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HOW MANY HOURS TODAY? DO YOU HAVE JEFF LIKE THAT? YEAH.
[5. Demolition costs, 203 Jones Street:]
THEM ALL.FIVE DEMOLITIONS CALLS, 2 0 3 ON JONES.
DO YOU SEE THE BACKGROUND HERE? UM, JACKIE HAD, YEAH, SO, UM, CONTACTED PUBLIC WORKS, UH, CONTACTED CORBETT DEMOLITION, WHO WE'VE HIRED IN THE PAST TO DO ALL THE DEMOLITIONS ON ICNP PROPERTIES AND OUR FOR SEVEN GRAND AND ALSO FOUR SEASONS DEMOLITION, UM, WHO HAS, UM, DAY, DAY HIS HOTEL DEMOLITION, BUT ALSO HAS DONE SOME OTHER DEMOS LOCAL AROUND HERE.
UM, THOSE GUYS I KNOW PRETTY WELL.
I CALLED THEM UP, TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT AND SHOWED YOU A PICTURE OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, SHOWED A MIRROR OUT WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY EACH SAID, YEAH, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TOUCH WITH PROBABLY AT LEAST $10,000 TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO I DIDN'T GET FORMAL BID FROM THEM.
THEY, I DIDN'T WANT TO ASK ME TO EVEN BOTHER WITH IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
SO THE LOWEST WOULD BE ON A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, AT A COST OF 5,500.
YOU DON'T MIND OUT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO A LANDFILL.
WELL, CAN ANY OF ANY OF THAT BE SALVAGED? YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, THE OTHER PROPERTIES WE MAY BE MOVING FROM, UH, BROAD STREET.
AND, UM, TALK ABOUT, IS THERE ANY WAY TO SALVAGE ANY OF THE WOOD OR ANY, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE IN THERE? I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE CAN USE THEIR, UH, A LOT OF TERMITE DAMAGE.
I'M NOT SURE KIT THAT YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING.
THE ONLY VALUES WOULD BE AS A STRUCTURAL TEMPERS, IF THERE'S STILL SOLID AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY.
I MEAN, THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT DO THAT BETTER IS PROBABLY IT ALSO INCREASES THE LABOR AND THE TIME TO PICK IT OUT BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY KNOW THEY GO IN THERE WITH BIG EXCAVATOR AND IT'S ALL OVER WITH THAT'S THE QUESTION.
MICHELLE WALLACE HERE, MAYBE DOING BETTER DOCUMENTATION OF IT BEFORE IT WAS DEMOLISHED.
NOT, I MEAN, WE CAN WALK, WE CAN WALK THROUGH IT.
THERE IS NO, IT'S NOT VERY PHOTOGENIC FROM THE OUTSIDE.
I MEAN, FROM THE OUTSIDE, FROM THE INSIDE, IT'S NOT GOOD.
YOU DON'T SEE ANY HISTORICAL REGIONAL CHARACTER ON SATURDAY.
THERE'S THIS OLD CHEAP WOOD PANELING AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE IN THERE NOW FOR THOSE PICTURES OF THE ONES ON GOOGLE STREET MAP.
CAUSE IT'S FALLING OUT ON IS, IS SEPARATED FROM THE CHIMNEY FALLING OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
DOES HE TAKE, IT'S NOT VERY PHOTOGENIC.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT BEING DEMOLISHED.
AND I THINK THAT IN THE CITY, OH, I KNOW WE'VE GOT, WE HAD A DISCUSSION JUST BRIEFLY.
UM, WHEN WE MET ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE, OF COURSE, UM, YOU UNDERSTAND THE BUILDING IS ELABORATED AND NEEDS TO BE, UM, TORN DOWN, BUT IS THERE ANY WAY TO START RECOGNIZING, I KNOW SABRINA HAD MENTIONED OLD ROOM BEING ON, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE DOCUMENTING SOME OF THE HISTORY, BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO MORE OF THIS, RIGHT.
IT'S PART OF OUR ORG AND HOW DO WE HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY THAT WAS THERE? UM, YOU KNOW, SO IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK THAT GOOD.
NO BIG GIRL WAS CAPTURED IN AUGUST OF 2012.
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I BELIEVE OUR ATTORNEY, ONE OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS DREW UP, UH, WAS ABLE TO RAISE UP THE FAMILY THAT ALL.AND, UH, THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD RECORD, I THINK.
UM, AND I THINK IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE OUGHT TO SOMEHOW PUT A PLAQUE OR RECOGNIZE PAST HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE BECAUSE FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE CURRENT COMMUNITY.
UH, AND IT, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, AFTER WE RECONSTRUCT SOMETHING ON THAT SITE, A PLAQUE OF SOME KIND OR A RENAMING, UH, OF SOMETHING TO RECOGNIZE THE FEMININE.
KIND OF ADDRESSING MR. JONES PORN, AS WELL AS THOUGH MS. JONES KIND OF BRIEFLY PLAYED A LITTLE BIT OF A SAFE WHERE THE THIRD YEAR AFTER THE LAST WEEK, WE KIND OF ALSO PIGGYBACKING OFF YOUR IDEA THAT YOU MENTIONED AS FAR AS, UM, THE POTENTIAL FOR YOUNG TEACHER FROM HOUSING, UH, THE ACCOUNT, THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE HOUSES IN THERE, AND YOU JUST CALL THAT CORNER, LIKE MOSLEY MANOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S KIND OF A HAT TIP TO THE HISTORY SINCE ARE JUST COMING OUT A LITTLE BIT, SOMETHING THAT AND YOU CAN KIND OF TELL SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY WRANGLE UP SOME MONEY TO GET THE REBUILD, TO HAVE A QUESTION.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO, WOULD IT BE COST EFFICIENT TO SOME OF THE HOUSES THAT ARE TORN DOWN TO REBUILD THEM BACK IN A SIMILAR SOUND? IS THAT PROBABLY NOT CONSIDERING THE SIZE OF THIS HOUSE THAT PROBABLY ASK THEM HOW TO ATTACH REALLY CLOSE TOGETHER? SO THERE'LL BE A SMALLER UNIT.
UM, LUCKILY WE HAD AN ARCHITECT ON THE COMMISSION
THAT'S THAT'S, THAT'S ALL MOSTLY HABITAT.
AND THAT ALL ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING, RIGHT.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CONSISTENCY WITHOUT WHICH WOULD BE SO EVERYTHING BASICALLY AS NEGATIVE, AND THIS IS A GOOD BOOK.
SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT TEAR, WHEN YOU TEAR SOMETHING DOWN WITH SOME KIND OF DOCUMENTATION, ANY PHOTOS FOR ELP FOR POSSIBLE ROYALTY, IF WE'LL BE ON THE BACK NORTH SIDE FAMILY, OR, YOU KNOW, UM, A SMALL SUBDIVISION, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE HOUSE, UH, WHO MIGHT, COULD DO IT THAT WAY, BUT WE ARE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO, TO, UM, SHE'S THE ONE THAT JUST SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL TEAR IT DOWN, WE'LL BUILD IT BACK AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING, NOT WHAT I'M UPSET THINKING THAT WE'RE TEARING DOWN.
IT DOESN'T DO A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD TO TRY TO REPLICATE WHAT WAS THERE.
I'M SURE SOME PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE NAME OF THE FAMILY OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SOME KIND OF PLAQUE OR IF THERE'S HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, THESE HOUSES 8, 3 83 MCCOY.
IT WAS MOSTLY NO RELATION OF IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MY VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THIS PROPERTY THAT, UM, I THINK IT WAS GEORGE MOSELEY.
MIGHT'VE BEEN, UM, WAS A SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE AGENT, UM, AT, AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE BUILT THIS HOUSE IF YOU LIVED IN THAT HOUSE, BUT THIS IS IN THE, WHAT WAS THE LONG WHARF NEIGHBORHOOD.
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UM, AND IT WAS A VERY VIBRANT, UM, PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD UP UNTIL I THINK THE GREAT FIRE.I DON'T THINK I GOT THAT FAR, BUT THINGS BEGAN TO DETERIORATE.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OR THE HISTORIC.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ENTITY, UM, DID AN INVENTORY OF THE LONG WHARF NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE.
UM, AND THAT MIGHT GIVE US SOME HISTORY AND SOME INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE INCORPORATED INTO WHATEVER HISTORICAL COMMEMORATION THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO DO IT.
WE SHOULD HAVE A BOOK HERE ABOUT THE MIDDLE.
UM, IN YOUR BROTHER, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION AS WE, UH, SIDE, UM, TO VOTE CAN BE, HAVE A MOTION AND A PART OF THE EMOTION, EMOTION.
UH, I GUESS I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT BASED ON STAFF'S EFFORTS AND EVALUATION OF THE PROPERTY AND FINDING IT TO BE MORE TROUBLESOME AND EXPENSIVE TO TRY TO REBUILD AND THAT NOT MEETING THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THAT AREA THAT WE INSTRUCT TO STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING PUBLIC WORKS AND A LOT OF DEMOLISH THE PROPERTY AND THAT WE MAKE GOING FORWARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
WRITE QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION, SEEING NONE ALL IN FAVOR.
[6. Committee Updates]
COMMITTEE UPDATES ON, LET US GET A HEALTH AND WELLNESS ALL FIRST.SO I WAS TOLD I COULD BE ONE SENTENCE FOR EACH BULLET POINT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M STICKING TO.
I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WELL, ANYWAY, UM, SO WE'VE BEEN BUSY, UH, PLANNING FOR AN EVENT CALLED COMMUNITY COMMUNITY RELATIONS DAY.
UM, AND IT WILL HAVE A FALL FESTIVAL COMPARTMENT.
UM, IT WILL BE, THE VENUE WILL BE AT LAWSONS CREEK PARK.
UM, IN THE AFTERNOON, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME, BUT I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE IN THE AFTERNOON.
UH, AND WHAT THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD TRUST WHILE ENCOURAGING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHICH WAS OUR GOAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, EDUCATIONAL, INTERACTIVE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES WILL BE INCORPORATED.
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE ATTRIBUTED TO MS. BARBARA LEE DURING THE EVENT, UM, OCTOBER THE WEEKS OF OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH THE 13TH.
UM, WE BEGAN, UM, TO HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH PLANNING PARTNERS FOR, UM, THE, THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DAY, PUTTING COURTS, UM, THE FEMININE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE HOSPITAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
UM, THE CITY OF NEWBURGH, WE MET WITH FOSTER HUGHES TO, UM, CONFIRM THAT DATE AND DISCUSS ONGOING LOGISTICS, PARKS, AND REC, UM, OF COURSE NCU AND THE NEWBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY'VE ALL BEEN, UM, MET WITH THEY'VE ALL CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL BE, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT IN SOME CAPACITY ON OCTOBER SIX.
UM, THIS IS A BIT OF A SIDE WE MET WITH, UM, A WOMAN'S DEFINITELY SEE THEMSELVES ON THE NORTH CAROLINA CRAVEN COUNTY EXTENSION.
UM, AND SHE IS A FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE AGENT EDUCATOR.
AND, UM, SHE MET WITH, UM, ANTOINETTE AND NY WITH VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN, THEY WERE KIND OF, UM, REFERRED TO US BY TOM GLASGOW.
AND, UM, SO THIS WAS REALLY AN INTERESTING AND EXCITING, UM, FIND SHE, UH, STEPHANIE HAS VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT DEAL WITH EDUCATION, UM, NUTRITION SPECIFICALLY.
AND, UM, THE ONE THAT WE REALLY LIKED WAS SOMETHING CALLED FAITHFUL FAMILIES, AND THAT'S A NINE, I PUT 10, SO THAT'S A TYPE OF, I'M SORRY, IT'S A NINE SESSION LED NUTRITION INITIATIVE, UM, THAT INCORPORATES, UM, MENTAL HEALTH, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL.
UM, AND WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT IT IS IT TIES INTO BEING A COMMUNITY.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE A PASTOR OR SOMEBODY WITHIN THE CHURCH THAT IS A LAY PERSON LEADING IT ALONG WITH, UM, STEPHANIE AND ALSO PART OF WE HAD A MEETING TODAY.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WAY TO FOLLOW UP.
AND WE MET WITH JANSON JONES, WHO IS THE NEW HEALTH EDUCATOR AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
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UM, ON PROJECTS LIKE THIS.AND SO PASTOR ROYAL OF ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES WAS ALSO ON THE CALL.
SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD TAKE UP THIS ISSUE WITH YOUR CHURCH AND DO OUTREACH.
UM, AND SO DO THE SCREEN, THE OUTREACH AND TO SEE IF THEY COULD HAVE SEVERAL CHURCHES DOING IT TOGETHER.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE LAY PERSON LEADING WOULD BE, BUT, UM, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT, UM, ASPECT OF IT, RIGHT.
TIED FAITH TO, UM, TO BEING HEALTHY.
AND PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICY BUILDING.
UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE A GOAL WOULD BE TO, UM, HAVE ONLY HELD WATER SERVED AT MEETINGS, OR IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS THAT, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATE AN EXERCISE TRACK, YOU KNOW, WITHIN YOUR, UM, WITHIN YOUR, YOUR CHURCH AREA.
SO THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT THEY WORKED FOR US.
UM, SO I, WE'RE GOING TO BE STORING THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS IN NOVEMBER, UH, AT THE END OF THE ROAD NOVEMBER, AND JUST SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, OCTOBER 11TH, WE MET WITH CRYSTAL TAYLOR, WE HAD A VIRTUAL MEETING, UM, CRYSTAL, I THINK YOU MET WHEN SHE CAME DOWN HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LECTURE SERIES AND SOME OF HER PLANT-BASED INITIATIVE, SHE'S A, UM, EVENT COORDINATOR ALSO SPECIFICALLY, UM, PLANNING EVENTS FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND, UM, SHE IS HELPING US TO BEGIN TO DETERMINE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE VISIONING OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DAY WILL LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THOSE ACTUAL ACTIVATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO I CAN TELL YOU WHEN, UM, WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THAT, UH, TODAY WE HAD A WALK THROUGH OF LOSSES CREEK PARK WITH CARRIE WARREN, WHO IS THE NOW INTERIM PARK AND RECS DIRECTOR, JUST LOOKING AT THAT SPACE, DETERMINING, UM, WHAT PARKING WILL LOOK LIKE, WHERE, UM, IN THE FIELD WE CAN HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR, UM, IMMEDIATE RELATIONS DAY, WHAT WILL BE WHERE ISABELLA TAKES SOME TIME.
SHE RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO ON TO GOOGLE EARTH AND START HAVING A SITE PLAN.
SHE PROVIDED US WITH PERMITTING FORMS TODAY, UM, AND SHE'S AVAILABLE TO HELP US AND ACTUALLY EMAILED BEFORE WE LEFT THE HOUSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE A CONTINUED PARTNER AND HELPING US WITH THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL HAVE AN AREA, UM, FOR CHILDREN AND AREAS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO HELPING WELLNESS.
THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE TOWARD GEARED TOWARDS HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHILDREN, UH, PARKS AND REC HAVE A, UM, I WANT TO SAY A MOBILE RECREATION UNIT, WHICH HAS A LOT OF, UM, GAMES AND THINGS FOR ALL AGES.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT OUT THERE AS WELL FOR KIDS.
UM, LET'S SEE, NEXT STEPS IS TO CONTINUE TO CONFIRM PARTICIPANTS.
UM, AND WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE THAT WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO.
UM, OCTOBER 15TH, I CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BLOCK CAPTAIN RESONANT LEADER TRAINING, WHICH IS A RUN ON LIFE CHURCH, AND ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THAT.
UM, IF YOU NEED, IF YOU WOULD INTERESTED, JUST LET ME KNOW, OCTOBER 26.
UM, I HAVE A, UM, A LUNCH MEETING WITH JOHN WITH, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CAROLINA EAST FOUNDATION.
I KNOW, I THINK JEFF WILL TALK TO THAT LATER, UM, LAST WEEK ABOUT FUNDING FOR THE ACTUAL HEALTH CLINIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ON POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATIONS.
AND, UM, DURING THAT MEETING, THEY HAD MENTIONED A PARAMEDIC MEDICINE PROGRAM THAT'S UNDERWAY AT THE HOSPITAL.
I KNEW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
IT'S BEING FUNDED BY GRANT MONIES AND, UM, IT'S A GENTLEMAN THAT GOES AS A PARAMEDIC, UM, AND ACTUALLY DOES CASE MANAGER WITHIN ENABLED NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I'M, I WAS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO JARED REACHED OUT TO US, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN WORK WITH HIM AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY HAVE THAT PROGRAM AS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND INITIATIVE BEGINNING TO BRING THAT ACCESS TO CARE TO THE DEPUTY FIELD AREA.
SO WE WERE EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND ON NOVEMBER 5TH, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A HEALTH FOCUS GROUP.
SO WE MET WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE HOSPITAL AND NURSING CLINIC, UM, LAST WEEK, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A SPECIFIC FOCUS GROUP, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A VISIONING MEETING SO WE CAN PROVIDE QUESTIONS TO THEM.
UM, AND THEY CAN MAYBE HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES PARTICIPATING IN THE DUFFY FIELD, UM, PROBABLY ON THE CENTER.
SO THAT'LL BE AN ONGOING PROCESS, BUT IT'S JUST TRYING TO HAVE LIKE A WIN-WIN SITUATION, MAYBE SOME TARGETED GOALS FOR THAT.
SO, UM, WHEN WE DO START TO TALK ABOUT PLANNING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT INPUT.
UM, YOU COULD HAVE JUST THE FOOTNOTE, WE BELIEVE THIS, UH, STRATEGY FITS SAND FOOD, UH, DR.
CALDWELL'S VISION FOR WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO.
WE INTEND TO, UM, TO BE IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO GET HIS INPUT INTO THIS ALSO, UM, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO BEGIN
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TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE, THE CENTER ITSELF, THE PHYSICAL PLANT.AND, UM, HE HAS THIS PANEL ON THE PULSE OF A LOT OF FUNDING AGENCIES.
AND I, WE WOULD LIKE TO, AGAIN, TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET SOME MONEY TO HAVE THE STRUCTURE, TO PUT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS INTO.
I MEAN, I JUST WANT HIM TO THINK LIKE, JUST SO IT WAS A BACKGROUND THAT JOHN AND I WERE TALKING, UM, AND I KNOW WE TALKED WITH JEFF AND MARGARET CHILLS AND SHE'S BEEN PART OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANNING TO, UM, AS FAR AS FUNDING FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT, ABOUT GRANTS FOR HEALTH EQUITY, UM, A POPULAR RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY, THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT.
UM, SO IF WE HAD ACCORDINGLY, UM, SHE HAD SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE GRANTS COULD ALSO INCORPORATE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE PLUS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMING, UM, AS WELL.
SO I KNOW JEFF HAD MENTIONED THAT DR.
I THINK HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF FUNDING AND MAYBE CAN POINT US IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND SEE WHICH DIRECTION WOULD THEY POSSIBLY BE SUCCESSFUL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALL CONDITIONS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH IF YOU CHOSE.
UM, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING, UM, AGAIN, JUST TO PUT A BOW ON WHAT RITA WAS SAYING.
UM, WE MET WITH A HOSPITAL ON INNOVATION.
WE WERE ASKING IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING SOME DESIGN WORK THAT YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GO OUT FOR FUNDING FOR THE RENOVATIONS OR ACTUAL MONEY FOR RESERVATIONS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUR ROOF WINDOWS.
AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THEY DO NOT, THEY DON'T FIND.
SO, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION AND SHIFTED WAS THAT THOUSAND C.
THAT WAS THE NAME, THE BIG GUY TO TELL HIM THE COMMUNITY.
OH, OH, HIS NAME IS, UM, GOSH, CHRIS HENRY, I THINK ABOUT THE PARAMEDIC.
SO THE COOL PART ABOUT THAT WAS LIKE THAT, THAT WAS A PROGRAM THAT THIS FELLOW WROTE TO THE FOUNDATIONS SAY, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.
WHEN I GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY, THEY TOOK THE TOP WHATEVER AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT, UH, USE THE EMERGENCY ROOM AS THEIR PRIMARY CARE.
ONE EXAMPLE THAT THEY GAVE US WAS THAT WAS THIS PERSON THAT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY 99 TIMES IN THE CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, AND SO HE WAS TARGETING THESE FOLKS TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND MEET THEM AT THEIR LEVEL, AT THEIR SPACE AND IN THAT SPACE AND TO GET THEM HELP.
AND I BELIEVE HE WENT FROM 99 TO THREE.
IT WAS, THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF PROGRAM THAT KNOW, LOOK TO RUN OUT ABOUT THAT TIME.
THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER GETS IN THE COMMUNITY, IDENTIFIES THOSE PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT ARE USING THE EMERGENCY ROOM AS THEIR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.
UM, AND TO BE PROACTIVE TOO ON.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A DEEP CONVERSATION, UM, DISHEARTENING THAT THEY, UM, WOULD, WERE INTERESTED IN FUNDING US.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAD MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER AND THAT PROGRAM ITSELF.
SO IT WAS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ONE DOOR WAS CLOSED, BUT ANOTHER ONE WAS OPEN THAT WAS ENCOURAGING.
UM, HE SAID DURING THE MEETING, YEAH, WE'VE GOT, HE'S SO BUSY AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE MONEY TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE.
UM, 30 IS A SIGN, A CONTRACT WITH THE MOVERS ON TUESDAY.
UH, THEY ARE COORDINATING, OR EVEN THE FINAL COURT ALREADY HAVE, THEY'VE ALREADY CONTACTED, UM, UTILITY.
YOUR APARTMENT HERE IS A POWER POLE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE MOVED, NOT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE POWER MOVE, MOVING ON THE HOUSE.
UM, BUT CHARLIE THINKS IT'S PROBABLY IN THE WRONG SPOT ANYWAY.
SO WE'RE NEEDING TO MOVING THAT AND FREEING UP SPACE HERE ON THAT CORNER.
UM, THEY'LL BE EMAILING ME WHEN THEY BEGAN, BUT THEY STARTED TO MOBILIZE ON TO MOVE THE, TO MOVE THE HOUSE AND I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT HAPPENS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, ALL THAT FUNDING HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED THROUGH HUD, SO WHERE THERE WERE JUST ON A UNIVERSAL BASIS BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD ANY KIND OF, UH, COSTS ASSOCIATED, UM, JAMIE AND I, UH, TALKED DR.
CALDWELL QUITE A FEW TIMES ON NAILING DOWN THAT BULLET POINT NUMBER FOUR, AND,
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UM, TAKING THAT FINAL STEP WITH, UH, UM, ESSENTIALLY OWNERSHIP, UM, OF THE DOCUMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT STEP INTO THAT KIND OF A DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, UH, WORLD WE'RE WAITING ON LANGUAGE, UM, THAT, UH, THAT HE SAYS EXISTS IN THE CONTRACTS THAT HE HAS.SO, UM, WE'RE STILL ON HOPING TO REALLY GET THAT FINALIZED THIS WEEK.
IT'S JUST BEEN HARD TO MOBILIZE SCHEDULES AND HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION.
SO SAY I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, ALAN PROPERTIES.
SO I'VE TALKED WITH MR. ALLEN SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST WEEK, AND IT'S VERY EXCITED.
UM, I HEARD BACK, OR I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM CHICAGO TITLE YET, BUT THERE WAS AN ISSUE, UM, WITH A DEED OF TRUST ON ONE OF THE PROPERTIES.
UM, THE ISSUE WAS DOCUMENTATION.
DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE REGISTRY.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR US TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE BOXES THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK BEFORE WE CAN ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S UNENCUMBERED.
UM, I'VE EXPRESSED TO MR. ALLEN, THE NEED FOR US TO VERIFY THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE VACANT AND HE SEEMED TO BE VERY AMENABLE TO THAT AT LEAST AS A FRIDAY.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE FINAL THING THAT WE WILL VERIFY TRUST, VERIFY, UM, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY CLOSED, WE SHOULD CLOSE ON OR WILLING ON MONDAY.
UM, QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
HOW DO WE, IF WE GO IN AND VERIFY THAT THEY'RE VACANT, HOW DO WE KEEP THAT THING? WELL, WE'LL BOARD THEM UP, YOU KNOW, THREE INCH DECK SCREWS AND QUARTER INCH PLYWOOD.
IS THERE A PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT TO, WE CAN DO THAT, OR WE CAN DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE HOMES, YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY SMALL, SO WE CAN JUST GO TO REHAB OR DEMO ON THAT ONE ALSO, UM, 6 0 9.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO THE MOBILE HOME ON, ON THE LARGE PIECE, ALONG WITH THAT TWO STORY BUILDING TOO.
SO IT'S A DISCUSSION IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL PLAN ON BOARDING COMMISSION'S DECISION ON MOVING FORWARD.
I'LL WAIT, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT EIGHTH STREET? I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT SHOWS UP ON THE TAX THAT IS REDEVELOPING THE PROPERTY NOW, WHICH PART OF THE STREET.
SO HERE, HERE'S THE ISSUE WITH THAT CORRIDOR? WHEN YOU LOOK ON GIS, YOU CAN SEE PROPERTY LIVES, HOUSES DON'T NECESSARILY ABIDE BY THOSE BONDS.
IN MY CONSULTATION WITH MR. DAVIS, IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO UNTANGLE WHO ACTUALLY OWNS WHAT AND THAT CORRIDOR.
UM, AND UNTIL WE GET THAT UNTANGLED, IT WOULD BE ILL-ADVISED TO START TEARING THINGS DOWN, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO TEAR SOMETHING DOWN THAT MIGHT GO HOME TO A CITIZEN.
I UNDERSTAND THE FISH THEY SHOWED THAT LOCKED THAT LINE.
IS THAT, ARE THERE NAT BELONG TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION? IS THAT CORRECT? HE DOES IT, I MEAN, IT IS ON, IS IT CITY COUNTY OR IS THAT, AND THE PARCEL NEXT TO IT IS THE CITY, THE COUNTY WHERE THE HOUSE HAD BURNED DOWN.
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JUST THIS, THIS ONE, THIS ONE, THIS ONE IS VAGAN,NOW
AND IT WON'T SURVIVE ON WITH THIS ONE COMMUNITY THIS LOT, THIS, THIS, THIS STYLE UP FROM NEW YORK, I BELIEVE.
I THINK HE, YEAH, HE THINKS HIS PROPERTY WITH A LOT OF MONEY.
SO AS WE GO ALL DAY, AS WE DREAM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO GET UP LARGE OUTSIDE.
NOW, WHEN YOU COUPLE THAT WITH THE STORM WATER IMPROVEMENT HERE AND COMING DOWN HERE, WE'LL HAVE A BRAND NEW STORM WATER RETENTION POND, WETLAND PARK, NEW START, CREATE DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
SO ANYWAY, AS WE DREAM,
UM, NEIGHBORHOOD, ANY IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU KNOW, JUST THE MONTHLY UPDATE ON PROPERTIES, UM, WHERE WE'RE AT ONE TIME, HAVE SOMETHING ALIGNED WITH TORTILLAS.
SO, SO WE'LL SEND THEM A LETTER TO THE OWNER TELLING THEM YOU HAVE 15 DAYS MORE THAN THE LAWN, OR, YOU KNOW, TO JUMP.
UM, IF THE OWNER DID IT AND THAT TIMEFRAME ON ARE ABATED, IF NOT, THEN WE, WE SEND A FORMAL REQUEST TO PUBLIC, WORKS TO HAVE THEM DO THE WORK THAT WORK THEN GETS BILLED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE TAXES.
WE USUALLY DON'T SEE A LOT OF TAX FORECLOSURES BASED ON NUISANCE, BUT DRUM ROLL FLEET SOMEWHERE.
THIS IS, THIS IS AN OLD, LESS NOW.
UM, SO OUR GOAL WAS, UH, 25 CARS THIS YEAR.
AND UNTIL A FOSTER HOME SHOWED UP, I HAD TO, UM, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS HE'S BEEN HERE.
WHAT HE GOT, HE GOT 2020, IS THAT 20 NOW 2018 TOTAL, WE CAN TAKE A BREATH.
NO, YOU'VE GOT A RUNNING NUMBER ON HIS WHITEBOARD.
AND AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING BETS ON OVER UNDERS THE NUMBERS A THOUSAND.
SO IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO BET A LITTLE THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND CARS.
UM, SO ANYWAYS, UH, AGAIN, INGRID, HOW MANY LETTERS HAVE YOU SENT TO GET THIS STUFF DONE? UH, LESS THAN SEVEN.
UM, HE'S OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO PEOPLE, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, AND REALLY GETTING COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, JUST THROUGH INTERACTION AND TALKING PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR.
WHEN HE ACCEPTED THE POSITION, ALL GOING WELL THERE, HE'S MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, IT'S GONE.
CAN WE ASK WHAT, WHAT IS THE, UH, OBJECTIONS YOU HEAR WHEN YOU GET TURNED DOWN TO, UM, REALLY NOT, NO OBJECTIONS, UH, JUST GIVING THEM, UH,
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A CLEAR PICTURE OF IF THEY WANT TO KEEP IT, WHAT WILL THEY TAKE TO KEEP IT? UM, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A LADY SHE WAS IN BAD SHAPE, BUT IT WAS A FAMILY CAR.SHE WENT AND PUT HER, SHE MOVED IT INTO THE DROP WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE CLIENT.
UM, ANOTHER GUY, HE HAD FOUR CARS, BUT HE IS ONLY INTERESTED IN KEEPING ONE.
UH, HE MOVED IT THREE E UH, THE FOURTH WHEN HE MOVED IT TO THE BACK OF THE YARD AND PUT A CAR COVER ON IT FOR ME.
SO, UM, BASICALLY IT'S JUST GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
AND IF THEY, ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT THE END OF THE LINE IS GOING TO GET TOLD AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET BUILT ANYWAY, BUT IT'S JUST TAKING TIME TO WALK THEM THROUGH IT AND LET THEM MAKE THE DECISION ON WHICH WAY THEY WANT TO GO.
AND THEN THEY COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT'S BETTER FOR ME TO GET RID OF IT.
UH, WE HAVE PLACES THAT WILL PICK IT UP.
AND, UH, JEFF GAVE ME A LIST OF PLACES THAT WILL COME PICK IT UP FOR HIM FOR FREE.
I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REAL PROBLEMS. UM, BUT SEPARATELY JEFF, ONE OF JEFF'S FRIENDS DID THEY, BUT HE HELPED ME STOP.
BUT, UM, YEAH, IT'S AND THE THING IS, UH, TALKING TO THEIR NEIGHBORS TO THEIR NEIGHBORS, WANT THEM CAUSE GOING JUST AS BAD AS WE DO, THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING A LOT OF, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT STUFF THAT THEY WANT MOVE, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CONFRONTATION OR TO TELL SOMEBODY TO MOVE IT.
UM, AND ONCE YOU GET THE PERSON TO SEE THEM MOVE IT, THEN THE NEIGHBORS WOULD COME OUT, BE SITTING IN A TRUCK.
IT'S BEEN TWO CARS ARE MORE, ONE BEEN THERE 20 YEARS.
THAT'S BEEN THERE 25, YUMMY BRANCHES ROAMING THROUGH THE CAR WITH IT.
UM, BECAUSE SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN TALKING TO COMMUNITY.
SO AS PEOPLE, I THINK, BECAUSE OF ACTIONS THAT REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO FIX UP PROPERTIES AND DO SOME THINGS ON THEIR OWN, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MAYBE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND MAYBE OFFER ASSISTANCE ONE, UH, WHICH IS A PURSUER WHO HAS BOUGHT PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT HOUSES ON BROAD STREET.
AND THAT'S THE MORGAN RIVERS, THE OLD MORGAN RIDGE FUNERAL HOME GENTLEMAN THAT LIVED HERE.
WHAT AM I? HE CAME BACK AND I THINK HE'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT IT WAS STONER THAT, THAT SEWN BEHIND, YOU KNOW, THAT THE ROOF HAD BLOWN UP AND HERE HE IS WORKING REALLY HARD.
I THINK THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, WORKING GROUP, UM, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MAYBE REACH OUT TO THEM OR JUST SPEAK TO IT BECAUSE HERE'S SO MANY INVESTING, PRIVATE FUNDS, NOT ASKING FOR ANY FUNDS FROM HERE, BUT THAT WILL BRING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING WITH ANY, YOU KNOW, AS WE SEE NEW BUSINESSES COME INTO THE AREA, WHATEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO STEP OUT AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE HERE.
WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT WHEN YOU DO IT HELPS SPUR ON OTHERS.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THESE PEOPLE AND PAT HIM ON THE BACK A LITTLE BIT, OR JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
LET'S TALK, LET'S HEAR ABOUT HIS PLANS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE END RESULT WILL BE.
UM, WHAT HE'LL DO WITH IT, BUT IT'S FIXING UP A DILAPIDATED PROPERTY THAT WAS DILAPIDATED.
THE CITY WAS GETTING READY TO SEND NOTICES ON BECAUSE THE ROOF WAS PUT ON BY DOC, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT.
AND NOW IT'S BEING FIXED WITH PRIVATE FUNDS.
SO AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED, I'D LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO INCLUDE THAT IN WHAT WE DO AND MAYBE INVITE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE TO SHOW COMMUNITY AND, AND TO SAY, HEY, WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING CARS OR WE'RE GOING TO PUT A HOUSE, A NEW HOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE SOMETHING AND MOVE IT AND REHAB IT.
IT MIGHT ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO DO SOMETHING.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT AS WE FEEL, JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEY ADD THAT TO YOUR WORKING GROUP IS THAT THEY ARE GOING WELL.
IT WAS THE RIVERS MORGAN FUNERAL HOME.
SO I'M PRETTY SURE RIVERS WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED IT THERE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ADDRESS OR NO, IT'S ON BROAD.
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BUILDINGS LOOK DOWNTOWN YEARS AGO.YOU KNOW, THEY COVERED ALL THE BUILDINGS OF METAL, THE STOREFRONTS.
AND BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS ATTRACTIVE AT THE TIME.
AND YOU KNOW, IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, PEOPLE STARTED TO FEEL THOSE OFF AND ALL THE ORIGINAL BRICK AND STONE WAS KIND OF REMINDS ME
YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND IT WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS, ESPECIALLY TO BUSINESSES.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, MAYBE EVEN TO SEND A LETTER JUST SAYING WELCOME TO THE NAME, GLAD YOU'RE OPEN.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BUSINESSES HELP THE COMMUNITY THRIVE.
AND I JUST THINK THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER GOOD ASPECT FOR US TO GET OUR NAME OUT THERE.
I KNOW INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING THAT, BUT MAY BE DOING IT.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER UPDATES GF, WE SPOKE ABOUT BRINGING THE GOALS BACK OUT AGAIN.
UM, I'LL SEND OUT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL SESSION.
WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON WHERE WE'RE AT AND YOU COULD CHANGE ANYTHING NOVEMBER.
UH, UM, WELL WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE COME IN WANTING TO OPEN A BUSINESS OR INVEST IN THE REDEVELOPMENT ZONE.
THAT'S WHAT OUR WHOLE GOAL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
THIS IS USUALLY NOT LIABILITY DURING THAT TIME.
WE USUALLY WORK TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN INVEST THAT MONEY INTO THIS.
WE, WE TRY TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND TRY AND BE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE WHOLE IDEA.
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME IN ON FOR MR. RUGGIERI WARRIORS, WHEN I FIRST CAME IN AS ALDERMAN IN 2009, ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS WAS TO MAKE, AT THAT TIME, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT LEARNED HOW TO SAY, LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN HELP YOU RATHER THAN SAY, NO, WE CAN'T HELP YOU.
HOW THE WAY MR.
THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY WHAT HE WAS TOLD IS THAT THAT ORGANIZATION NEEDS TO NEVER SAY NO, LET'S SAY, WELL, LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT WE CAN'T ALWAYS SAY YES THAT YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT IT'S WORKING WITHIN OUR RULES AND OUR BOUNDARIES, BUT YES, WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER AND WE WANT TO DO, AND IF THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION THAT NEED TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD TO THAT, WE CAN MASSAGE THINGS TO MAKE THESE A MINUTE.
THEN THIS IS THE GROUP THAT SHOULD SEND US THAT MESSAGE.
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BUSINESS.UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS CELEBRATE YOUR PROGRESS OR YOUR WINS.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF UPCOMING, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLANNING THAT MAY BE HAPPENING FOR NEXT YEAR, KIND OF JUST TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED.
THIS IS WHAT WE GOT IN THROUGH LIKE THE WINS WITH DR.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE ACTUAL WORKING WATER IS THE WHOLE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I THINK HE'D GIVEN THOSE UPDATES, YOU KNOW, COOKOUT WITH HOWEVER YOU GUYS DECIDED TO DO IT ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S HELPFUL THAT THEY SEE THE WINS AS WELL.
AND IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, UM, BASICALLY POLITIC WITH THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, JUST TO SHOW THAT WHAT THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN VOTED TO IN AND BUILDING THIS REDEVELOPMENT THAT YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOME GREAT WORK AND PEOPLE NEED TO SEE IT.
AND WHEN THEY SEE THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR AND THAT'S MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GRAVITATE AND WANT TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES ON WHAT THE REDEVELOPMENT IS DOING.
SO IF YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING OR IF YOU HAVEN'T, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA TO CELEBRATE YOUR WINS IN ANY WAY THAT I CAN PARTICIPATE WITH DONATE FUNDS.
CAUSE I THINK IT'D BE A WIN FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AND A WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT TOO NEXT MONTH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT
GOD BEEN TALKING THAT ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
AND AT THAT TIME, JUST, YOU KNOW, ON THE MIKE JUST KIND OF DISPLAY OR HOWEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, JUST LIKE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
LIKE, I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW, BUT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE KNOW SO THAT YOU CAN MEET THE 300, OH GOD.
I WAS GOING TO ASK PASTOR HOLMES IF HE WANTED TO HELP ME WITH MY HEALTH ASSESSMENT WHILE HE WAS GETTING RID OF THE JUNK CARS.
BUT, UM, HE LEFT SO SMILE ANYWAY, AND THAT IS, UM, THAT'S GETTING CLOSER.
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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HAVING AND WE'LL HAVE THIS, UM, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SAY IS MORE OF A BIGGER FORMAL EVENT, BUT WE'LL HAVE OTHER SMALLER EVENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, DURING THE YEAR, SO.WHEREAS MINE HAS TO DO THE CELEBRATE.
I HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT.
I'M GOING TO CALL YOU OFF SO YOU CAN COME UP THERE WITH ME.
UM, UP AT THE STATE, WE HAVE SHIFTED GEARS FROM CONTENT TO SEL IN REGARDS TO THE HUMAN CAPITAL IN EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DROWNING.
WE'VE BEEN IN THIS THING TWO YEARS NOW.
UM, AND WE'RE SEEING WHY THAT ENDED THE TONE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME WE GET CLOSE TO THE LIGHTNING STORM, UM, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SHOW SUCCESSES DURING THIS TRYING TIME, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SUCCESSES, THAT KIND OF
UM, I THINK FOR OUR OWN SEL IN THIS ROOM, WE DO NEED TO PARTAKE IN AN ENDEAVOR LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT I THINK IT'S THE NEXT MEETING WHEN IT GOES THROUGH THIS, WE HAVE A BRAINSTORMING SESSION AND LIST OF SUCCESSES SO WE CAN REACT APPROPRIATELY TO HOW THAT WORKS.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU BRING IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT STORMWATER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE STREET PALM IS NOW THERE AND FUNCTIONAL.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A EDUCATIONAL CELEBRATION OF THE COMPLETION OF THAT TYPE OF SITUATION, I MEAN, WE JUST NEED TO BRAINSTORM AND, AND QUIET APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING LIKE I HAVE A BOOTH JUST TO SHOW OFF AS PEOPLE WALK BY YOU, I TOOK THAT'S COMING UP ONE FISHES PARENTS.
I MEAN, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WE CAN DO AGAIN.
ARE YOU GOING TO COMBINE THAT INTO JUNE? OH, I'M NOT ON EITHER ONE OF THE COMMITTEES, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IS THAT IT SHOULD BE CONNECTED.
BUT I THINK THAT THE TWO GROUPS ARE TALENA IS PART, IS RUNNING THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND FIGURE IT OUT BEFORE NEXT UP NEXT STEP THAT'S IN JUNE AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING CHEESY, IT WOULD BE NICE.
I THINK IF WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, IF WE CAN GET SOME T-SHIRTS OR SOMETHING PUMPING, YOU KNOW, CASUAL, BUT JUST KIND OF TELLS US THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING COMMISSION.
SO THEN WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE, LIKE NOT HAVE A NAME BAG NECESSARILY AROUND THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY, UM, YOU KNOW, BETSY.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT EVEN THE COMMUNITY TYPE OF SHIRT WHERE, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE NOT NECESSARILY LIKE READ THE GLOBE, BUT FIND SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE THAT I COULD BUY INTO, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY SAY LIKE BRICK BY BRICK SHIRT BY SHIRT, BECAUSE THAT MONEY CAN GO TOWARDS WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I MEAN, YOU ARE ABLE TO DO FUNDRAISER, RIGHT? I MEAN, I WOULDN'T BUY A T-SHIRT THAT HAD HASHTAG WHATEVER IT WAS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN GET BEHIND
I WAS, I WASN'T GONNA BRING IT UP TO MY BOOK IF I HAVE JUST A MOMENT.
UM, I TALKED TO JOHN ABOUT THIS JUST A MOMENT, BUT WE'VE BEEN HAVING BEEN STRUGGLING WITH GETTING THAT HEALTH ASSESSMENT DONE.
AND, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CREATING THE VENUES IN ORDER TO ENGAGE AND, YOU KNOW, AND GET THAT INFORMATION.
UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THE CITY CAN, I KNOW WE, WE HADN'T REALLY MADE A, AN EFFORT TO DO THAT, WHERE WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW WHETHER THE COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TARGETING IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, THE REDEVELOPMENT RIGHT IN THE AREA AS A COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO HELP US DETERMINE WHAT OUR GOAL IS FOR PELVIC WELLNESS AND,
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YOU KNOW, AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE? HOW DO YOU DEFINE HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT QR READER.SO, AND WE MIGHT NOT GET A LOT OF RESPONSES, BUT AT LEAST IT'D BE A KIND OF INTENTIONAL CITY, UM, HELP, YOU KNOW, ASSISTED DIRECTED EFFORT TO HELP US TO GET THAT DONE.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS COME TO MIND ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU CERTAINLY CAN COME AND GET WITH CARLY ROBERTS AND DO THE T3.
I MEAN, AND JOHN, ARE YOU BY YOURSELF, COULD SIT THERE AND DO A 20, 30 MINUTE PROGRAM AND TALK ABOUT IT, SHOW THE HEALTH HAS SAID, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, SHOW IT, TELL THEM THEY CAN COME SIT IN.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THE SAME THING ON A FACEBOOK TALK ON OUR CITY PAGE, BUT THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO TARGET IT TO THE COMMUNITY, CORRECT.
YOU'D PROBABLY GET MORE PEOPLE SENDING YOU SURVEYS THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD DO IT.
AND JUST SAY, I THINK IT WAS INCENTIVE-BASED.
AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE WITHIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE THING, THAT'S, WHAT WE NEED HELP WITH IS HOW DO WE CALL THEM? AND NOW THAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU, THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES, COMMUNICATE PUBLIC INFORMATION, HOW YOU CAN GET THAT OUT AND THEN MAYBE LEAVE COPIES IN PLACES SUCH AS CITY HALL OR SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES WERE STUPID.
SOME OF THE REC CENTERS AND STUFF.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD PEOPLE COME TO LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT IN MAT, SO MAYBE PUT IT UP THAT WAY OR IN COMMUNITY CENTERS.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SURVEY THOUGH, TO MAKE IT NOT SO COMPLICATED.
WHY CAN'T YOU JUST CREATE MACROS THAT ARE GOING TO GENERATE THE DATA THAT YOU NEED.
SO REGARDLESS, AS LONG AS YOU LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW BARNEY, YOU FILL OUT THE ASSESSMENT, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DATA THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR SO THAT YOU CAN MARKET IT TO EVERYBODY.
I GUESS I CAN ASK ABOUT THAT, HOW THEY AGGREGATE THAT.
I MEAN, WE DEVELOPED, WE STARTED OUT WITH CORDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT QR READER, CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED.
UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US GETTING OUT THERE AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD JUST REVISIT THAT.
AND AS ONE POSSIBLE AVENUE, IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DO THIS, YOU KNOW, I PREFER TO DO THIS TYPE OF STUFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE INTERACTING.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, IN ORDER TO MEET OUR GOAL AND TO HAVE THIS CROSS SECTION, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO ENGAGE, UM, YOUNGER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, UM, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MUSIC HALLWAY TO IS OLDER GENERATION, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING TIRED OF HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT SOMETHING SUSTAINABLE AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE YOUNGER PEOPLE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO ANYWAY, LIKE USING SOCIAL MEDIA, I JUST, I WOULD JUST WANT TO GET SOME IDEAS ABOUT THAT.
GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS HERE, SOME SUGGESTIONS.
YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE QUICKLY? I'D BE REMISS HAS BEEN REALLY ACTIVE AND REALLY FOCUSED ON DOING A HEALTHY COCAINE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAD KIND OF CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THREE TIMES A WEEK, COLEEN HAS GOT ON, LET'S SEE, THREE TV UP EIGHT ABOUT A 20 MINUTE COOKING SHOW THAT DEALS WITH WELL HEALTHY, HEALTHY COOKING.
IT'S PLANT-BASED, PLANT-BASED,
SO IT'S A, IT'S A GROUP WE REACHED OUT TO THAT DR.
KERRY, I BELIEVE, UM, THAT AGREED TO LET US USE THEIR CONTENT.
UM, SO YOU STARTING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, UM, THAT, THAT COOKING SHOW IT'LL GROW INTO OTHER THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO, IF ANYONE SEES THAT, THE REASON WHY IS THE WORK OF MARINA AND JOHN AND THAT ON GET OBVIOUSLY A CALLING.
UH, NO FURTHER
WE CAN RESPOND TO MEETING AND SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONSIDER THIS AND THOSE THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO IMMEDIATELY ALSO, UM, ALISON HER WONDERFUL MAPPING PROCESS HAS IT ALL RIGHT HERE FOR US TO LOOK AT.
AND, AND I JUST LIKED IT THAT THE HOUSING WORK GROUP, UH, MAYBE SPEND TWO MINUTES
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AFTER WE, UH, CONVENIENT OR RE RECESS THE JUROR WHENEVER WE'RE GOING TO, WE DON'T WANT TO RESET.SO WE MEET AGAIN, UM, JUST SET A TIME FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AND GO THROUGH THAT AND CREATE THAT LIST TO FOLLOW UP ON HIS SUGGESTIONS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO.
I DID ONE RECOGNIZE ALICE'S BACKS THAT SHE CREATES FOR US TO USE THIS REALLY SUPER.