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LEE HERE.ARE THERE ANY, UM, CORRECTIONS OR AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? IF NOT, DO
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I HEAR A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSE SESSION UNDER VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 37 11, A THREE EIGHT AND 29 TO DISCUSS THE ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY? THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE CITY'S BARGAINING POSITION.AND TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS SUCH AS BANK STREET PARCEL NUMBER OH TWO DASH 7 0 2 3 AND 7 0 6 NORTH 21ST STREET, AND SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A ONE AND EIGHT TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS INCLUDING BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS, AND CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, HOPEWELL WATER RENEWAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACT AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 37 11 A SEVEN.
TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ON ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION, HOPEWELL WATER RENEWAL COMMISSION AND GENERAL REGISTRAR AND SECTION 2.2 DASH 37 11 A EIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
3008 RIVER ROAD REAL ESTATE TAX RELIEF FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED AND ORDINANCE PASSAGE UNDER THE ROLES SO MOVED.
UM, MADAM CLERK, UH, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE CERTIFICATION? CERTIFICATION UNDER VIRGINIA CODE 2.2 DASH 3 7 12 D.
WERE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS.
LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND TWO IDENTIFIED IN THE CLOSED MEETING.
MOTION DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING.
MAY I? PARDON? COUNCILOR ELLIS? YES.
MOTION PASSES SIX TO ZERO VICE SWEAR JOINER.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE THIS EVENING, UH, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]
GONNA MOVE ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA, THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER.I DO HAVE A, UH, A FEW PREPARED COMMENTS FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
AND FIRST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THE, THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED TWO SIGNIFICANT STORM EVENTS IN THE SPAN OF SEVEN DAYS.
UH, YESTERDAY WAS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY A, A TORNADO.
AND LAST WEEK WE HAD FLASH FLOODS BECAUSE OF FIVE TO SEVEN AND A HALF INCHES OF, OF RAIN.
AND SO THEY WERE EMERGENCIES THAT IN THAT NONE OF THE FORECASTS PREDICTED THE SEVERITY UNTIL THE STORMS WERE ACTUALLY HERE.
AND SO CHIEF RUPERT, WHO LEADS OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE, RECREATION, SHERIFF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HWR HEALTHY FAMILIES, ALL WORK TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THEY WERE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE EVENTS WHILE MANY OF US WERE SAFE AND DRY AT WORK OR HOME.
AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR A JOB WELL DONE AND HELPING US RECOVER.
UM, MANY OF US WERE IMPACTED WITH MAYBE DAMAGE OR INCONVENIENCE, UH, UNTIL THE STORM PASSED.
BUT MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT I JUST RECOGNIZED, MANY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE RISK FOR FOR US, AND THEY WERE THERE WITHOUT QUESTIONING.
SO I WANTED JUST TO RECOGNIZE THEM THIS EVENING FOR THEIR EFFORTS OF GOD ARE HERE WITH Y'ALL, PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THAT.
WHEN I STARTED, I MENTIONED THAT WE NEEDED TO FOCUS ON, UH, QUITE, QUITE A FEW THINGS.
UH, PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE, MUTUAL RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER, DIRECT COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT.
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90TH DAY WITH YOU ALL.AND, UH, SO I AM STILL EXCITED ABOUT BEING HERE, BUT WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS AN ORGANIZATION, UM, WITH A STRONG FOUNDATION, UM, WE DO NEED SOME, UM, SOME NURTURING AND SOME FOCUS IN SOME PARTICULAR AREAS.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SAY AS FAR AS WHAT I HAVE FOUND HERE IS WE DO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION WHERE I SEE THAT OUR STAFF IS ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
UM, THEY ARE PUSHING IN TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT, AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO, TO PUBLIC SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE, TO THE NEEDS OF, OF COUNCIL.
UM, MY ROLE HERE AS A MANAGER IS TO SUPPORT THEM IN THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE CITY TO SUPPORT COUNCIL AND IMPLEMENTING THE POLICY THAT YOU ALL APPROVE.
AND THE BEST WAY FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE THINGS, I THINK ARE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER WITH AS MUCH COMMUNICATION AS POSSIBLE, AS MORE COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENTS THAN EACH OTHER.
'CAUSE THAT IS HOW WE ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
AND SO, MOVING FORWARD, NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE AND GOT MYSELF ACCLIMATED TO THE ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO, TO FOCUS ON.
AND THAT IS WE NEED TO CREATE AND UPDATE OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE SUCCESS OF HWR, THE HOPEWELL WATER RENEWAL COMMISSION, UM, AND WORKING ON REBUILDING SOME PUBLIC TRUST AND THEN IMPROVING OUR OWN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS.
AND FINALLY WORKING ON CAPITAL PROJECTS AND DOING BETTER PLANNING AROUND OUR CAPITAL FACILITIES AND, AND CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I WOULD JUST SAY I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AND I'VE REACHED THAT SORT OF 90TH DAY, UH, UH, MILESTONE.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO WHAT'S TO COME.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO ON TO THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE REST OF OUR REPORTS OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE AGENDA TODAY.
UH, CHIEF TAYLOR, THE CRIME SUMMARY REPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, EMERGENCY CITY COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE JULY CRIME SUMMARY REPORT.
AND THE FIRST SLIDE WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, CRIME STATS.
AND THIS IS NOT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
THIS IS 2025 AND 20 25, 20 26, UH, THROUGH JULY THE 26.
SO BEGINNING OF JANUARY OF 2025 THROUGH JULY, THE 26, 20 25.
AND COMPARING JANUARY, 2026 THROUGH JULY THE 26TH.
AND ON THAT POINT, UH, IN 2025 THIS TIME WE HAD ABOUT A, A TOTAL OF 56 VIOLENT CRIMES.
UH, CURRENTLY, UH, WE HAD MINUS 38% TOTAL IN VIOLENT CRIME SUM AT THIS POINT AS FAR AS PROPERTY CRIMES.
AT THIS PERIOD, IT WAS 186, UH, TOTAL OF MINUS 2% IN PROPERTY CRIMES.
SO MA TOTAL MAJOR CRIMES AT THIS PERIOD, UH, IS MINUS 10%.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, LAST MONTH.
UH, THAT LAST, THE LAST COLUMN LAST WEEK, UH, COMPARISON.
UH, 'CAUSE WE HAD ADDED SOME SLIDES AND IT WAS A CLERICAL ERROR ON THE CRIME ANALYSIS PART.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT WE MEANT WHEN IT WAS COMPARISON PRIOR WEEKS.
SO THIS SLIDE HERE, IT COMPARES JULY THE 13TH AND JULY THE 19TH THROUGH JULY THE 20TH AND THE 26TH.
AND THESE ARE SEVEN DAY PERIODS THAT WE DO AN ANALYSIS ON.
AND IF YOU COM COMPARE JULY THE 13TH AND JULY THROUGH THE 19TH, WE HAD TWO AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
AND THAT TIME PERIOD IN 2020 THROUGH 2026, JULY THE 20TH THROUGH JULY, THE 2026, WE HAD ZERO.
SO THAT'S, WE, WE GOT THAT MINUS 2% CHANGE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY, THAT CHANGE OF MINUS ONE MINUS 100% IN TOTAL CHANGE IN, UH, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
THE SAME WITH THE PROPERTY CRIMES.
AND, UH, THAT PERIOD OF JULY THE 13TH THROUGH THE 19TH, THERE WERE ZERO ARSONS.
AND ALSO THE NEXT WEEK, THE 20TH THROUGH THE 26TH, THERE WAS ZERO, EXCUSE ME.
THE 13TH WEEK, UH, THE 20TH WEEK WE HAD ZERO.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT CHANGE OF MINUS 100%.
LARCENIES WAS, UH, IN THE 13TH WEEK WAS SIXTH.
UH, THE 20TH WEEK IT WENT TO FOUR, SO IT WAS MINUS TWO.
SO THAT PRO, THAT WEEK COMPARISON WAS MINUS 33%.
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WAS ONE THE WEEK OF JULY THE 13TH.BUT THAT JULY THE 20TH WEEK WE HAD, UH, THREE.
THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER WENT UP TO 200%.
SO THAT WHEN YOU COMPARE COMPARISON PRIOR WEEKS, THAT'S WHY I DID THE TOTAL, UH, CHANGE WERE, UH, IS ACCURATE NOW COMPARED TO THE LAST MONTH'S LEFT.
SO PROPER CRIME WAS MINUS 22%, AND TOTAL MAJOR CRIME WAS MINUS 33.
I JUST WANNA CRE UH, CLEAR UP THAT ERROR.
AND THIS IS, UH, ALL THROUGH JULY THE 26TH.
AND WE, THIS SLIDE WAS TO, UH, COMPARE OUR TECHNOLOGY.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE ADDED TECHNOLOGY BACK IN BEGINNING IN 2022.
AND WE WAS LOOKING AT COMPARISON, UH, 2022 AND 2026.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE THROUGH JULY, THE 26TH AND VIOLENT CRIME, 2022 WAS 68, 20, 23, 51, 20 24 50 WENT UP A LITTLE BIT, 20 25, 50 6%.
AND THROUGH JULY 26, WE ARE AT 35.
SO THE CHANGE FROM 20 26, 20 22 AND 2026, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY ERA CHANGED.
WE ARE MINUS 33%, UH, MINUS 49% IN, UH, VIOLENT CRIME TOLL.
SAME WITH THE PROPERTY CRIMES, ARSON, BURGLARY LAWSUIT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS.
UH, PROPERTY CRIME 2022 WAS 265.
WENT UP A LITTLE BIT IN 2024 TO 2 66 AND WENT DOWN TO 189 IN 2025.
AND CURRENTLY IN 2026, WE ARE AT 185.
SO PROPERTY CRIME COMPARED 22 AND 2026 IS MINUS 30% IN TOTAL MAJOR CRIME.
IN COMPARING THOSE YEARS, 2022 AND 2026 WITH MINUS 34%.
UH, THIS IS DEALING WITH OUR OPIATES.
THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE ALL OF JULY.
AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR THUS, FOUR IN 2026, UH, FATAL, WE HAD A TOTAL OF THREE NON-FATAL, EIGHT AND GRAND TOTAL OF 20 26 11 FOR THE TOTAL FOR THE YEARS COMPARISON, 2021 THROUGH 2026, UH, 41 TOTAL FATAL, 218 NON-FATAL.
AND A GRAND TOTAL OF 259 IS A GRAND TOTAL.
COMPARING THOSE YEARS, 2021 THROUGH 2026, UH, THIS IS THE YEAR TO THE END OF MONTH.
UH, THIS IS THROUGH, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE, UH, NARCOTICS ARREST, TOTAL NARCOTIC INCIDENTS WITH ARREST.
IT WAS 71, 20, 24 WAS 59, UH, 20, 25, 48.
AND THUS FORWARD THROUGH JULY THE 26TH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD 36.
THAT'S TOTAL NARCOTICS INCIDENTS WITH ARREST, FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR TOTAL, UH, TOTAL PERSONS ARRESTED FOR NARCOTICS OFFENSES.
2024 IS 54, 20 25 IS 43, THUS FOUR THROUGH JULY 26 IS 36.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE, THAT'S THE WHOLE YEAR.
OUR AVERAGE IS 58 FOR FELONIES, MISDEMEANORS.
SEVEN, UH, TOTAL NARCOTIC INCIDENTS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR IS 59.
OUR AVERAGE FOR THE THREE YEARS, 23, 24, AND 25 IS 51 FOR FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS IS SEVEN.
SO OUR TOTAL PERSONS ARRESTED FOR NON NARCOTICS VIOLATIONS OVER THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD IS 53.
CHIEF TAYLOR, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION HERE? SO, MOST OF US, AT LEAST, I FEEL LIKE DRUG ABUSE IS GREATER TODAY THAN IT WAS LIKE IN 2023 IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THE REST IS LOWER.
IS THAT 'CAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN ON THE MARIJUANA LAWS? YES.
THAT THAT IS VERY, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE.
THAT IS THE REASON THAT WHY, OKAY, SO, SO THE REST ARE DOWN, BUT THE DRUG USE IS UP
SO, WELL, UH, ON THAT PART, YOU KNOW, IT IS BECAUSE OF, OF PROACTIVE POLICING, UH, THE CHANGE IN, YOU KNOW, THE DRUG LAWS.
AND, UH, WE KNOW WE HAD STAFFING.
WE, WE, WE DON'T, WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT, WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, AS WE FULLY STAFF, WE'RE GONNA GET THAT TEAM BACK TOGETHER.
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SO THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES, UH, OF, YOU KNOW, WHY THE ARREST ARE, ARE DOWN.UH, THE CURFEW, UH, LORDING VIOLATIONS OF ALL THIS IS FOR, UH, 2023.
THIS IS THE, UH, AUGUST, 2020 3, 20 24, AND 2025.
AND, UH, THROUGH, UH, THE CURRENT YEAR, THROUGH JULY OF 2026, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT CURRENTLY WE'VE HAD, UH, TOTAL INCIDENTS WITH JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
THUS FOUR'S TWO TOTAL NUMBER OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS IS THREE FOR 2026.
TOTAL INCIDENTS WITH ADULT OFFENDERS IS ONE.
AND TOTAL NUMBER OF ARRESTS OF, IN, IN, OF IND OF OFFENDERS IS ONE.
SO THE TOTAL S OF CURFEW, UH, VIOLATION OF INCIDENTS IN 2026 IS THREE.
AND TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFENDERS IS FOUR.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE, UH, TOTAL INCIDENTS, AND IT WAS ONE, UH, TOTAL NUMBER OF JUVENILE OFFEND OFFENDERS WAS TWO, UH, JUVENILE OFFENDERS TOTAL WITH, UH, TOTAL INCIDENTS WITH, UH, WITH ADULT OFFENDERS WAS ZERO.
AND TOTAL NUMBER OF ADULT OFFENDERS WAS ONE.
SO, UH, I, I'M REPORTING THAT AS OF RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB ON CURFEW VIOLATIONS AND, AND KEEPING THESE JUVENILES OFF THE STREET.
AND THE NUMBERS ARE LOW BECAUSE I, I'M, I'M SAYING THAT WE ARE PROACTIVELY, UH, OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY ADDRESSING, UH, JUVENILES THAT, UH, ARE OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE HOME BEFORE THE CURFEW HOURS.
AND WE, CHIEF CHIEF, COULD YOU, COULD YOU, UM, REFRESH OUR MEMORIES ON WHAT THE CURFEW LAW IS RIGHT NOW? CAN YOU YES, MA'AM.
IT'S 17 AND UNDER FROM 11:00 PM OKAY.
UH, VERIFIED SHOTS, FIVE IS JANUARY THE FIRST THROUGH AUGUST THE THIRD.
IN 2024, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 64 AND 2025.
WE ARE 54, UH, 10 LESS, AND THUS FOUR, UH, THROUGH, UH, AUGUST THE THIRD WHEN I RAN THE NUMBERS.
WE ARE AT 14, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS.
UH, THIS SLIDE IS, HAS BEEN UPDATED, NOTHING HAS CHANGED, AND WE'RE GOOD FOR NO CHANGES ON THE NEIGHBOR.
WATCH OUR COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICERS BY WARDS.
UH, NOTHING HAS CHANGED AS WELL.
HIRING RECRUITMENT, UH, WE HAVE ONE DISPATCH.
ONE DISPATCH POSITION IS VACANT.
AND WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS, UH, CURRENTLY IN THE BACKGROUND STAGE.
UH, FIVE POLICE POSITIONS ARE OPEN.
UH, THREE APPLICANTS ARE IN THE BACKGROUND STATE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE ANIMAL CONTROL POSITION THAT'S OPEN, AND WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT IN THE BACKGROUND STATE.
AUGUST 11TH, UH, UH, RECRUITING EFFORTS WILL BE, WAS HELD AT FORT LEE AT THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT POSITION THAT IS VACANT.
UH, WE HAVE TWO APPLICANTS IN BACKGROUND, AND WE HAVE ONE IN THE FINAL STAGES FOR A FINAL INTERVIEW.
UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AUGUST 18TH, UH, COVER THE CRUISER FUNDRAISER.
IT'LL BE IN CONIA HEIGHTS AT THE WAWA FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND THE FOLLOWING DATE, THE 19TH, THEY WILL BE AT THE WAWA IN HOPEWELL DURING THE SAME 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM OCTOBER THE SIXTH CITY OF HOPEWELL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
THEY WILL BE AT, WITH HIGH SCHOOL FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE BLOCK CAPTAINS, AND IT'S, WE STILL ARE CURRENTLY IN THE, UH, PLANNING STAGE WITH OUR BLOCK CAPTAINS FOR THIS EVENT.
THIS IS CRIME SERVICE RIB FEES THAT WE BE, IT'LL BE HELD OCTOBER THE FIRST FROM 4:00 PM TO 7:00 PM IT WILL BE HELD AT SCOTT'S MEMORIAL PARK IN PRINCE GEORGE ON COURTHOUSE ROAD.
TICKETS ARE $30, UH, AND NANNIES WILL BE, UH, CATERING AS, AS PREVIOUS YEARS USING PURCHASE TICKETS THROUGH OUR OFFICERS.
I STOPPED BY HEADQUARTERS AND SEE CAPTAIN TERRIO, SERGEANT KATE WILLIAMS. ARE HE INTERESTED IN TICKETS? OKAY.
ONCE AGAIN, THE DATE IS OCTOBER THE FIRST FROM 4:00 PM TO 7:00 PM OKAY.
UH, STRATEGIC ENFORCEMENT TEAM, UH, WE'RE STILL, UH, IN DECEMBER MONTHS, THEY'RE, THEIR FOCUS HAS CONTINUED TO
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BE CURFEW VIOLATIONS, 17 YEARS OF AGE, BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 6:00 AM IS ALREADY STATED, UH, FOCUSES ON CITIZEN CONTACTS, LOUD MUSIC HOTSPOTS, INCLUDING DOWNTOWN.WE HAVE ADDITIONAL OFFICER STAFF DOWNTOWN ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.
AND THIS WILL BE OUT THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH OF AUGUST.
UH, HR AJ PROPERTIES DIRECTED PATROLS, INCLUDING OUTDOOR ROAD CALLS HAVE BEEN HELD.
AND ALSO WE HAVE STAFF, UH, WORKING EXTRA DUTY ASSIGNMENTS, UH, WITH DATES AVAILABLE FOR HR HA OVERTIME THROUGH DECEMBER THE SECOND, UH, CRIME AND DISORDER, UH, THEY ASSIST PATROL ON FRIDAY, ONE CALLS FOR SERVICE AND FOCUS ON FIREARMS AND NARCOTICS AND, AND SERVING OUTSTANDING WARRANTS IN THE SAFER COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
THIS IS A-D-C-J-S GRANT, DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANT THAT, UH, WE HAVE, WE WILL BE PLA UH, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS AUGUST THE 31ST.
AND THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS GRANT IS TO ALLOW AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND MENTORSHIPS, UH, CONNECTIONS TO EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, TRAUMA INFORMED MENTAL HEALTH CARE, CREDIBLE MESSAGES AND INTERRUPTERS STRATEGIES TO BUILD TRUST BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THIS, THIS GRANT IS A $500,000 GRANT WITH NO MATCH REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY OF HOPEWELL.
AND PART OF THIS GRANT IS TO EMPLOY A FULL-TIME MANAGER.
AND THIS FULL-TIME MANAGER POSITION WILL BE DEDICATED TO PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, COORDINATION OF, OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGIES.
AND THIS WILL BE A ONE YEAR GRANT FUNDED TEMPORARY POSSESSION.
WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, ARE WORKING ON THE JOB DESCRIPTION.
AND WE ALMOST COMPLETED WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTION WORKING WITH HR TO GET THAT, UH, COMPLETED.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT AND BEING A GRANT BEING, AND GRANTED THIS, THIS $500,000 AND WORKING WITH SAFE TO MAKE THE CITY OF HOPEWELL AND THE COMMUNITY EVEN SAFE ON CRIME IN THIS ORDER.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, CRIME SUMMARY.
I ADDED THIS SLIDE BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT HOPE THAT THE, THE HOPEWELL, THE CITIZENS ARE AWARE OF HOPEWELL ALERTS AND THE CITY OF HOPEWELL IS ABLE TO SEND EMERGENCY ALERTS IF YOU ARE A TEXT MESSAGE, EMAIL VOICE ALERTS TO KEEP CITIZENS SAFE AND INFORMED THE SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO USE, BE USED FOR EMERGENCIES AS WELL AS NON-EMERGENCY INCIDENTS THAT MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS.
THESE EMERGENCY ALERTS COULD BE RELATED TO SPECIFIC HAZARDS THAT REQUIRE ACTION, SUCH AS, SUCH AS EVACUATION SHELTER IN PLACE, OR MORE WATER ORDERS, NON-EMERGENCY ALERTS, WHICH INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION, UH, UH, PROBLEMS AND WHATEVER WILL HAVE PROLONGED IMPACTS OR, OR SIGNIFICANT ONGOING POLICE OR FIRE ACTIVITY.
THIS, THIS LIST IS NOT TO, TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE.
AND YOU MAY RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS IF YOU STILL HAVE A LANDLINE.
WELL, MOST OF US DON'T ANYMORE, BUT THE SYSTEM SENDS A WEEKLY POLICE ACTIVITY REPORT.
IT'S CALLED A CAR REPORT THAT INCLUDES ARREST AND PDF FORMAT TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND THESE PAR REPORTS ARE WEEKLY REPORTS THAT WE SENT OUT ABOUT CRIME ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOPEWELL.
AND YOU CAN GET THIS WEEKLY IF YOU SIGN UP AND THESE ALERTS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO TEXT HOPEWELL TO THREE H 2 7 6 TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY ALERTS THROUGH THE SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE.
AND ALSO JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, THE CITY WEBSITE ALSO HAS A, UH, HOPEWELL ALERTS TAB THAT'S POSTED THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THESE MESSAGES.
AND IF YOU HIT THAT TAB AND JUST FOLLOW THE, THE DIRECTIONS, IT'S, IT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY.
AND ALSO THE POLICE MONTHLY CRIME SUMMARY IS ALSO POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND ON UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL AS OUR ANNUAL REPORTS.
AND LASTLY, INFORMATION RELATED TO CRIME ISSUES IN PARTICULAR, WARD IS SHARED AT OUR, OUR MONTHLY NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS WITH THE CITIZENS THAT COME, AND ALSO WITH OUR BLOCK CAPTAINS AND THE COMMUNITY, THE POLICING OFFICER GIVES THAT INFORMATION TO, UH, TO THAT WARD WHEN THEY ATTEND THE MEETINGS.
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SUMMARY, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.THANK YOU FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF FOR THIS.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UM, MS. JORDAN, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WILL BE PRESENTING THE, UM, JULY BUDGET TO ACTUALS.
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I MEANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR GO BONDS AND WHAT WE HAVE SPENT THUS FAR.
ADMITTED IT FROM THIS MONTH'S BUDGET TO ACTUALS, BUT I WILL PROVIDE IT AT THE NEXT, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
CITYWIDE JULY, FISCAL YEAR 27.
REVENUES ARE TRENDING 2.66 OR 5.9 MILLION LOWER FOR 27 VERSUS 26.
THE EXPENSES ARE TRENDING 2.5 OR UM, 5.7 LOWER FOR 27 VERSUS 26.
DECREASE IN THE REVENUES ARE COMING FROM OUR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING RECEIVED, UM, FROM SCHOOLS NOT YET RECEIVED.
HOWEVER, I SPOKE TO JANELLE AT THE SCHOOLS.
THE STATE REVENUES HAVE COME IN, THEY JUST HAVE NOT YET BEEN POSTED AFTER THEY CAME IN, AFTER I ALREADY PRESENTED THIS, UM, SUBMITTED THIS REPORT FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING.
SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING 5.7, IT'S REALLY ONLY 3.7.
THE FEDERAL FUNDING HAS NOT YET COME IN.
THAT IS FOR THE HEAD START PROGRAM, WHICH SHE HAS STILL NOT YET SUBMITTED THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST, WHICH WILL BE LATER.
THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS COMING FROM THE HWR, WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN BILLED YET.
DO WE ANTICIPATE TO GET THE HEAD START? YES, MA'AM, WE DO.
DECREASE IN OUR EXPENSES IS COMING FROM OUR DEBT PAYMENTS THAT WAS REDUCED AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES.
OUR GENERAL FUND FOR JULY REVENUES ARE TRENDING 1.58 OR 75, 70 6,000 HIGHER FOR 27 VERSUS 26.
EXPENSES FOR JULY ARE TRENDING POINT 13% OR 30,000 HIGHER FOR 27 VERSUS 26.
INCREASE IN EXPENSES STEM FROM THE TWO POINT A HALF PERCENT COLON INCREASE FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR OUR ENTERPRISE FUND.
ENTERPRISE FOR JULY, REVENUES ARE TRENDING FOUR FOR 4.54%, OR 22.3 MILLION.
EXPENSES FOR JULY ARE TRENDING 4.35 OR 2.1 MILLION.
DECREASE IN REVENUE STEM FROM, FROM, UM, BILLING FOR JULY FOR HWR.
DECREASE IN EXPENSES STEM FROM REDUCTION IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS WELL AS SUPPLIES FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
REVENUES ARE EIGHT POINT 20 OR 6.3 MILLION LOWER FOR 27 VERSUS 26.
REMEMBER WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE STATE REVENUES WEREN'T SHOWING ON THIS REPORT PRIOR TO WE DID RECEIVE THE STATE FUNDING.
HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED.
THE FEDERAL FUNDING EXPENSES FOR JULY ARE TRENDING 0.62 OR 705,000 LOWER FOR 27 VERSUS 26, DE DECREASE IN REVENUE STEM FROM STATE AND FEDERAL REVENUES NOT YET RECEIVED ACCOUNTS PAYABLE.
WE PROCESSED 839 INVOICES IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
WE PAID 4.6 MILLION FOR OUR DEBT SERVICES.
WE PAID $1.4 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 19% OF OUR BUDGET.
WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED SUBMITTING DOCUMENTATION TO DAVID FOLEY, OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 A CFR REPORT.
WE ARE ALSO, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE CRITERIA FOR THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT OUR BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF 27 TO TRY TO RECEIVE THE GFOA DISTINGUISHED BUDGET AWARD FOR THE CITY OF HOPEWELL.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME FOR THE CITY OF HOPEWELL.
SO IT'S A POSSIBILITY WE COULD GET IT, BUT WE STILL WOULD LIKE TO TRY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE LOOKING FORWARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE DEBT SERVICE? UM, I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT REFINANCING, MA'AM, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES.
SO WE, UM, WERE ABLE, JIMMY WAS ABLE TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION TO VRA MM-HMM
FOR REFINANCING ON SOME OF OUR, UH, SEWER DEBT.
IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE ABOUT $670,000 IN DEBT PAYMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARD THE YEAR END.
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SUBMITTING A LOT OF THE INFORMATION TO MR. FOLEY.UM, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT THROUGH THAT.
UM, THE DEADLINE FOR EVERYTHING TO SUBMIT TO HIM IS AUGUST 31ST.
SO THAT'S QUICKLY APPROACHING.
OH, UM, AND ONCE WE SUBMIT EVERYTHING TO MR. FOLEY AND WE RECEIVED THE A CFR BACK, WE ARE MISSING TWO THINGS FROM OUR A CFR.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT AS WELL TO THE GFOA TO RECEIVE THE FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD FROM GFOA THIS YEAR.
WE, THE A CFR WAS MISSING THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AS WELL AS THE MDNA, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT FOR A FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD FOR THE CITY OF HOPEWELL ALSO.
YOU HAVE SOME, YOU'RE EXCITING.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, A, UM, MR. CITY MANAGER.
DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE, UM, TERRELL STEWART? SURE.
WE HAVE, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TERRELL STEWART WITH US THIS EVENING.
SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE GREATER, UH, SERVICES, UH, REACH COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD, UH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS DISTRICT 19.
SO SHE'S HERE TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR SERVICES AND HOW THEY, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES HERE TO SAVE HOPE.
UM, HELLO TO THE, UH, THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
I WILL NOT BELABOR YOU BY READING WORD FOR WORD, BUT I DO WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, HIT SOME HOTSPOTS ABOUT THE AGENCY AND KIND OF WHERE WE, UH, HAVE COME FROM.
AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE ARE FORMERLY KNOWN AS DISTRICT 19.
UH, WE ARE NOW GREATER REACH COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD.
AND THAT WAS, UH, BASICALLY DUE TO A LONG STANDING GOAL OF OUR BOARD TO ACTUALLY HAVE A NAME.
BACK IN 1973, WHEN THE AGENCY WAS DEVELOPED, NINE LOCALITIES CAME TOGETHER.
AND THAT WILL BE THE CITY OF HOPEWELL, THE CITY OF COLONIAL HEIGHTS, THE CITY OF EMPORIA, THE CITY OF PETERSBURG.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE COUNTIES OF GREENSVILLE, SUSSEX, SURY DENWITTY, AND PRINCE GEORGE.
AND AT THAT TIME, WHEN WE PULLED THE RECORDS FROM, UM, THE CITIES AND THE COUNTIES, IT WAS THE NINE WAS LEFT BLANK.
WE JUST WERE THE 19TH DISTRICT OF THE STATE.
SO OUR BOARD WAS VERY, VERY PLEASED IN 2025 TO ACTUALLY GET A NAME
SO FOR OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, IT'S JUST GONNA BE A, A OVERVIEW OF OUR SERVICES AND THEN KIND OF, UH, HOW THE LOCALITIES PLAY INTO OUR FUNDING AND, AND KIND OF HOW OUR LOCAL MATCH WORKS OUT.
AND I DID QUICKLY ALREADY GO OVER THE LOCALITIES, BUT JUST IN CASE THOSE ARE OUR LOCALITIES THAT WE COVER.
I DO WANNA MENTION THAT ALL LOCALITIES IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA ARE COVERED BY A COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD.
WE ARE THE PUBLIC HEALTH BEHAVIOR HEALTH SAFETY NET.
SO ALL 40, UM, BOARDS THAT COVER THE STATE PROVIDE AT LEAST NINE CORE SERVICES THROUGH STEP VIRGINIA TO MAKE SURE ALL CITIZENS HAVE QUICK ACCESS TO A CSB AND THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY.
THIS IS OUR CONTINUUM OF SERVICE.
WE START WITH EARLY INTERVENTION FOR OUR INFANTS AND WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CONSTRUCT OF LIFE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.
WE SIT ON THE FAP TEAMS AND THE CMPT TEAMS FOR OUR, UM, FOR EIGHT OF OUR LOCALITIES BECAUSE TWO ARE SPLIT AND SHARED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES.
OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RUN THE GAMBIT FROM CASE MANAGEMENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUTPATIENT THERAPY.
OUR SUBSTANCE USE, UH, SERVICES AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY AND CRISIS, WHICH COVERS OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES.
A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR CRISIS ASSESSMENT CENTERS, WHICH WE DO HAVE ONE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOPEWELL.
AND THANK YOU TO CHIEF TAYLOR FOR SUPPORTING US WITH CIT OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE SITES.
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PREVENTION WORK AND WE ARE REALLY WORKING TO CHANGE THE AGENCY WITH THE MINDSET OF IF WE PREVENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO SO MUCH INTERVENTION ON THE BACK END.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS, ONE OF WHICH I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT A LITTLE LATER IN MY PRESENTATION.
ALSO, BECAUSE WE ARE A COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, ALL 40 BOARDS HAVE REGIONS.
THERE ARE FIVE REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
WE ARE A MEMBER OF REGION FOUR.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE ALSO SISTER BOARDS WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, HANOVER, HENRICO, GUCH, AND PEAN, AS WELL AS CROSSROADS.
AND CROSSROADS COVERS THE AREA OUT, UM, FARMVILLE IN THAT AREA.
ALL OF US TOGETHER, INCLUDING RICHMOND, WE HAVE, UM, REGIONAL SERVICES THAT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO, AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY TO PAY.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT IF A FAMILY MEMBER OR A LOVED ONE UNFORTUNATELY BECOMES INCARCERATED AT ONE OF OUR REGIONAL JAILS, WE HAVE A JAIL TEAM THAT CAN GO IN THERE AND CHECK ON THEM, HELP THEM TO GET ACCESS TO THEIR MEDICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS DISCHARGED FROM ONE OF OUR JAILS OR ONE OF OUR HOSPITALS AND SAY THEY NEED MONEY TO GET THEIR LIGHTS TURNED ON 'CAUSE THEY WERE HOSPITALIZED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY FUND WHERE WE CAN HELP THEM TO GET THAT ON.
THAT WAY THEY ARE NOT AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR PLACE OR AT RISK OF BEING RE-HOSPITALIZED DUE TO NOT HAVING WHAT THEY NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE FREE SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT.
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TO GO TO TREATMENT.WE HAVE A WAY TO GET THEM THERE.
IF SOMEONE, UM, ALSO MAY BE IN NEED OF SOME, UM, VETERANS OR SPECIAL MILITARY TYPE SERVICES, WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT THE LISTING IS UP THERE AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF SERVICES AS WELL AS MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE.
WE HAVE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS FROM THE REGION THAT COVER, UM, OUR AREA AND THEY COME OUT TO TAKE CARE OF FOLKS, WHETHER IT'S AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY OR MENTAL HEALTH, UM, SITUATION.
AND THAT'S FOR ALL AGE GROUPS.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL, UM, OUR CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS THROUGH THE REGION BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SISTER BOARDS.
SO THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT THIS IS GOING OVER ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE, UH, PROVIDED TO THE CITY OF HOPEWELL FOR FY 25, AS WELL AS KIND OF WHAT WE DO FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE AREA.
LIKE I SAID, WE DO COVER NINE LOCALITIES, SO WE DO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE ALL OF THAT, UM, INFORMATION AND IT'S OUR MAJOR, UM, PROGRAM AREAS.
IT'S NOT NECESSARY EVERY SINGLE LITTLE PROGRAM THAT WE PROVIDE.
AND SO FOR FY 27, WE DID, UH, REQUEST, UH, A LITTLE OVER $194,000 FROM THE CITY OF HOPEWELL.
AND THAT IS BASED ON, UH, VIRGINIA CODE.
SO BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, VIRGINIA CAME UP WITH A FORMULA TO SAY ALL CSBS NEEDED TO WORK WITH THEIR LOCALITIES TO GET THEIR LOCAL MATCH.
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, WE HAVE NINE LOCALITIES OUT OF ALL NINE THAT, UM, COVERS ABOUT, UM, $1.4 MILLION OF OUR BUDGET.
AND THE LOCAL MATCH IS ONLY ON OUR STATE DOLLARS.
SO ANY FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE GET, ANY FEDERAL DOLLARS WE GET AS WELL AS ANY OTHER, UH, GRANT INITIATIVES, WE DO NOT, UM, INCLUDE THAT IN THE LOCAL MATCH.
AND SO FOR FY 27, WE ACTUALLY ASK FOR LEVEL FUNDING AT THE SAME LEVEL AS FY, UM, 26.
SO IT WAS NO INCREASE REQUESTED THIS PARTICULAR YEAR.
AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
AND ONE OF THE BIG, UH, INITIATIVES THAT HAPPENED FOR US, UM, THIS PAST, UH, FISCAL YEAR IS THAT ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT GOVERNOR YOUNG DID BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE WAS GRANT GREATER REACH $13.7 MILLION TO BUILD A CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER FOR THIS.
UM, CSB, WE, UM, ARE IN A, UH, CRISIS RECEIVING CENTER KIND OF DESERT WHEN IT COMES TO A CSB RUN FACILITY THAT WOULD BE REGIONAL.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT HE DID WITH HIS PARTNERSHIP FOR PETERSBURG.
IT WILL BE LOCATED, UM, ON FOUR 60, UH, IN THE PETERSBURG AREA, A SMIDGE ON THE PRINCE GEORGE LINE AS WELL.
HOWEVER, IT'S GONNA BE A REGIONAL PROGRAM AND IT'S GOING TO, UH, BE ABLE TO BE ACCESSED BY ALL OF OUR, UM, LOCALITIES, NOT JUST THE CITY OF PETERSBURG.
WE ALSO GOT SOME ONGOING FUNDING AS WELL, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO RUN IT 24 7 ONCE IT OPENS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW, AFTER ABOUT 8:00 PM THE CRISIS CENTER'S CLOSED DUE TO FUNDING AND, UM, OFFICERS HAVE TO GO OVER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
OUR GOAL IS GONNA BE TO RUN THIS CENTER 24 7.
AND THAT WAY OFFICERS CAN COME OVER THERE AND BRING INDIVIDUALS SHOULD THEY NEED SOME CRISIS CARE.
WE'LL HAVE MEDICAL CLEARANCE THERE.
WE, UH, WE'LL ALSO HAVE PEERS THERE, CLINICIANS THERE, EVERYTHING THEY NEED.
WE ARE PARTNERED WITH VON SECOUR.
THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE ALL OUR NURSING AND DOCTORS.
SO IF THEY NEED A PRESCRIPTION, THEY CAN GET IT ALL RIGHT THERE AND IT WILL START DAY ONE WITH TRANSPORTATION NO MATTER WHERE THE PERSON IS IN OUR CATCHMENT.
SO THAT WAS A, A VERY BIG DEAL FOR US.
IT TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE EXCITED THAT, UH, IS COMING DOWN THE PIPE.
AND THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, IS ABOUT OUR HOPE TEAM.
THIS WAS MADE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU ALL ENTERED INTO WITH SIRI, PRINCE GEORGE AND DAN WITTY AS PART OF THE OPIOID ABATEMENT, UM, FUNDING.
AND SO WE DO HAVE OUR HOPE TEAM, THEY'LL BE GOING OUT TO ASSIST PEOPLE AFTER AN OVERDOSE EVENT, AS WELL AS PROVIDING COMMUNITY PSYCHO EDUCATION AND PREVENTION INFORMATION, UH, FOR THOSE FOUR LOCALITIES.
SO WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT, UH, WE, UH, HAVE HIRED A WONDERFUL, UM, COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM.
WE ARE GETTING MOU SIGNED AND THINGS RIGHT NOW, AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THE NEXT TIME WE COME OUT AND PRESENT, WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD STATS TO SHOW YOU ALL ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND, UH, IF YOU WANT TO PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO SEE, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE AGENCY.
AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY CLARIFYING INFORMATION YOU ALL MAY NEED.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTIONS FROM THE CLOSED MEETING.
I'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, UH, THE PRAYER BY REVEREND BLOW AND A PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
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CITY COUNCIL.LORD, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE YOUR WAY, FATHER, YOU SAID, IF WE WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN ALL OUR WAYS, YOU WOULD DIRECT OUR PATH.
SO, LORD, WE'RE ASKING YOU, LORD GOD, TO LET THIS CITY COUNCIL PRODUCE LORD GOD, WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THE CITY.
LET THE CITIZENS, LORD GOD, COME TOGETHER IN UNITY WITH THE COUNCIL TO GET THINGS ACCOMPLISHED, LORD GOD, THAT THIS CITY, LORD GOD, WOULD STAND OUT AMONGST ALL THE TRI-CITY AREA AS A LIGHT, AS AN INSPIRATION.
FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOUR BLESSINGS BE UPON THIS MEETING AND UPON THESE PEOPLE WHO, GOD, THAT REPRESENT THIS CITY, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR MIDST.
AND WE ASK YOU, LORD GOD, ESPECIALLY LORD GOD, GRANT THEM WITH REVENUE TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR HEART TO DO.
LET SUPERNATURAL THINGS COME INTO THEIR PATH, LORD GOD, THAT HELP THE CITY BE LIGHT IN THIS AREA.
WE ASK THIS IN ALL THINGS IN YOUR PRECIOUS SON'S NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH NATION UNDER WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
DO I HEAR A, UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SECOND.ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE.
UH, WE ARE, UH, PULLING A FEW THINGS OUT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, OUR FIRST ITEM WOULD BE THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT FROM SKA SMITH VICE MAYOR.
IT, IT IS ACTUALLY JUST A SERVICE AWARDS THAT MS. MS. SMITH IS HELPING.
SO HOW ABOUT THE PROF? OKAY, SO WE, YOU DON'T WANT A PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
SO FOR THE SERVICE AWARDS, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING THE BUSINESSES.
ALRIGHT, KYLE ENG ENGLISH, COME AROUND ALL VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, GOOD EVENING AND AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND FOR BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN STRENGTHENING OUR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION EFFORTS WITH A RENEWED FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THE BUSINESSES THAT ALREADY CALL HOPE WA HOME INITIATIVES SUCH AS OUR BUSINESS RECOGNITION PROGRAM, LEGACY BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, AND BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS PROGRAM HELP US STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR EXISTING BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ENCOURAGE CONTINUED INVESTMENT, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES TO GROW RIGHT HERE AT OUR COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT I COME BEFORE YOU TO RECOGNIZE 12 SUCH BUSINESSES THAT HAVE CALLED HOPEWELL HOME FOR AT LEAST 50 CONTINUOUS YEARS, WHICH, UH, THESE BUSINESSES HAVE CREATED A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND HAVE CREATED A IMMENSE AMOUNT OF VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH ORGANIZATION TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF IN ATTENDANCE TO RECEIVE YOUR PROCLAMATION OF APPRECIATION FROM THE VICE MAYOR FIRST AND FOREMOST, OR, I'M SORRY.
FIRST BARBER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, FOUNDED IN HOPEWELL IN 1960 BY WORLD WAR II.
VETERAN JESSE BARBER, BARBER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY HAS SPENT MORE THAN 65 YEARS HELPING BUILD AND SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY.
ESTABLISHING A LONGSTANDING LEGACY IN HOPEWELL'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
SINCE 1958, DONALD, A STOKES LAW FIRM HAS PROUDLY SERVED CLIENTS THROUGHOUT THE HOPEWELL AREA, PROVIDING TRUSTED, PERSONALIZED, AND PROFESSIONAL
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LEGAL SERVICES FOR MORE THAN SIX DECADES.MR. FORD AGENCY SINCE 1935, FORD AGENCY HAS BUILT A 90 YEAR LEGACY OF SERVICE IN HOPEWELL IN THE TRI-CITIES.
HELPING GENERATIONS OF RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES PROTECT WHAT MATTERS MOST THROUGH TRUSTED PERSONALIZED INSURANCE SOLUTIONS.
INGRAM AND ASSOCIATES, INGRAM AND ASSOCIATES REAL ESTATE COMPANY HAS SERVED HOPEWELL IN THE GREATER TRI-CITY AREA SINCE 1973.
PROVIDING GENERATIONS OF CLIENTS WITH PROFESSIONAL RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, LAND AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
FOUNDED IN HOPEWELL IN 1945 BY WORLD WAR II.
HERETIC FEED AND SEED HAS REMAINED A FAMILY OWNED COMMUNITY INSTITUTION FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS.
BUILDING GENERATIONS OF LOYAL CUSTOMERS THROUGH QUALITY PRODUCTS, SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE, AND A COMMITMENT TO PERSONAL SERVICE.
HOPEWELL CHEMICAL, FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, HOPEWELL CHEMICAL HAS BUILT ITS LEGACY AS A MEMBER OWNED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING THE FINANCIAL WELLBEING OF ITS MEMBERS THROUGH THE DEPENDABLE, SERVICE FOCUSED FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS.
HOPEWELL ANIMAL HOSPITAL SINCE 1950, HOPEWELL ANIMAL HOSPITAL HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF VETERINARY CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SERVING GENERATIONS OF HOPEWELL AND TRI-CITY FAMILIES WITH COMPASSIONATE HIGH QUALITY CARE FOR THEIR BELOVED PETS.
JIM'S HOPEWELL BARBERSHOP, FOUNDED BY JIMMY HARDIN AND STILL FAMILY OWNED.
67 YEARS LATER, HOPEWELL BARBERSHOP HAS BECOME A TRUE HOPEWELL INSTITUTION SERVING GENERATIONS OF CUSTOMERS WHILE PRESERVING THE TRADITIONAL WELCOMING CHARACTER OF A CLASSIC NEIGHBORHOOD BARBERSHOP.
FOUNDED IN HOPEWELL IN 1954 BY DR. STANLEY LIBO.
LIBO EYE ASSOCIATES PC HAS SERVED GENERATIONS OF PATIENTS FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS, PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE, PERSONALIZED AIR EYE CARE, WHILE MAINTAINING ITS LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO THE HOPEWELL COMMUNITY.
PARKER OIL COMPANY, FOUNDED IN VIRGINIA IN 1935, AND NOW UNDER ITS THIRD GENERATION OF FAMILY LEADERSHIP, PARKER OIL COMPANY HAS BUILT A 90 YEAR LEGACY OF PROVIDING DEPENDABLE ENERGY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT HOPEWELL AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
VANTAGEPOINT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CHARTERED IN HOPEWELL IN 1966 TO SERVE EMPLOYEES OF THE FIRESTONE PLANT.
VANTAGEPOINT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION HAS SPENT 60 YEARS GROWING ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, EXPANDING ITS REACH WHILE REMAINING COMMITTED TO HELPING ITS MEMBERS ACHIEVE THEIR FINANCIAL GOALS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY? THEY SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST WEST END SERVICE CENTER.
SERVING HOPEWELL SINCE THE 1940S WEST END SERVICE CENTER HAS BEEN A TRUSTED PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN EIGHT DECADES, PROVIDING GENERATIONS OF CUSTOMERS WITH DEPENDABLE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, EXPERIENCE, SERVICE, AND A LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO QUALITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR EXISTING BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED INVESTMENT AND HOPE.
WELL, AND FOR THE IMPORTANT ROLE YOU PLAY IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
MS. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK
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YOU FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION EFFORTS.CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF TONIGHT'S HONOREES AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO CALL HOPEWELL HOME.
AND NEXT WE HAVE THE SERVICE AWARDS.
SO I'LL HAVE, UH, YOKA SMITH, OUR HR DIRECTOR AND THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHO ARE RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES.
BUT WE WANT TO START A TRADITION WHERE WE HAVE RECOGNITION FOR OUR LONG-TERM EMPLOYEES.
AND THIS TODAY WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES WHO'VE WORKED 25 PLUS YEARS WITH THE, WITH THE CITY, AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR RETIREMENT.
UM, SO FIRST WE HAVE DEBORAH PERSHING, DEBORAH PERSHING, WHO'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 29 YEARS OF SERVICE.
IF I MAY ADD, MS. PERSHING IS KNOWN FOR HER CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLSET AND HER VOICE IS STILL ON
VICE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER TO THE ATTORNEY.
IT'S BEEN TRULY AN HONOR TO BE A SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS.
I'VE OFTEN SAID IT'S NOT WHAT YOU, THE TITLE THAT YOU HOLD IS WHAT YOU DO.
AND THIS HAS BEEN TRULY A, A HEART BUILT PUBLIC SERVICE.
UH, UH, 29 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND I'M SO PROUD.
OUR NEXT, UH, EMPLOYEE WHO'S RETIRED AFTER 27 YEARS OF SERVICE IS OLIVER CRAIG FOOT.
HE'S WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HE'S BEEN AUTO MECHANIC WITH US FOR 27 YEARS.
[COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS ]
WE'RE MOVING ALONG WITH COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS AND, UM, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.UM, PLACE, PLACE MAYOR, JUST THE, UM, THE INTRODUCTION FROM THE CLERK.
A COMMUNICATION FROM CITIZENS PERIOD LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES OCCURS AT EACH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, PERSONS ADDRESSING COUNCIL APPROACH, A MICROPHONE GIVE THEIR NAME, AND IF THEY RESIDE IN HOPEWELL, THEIR WARD NUMBER EACH COM EACH COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
NO PERSON IS PERMITTED TO, TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL REMARKS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL.
AS A BODY, ANY PERSON WHO MAKES PERSONAL IMPERTINENT ABUSIVE OR SLANDEROUS STATEMENTS OR INSIGHTS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS MAY BE BARRED FROM FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS AND REMOVED.
WE HAVE, UM, TWO CITIZENS HAVE SIGNED UP AND THE FIRST ONE IS JEFFREY TORRES.
I'M JEFFREY MURRAY TORRES FROM THE MIGHTY THIRD WARD.
I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, YOU KNEW WE'VE HAD TWO KIND OF CRISIS SITUATIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
AND LAST NIGHT I WAS AROUND 21ST AVENUE AND I MET A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
I MET A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND IT WAS ENCOURAGING.
I WAS OUT SPEAKING TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 10 MINUTES, 30 MINUTES.
AND AS TIME WENT ON WITHOUT THE POWER, YOU KNOW, IT BECAME COOLER TO BE OUTSIDE.
AND AS TIME WENT ON WITHOUT THE POWER, WE, WE JOKED ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, IT HADN'T BEEN OFF FOR THAT LONG.
AND, BUT I GOT THE FEELING LIKE THE CITY'S IN A HEALTHY PLACE AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER.
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THE PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH LAST NIGHT, UM, AMAZING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HOPPO WAS HERE BEFORE WE HAD ELECTRICITY.I'M SURE HOPPO WOULD BE FINE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD GO AS LONG AS IT DID LAST NIGHT.
BUT I SPOKE MORE SPANISH THAN I USUALLY DO.
I SPOKE MORE ENGLISH THAN I USUALLY DO.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND Y'ALL THE LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY.
I THANK GOD THINGS ARE GOING WELL 'CAUSE IT'S STILL AUGUST, IT IS STILL HOT LONG NIGHT.
THE CITY'S HEALTHY, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE HEALTHY.
AND I THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE WAYS YOU CONTRIBUTED THAT SEEN AND UNSEEN HEARD UNHEARD.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE IT.
WE'RE SEVEN, UM, THE VICE FA, VICE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL.
FIRST, I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE A GAP BETWEEN, UM, THE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE GET REPORTS FROM, UM, FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE FEELING OF SAFETY OR LACK THEREOF IN THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, WHO FEEL THAT HOPEWELL IS NOT SAFE, THAT, UM, CRIME IS STILL VERY HIGH.
UM, SO I'M ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT, UH, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF MORE FUNDING.
I HOPE THAT THE PERSON WHO'S HIRED CAN, UM, CLOSE THAT GAP.
UH, ALSO I THINK THAT THERE IS A GAP WHEN IT COMES TO CITIZENS UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY CAN, UM, GET THEIR IDEAS ACROSS TO THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONLINE, UM, WHO TALK ABOUT IDEAS ABOUT, UH, MAKING THE CITY SAFER IN, UM, INSTANCES WHEN WE DO HAVE EXTREME WEATHER, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES THAT ARE LOW LYING.
UM, THINGS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW HIGH THE WATER IS SO THAT THEY DON'T TRY TO VENTURE, UM, IN, INTO DEEP WATER THAT COULD PUT THEM IN DANGER.
UM, AND THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, UM, I THINK COULD BE COMMUNICATED TO A SPECIFIC PERSON IN HOPEWELL.
BUT OFTEN AGAIN, THERE'S THAT GAP OF WHO, WHO SHOULD I TALK TO? WHO IS THE PERSON THAT CAN ACTUALLY GET IT DONE? UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NECESSARY OR NOT THERE? UM, SO I THINK THAT IT'S THE SAME WITH THE, THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
I, I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT, HIGHLY DETAILED, BUT ALSO I THINK THERE'S ROOM TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT MONEY IS NOT BEING SPENT CORRECTLY OR IS, OR IT'S BEING WASTED, BUT WHEN WE SEE THE REPORT ON THE, UM, IN THE, IN THE, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, IT LOOKS VERY CLEAR TO ME.
BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH READING THOSE KINDS OF REPORTS AND I WOULD LIKE MORE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF, UH, TAKEAWAY.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS A NEED TO, UM, KIND OF BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THOSE REPORTS.
UM, WHETHER IT'S FINANCES, A CRIME REPORT, UM, AND I THINK THAT WILL BOOST ENGAGEMENT AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE AND WHO THEY CAN TALK TO IF THEY'RE NOT FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE, THE GREAT EFFORTS OF HOPEWELL TO MAKE, UM, THEIR QUALITY, QUALITY OF LIFE BETTER.
[REGULAR BUSINESS ]
MOVING ALONG ON THE AGENDA TO, UM, R ONE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT OF WAY VACATION REQUEST FROM EDWARD COTTMAN FOR THE CITY TO VACATE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ADJOINING PARCEL NUMBER OH ONE FOUR DASH 1590, ALSO IDENTIFIED AS 2,700 SUFFOLK STREET IN THE R TWO RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM DENSITY DISTRICT.AND CHRIS WARD WILL BE PRESENTING GOOD VICE MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, BEFORE I START THIS PRESENTATION, I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW I'VE RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION JUST BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED TONIGHT FROM AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER THAT STATES THAT THIS RIGHT OF WAY WAS ALREADY VACATED, UH, IN THE NINETIES.
NOW WE, WHEN WE DID OUR RESEARCH, WE DID NOT COME ACROSS THAT AND THE APPLICANT ALSO DID A TITLE SEARCH, DID NOT COME ACROSS
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THAT, AND ALSO HAS HAD THE PROPERTY SURVEYED AND IT DID NOT COME ACROSS THAT.SO, UM, SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DID PUT ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE NEWSPAPER AND NOTIFY, UH, ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS, I WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, BUT PLEASE, UH, TO NOT TAKE ACTION RIGHT THIS EVENING SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS, UH, RESOLVED.
SO I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND PROCEED, UM, WITH THE PRESENTATION AS I HAVE IT, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S POSSIBLE WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE, IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO, UH, THIS EVENING'S FIRST PUBLIC HEARING RELATES TO A RIGHT OF WAY VACATION REQUEST FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO 2,700 SUFFOLK STREET, WHICH IS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL 0 1 4 0 5 9 0.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR RIGHT OF WAY, UH, AS IT WAS REQUESTED, IS APPROXIMATELY 825 UH, SQUARE FEET.
IT RUNS ADJACENT TO, UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY AND LOCATED IN WARD FIVE, ZONED R TWO AND DESIGNATED AS URBAN RESIDENTIAL IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT, UH, THE, WHAT'S OUTLINED IN, IN ORANGE IS WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM AS THE PARCEL IN QUESTION.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT THAT WHAT'S IN THE RED BOX IS THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT FOR VACATION.
UM, IF, WHEN WE INVESTIGATE THIS AND WE, AND IF WE FIND OUT, UM, THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER THAT HALF OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN VACATED, UM, OR AT LEAST IF THIS PORTION HAS BEEN VACATED, IT WOULD BE SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE WHERE ONE SIDE WOULD GO TO MR. COTTMAN, WHO IS THE APPLICANT THIS EVENING, AND THE OTHER SIDE WOULD GO TO THE OTHER, UH, PROPERTY OWNER.
UH, WHEN WE SENT THIS AROUND FOR COMMENTS TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS REQUIRED BY THE POLICY, UH, NO OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAD ISSUE WITH THE VACATION REQUEST.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S RIGHT OF WAY VACATION POLICY.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED AND, AND THOSE ARE, IS A DEAD END, UH, CREATED WITHOUT SUFFICIENT TURNAROUND.
IN THIS INSTANCE, IF, IF IT IS VACATED, A DEAD END WILL BE CREATED, UH, WILL PROPERTIES BECOME LANDLOCKED? THE ANSWER THERE IS NO, THEY ALL HA HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IN, IN OTHER WAYS.
AND WILL A BREAK IN THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, PROHIBIT FUTURE USE? YES, A BREAK WILL OCCUR.
WITH THAT SAID, UM, THERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS, UM, TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS WHETHER YOU SHOULD GRANT THE REQUEST FOR VACATION.
THE NUMBER ONE, UH, NUMBER ONE CONSIDERATION WOULD BE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND STAFF'S OPINION IS VERY LOW.
THAT RIGHT OF WAY IS TOO NARROW TO, TO BUILD A ROAD.
UM, IT COULD BE USED AS AN ALLEY COULD BE DEVELOPED AS AN OPENED ALLEY, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S NO UTILITIES PRESENT THERE.
EMERGENCY SERVICES ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT THAT A, BUT THIS PARTICULAR PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY TRASH COLLECTION ALREADY OCCURS FROM SUFFOLK STREET.
AND IF AN ALLEY IS EVER NEEDED, THERE IS RIGHT OF WAY AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE SIDE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, STAFF SUMMARY IS THAT THERE ARE NO DEPARTMENTAL ISSUES WITH THE VACATION REQUEST.
UM, TO DATE THERE HAVE BEEN NO OB OBJECTIONS FROM ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND, UH, IN STAFF'S OPINION, THE DEVIATIONS FROM THE POLICY ARE MINOR IN NATURE.
SO YOUR OPTIONS, UH, NOT FOR THIS EVENING AGAIN, BUT WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU AT A LATER TIME WOULD BE EITHER TO DENY THE REQUEST, APPROVE THE REQUEST, OR APPROVE THE, THE REQUEST WITH MODIFICATIONS.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE THIS EVENING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KOMAN, I'M ALSO AVAILABLE, UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S THE, UH, END OF MY PRESENTATION.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.
UM, EDWARD COTTMAN, DID YOU WANT TO? UH, NO MA'AM.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, UM, WE WILL NOT TAKE ACTION TONIGHT.
HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH A, A RESOLUTION TO THIS.
BUT, UM, JUST TO REITERATE, NONE OF THIS SHOWS UP
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IN OUR FILE, SO.UM, THANK, YOULL JUST, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THIS ONE OUT ALL.
UM, THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE PARCEL NUMBER OH THREE SEVEN DASH 0 0 0 3, ALSO IDENTIFIED AS 2 1 2 REVEREND CW HARRIS STREET, CONSISTING OF 37 AND A HALF FEET OF LOT THREE AND 25 FEET STRIP BLOCK ONE EAST DAVISVILLE SUBDIVISION FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT DISTRICT SLASH M1 LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO R FOUR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT DISTRICT SLASH INDIVIDUALLY PROTECTED LANDMARK MR. WARD.
UH, OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING RELATES TO A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR TWO 12 REVEREND CW HARRIS STREET PARCEL 0 3 7 0 0 0 3.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT DISTRICT TO M1 LIMITED INDUSTRIAL.
IT'S A SPLIT ZONING PARCEL TO R FOUR RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT DISTRICT SLASH INDIVIDUALLY PROTECTED LANDMARK.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS UNION BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEES.
THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED IN WARD TWO.
UH, AGAIN, IT'S R FOUR M1 AND THE REQUEST IS TO GO TO R FOUR IPL.
UM, SO THIS IS THE CHURCH, UH, AT TWO 12, UH, REVEREND CW HARRIS, AND IT IS A HISTORIC CHURCH.
AND SO THE TRUSTEES ARE REQUESTING THAT IT RECEIVE LOCAL, UH, HISTORIC PROTECTION.
AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT HERE IN HOPEWELL IS THROUGH A REZONING PROCESS IN, UH, ADDING, UH, HISTORIC DISTRICT OVERLAY OR INDIVIDUALLY PROTECTED LANDMARK STATUS THROUGH THE ORDINANCE.
THE CURRENT ZONING OF R FOUR SLASH M1 OFFERS NO HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROTECTION AT ALL.
AND OUR ARTICLE 23, WHICH YOU, UH, MAY RECALL, EXCUSE ME, WAS RECENTLY ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE.
IT WAS JUST A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
UH, DOES ALLOW FOR IPL OVERLAY DESIGNATION AND IT WILL CREATE A LOCALLY IDENTIFIED LANDMARK WITH ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD REVIEW FOR ANY EXTERIOR, UH, CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS TO THE PROPERTY.
UH, EXCUSE ME, THE CHURCH WAS THE CENTER OF CONNECTION, UH, EDUCATION AND MU MUTUAL SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY OVER MANY, MANY DECADES.
THE CHURCH AND ITS MEMBERS HAVE PLAYED SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN THE ERA OF BEING SEEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA AND HOPE WELLS POLITICAL HISTORY.
AND, UH, YOU KNEW BAPTIST CHURCH IS A CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND POLITICAL LANDMARK WHOSE MEMBERSHIP HAS MADE LASTING IMPACTS ON THE CITY.
OF COURSE, STAFF AGREES WITH OF THE APPLICANT'S POSITION THERE.
AND, UM, THIS WAS TAKEN TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD AS WELL FOR THEIR INPUT.
THEY DO SUPPORT THE OVERLAY DESIGNATION.
THEY VOTED FIVE TO ZERO BACK IN APRIL TO SUPPORT THIS, UH, REZONING.
THE CHURCH DOES MEET SEVERAL CRITERIA REQUIRED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
UH, STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED THREE UH, ITEMS OF, UH, THAT IT DOES MEET.
AND THAT WOULD BE THAT THE CHURCH EXEMPLIFIES OR REFLECTS THE ARCHITECTURAL, CULTURAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, OR MILITARY HISTORY OF THE NATION, STATE OR COMMUNITY, THAT THE CHURCH IS ASSOCIATED WITH PERSONS OF NATIONAL, STATE, OR LOCAL HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
AND THAT THE CHURCH FOSTERS CIVIC PRIDE IN THE CITY'S PAST AND ENHANCES THE CITY'S ATTRACTIVENESS TO VISITORS.
UM, OF COURSE, THE, WITHIN THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT'S NARRATIVE DOES PROVIDE MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE INFORMATION AS TO THE, UH, HISTORIC NATURE OF THE CHURCH.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TO DATE ON THIS REQUEST.
UH, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST SUBMITTED BY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH TRUSTEES TO RESUME PARCEL 0 3 7 0 0 0 3 FROM R FOUR M1 TO R FOUR IPL.
PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO SUPPORTS THAT REQUEST.
THEY VOTED THREE TO ZERO BACK IN JULY.
UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHURCH HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS FIRST READING QUESTIONS.
I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I DO HAVE ONE PERSON WHO WAS SIGNED UP THAT WOULD BE KELLY PRATT.
AND KELLY IS A MEMBER OF THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
UM, SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING BEFORE YOU, I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN MY REMARKS SO THAT I STAY UNDER TIME.
UM, SO GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
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MY NAME IS KELLY PRATT.I AM, UH, LIVING IN WARD SEVEN.
CURRENTLY, MY FAMILY HAS CALLED HOPEWELL HOME FOR AT LEAST FOUR GENERATIONS, GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS.
SO I HAVE A DEEP PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THIS CITY AND ITS HISTORY.
UM, I ALSO SERVE ON THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, WHICH I WAS APPOINTED BY THIS CITY COUNCIL TO DO SO.
UM, AND MY ACADEMIC WORK HAS FOCUSED ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, CULTURAL HERITAGE, AND RESEARCHING AND DOCUMENTING HOPEWELL'S HISTORY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE REQUEST TO DESIGNATE UNION BAPTIST CHURCH AS AN INDIVIDUAL PROTECTED LANDMARK.
UH, UNION BAPTIST HAS BEEN A PART OF HOPEWELL SINCE 1917, BUT ITS SIGNIFICANCE GOES FAR BEYOND THE AGE OF THE CHURCH.
FROM ITS BEGINNING SERVING HOPEWELL'S AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, UNION BAPTIST HAS BECOME A PLACE OF CONNECTION, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
ITS HISTORY IS ALSO DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY OF HOPEWELL.
IN 1932, UNION BAPTIST, REVEREND JJE HORN CHALLENGED THE HOPEWELL NEWS OVER ITS LACK OF MEANINGFUL COVERAGE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
HIS ADVOCACY AND A PEACEFUL PROTEST ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN REGULAR NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY LIFE IN HOPEWELL.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS STORY, I RECOMMEND YOU ALL READ ABOUT IT.
UH, AND OF COURSE, UNION BAPTIST IS INSEPARABLE FROM THE LEG, THE LEGACY OF, UH, REVEREND DR. CURTIS HARRIS.
UH, HE SERVED AS A PASTOR THERE FOR 46 YEARS, WHILE BECOMING ONE OF HOPEWELL'S MOST IMPORTANT CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIC LEADERS.
HIS WORK INCLUDED FIGHTING SEGREGATION, UM, ADVOCATING FOR VOTING RIGHTS, PROTESTING THE DEL ROSE LANDFILL, AND CHALLENGING HOPEWELL'S AT LARGE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT.
HE LATER SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL AND BECAME HOPEWELL'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MAYOR.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS HOPEWELL'S OWN CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WAS RECOGNIZED YEARS AGO.
UH, THEY STATED THAT PEOPLE OF HOPEWELL HOLD IMPORTANT PIECES OF OUR HISTORY THAT MAY NOT EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE PLAN CALLED FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND ORAL HISTORIES, AND THE IDENTIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF PLACES IMPORTANT TO HOPEWELL'S NEIGHBORHOODS.
UNION BAPTIST IS EXACTLY THAT KIND OF PLACE.
IT IS NOT SIMPLY A BUILDING ASSOCIATED WITH HISTORY.
IT IS A PLACE WHERE HOPEWELL RESIDENTS MADE HISTORY.
AND IMPORTANTLY, IT REMAINS AN ACTIVE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TODAY.
FOR THOSE REASONS, I SUPPORT THE REQUEST BEFORE COUNCIL TONIGHT TO DESIGNATE UNION BAPTIST CHURCH AS AN INDIVIDUAL PROTECTED LANDMARK.
I BELIEVE THIS DESIGNATION APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZES THE CHURCH'S SIGNIFICANCE, AND IT HELPS ENSURE THAT THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF HO'S HISTORY IS RECOGNIZED AND PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO, UH, MS. RENEE DUDLEY, WHO HAS TAKEN ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ACTION ON, ON THAT TIME.
UM, CAN YOU APPROVE? IT'LL GO ON.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNSEL.
WE, WE, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION YOU WANT.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE PASS THIS TONIGHT.
ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE.
UM, THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST FROM LANDS AND SUSIE HOKINSON TO OPERATE A BED AND BREAKFAST ON PARCEL NUMBER OH TWO SEVEN DASH 0 0 5.
ALSO IDENTIFIED AS FIVE 10 CEDAR LANE IN THE, UH, TH ONE.
TOURIST HISTORIC DISTRICT, MR. WARD? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUEST, EXCUSE ME, RELATED TO FIVE 10 CEDAR LANE, ALSO IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL 0 2 7 0 0 0 5.
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ARE THE HOKINSON.THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN WARD ONE AND ZONE TH ONE.
THE REQUEST THIS EVENING, UH, IS TO OPERATE A BED AND BREAKFAST AT FIVE 10 CEDAR LANE.
SO IN THE TH ONE DISTRICT, UH, A, B AND B IS AN ALLOWABLE USE WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR CLARIFICATION SAKE, A, B AND B IS DEFINED IN HOPEWELL THAT AN OWNER MUST LIVE ON THE PREMISES TO OPERATE THE BED AND BREAKFAST.
THEY CANNOT BE AN ABSENTEE OWNER AND ESSENTIALLY AN AIRBNB WHERE SOMEONE'S JUST RENTING THE PROPERTY AND THEY ARE NOT THERE.
HOPEWELL'S ORDINANCE REQUIRES A, B AND B FOR THE OWNERS TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE GOT SOME MAPS HERE ON THE LEFT.
YOU MAY, UH, KNOW OF THIS HOUSE, UH, EITHER AS THE ADDERHOLT HUNTER HOUSE OR THE HUNTER HOUSE.
IT WAS, UH, AT ONE POINT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME OWNED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN PART OF THE CITY POINT UNIT NATIONAL, UH, PARK PROPERTY.
THERE, UH, IT WAS THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD AND, UM, STAFF AND MEMBERS, UH, A CURRENT, OUR CURRENT VICE MAYOR.
THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, HANDS IN, UH, PUT INTO PRIVATE HANDS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
THE APPLICANT POSITION IS THAT A BED AND BREAKFAST SUPPORTS TOURISM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THIS OPERATION WILL BE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE DEFINITION THAT IS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE APPLICANTS HAVE PROFFERED THAT GUEST ROOMS WILL BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE AND THAT NO ADDITIONS, EXPANSION OF FOOTPRINT OR EXTERIOR CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED FOR THE PROPERTY AT ALL.
UH, THE PROPERTY DOES OFFER ADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING.
I BELIEVE, UH, WITHIN THE APPLICATION.
THE APPLICANT SHOWED THAT THEY CAN GET UP TO EIGHT VEHICLES IN THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY, AND THE APPLICANTS HAVE ALSO PROFFERED THAT SPECIAL EVENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO SIX ANNUALLY WITH A MAXIMUM OF 20 ATTENDEES PER EVENT.
FROM A STAFF ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, DOES PROMOTE TOURISM HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
STAFF BELIEVES THAT A B AND B DOES SUPPORT ALL THREE OF THESE GOALS.
THE USE IS COMPLIANT WITH THE CUP CRITERIA, UH, SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 21.
AND OF COURSE, THE APPLICANT'S PROFFERED CONDITIONS WILL MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS, UM, FROM THE USE.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
NUMBER ONE, THAT GUEST PARKING SHALL BE CONCENTRATED IN THE DRIVEWAY.
I I WANT TO PLACE SOME EMPHASIS ON THE WORD CONCENTRATED, THAT THE DRIVEWAY WILL BE USED, UM, WHEN AT ALL POSSIBLE.
BUT ON THESE SPECIAL EVENTS THEY MAY HAVE, THEY WILL BE PERMITTED TO USE PUBLIC ON STREET PARKING.
UM, DAYTIME EVENTS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH OVERNIGHT GUEST ACTIVITIES SHALL BE LIMITED TO SIX PER YEAR.
MAXIMUM 20 GUESTS, NO PUBLIC TICKETING OR AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
AND THAT WAS A CONDITION PROFFERED BY THE APPLICANTS.
UM, ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE IN SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE WITH THE OPERATION PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION AND THAT ALL, ALL ACTIVITIES WILL CONFORM, CONFORM TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED THREE TO ZERO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST BACK IN JULY WITH, UH, STAFF'S PROPOSED CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM OR FOR MYSELF AGAIN, FIRST READING TONIGHT, PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED OFF, DR.
I I KNOW THE, THE, UH, THE OWNERS AND I SUPPORT THIS.
UH, THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS AREA.
UH, WE SEE TOURISTS EVERY DAY.
UM, THERE ARE LIMITED PLACES TO STAY LOCALLY AND, UH, WE THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE JUST WANNA SUPPORT IT.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND AT THIS TIME, THIS IS A FIRST READING.
UM, SO, PARDON? I WAS JUST GONNA GET YOUR SHEET.
THIS IS A FIRST READING, SO WE'LL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION.
WE'LL GO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
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AMENDING THE HOPEWELL CHILDREN'S SERVICE ACT.VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 26, UH, BUDGET FOR OUR CHILD CHILDREN'S SERVICE ACT CSA TO INCREASE THEIR BUDGET FROM 3.7 TO 4.7.
THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION WILL BE $227,000.
AS OUR CONTRIBUTION IS 24%, THE STATES IS 76, WHICH MEANS THE STATE WILL CONTRIBUTE AN EXTRA $773,000.
THE CITY WOULD CON CON CONTRIBUTE 227,000 COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
50,000 FROM POLICE FROM THEIR RETENTION FUND THAT THEY WERE, WAS NOT SPENT.
127,000 FROM SALARY SAVINGS FROM PUBLIC WORKS FROM VACANCIES, AND 50,000 FROM LEGAL SERVICES NOT SPENT IN COMMISSIONER REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
THIS WILL CLOSE OUT THE FISCAL YEAR FOR 26 FOR OUR CSA ACCOUNT.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE INCREASE IN BUDGET APPROPRIATION.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THIS INCREASE IN BUDGET APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 FOR THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT FUND? UM, 0 1 5 FROM 3,700,000 TO 4,700,000.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO, UM, R FIVE RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE MANAGER TO RECEIVE INAPPROPRIATE DONATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, MR. BASSETT.
SO, UH, COUNSEL, THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF A PROJECT THAT, UM, THE CITY'S ENGAGED IN WHERE WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE A CONTRIBUTION OF A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF 4,500 OR $5,000 FROM, UH, FROM A, A ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH.
AND PART OF THIS PROCESS, I, I WENT SEEKING, UH, WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY IN THE CITY TO ACCEPT MONEY FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
AND AS IT TURNS OUT IN THE CITY OF HOPE, WELL THE CHARTER LAYS THAT AUTHORITY SOLELY WITH COUNCIL AND DOES NOT, UH, DOES NOT DIVULGE THAT AUTHORITY ONTO ANYBODY ELSE FOR ANY AMOUNT.
UH, SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT, UH, DONATIONS AND GIFTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF UP TO $50,000.
AND THEN WOULD PLACE UPON THE CITY MANAGER THE REQUIREMENT TO REPORT TWICE ANNUALLY ON WHATEVER, UH, GIFTS AND DONATIONS HE ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE THEY WERE PUT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, TABITHA MARTINEZ, UH, PRESENTING WITH REGARD TO REALLOCATION OF CIP FUNDING.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TONIGHT, I COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE IN FISCAL YEAR 24, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAD ALLOCATED 56 AND I APOLOGIZE, UH, MY CALF IS WRONG.
$56,000 TO GO TOWARDS A MATCH GRANT THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT YEAR.
UM, WITH THAT, UM, THE GO BONDS HAVE GOT FULLY FUNDED PHASE THREE OF THE RIVERWALK, WHICH IS WHAT THIS FUNDING WAS ENTITLED FOR OR APPROPRIATE FOR.
AND SO TODAY I'M ASKING THAT WE REALLOCATE THAT TO GO TO OUR CITY POINT, OR SORRY, OUR GO BONDS FOR ALL OF OUR PARK RENOVATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND WITH THAT INTENT IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE CITY POINT PLAYGROUND IN ITS ENTIRETY.
SO RIGHT NOW THE NEW PLAYGROUND IS OPEN.
UM, WE HAVEN'T DONE A RIBBON CUT YET 'CAUSE IT'S, THE SITE IS NOT 100% COMPLETE, BUT THE KIDS, I CAN'T KEEP 'EM OFF.
SO IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLAYGROUND AND THEY'RE ALREADY ENJOYING IT, BUT WE STILL HAVE SIDEWALKS TO DO THERE.
AND MY GOAL IS TO USE THIS FUNDING TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT BY REDOING THE BASKETBALL COURTS, THE TENNIS COURTS, AND THEN POTENTIALLY MAKING SOME PICKLEBALL COURTS THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN THAT SITE WILL BE 100% RENOVATED IN ITS ENTIRETY INSTEAD OF
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JUST DOING JUST THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.SO THAT IS WHAT I'M HERE TO ASK FOR TONIGHT.
IF YOU ARE WILLING TO AND ABLE TO DO THAT, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HEAR A MOTION TO, UM, PROVE THE REALLOCATION OF $57,000 FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 24 RIVERWALK CIP PROJECT TO THE GO BONDS FUNDING CATEGORY FOR RECREATION AND PARKS RENOVATION? SO MOVE SECOND.
UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A, DID YOU GET THE MOTION A SECOND? YES.
CHIEF RUPERT, UM, A RESOLUTION, UM, APPROVING THE FINANCING AGREEMENT FOR APPARATUS REPLACEMENT VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, I'M EXCITED TONIGHT TO COME BEFORE YOU TO TALK ABOUT OUR, UH, FINANCE FOR OUR NEW APPARATUS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, IN FY 25, I CAME TO YOU AND PRESENTED AS PART OF MY BUDGET PRESENTATION, OUR, UH, APPARATUS REPLACEMENT PLAN, WHICH LAID OUT A, A, A A PURPOSE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR FIRE APPARATUS AS WELL AS OUR AMBULANCES, UH, EACH OF ONE OF OUR, UH, UNITS AT A, AT A SPECIFIED TIME.
UM, AFTER THAT PRESENTATION, WE WENT FORWARD WITH, UH, THE PROCESS OF, UM, DESIGNING AND PROCURING, UH, TWO ENGINES AND TWO AMBULANCES THAT WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT PLAN.
UM, WHICH WE COMPLETED IN THE FALL.
UH, WE WENT OUT TO, AS YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THAT PLAN, IT WAS TO USE A LEASING OPTION.
UM, THIS ISN'T A TRADITIONAL LEASE WHERE WE WOULD GIVE A VEHICLE BACK OR WE HAVE TO PAY A, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT AT THE END, BUT RATHER JUST A, A, A ESSENTIALLY A, A LOAN PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD, UH, PURCHASE THE VEHICLE OVER, OVER A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS.
THE VEHICLES, OVER A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS.
UM, WHEN WE APPROACHED THE, UH, LEASING VENDORS, UM, AT THE TIME, AS YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR, UH, FINANCIAL REPORTS WERE NOT UP TO DATE.
UM, AND SO THE, UH, THE RATE THAT THEY OFFERED US WAS NOT, UM, REALLY IN OUR FAVOR.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A PRETTY HIGH RATE, AND THE, THE VENDORS INDICATED THAT WE COULD GET BETTER RATES, UM, SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL, UH, ALL OF OUR CAFS WERE COMPLETE.
AS YOU KNOW, WE COMPLETED THOSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND SO WE WENT BACK TO THE VENDORS AND BEGAN NEGOTIATING WITH THEM AGAIN.
UM, WE HAVE COME OUT WITH, UM, NCL GOVER, UH, GOVERNMENT CAPITAL, UM, PROVIDED US WITH THE BEST OPTION, UM, UH, AS FAR AS A RATE, AS WELL AS AN OPTION FOR US TO PUT THE FUNDING, UM, INTO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT WHERE IT CAN, UH, BEAR INTEREST OVER THE PERIOD THAT WE'RE WAITING ON THESE VEHICLES TO BE PRODUCED.
AS YOU KNOW, AS DISCUSSED BEFORE, UM, UH, ENGINE FIRE ENGINES NOW TAKE ABOUT FOUR FOUR YEAR.
IT'S ABOUT A FOUR YEAR WAIT TIME FOR A BUILD.
UH, AND, UH, AMBULANCES ARE AROUND TWO YEARS OR MORE.
AND SO, UH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE TO BE BUILT, THAT MONEY WILL SIT IN A INTEREST BEARING ESCROW ACCOUNT, UH, SO THAT WE, THE CITY CAN MAKE MONEY ON THAT, ON THAT, UH, ON THAT, UH, MONEY WHILE IT'S WAITING FOR THEM TO BE COMPLETED.
ONCE THEY'RE COMPLETED, UM, THE MONEY WILL BE WITHDRAWN, PAY, PAY THE FULL AMOUNT TO THE VENDORS, AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO PAY THE LEASE PAYMENTS UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF THE LEASE.
UM, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE.
UM, THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS 3.7 5 3 8 9 6, UH, MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, AND, UH, THAT AGAIN, PURCHASES TWO ENGINES AND TWO AMBULANCES OVER THE, OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN YEARS.
AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
SHE, YOU WANTED TO RECOMMEND AN AMENDMENT TO THE TEXT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO, UM, APPARENTLY THERE WAS A, A, A TRANSCRIPTION ERROR ON THE, UH, RESOLUTION.
SO ON THE RESOLUTION IT SAYS THAT THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS WOULD BE 5 9 8 6 78 0 3.
UM, IN THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU, UH, UNDER THE VEHICLE ACQUISITION, UM, EMERGENCY ACQUISITION OVERVIEW, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT ANNUAL PAYMENT IS ACTUALLY 6 4 2 8 82 27.
AND SO THE RESOLUTION WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THAT AMOUNT.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO, UM, UH, ACCEPT THE AMENDED RESOLUTION? SO MOVE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE.
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UM, LAST ORDER OF BUSINESS, UM, IS CHARLES BENNETT.THIS HAS THE RESOLUTION APPROVING SUPPORT AGREEMENT FOR 1 0 1 CITY POINT ROAD.
UH, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR AN INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS, BUT WE'RE JUST CLIPPING RIGHT THROUGH 'EM.
SO I'M HERE TONIGHT, UH, SEEKING APPROVAL ON A RESOLUTION, UH, FOR A SUPPORT AGREEMENT RELATED TO 1 0 1 CITY POINT ROAD.
IT IS PARCEL NUMBER 0 8 0 0 0 6 0 AND THIS SUPPORT AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOPEWELL AND THE HOPEWELL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
AND, UH, IN SUMMARY, WHAT THIS SUPPORT AGREEMENT WILL DO WILL BE TO CONVEY THE, UH, THE PROPERTY TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND IN ADDITION TO FUND A $175,000 PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT, A FUND THAT WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT, BECAUSE THE SUPPORT AGREEMENT IS, IS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF PAGES LONG.
UM, THAT KIND OF GOES THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS WOULD BE FOR A, UH, MEDICAL RELATED GOODS AND SERVICES THAT WOULD MEET A PUBLIC SERVICE AND PUBLIC GOOD FOR THE CITY OF HOPEWELL.
UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
THE, UH, THE NEXT THING IS THAT THE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PRINCIPAL WOULD BE REPAID FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BACK TO THE CITY OF HOPEWELL.
SO THE CITY OF HOPEWELL WILL BE RECEIVING, UH, ANNUAL PAYMENTS, UH, BY THE, UH, THE, THE 30 DAYS FOLLOWING THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UH, A COMPLETE PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT FOR THAT THAT YEAR.
AND, UH, THEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WILL RETAIN THE INTEREST.
UH, FROM THAT NOTE, UH, THAT WOULD BE EXTENDED FOR THE, FOR THE FINANCING, THERE'LL BE A A $50,000, 10%, UH, DOWN, DOWN PAYMENT FOR THE PURCHASE.
UH, JUST A REMINDER, THE CITY PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN JUNE OF 2025 AND, UH, WE'VE PAID $500,001 FOR IT.
UH, IT'S CURRENTLY ASSESSED FOR 756,000.
SO THE, THE, UH, THE TOTAL INVESTMENT WILL BE 675,000.
AND THEN WITH THE $50,000 DOWN PAYMENT, UH, FROM THE, UH, MEDICAL SERVICES, UH, PROVIDER, UM, AS THE INITIAL DOWN PAYMENT.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT FINANCED, UH, WOULD BE UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 6 25 DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH OF THE CONSTRUCTION LOAN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UM, THE, UM, THE REST OF THE DETAILS, UH, RELATED TO ANY TYPE OF, OF FAILURE TO PERFORM REVERSIONARY CLAUSES, IT'S THE STANDARD THINGS THAT WOULD, THAT ARE REQUIRED WHEN WE ADMINISTER THIS TYPE OF, OF A LOAN THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
THEY'RE DETAILED IN THE SUPPORT AGREEMENT.
UM, SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M REQUESTING ACTION TONIGHT ON THE RESOLUTION FOR THE, UH, SUPPORT, SUPPORT AGREEMENT.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, THE RESOLUTION, UM, FOR THE SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH THE EDA 4 1 0 1 EAST POINT ROAD AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED SECOND.
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A.