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[1. 6:00pm: Welcome and roll call by Tharesa Lee, Chairman.]
6, 6 0 1.I NEED TO START, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON THE PHONE? ROBIN? DID YOU SEND THAT TO MARIE? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLE THEY PLAY.
THEY WILL CALL FOR MISSIONAL WALLACE COMMISSIONER SMIRCHLER COMMISSIONER.
MR. JAMIE, EXCUSE COMMISSIONER.
Y'ALL YEAH, THINK WE HAVE A POOR.
UH, IT IS NOW TIME FOR, OH, IT SAYS MARIA.
SHE SAYS SHE CAN'T GET IN YET.
YEAH, SHE NEEDS TO JUST TRY IT AGAIN.
COME SOME TIME ON THURSDAY AND SHE, SHE JUST NEEDS TO TRY TO BE JUST SO MANY I'M TRYING TO HERE.
IT MIGHT'VE PUT HER IN A HOLDING PLACE.
UM, HAVING TO PUBLISH FROM IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? WE HAVE PUBLIC.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IS THAT, IS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE A GIFT GET A BETTER BY HIMSELF, JOHN.
AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I'M JUST HERE TO LEARN AND OBSERVE.
HE USED TO SIT ON THE CDC BOARDS.
WELL, IF YOU GO TO DOWNTOWN, YOU STILL PROBABLY BILL.
[3. Approval of Minutes: Approval of minutes for June 25, 2020 Special Called Meeting and July 8, 2020 Regular Meeting]
APPROVAL OF OUR JUNE 25TH MEETING AND THEN OUR SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON JULY 2ND.COULD I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? IT WAS JUNE 25TH, 2020 BT.
ANY QUESTIONS SASHA? ALL IN FAVOR.
I SAID, UH, HOW JUNE, JULY 8TH MEETING THE DISHES, CORRECTION DELETIONS, OR AN APPROVAL.
YOU'RE MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE HAWAII MEETING.
BOTH SETS OF MINUTES OR APPROVE BOARD
[4. Discussion on Possible Sale of 1108 LaGrange (PID 8-014-194)]
DISCUSSION ORUM, WE'VE RECEIVED A REQUEST, UM, BUT THIS PROPERTY OWNER HERE, UH, WANTS TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE ON HIS OWN JOINTLY BY THE CITY COUNTY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO THE QUESTION IS COMES TO THE COMMISSION.
WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? SOUND LITTLE TRIANGLE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS JUST THE POINT, RIGHT? THIS IS ANOTHER PIECE THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
SO IT DOES, THERE IS A GOOD, UH, CONTINUOUS PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE, UM,
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THAT, THAT IS OUTSIDE THE FLOOD PLAIN, UM, HERE.SO AT TIME DRY PROPERTY THOUGH, ADJACENT TO THE RAILROAD, THE TRAIN DOESN'T GO RIBBON THROUGH THERE.
IT'S VERY SLOW AND IT GOES THROUGH, BUT IT'S AN OPTION, UH, TO DISCUSS WHETHER THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT THE COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO KEEP FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OR SOUTH, IT DOES SELL, UM, SELL FOR WHAT, WHAT PRICE AND YOU WANT TO DO.
YOU WANT TO, IF YOU'RE GONNA SELL THIS, DO YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT YOU MAY WANT TO STIPULATE IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOU BUY BOTH.
UM, SO THESE ARE JUST THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.
JEFF, IS THIS THE PERSON? UM, I REMEMBER A WOMAN COMING IN TO TALK TO US A WHILE BACK ABOUT ONE OF THE, IT'S NOT THE SAME ONE.
CAN WE PUT MY SHIRT? MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT IT? IS THERE THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT'S REQUESTING THAT WE SELL? YES.
DOES SHE HAVE A HOUSE OR A MOBILE HOME OR IS IT A BANK A LOT NOW? IT'S A, IT'S A HOMEOWNER, RIGHT.
IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, JOHN IT'S, UH, IT'S THE HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, BLUE OUTLINE PROPERTY AS THE OWL POINT.
WHAT'S HER PURPOSE? IS SHE TRYING TO JUST INCREASE THE SIZE OF HER A LOT? UM, I, I, THAT'S ALL, I, I WASN'T INFORMED THAT SHE WANTED TO BUILD ANYTHING, BUT JUST WANTED, UH, THE LOT IS UNCAPPED AND SHE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOT AND KEEP IT MOWED THAT'S IN.
THAT WAS AS IT CAME TO ME, UM, THROUGH ALL MY BEST.
IS THERE ANY REASON THAT WE WOULD KEEP IT, UH, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPS, BE BETTER TO ENHANCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THIS WAY, THEN KEEPING IT IN ACTUALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ANOTHER WAY.
THAT'S THE QUESTION? THAT'S THE QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSION.
LET'S HEAR FROM SOMEBODY ON THE COMMISSION AND THEN, UH, WE CAN CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS AFFAIR.
I'D BEEN OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT PROPERTY THERE.
IF THEY SAID THE ONE PARCEL, THE RECTANGLE IS A DECENT BUILDING SITE.
AND I GUESS THE CITY VOTED RECENTLY AND IT LOOKS NICE.
UH, THE TRIANGLE BEHIND IT IS, UH, THAT THAT WOULD BE A TOUGH PIECE TO WORK WITH IT REALLY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FIT SOMETHING ON THERE.
UH, BUT THE RECTANGULAR PIECE IS, IS THESE BUILDING SITE AND IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE FLOOD PLAIN, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES WE HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA.
IN THAT AREA THAT, AND YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE OUR PLANS NOW ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BASIN, SO TO SPEAK FOR REHABBING AND REDEVELOPING.
AND, UM, I IMAGINE THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IF THERE WERE A DECENT HOUSING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO.
IT WAS UP IN THAT AREA, OUT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN, CAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO PUT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT GOES TO THE FOOTPRINT.
THIS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO DO IT.
BUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE FLOOD, PLAIN AND DECENT BUILDING SITE, UH, I'M NOT INCLINED TO WANT TO SELL IT BECAUSE IF, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADJUST FOR KEEPING EXPANDING PROPERTY AND KEEPING IT MODE, UH, BUT MICHAEL PETTY, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE ASK FOR IT DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I THINK, I THINK ITS REAL VALUE IS IN CREATING NICE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK IN THAT AREA OF THE DUFFY FIELD, PROPER.
SO TO BE A CUT, TWO BOLTS, ONE KIND OF GOING OFF OF GIFTS.
THIS ONE IS STILL CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE CITY OR THE COUNTY.
SO WE WOULD HAVE SOME LOGISTICS WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SELLING A PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN'T FAIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
UM
UM, CAUSE AT SOME POINT IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, KIND OF SECONDLY, WORKING OFF OF THAT FROM A, A LOT SANDPOINT POINT, I THINK IT'D BE KIND OF THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THAT IS A LOT THAT IS SUITABLE FOR BUILDING
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AS A FAN, A LITTLE RESIDENCE BASED ON THE WAY WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING DRAWN UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SQUARE FOOTAGE, LOT SIZE SETBACK, ABILITY, EVERYTHING THAT IS, THAT DOES QUALIFY FOR A LOT, THAT WOULD, SO THEN OUR DECISION IN MY OPINION HOLDS.AND WHEN IT COMES BACK TO HOW FOR ALL WAY FROM WE, HOW FAR AWAY ARE WE FROM BEING READY TO DO SOMETHING ON A LOT OF HOUSE BY HOUSE BASIS AND THE COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THAT WITH THE PERCEPTION OF WE'VE GOT ALL THE PROPERTY AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SIT AND DO ANYTHING WITH IT, I'M INCLINED TO HOLD IT AND SAY, WE CAN USE IT OURSELVES.
BUT IF WE'RE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 10 TO 15 YEARS AWAY FROM TOUCHING IT, DO ANYTHING WITH IT, THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOME PERCEPTION ISSUES WITH WE'RE SAYING, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SELL IT OVER TO HIM.
AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO SIT THERE AND HELP HIM.
UM, I WOULD NOT BE INCLINED TO AUTOMATICALLY IN CONVERSATIONS, BUT OPTION.
UM, JUST THROW IT OUT THERE AND I DON'T WANT THEM STIFLING THE CONVERSATION AS WE KEEP MOVING.
UM, SHORT-TERM LEASE, HAVEN'T USED IT FIVE YEAR LEASE MAY AND ULTIMATELY I'M TALKING A LOT AS I THINK ABOUT THAT MEETING
THINK THE ULTIMATE GOAL I WOULD THINK IS TO HAVE A HOME THERE THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL.
SO THE COUPLE OF TRACES THERE IS YOU PUT A RESTRICTION ON IT.
YOU SAY TO THE HOME OWNER, WE'RE HAPPY FOR YOU TO BUY IT, BUT YOU MUST BUILD A HOUSE WITHIN TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS.
YOUR TIMEFRAME, YOU CAN PUT THAT RESTRICTION ON THERE.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.
SO THAT WOULD BE STEP ONE, STEP TWO.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS CAUSE HE JUST WALKED IN THE ROOM AND IT'S SITTING SOMEWHERE BEHIND ME, BUT YOU KNOW, DO WE TALK TO THE CITY GIVING AND TAP, TAP, BUILDING A HABITAT HOUSE THERE.
I MEAN IF THE END GAME, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS THEN THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO THE HOUSE.
AND WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
WE GO IN THERE AND BUILD IT OURSELVES AND GET SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND BUILD SOMETHING.
WE ASK THAT NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, DO YOU WANT TO BUY IT? BUT YOU MUST BE CONDITIONS ARE WE WILL SELL IT AT X, BUT MUST BUILD OR TOP THE HABITAT ABOUT IT.
REMEMBER THE PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT, UH, FOR THE SORT OF REBUILT AND MADNESS THAT IS UNDERSTOOD AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, CAUSE YOU SELL IT TO THE HOME.
I LIKE THAT BOBBY OR SOMETHING.
SO MAYBE THAT'S THE NEXT LAYER OF THE CONVERSATION IS TO SEE, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTENDING TO DO SOMETHING ELSE OR DO YOU JUST WANT IT TO EXPAND YOUR OWN PERSONAL PROPERTY? BECAUSE THAT MAY VERY WELL GIVE ME A CONVERSATION RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN, I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT IT'S BEING DONE TO EXPAND, JUST TO HAVE A BIGGER ROLE.
THAT'S HOW IT WAS RELAYED TO ME.
IS THAT A GENERATIONAL TYPE PROPERTY I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ON WITH THE HOUSE THAT'S THERE NOW ON THAT PAPER AND WALK OUT.
I THINK THAT'S IT LIKE A DOUBLE-WIDE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IT'S FAIRLY AND IT'S WELL KEPT AND OKAY, WELL
SO, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A PROCEDURE POLICY OR SOMETHING AS TO HOW TO HANDLE THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
YEAH, NO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY WHAT I'M, UH, ON THE BANGLE STATE, YOU KNOW, OUR GAMES BUILD HOUSES, YOU KNOW, NICE YARDS ARE NICE AND WE'LL WORKING ON ALL THAT STUFF, BUT GAME IS ONLY SPENT BUILD HOUSES OUT OF THE HOUSING STOCK.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN'T TALK TO THAT INDIVIDUAL ABOUT TRYING TO APIECE.
THEY MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THAT CAUSE THAT, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE ANY HESITATION ABOUT THAT.
AND IF NOT, COULD THAT BE AN AMENITY? COULD WE GET AN ART GROUP OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THE ARTS THAT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, PUT UP A SCULPTURE, DO SOMETHING, MAKE AN AMENITY FOR THE MAKEUP? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A NON-USABLE SPACE THERE.
NO, THIS IS JUST KIND OF AROUND THE CORNER A LITTLE BIT FROM THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE.
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IT'S TWO NEIGHBORHOODS AWAY.UM, SO SOME DIRECTION, UM, WE HAD HEARD FROM MR. MORGAN OBLIGATION TO SHOW YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AND THIS WAS COMMISSIONER MORGAN.
I KNOW, I DON'T SOUND LIKE COMMISSIONER CHO, I GUESS I REALLY WANTED TO KNOW ALSO JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, WHAT THE PURPOSE WOULD BE.
AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS WAITING TO HEAR BEFORE.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, USING THAT THIS YEAR, THE ACTUAL HOMEOWNER THAT LIVES GIVE ME A BREAK FROM LOC, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, I HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE BY AND SEE THE LOT, UH, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO KNOW.
AND THE SAID THAT MADE HIM THE CONVERSATION RIGHT THERE.
IF WE PUT A STIPULATION ON, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE PLANNING ON PUTTING ANOTHER HOME THERE JUST TO ENHANCE THE SIZE OF THEIR CURRENT PROPERTY.
UH, I MEAN THEY'RE ALL GOOD POINTS.
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING HOUSES, CREATING HOMES WITH ALSO PROVIDING MONEY THAT IS BADLY NEEDED FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
UM, AND I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO ASK KIP, UH, KIP, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS IT RELATED IF LET'S SAY THAT WE DID NOT SAIL NECESSARILY, THE HOMEOWNER DOES NOT WANT TO PUT ANOTHER HOME THERE.
DO YOU SEE THAT BEING ONE OF THE EARLIER PARCELS OF LAND IN THAT AREA THAT WE WOULD TRACK TO DEVELOP OR WOULD WE TRY TO SEEK OUT? WE CAN TRY WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT.
I WOULD SEE US PUTTING, GETTING A HOUSE THERE.
SO W W W WITH WHATEVER MEANS WE NEED, WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH A DEVELOPER BUILDER OR, OR HABITAT, WHATEVER THAT, THAT AREA, AND THEN SOMEBODY CORRECT ME, IF I'M WRONG, TENDS TO BE MORE OWNERSHIP, HOME OWNERSHIP THEN THAN RENTAL AREA IN THAT AREA.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M CORRECT OR NOT, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE WAY THE PROPERTIES ARE KEPT AND SO FORTH.
I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD DRAW THAT CONCLUSION EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE ERRONEOUS.
AND I, THAT THEREFORE I WOULD BE LOOKING AT AT ENTICING, A PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE AND A HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE, WHETHER IT BE A NICE RENTAL OR, OR HABITAT HOUSE WHERE OWNERSHIP COULD AGAIN, BLEND INTO THAT EXISTING CULTURE OF IT'S IT'S IN THAT AREA.
UM, YEAH, I, I CONCUR, I PULLED THAT EARLIER JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND.
UM, AND SO, UM, HE, WASN'T QUITE SURE ABOUT THE INTENTION AND I THINK THAT IS A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DECISION THAT WE MAKE.
SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD FIND OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, LOVING A HOUSE OR SOMEBODY OUT PROPERTY, AND THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, I LIKED THE IDEA OF PUTTING DON'T ON THERE.
SO I AGREE WITH THE DISCUSSION THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.
SO I SEEMS LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE A CONFERENCE STATION INDEPENDENT OF WHAT IT COULD PUT, YOU KNOW, THE ULTIMATE GOAL I'LL CIRCLE BACK, I'LL ASK WHAT IS THE PURPOSE IS TO CLARIFY, CLARIFY, AND IF IT SIMPLY IS JUST TO HAVE A NICE YARD NEXT TO THEM IS THE TRYING TO REPEAT, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU ARE SPEAKING PLEASE? COOL.
SO THERE'S TWO AND THEN SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY EDGES AND JUST TO TRY AND GET OUT.
AND IF THERE IS NO INTENTION TO BUILD END OF CONVERSATION.
SO I JUST HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION AND THEN IT'S HARD TO HEAR
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OR UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER DISTRICT HAD SAID ABOUT, I MEAN, AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS COMMENT ABOUT THE COUNTY, OR I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT PIECE OF IT, DO YOU MIGHT EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN? YEAH.THAT'S JUST PROBABLY FROM A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT, THERE ARE SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BACK IN THAT AREA THAT ARE CITY OWNED.
AND I THINK THE CITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THAT, THAT THE WORK DONE.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE COUNTY AND CITY, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA STEP A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME OPEN WHAT HAPPENS.
UM, MARIA IS THAT, UM, WHEN THEY WERE FORECLOSED ON, THEY WERE BACK TAXES OWED TO BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CITY GOES IN AND, AND WE WOULD SAY TO THE COUNTY, WILL YOU BE WILLING TO FOREGO YOUR TAXES ON THIS PROPERTY? OR, UH, YOU KNOW, GIVE THIS TO THE CITY AND WE ALL, YOU KNOW, IF WE EVER SELL IT OR SOMETHING, WE'LL PAY YOU BACK, IF NOT DEED IT TO YOUR HALF TO THE CITY.
SO THAT'S KINDA HOW THAT WORKS.
IT'S ONE, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY OWNED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE TAXES.
SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S WILLING TO BUY IT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE PEN AND SAY, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BUY IT FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
WE'LL PAY YOU X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, YOU KNOW? OH, THE, WE, THEY MIGHT NOT GET THE FULL TAX VALUE.
IS THE INTENT IN GENERAL TO MAKE THAT ASK FOR THE COUNTY TOOK FOR GO THERE OR ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE JOINTLY OWNED OR IS THERE ANY INFLAMMATION FROM THE KELLY TO JUST BASICALLY LET ALL THOSE BE NEEDED OVER TO THE
DOES THAT HELP YOU, MARIA? THANK YOU.
[5. Subcommittee updates]
IS THE, UM, COMMUNITY REPORT FROM HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD? AND SO COMMUNITIES DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.I'LL START WITH, I'LL START WITH NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE HAD OUR FIRST BIG CLEANUP, UM, MR. MORGAN WAS ON THE GROUND MOST OF THE DAY, UM, MR. WALLACE AND, UH, MR. MOSLEY, AND IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS.
THE PUBLIC WORKS IN THERE, 24 OTHER WORKS CREW, THE ENTIRE LEAVING LAMB AND LIVERPOOL WAS OUT THERE AND SIX PEOPLE ON THE STREET, UM, WORKING UP AND DOWN, TAKE THE BALL OF LITTER.
I BROUGHT IN THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
UM, CUT BACK ALL THE TREES ON MOTTO RIGHT OF WAY OVER YOU.
IF YOU GO DOWN CRAWFORD, CRAWFORD LOOK LIKE A RAIN FOREST.
WHEN YOU WENT IN THERE BEFORE NOW, IT'S CUT BACK.
AND THE SUN ACTUALLY SHINES IN.
A LOT OF THAT STUFF WENT BACK, CUT OUT, PULLED OUT, KNOW, CUT DOWN A FEW LIKE DEAD TREES THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BIG, LARGE STUFF.
RIDING MY STUMPS DOWN, JUST OPENED UP THE AREA COMMUNITY WAS OUT THERE.
UM, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS GOOD VIBES.
EVERYONE WAS UP THANKING US AS WE WERE OUT THERE DOING THE WORK.
PEOPLE WOULD STOP IN THEIR CARS.
AND ONE, ONE LADY STOPPED AND BEGGED US TO APPROACH.
USUALLY SAYS SHE DRIVES IN THERE EVERY DAY TO PICK UP HER MOM.
AND SHE'S SO HAPPY THAT PEOPLE RUN IT CLEANING UP.
UM, SO IT WAS, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND, UH, SO NOW WE HAVE A MEETING, UM, TOMORROW, TOMORROW WITH MATT TO HEAD OUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER SECTION ON THE, UM, OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S GONNA GO FROM ESSENTIALLY REIZENSTEIN.
UM, THE OTHER SIDE OF PREGNANT TERRORISTS, CEDAR, UM, TO BURN TO QUEEN THAT WHOLE CHUNK.
WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT IN A DAY.
SO I'LL BE GOING OUT THERE WITH MATT AND, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE DID THIS ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE PROBABLY DID THREE WALKTHROUGHS WITH PUBLIC WORKS JUST TO GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT EQUIPMENT AND HOW MUCH MANPOWER IS GOING TO BE NEEDED, UM, TO GET THE JOB DONE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL DO IT A LOT QUICKER THIS TIME AND GETTING A LITTLE BETTER AT IT FROM THERE.
THE COMMITTEE HAS AGREED TO JUMP BROAD STREET AND GET INTO WALT BELLAMY AND DO A LARGE CLEANUP THERE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HEAD BACK UP OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE AND, AND CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP.
SO WE'RE, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM THE NEXT ONE.
SO MAYBE BY THE NEXT BOMB, BY OUR NEXT MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THE DRUG EITHER DONE OR, UM, A HARD DATE SCHEDULED TO GO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.
I'LL LET MARIA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE.
I RODE THROUGH THAT REDEVELOPMENT AREA ON THAT SIDE,
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THEY KNEW IT WAS MY IMAGINATION, BUT IT'S BAD THAT AS GOOD AS I'VE EVER SEEN THAT AREA LOOK.I MEAN, THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT THERE ACTUALLY CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT IN MOWING GRASS AND YEAH.
UH, I'VE BEEN RIDING THROUGH THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND THIS STRUCK ME FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT IT LOOKED GOOD AND IT LOOKED GOOD.
ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS IS WE REALLY DID ZERO IN NOW ON THE PROBLEM PROPERTY.
UM, BECAUSE THOSE WERE PRETTY DIRTY PRETTY QUICK AFTER THE FACT.
SO WE'RE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ZEROING IN ON THAT.
I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE, UM, A RESIDENT CAME UP TO US AND, UH, WAS, UH, HOW YOU JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND HE COULDN'T BREATHE.
HE SAID HIS HOME, HIS CONDITION OF HIS HOUSE IS WHAT MADE HIM SICK.
UM, SO WE ESSENTIALLY FOUND AN ILLEGAL BOARDING HOUSE.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF GETTING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE AND, UM, GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT'S ONE OF OUR LANDLORDS THAT WE KNOW OF IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HANDLING THAT SO THAT THIS IS GOOD AS TO BEING ON THE GROUND AND, AND, AND, UH, HAVING, UH, HAVING PEOPLE TALK TO US, UM, AND INVITE US AND JUST SEE THE CONDITIONS.
YOU KNOW, I, I CALLED OUR KEY BUILDING INSPECTOR AND OUR MIDDLE HOUSING INSPECTOR OVER.
THEY WERE THERE IN FIVE MINUTES.
UM, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T, I'VE BEEN IN VACANT HOUSES THAT LOOKED BETTER, BUT HONESTLY IT WAS SIX PEOPLE LIVING THERE MAY ADD VERY QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
UH, AND YOU ALL, ALL YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
UH, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE BUY-IN NOW WE HAVE BUY-IN FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.
AND THOSE THAT WERE NOT IN THAT AREA, EVEN THOSE THAT DID NOT LIVE IN THE AREA DELETED, THEY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
OR FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AVENUE PROVIDENCE STREET, BECAUSE THE WORD TRAVELS I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ASK ME, WELL, ARE YOU ALL GOING TO DO THIS BACK IN DUCKY FIELD? ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT OVER BY JC BARBARA? ISN'T GOING TO BE OVER OR WALK DOWN ME AND MY ASS TO HOLIDAYS.
AND THEY SAID, WELL ON YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THE RESIDENTS TO COME OUT AND HELP.
AND THEN I EXPLAINED TO THEM ABOUT THOSE INCREASING NUMBERS AS IT RELATED TO COVID AS IT RELATED TO THE HEAT AND THAT YES.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN START YOUR OWN SMALL PROJECTS IN TERMS OF CLEANING UP, AND THEN WE'VE EVEN GONE SO FAR.
THERE'S A GUY THAT JAMIE MET WITH, AND HE'S SOMEWHAT OF A STREET CAPTAIN OVER IN THE AREA.
AND HE GOES UP AND DOWN THE STREET, CUTTING A LOT OF THE ELDERLY GRASS.
AND HE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OVER IN THE AREA WHILE WE'VE GOT THAT BIKE.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE ADVANTAGE.
LAST SAY THEY, THE RESIDENTS HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WILL CALL ME OUT AND THAT TYPE OF FORCE AND THAT TYPE OF MAGNITUDE WITH THOSE AND THE CITY WORKERS, THEY HAD GREAT ATTITUDES.
THEY WEREN'T ACTING LIKE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE.
THEY WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENTS.
THE RESIDENTS WILL ALSO, THE CITY WAS AWESOME AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS.
THEY WERE JUST HAPPY TO SEE SOMEBODY PAY THEM A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY FED OFF OF THEM.
I'M STILL GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREET FROM SPIEL.
UM, GOING BACK CHECKING A COUPLE OF BOLTS THAT WE TALKED TO AND THEY HAVE STARTED TO KEEP THEIR GROUNDS CLEAN.
AND I CONSTANTLY BROUGHT OUT OF DOWN THERE AND THOSE TRASH CANS THAT HAD BEEN PUT OUT BY THE CITY, I'VE BEEN SEEING A FOOL, BUT I ALSO DO UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THEY'RE BEING EMPTIED A LITTLE BIT MORE RARE REGULARLY, THEN THEY ACTUALLY WORK.
SO WITH THEM SEEING THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE AREA WITH THEM, KNOWING THAT THE CITY DOES CARE, THIS HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A WIN-WIN SITUATION AND WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP IT GOING AND KEEP THAT PUBLIC TRUST GOING.
AND WE ALSO HAD SOME GREAT MEDIA COVERAGE.
IT ACTUALLY PLAYED ON A WEEKEND ALONG WITH YOU THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES, UM, PETE.
SO IT WAS, UH, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO ME AND IT PLAYED ON ALL CHANNELS, SO THAT, UH, THAT MAKES IT TO GO IN THERE AND SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE INSTEAD OF JUST COMING, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE.
SO THAT, THAT MEANS ALL THAT IS REALLY GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER SHOW YOU GOT THAT, UH, HEALTH COMMUNITY REPORT FOR US.
UM, I HAVE LISTED, UM, A LITTLE BLURB THERE ABOUT OUR PRESENTATIONS OR PRESENTATION
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WAS ON COVID MY HEAT ANDUH, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT, UM, VIRTUALLY, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE COME IN INTO THE, UH, MEGHAN CENTER.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ASSETS AS WELL AS A MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
THEY WOULD ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IF THEY MADE IT MR. JONES, IT'S KIND OF LIKE AREN'T ABLE TO RELATE ON ADVOCATE.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, HE COULD, THE NEXT TIME THAT HE USED SOMETHING LIKE THIS, UH, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO ADVERTISE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN ADVANCE.
IT TOOK US SOME TIME TO GET THE PROGRAM, UM, FIGURED OUT MODERATE.
UM, BUT I THINK, UM, THE USUAL EFFORT AT A POINT IN TIME IN THE ACTUAL PRESENTATION, VERY INFORMATIVE, ALTHOUGH THERE AREN'T MANY PETTY, BUT HE HAD SOME DISCUSSION, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH PEOPLE THAT PRESENTED OR TALKS ABOUT, UM,
SO NEXT STEPS WE'LL BE ASKING THE QUESTION OF LISTENING, NOT REALLY TRYING TO DO HERE, BUT ACTUALLY I MADE SOME OTHER
UM, SO, UM, AND I EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE
UM, AND HE SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, AGAIN, UH,
WHAT DID HE THINK OF IT? I THINK IF CHARLIE BROWN'S TEACHER
I THOUGHT THE PROGRAM WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
UM, AND, UH, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
UM, YOU PULLED A GREAT GROUP TOGETHER, UH, AND YES, WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE GOT THE WORD OUT EASIER.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAD A HURRICANE IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT KIND OF SCREWED US UP AND THAT TOOK FOUR DAYS AWAY FROM US.
WE'LL GO BACK AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND, UH, AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM, JUST LIKE ROBBIE SAID THAT THE CLEANUP IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE JUST KEEP THE MOMENTUM WITH ALL THIS STUFF.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK IN AND DO IT AGAIN.
AND CAN I ADD SOMETHING FOR LEAN ROBERTS? UM, OUR, UH, CITIES, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS SET IT UP AND WENT FACEBOOK LIVE.
I WAS HERE TO MODERATE, YOU KNOW, MONITOR QUESTIONS, AND THEN SEND THAT TO THE PANELISTS.
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ORIGINALLY AIRED ON FACEBOOK LIVE, WHICH WE DID HAVE PEOPLE ENGAGING IN WATCHING IT LIVE.UM, WE ALSO HAVE UPLOADED IT TO YOUTUBE AND SHE HAD INDIVIDUALS REACH OUT TO ASK, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY COULD WATCH IT.
SO IT'S NOW RUNNING THREE TIMES A DAY ON CTB.
UM, SO THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OUTREACH AFTER THE FACT.
SO, UM, THAT'S A SUCCESS TO WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT AS YOU'VE STATED, YOU KNOW, AS KIND OF MITIGATE COMMISSIONERS BEFORE, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
SO YEAH, WE ALWAYS COULD ADVERTISE MORE, BUT THIS IS STILL GETTING TRACTION AND BEING SHOWN AND GETTING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY EYES IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS AND ESPECIALLY A GREAT, UH, KIND OF FIRST, UM, ACTIVITY FOR THE HEALTH COMMITTEE, SO WELL DONE.
WE'VE GOT 2000 VIEWS ALREADY ON FACEBOOK, SO YEAH,
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD INTRODUCTION.
I THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE, UH, ARE SERIOUS AND WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, UM, IN GRACE, IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE TRUST ISSUE.
WE SAY SOMETHING, I APOLOGIZE.
I WANTED THE COMMISSION TO KNOW WHAT A OUTSTANDING JOB YOU DID ON THIS.
UM, I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART WAS THAT YOU POOLED VARIOUS PEOPLE IN GROUPS TOGETHER AND PREPARED THE GROUNDWORK FOR SOME OUTSTANDING, UH, PROGRAMS AND SO FORTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT WAS JUST, UH, IT WAS A MASSIVE JOB IN THE TIMEFRAME TO PULL THE PEOPLE THAT MS. JONES PULLED TOGETHER, UH, AND GOT THEM TO FUNCTION IN A BRIGHT WAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.
I REALLY WAS VERY REWARDING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE, ALL OF US.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTS, SO THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP.
NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 10:00 AM WILL BE OUR STANDING MEETING WITH, UH, THE UNIVERSITY.
UM, IN FACT, I DIDN'T CALL THEM
I THINK THEY'RE VERY, VERY, UM, UH, EXCITED TO HELP TOO.
IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THEIR BACK AND THEY HAVE OUR BACK.
SO THAT'LL BE EVERY WEDNESDAY WE'LL MEET VIA THERE.
MUST'VE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL AT 10 O'CLOCK TO DISCUSS AND MOVE FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NEXT.
UM, DO YOU HAVE HOUSING HOUSING? YEP.
UM, NO, WE, WE READY TO GO THROUGH THIS VEHICLES IS STILL VERY PRELIMINARY.
JUST GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON DUE DILIGENCE WISE.
SO MOSTLY YOU ANYWAYS, CAUSE WE WERE THERE.
UM, WE DID A WALK THROUGH, UH, BETH IS DOING A KIND OF A LAYOUT REDESIGN PLAN FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND FROM THAT WE'LL, THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT, WE'LL GET COSTS ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO, TO BUILD IT OR TO REHAB IT MORE THAN EVER YET AT THIS POINT AND STUFF JUST HAD GOTTEN REBUILDING.
UM, WE HAVE CONTACTED A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WHO HAS VISITED THE SITE ALREADY.
AND, UM, HE'S WORKING ON, WE CONTACTED HIM THIS MORNING OR LAST NIGHT.
HAS HE GOT BACK WITH YOU YET? YEAH.
AND DO WE HAVE AN ETA ON HIS ASS? HE'S WORKING ON A REPORT.
UM, HE WANTED TO GET BACK IN THE PROPERTY AND JUST, UM, KIND OF MAYBE DO SOME FURTHER EVALUATION OF CERTAIN PARTS OF THE FOUNDATION.
UM, JUST SO HE COULD GIVE US BETTER RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PENDING, BUT, UM, HE'S, UH, PRELIMINARY, WE'VE KIND OF GIVEN US SOME INFORMATION THAT HE'D LIKE TO PURSUE SOMETHING.
IT'S NOT THAT HE DIDN'T LOOK AT IT AND SAY, UM, HE ACTUALLY HAD GOOD IMPRESSIONS THE FIRST TIME HE WAS UNDERNEATH IT.
NOW LOOK, LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO BY OUR NEXT MEETING, WE SHOULD HAVE THIS ALL, UH, ALL OUT, LAID OUT IN FRONT OF US.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION HERE AS WE CAN WORK ON Y'ALL CAN MAKE A DECISION ON HOW YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
I MEAN, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, I MIGHT AS WELL JUST GIVE AN UPDATE
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ON WHERE WE DID SOME MORE DISCOVERY AS FAR AS THE CASH FLOW AND THE WAY THE MONEY FLOWS IN FROM VOUCHERS.SO YOU HAVE STEVE AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO TWO RIVERS AND GOT MORE EXACT DETAILS ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST WHAT THE, THE FEDS PUBLISH ON THINGS.
UM, AND WE'LL JUST SAY THAT THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE AS A PART OF THEIR PROGRAM OR LESS THAN THE FED SEEM TO INDICATE WOULD BE AVAILABLE OTHERWISE.
UM, SO THAT NARROWS OUR, OUR, OUR NUMBERS DOWN JUST A LITTLE, WELL, A GOOD BIT.
THEY WERE ALREADY NOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ON THE TAB.
UM, I MEAN IT SHOWS WHERE THAT $250,000 REPAIR BILL, UH, WHERE WE ARE JUST ABOVE ZERO AND JUST ABOVE 1%, IF WE GO TO THREE BEDROOMS, UM, WHETHER THE $250,000 BILL, SO THAT'LL BE GOOD.
SO IT'S ALL GOING TO COME DOWN TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE REPAIR SIDE OF THINGS AND, AND WHAT COMES IN AND OBVIOUSLY SAY THE POINT 31 AND 1.66 THERE WHERE THE $200,000 DEALS.
SO IT'D BE, IF THE AMOUNTS ARE SHRINKING, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT, AS LONG AS WE SAY IN THAT TWO TO THREE BEDROOM RANGERS DO A NET POSITIVE THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S IT'S TO COME DOWN TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HAS TO GO INTO IT.
AND THEN THE BOARD'S WILLINGNESS TO STAND BY THE DECISION TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN THE AREA AND LOOK FORWARD TO RETURN.
THAT IS NOT A FINANCIAL RETURN.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO FLUSH THOSE NUMBERS OUT AND ADDRESS THAT, HAVING A MORE CLEAR PICTURE TO PREVENT EVERYONE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THAT'LL, THAT'LL KIND OF BE OUR FINAL POINT TO SAY, YES, WE'RE GOING TO GO OR NO, WE'RE GOING TO BACK.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE REASON YOU WOULDN'T SEEK, UM, UH, UH, A LOAN? THE RATES ARE SO FAVORABLE.
GOVERNMENT RATES ARE SO FAVORABLE.
WHY WOULD WE NOT? IT MAY BE THAT IN THE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO USE YOU FUNDS TO REPAY THAT.
AND SO STEVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN, ONCE WE GET IT REHABBED AND IT LOOKS GOOD AND THE APPRAISER WILL LOOK AT IT FAVORABLY
WELL WITH A PROPERTY LIKE THIS, I MEAN, YOU YOU'VE SEEN THOSE GOOD JOBS AND DONE BEFORE, YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BORROW.
I MEAN, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY MAKING A NEW DRAWING, A CONSTRUCTION LOAN, GO WORK ON IT WHENEVER IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
AND IT WAS RIGHT A LITTLE BIT LESS VARIABLE, A LITTLE BIT MORE VARIABLE INFANTS.
SO I FEEL LIKE THE CLEANER PICTURE TO WHO WOULD BE THE LEVER LEVERAGE OFF OF IT AFTER THE FACT AFTER WE GET TO THAT POINT, WHICH WOULD AGAIN, FURTHER DIMINISH YOUR RATE, BUT WOULD WE KEEP THE CASH CASH, EXCUSE ME, BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW, NOT NECESSARILY VIEW CDBC RETAIN IT FOR, I THINK 20 YEARS OUTSIDE OF YOU BORROW AGAINST IT THOUGH.
IF YOU'RE USING CDBG FUNDS, I THINK IT STILL BE, HAVE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION UNDERSTOOD.
YOU CAN SEE THE FUN PART OF IT.
IT'S JUST THAT IT WOULD NEED TO RE RETAIN AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
WELL, THE MAIN INSTRUCTION I WENT THROUGH IT WITH BETH FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE ENGINEER HAD THE FRONT HAND, BUT NOT, UH, NOT BAD, NOT BAD.
IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THAT PLACE AND ALL THE MODIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER TIME, THAT QUIET POWER, UH, HIT AND MISS PROJECTS ALL OVER THAT THE BACK HALF IS WHERE THINGS KIND OF GO ALL TO PIECES THAT KINDA WILL DAMPEN YOUR ENTHUSIASM AS LONG AS OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WAS IT
ESSENTIALLY THAT WAS A FRIDAY, TWO WEEKS AGO.
I MEAN, IT'D BE NICE TO SEE THOSE DATES HARD.
WE'LL EMAIL THAT OUT BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THAT AT THE BUILDING MATERIALS ARE GOING ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE.
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TONE SET, STEVENWE GOT, WE GOT A LOT OF THAT STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING WITH REBUILD INSIDE THE WALLS.
IT'S KIND OF CONCERNING TO ME THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET OUR SPECS DOWN AND THEN GET A, WE'VE GOT A REAL, A REAL PROBLEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET ONE FROM A TALKING CIRCLE ABOUT BUILDERS TODAY, AND THEY'RE ALL PUTTING IN ALL THESE CRAZY CLAUSES, INFLATIONARY CAUSES CONTRACTS.
SO WE'RE LOSING CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY SAID, I CAN'T BUILD THIS HOUSE FOR YOU ANYMORE.
I GAVE YOU THE PRICE A MONTH AGO AND I CAN'T DO IT WELL.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT FIRMED UP DURING THE DUE DILIGENCE, WE CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR AN EXTENSION, TARA, I JUST WANT THAT AFTER YOUR REPORTS ARE FINISHED, NOW, I REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION FOR THE EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF HARD TIMES AND A LOT OF PAINFUL TIMES, BUT THIS WAS THE, THE VISION WHEN WE STARTED.
AND WHEN WE FOUGHT TO HAVE A REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, IT WAS TO TRY TO MAKE AN IMPACT BECAUSE FOR SO LONG, EVERYBODY TALKED ABOUT DOING STUFF IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY TRIED TO DO A LITTLE HERE, A LITTLE THERE, BUT WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IMPACT HEARING COMMISSIONER MORGAN, TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF JUST CUTTING BACK.
TREES IS AMAZING TO ME AND IT'S REALLY PROPELLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE WHAT CAN BE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEVER HAPPENED.
SO I'M REALLY PLEASED AND COMMISSIONER CHO.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT YOU WITH, WITH, UM, MR. JONES, BECAUSE HE WAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY GOING OFF ON THEIR OWN TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY FELT NOTHING WAS BEING DONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CAME IN AND FOUND WHERE WE COULD PARTNER AND BRING ALL THIS TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
I KNOW IT SEEMS FRUSTRATING AT TIMES, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE CITY STAFF DESERVES A LOT OF OIL.
THEY'RE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND MAKING THINGS HAPPEN.
SO IT'S NOT TOTALLY A BOARD MEMBER.
AND SO HE'S APPROACHED ME AND, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE MAYBE FOR HIM TO COME AND TALK TO US.
HE'S A BUILDER OF TINY HOUSES HAS GOT A PROGRAM DOING SOME THINGS, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HE'S DOING OR WHAT HE LIKE TO DO IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I ASKED HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, LET ME SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION, SEE IF WE ALLOW HIM TO COME SOMETIME AND DO A PRESENTATION AND TELL US MORE INFORMATION ON HOW, WHAT HE'S DOING IS THAT A REACH OUT, REACH OUT TO JOE AND YOU DON'T GET OUT OF THE AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OKAY.
I'LL I'LL MEETING IS SOMEBODY KIND OF FOUND THEM WITH THEM RIGHT QUICK SEPTEMBER, IS THIS YOU NEED TO CALL ME, WAS IT SEPTEMBER? YEAH.
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YOUR BUSINESS, I LIKE THAT ABOUT ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE RENTAL REGISTRATION FOR YOUR STORY ABOUT THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS HOUSE AND THE CONDITION AND SO FORTH.WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT KICKED OFF? I'VE BEEN KIND OF HAVING A LOT OF PUSHBACK FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND THINKS IT'S NOT LEGAL ANYMORE.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY WROTE A BLOG SAYING IT WAS SO I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM WHEN THEIR RESPONSES ARE NOT AS FAST AS THAT I'M STILL WORKING ON IT.
AND I HAVE TO GET THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY WHO ALSO DOESN'T THINK THERE'S ANY UTILITY.
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COMPLAINT OR WHATEVER TAKEN ISSUE WITH A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT OR JUST A REGISTRATION IN GENERAL OR REGISTRATION? YEAH.NO, I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE NEXT TIME.
ANYTHING SAY SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY BEFORE WE CAN START NEW BUSINESS, BUT I DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I PUBLICLY ON THE REST OF YOU HAVE READ HERE FOR THIS CLEAN UP.
UM, WE DID ANYTIME I X, JUST TO COME OUT AND WALK WITH ME, NOT ONLY DID HE COME OUT WHEN HE MADE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SOME SUPERVISORS COME OUT AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND I'LL BE TOTALLY HONEST WITH YOU.
WE JUST NEEDED TO BE SEEN NOW.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN PLACE.
AND I THINK THE MORE THAT PEOPLE SAW US HOURS, THEY WERE REALLY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY MAY BE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, THIS TIME.
I DID FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S A LONG MISTRUST AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY.
AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CURRENT REWARD, BUT IT'S PAST SOMETHING, SOME THINGS TO DO WITH THE BOARDS IN THE PAST AND SOME OF THE PROMISES IN THE PAST AND SOME OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND THAT AREA HAS BEEN STUDIED AND STUDIED IN RESEARCH AND NOTHING EVER CAME OF IT.
BUT JUST TO SHOW THAT ATTENTION AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT I'VE GOT TO COME BACK TO IT, BUT JEFF DID ACTIVATE THOSE GUYS.
THEY WERE ON BOARD AND HE IS KNOWN DOWN IN THOSE AREAS.
I MADE SURE THAT I PUT THEM OUT THERE AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU.
SO JEFF HAS MADE SOME OF HIS OWN CONTACTS IN THOSE AREAS.
AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREAS THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEATEN, BEEN BEING BLINDED, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE BLINDED LIKE AGAIN, THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, UM, ALL OF THE COMMITTEES, THE HOUSING, I MEAN, EVERYBODY PARK IT TOGETHER.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT THING FOR THE CITY.
SO, BRENDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND THE COMMISSION, OUR CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN.
I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY THANK YOU BECAUSE NOW I HAVE ENVISIONED AND NOW I CAN SEE SOMETHING AND NOW THE REVENANT PROCEEDING.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, JUST BY OUR MERE PRESENCE, THE SMALLEST THINGS ARE REALLY OPENING THEIR EYES.
AND IF THEY KNOW THAT THERAPY IN COLLEGE, THEY KNOW THAT THEY MATTER.
AND JUST AS SOON AS THIS STUFF GETS STARTED BACK ON BILL STREET WITH THE PILOTS, AMANDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING IT TO ME BECAUSE NOW I CAN EXPLAIN IT.
AND THE WAY THAT YOU EXPLAINED IT, YOU MADE IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR BETTER THINGS FOR FOUR THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, JEFF, THANK YOU.
I WANT TO MAINTAIN THE COMMISSION.
I'M GOING TO HAVE DUFFY FEEL AND I CAN FEEL THE BAD CHANGE.
THE VIRUS CHANGES AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEEDED TO SAY OR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER BEFORE WE ADJOURN? NO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT MR. MORGAN SAID THAT, UH, THAT'S IN LIFE IN HOT FISH HEARTENING TO HEAR THAT.
UH, BACK, IS THERE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.