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WE COME ON THIS EVENING TO OFFER THANKS AND PRAISE FOR LOUDNESS ASSEMBLED TOGETHER IN SUCH A MEETING AS THIS, WE COME TO GOD ASKING HIM FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR WISDOM, YOUR COMPASSION TO BE A MOM DOES AS OUR CITY LEADERS SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO YOUR GOD, TO THE PETITIONS AND THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE.
OH GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL HELP THEM TO LIN THEIR EARS TO THEIR CONCERNS AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TOWARD THEIR NEEDS.
AND AFTER WE HAVE TALKED AND DISCUSS AND ON VARIOUS ISSUES, WE PRAY THIS, WE LEAVE THIS PLACE THAT WILL BE ON ONE ACCORD TOWARD THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY IN JESUS NAME.
FIRST WOULD HAVE A NICE START WITH THE FIRST ROW, EVERYBODY ON THE FIRST ROW, NOBODY ON THE FIRST PLACE.
STATE YOUR NAME UP HERE AT THE PODIUM.
MY NAME IS RUSSELL LAWSON, FIVE 16 JOHNSON STREET NEWBURN.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT IS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON RE IN REGARDS TO A, ON FIVE 18 JOHNSON STREET AND, UH, WHICH IS OWNED BY, UM, HODGES PARK, OR I BELIEVE IT'S A, UM, APARTMENT HOUSE.
AND, UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE AUGUST 28TH.
UH, IT WAS, UM, A MEETING WAS CALLED BY THE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT AND, UM, SEPTEMBER 4TH FROM THIS MEETING IN SEPTEMBER 4TH, A, UM, A LETTER WENT OUT THAT NOTIFIED, UH, THE LANDLORD THAT HE WAS TO, UM, UM, ALLOW, UH, UH, ONE MONTH TO GET THE HOUSE INSPECTED AND TWO MONTHS TO ACCESS IT.
AND THEN FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE AND COMPLY WITH ANYTHING THEY FIND INSIDE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AT A MINISTRATIVE SEARCH WARRANT WAS, UM, PUT FORWARD BY THIS BOARD.
AND I LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT, UM, PUNITIVE MEASURES, UH, ARE, UH, TAKING PLACE IN REGARD TO THIS, UH, UH, TICKLER PROBLEM WITH THIS HOUSE, NOT MEETING, UM, CERTAIN SAFETY MEASURES AND SO FORTH, WHICH WAS PUT FORTH, UH, AND, UH, THE MEETING ON AUGUST 28TH.
I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS ON THAT.
TAKE YOUR SITUATION, BUT I'LL TO CHECK ON IT IN THE MORNING AND YOU WITH MR. LAWSON AND, UH, THE LAST CAR WITH BOLUS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SEARCH WARRANT AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS.
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I RUN IT ALSO LET'S MAKE A REPORT TO THE STORAGE ASSOCIATION, WHICH I THINK WE'LL HAVE A MEETING PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.SO JASON, DID WE HAVE, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK.
MY NAME IS RANDOLPH, A RESIDENT WITH FACILITY I'M UP HERE AND THEY FOLLOW YOU AGAIN TO FURTHER ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
CAUSE THEY ALL THAT RUNS THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF DUFFIELD AND THE LOCK AND LOCKS.
THIS CANAL IS NOTHING BUT A GARBAGE STOP.
THERE'S ALWAYS FIVE OLDEST COMING FROM IT.
I'VE EVEN SPOKEN TO THE PERSON'S HOME.
I'VE SEEN FROM AN ANIMAL WAS IN THERE.
I APPEARED BEFORE THIS BOARD LAST JUNE AND REQUESTED THAT YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT GO OUT THERE AND REMOVE THE SLUDGE AND TRASH FROM THE BOOK HERE THAT SUPPORTS MY YARD.
THIS HASN'T BEEN THERE FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS, ANYTHING THAT'S IN, IT BACKS UP THERE.
I WAS DOWN IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN JANUARY.
I BROUGHT THIS TO HIS ATTENTION AT THAT TIME, I EVEN MENTIONED TO HIM ABOUT THE INMATES THAT WAS WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THAT I HAD SEEN WORKING IN OTHER AREAS.
THIS, THIS WAS IN JANUARY, NOTHING WAS DONE LAST MONTH.
I CALLED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM.
THEY IN TURN, SENT A MEMO TO THE CITY.
I RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT MEMO FROM THE CITY, UH, REMINDED ME IN ENDED AND THEIR MEMO THAT THE MAIN MAINTENANCE OF THE CANAL IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THIS WAS DATED MARCH THE NINTH, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I CALLED THE CITY MANAGER.
NOW, IF YOU, DAYS LATER, HE AND MR MELLIS CAME AND THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING IS BEING DONE.
I EVEN SHOW THEM THE TREES ALONG THE DITCH BANK.
THAT IS A DANGER THERE BECAUSE OF THE WATER STANDARDS THAT IS EROSION AND THE DANGER OF THESE TREES WALLING.
WHEN THE NEXT STORM COMES, THESE ARE TALL TREES THAT HAS BEEN WEAKENED BY THE LAST TWO SMALL THERE THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, THAT'S GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO CAUSE SOME DAMAGE.
UM, SOMEBODY, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY.
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TOLD ME THAT THE SITTER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE STREETS.
WELL AT THE CITY, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TREES THERE.
THEN WHY WAS MIGRANT WORKERS OUT THERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO, CUTTING DOWN SMALL SIBLING TREES ALONG THE BANKS OF THE CANAL.
AND WHY DID THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT COME OUT LAST YEAR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF RICHARD, MAURICE, WHOM I CALLED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO COME AND CUT AWAY THE LIMBS, THE TREE LIMBS OF A TREE THAT HAD DAMAGED MY WOODEN FENCE.
THIS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT IS PUT UP IN SECTIONS.
THIS, THIS FAMILY, THIS FOREST FROM THE TREE, WHENEVER THERE WAS A STRONG WIND, WAS PULLING A POTION ON MY FENCE.
SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO, UH, INVADE THE ISSUE HERE.
I AM REALLY TIRED OR TRYING TO GET YOU PEOPLE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP OF THIS CITY, ESPECIALLY IN LOW POLE AND RUNDOWN AREAS TO DO YOUR JOB AND GIVE EQUAL SERVICES TO EVERYBODY.
LAST WEEK, I CALLED DOWN HERE TO SPEAK TO THE MAYOR.
I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS NOT IN HIS OFFICE.
I BAYLESS, I CALL YOUR BUSINESS TWICE, ONCE, TUESDAY.
AND ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AND TODAY I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM YOU ON THURSDAY, UH, THREE, UH, ON, ON THURSDAY, I CALL AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT FROM YOU WHO HAD THE AUTHORITY TO, UH, INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, TO DO HIS JOB, OR IF IT WAS THE AUTHORITY OF THIS VOTE.
NOW, ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S CODE, YOUR ROLE AS MAYOR IS TO IDENTIFY
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PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY AND GOD, THE COUNCIL, AND FORMULATE A POLICY AND TO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY LEADER.THE MATTER IN WHICH THE MAYOR PERFORMS CAN PRO UH, PROMOTE UNITY, UH, DISSENSION, THE CITY MANAGER'S ROLE IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF ALL THE PEOPLE, TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY AND HIS CITY COUNCILMEN ALL THE MEN AS IT'S REFERRED TO HERE, SHE'LL FOLLOW SUIT.
SO NOW I WANT TO KNOW WHILE I'M HERE TONIGHT, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE CITY OF NEWBURGH INTENDS TO DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IN AND AROUND THAT CORNELL
AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU DO A LOT OF THINGS
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT THERE.
AND IN FACT, THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM.
AND MS. RANDOLPH INDICATED THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF BRANCH IN THE DITCH AT THE TIME WHEN WE WENT DOWN THERE, WE LOOKED WITH HER FOR THE TRASH AND THERE WAS LIKE GRIPPING THE PAPER AND IT WOULD NOT EVEN MAKE HER PROPERTY, BUT THEN THE NEXT DON'T DON'T SIT UP THERE AND TELL ME WATCHING.
SO FOR THREE YEARS, THE BREATH HAS BEEN BLOCKED UP AGAINST THAT 100 FOOT HEAD FOR THREE YEARS.
UH, THESE ARE MIGRANT WORKERS ALONG THE DITCH BANK, COTTON AWAY TO TREE SIBLING TREES.
AND I CALLED DOWN HERE AND SPOKE TO MR. HOFFMAN ABOUT WHEN HE CAME OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT, AND HE SAW THE TREES LAYING THERE HIMSELF.
AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT ARE, WHY ARE THEY CUTTING DOWN THE SIBLING TREES? WELL, AT THAT TIME, THE OTHER TREES HAVE NOT GROWN THAT HIGH.
THIS MUST'VE BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
NOW ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD THEIR MEN OUT THERE TRYING TO CLEAN OUT THE CANAL AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
THEY WEREN'T TAKING THE SLOWER, THEY WERE FOLLOWING IT UP AGAINST THE BULKHEAD.
NOW I WAS ON HERE LAST YEAR AND I BROUGHT PICTURES DOWN HERE AND SHOWED IT TO YOU.
I SHOWED IT TO YOU AND JUST SHOW YOU WHAT WAS UP AGAINST THAT BULKHEAD.
AND IT'S GETTING WORSE BECAUSE EVERY TIME IT RAINS IN, THE CANAL FEELS OFF.
ALL I'M ASKING IS THE CLEAN IT OFF, GET THEM OUT THERE AND GET THEM TO MOVE THAT SLUDGE AWAY FROM THE FRONT OF MY DOPE.
I AM TIRED OF THE YEAR ROUND, SMELL IT ODORS FROM THAT CANAL.
AND A LOT OF THAT MESS CAN BE CLEANED UP NIGHTS.
ALL OF YOU WILL GO OUT THERE, KNOCK, YOU WOULD DISPUTE THIS MAN IS STANDING HERE SAYING YOU WOULD DISPUTE WHAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS SAID, BECAUSE IT IS A MESS OUT THERE.
I LIVE THERE AND I SEE WHAT'S UP THERE AND NOBODY CAN STAND UP HERE AND TELL ME WHAT THEY SAW IN THAT CANAL.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY THERE IT'S AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT DITCH BANK, BUT I SHOULDN'T CONCERN MYSELF ABOUT THE WHOLE CANAL CAUSE NOBODY ELSE UP THERE SEEMS TO CARE, BUT WHY SHOULD I BE FORCED TO LIVE IN AN UNFAIR ON SANITARY, ON CLEAN OR AIRY QUIT? EVERY TIME I GO UP MY DOPE, I CAN'T EVEN SMELL NOTHING, BUT WHAT'S A STAGNANT WATER OLDEST COMING FROM THE CANAL WASH AND I HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS, THIS WRONG, DANNY.
AND
UH, YOU WERE 16, 18 INTO THE WATER.
AND EVEN THEM THAT AT THE MOMENT WHERE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT
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BUT I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD THERE MAYBE THREE INCHES OF WATER AND
SO I CAN GO OUT AND SIT ON MY STOOP IN THE SUMMER TIME WITHOUT SMELLING THAT MESS OUT THERE.
AND IT'S ALL BACKED UP THERE IN FRONT OF IT'S.
IT'S JUST A FALL DOWN HER CANAL, AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST AS FAR AS YOU CAN, EITHER WAY.
NOW I'M ASKING YOU TO CLEAN UP IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AS FAR.
I SAID IT'S IN THERE AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE IF I CAN SEE CAUSE FOR FOUR YEARS OR DOES THAT, WHAT SIZE HIP BOOTS YOU WEAR BARBRA.
YOU CAN GIVE A BETTER LOOK AT THIS.
HAVE YOU BEEN TODAY? I'VE BEEN TO THAT PARTICULAR DESK.
YOU CAN STAND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
BUT MANY TIMES, AND WE HAVE MADE EVERY ATTEMPT.
WE COULD BE ASKED MS. RANDOLPH, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP TO ALLEVIATE THESE, THIS PROBLEM? SHE SUGGESTED WE CLEANED IT OUT.
MS. LEE, NO SET UP THERE AND TELL ME YOU CLEANED IT UP.
BECAUSE LAST TIME I WAS DOWN HERE LAST YEAR, YOU PROMISED TO SEND SOMEBODY OUT AND DO IT.
WE HELPED BUILD UP THE DITCH BANK.
WE HAVE BUILT CURBING AND GUTTERING.
WE, I BELIEVE BALDHEADED THE DITCH.
I THINK THAT IF IT SAYS SIMPLE, MR. MEADOWS, IF IT'S AS SIMPLE AS GOING TO THAT DITCH AND TAKEN OUT THE THREE OR FOUR PIECES OF THAT, YOU SEE, IT'S NOT, NO, I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
AND THIS, THIS
JUST LET ME SAY ONE THING, NA, AND GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DITCH FACT, YOU WILL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND AS FAR AS YOU GONE MISS LAKE, DON'T SIT UP THERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID FOR ME.
YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING FOR ME.
YOU DID IN THE COMMUNITY AND MANIFESTS THE COMMUNITY.
I'M GOING TO GET SOME RESULTS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TO THAT BITCH TIME AND TIME AND TIME AND TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
TRY TO APPEASE YOU, BUILD THEM ON ME
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AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.UM, LET ME TELL YOU, I CALL AND TALK TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE MAIL.
AFTER THEY SENT THIS DOWN HERE AND THEY SENT ME A CALL CALL BACK TO ME, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHEN I CALLED THEM BACK, TOLD ME THAT WHAT I SHOULD DO WAS CONTACT THE MAIL AND THE PERSON THAT REPRESENTS MY HEART.
SO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO BASE ON WHAT THEY TOLD ME TO DO.
I'M COMING BACK HERE AND TELLING YOU WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE SINCE I HAVE TO, SINCE NOBODY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I CAN'T TALK TO EVERYBODY UP THERE CAUSE THEY ONLY REPRESENT THEIR PERSPECTIVE WALTZ.
AND THE WORST THING THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE DONE WAS MADE THESE, THESE WALK BY BLOCK VOTING CAUSE SPINNER WAS CITY WIDE.
SINCE I BEEN OVER THERE, THAT AREA HAS DETERIORATED AND I DON'T WANT NOBODY LAUGHING AT ME AND MAKING ME LOOK LIKE A FOOL, BUT I'M STANDING UP HERE AND I'M TELLING YOU, AND I'M SICK OF THIS MAN DISPUTE ME.
CAUSE I LIVED THERE AND I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
WELL THIS ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GET SOME, I'M GOING TO GET SOME RELIEF ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
I LIVE AT 4 0 7 WEST WILSON CREEK DRIVE AND TRENT WOODS BORN AND RAISED IN NEWBURN.
PROUD TO SAY I WOULD CLAIM TO BE A NEW BARNEY, I GUESS MOST IMPORTANTLY TO YOU, I AM A TAXPAYER IN NEWBURN.
I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION BEHIND HIM TO YOUR RIGHT, THAT BEAUTIFUL FLAG REPRESENTS THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T REPRESENT A PARTICULAR RICE.
IT DOESN'T REPRESENT A RELIGION.
DOESN'T REPRESENT A PARTICULAR INTEREST OR NATIONALITY EXCEPT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
THERE'S AN EMBLEM FOR THE CITY OF NEWBURN.
AGAIN, DOESN'T REPRESENT A PARTICULAR RACE, RELIGION, AN INTEREST OR A NATIONALITY.
I POINT THAT OUT TO YOU BECAUSE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, NEWMAN HAS SEEN FIT, PUT BEAUTIFUL CITY EMBLEM AT EACH END OF HIGHWAY 70.
I'M PROUD EVERY TIME I SEE HIM PROUD IT UP UNTIL CHRISTMAS TIME.
AND RECENTLY DURING THE PEPSI CELEBRATION, I FEEL LIKE THAT THIS EMBLEM SHOULD REPRESENT ALL THE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT REPRESENT.
THE COMMERCIALISM SHOULD NOT BE DRESSED UP IN ANY WAY.
I SEE THIS AS A SNOWBALL THAT CAN AMBULATE AVALANCHE.
WE CAN TAKE IT TO AN EXTREME, WE JUST MISSED EASTERN PASO.
WE COULD HAVE HAD EASTER BASKETS OUT THERE.
WE COULD HAVE HAD A YAMAKA REPRESENT PASSOVER.
WE COULD HAVE NAILED A BEAR ON THE CROSS.
MAYBE WE'D LIKE TO REPRESENT IRISH DURING ST.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE AND MANY GROUPS THAT MAY ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING NEXT TIME.
IT MAY NOT BE A PEPSI CAN METS TIME.
I'M SURE THAT THE ALDERMAN TRY TO TAKE EVERYTHING IN CONSIDERATION, TRY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS.
BUT I THINK THAT THIS SYMBOL NEEDS TO BE GENERIC AND NOT REPRESENT ANY INTEREST.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IT NOT BE USED TO REPRESENT ANY INTEREST ANYMORE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE ON THE ONE NOW I'M LINDA STAUNCH AND I HAVE COME TONIGHT NOT TO ASK FOR ANYTHING OR TO MAKE A PETITION, BUT TO GIVE SOMETHING AND TO GIVE FIRST OF ALL, A THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF NEWBURN FOR THEIR GREAT SUPPORT WITH THE PEPSI CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD.
APRIL'S AUTHORITIES WERE THE FIFTH.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATION THROUGH OUR MAYOR.
THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND WERE APPRECIATIVE.
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LIKE TO POINT OUT DANNY MEADOWS AND HIS DEPARTMENT, HOW MUCH HELP THEY WORE DURING THAT TIME.ALSO POLICE CHIEF, FRANK PALUMBO AND HIS STAFF WERE JUST WONDERFUL.
I THINK WE'RE HAVING HAD A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD NOT BEEN HERE TO THIS TOWN BEFORE THIS MORNING, WE ACTUALLY HAD WILLARD.
SCOTT WISH NEWBERN HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I THINK UP FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY ON THE CHANNEL SEVEN TODAY'S SHOW, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THAT THE IMPACT ON THIS PARTICULAR CELEBRATION HAS NOT EVEN BEGUN TO BE TOUCHED.
PEOPLE ARE CALLING EVERY DAY BEGINNING TO SAY WE WERE NOW LOOKING AT NEWBURN AND NEVER THOUGHT OF VISITING THERE BEFORE, BUT WE, WE WANT TO COME SEND US INFORMATION.
I HOPE WE'LL FIND IT TO BE AS POSITIVE AS I'M SURE IT IS AT ANY RATE ON BEHALF OF THE PEPSI 100TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE CITY OF NEWBURN WITH THIS CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE PLATE.
THAT IS A LIMITED EDITION AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION.
I HAVE A PROBLEM, MS. STAUNCH.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A NICE AFFAIR.
I WENT TO THE ONE THAT YOU HAD AT THE TRY AND PALACE, LET'S KIND OF BOTHER THAT THE BOARD OF ALL OF THEM.
AND THEN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT INVITED TO YOUR BIG TIME, BAD, QUIT AND RECEPTION.
UNDERSTAND FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHO WAS ATTENDING THAT, UH, SOMEONE SAID THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR US.
AND I FELT THAT WITH THE KIND OF CONTRIBUTION WE MADE TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT, WE COULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN INVITED FOR SOME BOOK CHAPTERS.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT A SLAP IN THE FACE, YOU KNOW,
I MEAN, YOU COULD LEAVE THEM OUTSIDE AND OUT $25,000.
SO YOU MAKE A NOTE LIKE
THE PEOPLE THAT SPUN THAT WAS THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, US SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, THE GOVERNOR, UH, ROLE OF CAROLINA, UH, I BELIEVE THAT WAS IT ME, IT WASN'T
SO LIKE YOU SAY, FELLA CAME UP TO ME TO SHOW YOU JUST HOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LIVE IN D WHEN HE LIVES WITH ONE WHITE T I GUESS, AND THEN THE OUTSIDE LOOKS DIFFERENT, BUT MICHAEL, ALMOST THE WORD SHORT THERE, AND ELECTRICITY IS A THING I HAD HERE LAST YEAR.
IT WAS ABOUT THE SAME TIME, SAME DAY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND CAR, BELLA STREET.
SO I HAD TO SPEAK TO THEM AND I MENTIONED SOMETHING TO THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL OPEN THE SECOND PART OF MIDDLE STREET.
SO SEVERAL OF THEM SHOWED UP AT THE CELEBRATION OVER THE STREET AND I REALLY THANKED THEM ALL OF IT.
THEN THE GUY CAME UP AND MADE YOUR PETS AND CELEBRATION AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN, HE WAS FROM, THAT WAS WAY OFF, BUT HE HAD BEEN HERE FOR THE LECTURE SERIES THING AND HE LIKED ME SO MUCH.
AND HE WENT HOME AND TOLD HIS WIFE ABOUT IT.
AND HE SAYS THAT I MENTIONED IT WAS GOING TO BE THE HUNDRED YEAR CELEBRATION FOR PANTS AT THE TIME.
BUT ANYWAY, HE SAID THAT HE HAD OVERHEARD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE THAT DAY COVERING THE EVENT FROM NEW YORK AND UH, ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND HE SAID THAT THEY WERE JUST
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ALL EXCITED.THEY'D NEVER HEARD OF YOU, BUT NORTH CAROLINA.
AND THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT HOW, WHEN THEY GOT BACK TO THE WHITE, ALL THESE STORIES ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT UNDER JUST A PATCH OF CELEBRATION, THEY SAID WHEN THEY WERE COMING BACK TO NEW HAVEN, JUST OUTSTANDING LITTLE CITY THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF THEM.
THEY WERE BLOWN AWAY BY ALL THE HISTORY AND ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS HERE.
SO, UH, I HAD A LOT TO BE PROUD OF THEM.
SO ANYBODY ELSE ON THE SECOND ROW, ANYBODY FEEL LEFT OUT AND HE'S LIKE, HOW ABOUT THE THIRD DRUG? I HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW.
THIS PETITION, I WAS HERE LAST SUMMER AND SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THE DITCH THAT WE HAVE IN SUNNYSIDE ABOUT GETTING IT CLEANED UP.
THE CITY DID COME OUT AND CLEAN UP PART OF IT.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT LIVES AT 17 ONE ASHEVILLE STREET HAD TO FINISH CLEANING UP THAT HIS SIDE OF THE DITCH, THAT THE CITY DIDN'T CLAIM I HAVE SPOKEN TO ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY.
THEY WERE ALL AFTER ME TO GET THE CITY TO FINISH CLEANING UP THE DITCH.
SO I HAVE SPOKEN TO MS. LEE AND OTHER PEOPLE, AND I WENT AROUND, I MADE UP THIS PETITION AND ONE OF MY BLOCK CAPTAINS AND I KNOCKED ON EVERY DOOR IN SUNNY SIDE AND GOT THEM TO SIGN A PETITION.
WE HAVE OVER 270 SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY GOING IN AND CLEANING UP THE REST OF THE DEBRIS, THE VINES, THE TRASH AND WHATNOT THAT ARE IN THIS DITCH.
THIS DITCH IS NOT THE WATER DOES NOT RUN THROUGH THIS DITCH.
THE CONCRETE DRAIN PIPES THAT RUN THROUGH IT THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINED OR NOT MAINTAINED.
I HAVE A VIDEO HERE, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, WHERE THE DRAIN PIPES ARE BLOCKED UP WITH CONCRETE AND GLASS BOTTLES AND EVERYTHING.
SOME OF THEM ARE BROKEN OFF AND ARE AT A DOWNWARD ANGLE FROM WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DRAIN IS, HAS GOTTEN HORRIBLE BACK THERE.
AND WE'RE COMING TO YOU AGAIN TODAY TO SEE IF Y'ALL WOULD AT LEAST GET THE CITY TO AND THE RAILROAD.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE RAILROAD OWNS PART OF IT.
I'VE TRIED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE RAILROAD, WITH NO SUCCESS.
THEY WON'T RETURN ANY PHONE CALLS, BUT IF Y'ALL WOULD LOOK AT THIS VIDEO JUST TO SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UH, DIANE, YOU SAID THAT WE NEED TO TELL THEM ABOUT, UH, THE POLICE.
I SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF PALUMBO AND SEVERAL OTHER OFFICERS AND THEY'RE ALL FOR GETTING THE DITCH CLEANED UP AS WELL.
IT'S LIKE THEY SAID, PEOPLE WHO COME IN THE DUFFY FIELD OR SUNNYSIDE AREA AND COMMIT A LARCENY OR ROBBERY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY KNOW TO RUN TO THAT DITCH BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PATHS THAT GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SUNNYSIDE AND DUFFY FIELD, THEY CAN HIT ONE OF THOSE PATHS OR EVEN HIDE IN THE, IN THE VINES AND DEBRIS THAT ARE BACK THERE.
AND YOU'D NEVER KNOW THEY WERE THERE.
YOU COULD, SOMEBODY COULD MURDER SOMEBODY AND DUMP THEM IN THAT DITCH.
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KNOW UNTIL THEY STARTED SMELLING.AND SOMEBODY WENT TO INVESTIGATE THE ODOR.
IT'S JUST OVERGROWN ALL OVER THE TOP IS ALL ON THE GROUND WHERE THE WATER CAN'T RUN WATER STAGNATED.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE REALLY BAD MOSQUITOES IF SOMETHING'S NOT DONE, EVEN TO DIG OUT THE BOTTOM OF IT A LITTLE BIT TO TRENCH IT OUT SOME MORE.
THERE IS GREEN SLIME, STAGNATED, THE WHERE THE HURRICANES KNOCKED DOWN.
SOME OF THE TREE LIAMS AND WINDS AND JUST OLD AGE FROM SOME OF THIS STUFF.
THIS IS A TUNNEL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR.
FROM WHAT CARSON THAT I SPOKE TO AT CHRISTMAS,
MS. BRADEN UP HAS NOT TALKED TO ME, PERIOD.
NO,
AND INDEED YES, THERE IS A TONE.
YOU KNOW, WE TOLD THEM THAT THE WATER FLOWS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
NOW
IT GOES TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
UM, YEAH, THERE'S ONE AT THE WATSON AVENUE ENTRANCE.
AND THERE'S ONE WHEN SHE, WHEN SHE GET TO THE T THERE'S ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THERE THAT IS BROKEN AND THERE'S A CONCRETE DRAIN PIE OH, OKAY.
I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT TO BE LIKE THAT ONE THAT GOES UNDERNEATH THE STREET.
THERE'S A LOT OF
UH, YOU KNOW,
HOW MANY MILES OF THESE DITCHES AND CANALS, ET CETERA, DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH? WE'RE PROBABLY 70, 75 MILES.
IF THAT DIDN'T WORK NOW, THE ISSUE IS IF WE, IF WE WANT TO START DOING THIS, THAT'S FINE.
HOW MANY TUNNELS LIKE THAT? DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE WALK THROUGH AND ARE THEY, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I'VE SEEN WHERE I HAVE SPOKEN WITH JERRY MONASH, WHO IS THE SHERIFF.
HE HAS OFFERED THE USE OF ANY OR ALL OF HIS PRISONERS THAT HE HAS TO COME IN AND CLEAN THE DITCH AS LONG AS THEY ARE.
HE CAN GET A COUPLE OF THREE PEOPLE TO SUPERVISE THEM.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S AN ISSUE.
YOU WON'T GET INTO TROUBLE THERE.
SEE HOW THE OTHER TREE LAMB, SEE HOW IT'S ALL THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE DITCH.
I MEAN,
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LEVEL.THE MAJOR CONCERN WAS THE SAFETY.
WELL, I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT THE POLICE, I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE EFFECT THAT
OH, WHAT ABOUT IF WE CLEANED THE PART THAT BELONGED TO THE RAILROAD AND WE ASSESS THE RAILROAD.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THAT I HAVEN'T BROUGHT THE CLEANING EVERY FOOD, THEY WOULD GET YOU THIS TIME.
BUT IS THAT
UM, THERE ARE SOME THAT I HAVE GOT ON THE VIDEO HERE.
I MEAN, THOSE BIG, HUGE RAILROAD TASKS.
I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T EVEN LIFT IT A QUARTER OF AN INCH OFF THE GROUND.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY HELP FROM THE RAILROAD.
THEY'RE THE HARDEST PEOPLE TO DO BUSINESS WITH.
WE'RE ALSO SORRY, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO DO THIS.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY, THE GROWTH, RIGHT? RIGHT.
THE, THE UNDERGROWTH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY.
THAT'S WHAT THE FIRST TWO PAGES TYPE PAGES ARE, ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE DITCH.
AND, UH, 90% OF THEM, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO COME IN HERE THE MONTH THAT Y'ALL CANCELED YOUR MEETING.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF THEM THAT WERE GONNA COME CAUSE WE HAD SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR THEM.
BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE ELDERLY AND THEY'RE SINGLE LIVING BY THEMSELVES.
AND THEY ARE PETRIFIED TO GO OUT OF THEIR HOUSES AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR BACKYARDS BECAUSE THEY S THEY CALL ME UP RIGHTS ALL THE TIME.
TELL THEM AGAIN, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN MY BACKYARD.
CAN YOU COME OVER HERE? AND I'M LIKE, LOOK, YOU NEED TO CALL THE POLICE.
I NEED YOU TO COME OVER HERE AND I HAVE TO GO AND SIT WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE DITCH BACKS RIGHT UP TO THE PAR THERE'S SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THE POLICE TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON, SAY AGAIN, RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND A LOT OF THESE ARE ELDERLY WOMEN.
BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT OUR POLICY TO CLEAN UP DITCH BANKS AND WE CAN'T STOP SOMETHING.
BUT THEN I WONDER HOW GREAT IS THE NEED TO CLEAN.
WE HAVE THAT MUCH OF A PROBLEM WITH DITCHES AND DITCH BANKS IN THE CITY THAT WAY, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR POLICY AGAIN.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO LOOK AT FROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, THE MORE THAT IT'S OVERGROWN, THE LESS MAINTENANCE YOU HAVE TO DO TO, WE CAN'T GROW THEM
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IN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CLEARING.ONCE YOU CLEAR THAT YOU GOT ALL THIS GROWTH THAT HELPS TO STABILIZE THE GRANT,
SO, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE KIDS PLAY, BUT WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST PERSONALLY, IF I AND IT BOTHERED ME
IT'S SO FAR TO HOLLER AT THE OUTER PARTS OF IT.
SO THE PARENTS ARE SENDING PROPERTY OWNERS.
PROPERTY GOES UP TO THE DITCH BANK.
DANNY, LET ME, SHE, SHE SAID IT'S SO FAR TO HAUL IT.
IF THEY WERE TO CUT IT AND LEAVE IT IN A PILE WHERE IT IS, IS THERE A WAY FOR THE CITY VEHICLE TO GET TO IT, TO SAVE THEM FROM HAVING TO TAKE IT TO AGAIN ON BROUGHT PROPERTY, YOU WOULDN'T GET AT LEAST WHAT BROUGHT THROUGH WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
WELL, DON'T SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AT LEAST ACCESS TO IT.
THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S ON THEIR PROPERTY, GENERALLY THAT, AND I DON'T WANT THE RAILROAD.
I THINK THEY CLAIM ABOUT A FOOT FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE TRACK, PROBABLY ACROSS THE RAILROAD CLAIMS A LOT THAT THEY DON'T REALLY OWN A LOT OF THAT.
USUALLY THE PROFIT LINE
SO I WAS MISLED BECAUSE I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OWNED FROM THE MIDDLE TO 10 FEET ON THE PROPERTY OWNER SIDE AND THE RAILROAD FROM THE CENTER OF THE DITCH TEMPLATE, THE OTHER I WAS MISSING, I WAS MISSING, THERE'S A FOUR FOOT, THERE'S A FOUR FOOT DITCH THAT RUNS ALONGSIDE A DUPLEX THAT I OWN AND GUESS WHO HAS TO CUT ALL THE BRUSH OFF OF IT AND HAUL IT AWAY.
IT DOESN'T BELONG TO THEM, BELONGS TO ME, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH THIS.
SINCE IT WAS CITY MAINTAINED, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS SITTING ARMED.
I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS THIS ISSUE OF STORMWATER AND THE DIGITS AND OTHER THINGS IS BECOMING A LARGER AND LARGER LEAD ISSUE FOR LARGER CITIES IN THE STATE, CHARLOTTE WILMINGTON.
AND SOME OTHERS, THEY HAVE INSTITUTED A UTILITY FEES, JUST LIKE WATER AND SEWER.
THEY CHARGED EVERYBODY IN THE CITY FOR, UH, A MONTHLY CHARGE AND THEY TAKE CARE OF THE HITCHES AND STOLEN WATER OF THAT WAY.
AND THEY, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT REGULATIONS FOR CITY SIGNS THAT COULD BE COMING IN THE FUTURE.
AND IF IT DID, THEN OF COURSE, THAT MONEY WOULD BE USED.
AND WE'VE PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES IN THERE CAUSE THERE'D BE A LOT OF MONEY COMING IN THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND WE COULD DO A LOT MORE STUFF.
WELL, LET'S HAVE THE POLICE LOOK AT THE SITE, SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT THEY LIVE THERE, THEY HAVE A FEAR.
THEY HAVE A PERCEPTION THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON.
IT, MAYBE NOTHING IS GOING ON ABOUT THAT.
AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON AND WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, MAD AT US, BUT THE DITCH BALLS AND PROPERTY CAN OF WORMS BECAUSE THE CITATION, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE.
MAINLY WHAT THEY'RE WANTING IS ALL THE FINES AND THE UNDER THE VINES AND THE OVERGROWTH, UNDERGROWTH, WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, I'M SURE THEY ALL KNOW.
WE SHOULD KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY GOING ON BACK, FIND OUT TWO WEEKS AND THEN LET THEM COME BACK UP HERE AND GIVE US A REPORT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHEN FOUND IT THE NEXT WEEK, PUT HIM ON THE AGENDA.
I WAS JUST THINKING TOO, THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR US.
THIS IS A PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.
AND WE CAN, IN MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET, ESPECIALLY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I REPRESENT IS ABOUT THE DITCH BANKS AND OVERGROWN PROPERTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE I SAID, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OUR POLICY SAYS ABOUT THESE KINDS OF THINGS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO REASSESS OUR, OUR POLICY BECAUSE IF THIS IS A PROBLEM, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I, WHEREVER YOU THE DEAF ALL THE TIME, CAUSE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT I GOT THESE WEEDS GROWING UP, I GOT THE SMELL.
I GOT THIS, THIS PROPERTY IN FRONT OF ME IS JUST TERRIBLE.
AND THEN WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHARGED THE PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY.
SO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE OUR POLICIES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, BUT WE MIGHT NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT POLICY AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
ESPECIALLY REGARDING DITCH BANKS AND TUNNELS.
LIKE YOU SAID, THERE ARE MORE THAN WHAT TUNNELS
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IN THE COMMUNITY, THEN THAT TUNNEL, IT'S THE ONLY ONE I'VE EVER SEEN.AND IT'S KIND OF SCARY TO THINK THAT THERE ARE, UH, OTHER KINDS OF TALOS LIKE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT WAS PART OF THE DITCH DANNY CAN GET WITH.
OH, SO I WORK US UP AN ESTIMATE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT, LIKE MARK WAS TALKING ABOUT MAYBE AS A NEXT WORK SESSION.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD.
SO WHEN YOU GET INTO CLEAR AND WE JUST WANT YOU TO SAY, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME FOLKS ON THEIR PROPERTY AND WE HAVE
I MEAN, WE'VE DONE ALL THESE KINDS OF THINGS, SO IT'S NOT WHAT THE WE DON'T DO.
AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, 75 MILES, BUT YOU KNOW, IN DEFENSE OF MIAMI AND YOU KNOW, I CAN TAKE THE FLAG, WHAT WE DO, BUT IN DEFENSE OF THE MONEY AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND THIS WIND AND HOW WELL THIS CITY HAS DRAINED, WE NEED TO LIVE HERE UNTIL YOU CAN'T GET
AT TIMES, THERE WAS A DRAINAGE PROBLEM THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO THAT WE, IT WAS IN AN AREA.
WE COULD USE SOME CBDG FUNDS ON A FEW BUCKS.
IT WAS LEFTOVER TO GO IN AND TERRORIST THE BANKS AND REALIGN THE BOTTOM.
SO THE WA SO IT FLOWED DOWNHILL BECAUSE PLACES UPHILL WERE LOWER THAN THE PLACES DOWNSTREAM.
ONE RESIDENT REFUSED TO ALLOW THE CITY ON THEIR PROPERTY AND HELD UP THAT PROJECT FOR MONTHS UNTIL AL FINALLY CALLED THEM ON THE PHONE AND SAID, I'M JUST GOING TO CONDEMN YOUR PROPERTY.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT PROPERTY AWAY FROM YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO GO ON IT AND DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE THAT SITUATION, AND THEN GIVE YOUR PROPERTY BACK TO YOU.
AND AT THAT POINT, THIS GENTLEMEN AGREED TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE CITY DO THE WORK.
AND IT RAN RIGHT ALONGSIDE HIS HOUSE.
AND IT'S IT'S TO THIS DAY, IT DRAINS VERY WELL.
IT'S A VERY NICE PROJECT, BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF PROBLEMS WE RUN INTO BECAUSE ALL OF THAT PROPERTY, PROBABLY ALL OF THAT PROPERTY WAS SHOWING US, BELONGS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE PROBLEMS. NONE OF IT BELONGS TO THE, AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT LIVES ON THAT DITCH HAS SIGNED THE PETITIONS AND THEIR NAMES ADDRESSES.
BUT THE POINT I'M MAKING IS IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND HOW FAR CAN WE LEGALLY GO SPEND THE TAX MONEY ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY? IT DOES PRESENT US WITH A PROBLEM WHICH TAKES SOME EXAMINATION, KNOW A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE MODEL OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THE BITCH.
I ASKED HIM TO IT TO GO CLEAN UP THAT'S RIGHT.
SOME OF THEM DID ASK ME AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION LIKE, LIKE I TOLD DANNY THAT THE CITY OWNED AN EASEMENT FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE DITCH TO, UH, 10 FEET ON THE DITCH.
YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS 10 FEET ON EITHER SIDE.
THE SAME STUFF YOU SAW ALL THAT TAPE.
AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT COMES OUT IS A MAIN ARTERY FOR ALL THE DIGITS TO DRAIN OFF INTO, AND THEN IT DOESN'T RAIN.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATER, BRING IT INTO THAT FOR NOW.
AND THEN THAT ALL GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
I'M TELLING YOU, IT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS RAJ FEET, BEHIND THE CHURCH
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AND ON HOW MEANDERING OUT AS FAR AS ALMOST A NEW GOAL NOW.AND FROM THERE, IT GOES OUT AND DUMPS INTO JACKSON CREEK AND EMBARRASSED.
IF ALL YOU COME UP THERE AND GO ON BACK FROM THERE, YOU'LL SIT EXACTLY OVER THERE.
AND MR. MANN, WHEN I CALLED YOUR OFFICE, SECRETARY THAT YOUR BUSINESS, I TOLD HIM, I SAID TO HER, I WAS UPSET.
I HAD TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE TWO KIDS AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE THE HEAD RAINING AND THE WATER WAS BROWN.
SIX, SEVEN YEAR OLD AFTER THROWING ROCKS IN THE CAMILLE.
I TOLD THEM TO COME AWAY AND GO HOME, BUT THIS CHILD'S GOING TO GET DRUNK.
BUT JUST WHAT YOU SAW, IT'S UP THERE IN THAT CAMILLE, THERE'S NOT A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER HERE OR SOMETHING.
IT'S JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SAW ALL THE DAY OF WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING HIM.
WHERE IS IT, MR. WAREHOUSER? I BELIEVE IT IS, UH, DAWN WAREHOUSE UP TO THE TDA.
HIS TERM WILL BEGIN JULY THE FIRST.
AND HE'S A GREAT GUY, VERY INTELLIGENT GUY.
MR. MAYOR, WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF APPOINTMENTS, I DO NOT HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, BUT, UH, THERE IS, UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPENINGS ON COMMITTEES THAT I NEED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS FOR.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT IF ANYONE IN THE THIRD WARD WOULD LIKE TO BE ON ONE OF THESE TWO COMMITTEES TO PLEASE LET ME KNOW I'M LISTED IN THE PHONE BOOK, THE ONLY FREEZE THERE, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY FIX THEM UP.
ONE OF THEM IS THE ELECTRIC BOARD.
AND THE SECOND IS THE SAFE COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
WHAT IS THE ACTUAL NAME OF THAT COMMITTEE? IS THAT WHAT IT'S CALLED? COALITION AND TRAFFIC COALITION, BUT IT WAS JUST A MINUTE THEY'VE CHANGED.
THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR NAME, BUT ANYWAY, THE TRAFFIC COALITION, A SAFE COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
THE, UH, GENTLEMEN, ONE OF MY REPRESENTATIVES WHO WAS ON THERE HAS MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
SO THERE WAS AN OPENING THERE, AND THIS IS THE GROUP THAT MEETS WITH THE POLICE AND EXAMINED THE SAFETY ISSUES, TRAFFIC ISSUES, CRIME ISSUES, AND WORKED SORT OF AS AN ADVISORY BOARD.
SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE ELECTRIC BOARD OR THE SAFE COMMUNITY PROGRAM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL PUT THEM TO WORK.
UM, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, WELL, I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS.
I NORMALLY, I HAVEN'T HAD IT TOO MUCH LATELY, BUT SINCE THIS IS FAIRLY SHORT PROGRAM, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLIMENT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF NEWBURN AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THIS CITY IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
AND I WISH THIS BOARD COULD TAKE THE CREDIT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN ONLY TAKE THE CREDIT FOR OUR OWN YARDS, BUT, UH, IN, IN MY WARD AND FOREST HILLS AND THE GRAPH AND READ AND AGAIN, NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE OTHERS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PEOPLE FOR THE EFFORT THEY PUT IN.
I HEARD INCREDIBLE COMMENTS WHEN THE PEOPLE HERE FOR THE PEPSI CELEBRATION, WE HAD AN ENORMOUS CROWD FOR THAT.
AND THIS WEEKEND, ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE WOULD KIND OF LAUGH ABOUT IT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY, VERY LARGE CROWD, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN TOWN OR THE KMART BASS TOURNAMENT.
UH, AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING INTERESTING, THAT'S STARTS ON THURSDAY, DANNY, THE ACTUAL FISHING COMPETITION STARTS ON FRIDAY, THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, THURSDAY AT THREE O'CLOCK EACH AFTERNOON.
ALL OF THOSE FISHERMEN HAVE TO BE BACK TO HAVE THEIR FISH WEIGHED IN AFTER KEEP THEM ALIVE.
AND THAT WILL BE AT THE SHERATON BEHIND THE SHERATON.
AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TO GO TO ONE OF THESE TOURNAMENTS.
THESE ARE THE NATIONAL BASS CHAMPIONS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES WHO WILL BE HERE.
UH, MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF ROLAND MARTIN JUST ON CATCHING THOSE AND ALL THESE OTHER GUYS THEY'LL BE HERE.
THIS IS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PRIZE MONEY.
AND AT THREE O'CLOCK EACH AFTERNOON, WHEN THEY WEIGH THOSE FISH IN THERE WILL BE LITERALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF BASS, BOATS, AND EQUIPMENT COMING UP TO THE WATERFRONT AT THE SHERATON TO HAVE THOSE FISH WEIGHED IN.
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AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY INTO THE CITY OF NEWBURGH.MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, TEST FISHING THE RIVER.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THESE, UH, THESE PEOPLE COMING TO NEWBURN AND TO HEAR THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY SAY ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN OF OURS.
I NOTICED ON A TRIP TO OCHRE KOCH RECENTLY, THAT ONE SITUATION HAS NOT IMPROVED.
I WOULD LIKE FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE TDA TO SEE IF THEY CANNOT PRODUCE A BROCHURE PROMOTING THE CITY OF NEWBURGH.
WHEN I GO TO THE FERRY, LANDINGS, THE FERRY OFFICES, THEY HAVE RACKS OF LITERATURE ON TOWNS, ALL AROUND NORTH CAROLINA, UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST, WILSON NORTH CAROLINA HAS A TOURISM BROCHURE ON I'D ALL THE FERRY LANDINGS.
AND THERE ARE RACKS ON THE FERRY, BOATS THEMSELVES.
AND THEY TALK ABOUT ALL THESE TOWNS AND THEIR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.
THERE'S NOTHING ON NEWBURN, NOTHING.
I HAD VISITORS FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY RECENTLY.
I TRIED TO FIND SOMETHING TO SEND THEM.
I CAN FIND IT AND MATERIAL ON TRYON PALACE, BUT WITH, WITH ALL THE TDA HAS DONE, I DON'T SEE A NEW-BORN BROCHURE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING AT ANY OF THE FERRY LANDINGS.
AND I KNOW IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, THEY'RE NOT AT ANY OF THE TOURIST STOPS COMING INTO THE STATE EITHER.
AND I THINK THEY'VE KIND OF LET US DOWN ON THAT, GOING TO ANOTHER SUBJECT.
AND, UH, MIKE, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THIS FALLS UNDER YOUR HEADING OR NOT.
I WAS APPROACHED BY A COUPLE OF CONTRACTORS RECENTLY ABOUT OUR INCREASE IN FEES.
WE WENT UP ON SOME OF THE FEES AND THEY SAID THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY PLAYING FAIR WITH THEM ON THIS BECAUSE IN THE COUNTY, WHEN THE COUNTY GOES UP ON THESE FEES, THEY RECEIVE A LETTER, UH, GIVING THEM 30 DAYS NOTICE INSPECTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, THE WATER AND SEWER FEES, THEY GO BUY PERMITS, ET CETERA.
AND THEY WILL, THEY KNOW WHAT THE FEES ARE AND THEY FIGURE THESE INTO ESTIMATING THEIR JOBS.
AND THEN THEY GO DOWN THREE WEEKS LATER AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PRICE IS DOUBLED.
WE'VE RAISED THE PRICE ON THEM.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO NOTIFY THESE BUILDERS 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE INCREASES SO THAT WHEN THEY MAKE ESTIMATES, THEY WILL KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST THEM.
I THINK THAT'S, IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY FAIR THING TO DO.
THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO BUY UP A BUNCH IN ADVANCE.
ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO GET A REALISTIC FIGURE FOR THEIR ESTIMATES AND THEY GET THIS FROM THE COUNTY, BUT THEY NEVER FIND OUT THAT WE'VE RAISED THE RATE.
SO THEY GO DOWNTOWN TO BUY THESE PERMITS.
WOULD IT BE REASONABLE THAT WE COULD SEND OUT LETTERS TO THESE CONTRACTORS WHO NORMALLY BUY THESE TO LET THEM KNOW THERE'S AN INCREASE GOING INTO EFFECT IN 30 DAYS SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE THIS INFORMATION WHEN THEY DO THEIR ESTIMATES.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH A PROVISION IN, UH, WHEN THE BOARD AND MAKE UNIFORM TAP FEES FOR WATER AND SILVER.
AND IT DID AFFECT SOME CONTRACTORS, PATRICK CALLED ABOUT IT.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS THAT FOR THOSE CONTRACTORS WHO HAD TO BE AT THE JOBS OUT, BASED ON THE OLD PRICES, DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT, WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THE OLD, SO IN THE FUTURE, THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM WE CAN LET THEM KNOW IN ADVANCE.
AND THAT'S OUR 30 DAYS PROBABLY ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS.
SO THEY, THEY, THEY GOT SNAPPED ON THAT ONE AND THEN THEY WERE NOT REAL HAPPY.
BUILDERS HAVE BEEN YET JUST REDUCED CHARGE.
AND WE JUST MADE A UNIT FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE THERE WAS ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT CHARGES.
AND WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT WITHOUT TAKING A LONG TIME TO MAKE THEM WAIT TO DO THAT.
SOMEHOW ONE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE WE COULD REALLY TELL THEM.
SO WE MADE IT ONE SO WE COULD TELL HIM, BUT THERE WERE SOME BUILDERS WHO WERE TRAPPED WITH IT AND WE MADE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE BUILDERS.
LET US KNOW IF OTHERS ARE LISTENING OR IF YOU KNOW OF OTHERS AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THEY CAN JUST CONTACT ME AND WE'LL WORK THAT OUT.
UH, EVEN IF THEY'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THE PERMITS.
I'M THROUGH WHATEVER WORKS, WHATEVER WORKS.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, YOU GOT AN AMENDMENT TO A CITY ORDINANCE.
SO KEEPING OUT ABOUT THE LIVESTOCK LIMITS.
LAST FRIDAY, I WAS CALLED TO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SIXTH WARD.
MAN MOVED A BUNCH OF SHEEP IN HIS BACKYARD AND NEIGHBORS WERE ALL UPSET AND NOW THE BOAT ALSO WENT OUT THERE AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT'S SPELLED OUT.
SHE HAS SUCH, AND, BUT ANYWAY, THE PEOPLE WERE GOING TO COME UP NIGHT IN A MASSIVE GROUP, BUT I FELT SURE THAT THE BOARD WOULD GO ON WITH PASSING OVER THE FAST SHEET AS A RESTRICTION
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IN A, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN 200 FEET FROM THE NEAREST SQUARE, THEY CAN BE OFFENSIVE, UH, DURING SUMMERTIME, PARTICULARLY THIS EMOTIONALLY.SO IF MARY HAS A LITTLE LAMB, SHE CAN'T KEEP IN THE CITY ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT FUNNY WHEN YOU LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU GO AROUND TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE UPSET ABOUT IT.
SO IT SEEMS AMUSING, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY THOSE PEOPLE WERE UPSET BECAUSE SHE WAS MOVING THIS AFTERNOON.
WELL, NO, BUT IT BRINGS UP AN INTERESTING POINT.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE JUST A GENERAL STATUTE THAT WOULD COVER, FOR EXAMPLE, GOATS ARE BECOMING VERY POPULAR.
I MEAN, NOW, NO, SERIOUSLY ARE WE GO HOME
SO YOU JUST, YOU JUST WANT TO SPECIFICALLY NOW IN SEARCH SHEET, BUT IF, IF IT SHOULD SERIOUSLY, IF IT COMES UP WITH SOME OTHER LAMAS ARE GETTING VERY PIE.
IF SOMEBODY CAME UP WITH A LAMA, THEY WANTED TO KEEP IT IN THE CITY, THAT THAT ORDINANCE WOULD PREVENT IT.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE DOOR BOARDING UNTIL WE, YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK THEM AND IMPROVE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN THEM AND THE PEOPLE KNEW WHEN THEY'VE DONATED A LOT OF MONEY TO REDO YOUR UNIFORM, WHICH IS LOOKING, LOOKING REAL NICE.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE CURB AND GUTTER, BUT IT DISTURBS ME TO GO DOWN THERE AND FIND OUT THAT THE SKATEBOARDS HAVE JUMPED UP ON, ON THE RAILING, AROUND THE FLOWER THAT WHITE MARBLE UP IN AND, UH, BROKE IT OFF AND LEFT BLACK MARKS.
AND THEN THEY HIT THE BITCHES AND THE METAL UNDERNEATH THAT CUTS ON THAT AND INVESTIGATING THIS BROTHER.
THAT'S LIKE THE RAIN WALK DOWN HERE.
AND, UH, WE HAD JAMES REED AND PLAZA THERE DAMAGING THE, UH, THE BITCHES THERE.
AND I'M NOT AGAINST SKATEBOARDS AND THE KIDS RIDING SKATEBOARD, BUT I'LL, I WOULD THINK WE SHOULD DRAW UP A NOTICE RESTRICTED SKATEBOARD FROM PEDESTRIAN PARKS AND, AND MR. HARMON EVEN TELLS ME THAT I STEPPED DOWN HERE, I'LL GET CHIPPED UP.
AND I KNOW THAT THE POST OFFICE IS, IS, UH, THE OLD POST OFFICE IS TERRIBLE, BUT THAT'S A FEDERAL PROBLEM.
WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE GOTTEN US, I'VE CHASED OFF SOME OF THE UNICORN MYSELF, UH, TELLING THEM IT WAS A RESTRICTED AREA, WHICH REALLY IS NOT.
THE OWNERS DOES NOT SPELL OUT.
THE SKATEBOARDS ARE RESTRICTED FROM CERTAIN AREAS AND I'M NOT AGAINST RESTRICTING THEM FROM ALL AREAS.
BUT I THINK PLACES LIKE OUR PARKS, UH, WHERE IT'S JUST YOUR SMALLEST BITCHES WAS WITH DESPERATE PEOPLE AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE IT DESTROYED BY APRIL.
IT'S THE METAL PART UNDERNEATH THE WHEELS.
WHEN THEY JUMP UP, IT BREAKS AND CHIPS AND LEAVES A BLACK MARKS ON THAT PIPE.
WE HAVE A DEDICATED NOTE THE PARK YET, BUT YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE AND LOOK AT IT.
OR SO THE BOARD HAS NO OBJECTION TO THIS.
I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR ATTORNEY TO DRAW UP AN ORDINANCE, TO RESTRICT SKATEBOARDS FROM THOSE AREAS TO HAVE IT POSTED AND OUR POLICE FORCE AND FORCE IT.
WE PUT IT DOWNTOWN MIDDLE SPEED TO, WELL, I REMEMBER I HAVE COME OUT OF A RESTAURANT ON MIDDLE STREET AND A SKATEBOARDER WITH IS FLYING DOWN THE STREET AND ALMOST OPENED THE DOOR AND STRUCK THE PERSON.
IT'S JUST THAT, WELL, I KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS, BUT I ACTUALLY, UH, I'M NOT TO RESTRICT SKATEBOARDS EVERYWHERE, EVEN THOUGH DURING THE PARADE PEPTIC RAIN, THERE WAS A PROBLEM THERE, BUT, UH, ON THESE PLACES WHERE THEY'RE JUMPING UP ON THE BITCHES AND THE STEPS AND THESE PLACES AND CAUSING DAMAGE, THESE ARE THE PLACES I WANT TO SEE RESTRICT MORE AND MORE TO GO FURTHER FINE.
WELL, IT DOESN'T, IT DAMAGE PAYMENT 10 AT A TIME.
IF, IF I MAY, UH, ALDERMAN BALLENGER MENTIONED THIS CONCERN TO ME ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I PUT IT ON THE PLANNER'S LIST, SERVE ON THE INTERNET.
AND THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME CITIES THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT.
UH, ONE IS WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA THAT HAS APPARENTLY DONE SOME PRETTY GOOD STUFF ON THAT.
UH, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, BUT, UH, ALL OF THEM GOT INTO THE THING OF, IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
UH, A PART OF THAT IS ALSO LOOKING AT GIVING AN ALTERNATIVE AND WORKING WITH THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS, BUT I'VE GOT A LIST OF SOME OF THE CITIES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I'LL BE GLAD TO GET IT TO THE UTTER.
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OKAY.WHAT WILMINGTON DID ONCE FIGURE THAT OUT? OKAY.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE BUILDING A SKATE PARK, UH, TO GIVE THEM A PLACE TO GO.
AND THEN THEY'RE BANNING ROLLERBLADES AND SKATEBOARDS IN THE DOWNTOWN IN ASHEVILLE.
UM, THEY ARE USING SOME REGULATIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY'RE ALSO DOING A PR PROGRAM, UH, THAT IDENTIFIES THE AREAS WHERE SKATEBOARDING IS OKAY.
AND WORKING WITH THE KIDS, HAVING MEETINGS WITH THE KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS, BECAUSE, UH, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ON, UH, THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS AND, AND THE, UH, THE OTHERS.
UH, ONE PERSON SAID, LOOK AT IT AS A POLICE ISSUE.
UH, ALSO IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, THEY DID SOME SIMILAR THINGS, UH, TO WILMINGTON AND ALSO WENT ON AN EDUCATIONAL, UH, UH, CAMPAIGN AND PROVIDING OTHER FACILITIES.
BUT IN ABOUT HALF OF THEM, THEY WERE A PART OF, IT WAS PROVIDING SOME ALTERNATIVES AND EDUCATING THE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ANY OR NOT.
THEY DIDN'T RESPOND TO THE POSTING ON THE BOARD.
SO PARK, AND REALLY KNOW YOU INFORMED, EVEN IF PEOPLE ARE GOING ON IN STROLLERS AND IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY OPEN.
AND THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF OBVIOUS DAMAGE ON ESCORT, BEING EMBARRASSMENT FOR, TO CUT A RIBBON WHEN IT COMES AT TIME AND HAVE THE PEOPLE GO IN THERE.
IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT WE COULD POST THAT NOW, BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY OPEN TO KEEP THEM FROM GOING UP ON THAT WHITE MARBLE, LOOKING RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN, AND THEN BE RELATING THAT.
AND A LOT OF THE BITCHES, YOU CAN SEE THE STAR MARKS WHEN THEY HIT IT, UH, BOUNCE OFF WELL, IT HAS TO BE VOTED ON LATER THOUGH, BUT I, THE MAIN TIME KATE WOULD PUT A STOP TO THE UNION BOARD THAT
SO I GUESS WHEN YOU PUT US POINT SKATEBOARDS ROLLERBLADES TO I'LL TELL YOU TO THE ROTOR BLADES, DON'T DO AS MUCH DAMAGE AS THE SKATEBOARDS DO BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE METAL HOLDING THE WHEELS ON THAT'S THAT'S WHAT DOES THE ADVANTAGE AND THE JUNK METAL, THE CHIPS, AND I'M NOT UNDER STRICT FAVORITE BODY FROM, UH, ENJOYING THEMSELVES AS LONG AS THEY'RE NOT DESTRUCTIVE, BUT I'VE WORKED OVER TWO YEARS RAISING MONEY AND WORK ON UNION FOUR.
AND IT TURNS MY STOMACH TO GO DOWN AND SEE IT BEING DAMAGED BEFORE WE EVEN OPENED.
DO YOU HAVE ANY
HE MENTIONED THAT HE HAD A, UH, ON APPOINTMENT ON THE, UH, ON A, ON A BOARD.
I HAVE ONE OF AN INACTIVE PERSON ON THE ELECTRIC SERVICE BOARD AS WELL.
SO IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN SERVING ON ELECTRIC SERVICE BOARD, THERE'S A VACANCY FROM THE FIFTH FLOOR.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE YOU GUYS PROBABLY REMEMBER READING THE NEWSPAPER AND SEEING TELEVISION ABOUT A GROUP OF KIDS THAT WERE CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, GANG ACTIVITIES.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THIS GROUP FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
THEY THEY'RE EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MEN.
YOU'VE BEEN TO COURT IN THE COURSE OF VERY SUPPORTIVE AND TOMORROW MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO A HORNETS BALLGAME, COMPLIMENTS OF A REPRESENTATIVE TO LIKES TAKING THE GROUP.
SO THEY ARE DOING ARE DOING VERY WELL.
AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY MORE PROBLEMS. THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE LOVE.
MIKE FIRST IS THE ORDINANCE BY THE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION.
THEY DID WHAT WAS CALLED THE RAINER REQUESTED CERTAIN LAND, USE A METAL TRIM WOULD NOT BE, HEY, WE MADE A SUGGESTION.
I MADE A SUGGESTION TO HIM AND FOUND IT TODAY.
WE'VE GOTTEN THE ORDINANCE MODIFIED SINCE IT WAS NOT DONE BEFORE THE BOARD ADOPTED THE ORDINANCE.
I THINK SECOND TYPICAL OF THE CHAIN IS IN THERE HALF A DOZEN MEN HERE.
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ORNAMENTAL METAL RAILINGS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR DERAILING.THE NEXT ITEM IS, HAS BEEN PASSED OUT.
EFFECTUATION DANNY TOLD ME ABOUT SEVERAL WEEKS MANDY'S MOTHER DIED.
MOTHER WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE CONTRACTED MEMORIALIZED WITH A MATTER OF REDUCING THE PRICE FOR GRADE.
THE THIRD AND LAST ITEM I HAVE, I GOT
AND SOME NORTHERN MEDIA, WE COULD DO THAT, BUT I WANT TO TIME INFORMATION AS A NATURAL MOTOR MEDIA, IF THAT'S BEFORE I WOULD ASK YOU TO PROVE THAT HE HAS PROVIDED ME WITH INFORMATION LIKE, UH, TWO THINGS FIRST PLACE.
IT WAS NOT TO BE DONE AS HE HAVE TO GET IN LOVE WITH, TO BE A MERGER BETWEEN TORO COMMUNICATIONS AND COOPERATE NORTH CAROLINA.
AND
WHEN I ITEM MR. MAYOR MEMBERS TO THE BOARD, UH, I THINK ALL OF YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT ON EAST FRONT STREET.
UH, MS. THOMAS WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME, UH, SHE HAS COME UP WITH A METHOD WHEREBY THE LIABILITY OF THE CITY IS BASICALLY LIMITED TO WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE UP FRONT.
AND THEN IF SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE OTHER END, THEY CAN BE CURTAILED OR THE BOARD CAN MAKE A DECISION TO PROCEED, BUT IN ANY EVENT IT WOULD BE YOUR DECISION.
SO SHE NEEDS TO HAVE A OKAY ON THIS PROJECT SO THAT SHE CAN GO AHEAD AND START A FUNDRAISING DRIVE ON THAT.
AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THAT AND LET HER DO THAT.
PROBABLY THE DISCUSSION ALL IN FIBROSIS.
WELL, ONE THING, YOU KNOW, A FEW MINUTES AGO I WAS SITTING IN THIS CHAIR AND THE CHAIR MOVED BACK AND I JUST LOOKED BACK AND SINCE NOT MUCH,