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Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -1– ______________________________________________________________________________ The regular meeting of the Petersburg City Council was held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at the Union Train Station. Mayor Parham called the meeting to order at 6:30p.m. 1. ROLL CALL: Present: Council Member Charles H. Cuthbert, Jr. Council Member Annette Smith-Lee Council Member Treska Wilson-Smith Council Member W. Howard Myers Council Member Darrin Hill Vice Mayor John A. Hart, Sr. Mayor Samuel Parham Absent: None Present from City Administration: City Manager Aretha R. Ferrell-Benavides City Attorney Anthony C. Williams Executive Assistant to Clerk of Council Tanesha Flowers 2. PRAYER: Mayor Parham stated, “Next Associate Minister, Karen Jones, will lead us in our opening council prayer.” Associate Minister Jones led the council meeting in prayer. 3. CLOSED SESSION: City Attorney Anthony Williams stated that the Mayor will entertain a motion to go into closed session for the purpose of this meeting is to convene in closed session pursuant to §2.2-3711(A)(1) of the Code of Virginia for the purpose of discussion of personnel matters involving the performance of specific public officers of the City of Petersburg, specifically including but not limited to matters involving the performance of specific public officers and; under Subsection (7) for the purpose of receiving legal advice and status updates from the City Attorney and legal consultation regarding the subject specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by the City Attorney and matters of actual or probable litigation specifically including but not limited to matters requiring legal advice by the City Attorney. Council Member Myers moved that the City Council go into closed session for the purposes noted by the City Attorney. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Hart. There was no discussion on the motion, which was approved on roll call vote. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham City Council entered closed session at 6:33 p.m. CERTIFICATION: Mr. Williams stated, “The Mayor would entertain a motion to conclude the closed session called this evening to certify in accordance with §2.2-3712 that the Code of Virginia that only those matters lawfully *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -2– ______________________________________________________________________________ identified in the motion for which the closed session was called were discussed during the closed session. If any member believes that there was a departure from the foregoing he should so state for the record identifying the substance of the departure for which he believes occurred. This requires a roll call vote Mr. Mayor.” Vice Mayor Hart made a motion to return City Council into open session and certify the purposes of the closed session. The motion was seconded by Council Member Hill. There was no discussion on the motion. The motion was approved on roll call vote. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 19-R-52 A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING, AS REQUIRED BY THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, SECTION 2.2- 3712, THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER’S KNOWLEDGE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS OF VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED SESSION, AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED SESSION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED. City Council returned to opened session at 6:55pm. 4. MOMENT OF SILENCE: Mayor Parham led council and the audience in a moment of silence. 5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Parham led council and the audience in the pledge of allegiance. 6. DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM: A quorum was determined with the presence of all City Council Members. Mayor Parham stated, “Last week we went out to Southside Regional Medical Center. They hosted an official ribbon cutting for their Women’s Health and Cancer Center. This Center is the first of its kind in the Tri- Cities Area. It houses OBGYN, Breast Health, Women’s Imaging, Radiation, and Medical Oncology. All under one roof and all here in PETERSBURG! This is the only full-service facility of its kind between Richmond and North Carolina. The new center features an expanded imaging center with larger ultrasound rooms, a larger waiting room with improved privacy, and radiation and chemotherapy are also housed in the same facility. This is a tremendous addition to the City. And we congratulate Southside Regional Medical Center on the opening this amazing facility in our City.” 7. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS/PRESENTATION OF CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS: *There are no items for this portion of the agenda. 8. COMMUNICATIONS/SPECIAL REPORTS: Council Member Wilson-Smith made a motion to amend these items and that right above ‘Item G”, she would like to do a report and make her report “D” and her report “E.” The motion was seconded by Council Member Hill. There was no discussion on the motion. The motion was approved on roll call. On roll call vote, *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -3– ______________________________________________________________________________ voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham a. City Assessor Report – Brian Gordineer, AAS, City Assessor Mr. Gordineer stated that he had the privilege last week to attend the 85th International Association of Assessing Officers. He stated that at the conference he heard numerous information about assessing administration. He stated that he was a presenter as well where there were about 60 attendees. http://petersburgva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4717/Assessor_Parcel-Audit b. City Manager Report – Aretha R. Ferrell-Benavides, City Manager http://petersburgva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4752/CM-Report---Sept-17th (City Manager Report) Mrs. Benavides went over highlights of her report. Key Points:  September 28th is the Annual Festival of Grapes and Hops. It will be held by the Chamber of Commerce and everyone is invited to participate.  The Annual City-wide Cleanup is on Saturday, October 26th. Ms. Tyus and her team are leading the cleanup.  City has been working on 125 North Union Street where the Billing and Collections Office, Office of Commission of Revenue and Finance and Budget will be relocating to. The construction has been completed by staff. Next steps are installation of network. Robert Floyd, Director of Budget and Procurement, gave an update on the P-Card and T-Card. Key Points:  Office was tasked with overhauling a lot of the process and procedures that are in the City of Petersburg.  They are moving towards completion of T-Card and P-Card program. Currently, there are two cards. One for purchases and one for traveling. Once completed they will migrate to one card. They are moving away from individual card holders and to departments. There will no longer be individual names on the card. They are looking to put this in place beginning of November.  They are working on aligning the position control with the budget and what is in the system and the BAI. They are targeting this date out to November as well.  Mrs. Robinson is taking on the healthcare and doing an RFP for it. Target completion by mid- January. There was discussion among City Council and staff. Darnetta Tyus, Deputy City Manager, gave a presentation on the grass issue in the City of Petersburg. http://petersburgva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4748/NOV-and-Citywide-Grass http://petersburgva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4747/Grass-Map (map) http://petersburgva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4750/Short-Term-Action-Plan (Short-term plan) Mrs. Benavides gave a breakdown on the utility collections and information on technology in the City and the new bus routes to the Amtrak Station in Ettrick. c. Treasurer Report – Kenneth Pritchett, City Treasurer *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -4– ______________________________________________________________________________ *The City Treasurer was not present at the meeting. d. Presentation on the Comprehensive Approach to Eradicate and prevent Blight in the City of Petersburg. BACKGROUND: Staff has been working diligently to present processes and create the best method for addressing these challenges. RECOMMENDATION: That City Council will adopt the proposed schedule for the outlay of the Comprehensive Approach to combating our challenges as it relates to the area of collection of real estate taxes, code enforcement and the stagnant growth with respect to Economic Development. Lionel Lyons, Deputy City Manager, gave a briefing on the briefing of blight property in Petersburg. http://petersburgva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4746/COMPREHENSIVE-APPROACH-TO- ERADICATE-AND-PREVENT-BLIGHT-091719 (PowerPoint presentation) Schedule of presentations: 1. Billing & Collections – Judicial Sales – October 1, 2019 2. Code Compliance – Property Maintenance and Code Enforcement – October 15, 2019 3. Economic Development – Real Estate Sales – November 5, 2019 4. Planning – Zoning – November 19, 2019 5. Billing and Collection – (1) Collection Update (Civil Penalties, judicial sales, real estate taxes), (2) Conclusion & Wrap Up – December 3, 2019 There was discussion among City Council and staff on the Petersburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Mayor Parham stated to Council Member Wilson-Smith and Smith-Lee that he will take their concerns to the Petersburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority and request for a joint meeting to answer the questions and concerns. Council Member Hill asked about the burnt homes that were in the City and what will they do with these homes. Mr. Lyons stated that they had a meeting on it and that when they come back on October 15th they will have a presentation and the action steps that they plan to take. 9. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA (to include minutes of previous meeting/s) *There are no items for this portion of the agenda. 10. OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS: a. A public hearing to amend and readopt Article 23 §4 “Special Uses Enumerated” of the Zoning Ordinance (Appendix A) of the Code of the City of Petersburg, as amended, and to add number (36) Professional and Business Offices in the R-3 district when the following conditions are met: (a) Operating hours limited to 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday – Saturday; (b) No exterior alterations to the residence; (c) not transferable; (d) If in a historic district; signage require approval from ARB, and limited to an aggregate of fifteen (15) square feet, the aggregate limitation applies to all districts; (e) no more than two (2) employees; (f) 4,500 square foot *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -5– ______________________________________________________________________________ minimum size of the main structure with the use limited to the first floor of the residence, and the business and professional use not to exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet of the first floor area; (g) Three (3) Off-street parking spaces provided on-site. BACKGROUND: The Code of the State of Virginia section §15.2-2286 (7) whenever the public necessitate, convenience, general welfare, or good zoning practice requires, the governing body may by ordinance amend, supplement, or change the regulations, district boundaries, or classifications of property. This change is necessary to allow the City to meet a policy goal of business retention in the City of Petersburg. The special use expanded authority allows for large residentially zoned property to have an office on the first floor subject to certain terms and conditions, which have been drafted to safeguard communities against commercial encroachment. RECOMMENDATION: The recommendation of the Planning Commission was to approve the proposed text amendment with a vote of 7-0. Staff recommends approval of the proposed text amendment which expands the special uses authorized by City Council. Michelle Peters, Director of Planning and Community Development, gave a brief presentation on the Special Use Permit request. She stated that they are requesting to add a number “36” to have a small office in the home with conditions. Mayor Parham opened the floor for public comments. Marcus Squires, 1701 Monticello Street, stated, “My one concern of this is regarding three parking spaces on each lot. Are they going to start parking on the front yards? Are people going to start turning their front yards into parking lots? Is the City going to have to come out and modify the sidewalks to accommodate three spaces? A lot of these historical districts have little nice iron fencing around the yard or other really nice scenery. It would really deteriorate from the entire neighborhood if you allowed all these parking spaces to come into the yards. Thank you.” Julian Greene, 1625 Blair Road, stated, “I am not sure whether or not this applies to this particular item. There is a historic facility building in an historic district however, the drawing for that site has taken that building not to be in the historic district. What am I saying? I am saying that there is a rectangular square here. This entire square here is historic, Poplar Lawn Historic District. How in the world can you take something inside the historic district and say that it is not historic? And that particular entity is being considered September 19th by the commission of the Virginia Landmark Historic District to give their final approval as historic. If you google and look at that particular facility you will see all that it is the oldest African American Church in the nation. Yet, still it is taking out of that it does not report and that it is saying that it is not historic. This is something to look at.” Michael Edwards, 409 Grove Avenue, stated, “I am assuming that we are talking about Folly Castle. As I have thoroughly read this agenda, I have followed this project. It has come before council a couple of times. There has and always will be parking on Washington Street in front of this property. I strongly suggest and encourage you all to approve what they are asking. The Riggs family have undergone a tremendous renovation of Folly Castle. I have seen the transformation over the months and it would be unwise to put a hinderous over this project for them to complete it. So, I do fully support the request that was just brought before council. If we keep discouraging people when they want to do things in Petersburg, then how can we put Petersburg first and how can we move forward. Thank you.” Ramon Esparza, stated, “I came to the City to invest into the City. I definitely think that the ordinance is great but I definitely think that there should be more information regarding fencing. I also brought 801 Washington Street, which is a cute little building. I like the way that Washington Street is now. I would want to *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -6– ______________________________________________________________________________ see more of what is the plan. Say if an individual does buy a house with a downstairs office, are they going to have certain restrictions on how far they can move the fence? Is the building going to be completely commercial looking or is there going to be gravel? How are they going to change the look of Washington?” Seeing no further hands, Mayor Parham closed the public comments. There was discussion among City Council Members. Council Member Cuthbert made a motion to approve the text amendment with one change to the end of Subsection H to add following the words of “off-street parking spaces provided on site, to be located behind the structure.” There was discussion among City Council and staff. Council Member Cuthbert made a motion to approve the corrected text amendment as proposed. The motion was seconded by Council Member Wilson-Smith. There was discussion among City Council Members and staff. The motion was approved on roll call. On roll vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 19-ORD-41 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND READOPTING ARTICLE 23 §4 “SPECIAL USES ENUMERATED” OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE (APPENDIX A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, (AS AMENDED), BY ADDING A NUMBER (36) PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS OFFICES IN THE R-3 (TWO-FAMILY RESIDENCE) DISTRICT WHEN CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET. b. A public hearing on the request of Christopher and Colleen Riggs for a Special Use Permit pursuant to the proposed Article 23, §4 (36) of the Zoning Ordinance to operate a Professional Office, subject to certain terms and conditions at 323 West Washington Street, T.P. 023-12- 0018. The property is zoned R-3 Two-Family Residence District. BACKGROUND: The applicant has requested a special use permit under the proposed addition of a number 36 under Article 23, Section 4 of the Zoning Ordinance, which will permit the operation of a Professional Office, subject to the following conditions: (a) Operating hours limited to 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday-Saturday; (b) No exterior alterations to the residence; (c) not transferable; (d) if in a historic district; signage requires approval from ARB, and all signage limited to an aggregate of fifteen (15) square feet; (e) No more than two (2) employees; (f) 4,500 square foot minimum size of the main structure with the use limited to the first floor of the residence, and the business and professional use not to exceed fifteen hundred (1,500) square feet of the first floor area; (g) Three (3) Off-street parking spaces provided on-site. RECOMMENDATION: The recommendation of the Planning Commission was to approve the proposed Special Use Permit with conditions with a vote of 7-0. Staff recommends approval of the proposed Special Use Permit. Michelle Peters, Director of Planning and Community Development, gave a briefing on the request for a Special Use Permit for property located at 323 West Washington Street. Mayor Parham opened the floor for public comments. Ramon Esparza, 107 North South Street, stated, “This property that you are showing here obviously shows that it is a house on a hill with a fence. The question is again that she mentioned a driveway. How much of this has been modified with asphalt. A large portion of it or a small portion of it? How would this house be *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -7– ______________________________________________________________________________ looking completely commercial at this point? What kind of coverage can we have with the asphalt?” There was discussion among staff and the citizens. Seeing no further hands, Mayor Parham closed the public comments. Council Member Myers made a motion to approve the recommendation of the Planning Commission of the Special Use Permit with conditions that staff has recommended. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Hart. The motion was approved on roll call. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 19-ORD-42 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR 323 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, TAX MAP PARCEL NUMBER 023-120018 FOR A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE IN THE R-3 (TWO-FAMILY RESIDENCE) DISTRICT ON THE FIRST FLOOR SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS. c. A public hearing to consider an ordinance authorizing the sale of City owned property at 714 Commerce Street, tax parcel 023-060004. BACKGROUND: The City has received proposals to purchase the following City-owned property: Parcel ID Premise Street Zoning Proposed Use 023-060004 714 Commerce Street M-1 Parking for Auto Repair Business The Prospective Purchaser is Amigos Commercial Truck and Auto Repair. The Prospective Purchaser currently owns adjacent property at 107 N. South Street. The proposed use of the property at 714 Commerce Street is parking for the Commercial Truck and Auto Repair Business at 107 N. South Street. The current zoning is M-1 and the proposed use conforms with existing zoning. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council holds a public hearing on September 17, 2019, and subsequently considers adoption of an Ordinance approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Purchase Agreement and proceed with the sale of City- owned property in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Reginal Tabor, Economic Development Manager, gave a briefing on the public hearing for the sale of City-owned property located at 714 Commerce Street. Mayor Parham opened the floor for public comments. Marcus Squires, 1701 Monticello Street, stated, “I know that there are lofts right across the street from this lot. Has the City reached out to the owner of the lofts to see if they would be interested in purchasing it for may be overflow parking? I know that a lot of these trucking facilities sometimes they can turn their lofts into almost junkyards with different parts. I do not know if this is the exact image that the City is trying to bring to that corridor. The City still owns Titmus Optical in that corridor. And that corridor could possibly see a lot of investment if there are a lot more grants being given to HBC’s. So, if VSU were to grow more, currently nothing can be built in Ettrick due to storm water issues. So, this can lead to more development on this side of the City. I hope that the City is looking at the long term plan and not just what will go into our coffers in the next few months. And a $5,000 investment, is that the fence? And were there any screening as well ? Thank you for your time.” *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -8– ______________________________________________________________________________ Ramon Esparza, 107 North South Street, stated, “So, the ordinance covers a lot of that. The property would be fenced. When it comes to the lofts across the street, they have actually sold me lots at 117 South Street North. I purchased that lot from them because they do have enough parking. Currently, that lot is being used as dump site. So, the existing that was there as a tire shop, a lot of people are using that lot to hide and dumb tires. The purpose of me buying that lot was to clean it up, which I have done. With the existing properties, I am currently building an addition which I put up a proposal for a fence which will be a nice modern fence that will be private that will fence that current lot. And there will be some accessories or fancy lighting going around it with low amber lighting. I do not want my shop to be the average looking shop. We are currently working on it. You guys are local. But right now the holdup is the burnt down house and the empty lot.” Linwood Christian, 410 Mistletoe Street, stated, “The last gentle pretty much answered my question. Because he is absolutely correct. First and foremost, they have more than their share of parking spaces. And some of those people even take up parking spaces of the residents who are not in those lofts. And number two, you are correct. Looking at maybe sometime last year to now there has been a significant amount of work done there. And quite frankly I already thought the lot that they were talking about, that they already owned it anyway. Because we had seen some work back and forth. Given that corridor and given a lot of our city’s. Because we have allowed other businesses to come here and buildings standing empty. And I am not talking about the Ramada Inn per say. At least something is being done compared to the other auto shop that is across South Street and Washington. This is almost a castle compared to that place. So, it brings in business. Hopefully, we will see him employ or work even with our schools with some of our young mechanics and bring them in however. I would say, and again this is one of those times that he is agreeing with one of the boards like the Planning Commission. In this case, give it to him. Because it was stated before that we have given people that want to come to this City to start a business hell on every hand. Especially if it was not the type of business that many people though looked a certain way. And those businesses that we did allow to come here with no problem because they looked a certain way. Again, look at what is standing now. Look at the property owners that have all these empty buildings sitting up here. Some of them set them on fire to get the insurance money but look at what they have now. Thank you.” Gary Talley, 2323 Fort Rice, stated, “I was looking at this proposal online early this afternoon. And I did not see it presented here tonight. The purchase price versus the value of the land. Mr. Tabor, can you clarify that for all of us? There was discussion among the citizens and staff. Seeing no further hands, Mayor Parham closed the public hearing. There was discussion among City Council and staff. Council Member Myers made a motion give the City Manager the authority to negotiate the purchase agreement and proceed with the process as stated . The motion was seconded by Council Member Wilson- Smith. The motion was approved on roll call. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 19-ORD-43 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF CITY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 714 COMMERCE STREET, PARCEL NO.:023-060004. 11. PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD: The Public Information Period is established by the Rules of Council to hear input from City residents or owners of businesses in the City. It will last for a maximum of 30 minutes. Speakers will be called in the order that they have signed up to speak. If there are ten or fewer speakers, each shall speak for a maximum of 3 minutes. If there are more than ten (10) people *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 -9– ______________________________________________________________________________ desiring to speak, the time allotted to each person may be adjusted or the number of speakers limited to meet the time limitation. A speaker may speak on items except those that are listed on tonight’s Council agenda. Any matter brought before the attention of the City Council during the public information period will not be acted upon by the City Council at this meeting. Marcus Squires, 1701 Monticello Street, stated, “I want to start out with a tip. A recent study was released that was stating that the platinoids in blueberries can increase the size of your hippocampus. The hippocampus is part of you cerebral cortex which is responsible for long-term memorization. You can buy blueberries at Dollar Tree for $1. There are about two cups in there so $0.50 a day can increase your long- term memorization. I also want to ask how much is the City collecting on the vacant house fees. I know that each vacant structure in the City has to pay a fee to City Hall. If they are collecting a considerable amount can those monies be put towards this comprehensive blight plan. Also, has the City looked into a land bank. Land banks are for people of a local economic status to gain property to build wealth and ownership. The Maggie Walker Land Bank Trust in Richmond is doing an excellent job in the City in getting people their own structures. Has the City also thought about maybe scaling back the timeline. I mean are we going to be here in Christmas actually talking about blight still. You guys have the ability to shape our future and shape our City. Some people talk about going back in time and making a little change. And how the ripples of that little effect will change the entire future. You guys have the ability to make an extreme impact with the waves that could shape our entire City and the future. Who knows a child working from public schools one day could become a biotech lab and cure a few cancers. And it is all because of changes that you guys could bring forth today. So, in consideration of blight I hope that you guys bring forth a major effort that table and not only change all of our lives in this room but the entire City. Thank you.” Julian Greene, Jr., 1625 Blair Road, stated, “My statement is relevant to the Peabody Middle School use for filming. My query intentions are that the filming use are that the filming use authorization, the monitorship are the same that includes equipment of PALDC that are inside of the building. What proffers were offered for the site use? What is the designated use of the proffers and the proper amount? Will there be an after site use inspection or determination thereof? What I am saying here is that there are valuable equipment in the site. We had architectures coming to do a walk through but we were told that we cannot even go on the outside to do a review of the land of that site until after September 19th. And for transparency sessions that is an historic site. Not unless I missed it, not even the school was aware or my contact from the school was aware. Things have to change if we are going to work together collaboratively. It cost a lot of money. We lost $1,250,000 million dollars because we did not have a plan there. It is not coming to Virginia State. It is in their hand right now as I speak. It should be at PALDC. Ladies and gentleman we have been working on this and trying to meet since January. City Council we have been working since 2017. Our kids are really being destroyed and hurt and not thought of. We have to change and work together and we owe them. We have to come together and stop pedaling around. I saw it as my passion but I have a mission and an obligation to those who come behind me and for what those left for me. Thank you.” Lydia McCray, 1215 Hilton Place, stated, “I am a graduate student at Virginia State University and I am here to invite you all to meet with Mayor Allen of Prairie View, Texas. He will be here on October 20th through 24th, 2019. I know we previously reached out to you Mr. Mayor in past and the dates have changed. If you all can check the calendars. If anyone is willing to meet with him please let me know. I can be in touch through later on this week.” Linwood Christian, 410 Mistletoe Street, stated, “I wanted to let Mr. Myers and Mrs. Innis know that on our way here tonight that one of the row houses on Mistletoe Street that has the gate at the door, the door is wide open. I just wanted to bring that to you. It is close to the Harding Street area. I just wanted to let you know that. It might be deer living there and we may have them as new residents. Also, the last Thursday of this month the Harding Street Neighborhood Association will be having our meeting. And it will be at 2207 Shore Street. And we tentatively scheduled our new superintendent to be the speaker. Because we are not letting this *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 - 10 – ______________________________________________________________________________ gun issue go. What we are going to be focusing on is the purpose is why attendance is important in defeating the crime. And so, we are going to start at 6pm. Again, we hope that everybody that can, to be there. Especially those if are running for office and those that are trying to stay in office you need to be there. Because how in the world can you address issues if you do not know what is going on in the community that you are trying to serve. Also, I want to continue and I am going to do all that I can. A lot of these monies that are coming from these taxes that Mr. Robert Bobb encouraged us to raise, we do not have a recreation center in this City. Another way to cut down a lot of our gun violence and other things, we have to give our youth something to do. I would suppose that taking some of that money that if we do nothing else I have an affection for the A.P. Hill Community Center. Because at one time that was the only center where only people of my color could go. They had a pool before. Actually that was the original City of Petersburg. Because where A.P. Hill is now was actually Dinwiddie County. So, if you can please make that a priority. And last but not least I am glad to see you all getting on the Census Count Committee although we knew about that the earlier part of the year. This is very important. And last but not least I am going to say this just as we the public have to respect when council or someone is talking, Mr. Mayor I am going to say this. The actions of one City Council person, don’t forget that you are still the Mayor. And you are quote on quote still the speaker of the house and I am going to leave it at that. Thank you.” Raymond Crockett, 248 Southwood Drive, stated, “A couple of things tonight. My hat goes off to the Chief of Police. I had to come down after I saw him on TV emotionally upset on the shootings that we had. We have a climate problem in the City of Petersburg. He cannot clean it up until he deals with the climate. It was stated earlier about the shooting in the area. Those people in that area are they outside or people live there? That is one thing that we need to deal with. Are they coming in and causing problems in our City. I have another thing, cutting the grass. I live out off on Lakewood. And they cut the grass but they do not take quality work. They cut the grass and leave it on the side of the curb. That should be a no, no. That is your main in the City and people come in and they see that. I was in a meeting in April talking about everybody being hooked up to the water department and sewer. Is Southside Regional Hospital is hooked up yet? They said that in the next four to five months everybody will be hooked. They had about 10 or 15 businesses not hooked on the City water and sewer rate with the new meters put in. And I want to thank them for working on trying to get these people off the bus stop up there on Halifax Street. They got young ladies and young men coming at about 6am getting off and on all day. I see one of the police officers stop by and round them off. The lady stopped by my office and said Mr. Crockett I catch the bus. I cannot sit down out there because those people are there. We have to do something about that. What can we do to get those people out of that bus stop? There is no place for the customers to stop. Thank you.” Brandon Martin, 1546 Berkeley Avenue, stated, “A couple of thoughts to share tonight. First, I think that the CAFR is still due and I think that it is 11 months now I believe. I ask is this display a reckless disregard for the financial health of this City. Second, where is the online check register? Third, ought not the City have a fraud waste and abuse hotline. Next, where are the elevator and inspection certificates for the City-owned elevators that is supposed to be posted required by the code? Next, how about a page on the City’s website verted to those questions that get the answers that we are working on so that the status can be updated by the department responsible on a monthly basis. That might eliminate some of our repeat questions during this public information at these portions of the meeting. I would call it dashboard if you will. What are you going to do about the over collection since 2014 of utility taxes? I suggest a process needs to be put in place to have those effective to request a refund from the City or a credit on the water and sewer bill. One of the questions asked last month that I missed because you decided to have a closed session for a while, the question was about the conditions of the crossing at Puddledock Road. And the answer is that CSX has been contacted. Folks that is Northern Southern Property and I happen to see a sizable crew out there the other day looking at it so maybe something is about to happen. Next, what is the story on your retreat? When and where? Finally, the word tonight for me is respect, not the song but rather the content. Are you one of those that leave the grocery shopping cart anywhere in parking lot like where you parked your car? Are you one of those that rolls down the car window tossing beverage containers, fast food boxes, foam cups, clam shells, lottery tickets, *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 - 11 – ______________________________________________________________________________ cigarette wrappers, cigarette butts, foil or paper scraps? Or may be just tire cases, mattresses, box springs, junk furniture just anywhere you like? Do you ignore the conditions around where you reside in your neighborhood? If you do then you deserve what you see in this City. City Council show the citizens who come to your meetings respect by setting your closed sessions for the last agenda item and not at the beginning. I walked out of here after 45 minutes last time just sitting waiting for something to happen. Frankly, it is past my bedtime. In other words, you can make a difference only if you try. Thank you.” 12. BUSINESS OR REPORTS FOR/FROM THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBERS: Council Member Cuthbert stated, “Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I asked that Members of Council pass a motion down the row for council’s consideration. This motion deals with a property that I think that we are all familiar with. It is 256 Grove Avenue. It is a wooden double house and we have seen photographs of it before. The side to the east, which is 254, is in good shape and has the assessment of approximately $230,000. The side to the west is in deplorable shape. It is filled with debris but more troubling is that there is a problem with the roof and as a result the wooden siding on the west side is disintegrating. And I have worked with a number of the Members of Council on trying to find a solution to this problem. And I appreciate everyone’s thoughts and sharing those thoughts with me. Most recently, I worked with Councilman Myers and I want to make a motion at this point. I will read it aloud. And this is the motion that I am making at this time.” Council Member Cuthbert made a motion that council directs the City Manager and the City Attorney to take all necessary actions to remove the property located at 256 Grove Avenue, Tax Parcel No.:010-10006, from the Propel Third Party Delinquent Tax Payment Program and directs the manager to bring forward a supplemental appropriation ordinance of $50,000 for council approval for the purpose of stabilizing this property. The manager shall instruct City staff to address all code violations on this property with the intent of stabilizing the structure. All city funds extended for this purpose shall be recovered by any legal means including tax sale. There was discussion among City Council on the motion. The motion was seconded by Council Member Myers. The motion was approved on roll call vote. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill and Parham; Abstain: Hart Mayor Parham asked, “Council Member Cuthbert do you have any more items?” Council Member Cuthbert stated, “I want to thank council. It has been, of course we have not reached the goal yet. The goal is to see that this building is saved. But I am grateful to all members of council in seeing the importance to this not only for the strength of the neighborhood on Grove Avenue, which I think means a lot to all of use, but also as a means to enhance our City’s tax base. And I see this as an important opportunity to make a difference Petersburg and I am grateful to Councilman Myers for working with me on this. And Mrs. Treska Wilson-Smith for working with me and Councilman John Hart has also shared many good thoughts with me on this. I appreciate everyone’s input. Thank you Mr. Mayor.” Council Member Wilson-Smith stated, “Yes, I would like to start off with thanking all of the citizens for being here tonight at the council meeting. I would like to thank Public Works, CFS, Mrs. Tangela Innis, Lionel Lyons and Carmen Tirado for all that was done for the Blandford Reunion this past weekend a success. Thank you to the Petersburg Police Department and Chief Miller for being on the ground and being there various times and for assisting when needed. Thanks to person who assisted with the cleanup and to Marcus Squires and Mr. Cuthbert for being there and helping with the cleanup. The reunion was a success. Thank you administration for participating in the parade. I hope you had a good time and hope you enjoyed it. I appreciate you all for being there. I also like to announce that Ward 1 has partnered with Bethany Missionary Church. They are having ‘Community Day’ and we will have a Ward 1 meeting at the same time. ‘Community Day’ will start at 12pm and the Ward 1 meeting will start at 1pm on September 28th at Bethany Missionary Baptist Church. A big thank you for the clock. I was really happy to see the clock. I remember making a motion for us to have a clock so that you can see your own time and not have someone else tell you that it is time to stop. *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 - 12 – ______________________________________________________________________________ And the last thing that I want to bring up is that I want us a council to consider, and it wont be a motion tonight, but to thank about this in having a charter review team to establish some legislative updates. Because we have to give a packet to the legislatives some time soon. In particular a lot of council members has had issues when it came to our Treasurer. I think that the answer to that is in the Charter. If our Charter stipulated certain requirements for the Treasurer then you would be sure to get people who are qualified to do the job that you want to do. If our Charter stipulated requirements for any type of office like City Council for example then we would have a Charter that is not on the books that are old and antiquated. We would have a Charter that actually gives us more guidance. So, I would like to see a team of citizens who would sit down and review some items within the Charter and suggest some changes for council. And council can look at those changes and recommend and not recommend. At the last council meeting we talked about our Charter and Council Member Myers indicated that Colonial Heights and Hopewell Charter is different from ours. I did look at the Colonial Heights Charter and things about City Council. It had in there that City Council get $10,000 a year and the Mayor gets $11,000. Our figures are not in our Charter. I think all of this needs to be studied and not just say that we are a growing City. We need to review and recharge and recommend and grow and improve in that route. So, please I would like to make the motion at the next council meeting for us to come back and establish a Charter review team to start reviewing our Charter and make legislatives suggestions to the council. And that’s all I have.” Council Member Smith-Lee stated, “I thank everybody for coming out. Just only a few things. Just remember to support the youth in the City of Petersburg no matter what it is. Also, I want to thank the Police Chief and his staff for making a difference. It’s not their problem it is all our problem. So, if you see something then say something. Also, I would like to invite you all out to a charity step show at Mount Olivet Baptist Church. It is no charge on Saturday, the 27th at 7pm. So, that Sunday at Mount Olivet Baptist Church they will have College Day. During worship service, they are going to be recognizing college students. That is at 10am. And that concludes my report.” Council Member Myers stated, “I want to correct myself from earlier which I said the Virginia Department of Health and I meant VHDA. And we met with them and they will be here to present to us on October 1st with Mrs. Michelle Peters and Ms. Tyus. We met on yesterday and talked about blight and how we look forward to helping rebuild our community.” Council Member Hill stated, “Good evening. Thank you all for being here on today. No today but I would like for us to discuss a meeting on time change and moving it to 6pm being that we go into closed session and what have you. So, if we have a closed session we can at least be out by 6:30pm or what have you. Just not to talk about today but maybe do something and think about moving our meeting from 6:30pm to 6:00pm. I want to thank the team that put together the grass cutting. That was long overdue but I am glad we are moving in the right direction. On another note, Madam City Manager, in Berkeley Estate, we are doing on building back there and one of the residents told me that the dump trucks have debris falling off and messing up the streets. Can you get someone to look at that or talk to the contractor? We will be having a Town Hall Meeting in the month of October. I will give you the date as soon as I can confirm. And also, if you have any of the basketball courts in the area they are having these tournaments and the young men that were honored for painting the backboards and things are having basketball tournaments throughout the City. So, if you are there just encourage those guys. They are having fun and bringing out the grills. Every neighborhood has their little team and things like that. So, continue to encourage them. So, again I like to thank everybody. Thank you.” Vice Mayor Hart stated, “Good evening everyone. Just a couple of things. I want to thank Mr. Martin for some of his comments, especially as it relates to the Retreat. The key thing that I want to talk about on that is planning. Those that don’t plan, fail. And I want to also thank Ms. Tyus for planning on the cleaning and her team. So, thank you very much.” *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 - 13 – ______________________________________________________________________________ Mayor Parham stated, “Next, at this time I would like to thank Mrs. Michelle Peters and our Superintendent, Dr. Pitre-Martin for headlining our ward meeting with Ken Pritchett and myself. We had a great turnout from our City administration. Thank you Mrs. Benavides and Mr. Lyons. And the police department was also there addressing issues. And thank you everyone that came from Mr. Christian, Mrs. Christian and everybody else that is here that was at the ward meeting. It was a very productive meeting. And I always enjoyed the fellowship. Also, I want to piggyback on what Council Member Wilson-Smith said on the Blandford Reunion Parade. I would like to give a shout out to Sheriff Vanessa Crawford on orchestrating that. She held her 10th Re-Entry Forum today. Which was another great event. It had a great turnout. Dr. Philips said that she doesn’t throw just a great Re-Entry Program but a parade as well. Also, going back to something that we talked about earlier on the closed sessions. I know council, back years ago, used to meet at 7:30pm and it was pushed up to 6:30pm. Whenever we have a heavy closed session we tend to call a special closed meeting before the council meeting. A lot of times, like tonight, we had about a 20 minutes closed session and we had some items that came up that we could not advertise to have a special closed meeting to shorten that time. But we are mindful to address that when we have that issue to get ahead of it and not have the public waiting. Mrs. Benavides and myself have been working on Council Retreat that we are doing in October. We are looking at going to Fort Lee in October. Mrs. Benavides do we have the date locked in yet?” Mrs. Benavides stated, “October 27th and October 28th.” Mayor Parham stated, “October 27th and 28th. If everyone can write that down. We have a ton of issues to tackle and put the plan in place. It is going to be here and local and we look forward to getting ideas together to make it happen.” Mrs. Benavides stated, “What we are looking at is Sunday evening for a kickoff and discussion of the process. This will be an abbreviated Retreat then the Retreats in the past. It will be basically council only and staff will not be participating other than a few observers. We are focusing on the governments documents on October 28th all day.” Mayor Parham stated, “So if everyone can put that on their calendar and we look forward to getting together for that. That is all my items.” 13. ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA: *There are no items for this portion of the agenda. 14. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: a. A pubic hearing to repeal Article 23 §4 “Special Uses Enumerated” of the Zoning Ordinance (Appendix A) of the Code of the City of Petersburg, as amended, and to add a number (35) Height waiver for Commercial Uses including but not limited to hotels, offices and other retail or commercial uses that have been determined by City Council to promote and further the City’s long term economic needs and which have been determined by City Council to be consistent with the City’s Strategic Plan and Goals. BACKGROUND: The Code of the State of Virginia section §15.2-2286 (7) whenever the public necessities, convenience, general welfare, or good zoning practice requires, the governing body may by ordinance amend, supplement, or change the regulations, district boundaries, or classifications of property. This change is necessary to allow the City to meet a policy goal of encouraging and promoting sites for Economic Development opportunities. The text amendment includes overall height and stories, as required by Article 22 of the Zoning Ordinance. Height for the City of Petersburg also includes a maximum number of stories. The amendment would give authority to City Council to review request for commercial uses that meet *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 - 14 – ______________________________________________________________________________ an economic goal to consider waiving the height. RECOMMENDATION: Staff is requesting City Council to take action on the proposed amendment. Council Member Myers made a motion to adopt City staff recommendation for the height requirement. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Hart. The motion was approved on roll call. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 19-ORD-44 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND READOPTING ARTICLE 23 §4 “SPECIAL USES ENUMERATED” OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE (APPENDIX A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG, ( AS AMENDED), BY ADDING A NUMBER (35) HEIGHT WAIVER FOR COMMERCIAL USES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOTELS, OFFICES, AND OTHER RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL USES THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY CITY COUNCIL TO PROMOTOE AND FURTHER THE CITY’S LONG TERM ECONOMIC NEEDS AND WHICH HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY CITY COUNCIL TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY’S STRATEGIC PLAN AND GOALS. b. Consideration to authorize the disposition of 801 South Adams Street, tax parcel 031-300002. BACKGROUND: The City has received a proposal to purchase the following City-owned property: Parcel ID Premise Street 031-300002 801 S. Adams Street The proposal includes development of a 26,000 square foot building to accommodate a 19,500 square foot medical clinic in response to an RFP advertised by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to construct a facility in the Petersburg area. The purchase of the property by the Purchaser is conditioned upon the selection of the site by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as the site for the Clinic with medical office space in the Petersburg, Virginia delineated area. The prospective purchaser has constructed 14 similar facilities throughout the U.S. The purchase price offer is $1.9 million, $230,500 above the assessed value of the property. The development project would include an investment of $12 million. Potential real estate tax revenue to the City would total more than $22,000 annually. The Zoning of the property is RB, which, as confirmed by the Department of Planning, allows for the proposed use. In accordance with applicable legal requirements, a public hearing was held on September 3, 2019, as required prior to approving and authorizing the sale of City-owned property. RECOMMENDATION: Following the pubic hearing on September 3, 2019, and tabling of the item to obtain additional information, it is recommended that the City Council considers adoption of an Ordinance approving the sale of City-owned property and authorizes the City Manager to execute a Purchase Agreement and proceed with the sale of City-owned property in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Council Member Myers made a motion to give the City Manager the authority to negotiate the sale of City property at 801 S. Adams Street. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Hart. The motion was approved on roll call. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 19-ORD-45 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF CITY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 801 S. ADAMS STREET PARCEL NO.: 031-300002. *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 - 15 – ______________________________________________________________________________ c. Consideration of an appropriation for Commonwealth of Virginia Smart Scale Funding. BACKGROUND: On the March 5, 2019, the Park and Ride project options were presented and Option E was approved by City Council. City Council gave the City Manager the authorization to execute all documents required to access the VDOT Smart Scale Funding and contract documents necessary to complete the project. The contract was executed and submitted to the Department of Rail and Transportation. The funding will need to be appropriated prior to expenditure and reimbursement. Pursuant to §2.2.3 of the Capital Multiple Year Grant Agreement the total funding for the project is $8,000,000. The funding is to be allocated over the course of six years. The first allocation is $1,270,296. RECOMMENDATION: Recommend City Council approve the attached appropriation ordinance for $1,270,296. Council Member Myers made a motion to approve the appropriation ordinance in the amount of $1,270,296. The motion was seconded by Council Member Hill. There was discussion among City Council and staff. Council Member Cuthbert made a substitute motion to table action. The motion was seconded by Council Member Wilson-Smith. There was discussion among City Council and staff. Council Member Cuthbert retract his motion and the original motion made by Council Member Myers goes back on the floor. The original motion made by Council Member Myers was approved on roll call. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hart and Parham 19-ORD-46 AN ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, SAID ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2019, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2020, IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. d. Consideration of an appropriation for Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Fire Programs – Aid to Localities for 2019 - $112,215. BACKGROUND: The City of Petersburg receives the Fire Programs Fund – to Localities grant annually to assist with training and firefighting equipment. These funds provide financial support for training and equipment that is above budgetary mean. RECOMMENDATION: Recommend that Council accept and appropriate the Virginia Department of Fire Programs – “Aid to Localities” in the amount of $112,215 for fiscal year 2019. Council Member Hill made a motion to accept and appropriate the Virginia Department of Fire Programs – “Aid to Localities” in the amount of $112, 215 for fiscal year 2019. The motion was seconded by Council Member Wilson-Smith. The motion was approved on roll call. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 19-ORD-47 AN ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, SAID ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2019, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2020, IN THE FOR THE GRANTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $112,215. e. Consideration of an Appropriation for Virginia Department of Emergency Management – Radiological Preparedness Grant - $2,369.98. *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 - 16 – ______________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND: The City of Petersburg receives grants annually to assist in response to radiological emergencies. These funds are programmed for calibration of current equipment and additional monitoring equipment for responders in hazardous environments. RECOMMENDATION: Recommend that Council accept and appropriate Virginia Department of Emergency Management – Radiological Preparedness grant funding in the amount of $2,369.98 for fiscal year 2019/2020. Council Member Wilson-Smith made that Council accept and appropriate Virginia Department of Emergency Management – Radiological Preparedness grant funding in the amount of $2,369.98 for fiscal year 2019/2020. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Hart. There was discussion among City Council. The motion was approved on roll call. On roll call vote, voting yes: Cuthbert, Smith-Lee, Wilson-Smith, Myers, Hill, Hart and Parham 19-ORD-48 AN ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, SAID ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2019, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2020, IN THE FOR THE GRANTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,369.98. 15. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS: No items for this portion of the agenda. 16. NEW BUSINESS: *No items for this portion of the agenda. 17. REPORTS/REPONSES TO PREVIOUSE PUBLIC INFORMATION PERIOD: Kemi Osoba, Public Relations Officer, read comments and responses from previous public information at the September 3, 2019, regular council meeting. 1. Who is the ADA Coordinator for Petersburg? Petersburg ADA Coordinator is Risk Manager, Twan Bridges. Mr. Bridges can be reached at tbridges@petersburg-va.org or (804) 733-2300 Ext. 2445 2. Is the City still using street sweepers in residential areas? Yes, if you’d like to request for your street to be swept, call the Public Works office at 804- 733-2355 3. What is happening with the restoration of the Mount Vernon Water Tank? It has been recommended by consultants to clean and repaint the Mt. Vernon Tank. It has also been recommended to upgrade the pump station while the tank is offline. The Public Utilities team is currently deciphering the possibility of requesting an updated proposal and cost estimate. 4. Can the City do something about the Puddle Dock Road Railroad Crossing? This issue would need to be reported directly to CSX. 5. What is the status of Southside Depot? *Audio available upon request. Minutes from the Petersburg City Council meeting held on: September 17, 2019 - 17 – ______________________________________________________________________________ Construction and bid documents are currently in the development stage. Also developing IFB (Invitation for Bid) for abatement. 6. There have been airline tickets purchased with a City-issued credit card. These charges were a part of Deputy City Manager, Lionel Lyons’ relocation as approved by the City Manager. Ms. Kemi stated, “I also just like to add the process for the public information period. All of these answers are provided by the corresponding department and then I manage getting them together. Sometimes I do not have an adequate answer for the corresponding meeting. But I do make an effort to communicate with the individuals who ask the question to let them know that it has not been left off or ignored. And that I would rather wait until I have an adequate answer or update before we add it back on. And I would also like to say that through the City we have an awesome partnership that we are about to get started with the local media personality in producing a show for our Channel 15 “Public Access Channel”, showing the great things that are going on around town. So, we will be partnering with Pam Sharpe and also with you all and some of our local administrative leaders to just tell our story of the great things that are happening in Petersburg. Thank you.” 18. CITY MANAGER’S AGENDA *There are no items for this portion of the agenda. 19. BUSINESS OR REPORTS FROM CLERK: *There were no items for this portion of the agenda. 20. BUSINESS OR REPORTS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY: *There are no items for this portion of the agenda. 21. ADJOURNMENT: City Council adjourned at 9:28p.m. _________________________ Clerk of City Council APPROVED: _________________________ Mayor *Audio available upon request.