAIN, WE MIGHT HAVE TALKED TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY, BUT AS A JOINT MEETING IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. I THOUGHT WE HAD ONE LAST YEAR WITH THEM. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT AGAIN. I JUST THINK THAT IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I'M IF WE CAN WE GOT THE CASINO. WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA CENTERS, BUT WE CAN'T LEAVE OUR YOUTH BEHIND WITHOUT THAT

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[12. Finance and Budget Report]

63% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET HAS BEEN SPENT. AND THAT'S GENERAL FUND. LOOKING AT THE OTHER FUNDS, A LOT OF THESE FUNDS ARE SUPPORTED BY GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY MAY NOT TREND THE SAME AS THE GENERAL FUND AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE YEAR SPENT. BUT WE'RE STILL IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT. IMPORTANT PAGE. RIGHT. THE EARNED INTEREST UPDATE. SO FOR OUR LGIP, WHICH IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL, TO DATE WE HAVE EARNED $1.2 MILLION FROM THE MONEY WE HAVE IN THERE. AND THEN OUR INTEREST BEARING SWEEP ACCOUNT. TO DATE, WE'VE EARNED $302,519 FOR A TOTAL OF 1.5 MILLION IN EARNED INTEREST. AND AS A NOTE, THE PROJECTION FOR THIS YEAR. AS YOU SEE, THERE WAS 1.4 MILLION. AND WE'VE SUPERSEDED THAT. SO JUST REALLY, REALLY DOING GOOD.

AND THAT THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. VICE MAYOR HILL. SO EXPLAIN TO THIS. EXPLAIN THIS TO ME. THE PROCESS THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT DO. WHAT ISSUING OR COLLECTING OR REAL ESTATE TAXES.

WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS? YOURS. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE. I'M TALKING ABOUT YOUR YOUR SIDE OF THE HOUSE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW I'M NOT THROWING DOTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW. WELL, I'M THE BUDGET MANAGER, SO I DON'T DO MUCH. BUT YOU'RE A FINANCE, RIGHT? YES, I AM IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. COLLECTIONS, CUSTOMER CARE AND COLLECTIONS IS TYPICALLY RESPONSIBLE. THAT'S THAT'S. I HAVE A I GET WITH MR. LEON. I GET WITH HIM AND I'LL FIND OUT OKAY. I WOULDN'T I'M NOT I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT LIKE THAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TEMPERS FLYING AND WHAT HAVE YOU. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS. THIS RIGHT HERE IS NOT I MEAN, THE PRESENTATION IS GOOD. GREAT. THUMBS UP. BUT I WILL SAY CUSTOMER SERVICE, THE WAY WE TREAT INDIVIDUALS AT THE WINDOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IN MY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING UP TO ME COULD, COULD, COULD BE IMPROVED. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO LET YOUR PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY TO OUR ATTENTION OR TO MY ATTENTION, THAT WE'VE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT JUST LIKE PEOPLE BE STANDING IN LINE AND PEOPLE DON'T ASK THEM, CAN I HELP YOU OR WHATEVER? THEY'RE JUST STANDING THERE. PEOPLE ARE NOT AS POLITE AS THEY SHOULD BE. NOW, I HAVEN'T WITNESSED THAT. I HAVE WITNESSED SOMETHING BEFORE, BUT I YOU KNOW, I WILL SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER TIME. BUT I JUST I'M ALL ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE. I WORK IN A SERVICE INDUSTRY MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I OWN A SALON AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE KIND TO PEOPLE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT, BUT I WANT IT TO BE. I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS COME TO US AND THEY LET US KNOW WHEN, YOU

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WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE BEING BELITTLED. AND I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, STUFF ABOUT WE TALK DOWN TO PEOPLE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND I GET IT, I GET IT, AND WE SHOULDN'T DO IT. THEY SHOULDN'T DO IT. YOU KNOW? WE ALL SHOULDN'T DO IT. AND EVEN CITIZENS, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD ENOUGH OUT HERE. AND THEN WHEN YOU GO TO PAY A BILL AND FIND OUT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. THEN THEY COME RUNNING DOWN THE STREET TO ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW I'M RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AND EVERYBODY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO ME WHETHER I'M IN THEIR WARD OR NOT. SO MR. LEON, HANDLE THAT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. KOCHER. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT, WE GO ON TO ITEM 13, UNFINISHED

[14. New Business]

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS REQUEST IS TO ALLOW US TO LEASE THE FIELD THAT THE HARBOR FOR THE ARMED FORCES EVENT. WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS BY ORDINANCE. THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO DO THE ENTIRE EVENT IN THE FIELD AREA. WE WILL NOT GO ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS. SO BASICALLY YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE BATHROOMS. ANY OF THE VENDORS. PLUS, YOU KNOW, MR. AMERICA WILL BE THERE, BUT ALSO WE'LL HAVE A PERFORMANCE BY ROBERTA LEE AND ALSO A COUPLE OTHER BANDS THAT WILL BE PERFORMING. SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THE ORDINANCE. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE FOR TO EXECUTE THE COMMERCIAL LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE WELLS, LLC AND THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 277 RIVER STREET. SO MOVED COUNCILMAN MEYERS SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND DISCUSSION. COUNCILMAN JONES. THIS LEASE IS FROM MAY 16TH TO MAY 18TH. YES, SIR. THAT ALLOWS TIME FOR SET AND TAKEDOWN OF THE EVENT AREA. WHAT DID THE DOLLAR COME FROM? THAT WAS A FIGURE OFFERED BY MR. MCCORMICK FOR USE OF THE FIELD. SIR. I ASSUME THERE'S INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO KEEP US FROM BEING LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE INSURANCE. YES, SIR. OKAY. I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, MR. HILL, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER. CUTHBERT, COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. I COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL. AYE. MAYOR. PARHAM. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM B RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COMMONWEALTH. TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER AND VDOT CONVEY THE TITLE RIGHT OF WAYS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF PETERSBURG.

EVENING. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. HILL. COUNCILMAN. ALL THE PAPER YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION THAT'S REQUIRED BY VDOT TO CONVEY SOME RIGHT OF WAY THAT WILL FACILITATE THE DATA CENTER AT 1161 WAGNER ROAD, AND THIS WILL IN TURN BE DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPER, IN WHICH WE WILL RETAIN AN EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT. AND WE WILL ALSO RETAIN A UTILITY EASEMENT. BUT THIS PAPER JUST STARTS THE PROCESS FOR VDOT TO TRANSFER THE PROPERTY OR THE RIGHT OF WAY BACK TO THE CITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. MAYOR? YES. COUNCILMAN COOPER.

WHAT IS THE EASEMENT GOING TO BE USED FOR? IT'S GOING TO BE THEIR ACCESS EASEMENT. GARRETT, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND JUST SHOW THE SCHEMATICS OF THE FOR THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER? IS

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OKAY. COUNCILMAN JONES, CAN YOU. MR. VAN HOY, CAN YOU BLOW THIS PICTURE UP A LITTLE BIT? TRYING TO GET THE LOCATION? IS THAT RIGHT AT THE FORT ROSS ENTRANCE? RIGHT THERE? EXACTLY RIGHT. IT'S RIGHT. FORT ROSS IS ON THE IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD FROM WAGNER ROAD. THE DATA CENTER IS SITUATED RIGHT THERE BY THE BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. I UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE AT NOW. GOOD. YEAH. ALRIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND VDOT TO CONVEY THE TITLE RIGHT OF WAYS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF PETERSBURG. VICE MAYOR HILL SO MOVED SECOND. SECOND. COUNCILMAN JONES. ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR YOU. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. COUNCILMEMBER CUTHBERT. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL. AYE. MAYOR. PERRY. AYE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. ITEM C RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WITH THE INDUCEMENT RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF HENRICO, VIRGINIA, AND APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. MR. MOORE, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TONIGHT WE HAVE WITH US MISS AARON SUTTON FROM DINSMORE AND SCHOLL. SHE IS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR BON SECOURS MERCY HEALTH, WHO WILL BRIEFLY BRIEF YOU ON THE PARTICULARS OF THIS AND ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. BUT THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES. MR. MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. I'M AARON SUTTON FROM DINSMORE AND SHOHL, AND WE'RE SERVING AS BOND COUNSEL ON THIS TRANSACTION. BON SECOURS MERCY HEALTH IS A 500 AND 1C3 NONPROFIT HEALTH SYSTEM WITH FACILITIES IN THE RICHMOND MARKET AND THE HAMPTON ROADS MARKET, INCLUDING, AS YOU KNOW, SOUTHSIDE MEDICAL CENTER HERE IN PETERSBURG, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR BOARD APPROVED PLAN OF FINANCE, BON SECOURS HAS ASKED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF HENRICO COUNTY TO ISSUE REVENUE BONDS, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WOULD BE USED TO REFUND SOME PRIOR OUTSTANDING DEBT, REIMBURSE THEMSELVES FOR PRIOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, AND FUND THE COST OF OTHER PLANNED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THEIR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN THE STATE. ON FEBRUARY 27TH, A PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD BY THE PETERSBURG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 147 F OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, WHICH REQUIRES THAT IN

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

OKAY. THANK YOU. BUSINESS REPORTS FROM THE CLERK, MISS HILL. ANY ITEMS? NOTHING TO REPORT TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM, 17 BUSINESS REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. NO REPORT,

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