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BELIEVING I SHOULDN'T[1. 6:00pm: Welcome and roll call]
SAY DOING WELL.SO WE'RE THANKFUL WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
COMMISSIONER MORGAN COMMISSIONER STRIP UP HERE.
COMMISSIONER TRIP, COMMISSIONER WALKER, HUGHES COMMISSIONER WALLACE, COMMISSIONER YOUNG.
SHARON LEE COMMISSIONER PARAGUAY IS HERE.
EX-OFFICIO ALDERMAN BENGAL, ALDERMAN, BEST ALDERMAN HARRIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AT THIS TIME.
WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND REMEMBER THAT OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE FOUR MINUTES.
UM, KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO FOUR MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER? THANK YOU.
[2. Approval of Minutes: Approval of minutes for the 04/14/2021 Redevelopment Commission meetings]
APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR OUR APRIL 14TH MEETING MADAM CHAIRMAN.UH, I DID NOTICE THAT, UH, MEMBERS THAT WERE EXCUSED OR ABSENT THE COMMISSIONER WIRELESS BUSINESS AS ABSENT.
IF WE CAN RECTIFY THAT IN THE MINUTES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS THAT WE SHOULD DO SHOULD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED WITH CORRECTIONS? SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
[3. Project Updates]
THE THREE STAFF, SIX OR TWO GUESTS TO BOULEVARD, HOUSE RELOCATION, STATUS, CDBG FUNDS AND CONSTRUCTION.UM, SO THE GASTON HOUSE, UH, MOVE IS, IS MOVING.
UM, WE HAVE SUBMITTED OUR ENTIRE PACKAGE ESSENTIALLY OF COSTS, INCLUDING REHAB AND THE MOVE TO HUD FOR THEIR REVIEW.
UM, AT THIS POINT IT'S, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO, I THINK WE HAVE A MANDATORY WAITING PERIOD DHR OF SOME SORT, UM, BEFORE THEY FINALLY APPROVED IT, BUT EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER.
UM, AND I'M NOT ANTICIPATING ANY ISSUES WITH THE FUNDING, SO IT'S ALL BEEN APPROVED.
THEY JUST NEED TO RUN IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM, UM, AND ALLOW US TO GET MOVING.
WE WERE ADVISED NOT TO START BEFORE IT WAS FINALLY APPROVED AND DOING SO.
UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THE LIGHT, YOU'LL SEE, IT'S BEEN CLEAR.
UM, THERE WASN'T ANY LARGE CONSTRUCTION, UH, A LARGE CONTAINER STORAGE CONTAINER THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY THAT WAS MOVED AS OF THIS MORNING.
UH, SO THE LOT IS FREE AND CLEAR.
PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE GOING BACK IN NOW THAT THERE'S MORE ROOM FOR THEM TO WORK AND CLEAR OUT THE BACK HALF OF THAT PROPERTY STILL HAS A LOT OF JUNK AND DEBRIS IN IT THERE.
UM, PROBABLY GONNA TAKE THAT BIG TREE DOWN IN THE BACK AND GRIND IT DOWN IF YOU'VE INVITED AS A NORMAL STREET IN THE BACK.
UM, AND FROM THAT POINT ON, WE'LL BE, I'LL BE SCHEDULING THE SURVEYOR TO GO BACK OUT ONTO THE LOT AND ACTUALLY POINT, UH, CITING WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS GOING TO BE.
WE HAVE THE, UM, THE, THE PERSON READY TO GO IN AND DO THE FOOTINGS.
THE MOVER WILL THEN COME MOVE THE HOUSE, UM, ELEVATED ABOVE THE FOOTINGS.
WE'LL UM, DO ALL OF THEM, THEN WE'LL START THE REHAB WORK AND, AND, UM, THE HEATING AIR PLUMBING, ALL THAT STUFF, GET ALL THAT STUFF READY ONCE IT'S BUILT, ONCE THAT'S ALREADY INSTALLED, WE'LL BUILD THE FOUNDATION UP TO THE HOUSE, THEY'LL DROP IT DOWN AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE INTERIOR REHABS ON THAT.
SO, UM, AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HUD TO GIVE US THE OKAY, BEFORE I CAN GET THE SURVEYOR BACK OUT THERE TO, UM, TO ACTUALLY SURVEY WHERE THE HOUSE IS GOING TO SIT ON A LOT, BUT EVERYTHING IS MOVING.
EVERYTHING IS MOVING ON THAT NO HICCUPS AT THIS POINT AND, UH, THE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY.
SO, UM, WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AS FAST AS, AS FAST AS WE CAN.
YOU HAVE TO GO UP TO THE MAIN, TAKE A RIGHT, AND THEN TAKE A RIDE TO YOU BANKS.
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AND IT'S ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.IS THAT SOMETHING THAT GOES ON WITH ANY EXPENDITURE THAT COMES OUT OF THAT? UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S A REHAB.
UM, SO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH, I GET DHL.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE WAITING ON SOME KIND OF HISTORICAL OR ENVIRONMENT, UM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE FORM FOR THEM, UM, WHICH WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY DELAYS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A HISTORIC YET THE WHOLE STRUCTURE THAT THEY'VE GOT A THIRD ONE, A 30 DAY WINDOW.
I THINK IT WAS 15 OR 30, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, I THINK WE'RE AT ABOUT 15 DAYS AT THIS POINT.
SO ANTICIPATING THAT APPROVAL VERY SOON.
AND FROM THAT POINT, I MEAN, UH, I HAVE THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE FOOTINGS, UH, READY TO GO AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO PROBABLY GET OUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU INSPECT SHEET OR WHATEVER, WHAT WE WANT THE ULTIMATE REHAB TO BE.
AND BETH GAVE US DABBLE ON REHAB SPREADSHEET AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO OFF OF THAT.
TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
[4. Old Business]
BUSINESS.UH, START THE CALL WHEEL AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR SYNOPSIS, 12 AND 1230.
IF I COULD SAY THE FULL 13 FIRST, JUST QUICKLY.
UM, SO 12, 13 MECHANICAL BOARD OF ALDERMEN APPROVED OUR RESOLUTION, APPROVED THE RESOLUTION FOR US TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S GOOD TO DISPOSE OF AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO WE'LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO SELL IT AND WHAT KIND OF PRICE WE ARE OR WHAT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR IN THAT SALE.
IT'S A $4,000 LOT, LIKE MOST, UH, LIKE ALMOST EVERY OTHER VACANT LOT IN DUFFY FIELD.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NOW OR ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO, BUT IT'S READY TO SELL IT AT THIS POINT.
DO WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE CAN PRICE IT IN INDIVIDUALLY RATHER THAN FOLLOWING THE STANDARD 50% OF TAX VALUE.
IT WAS JUST A BOARD OF ALDERMAN DECISION THAT THEY MADE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.
WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATION? NOT SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM SINCE WE ORIGINALLY GOT THE REQUEST, THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE BUYING IT FOR 4,000 OR WAS THERE NO DISCUSSION.
IT WAS JUST CAME TO ME AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUY IT.
SO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING READY FOR US TO DISPOSE OF, AND WE'VE DONE THAT AND NOW WE ARE HERE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
WE'LL BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAYBE START, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUR LOGO, REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ON A SIGN SINCE THIS PROPERTY FOR SALE AND CHOIR.
I MEAN, IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE'RE OUT THERE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING GOOD WAY, A LITTLE BIT OF ADVERTISING AND PUT IT OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SEE IF ANYBODY WOULD BUY IT.
IF YOU, IF THAT PERSON MAY NOT BE INTERESTED OR YOU CALL THEM BACK AND SELL IT.
BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AT THE BOARD, MAYBE TRYING TO PUT SOME SIGNS OUT ON SOME OF OUR PROPERTY TO START OUT.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF, FOR SALE SIGNS THAT WE BOUGHT MANY YEARS AGO.
WE DID FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, FLYING AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST SNIPE SIGNS.
UM, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, STALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AT WORK AGAIN, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JUST HELP TO MAYBE MARKET OR BRAND WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
WE FEEL WELL GOING WITH THE PROCESS.
I GUESS MY QUESTION ON THE HOLD UP IS, DO WE SET A PRICE OR YOU SET A PRICE? AND HE SAID, NO, WELL, WE'RE HOLDING.
IF WE SET A PRICE THAT GOES, THAT ELIMINATE US FROM NEGOTIATING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL.
I CAN SEE THAT WE SET A BASE PRICE OF $5,000 OVER THE LOT AND AUTHORIZE
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JEFF TO I'LL BRING BACK WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO BEGIN, BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS FOR THAT LOT.BUT WHEN YEAH, JUST BE MINDFUL THAT THE, WHICH IS FINE FOR US WAS THAT EMOTION.
SO DO WE NEED, WE NEED A MORE, PLEASE VALUE THE LOCK ON THE 10TH AT 1213 CANDIDATES STREET AT $5,000 AND AUTHORIZE, UH, JEFF TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE SALE OF THAT PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UH, WE, UM, PARTICIPATED IN THE SATURDAY COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY RESOURCES EVENT.
CALDWELL WAS HERE THROUGHOUT THAT.
SO IRRESPECTIVE OF THE, OF THE EVENT ITSELF, UH, THAT MORNING, UH, TO BORROWED WALLETS AND, UH, AND ROBIN MORGAN, WE MET WITH DR.
CALDWELL AT THE OLD STANLEY LIGHT SITE AND SPENT THREE HOURS WALKING THROUGH DUFFY HILL WITH THOSE TWO KIND OF NARRATE, UM, AND MEETING EVERYBODY AND MEET PEOPLE AS, UH, AS WE WALKED DOWN THE STREETS, UM, DARKEN FOLLOWED WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH, UH, WITH THE PRESENCE OF, UH, UH, ROBBIE AND JABARI AND HOW, UH, WALKING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, ROBIN CAN YELL OUT, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE WILL SAY, OH, WE'RE DOING GREAT.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WENT ON, IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
UM, HE TOOK COPIOUS NOTES ON ASKING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONCERNS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE AND, UH, TAKING IDEAS DOWN FOR NO THOUGHTS ON REDEVELOPMENT AND ALL THOSE, UM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND WE SPENT SOME TIME AT THE RESOURCE FAIR ITSELF, WHERE HE WAS MEETING WITH, UM, SOME POSSIBLE PARTNERS IN THE FUTURE FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND HOME BUYING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HE'S TAKEN ALL THAT INFORMATION AND WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, UM, SINCE THEN ON A GOOD DRAFT SUMMARY REPORT OF WHAT HE, WHAT HE FOUND WAS THE MAJOR ISSUES.
UM, AND NEXT STEPS THAT HE'S GOING TO TAKE IN THAT MEANTIME, UH, WE'LL BE SETTING UP ANOTHER ROUND OF MEETINGS WITH EX-OFFICIO AND THE COMMISSION ITSELF, JUST TO HAVE ANOTHER KIND OF EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.
UM, AND FROM THERE, WE'LL DECIDE IF WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO STAGE TWO.
UM, LATER ON THAT SAME NIGHT, I KNOW, I KNOW A PASTOR HOLMES TOOK THEM OUT TO DINNER AT A GRAND OLD TIME.
UM, AND, UH, SO IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE OR NOT.
UM, COMMISSIONER, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT? UM, I STILL WAS TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF THE MAN AND HIS, HOW HE WORKS AND HOW YOU PERCEIVED I'M CREATIVE.
I WAS MORE IMPRESSED, I THINK, WITH YOUNG, JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.
UM, AND I, I APPRECIATE JEFF FOR FINDING HIM AND BRINGING HIM TO US.
UH, I THINK IT'LL, UH, RELATIONSHIP.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE FRUITFUL.
I'M STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE HE RESPECTS THE COMMUNITY.
UM, TIM SAID, WHEN YOU BEGIN TO DEVELOP HOUSING, YOU FORGET ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SOMETIMES.
SO NEXT STEPS THAT WE'LL BE DELIVERING FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, UM,
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YOU KNOW, WITH A SYNOPSIS AND HIS THOUGHTS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO SOME POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPLORE, UM, FOR THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE LAUNCH PAD CONCEPT.UM, AND MORE EXPLANATION ON THAT NOW, AS WE CAN START TO ADD SOME MEAT TO THAT WITH A REAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO JUST AN UPDATE, IF ANYONE HAS ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WHAT ABOUT THE HEALTH ASPECT OF THAT AUTHORIZE THAT COMPANY OR THAT LADY TO DO?
LET ME JUST SAY, JUST OVERALL AS AN EVENT, UM, WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT, UM, THAT DAY, YOU KNOW, I NEVER SPENT A DAY DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE FIELD AREA, BUT PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE WITH SAID IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I ASKED THEM TO TAKE THE ASSESSMENT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE NUMBER THAT WE GOT, I JUST EMAILED, UM, DR.
SO I WILL GET A SOLID NUMBER ON WHAT WE COLLECTED THAT DAY.
BUT, UM, AS JEFF HAD MENTIONED, JUST NOW WE ARE WORKING ON USING THE PURE REDONE, BUT IF YOU ALREADY HAVE IT CAME WITH THE VISIBLE HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND HOW WE CAN GET THAT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, WHERE PEOPLE ARE STILL ABLE TO TAKE THAT, UM, HEALTH ASSESSMENT, UM, VIA THEIR, UM, THEIR PHONES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WE CAN HELP THEM DO IT.
I SPOKE WITH HABITAT, I'M ANTOINETTE BOSKEY, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HER THIS WEEK.
AND, UM, AS PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, THEY, THEY DO WALK THE COMMUNITY AND ARE WILLING TO HELP US WITH THAT.
SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE DEPUTY BILL RESIDENCE COUNCIL IS, UM, BEGINNING OF NEWSLETTER AND WE CAN HAVE OUR TO RE PURE READER THERE.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO CONNECT ON FRIDAY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEETING WITH JASMINE AND ANTOINETTE AND MYSELF AT DHL.
UH, WHO'S BEEN HELPING ME, UM, TO SET UP, UH, THERE WAS A CAR, THE PROTOTYPE CARD THAT WE CAN HAVE AND DISTRIBUTE.
AND WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WHERE THAT ACTUAL YOUR, WHERE WILL BE PRESENT THERE.
SO IT'S BASICALLY, UM, A MATTER OF JUST FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MARKET IT AND ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE.
AND, UM, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP.
AND, UM, I ALSO SPOKE WITH DR.
KALA AT THE EVENT AND EITHER KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL HEALTH COMPONENT AND THE WAY, UM, INSURANCE ARE LOOKING AT HEALTH EQUITY NOW.
SO I DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THAT MYSELF, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE, UM, CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, UM, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PATH TO EQUITY FROM 2015 TO 2021.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT WILL WHAT HE HAD, WHAT HE HAD MENTIONED TO ME.
IS THERE A WAY THAT ACCESSING, UM, HEALTHCARE AND NON-TRADITIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, NON-TRADITIONAL VENUES THAT WE CAN TALK TO ME LOOK AT.
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT THIS.
I THINK HE CAN HELP US, UM, WITH THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMPONENT AS WELL.
SO YEAH, SO ALL THE THINGS, UM, I'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AND I'M HOPING, UM, THAT WE REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND JEFF AND DEJA, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN HELPED HOW, UM, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THE CITY PARTNER, UM, AS FAR AS USING IT.
AND I KNOW WE, WE LOOKED AT THAT BEFORE THE EVENT, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TIME.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAYBE INVESTIGATE THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT I WROTE THIS WEEK WAS A BIG EVENT INCENTIVIZING, UM, HOW WE, HOW WE GET THE WORD OUT.
AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TIME, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT MTP YOU HAVE SUGGESTED TO TRY TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT RIGHT NOW.
OH, WELL, WHERE ARE WE AT FOR CLARIFICATION? WHEN YOU SAY IT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KIND OF MOBILE HOTSPOT, RIGHT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THE WIFI.
AND I JUST FELT LIKE WHAT, UM, YEAH, AND ALSO LIKE, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE HAVE IT, UM, WHERE COULD WE HAVE IT VISIBLE ON THE REDEVELOPMENT PAGE, PERHAPS? IT JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN ASK, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT THAT IT'S AVAILABLE THERE AS WELL.
AND I KNOW, UM, I THINK THAT CAME UP IN CONVERSATION, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DID, WE WERE SO BUSY THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND WE DIDN'T FINALIZE THE CONTRACT UNTIL A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE.
SO, AND LET ME JUST ASSURE YOU THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH DR.
LIVINGSTON WHO ACTUALLY DID COME DOWN, UM, YOU KNOW, JASMINE, WE'RE, WE'RE GREAT WITH TALKING WITH PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE A SLOW PROCESS, BUT AS I SAY, SLOW, NOT IN A NEGATIVE WAY, BUT, UM, IN A WAY TO GET TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY, GET TO KNOW PEOPLE, UM, AND THEY DID THAT WHILE THEY WERE HERE.
AND, UM, AND THEY WERE WILLING
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TO COME AND CONTINUE TO DO THIS, UM, AT DIFFERENT EVENTS.I KNOW I JUST EMAILED THEM TODAY ABOUT UT I REALIZED THAT THE CELEBRATION, UM, AND DEBBIE FIELD ON THAT SATURDAY, UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THEY'RE WILLING TO COME DOWN FOR.
SO THESE ARE ALL CONVERSATIONS, UM, AND THINGS THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
SO YES, THAT WAS MY, UM, MY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IT AND THE CITY.
UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS THAT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHIRLEY, RIGHT.
[5. New Business: Contract review process, status of working groups]
FIVE ON THE NEW BUSINESS CONTRACT REVIEW PROCESS.LET ME COMMISSIONER YOUNG, BROUGHT IT UP AT THE LAST MEETING THAT, UM, LIKE DISCUSS SOME PRODUCT, UH, SOME KIND OF PROCESS FOR CONTRACTS.
SO I JUST PUT IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS, BUT THEN MAKING IT A AGENDA ITEM BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE UNION ITEM WOULD ENTAIL.
SO PUT IT ON THERE TO DISCUSS, UM, IF WE WOULD WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
UM, I THINK THAT HE PROBABLY COULDN'T
SO JUST LOOKING AT, UM, I WOULDN'T REVIEW OUR PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HABITS DOWN PAT, SO THAT EVERY TIME TO GET A CONTRACT AND EVERY CONTRACT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH I WOULD PREFER TO HEAR, CAN TELL US, UH, TELL US ABOUT THAT.
BUT IF YOU COULD TELL US WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND OR YOUR, UM, CONCERN, OR JUST EXPLAIN THAT TO US SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.
I THINK I KNOW, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR HEAD.
OH, I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS, MAKE SURE THE PROCESS IS OPEN AND THAT THE, UM, THAT WHEN WE ARE IN THE, IN NEED OF CONTRACTING WITH SOMEONE THAT, UM, THE COMMISSION ITSELF FOLLOWS THAT PROCESS AND THEN HAS A CHANCE TO, TO VOTE ON IT.
IF IT'S, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE AND REVIEWED AND REVIEWED AND REVIEWED THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC STEPS IN MIND.
I JUST WANTED TO, TO HAVE THE CONTRACTS OPEN TO THE FULL COMMISSION SO WE COULD REVIEW IT AND VOTE ON IT.
UM, WELL I GUESS TO WHAT EXTENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, WITHIN THE HOUSING WORKING GROUP, FOR INSTANCE, JEFF GOT A CONTRACT PROPOSAL FOR THE COMPANY TO DATE THE FOOTER FOR THE GAS, THE HOUSE, UH, I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO BRING THAT AND HAVE THAT VOTED ON BY THE WHOLE COMMISSION? UM, I MEAN, YOU CAN REALLY GET IN THE WEEDS AND DOING REHAB WORKERS.
YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT TRADES ALL ALONG.
AND, UH, I CAN'T SEE THAT BEING A NO, BUT IF YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY, WELL, PUT YOUR NAME ON AND PUT OUR NAME ON IT.
AND THE CHAIRMAN AND THE CHAIRMAN IS REQUIRED TO SIGN IT.
THEN THAT PROCESS IS ONE PLACE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY CONTRACTS THAT ARE AGREED TO THAT COMMIT US TO SOMETHING THAT THE FULL COMMISSION DOESN'T APPROVE IT.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S NOT SAY WE WOULD, BUT I JUST WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE WE GOT INTO THE LAST RENEWED SOME MINOR AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, BUT IT NEEDED TO BE ON THE TABLE FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON TO THE, THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR THAT, BUT KIND OF ADDRESSES THE URGENCY THAT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE FOR THAT, BUT ALSO IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE BOARD BEFORE WE'RE FULLY COMMITTED TO ANYTHING.
SO ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THAT PROCESS? I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THE SECONDARY CONTRACTS, IF THE, EACH OF THE COMMITTEES COULD REPORT TO THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MADE.
AND THAT WOULD BE SOME TISSUE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHOUT ME, BUT AT THE NEXT MEETING, AFTER ANY KIND OF OFFER THE PURCHASE IS IN PLACE, IT'S COMING TO THE BOARD.
BUT WHAT JOHN'S SAYING IS I THINK WHAT I WAS BRINGING UP THAT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DOING A REHAB IN THE HOUSE, IF WE REPORT BACK TO YOU THAT WE, UH, YOU BOUGHT SOME SUPPLIES, WE HAD BOSTON SUPPLIES, OR WE HIRED JOE BLOW TO US DIVIDED TWO WINDOWS IN THERE.
THAT, THAT THAT'S JUST SO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT WHEN WE MAKE, WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR OWN SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.
GOOD STANDARD COULD BE THAT ANYTHING THAT
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OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR SAYS SHOULD BE SIGNED BY THE CHAIR THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION.SO IF IT HAS TO BE SIGNED BY THE CHAIR, YOU KNOW, THE FOOTINGS, WHATEVER, AS PART OF IT WOULD BE PART OF YOUR BUDGET, BUT IF YOU'RE BRINGING A NEW CONTRACT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT JOHN'S SAYING, BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, WE GOT A COPY OF A BUDGET WILL BE, I GUESS, WE'RE GONNA, ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST? IT WAS JUST A REQUEST.
I MADE THE REQUEST AT THE BUDGET MEETING LAST WEEK ABOUT HAVING A BUDGET FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
SO YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OR WHATEVER.
WE NEED TO START BUILDING ON THAT.
SO WE UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING TO, OR HOW IT'S BEING SPENT OR DO WE NEED TO SPEND MORE OR LESS IN BUILDING A BUDGET.
SO, SO FROM A, A GENERAL OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, IF PFEIFFER THE PROJECT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WELL THEN IT'S ALL GOING TO BE REIMBURSABLE, BUT THE KNOWLEDGE WILL STILL HAVE TO FLOW, CORRECT.
AND SO WOULD YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TYPICALLY REQUIRE A CHAIR AUTHORITY FOR ADOLFO PROJECT IS UNDERTAKEN WITH A BUDGET OF, DID HE USE THEM ROUND FIGURES? IT'S GOING TO BE A $50,000 PROCESS.
SO IT'D BE A THOUSAND AND IT GETS A HIGH LEVEL SIGN OFF.
AND THEN YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IS NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THE CHAIR TO SIGN EVERY SINGLE CHECK TO GO IN ANOTHER DOOR.
THERE'S YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR GONNA REQUIRE EVERY SINGLE CHECK THAT GOES OUT THE DOOR TO HAVE OUR NAME ON IT? THE QUESTION.
SO, SO OUR PROCESS WOULD BE, IF I HAVE, IF I HAVE TO SIGN THE CONTRACT, THEN IT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE THE FOOD COMMISSION.
AND SO AS WE ARE GIVING REPORTS AND OUR DIFFERENT DUTIES, IF THAT'S IN THERE, THEN IT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED IF CONTRACT IS, WANTS TO BE SIGNED, OR IS THAT GOING TO BE DURING WELL, I THINK IF, UH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOUR SIGNATURE GOES ON, IT, YOU'RE ASSIGNING OF A FULL BOARD AND THE FULL BOARD OUGHT TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IF, IF AT SOME POINT WE HAVE, UM, DESIGNATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR A PROJECT.
AND WITHIN THAT PROJECT THERE'S EXPENDITURES, I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT.
THEN THAT WOULD JUST BE REPORTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROJECTS IN WHICH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE WOULD THEN BREAK THAT DOWN AND SPEND THE MONEY.
BUT I THINK AT A MINIMUM, ANYTHING YOU SIGN HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO GO HOME.
I THINK WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DEAL WITH IS THAT WE HAVE FOR, UM, AGAIN, USED THE HOUSING GROUP, A WORKING GROUP, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE CAN DEVELOP A PROJECT BUDGET FOR THE GASMAN HOUSE.
WE CAN DEVELOP A PROJECT BUDGET FOR HEY AVENUE, EIGHTH STREET OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN, THEN WE CAN BRING THAT TO, TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD CAN SAY, THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE AND THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEN THAT WE WORK WITH BOTH.
WE WORK WITHIN THAT BUDGET AND THAT THINGS, THAT EVERYTHING I'LL DORY AND WE'LL JUST REPORT STATUS AS WE GO EVERY MONTH.
SO WHAT, SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, SO CONTRACTUALLY, I MEAN, IS THERE A RUBRIC OR SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT, UM, ASSIGNABLE BY THE CHAIR? I MEAN, SO WHAT ARE THOSE FACTORS, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? YOU KNOW, SOME HOUSEKEEPING WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGETS AND PROJECTS.
SO WHAT IS IT SUBMITTED IS DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHERE, I GUESS I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING MARIA AND THE STRUCTURE OF THINGS, THE CHAIR, YOU AUTHORIZED ONE PERSON TO SIGN OFF ON CONTRACTS.
IF WE MAKE A CONTRACT WITH ANYBODY THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM A CHAIR ON SIGN OFF.
IF WE HAVE A BUDGETED AMOUNT, LIKE KIM WAS SAYING A 50, LET'S SAY $50,000 FOR THE GASTON HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT, THAT WON'T BE ONE CONTRACT, BUT WE, THE GROUP, THE COMMISSION WOULD AGREE THAT THAT BUDGET IS REASONABLE.
AND THEN THE CHAIR MAY HAVE TO SIGN THE CHECKS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO WORK THAT, BUT IT'S AN APPROVED BUDGETED AMOUNT IN A, IN A BUDGET LINE
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ITEM SAYING THAT WE HAVE AUTHORIZED THE SPENDING OF UP TO THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.AND IF IT GOES OVER, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO SAY, WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, WELL, CONNECT, I GUESS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO HOW DO WE DIVIDE THAT UP AMONGST OUR WORKING GROUPS? YOU SEE, THAT'S WHERE I'M, THAT'S WHERE I'M, I'M NOT HAVING THAT UNDERSTANDING.
SO, AND TO BRING FORWARD WHAT KIND OF A BUDGET YOU NEED, IF YOU COME FORWARD AND SAY HEALTH WORKING GROUP NEEDS $20,000 FOR CONSULTING FEES OR FOR THIS, OR FOR THAT, OR WHATEVER THIS GROUP WOULD, THE COMMISSION WOULD THEN DEBATE IT AND DECIDE THEY WERE GOING TO KNOW APPROPRIATE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, JUST AS THEY'RE GOING TO DECIDE, THEY'RE GOING TO APPROPRIATE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A PROJECT THAT THE WORK THAT THE HOUSING GROUP IS DOING, OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP IS DOING WHATEVER.
SO THAT'S WHAT, I'M NOT CLEAR BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I SPOKE WITH JEFF ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, HE SAID IT MIGHT BE EASIER JUST TO DO IT FROM A REDEVELOPMENT OVERALL BUDGET.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHEN WE'RE ALL SPENDING MONEY, THAT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME PROCESS OF BEING TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT AND HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A WRITTEN CONTRACT, BUT, UM, I GUESS I'M JUST GONNA LET HIM OKAY.
UH, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT BEFORE WE GO, YOUR FAVORITE THAT I WAS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH, IF THE CHAIR SIGNS IT, THEN WE KNOW ABOUT WELL, UM, COMMISSIONING, UH, OR COOLING.
SO, UM, IN TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE STATUS OF, UH, THE WORKING GROUPS, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR SWEATY, I WORK IN GROUPS, NOT, UH, NOT COMMITTEES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITTEE ON, THEY HAVE, UM, ALL THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
AND NOW HERE, YOU'RE OFF AT THIS, THE POINT THAT WE ARE NOW, AND WE'VE GOTTEN THINGS ALL STARTED.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONE COMMISSION AND THAT'S THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AND SO, UM, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CONSIDER BRINGING ME, JUST BRINGING ALL THAT, UH, WORKING GROUPS BACK AND WE BECOME ONE AGAIN, I CAN EVEN, WE CAN AVOID A LOT OF, A LOT OF THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE WORKING IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WORKING FOR HER PER SE.
UH, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE WORKING IN OUR DIFFERENT AREAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS MY THINKING AND, UH, VICE CHAIR, HE WAS LOOKING, LOOKING AT ME THE PEDAL UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN, WHEN, WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A PIECE OF PROPERTY OR SOMETHING COMES UP IN THE PA IN THE PAST, THE WORKING GROUP OR THE PEOPLE THERE, WE GET TOGETHER AND EAT AND DISCUSS IT AND DO IT, WE'RE NOT THE WHOLE COMMISSION IS TO GO OUT AND DO IT.
YEAH, WELL, WE DEFINITELY NEED THE PROPERTY.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO STILL THROUGH THAT, UM, CAN MEET AS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE DAYS AND HOURS TO MAKE DECISIONS.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD PROBABLY STAY.
BUT I THINK, UH, THE POINT OF THE REASONS MAKING IS, UM, YOU CAN GET INTO A SILO AND, UH, SHARING INFORMATION CAN BECOME AN ISSUE IF YOU'RE SILO TOO LONG.
UM, SO THE IDEA OF, WELL, THE DISCUSSION POINT IS TO JUST, WE ESTABLISHED THESE WORKING GROUPS TO ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN TASKS.
UM, AND WHEN THE TASKS ARE COMPLETED, YOU STILL NEED TO WORK IN GROUP, BUT YOU JUST HAVE A WORKING GROUP TO HAVE TO WORK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE DISCUSSION BOARD.
I UNDERSTAND PROPERTY NEEDS ALWAYS NEEDS TO HAVE THE SUBGROUP THAT WE HAVE WORKING ON IT.
UM, BUT NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
NOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT.
SO WE'RE GONNA START TO FOCUS ON CARS AND GETTING CARS OUT OF THE JUNK VEHICLES OUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THAT, TELL ME ABOUT IT.
UM, AND, AND, AND IS THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, IS THAT STILL GOING TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING OR IS THAT, DOES THAT MEAN ROBBIE OR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT OPENED UP TO EVERYBODY.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF, I THINK THAT'S THE OVERARCHING POINT HERE IS THAT WE MAY HAVE WORKED IN GROUPS TO ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN TASKS AND THEY'RE DONE.
AND DO WE NEED TO JUST REEVALUATE IT AT THIS POINT? IS IT GOOD? OR DO WE, DO WE WANT TO JUST DIFFUSE BACK OUT AND WORK AS A WHOLE COMMISSION AGAIN, ON CERTAIN ITEMS UNTIL SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP SPECIFIC PROJECT SPECIFIC ISSUE, WHERE THEN YOU CAN INFORM ANOTHER WORKING GROUP, UM, WITH MAYBE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, UM, JUST TO, TO GET ON, TO TACKLE THAT ISSUE.
IT'S NOTHING, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT ABOLISHING WORKING GROUPS AND, AND THAT'S JUST THE POINT OF WHEN YOU, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE A WORKING GROUP, YOU KIND OF, IT, YOU, YOU CAN,
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YOU CAN SILO YOURSELF AND YOU CAN JUST BE WORKING IN A BUBBLE A LITTLE BIT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CLEAR DIRECTION ON WHERE YOU'RE GOING.DOES THAT MEAN THAT ALL THE OTHER GROUPS WERE TEMPORARY HOUSING? ALL THE PROPERTY CODE MAYBE SOUNDS LIKE WE WERE BOMBED SHEET EVERYTHING, BUT THE PROPERTY, WELL, THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY GROUP HAS A DIFFERENT, UH, IT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT? UM, SO, WELL, THE QUESTION IS SHOULDN'T BE, WELL, IT HAS TO BE DIFFERENT.
WHY, BECAUSE THE NATURE OF REAL ESTATE, OR YOU JUST KIND OF PUT A REAL WORD EXAMPLE TO WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
THE LAST PROPERTY WE PUT A BID IN ON, I FOUND THAT PROPERTY AT MIDNIGHT ON A SUNDAY, ON A SUNDAY NIGHT, I GO TO THE JAIL.
HE BOUNCES THAT BACK TO THE WORKING GROUP, NINE CLOCK THAT MORNING HAS AN HOUR OR TWO TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF DILIGENCE TALKS TO THE REALTOR.
AND I BELIEVE THE REALTOR SAID THAT ALL BEDS WILL DO BY ON WEDNESDAY AT NOON.
SO WE PHYSICALLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TIME TO CONVENE AN ENTIRE MEETING BEFORE SUBMITTING.
UM, WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT IF YOU, IF, IF THE EFFORT IS TO, TO, TO DECONSTRUCT SILOS THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT TELL ME THAT MAKES HOUSING MORE IMPORTANT THAN HELPING.
SO, WELL, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF
THE THING IS, IS REALLY JUST MAKING SURE THE COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND THAT IS HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS.
I HAVE A GROUP THAT IS MORE TO, THAT SHOULD NOT BE ITSELF, IS IF THEY PUT IT LIKE THIS, YOU HAVE FOUR PEOPLE WHO WOULD HELP, BUT ANY OF US CAN WORK ON HERE.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT WE COME BACK IN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING AS A REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AND THERE IS, THERE IS NO HIERARCHY IS THAT YOU HAVE TO READ THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION, NEW REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
I THINK THAT MY PERCEIVED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING VALUE OF THE WORKING GROUPS WAS PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO WORK ON AND FOCUS ON AN AREA THAT THEY HAD PASSION FOR OR EXPERTISE TO ADD TO THAT MAY MAKE THOSE GROUPS WORK A WHOLE LOT BETTER.
I MEAN, IF, IF THIS COMMISSION WAS WORKING, WE'D BE NOWHERE AS FAR AS WHAT JOHN AND MARIA HAVE DONE ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
UM, I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE WITH THAT PASSION HAVE GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE COMMISSION AS A HOLDER OF GODDESS THERE.
AND SO THAT'S THE THING THAT I SEE ABOUT THE WORKING GROUPS IS, IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE CHAMPIONS OF DIFFERENT CAUSES, NOT THAT THEY'RE, UH, IN A SILO, BUT THEIR FOCUS AND SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE TRULY PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE ACHIEVED THE BEST OUT OF THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE, WHEN WE'D HAVE PEOPLE WHO WERE CHAMPIONS CERTAIN ASPECTS OF, OF THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION, UH, BECAUSE OF THEIR PASSION OR THE REGULARITIES THAT'S RIGHT.
I GUESS I'M SAYING THAT I STILL LIKE THE CONCEPT OF WORKING GROUPS THAT COME BACK WITH THEIR REPORTS AND IDEAS AND THOUGHTS FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION TO KICK AROUND PERSONAL.
THAT'S MY OPINION, BUT I, YES.
CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS? I THINK TOO, THAT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT AND THANK YOU TOO, FOR THAT NIGHT.
I KNOW I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT ALL THE COMMITTEES, UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THEIR WORK, BUT I MEAN, THERE ARE WORKING GROUPS, UM, LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR USING THE OTHER WORD, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND WHAT WAS HELPFUL FOR ME, UM, WHEN WE HAD OUR STRATEGIC, UM, PLANNING GROUP, A COUPLE OF LIKE LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE.
UM, AND I THINK IF WE DID THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND HAD THAT DISCUSSION, THAT FACILITATED, UM, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO US.
SO I THINK I LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT.
UM, IT KIND OF GAVE US A FRAMEWORK AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WORKING GROUP, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD TO FIGURE SOME OF THIS STUFF OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN VERY FLUID.
SO I THINK NOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE IN THIS
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YEAR, WE'RE STARTING TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND SHOWING UP AND DOING THAT WORK AND PEOPLE GETTING TO KNOW US.
I THINK THAT, UM, IF WE JUST KIND OF TIGHTEN UP THE COMMUNICATION, UM, AND THE COMRADERY BETWEEN THE WHOLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, A VERY GOOD PATH FORWARD.
THAT'S MY I, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE WORK NUMBERS.
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