[0:46] >> good afternoon and welcome to
[0:47] the hampton city council work
[0:48] session.
[0:51] MADAME Clerk, will you call the
[0:51] roll, please.
[0:54] >> come bowman?
[0:56] >> present vice mayor brown?
[0:57] Campbell.
[0:58] Ferebee?
[0:59] COUNCILWOMAN Harper?
[0:59] >> present.
[1:01] >> COUNCILWOMAN Mugler?
[1:01] >> present.
[1:03] >> mayor gray?
[1:04] >> present.
[1:06] And we have a pretty full agenda
[1:07] this afternoon with several
[1:08] presentations so we'll go ahead
[1:10] and get started.
[1:12] I'll ask the city manager to
[1:12] introduce the first one.
[1:14] >> thank you, MR. Mayor and
[1:15] councilmembers.
[1:16] We're so excited to have with us
[1:18] today the chair of the portland
[1:20] row authority board of
[1:22] directors, our own hampton
[1:24] appointee jay joseph as well as
[1:26] the ceo of the port authority
[1:27] scott martin to give us an
[1:30] update on their activities and
[1:32] the annual report for the
[1:32] authority.
[1:33] There's a lot of really great
[1:34] stuff happening there.
[1:35] As you know many of you have
[1:37] have been involved in the
[1:39] landscape action plan and we're
[1:41] all anxiously awaiting the
[1:42] unveiling of the first part of
[1:43] the african landing memorial
[1:44] later this month.
[1:46] But there's so much more good to
[1:48] share, MR. Joseph and MR.
[1:52] Martin will be glad to impart to
[1:54] you all.
[1:55] >> good afternoon.
[1:57] >> good afternoon.
[2:00] We have to meet
[2:02] -- need a password
[2:03] apparently.
[2:04] Anyway I'm here just to greet
[2:06] you really and say thank you for
[2:09] taking an interest in fort
[2:09] monroe.
[2:11] I know it's an important part of
[2:12] hampton and what we do.
[2:14] Just two quick things: one to
[2:16] remind everybody about our
[2:17] governance.
[2:19] We are a board of 14 members.
[2:21] Two of your appointees are
[2:22] obviously mary and me.
[2:25] But the other twelve are
[2:26] controlled by the elections and
[2:27] by the governor.
[2:28] We have of course our delegate
[2:31] and state senator, martha is
[2:33] familiar with that job so
[2:35] delegate thorton and senator
[2:36] loch currently.
[2:39] We have two ex-physio members,
[2:41] secretaries of commerce and
[2:42] trade and of natural and
[2:44] historic resources much and then
[2:46] we have 8 citizen appointees
[2:47] that the governor appoints.
[2:50] To hampton has a small role to
[2:51] play, 2 out of 14 board members,
[2:53] but I can tell you that we more
[2:54] than carry our weight.
[2:56] When you appointed mary, I was a
[2:57] little concerned that we would
[2:59] be stretching her too thin.
[3:01] I can tell you she has been an
[3:02] incredible contractor to our
[3:02] board.
[3:08] For example, she helped behind
[3:10] the scenes with glen of his
[3:11] management of fort monroe,
[3:13] making it a more efficient
[3:13] operation.
[3:15] She also served on the search
[3:17] committee that brought us scott
[3:18] martin.
[3:19] Now, we can no longer refer to
[3:21] scott as our new ceo.
[3:23] He's been with us since JANUARY
[3:25] of 2025, over 18 months.
[3:27] You know, we're not supposed to
[3:29] compare our children or our
[3:31] CEOs, but glen had his
[3:31] strengths.
[3:36] Glen really got us in good
[3:37] standing when richmond,
[3:40] established our funding stream
[3:42] and has really helped us in that
[3:42] way.
[3:44] Scott brings a whole different
[3:46] set of talents to fort monroe.
[3:49] His background, we hired them
[3:51] from chattanooga parks and
[3:52] before that he had another urban
[3:54] parks job, so he comes with a
[3:56] lot of urban park experience.
[3:58] And I think as you'll see from
[4:01] his presentation, he has vision,
[4:02] he has enthusiasm and we look
[4:04] very much forward to the next
[4:06] phase of our success at fort
[4:07] monroe.
[4:10] So here is scott.
[4:10] >> thank you, jay.
[4:12] >> all right, scott, should we
[4:14] start clapping now or --
[4:14] >> no.
[4:15] [Laughter]
[4:17] The honeymoon will end.
[4:18] It will be fine.
[4:20] I would say good things about
[4:22] mary and I share one
[4:23] commonality, we're both children
[4:25] of city managers so we are
[4:26] emotionally supported or
[4:28] stunted, I'll let you take that
[4:29] however you want to.
[4:31] i'm going to run you through
[4:33] what is now our annual report to
[4:33] you.
[4:35] There's no action item for you
[4:35] here.
[4:38] I'm not expecting any sort of
[4:39] response, other than really
[4:39] absorption about what we're
[4:41] working on, with future
[4:41] engagement to come.
[4:44] So apologies in advance, but
[4:45] those of y'all who have been
[4:47] stuck with me know that I will
[4:48] throw a thousand slides at you
[4:50] and if you hold onto one or two
[4:51] things you're doing pretty good
[4:53] but hopefully there's something
[4:54] for each person so I'm going to
[4:55] jump right in.
[4:56] We have 1.3 million visits a
[4:57] year.
[5:00] That's why this work and this
[5:00] collaboration with you means so
[5:01] much to us.
[5:02] There's a lot of things going on
[5:03] as well.
[5:04] I sent you a deck earlier, I
[5:06] won't repeat it, you can read as
[5:08] well as I can but I think the
[5:10] most transformational and the
[5:12] adaptive reuse underway now for
[5:13] residence at fort monroe, when
[5:15] you're welcoming, 300, 350 new
[5:17] residents to hampton at fort
[5:18] monroe through buildings like
[5:20] this that are now being adaptbly
[5:21] re-used and activated.
[5:24] The first building on the
[5:26] entryway is now fully leased.
[5:27] You probably noticed folks
[5:29] sitting there.
[5:30] Building 100, that's the same
[5:32] architect that did the library
[5:34] of congress did that building.
[5:35] That will become occupied
[5:37] mid-this month, fully leased.
[5:38] Then this coming year, we're
[5:39] working through your planning
[5:40] and building departments already
[5:41] for permits, but the medical
[5:43] arts building and the arsenal
[5:44] will begin their redevelopment
[5:44] as well.
[5:46] All in, you're looking at
[5:48] $45 million of private
[5:49] investment in hampton for
[5:50] housing.
[5:51] I think any city would be happy
[5:53] to have that, and it was not a
[5:55] light step to move that fast,
[5:57] and mary and jay and all the
[5:59] folks before me deserve all the
[6:00] credit.
[6:01] Additionally in the state budget
[6:03] this year I'm proud to report
[6:04] senator loch is senator loch,
[6:06] put her in bubble wrap, whatever
[6:07] we have to do.
[6:09] She's rock star for us.
[6:11] She brought home $12 million to
[6:12] bring utilities to the inner
[6:14] fourth, that means those
[6:15] buildings can finally be used
[6:17] once the utilities are there.
[6:20] They can't be yet, no matter how
[6:22] many great ideas I show you.
[6:23] I think everyone in the crowd
[6:25] who has been to the beach will
[6:28] appreciate this, we'll put a
[6:30] bathroom at the beach instead of
[6:34] a port-a-john, with a cafe
[6:37] facility and then the landscape
[6:38] action plan that I'll talk to
[6:40] you about today.
[6:42] As you keep pushing the
[6:43] specialness of hampton we're
[6:44] seeing the fruits of your labor,
[6:45] and I can't say enough about
[6:47] mary and your team.
[6:48] We're seeing attendance up
[6:49] across the boards.
[6:51] You can read the stats as well
[6:53] as I do but folks are coming out
[6:54] and they're spending time I
[6:56] would be remiss if I didn't
[6:57] spend the african landing
[6:58] memorial.
[7:00] It's finding its footing.
[7:02] I have seen graduation photos,
[7:04] proposals, I've seen people cry,
[7:06] i've seen people come there just
[7:08] to touch the stones.
[7:10] I've need knucklehead
[7:11] skateboarders that I chase off,
[7:12] you get the full range.
[7:15] But the community is finding the
[7:16] memorial and we look forward to
[7:18] the next phase of at, and I hope
[7:21] you will join us on the 29th
[7:23] when the first sculpture arrives
[7:24] and at that point, y'all when
[7:25] it's going to change.
[7:27] When the memorial goes vertical
[7:28] and the figures arrive and
[7:29] stories and names find their
[7:30] place, let's watch how the
[7:31] nation responds to this space.
[7:32] It's going to be a very
[7:34] interesting and dynamic
[7:35] experience over the next couple
[7:36] of years.
[7:37] But mainly what I want to talk
[7:39] to y'all today about is the
[7:40] landscape action plan and the
[7:42] work we've been doing.
[7:45] We'll zoom out to 100,000-foot
[7:46] and then I promise we'll come
[7:47] down to at least 20,000.
[7:49] The future is urban, no matter
[7:50] what anyone says.
[7:51] The challenge is not a lot of
[7:53] folks at state government think
[7:55] about urban every day, where
[7:56] they wake up and say how are
[7:58] these areas functioning.
[7:59] This is our one chance to do
[8:00] that as the commonwealth of
[8:01] virginia, it's a unique deal.
[8:04] We sit in the 37th largest
[8:06] city in the nation if you take
[8:07] hampton roads as a city.
[8:09] And I can pull any best places
[8:11] to live, I imagine you all get
[8:12] sucked into these as much as I
[8:13] do when they come out, they're
[8:15] click bait.
[8:18] But -- they are click bait.
[8:20] Moniquele came out with their
[8:21] top 20 best places to live in
[8:21] the world.
[8:23] the yellow ones, 14 of the top
[8:25] 20 are port cities.
[8:27] Something happens in cities like
[8:29] ours where ports are and
[8:30] commerce meets water.
[8:31] They are the best places to live
[8:33] if we get it right.
[8:34] And we think we've got a great
[8:37] chance to deploy fort monroe,
[8:39] much like you've seen at the
[8:41] press idioin san francisco and
[8:42] governors aisle in new york and
[8:43] this is our flag and it sits in
[8:44] hampton so we're all very
[8:46] fortunate and if we're being
[8:47] honest, we're all probably a
[8:48] little bit overwhelmed and
[8:50] humbled by this landscape and
[8:52] the stories it carries.
[8:53] And the big stuff here to finish
[8:55] up and set you up is the most
[8:57] important thing to get these
[8:58] projects done isn't bricks,
[9:00] isn't mortar, isn't a listing,
[9:01] it's the people.
[9:02] You've got to have the right
[9:03] people at the right time asking
[9:04] the right questions for the
[9:05] right place.
[9:06] And we think we do.
[9:07] And thank you and thank you mary
[9:08] and everyone else for being the
[9:10] right people to advance us.
[9:11] The first way we did that was
[9:14] the selection of hargrave jones,
[9:15] the architects that design the
[9:18] next iteration of fort monroe.
[9:19] We picked them I think mary
[9:20] would agree in large part
[9:22] because of their success at this
[9:22] location.
[9:24] That's the presidio in san
[9:25] francisco.
[9:26] In 1995 when it ceased being a
[9:28] military base and rolled into
[9:30] what a public landscape is, this
[9:31] is the apprentice I had so
[9:35] presidio today.
[9:36] You're looking at the number 1
[9:37] visited national park in the
[9:38] national park system.
[9:39] You're looking at a unit of the
[9:41] national park that netted
[9:42] $18 million last year.
[9:43] It's different, san francisco,
[9:47] you throw a rock, you hit a
[9:49] hedge fund manager worth a
[9:50] billion dollars.
[9:51] They roll in a different
[9:52] neighborhood.
[9:54] But the lessons are absolutely
[9:56] applicable to what we're doing
[9:59] here and we felt har graves
[10:00] jones would bring those lessons
[10:01] and bring them to us.
[10:04] We had our jury competition last
[10:04] year.
[10:07] We started the process in
[10:08] JANUARY.
[10:09] We're on track to have the
[10:10] trustees in SEPTEMBER and we're
[10:12] on target to deliver this to the
[10:13] governor in DECEMBER.
[10:15] Fun part of our project:
[10:19] private investors, public
[10:21] investors, philanthropists, city
[10:23] councils, you all want to know
[10:24] there's consistency, is it going
[10:25] to last, you ask yourself that
[10:26] every day.
[10:28] The fun thing is we will ask
[10:29] because there's one person in
[10:29] virginia who has the authority
[10:31] to sign the deed restriction and
[10:33] master plan for fort monroe and
[10:34] I know where she goes to work
[10:35] every single day.
[10:38] So we will be in governor spam
[10:39] burger's office with the master
[10:41] plan and when she sirens it
[10:42] we're
[10:49] signs it,we're locked in.
[10:50] That's a very powerful position
[10:52] to be in as I'm sure leonard
[10:53] would say in economic
[10:53] development.
[10:56] These are the key themes.
[10:58] We've had nearly 1500 folks
[11:00] engage us around the community
[11:03] in meetings and public
[11:03] workshops.
[11:06] No surprise, these are all the
[11:06] things people tell us they want
[11:09] to see done.
[11:11] They match in many ways the
[11:12] screening I can plan you already
[11:14] have so there's a consistent
[11:15] hampton language that rolls
[11:16] throughout.
[11:17] We have to map in the economics
[11:18] because this doesn't work if it
[11:19] doesn't pencil out.
[11:21] That's where they live, how
[11:24] people work, how we align with
[11:26] leonard's team, how we fit into
[11:27] the ecosystem of economic
[11:28] development, how we fit into
[11:29] programing.
[11:30] And then our trustees were asked
[11:31] to tell us where they want to
[11:33] go, because they're charged with
[11:33] leadership.
[11:34] This was the word exercise we
[11:37] did with the trustees when we
[11:38] said, what are the important
[11:39] things to emphasize at fort
[11:40] monroe.
[11:41] And I want to share this because
[11:43] y'all have done these word maps
[11:44] I'm sure in other planning
[11:45] exercises you have done.
[11:47] The centrality of history and
[11:47] specialness around both black
[11:49] history but also around ecology
[11:50] just rang true.
[11:51] We're starting to think about
[11:53] how this landscape speaks to the
[11:54] nation going forward.
[11:55] And we found this a great
[11:56] launching point for design, to
[11:58] have this sort of continuity
[12:00] from our trustees.
[12:01] National park service is
[12:02] involved.
[12:03] Our plan is reaching from our
[12:05] land to national park service
[12:05] land.
[12:07] I had to put this language up at
[12:08] their request.
[12:09] The park service cannot commit
[12:11] to any of the plans we're
[12:11] drawing.
[12:12] The commonwealth of virginia is
[12:13] leading.
[12:14] We hope they follow.
[12:15] But nothing we propose is
[12:16] something they can commit to at
[12:16] this time.
[12:19] They are in lock step with us.
[12:21] Some of y'all were around during
[12:22] the time fort monroe was
[12:23] created.
[12:23] If you remember the property
[12:25] lines on where the national park
[12:27] service is and the commonwealth
[12:28] is, those were political
[12:30] decisions of a political
[12:31] negotiation, not about the
[12:33] resource, how a visitor
[12:35] experiences the site or a
[12:36] seagull experiences the site.
[12:38] I've interviewed the seagulls,
[12:40] they don't know if they're on
[12:41] commonwealth land or
[12:42] commonwealth of virginia land,
[12:43] they don't care.
[12:45] So when we bring it all together
[12:46] I want to show you what's going
[12:47] on.
[12:49] These are 20% drawings and we'll
[12:51] zip through them and show you
[12:52] some precedents about thinking
[12:54] about the advancement of fort
[12:54] monroe.
[12:55] First we start with
[12:56] connectivity.
[12:58] Connectivity for us begins with
[13:00] pipes and I'm sure this group
[13:03] has heard a lot about our
[13:03] problems.
[13:05] We had a problem at mill creek.
[13:08] We got to get the pipes right.
[13:09] We have about $27 million in the
[13:10] bank right now and projects
[13:11] being designed to take care of
[13:12] the utilities.
[13:13] We take care of utilities, we
[13:15] then can come above ground.
[13:16] The next then becomes the above
[13:17] ground stuff, which is what
[13:18] people are interested in.
[13:21] How do vehicles move around fort
[13:21] monroe?
[13:23] The army moved them around one
[13:23] way.
[13:25] We don't need to move them
[13:26] around the same way the army
[13:27] did.
[13:28] Nor should we.
[13:29] They were worried about quickly
[13:31] getting from a to b.
[13:32] We don't do that.
[13:34] Public landscapes is about how
[13:35] it makes you feel.
[13:37] This is the current look, y'all
[13:39] have probably been out there and
[13:40] seen fenwick as it looks like
[13:41] this.
[13:42] This is how it's going to look
[13:43] when we're done with it.
[13:45] This is about a landscape that
[13:47] is now changing.
[13:49] Everything is about the
[13:49] performed.
[13:51] We're going to build in rational
[13:53] routes so you don't have to
[13:54] crossroads with a stroller or
[13:56] someone learning to drive a bike
[13:57] or you can move in a circle
[13:58] around the site.
[14:00] How do we move pedestrians and
[14:01] bikes around?
[14:02] The army was fine with this.
[14:04] This is a fine service for the
[14:04] army.
[14:05] We think this is a higher level
[14:07] service for our landscape people
[14:10] that want to spend in and
[14:10] businesses that would want to
[14:11] invest in.
[14:13] And that continues on with
[14:15] boardwalk languages I'm see us
[14:15] deploy throughout.
[14:24] Hardscape is a big one for us.
[14:25] Form -- a fifth of fort monroe
[14:26] is paved and people think we
[14:28] have a flooding problem.
[14:40] No, we have a pavement problem.
[14:42] We have a need forrest room and
[14:42] parking.
[14:44] so while we eliminate parking in
[14:45] someplaces, you put it where you
[14:47] need it in others.
[14:48] I know y'all hear it, you need
[14:52] more parking at fort monroement
[14:55] I'm here to tell you do not need
[14:56] more park, you need the right
[14:57] parking at fort monroe.
[14:59] We can design our way through
[15:00] that, with restrooms.
[15:02] We want to build around the
[15:03] destinations.
[15:04] It's everything from the
[15:05] historical sites you know, the
[15:06] national historic landmark, and
[15:08] the history sites that are lost.
[15:09] African landing memorial is a
[15:10] perfect example.
[15:12] There is nothing in the
[15:13] landscape that told y'all 20
[15:15] years ago the african landing
[15:15] happened there.
[15:16] There is now.
[15:18] There's nothing on our site to
[15:19] tells the native american story
[15:20] yet.
[15:21] There will be in the future.
[15:22] There's nothing that talks about
[15:23] the bird migration.
[15:25] There will be in the future.
[15:27] So it's past and present for
[15:28] connectivity in history that we
[15:29] draw forward.
[15:32] And that begins with us, with
[15:33] adaptive reuse of existing
[15:34] buildings.
[15:35] One of the first moves we're
[15:36] going to hear from this plan is
[15:38] no new buildings until we fill
[15:39] our existing buildings and we're
[15:40] probably going to do some
[15:41] removal of buildings along the
[15:42] way.
[15:42] The market isn't there to
[15:43] support that much more.
[15:45] And that's good, we don't have
[15:46] the budget to sustain it.
[15:48] We can be adults about this and
[15:49] make the hard decisions.
[15:50] And then find the places where
[15:52] the private investors wanting to
[15:52] in.
[15:54] Water and beach is everything,
[15:55] about 70% of our visitors at
[15:56] some point encounter water and
[15:58] the beach so how do we bring
[15:58] that forward?
[16:00] And our board, the trustees have
[16:02] been keenly focused on this.
[16:04] We did an exercise and asked
[16:05] what was important to them and
[16:07] it was water, water, water.
[16:09] How do we design amenities like
[16:12] this that allow you to enjoy it
[16:13] safely, cleanly and go home
[16:15] without sand between your toes?
[16:18] The sea walls don't have to be
[16:19] corps of engineers, we can
[16:21] design sea walls that allow
[16:22] people to get in the water but
[16:23] also protect our assets.
[16:24] And then residential.
[16:26] We've got that great grain, the
[16:28] historic village there, that can
[16:29] be infilled with appropriate
[16:30] housing.
[16:32] We're using charles son and
[16:33] savannah as the model.
[16:34] It can receive infill.
[16:36] It needs to receive trees that
[16:38] it's a walkable, gentle density
[16:39] neighborhood, like it has been
[16:41] for nearly 150 years and we've
[16:41] got ways forward.
[16:43] And that includes the infill of
[16:43] spaces.
[16:45] So we have all sorts of uses
[16:49] that loop in here.
[16:51] I'm happy to spend time
[16:52] afterwards if you want to deep
[16:53] dive the stuff.
[16:54] And then we've got
[16:55] transformation of land.
[16:57] The army just had -- if you go
[16:59] out today there's at all fescue
[17:01] they make short and you know it
[17:02] really, really well you know it
[17:04] has sand bursts in it
[17:09] burrs in it.
[17:11] So we want to think about
[17:12] grasslands to shoreline edge to
[17:13] activating the parade grounds so
[17:15] it can host musical festivals,
[17:18] so it can host art shows.
[17:20] And just areas of shade and
[17:22] places you can sit down and
[17:22] enjoy.
[17:24] Coupled with the resilient
[17:25] ecology.
[17:26] We think we can put about a
[17:27] hundred acres of marsh in fort
[17:29] monroe and restore the key
[17:29] coming there.
[17:31] What I want you to think about
[17:33] the power of that and maybe it's
[17:34] me, mid-life cries issues I'll
[17:38] own it.
[17:40] Crisis, I'll own
[17:40] it.
[17:41] Sometimes it's hard to
[17:44] appreciate the chesapeake bay
[17:45] until you drive by it every day,
[17:46] everyone who comes and says oh,
[17:48] my gosh, you live here?
[17:49] Our job is to bring that forward
[17:50] and ecology is how we do it.
[17:52] I want you to imagine -- because
[17:56] the plans are going to show --
[17:58] you're able to stay at a lodge
[18:00] and then walk into a chesapeake
[18:03] marsh and see a red drum sunning
[18:04] itself, see what we experience.
[18:05] We can do that.
[18:06] The army had a mission and they
[18:07] were mission focused.
[18:09] Our mission will be a little
[18:11] different so you'll see us bring
[18:12] ecology into the landscape as
[18:12] well.
[18:14] To not only soften it, make it
[18:16] more resilient in terms of
[18:18] climate change but make it more
[18:19] beautiful, enjoyable as well
[18:20] give folks the opportunity to
[18:22] spend time out there in a way
[18:25] you can't do anywhere else in
[18:27] hampton roads.
[18:28] There's no one else playing in
[18:30] this lane, it's wide up for us.
[18:32] One of the trans formses we've
[18:35] learned is mill creek is a top 3
[18:37] sailing and crew facility that's
[18:38] underused on the east coast.
[18:39] We've been told that by the
[18:40] national governing bodies.
[18:42] How do we deploy that as a
[18:42] resource?
[18:44] Because you can't get the big
[18:46] boats in there to cause trouble.
[18:47] So we are looking at a boat
[18:49] house complex to what you see up
[18:52] there to amplify the work of
[18:53] youth sail virginia -- I think
[18:55] they were going to cancel
[18:56] sailing, they're bringing
[18:58] sailing back, and how can we
[19:00] work nationally in that space, a
[19:02] real opportunity for us there.
[19:04] Towers have always been part of
[19:05] fort monroe's history, so one of
[19:06] the things architects quickly
[19:08] figured out is let's bring them
[19:08] back.
[19:10] So if we can find the confidence
[19:11] to bring contemporary
[19:13] architecture, do a design
[19:15] competition, and you know it is
[19:17] an instagram we live in, if
[19:19] you've been to new york and --
[19:24] what's it called, the big strat
[19:26] few thing, we're
[19:31] -- at one timethere were over 22 towers up and
[19:32] down that peninsula and once
[19:34] you're up in those towers, any
[19:37] of y'all that have trespassed,
[19:39] if you get up high you can see
[19:41] all the way to the chesapeake
[19:42] bridge tunnel and even beyond.
[19:43] We can make that available to
[19:44] our guests as well.
[19:46] So those are the big ideas we're
[19:46] chasing.
[19:49] We're moving to 60% in
[19:50] SEPTEMBER.
[19:52] In SEPTEMBER, we are going to be
[19:54] at two public workshops.
[19:56] Love to have y'all engage as
[19:56] well.
[19:57] We're always testing this
[19:58] against our residence and
[19:59] listening and then we listen
[20:01] again, did we get it right or
[20:01] wrong.
[20:03] We'll be at the peninsula on
[20:05] SEPTEMBER 16th from 6 to 8
[20:06] P.M., virginia teck is helping
[20:07] could
[20:11] cosponsor that and then south
[20:13] side on the 17th for both of
[20:15] the listening sessions before we
[20:16] do final edits that will come
[20:19] back to our board in OCTOBER --
[20:20] spoiler alert there will be a
[20:22] called meeting -- and then
[20:25] advance that to the governor
[20:27] because we love hitting
[20:28] headlines.
[20:30] And my final statement before I
[20:31] depart or take questions, we've
[20:32] done this before as a nation.
[20:34] It is of course the national
[20:35] mall in 1946.
[20:37] That is a public landscape
[20:40] serving our nation brilliantly.
[20:41] It won a world war.
[20:43] And then the greatest generation
[20:45] did one neat thing, didn't they?
[20:47] They gave it back to us like
[20:48] that.
[20:50] A public landscape, serving its
[20:53] nation, beautifully today with
[20:54] the world war ii memorial, the
[20:55] vietnam memorial, the steps of
[20:57] the lincoln memorial where so
[20:59] much of our history was written.
[21:00] These landscapes pivot and
[21:02] change to serve how we ask them
[21:04] to serve and we're simply saying
[21:05] to fort monroe what's your
[21:06] service to virginia and the
[21:07] nation next?
[21:08] I appreciate y'all's patience.
[21:10] I know that's a lot of slides.
[21:12] I'll share the deck.
[21:14] Happy to take any questions and
[21:17] again just encourage to come see
[21:18] us at the public work sessions
[21:20] and on the 29th when we
[21:20] welcome not only the
[21:22] commonwealth but the nature to a
[21:24] pretty significant momenter us
[21:25] as perform reveal the
[21:30] we reveal the first sculpture
[21:32] of the african landing memorial.
[21:35] >> thank you, scott.
[21:38] You flew through 97 slides like
[21:39] I've never seen before.
[21:40] You can present anytime.
[21:41] Vice mayor brown?
[21:42] >> thank you and scott and jay
[21:45] and to your board, thank you.
[21:46] I hope people in the audience
[21:48] and also watching will realize
[21:49] that great things are happening
[21:50] at fort monroe.
[21:53] And some of the things that's
[21:53] happening, there really isn't
[21:57] any cost to citizens, taxpayers,
[21:59] and the question I had was, I
[22:01] know that the system -- what
[22:05] fort monroe has had one water
[22:07] meter and to meet the demand for
[22:10] the government, are there plans
[22:11] for additional water meter, one
[22:13] or two more meters to meet that
[22:15] demand?
[22:16] >> yeah, we're going to meter
[22:17] everything that uses water,
[22:19] because you're exactly right the
[22:21] army had one meter for water and
[22:22] sewer.
[22:24] That's the only way to treat
[22:25] renters fairly.
[22:27] And to add a little asterisk,
[22:28] why does it matter and why are
[22:30] we spending so much money on
[22:31] utilities?
[22:32] We buy approximately, give or
[22:35] take, john will quibble with my
[22:37] numbers but 50,000 gallons of
[22:38] water a month or fort monroe.
[22:40] We pay to treat on the average
[22:42] month 400,000 gallons.
[22:43] That's all chesapeake bay water
[22:45] that comes into our aging pipe
[22:45] systems.
[22:47] So while I'm happy to clean the
[22:48] bay, I think there are better
[22:51] ways to did it than through our
[22:52] local sewer district would and
[22:53] my
[22:55] .
[22:56] >> as we look at developing fort
[22:57] monroe and all the great things
[23:00] going to happen there, that will
[23:02] rival the apprentice I
[23:07] apprentice I
[23:10] -- that will produce
[23:13] an enormous amount of revenue so
[23:14] our community can continue to do
[23:16] the kinds of things that we do
[23:20] and looking at the plans, this
[23:23] will be the envy of the east
[23:24] coast and probably one of the
[23:26] greatest places to visit in the
[23:26] nation.
[23:28] So thank you very much for that.
[23:29] Appreciate it.
[23:30] >> any other questions?
[23:33] All right, scott, I just want to
[23:34] ask, you know when you showed
[23:37] that fenwick with would be
[23:39] eventually closed and be a
[23:43] trail, is that a part of the
[23:45] trail is that part of the trail
[23:47] 757 that terminates at fort
[23:47] monroe?
[23:47] >> yes, sir.
[23:48] >> all right.
[23:51] Any other questions, comments?
[23:54] All right, thank you.
[23:58] Great presentation.
[24:02] [Applause]
[24:04] Okay, city manager, our next
[24:04] presentation?
[24:08] >> thank you, MR. Mayor.
[24:10] As you know, and hopefully the
[24:12] community knows, some time ago
[24:14] we were awarded a
[24:16] 3 million-dollar coastal storm
[24:17] risk management feasibility
[24:19] study, colloquially known as
[24:21] three by three studies, to
[24:23] assess how we might work with
[24:23] the federal government through
[24:26] the army corps much
[24:29] corps of engineer to
[24:30] better protect our community not
[24:31] just from the intense rain
[24:33] events like we had this week --
[24:34] an interesting fact in that
[24:38] deluge of rain we got on monday
[24:39] night, 1.87 inches fell in just
[24:40] 10 minutes.
[24:43] Let that sink in, 1.87 inches.
[24:44] That's a lot of rain in 10
[24:45] minutes' time.
[24:47] So if you had extra flooding in
[24:48] your neighborhood or on your
[24:49] property, that's why.
[24:52] None of the systems that were
[24:54] built 50 to 100 years ago to
[24:56] protect our city anticipated
[24:57] intense rain events of that
[24:58] nature.
[25:01] But also, we know that our
[25:04] region is experiencing both sea
[25:06] level rise and land subsidence.
[25:07] And we want to think about not
[25:08] just what's happening today, we
[25:10] want to think about what's going
[25:12] to happen in 50 years.
[25:13] And so the biggest source of
[25:17] federal funding to help address
[25:18] things like this comes through
[25:20] army corps of engineers and the
[25:21] gateway to getting that type of
[25:25] money is what's called a coastal
[25:27] risk management study or 3 by 3
[25:27] study.
[25:30] We were very happy when we got
[25:31] that 3 million-dollar study,
[25:32] because we were told it would
[25:34] come with no local match, and we
[25:37] would get to look at structural
[25:39] and non-structural solutions
[25:40] that would help us prepare for
[25:42] what's going on today and 50
[25:44] years from now.
[25:45] Unfortunately, shortly after we
[25:47] got all of that and started
[25:49] going, we got new direction from
[25:50] the corps that they were only
[25:52] allowed to stay within that
[25:53] $3 million.
[25:54] We could not put any additional
[25:56] money into it, nor could the
[25:57] federal government, and because
[25:59] it was capped at $3 million,
[26:01] they would not be able to look
[26:02] at structural solutions, which
[26:04] we believe are absolutely
[26:06] necessary and warranted.
[26:08] And I say that because what they
[26:10] ended up focusing on and what
[26:11] you're going to hear about today
[26:12] is a non-structural study.
[26:15] And to contrast that, when you
[26:16] think about other areas that
[26:20] have gotten federal support,
[26:22] whether they're levy systems
[26:24] like in new orleans, tidal
[26:26] gates, other kinds of things
[26:28] like bulkheads and things of
[26:31] that nature, they're what we
[26:32] call structural solutions and
[26:33] they tend to protect lots of
[26:35] properties, not singular
[26:36] properties, whereas non-
[26:37] structural solutions are things
[26:40] like elevating homes or
[26:41] floodproofing buildings.
[26:43] And those are helpful, but they
[26:44] don't provide the same coverage
[26:47] that the larger structural
[26:49] solutions will offer.
[26:50] The army corps apologized to us
[26:52] that they would only be able to
[26:53] look at structural at this time
[26:54] and said that they would
[26:55] absolutely continue to work with
[26:58] us to look at structural in the
[26:59] future.
[27:00] And we press on and keep
[27:02] reminding them of that and
[27:03] hopefully that structural study
[27:06] will come, just as it did come
[27:07] for norfolk and virginia beach
[27:08] in our area.
[27:09] But today what you're going to
[27:11] hear about is only a non-
[27:13] structural study and I want to
[27:14] caveat and I've taken the time
[27:16] to caveat this to say that
[27:17] they've done this assuming no
[27:18] structural improvements, even
[27:20] though we know that's what we
[27:21] need and what we're going to
[27:22] advocate for.
[27:23] So the numbers you're going to
[27:25] see are pretty staggering, and
[27:27] just as one example, when they
[27:30] talk about home elevations, they
[27:31] suggest what we would need to do
[27:34] is on the order of 300 a year
[27:37] for ten years, and there are not
[27:38] enough contractors to do 300
[27:41] home elevations a year in our
[27:42] state or region.
[27:45] The numbers are very high.
[27:47] And what we would have to spend,
[27:48] as you will see, to do that is
[27:51] on the order of 100 million a
[27:53] year, if I remember correctly.
[27:55] Not within our financial
[27:55] capability.
[27:56] And honestly not the best source
[27:57] of funds if we could take that
[27:59] same amount of money and put it
[28:01] into the structural solutions.
[28:02] But we were given a non-
[28:03] structural study.
[28:05] And they are ready to produce
[28:06] that non-structural study.
[28:08] And we've asked them to put all
[28:09] these caveats I'm describing to
[28:11] you in their report and in
[28:12] executive summary and to make
[28:14] clear in their final report --
[28:15] because we're talking about a
[28:17] draft report today -- we still
[28:18] believe that structural is the
[28:21] way to go, that this report that
[28:22] you hear actually builds the
[28:24] case even stronger than we had
[28:26] built it before.
[28:28] So the process of the study is
[28:30] to have a public comment period,
[28:32] and we wanted to provide the
[28:33] information not only to council
[28:35] but to the community, so you
[28:37] understand where we are, and
[28:37] understand our concerns about
[28:41] the study and its limitations
[28:41] and understand that we're going
[28:43] to continue to press for the
[28:45] structural as well.
[28:46] As I say there is a benefit from
[28:48] the study, there absolutely are.
[28:50] It is a gateway to funding, as i
[28:51] mentioned, and there are really
[28:54] good examples of where home
[28:57] elevation, floodproofing,
[28:57] critical infrastructure
[28:58] management can be done through
[28:59] the study.
[29:02] But I do want to be very clear
[29:04] that as olivia and scott deliver
[29:05] this presentation, we are not
[29:07] anticipating being able to
[29:09] financially nor do we think it
[29:11] is the right solution to do 300
[29:14] home elevations a year.
[29:15] There just like I said isn't
[29:16] even the contractor capacity to
[29:17] do that kind of thing.
[29:19] So it is a helpful study.
[29:22] It moves our living with water
[29:23] agenda forward but not quite as
[29:25] far forward as we would have
[29:26] liked.
[29:27] But with that caveat, I'm
[29:28] pleased to have olivia and
[29:30] scott, our leaders of our
[29:31] resilient effort, to walk you
[29:32] through what it says, where we
[29:34] are in that process, what it
[29:36] means during this federal
[29:37] comment period and where we
[29:38] expect to end up at the end of
[29:42] the day.
[29:42] Olivia?
[29:43] >> thank you, mary.
[29:44] I feel like I don't really need
[29:46] to do the presentation anymore.
[29:48] That was a wonderful job --
[29:48] [Laughter]
[29:51] -- for the record to explain t
[29:53] so you didn't have to say
[29:55] negative things about the corpse
[29:57] that I'm saying.
[29:58] >> we're going to fly through
[29:59] some slides today.
[30:04] I'm olivia askew, the resilience
[30:05] officer.
[30:09] I have with me scott smith our
[30:12] resilience engineer and we have
[30:14] a representative from the corps,
[30:15] so she would be able to answer
[30:17] any questions for you.
[30:20] so here is our agenda for the
[30:20] day.
[30:22] We're going to spend most of the
[30:23] time at the content of the draft
[30:24] report but I want to provide
[30:27] some additional context, adding
[30:29] onto what mary provided you and
[30:31] then we'll end with what are the
[30:34] next steps for the study.
[30:37] So in terms of the challenge of
[30:40] flooding for our region, in both
[30:42] hampton and the coast -- and
[30:44] I'll circle back around to why
[30:46] I'm talking about vic owes in,
[30:48] they're vulnerable to widespread
[30:49] and flex complex flooding
[30:50] challenges.
[30:53] Flooding just just occur
[30:55] doesn't just occur on
[30:57] our coast, they come from lots
[31:10] of different directions.
[31:11] In response to challenges and
[31:38] the impacts in hampton in
[31:40] some background: this study as
[31:43] already mentioned is 100%
[31:45] federally funded to the end of
[31:46] the study.
[31:48] Additional appropriations will
[31:49] be needed to further engineer
[31:51] and design and eventual
[31:52] implementation of the early
[31:53] actual plan, which we'll talk
[31:56] about in a minute.
[31:59] It's at a max of $3 million in 3
[31:59] years.
[32:00] This is a very quick study in
[32:02] terms of how long it takes to do
[32:05] a city wide regional study.
[32:07] So that limits us for what we're
[32:09] able to study.
[32:11] The city of hampton is the sole
[32:14] non-federal sponsor but we're
[32:16] also partnering with the city of
[32:17] poquoson and they have been a
[32:19] great partner to work with.
[32:22] So as mentioned this is a single
[32:23] purpose coastal storm
[32:23] co-management study.
[32:25] We're not looking at ecological
[32:27] restoration or things of that
[32:29] nature or dredging, just looking
[32:31] at coastal storm management,
[32:33] focused on non-structural
[32:35] analysis, elevation of
[32:40] residential and floodproofing of
[32:41] nonresidential and critical
[32:44] infrastructure in hampton and
[32:44] poquoson.
[32:47] It's a 50 period of analysis
[32:48] from 2040 to 2090.
[32:51] How does this connect with
[32:51] water?
[32:53] I'll briefly go over this.
[32:55] Our party has two facets, two
[32:55] sides.
[32:57] It's a challenge, flooding is a
[32:58] challenge in hampton but water
[32:59] is an asset.
[33:01] And non-structural measures are
[33:03] one of the strategies that we
[33:04] can address the challenge, again
[33:08] as mary noted is a singular
[33:10] structure strategy rather than a
[33:14] community wide strategy.
[33:16] So the feasibility study
[33:17] planning process: it's
[33:20] important to note that first and
[33:22] foremost, this peninsula coastal
[33:24] storm risk management or I'll
[33:28] abbreviate to csrm for ease is
[33:30] an army corps plan.
[33:34] And as an army corps plan is it
[33:35] must follow federal policies and
[33:36] administration priorities that
[33:38] are set in washington and then
[33:41] dictated to our local norfolk
[33:42] district by the army corps
[33:43] headquarters.
[33:45] And sometimes these policies and
[33:48] priorities align with the city's
[33:49] priorities and values for living
[33:51] with water and resilience, and
[33:53] sometimes they don't.
[33:55] So our goal at the city and --
[33:57] at our project team is to have
[33:59] this balancing act, where we are
[34:01] attempting to maximize the
[34:04] federal investment that we have,
[34:05] this 3 million-dollar study,
[34:09] while balancing the policies
[34:10] that sometimes don't align with
[34:12] the city in order to get the
[34:15] best risk reduction for our
[34:16] citizens.
[34:19] So the army corps has a
[34:21] four-part feasibility study
[34:22] schedule, scoping is the
[34:22] beginning.
[34:24] Which began in 2024.
[34:27] Then we move into alternatives
[34:30] analysis and evaluation.
[34:33] Then there's the continued
[34:35] refinement of the selected plan,
[34:36] so the alternative that's
[34:37] selected to move forward, and
[34:39] then there is a series of
[34:42] reviews at the washington level.
[34:44] And you can see there, noted, we
[34:46] are here, in between
[34:48] alternative, evaluation and
[34:49] continued refinement of the
[34:50] plan.
[34:52] So the draft report was released
[34:57] in JULY of 2022 and the end of
[35:02] the public comment period is
[35:05] SEPTEMBER 6th, 2026.
[35:06] So again some additional context
[35:09] for what the draft report is and
[35:10] the language that's on this
[35:12] shied is directly from that
[35:14] executive summary that mary
[35:14] mentioned.
[35:17] The draft report is a snapshot
[35:18] in time.
[35:20] The army corps has to stop,
[35:21] release a draft report and in
[35:24] this instance this was -- the
[35:25] information from the draft
[35:27] report reflects the study
[35:31] analysis in JUNE.
[35:34] We have continued to refine down
[35:35] since JUNE -- it's AUGUST now,
[35:38] it's been several months -- the
[35:41] scope and scale of the plan.
[35:43] But one of the biggest benefits
[35:48] of the report is that it does
[35:49] illustrate at the federal level
[35:51] the extensive need for risk
[35:53] management in hampton and notes
[35:54] that there is federal interest
[35:55] in reducing that risk.
[35:57] I'm sorry not a local or
[35:58] regional problem, it is a
[35:59] federal problem.
[36:00] But the current scope and scale,
[36:03] as mary noted, is above
[36:04] realistic implementation and
[36:08] capacity because of the cost and
[36:09] other issues as well.
[36:11] So refinement will occur between
[36:13] the draft and final report to
[36:16] ensure that the early actual
[36:17] plan, that recommendation
[36:19] reflects an interim solution
[36:21] that can be reasonably
[36:23] implemented in a timely and
[36:24] practical manner, with knowing
[36:27] that nature based and structural
[36:28] measures are needed in addition
[36:30] to these non-structural
[36:31] measures that are outlined in
[36:32] the plan.
[36:34] And so with that, I'm going pass
[36:36] it over to scott and then I'll
[36:41] come back around and close us
[36:41] out.
[36:42] >> thank you, everyone.
[36:45] So we're going to go and look at
[36:48] what's actually in the report,
[36:50] how significant the future of
[36:52] hampton's coastal flood risk is
[36:53] and what the corps evaluated and
[36:56] what is currently being proposed
[36:58] for federal investment.
[37:01] This map illustrates the
[37:02] magnitude of the long-term
[37:03] challenge.
[37:05] The corps evaluated conditions
[37:09] through 2090 using the tide sea
[37:17] level rise scenario of about 5.1 feet of sea level rise and
[37:19] the takeaway is that the flood
[37:20] exposure becomes increasingly
[37:21] widespread over the study
[37:22] period.
[37:29] So it's a scary map, but -- and
[37:33] then the corps then translates
[37:35] economic damages -- essentially
[37:36] they're asking two questions:
[37:39] what happens if we do nothing
[37:43] and how much damage with an
[37:45] investment prevent?
[37:46] Does the damages become the
[37:47] basis for determining whether a
[37:51] project is economically
[37:51] justified?
[37:55] So this slide demonstrates the
[37:57] scale of the problem, more than
[37:58] 45,000 hampton assets were
[38:01] identified as potentially at
[38:05] risk, including critical
[38:07] infrastructure, such as fire
[38:09] stations, emergency operations,
[38:11] shelters and the hospital.
[38:13] So this is not simply a
[38:14] residential flooding issue, it's
[38:16] also about maintaining essential
[38:19] services during and after a
[38:19] storm.
[38:22] As we said, we went through
[38:24] study refinement, and this is
[38:25] where the study begins to
[38:27] narrow.
[38:28] The corps cannot advance
[38:30] everything identified in the
[38:32] analysis within the current
[38:34] study, schedule, budget, new
[38:35] federal requirements including
[38:38] reaching a 35% design threshold,
[38:41] and the need for an early
[38:42] actionable project forced the
[38:45] team to prioritize.
[38:47] So I want you to just remember
[38:50] that the need didn't get
[38:52] smaller, the federally
[38:56] actionable project did.
[38:59] So for critical infrastructure,
[39:00] the corpse focused opt
[39:02] facilities facing the greatest
[39:05] flood exposure, particularly
[39:06] facilities with low first
[39:10] floors, exposure of the 20-40
[39:10] floodplain and facilities that
[39:17] are not already scheduled for
[39:18] replacement.
[39:19] So we had 18 structures in
[39:20] hampton and there were 3 in
[39:21] poquoson.
[39:27] And next we looked at the non-
[39:28] structural focus area and for
[39:32] homes and businesses the corps
[39:33] also defined folks areas based
[39:35] on community cohesion, hydrology
[39:36] and flood risk.
[39:41] The resulting inventory contains
[39:42] nearly 27,000 structures and 94%
[39:46] of those are single family
[39:46] homes.
[39:50] So when we look at the future
[39:51] with our project, this is one of
[39:53] the most important numbers in
[39:54] the presentation.
[39:56] Within the focus areas, the
[39:58] corps estimates more than
[40:01] $10 billion in future flood
[40:04] damages, including approximately
[40:06] 7.6 billion in hampton alone.
[40:08] That puts the scale of our
[40:09] long-term resilience challenge
[40:14] into perspective.
[40:16] So it's important to remember
[40:20] what the federal study does and
[40:22] does not address.
[40:24] This is specifically a coastal
[40:25] storm risk management study
[40:28] focused primarily on non-
[40:30] structural measures and critical
[40:34] forecast.
[40:34] Infrastructures.
[40:36] It's not looking at compound
[40:37] flooding from the rain reasons
[40:38] as
[40:42] events,as mary talked about earlier.
[40:43] One of the components of the
[40:46] broader living with water
[40:48] strategy and not the city's
[40:55] entire flood resilience
[40:57] program.
[40:58] So the corps as part of the
[40:58] planning process evaluated
[41:00] several alternatives, what if we
[41:04] do nothing, looking at critical
[41:08] infrastructure only.
[41:09] And the alternative could
[41:12] prevent roughly 7.5 billion in
[41:17] damages but it is estimated to
[41:18] exceed $5 billion.
[41:19] That scale is simply not
[41:25] practical as a near-term single
[41:26] project, which is why further
[41:28] prioritization is necessary.
[41:30] again, this analysis validates
[41:32] the need but it also
[41:33] demonstrates why the program
[41:37] must be phased.
[41:42] And then this slide illustrates
[41:43] the path forward, the corps
[41:45] separating the larger composite
[41:47] hence I was vision into an early
[41:50] anxiousable plan that can move
[41:52] forward toward authorization and
[41:56] authorization is that
[41:58] federally -- getting it approved
[42:01] for funding down the road.
[42:03] And the future action plans that
[42:04] preserve additional needs for
[42:05] later phases.
[42:09] The immediate project must reach
[42:13] 35% design and meet the federal
[42:16] environmental requirements.
[42:22] So we can use we can use this to
[42:24] eye ply for future projects to
[42:25] elevate more homes but we would
[42:27] have to go back through the 3 by
[42:28] 3 process again.
[42:30] It's just that some of that
[42:33] work's already been done so
[42:34] hopefully can be done --
[42:35] >> excuse me, scott.
[42:37] >> yes, sir?
[42:38] >> you referenced on a previous
[42:43] slide the 35% design maturity
[42:43] requirement.
[42:45] Could you explain what that
[42:45] means?
[42:49] >> so they have to do -- for the
[42:54] number of homes to be elevated
[42:56] they have to go through and come
[42:58] up with a 35% design maturity
[43:00] showing, you know, what they
[43:04] anticipate being the actual cost
[43:06] of raising those homes.
[43:07] So to break them into different
[43:09] types of homes, different sizes
[43:11] and come up with engineered
[43:14] estimates as to what that cost
[43:18] will be.
[43:22] And then the early actionable
[43:25] plan, currently it includes up
[43:26] to 21 critical infrastructure
[43:29] facilities and almost 4,000
[43:31] residential and nonresidential
[43:33] buildings across hampton and
[43:34] poquoson.
[43:37] And as we said, this will get
[43:40] further refined, but the focus
[43:41] is on areas with significant
[43:43] flood risk, lower disaster
[43:45] preparedness and recovery are
[43:47] capacity in areas where
[43:48] structural flood protection is
[43:50] not considered appropriate.
[43:53] So for hampton, we're looking at
[43:58] aberdeen, buckroe and fox hill.
[44:01] And the cost of the early
[44:05] actionable plan -- so as we
[44:07] said, when we're looking at the
[44:10] federal share and the non-
[44:11] federal share, a non-federal
[44:14] share for the city of almost one
[44:16] and a half billion dollars over
[44:19] ten years is just not realistic
[44:24] for the city.
[44:26] And then for hampton, the
[44:31] current plan identifies 2308
[44:32] assets including 18 critical
[44:33] infrastructure and the benefit
[44:36] cost ratio is only 1.11, so the
[44:38] project is economically
[44:43] justified but only narrowly.
[44:45] And the draft report gives us a
[44:46] very --
[44:47] >> scott, vice mayor brown.
[44:49] >> yeah, thank you, thank you,
[44:49] scott.
[44:53] To the community that you're
[44:59] looking at currently it's fox
[45:00] hill aberdeen and buckroe?
[45:02] What's the criteria for
[45:04] selecting these communities?
[45:04] >> they're looking at the
[45:07] finished floor elevation, the
[45:09] flood risk and then also looking
[45:10] at -- for community cohesion, so
[45:20] not just looking at a particular
[45:22] home but a group of homes.
[45:23] And they're also looking at the
[45:25] area, the susceptibility of the
[45:27] area for flooding.
[45:28] >> are you looking at the upper
[45:29] communities that would also meet
[45:32] the same kind of resourcing and
[45:33] services?
[45:34] >> initially the entire city was
[45:36] looked at and then it's just
[45:38] been the first sizing took it
[45:41] down to these areas, it will be
[45:44] further refined down to get to a
[45:46] more manageable number.
[45:48] >> okay, thank you.
[45:52] Councilmember bowman?
[45:53] >> was city line drive included
[45:53] in this city --
[45:56] >> the city line -- the city
[46:00] line apartments, that area?
[46:00] >> yes.
[46:02] >> no, that's being looked at
[46:04] through another study currently.
[46:07] We had a study through fema that
[46:09] we're looking at those apartment
[46:11] complexes.
[46:12] >> okay, thank you.
[46:13] >> yeah.
[46:15] >> COUNCILWOMAN Mugler?
[46:18] >> thank you, MR. Mayor.
[46:21] Can you -- on the slide before
[46:22] this I think, still on the map,
[46:24] can you talk a little bit about
[46:26] the coloring of the map?
[46:28] Is there any significance in the
[46:29] colors --
[46:30] >> no, it was just to
[46:31] differentiate the areas.
[46:35] It doesn't indicate priorities
[46:36] or anything else, it's just
[46:37] highlighting the areas.
[46:46] >> okay, thank you.
[46:48] >> and then I'll turn it over to
[46:53] olivia to close us out.
[46:57] >> all right, so as previously
[46:59] mentioned, we are in the public
[47:01] comment period for the draft
[47:01] report.
[47:03] The final report that pencils
[47:06] down for the working team is
[47:08] around MARCH of next year.
[47:11] So we will come back, present a
[47:13] briefing to you all once the
[47:15] final early actionable plan has
[47:17] been been refined and we're not
[47:19] able to refine anymore, to let
[47:23] you all know about what is
[47:25] continuing to be part of the
[47:26] plan and we can do periodic
[47:30] briefings through the memo as
[47:31] well.
[47:34] And then from MARCH of 2027, it
[47:37] goes to washington, and we'll
[47:39] have several levels of review,
[47:41] and we anticipate a signed chief
[47:42] report by the assistant
[47:44] secretary of the army in JULY of
[47:44] 2027.
[47:46] And then from there as scott
[47:49] mentioned, the city would need
[47:51] to ask for additional
[47:53] appropriations from congress to
[47:54] further additional design and
[47:56] engineering and implementation
[48:00] of the early actionable plan.
[48:02] So there are currently two
[48:04] options for feedback for the
[48:04] public.
[48:06] The first is tomorrow evening.
[48:08] There is an in-person meeting at
[48:10] the fox hill neighborhood center
[48:12] from 6 to 7:30.
[48:14] That is at 65 hall road.
[48:16] It will be a short presentation
[48:18] at the beginning and then an
[48:20] open house style, with members
[48:22] of the resilient hampton team
[48:24] and our staff and many different
[48:26] members from the army corps
[48:28] norfolk district there to answer
[48:29] any citizens' questions.
[48:31] In addition to to the in-person
[48:36] participation option, there is
[48:37] already up online on the army
[48:39] corps website an on demand
[48:40] presentation that we had that
[48:42] will be available again for
[48:46] comment until SEPTEMBER 6th.
[48:48] In closing, we're going to
[48:50] continue to work on the
[48:51] project --
[48:52] >> vice mayor brown.
[48:54] >> yeah, thank you, olivia.
[48:56] How do you get this out to
[48:57] residents?
[48:58] What are we doing to get
[49:01] residents here and at the
[49:02] meeting regarding this issue?
[49:04] >> yes, sir.
[49:09] So we've used our city social
[49:10] media and e news.
[49:11] We also have our resilient
[49:12] hampton newsletter.
[49:13] In addition to that we've sent
[49:15] it out to our community
[49:17] partners, folks on our
[49:18] neighborhood commission to
[49:20] distribute to neighborhood
[49:20] groups.
[49:21] >> are we doing any postal?
[49:28] >> not for this effort.
[49:29] So we're going to continue to
[49:32] work and scale down the study to
[49:34] it's something that's actually
[49:35] feesible for the city to
[49:36] implement.
[49:36] As we've already said, this is
[49:38] just one of the city's
[49:39] strategies to reduce coastal
[49:40] storm risk.
[49:42] This is not the only strategy.
[49:43] We will continue to pursue
[49:45] structural and nature-based
[49:48] strategies where they make sense
[49:51] and where they provide the most
[49:53] benefit for the community.
[49:54] And we will continue to look
[49:55] forward to future partnerships
[49:57] with the U.S. Army corps on that
[50:00] effort as well.
[50:02] So this is a shameless plug for
[50:03] that newsletter and social media
[50:05] that I mentioned.
[50:06] If anybody from the public would
[50:08] like to scan and sign up for our
[50:09] newsletter, we put information
[50:11] about our upcoming public
[50:14] meetings, project updates, share
[50:15] partner opportunities as well
[50:18] and then we recently established
[50:19] a facebook and instagram where
[50:21] we share similar information.
[50:23] But as I said, scott and I are
[50:24] here for any questions that you
[50:29] MAY have, and if we have any
[50:30] army corps questions, someone
[50:33] could answer those for you as
[50:33] well.
[50:36] Thank you.
[50:37] >> okay thank you.
[50:38] Questions, comments from
[50:39] councilmembers?
[50:40] All right -- I'm sorry,
[50:42] COUNCILWOMAN Mugler.
[50:44] >> thank you, MR. Mayor.
[50:46] We're back to the slide that we
[50:50] were on before, I think it's
[50:51] number 25.
[50:52] That's not it.
[50:57] It's the one with the map, with
[50:58] the color -- I'm just --
[50:59] >> yes, ma'am.
[51:05] >> I'm just curious about the
[51:07] findings and where this is
[51:10] focused and that it didn't
[51:13] capture with our downtown where
[51:14] we know we've got a lot of
[51:16] significant flooding.
[51:19] It didn't capture really
[51:20] riverdale -- I'm not sure what
[51:21] that's referred to in this --
[51:23] >> mercury central.
[51:25] >> yeah, okay.
[51:26] -- map.
[51:28] So what were -- how did they
[51:30] land on these particular areas
[51:31] to focus on?
[51:34] >> so number 3 there on the
[51:36] criteria, area is not suited for
[51:37] structural measures, is key to
[51:39] how we zoomed in on fox hill,
[51:41] buckroe and aberdeen.
[51:42] As mary mentioned in the
[51:44] beginning of the process when we
[51:46] were scoping, we were scoping
[51:48] structural and nature based,
[51:50] non-structural, so we worked
[51:51] with our consultant team and we
[51:53] worked with the army corps to
[51:56] outline what we thought at a
[51:58] very conceptual level, where
[51:58] could structural measures such
[52:02] as a levee or a flood wall
[52:02] provide community scale
[52:03] benefits.
[52:04] And we have a pretty good
[52:05] picture of where those are now.
[52:09] So in terms of just not looking
[52:11] at what areas are lowlying, okay
[52:13] yes, it's all the hashed areas
[52:16] and the areas that are colored.
[52:17] What are areas that are socially
[52:23] vulnerable, that's what the load
[52:23] [Indiscernible] That means in
[52:24] army corps language.
[52:26] Those are scattered throughout
[52:27] the city.
[52:29] But there are places where we
[52:30] feel that structural measures
[52:32] will provide the most benefit.
[52:35] So when we were looking to zoom
[52:37] in on criteria in areas where we
[52:40] can move forward with non-
[52:41] structural, we said okay,
[52:43] there's a structural measure for
[52:46] mercury central, if we're truly
[52:50] trying to refine and use the
[52:52] investment in the areas where
[52:54] future federal investment MAY
[52:56] not happen, we said, okay,
[52:57] there's a structural measure,
[52:59] we're not going to look at that
[53:03] focus area, and so we ended with
[53:06] fox hill area and buckroe
[53:08] because there aren't structural
[53:11] solutions that provide wide
[53:12] scale community benefit, and
[53:15] then aberdeen, we zoomed in
[53:16] because of the social
[53:19] vulnerabilities in that area as
[53:19] well.
[53:20] >> thank you.
[53:20] That's very helpful.
[53:24] I appreciate the further detail
[53:26] on that.
[53:26] Thank you.
[53:28] >> all right, any other
[53:29] questions, comments from
[53:30] councilmembers?
[53:33] Okay, thank you olivia, scott.
[53:35] All right, city manager, next
[53:36] presentation?
[53:38] >> yeah, so last month we heard
[53:41] from chief wideman about the law
[53:42] enforcement efforts around
[53:44] bringing down crime, and we had
[53:46] some really good reports from
[53:48] chief wideman, as you'll
[53:49] recollect.
[53:49] That's something we do each year
[53:50] in JULY.
[53:53] And each year in AUGUST we come
[53:55] behind the chief and share what
[53:56] we're doing for prevention and
[53:57] intervention through our office
[53:59] of youth and young adult did
[54:00] opportunities which is the host
[54:02] of the hopeful hampton program.
[54:03] Really there's no one department
[54:06] that works on prevention and
[54:07] intervention, but the office of
[54:10] youth and young adult
[54:12] opportunities is the home, the
[54:14] centralizing facilitator for
[54:15] hopeful hampton initiative that
[54:16] has helped us make tremendous
[54:18] strides with youth and young
[54:20] adult activity that has been
[54:22] detrimental in the past in our
[54:22] community.
[54:24] And so today, hugo morrison who
[54:26] is our interim director for that
[54:28] office, will do the annual
[54:31] report, which covers JULY 1st of
[54:33] 2025 through JUNE 30th of
[54:33] 2026.
[54:35] I think you'll be really excited
[54:36] to see how much has been done
[54:38] over the last year and it backs
[54:39] up the results that you were
[54:42] seeing from chief wideman last
[54:42] month.
[54:43] >> thank you, city manager,
[54:44] mayor.
[54:46] Good afternoon, mayor, vice
[54:48] mayor, members of council, city
[54:50] manager, city attorney, clerk of
[54:51] council and other elected
[54:52] officials, and our hampton
[54:53] family.
[54:54] Today I want to temperature you
[54:55] a
[55:00] tell you thestory of how hampton is leveling
[55:01] up not only by offering more
[55:03] programs but making developments
[55:05] that create impact in the lives
[55:07] of young people, families and
[55:07] neighborhoods.
[55:10] For us leveling up means moving
[55:11] beyond isolated activities
[55:13] toward a connected system of
[55:14] accountability and opportunity.
[55:16] It means addressing trauma so
[55:19] people can heal, strengthen
[55:20] stability skills and future
[55:22] readiness so they can rebuild,
[55:24] and helping young people and
[55:25] communities reach their fullest
[55:26] potential so that they can
[55:27] thrive.
[55:28] This annual report reflects the
[55:30] city's commitment to creating
[55:31] better outcomes for youth and
[55:34] young adults across prevention,
[55:35] intervention, workforce
[55:36] development, housing
[55:38] stabilization, neighborhood
[55:40] engagement and community
[55:40] partnerships.
[55:42] Hampton's invested in both
[55:43] people and the conditions that
[55:45] help people succeed.
[55:47] The story you will hear today is
[55:48] not only about dollars spent, it
[55:51] is about what those dollars make
[55:51] possible.
[55:53] A young person finding
[55:54] direction.
[55:56] A family remaining stable.
[55:57] Grassroots organizations
[55:58] expanding its reach.
[55:59] And a neighborhood gaining
[56:02] direct access to help before
[56:03] crisis become consequences.
[56:05] That is the promise behind this
[56:05] work.
[56:08] When we engage community with
[56:09] intention, investment becomes
[56:11] impact and impact gives hampton
[56:14] the opportunity to heal, rebuild
[56:15] and thrive.
[56:17] Our work is rooted in a simple
[56:19] belief every young person
[56:20] deserves an opportunity, every
[56:22] family deserves support and
[56:24] every neighborhood deserves
[56:25] hope.
[56:26] The progress highlighted
[56:26] throughout this report belongs
[56:28] to all of us.
[56:30] Our city council, our city
[56:33] manager, mayor, staff, steering
[56:35] committee, community
[56:36] organizations, law enforcement,
[56:37] schools, faith leaders,
[56:39] businesses, residents and most
[56:40] importantly, the young people
[56:42] who continue to choose a
[56:43] different path every day.
[56:45] I would like to take a moment to
[56:46] pause to acknowledge the
[56:48] presence of our hopeful hampton
[56:49] steering committee members that
[56:56] are present and I'll ask them to
[56:58] stand.
[56:59] Thank you.
[57:01] Our violence interrupters who
[57:03] are present as well, would you
[57:05] please stand.
[57:05] Thank you.
[57:07] And the staff team of youth and
[57:09] young adult opportunities, would
[57:13] you please stand.
[57:14] Thank you.
[57:17] While we celebrate significant
[57:17] accomplishments, we also
[57:20] recognize that our work is far
[57:21] from complete.
[57:22] Balance prevention is not a
[57:23] destination, it is a long-term
[57:25] commitment that requires
[57:27] courage, collaboration,
[57:28] innovation and sustained
[57:28] investment.
[57:30] As we move into the next fiscal
[57:32] year, we remain committed to
[57:33] strengthening protective
[57:34] factors, creating meaningful
[57:36] opportunities, building safer
[57:37] neighborhoods and ensuring every
[57:39] young person has the chance to
[57:41] heal, rebuild and thrive.
[57:43] Together we are proving that
[57:45] when a city believes in people,
[57:46] transformation is possible.
[57:49] And before we begin, looking at
[57:50] spreadsheets and numbers I want
[57:53] us to take a moment to look at
[57:56] some success stories.
[57:57] I want us to pause with the
[57:58] stories on this slide.
[58:00] These letters and reflections
[58:03] remind us that every day in
[58:04] point represents a person whose
[58:06] life was touched by opportunity,
[58:07] support and hope.
[58:10] One young person describes how
[58:11] summer youth employment provided
[58:14] more than a paycheque
[58:16] paycheck.
[58:18] It ultimately landed them a job
[58:19] in a federal facility.
[58:21] The city of hampton's investment
[58:24] created the structure but caring
[58:26] staff, mentors and community
[58:27] partners helped turn that
[58:29] structure into a life changing
[58:29] experience.
[58:31] The result is not simply program
[58:33] participation, it is greater
[58:33] confidence.
[58:36] It is stronger relationships,
[58:37] new skills and a clearer path
[58:38] forward.
[58:40] When I reflect on fiscal year
[58:43] '26, I don't first think about
[58:43] programs, budgets or statistics,
[58:44] I think about people.
[58:46] I think about the young man who
[58:48] completed probation, found
[58:49] employment and now believes
[58:51] tomorrow is worth fighting for
[58:53] and is still connected to fed ex
[58:53] today.
[58:56] I think about the student who
[59:00] received an acceptance letter,
[59:01] who will be joining the ranks of
[59:03] higher institution this
[59:04] particular AUGUST and actually
[59:06] in just one day or two will be
[59:08] going off to school after having
[59:09] participated in our hopeful
[59:10] hampton divergent program.
[59:13] I think about families who found
[59:15] hope instead of despair,
[59:16] neighborhoods that discovered
[59:17] partners instead of barriers.
[59:18] Every number in this report
[59:20] represents a life, a family or a
[59:20] future.
[59:22] As we review the rest of the
[59:23] report, I invite you to keep
[59:24] these young people in mind.
[59:26] They are the reason behind every
[59:28] investment and clearest evidence
[59:30] of why this work matters.
[59:32] With the human factor and view,
[59:34] let us look at this dashboard.
[59:36] This dashboard represents our
[59:40] programs as they operate, as
[59:42] they connect the continuum
[59:44] rather than isolating
[59:44] initiatives.
[59:46] Opportunity connect received 117
[59:46] referrals.
[59:49] Of those referrals, 73
[59:50] individuals were eligible for
[59:52] wraparound services, while 44
[59:54] were referred to external
[59:54] resources.
[59:55] It is important to note here
[59:57] that in some cases, the office
[59:59] MAY be unable to provide the
[1:00:00] specific services requested
[1:00:01] because the individual falls
[1:00:04] outside of the program's
[1:00:05] eligibility requirements, such
[1:00:06] as the requested assistance is
[1:00:10] outside of our authorized scope,
[1:00:11] relocation or bill assistance
[1:00:14] was requested or the person is
[1:00:15] already receiving coordinated
[1:00:19] case management through another
[1:00:19] provider.
[1:00:21] Some additional exclusions MAY
[1:00:23] be they're not a hampton
[1:00:24] resident or outside of the age
[1:00:27] range for the referral.
[1:00:27] However, being ineligible for
[1:00:29] one of our programs does not
[1:00:32] mean that we simply turn someone
[1:00:32] away.
[1:00:34] Wherever possible, we provide a
[1:00:35] warm referral to an agency
[1:00:37] better positioned to address
[1:00:38] that need.
[1:00:39] our goal is to help the resident
[1:00:41] reach the right door, even when
[1:00:43] the office is not the final
[1:00:43] door.
[1:00:45] The dashboard also reflects our
[1:00:49] broader impact, 146 youth placed
[1:00:51] through summer youth employment
[1:00:53] programs, 13 young people served
[1:00:55] through our divergent cohorts
[1:00:56] and five neighborhood youth
[1:00:58] employee associates completing
[1:00:59] year round workforce
[1:01:00] development.
[1:01:02] The larger story is that hampton
[1:01:03] is building infrastructure
[1:01:05] around people with multiple
[1:01:07] entry points and multiple
[1:01:12] pathways toward success.
[1:01:13] Housing stability is
[1:01:16] foundational to youth
[1:01:17] development and violence
[1:01:17] prevention.
[1:01:19] A young person cannot
[1:01:20] consistently focus on school,
[1:01:20] employment or personal
[1:01:22] development when the family is
[1:01:24] facing displacement, hunger or
[1:01:25] an immediate housing crisis.
[1:01:27] During fiscal year 26,
[1:01:31] opportunity connect invested
[1:01:32] $10,157.30 in housing and family
[1:01:34] stabilization assistance.
[1:01:35] That investment supported four
[1:01:37] families experiencing emergency
[1:01:43] housing needs, provided
[1:01:47] emergency food since and
[1:01:47] addressed five stabilization
[1:01:47] cases overall.
[1:01:50] It included 6,800 in emergency
[1:01:51] housing stabilization, 1,000 in
[1:01:55] rental assistance, $2,282.30 in
[1:01:58] temporary lodging and $75 in
[1:02:00] emergency food support.
[1:02:02] The immediate outcome was the
[1:02:03] families that received the
[1:02:05] support necessary to remain
[1:02:07] sheltered, avoid deeper crisis
[1:02:09] and address urgent food needs.
[1:02:10] These interventions gave
[1:02:12] families additional time and
[1:02:14] stability to work through their
[1:02:17] individualized service balance
[1:02:20] as well.
[1:02:21] To distinguish between
[1:02:22] assistance provided and
[1:02:23] long-term outcomes.
[1:02:27] The during data demonstrates
[1:02:29] that as we stabilize our
[1:02:31] evaluation model we also want to
[1:02:32] measure where the families
[1:02:36] remain housed 30, 60 and 90 days
[1:02:37] after receiving assistance.
[1:02:38] >> hugo, if I can just add for
[1:02:39] clarity, this is -- I want to be
[1:02:40] clear, these are the investments
[1:02:43] being done by this office.
[1:02:46] Which obviously have larger
[1:02:47] housing stabilization programs
[1:02:48] through our human services
[1:02:50] department, for people who for
[1:02:51] instance are on the verge of
[1:02:53] homelessness, experiencing
[1:02:54] homelessness and whatnot.
[1:02:56] What hugo is describing here is
[1:02:57] the direct efforts for people
[1:02:59] who are on our vulnerability
[1:03:01] list or who have come to us
[1:03:04] through one of our partner
[1:03:06] agencies as needing specific
[1:03:08] help to avoid falling into the
[1:03:09] trap of being either a victim or
[1:03:12] a perpetrator of crime.
[1:03:14] So I don't think you to think
[1:03:15] that's all the we've done with
[1:03:17] respect to housing
[1:03:17] stabilization.
[1:03:18] This is the specific efforts
[1:03:19] around this department and
[1:03:20] hopeful hampton.
[1:03:24] >> yes, thank you.
[1:03:25] I'm happy to also report that
[1:03:27] these families are still stable
[1:03:35] and have remained connected to
[1:03:36] employment, including jobs at
[1:03:39] amazon and fed ex.
[1:03:41] Stable homes build stronger
[1:03:42] families.
[1:03:43] That is how housing
[1:03:44] stabilization becomes a part of
[1:03:46] lamp's larger story of healing,
[1:03:50] rebuilding and thriving.
[1:03:51] Opportunity connect also
[1:03:53] demonstrates the impact that is
[1:03:55] created not only through direct
[1:03:57] assistance but also through
[1:03:58] strategic investment and trusted
[1:04:00] community spaces and
[1:04:00] experiences.
[1:04:06] During fiscal year 2026,
[1:04:08] $22,345.08 in directions and
[1:04:10] direct stipends for
[1:04:12] incentivization helped the city
[1:04:15] respond to real-time needs.
[1:04:19] An additional $569.85 supported
[1:04:20] activities and programing.
[1:04:22] Together these resources helped
[1:04:23] remove barriers by creating
[1:04:24] opportunities for young people
[1:04:28] and families to connect in
[1:04:29] positive, supportive
[1:04:29] environments.
[1:04:31] The city supported initiatives
[1:04:33] such as the commonwealth cares,
[1:04:35] youthfest 25 with the greater
[1:04:38] aberdeen community coalition,
[1:04:40] the [Indiscernible] Community
[1:04:43] event, 707 community showcase,
[1:04:44] trunk retreat celebrations
[1:04:46] through our recreation and
[1:04:48] leisure services and a toy drive
[1:04:51] with 249 ninja in the phoebus
[1:04:52] area.
[1:04:55] Each activity served a strategic
[1:04:57] purpose, strengthening trust and
[1:04:58] neighborhood relationships,
[1:04:59] resource rich gatherings expand
[1:05:02] access to services, athletics
[1:05:04] mentoring celebrations and
[1:05:05] family activities create
[1:05:06] protective experiences that
[1:05:08] reduce isolation, reinforce
[1:05:09] belonging and give young people
[1:05:11] constructive ways to engage.
[1:05:13] The city's role was not to
[1:05:14] replace community leadership, it
[1:05:16] was to resource it.
[1:05:18] Connect it and help it reach
[1:05:18] further.
[1:05:20] This is responsive government,
[1:05:21] listening for where we can
[1:05:23] support and unlock momentum and
[1:05:25] then invest it in ways where we
[1:05:28] can meet people where they are.
[1:05:29] Every dollar represented more
[1:05:30] than financial assistance, it
[1:05:31] represents hampton's commitment
[1:05:34] to stronger families, safer
[1:05:36] neighborhoods and a community
[1:05:41] where opportunity is visible and
[1:05:41] accessible.
[1:05:43] Our summer youth employment
[1:05:45] program continues to be one of
[1:05:46] hampton's strongest violence
[1:05:48] preference and workforce
[1:05:49] development developments,
[1:05:50] because it connects young people
[1:05:52] with meaningful employment,
[1:05:55] caring adults and real world
[1:05:58] experiences that extend beyond a
[1:05:59] paycheck.
[1:06:02] This summer we received 332
[1:06:03] applications, interviewed 330
[1:06:05] young people and successfully
[1:06:08] hired and placed 146 youth
[1:06:11] across 52 host sites.
[1:06:13] These placements span virtually
[1:06:14] every major sector of city
[1:06:15] government, from public works
[1:06:16] and parks and recreation to
[1:06:19] human services, education and
[1:06:20] business administration.
[1:06:22] This year's implementation
[1:06:24] required significantly more
[1:06:25] coordination than previous
[1:06:25] years.
[1:06:26] Beyond matching students with
[1:06:28] host sites, our team managed
[1:06:31] recruitment onboarding,
[1:06:32] orientations, compliance
[1:06:34] requirements, work site support,
[1:06:35] payroll coordination and
[1:06:37] continual engagement with both
[1:06:37] students and supervisors
[1:06:38] throughout the summer.
[1:06:41] One area of growth this year was
[1:06:45] our partnership with joint based
[1:06:45] langley [Indiscernible] Where
[1:06:49] eligible youth had to attain a
[1:06:49] really.
[1:06:51] D or passport before placement,
[1:06:53] while that created additional
[1:06:54] planning responsibility, it also
[1:06:55] opened doors to career
[1:06:57] experiences many of our youth
[1:06:59] would not otherwise have access
[1:06:59] to.
[1:07:01] And speaking with the base
[1:07:03] command, they actually asked us
[1:07:10] to consider staffing the uestace
[1:07:14] base as well.
[1:07:17] We will
[1:07:20] with him see if a potential
[1:07:21] partnership exist there is.
[1:07:23] The program isn't simply about
[1:07:25] summer jobs, it is about
[1:07:27] building workforce readiness,
[1:07:29] expanding career exposure,
[1:07:30] strengthening mentorship
[1:07:31] opportunities and creating
[1:07:38] lasting community impact.
[1:07:39] Today's report represents the
[1:07:40] implementation phase rather than
[1:07:42] the final outcome phase.
[1:07:45] The true impact of this year's
[1:07:46] cohort will be measured
[1:07:48] following midpoint evaluations
[1:07:49] and program evaluations, which
[1:07:51] are happening now.
[1:07:54] Youth satisfaction surveys, host
[1:07:56] site feedback, employment
[1:07:58] retention data and documented
[1:07:59] workforce readiness outcomes.
[1:08:01] Those comprehensive findings
[1:08:03] will be included in next year's
[1:08:05] annual report, allowing us to
[1:08:07] measure not simply participation
[1:08:09] but long-term growth.
[1:08:10] Skill development and career
[1:08:11] readiness while we celebrate the
[1:08:13] number of youth served today,
[1:08:15] our greater success will be
[1:08:17] ultimately measured by how many
[1:08:18] young people leave this
[1:08:21] experience more employable and
[1:08:22] ready and more confident and
[1:08:24] willing to take on career
[1:08:26] opportunities.
[1:08:27] As participation continues to
[1:08:30] grow, so does the operational
[1:08:30] complexity of the program.
[1:08:33] this is not a seasonal project
[1:08:35] any longer, planning begins
[1:08:36] months well before the first
[1:08:38] student is hired and continues
[1:08:41] well after the final workday,
[1:08:42] through evaluations, employer
[1:08:44] engagement, compliance,
[1:08:47] reporting, recruitment and
[1:08:48] participation in the next
[1:08:49] program cycle or preparation
[1:08:52] excuse me for the next program
[1:08:53] cycle.
[1:08:54] The sustained -- to strengthen
[1:08:56] and sustain this momentum, we
[1:08:57] will be requesting at the
[1:08:59] appropriate time a full-time
[1:09:01] program facilitator dedicated
[1:09:03] exclusively to planning
[1:09:04] coordination, execution and
[1:09:05] continuous improvement of the
[1:09:07] summer youth employment program.
[1:09:08] Adding this capacity allows
[1:09:10] leadership to focus on strategic
[1:09:12] growth while ensuring the
[1:09:13] day-to-day operations of one of
[1:09:15] hampton's largest youth
[1:09:17] workforce initiatives, receive
[1:09:22] the dedicated attention it now
[1:09:24] requires.
[1:09:26] The hopeful hampton divergent
[1:09:27] program.
[1:09:28] The hopeful lamp
[1:09:28] rg hampton
[1:09:29] divergent program provides early
[1:09:31] and intensive intervention for
[1:09:34] young people facing elevated
[1:09:35] risk.
[1:09:37] During fiscal year 2026 the
[1:09:40] program operated two twelve-week
[1:09:41] cohorts providing 24 total weeks
[1:09:42] of programing and serving 13
[1:09:43] young people.
[1:09:46] Of those participants, 53.8%
[1:09:47] were age 15 or younger.
[1:09:49] That is significant because it
[1:09:50] demonstrates that we are
[1:09:52] reaching young people early
[1:09:54] enough to influence their
[1:09:55] decisions and future
[1:09:56] trajectories.
[1:10:00] the city invested $72,581.99 in
[1:10:03] participant stipends, mentors,
[1:10:04] mindfulness and guided
[1:10:07] recreation, food and nutrition
[1:10:08] equipment, experiencial learning
[1:10:10] and commencement activities.
[1:10:11] Approximately 87.5% of the
[1:10:13] funding was invested directly
[1:10:15] into program services.
[1:10:17] Based on the total investment
[1:10:18] and 13 participants served the
[1:10:22] cost was approximately 5,583
[1:10:23] cents per participant.
[1:10:24] 12 of the 13 participants
[1:10:26] completed the program, resulting
[1:10:31] in approximately cost of $6,049
[1:10:32] per completer.
[1:10:33] Those figures should be viewed
[1:10:36] in the context of the program's
[1:10:36] intensity.
[1:10:38] This is not a single workshop or
[1:10:41] a short-term recreational
[1:10:42] activity.
[1:10:44] Participants receive 12 weeks of
[1:10:46] structured intervention,
[1:10:48] stipend, mentoring workforce
[1:10:50] readiness, mindfulness,
[1:10:51] experiencial learning, meals and
[1:10:53] sustained engagement from
[1:10:53] trusted adults.
[1:10:56] Study show that it costs more
[1:10:58] than $110,000 annually to house
[1:11:00] one young person and a juvenile
[1:11:00] detention center.
[1:11:02] Our goal is to reach them now
[1:11:08] rather than to rescue them
[1:11:09] later.
[1:11:11] Investing in prevention before
[1:11:12] incarceration becomes their
[1:11:12] reality.
[1:11:13] It is also important to note
[1:11:15] that incarceration does not mean
[1:11:17] the city abandons a partner.
[1:11:19] If a young people is
[1:11:20] incarcerated during the program,
[1:11:20] our relationship with that
[1:11:23] participant does not
[1:11:24] automatically end.
[1:11:26] Following the release the office
[1:11:28] will attempt to reconnect with
[1:11:29] the young person and re-engage
[1:11:31] them in programing or connect
[1:11:32] them with another appropriate
[1:11:33] opportunity.
[1:11:36] Our message is that a setback
[1:11:38] does not eliminate someone's
[1:11:39] ability to receive support, we
[1:11:41] continue to create opportunities
[1:11:43] for young people, to reconnect,
[1:11:45] rebuild and choose a different
[1:11:46] path.
[1:11:48] That work grows stronger when we
[1:11:51] pair it with trusted
[1:11:52] relationships.
[1:11:54] Which brings us to our outside
[1:11:54] agency partnerships.
[1:11:57] As we continue to level up,
[1:11:58] engaging with our community
[1:12:00] through impact, one of the most
[1:12:01] important lessons we've learned
[1:12:03] is that government cannot do
[1:12:05] this work alone.
[1:12:06] Change happens when we invest in
[1:12:08] people and organizations that
[1:12:10] have earned trust in our
[1:12:10] neighborhoods.
[1:12:14] Our outside agency partners
[1:12:15] catch more kids [Indiscernible]
[1:12:18] Project, love, let our voices in
[1:12:19] power and get back to the block
[1:12:21] serve as an extension of hopeful
[1:12:21] hampton.
[1:12:22] Every day, they are in our
[1:12:23] communities building
[1:12:25] relationships, mentoring youth,
[1:12:28] responding to crises, engaging
[1:12:29] families, transporting
[1:12:31] participants to services,
[1:12:32] supporting workforce
[1:12:33] development, navigating the
[1:12:34] court system and connecting
[1:12:36] young people to opportunities
[1:12:37] that change their lives.
[1:12:38] One of the strongest indicators
[1:12:41] of their impact is that routine
[1:12:42] check-ins were the most frequent
[1:12:43] service provided.
[1:12:44] That tells us this work isn't
[1:12:46] built on one-time interventions,
[1:12:49] it is built on consistent
[1:12:50] relationships, trust,
[1:12:52] accountability and showing up
[1:12:55] day after day.
[1:12:56] When crisis occurred, these same
[1:13:00] organizations were there to
[1:13:01] intervene, stabilize families
[1:13:03] and reconnect youth to positive
[1:13:04] pathways.
[1:13:05] Leveling up means moving beyond
[1:13:07] programs to strengthen
[1:13:08] partnerships.
[1:13:09] Every investment we make in
[1:13:11] these grassroots organizations
[1:13:12] expands the city's capacity to
[1:13:13] reach more young people, to
[1:13:14] respond more effectively and
[1:13:16] build safer neighborhoods from
[1:13:17] the inside out.
[1:13:19] Together we are creating a
[1:13:20] community where prevention is
[1:13:22] shared, opportunity is expanded
[1:13:24] and every young person has the
[1:13:26] support they need to, guess
[1:13:28] what, heal, rebuild and thrive.
[1:13:29] As important as our partnerships
[1:13:31] with outside agencies have been,
[1:13:32] we also recognize that some of
[1:13:35] the most innovative solutions to
[1:13:37] community balance don't begin in
[1:13:39] government, they begin in
[1:13:40] neighborhoods.
[1:13:43] And so while many grants are
[1:13:45] named -- in name, they make very
[1:13:46] big impacts.
[1:13:49] The mini grants program reflects
[1:13:50] a simple but powerful belief,
[1:13:52] communities often know what they
[1:13:53] need and the city investment can
[1:13:55] help local solutions grow much
[1:13:58] in fiscal year 2026, hampton
[1:14:03] invested $96,350 across 12
[1:14:05] grassroots organizations.
[1:14:06] These partners delivered
[1:14:07] mentoring youth, development
[1:14:10] back to school support, violence
[1:14:11] prevention, awareness, mental
[1:14:15] health and wellness programs,
[1:14:17] again helping us impact young
[1:14:18] people where they grow.
[1:14:20] And I'm sorry, that was the mini
[1:14:22] grant investment of $86,000,
[1:14:27] with a donation agreement of
[1:14:28] $22,345.08, bringing our total
[1:14:33] city investment to $108,345.08.
[1:14:36] To ensure accountability and
[1:14:38] equitable investment, proposals
[1:14:40] are reviewed by a
[1:14:41] multidisciplinary committee,
[1:14:43] representing public health,
[1:14:44] education, juvenile justice,
[1:14:45] financial oversight, youth
[1:14:48] development and community
[1:14:48] leadership.
[1:14:50] This collaborative review
[1:14:52] process helps ensure funding
[1:14:55] decisions are transparent, data
[1:14:56] informed, equitable and aligned
[1:14:58] with the mission of hopeful
[1:14:58] hampton.
[1:15:00] By investing directly in
[1:15:01] grassroots organizations, the
[1:15:03] city continues to strengthen
[1:15:05] local capacity, amplify
[1:15:06] community voices and build
[1:15:08] sustainable partnerships that
[1:15:10] improve safety and quality of
[1:15:10] life.
[1:15:12] Looking ahead, we are committed
[1:15:14] to strengthening the mini grant
[1:15:16] program through continuous
[1:15:16] improvement.
[1:15:17] In the coming year, we will
[1:15:20] broaden the program's reach by
[1:15:22] refining eligibility and scoring
[1:15:24] criteria, to encourage greater
[1:15:25] participation from diverse
[1:15:27] community organizations.
[1:15:29] We will also expand monitoring
[1:15:31] through enhanced desk reviews
[1:15:33] and periodic site visits to
[1:15:35] better measure outcomes, provide
[1:15:37] technical assistance and ensure
[1:15:38] accountability.
[1:15:39] Additionally, we plan to
[1:15:41] implement a rotating review
[1:15:45] panel that reflects a broad
[1:15:46] cross-section of community
[1:15:47] expertise and lived experience,
[1:15:48] promoting diverse perspectives
[1:15:50] while maintaining a fair
[1:15:52] objective and defensible grant
[1:15:53] review process and elevating
[1:15:57] youth forces by adding youth
[1:15:59] members to that team as well.
[1:16:01] These enhancements will
[1:16:02] reinforce public trust, improve
[1:16:04] program effectiveness and
[1:16:05] maximize the city's investment
[1:16:07] in community-led violence
[1:16:13] prevention initiatives.
[1:16:13] Our youth violence prevention
[1:16:17] week is hampton's annual call to
[1:16:18] action.
[1:16:20] It is our public health
[1:16:21] awareness initiative, bringing
[1:16:24] together youth, families,
[1:16:25] schools, law enforcement, faith
[1:16:26] leaders, non-profit
[1:16:27] organizations and community
[1:16:29] partners around one shared
[1:16:31] belief: violence prevention is
[1:16:32] everyone's responsibility.
[1:16:33] Throughout the week, events such
[1:16:35] as the reunion of hope, coupled
[1:16:37] with its resource fair, the
[1:16:38] mayor's classic town hall,
[1:16:41] college edition, hopeful hampton
[1:16:43] football showcase and hopefest
[1:16:45] created opportunities for
[1:16:46] meaningful conversations,
[1:16:48] positive youth engagement and
[1:16:50] direct access to community
[1:16:51] resources.
[1:16:53] While these events successfully
[1:16:54] foster connection and
[1:16:55] visibility, they also challenge
[1:16:57] us to think differently about
[1:16:59] how we engage the community.
[1:17:00] As we continue to level up,
[1:17:03] there is an opportunity to
[1:17:04] evolve youth violence prevention
[1:17:05] week from a series of individual
[1:17:10] events into a core city wide
[1:17:11] movement that reaches residents
[1:17:14] where they live, learn, work and
[1:17:14] gather.
[1:17:15] To increase participation,
[1:17:16] accessibility and neighborhood
[1:17:18] ownership, we propose re-imagine
[1:17:19] being youth violence prevention
[1:17:21] week around three community
[1:17:23] impact zones, strategically
[1:17:24] located throughout hampton.
[1:17:25] Rather than asking residents to
[1:17:27] travel across the city, each
[1:17:28] zone would host activities
[1:17:30] tailored to the unique strengths
[1:17:33] and needs of its surrounding
[1:17:34] neighborhoods, while maintaining
[1:17:36] a unified city wide message of
[1:17:38] hope, safety and opportunity.
[1:17:40] In addition the week would
[1:17:42] culminate with a dedicated
[1:17:43] community partners and service
[1:17:45] provider night and evening
[1:17:46] focused on strengthening
[1:17:47] collaboration among agencies,
[1:17:50] non-profit organizations, faith
[1:17:52] communities, schools, behavioral
[1:17:55] health providers and local
[1:17:55] businesses.
[1:17:56] This event would provide
[1:17:59] residents with direct access to
[1:18:02] services while giving providers
[1:18:03] an opportunity to coordinate
[1:18:04] resources and identify new
[1:18:06] partnerships that strengthen
[1:18:07] hampton's violence prevention
[1:18:08] ecosystem.
[1:18:10] As we continue to level up, our
[1:18:11] goal is simply not to host
[1:18:13] events, it is to build a city
[1:18:15] where every neighborhood has a
[1:18:16] voice, every family family has
[1:18:18] access to support and every
[1:18:20] young person has the opportunity
[1:18:23] to heal, rebuild and thrive.
[1:18:24] Prevention today creates
[1:18:25] possibility tomorrow.
[1:18:27] This is how we build saver
[1:18:28] neighborhoods and brighter
[1:18:30] futures together.
[1:18:33] Our urgency center at rip rap
[1:18:35] road represents far more than an
[1:18:37] opening of another city
[1:18:37] facility.
[1:18:39] It represents a new model for
[1:18:41] how hampton serves its
[1:18:42] neighborhoods, bringing
[1:18:43] opportunity, prevention and
[1:18:45] coordinate the
[1:18:47] coordinated services into the
[1:18:48] community.
[1:18:49] Our team has been laying the
[1:18:50] foundation for this moment.
[1:18:52] We have intentionally built the
[1:18:53] operational framework that will
[1:18:56] guide the center's work, build
[1:18:57] partnerships and engage
[1:18:59] residents to better understand
[1:19:01] the needs, interests and
[1:19:07] priorities of the rip rap road
[1:19:07] community.
[1:19:09] It is my privilege to announce
[1:19:10] that we anticipate you joining
[1:19:13] us for our ribbon cutting
[1:19:15] ceremony on wednesday 26 at 1
[1:19:15] P.M.
[1:19:17] Invitations are beginning to be
[1:19:18] circulated and on your calendar
[1:19:21] as well as to the public as well
[1:19:22] as they're hearing it probably
[1:19:26] here for the first time.
[1:19:29] Hopeful hampton, making
[1:19:33] measurable progress.
[1:19:35] Again, hopeful hampton was
[1:19:36] established to fundamentally
[1:19:37] change the conditions that allow
[1:19:39] violence to occur.
[1:19:41] Through a public health
[1:19:42] approach, cross-section of
[1:19:43] partnerships, focused
[1:19:44] intervention and meaningful
[1:19:45] opportunities, we are
[1:19:46] committed -- we committed
[1:19:48] ourselves to creating safer
[1:19:49] neighborhoods and better
[1:19:51] outcomes for hampton residents.
[1:19:53] Today the data tells a
[1:19:53] compelling story.
[1:19:55] While our work is far from
[1:19:56] complete, the measurable
[1:19:57] progress we are seeing
[1:20:00] demonstrates that strategic
[1:20:00] investments, community
[1:20:02] partnerships and intentional
[1:20:05] intervention are making a
[1:20:05] difference.
[1:20:08] Fiscal year 2026 gunshot
[1:20:11] injuries among this population
[1:20:14] of 25 and under decreased to 21,
[1:20:16] compared with a five-year
[1:20:21] average of 52.8%.
[1:20:24] That represents a 60% decrease
[1:20:26] in total gunshot injuries.
[1:20:28] Fatal shootings decreased by
[1:20:31] 69%, from a five-year average of
[1:20:32] 13 to 4.
[1:20:33] Non-fatal shootings decreased
[1:20:38] by 58%, from a five-year average
[1:20:41] of 39.8 to 17.
[1:20:43] These statistics focus
[1:20:45] specifically on individual's
[1:20:46] aged 25 and under and reflect
[1:20:51] data through JULY 30th of this
[1:20:51] year.
[1:20:53] The vulnerability lists outcomes
[1:20:54] add another important dimension.
[1:20:57] During fiscal year 26, 116
[1:20:58] individuals were removed from
[1:20:59] the list.
[1:21:02] 81 were removed for sustained
[1:21:03] positive behavior.
[1:21:06] 27 were removed for following an
[1:21:06] arrest.
[1:21:08] 5 were removed after relocating
[1:21:10] and unfortunately 3 were removed
[1:21:13] from being deceased.
[1:21:14] The 27 arrests should not be
[1:21:16] interpreted as 27 people who are
[1:21:19] currently incarcerated.
[1:21:20] Some MAY have subsequently been
[1:21:22] released, similarly relocation
[1:21:23] reflects the person's known
[1:21:26] status when they are removed.
[1:21:27] An individual could have later
[1:21:30] returned to hampton without our
[1:21:31] immediate knowledge as well.
[1:21:33] Community perception matters as
[1:21:34] well.
[1:21:35] Youth violence prevention week
[1:21:39] surveys results show that 80% of
[1:21:40] respondents increased their
[1:21:42] understanding of youth violence
[1:21:44] prevention, while 64% reported
[1:21:46] an improved perception of
[1:21:47] neighborhood safety.
[1:21:49] We are making progress while
[1:21:50] recognizing that continued work
[1:21:52] is needed to reach the 85%
[1:21:55] safety projection goal overall.
[1:21:57] The conclusion is clear:
[1:22:00] hampton's investment across
[1:22:02] prevention, intervention and
[1:22:04] enforcement, opportunity,
[1:22:05] stabilization and community
[1:22:10] partnerships is working our
[1:22:12] next level is deeper
[1:22:13] coordination, improve data
[1:22:16] tracking and evaluation, expand
[1:22:17] trusted partnerships and sustain
[1:22:20] the resources that make this
[1:22:20] continuum possible.
[1:22:22] Leveling up is not a single
[1:22:24] program or a single year, it is
[1:22:26] the city of hampton making a
[1:22:28] long-term commitment to people,
[1:22:31] investing early, responding
[1:22:33] strategically, measuring
[1:22:34] honestly and building a
[1:22:35] community where every young
[1:22:38] person and family has the
[1:22:40] opportunity to -- say it with me
[1:22:42] now -- heal, rebuild and thrive.
[1:22:43] Thank you.
[1:22:46] And I'll answer any questions
[1:22:48] you MAY have.
[1:22:49] >> COUNCILWOMAN Harper?
[1:22:52] >> thank you, hugo.
[1:22:54] The presentation was very good.
[1:22:57] I really, really enjoyed it.
[1:22:58] Y'all know the department is
[1:23:01] very close to my heart,
[1:23:02] personally.
[1:23:03] But I had several things -- not
[1:23:04] necessarily so many questions
[1:23:05] but several things I wanted to
[1:23:06] say.
[1:23:07] Isms glad
[1:23:10] I was glad to know that y'all
[1:23:12] are doing things to assist with
[1:23:16] the families, because I always
[1:23:19] have said that when they come
[1:23:20] outside and they're with you for
[1:23:24] two or three hours, they go back
[1:23:25] home, where they're there 95% of
[1:23:29] the time, so those families, I'm
[1:23:30] glad to see that helping
[1:23:32] everyone inside of the home to
[1:23:34] help them heal and thrive as
[1:23:35] well.
[1:23:36] And rebuild.
[1:23:38] So thank you for that.
[1:23:40] One of the things I wanted to
[1:23:43] say, I wanted the public to note
[1:23:45] that the violence interrupters
[1:23:47] specifically, the ones that are
[1:23:51] here along with adrian cook,
[1:23:54] their job is 24/7.
[1:23:58] It is not a job that they do 8
[1:24:00] to 5, you know, 10 to 4.
[1:24:02] It is 24/7.
[1:24:05] They really get engrained into
[1:24:07] those young people and into
[1:24:08] their lives, their families,
[1:24:10] their -- they get to know their
[1:24:11] families, their families get to
[1:24:14] know them.
[1:24:17] And to the point of they are
[1:24:18] there with them every step of
[1:24:19] the way, going different places,
[1:24:23] going to the home, you know,
[1:24:25] helping with mentoring them, if
[1:24:27] they need some further talking
[1:24:29] to, they are there for that to
[1:24:31] help the families with that.
[1:24:34] So I just want to applaud them
[1:24:37] for a second to personally say
[1:24:40] thank y'all for what you do,
[1:24:42] because being a mentor, it is a
[1:24:45] dedicated and committed effort.
[1:24:46] And so thank y'all so very much
[1:24:48] for the time that you've given
[1:24:52] to the hampton youth and by the
[1:24:53] measurable progress, what you're
[1:24:55] doing is working.
[1:24:57] So thank y'all so very much and
[1:24:59] I know you all have outside
[1:25:02] organizations and non-profits
[1:25:05] that yourselves have, so in
[1:25:06] addition to doing that and
[1:25:08] assisting with our youth, thank
[1:25:11] you so very much for that as
[1:25:12] well.
[1:25:16] And I think that's all that I
[1:25:16] had.
[1:25:18] I think you did talk -- one
[1:25:21] other thing, hugo, about the
[1:25:22] expansion of the summer youth
[1:25:23] employment program, that we're
[1:25:26] still doing that this year?
[1:25:26] >> yes.
[1:25:29] We will still maintain for young
[1:25:31] people moving into a year round
[1:25:32] employment experience, and many
[1:25:35] of them are submitting their
[1:25:36] applications today, because the
[1:25:39] program -- the summer youth
[1:25:41] employment program will end on
[1:25:43] AUGUST 24th but some of them
[1:25:44] will be able to continue on as
[1:25:45] long as they have met the
[1:25:47] criteria and have had a good
[1:25:48] evaluation from their current
[1:25:50] position.
[1:25:51] >> wonderful.
[1:25:51] Thank you so much.
[1:25:53] >> vice mayor brown?
[1:25:54] >> yeah, thank you, hugo, and
[1:25:56] also to your staff.
[1:25:58] Like again, this is a team
[1:26:02] effort so I'm very impressed,
[1:26:04] and I don't know if nobody told
[1:26:06] you, I like numbers and youth
[1:26:07] numbers -- I'm getting really
[1:26:09] excited about these.
[1:26:10] The only comment I had -- or
[1:26:13] question I had is when you go
[1:26:16] back to your hopeful hampton
[1:26:19] divergent program, I think you
[1:26:20] posted the '25 and '26 numbers
[1:26:23] of who was involved in the youth
[1:26:26] divergent program, and I guess
[1:26:29] my question is 13 of them were
[1:26:33] served and went the 24 weeks of
[1:26:34] total program.
[1:26:39] How many did we lose?
[1:26:41] Did we lose any?
[1:26:43] >> just one this fiscal year.
[1:26:45] >> just one?
[1:26:47] >> yes.
[1:26:47] >> okay.
[1:26:50] Also, for your case management,
[1:26:52] one of the things that I have
[1:26:54] been impressed with, I said this
[1:26:56] many, many times about how we
[1:26:58] track young people who are in
[1:27:01] these programs or in this
[1:27:01] office.
[1:27:03] How do we know how they're
[1:27:04] doing, what success rates
[1:27:06] they're having, what notes are
[1:27:10] captured to do case management?
[1:27:11] Do you use an electronic system?
[1:27:14] How do you use case management?
[1:27:14] >> we use [Indiscernible] Not
[1:27:17] represented on this data but I
[1:27:19] did want to highlight the
[1:27:19] hopeful hampton divergent
[1:27:21] program on this dashboard, as
[1:27:22] you can see.
[1:27:23] That spans over the total
[1:27:25] conception of the program, since
[1:27:26] we've been doing it.
[1:27:28] We had about 40 applicants, 35
[1:27:29] successful outcomes.
[1:27:31] 13 of them are working currently
[1:27:33] and 14 of them have graduated
[1:27:34] from high school graduations
[1:27:36] since being involved with the
[1:27:37] program.
[1:27:38] So they're going to highlight
[1:27:39] that on the dashboard as well.
[1:27:42] But in tracking our -- we use a
[1:27:44] is system called casebook which
[1:27:45] is an electronic software where
[1:27:47] we capture all of our notes
[1:27:48] inside of there.
[1:27:55] Of course we build out
[1:27:55] individualized plans so they're
[1:27:58] made a referral to the office.
[1:27:59] Families can refer themselves.
[1:28:02] We get referrals from our
[1:28:04] hopeful hampton steering
[1:28:07] committee, from port services
[1:28:10] unit, schools, any counselor or
[1:28:12] anyone who comes in contact with
[1:28:14] a youth, our violence
[1:28:16] interrupters are now referring
[1:28:17] students to that process as well
[1:28:18] through our opportunity connects
[1:28:19] because they MAY be out in the
[1:28:21] community working with someone
[1:28:24] and find another participant
[1:28:25] that MAY need additional layers
[1:28:26] of support as well.
[1:28:30] So from there it turns into a
[1:28:32] meeting, an intake meeting and
[1:28:33] so from the intake meeting it's
[1:28:36] when your case notes will begin
[1:28:39] and your tracking system and
[1:28:40] case book system so yes, we
[1:28:42] maintain the case book system
[1:28:44] with notes and making sure that
[1:28:46] the clinical -- or not clinical
[1:28:51] team but our engagement team are
[1:28:52] documenting all of their
[1:29:01] interactions with young people.
[1:29:03] >> we capture them while they're
[1:29:05] in the program in case book.
[1:29:10] What about post?
[1:29:11] >> we're keeping track of where
[1:29:14] they are so they will have a 30,
[1:29:16] 60 and 90-day review and 100
[1:29:18] days out review and they will
[1:29:21] move from intensive or active
[1:29:24] referral to active monitoring.
[1:29:25] So during that we're monitoring
[1:29:27] them based on reports that they
[1:29:29] are self-reporting as well as
[1:29:30] any follow-up with schools or
[1:29:32] agencies that refer them.
[1:29:34] >> now, I know that going back
[1:29:36] to your resource -- enabled
[1:29:40] resource centers, I know that
[1:29:41] congressman scott gave us 4
[1:29:42] point something million I think
[1:29:45] it was to do a neighborhood
[1:29:46] resource center.
[1:29:46] >> yes,.
[1:29:48] >> the first one is going to
[1:29:50] open on you said AUGUST 26th?
[1:29:50] >> yes.
[1:29:52] >> so when you look at going
[1:29:56] into a community, is there a
[1:29:59] need assessment done, when you
[1:30:00] place these centers in a
[1:30:02] particular community to see what
[1:30:06] the needs are, which determines
[1:30:09] how busy or how well used that
[1:30:10] center is going to be?
[1:30:11] Do you do that?
[1:30:14] >> yes, we will do that at the
[1:30:15] opening by surveying community
[1:30:17] members and those that come to
[1:30:18] the center.
[1:30:19] They are being placed --
[1:30:22] currently the placement was
[1:30:24] determined by calls for service
[1:30:26] in our traffic zones where we've
[1:30:28] noticed an elevated call of
[1:30:30] services and needs in that area.
[1:30:32] So while we are having to --
[1:30:34] we're negotiating space and
[1:30:36] scouring spaces, we're scouring
[1:30:37] them in specific neighborhoods
[1:30:39] that have elevated calls for
[1:30:39] service.
[1:30:43] But yes, we will do some
[1:30:45] individualized planning and
[1:30:46] needs assessments with community
[1:30:48] members as we open up the
[1:30:48] models.
[1:30:50] So some of them will look --
[1:30:52] most of them will look identical
[1:30:53] but they will have specific
[1:30:56] needs that have arisen from
[1:30:57] community voices.
[1:30:58] >> so the services could be
[1:31:00] different in a neighborhood
[1:31:01] [Indiscernible]
[1:31:02] >> it's a possibility, yes,
[1:31:03] that's what we anticipate, yes,
[1:31:04] sir.
[1:31:07] >> and my last question is there
[1:31:08] are other centers that we are
[1:31:10] going to stand up.
[1:31:12] Have you identified other sites
[1:31:13] already or in the process you're
[1:31:15] looking at other places for
[1:31:16] these centers?
[1:31:19] >> we are in some negotiations
[1:31:20] right now with scouting some
[1:31:22] sites, so yes, we have one
[1:31:23] that's on the table that's going
[1:31:24] to follow this one immediately
[1:31:25] and then we have another one
[1:31:26] that we'll be reviewing,
[1:31:29] hopefully right after this.
[1:31:30] >> all right, thank you.
[1:31:32] Good job.
[1:31:33] >> thank you.
[1:31:35] >> COUNCILWOMAN Ferebee?
[1:31:36] >> thank you, MR. Mayor.
[1:31:39] MR. Morrison, I just want to
[1:31:43] applaud you for your leadership,
[1:31:46] engaging community through
[1:31:46] impact.
[1:31:48] This program -- this group of
[1:31:50] programs under this office
[1:31:53] are -- it's not a nicety, it's a
[1:31:54] necessity because our children
[1:31:56] are our present and our future,
[1:31:57] and in order for our city to
[1:31:59] continue to thrive, we have to
[1:32:03] be prepared to support our
[1:32:05] communities and more importantly
[1:32:06] our -- the people that are going
[1:32:09] to take over our jobs and our
[1:32:11] positions, and we want to make
[1:32:14] sure that hampton is a place of
[1:32:15] choice for our youth to want to
[1:32:19] come back, to live, play and
[1:32:19] work.
[1:32:22] I can't say enough about the
[1:32:24] emphasis that you have on, you
[1:32:26] know, capturing all the talents
[1:32:28] of all of our students and the
[1:32:30] violence interrupters and your
[1:32:31] staff, y'all are just
[1:32:32] phenomenal.
[1:32:33] Anything that I can do to
[1:32:38] support you, I'm here.
[1:32:40] And I do really appreciate the
[1:32:44] depth of information that you've
[1:32:48] provided to us and this impact
[1:32:50] report, also that dovetails the
[1:32:52] report that we received last
[1:32:54] month from our police chief.
[1:32:55] This partnership that we have in
[1:32:59] the city is like no other, and I
[1:33:00] just can't say enough positive
[1:33:02] things about the work that's
[1:33:03] happening in this area within
[1:33:04] our city.
[1:33:06] And I want to thank our city
[1:33:09] manager and our mayor and
[1:33:11] council for your support as
[1:33:11] well.
[1:33:14] Thank you.
[1:33:15] >> thank you.
[1:33:17] >> john could you go back to
[1:33:20] your slide where you showed the
[1:33:24] reduction in shootings in the --
[1:33:25] >> yes, sir.
[1:33:26] >> -- age groups?
[1:33:32] Because I didn't see that one.
[1:33:33] Okay.
[1:33:36] So looking at the trend from '21
[1:33:41] down to -- well, fy21 down to
[1:33:43] fy26, is a significant decline.
[1:33:46] And you indicate the average is
[1:33:47] 60%.
[1:33:49] I was looking around and I see a
[1:33:50] city hall reporter has left us
[1:33:52] and I don't know if he caught
[1:33:54] this particular slide, because
[1:33:54] those other communities have
[1:33:58] been talking about significant
[1:33:59] drops in violent crime.
[1:34:02] I think this is important to see
[1:34:04] what the work in hampton is
[1:34:06] accomplishing, the work you all
[1:34:09] are doing with reducing violent
[1:34:11] crime amongst this age group.
[1:34:14] And you know, obviously we got
[1:34:17] work to do in other age groups
[1:34:18] that you might go not be
[1:34:19] touching but this is where we
[1:34:21] were focusing on attention based
[1:34:22] on hopeful hampton and based on
[1:34:25] the work that I think our team
[1:34:30] started with
[1:34:35] started an is now continuing and
[1:34:37] we're creating a safer community
[1:34:40] with significant reduction
[1:34:42] in crime.
[1:34:44] So again I want to thank all of
[1:34:46] you and your team and our
[1:34:46] violence interrupters.
[1:34:48] I've heard some of the stories
[1:34:51] of the some of the work that
[1:34:52] you're doing with young people,
[1:34:54] it's just amazing work, and this
[1:34:56] is getting the results.
[1:34:58] So we need to hold hampton up as
[1:35:01] an example of what can be done
[1:35:02] when you invest in the right
[1:35:03] people and the right resources
[1:35:04] and give them the tools they
[1:35:06] need to go out and do the work,
[1:35:08] that we can get these kind of
[1:35:08] results.
[1:35:11] So thank you so much for that.
[1:35:14] >> thank you, mayor.
[1:35:17] >> city manager, next slide I
[1:35:19] think is a continuation of this
[1:35:20] one --
[1:35:21] >> it is a continuation, and
[1:35:22] hugo is going to continue, but i
[1:35:25] would like to sort of segue and
[1:35:26] say you've seen what we've been
[1:35:28] able to do with the city funds
[1:35:30] that you've allocated and with
[1:35:32] some of the arpa dollars that
[1:35:36] went to this over some of that
[1:35:38] year period of time, there were
[1:35:39] arpa funds involved as well.
[1:35:41] We are very pleased and grateful
[1:35:44] to the general assembly most
[1:35:45] especially senator loch,
[1:35:46] delegate thorton and delegate
[1:35:48] ward for getting hampton added
[1:35:51] to the safer communities
[1:35:52] program.
[1:35:55] The safer communities program is
[1:35:56] a program of prevention and
[1:35:58] intervention that has existed
[1:35:59] for a period of time.
[1:36:00] We were not originally included
[1:36:04] in it, nor was newport news and
[1:36:06] some other localities that were
[1:36:08] added this year, norfolk,
[1:36:09] portsmouth are two that are in
[1:36:10] our region that were on the
[1:36:13] program before.
[1:36:14] And senator loch for several
[1:36:15] years has carried the water to
[1:36:17] get us added.
[1:36:20] And of course delegate thorton
[1:36:21] and delegate ward have supported
[1:36:22] her in that effort.
[1:36:25] This year, we were able to to be
[1:36:25] added, and as a result of that
[1:36:32] we will be getting $3.1 million of
[1:36:33] extra money this clear towards
[1:36:34] these kinds of initiatives.
[1:36:39] We believe this will be largely
[1:36:43] annual, recurring money, unless
[1:36:44] the general simply decides to
[1:36:45] stop the program all together.
[1:36:47] I say largely because we were
[1:36:49] total our allocation would be
[1:36:51] 2.5 and we were pleasantly
[1:36:52] surprised when the office
[1:36:53] communicated 3.1.
[1:36:57] We're not clear if the 3.1 is
[1:36:59] recurring but it will take it
[1:37:00] and do good things with it.
[1:37:01] Now that we have gotten
[1:37:04] direction from the state agency
[1:37:05] that oversees this about how the
[1:37:06] funds can be used and the
[1:37:07] process for pulling them down,
[1:37:09] we wanted to bring to you all
[1:37:13] our proposal for doing that.
[1:37:15] The item says briefing and
[1:37:15] appropriation.
[1:37:16] There is no appropriation at
[1:37:17] this point.
[1:37:18] There is just a briefing.
[1:37:20] What will happen, assuming you
[1:37:21] agree with us on our proposed
[1:37:22] use of the funds, is that we
[1:37:26] will submit this to the state.
[1:37:27] We've had verbal conversations.
[1:37:28] We expect it to be approved but
[1:37:30] there's a formal mechanism for
[1:37:32] submitting it formally after you
[1:37:33] have received it.
[1:37:34] And so we will make that
[1:37:36] submission and then hopefully in
[1:37:38] a few weeks' time be able to
[1:37:39] announce that the money is in
[1:37:40] hand and we can start to do the
[1:37:42] things that hugo is about to
[1:37:43] present to you.
[1:37:44] And putting this proposal
[1:37:46] together, we relied, a, on the
[1:37:48] data that you've seen, what has
[1:37:51] been working, what we know to
[1:37:53] work, not only based upon our
[1:37:54] experience but on national
[1:37:55] research.
[1:37:57] We wanted to expand programs
[1:37:58] you'll see and talk about
[1:38:00] expanding things like our youth
[1:38:01] violence interruption programs
[1:38:03] or community grassroots
[1:38:03] programs, our workforce
[1:38:04] development programs and those
[1:38:05] kinds of things.
[1:38:07] But we also wanted to use some
[1:38:09] funds to do some things we
[1:38:10] haven't been able to do, like
[1:38:12] add some pro-social activity
[1:38:14] that we hear from young people
[1:38:16] that they would like to see that
[1:38:19] keeps them positively engaged in
[1:38:21] activities as opposed to doing
[1:38:23] potentially disruptive kinds of
[1:38:23] behaviours.
[1:38:25] So you're going to see a mix of
[1:38:27] things here that represent a
[1:38:28] range of opportunities for us,
[1:38:30] some of them are one-time funds
[1:38:32] and that would allow us to
[1:38:34] buffer if we really only get 2.5
[1:38:35] next clear.
[1:38:36] It will also help us to pick up
[1:38:38] the resource centers when
[1:38:39] congressman scott's grant does
[1:38:42] run out, if those resource
[1:38:43] centers are as successful as we
[1:38:44] expect them to be.
[1:38:45] So we've put together a
[1:38:48] portfolio of a mix of recurring
[1:38:50] and one-time funds for you today
[1:38:52] and I'm pleased to turn it back
[1:38:55] to hugo to share what our staff
[1:38:56] proposal is for how to best use
[1:38:57] these funds.
[1:38:59] >> I will skip some of the
[1:39:01] preliminary, because our city
[1:39:03] manager has gave us a great
[1:39:03] overview.
[1:39:07] As we've heard already, we have
[1:39:10] been aligned with 3.12 million,
[1:39:12] around five eligible pillars.
[1:39:14] So I do want to highlight the
[1:39:15] state's pillars around after
[1:39:18] school programs and mentor
[1:39:19] ships, education and economic
[1:39:21] opportunity, trauma informed
[1:39:24] mental health care, credible
[1:39:25] messengers, violence
[1:39:27] interrupters and then trust
[1:39:28] between law enforcement and
[1:39:29] community stakeholders and while
[1:39:34] we have received the
[1:39:35] appropriation in the
[1:39:37] commonwealth's budget we do have
[1:39:40] to submit an application, by
[1:39:42] AUGUST 31st as you see is the
[1:39:44] application deadline, so we're
[1:39:46] working in compressed time line,
[1:39:48] so today what we're asking for
[1:39:51] is probably some feedback from
[1:39:53] our council on the proposal that
[1:39:56] we will review in just one
[1:39:57] moment to determine direction,
[1:39:59] if you agree with staffing
[1:40:01] direction and just overall
[1:40:03] proposal, then we will move to
[1:40:04] the completion of our
[1:40:08] application and finalizing the
[1:40:09] scope of eligible programs and
[1:40:10] activities.
[1:40:13] What you'll see next is that we
[1:40:16] have coordinated these -- this
[1:40:18] investment around 6 investment
[1:40:21] areas that directly align with
[1:40:24] the 5 pillars of the state's
[1:40:25] eligibility criteria, but
[1:40:27] hampton has 6 investments that
[1:40:29] we would like to lift up before
[1:40:30] you today.
[1:40:32] So the first one being
[1:40:34] prevention and youth
[1:40:35] opportunities, which will be
[1:40:37] preventative factors before
[1:40:38] crisis, by connecting youth and
[1:40:39] families to education,
[1:40:41] employment, mentorship,
[1:40:45] leadership and safe structured
[1:40:45] opportunities.
[1:40:47] And some of the representative
[1:40:49] activities there of how we plan
[1:40:54] to spend the 612,000 in this
[1:40:55] area is to increase our year
[1:40:57] round workforce development and
[1:40:59] career pathways, have a
[1:41:01] coordinated resource navigation
[1:41:03] and opportunity connect, and
[1:41:05] then some youth leadership,
[1:41:08] family strengthen and safe out
[1:41:09] of school time and program.
[1:41:12] What's already included in
[1:41:13] this -- what's already been
[1:41:18] approved in fiscal year 27's
[1:41:22] budget includes family and
[1:41:23] planning resilience training and
[1:41:25] employment funds that we might
[1:41:27] spend there as well so -- our
[1:41:29] next one is safe neighborhoods
[1:41:30] and stabilization.
[1:41:32] The proposed investment in safe
[1:41:35] neighborhoods and stabilization
[1:41:36] is 927,200.
[1:41:38] This area addresses the physical
[1:41:40] and social conditions that shape
[1:41:42] neighborhood safety, including
[1:41:43] housing stability, inclusive
[1:41:47] public spaces, environmental
[1:41:47] design, security infrastructure
[1:41:49] and positive community gathering
[1:41:49] opportunities.
[1:41:52] This category preserves support
[1:41:54] for the riverside hand-in-hand
[1:41:55] housing program, which is
[1:41:57] included in the fiscal year 27
[1:42:00] budget, which also creates d
[1:42:02] while also creating room for
[1:42:03] strategic capital developments
[1:42:05] proposed in coordination with
[1:42:09] other departments as well.
[1:42:11] That includes a portable skating
[1:42:13] rink, a portable basketball
[1:42:14] court, inclusive recreation and
[1:42:18] sensory environments across
[1:42:20] community centers, community
[1:42:22] gathering spaces and security
[1:42:22] and environmental safety
[1:42:26] improvements as well.
[1:42:28] >> vice mayor brown?
[1:42:30] >> hugo, help me with inclusive
[1:42:33] public spaces.
[1:42:34] >> so at our community centers
[1:42:35] and recreation centers, we want
[1:42:37] to look at the spaces there to
[1:42:41] make them more accessible and
[1:42:43] inclusive of all people
[1:42:44] especially ada accommodations
[1:42:45] and things of that nature, so it
[1:42:47] will have some different
[1:42:47] recreation programing that we
[1:42:52] MAY be able to offer.
[1:42:54] As well as those that just
[1:42:55] gather and choose to participate
[1:42:57] in non-recreational activities.
[1:42:58] >> is this tied to neighborhood
[1:42:59] resource centers?
[1:43:01] >> this particular segment is
[1:43:01] not.
[1:43:02] >> okay.
[1:43:04] And the other thing, riverside
[1:43:06] hand-in-hand housing program?
[1:43:08] >> yes, so there is a proposal
[1:43:10] that we're working on with the
[1:43:12] riverside hand-in-hand hospital
[1:43:13] based violence intervention
[1:43:15] program to provide them some
[1:43:17] support of making sure that when
[1:43:21] those residents from our city
[1:43:23] have been a victim of crime or
[1:43:24] have been a victim of gunshots
[1:43:27] or trauma that we have ability
[1:43:28] to house them for whatever the
[1:43:30] case MAY be, whether it's
[1:43:33] relocation, for protective -- to
[1:43:35] let cooler heads prevail so
[1:43:38] there is not a reaction or
[1:43:39] retaliation in the community.
[1:43:41] We want to be able to support
[1:43:42] that effort.
[1:43:45] And there's a proposal that
[1:43:46] we're currently considering.
[1:43:48] >> we had -- just as a reminder,
[1:43:50] we had that in the budget if the
[1:43:53] current fiscal year -- the last
[1:43:54] and the current fiscal year
[1:43:58] really to help be a conduit
[1:43:59] entity for some of the things
[1:44:00] that will help stabilize
[1:44:01] situations that are not as easy
[1:44:05] for us to directly do.
[1:44:07] And so in this particular case,
[1:44:10] we're picking that up so it
[1:44:12] doesn't remain -- our growing
[1:44:13] needs there don't put a burden
[1:44:20] on the general fund budget.
[1:44:21] >> while we have done some of
[1:44:23] this in the past we have to look
[1:44:24] at different areas through our
[1:44:27] crime prevention, through
[1:44:35] environmental design and making
[1:44:36] sure that we offer that as well
[1:44:38] as a possibility.
[1:44:39] Our next investment would be our
[1:44:42] violence interruption and
[1:44:43] community safety.
[1:44:47] It is our largest proposed area
[1:44:48] with $978,000 and those
[1:44:50] represented the
[1:44:55] representative activities
[1:44:57] include violence interrupter
[1:44:59] teams, as well as our hopeful
[1:45:01] hampton divergent program and
[1:45:03] structure intervention and every
[1:45:05] entry crisis response and
[1:45:07] emergency stabilization.
[1:45:11] As you can see, also included in
[1:45:14] fiscal year approved budget is
[1:45:16] our voices in power,
[1:45:18] [Indiscernible] Star reentry
[1:45:19] center we want to work with and
[1:45:22] then increasing our credible
[1:45:24] messenger capacity as well.
[1:45:26] I thought you had a question --
[1:45:27] >> if I MAY again just to
[1:45:29] clarify, hugo is referencing the
[1:45:29] '27 budget.
[1:45:31] You MAY recollect that during
[1:45:34] the budget, we took a chance
[1:45:35] that we were going to get this.
[1:45:37] I say took a chance because,
[1:45:38] remember, the state budget had
[1:45:40] not been finalized but we were
[1:45:41] pushing to make sure that we
[1:45:43] could pick up one time monies
[1:45:44] that we had used for some of
[1:45:46] these programs, like the
[1:45:48] riverside helping hand or some
[1:45:49] of the money for the divergent
[1:45:51] programs and things like that
[1:45:52] for prior grants that were
[1:45:52] running out.
[1:45:55] We wanted to continue those.
[1:45:56] We were believing we would get
[1:45:57] the state grant.
[1:45:59] So we took a million of the 2.5
[1:46:00] to be able to continue things
[1:46:02] that we had started with
[1:46:03] one-time money.
[1:46:05] And those were the ones we put
[1:46:06] in the budget.
[1:46:07] We didn't -- because we didn't
[1:46:08] know if the state budget would
[1:46:10] include us in the end, we didn't
[1:46:12] push it all the way to the 2.5
[1:46:14] or the 3.1.
[1:46:16] So when he's making callbacks to
[1:46:18] what the '27 budget includes,
[1:46:20] he's making reference to that
[1:46:22] first million dollars we had
[1:46:23] pre-allocated basically.
[1:46:25] I just saw some confused
[1:46:27] expressions as hugo was
[1:46:29] referencing '27 so he's trying
[1:46:30] to make the link back for you
[1:46:31] all with what you did in the
[1:46:33] budget by using one million
[1:46:35] dollars of grant funds that we
[1:46:39] anticipated getting, with the
[1:46:40] predefined programs and these
[1:46:41] other things he's talking about
[1:46:43] either expansions or new things
[1:46:44] are using the differential
[1:46:46] between the money we're getting
[1:46:48] and the one million we already
[1:46:49] pre-allocated.
[1:46:52] Does that help?
[1:46:53] >> all right, our next
[1:46:55] investment area we're going to
[1:46:58] look at is healing and recovery,
[1:47:00] by expanding trauma informed
[1:47:03] care, healing supports, recovery
[1:47:05] services and school connected
[1:47:05] prevention.
[1:47:08] In this area we've proposed
[1:47:08] $225,000.
[1:47:11] This proposed investment in
[1:47:12] healing and recovery recognized
[1:47:13] violence as both a public safety
[1:47:15] issue and a public health
[1:47:16] awareness issue.
[1:47:17] The effects of violence do not
[1:47:20] end when the incident report is
[1:47:20] completed.
[1:47:21] Trauma can affect a victim, a
[1:47:24] family, a peer group, a school,
[1:47:26] an entire neighborhood.
[1:47:26] Representative activities
[1:47:29] include trauma informed behavior
[1:47:32] health services and clinical
[1:47:34] screenings, victim-family, peer
[1:47:36] and community healing supports,
[1:47:38] a safe passage program connected
[1:47:40] with our schools and school
[1:47:41] connected prevention and
[1:47:42] workforce training that
[1:47:44] strengthening the capacity of
[1:47:47] staff and partners to respond
[1:47:47] effectively.
[1:47:48] So if you
[1:47:50] doing some additional
[1:47:51] training around local trainings
[1:47:53] and CBTs to ensure that staff
[1:47:55] have the capacity to respond as
[1:47:56] well.
[1:47:58] this proposal is not intended to
[1:47:59] duplicate existing behavioral
[1:48:02] health services and instead it
[1:48:03] creates opportunities to close
[1:48:06] gaps, improve referrals, support
[1:48:08] trauma informed responses and
[1:48:09] connect residents to help
[1:48:10] through trusted city and
[1:48:14] community partners.
[1:48:16] Our next area would be community
[1:48:18] partnerships and capacity
[1:48:20] building and it's proposed for
[1:48:22] $215,000, extend hampton's reach
[1:48:24] by investing in community
[1:48:25] organizations, resident led
[1:48:26] solution
[1:48:29] solutions and collaborative
[1:48:29] networks.
[1:48:30] So representative activities
[1:48:32] include competitive grants for
[1:48:34] community based organizations,
[1:48:35] faith and community
[1:48:36] collaboration, technical
[1:48:37] assistance in a flexible
[1:48:41] structure for emerging community
[1:48:41] initiatives.
[1:48:43] Community organizations often
[1:48:44] have relationships and access
[1:48:46] that government cannot
[1:48:47] reproduce.
[1:48:49] They MAY be the first to
[1:48:51] recognize a developing conflict,
[1:48:53] the first place a family turns
[1:48:56] for help or trusted voice to
[1:48:57] encourages a young person to
[1:48:57] self-report.
[1:49:00] So we envision having the
[1:49:01] opportunity, much like our mini
[1:49:03] grant process, to go through a
[1:49:04] competitive process where
[1:49:05] grassroots organizations would
[1:49:08] come alongside of us that fall
[1:49:09] in that category of
[1:49:12] intervention, prevention or
[1:49:13] awareness to do some of this
[1:49:18] work alongside of us.
[1:49:19] >> a question right there.
[1:49:23] Regarding the 215 for community
[1:49:25] partnerships, which includes the
[1:49:27] competitive mini grants, will
[1:49:31] this be 215 in addition to what
[1:49:32] we're already spend, so we're
[1:49:36] able to offer more mini grants?
[1:49:38] Okay, all right, thank you.
[1:49:41] >> no problem.
[1:49:42] And lastly would be our strategy
[1:49:44] innovation and sustainability,
[1:49:44] right.
[1:49:45] We want to continue the work
[1:49:47] that has already been started,
[1:49:48] but as we start new work, we
[1:49:50] want to be able to look at how
[1:49:51] do we sustain this and what is
[1:49:54] the data telling us.
[1:49:58] So we propose another $158,513
[1:49:59] in this investment strategy.
[1:50:01] This category supports the
[1:50:03] staffing, data, evaluation,
[1:50:05] communication and continuous
[1:50:07] improvement functions needed to
[1:50:09] administer the award and
[1:50:10] demonstrate results.
[1:50:11] The safer community guidelines
[1:50:13] requires a full-time coordinated
[1:50:16] dedicated to the planning,
[1:50:17] implementation and coordination
[1:50:18] of community violence
[1:50:20] restructuring strategies.
[1:50:21] That position will help align
[1:50:24] departments and partners, track
[1:50:26] implementation, manage grant
[1:50:27] requirements and pursue
[1:50:28] opportunities to sustain
[1:50:31] effective work beyond the award
[1:50:32] period.
[1:50:33] This category also includes
[1:50:36] evaluation and performance
[1:50:38] measurement, a community center
[1:50:39] data dashboard, strategic
[1:50:40] communications and
[1:50:41] sustainability planning.
[1:50:42] These are not add-ons.
[1:50:44] They are the infrastructure that
[1:50:45] allows council, staff, partners
[1:50:47] and residents to understand
[1:50:49] where funds were invested, what
[1:50:51] activities occur, who will serve
[1:50:52] and whether the strategy is
[1:50:54] producing the intended results.
[1:50:57] Because this is a one-year
[1:50:59] award, discipline implementation
[1:51:01] and regular monitoring will be
[1:51:01] essential.
[1:51:03] We must be able to identify
[1:51:05] delays early, adjust
[1:51:06] responsibly, document
[1:51:08] expenditures and ensure the full
[1:51:09] investment is used for eligible
[1:51:11] and impactful purposes.
[1:51:13] And that's why you see that
[1:51:16] investment at that level.
[1:51:17] So today we're asking council
[1:51:20] for feedback on the proposed
[1:51:22] categories, priorities and
[1:51:23] overall investment direction.
[1:51:24] Specifically, we would like to
[1:51:25] know whether this framework
[1:51:27] reflects the community safety
[1:51:28] priorities council wants hampton
[1:51:31] to advance, whether the proposed
[1:51:33] balance among direct programing,
[1:51:34] neighborhood investments,
[1:51:35] community partnerships, healing
[1:51:38] services and accountability is
[1:51:39] appropriate, and whether there
[1:51:40] are concerns or adjustments
[1:51:41] staff should address before the
[1:51:44] application is finalized.
[1:51:45] Following council's feedback,
[1:51:47] staff will refine category
[1:51:49] totals as necessary, verify
[1:51:52] project costs, confirm allowable
[1:51:54] expenses, completed supporting
[1:51:55] narratives and approvals and
[1:51:58] prepare the application for the
[1:52:01] submission by AUGUST 31st.
[1:52:02] And then again this proposal is
[1:52:05] not a collection of disconnected
[1:52:06] programs, it is an investment in
[1:52:08] our ecosystem and what we've
[1:52:10] already began with hopeful
[1:52:10] hampton.
[1:52:12] We want to further advance the
[1:52:14] work, close the gaps and
[1:52:17] continue making sure that we
[1:52:18] provide opportunities and
[1:52:23] results as well.
[1:52:24] >> questions?
[1:52:26] I'm sorry, COUNCILWOMAN Mugler?
[1:52:30] >> thank you, MR. Mayor.
[1:52:33] and thank you, hugo.
[1:52:36] This is a good presentation.
[1:52:41] And a very thoughtful proposal.
[1:52:42] So I am impressed with -- you
[1:52:44] have a lot of money to spend so
[1:52:46] you've been very thoughtful
[1:52:47] about how you can direct this
[1:52:48] money.
[1:52:52] The only area I think I would
[1:52:58] see a challenge is in your
[1:53:01] violence interrupters, and that
[1:53:03] is only that we -- it's hard to
[1:53:05] find them, right.
[1:53:07] And so that's where the
[1:53:08] challenge will be, I think, is
[1:53:10] to find good folks like the ones
[1:53:12] we already have participating
[1:53:13] with us.
[1:53:19] But we know that that's been a
[1:53:19] tremendously successful part of
[1:53:20] your work.
[1:53:23] And so I hope we can use every
[1:53:26] penny of that to expand that and
[1:53:28] make it work for young people.
[1:53:30] But yeah, I think this is a very
[1:53:31] thoughtful proposal.
[1:53:31] >> thank you.
[1:53:34] And some of our team members
[1:53:36] have additional referrals and
[1:53:36] recommendations they would want
[1:53:39] to make as well, so we would be
[1:53:41] open to their feedback for the
[1:53:42] current team that's serving and
[1:53:44] then how do we expand on what we
[1:53:46] have right now and then possibly
[1:53:48] making some additions to that
[1:53:48] team.
[1:53:49] >> you've got your work cut out
[1:53:50] for you.
[1:53:51] >> yes.
[1:53:53] >> especially between now and
[1:53:54] AUGUST 31st, right?
[1:53:56] >> yes, but I have great support
[1:53:58] and multiple departments as well
[1:54:00] sites not -- while we're
[1:54:01] coordinating the effort there's
[1:54:03] good support around the city and
[1:54:05] we're doing this collaboratively
[1:54:06] together.
[1:54:08] Thank you.
[1:54:11] >> any other questions,
[1:54:11] comments?
[1:54:12] Okay well, thank you, hugo.
[1:54:14] A lot of presentations today, a
[1:54:16] lot of good information.
[1:54:18] And I think we're excited about
[1:54:20] the good work you're going to do
[1:54:22] going forward, taking full
[1:54:23] advantage of the safer
[1:54:24] communities grants.
[1:54:25] >> all right, thank you, mayor.
[1:54:28] And thank you, members of
[1:54:30] council.
[1:54:31] >> so that sounds like you're
[1:54:33] comfortable generally with us
[1:54:35] submitting this --
[1:54:35] [Applause]
[1:54:37] And we plan to bring back even
[1:54:39] better numbers than the ones we
[1:54:40] gave you in the earlier
[1:54:41] presentation after we're able to
[1:54:43] do these additional things.
[1:54:45] MR. Mayor, that completes the
[1:54:48] prepared staff presentations for
[1:54:48] today.
[1:54:49] >> okay, all right.
[1:54:51] So with that, are there any
[1:54:53] regional issues?
[1:54:56] Any items of new business?
[1:54:58] All right, there being none,
[1:55:00] then I'm going to ask the clerk
[1:55:03] to read the motion required for
[1:55:04] closed session.
[1:55:05] >> the motion required today is
[1:55:06] to con vine a closed session
[1:55:10] pursuant to virginia code second
[1:55:12] 2.2-3711 (A)(6) To discuss or
[1:55:13] rg
[1:55:14] the investment of public funds
[1:55:16] in the Lasalle corridor, where
[1:55:17] bargaining is involved and
[1:55:18] discussion in public would
[1:55:19] adversely affect the city's
[1:55:21] financial interest; pursuant to
[1:55:25] virginia code section 2.2-3711-3
[1:55:26] and 6 for discussion of a
[1:55:28] potential mixed use project in
[1:55:29] coliseum central that MAY
[1:55:30] involve the disposition of
[1:55:31] public land and the investment
[1:55:33] of public funds, where
[1:55:34] bargaining is involved and
[1:55:35] public discussion would
[1:55:37] adversely impact the city's
[1:55:38] negotiating position and
[1:55:41] financial interest; and pursuant
[1:55:44] to 2.2-3711a3 to discuss
[1:55:46] disposition of publicly held
[1:55:48] real property in the downtown
[1:55:48] hampton area where discuss in an
[1:55:51] open meeting would adversely
[1:55:52] affect the negotiation strategy
[1:55:57] of the city pursuant to section
[1:55:59] 2.2-371 is to discuss the
[1:56:01] acquisition of real property in
[1:56:02] hampster north where discussion
[1:56:06] in an open meeting would
[1:56:08] adversely affect the negotiating
[1:56:09] position of the city and to
[1:56:10] discuss appointments as listed
[1:56:12] on your agenda.
[1:56:13] >> all right, need a motion and
[1:56:14] a second.
[1:56:15] >> so moved.
[1:56:16] >> second.
[1:56:18] >> call the roll, please.
[1:56:20] >> COUNCILWOMAN Bowman?
[1:56:20] >> aye.
[1:56:22] >> vice mayor brown?
[1:56:22] >> aye.
[1:56:23] >> COUNCILWOMAN Campbell?
[1:56:24] >> aye.
[1:56:25] >> COUNCILWOMAN Ferebee?
[1:56:25] >> aye.
[1:56:26] >> COUNCILWOMAN Harper.
[1:56:27] >> aye.
[1:56:28] >> COUNCILWOMAN Mugler?
[1:56:29] >> aye.
[1:56:29] >> mayor gray?
[1:56:30] >> aye.
[1:56:32] All right, we will convene in
[1:56:35] closed session at 3:15 in the
[1:56:36] lawson conference room and
[1:56:37] following the closed session,
[1:56:39] council will reconvene in the
[1:56:40] open meeting in the same
[1:56:42] location in order to certify the
[1:56:44] closed session and then proceed
[1:56:47] to adjourn the meeting.