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IT IS NOW[1. 6:00pm: Welcome and Roll Call]
SIX O'CLOCK WORK TO BEGIN.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND SERVING YOUR PASSION FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE.
IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL AND ALSO OUT THAT MUCH, WE CAN DO THAT.
COMMISSIONER CHAIR, COMMISSIONER MORGAN, COMMISSIONER STRICKLAND HERE.
MR. WALKER MENTIONED A WALLACE COMMISSIONER, YOUNG CHAIR LEE HERE.
OH, EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, ALDERMAN BANGLE, ALDERMAN.
IF YOU HAVE A QUALM ABOUT AN HOUR, WE'LL START OFF.
I'LL START OFF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES PAST PRESENT FUTURE EQUAL TIME WHERE YOU RESPECT OTHER'S OPINIONS.
LISTEN TO BUILD CONSENSUS, SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION, PUBLIC PERCEPTION, STAY FOCUSED, BE ACTION ORIENTED.
UM, HERE, COULD YOU MOVE? UH, OKAY.
[3. Approve Minutes from the 10/27/2021 and 11/10/2021 Redevelopment Commission Meetings]
AGENDA ITEM THREE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE 2 27, 20 20 21.WE HAVE EITHER PROJECTIONS OR DELETIONS TONIGHT.
IT'D BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN BOTH DAYS.
SECOND, THE OTHER FRIEND, ALL IN FAVOR.
[4. Approve 2022 Meeting Calendar]
IS TO APPROVE THE 20, 22 MEETING CALENDAR.AND THAT WAS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET AND I DID NOT SEE ANY HOLIDAYS.
WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON, I HAVE NO FILM, LIKE THE FILM MONKEY WRENCH INTO THIS IN JANUARY.
IF WE CAN ARRANGE IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMISSION TO TAKE A SATURDAY.
I WON'T EVEN, OR SOMETHING SATURDAY AND DO A TOUR AGAIN LIKE WE DID WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TO CATCH UP ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON THAT WE TALK ABOUT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND PUT SOME VISUAL TO IT.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, LOOK AT THE PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE ACQUIRED AND THAT ARE BLOCKED UP FOR WHAT WE THINK WILL BE HOUSING ISSUES.
UH, GO, GO SEE THE MCCOTTER HOUSE, WHICH IS PART OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS EFFORTS.
AND SO THAT WE ALL HAVE IN OUR BRAIN, A VISION OF CONCEDE WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK THAT ALWAYS ADDS SOMETHING TO THE CONVERSATION WHEN YOU CAN VISUALIZE THAT AND IT GETS US TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A WORK SESSION, DO A TOUR, TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE FACING US IN ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSIONS.
YOU READY TO DO THAT BEFORE THE MEETING IS JANUARY 12TH.
IF THERE IS MORE THAN FOUR OF US, FIVE OF US, IT IS, IT IS A QUARTER.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ON MEETING.
SO YOU WON'T WANT TO DO TWO MEETINGS A DAY BEFORE WE MEET, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING STRATEGIC PLANNING IN OUR JANUARY 12TH.
SO WE'LL DO THAT LIKE THE WEEK BEFORE.
UH, I'M JUST THROWING THE IDEA OUT TIMING WISE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT FITS IN, BUT IT, IT, I THINK IT'S STRICTLY TIES INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.
AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THE JANUARY MEETING ON THE 12TH, WE COULD DO IT AS PART OF THE WORK SET AFTER WE DO A TOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I LIKE THAT IDEA AND IT'S TOTALLY
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SELFISH, BUT I KNOW I'LL BE TRAVELING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF JANUARY.SO IF YOU DO THAT THEN, BUT SIT ON THE OTHER SIDE, DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR WORK BEFORE IT GOT DARK, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING LIKE DO THE TOUR, WHATEVER BEFORE.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK TO DO IT JUSTICE, WE NEED TO ALLOT A COUPLE OF HOURS FOR SURE.
IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, UH, THE C THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SEE.
IF YOU COULD DO THE ENTIRE REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND IF I'M IN, YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT BEFORE THEN.
THAT'S FINE TOO, BECAUSE I AM ON THE HOUSING COMMITTEE OR I GET TO WALK AROUND.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME OF THE PROPERTIES BEFORE, SO THAT SEEMS EVERYBODY BETTER.
SO THE 12TH IS ON A WEDNESDAY MEETING.
THEY, YOU SATURDAY WILL BE THE NINTH OR EIGHT.
WHAT DOES IT SPECIFICALLY BE TO BE AHEAD OF THE NEXT MEETING? IT MIGHT BE HELPED IN PLANNING, YOU KNOW, OR JUST GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US AND STUFF.
SO TO ME, IT'S JUST PLANNING, IT'S ALL THE GAMES.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT A BUNCH OF IT.
UM, BUT, UM, SO IF WE DO JANUARY, JANUARY THEATER, NO, NOT JANUARY, JANUARY 9TH.
SO DATE EIGHT, THE EIGHTH, 15, 22ND ON THE 29TH.
SO YOU GUYS COOK, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OPTIONS HERE EITHER WEEKEND TO THE EIGHTH OR 15TH OR TO BE 15, AND THEN DO THE READING ON THE FOURTH MONTH.
FOURTH, MISSY MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND.
WHAT TIME ARE YOU THINKING? HE SAID I'M OUT OF TOWN.
WELL, WE CAN, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT IT WEEKEND AFTER THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I MEAN, THAT WAY THAT WE CAN THEN AFTER THAT 22ND, THAT'S NOT FINALIZE THE STRATEGIC PLAN UNTIL NOW.
IT'S JUST LOOKING AT OUR PLANE.
JUST LOOKING AT OUR PLANE KIND OF BENCHMARK, WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND DO THINGS.
SO WHAT ABOUT I MOVED, IT MOVED THE MEETING TO THE FOURTH WEEK FOR JANUARY AND IT DIDN'T DO THE TOUR THAT SATURDAY FOR 22ND.
DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? 26 WOULD BE THE ACTUAL MEETING.
SO JANUARY 27, 26 IS THE MEETING.
WE SHOULD JUST ESTABLISH ANOTHER MEETING, RIGHT.
SO 1 22 WILL BE WORK SESSION, MOBILE WORK SESSION.
HAS TO BE TIME AND A PLACE RIGHT.
WHERE WE WILL GATHER INITIALLY IT WOULD BE THE TIME.
SO THEY'LL ALL BE HERE EXCEPT THE NOTE WHEN WE WILL MEET ON THE 20 SECONDS TO TWO, TWO, O'CLOCK TWO O'CLOCK ON A SATURDAY, ON 2:00 PM.
THERE'S A WEEKEND THROUGH THIS SCHEDULE.
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IS THE WORK SESSION HAVING A 26 IS THE MEETING.SO WE WILL MEET HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK, TWO O'CLOCK AND THEN ONLY 20.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW COLUMN IN 2016 AT 6:00 PM.
SO WE NEED A MOTION SECOND AND WE'LL DO A DOCTOR CALENDAR IN THE ADDITIONS CORRECTIONS.
WELL, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE 2020 22 MEETINGS SCHEDULED WITH THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE JANUARY SCHEDULE, BEING THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING ON THE 26TH, AT 6:00 PM AND A MOBILE TOUR OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA ON THE 22ND AT 2:00 PM COMMISSION TO MEET AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT 2:00 PM ON THE 22ND.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION, MR. FURTHER QUESTIONS.
ARE YOU MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING TO REMIND YOUR DEPARTMENT'S
[5. Request from Kurtis Stewart to Recommend the Board of Alderman initiate the upset bid process for 1106 Broad Street (PID 8-012-A-325)]
REQUEST FROM CRUISE STEWART? YOU RECOMMENDED OUR PROCESS FOR 1106 BOARD, UM, SWEET STAFF.THE LETTER THAT WAS ADDRESSED TO YOU LAST MEETING WAS THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION.
I HAVE BEEN A STUDENT IN CONTACT.
TALK TO ME ABOUT HIS PROJECT OR ANYTHING.
SO YOU WOULD BE THERE, BUT HE'S NOT.
SO I HAD NOTHING TO HAVE, UM, NO, YEAH, USEFUL.
UH, I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER IN NOVEMBER.
AND IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. STEWART IN PERSON, WE CAN TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE JANUARY MEETING.
AND THAT WOULD GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MAYBE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT NEEDED TO BE HERE, OR MAYBE THAT IT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
I GUESS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA OR THAT HE NEEDED TO BE HERE.
AND I THINK THIS LETTER'S PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY JUST ON HIS BEHALF AND NOT KNOWING EXACTLY, UM, HERE IS JUST WHAT I'M PLEASED ABOUT IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE SEEING SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY INVEST THEIR OWN PERSONAL DOLLARS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE IS INVESTMENT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT'S IN THIS, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO HE HAS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BESIDE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE IT IS.
IT'LL BE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL BASED ON HIS, HIS LETTER THERE THAT I'VE READ.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING I JUST WANT TO SAY ON HIS BEHALF, I SEEN HIM INVESTING AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
CAN WE GET THIS, SIR? I WENT BY AND LOOKED AT THE LOT AND IT'S TINY.
I MEAN, IT'S 25 FEET BY A HUNDRED.
UM, AND IN MY OPINION, PARENTS, GENERALLY THE HOUSE IN IS LOCKED OUGHT TO PICK GOODBYE BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS TOO BIG TO BE.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HIS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN IS FOR OWN INFORMATION.
UH, I'M UM, POSSIBLY DISPOSED TOWARD HIS REQUEST.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST A BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HE'S PLANNING.
I MAKE A MOTION BASED ON THAT, THAT WE TABLE THIS, UH, WITH ME INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF, TO NOTIFY MR. STEWART TO BE HERE AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO PRESENT HIS PLANS COMMISSION.
WELL, BEFORE WE GO MORE, I ASK THE QUESTION, OKAY, LET'S GET A SECOND INDIAN.
SO POTENTIALLY DEADLY AT SIX O'CLOCK ON THE 26TH OF JANUARY.
I MEAN, I KNOW, I KNOW MRS. SCHOOL, I NEVER SEEN TO CARE, BUT
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I CAN DO MY RESEARCH, BUT I JUST DON'T MAKE IT ABOUT, I'VE ACTUALLY GOT AN OPEN ON, UH, ON THEIR WEBSITE NOW.AND IT SAYS TRUE CARING PROVIDES EDUCATION TO OFFENDER, TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WITH THE HOPE TO REDUCE IN, IN RECIDIVISM, WE SEEK AND PROVIDE HOUSING AND JOB TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
I THINK THAT'S JUST HIS CORPORATE NAME.
THAT'S HIS CORPORATE NAMES COMPARE OLD'S BAR.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SO THAT THE LAND VALUE IS $10,800.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND THE CITY WASN'T REQUIRED BECAUSE IT'S STILL OWNED BY CITY AND COUNTY, NOT REDEVELOPMENT.
WE WOULD REQUIRE AT A MINIMUM 50% OF TAX BACK TO GO INTO AN UPSET BID.
SO YOU ALL CAN REQUIRE DIFFERENTLY IF IT'S YOUR PROPERTY BASED ON AN ORDINANCE BASED ON SIMILARLY, THIS IS ALL WELL ON THAT TOPIC.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE COUNTY PORTION OF ANY PROCEEDS, UH, THAT WOULD BE IT'S ALL WORKED OUT, HAS THAT UP WITH NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE MEANINGFUL.
SO WE HAD NO BACKLASH, I GUESS IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SITTING DOWN AND WORKING ON IT, BUT I'VE, I PERSONALLY TALKED WITH JACK.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY, UM, IT'S THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, WHAT A PRIDE THAT THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT, UM, MOVING FORWARD IS TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT WE ATTEMPT TO DO WITH THE LOCKS UP TO GIVE THEM SOME TYPE OF PLAN.
AND I THINK A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, MR. PEAR BOY, UM, CAME UP WITH THIS CHART OR LIST OR WHAT HAVE YOU OF LOTS.
IT COULD BE AGGREGATED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES THAT MAY GO A LONG WAY TO FURTHER DISCUSS.
MAY HAVE MOSTLY SECOND SESSION ALL IN FAVOR.
[6. Committee Updates:]
AGAIN, THE ITEM SIX COLOR COMMITTEE UPDATES, NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN HOUSING.UM, I'LL, I'LL START, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WISE OR UP TO ABOUT 60 TO FOUR VEHICLES IN THE MOVE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, OTHER THIS MORNING, IT WAS ABOUT 31 PROPERTIES, ABATED ON NEW PROPERTIES, ABATED, TALL GRASS, JOHN, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THINGS ARE MOVING VERY WELL.
UM, IN THAT, IN THAT AREA AND GOOD PARTNERSHIP, WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT, TRYING TO FIND SOME PROBLEM SPOTS AND ASSISTING THEM IN ANY WAY WE CAN, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, HOUSING, THE ABATEMENT HAS STARTED ON THE JONES STREET PROPERTY AND THE STRUCTURES THAT WE KNOW WE OWN AND, UM, ON WEST EIGHTH STREET.
UM, SO THOSE THAT'S MOVING FORWARD ON THAT CASE.
UM, THIS WEEKEND THOUGH LEANNE WILL BE HERE TO FINISH OFF HIS, UM, CO-DESIGN SESSION WITH THE COMMUNITY HOUSING ASPECT OF IT.
AND YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE FLYER AND I NOTICE OR BE AT, UH, THE CRAVEN TERRACE COMMUNITY ROOM STARTING AT TWO ON SATURDAY FOR A BIG ATTENDANCE ISSUES, A LOT OF RESPONSES ON THAT ONE.
SO THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE A GOOD TIME, SIX.
SO THE GAS AND MOVING, WE'RE HAVING A DICKENS OF A TIME GETTING THE FRONT DRIVERS STAY ON SITE.
DID YOU, DID YOU CONTACT THEM AGAIN TODAY? UM, I DID NOT CONTACT HIM TODAY, BUT, UH, I WAS GOING TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE ROOM, BUT IF THEY'VE HAD SO MUCH, WE MAY NEED TO MOVE OUR NUMBER TO, THEY DID SAY SOMETHING'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN TO THEM.
THEY TOLD ME THAT LIKE FIVE, SIX TIMES AND I SHOW UP AND THROW A HAMMER ON THE GROUND AND LEAVE WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING
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ELSE ALONG THOSE LINES.UM, WE, IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE IT CLEANER FOR US TO RECEIVE HUD FUNDS, UM, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SHOULD BE A CALL WHAT'S CALLED A SUB RECIPIENT, UM, SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT.
WE DO IT WITH EVERY ORGANIZATION OUTSIDE THE CITY, UM, THAT RECEIVES FUNDS, RCS, SALVATION, ARMY, MEANING GETTING HABITAT, ALL THE, ALL THE, UM, ENTITIES THAT RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF FUNDING, UH, FROM THE CPG PROGRAM HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SUB RECIPIENT PRODUCTS.
NOW CITIES AREN'T REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THERE WAS OTHER PROJECT WAS ALREADY APPROVED FROM HUD.
UM, SO THEY WERE OKAY WITH IT, BUT JUST TO MAKE EVERYTHING, UM, I GUESS JUST BULLETPROOF, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SHOULD BE A SUB-RECIPIENT UNDERNEATH THE, UH, UNDERNEATH THE PROGRAM, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
UM, SO WE'LL NEED A, I'LL NEED A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO SIGN THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT SO WE CAN RECEIVE THE HUD FUNDS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED TO US.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT A GOOD MOTION, A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR TO SIGN? IS THAT RECIPIENT AGREEMENT? YES.
UM, ARE THERE ANY KINDS OF SPECIFICATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MET FOR THAT, BUT YOU MENTIONED OUT THAT WERE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, BUT THEN WE'RE NOT TECHNICALLY OUR OWN ORGANIZATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY NEEDLES ON THAT.
EVERYTHING'S ALREADY FILLED OUT FOR A SECOND.
OKAY, SO AGAIN, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO HOUSING.
AND WE GET TO SEE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS HAS BEEN DONE AS A, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING IN AND ALL OF THAT SO EARLY IN THE MORNING AND DO WHAT WE DO, BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO LOOK AT IT AS A GROUP, SO.
SO LET ME JUST, UM, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST TIME.
I THINK WE MET RIGHT BEFORE, BUT I'LL NEVER, EVER 12.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A HEALTH, UH, FOCUS GROUP MEETING, UM, MS. BOSSY, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE REVITALIZATION MYSELF, WHAT ARE BE A GOOD IDEA DISTORT.
UM, AND WE HAD MET BEFORE THIS TALKING TO SOME OF THE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES OF, UH, THE LOCAL HEALTHCARE AGENCIES, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, THE HOSPITAL, UH, MERCY CLINIC.
AND, UH, WE MET AGAIN ON THE 12TH.
THERE WERE DIFFERENT PLAYERS AT THAT POINT, BUT STILL FROM THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, UM, WE DEVELOPED A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO KIND OF START ASKING, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE VISION FOR THE MCCOMBS, HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES, UM, PARTICIPATE IN.
SO THIS WILL BE A LONG TERM INITIATIVE.
I MEAN, WE'LL JUST HAVE BASIC SESSIONS, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DID ASK, UM, WERE OF THEM IS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO HELP THEM ALMOST EFFECTING THE VALLEYS? UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA, THIS IS CRAVEN COUNTY.
IT'S NOT JUST OUR FOCUS AREA, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAME UP WAS HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD INSECURITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE NURSES WHO DOES COMMUNITY, UM, CARE, I SAID, THAT'S AN ISSUE IS PEOPLE DON'T HAVE FOOD.
UM, AND THE PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM, UM, THE GENTLEMAN THAT IS PARTICIPATING IN, WHAT IS IT, YOU KNOW, THE PARAMEDIC THAT WORKS WITH THE HOSPITAL, UM, YOU KNOW, SHE, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAUSE THEY TALK, UM, HE FINDS A LOT TOO, IS FOOD INSECURITY.
UM, WHERE ARE THE GAPS IN SERVICES, YOU KNOW, FOOD, UM, OR LACK OF HOUSING EDUCATION, THE THINGS THAT ARE THAT THEY'RE SEEING OUT IN THE DAT, NOT NECESSARILY JUST IN REDEVELOPMENT, BUT OF COURSE THEY HAVE PATIENTS AND THEY IN THE FOCUS AREA.
SO WE HAD ASKED THE QUESTION, UM, SO WHAT ARE SOME TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT CAN FILL THOSE GAPS AND REMOVE THE BARRIERS? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS, YOU KNOW, GARDENING AND FRESH PRODUCE BASKETS.
AND, UM, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT WHERE WE WILL BE WORKING ON A PROJECT, UM, WITH NCC, UM, AN EXTENSION, UM, GOING BACK TO 1685, WRITING TERRORISTS AND WORKING ON THE GARDEN PROJECT AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT, WHAT WILL BE GROWING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE TAKING TO CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS, UM, SOME SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN AN INFORMAL WAY WITH ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE NEEDS, UM, COMMUNITY RELATIONS DAY, UM, WAS, UH, GREAT.
I MEAN, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SPACE, A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
WE HAD 125 PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED OR CAME OUT.
UM, AGAIN, THE SPONSORS WERE FIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, UH, UM, FREEMAN COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPICE AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NICHOLAS COUNTY HEALTHCARE.
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UM, THE 225 PARTICIPANTS WERE FROM REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND ALSO DUFFY FIELDS .UM, SO IT WENT OUT OF THE AREA.
PEOPLE CAME FROM WITH, YOU KNOW, BUT HAD TIES TO THE REGIONAL MANNER.
UM, WE HAD A STRONG, UM, POOL OF VOLUNTEERS AND VCU, OUR BLOCK CAPTAIN PROGRAM, UM, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND LEADERS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE VOLUNTEERS WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR, UM, WHICH WAS A REALLY POSITIVE, UM, THING ON PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF, UM, OF THE INITIATIVES.
UM, AND WE UTILIZE THE SUPPORT OF BLOCK HAPPENS, UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THE EVENT TO DO THE ASSESSMENTS, UM, AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERING, OTHER CAPACITIES THERE AT REGISTRATION, JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST HELPING OUT IN GENERAL, UM, AND CCU WAS THERE PARKS AND REC BEFORE US, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL WRITTEN, UM, BUT IT WAS A NICE, IT WAS A NICE TURNOUT OF, UM, I THINK PARTNERSHIPS AS FAR AS BEING INTENTIONAL, THE VARIETY OF RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDED.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK AT WHAT OUR CMI AND GOAL FIVE IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE ENCOURAGED COMMUNITY HELPING WELLNESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS EVENT DID, UM, WITH WORKING WITH THOSE PARTNERS, I'M ALSO PROVIDE HEALTH, EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES.
UM, I KNOW MRS. NAIMA WAS THERE.
ONE OF THE VITAMINS HAS A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM AND, UM, WE HAVE CONNECTED WITH THEM AND THEY WILL BE PART OF OUR HEALTH FOCUS GROUP CAUSE WE WOULD SMELL AND LEARN MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DO AND YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE, HOW THEY WORK WITHIN CREATING COUNTY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T REALLY A COMMISSIONER JOE, WHO COULD YOU SAY IS, UM, AND SO ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLINE WITH RMS AND CARPETS, SO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON BOOTS ON THE GROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS TYPE OF WORK AND WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, ALSO ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT WAS THERE WAS, UH, THE TRY FOR RESILIENT OR GROUP TRIES YOUR WIFE, UM, WHICH IS OUT OF DURHAM.
AND, UH, I JUST, I HAD KNOWN ABOUT, UM, DR.
GORDON SHE'S THE FOUNDER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
I HAD MET HER, UM, NOT IN PERSON, BUT VIRTUALLY ON IT WHEN WE DID, UM, THAT ETHANOL DRAMA LAST DECEMBER.
SO THAT WAS DONE IN DURHAM AND CONNECTING THE DURHAM COMMUNITY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY INTERESTING CENTER.
UM, AND SHE USES A PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL.
SO WHEN I WENT ON HER WEBSITE, IT WAS LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT CYCLIC, UM, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATION AND HAD PAID AND HOUSING AND EDUCATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTH, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT WE CREATED FOR OUR LITTLE LOGO.
UM, THEY HAVE A BIG CONCENTRATION ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND ESPECIALLY IN YOUTH.
UM, SO I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY MAKE A ROAD TRIP UP THERE, JOHN AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT AND, UM, TRY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE, AN INTRANET ON BOSTON WILL COME AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE SHE DOES NEIGHBOR REVITALIZATION AND THAT KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKS WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO WE'RE BOTH INTERESTED IN THAT.
UM, WE HAD 21 HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND INCENTIVIZING REALLY WORKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, UM, LIKES TO GET A $5 GIFT CARD.
SO, UH, WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THAT, HOW WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT.
UM, AND, UM, THERE WERE 41 QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENTS DONE BY, BY HABITAT, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, UM, ON THE 20TH.
AND THEN THERE WAS A POP-UP COOKOUT ON DECEMBER 3RD, THE WE DID IN AREA.
AND SO ANTOINETTE HAS ACCUMULATED 41, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENTS.
I KNOW THE PICTURE, I INCLUDED A PICTURE OF HER.
WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN, BUT I, I WANTED, I TOOK THIS, THIS WAS FROM THIS FRIDAY, BUT THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE DOOR OR THE DOORS, ONE OF THE DOORS THAT WE USED AT THE EVENT, UH, FOR ONE OF THE ACTIVATIONS.
AND, UH, THIS ONE SAYS COMMUNITY IS WE HAD HEALTH IS, UM, COMMUNITY IS, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT THE OTHER ONES, WHAT WERE THE OTHER TWO WELLNESS, WELLNESS IS A FORCE AND SAY IT AGAIN, THE PEOPLE YES.
UM, SO THIS WAS PART OF THE INITIATIVE THAT WE DID AT, UM, COMMUNITY RELATIONS DAY.
AND SHE HAD ACTUALLY TOOK THE DOOR UP AGAIN ON, UM, ON FRIDAY FOR THIS POP-UP AND AGAIN, ENGAGED PEOPLE, UM, GOT SOME OF HER ASSESSMENTS DONE, BUT WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS IT'S AS A VISUAL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND ALWAYS REFER BACK TO THAT.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN I SPOKE TO CRYSTAL AND EMAILED HER AND WE EMAIL BACK AND FORTH, I DID A CONVERSATION WITH HER.
SHE WAS THE PERSON THAT WAS THE, UM, THE CURATOR FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, MS. GOO AND WHO WAS THERE TO TRY, UM, DURING COMMITTEE RELATIONS, THEY ALSO FELT THAT IT WAS A GREAT, UM, GREAT EXPERIENCE AND THAT THESE STORES LIKE USING THESE STORES TO KIND OF BE A JUMP OFF POINT FOR ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS AND WORKSHOPS,
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UM, YOU KNOW, UM, ACTIVITIES WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BRICK AND MORTAR OF THE MCCARTER HOUSE.SO, UM, AND IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS WELL RECEIVED BY PEOPLE.
IT WAS UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE, AND I DIDN'T MENTION THE SIT BACK AND LEARN THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT, UM, A GREAT PART OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS DAY, WHERE WE HAD THE SEMI CIRCLE OF, UM, OF PARTICIPANTS RESIDENTS, AND THEY WERE ASKED QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE THE RESPONSES TO THOSE YET SHE'S WORKING ON AND SHE HAD NOTES, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO WORK ON GOING FORWARD TOO, BUT IT WAS VERY NON-THREATENING, UM, KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, RELAXED ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE WERE ENCOURAGED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AS FAR AS NEEDS, WHAT DO YOU, YOU KNOW, THESE ASSESSMENTS IN A VERY KIND OF INFORMAL WAY? UM, WHAT ELSE? SO ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR I'M ALMOST DONE, I KNOW IT'S A LOT, UM, AND I'LL GIVE THIS GIFT AND PASSES OUT, EMAIL IT TO YOU, BUT, UM, NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH, UM, WE'RE SITTING A MEETING WITH THE GRAND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO ASSESS THE FUNDING, UM, FOR THE FQHC AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, FOR THE PROVOST, UM, HELPING ON THIS SITE, UM, KIP HAD MADE A GOOD SUGGESTION.
UM, WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM ON MONDAY IS PERHAPS HAVING A VISIONING, UM, ONSITE THERE WHERE WE CAN REALLY START ACTUALIZING, UM, AND MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND TALKING ABOUT IT.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO DEVELOP WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW TO HAVE SOME, SORRY.
UM, MAYBE THE SPRING THAT WE HAVE, SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER'S NICE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY FOR THAT SPECIFIC, UM, FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT, UM, AGAIN, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE HEALTH OFFICE GROUP, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD HAD A CONVERSATION WITH CCHC, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN OUR BUSINESS MODEL AND FINANCING AND, UM, SO THEY, THEY, THEY ARE, THEY WANT TO BE PART OF IT.
I MEAN, THEY AGREED TO PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER AVENUE OF JUST FINDING OUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS WHOLE WORK, UM, AS FAR AS SEEING PATIENTS AND INSURANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT CRAVING TERRORIST, UM, COMMUNITY GARDEN, THAT'S A PROJECT WITH THE EXTENSION AND TISH BELL, UM, OUTSIDE OF, UM, BERKELEY FROM WRONG, UM, OUTSIDE OF, UH, UH, GOD I'M BLANKING RIGHT NOW.
SO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IT'S RIGHT OFF OF CHAPMAN WHERE THE PARKING LOTS ARE.
SO IF YOU GO SEE THE BNN STORE, LOOK TO THE LEFT, COMING FROM OMEGA CENTER AND YOU'LL SEE THE GARDEN WATTS, THE PLOTS THERE.
SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S COMING UP.
UM, AND THEN OUR TIME EXTENSION HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT ABOUT, UM, BEING VERY DILIGENT AND, UM, WORKING ON THAT AND KEEPING US IN THE LOOP AS WELL, INCLUDING US.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT VEHICLE FAMILIES PROGRAM.
WE HAD EXTENSION AND THAT'S THE PAST ROYAL.
UM, SHE WOULD BE THE PERSON THAT WOULD LEAD THAT, UM, AS A FAITH BASED NUTRITION PROGRAM.
UM, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY SET POLICIES AT THE END OF IT ALL AS EATING AWAY FOR THE CHURCH COMMUNITY TO BE HEALTHIER.
AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE NOT JUST HER, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, NOT JUST HER, UM, HER CHURCH, BUT OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE AREA AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, PLANNING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR OUR FEBRUARY GREENSPACE EVENT.
OF COURSE THE BREWERY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND WE WANT TO FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.
I REMEMBER, UM, TO YOUR, UM, JAMES, YOUR, UM, CONTEXT, UM, FROM WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LESSON IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD, I HAVE THE NAMES, BUT, UM, THEY WEREN'T AVAILABLE FOR THIS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, UM, HAVE THEM COME DOWN AND WE'D HAVE SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER IDEAS ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT AN AD THAT WOULD HAVE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, WE COULD DO OUR HEALTH ASSESSMENTS THROUGH OUR DOORS OUT, UM, AND FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AS THE, UM, AS THE RESOURCES.
UM, I THINK THAT WILL BE PART OF WHAT DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE COME TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS, DAVIS ARTS, AND THEY HAVE AN OMNIBUS PROGRAM NOW.
SO WE MIGHT WANT TO REVISIT THAT AND HAVE THEM COME TALK TO US, DID A LITTLE BIT OF SHOW WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM A BIT ABOUT IT.
AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THEIR ROOTS NOW ARE MORE CONCENTRATED FOR, UM, HEALTH, UM, UH, ROUTE EDUCATION AND RETAIL.
WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT FOR THE ACCESS, IT'S A DOLLAR.
AND SO, BUT IT, SENIORS CAN GET 50 CENTS, BUT HOW DO THEY ACCESS THAT? WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT WORD INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, GET THAT INFORMATION AND WHERE THE PICKUPS ARE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REVISIT THAT IT'S BEEN A WHILE HERE.
SO I KNOW THIS IS, I WAS HAPPY WITH THAT COMPLAINT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR LITTLE POP-UP COOKOUTS THAT'S OKAY.
BUT I WANT TO, I'D LIKE TO GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP WORKING GROUP INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'D BE A NICE PARTNERSHIP.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE WAS FINE ENOUGH TO, UM, TO DONATE, UM, TO BE A SPONSOR FOR, UM, THE LAST EVENT
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FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS DAY.UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE SOME INITIAL, UM, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER ON PROJECTS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE LITTLE COMMENT WHEN WE ENVISION THE PROGRAMMATIC POTENTIAL PROGRAMMATIC CORE FROM MACADA HOUSES, WHAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN OFFER.
AND WE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DR.
FISHER AND OTHERS, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY A CONCRETE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON MY CAR HOUSES IS TO SEE WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CAN OFFER FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
THEY SEEM REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN DOING THAT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE MCCARTY HOUSE WILL LOOK LIKE PREY THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM.
SO I THINK THAT COULD VERY WELL BE AN IMPORTANT FOCUS FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUBCOMMITTEE COMING UP.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN PUBLIC TO, THEY WEREN'T GOOD HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, SO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.
CLOSED SESSION, PURSUANT TO GENERAL STATUTE THREE DASH THREE ONE EIGHT EIGHT FIVE TEN TEN TWO REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION.
I'M GOING TO SEC GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.
YOUR MOTION IS TO PROCEED WITH THE EXCHANGE.
UM, THE LOT WITH THE LOTS WITH MR. NEWKIRK, UM, AND DIRECTLY STAFF TO PUBLISH A NOTICE WITH THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES AND, AND OTHER CONSIDERATION BEING PHASED SEVEN 50.
SO MOVED ADMITTED WHEN YOU QUESTION THE DISCUSSION, THAT LAST PART WITH THE VALUE OF THE SHOCKER, THE VALUE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IS 87.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID, MR. PARISH? ALRIGHT.
UM, I'M AGENDA IS DONE, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY BETTER REVEAL, BE IN THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD.
AND SO I NEED, UM, THE COMMISSION'S HELP NOW ARE SERVING, UM, ONE OF THE WORKING GROUP TO LOOK AT YOUR YEAR AND YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GET THEM TO ME SO THAT WE CAN PUT IT IN THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES THAT WOULD BE GOOD TOO.
NOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FULL OF PICTURES, BUT WE DO NEED SOME.
SO, UM, THAT MEANS THE HOUSING WORKING, MAYBE THE PROBLEM THERE THEN.
SO THAT WHEN A KID, UM, UM, LIKE A LEVEL BY LEVEL BY 17, YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU CNI EXECUTIVE REPORT WAS, UH, LIKE THAT WE HAD THAT IN THE BUDGET TO DO THAT.
SO, UM, SO IF YOU COULD GET THAT TO ME AND I'LL SEND OUT TO YOU, UH, THE, UH, DEADLINE SO THAT WE CAN GET IT TO, UH, THE BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE DIDN'T LOOK ME THEM AND SEND IT TO THE COMPUTER AS WELL.
IS THERE A BOUND, LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A BOUND REPORT? NO, IT'S LIKE A, BASICALLY 11 BY 17 FOLDED.
SO IT, IT, IT, THAT SHOULD ENCOMPASS, YOU KNOW, OUR WHOLE YEAR, I GET TO SIT DOWN ON PAUL A. LITTLE BIT, MAKE IT GO REALLY PERFECTLY TO GET INTO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO WHAT DO YOU, WHAT INFORMATION, HOW MUCH INFORMATION, OR WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM THE EXTRA STAR? YEAH.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE
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LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAYED, PUT YOUR, YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO WITH THESE IN THE PLAN AT THE BEGINNING, AND THEN FROM, FROM, FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR NATURE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE PROBABLY JUST DEPARTMENTS OUT BY THEMSELVES THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS WORKED WITH AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN PUT IT TOGETHER.REMEMBER JANUARY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO HEADS UP WAYS.
HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE STORMWATER PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE HERE LAST MONTH ABOUT THE STORMWATER PROJECT THAT IS NOT AFTER THE MEN, WE GOT PLENTY DURING THE MEETING.
BUT HAS THAT EVER BEEN SUMMARIZED THAT, SO WE HAVE A FEEL FOR WHAT THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WERE BEING PLANNED THERE.
UM, I'LL TALK TO THE CONSULTANT.
YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY TOOK INFORMATION, RIGHT.
VISUAL PREFERENCES OR DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND TYPE OF STORM WATER FACILITY.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET WITH THEM AND ASK IF THEY PUT THAT TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN IS THAT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT A PART OF IT.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHERE WE, CAUSE WE NEED TO SAY WE DID THIS.
AND SOME OF THE THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS AND THEY CAN GO IN, THEY CAN REPORT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT.
HE CAN PROVIDE YOU A PARAGRAPH, BUT SHE CAN, I DON'T CARE.
BOY, YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO, SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK, YOUR DILIGENCE AND ALL THAT.
YOU HAVE DONE YOUR PASSION THAT YOU BRING ALL OF US TOGETHER WITH, UH, GIFTS AND TALENTS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT BRING US TOGETHER INCLUDED, INCLUDING THE STAFF AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO, SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE.
AND, UM, I'M FROM JONES COUNTY.
SO I TRY NOT TO USE THAT WORD Y'ALL WITH A STEEL COME, SUCH A GOOD WORD.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AROUND TOWN SOMEWHERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON, UH, SATURDAY THE 11TH, UH, FROM TWO TO SIX, UH, I AM TRAVELING ON EMERGENCY FAMILY BUSINESS.
I KNOW A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE WILL NOT BE THERE, BUT I KNOW SO MANY COMMISSIONERS ARE PLANNING ON, UM, GOING, I THINK THREE OR FOUR OF US OR, OR OUT OF TOWN.
BUT, UM, HE SAID CRAIG AND TARA.
SO IF YOU KNOW, THEY'LL FALL, SOME OF THOSE SKIN GO, THEY'RE GOING TO, IT'S JUST CAME OUT OF THE AIR.
IS THAT THE ONLY DAY HE WAS AVAILABLE? I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR MONTHS.
SO, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, I PUT IT OUT IN ALL MY NETWORKS AS YOU KNOW, CHURCHES AND, YOU KNOW, I PUT IT ALL THE WAY WRONG.
CAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT TRAVELED BACK AND BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COCONUT BEER, BEER AND, AND ALL THE, AND I'VE GOTTEN SOME, UM, SOME GREAT RESPONSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT WOULD BE GOOD IF SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE, ARE THERE THOUGH, BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
SO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, PLEASE.