Oct 21, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting

WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. AYE. THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, WOULD

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COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. MYERS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. PRESENT. VICE MAYOR. PRESENT. MAYOR. PAIR. SO YOU

[4. Determination of the Presence of a Quorum]

[5. Proclamations/Recognitions/Presentation of Ceremonial Proclamations]

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA. PROCLAMATION HONORING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF CLUB 17. WHEREAS 75 YEARS CLUB 17, INCORPORATED HAS PROUDLY SERVED AS A CORNERSTONE OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, PROVIDING A DEDICATED EVENT SPACE AND A PLACE OF FELLOWSHIP IN THE HEARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, ESTABLISHED IN 1950 BY A GROUP OF 17 VISIONARY MEN, CLUB 17 WAS FOUNDED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF UNITY, BROTHERHOOD AND SERVICE, CREATING A LASTING LEGACY THAT CONTINUES TO UPLIFT THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. AND WHEREAS THESE FOUNDERS LAID A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, INSPIRING AND CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, PHILOSOPHY AND COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT. AND WHEREAS, OVER THE DECADES, CLUB 17 HAS EXPANDED ITS IMPACT THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS THAT HAVE SUPPORTED LOCAL COLLEGES, STUDENTS AND PURSUING THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES. AND WHEREAS CLUB 17 VENUE HAS SERVED AS A CHERISHED GATHERING PLACE FOR COUNTLESS WEDDINGS, REUNIONS, BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE LIFE, LOVE AND HERITAGE. AND WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF CLUB 17 HAVE DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE RESILIENCE, RELIANCE AND DEDICATION, ENSURING THAT THE ORGANIZATION NOT ONLY ENSURED

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OH, CAN WE GET ALL ALL, ALL OF YOU ALL COME UP. HOW YOU DOING? CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAN. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL TOGETHER. YOU STILL HAVE SOME? YEAH. PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE, MAN. WE CALL YOU THE PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS.

GO TO ASSEMBLY LINE HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. MILESTONE.

RIGHT, BOY. YOU GOT IT. COME ON. HOLD ON. OKAY, I'M RIGHT HERE. YOU RIGHT HERE? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

Y'ALL KIND OF GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. LET'S GO RIGHT HERE. LOOK THAT WAY. ALL RIGHT, BUT NOBODY'S TAKING A PICTURE. CONGRATULATIONS A MILESTONE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR REACHING IT. GOOD. ALRIGHT, GENTLEMEN. ALL RIGHT. WE THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M BERNARD HARPER AND THE MEMBERS OF CLUB 17. FOUNDERS AND MEMBERS CURRENT. WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION OF OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY AND 75 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. WE HAVE A LONG AND HONORABLE TRADITION WITHIN THE CITY, DATING BACK TO WHEN SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO COMMINGLE. WE'RE NOT SEGREGATED. 17 FOUNDERS RECOGNIZED THAT THEY COULD FIND A PLACE TO TO EXIST WITHIN THE CITY AND TO GIVE OUR CITIZENS A PLACE TO SOCIALIZE. WE EMERGE FROM THE BUNKER HILL GRILL TO A BINGO HALL, AND OUR FOUNDERS IN THE 80S EXPANDED OUR ORGANIZATION. AND THE MEMBERS TODAY CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND HONOR THAT TRADITION THROUGH SUPPORTING BOY SCOUTS, LITTLE LEAGUE SERVICES, PUBLIC PROJECTS, TUITION AND SCHOLARSHIP AND SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVES, AND OTHER CHARITIES WITHIN THE CITY. IN OTHER WORTHY CAUSES. WE PRAY THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCCESS. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME SEE US AND BOOK YOUR MAJOR EVENT AT CLUB 17. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THIS, FOR OUR CITY AND WHAT YOU MEAN TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA IS A COMMUNITY WHICH ACKNOWLEDGED THAT A SPECIAL VIBRANCY EXISTS WITHIN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHEN ITS INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS COLLECTIVELY GO TO THE EXTRA MILE AND PERSONAL EFFORTS, VOLUNTEERISM AND SERVICE. AND WHEREAS PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA IS A COMMUNITY WHICH ENCOURAGES ITS CITIZENS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR

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9EFGHIJKLMNO. I'M SORRY. LET ME BACK UP. LET ME BACK UP. I'M SORRY. MAKE A MOTION. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TABLE 9E9F9G. NINE, H 9I9J9K. AND L TO COMBINE TOGETHER FOR OUR NEXT. SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER. THAT'S THE FIRST MOTION. COUNCILMAN JONES I SECOND COUNCILMAN WESTBROOK. COUNCILMAN JONES MADE THE MOTION. HE SAID SECOND BY MISTAKE. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND. AND THAT WE TABLE.

9EFGHIJK AND L. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE I.

VICE MAYOR HUGH I. THE MOTION CARRIES NOW ALSO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE. 14 A. AND 14 C. AND 15 A B C D E F G H TO OUR NEXT. NOT H I'M SORRY. SCRATCH H OKAY. TO OUR OUR COMMUNICATION. OUR SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER. COUNCILMAN JONES. SO MOVED. COUNCILMAN WOMEN'S NESMITH LEE I SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY SECOND THAT WE TABLE FOR OUR

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COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. AYE. MOTION CARRIES THE REASON WHY WE TABLE SOME OF THESE AND OUR COMBINING THEM. BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM DEALS WITH PROPERTIES. AND NORMALLY WE TRY TO PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER SO WE CAN. SO WE WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE. SO WE WANT TO WORK MORE EFFICIENT INSTEAD OF BEING SO LONG. THEN SOME OF THESE, THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE DEEP DIVING FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS HEADS.

YEAH YEAH YEAH. HUM. YEAH. SOME OF THEM NEED A LITTLE MORE DEEP DIVING FROM OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS. AND WE WANT THEM TO BRING BACK MORE INFORMATION FOR US. SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SPEAK ON CERTAIN THINGS. BUT THEY'LL BE AT OUR SECOND MEETING IN NOVEMBER. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SKELETON CREW, SOME WHICH OUR MAYOR IS OUT OF TOWN AND OUR OTHER COUNCIL PERSON IS NOT HERE AS WELL. SO WE THOUGHT IT BEST IN ORDER FOR US TO WORK MORE EFFICIENT THAT WE WOULD DO THOSE THOSE TABLES. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW, AS WE MOVE ALONG,

[7. Presentations]

PRESENTATION. CITY OF PETERSBURG PROPOSED STRATEGY. STRATEGIC PLAN PRESENTATION.

PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. VICE MAYOR. HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. ALTMAN, MR. WILLIAMS AND MADAM CLERK. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS JANE DITTMAR. I AM PART OF THE CONSULTING TEAM FOR THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT. AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT YOUR WORKING DRAFT FOR PHASE ONE OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING ON TO REACH CONSENSUS ON YOUR PRIORITIES. AND I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A FEW HIGH NOTES YOU RECEIVED, RECEIVED AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN YOUR PACKETS. YOU HAVE THE FULL DRAFT IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. AND NOTE THAT ON EVERY PAGE, THE WORD DRAFT APPEARS BECAUSE IT'S A WORKING DRAFT UNTIL YOU ADOPT IT SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. SO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE WORK THUS FAR WAS TO FOLLOW A CLEARLY DEFINED PROCESS AND HONOR THE UNIQUE ROLES IN THIS PROCESS OF YOU, THE COUNCIL, AND OF COURSE, YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND TO DESIGN A PLAN THAT IS CAPABLE OF BEING IMPLEMENTED. YOUR ROLE HAS BEEN TO REACH CONSENSUS ON VISION. THAT'S YOUR LONG LOOK AT WHERE YOU WANT PETER PETERSBURG TO BE AND YOUR PRIORITIES, AND THEN TO, THROUGH YOUR POLICYMAKING ROLE, ESTABLISH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

EVENTUALLY, AFTER YOU ADOPT THE PLAN, YOU ALSO HAVE THE ROLE OF PROVIDING THE RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. STAFF'S ROLE WILL BE TO TAKE THIS PLAN FROM YOU AFTER YOU REFER IT TO THEM AND DEVELOP THE STRATEGY, STRATEGIES AND TACTICS AND THE PROJECT PLANS THAT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL TO IMPLEMENT, THEN TO EXECUTE IT FOR YOU, MEASURE IT FOR YOU, AND TO REPORT TO YOU ABOUT IT. JUST TO TAKE US THROUGH A LITTLE HISTORICAL LOOK AT OUR WORK THIS YEAR, WE HAD 20 HOURS OF INTERVIEWS, INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS. WE HAD A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL YOUR CURRENT CITY PLANNING DOCUMENTS. WE HAD TWO TWO DAY ADVANCES WITH YOU AND YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WHERE WE FACILITATED IN PARTS OF THOSE ADVANCES SESSIONS ON ALIGNMENT, PRIORITIES AND ACTIONABLE GOALS. AND THE OUTCOME IS AN ALIGNED LEADERSHIP VISION DRAFT, OF COURSE, AND THEN ACTIONABLE GOALS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

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SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PARTICIPATE IN IN PHASE ONE. AND THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT. MR. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. JANE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TUTELAGE, YOUR GUIDANCE DURING OUR WORK SESSION. IF YOU ALL DON'T KNOW, SHE GUIDED US THROUGH OUR WORK SESSIONS WHEN WE WENT ON OUR RETREAT AND OUR ADVANCE. WE LIKE TO CALL IT. AND SHE'S DONE A MARVELOUS JOB WORKING WITH THE CITY. SO LET'S GIVE HER A HAND CLAP. OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW IT IS KEEPING SEVEN PEOPLE ALL TOGETHER ON ONE ON ONE TRACK. EVERYBODY WANT TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. MR. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN HELPING COUNCIL REACH A CONSISTENT CONSENSUS ON OUR PRIORITIES. AND I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO REFER TO THIS DRAFT TO STAFF FOR ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE STRATEGIES, MILESTONES AND METRICS AND PRIORITIES FOR US TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADOPTION AT A FUTURE MEETING. THAT'S HIS MOTION. CAN I GET A SECOND? COUNCILMAN? COUNCILWOMAN SMITH I'LL SECOND IT BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER? CUTHBERT? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. VICE MAYOR.

HILL. AYE. THANK YOU. JANE. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. ITEM NUMBER

[9. Official Public Hearings]

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, GARY COZIER BUDGET MANAGER. SO THIS ITEM THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE A FEW GRANTS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN AWARDED ACROSS A COUPLE OF AGENCIES. SO OUR PETERSBURG COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE OPIOID ABATEMENT AUTHORITY. THAT GRANT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $540,000. PETERSBURG BUREAU OF POLICE RECEIVED TWO GRANTS FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR TRAFFIC AND ALCOHOL RELATED ENFORCEMENT, AND THOSE ARE $45,683 AND $121,020, RESPECTIVELY. NONE OF THESE GRANTS HAVE ANY MATCH REQUIREMENTS, SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $706,703. THANK YOU,

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AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER. EXCUSE ME. 9BA PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FY 2026 TO FY 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. YES. OKAY. SO THIS ITEM WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FIVE YEAR CIP OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND KIND OF JUST GO THROUGH THAT RIGHT HERE. SO JUST TO START WITH A SUMMARY.

SO THE CITY OF PETERSBURG'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR CIP, ESTABLISHES, PRIORITIZES AND DEFINES FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO IMPROVE EXISTING SYSTEMS AND DEVELOP NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES. THE CITY'S LONG RANGE PRIORITIES MAY CHANGE DUE TO FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE CAUSED A MORE RAPID DETERIORATION OF ASSETS OR GREATER NEED IDENTIFIED ELSEWHERE. AND SO THE CIP HAS TWO PURPOSES. SO THE FY 26 CIP IS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN. SO THOSE ARE SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITH CERTAIN FUNDING THAT WILL BE COMPLETED OR STARTED OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OUT YEARS, WHICH ARE MORE ASPIRATIONAL. SOME OF THAT FUNDING IS NOT GUARANTEED, AND THE CITY'S REVENUE STREAMS MAY CHANGE, OR WE MAY OBTAIN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PROJECTS THROUGH GRANTS, SPECIAL REVENUES OR BONDS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THOSE TO CHANGE. SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A LIVING DOCUMENT. SO RIGHT HERE IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE THE FULL WORKING PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR THE YEAR FY 26, WHICH IS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WE'RE IN. WE HAVE A PROJECTED $73 MILLION IN SPEND, FY 27 SHOWS, 184 MILLION, FY 28 IS 121 MILLION. AND IT STARTS TO TAPER DOWN A LITTLE BIT JUST BASED ON THE CURRENT PLAN. FY 2941 MILLION IN FY 3036 MILLION. SO A TOTAL ACROSS THE FIVE YEARS OF $458,420,540. AND THIS CHART JUST BASICALLY SHOWS IT BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT OR FUNCTIONAL AREA. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON THE NEXT SLIDES. AND SO WITH THE FACILITIES SUBSET OF PROJECTS YOU CAN SEE IT LISTS 400 FARMER STREET. IT LISTS THE ANIMAL SHELTER. IT LISTS UNION TRAIN STATION REHAB FOR PARKS AND REC, CITY HALL ANNEX AND BATHROOM RENOVATIONS, THE DISTRICT COURT BUILDING, HVAC REPLACEMENTS AROUND THE CITY, AS WELL AS SOUTH SIDE DEPOT. SO A TOTAL OF $16 MILLION HERE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR FACILITIES, FIRE AND EMS. THERE IS A REPLACEMENT THERE FOR ONE OF THE STATIONS, SO A 210,000 TOTAL THERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT PLANNING A FINANCIAL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT. SO $72,000 THERE.

PUBLIC WORKS HAS SOUTH CRATER ROAD TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS SOUTH SYCAMORE STREET BRIDGE CULVERT REHAB. THAT'S A TOTAL OF 1.7 MILLION IN SPEND ENGINEERING.

SO WE HAVE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS. WE HAVE OUR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, CITYWIDE PAVEMENT ANALYSIS, CITYWIDE PARKING STUDY, AS WELL AS EAST WITH STREET TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN 775,000 PLANNED FOR FY 26 FOR THIS DIVISION. STREET OPERATIONS. YOU HAVE ANNUAL PAVING AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE OAK HILL ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. SO A TOTAL OF 6 MILLION ACROSS THOSE TWO. FOR STORMWATER. WE HAVE SEVERAL STORMWATER PROJECTS GOING ON HERE. SO THIS DOES TRAVEL ACROSS PAGES. SO WE START WITH FLEETS BRANCH STREAM RESTORATION WHICH IS IN PHASE TWO. THE SHIRLEY AVENUE STREAM RESTORATION, THE SHIRLEY AVENUE STREAM RESTORATION EXTENSION, THE WILCOX LAKE DAM IMPROVEMENTS, CITYWIDE DRAINAGE

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SO WATER DISTRIBUTION, MAIN REHAB, WATER PUMP STATION REHAB AND UPGRADES, LOCKS, WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT. OUR WATER TANK THAT IS UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY. THE POOR CREEK SOUTHEAST WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE WATER BOOSTING, PUMPING STATION, WATER EQUIPMENT, LEAD AND COPPER LINE REVISIONS. WAGNER ROAD WATER LINE, POTABLE WATER, MASTER PLAN AND MASTER METER VAULT REPLACEMENT. SO ACROSS ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, JUST FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, $8 MILLION FOR JUST WATER MOVING ON INTO WASTEWATER, ALSO KNOWN AS SEWER, WE HAVE PUMP STATION ENFORCEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, SEWER EQUIPMENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL UPGRADE FOR A TOTAL OF $27,623,000. THERE. TRANSIT.

TRANSIT HAS BUILD MAINTENANCE FACILITY. THEY ALSO HAVE A PARKING GARAGE, PROJECT, VEHICLE SUPPORT AND EQUIPMENT CONTROL, VEHICLE LOCATOR SYSTEM, MISCELLANEOUS VEHICLE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, A LARGE HEAVY DUTY TRANSIT, 35 TO 40 FOOT BUS FOR A TOTAL OF 2.8 MILLION. SO THAT BRINGS YOU DOWN TO THAT TOTAL OF 73 MILLION FOR FY 26. THIS LAST SLIDE JUST SHOWS ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BROKEN OUT BY WHAT EITHER AGENCY IS GIVING US THE FUNDS OR LOANING US THE FUNDS, OR IF IT COMES FROM FUNDS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SO YEAH, THAT THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF IT. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND WE OPEN UP NOW FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FY 2026 TO FY 23 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

YES, MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. TINA NOREN 120 LEAVENWORTH. WHEN IT SAYS BONDS THAT THOSE ARE THOSE BEING CHARGED BACK TO US AS CITIZENS. WHAT HAPPENS WITH BONDS. THAT'S 14 MILLION IN BONDS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS THAT IS IT WORKING? OKAY. SO WHEN WE BOND A PROJECT WE GO OUT AND BORROW THE MONEY. THINK OF IT AS A MORTGAGE. SO WE GO OUT AND BORROW THE MONEY AND PAY IT BACK OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD. THE BOND IS IS GUARANTEED BY THE TAXES THAT WE BRING IN. AND IN THIS CASE SO FAR, THE BONDING PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DO ANY TYPE OF TAX RATE INCREASE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THOSE BONDS. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE IT WITHIN OUR EXISTING REVENUE STREAM. BUT ULTIMATELY THE CITY'S BORROWING THE MONEY TO DO THE PROJECT TODAY AND PAYING IT BACK OVER TIME. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT IS THE OTHER ONES THAT ARE LOANS TO US? WE WE HAVE A FEW PROJECTS. SO A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT THESE ARE FUNDED. ONE IS THROUGH THE BONDING THROUGH JUST STRAIGHT GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US THAT WE CAN DEDICATE. SOME OF THEM ARE EITHER A LOAN THROUGH A STATE AGENCY, DEQ, WHICH WOULD BE TYPICALLY THROUGH VRE, WHICH THERE'S A REPAYMENT REQUIREMENT. AND TYPICALLY THERE'S ALSO A FORGIVENESS AMOUNT, NOT THE TOTAL AMOUNT. SO WE ARE IN LINE FOR A $20 MILLION, $21 MILLION LOAN FROM VRE TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THESE WATER AND SEWER ISSUES THAT WE HAVE UP THERE, THAT LOAN, IT'D BE HALF A PERCENT INTEREST THAT WE WOULD PAY BACK. AND IF OUR MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, $1 MILLION OF THAT LOAN IS FORGIVABLE. SO THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE LOAN THAT WE WOULD GET. AND THEN SOME OF THEM ARE FUNDED THROUGH GRANT FUNDS. SO WE GET GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE STATE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. A LOT OF THE STORM WATER AND SOME TRAIL PROJECTS AND THINGS. WE GET FUNDING FROM THE STATE THROUGH THROUGH GRANT FUNDS THAT WE USE TO TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROJECT. TYPICALLY, THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A MATCH REQUIREMENT OF LOCALLY, BUT IF THERE IS AND THERE'S SOME LOCAL DOLLARS INVOLVED. SO HOW MUCH OF 73 MILLION IS LOANS? I GUESS IS MY MAIN QUESTION. HOW MUCH HOW MUCH OF THE 73 IS OUR LOANS? YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT NUMBER BROKEN DOWN IN THE, IN THE PRESENTATION.

YEAH. NOT NOT BROKEN DOWN. BUT IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING BONDS LOANS I MEAN IT WOULD JUST BE THE LINES THAT SAY BONDS VRE. YEAH BONDS AND VRE BONDS VRE OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ABOUT

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AND THEN THE STATUS OF EXPENDITURES ON THIS CURRENT YEAR PLAN IS ANOTHER QUESTION.

THANK YOU. MR. VICE MAYOR. MR. CROSIER, I CAN TAG TEAM THIS ONE. SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN HERE ARE ALREADY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUDGETED AND APPROPRIATED BY COUNCIL, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE. AND SOME, SUCH AS THE WATER TOWER, ARE COMPLETE. SO WE'RE WE'RE FINISHED THAT PROJECT. BUT IT WAS A PROJECT IN FY 26, PART OF OUR OUR CAPITAL PLAN. WITH REGARD TO ARPA. WE'VE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS.

THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT LEFT THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE. AND I AND ALSO THE THE ARPA THAT'S LISTED HERE IS NOT THE CITY'S ARPA FUNDS. IT IS ARPA THROUGH A DIFFERENT AGENCY WHERE THE CITY IS A SUB RECIPIENT FOR THAT GRANT. SO THAT IS NOT RELATED TO ARPA FUNDS RELATED TO THE STORMWATER QUESTION. MOST OF THE STORMWATER PROJECTS ARE FUNDED THROUGH CFF GRANTS THROUGH DCR WHERE YOU SEE THERE. SO THE STORMWATER FUND LINE IS JUST THE REMAINDER THAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED. THAT WAS NOT COVERED BY GRANTS. THANK YOU SIR. YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. COME ON UP. JOHNNY. 620 WEST OAK STREET. I JUST WANTED TO BACK UP WHAT SHE WAS SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO THE STORMWATER FUNDS, BUT I NOTICED THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON BANK STREET AND THAT COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OLD STREET, WHERE THE WATER COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BANK STREET IS A PROBLEM. BUT IS THERE ANYTHING SET FOR THAT? BECAUSE I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE SINKHOLE THAT HAS BEEN EXISTING THERE, THAT YOU PUT THE BAND AID OVER TOP LAST YEAR, IS NOW COMING BACK DOWN AGAIN. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW, IS PART OF THAT GOING TO GET TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL, MR. HARTMAN. SO SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE THERE, THE GRANT FUNDS ARE TO TAKE CARE OF THE SINKHOLE ON BANK STREET. NOW, WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE WORK ON BANK STREET, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT PORTION OR EAST BANK. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT OLD STREET. I KNOW YOU GOT BANK STREET UNDER CONTROL. I JUST WANT TO BE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU SAW WORK ON BANK STREET, WAS THAT IN RELATION IN THAT SECTION WHERE THE SINKHOLE IS OR A DIFFERENT SECTION? THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS GOT UP THERE ON YOUR BUDGET. I'M ASSUMING THAT WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET FOR BANK STREET IS FOR WITH THE BIG OPEN GASH THAT WE HAVE RIGHT THERE. THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE HERE IS TO TO ADDRESS THE SINKHOLE AREA AND FIX THE, THE THE CULVERT GOING UNDERNEATH BANK STREET TO CONVEY THE STORMWATER THROUGH THERE. YES, SIR. I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE DO ALSO HAVE A PROJECT ON EAST BANK NEAR VIRGINIA LINEN, WHICH IS A SEWER PROJECT. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU WERE TALKING, I WAS I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT BECAUSE I'M DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT. SO I AM THE RECIPIENT OF ALL OF THAT.

THAT'S WHY I WANT TO KNOW, IS THAT PROJECT COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE RIVER? BECAUSE WE NEED DRAINAGE DOWN THERE AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE SINKHOLE THAT WE HAVE DOWN THERE THAT IS FORMING AGAIN. SO WE HAVE FUNDING RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE GRANT TO ADDRESS THE SINKHOLE AT BANK. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER. WE CAN'T WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL AT ONE TIME. BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A PHASED APPROACH SO WE CAN GET SOME, GET THE FUNDING IN ORDER TO DO THAT. SO NOTHING RIGHT NOW.

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THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THAT BECAUSE I'M A DIRECT RECIPIENT. I'M A FARMER. STREET RIGHT THERE. AND THAT EQUIPMENT, THEY HAVE A SWING THAT'S OUT THERE THAT'S NOT EVEN ABLE TO. I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NOT EVEN ABLE TO SWING ON THAT IN ANY OF THOSE, AS WELL AS THERE WAS BEADS ON THOSE, THOSE EQUIPMENT SO THAT ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT IS OUT THERE THAT'S UNSAFE. EVEN WHEN WE TRY TO GO TO THE LEGENDS PART, THE EQUIPMENT IS OUT THERE THAT'S UNSAFE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING MORE OF WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL OF THAT'S ON THE URGENCY LIST AS WELL AS, AS THE BATHROOMS ARE. SO SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT'S LISTED HERE WOULD BE GOING TO I KNOW IT WOULD BE GOING TO LEGENDS PARK TO ADDRESS THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THERE. AND WE'LL LOOK INTO WHAT THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT FARMER STREET. AND OBVIOUSLY IF WE'VE GOT BEES ON EQUIPMENT, THAT'S NOT A CAPITAL PROJECT. THAT'S JUST GOING US GOING OUT THERE AND MAKING SURE WE GET RID OF THOSE. BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO GOING THROUGH AND IMPROVING ALL THE EQUIPMENT AT ALL THE PARKS FOR OUR YOUNG CHILDREN. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NOW, STILL ON ITEM NINE C PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION. WHERE AM I GOING TO SEE. YEAH. PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF THE FY 2026 THROUGH FY 23 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE COUNCIL. QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN JONES. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU. HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY? GOOD. THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. WAKE UP THIS PLACE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET, RIGHT? ONE THING IN PARTICULAR THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS THE WATER PUMP STATION REHAB AND UPGRADES. RIGHT. AND IT SAYS THE CITY'S WATER PUMPING STATIONS REQUIRE ROUTINE AND CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE AND REHAB TO PREVENT DETERIORATION AND EQUIPMENT FAILURES. I'M GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE. AND, MR. CITY MANAGER, I WANT TO ASK IF YOU COULD COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THIS. FIRST OF ALL, PEOPLE, I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY, DO NOT POUR GREASE DOWN YOUR DRAINS. IT CAUSES PROBLEMS. AND I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE ALMOST EVERY APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY, WHEN OUR GUYS GO OUT TO DRAIN AND CLEAN, IT TAKES A SIX INCH PIPE DOWN TO A THREE INCH PIPE, ALL BECAUSE OF GREASE TRAPPED IN THESE PIPES. RIGHT? WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO PREVENT THIS. AND I NEED YOU TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO START CHARGING THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE, FOR THE GREASE, BECAUSE THAT IS THAT RIGHT THERE ALONE IS IS CREATING DETERIORATION INTO OUR PIPES, IS BREAKING DOWN OUR PUMPING STATIONS. AND HERE WE ARE. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LETTING IT GO. WE'RE GOING TO HAND BACK RIGHT HERE EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT DOING ANY PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, BECAUSE THEY GOT 6200 APARTMENTS IN THEM, AND ALL OF US COMING OUT TO THE

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THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL I GOT FOR THAT ONE. MR. VICE MAYOR, WHAT YOU GOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT? WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO A DEVELOPING A PROGRAM THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOU HAVE AND I WOULD SAY NOT JUST APARTMENTS.

YOU DO HAVE SOME SINGLE FAMILY, BUT AND THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER. BUT SOME RESTAURANTS THAT DO THE SAME THING AND THAT CAUSES SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS IN OUR ABILITIES TO HAVE FLOW APPROPRIATE FLOW FOR WASTEWATER AND CAUSES PROBLEMS DOWN DOWNSTREAM AT OUR PUMP STATIONS AND ULTIMATELY AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. SO WE WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO LOOK INTO A PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ADDRESS THIS. ALSO FROM A CARROT AND STICK. PROBABLY NEED TO DO SOME EDUCATION. SO WE GOT MISS WILLIAMS BACK THERE. WE COULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME THINGS OUT IN OUR NEWSLETTER, BUT THEN ALSO COME UP WITH THE STICK PIECE OF IT THAT IF YOU IF ONCE WE EDUCATE YOU THEN WE NEED TO COME IN AND HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT PIECE OF THAT. SO ABSOLUTELY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ABOUT THE FY 26 TO FY 23 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT? WITH THAT BEING SAID, YES, SIR.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YES, YES. MR. IT MAY BE THAT EVERY ONE OF US IS 100% BEHIND EVERY ONE OF THESE LINE ITEMS, BUT IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO DO THIS? IS THERE ANOTHER PROCESS? MAYBE WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. I DON'T MEAN THIS TIME. I'M READY TO VOTE. PROVE IT. BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO HAVE A MEETING AND GO OVER THESE ITEMS LINE BY LINE AND LISTEN TO WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE 25, BUILD MAINTENANCE FACILITY, HALF $1 MILLION MAY BE A GREAT IDEA. I HAVE NO CLUE WHETHER IT'S A GREAT IDEA OR NOT, OR WHETHER IT OUGHT TO BE 400,000, OR WHETHER IT OUGHT TO BE 600,000. AND THAT'S JUST ONE OUT OF, I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T COUNT ALL THE LINE ITEMS, BUT MAYBE THERE ARE 45 OF THEM. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, I WILL VOTE FOR IT AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS THING ALONG. BUT I'D FEEL BETTER IF NEXT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, AN EXPLANATION FROM STAFF ON A LINE BY LINE ITEM AS TO WHY THIS EXPENDITURE IS RECOMMENDED AND WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. FOR EXAMPLE, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL. WELL, AGAIN, PICKING ON THIS HALF MILLION DOLLAR BUILD MAINTENANCE FACILITY, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS FEDERAL? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS STATE? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS LOCAL? IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IF IT'S $10 LOCAL, GO FOR IT.

IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, 499,000 LOCAL, LOCAL. I WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SO WE ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND. AND SO THIS IS THIS YEAR WE'RE I'D SAY A LITTLE OUT OF STEP, A LITTLE LATE IN THE PROCESS. OUR ATTENTION WOULD BE TO DO THIS AS PART OF A BUDGET, BUDGET PROCESS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS AND GIVE YOU THE WHY ASPECT OF IT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S OUR INTENTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR, WE NEEDED TO GET I FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO GET A FIVE YEAR PLAN TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN DOING SINGLE, SINGLE YEAR PLANS, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE ENTIRE FIVE YEAR PLAN TOGETHER. OKAY, SO THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AGAIN. WE'LL ADDRESS IT MUCH EARLIER AND WE'LL HAVE A SESSION WITH YOU TO TALK THROUGH IT. OKAY. WELL THAT'S GREAT. AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE LABORIOUS AND TAKE A LOT OF EVERYBODY'S TIME. BUT I THINK IT'S THE INTELLIGENT WAY TO DO IT. I MEAN, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, BUT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON IT. I THINK YOU ABSOLUTELY WANT TO KNOW THE WHY WE'RE VOTING ON IT.

AND THAT COST BREAKDOWN. ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT NOW, LET ME JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE HERE OF OF TWO EXAMPLES. ONE, I SAW A LINE ITEM FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER FOR $2 MILLION. NOW IS THIS $2 MILLION IN ADDITION TO THE $5 MILLION THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT? OR IS THIS SO IF WE NOW GOT A $7 MILLION ANIMAL SHELTER, IS THAT I'M GOING TO PREDICT WHAT MR. CROSIER WAS

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AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT IT, WHAT WE MAY IF WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ANY TYPE OF LOCAL FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT THAT, WE'LL WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AT THAT TIME. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT MODERNIZING OUR BUS FLEET AND TAKING CARE OF THAT ASPECT OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECT. BUT THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM IS IT FOR ONE BUS, FOR $1.6 MILLION. IS THIS A $1.6 MILLION BUS? WE ARE ABOUT TO I BELIEVE IT IS A $1.6 MILLION BUS. AM I CORRECT, MR. CROSIER? IT COULD. IT COULD BE TWO. I WANT TO SAY IT'S TWO. THEY'RE UNFORTUNATE. WELL, UNFORTUNATELY OR FORTUNATELY, THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE. I'M LOOKING AT THE LINE ITEM. IT SAYS NEW LARGE BUS. THAT'S SINGULAR TO REPLACE OLDER BUS THAT'S SINGULAR. IN CURRENT FLEET, $1.6 MILLION. SO WE HAVE THE 1.6 ALLOCATED. I THINK THERE'S ONE BUS THAT WOULD BE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT. COULD WE UTILIZE THAT TO MAYBE GET A DIFFERENT BRAND WITH A LOWER COST TO GET MORE, MAXIMIZE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING? AND IS THIS A BUS THAT RUNS AROUND PETERSBURG, OR IS THIS ONE THAT GOES OVER TO SOUTH PARK MALL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, EATS IN MY CRAW, OR IS THIS ONE THAT GOES DOWN TO EMPORIA AND JARRETT? WELL, SO WHICH ALSO EATS IN MY CRAW. I CAN'T I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY, BUT I MY GUESS IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT GOES AROUND THE CITY. THE BUS THAT I CAN SPEAK FROM WHEN WE DID WHEN I WAS IN HOPEWELL AND WE DID THE LINE FROM PETERSBURG TO HOPEWELL, THE FEES THAT WE WERE CHARGED IN THE CITY WENT TO HELP PAY FOR THE BUS TO MAKE THAT RUN.

SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO. THE SAME WITH EMPORIA, BUT IT'S GOING TO REPLACE ONE OF OUR IN OUR FLEET. MY I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IT'S GOING TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT'S IN MOST NEED OF REPLACEMENT. AND WHETHER THAT'S ONE RUN INTO SOUTH PARK OR NOT, WHICH I APOLOGIZE IF THAT ONE EATS IN YOUR CRAW, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE WE'RE REPLACING. MY GUESS IS THE ONE THAT'S IN THE WORST CONDITION. ALL RIGHT. AND IT SAYS FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL IS THE SOURCE OF THE MONEY. HOW MUCH OF THAT $1.6 MILLION IS COMING FROM WASHINGTON? HOW MUCH IS COMING FROM RICHMOND? AND HOW MUCH IS COMING OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE PEOPLE OF PETERSBURG? THE THE BREAKDOWN IS THE STATE PAYS 68% AND THE FEDS PAY 28%, AND THE CITY IS LEFT TO PAY THE OTHER FOUR. 4%. YEAH. ALL WE PAY FOR IS 4%. YES. SO 4% OF THE $1.6 MILLION IS OURS, AND THE REST SOMEBODY ELSE PAYS FOR. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION NEXT YEAR. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CROSIER. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. COUNCILMAN COOPER, CAN YOU, SINCE YOU SAY YOU WERE SAYING, CAN I GET YOU TO MAKE THAT MOTION, PLEASE? I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE CAPITAL BUDGET AS PROPOSED. COUNCILMAN ANNETTE SMITH LEE. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. WE ADOPT THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT? AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE.

VICE MAYOR. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM A9 PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. ANTICIPATION OF. MR.

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EXCUSE ME, DO WE HAVE THIS ON SLIDE? NOW? IT'S IN THE BACK. IT'S NOT IN THE PACKET OKAY. GO AHEAD. WE CAN FOLLOW ALONG OKAY. AS AS FAR AS THE CITY MANAGER HAS INDICATED, WE WERE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL DAVENPORT WAS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IN JUNE 17TH AND AGAIN IN AUGUST 11TH.

REALLY TO PRESENT THE MULTI-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN OF FINANCE FOR BOTH THE GENERAL FOR THE GENERAL FUND CAPITAL NEEDS. THAT IS THE THE FIRST RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT WITH RESPECT TO THE FUNDING. AND THAT'S THE $30 MILLION BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE THAT REALLY FITS IN WITH THE OVERALL CAPITAL FUNDING PLAN OF FINANCE THAT WE DEVELOPED THAT'S DESIGNED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ONE TIME PAYMENTS RELATED TO THE CASINO PROJECT. SUBSEQUENT TO THE JUNE 17TH MEETING, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IDENTIFIED THREE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THE NEAR TERM, REQUIRING ABOUT 10 TO 12 MILLION THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THIS BASKET OF FUNDING, AND ALSO ABOUT 4 MILLION OF VEHICLES WITH RESPECT TO TO NEEDING URGENT FUNDING NEEDS AS WELL. ALL OF THAT IS DESIGNED TO BE FUNDED FROM THE $30 MILLION BOND ANTICIPATION. NOTE THAT YOU HAVE FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

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THE RAYMOND JAMES PUBLIC SALE. AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S A 3.54%. THAT IS A ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT THAT RAYMOND JAMES PROPOSAL WOULD BEAR IN TERMS OF INTEREST RATES.

BUT GIVEN THAT IT IS A PUBLIC SALE, THAT RATE IS NOT FIXED AND THAT RATE ACTUALLY WOULD FLOAT UP UNTIL THE POINT IN TIME WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TRANSACTION.

SO WHILE IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER TODAY, THAT RATE COULD GO EVEN HIGHER. IT ALSO COULD GO EVEN LOWER. BUT WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A FIRM FIXED RATE IN HAND OFFERED BY THE TRUIST PROPOSAL. THAT TRUIST PROPOSAL PROVIDES YOU THE LOWEST INTEREST EXPENSE OVER THE LIFE OF THE FINANCING AS WELL. SO WHERE WE BRING THIS AND DISTILL THIS TO IS BASED ON ALL THE PROPOSALS RECEIVED, AS WELL AS THE FUNDING STRATEGIES WE'VE DEVELOPED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TRUIST PROPOSAL. FIXED RATE OF 3.49% FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. AGAIN, THE LOWEST FIXED RATE OF 3.49% OF ALL THE BANK PROPOSALS, THE MOST FLEXIBLE PREPAYMENT TERMS. THAT IS TO SAY, IT'S AN IMMEDIATE, IMMEDIATELY CALLABLE, IMMEDIATELY PAYABLE, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PREPAY UP TO 10% EACH YEAR WITHOUT PENALTY. WE'VE GOT THIS RATE LOCKED IN THROUGH THE POTENTIAL CLOSING DATE OF NOVEMBER 30TH.

SO THIS RATE, WHICH YOU SEE TONIGHT IS THE RATE YOU WILL RECEIVE ON THE ON THE NOTES AND THE RATE WOULD ONLY BE SUBJECT TO A CHANGE IN THE EVENT OF TAXABILITY BY AN ERROR OR AN

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WHILE BEFORE YOU SPEND BEFORE YOU FULLY SPEND ALL THE MONEY. SO WHAT WE STAND AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT CITY COUNCIL TAKE ACTION AND APPROVE THE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT IN YOUR PACKET FOR THESE TWO BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES TO REALLY START, KICK START THE GENERAL OBLIGATION CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE AS WELL AS REALLY BEGIN IN EARNEST THE UTILITY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFERRED DEFERRED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THIS ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU. WE NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ANTICIPATION. NOTES. BOB RUDOLPH. THANK YOU. BOB RUDOLPH, 1675 MOUNT VERNON STREET. I GUESS THE PART THAT GOT ME, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT THING. I MEAN, IT NEEDED, BUT THE PART THAT GOT MY ATTENTION WAS ABOUT THE THE ONE TIME FUNDING FROM FOR THE CASINO, WHICH SO FAR I BELIEVE WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE $2 MILLION. AND WHEN THEY GET WHEN VIRGINIA LIVE IS LICENSED, I GUESS WE'LL GET THE OTHER $13 MILLION. BUT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS YEARS, EVERY YEARS? I MEAN, THERE'S A TOTAL OF $80 MILLION IN. I DON'T THINK WE'RE USING ALL OF IT, BUT WE'VE HEARD OTHER THINGS LIKE NEW FIRE TRUCKS, POLICE VEHICLES. I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY. THERE'S ALWAYS A LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING SPENT FROM THE SAME POT OF MONEY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT ADDS UP. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF THE PRESENTATION. IT MAY BE IN THE BOOKS THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I JUST HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE THAT MONEY, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, IT SOUNDS GOOD THIS MONTH. I THINK WE'LL PUT IT ON HERE. BUT WE GOT A NEW PLAN NEXT MONTH IF WE HAVEN'T SPENT IT YET, WHICH WE HAVEN'T. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. TO ADDRESS ONE OF MISS RUDOLPH'S QUESTIONS. IT'S THE CAPITAL SIDE IS $30 MILLION. THAT WOULD BE. THAT WOULD BE. WE WOULD BE USING OUR. COMMITTED TO TRACKING THOSE IN THE EXPENSES SO WE DON'T HAVE MONEY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS AN ABSOLUTE CONCERN. AND IT'S A CONCERN THAT I FACE EVERY DAY IN THE COMMUNITY. WHEN PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT THE CASINO MONEY, THE CASINO MONEY, WELL, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT A THOUSAND TIMES. SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE TAKING EXTRA CAUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ONLY SPENT ONCE. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE WELL AWARE AND COGNIZANT OF THAT USING THE 15. THE 15 IS KIND OF BACK UPPING OUR ABILITY TO FUND IT. SO WE HAVE THE 15 MILLION AND WE COULD STOP THERE. BUT THIS IS ALLOWING US TO LEVERAGE TO GET THE $30 MILLION. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WILL BE TAKING CARE OF AND ACCOUNTING FOR IN THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THE, THE CONCERNS OF MULTIPLE SPENDS. BELIEVE ME, I HEAR IT EVERY, EVERY DAY WHEN SOMEONE COMES TO ME AND SAYS, WELL, YOU CAN USE THE CASINO MONEY. AND MY RESPONSE IS, WELL, IT'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT A THOUSAND TIMES AND WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED A PENNY. SO WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT FOR SURE. THANK YOU MA'AM, MA'AM, YOU NEXT, ROLAND, CAN YOU ADDRESS MA'AM ME? YEAH. YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP, DIDN'T YOU? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. COME ON. SHE WAS STILL TALKING, SO I WAS CONFUSED. TINA NOREN, 120 LEAVENWORTH STREET. SO THIS IS WHAT MY QUESTION WAS EARLIER.

ALL THOSE NEW BONDS, THEY COST US MONEY. AND WE ALREADY HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS IN BONDS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS OR WHATEVER. SO HOW ARE WE ALLOCATING THE PAYMENTS ON THESE THINGS? THERE'S ACTUALLY WHEN WE DO OUR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS, THERE'S A DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT WITHIN THAT THAT WE MAKE SURE WE'RE PAYING PAYING THAT MORTGAGE BACK, IF YOU WILL. SO THERE'S A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET EVERY YEAR THAT WE THEN PAY THAT

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3.49%. THEN WE'RE ABLE TO INVEST THOSE DOLLARS THAT WERE NOT SPENDING, WHICH WILL THEN IN TURN PROVIDE US A HIGHER RETURN THAN THE INTEREST RATES. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY COMING OUT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, AM I CORRECT? MR. COUCH IF I CAN ALSO RESPOND TO THAT, GO TO THE MIKE, PLEASE.

IF I CAN ALSO RESPOND TO THAT. MARCH ON THERE TWO AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THERE ARE TWO NOTES HERE. THE GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTE AS WELL AS THE THE UTILITY REVENUE, THE UTILITY NOTE AS WELL. NOW KEEP IN MIND THE GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTE. WE HAVE THE INTEREST ON THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE IN TERMS OF THE INTEREST EXPENSE. BUT WHILE UNTIL YOU SPEND ALL THOSE MONIES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, YOU'LL HAVE INTEREST EARNINGS THAT CAN THAT CAN ESSENTIALLY COVER THAT COST OF FUNDS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE OTHER THING, THE REPAYMENT OF THAT 30 MILLION IS NOT NOT INTENDED TO BE PERMANENTLY FINANCED. SO IT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE REPAID BY THE CORDISH DOLLARS AS THEY COME IN THE UTILITY. NOTE AS YOU'VE CORRECTLY POINTED OUT AGAIN, MARCH IS THAT UTILITY NOTE IS DESIGNED TO BE PERMANENTLY CONVERTED TO LONG TERM GEO BONDS FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN UTILITY SYSTEM.

THAT'S A ROUTINE COMBINATION OF CASH AS WELL AS DEBT. ALL UTILITIES DO IT. THE CITY HAS HAS REALLY HADN'T DONE HAS NOT DONE A LOT OF INVESTMENT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES AT ALL. THAT'S WHY WE'RE CATCHING UP ON THIS. BUT WHAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT IS RATE INCREASES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO PAY FOR THOSE, THOSE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, SO THAT THAT'S WHERE THE REVENUE IS GOING TO COME FROM. FOR THE UTILITY SIDE, THAT'S THIS. THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING YOU'RE CONSIDERING AS WELL IS THE RATE INCREASE. THAT'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT OF VRE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GIVE YOU THE LOW INTEREST LOANS TO REALLY SUBSIDIZE LOANS, YOU'VE GOT TO PAY FOR THOSE. YOU'VE GOT TO PAY THAT LOAN BACK AS WELL. ALL UTILITY SYSTEMS ROUTINELY GO THROUGH THIS EVERY YEAR. IT'S A BEST PRACTICE TO REALLY CONSIDER THAT KIND OF FUNDING AND THAT KIND OF FUNDING APPROACH, SO AS TO NOT TO OVERBURDEN THE GENERAL FUND SIDE. AND LASTLY, I THINK, AS WE POINTED OUT AT THE OCTOBER 7TH MEETING, THE CITY HAS NOT RAISED RATES ON THE UTILITY SIDE SINCE 2019. SO YOU REALLY HAVEN'T EVEN KEPT UP WITH INFLATION OVER THAT TIME FRAME AS WELL. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE THEN CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY DISCUSSIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? THERE BEING NO, NONE. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. WHERE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES 30 MILLION GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES. SERIES 2025 A 40 MILLION GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND. ANTICIPATION NOTES. SERIES 2025 B AND TO GO WITH TRUIST. PROPOSED FIXED RATE OF 3.49. AND YOU ALL SEE THE FOLLOWING REASONS. AND THAT

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JONES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. HILL. AYE.

WE THANK OUR FINANCIERS, DAVENPORT, FOR ALWAYS COMING THROUGH. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF PETERSBURG. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW MOVING TO WE TABLE THAT. SO OUR NEXT ITEM, MR. VICE MAYOR, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 114. YEAH I GOT 136 AND 236 TO INCREASE OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SEWER RATES. OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER D9D PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO RE ADOPT SECTION 114 TO 136, SECTION 116 TO 236 OF THE CITY OF CITY CODE, INCREASING THE PUBLIC UTILITY RATES FOR WATER AND SEWER. ACCOMMODATE AND CAPACITY CHARGES. MR. VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS THE FOLLOW UP ITEM OF THE 2025 E. FACILITY BOND INTEREST. THIS WILL INCREASE OUR WASTEWATER AND WATER FEES TO HELP SUPPORT THAT. SO AT YOUR JUNE 17TH COUNCIL MEETING, DAVENPORT AGAIN AND CAN YOU TURN HIS MIC UP SOME PLEASE TURN HIS MIC UP SOME. THANK YOU.

HE'S GOING TO USE TONY'S MIC. IS THAT IS THAT BETTER. YES. OKAY. GOOD. CLOSER CLOSER CLOSER. YEAH. SO. BY AN EQUITABLE AND UNIFORM INCREASE IN UTILITY RATES TO SUPPORT THE CAPITAL UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED AT OUR RETREAT, WE DISCUSSED THIS PROCESS OF HOW WE CAN FUND THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. AT THAT POINT IN TIME. COUNCIL DISCUSSED IT AGAIN, AS WE DID PREVIOUSLY STATED, AND DIRECTED STAFF IN DAVENPORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND GETTING EVERYTHING READY TO MOVE FORWARD. AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING, JMT PRESENTED THE WASTEWATER AND WATER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND HIGHLIGHTED SHORT AND LONG TERM, A LIST OF SHORT AND LONG TERM NECESSARY WATER AND SEWER UPGRADE PROJECTS. IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS A INITIAL PIECE, BUT AS WE GOT THROUGH THE PROJECT, I THINK WE JUST GOT TO A POINT THAT IT WAS $1 BILLION PLUS. AND THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, IS A TESTAMENT TO THE AGE OF OUR SYSTEM. WE HAVE OUR ONE OF OUR LOCKS, WATER MAIN PIPES, THE MAIN PIPE IN THE SECONDARY PIPE COMING IN THAT SECONDARY 16 INCH PIPE IS 108 YEARS OLD. JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA OF KIND OF THE AGE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE.

SO WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO REPLACE OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT REPLACEMENT. IT REALLY STARTS TONIGHT. AND PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL IN 2019 APPROVED A 12.2% INCREASE IN WASTEWATER SEWER RATES. AND THEN FOR FY 20 WITH THE INTENT OF OF AGAIN, APPROVING RATE INCREASES IN 21, 22 AND 23, WHICH DIDN'T OCCUR. SO THAT WASN'T THAT PLAN WASN'T IMPLEMENTED. SO TONIGHT WE'RE HERE AGAIN TO REQUEST COUNCIL TO ADJUST OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD. JACOB'S PERFORMED OUR WASTEWATER AND WATER UTILITY RATE STUDY FOR US. THEY DEVELOPED THREE SCENARIOS AS RECOMMENDED BY DAVENPORT AND STAFF. WE'RE RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD WITH SCENARIO THREE, WHICH CONSIDERS LONG TERM DEBT FUNDING FOR THE CIP TO PILOT, WHICH IS A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE TO ELIMINATE THAT IN 26 AND BEYOND, AND A LOWER LEVEL OF RATE INCREASES BECAUSE OF THAT. AND THEN ALSO YOU HAVE WITH THIS PLAN, WITH THE LOWEST INCREASES OF RATES. SO JACOB'S RECOMMENDED THE CITY IMPLEMENT A FIVE YEAR RATE PLAN, WHICH

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WHAT I WOULD SAY, COUNCILOR JONES IS WITH THE FUND, WITH THE FUNDS THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE RATE INCREASE. WE WILL BE WORKING TO IMPLEMENT AND IMPROVE THE SYSTEM, REPLACE THE SYSTEM IN MOST MOST IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDE A RELIABLE SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE SYSTEM, IT IS SUBJECT TO WATER MAIN LEAKS, WHICH WE HAD ONE TODAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, AND AS WE GET INTO WINTER, AND WHEN I WAS HERE IN THE WINTER OF 17 AND 18, WE HAD A HORRIBLE WINTER AND AND WE RAN CONSISTENTLY 30 PLUS MAIN LINE BREAKS. AS WE FIX ONE, ANOTHER ONE BROKE. SO THE FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE MORE TOWARDS A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO REPLACING LINES, TO PROVIDE A MORE RELIABLE SYSTEM TO OUR CITIZENS, WHICH THEY DESERVE. I MEAN, AND IT'S HORRIBLE TO HAVE TO HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE A WATER, ANY WATER IN THE CITY OR IN BOIL WATER NOTICES. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE THE OTHER PIECE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL OVERLOOK IS THAT RELIABILITY IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE RELIABLE AND UP TO DATE IMPROVED CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER AND SEWER, THAT SUPPORTS OUR ABILITY TO RETAIN EXISTING BUSINESSES, WORK TOWARDS THEIR EXPANSION AND ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES INTO THE AREA. SO AS AN EXAMPLE, THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED PRIMARILY THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS AND THE STATES TO DO THE POOR CREEK AREA THAT HELP ENABLE THE RETENTION AND REOPENING OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL CLUSTER AND THE. AND NOW WITH THE CASINO, WITHOUT THAT, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO SO. WE KNOW THOSE THOSE SOURCES OF FUNDING ARE DRYING UP. SO I WANT TO PAUSE YOU RIGHT THERE. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY HERE. OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH WHAT THEY GOT TO WORK WITH. I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH WHAT YOU GOT TO WORK WITH. WITH RESPECTS TO THIS, HOWEVER. THERE WAS A MOVE OR A MOVEMENT IN THIS CITY WHERE IT WAS

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SO THAT'S WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. WE WANT TO HIT THE COMMERCIAL METERS, BUT THEN ALSO GET INTO RESIDENTIAL METERS. AND I WASN'T HERE, BUT I REMEMBER READING THE NIGHTMARE THAT IT WAS THE LAST TIME. YOU HAVE SOMEBODY TO OVERSEE THAT PROJECT, LIKE MAKING SURE THAT THIS METER IS FOR THIS HOUSE OR THIS ONE IS FOR THIS BUSINESS, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. WE WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE BEFORE AND WORK NOT TO MAKE THOSE MISTAKES AGAIN, BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS. I CAME ON COUNCIL AS SOON AS THEY PUT THE METERS IN AND AND THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE WE HAD SOME ROUGH MEETING MEETINGS AFTER THAT. WE WERE NOT MYSELF, THE MAYOR AND JOHN HART CAME ON SHORTLY DURING THAT TIME. AND IT WAS IT WAS JUST CHAOS. SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS. WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE RETREAT, AND WE KNOW IT'S $7 AND $7.50 INCREASE 5%. BUT WE JUST WE JUST CAN'T GO BACK TO THAT RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, AT ALL. THAT WAS A NIGHTMARE. MANY, MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ITEM NINE I'D LIKE TO. ENTERTAIN A MOTION, CONSIDERATION AND AMENDMENT OF A RE-ADOPTION SECTION 1.4-136A SECTION 1.116-236 OF THE CITY CODE. INCREASING THE PUBLIC UTILITY RATES FOR THE WATER AND SEWAGE. CAPACITY. CHARGE 5% FOR 2026. EFFECTIVE JANUARY THE 1ST AT THE AMOUNT OF $7.50. THAT'S THE MOTION. AND THAT'S MISS LEE.

SO MOVE. COUNCILMAN JONES SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. WE TABLED SOME ITEMS, SO NOW WE MOVE DOWN TO. ITEM. ITEM NINE M.

THAT IS PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM YEAR 2025 ACTION PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF REALLOCATING FUNDS TO PEOPLE.

PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE. HELPING HANDS. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, ON MAY 20TH OF THIS YEAR, YOU ALL HAD ADOPTED A RESOLUTION. HEY, CHIEF. EXCUSE ME. CHIEF, CAN YOU SHUT THAT DOOR BACK THERE FOR ME, PLEASE? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $32,090 TO THE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLABORATING WITH CRATER

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THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. I NOW OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM YEAR 2025 ACTION PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF REALLOCATING COVID FUNDS TO PEOPLE ADVANTAGE HELPING HANDS. YES, MA'AM. TINA NOREN ONE 2011 WORTH. WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE FUNDED? USED BY PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE HELPING HANDS THAT'S IN LINE WITH HELPING THE HOMELESS. THE MONEY WAS ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR. YES, MA'AM. YOU CAN COME UP AND ANSWER THAT IF YOU HAVE THAT QUESTION. THAT ANSWER.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND. HI. SHANIQUA MCCLELLAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE HELPING HANDS. THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO KEEP PEOPLE IN STABLE HOUSING, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE FACING EVICTION, THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR RESIDENCE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER? QUESTIONS? THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN JONES? YES. HELPING HANDS. HOW CAN PEOPLE FACING EVICTION GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU TO ACCESS THOSE FUNDS? THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU.

PEOPLE CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY CALLING US AT 804748 3081 EXTENSION. YES. (804) 748-3081 EXTENSION 715. WE ALSO WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL, WHO WILL REFER FOLKS TO US THAT ARE IN NEED OF HOUSING STABILITY. SO SOCIAL SERVICES HAVE YOUR INFORMATION AND HOUSING AUTHORITY CASH. CASH. HAVE YOUR INFORMATION. YES, SIR. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL I GOT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. I NOW ENTERTAIN A. EMOTION. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. WOULD THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE COME FORWARD AGAIN? I HATE TO COME ON UP. I HATE TO WORK HER SO HARD, BUT. AND THANK YOU, MA'AM. DID I GET YOUR NAME RIGHT, MISS MCCLELLAN? YES, SIR. CORRECT. WELCOME, MISS MCCLELLAN. AND THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK YOU DO. IS YOUR ORGANIZATION A 500 1C3 ORGANIZATION? YES IT IS. IT JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE THE NAME OF A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ATTACHED TO IT. SO WE ARE THE NONPROFIT ARM OF PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION. ALL RIGHT. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. NOW, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. YEAR 2025, ACTION PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF REALLOCATING COVID FUNDS TO PEOPLE'S ADVANTAGE. HELPING HANDS COUNCILMAN ANNA SMITH LEE. SO MOVED. COUNCILMAN COUPLER SECOND MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND. THAT WE APPROVE. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.

ITEM NUMBER NINE N PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND A RE ADOPT CHAPTER 50 ENVIRONMENT OF THE PETERSBURG CITY CODE TO INCLUDE ARTICLE. I GUESS THAT'S FIVE TREE PROTECTION AND PLANTING. THANK YOU SIR. AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JANINE.

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HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS. LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT HERE. OKAY. SO WHY DO WE NEED THESE UPDATES? BECAUSE RECENTLY WE PASSED THE STRATEGIC TREE CANOPY PLAN. AND THIS IS A PLAN YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE YOU LOOKED AT IT BEFORE AND THIS WENT THROUGH. AND IT REALLY GIVES ALL OF THE WHYS AND HOWS WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL. SO YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THESE TWO GENTLEMEN CLEARLY. THEY'RE VERY THRILLED TO BE PLANTING A TREE IN HONOR OF ARBOR DAY. AND WHO DOESN'T LOVE TREES? SO WE WANT TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THIS IN OUR IN PARTS OF OUR CITIES THAT ARE REALLY LACKING CANOPY COVER. SO A PUBLIC TREE ORDINANCE IS THE VERY NEXT STEP FOR US MEETING OUR GOAL TO BECOME TREE CITY USA. SO HERE ARE SOME PURPOSES, OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THOSE FOR JUST A FEW SLIDES HERE. AND I'VE BEEN TOLD NOT TO BE SO LONG WINDED. BUT YOU KNOW I CAN TALK ABOUT TREES FOR HOURS. SO I NEVER GET TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT TREES. SO THIS IS GOING TO ESTABLISH SOME POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PETERSBURG'S PUBLIC TREE ASSET. AND IT'S A PUBLIC IT'S A PUBLIC ASSET. JUST LIKE SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, THE PIPES THAT HAVE MADE IT INTO OUR CONVERSATION THIS EVENING. TREES ARE AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC ASSET. AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? BECAUSE TREES PAY US IN BENEFITS. THEY MITIGATE STORMWATER. WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW ISSUES WITH STORMWATER. THEY RAISE REAL ESTATE VALUE. MISS DITMAR EARLIER TODAY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF HAVING TREES. SHE ALSO MENTIONED THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF HAVING TREES. SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT PUBLIC TREES DO FOR US. SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE OFTEN BASED ON DEFERRED COSTS. SO IF TREES ARE NOT PRESENT, PETERSBURG AS A MUNICIPALITY WOULD HAVE TO INVEST ADDITIONAL MONEY INTO ENGINEERED INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND PROVIDE THOSE BENEFITS FOR THE TAXPAYERS. SO HERE'S JUST ONE HEAT. WE TALKED ABOUT HEAT BEFORE. NOW HEAT KILLS MORE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR GLOBALLY THAN ALL THE FLOODING AND ALL OF THE COLD SITUATIONS THAT PEOPLE DIE FROM. HEAT IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CLIMATE CHANGE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE TREES AS PROVIDING US WITH A VERY VALUABLE BENEFIT. THEY IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, SO WE KNOW THAT INCREASING CANOPY COVER BY JUST A MODEST AMOUNT OF 10% REDUCE PEAK OZONE LEVELS IN NEW YORK CITY BY 37%, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO EXCEED THEIR OWN AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. WE SAW THESE SAME RESULTS IN OTHER LARGE CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TREES AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. NOW WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT DO WE NEED MORE POLICE CARS? DO WE NEED AN EVEN LOWER SPEED LIMIT THAN 25MPH? I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE. SO TREES AND TRAFFIC SAFETY DRIVERS REDUCE SPEEDS WHEN TREES ARE PART OF THE STREETSCAPE. SO WE KNOW THAT SPEEDS INCREASE WHEN YOU HAVE WIDER ROADS THAT HAVE LARGE EXPANSES OF OPEN LAND NEXT TO THEM. WHEN WE BRING TREES CLOSER, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT VISUAL FREEDOM TO KNOW IF THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER HIDING SOMEWHERE, IF THEY HAVE MARGIN FOR ERROR, THEY MIGHT STEP A LITTLE HARDER ON THE GAS. TREES ARE HAVE A CALMING EFFECT AND SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. ANOTHER PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IS CRIME. CRIME IS REDUCED IN ALL CATEGORIES. WHEN WE ADD TREES

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INTERESTING. THIS IS INTERESTING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THIS WHAT OTHER TAKEAWAYS WERE SUPPOSED TO GET. I'M GOING TO. I NEED TO READ THE PACKAGE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO COMPLAIN.

BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME EXCELLENT THINGS ON HERE. BUT THESE BRING TO MIND THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN GOING ON WHICH I'VE MENTIONED HERE BEFORE. WHEN I LOOK AT NO HARM TO THE CRITICAL ROOT ZONE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS GOING ON, AT LEAST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM WITH COMMONWEALTH GAS, WHICH INVOLVES DIGGING, PUTTING IN NEW GAS LINES AND THEN RUNNING GAS LINES TO EACH PROPERTY. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO NOT DAMAGE THINGS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A TREE ON A STREET NEAR ME THAT'S I DON'T I DON'T EXPECT IT TO. I MEAN, IT MAY TAKE YEARS TO DIE, BUT IT'S CRITICAL. ROOT ZONE HAS BEEN CUT THROUGH BIG TIME BY MILLER PIPELINE. NO TOPPING OF TREES. YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ME TALK ABOUT XYLEM. XYLEM NEEDS TO BE SPANKED, AND AT LEAST IT NEEDS TO LEAVE THE TREES ALONE UNTIL THEY CONSULT WITH ARBORIST.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED NOW FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN JONES. YES, I JUST HAVE A STATEMENT. I JUST WANT TO SAY

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AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST LIKE TREES ARE FALLING IN THAT AREA IN SEVENTH WARD. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TALK TO YOU MORE, NOT TO HOLD YOU UP NOW. BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY THE WILCOX LAKE COOPER FIELD AREA ABOUT PRUNING TREES? WELL, I KNOW THAT. WELL, I DEFINITELY AM A FAN OF TREE MAINTENANCE. I KNOW THAT TREES REQUIRE MAINTENANCE.

I HAVE TO SEE THE AREA SPECIFICALLY, OF COURSE, BUT IN SOME, IF THEY'RE IN A NATURAL AND UNMAINTAINED AREA, THE TYPICAL STRATEGY IS TO LEAVE THOSE TREES AS WILDLIFE SNAGS.

BUT IF THEY ARE IN HARM, PROXIMITY TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES, YES, THOSE NEED TO BE MANAGED.

WE'LL TALK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY. OH, COUNCILMAN COOPER, THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. COUNCILMAN SMITH, A SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY.

SECOND, THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. AYE. VICE MAYOR. AYE AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. I REMEMBER NINE OH. PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE TO REQUEST AN ENHANCEMENT OF THE PETERSBURG PARKING AUTHORITY. MR. WILLIAMS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GOT TO GO DOWN THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DO THIS ALL THE TIME, BUT. OKAY, SO IT'S NOT OFFICIAL UP HERE WHEN YOU TALK. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, I JUST SO COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED SOME OPTIONS WITH REGARD TO HOW TO ADDRESS A GROWING ISSUE IN THE CITY. AND THAT IS THE PARKING, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD MENTIONED IS IN OTHER LOCALITIES I SERVED AT, WE HAD A PARKING AUTHORITY WHICH ESSENTIALLY ASSISTED US WITH REGARD TO FUNDING. IT KEEPS COUNCIL FROM HAVING TO USE THE CITY'S BONDING CAPACITY OR BORROWING CAPACITY FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING GARAGES, TO RUN THE FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN THEM. SO THE FIRST STEP, IN ORDER TO GIVE US THIS POSSIBLE TOOL TO USE IS THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD BE A REQUEST TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ALLOW US TO CREATE A PARKING AUTHORITY.

THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN IT UP NOW FOR PUBLIC HEARING. YES, MA'AM. PAULA CHESTER, 1013 OAKMONT DRIVE. AND REGARDS REFERENCE TO THE PARKING I LAST SATURDAY OR FRIDAY. HAD SOME VISITORS AND I BROUGHT THEM DOWN TO TWO OF THE CITY. AND WHEN WE GOT ON THE CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND SYCAMORE, AS I CAME AROUND TO PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET ON THAT END OF THE BUSINESS SECTION, THERE WERE NO MARKERS TO STATE THAT YOU COULD PARK ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET. SO I'M WONDERING WHY WAS THERE NOT MARKERS UP ON THAT END FOR INDIVIDUAL CARS TO PATRONIZE THE BUSINESS ON THAT END? BECAUSE MY FRIENDS WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TICKETS. WHEN WE CAME FROM WALKING DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE ILLEGALLY PARKING. SO ON BOTH SIDES, THERE ARE NO PARKING STRIPES ON THE WASHINGTON AND AND SYCAMORE CORNER. SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD PEOPLE MAYBE BYPASSING THINKING THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL PARKING TO STOP IN THAT AREA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SHE SAID THE CORNER WASHINGTON, SYCAMORE STREET.

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DON'T START PUTTING METERS IN DOWNTOWN PETERSBURG, PLEASE. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. ANY OTHER? THANK YOU. WE NOW OPEN IT UP TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN COOPER, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. COUNCILMAN JONES. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS PROPOSED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

JONES. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH. LEE. AYE. VICE MAYOR.

[10. Public Information Period]

I'M HERE TO REQUEST FROM THE MANAGER AND EVERYONE ELSE FOR AN EXPEDITED MEETING WITH PAL DC SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THE INITIATIVE WE HAVE PLANNED AND WORKED ON SINCE 2018. WE HAVE OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS AND OUR ASSOCIATES. THE COST OF DOING THINGS ARE ESCALATING, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO RESTORE PEABODY TO ITS ORIGINAL CONCEPT. WE WILL ALSO BE A COLLABORATIVE, AS WE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY WOULD

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MISTER. MISS TINA NOREEN I SEE. HI MY NAME IS TINA NORTON. I LIVE AT 120 LEAVENWORTH STREET.

I'VE DECIDED I MADE A PERSONAL RESOLUTION TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO TALK EVERY MONTH ABOUT GETTING MY STREET REPAVED. SO I WANT MY STREET REPAVED. LEAVENWORTH STREET. I DON'T KNOW WHO I NEED TO CONTACT AT THE CITY. IT KEEPS GETTING REPAIRED IN THE MOST HAPHAZARD WAYS. IT'S NOT GREAT TO DRIVE ON. IT'S BAD FOR OUR CARS. MY NEIGHBOR HAS AN OLDER CAR AND THERE WAS A PARK. A POTHOLE THE SIZE OF THIS LECTERN. YOU KNOW, RIGHT AT THE END OF HER DRIVEWAY. ALSO, THERE'S A DRAIN BETWEEN 120 AND 126 LEAVENWORTH THAT PRESUMABLY SOMETHING'S BEING DONE THERE THAT IT GOT FILLED WITH STRAW AND STUFF. AND THAT'S A DRAINAGE HOLE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S DOING THAT. AND IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THE DRAINAGE ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE AT 120 ALSO NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND THEN SO THOSE ARE MY FIRST THINGS. AND THEN WHAT IS THE CITY DOING IN PREPARATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND LOSING FUNDING FOR ALL THE STUFF THAT'S HAPPENING? FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THE FEDERALLY FUNDED MONEY AND THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING SHUT DOWN. AND SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET FUNDING FOR THOSE THINGS. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS DOING ABOUT THAT. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? SO THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN AND IT HAS AFFECTED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS SOCIAL SERVICES, EMERGENCY SERVICES, FOOD STAMPS, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF. SO AS A CITY, ARE WE ARE YOU GUYS TAKING ACTION ABOUT HOW TO NOT HOW TO HELP THE STAFF STOPGAP OF OF THOSE SERVICES. STOP IT. YEAH. NO STOPGAP, BUT WE CAN'T RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE CAN'T DO THAT. YEAH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. NO NO NO NO NO WE CAN'T RESPOND. IT'LL BE ON OUR COUNCIL COMMUNICATES OKAY GREAT. YEAH. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE INDIRECT COST AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY IF YOU GUYS HAVE ONE AND HOW YOU GET YOUR OVERHEAD PAID FOR AT THE CITY. SO LIKE YOU GET GRANTS AND EVERY GRANT HAS AN INDIRECT COST AGREEMENT THAT PAYS FOR HR AND IT AND YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF FOR THE CITY FUNDING. AND I LOOKED AT LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT AND IT SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE AN INDIRECT COST AGREEMENT OF 10%.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE THE NORMAL ONE. YOU SET IT TO WHATEVER YOUR OVERHEAD ACTUALLY IS. AND SO I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. TOM OKAY. NOW WE HAVE. AJANI. AJANI NOT HERE.

WHAT'S THAT? BANKS. BANKS. BANKS. DUPREE. BABY. AND ME. HERE. WHAT'S THAT? HASKELL.

OKAY, THAT ENDS OUR OUR REPORT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NOW WE'LL GO TO

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

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SO HOPEFULLY LEAVENWORTH WILL GET PAID. AND I GOT THE DRAINAGE ISSUE. BACK TO MY COMMENTS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF MILLER AND THE OFFICE OF CITY CITY MANAGER OFFICE, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, POLICE CODE ENFORCEMENT PLANNING, AND JUST EVERYONE THAT HELPED OUT WITH THE WARD SEVEN MEETING THAT I HAD LAST MONTH HAD IT AT PLEASANTS LANE ELEMENTARY. I THINK IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. WE TALKED ABOUT AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL SERVICES. WE DID TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS THE DAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN, I THINK DID START OR WAS THE NEXT DAY. SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AHEAD OF THAT. AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE MONEY IN THE GENERAL FUND TO HOPEFULLY ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE COST. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE PUT ON OUR CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO HELP OUT. NUMBER TWO, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OF THE AREA YOUTH, STARTING WITH. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT HOMECOMING. FHS HAD A GREAT HOMECOMING LAST WEEK, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT WE CAN SUPPORT OUR YOUTH AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT PLEASANTS LANE ELEMENTARY THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT THE BOARD MEETING, SUCH AS THE ART CLUB, KARATE CHOIR. THEY'RE JUST DOING A LOT OF HOLISTIC ACTIVITIES THAT CAN HELP OUT TO ACCOMMODATE NOT ONLY JUST THE LEARNING, BUT THE STUDENTS BEING ACTIVE AND JUST BEING THE FUTURE LEADERS OF THE CITY.

ALMOST FINISHED WITH LEGENDS PARK. AS MANY OF YOU RIDE BY THERE, THEY HAVE REVITALIZED THE THE BASKETBALL AREAS. THERE IS A LOT MORE TO BE DONE. I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND. IF YOU'VE HEARD ME ON THIS MICROPHONE, I AM AN AVID SUPPORTER OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR PLAYGROUNDS ARE UP TO DATE. I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AS WELL. IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TAKING HER TO PARKS ALL AROUND THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA, BUT I CAN'T FREQUENT A LOT OF THE ONES IN THE CITY. BUT I THINK WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS THERE AND WE'LL GET BETTER. AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AS WELL, WITH THE YOUTH AT, THEY ARE HAVING THEIR SPEECH AND DEBATE TOURNAMENT DECEMBER 13TH. I'M GETTING A HEAD START WITH THAT BECAUSE IT IS GROWING. IT WILL BE A BIGGER TOURNAMENT. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THAT THEY'RE DOING IT UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COACH SMITH, AND THEY DO NEED JUDGES. WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP NEXT NEXT MONTH. BUT AGAIN, THEY NEED JUDGES TO MAKE THIS TOURNAMENT REALLY GROW. THERE'S OVER LIKE 40 SCHOOLS COMING TO THE AREA. AND JUDGES ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

JUST GIVING OUT 2 OR 3 HOURS OF YOUR TIME CAN GO A LONG WAY TO MAKING THAT TURN EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN IT ALREADY IS. BUT NUMBER THREE, AFTER WE SUPPORT THE YOUTH, WE ALSO HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR ELDERLY. I'M THANKFUL THAT THERE'S LIKE PARKS AND RECS HAS THEIR PROGRAM AT TABERNACLE. SHERIFF CRAWFORD IS DOING GREAT THINGS WITH THE TRIAD, ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE, IF NOT THE NATION, THAT SHE RUNS A GREAT ELDERLY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO KEEP THEM ACTIVE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN SHOUT OUT SHERIFF CRAWFORD FOR A SECOND TIME WITH HER FAITH AND BLUE EVENT THAT SHE HAD THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT, GREAT TURNOUT.

IT'S GETTING BIGGER AND BETTER. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT IT NEXT YEAR. IT IS AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX AND IT'S A GREAT EVENT FOR THE CITY. BUT WITH THIS ELDERLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT OVER THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, WE DO KEEP THEM IN OUR PRAYERS AS IT STARTS TO GET COLD AND THE HOLIDAYS COME. YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS A LOT OF TIMES THE ELDERLY DEAL WITH DEATH AS WELL AS JUST SADNESS GOING THROUGH THE COLD SEASON. SO, YOU KNOW, CHECK ON YOUR ELDERLY. EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ONES IN THE AREA, CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS AROUND YOU. BECAUSE I THINK IF WE WORK TOGETHER WITH THE YOUTH AND ELDERLY, WE'LL BE A MUCH BETTER CITY. TRUNK OR TREAT IS THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 24TH AT THE SPORTS COMPLEX. PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THAT. I HAD A QUESTION TO COMMUNICATIONS. AS WE GET WE ALWAYS DO THE TRUNK OR TREAT. BUT DO WE HAVE A A DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION? I KNOW WE HAVE A GROWING HISPANIC POPULATION IN THE CITY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GET SOME ADVERTISEMENT AND MAYBE CELEBRATION. A DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION FOR THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND MAKE THEM FEEL A PART OF PETERSBURG AS WELL. NUMBER FIVE PUBLIC SAFETY. I CAN SAY IT NOW. I TRY TO NOT TO JINX ANYTHING, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAD A VERY, VERY GREAT QUIET SUMMER. THERE WAS ALMOST A 60% REDUCTION IN HOMICIDES AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP IT GOING. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHIEF CHRISTIAN, ALL THE OFFICERS, THE STAFF AND THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR AGGRESSIVE, AGGRESSIVE EFFORTS TO CURB THE VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER CRIME, BUT JUST AGAIN, STOPPING THE UNNECESSARY KILLING IS I HAVE TO CELEBRATE THAT AND THANKFUL FOR ALL THE THE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE EMS, EVERYBODY THAT'S FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE DOING TO CURB VIOLENT CRIME. I KNOW I'M

[02:15:04]

THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ANNETTE SMITH LEE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU. ON THE I THINK IT WAS TODAY IS TUESDAY. MONDAY THEY HAD THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL HAD THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THEY HAD AN A CONSULTANT HERE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARENTS.

AND I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE IT WAS A QUESTION ASKED, YOU KNOW. WHY DON'T THE COUNCIL SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE PETERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT EVERYBODY HAS TO SUPPORT THEM.

IT WAS LIKE ONLY ABOUT 25 PEOPLE HERE. WE GOTTA DO BETTER. WE GOTTA GET OUT HERE TO SUPPORT OUR CHILDREN AND DIVISION THAT WE WANT HERE IN THE CITY OF PETERSBURG FOR OUR OUR CHILDREN. ALSO. I AM A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE AND YES, WE, THE MAJORITY OF US ARE ON FURLOUGH. SO I'M IN THE MIDST OF REACHING OUT TO JENNIFER MCCLELLAN, WHO IS OUR CONGRESSMAN, AND ALSO SENATOR WARNER, AND ALSO SENATOR KAINE, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN COLLABORATE.

IN REFERENCE TO THE SNAP BENEFITS BEING, YOU KNOW, REDUCED AND MEDICAID AND ALL.

BUT I MADE A DECISION THAT I WAS GOING TO DO MY MEDITATION ANYWAY. SO TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN AND RELEASE IT SLOWLY. FEEL YOUR FEET CONNECTED TO THE GROUND BENEATH YOU. THIS IS JUST NOT CARPET AND OR MAGNOLIA FLOORS. THIS IS SACRED GROUND LAYERED WITH HISTORY, WITH STRUGGLE AND TRIUMPH. PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. FEEL ITS STEADY RHYTHM. THIS IS YOUR POWER. THIS IS YOUR VOICE. THIS IS YOUR PRESENT. THIS IS YOUR TRUTH. YOU ARE HERE NOT BY ACCIDENT, BUT INTENTION. WITHIN THESE WALLS, FORCES HAVE BEEN SHAPED TO PROGRESS THE HARD JUSTICE. AND TODAY THESE WALLS WILL HEAR OUR VOICE. REPEAT SILENTLY OR OUT LOUD. I AM ROOTED, I AM PREPARED, I AM WORTHY TO STAND HERE IN THIS CITY. YOUR VOICE CARRIES THE STRENGTH OF GENERATIONS BEFORE ME AND THE HOPE OF GENERATIONS TO COME. LET THERE BE STRENGTH.

RISE IN YOU. NOW THINK ALSO ABOUT THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER OUR CHILDREN, OUR COMMUNITY, AND OUR FUTURE. LET YOUR COURAGE LIGHT IN THEIR PATH. TAKE ANOTHER DEEP BREATH.

INHALE COURAGE. EXHALE FEAR. STAND TALL. SHOULDERS STRONG. HEART OPEN. YOU ARE READY WHEN YOU SPEAK. LET IT BE WITH CONVICTION. WHEN YOU WALK, LET IT BE WITH CONFIDENCE. WHEN YOU STAND, STAND AS ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. UNITE. CARRYING THE VOICES OF MANY. GO FORTH KNOWING THAT YOU BELONG HERE. YOU ARE HERE AND YOU ARE NEEDED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JONES. I GUESS I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT MORE THAN 59 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.

[02:20:05]

BUT IT NEVER STOPPED GROWING THROUGH ITS LEVELS OF DIRT. THE THING WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE CITY IS WHEN THAT SEED MAKES ITS BREAKTHROUGH, THE CITY IS ABOUT TO MAKE HIS BREAKTHROUGH.

NOW, WHEN YOU BREAK THROUGH THAT DIRT, THAT TOPSOIL YOU'RE NO LONGER SEEING, YOU NOW HAVE TO DECIDE WHO YOU ARE. YOU TAKE ON A DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTIC NOW, A DIFFERENT CHARACTER.

YOU'RE NO LONGER A SEED. YOU ARE A PLANT. AND NOW YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THE SEASONS OF LIFE THAT COMES TO DESTROY YOU. I TELL YOU THIS ONE THING. WHAT WE'RE NOT NOW. WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR BREAKTHROUGH RIGHT NOW IN THIS CITY. I WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THIS WATCHING AND THIS LISTENING UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. DO NOT FALL FOR THE FANTASY ISLAND. THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THE NEWS. AND ANYTHING THAT YOU DID NOT HEAR FROM THIS COUNCIL FIRST, OR OUR P R O PERSON. NOW, I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW SOMETHING IN THE ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING IN THIS CITY, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON IT BECAUSE WE TABLED IT, BUT I'M DISAPPOINTED IN IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T COME THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I DON'T LIKE, AND I DON'T LIKE HYPING THE PUBLIC UP FOR SOMETHING THAT WE END UP HAVING TO SAY NO TO AGAIN ANYWAY, IF IT'S NOT DONE THE RIGHT WAY. LEVELS OF DIRT I WANT YOU ALL TO REMEMBER THE LEVELS OF DIRT, WHAT LEVEL YOU ARE ON. BECAUSE AS YOU GROW AS THAT PLANT, IT TAKES YOU TEN YEARS. IN THIS CASE THIS CITY, 50 YEARS TO DEVELOP ITS BARK TO WHERE YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR THE PEOPLE, SHELTER AND OTHER THINGS THAT'S NEEDED LEVELS OF DIRT. WE WILL NOT BE AND I WILL NOT LET IT HAPPEN UNDER OUR UNDER OUR WATCH. NFL PLAYERS DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE FROM THE RAMADA INN PROJECT TO THESE PROJECTS THAT'S BEING PUT BEFORE US. WE ALWAYS HEARING ABOUT, OH, HE'S AN NFL PLAYER OR EX NFL PLAYER. WELL, DAMN IT, I'M AN NFL PLAYER TOO WHEN I PLAY PLAYSTATION. SO DON'T FALL FOR IT PEOPLE. I DON'T CARE WHO HE IS OR WHO THEY ARE. COMPETITION AND FAIR AND DECENT COMPETITION IS HOW WE GOTTA DO BUSINESS OUT HERE. WE WILL NOT FALL FOR ANY BACK DOOR TRICKS. AND I'M NOT SAYING NOBODY DOING BACK DOOR THINGS, I'M JUST SAYING PEOPLE DON'T FALL FOR WHAT YOU SEE ON THE NEWS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT THEY SAY WE GET AND WE AIN'T GOING TO GET UNTIL WE GOT IT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COOPER. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. I WANT TO MENTION A COUPLE OF. STEPS TOWARD PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE IN LARGE PART. WELL, TOTALLY THANKS TO STAFF LED BY MR. MILLER AND THE CITY MANAGER. ONE IS THE NEW CROSSWALK THERE LEADING TO THE PARK, RIGHT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF LIBERTY AND SOUTH SYCAMORE. I'M GLAD TO SEE IT. I THINK IT MAKES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE BIT SAFER. ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IS THE RUMBLE STRIPS THAT PERHAPS YOU'VE SEEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOLLINGBROOK AND NORTH SYCAMORE. THEY ARE. THEY ON A TEMPORARY BASIS TO SEE HOW THEY ARE ACCEPTED, HOW THEY WORK? THEY SEEM TO ME TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS, BUT I LET OTHER PEOPLE JUDGE THAT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REPLICATE. WE ARE NOT JUST SHOWING FAVORITISM TO ONE INTERSECTION, WE'RE JUST USING THAT INTERSECTION AS A TEST CASE. AND IF IT SUCCEEDS, THEN WE'LL SPREAD IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CITY, AND I THINK WE'LL ALL BE SAFER. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL ALL BE SAFER. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO HELP ACCOMPLISH. AND I THANK MR. MILLER AND MR. ALTMAN AND ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THAT EFFORT. AND IN THE SAME

[02:25:01]

ONE WAS TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE OTHER IS STREET LIGHT SAFETY. I THANK THE PEOPLE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THEM, AND I THANK THE VICE MAYOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE PUBLIC UP TO DATE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. MY COMMENTS WOULD BE. HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK RIGHT QUICK. MR. MR. ALTMAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU IN THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT SOMETHING, MAYBE A CODE ISSUE. WE HAVE A BUSINESS POTENTIAL BUSINESS ZONING THAT WHEN HE CAME HERE, HE WANTED TO OPEN UP A DETAILING SHOP AND BY HIM OPEN UP THE DETAILING SHOP. AND WE WANTED TO PUT RESTRICTIONS ON HIM. AND NOW WITH THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON HIM, I'M TALKING ABOUT MR. FELTS, THAT HE'S HE'S WILLING TO AGREE TO THOSE RESTRICTIONS. AND WHERE ARE WE IN THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE I WAS TOLD ONE THING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ELSE HAS HAPPENED. SO WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT PROCESS? SO WHEN MR. PHELPS BROUGHT FORTH HIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUESTS, I WANT TO SAY LAST SPRING, MAYBE TIME FRAME, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, YES, COUNCIL VOTED TO DENY THE REQUEST OVERALL. SO THAT ENDED THAT PORTION OF THE REQUEST. SO IF MR. PHELPS WANTS TO COME FORTH AGAIN, BEING IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE PLACED, HE WOULD NEED TO FILE AN APPLICATION AGAIN WITH PLANNING, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEM TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AND A PUBLIC HEARING WITH COUNCIL TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, TO DATE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MR. PHELPS HAS SUBMITTED HIS APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION WITH PLANNING.

AND WE'VE AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED TO THE MANAGER'S OFFICE, HAS TALKED WITH MR. PHELPS A COUPLE OF TIMES PLANNING, HAS TALKED TO MR. PHELPS ABOUT THE NEED FOR HIM TO APPLY. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT BECAUSE COUNCIL VOTED AND DENIED THE THAT REQUEST, HE HAS TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. SO IN ANY OTHER THING, WHEN WE MAKE A VOTE AND THOSE WHOSE ON THE PREVAILING END WHEN WE CAN BRING IT BACK UP AND THEN REVOTE. SO IF HE'S WILLING TO GO WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE SYSTEM, BUT BUT I KNOW TIMES ARE HARD AND HE'S BEEN PATIENT AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND GOING AROUND AND WHAT HAVE YOU DO I AS BEING ON THE PREVAILING END. DO I HAVE THE ABILITY? MR. WILLIAMS, TO MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE HIM THE HIS BUSINESS LICENSE BASED ON, BASED ON BY ME BEING ON THE PREVAILING END WHEN WE DENIED IT, BASED ON HIM ADHERING TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT. COUNCIL. I MEAN, MR. VICE MAYOR, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, THAT HAS TO OCCUR AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUSINESS MEETING. QUITE SOME TIME HAS GONE PAST SINCE THE VOTE WAS TAKEN. SO HE ACTUALLY HAS TO, AS THE MANAGER INDICATED, RESTART THE PROCESS. I THINK THAT THE IN THE PROCESS IS WHAT, LIKE $1,500? I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO COME UP TO RESTART SOMETHING WHICH CAN. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN

[02:30:03]

SO WE NEED TO SET THAT MEETING UP. AND I GET WITH THE CLERK TO SET UP A MEETING, PREFERABLY ON A MONDAY AT 10:00, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHICH MONDAY WOULD THE BUSINESSES GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET WITH THEM? ALSO, I WANT TO THANK ANNETTE SMITH LEE. SHE HAS A WARM HEART. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO SHE WENT UP TO WAWA AND SHE WAS PRAYING. SHE PUT ON FACEBOOK. SHE WAS PRAYING FOR INDIVIDUALS GIVING THEM GAS CARDS. THOSE WHO HAD BEEN IMPACTED WITH THE SHUTDOWN AND WHAT HAVE YOU, THOSE WORKERS. SO I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER STEWARDSHIP. I WANT TO THANK HER FOR ALWAYS GIVING. SHE'S ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THAT JUST ALWAYS MAKES SURE THAT THE KIDS AND THE ELDERLY GET. BUT NOW IT'S IMPACTING HER COWORKERS AND SHE'S DOING HER VERY BEST. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY, MISS SMITH LEE. THE BUMP, THE BUMP STOPPERS THAT WE PUT IN THE ROAD. MR. ALTMAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY BUSINESS. AND THEY USED TO BLOW THROUGH THAT STOP SIGN. YOU ALL KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM RUNNING STOP SIGN. NOW, I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE PERSON GO THROUGH THAT STOP SIGN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HURT SOME ON YOUR CAR, PUT IT LIKE THAT. BUT I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME AREAS AND SOME POTENTIALS. IF WE DO THE SAME THING IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT, THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHERE THERE WAS SPEEDING. SO BEWARE OF YEAH. PLACES LIKE BERKELEY, OCHERS EAST, WARNOCK HILL, SOME OTHER PLACES DOWN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. SO BEWARE WHEN YOU'RE SPEEDING CITIZENS OF PETERSBURG, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME SOME BUMP BUMP STOPPERS THAT ARE COMING UP. SO SLOW DOWN PLEASE. PLEASE SLOW DOWN. ALSO. WITH THE I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS IN HIS WARD BECAUSE I SEE ONE RESIDENT FROM BERKELEY MANOR. YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON THURSDAY AT 530. AND YOURS PARK, I THINK IT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH THAT'S ONLY FOR BERKELEY MANOR RESIDENTS. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR INDULGENCE.

THE MAYOR IS DOING HIS HUSBAND DUTIES. IT'S HIS WIFE'S BIRTHDAY, AND I TOLD HIM HE BETTER NOT TO COME UP IN HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS RIGHT HERE IS ONLY SHORT, BUT FAMILY IS FOR LIFE. AMEN. SO LET US CONTINUE TO MOVE ON. AMEN. YEAH. YOU CRAZY. LET'S CONTINUE TO MOVE ON. ITEM NUMBER 11. I MEAN, I'M SORRY. ITEM NUMBER 12. REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[13. Finance and Budget Report]

WE'RE DOING BUDGET TO ACTUALS. ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK OVERALL IN THE GENERAL FUND WE HAD 26%, 25% OF THE YEAR COMPLETED. OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDER. YEAH, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. IT'S STILL EARLY IN THE YEAR. SO THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU. SO YOUR REPORT IS WE'RE DOING GOOD. YES OKAY. PRETTY GOOD I DON'T WANT TO

[02:35:02]

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE SPECIAL IN THE ROOM.

THAT'S MY SON, LITTLE MARLOW JONES. HE'S A MASTER ARCHITECT. ENGINEER FROM HAMPTON UNIVERSITY. STAND UP SON. I KNEW HE LOOKED FAMILIAR. THANK YOU FOR COMING, MAN, I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. THIS IS ONE OF HIS TWINS. ALL THEM KIDS LOOK LIKE HIM. HIS BIRTHDAY IS

[14. Unfinished Business]

HE'S OKAY WITH IT. IS THAT A MOTION TO AMEND? THAT IS A MOTION TO AMEND. OKAY, NOW I JUST WANT TO GET I JUST WANT TO GET HIS FEEL ON IT BECAUSE YOU ALREADY GOT IT OUT THERE. AND I GET SOMEBODY SUCKING IT. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO EDUCATE ME THEN. YES. EVEN THOUGH IT'S CONSERVATOR OF THE PEACE. AND IF HE'S GETTING HIS WEAPONS FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF OR WHATEVER, HE'S GETTING IT FROM TRAINING, HE'S STILL GOT TO FALL UNDER LIKE WE DID. LET THE CHIEF EXPLAIN IT. WHICH CHIEF? CHIEF. KRISTEN. SO ALL THESE CHIEFS UP IN HERE, THERE WILL BE SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, I GUESS, VERIFY THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES. ONE, WE WOULD HAVE TO MANDATE AND REGULATE THE TYPE OF FIREARMS TRAINING THAT HE WOULD HAVE. AND WE WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE RECORDS OF PROFICIENCY OF HIS DURING HIS FIREARMS TRAINING. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THIS IS KIND OF NEW TO US AT

[02:40:06]

AND, AND IT'S AND IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S FALLEN TOTALLY SEPARATE UNDER DIFFERENT TITLES. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SEPARATE FIREARMS TRAINING ONCE WE MAKE THIS AMENDMENT. BUT NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CONSERVATOR PEACE IS A CLASS OFFERED BY DCJS. IT'S ACTUALLY CERTIFIED THROUGH THEM. IT IS CORRECT. IT IS. NOW WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, ASSIST HIM WITH HIS FIREARMS TRAINING, MAINTAIN HIS FIREARMS RECORDS. BUT HE WOULD HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING THAT TO DCJS ON HIS OWN. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING BECAUSE HE'S NOT ATTACHED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT JUST LIKE OUR RETIREES, OUR RETIREES COME BACK AND THEY DO THEIR FIREARMS PROFICIENCY THROUGH US, AND WE MAINTAIN THOSE RECORDS AS WELL. SO WE WOULD DO THAT. BUT HE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING

[02:45:02]

AND I DON'T SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE BEING A PROBLEM AT ALL. MY MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT THAT FIREARM BE PROVIDED TO HIM OUT OF HIS BUDGET. OH YEAH. BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ONE. OKAY. LET'S ENTERTAIN. THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU. WILL ENTERTAIN A A MOTION TO AMEND AND ADOPT A SECTION 2.22 20 2-2 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA TO INCLUDE SUBSECTION, AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE UNARMED SPECIAL CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE. AND THAT'S WITH THE WITHDRAWAL OF COUNCILMAN JONES MOTION. YEAH, BECAUSE HE NEVER GOT A SECOND BEHIND IT. SO YEAH. SO THAT SO, SO MOVED. MOVED HIM PROPERLY. I MEAN, GO AHEAD, SIR. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED IMPROPERLY. SECOND. MADAM CLERK, ARE YOU READY FOR THE QUESTIONS? I AM COUNCIL MEMBER CUTHBERT. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER. WESTBROOK. COUNCIL MEMBER. SMITH I VICE MAYOR. HILL, I THANK YOU. AND MR. ALDERMAN YOU GET WITH US GET GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER. GET WHAT COUNCILMAN JONES IS TO SEE SO WE CAN BRING THAT IN THERE.

BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO SERVE NOBODY. I AIN'T GOT NO. ANYWAY, WE ALREADY COMBINED EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT WAS IT. ITEM 16, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT H H H 15 H. WE SAID NO, NO, NO,

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

WELL, THE TEMPORARY FOR NOW HAD A VERY GOOD CALL WITH DOMINION TODAY WITH REGARD TO STREETLIGHTS. MR. CUTHBERT, ON GETTING GETTING THEM MOVING ON THAT. SO THAT WAS A I HAD A GOOD CALL WITH THEM TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THAT. WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE THINGS PLANNED ON SYCAMORE STREET WITH SOME CROSSWALKS AND MAKING THINGS LOOK, LOOK, LOOK A LITTLE BIT BETTER. AND SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THEM AT POPS AND CATCHES THERE. I THINK THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT FOR FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. AND I THINK SO FAR OUR SPEED BUMP EXPERIMENT IS WORKING OUT. AND WE ARE WE'RE READY AND LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BECOME MORE OF A DETERRENT AND WE CAN LOOK TOWARDS PERMANENT SOLUTIONS WITH THAT. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD HAVE A GOOD, SAFE TIME FOR HOMECOMING THIS WEEKEND WITH VIRGINIA STATE. I WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE. I'LL BE GIVING MY DAUGHTER AWAY AT HER WEDDING ON SATURDAY. SO Y'ALL HAVE HAVE A GOOD AND SAFE WEEKEND. CONGRATULATIONS. COUNCILMAN JONES HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU, COUNCILMAN COUPLER, WHEN YOU SPOKE OF THE LIGHTS WITH VIRGINIA POWER, ARE WE ON TRACK OR WHERE ARE WE WITH THE LIGHTS? IN BERKLEY MANOR, ACROSS FROM THAT DOCTOR'S OFFICE? YOU HAVE MR. GALLOWAY'S RESIDENCE, THAT WHOLE STRIP. AND I TOOK PHOTOS IN THE NEW DIVISION, AND IT'S DARK OVER THERE, AND THEY'RE BEATING ME UP ABOUT ABOUT THAT. AND THE LAST THING IS, RYAN HOMES IS BUILDING IN BROOKLYN MANOR. WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THEM PAVING THAT TRACK ALONG WITH THEIR DRIVEWAY WHEN THEY DO IT. SO AND I WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR THE SPEED BUMPS TOO, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS RIDING THE OTHER DAY, I SAID, WHAT THE HELL? AND IT CAUGHT ME OFF

[02:50:04]

WE ARE WE'RE ACTIVELY TALKING AND WORKING WITH THEM TO ADDRESS THAT. THEY'VE ALREADY AGREED TO THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE OFF THE NEW ROAD INTO THE PARK I GOT TO GET. I'M WORKING ON THEM TO AGREE TO TO DO THE PAVING OF THE TRACK WHILE THEY'RE OUT THERE. I THINK THEY SHOULD DO IT. I MEAN, IT'S IT'S A SMALL PIECE FOR THEY CAN WIN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, GOOD POINTS WITH THE NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMAN. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FOR THE CITY MANAGER? YES, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER. AND I WANT TO THANK MR. MILLER FOR THE INITIATIVE ON THOSE RUMBLE STRIPS. WE'VE BEEN SCRATCHING OUR HEADS AND TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. AND I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S WE TRY ONE THING. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE TRY SOMETHING ELSE. I THINK WE'VE HIT ON SOMETHING THAT IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT IN ALL, BUT IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES, IS GOING TO MAKE A MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER. AND I THANK BOTH MR. MILLER AND MR. ALTMAN FOR THAT INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS HILL. NOTHING TO REPORT, MR. WILLIAMS. NO REPORT. MR. VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS NOW 813.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. I MOVE THAT WE CONCLUDE. I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE CONCLUDE THIS THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

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