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[1. Call to Order –Chair Pete Monte]
30 IT'S TIME TO BEGIN.OUR JULY 19TH, 2021 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING FOR THE NEWBURN HOUSING FOR HIM.
UM, LIKE TO WELCOME IN OUR AUDIENCE.
WE HAVE, UH, ALDERMAN BENGAL AND CHIEF GALLAGHER.
UH, STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL HIM COMMISSIONER HARDY, COMMISSIONER CARTER.
YOU STILL ON THE LINE, MR. MONTY.
COMMISSIONER ORMAN, COMMISSIONER POWELL, COMMISSIONER REDDIT HERE, COMMISSIONER STOP.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND IF WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE STAFF COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT WISHED TO MAKE A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
[4. Approval of Minutes]
UH, DIS UH, HAVE BEEN SENT TO EVERYONE EITHER ELECTRONICALLY OR THROUGH HARD COPIES, UH, WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO A HALF OF THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JUNE.I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, UH, TO THE LAST MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2020 1 21, 20 21.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BEFORE WE BRING IT TO CALL THE QUESTION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS CHANGES, HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED LIKE SIGN A APPROVED, UM, POLICE
[5. New Bern Police Department Report]
DEPARTMENT REPORT.UH, THIS ASK YOU IS YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US THAT I SURE WILL.
FOR THE POLICE REPORT, UM, FROM THE PERIOD OF MAY 15TH TO THE LAST OF JUNE, UM, THERE WERE 46 CALLS AT THE TOWERS AND THEN THERE WERE, UH, 42 CALLS FOR A TREE COURT AND, UM, SEVEN REPORTS TO, UH, BUILDINGS OF AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND WHY DON'T WE CONTINUE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? WE HAD NO FIRE REPORTS.
[7. Finance Report]
IS THE FINANCE REPORT.HELLO, MR. REESE ARE PRESENTED YOU TO FINANCE REPORT FOR THE FIVE MONTHS AND MAY 31ST, 2021.
THE TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE FOR TRENT COURT, $767,703 GRAVE AND THERESE $6,480.
NEWBURN TOWERS, $374,506 FOR A TOTAL CONSOLIDATED REVENUE OF $1,148,690.
IF WE WILL TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOUR TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES WERE $466,457 FOR TRIN COURT.
UM, $39,536 FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVE AND 427, I MEAN $427,018 FOR NEWBORN TALONS, FULL CONSOLIDATED EXPENSES OF $933,012 THAT GAVE US OPERATING REVENUE FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 300, $1,246 FOR TRENT COURT, 6,484 CRAVEN TERRORISTS, A LOSS OF 39,000 5 36 FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING INITIATIVE AND A LOSS OF $52,512 FOR NEW BURNED HOUSE, WHICH CONSISTS OF 94,000 OF CAPITAL COSTS, WHICH WOULD HAVE GAVE THEM A PROFIT OF ABOUT 40,000.
HAD THOSE COSTS NOT BEEN CAPITALIZED, UH, THAT GAVE US CONSOLIDATED INCOME OF $215,678 AS INCOME FROM OPERATIONS FROM MY CAPITAL FUND,
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WHICH A NINE OPERATING TRAN COURT HAD $73,623 OF COST THAT WE GOT REIMBURSED FOR.WE'LL BE GETTING REIMBURSED FOR, WHICH GIVES US A NET OF 3 74, 8 69 FOR TRAN COURT, 6,480 FOR GRIEVING TERRORISTS LOSS OF 39,000 FOOT CHF AND LOSS OF 52,000 FOR NEW BRIAN TOWELS FOR A NET OF $281,302 OF INCOME FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WAS THAT A QUESTION? NO.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I MEAN, I APPROVED THE FINANCE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
COMMISSIONER POWELL MADE A MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? I SAID, OKAY.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE, UH, UH, APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT HAS BEEN AT, THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY MR. REESE.
UH, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
[8. Executive Director’s Report]
REPORT.UM, FOR THE HOUSING REPORT AT TRANSPORT, THERE'S 110 UNITS OF THOSE UNITS, 102 OR OCCUPIED AT A 92%.
AND NEUPRO TOWERS 106 UNITS HAVE 95 OCCUPIED FOR, I SEE RATE OF 91%, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE END OF THE MORATORIUM FOR EVICTIONS.
UM, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, WE HAVE 61 NON-PAYMENTS AT TRENT COURT AND WE ALSO HAVE 29 NON-PAYMENT AT THE TOWERS.
AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES TO LET THEM KNOW THEIR OPTIONS FOR RECEIVING ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR HELP WITH THE RENTAL PAYMENTS THAT THEY ARE, UM, THAT THEY OWED TO THE AGENCY.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE ANY TERMINATIONS OR EVICTIONS TO COME, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE TO COME AND UP WHEN DOES THAT, UH, AND THAT ONE MORE.
UM, NEXT IS OUR MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR OUR WORK ORDERS.
UM, FIRST LET ME SAY, I AM SUPER PROUD OF OUR TEAM.
UM, WE HAD A MEETING TO DISCUSS, UM, OUR MAINTENANCE WORK ORDER PROCESS, AND WE PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE TO HELP US GET THOSE ORDERS TURNED IN AND CLEARED.
AND SO I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT AT THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, WE ONLY HAVE FOUR OUTSTANDING, UH, WORK ORDERS THAT TRANSPORT AND AT THE TOWERS WE HAD 10.
UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THOSE DO NOT INCLUDE THE UNITS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO GET PARTS ON.
SO WE STILL HAVE SOME ACS THAT ARE OUT AT THE TOWERS.
UM, AND THEY ALSO, WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE OUT AT, UM, TRANSPORT, BUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE WAITING ON FOR PARTS, AND IT'S NOT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DOING THE WORK, WE DON'T HAVE THE PARTS TO DO THE WORK.
SO, UM, THOSE NUMBERS ARE, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE REPORT TODAY, BUT, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALSO CHANGES TO THE REPORT WHERE WE CAN SHOW YOU, UM, THE ONES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING FOR REPAIRS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WAS A REAL GOOD CALL IF I WAS PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONERS.
I MEAN, SO W I GUESS THOSE, THOSE WILL BE STORED SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN USE THEM AGAIN.
AND THEN WE'LL, UM, MS. UH, MIDDLE SHE'S BEEN WORKING, TRYING TO GET THOSE PARTS FOR THOSE ACS.
AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE, WE'LL GET, UH, AC IN THE UNITS FIXED, AND THEN WE CAN STORE THOSE FOR WHEN WE'RE IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE NEED TO GET SOMEBODY, UH, SO RELIEF REAL QUICKLY.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THOSE AGAIN, OTHER UNITS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AN AIR CONDITIONER IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN ON THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND BY FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
AND TO HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN WENT OVER THERE AND PLUG IN THE WALL IS, IS, IS, IS, IS NICE.
WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE READY TO DO THAT.
UM, JUST MOVING ONTO SOME HOUSING UPDATES, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT, UM, CAROLINA AVE IS MOVING ALONE.
UM, THE INITIAL, UH, FINISHED DATE WAS, UM, END OF OCTOBER, BUT IT'S LOOKING MORE LIKE, UM, SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER, JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN THAT WE HAD IN JUNE.
UM, THEY'RE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND DUE TO DUE TO WEATHER.
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THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD AND THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY LOOKS REALLY GOOD.UM, AND I CAN SEE THE CHANGES ON MY VISITS, UM, WORKING WITH FEMA ON, UM, THE FUNDS FOR TRANSPORT TO HELP US, UH, DEMOLISH THOSE, UH, UNITS THAT ARE OFFLINE.
UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE AND CLOSE AND CLOSE EVERYDAY.
UM, ARLENE IS WORKING REALLY HARD, UM, TRYING TO GET THAT CLOSED OUT SO THAT WE COULD GET THE FUNDS FOR THAT.
SO I'M HOPING THAT, UH, WE CAN HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS, UM, IN AUGUST OR LATE SEPTEMBER.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, THE RFP RFQ OUT FOR A DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT TO COME IN AND HELP US ON OUR PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, DEMOLISH WHAT WE NEED TO AT TRANSPORT AND MOVE FORWARD JUST TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE PLANS IN PLACE AND, UM, THE BEST POSSIBLE DEALS FOR THE AGENCY, SO THAT, UH, OUR QUEUE IS GOING TO CLOSE THE END OF JULY.
AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A SELECTION FOR YOU TO APPROVE.
UM, OUR OFFICE WILL BE RELOCATING AT THE END OF JULY.
UM, OUR LEASE IS UP AND I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD TRYING TO FIND US A NEW LOCATION, UM, TO JUST ACCOMMODATE ALL OF OUR NEEDS.
UM, UM, LINCOLN FOR STAYS WHERE, UM, IT'LL HOLD ALL OF OUR STAFF, UM, A SPACE WHERE WE CAN HOLD OUR BOARD MEETINGS, A SPACE WHERE WE CAN HOLD TRAININGS, UM, AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE AGENCY FORWARD.
SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RELOCATION AT LEAST BY THE END OF THIS WEEK OR FIRST OF NEXT WEEK, SO THAT WE CAN LET EVERYONE KNOW WHERE WE'LL BE MOVING TO.
I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE, UH, COMMISSIONER POWELL AND HAVE WORKED WITH MRS. ASK YOU TO FIND A SPOT, AND WE'RE SORT OF AT THE, AT THE TIME, IT'S TIME TO DANCE, I GUESS, WOULD BE A GOOD TERM.
UH, COULD, WOULD IT BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THE, UH, THE BOARD TO PUT FORTH A MOTION ALLOWING, UH, THE THREE OF US TO, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE FOR THAT MATTER TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEGOTIATION AND TO COME UP WITH A REASONABLE PRICE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE CLUELESS AND ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF SUBJECT TO LEGAL REVIEW OF EXACTLY.
WHAT'S SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ABOUT THAT CONCERN, THEN I MAKE A MOTION.
UH, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR, UH, NEW OFFICE SPACE, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO, UH, LEGAL APPROVAL.
AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? THAT I, REALLY EVERYTHING I THINK YOU HAVE, YES.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND, IT'S BEEN SECOND COMMISSIONER PILE.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED LIKE SIGN MOTION CARRIES.
BUT I WANTED TO GET, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.
UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CAMERAS, THE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT TRENT COURT AND THEY'RE UP AND WORKING AND, UM, STAFF IS ABLE TO, UM, SEE, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY.
AND ALSO, UM, ACCESS HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY COULD BE THOSE CAMERAS AS WELL.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON A PROJECT TO GET CAMERAS INSTALLED AT THE TOWER.
SO, UM, THAT SHOULD BE COMING SOON FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, APPROVE, UM, LAST, UM, I WORKED ON, UM, UPDATING THE HOUSE RULES FOR, UM, THE NEW BRUH TOWERS AND I HELD A MEET AND GREETS THERE WITH THE RESIDENTS.
AND, UM, I MUST SAY, I THINK THAT WENT REALLY WELL.
UM, COMMISSIONER HARDY WAS THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTS TO COMMENT ON THOSE MEETINGS, BUT, UM, IT WENT REALLY WELL.
AND I, I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULDN'T BE COMING BY TO CHECK ON THEM.
AND, UM, SO I WENT BY THIS WEEKEND AND THEY WERE JUST REALLY, REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE ME ON SATURDAY AND ON SUNDAY, UM, AT THEIR PROPERTY.
SO, UM, I REALLY, I WILL BE OUT THERE MORE THAN THEY COULD EVER KNOW.
UM, SO, UM, I, I ENJOYED THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
SO YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING, COMMISSIONER HARDY AND, UM, THANK YOU.
UM, AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO, UM, TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS, UM, THE BOARD REPORT FORMAT.
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SOME CHANGES TO THE WAY WE REPORT TO YOU.UM, AND, UM, I'M GOING TO HAVE STAFF COMING IN TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR, UM, THEIR PROPERTIES THAT THEY MANAGE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT.
AND THOSE TWO ITEMS WILL BE INCLUDED INTO THE REPORT THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGERS WILL GIVE, UM, TO YOU ALL.
AND THEY WILL ALSO REPORT ON RENT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF RENT THEY RECEIVED.
SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT'S COMING INTO THE PROPERTY, UH, FOR THE MONTH AND, UH, HOW MUCH THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE.
AND THEY'LL ALSO REPORT ON THEIR HOUSING.
UH, THEY CAN SEE STILL LET YOU KNOW THAT.
AND THEY'LL ALSO REPORT ON, UM, THE MAINTENANCE AND WORK ORDERS.
SO ALL THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO COME FROM THE PROPERTY MANAGERS.
AND SO THEY'LL BE HERE AT THE AUGUST MEETING TO SHARE IN DETAILS WITH YOU ALL.
AND THEN ALSO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER DIRECT QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE PROPERTIES.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
WELL, MY GOODNESS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESOLUTIONS THAT I'M AWARE OF.
WE DO HAVE SOME LEGAL MATTERS THAT HAVE TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
[10. Closed Session to Discuss a Legal Matter]
YOU IS IF, UH, SOMEONE WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION, IT WON'T BE LONG.AND, UH, UM, TO DISCUSS IT WELL, IF IT IS ILLEGAL, IT'S ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL MAP.
GUESS WHAT? LEGAL COUNSEL? 1 43, 3 18 11.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR COMMENT.