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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO THE NEWBURGH REDEVELOPMENT[1. 6:00pm: Welcome and roll call]
COMMISSION.OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE THAT I HAVE NOT, UH, THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE THINGS, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING DO THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, LET US BEGIN BY GOING THROUGH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THEN WE DO A CALL THE ROLL.
SO, UH, PERMISSION TO CHUCK AND I SAW IT WITH YOU.
UM, SO PAST PRESENT, FUTURE EQUAL TIME, RESPECT OTHERS' OPINIONS, LISTEN TO BUILD CONSENSUS, SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION, PUBLIC PERCEPTION, AND OUR INTRODUCTION OR MR. JULIA TRIP, UH, WILL TAKE US TO NUMBER FIVE.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE CALLED JAY OR JULIA? WE'RE GOING TO CALL YOU COMMISSIONER, BUT AS THEY SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN, J OR JULIAN, J J.
SO IF YOU CAN READ OFF YOUR PRINCIPAL MIGHT HAVE TO GET UP TO SPEED.
AND YOU KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONING TRIP, THAT WAS YOU'RE WELCOME BECAUSE I'M A FORMER, UH, VICE CHAIR.
SHE WOULD, SHE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT TOO.
WE WILL GET TO ALL THE BOARD PERMISSION TO CHARCOAL RECENTLY I'M HERE PUBLISHING A WALLETS PERMISSION TO Y'ALL HERE.
COMMISSIONER WALKER HERE, COMMISSIONER PARAGUARD, COMMISSIONER STRICKLAND, PERMISSION TO TRIP, RIGHT? YOU HAVE A FORUM.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC, UH, HERMIT? IF SO YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, ANY PUBLIC PROBABLY TONIGHT.
HOW YOU DOING? FUCKING PERMIT A COPY OF THE AGENDA.
SO, UH, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM
[3. Election of Officer – Vice Chairperson.]
THREE.AND THAT IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICER VICE CHAIR.
WE PUT, WE TAILORED THAT AND KILLED THIS MEETING TOO.
WE HAVE MANY, UH, NOMINATIONS OF ALL OF YOU AS CHAIR CITY ATTORNEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M SCOTT DAVIS, THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I HAVE COME FROM BRIEFLY TO SEE ME TO BRING YOU TO COME TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HER JAMIE JOINED OUR FIRM IN EARLY JANUARY.
SHE'S GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ME.
AND NOW WITH YOU, UM, THAT WE'RE BOTTOM WONDER, PROVIDED A RESOURCE TO ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
JAMIE'S GOING TO BE YOUR RESOURCE OFFICE DIRECTLY BESIDE MINE, MY EAR ALL DAY.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY HAVE ME, UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, CONGRATULATIONS, JAMIE.
GIVEN BACK TO ADAMS, THREE, ATTORNEY MOSLEY, WELCOME BACK TO ITEM THREE.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR IN A BAND OR VOLUNTEERS FROM BEFORE FOR A VICE-CHAIR? YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON BYLAWS FORCING PEOPLE.
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FROM OUR MAP.SO, UM, UH, AS VICE CHAIR, CAN WE PROCEED? UH, IT, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS CALL ROLL.
WELL, I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION WAS THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T SHOW UP? WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF REMINISCE OF A BOAT, ANY DISCUSSION FEED NOW MY FAVORITE EVER YOUR PEACE JUST FOR THE MINUTES, BETH WAS THE MOTION.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PARABLE.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE AGENDA, UM, WHERE NO MINUTES INCLUDED FROM OUR DECEMBER MEETING A FORTHCOMING OR A NEXT MEETING.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE JUST, IF I MISSED SOMETHING SOMEWHERE.
[4. Housing Subcommittee authority to negotiate property acquisition and make preliminary offers on property. Background Information]
NUMBER FOUR.THE HOUSE IS WORKING GROUP, UM, AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND MAKE PRELIMINARY OFFERS ON PROPERTY STAFF.
UH, SO THIS CAME FROM OUR WORKING GROUP, OUR HOUSING WORKING GROUP, UH, WHILE WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, CONSTANTLY FEELING PHONE CALLS, CONSTANTLY CHASING DOWN, UH, REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE FELT THAT IT WAS THE GROUP FELT THAT WE WOULD BE MORE CONFIDENT, HAD AN AUTHORITY FROM THE FULL BOARD TO JUST HAVE THOSE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS, UM, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PRELIMINARY, UM, PURCHASE ON PROPERTY NEGOTIATING, UM, FINAL PURCHASE PRICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT SUBJECT TO FULL COMMISSION APPROVAL.
UM, BUT I JUST FELT THAT IT WOULD BE SAFER TO GET THE AUTHORITY FROM THE FULL COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK CONSTANTLY WITH, IS THIS NUMBER GOOD AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THANKS JUST THE EFFICIENCY OF MOTION.
THESE THINGS MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
AS WE'LL SEE LATER ON TONIGHT THAT, UH, SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES DROP IN FRONT OF US AND WE NEED TO MOVE RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
AND, UH, OUR MEETING SCHEDULE AS A POOR ISN'T REALLY CONDUCIVE TO MOVING ALL THAT QUICKLY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
SO THE REQUEST IS TO GIVE THE HOUSING, UH, SUB WORKING GROUP A, UH, HE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE A PURCHASE PRICES.
SO THE PROPERTY WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR FULL APPROVAL AT A FULL BOARD MEETING.
ANY DISCUSSION GARRETT, STEVE, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO WITH, WE'VE KIND OF PREVIOUSLY STUCK US THIS AND IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO STRIKE WHILE THE R'S HOT.
AND SO WE NEED BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IS THERE A WRITTEN TYPE OF PROTOCOL THAT WE CAN PUT THE PLACE WHERE WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, I MEAN, I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE'VE DONE IT HERE, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY TO HAVE IT IN A FORMAT? YOU KNOW, SO WE COULD, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE BOOK SOMEWHERE.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT PROCESSES, PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING, YOU KNOW, MAKING AUTHORS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, DOES IT HAVE TO BE DONE? YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S TOUGH, RIGHT? IT'S A, HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WANT FOR IT.
THEY GIVE YOU A NUMBER AND YOU GO A LOWER NUMBER AND IT GOES BACK AND FORTH.
SOMETIMES ADDITIONAL PROPERTY GETS THROWN INTO THE DEAL.
THERE IS NO REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATING PROCESS THAT I WOULD, ONCE A DEAL HAS BEEN OFFERED TO THE PERSON, THEN THE NEXT STEP.
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SO WHEN WERE YOU ASKING US TO DO TONIGHT IS JUST TO SAY, I GUESS IT'S OKAY TO JUST MAKE AN OFFER AND NEGOTIATE DID NEGOTIATE, CORRECT? YEAH.IS THERE ANY, BUT IS THAT DISCUSSED ANYWHERE WITH THEM, ANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW, BRITAIN, THAT'S WHAT I'M I'VE HAD AT WORK? I KNOW IT'S SIMPLE.
I MEAN, MAYBE THERE IS, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT JUST TO MAKE IT TRANSPARENT, I GUESS.
WELL, AND AGAIN, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION LATER ON BECAUSE THESE TYPES OF THINGS AREN'T TRANSPARENT AND IT'S BAD FOR THEM.
I HAVE A QUESTION RELATIVE TO THAT PROCESS BEYOND THAT.
SO THE NEGOTIATIONS MAY, WILL THIS GROUP THEN, UH, OFFER THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD WHEREVER.
SO, UM, THEY'LL SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU HALF DOWN NOW, OR IT'LL BE A CASH DEAL OR IT'LL, THEY'LL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, PUT THAT IN.
THEY'LL ACTUALLY SIGN THE CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE OFFER, TO PURCHASE THE CHAIR WILL AFTER A FULL BOARD.
SO THEY WON'T BE, UH, AUTHORIZED TO SIGN A CONTRACT.
THERE'LL ONLY BE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE THE UP, IT ISN'T THE OFFER USUALLY IN WRITING.
I, I THINK, I THINK THAT WHAT WE WOULD DO UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES IS WE WOULD, WE WOULD PRESENT AN OPERATIVE PURCHASE TO THE SELLER WITH A DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO COME BACK TO THE FULL BOARD WITH THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD.
YOU CAN CANCEL THE CONTRACT AT ANY TIME, JORDAN, THAT DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD.
SO WE WOULD NORMALLY AS A, AS A, UH, PROTOCOL, HAVE A 30 DAY DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING THE HIGHER OFFER BEFORE THE FORUM FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL.
AND IF IT WERE REJECTED BY THE BOARD, THEN WE COULD GET OUT OF IT WITH NO POWER.
BUT IT KEPT WHAT I'M SAYING IS STILL SOMEBODY FROM YOUR COMMITTEE, IF YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, ARE YOU THEN THE AUTHORIZED PERSON TO SIGN THE OFFER TO PURCHASE? YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE DUE DILIGENCE IN IT, CORRECT? WELL, YES WE WOULD, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE BE, I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD WANT THE CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STAR OF THE YEAR.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU, ALL THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IS GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION, NEGOTIATE, THE OFFER, WHATEVER THAT IS.
AND THEN COME BACK TO THE CHAIR SAID, PLEASE SIGN THIS DOCUMENT FOR THIS OFFER.
AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT IT TO THE FULL BOARD AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS.
SO CHRISTIE SPIRITUALLY, NO, I'LL BE THERE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE WORKED OUT AND IN EFFECT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO WORK FOR WARRANTS TO BUILD OFF THE TIP.
ARE WE AT A POINT THAT IT IS LITERALLY THE, TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY, TO TRULY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION WITHOUT WAITING UNTIL THE NEXT WEEK? UM, THE GOALS WITHOUT US.
AND I'LL, I'LL KIND OF LOOK AT THE ATTORNEY IN THE ROOM WITH ALSO THROUGH THE PHONE HERE WITHOUT US OFFICIALLY BEING AUTHORIZED TO ENGAGE IN THAT CONVERSATION.
WE'RE KIND OF GETTING A CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE A LITTLE BIT, AND IT CAN SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN BECAUSE IT'S TWO WEEKS AWAY ON THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN THE TIME TO PROCESS THE OFFER AFTER THAT.
SO IT IS, IT IS NOT EMPOWERED ENOUGH IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO FINALIZE ANY TRANSACTION.
IT IS SOLELY JUST TO THINK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SHOW, SHOW CLEAR INTENT AND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE TRANSACTION FORWARD IN A FAIR WAY, BUT NOT IN A TIMING WAY.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US REFLECTS WHAT THE GENTLEMAN WAS SAYING ABOUT HOW THEY ARE TO PROCEED.
THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT SPECIFY THAT THE CHAIR IS TO SIGN THE OFFER TO PURCHASE.
AND I THINK IF, IF YOU PLAN TO DO THAT, THEN YOU NEED TO PUT THAT IN THE RESOLUTION AND VOTE ON IT.
SO I'M JUST THINKING THROUGH IT.
SO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HAS THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE PROPERTY.
AND I DON'T SEE IN THE STATUTE THAT REQUIRES BLESSING FROM ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT IS CORRECT SUCH AS AFFORDABLE AT A MINIMUM.
SO IN MY MIND, EVEN THOUGH THE STATUTE DOESN'T GIVE US VERY CLEAR DIRECTIVES, UM, I DON'T SEE IN THE STATUTE AND
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ANY SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT ACQUIRING PROPERTY.SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE KICKING AROUND AS FAR AS HAVING THE CHAIR SIGN OFF ON THE OFFER, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S CORRECT.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE STATUTE THAT SAYS IT ISN'T.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE RESOLUTION, JUST SO IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT THE WORKING GROUPS DIRECTIVE IS AND WHAT THE PROTOCOL SHOULD BE.
I THINK THAT THAT CERTAINLY IS A GOOD IDEA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS MR. YOUNG? NO, I JUST, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF, IF THE PROCEDURE, THE TOTAL PROCEDURE, WHICH WAS IN THE RESOLUTION.
UM, SO THAT'D BE ANOTHER QUESTION.
AND, UH, IF IT'S CLARIFIED THAT THE CHAIR CAN SIGN, UM, I THINK THAT MAKES A MORE COMPLETE RESOLUTION.
I MEAN, NOT ALL OF THESE OFFERS ARE FORMAL IT'S REAL ESTATE AND SHAKES MEAN SOMETHING.
UM, THERE IS NO BEEN ANY FORMAL OFFER WILL BE ANY REAL ESTATE AGENTS INVOLVED.
BUT EVEN WITH THAT BEING SAID, AFTER THIS BOARD BLESSES IT, I WOULD HATE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT A SIGNED DOCUMENT.
OH NO, YOU HAVE TO SIGN, BUT THIS IS ALL OKAY.
BUT EVEN THE OWNER TO PURCHASE SHOULD BE SIGNED.
I WOULD THINK ONCE YOU GET TO AN OFFER TO PURCHASE.
SO, I MEAN, THERE'S NOT, EVERYTHING ENDS WITH OFFER THE PURCHASE.
SOMETIMES IT'S A, I WANT X AMOUNT OF MONEY GROUP SAYS THAT'S A GOOD NUMBER AND THAT'S IT.
IT'S STILL GOING TO, WE CAN COME IN AND THEN WE GET THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OFFER TO PURCHASE.
OR YOU CAN JUST JUMP THE GUN, BUT THE OFFER PURCHASE IN, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE MEETINGS AND HAVE THE CHAIR SIGN IT, UM, AND DO IT THAT WAY, I'D SAY SIX ONE HALF A DOZEN TO THE OTHER.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, UM, MY VERY LIMITED, NARROW PURPOSE UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE IN A DECISION TREE.
THERE ARE TWO LANES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ONE IS A MORE FORMALIZED PROCESS WHERE THERE'S A REALTOR INVOLVED.
THERE'S AN, YOU KNOW, FORMAL OFFICE APPROACH TO, TO PURCHASE.
AND THE OTHER IS HAVE THE COMMITTEE, NOT COMMITTEE, BUT THE WORKING GROUP WOULD BE ABLE TO GO AND APPROACH A PROPERTY OWNER AND SAY, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION.
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SELL? DO YOU NOT WANT TO SELL? OKAY.
YOU WANT TO SELL? WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? HAVE YOU HAD THE PROPERTY APPRAISED THAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONAL, I GUESS, GATHERING INFORMATION TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSION, TO, FOR THE COMMISSION TO DELIBERATE ON AND MOVE FORWARD? I THINK MAYBE SO THE MOTION WOULD INCLUDE THE AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH ALL FORMAL.
UM, JUST GIVE ME THE, I DON'T WANT THEM TO GET BURNED.
I'VE BEEN IN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS BEFORE WHERE IT WAS LIKE HANDSHAKE.
WE WALKED AWAY THINKING WE HAD THE PROPERTY AND SOMEBODY CAME BEHIND US AND, YOU KNOW, OFFERED $5,000 MORE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS NO DEAL ANYMORE BECAUSE NOTHING WAS IN WRITING.
SO AGAIN, I'M JUST SAYING I HAVE NO ISSUE.
AND I WOULD URGE THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW THE WORKING GROUP TO DO NEGOTIATE, TO MAKE THEM NEGOTIATE, MAKE THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK.
THEN THE BOARD, THEY COULD BRING IT TO THE BOARD, SAY WE'VE MADE THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR, YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
DO YOU, DO YOU FURTHER BLESS IT? AND IF THEY DON'T THINK IN THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO WALK AWAY WITH NO REASON AND YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM THE DEAL.
IF THE BOARD DOESN'T BLESS IT.
BUT IF THEY DO, THEN AT LEAST YOU'VE TIED THE, YOU LEGALLY TIED THE PROPERTY UP SO THAT NO ONE CAN COME BEHIND YOU AND YOU HAVE A LEGAL COURSE.
I'M, I'M JUST, I'M REALLY SCARY OF THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE, UM, YOU, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE WORK AND EFFORT, UM, COMMISSIONER CARED, BOY, YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN IN DEALS LIKE THAT BEFORE WHEN HE WAS GREAT.
AND THEN I GUESS, AND MAYBE JAMIE CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS, BUT, UH, THE CONTEXT WHERE WE HAVE A VERBAL AGREEMENT, UH, YOU CAN FORM A CONTRACT VERBALLY AND DO THAT.
THEN YOU HAVE NO, YOU HAVE NO RECOURSE TO GET OUT OF IT BASICALLY.
UH, OF COURSE THERE THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO MONEY INVOLVED.
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EARNEST MONEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO GET INVOLVED.SO YEAH, IT MIGHT NOT BE AS BAD, BUT YOU COULD GET SUED FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT WITHOUT ANY BRITTANY DAWSON.
THE MOTION IS REALLY AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT OFFERS TO PURCHASE.
OR OTHERWISE, BUT STUFF ON THE BACK END I WAS.
AND ALLOW HIM TO CHAIR THE SIGN.
AND THEN, AND, AND, UH, ALL OF THE BIG, THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT COMMENT, BOTH WHAT YOU SPILLED OUT AS FAR AS TRYING TO PROTECT AND MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE COMES ALONG BEHIND, AFTER A VERBAL DEAL IS, IS KIND OF, KIND OF BROACHED THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID HAVING HAPPENED.
I MEAN, SOMETHING HAS BEEN ON THE TABLE FOR TWO WEEKS AND THERE'S BEEN A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING AND AN AGREEMENT ON ALL OUR PRICE KIND OF SAYING, WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT TWO WEEKS TO COME BACK TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY THEN TO FORMALLY FIND THAT OFFER, BUT THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TWO WEEKS TO JUMP IN AND DO IT.
SO THAT'S THAT, THAT'S THE GENESIS OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO PRELIMINARY OFFERS, UH, WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA, UM, AND ALL OFFERS MUST BE SIGNED BY THE CHAIR.
HAS THAT EVERY OFFER THAT IS SUBMITTED, THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING COMMISSIONER YA'LL TALKED ABOUT.
MUST BE SIGNED BY THE CHAIR EVEN BEFORE IT GOES BEFORE THE FULL BOARD PRELIMINARY OFFICE.
HOPEFULLY VERIFIED POTABLE MISSION TO Y'ALL MR. PARAGUAYAN CURRICULUM.
AND SO DAN, CAN WE GET OUR EMOTION IN A SECOND? OKAY.
IF I HEARD YOU READ OUT LANGUAGE OF EXACTLY, WHAT, HOW WILL YOU MAKE A NOTE OF THAT?
UM, ALL PURCHASE, ALL PURCHASE CONTRACTS.
WE REQUIRE THE CHAIR SIGNATURE AND BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR FULL, UH, VOTE, UM, IN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED, A SPECIAL MEETING.
SO I'LL TELL YOU THE NECK FOR THE LEAST, I BELIEVE.
AND YEAH, IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT, THEM, THE PAGE, WE CAN CONSIDER THAT IN MOTION, SOMETHING THAT'S APPROPRIATE SPEED AS I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE.
COULD, COULD YOU, UH, UH, JEFF, DID YOU PUT ANYTHING IN THERE IF IT WOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT TO THE NEXT MEETING? IS THERE, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE A CALL, MEANING YOU SAT IN THERE REGULARLY SCHEDULE A SPECIAL CALLS MEETING.
YEAH, IT WAS THE ONLY MEETINGS WE CAN HAVE, UH, OR, UH, THE ONES THAT ARE ON OUR REGULAR, UH, SCHEDULE IN ANY, UM, MEETING THAT WE CALL THE 48 HOURS ADVANCE NOTICE.
COMMISSIONER,
YOU CAN ADD THAT ONTO THE BACK OF THE MOTION.
CAN WE HAVE A SECOND IN THE FRONT OF THE SESSION? I'M JUST PROCESSING EVERYTHING.
WE'LL GO TO, UM, OUR COMMISSIONER MORGAN NEEDS TO SIT DOWN RELATIVELY SOON.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONER MORGAN, FIRST OF ALL, NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING TARDY.
AND I, AND I MOST CERTAINLY FEEL AS WE ALL KNOW THAT THE, UH, COVID NUMBERS HAVE EXPANDED AND DEFINITELY IN OUR AREA AND I'M A SLAVE TO COVID RIGHT NOW AS IT RELATES TO NOT THE ACTUAL VIRUS, BUT TO MY RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, AS A LAST RESPONDER.
AND I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY FOR MY TARDINESS.
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BUT I AM READY TO GET BACK TO WORK AND I DID NOT HAVE, I WAS NOT PRIVY TO WHAT THE MOTION WAS, SO I JUST KIND OF KEPT SILENT, ALTHOUGH I'M PRETTY SURE I'LL HAVE QUESTIONS SAY THROUGH THIS MEETING AND, UH, GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU, ROBERT G AT A TIME.SO WE'LL JUST, WE'LL GO TO OUR UPDATES.
[5. Committee Updates]
OKAY.SO WE'LL GO ONTO NUMBER FIVE, SORRY.
UM, WORKING GROUP, UH, OF UPDATES ON, COULD WE GET PERMISSION TO SHOW FIRST? OKAY.
DID ANYBODY, I JUST WANT TO ASK, DID ANYBODY WHO TO SEE? I KNOW WE LEFT OFF IN DECEMBER ON THE FMO JOB, THE PRESENCE OF MOMENTS ANYBODY HAPPENED TO WATCH IT.
WELL, THAT'S DIFFICULT TO GO TO OR DISCUSS IT, JOHN, DID YOU HAPPEN TO WATCH IT? I WASN'T SURE.
I'M STILL HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE HEARING.
DID YOU WATCH THE DRAMA? THAT WAS, WHAT DID YOU THINK? WHAT
I, MY RESPONSE WAS THAT I DID WATCH IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK AND YOU GOT JOHN.
I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL DONE AND, AND MET THE, UM, MET THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT, UH, DR.
LEVISON GAVE US ABOUT HOW TO REACH OUR TARGET COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S GREAT FOR US TO TRY AT LEAST THE FIRST TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL DONE.
SO THE DRAMA WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, I GUESS I TOLD THE TISA COMMUNITY ABOUT COVID, HOW IT AFFECTS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, SAFETY, UM, HAVE TO, UM, BASICALLY TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
OF COURSE IT AFFECTS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY OR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
UM, SO AT A DISPROPORTIONATE RATE AND AT THE END OF IT, I DID TO THE PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A PANEL AND, UM, WHICH WAS REALLY VERY VALUABLE.
SO, UM, SO WE WERE STILL TALKING ABOUT PRESENTING THAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT WHAT'S GOING ON NOW WITH VACCINATION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT LAST WEEK DURING, DURING OUR WORKING GROUP IS MAYBE WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON THAT.
UM, IS ASSESSING THE VACCINATION DISCUSSING, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE PROS AND CONS AND JUST GIVING IT, NOT REALLY EVEN GIVING INFORMATION SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE, UM, SOME MISINFORMATION, UM, AND SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME FEAR OF ACTUALLY TAKING THE BACKSTAGE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WERE CONCENTRATING ON LAST WEEK AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE, WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO, UM, I, I HAPPENED TO BE WORKING WITH, UM, PASTOR HOLMES.
UH, PART OF OUR MEETING LAST WEEK WAS, AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO GET UP THERE BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND, UM, SO HIS SUGGESTION HE'S BEEN WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY SATURDAY, SATURDAY DOING TESTING, UM, FOR COVID AND WITH THE TESTING, UM, HE'S ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE BLUE BOXES AS WELL AS, UM, FILLING OUT APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE STATE FOR, UM, FOR MONIES, FOR RELIEF.
CAN YOU SPEAK A FEW MOMENTS JUST ON WHAT HE'S DOING? IS THAT OKAY? UM, YOU OKAY? YES, WE'LL HIT NEXT.
UH, WELL, UH, AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER FOR CRAVEN COUNTY NOW HAS BEEN ASSIGNED AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A GRANT WHERE WE WERE DOING FOOD SUPPLIES, CODE SUPPLIES, 14 DAYS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR SINGLE HOUSEHOLD GIVING CHECKS AT $400.
IF THERE'S A CHILD IN THE HOUSE, WE GIVE HIM $800.
UM, SO, AND, UH, SATURDAY WE HAD A HUNDRED PEOPLE TESTED.
UH, LAST SATURDAY WE FED 400 FAMILIES.
UM, SO WE JUST, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING IS WHILE THE CARS ARE LINED UP, UH, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TALKING TO THE INDIVIDUALS, WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? UH, AND THEN WE JUST WALK IN THE COMMUNITY, SITTING ON THE STEPS WITH HIM, GOING DOOR TO DOOR, UM, TO MAKE THAT PERSONAL CONTACT THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR A LONG TIME, JUST TO ENGAGE THEM.
SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BRING BACK TO PROPER ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
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THAT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.SO, UM, WHILE WE WERE HAVING OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, PASTOR BOMBS, THE COLUMBUS STORE, WEEKLY MEETINGS, ZOOM, AND SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, MYSELF AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HELPED THEM ON THIS SPECIFICALLY, UM, TO GO OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I DID DURING THIS EVENT LAST SATURDAY.
AND THEN I, MY LITTLE CLIPBOARD THAT JEFF GAVE ME AND, UM, BASICALLY ASKED, AND HE SUGGESTED, JUST ASK, LIKE, WHAT DO YOU NEED? HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? AND SO I LISTED HERE ON, UM, I DON'T THINK I ENOUGH JET HABITS, BUT I DECIDED TO HAVE SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT CAME UP.
UM, OF COURSE FOOD INSECURITY WAS ONE ISSUE.
UM, AS PEOPLE CAME TO THE LINE, THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO BE TESTED.
UM, SO WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF, UM, ISSUES WITH FINANCIAL AND, UM, RENT ASSISTANCE.
AND I KNOW THAT PASTOR'S WORKING ON A GRANT AND HIS CHURCH, UM, ENERGY BILL ASSISTANCE.
THEY ASKED THAT CITY OFFICIALS BE MORE ENGAGED AND TRY TO BE OUT THERE ASKING, YOU KNOW, ASKING, UM, QUESTIONS AS WELL, SHARING COVID EVENT INFORMATION BEING VIA, UM, THE CITY, UM, FAITH-BASED, UM, COMMUNITIES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PASTOR COMPS JUST THIS WEEK ABOUT, WE HAD TWO OTHER ADDITIONAL PASTORS COME THROUGH THE LINE, MAYBE START FORMING SOME FULL ALICIA WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THESE TESTINGS AT DIFFERENT SITES.
AND SO I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD TURN ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING NEXT SATURDAY, BUT IT'S NOT MIXED, BUT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE NEXT ONE THAT NOT CAVALRY WAS CLOSER TO, UH, THAT AREA THAT WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK UP.
WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO NOW IS TO, UH, PICK OUT STRATEGIC SPOTS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION THAT THEY'LL BE TESTED.
IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR, UM, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE? BECAUSE TO ME THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT REALLY IMPORTANT STEP TO SEE EITHER WE CAN ADD A CHURCH OR GATHER TO REALLY GET IT INTO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'M READING AND SEEING DISTRIBUTION IS THE CHANNEL.
JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THAT'S JOHN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT YOU CAN GIVE ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE WORLD THAT YOU WANT, BUT THE PRACTICAL THING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TO HAVE ON SITE, UM, DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE.
AND IT'S LIKE A STONE IN, UH, IN WATER.
YOU YOU'LL SEE AUNT JANE GETTING IT.
AND FOUR COUSINS WILL, WILL THEN DECIDE TO HAVE IT.
SO I THINK FOR, FOR THE VACCINE, I THINK IF LINKEDIN, SOMEHOW PARTNER WITH SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY COME INTO THE COMMUNITY TO SET UP A SITE WOULD BE SPECTACULAR.
AND WE'RE ALREADY WORKING, UH, WENT OVER SOME THINGS WITH DR.
FISHER, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UH, THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, WE'VE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF CLERGY, UH, THAT WILL TAKE THE VACCINE IN, IN THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, LET THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS STEP ABOUT TAKING HER, TRY TO EAT THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I PUT DOWN ON MY NOTES, VACCINE EDUCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY.
AND WE PARTNERED WITH PAPER KIND OF HELPED DEFINE THESE WAS VERY HELPFUL WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST KEY THINGS THAT I JUST HEARD PASTOR HOME SAY WAS THAT SOME OF THE CLERGY WILL COME OUT IN AID AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY TAKE THE VACCINE AND NOT SO MUCH AS A CONSPIRACY THEORY, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN DUFFY FIELD LIVE IN DUFFY FIELD.
AND I'M JUST NOT SAYING THAT THE FIELD, THE CLUB, THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA CHAIRMAN, UH, BUT BECAUSE I LIVE IN DUFFIELD, I HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN DUFFY FIELD AND IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOTTEN MISINFORMATION.
THEY'RE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PASSING ON MISINFORMATION.
UH, IF YOU'VE HAD, UH, COVID IN THE LAST 90 DAYS, THEN YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IT REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE.
THEN OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE A HOLE OR WHICH MEANS THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWED TO FIND OUT WHO HAS HAD COVID, BUT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT GOING TO DO YOU ANY GOOD TO TAKE IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD MORE THAN ANYTHING.
AND IT'S ABOUT A, CAUSE NOT NECESSARILY A CONSPIRACY THEORY, BUT SEIZURES THAT HAVE BEEN HAVING, THEN YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, VACCINES NOW.
SO YOU HAVE ONE VERSUS THE OTHER
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AND YOU SAY, OH, WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT FOR THE OTHER ONE.OR I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT MY NAME WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER.
SO IT'S ABOUT EDUCATION RIGHT NOW IS A WORD BUZZ IN THE COMMUNITY AS TO, REGARDLESS OF WHO IT IS.
AND EVEN IT WAS AVAILABLE, THE EDUCATION HAS TO BE OUT THERE TO MAKE EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE WITH FIRST OF ALL TAKING IT.
AND I CAN TALK THE WEEK THAT OFFICIALLY WAS THERE SATURDAY.
SO WE DID DISCUSS THAT WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN OUR GROUP, FOOD IS RELUCTANT TO TAKE IT.
SO WE WOULD HAVE HER AS PART OF THE PANEL, LIKE, WHAT DOES THE PANEL LOOK LIKE? OF COURSE YOU WOULD HAVE DR.
FISHER, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY FACE THE FAITH-BASED PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE PANEL AS WELL.
AND THEN THE ACCESSIBILITY WOULD BE THE SECOND PART IN THERE.
SO MY, SO MY QUESTION IS NOW, HOW DO I GET THE WORD OUT TO MY NEIGHBORS? WHETHER IT BE BY DOING DOOR TO DOOR, WHETHER IT BE ON THE RADIO OR TV MEANS OF EVERYBODY'S NOT HAVE A WEBSITE, RIGHT.
OR DO WE JUST SLATE FLYERS? AND I JUST GO OUT AND PASS THEM OUT TO ALL OF THEM ON MONDAY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARE ALL OF THIS, LIKE WITH CALLING TO GET IT ONTO B3.
AND IT COULD EVEN, THERE COULD BE A SEGMENT.
I MEAN, WE NEED TO USE TB THREE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE INTERNET AND DON'T DO FACEBOOK OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, THE TWO OF YOU COULD CERTAINLY GET ON THERE AND DO A LITTLE PROGRAM ABOUT IT AND TALK ABOUT WHERE, YOU KNOW, I, TO ME RIGHT NOW, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST, PUSHING THIS AND WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY.
CAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TRUST US AND KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING IN PROVIDING RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
AND THAT REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS MORE THAN JUST BUYING AND SELLING PROPERTY, WHATEVER IT'S LOOKING HOLISTICALLY AT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO RE YOU KNOW, REDEVELOP AN ANGRY AND BRING RESOURCES.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU HIT IT.
UM, THE LEVEL OF TRUST RIGHT NOW IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS NOT AT A HIGH, BUT JUST SAY, UM, THAT IT HAS TO BE SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, SOME FENCES BE PAID, UH, THERE'S BEEN PROMISES MADE AND NOT CARE.
UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMMISSION WORKS AND LIKE, AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN THINGS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE EXPLAINING.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOUR EXPLANATION IS NOT GOING TO BE WHAT SOMEBODY SHOULD BE GETTING.
SO I THINK TWO THINGS HAS TO HAPPEN HAS TO BE ENGAGEMENT AND IT HAS TO BE THE RIGHT INFORMATION AND ANY WAY WE CAN GET THAT RIGHT INFORMATION OUT TO EDUCATE THOSE PEOPLE THE BETTER OFF WE'RE GONNA.
SO I WOULD, YEAH, THAT WAS YOUR NEXT STEP.
UM, YOU KNOW, MOST URGENT PRESSING THING YOU CAN SAY.
GO FOR WELLNESS WORKING GROUP, UH, MATT, A CHECK THAT I SAY ONE THING.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PRICE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A BRIGHT SPOT IN OUR AREA, UH, YOU JUST LOOK AT THESE DEMAND THAT OFFERED IT.
REVEREND HOLMES IS MOST IMPRESSIVE AND, UH, UH, THERE ARE GOOD THINGS IN OUR, IN OUR AREA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO HIM FOR WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING, HOW MADE WITH, WITH WORKING GROUP.
UM, SO OUR NEXT NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP WILL BE WELL DONE ON THE LONG WALL AREA, UM, ENTIRE AREA PRETTY MUCH SO, UM, ON THE 29TH OF JANUARY.
SO WENT THROUGH THAT AREA THE OTHER DAY WITH MATT MONTAINE IT WILL BE A VERY FUNNY COMMENT HERE.
WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT? HE GONE AT HIS GRANDKIDS OR SOMETHING.
UM, SO, UH, IT'LL BE ON THE 29TH, IT'D BE A, A LIGHT LITTER PICKUP.
THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A PROBLEM IN THE AREA AS IT IS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT A LOT OF, UH, KIND OF MANAGERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT, CUTTING BACK ON TREES ON POWER LINES, UH, EDGING AND, UH, JUNK CARS
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IS A, IS A MAJOR ISSUE.UM, LET ME JUST TAKE A STEP BACK.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT A COUPLE OF, UH, WITH THE CHAIRS HEALTH, WE HAVE SECURED A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS FOR DUMPSTERS, JUST LIKE WE DID ON OUR CLEANUPS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A BROAD STREET, WE'LL HAVE SOME, UH, SOME BIG DUMPSTERS WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST DUMP
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THEIR WHITE GOODS, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO GET RID OF IN THE COMMUNITY.UM, ONE OF HERE OFF CHURCH ON, OFF YOU'RE OUT, WALT BELLAMY, UM, MATT ORDERED THOSE TODAY.
THEY'LL BE PLACED, I THINK THE THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE FRIDAY CLEANUP.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, UM, STAFF WILL BE OUT THERE.
WE'LL, WE'LL START HANDING OUT THE FLYERS FOR THE JUNK CAR PROGRAM.
UM, WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOOKING AT PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THE JUNK CARS, UM, KNOCKING ON DOORS AND ON THE FLYER ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST THE GENERAL FLYER ON THE CLEANUP ITSELF AND THAT PEOPLE CAN GET RID OF ALL THEIR, YOU KNOW, BULK JUNK THAT THEY MAY HAVE.
AND THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF CAN'T GET TO THE DUMP, UM, TAKE IT OVER TO THESE DUMPSTERS AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A, ANOTHER WAY TO CONTACT ME IF THEY NEED HELP MOVING THOSE, THOSE THINGS.
UM, MY, I GOT A BUNCH OF WRESTLERS STACK AND I CAN PUT IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK AND, UH, AND THEY CAN HANDLE IT FOR THEMSELVES.
UM, NEVER HEARD, CLEANED UP AGAIN ON THE 29TH.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL ON, WE'VE GOT A GREAT MODEL GOING THERE.
AND, UH, SO WE'LL START GETTING THE WORD OUT BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, UM, FOR THAT.
UM, SO THE JUNK CARS, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE KICKING THAT OFF REAL SOON.
I'M GOING TO GET WITH, UH, WITH COLLEEN SO WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT ANOTHER LINK ONTO THE REDEVELOPMENT WEBPAGE TO THE ONLINE APP THAT ALICE CREATED.
UM, CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME SUBSTANTIAL INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET RID OF THEM, BUT THAT'S ALL BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
UH, THE APP SET UP, UH, IN A WAY THAT WE TAKE THE INFORMATION AND IT OUTPUTS IT INTO A VERY SEARCHABLE, KIND OF A DATABASE WHERE WE CAN THEN FORWARD SOMETHING TO THE, TO PD SO THEY CAN RUN THEIR NUMBERS AND SEND THE REST OVER TO FOSTER RECYCLING, AND THEN THEY WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE AND TAKE THE VEHICLES OFF THE PROPERTIES.
UM, THE RESIDENTIAL INSPECTION PROGRAM ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS WE'RE SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT, THAT THE, UH, WE'LL BE SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT BOARD OF ALDERMEN AGENDA.
SO THAT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE THE NEXT MEETING AFTER THAT SABRINA WHAT'S WHAT'S THE NEXT, UH, FEBRUARY THE NINTH OR 10TH, SOMETHING LIKE IT'S THE SECOND TUESDAY, THE SECOND TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL BE CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS, WHICH IS STATUTORILY.
ALL WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO ALONG WITH, UH, OUR PROGRAM TO ASSIST PEOPLE THAT, UH, LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS THAT CAN NOT PAY FOR ANY OF THESE MENTAL HOUSING ISSUES.
UM, WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM SET UP FOR THEM, PUT THEM THROUGH OUR CDBG PROGRAM.
THAT WAS THE SECOND THING THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO STATUTORILY THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
THE OTHER ONE IS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM AF FROM THAT POINT ON, WE WILL BE ABLE TO WE'LL HAVE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE.
UH, WE WENT OVER AT LAST MEETING ON WHAT THAT ENTAILS AND, UM, SO THAT'LL BE KICKING OFF SOON ALSO.
AND I JUMPED, BUT ANYWAYS, I JUMPED INTO OLD BUSINESS DIDN'T MIND, BUT IT'S JUST AN UPDATE.
IT'S AN UPDATE ON, ON, ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE HOUSING STUFF, UM, IN A MINUTE, BUT THAT'S, IT HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS STAFF? NO, NO.
I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT THOUGH.
PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA STATUTE 43 DASH 3 1 8 DASH 11 8 5.
WE WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSE SESSION.
AND SO I MADE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION ON OUR PUBLIC.
WE'LL HAVE TO ALL BE ON WHILE WE ARE IN PUBLIC.
WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE BACK IN AFTERWARDS IF YOU WANNA, IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT, BUT IT'S THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
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NOT READY TO SAY ANYTHING.COULD WE GET A MOTION TO, UH, TO A JURY I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.