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LIFETIME ALL THOSE LEAD TO ORDER.
AND WE'LL OPEN WITH THE PRAYER BY THE REVEREND MY HENSON METHOD CHURCH.
IF HE'S HERE, IF NOT OUR IN-HOUSE MINISTER, MR. SAMSON, I'M A FATHER AND ALLAH GOD BEYOND BE YUMMLY COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT OR MUCH THE FATHER ASKING THAT BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING, WHICH IS PROBABLY AT THE DOLLAR GUIDE AND DIRECT US IN THE WAY WE MUST GO.
WE'LL FOLLOW THEIR BEACON, BE READY TO SERVE ALL CITIZENS, ALL MANKIND, WHICH FAR AS A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR THE BORDER.
ALL OF THEM ON THIS NIGHT, OH, FATHERS SHOWED THEM THE WAY THAT THEY MUST GO.
BUT FATHER, LET US REALIZE THAT EVERYBODY'S SOMEBODY, WHAT'S THE PART, HELP US STEP IN.
MAYBE WE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, FATHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL.
LET US KNOW TONIGHT, FATHER, WE PUT YOU IN FROM FATHER.
EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALL RIGHT.
WE ASKED TO BE ANOTHER BEST IN, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING AS I, WELL, I DIDN'T ON THE THREE REQUESTS FROM NEWBURN APPEARANCE COMMISSION.
UH, MR. MALLARD, YOU MR. MAYOR, AND PULLING THEM OUT OF GERMANY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY.
WE HAVE THREE THINGS WE LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION IN THE NIGHT FOR THREE NIGHTS.
PERHAPS WE NEED TO TAKE SOME ACTION.
FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING CLOSELY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE THREE TRENDS, AH, LET ME SAY IT HAVE TO BE DONE.
THE CITY DEPARTMENT, THE RIGHT TO DOPE, BUT IT APPEARS TO US THAT WE HAVE SOME
I'M TIME AGAIN ON THE GUN, ON THE SITE.
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I DO FIND THEM THREE OF THEM ON THE CORNER OF
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL.
IT'S LEANING OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IS ONE SIDE.
I KNOW ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS ON THE CORNER OF NORTH WAS FREAKING AVENUE B, WHERE YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS OAK TREES TO THEM GROWING OUT, I LIE 20 FOOT SPACE THREES CAME STANDARD.
WITHOUT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY, THERE HAVE SO MUCH TRIM AND WE START REMOVING SOME OF THESE TREES.
THEY GROWN TO SUCH HIGH THAT THEY INTERFERE.
WE REALIZED THAT CREEP TRENTON IS A VERY EXPENSIVE THING.
THE CITY, I RECENTLY LOOKED AT THE BUDGET FOR ONE BEFORE, AND IT'S AMAZING WHAT IT COSTS FOR THEM.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IF SOME OF THESE TREES THAT HAVE GIVEN THIS THAT'S DIFFICULT TO REMOVE, BUT REPLACED WITH SOME TYPE OF TREE THAT WOULD NOT GROSS AT TALL, IN THE LONG RUN IN THE YEARS TO COME, THE CITY WILL SAY, I CAN ALL BE DONE IN ONE TIME.
WE REALIZED THAT, BUT WHERE WE HAD SOME VERY BIG
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PROBLEMS, WE COULD START THEM ON IT AND MAYBE ALLEVIATE A WHOLE LOT.PRE-TRAINING IN THE YEARS TO COME.
CERTAINLY IT WOULD MAKE A BETTER APPEARANCE ON THE STREETS.
AND IT STARTED WITH HELL THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT DO THIS AND HAVE TO DRUM, COUNTER THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS TO HAVE DONE OUR WORK AND CONDITION IN THE CITY OF NEWTON.
THE SECOND THING WE LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS PLACE IN THE SIGNS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE POLITICAL SITUATIONS AND YARD SEX WAS THE GIFTS.
THE CITY MUST HAVE PLACED THEM ON LIGHT POLES, TELEPHONE POLES, TREES IN THE STREET SIGNS ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO THE TROUBLE IS EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO PUT THEM UP, BUT NOT MANY KNOW HOW TO GO BACK AND TYPE THEM THAT WE HAVE A MISS I'VE BEEN INFORMED.
AND I HAVE TO KNOW HOW I LOOK FOR MYSELF.
RECREATION WENT OUT IN THE PINE TREE DRIVE AFTER ELECTION TAKES TWO OR THREE HOURS AND MANPOWER PUTTING UP THE MAPS THERE, ALL THOSE DOWN.
AND I WILL SAY THAT SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE BACK UP SINCE THE ELECTION, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME OUT THERE.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE NEED AN ORDER, THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COME DOWN AND GET A PERMIT.
AND AT THAT TIME THEY COULD BE TOLD WHERE THEY PLACE THE SIGNS AND WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED OF THEM WHEN THE ELECTION IS OVER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE, THE SIGN IS FULL AND WE BELIEVE THIS WOULD HELP.
IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE TO ME THAT WE ARE LOSING THE BATTLE.
WHEN WE TRY TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN, THEN WE LET PEOPLE PUT UP ALL KINDS OF SIGNS AND EVERYTHING AND
AND THEY USED TO ROLL OFF AND THERE WE HAD NOTHING BUT A TRASH CAN WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN UNGODLY SITE WHEN HE SIGNED THIS, HANG ON THESE GANG, READ AFRO, BEAT THEM TO PIECES.
VAIN IS GONE MS. JEFFERSON SITUATION, NUMBER THREE, FEARS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
AND THEY DIDN'T, BUT THEY FORGET TO BRING ENOUGH BACK TO THE MOAT.
AND MOST OF THEM WILL GROW UP OUT THERE AT LAKES.
NOW WE ASKED PRETTY SWEET WITHOUT BAD SWEEP INDUSTRIES, THEN BE LEFT.
CITIZENS COME RIGHT ALONG BEHIND IT AND BLOW THIS OUT IN THE STREET THERE, LADIES, IT DRIVES UP THE CARS, PUSH IT OVER TO THE CURB AND WE GET A RAINSTORM.
IT GOES DOWN TO THE STORM DRAIN BROTHERS.
THEN WE GOT FLOODED AND IT'S GOING ON ALL THE TIME.
THE OTHER DAY, I WATCHED A YOUNG DAD MOW A CERTAIN PERSON'S YARD.
AND THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE LICENSED OR NOT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE
YOU NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY TO SWEEP STREETS, THEN ALLOW CITIZENS TO COME ALONG RIGHT BEHIND IT AND MAKE HER DESK.
SO THESE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, MR. MILLER, MS. MELLOW LIGHT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE CITY MANAGER.
AND ALSO I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A WORK SESSION COMING UP SOON.
AND IF NOT THAT, EVEN AT BUDGET TIME WHERE WE DISCUSS NOT ONLY BUDGET, BUT OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE CITY, IT WILL PROBABLY COME UP.
AND, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY, THIS BOARD WOULD PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO ENACT ANY TYPE OF SIGN SIGNAGE FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES BECAUSE IN ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF, WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING, OUR SALES.
SO WE'LL NEED TO SET THE EXAMPLE.
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SO HOPEFULLY BY THAT TIME WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE.OUR SECOND ITEM IS A PRESENTATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WARDS.
AND BEFORE THE GROUP COME FORWARD, JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU LITTLE INFORMATION HERE THIS WEEK, MAY THE 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH, THE CITY, ALONG WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE AMERICA WILL BE CELEBRATING NATIONAL PRESERVATION WEEK.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE LIKED TO TAKE THIS TIME NOW TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, UH, FROM THE DEATHS OF TOM EI BAYLISS, WHO IS MAYOR, WHO IS OUT OF TOWN THIS WEEK.
AND I LIKE TO READ THIS AND THEN PRESENT IT TO THE GROUP.
MERIT OFFERS PROCLAMATION PRES HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR MANAGING GROWTH, REVITALIZING NEIGHBORHOODS, FOSTERING LOCAL PRIDE AND MAINTAINING COMMUNITY CHARACTER WHILE ENHANCING LIVABLE, LIVABILITY AND PRES HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS RELEVANT FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION, BOTH URBAN AND RURAL, AND FOR AMERICANS OF ALL AGES, ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUND AND PRES IS AS IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN OUR LIVES.
AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS MAY HAVE BY DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS AND HELPING TO PRESERVE THE TANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE HERITAGE THAT HAS SHAPED US AS PEOPLE.
AND WE PRESERVE COMMUNITY IS A THING FOR NATIONAL PRESERVATION WEEK, 1996, EXCUSE ME, CO-SPONSORED THAT A NEWBORN HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND THE NEWBURN PRESERVATION FOUNDATION AND THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, UH, TOM, A BAILEY'S THE THIRD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUPER CLAIM MAY 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH, 1996 AS PRESERVATION WEEK AND CALL UPON THE PEOPLE, THE CITY OF NEWBURGH TO JOIN THAT FELLOW CITIZENS ACROSS UNITED STATES IN RECOGNIZING AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS SPECIAL OBSERVANCE AND WITNESS WHERE, UH, I HERE TO SET MY HAND TO FIX THE SEAL OR THE CITY OF NEWBURGH THIS 14TH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1,996, GREG AND YOUNG LADIES NAME NIGHT.
WHAT I'LL ASK IS THAT AS I ANNOUNCED THE CATEGORY, I GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF A PROJECT FOLLOW-UP OR SOME SLIDES I WOULD THEN ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR LORD.
UH, JENNIFER NITRA IS THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF OUR DISTRICT PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
AND ALDERMAN PART HAND WILL BOTH BE PRESENT TO RATCHET YOU WITH SHAKING YOUR HAND.
OUR FIRST AWARD THIS EVENING IS GIVEN, UH, IN THE AREA OF RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION AND THE AWARD GOES TO DR.
SARAH ADAMS AND DOUG STITT, UH, FOR THEIR REHABILITATION OF THE ABBOTT ROW HOUSE STANDING PROUDLY AT THE CORNER OF EAST FRONT AND KING STREETS.
THE EDIT ROADHOUSE WAS QUINTESSENTIAL, A WHITE ELEPHANT WHEN THE NEWBURG PRESERVATION FOUNDATION PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 1990, DIVIDED FOUR APARTMENTS, THE HOUSE, UH, SUFFERED FROM YEARS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND POORLY EXECUTED INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS.
UH, THE HOUSE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1885 FOR JEREMIAH ABBOTT AS AN L-SHAPED VICTORIAN HOUSE, UH, IN 1923, NOAH ROWE, WHO WAS A BOOKKEEPER FOR THE NEAR BOOK BY BLADES LUMBER COMPANY PURCHASED THE HOUSE AND UNDERTOOK THE EXTENSIVE REMODELING PRODUCING THIS VERY ECLECTIC LOOKING HOUSE WITH A COMBINATION OF HISTORICAL REVIVAL STYLES, DESPITE THE HOUSES, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UH, ALTERATIONS, UH, MANY OF THE, UH, BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURAL INTERIOR WOODWORK REMAINED INTACT SUCH AS VISIBLE HERE IN THE FRONT PARLOR.
THIS IS BEFORE ROTATION ALSO HAD A VERY NOTABLE, UH, COLONIAL REVIVAL STAIRCASE, THIS WONDERFUL BABBLE OF GLASS FRONT DOOR AND SURROUNDS, UH, DR.
SARAH ADAMS AND DOUG STINT PURCHASED THE HOUSE AND EMBARKED ON A STANCE OF REHABILITATION TO TURN THE HOUSE BACK INTO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK WAS TACKLED SINGLE-HANDEDLY BY DOUG AND TODAY, THE AVID ROW HOUSE IS AN ELEGANT HOME THAT ONCE AGAIN CONTRIBUTES TO THE QUALITY OF THE ARCHITECTURE, UH, FOUND ALONG EAST BROAD STREET.
SO SARAH AND DOUG, CAN YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
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OUR NEXT AWARD IS ALSO IN THE AREA OF RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION AND THIS, UH, AWARD GOES TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NEWBURN FOR THEIR REHABILITATION OF THE CHARLES HARRIS HOUSE, WHICH IS THE TWO STORY FRAME HOUSE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT CONSTRUCTED CIRCUIT.1895 OF THE CHARLES HARRIS HOUSE IS ONE OF THE FINEST REMAINING HOUSES IN THE LAWNMOWER SECTION OF THE CITY.
THE HOUSE IS NOTABLE FOR ITS DECORATIVE EXTERIOR WOODWORK AND EXPOSED SPACE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH, UH, THIS PARTICULAR FEATURE ABLES, UH, THE HOUSE, UH, DESPITE MANY OF ITS, UH, NICE FEATURES STOOD EMPTY AND ARCHAIC, UH, IN THE EARLY 1992, WHEN THE NEWBURGH PRESERVATION FOUNDATION WORKING WITH THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE PURCHASED THIS HOUSE IN THE ADJOINING, UH, 1940S DUPLEX, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, THE IDEA WAS TO RECLAIM ONE OF THE MANY HISTORIC RESOURCES AND NUMEROUS INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND REHAB IT ECONOMICALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, THE TASK FORCE FOUND A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER NEWBURN AND HABITAT, UH, TOOK ON WITH A LEAP OF FAITH.
THIS MONUMENTAL REHAB OF THIS BUILDING VOLUNTEERS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS, UH, GUTTING YOUR BUILDINGS, CLEANING UP THE SITE AND TRYING TO RENT THIS HOUSE FOR TWO INHERITANCE.
THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE OUTSIDE WHEN THEY REMOVED THE FLOOR STRUCTURE, MOST OF THE INTERIOR WALLS LEAVING HOME, YOU FRAME TO THE HOUSE ON THIS, GIVES YOU AN IDEA IS SILL ROMAINE COMPLETELY EATEN BY, BY TERMITES.
IN MOST CASES UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, WHITE TRUCK, UH, VOLUNTEERS, THE PANEL TAT, UM, FOR HUMANITY, UH, THIS HOUSE WAS DISMANTLED AND PUT BACK TOGETHER OVER A PERIOD OF A YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, UH, NOVEMBER 19TH, UH, 1995, THE HOUSE WAS DEDICATED AND NEW OWNERS, JAMES AND VIERRA HARVEY, AND THEIR DAUGHTER CORINTHIA PLAYED IN THE HOUSE WITH THEIR NEW, OLD HOUSE AFTER THEY THEMSELVES ALSO INVESTED QUITE A BIT OF TIME DOING REHABILITATION TODAY.
THE BUILDING STANDS PROUDLY ON CHURCH STREET, SORT OF A SYMBOL OF THE VISION PARTNERSHIP OF A DEDICATED ORGANIZATION.
THIS IS A BEFORE THERE'S AN AFTER, UM, A DEDICATION AND REPRESENTATION OF, OF GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER AND DETERMINED TO PROVIDE DECENT, SAFE, AND SANITARY HOUSING FOR CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY.
I'LL ASK THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO COME FORWARD.
I KNOW SIEGEL THE PRESIDENT OF HABITAT IT'S GIVEN THEM.
DESIGNED BY THE NEWBURN ARCHITECT, HERBERT WOODLEY SIMPSON.
THE 1912 MACKINTOSH BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR THE NEWBURN IRONWORKS AND SUPPLY COMPANY TO HOUSE THEIR EXPANDED MILL OPERA SUPPLY OPERATION FROM 1926 UNTIL 1993 OF THE BUILDING WAS OCCUPIED BY PRAVEN FOUNDRY COMPANY, PHARMACEUTICAL EXECUTIVE TURNED LOCAL DEVELOPER, DICK HAMILTON, UH, PURCHASED THIS BUILDING WITH A GROUP OF INVESTORS AND EMBARKED ON A REHABILITATION OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT ANCHOR PROPERTY IN HUBERT'S DOWNTOWN TODAY.
UH, THE BUILDING IS FULLY LEASED AND IS HOME TO A BANK AND A HAIR SALON AND OBFUSCATE SCALE, UH, ART GALLERY AND ALSO A DESIGN FIRM, ORIGINAL FEATURES OF THE BUILDING, INCLUDING, UH, MANY OF THE ORIGINAL BEAMS IN THE BUILDING, SOME OLD, UH, WALL SIGNS, INCLUDING AN OLD, UH, SENSATION CUP CLUB, CHEWING TOBACCO SIDE HAD BEEN PRESERVED ON THE WALLS OF THIS BUILDING.
DURING THE RENOVATION, THE BUILDING OFFERS A UNIQUE WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND SERVICES THAT ARE IMPORTANT ANCHOR AT A PROMINENT CORNER IN THE CITY'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
AND DICK, IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER OR COMPLETED AT 1915 ST.
LUKE'S HOSPITAL WAS THE FIRST MAJOR HOSPITAL
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FACILITY TO BE BUILT IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH DESIGNED IN THE NEOCLASSICAL AND BOWART STYLES BY WILMINGTON ARCHITECT, BURT STEPHENS.THIS IMPOSING STRUCTURE WAS BUILT FOR AN OWNED BY TWO PROMINENT LOCAL PHYSICIANS, DR.
JOSEPH PATTERSON FOLLOWING ITS MORE RECENT USE AS THE OFFICES OF THE CRAVEN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE BUILDING'S FUTURE WAS UNCERTAIN.
FOLLOWING THE AGENCIES MOVE TO A NEW FACILITY, ANDREWS BOULEVARD, NEW CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUBSEQUENTLY PURCHASED THE BUILDING AND HIRED PETERSON ARCHITECTS TO DEVELOP A RENOVATION PLAN FOR THIS FACILITY THAT INCLUDED A DEMOLISHED 1940S, TWO STORY ADDITION ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCT A, YOU HAD BULL ADDITION ON THE REAR.
THIS IS THE BUILDING IN THE OF ITS RENOVATION.
UH, BUILDING HAS SUFFERED NOT ONLY FROM YEARS OF NEGLECT AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, BUT ALSO EXTERNAL DURATIONS THAT REMOVED A LOT OF ITS ORIGINAL EXTRA FEATURES FOR THEM AND REPLACED BY PLASTIC BLOCK WINDOWS LATER, ALTERATIONS TO THE BUILDING, UM, WERE REMOVED AND A FIRE ESCAPE ON THE BROAD STREET.
ELEVATION WAS ALSO REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH MORE SYMPATHETICALLY DESIGNED FEATURES AIDED BY A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BUILDING.
A NEW, UH, THREE STORY ADDITION WAS ADDED ON THE BACK AND BUILT IN TO BLEND IN WITH THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE WITH ITS USE OF MATERIALS THAT BRENT THE TEMPORARY INTERPRETATION ON THE ORIGINAL CORNICE TODAY.
UH, THE BUILDING STANDS, UH, NEWLY PIAN AND REALLY SYMBOLIZING THE REBIRTH OF BROAD STREET AS AN IMPORTANT GATEWAY INTO THE CITY.
AND ITS RENOVATION WILL HOPEFULLY SPUR FURTHER RENOVATION ALONG THE GEORGE STREET, BROAD STREET CORRIDOR, PARTICULARLY AS YOU'RE HEADING WEST OF GEORGE STREET HOUSE.
AND I SEE, UH, GARY PETERSON HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO REPRESENT THE AWARD.
AND I THINK MR. WILSON OR REPRESENTATIVE NEW CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH IS ALSO HERE.
IF YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD, THE REASON TO USE HERE ALSO THINKS THAT THE CREATION OF JAMES RAY LANE IS, BUT ONE OF THE MANY TANGIBLE REMINDERS OF THE SUCCESS OF NEW BIRDS, URBAN DESIGN PLAN NAMED IN HONOR OF THE FIRST, UH, RECTOR OF CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT HERE TO TAKE WHAT WAS A NONDESCRIPT, UH, BUILDING IN NEWBORNS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND REPLACE IT WITH A ATTRACTIVE URBAN POCKET PARK THAT PROVIDES A NECESSARY INTERNAL BLOCK LAKE BETWEEN NEW BIRDS, INNER PARKING LOT AREA, AND THE POLITIC STREET STREETSCAPE DESIGNED, UH, BY NEWBURN, UH, URBAN DESIGN PLAN, SALTON ALISON PLAT, THE PARK FEATURES, UM, MEN AND NOTABLE FEATURES.
AND THIS IS SHOWING AS IT'S EVOLVING FEATURES INCLUDE A MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN TO HENRY AND JOHN HENRY, JOHN AND CATHY MACDONALD, UH, AS WELL AS BRICKS RECITAL OR MIDDLE SPRINGS THAT WERE ORIGINAL PAVERS TO THE CITY SCREENING SYSTEM, ATTRACTED LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPING, AND ALSO LIGHTING, UH, SUPPLEMENTED BY BANNERS, UH, GIVING A FESTIVAL OR A TO THE PARK.
UH, THE FOCAL POINT OF THE PARK IS ITS AXIAL RELATIONSHIP TO CHRIST CHURCH.
UH, A FEATURE SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND AT FEDERAL ELLIE WHERE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FORMS THE VISTA SWISS BEAR RECEIVES THIS AWARD IN THE AREA OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN ON BEHALF OF THE MANY CONTRIBUTORS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE THIS PART POSSIBLE.
THE ORGANIZATION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COORDINATION OF THE PROJECT AND FOR HELPING TO BRING A SOUND IDEA ON PAPER TO FRUITION.
AND THE REVEREND ED SHARP IS HERE THIS EVENING TO PICK UP AN AWARD ON BEHALF OF SWISS BEAR.
ALSO IN THE AREA OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN.
UH, OUR NEXT AWARD GOES TO PJ POPE AND SONS.
IT IS THAT OFTEN THAT A HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION PROVIDES RECOGNITION TO A COMPANY THAT MANAGES SERVICE STATIONS IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT.
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CONFLICT BETWEEN THE AUTOMOBILE AND OUR HISTORIC RESOURCES, OFTEN RESULTS IN PRESSURES TO DEMOLISH HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND DESTROY A COMMUNITY SENSE OF PLACE, NOT ALL SUCH A COUNTERS.HOWEVER, OUR ADVERSARIAL EJI POPE AND SONS HAS WORKED RESPONSIBLY TO INTEGRATE ITS FACILITIES INTO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THROUGH LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS AT BOTH ITS EAST FRONT STREET LOCATION, WHICH HAS PICTURED HERE.
AND MOST RECENTLY ITS GAS STATION AT THE CORNER OF BROAD AND FLEETS STREETS IN BOTH CASES, PAVEMENT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH PLANNING AREAS ON BROAD STREET, SIGNAGE WAS CONSOLIDATED AND SHORTENED TO A MIND PLUS REDUCING SOME OF THE VISUAL CLUTTER ON THE BROAD STREET CORRIDOR.
WHAT IS I THINK WHEN THAT'S MORE REMARKABLE, HOWEVER, IS THE FACT THAT THE COMPANY HAD A VERY POSITIVE ATTITUDE WHEN WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE CONCERN WAS TO WORK WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD ENHANCE NOT DETRACT FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE APPLAUD EGA, POPE AND SONS FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT AND TO TAKE STEPS, TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.
AND BOB DAVIS, WHO IS REPRESENTATIVE DJ FOCUS HERE IN THE 1978, A FEW PROJECTS OVER THE LAST YEAR, I'VE HAD MORE OF A POSITIVE IMPACT AND IMPROVING THE VISUAL AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR DOWNTOWN.
THEN MIDDLE STREET EAST A GAP OF THE URBAN FABRIC CREATED BY THE DEMOLITION OF THE LATE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BUILDING THAT HAD LEFT A VOID IN THE MIDDLE STREET.
STREETSCAPE HAS BEEN FILLED BY THIS NEW THREE AND A HALF STORY BUILDING THAT FITS SEAMLESSLY INTO THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, STREETSCAPE OF LOWER MIDDLE STREET DEVELOPED BY DICK HAMILTON AND DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT REED KIEFER.
THE BUILDING FEATURES THREE GROUND STORY, A RETAIL SPACE, MANY OF THEM AS EVOLVED DECORATIVE BRICK WORK ON THE FACADE OR THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING MIRRORS THE DETAILING OF THE NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 50 YEARS, A MIGRATION OF PEOPLE AND MOVED INTO DOWNTOWN AND CLAIMED DOWNTOWN AS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THUS CREATING THIS ROUND, THE CLOCK LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THAT THE URBAN DESIGN PLAN RECOMMENDS THANKS TO DICK HAMILTON AND HIS VISION, NUMEROUS URBAN SOUND AS LOST AS MISSING.
AND WHAT WAS AN IDEA ON PAPER HAS BECOME THROUGH THE SUCCESS OF MONTHS, UH, UH, REALITY, UH, NUMEROUS DOWNTOWN HAS NOW CREATED A NEW LEVEL OF VITALITY THAT WILL PLACE HER IN AN ENVIABLE POSITION TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEXT CENTURY.
AND DICK, THANK YOU AGAIN, OUR FINAL AWARD THIS EVENING IS IN THE CATEGORY OF FRIEND OF PRESERVATION EACH YEAR.
THE COMMISSION ATTEMPTS TO RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SORT OF STANDS OUT AMONG THE CROWD FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, SORT OF GOING OVER AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY AS WATCHDOGS TO THE CITY'S HISTORIC RESOURCES.
THE PRESERVATION COMMISSION IS PAINFULLY AWARE, AWARE OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE ENDANGERED FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
THEY MAY BE SEVERELY DETERIORATED OR THREATENED WITH DEMOLITION OR ARE SITUATED IN LOCATIONS THAT MAKE THEM UNDESIRABLE FOR REHABILITATION.
OR THEY MAY BE THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH THAT JUST IS UNATTAINABLE BECAUSE THE PERSON REFUSED TO SELL THE PROPERTY OR FOR WHATEVER REASON IT'S TIED UP IN, IN THE STATE.
JIM
HE TACKLES WHAT MOST REASONABLE PEOPLE SAY, STAY CLEAR OF THIS LEMON.
MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WAS WITH JIM WAS AFTER HIS PURCHASE OF THIS WHITE ELEPHANT AT 5 0 2 CREATIVE STREET REFERRED TO AS MOSES.
WHY FIRST HOUSE BUILT BETWEEN 1,818 30 AND LATER ENLARGED IN 1900 TO ITS PRESENT FORM.
THE WHITE FIRST HOUSE WAS SIMPLY ALL HOUSE, BUT VERY LITTLE LOT, UH, USED AS A MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING, UH, FOR MANY YEARS WITH LITTLE OFF STREET, PARKING THE HOUSE LANGUISHED ON THE MARKET WITH LITTLE INTEREST, SAY ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTED TO BUY IT AND BASICALLY CONVERTED INTO A LITTLE ONE-STORY COTTAGE FOR WHICH THERE WAS LITTLE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST WHAT THE ORIGINAL BUILDING LOOKED LIKE.
OTHER PEOPLE, I, THE BUILDING FOR DEMOLITION,
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UH, FOR A PARKING AREA FOR THEIR HOUSES OR FOR INCREASED YARDS, UH, MIRACULOUSLY, HOWEVER, JIM APPEARED FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND HE HAD TIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND BOUGHT THIS BUILDING.HE HAD THE STRUCTURE, UH, RAISED AND JACKED UP A NEW FOUNDATION PLACED UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING AND CONVERTED STRUCTURE FROM A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING INTO VERY ATTRACTED TO DUPLEX
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
IF THIS PROJECT WASN'T ENOUGH TO MAKE MORE TIRED, UH, JIM THEN MOVED DOWN THE STREET TO THE WILLIAM BAXTER HOUSE AT TWO 15, UH, NEW STREET.
UM, THIS BUILDING, UH, WAS OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY AND LIVED IN BY THE SON OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER.
THE HOUSE REQUIRED TOTAL UPGRADING OF SYSTEMS, BUT MAINTAIN ITS ORIGINAL INTERIOR WOODWORK, MANTLE STAIRCASE, ET CETERA.
THE ENTIRE REAR SECTION OF THE HOUSE HAD TO BE SHORED UP AND LATER ADDITIONS.
AND TODAY THIS IS VERY ATTRACTIVE.
VICTORIAN HOUSE IS THE HOME OF JIM AND MICHELLE TICE AND THEY USE IT AS THEIR RESIDENCE.
UH, BUT THIS WAS YET NOT ENOUGH FOR, FOR JIM.
UH, HE THEN DECIDED TO TACKLE YET ANOTHER PROJECT AND, UM, HOW, UH, THAT BURNED ON HALLOWEEN DAY IN 1994 BECAME THE NEXT SUBJECT OF, OF HIS EFFORTS.
UH, THE BOARD ASSAULTED HAS STOOD PROUDLY ON BROAD STREET, UH, SINCE 1910, WHEN IT WAS BUILT BY A LOCAL BLACK ARCHITECT BY THE NAME OF GEORGE EUBANKS, UH, WASN'T VERY MUCH A JEOPARDIZED STATE AFTER A FIRE IN THE ATTIC CAUSED EXTENSIVE WATER DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE, AS WELL AS LEAVING THE HOUSE'S ROOF STRUCTURE, UH, SOMEWHAT ON A STAINING, UH, AT A CALL FROM ME, JIM, UH, I THOUGHT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS HOUSE AND I CALLED HIM ONE DAY AND ACTUALLY I TALKED TO HIS WIFE MAY AND LATER THAT AFTERNOON I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL.
JIM WAS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND I TOLD JIM, I SAID, JIM, THIS IS A HOUSE FOR YOU.
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THIS HOUSE.
UH, IT'S GOT WONDERFUL INTERIOR WOODWORK AND FEATURES AND SIDE, UM, MANTLES, THE DOORS, THE STAIRCASE, THEY YOU'RE A LITTLE DARK, BUT YOU A SENSE OF SOME OF THE FEATURES IN THIS HOUSE.
I SAID, JIM, THIS, THIS IS A HOUSE.
I THINK YOU COULD GET IT AT A GOOD PRICE.
WELL, A FEW DAYS LATER I GOT A CALL AND JIM HAD MADE AN OPTION TO PURCHASE THIS HOUSE SIGHT UNSEEN.
UH, HE PLAYED HER, CAME IN AND LOOKED AT THE HOUSE, UH, PURCHASED IT AND BEGAN AN EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION.
AND IF ANY OF YOU DRIVEN DOWN BROAD STREET OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, YOU'VE SEEN WORKERS, UH, CONTINUOUSLY WORKING TO BRING THIS BACK TO LIFE.
AND TODAY WE'RE ASSAULTED HOUSE STANDS PROUDLY ON BROAD STREET TESTIMONY TO, TO GYMS PERSEVERANCE.
UH, IF THAT WAS YET NOT ENOUGH, JIM NOW HAS FINISHED THIS HOUSE AND IS NOW ABOUT TO EMBARK ON HIS NEXT FRONTIER.
AND, UH, I THINK BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN, THERE MUST BE A GREAT WOMAN.
HIS WIFE IS REALLY TOLERATED GYMS, UH, HOURS IN DOING THIS.
I THINK SHE DESERVES AS MUCH CREDIT AS HE DOES, BUT, UH, JIM HAS NOW PURCHASED, UH, 4 0 4 QUEEN STREET, UH, WHICH HE IS GOING TO BEGIN REHABILITATION, UH, AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, THUS CONTRIBUTING TO THE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS AROUND THE, UH, NEWBURGH UNION STATION, THE RAILROAD DEPOT FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRESERVATION NEWBURGH.
WE AWARD JIM LEE FRIEND OF PRESERVATION AWARD IN JIM AND MAY AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, 1996 CITY PRESERVATION EMPLOYEES.
AND WE ALSO LIKE TO THANK THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE AWARDED THEIR CERTIFICATES BECAUSE, UH, WE HAD, UH, ONE MAYOR EARLIER ON IT USED TO SAY TO A LOT
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OF TIMES YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING DONE UNLESS THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP.AND THIS HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A PARTNERSHIP IN, IN HELPING TO REVITALIZE AREAS IN THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, AND ANYTIME YOU'VE GOT A GENTLEMAN THAT'S REVITALIZING FOUR HOUSES WITHIN TWO YEARS, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK, UH, WORK.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO ONE, UH, ON THE NEXT, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA.
WE HAVE REQUESTS AND PETITION OF CITIZENS.
THIS IS OPEN TO ANY CITIZEN WHO, WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST OF THIS BOARD.
WE ASK THAT YOU COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS.
AND IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE THAT IS HERE FOR THE SAME ITEM OR FOR THE SAME REQUEST, OR IF THERE'S A GROUP HERE, WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE, OR IF SOME WAY YOU CAN HAVE A SPOKESMAN, BECAUSE REALLY THERE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A NEED FOR ALL OF YOU TO SAY THE SAME THING.
SO IF POSSIBLE, IF THERE IS SOMEONE HERE THAT WIDE TO COME FORTH, NOW, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.
I GOT AN EIGHT TO THE TWO GREEN SCREEN I'M DOWN HERE, UNCONSCIOUS.
THE SHAPER SEVEN WAS HAD MY CHECK INSTEAD OF DRUGS SAID, HAD A BRUISE, MY KEYS.
AND WHEN I CALL STAPLE, THEY GET IN TOUCH WITH ME.
HE WOULD NOT
LET, LET, LET ME GO AHEAD, MAN, ROD DEAN, AND ALL OF MY BEST DATA PROS THE FALL, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, LET ME, LET ME SHARE SOMETHING WITH THE, WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE HERE TO SEE THEM EARLIER THIS WEEK, THIS BOARD RECEIVED A PETITION ASKING FOR THE REMOVAL OF A POLICE OFFICER.
IF THERE'S A SPOKESMAN HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORTH AND PRESENT THIS PETITION IN THE MANNER OF WHICH, UH, WILL BE ACCEPTED FINE, WE NEED A SPOKESMAN.
LET ME ADD ONE OTHER THING TOO.
I LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO THE AUDIENCE IS THAT WHEN A PETITION LIKE THIS IS PRESENTED TO US, THERE IS A MANNER IN WHICH IT IS DONE IN THIS CASE.
THIS PETITION WAS PRESENTED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE PROPER WAY TO DO THIS IS TO TAKE THAT PETITION TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
THAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US.
WE WILL ACCEPT IT, TAKE THIS POSITION, THIS PETITION AND GIVE IT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
THE OTHER THING IS, AND WE'VE TALKED THIS OVER EARLIER, THE CITY MANAGER HAS AN IDEA WITH THIS PETITION BILL.
WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THE PROPER WAY TO HANDLE A COMPLAINT SUCH AS THIS IS TO HAND IT TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES, TO INVESTIGATE, UH, THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES.
IN THIS CASE, SINCE IT IS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WOULD SEEK HELP FROM AN OUTSIDE AGENCY TO DO THIS INVESTIGATION.
NOT, NOT THE NEIGHBOR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT SOMEONE ELSE.
WE WOULD NOT HELL THE INVESTIGATOR.
WE PASSED ON TO THE SPI TO THE SPF, BUT I HAVE A WHAT'S THE PHRASE YOU, YOU COMING FORTH.
UH, LET ME ASK YOU ONE QUESTION BEFORE YOU GET STARTED.
IS THERE A, ANOTHER PETITION TO BE PRESENTED WITH SIGNATURES? AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SIGNATURES THAT'S ON THIS PETITION THAT DID NOT, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY DID NOT SIGN A PETITION FOR THIS PURPOSE.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT THIS PETITION SHOULD BE PRESENTED AGAIN, UH, AND THE REASON, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND TAKEN A LOOK AT NAMES, CALL THEM, AND THE PEOPLE NAMES THAT ON HERE HAVE NO IDEA THAT THEY WERE SIGNING A PETITION FOR THIS PROBLEM.
THERE ARE SOME NAMES OR WHO SAY THEY SIGN PETITIONS TO, TO ASK OR REQUEST NATURAL GAS IN THE AREA.
ALSO ON THIS PETITION, THERE ARE ONE OR TWO NAMES OF DECEASED PEOPLE.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT TO DO IT PROPERLY, TO ACCEPT IT PROPERLY.
AND, AND TO ALSO TO ALLOW YOU TO BE
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HEARD AND REPRESENTED PROPERLY, I WILL HOPE THAT THIS PETITION WILL BE PRESENTED AGAIN WITH NAMES OF THOSE THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PETITION AND YOU SEE ATTORNEY ROBERT REIGN HIS NAME ALL HERE, THAT'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF HIM SERVING AS BOARD.
WHEN YOU LOOK ON HIS PETITION AND YOU SEE A NAME OF A POLICE OFFICER ON HERE, THAT TO ME IS A CONFLICT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK ON HERE AND YOU SEE NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE DIED, THAT DOESN'T HOLD ANY WATER.
SO I FEEL AS THOUGH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN MAKE YOUR STATEMENT, PLEASE LIMIT IT TO FIVE MINUTES, BUT I WILL HOPE THAT THIS PETITION, IF IT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED, BE PRESENTED AGAIN WITH NAMES OF THOSE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS PETITION, MR. FRAZIER, FIVE MINUTES, MY NAME IS REGINALD FRAZIER, AND I'M HAPPY TO SERVE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF HIS LEGAL ISSUES AND LEGAL REDRESS COMMITTEE.
I'M ALSO HONORED TO SERVE AS CHAIRPERSONS OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AS THIS CHAD PERSON OF LEGAL ISSUES AND REDRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT ARE THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
THIS YEAR, THERE WERE TWO OR 300 PERSONS PROTESTING AND MARCHING OUTSIDE OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING IN RALEIGH AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, THE AUDITOR BREWBAKER HAD HIS PRESS AGENT OBSERVING THE CROP.
I'M TOLD THE PERSONS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WERE DARK SKINNED PEOPLE, KINKY HAIR.
HE SAID THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE, JUST A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS AND WHY THEN FEMALE WHITE TRASH, SHE BITCHES.
I AM A DARK SKINNED PERSON AND I HAVE KINKY HAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO PREFACE WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY ON BEHALF OF ONE OF MY DEAR FRIENDS.
THEY'VE FALLEN COMRADE HERE, WHO I'VE COME BEFORE YOU TO THROW A ROPE TO NUMBER ONE, TO BE QUICK ABOUT THIS 19 62, 1 MIGHT COME INTO NEW REGIONS.
I'VE PUT ON MY BEST SUNDAY SUIT, WHICH WAS BLUE.
MY ONLY SHIRT, WHICH WAS WHITE AND MY RED NECK TIRE SHINE MY FINGERNAILS AND BRUSH MY HAIR POLISHED BY TEETH.
I WALKED INTO THE ROOM AS A LAWYER.
THE VERY FIRST CASE I HAD IN THE COURTROOM IN THE SIDE, THE JUDGE PRESIDED ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHO IS THAT PERSON? HE SAID, THAT'S RATIONAL, AFRAID TO COCKY AND ARROGANT WHAT HE, SO I MADE MY PRESENTATION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THE JET PRESIDED.
WHEN I APPROACHED THIS YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS WHITE AND I CALLED HER BY HER FIRST NAME, BECKY, ARE YOU TELLING THIS COURT, THE JURY, THE TRUTH.
HE IMMEDIATELY ORDERED THE SHERIFF OF CRAVEN COUNTY SHERIFF COME FORWARD AND NOT, I LOCKED THIS NIGGA UP, MAN.
I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE NO NIGGA LAWYER CALLING A WHITE WOMAN BY HER FIRST NAME, AS LONG AS I LIVE.
AND AS LONG AS I'M WITH JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, HE USED THE WORD NICK, AND THEY DID LOCK ME UP THAT TIME FOR CONTEMPT ALSO, BUT THIS OLD MAN DIED, THIS JUDGE DIED.
AND HE WAS IN ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA COMMS, JOCK TO BE PRECISE AND WHAT DARK NIGHT WRITING.
AND I FOUND MY WAY TO ELIZABETH CITY, TO THE CEMETERY WHERE HE WAS BURIED.
AND I FOUND HIS TOMBSTONE THERE.
HE LAID THERE AND I THINK HE'S IN HERE.
AND I LOOKED AT HIS TOMBSTONE AND I PISSED IN HIS FACE.
NOW WE HAVE IN NEWBURGH, I FOUND WHAT I FOUND HIS HEAD WAS NATE TOOK HIS TOMBSTONE,
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BUT I INTENDED TO FIGHT BACK.AND I'M HERE TODAY TO FIGHT BACK ON THE BILL ON BEHALF OF GERALD PARKER, BUT THORN GERALD PARKER, A RULE HE'S DROWNING IN THE SEA OF FORAY AND HE NEEDS A FRIEND.
AND, UM, AND I KNOW THE WAY OUT OF THE FARMERS AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE JARED PARKER OUT OF THE FOREST BY THROWING HIM A ROPE, REPRESENTING THE LEGAL ISSUES COMMITTEE OF THE NAACP AND THE SCLC I HAVE WITH ME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A PETITION I'M AUTHORIZED TO WITHDRAW THE PETITION THAT YOU HAVE CONSIDERED.
I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU NOT TO CONSIDER THAT PETITION AS A FORMAL PETITION OF GERALD PARKER REPRESENTED THE NAACP SCLC I HAVE WITH ME TONIGHT, 300 NAMES OF PERSONS, PERSONS WHO ACTUALLY EXIST.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UM, ABOUT POLICE RACISM IN THE PROCESS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH.
I LOOK OVER HERE, THESE TWO, FIVE HAD SOME POLICE OFFICERS DRESSED IN THE BLUE UNIFORM, VESTED ALL OF THE REGALIA, PARAPHERNALIA OF AUTHORITY, A BADGE, AND A GUN.
I RESPECT THE OFFICERS, BUT WE RESPECT ANY MAN WHO DISPARAGES OUR RENTS.
RACISM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FAR, TOO FAR AND FAR TOO IMPORTANT TO BE INTERJECTED INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JUSTICE PROCESSES.
AS WE KNOW IT IN THE COURTS OF THIS STATE, I PRACTICE LAW FOR THE GREATER PART OF MY LIFE AND EMBRACE MY BOSSES.
MY VOICE IN THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS JUDICIAL FORUMS IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS STATE HERE IN NEWARK FOR, FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FIGHT THE STRUGGLE OF RACISM IN THE JUSTICE PROCESS.
I HAVE SORT OF BEEN A VICTIM OF IT MYSELF.
NOW I WAS HANDED THIS PACKAGE ON THE PART OF GERALD PUCKER.
IF WE HAVE IN NEWBURN, A MOCK FIRM IN THE PERSON OF GEORGE SCHAFFER, IF THAT CONDUCT AS ALLEGED IN THESE PETITIONS IS CONDONED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS.
THEN WE URGE YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING A PACIFIC, UH, CONSTITUENCY.
IF YOU WEREN'T A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE YOU REPRESENT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF NEWBURGH, A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE INVITE THE PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT.
THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE SITTING THERE.
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR FACE, WE IN THE SUIT OF NEW IS AS PROUD AS WE ARE OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE AREA OF RACIAL RELATIONS, RACIAL RELATIONS.
WE HAVE CROSSED THE BRIDGE AND WE HAVE JOINED HANDS BLACK AND WHITE AND COME A LONG WAY FROM THE DAY WHEN LITTLE BLACK BOYS AND LITTLE BLACK GIRLS WAS BORN.
THAT'S THE, TO BE A NOBODY IN TO GO.
AND THIS SOCIETY WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE.
AND WE SIMPLY SAY TO YOU, WHETHER IT'S RIGHT OR WRONG, THE RIGHT PERSON THAT HAD THIS PETITION TO IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT, GERALD PARKER, AND THE TOTAL STRUGGLE.
FOR MY OPINION, ME, HIM STEP AS AN INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUTES ON
IT IS NOT ABOUT GERALD POCKET, BUT IT'S ABOUT ALL THE BLACK CITIZENS IN, IN NEWBERN NORTH KOREA, ALL ABOUT THE BLACK GIRLS AND BLACK LITTLE BOYS WHO LOOK TO YOU FOR EQUITABLE GOVERNMENT.
I LEAVE THIS PETITION WITH THE CLERK OF THIS BOARD TO PASS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STUDENT MATTER WHO STIRRED THIS BOARD AT THE STUFFERS OF THIS BOARD.
HI, IS THIS THE CHIEF OF POLICE? NOW YOU MUST, AS GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF VIRAL RACISM
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ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH, IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR ME TO READ THIS PETITION CONCERNING ONE POLICE OFFICER WHO IS ALLEGED TO BE RACIST.I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE IS OR NOT, BUT IT IS ALLEGED THAT HE IS, WE HAVE 300 SIGNATURES OF CITIZENS AND 14 AFFIDAVITS.
I SAY, THEY'RE SMOKING THE BOND AND WHERE THERE'S SMOKE.
MR. FRAZIER, ATTORNEY FRASIER.
AND LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SAID BEFORE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL NOT BE HANDLED BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
INVESTIGATION WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD GO FROM HERE.
UH, UH, IF, IF POSSIBLE, UH, I THINK MR. FRAZIER DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PRESENTING THIS PETITION.
I DON'T THINK, AND I MAY BE WRONG THAT IT NEED TO BE DRUGGED ON ANY FATHER IN IT FURTHER.
UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS PETITION, JUST TO STAND.
MY NAME IS BEN WALKED OUT OF AT 5 0 3, 9 0 3 SHIPYARD COURT IN NEWBURGH.
I'M A COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
AND WE FEEL THAT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT, AND I TALKED TO MR. BAYLESS ABOUT THIS, HE PRAC REACHED ME ON THE PHONE A FEW DAYS AGO AND WE HAVEN'T MADE CONTACT.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE NEWBURN POLICE FORCE IS THAT A POLICE OFFICER CAN APPROACH AN INDIVIDUAL, A BLACK CITIZEN AND SAY, NIGGA, GIVE ME YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
HE DOES NOT BREAK THE DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES.
THERE'S NO DEPARTMENTAL POLICY THAT SAYS HOW THESE OFFICES ARE TO ADDRESS AN INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN FOR MYSELF ARE INCENTED OFFICER COMING UP TO ME AND STAN GIVING YOU A DRIVE STUFFS.
I WANT HIM TO SAY, CERTAINLY I HAVE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE, PLEASE.
THERE'S NO SUCH WORD AS GIVING IN THE DICTIONARY.
THESE OFFICERS, THERE MUST BE SOME I'M DEMANDING THAT THIS BOY SETTLE HOUSE.
I SENT A LETTER TO CHIEF BAUMGARDNER.
I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE LETTER CAME BACK SAYING, UH, THE, WE HAVE TOLD THIS OFFICER TO USE CORRECT LANGUAGE WHEN HE APPROACHES THE SEX.
UH, HOWEVER, NO DEPARTMENTAL REGULATIONS WERE BROKEN AND OFFICER CAN TALK TO YOU ANY WAY HE WANTS TO.
FIRST, MY, MY EDUCATION IS FOSTER PERIOD TO THAT OFFICER, MY RETIREMENT INCOME IS WHAT THE DEAL MAKE IN HIS LIFETIME.
I WAS RATHER THAN THE REDUCTIVE DEAL.
HE THOUGHT I LIVED IN THE FIELD.
I'VE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HE COULDN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN.
NOT THAT WE WANT HIM LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I RESENTED BECAUSE IT'S A COMMISSIONER FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION.
ALL OF OUR CITIZENS MUST BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND THIS HAS, THIS SHOULD BE IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IS BLACK.
WHITE IS CREED COLOR, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF WHERE THAT INDIVIDUAL IS, UH, HOW MUCH MONEY.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE.
SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS HERE IN THE CITY OF NEWARK.
I S I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS MORNING TO ASK THE CHIEF OF THE POLICE TO SET UP, TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY THAT SAYS, HOW WILL THESE OFFICERS HAVE TO ADDRESS AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A SIMPLE PREPPING KNOWLEDGE.
THEY COME UP TO YOU AND SAY, GIVE ME THE PROVINCE.
THERE WILL I HAVE THE LETTER THAT CAME BACK TO ME FROM THE CHIEF LIKE THIS, ALL OF A SUDDEN DID NOT BREAK DEPARTMENTAL REGULATION.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? GIVE ME YOUR LIFE.
HE SAID, GIVE ME YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
HE DIDN'T USE HIM OR CALL YOU, MAN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
WHEN HE SAYS, GIVE ME YOUR LICENSE.
HE, WHAT DID HE SUPPOSED TO SAY TO ME? MAY I HAVE YOUR LICENSE PLEASE? I'M CERTAINLY NOT HAVING A DRIVER'S LICENSE.
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ON A HOUSE IN NEWBURGH, AND I WILL NOT BE TREATED LIKE THAT BY YOUR POLICE GUYS.YOU NEED TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.
LET ME, LET, LET ME ASK YOU WHAT, OKAY.
WE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
BARBARA HAS 33, 24 IN THIS BOOK.
WE'VE GOT TO GET TOGETHER AS A PEOPLE.
IF WE DON'T GET THIS BOY, WHEN YOU BRING UP, THERE ARE SEVERAL, I MEAN, THAT HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS AND I DID NOT GET THEIR NAME, BUT THIS WOMAN IS WEARING A THING ON HER ARM.
SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'S WEARING A BRACE BECAUSE A POLICE OFFICER CAME TO WALMART.
WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO WALMART, HE SAW HER LICENSE PLATE.
HE PULLED HER OVER FOR GIFTS, HER CAR
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AGREE WITH SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT'S BEING MADE, BUT WE ASK THAT YOU BE POLITE, LISTEN, AND BE ORDERLY.
THAT'S ALL WE ASK, CONTINUE CALL HER LICENSE PLATE.
SHE SAID, THEY TOLD HER SHE DIDN'T HAVE UPSTATE GLASSES, BUT SHE DID.
SHE WAS RIGHT, BUT HERE SHE HAD GONE.
THEY EVEN THROW HER IN THE BACK OF THE CAR, TOOK HIM DOWN TO THE STATION.
SHE HAD TO COME BACK TO HER CAR.
SHE'S EVEN SAYING THE MAYOR OF
I, I LIKE TO SAY I HAD A COMPLAINT FROM THE LADY HAD A DISTURBING ACCOUNT.
ONE ABOUT NISSAN CALLED THE OFFICER SMITH ASKED HER.
SO I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE PLEADINGS TO ADDRESS THAT.
AS FAR AS WITH THE POLICY UNCERTAINTY, THERE IS IN FACT THE HOUSING WE'VE GOT IN THE WAY THAT PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE.
WE'VE GOT LIMITED STOCK APPROACH.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO, TO, TO MAKE IT KNOWN.
IF THERE IS A POLICY WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT POLICY ENFORCED.
OF COURSE, IF THERE'S A POLICY WE GOT IN THE WAY OF TWO, SUPPOSED TO, SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS OPPOSITE.
AND, UH, THE OFFICERS DO FOLLOW.
I CAN'T ADDRESS PACIFIC'S MCCONNELL'S PERSONNEL MATTERS.
UM, SPECIFIC OFFICERS IN SPECIFIC INCIDENTS, AS WE GUESSED, THERE IS A THOUSAND AND BY AND LARGE, ALMOST ALL THE OFFICERS FOLLOWED.
IF THERE A PROBLEM IS LOOKED INTO, IF THERE ARE VIOLATIONS THAT POLICY IN GENERAL, IT SAYS THAT YOU'LL TREAT ALL THE SAME, THAT THE BELIEFS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC ARE THE POLICE AND THAT THE POLICE HAVE THE POWER TO, AND THAT THEY WOULD TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT AND COURTESY.
AND THAT THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE.
AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD NEED FOR PEOPLE TO DO, THEY HAVE THOSE KINDS OF PLACES TO GIVE US THE NAMES OF THOSE SPECIFIC OFFICERS.
AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT,
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AND THERE'S AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS PROCEDURE.WOULD YOU, EXCUSE ME, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? I THINK YOU AND I TALKED EARLIER, UH, WHEN THERE IS A COMPLAINT FROM CITIZEN NEEDS TO GO TO LIEUTENANT WHO'S IN CHARGE OF OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION.
HE HE'S TRAINED IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS AND FEEL, LOOK INTO THOSE COMPLAINTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ME AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE SUSTAINED OR NOT.
OH, SO I TOLD HER IF SOMEBODY, I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD THAT I SUPPOSED TO, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THAT RELATED TO HIS HEART TO WANT TO BE USERNAME.
AND SHE HAD A PROBLEM WITH POLICE OFFICERS.
I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD REFER HER KAREN SMITH, RIGHT? CAT SMITH IS IN CHARGE OF
IF THERE'S A OFFICIAL COMPLAINT AND EFFICIENT INVESTIGATION, THAT'S HANDLED BY LIEUTENANT.
OH, I WOULD LIKE AT THIS TIME TO SHARE WITH THE CITIZENS AND LIKE BARBARA LEE WAS MENTIONED, IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT, DON'T HESITATE TO MAKE YOUR COMPLAINT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
YOU TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU TALKING TO THOSE THAT CAN'T HELP.
YOU WILL NOT HELP BRING IT TO THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE.
WE'VE WE'VE, WE'VE MADE IT A COMMITMENT HERE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THAT HOPEFULLY WHEN THERE ARE COMPLAINTS GIVEN TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS, THAT THIS BOARD WILL BE GIVEN INFORMATION BACK AS TO THE COMPLAINT AND THE FINDINGS SO THAT WHEN YOU SEE US, YOU CAN TELL US, WELL, I HAD A COMPLAINT.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT? AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BECAUSE INTERNAL AFFAIRS WERE REPORT BACK TO US.
BUT AS YOUR ATTORNEY WAS TELLING ME, THIS BOARD DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN IT? YOU DO BETTER THAN THAT.
THE APPROPRIATE CHANNEL FOR A, LIKE, THIS IS THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
UM, NOT THAT THIS FORUM DOESN'T BRING THE ISSUE TO PUBLIC LIFE.
AND I'M SURE THE BOARD APPRECIATES THAT THE BOARDS WITHOUT AUTHORITY TO REACT TO IT, WHATEVER THE FINDING MIGHT BE.
THIS BOARD DOESN'T HAVE AN INVESTIGATIVE ARM TO LOOK INTO IT AND DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER THE INVESTIGATION MIGHT TURN UP.
SO INTERNAL AFFAIRS ISSUE OUR BEST BET TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
BUT, BUT LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN HE SAID WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY, THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD.
WE'LL CREATE SOME AUTHORITY IF IT'S NECESSARY.
AND THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY, BUT, AND PLEASE MAKE YOUR COMPLAINTS.
AND THEN INTERNAL AFFAIRS WILL BRING IT BACK TO US AND WE WILL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE, THERE THERE'S NOTHING EVER DONE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SIT AT HOME AND COMPLAINT, TAKE IT TO THE APPROPRIATE FOLKS, AND THEN WE'LL HELP YOU WITH IT.
WE HAD SOME SHIPS, WE'RE CHEATING THIS CITIZEN ON THE ONE THAT I DON'T INVOLVE.
THE PEOPLE COME UP TO YOU TO ADD THAT MAYBE IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT FOR ME, THIS IS A FOUNTAIN HERE.
WE NEED TO CHEAT, CHEAT DID THE PROBLEM.
CAN WE DEAL WITH THIS, TREAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH RESPECT, HOW WAS HOME SHARING? THEY HAVE GOOD ORGANIZATION, AND THEN YOU DON'T DEAL WITH THIS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BIGGER IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON THAT SUBJECT? AND, AND, AND, AND ONCE, ONCE AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
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IF, IF YOUR STATEMENT OR MR. FRAZIER, WILL THERE BE STATEMENTS FROM THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDITS THAT ARE ALREADY IN HERE? OKAY.I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY TO REPEAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE PRE GOING TO BE REPRESENTED FROM US.
MY NAME IS
CAUSE I HAD BEEN TALKING WITH WIND THAT HAS BEEN ABUSED.
AND SINCE IT HAS CAME TO ME, I HAVEN'T BEEN TERRIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE YOUTH WING.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF WILLIAMS DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE ABUSED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GO AND FIND HIM BECAUSE I DID.
I PRAYED AND THEY'RE STARTED TO GET ME SOME HELP FIND HIM.
AND OUR POLICE WERE WHERE THEY ARE CALLED TO A HOUSE FOR HERE.
THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS TELL THE WOMAN TO LEAVE.
WHERE'S SHE GOING TO SAY ME? THAT'S THE PROBLEM I HAD WITHOUT POLICE FORCE.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAMES OF NOT GOOD MEN GET WRONG, BUT THAT IS A BREAK.
THE PROP DON'T KNOW WHY I ENDED UP SEEING THAT FOR NEVER BEING TRAINED.
I KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T GET COMPASSION AND LOVE OUT OF A BOOK.
AND MAYBE THEY'LL A LITTLE BIT TOO YOUNG, BUT I DON'T THINK NEVER GET TOO YOUNG TO LEARN HOW TO TREAT YOUR FELLOW MAN.
AND IF THEY WOULD JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT TIME TO SAY, WELL, MA'AM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN DO FOR HIM, BUT I TRIED TO HELP HIM UNTIL TELLING THE WOMAN TO GET OUT.
AND THE MAN STATED, SEE, THIS IS NOT MAN'S WORLD.
AND THIS IS THE LATEST, REAL THOUGHTS.
WELL, THERE ARE MANY LADIES OUT THERE WORKING JUST AS ALL OR AS HARD.
I'VE SEEN A GUY WITH LONG DISCIPLINED TRUCKS, LOG TRUCKS.
SO WE NEED TO GET ON OUR POLICE FORCE AND I'M NOT WELL, BUT I HAVE STARTED ALREADY TO WORK ON IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET BETTER POLICE, BUT TO HELP US OUT IN OUR LIVES, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR WOMEN TO HAVE TO SELL UP.
AND YOU MAY BE HERE FOR INTERNAL SERVICE SINCE I KNOW ABOUT IT NOW, BUT THAT WAS THE MAIN,
YOU PULL INTO THE POLE VAULT AND TIME, BUT THEN HE DID WHEN HE DID IT.
HE TOLD HER
BUT WE PUT ALL THAT ON HOW THE PROBLEM AND YOU G YOU NEED TO DO NOTHING ABOUT HIM.
MY NAME IS CALVIN, ELIJAH BROWN.
AND I MADE A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF DUFFY FIELD.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST SPOKE BEFORE ME, UM, I WAS GOING TO SAY IT THE SAME THING.
WHAT I WILL SAY THOUGH, IS IF YOUR OFFICER IS WRONG OR YOU ARE AFRAID TO ADMIT THAT HE'S WRONG, ARE YOU AFRAID TO ADMIT THAT HE'S OVERSTEPPED HIS BOUNDARY? GO, GO, GO.
LET US BE MORE AT DOPE THAN THAT.
WHAT IS CENTURY TIME? YOU MUST BE ALIVE ALL UNDER GOD'S GRACE.
8 26, BRIAN STREET POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN CONVICTED OF SELLING ALCOHOL AS A
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HAMMOND SAID 250 POUND BLACK TALKS GETTING MEAL NOW.SO WE GO TO COURT AND YOU PLEAD GUILTY.
I'M NOT DARK-SKINNED, BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY CHARGED ME WITH.
SO WHY SHOULD I PAY A LAWYER? $250 GOES TO THE VEHICLE WHEN I CAN GO TO DISTRICT COURT AND PAY $60 FOR A MISDEMEANOR, WE'LL BE IN RAILROAD WILL BE IN RAILROAD FOR ME TO BE ASSAULTED.
WHEN MY BACK WAS TURNED IN BY WANTING TO GO POLICE OFFICER, IS THAT REALLY? I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE WAS 10 OR 15 WALLS IN THERE.
YOU SAY, WELL, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
IT'S YOUR WORD AGAINST HIM? MY WORD AGAINST HIM, THE 15TH.
BUT HERE I AM ACCUSED OR ASSAULTED A GOVERNMENT FISHER IN A PLACE BY MYSELF WITH 10 OR 15 OFFICERS.
AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M THAT CRAZY.
I'M CONCERNED WITH, PLEASE STOP TO HAVE CONCERN FOR THE CITIZENS THAT PROTECTED.
I MEAN, IF WE HAD BETTER POLICE COMMUNICATION, THEN I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE CITIZENS MAY FOR A PERSON TO BE RAILROAD.
I CAN PAY A $60 FINE, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER TO PAY YOU $250 AND GET A MISDEMEANOR DROP.
SO I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO LOSE FROM THE RIGHT THAT I SAW THE POLICE OFFICER, THE POLICE OFFICER, WHEN I WAS TOLD THE POLICE OFFICER HIT ME.
MY RESPONSE IS TO GET TO THE PERSON WHO HIT ME.
I DON'T CARE WHO WAS IN THE WEIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO FROM THE REAR WITH A LONG TIME POLICE, FLASHLIGHT, I'M COMING AT YOU.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE BETTER COMMUNICATION, MY CONCERN IS, I DON'T THINK POLICE KNOW THEIR JOB.
YOU GOT A LAP THAT WANT TO BE, UH, YOU WANT TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.
AND IF YOU HAVE TO RAILROADS AND BETTER MAKE A NAME, THEN YOU IN THE WRONG BUSINESS, YOU DO THIS.
AND YOU, YOU, YOU PUT ME IN A POSITION WHERE I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE THAT.
I MEAN, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RAILROADING.
SO IF WE CAN GET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE, CHIEF AND THE REST OF US TO WORK TOGETHER, I THINK THE OFFICER NIGGA BE JUST AS WELL EDUCATED WITH THE LAW AS WE DO THE SAME, LIKE WOULDN'T BE ALL POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES.
JUST, JUST TALKING WITH PEOPLE IN THE STREET.
MY CAR CAUGHT ON BOURBON STREET.
I'M AT THE OTHER DOOR ON MAIN STREET.
PLEASE SEARCH MY CAR FOR DRUGS, MY SOCIAL, COME GET ME.
TELL ME, PLEASE SEND ME A COUPLE OF DRUGS.
WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
I HAD AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED A FEW YEARS BACK A COUPLE YEARS BACK.
I HADN'T DONE ANYTHING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE POLICE STATION.
UH, I TALKED TO TWO, UM, ON NEPHEW AND SAME TIME I WAS TALKING TO HIM.
THE OFFICER WAS STANDING THERE AND HE ALLOWED ME TO TALK TO HIM.
I TURNED AROUND HERE TO GO BACK, STEP BACK.
THE, UH, THE PERSON THAT WAS TELLING ME THAT I WAS TELLING THE PERSON I WAS ABOUT TO FALL.
THAT PERSON THAT HAD THAT PERSON SIT ON THE POINTER I SAT ON AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO, NO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GOING DOWN THE SUITE IS THAT PERSON PUT THAT PERSON HOLLOW, PUT THE CUFFS ON HIM.
I SAID, WELL, WHAT THE OTHER OFFICER THAT WAS RIGHT AT THE TIME HE LOOKED AT ME AND THEN LIKE THAT, SHE SAID, SHE DIDN'T TELL HER THE CAT, PUT THE CUFFS ON HIM.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MY COMPLAINANT THROUGH TO JUST INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
I'M GOING TO TURN ON FAMILY TO GET ONE AND GET ONE CRIMINAL ADJUSTMENT AND GET ONE.
I GO AROUND THROUGH RECORD PROCEEDINGS ON THE, ON THE ONLY REASON THAT EVERYTHING WORKED OUT FOR THAT.
I HAVE A PERSON WHO LAWYER, AND WE JUST WENT ON AND GOT HERE.
YOU STILL HAVE TO APPROACH PEOPLE.
I MEAN, I'VE BEEN IN THE MILITARY.
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IF YOU MAKE THAT APPROACH TO SOMEBODY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT, DEPENDING ON THAT PERSON, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
BUT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY APPROACHED YOU AS POLITE, I, HOW BAD, HOW BAD SOME PEOPLE ARE, IT CHANGED THE WAY THEY WILL APPROACH THAT PERSON.
IT CHANGED THE WAY YOU APPROACH A PERSON.
THEY GOT TO BE ON ALERT ALL THE TIME.
YOU KNOW, UM, RESIDENT I'M HERE IN REBELS TO ME, ALL THE
MS. RANDOLPH, EXCUSE ME, ONE SECOND, PLEASE.
WOULD THERE BE ANYONE ELSE OR ARE YOU STILL ON THE SAME SUBJECT? OKAY, LET'S GIVE IT ONE SEC.
IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THERE FOR THAT SURGEON, LET ME EXPLAIN ONE THING TO YOU VERY QUICKLY.
AND WE JUST DISCUSS IT WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND ATTORNEY.
ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE AN A COMPLAINT, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
WHAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED IS THAT AT THE END, AT EACH MONTH, THIS BULL WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE GONE INTO EATER, INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
THAT WAY WE WILL SEE WHAT COMPLAINTS ARE BEING BROUGHT FORWARD.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN THE INVESTIGATION IS DONE BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
AND IF FOR SOME REASON IT NEEDS TO GO ON TO ANOTHER AGENCY, WE WILL ALSO BE INFORMED OF THAT.
THAT WAY THIS BOARD WOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, POSSIBLY WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO COME HERE AND SIT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START TODAY AND HOPE.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU HELP US.
MS. LEE, I WAS JUST GOING TO CORRECT.
THERE IS A PROCEDURE THAT YOU FOLLOW.
I'M PERSONALLY SATISFIED WITH THE FACT THAT YOU GET COMFORTABLE TO COME IN AND SNUG.
OFTENTIMES WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPENING, I KNOW THAT THOSE WOULD BE CALLED ME.
AND IN SOME INSTANCES, IF WE HAVE TO INTERVENE, IT IS A REAL PROBLEM.
IT SEEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS KIND OF THING.
AND IT SEEMS TO BE PROLONGING IS CONTINUOUS.
AND OFTENTIMES WE DO BECOME A BIT FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO AND DO FEEL COMFORTABLE TOWARDS HAVING STARTED TO COME HERE AND TELL US ABOUT THE THINGS THAT CONCERN YOU WE'D LIKE TO KNOW.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THIS BOARD AND WANT TO KNOW WITHOUT POLICE OFFICERS OR FIVE OR ANYBODY IS DOING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PLEASING TO THE CITIZEN TREE OF THIS SUIT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO THE THAT, EVEN THOUGH OFTENTIMES YOUR INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS, YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE EFFECTIVE AS FAR AS GETTING IT RESOLVED.
IF YOU FOLLOW THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND.
IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE TO, YOU SHOULD COME TO US, THEN YOU SHOULD DO.
THAT'S WHY EVERY FIRST, TUESDAY, THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, WE'RE HERE FOR REQUESTS AND PETITION OF CITIZEN.
SO LIKE BARBARA, HE SAID NO HESITATE, PLEASE.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, MR. MR. FRAZIER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THAT PETITION.
AND, UH, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOUR EXCELLENT ORATORY GETS BETTER AS YOU GET OLDER.
NOW, MS. RANDOLPH AND THEN A MED IS PUBLIC.
AND THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT, PAUL I'M HERE TONIGHT TO FIND OUT
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IF ANYTHING'SIF, IF YOU HOLD UP ONE MINUTE, THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, WE'RE GOING TO START RIGHT HERE AND LET YOU LEAVE IF YOU WANT LEAVE.
AND THEN MS. RAN OFF CAN MAKE HER PRESENTATION BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON WE CAN'T HEAR HER CLEARLY
IF I'M NOT MR. LEE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENLIGHTEN US ON, UM, THIS STILL HAS CONCERNS ABOUT STREET.
THE PEOPLE ARE BACK IN TO HER DRIVEWAY, WHERE SHE HAS HER.
I POSTED THERE FOR HER PRIVACY AND A CHAIN THAT KEEPS BEING KNOCKED OVER.
SO THEN IN MADISON, I WENT TO MEET WITH MS. RANDOLPH AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE COULD HELP HER WITH THIS PROBLEM.
AND WE WOULD TRY TO LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PROPERTY.
THAT'S OURS TO CALL THE STAFF TURN AROUND.
BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE STREET A BIT.
PEOPLE COULD DRIVE OVER THERE, BACK INTO THE OTHER SIDE SO THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN BACK INTO MS. AMANDA DRIVER.
AND THAT MS. RANDOLPH'S DRIVEWAY IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR HER LITTLE, HER COMPETENT.
WE CAN'T TAKE A WHOLE LOT OF BIG VEHICLES UP THAT WAY.
WHEN YOU SAID EXTENDED, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE STREET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DITCH.
I JUST EXTENDING THIS IN MY OPINION, FOR A VEHICLE TO THE DRIVER.
AND THEN YOU CAN BACK THIS WAY WITHOUT HAVING TO SEE A STOCK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS RED HOUSE, DRIVING THE STREETS, PAVED STREETS STOPS.
AND THEN DANNY, DANNY KNOWS MORE ABOUT THEM.
HE HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN I DO, AND THE COST THAT HE GAVE TO ME WHEN I ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT WAS TO ME ASTRONOMICAL.
AND, UM, SO THAT I WAS THINKING IF THERE WAS SOME WAY THAT WE COULD DO IT, THAT WOULD BE COST NOW TO GO IN THERE AND SPEND $2,500.
AND THAT WAS JUST A BIT TOO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND THAT IT'S NOT REALLY THAT MUCH TRAFFIC, BUT I WAS THINKING IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.
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NOW THIS RELATED.SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO EXTEND A STREET, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE DITCH AREA AND THE AREA IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THERE MIGHT BE A STAND A FEW FEET DOWN TO ALLOW A CAR PULL UP LIKE THIS AND BACK UP, THIS JUST COULDN'T BE DONE.
BUT DADDY SAYS TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND MAKE UP THE STREET.
THE POINT IS THEY HAVE AN EASEMENT THERE THAT SAID THEY CAN USE AND EXTEND THAT OF STREET ABOUT 10 FEET DOWN AND THE SAKE OF A COST, BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME BACK AND RESET THE DOG AND NOT TO THE POLICE INVOLVEMENT IN FEAR OF ERROR.
SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME IN THERE AND DRIVE A CAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S UP TO ME, PAY SOMEBODY TO COME BACK AND DO THINGS WRONG.
MS. RANDALL, LET ME HEAR WHAT MR. MEADOWS HAS IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATION OR WHAT HE FOUND IN TERMS OF TRYING TO RESOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.
I DO REMEMBER PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT DOING IT, CALL THE SAC, BUT, BUT THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM THERE WAS, UH, GETTING TO HAVE PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD SO THAT CUL-DE-SAC CAN BE DONE PROPERLY.
CORRECT? MANY PART OF YOUR PRIVATE PART OF THE OTHER PERSON'S PROPERTY CALLED MS. MS. AND THIS COMES TO A POINT WHERE YOU
AND IF YOU WANT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM,
AND, AND THE STANCE OF
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YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN FOR US TO JUST SAY NO, OR JUST SAY, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND HIS TIE SINCE WE'RE WE'RE GOING INTO, BUT HE ENDED UP THIS MONTH THAT WE MAKE THIS A CONSIDERATION AND THAT WOULD GIVE US TIME TO EXTEND THE STREET.NO, THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME.
AND IF IT TAKES A COUPLE OF HUNDRED TO $300, YEAH.
THE PROBLEM HAS HAD PROBLEM FOR A WHILE.
BUT IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND BUDGET SESSIONS, WHEN WE CAN BETTER EVALUATE IT THAN SITTING HERE, TRYING TO EVALUATE IT, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME CHARTS OF IT AND YOU CAN GET A GENERAL IDEA, EVERYBODY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO PICK A GOOD LOOK, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR CONDITIONS.
WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE THIS UP AT THAT TIME? AT THAT TIME, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT FINANCES AND WE CAN BETTER TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED TO US, TAKE NANCY'S RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME, WHICH IS TO DO NOTHING.
MS. RANDALL, ARE YOU SAYING THAT IF HE WAS TO MOVE YOUR STAKES BACK, YOU WOULDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THE REASON THIS WAS DONE, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO PUT AN OPEN PIPE AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE OPEN TYPE THAT THEY LOOK DOWN HERE.
AND THE COSTS FOR THIS PIPE WERE DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE OPEN DECK TO THEIR FOUR WALLS INSIDE MY YARD.
SO, UM, COST DOWN AND THIS IS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN CHAIN.
SO ME BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU JUST KEEP THE COST TWICE ON COSTS.
WHY DON'T YOU COME OUT THERE AND KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT MS. MS. MS. RHONDA MISLEADING MAKE MISLEAD, PROBABLY MADE THE BEST SUGGESTION.
AND I, UNTIL WE GO ON BIRD, IT SAYS THE END OF THE MONTH.
BUT THE POINT IS IT'S BEEN YEARS AND YEARS.
AND FINALLY, EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS UP THERE WITH THE SAME THING, NOBODY WANTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT EXTENDING THAT STREET, AT LEAST 10 FEET SO THAT THESE COSTS CAN GO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO COME THERE WITHOUT HAVING BACK OUT, EVEN THE POLICE CALLS, THEY COME DOWN WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR NEXT PROPERTY TO GET OUT OF IT.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO SEND A MEAL.
SO THEREFORE EASEMENT, THEN I THINK THIS GOES TO YOU, MR.
AND I THINK THAT JULIE, DID YOU RECEIVE A COPY? YES, MA'AM.
WELL, YOU ALL HAVE ENOUGH TO TAKE A LOOK, MAKE, AS FAR AS THIS MAP, THIS MAP,
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THIS MAP, YOU SEE THIS MAP AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GIVE US SOME MONEY YOU GOT ON THAT LANE.SO THERE'S NOTHING FOR ME ON THIS SIDE, MS. RANDOLPH, I'M GONNA FOLLOW MS. LEE'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND I THINK THE BULLETS WERE ALSO, IT'S HARD TO SIT IN DAY AND THE WEEK.
UH, I READ IN THE PLAYFUL AND HOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINGS OR MONEY TO DIFFERENT THINGS, TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND DIFFERENT, UH, GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND PEOPLE THAT IS TRASH, TRASH, TRASH,
AND IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SITTING RIGHT OUT THERE IN NEWSROOMS AND PEOPLE THROW ANYTHING IN THERE AND NOT QUIT, AND THE WEEDS ARE GROWN UP ALL AROUND.
AND AT THE END OF THE MONTH STREET, YOU'LL NEVER COMES OUT THERE AND MAINTAIN NO WAY UNTIL I CALLED DOWN.
WELL, SOMEBODY COULD COME UP, BUT I'M NOT CALLING.
NOBODY CAN COME UP THERE AND CUT NO WEEDS OUT ALL THE TIME.
BUT AS FAR AS MY DOG, IF I GOT TO GET SOMETHING DONE, I WILL DO IT.
AND EVERYWHERE YOU FOLLOW, YOU SEE A FIELD RAN OFF.
I HOPE MR. BROWN, MS. LEE WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW THAT.
BUT MS. RANDOLPH AT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE ARE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE CITY CAN ALWAYS BE THERE, HOPEFULLY TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS. BUT AS YOU KNOW, MS. RANDOLPH, OVER THE LAST 10, 20 YEARS, RESPECT FROM OTHER PEOPLE HAS DETERIORATED.
AND WHEN I SAY THAT, IT'S DETERIORATE TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN GO IN, WE CAN CLEAN UP A STREET, BUT TWO DAYS LATER, THOSE THAT DON'T RESPECT EACH OTHER.
THOSE THAT DON'T CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER, THOSE THAT DON'T CARE ABOUT NOBODY, BUT CONTINUE TO CREATE THE TRASH OR THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
WE CAN GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND CLEAN THE DITCH OUT.
AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE DONE SOON, BUT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, THOSE THAT DON'T RESPECT, WHAT'S BEING DONE HERE TO SEE, TO GO RIGHT BACK AND CREATE A PROBLEM.
BUT IF WE'RE NOT THERE TO CATCH THEM DOING THIS, OR IF YOU'RE NOT THERE TO SEE HIM DO A REPORT, OR IF NO ONE'S THERE TO SEE IS THAT SOMETIME IT CAN BE AN ENDLESS JOB AND OUR HOPE.
AND I HOPE THAT ONE DAY WE GET TO THE POINT, WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER CREATE YOU WILL BE SHOCKED TO SEE THOSE FEES.
THEY GET IT FROM
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COMING DOWN HERE TONIGHT.AND WHAT I SAW ON THE STREETS OUT THERE TONIGHT, COMING DOWN THIS EVENING, IT'LL SEND ME A PHONE CALL THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
AND IT'S ALL LIKE I LISTENED TO
YOU GOT A BOSS TO GIVE OUT TO EVERYBODY FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE EVERYWHERE, UPTOWN IN THE SOFT PLAY, THE FULL END TO END AND EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO GIVE IT TO HIM, BUT NOT OUT OF HERE.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MORE PEOPLE DON'T COME DOWN, UH, 18 HOUR
AND I KNOW THAT WE TRY TO DO MAINTENANCE ON THE DEAL.
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST THAT WE COULD DO? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE TIMES SOMEBODY CALLS, WE ASK SOMEBODY TO GO AND CLEANED IT OUT.
I HOPE IT CONTINUOUS CLEANING, BUT SINCE IT IS A MAIN DRAINAGE DITCH, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING FOR SUGGESTING PERSONALLY IS TO WORK.
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
MAYBE CATEGORY, MR. SAMSON, TEXAS SEAT ON THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL COME AND GET SOME MONEY FOR HIM.
NOW WE'VE GOT APPOINTMENTS RANDOLPH.
THANK YOU, MS. RANDOLPH, PLEASE.
MS. RANDALL, MY NAME IS BARBARA
I'M HERE TO NINE EIGHT CALLS THE APRIL 7TH EDITION OF THE SUN JOURNAL, WHERE IT SAYS TOWNS, FIRMS, ONE SEWAGE OUT OF THE RIVERS PROBLEM IS YOU WANT SEWAGE OUT THE RIVERS, BUT YOU WANT MY BACKYARD, MY HOME BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT.
YOU WANT TO GO BACK THERE AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE, JUST PLACE A PLACE THAT YOU SHOULD EVEN BEGIN TO PUT THIS STUFF.
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OH, I'VE GOT YOU ON THAT NOTE.WE'LL HAVE TO GET Y'ALL TO RESPECT.
THAT'S WHY WE KEEP THEM QUIET.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN I GOT THEM TO TELL ME WHAT IS BACK IN THE FORM OF LIKE DIFFERENT SPECIES.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT'S BACK THERE.
THERE ARE DEER RACCOONS, FOX POSSUMS, RABBITS BEAVER.
UM, I GUESS IT'S EMBARRASSED THAT THERAPISTS THERE'S GEESE DIFFERENT SPECIES, DUCKS, ASPIRINS, CRANE, FISH, DIFFERENT FISH.
NOW I'VE GOT, I'M ASSUMING WHAT TYPE, BECAUSE THE NEIGHBOR GIVES THEM FOR PATIENT.
IT GIVES THEM PERMISSION TO GO BACK THERE AND FISH ON LORD'S DAY.
THEY JUST PUT IT, BUT THEY HAVE GOT BAGS, BREEAM, FRESH, WARM THEY'RE BACK THERE.
AND THAT A BIG DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE'S BIG ONES BACK THERE.
AND BECAUSE I'M SAYING WE'VE GOT SOME PICTURES, PEOPLE GO THERE GROUPS.
NOW THEY'VE BEEN IN MY SHOP AND TOLD ME THAT THE GROUPS HAVE GONE BACK THERE TO HUNT ROCKS AND THE SHARKS TEETH, THEY, THESE FOLKS LET THEM COME INTO, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? ARCHEOLOGICAL STUFF.
AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, PEACEFUL, PRISTINE PLACE FOR APART, BUT NOT FOR WASTE.
NOW I'M READING THAT ARE FIXED AT 38.8 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF WASTEWATER.
THIS DISTRICT, THEY WANT TO REDUCE IT TO 1.9 MILLION GALLONS OF IT.
A DAY OF WASTEWATER IS FILLING SOME.
AND I ASSUME YOU ALL WANT TO TRY TO PUT YOU BACK DOWN ON THAT LINE, BUT NOT I'M TELLING YOU IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A TRIP OUT THERE AND A LITTLE VAIN AND THEM, I'M SURE MY NEIGHBOR WOULD LET YOU SIT ON THAT.
HE'S GOT THE NOTE THERE AND LOOK DOWN THERE AND IT'S PEACEFUL.
IF IT NEEDS SOME DEEP THINKING, THAT'S THE PLACE TO GO? MY CHILDREN GO SIT.
IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL THAT NOW I CAN GO AROUND ALL THESE NAMES AND GET NAMES ON FOR TISSUE.
YOU ALL THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT WOULD BE AN INFLUENCE TO THIS BOARD, BUT YOU ALL TALK TO HAVE THAT WASTE FOR BACK.
I DON'T KNOW, A BUNCH UP INTO THE IDEA OF PUTTING THE WASTEWATER ON FORREST IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
NO ONE IS GIVING TO THE FOREST, HOPEFULLY.
UH, BUT THIS IS AN AREA THAT TO DISTRIBUTED YEARS AGO, FARMERS USED TO, WHAT WAS IT? WE, WE WERE GROWING UP.
IT WAS THE CHICKEN MANURE THAT WE WOULD THROW ON THE LINE.
WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP ALL OUR LIFE, WE NEED TO GET BACK TO SOMETHING SENSIBLE AND STUFF, TRYING TO FIND PLACES.
PLACES FOR PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OUTLOOKS ON LIFE.
AND THIS IS NEWER, BUT I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA WHERE WE LEAVE NOW, WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST I DO TO STOP THIS THING FROM GOING IN MY BACKYARD? YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DO AS A GROUP GET PETITION.
IS THAT MINE? THAT'S MY FEELING.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
I MEAN, LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO YOU.
THIS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.
IT HAS, WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO FURTHER TREAT THAT WATER BEFORE IT CAN EVER EVEN BE THOUGHT ABOUT BEING ALLOWED TO GO INTO A WHOLE LIFE.
IT'S ACTUALLY GREATER THAN THE NEUSE RIVER, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING, WELL, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S.
THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY STATE OF THE ART STUFF.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST CAN PUT A PIPE IN THERE AND DUMP IT.
AND HE GOES TO THE BOTTOM, THE PRESSURE WOULD PUSH IT DOWN INTO THE GROUND.
THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER ABOVE IT IS A LOT OF WEIRD THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG WITH IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO CAUSE THIS IS GONNA COST MILLIONS TO TRY TO SWITCH UP.
WHERE DID YOU GET? 38 MILLION GALLONS.
THE CITY OF NEWBURGH HAS THREE POINT 38 38.
IF ALL ARE SUCCESSFUL, THEY'RE COMBINED 38.8 MILLION GAP TODAY YOU'RE GETTING WASTED OR DISCHARGE WOULD BE REDUCED TO JUST 1.9 MILLION.
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NO.IT'S GOT TO BE EVERY MAN FROM HERE.
THAT'S COMING DOWN THE NEWS, TALKING ABOUT WAREHOUSE.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS.
I LIVE I'D BE CONCERNED TOO, BUT BEFORE ANYTHING'S EVER DONE, IT WAS NOTHING WILL BE DONE.
EVERYBODY WILL BE INFORMED AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROUD OF WHEN WE DO IT.
AND THAT WAS JUST ONE PIE IN THE SKY.
AND THE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.
THE IDEAL SITUATION TO WHAT YOU SAID IS TO GET IT ONTO A FOREST SOMEWHERE.
WELL, DREW SHOW ME OVER THE PHONE.
YOU TOLD ME, I TOLD YOU MS. OFFICE IS THAT IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.
OKAY? IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
WE'VE GOT TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB.
NOT ONLY WITH THIS, BUT WITH EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT WITH IT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC'S INFORMED WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THEY DON'T COME BECOME SCARED OF SOMETHING.
I HAVE PEOPLE CALL ME EVERYTHING, BUT I KNOW IT.
I'VE HEARD YOU BEFORE UP HERE, YOU'VE COME UP OPINIONATED.
BUT THE THING IS YOU'VE, YOU'VE, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BROUGHT UP A POINT TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE TO JUST MAKE SURE WE DO A GOOD JOB OF, OF LETTING OUR CITIZENS KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY IS IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
WE HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR DECISIONS.
I MEAN, I'M UP HERE REPRESENTING PEOPLE IN A WARD.
AND IF I CAN'T REPRESENT, IF I DON'T VOTE, LIKE THEY WANT, THEY WILL GET RID OF ME JUMPING UP AND DOWN ABOUT THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE ROOMMATE.
THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS RIVER AND THEIR HOUSES BACK.
NOW IT'S KIND OF A WASTED LIFE.
THEY'LL BE HERE BEFORE WE GET HERE.
MY NAME IS KAREN
MY PROBLEM IS, I KNOW IT'S JUST A SMALL PIECE OF PRODUCT, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT BELONGS TO ME.
AND WHEN I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE THAT TRYING TO UNNECESSARILY USE ME AND THE MONEY THAT I MADE, BECAUSE I'VE WORKED HARD EVERY DAY.
UM, WHEN I GOT INTO THIS TEXT FIELD, I CALL DOWN HERE AND MAKE SOME INQUIRIES.
AND 99, IT WAS INNOVATION SPEND ON THIS PRODUCT AND NOT TO 94.
I NEVER CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS RENOVATION.
YOUR PROPERTY WAS VALUED AT $8,000.
I NEVER CONTACTED THEM AND TOLD THEM ANYTHING ABOUT ANY RENOVATIONS, ANYTHING.
WELL IN 94, WHICH WAS $8,000 IN 1995, I RECEIVED MY TAX.
UH, THIS STUDENT WENT UP TO $12,000.
I MEANT, STILL, NEVER SAID ANYTHING.
SO I CALLED DOWN AND I MADE SOME INQUIRIES.
A WHY DID THE PROPERTY GO DOWN? WE WERE NOT GOOD.
I SAID, WELL, WHY WAS IT, UH, WHY DON'T WE GO UP WHERE THERE WAS RENOVATIONS DONE ON WHO AUTHORIZED THE RENOVATION? WE DON'T KNOW.
WELL, HOW DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS INNOVATION DONE IN 1995 FOR YOU TO, UH, PUT THE PROPERTY WHERE, WHEN YOU SEE THIS LETTER, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO RESPOND WITHIN 30 DAYS.
I SAYS, WELL, THAT'S NOT THE FUNERAL RESPOND IN 1999.
I DIDN'T RESPOND 1995, BUT I GET A LETTER.
MASTER DATE HAS GONE DOWN 7,000 AND THEN I CALLED THE CITY.
THE CITY HAS A DIFFERENT TAX BAG.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME BUILD THE CITY, GETS HIS TAX VALUES FROM THE COUNTY.
SO YOU HAVE A VALUE APPLIED BY THE COUNTY.
THEY MAY HAVE SAID IT SAY AT 12,000 WITH THAT'S THE VALUE WE WOULD GET.
IF THEY REVALUED YOUR PROPERTY.
FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE, WE WOULD PROBABLY GET THAT IN WHAT THEY CALL THE FORM OF A, A DISCOVERY OR AN ADDITION TO THE THING.
AND IT MAY BE THAT OUR RECORDS HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED WITH THE COUNTIES YET, BUT THE COUNTY IS THE ONE THAT DOES SET
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THOSE VALUES AND WHATEVER THE COUNTY'S VALUES ARE, THAT'S WHAT OUR VALUES WILL BE.SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT SHOULD GO BEFORE THE KIND OF CONDITIONS.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU COULD, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU COULD JUST PROBABLY GO TO THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S DEPARTMENT AND THEY COULD TELL YOU WHY YOU TEXTING WENT UP AND WENT DOWN IN TERMS OF YOUR, OKAY.
NICK TOLD ME THAT DAY THERE WAS RENOVATIONS DONE ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH THERE WAS, YES, THEY DID.
I TALKED WITH THE SUPERVISOR IN THAT DEPARTMENT AND HE COULD TELL ME NOTHING MORE.
HE COULD NOT VALIDATE WHO DID.
WHEN HE SAID, HE TOLD ME IN 1995, THAT THERE WAS RENOVATIONS DONE ON IT.
AND THEREFORE THE PROPERTY WENT UP AND I ASKED THEM, YOU NEEDED TO BE A YEAR LATER.
IT'S GONNA DROP THEM $5,000 A DAY.
AND HE SAYS, WELL, WE WENT BACK OUT AGAIN.
YOU SEE US, YOU WOULD NEED TO APPROACH.
MIKE, UM, AND YOUR NAME AGAIN? WOULD SHE BE ON THAT LIST? OKAY.
IF YOU, IF YOU WILL, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU, UH, COVER HER AND, AND UH, SOME NEWBURN AVENUE VERNON AVENUE.
IF YOU COULD JUST GET WITH MR. AVERY, MR. AVERY, HE'LL GET THE INFORMATION AND GIVE ME A TELEPHONE NUMBER AND TELL HIM, YEAH, HE GAVE ME A TELEPHONE HERE.
UM, WOULD IT BE ANYONE ELSE ON A REQUEST OF PETITION OF CITIZENS? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DID I JUST SAY, OH, I'M SORRY.
LET ME INFORM YOU THIS RIGHT QUICK.
LET ME INFORM YOU IF, IF YOU HAVE YOUR AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU EIGHT, BUT EIGHT AND NINE WILL BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PULLED BECAUSE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT MIKE HAS SHARED WITH ME THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
AND ALSO THAT CAME THROUGH JOHN O'CLOCK OKAY.
UH, ALSO LET ME SHARE THIS WITH THE BOARD ITEMS EIGHT AND A WILL BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, MR.
I KNOW YOU AGREE TO COME TO THE PODIUM, BUT YOUR ITEM WILL BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE'LL DISCUSS IT VERY SHORTLY.
WE HAVE PROTEIN AND PAUL HAMMOND.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SET FOR, UH, 89.
DON'T BE SUCH A HURTING WAS IT WAS OKAY.
THERE WAS NO OTHER ITEM TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND THEN PROBABLY MOVING TO SECOND QUESTION EIGHT NOW WILL BE PULLED YES.
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YES, YES, YES.LET ME, LET ME SHARE WITH, SHARE WITH THE BOARD BRIEFLY AND WE'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU, MR. FORD, ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, CHRISTIE YOUNG LADY JUST SPOKE ABOUT, UH, ORDERS, ADOPT ORDERS TO DEMOLISH REMOVE DILAPIDATED DWELL AT NINE, 10 WEST STREET.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT THIS WOULD BE ADOPTED WITH THE STIPULATION THAT WE ALLOW THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
60 DAYS TO DEMOLISH THE HOME REASON BEING HE WANTS TO DEMOLISH IT.
SO THAT WON'T BE AN ADDITIONAL COST PUT ON HIM IF THE CITY GOES IN AND THE MOSS.
AND AM I CORRECT? MC JOE MIGHT, WOULD YOU SHARE WITH US, MR.
AND I EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT DEMOLITION NEXT FORCE, ONE OF THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE SITTING WORD, HE DIDN'T TOTALLY CLEAN THE AREA.
THEN WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO DO SOME WORK AND BUILD IT TO HIM.
I DON'T THINK MR.
HAS IT IS DISPLAYED IN THE HOUSE.
AND I THINK THE GRASS MIGHT HAVE BEEN CUT A WEEK AGO.
SOMEBODY WAS CUTTING SOMETHING, I THINK ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
MY POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM TO GIVE A FEW OF SOME OF THE TIME THAT ME, BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS IT TO THEM.
THEN WE GIVE THE BUCKET OF GIVING THEM AT LEAST 60 DAYS, AT LEAST 30 DAYS.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO KNOCK THE DEMOCRACY RIGHT TOMORROW, CONSIDER HIM A THREAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HE'D BE ALLOWED THAT 60 DAYS
SAY GIVING THEM 30 DAYS TO HAVE IT ESSENTIALLY.
AND THEN WE GIVE THEM REST PERIOD TO GET IT ALL DOWN ON THE BRAILLE.
AND IF HE DOES NOT MEET THE 30 DAY DEADLINE CITY.
MOTION IS HE HAS 30 DAYS TO PUT IT ON THE GROUND AND TWO WEEKS TO HAUL ALL THE REFUGEES OFF THE LINE.
SO WE'VE GONE FROM 60 TO 45 DAYS ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO BOTH ACTUALLY.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU GIVE US A ROLL CALL? THAT WASN'T ORDINANCE? NO, THAT WAS JUST EIGHT.
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NINE.JUST NUMBER 9, 9, 10 WITH, YEAH.
NUMBER EIGHT, ADOPT WARRANTS TO DEMOLISH REMOVE.
DILAPIDATE DWELL IT TO 10 TO 12 WALK, BELLMAN DRIVE.
UH, MIKE, WOULD YOU COME BEFORE, UM, AND EXPLAIN TO US WHERE, WHERE WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION, BECAUSE SOME OF US, SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PERMIT.
I THINK THAT WAS THE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAD.
AND THIS IS, THIS IS MR. FORD.
MR. FORD OWNS THE PROPERTY AT TWO 10 TO 12, WALT BELL DRIVE 12, 10, UH, UH, PROPERTY TO 10 TO DISLOCATE THEIR SECTION OF LAWSON.
AND, UH, IT WAS, UH, INITIAL INSPECTION WAS BAY, UH, BACK IN, UH, JULY OF 1995, BASED ON THE COMPLAINT BY A TENANT, IT WAS FOUND TO BE UNFIT, EVEN HAD A PATIENT.
ANY NOTICES WERE SENT DURING JULY TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OF SYLVESTER POWER.
THERE WAS INTEREST EXPRESSED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF DONATION OF THE STRUCTURE TO THE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION AND SOME INITIAL VIDEOS AND INVESTIGATION WERE MADE, UM, TO THE STRUCTURE IN NOVEMBER OF 95.
UM, UH, HOWARD IS STILL ON THE PROPERTY.
MR. FOLEY, UM, STATED AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY AND WAS GIVEN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PLANE COMPLAINT HEARING THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN DECEMBER.
THERE WERE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS WITH MR. FOIL AS AN INTERESTED PERSON TO DISCUSS 70 AND BUILDING OF THE ISSUES IN NOVEMBER.
ALSO IN DECEMBER, WE ALSO SPOKE WITH HIM NOT CONDITION WALT VALLEY IN DECEMBER, ALSO IN 95.
UH, WE MET WITH THE OWNER, MR. HOWARD ISSUES, 60 DAYS, OR, UM, TO REPAIR THE STRUCTURE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE TAX AS FAR AS THE VALUE OF STRUCTURE, UM, AS CONDITIONER, I WAS INTERESTED IN DONATING IT TO THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY.
SO HE HAD, UH, UH, MR.
UH, THIS IS HOW WITH THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY AND PAUL STATINS, LOCAL ARCHITECT OF THIS WORK IN THIS FIELD, UH, TONIGHT THE INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURE, THE PRESERVATION DECIDE, DECIDE NOT TO ACCEPT THE DONATION, UH, DUE TO THE LOSS OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING AND THE EXTENT OF THE REPAIR COSTS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED, UH, IN JANUARY 96, UM, WE NOTICED WORK BEING DONE, UH, ONLY UNITS, UH, IT WAS BEING DONE WITHOUT A PERMIT.
AND SOME OF THE WORK BEING DONE IS NOT WARMINGTON.
SO A STOP WORK ORDER WAS ISSUED MEYER.
UH, ACTUALLY THE NEXT DAY WE MET WITH MR. FOY ADDRESSING INFORMATION NEEDED FOR OBTAINING A BUILDING PERMIT.
UM, WE CHECKED WITH THE COUNTY TAX OFFICE, UH, WHICH STILL SHOWED MR. SYLVESTER, HOWEVER, AS THE OTHER IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, UH, WE REQUESTED THE DEMOLITION ORDINANCE SYSTEM.
WE SPOKE WITH MR. FOLEY FURTHER ON IT TO EXPLAIN THE MINIMUM HOUSING CODE PROCESS IN DETAIL, UH, AND, UH, ADVISED HIM TO SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL TO TALK WITH, UH, ZONING AND INSPECTIONS CONCERNING HIS INTEREST SINCE THE 60 DAY PERIOD FOR REPAIRS TO THE UNIT HAD HAD LONG PANTS.
UM, THERE WERE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH MR
UM, HE CAME TO THE OFFICE IN THE PAIN PERMITS FOR TWO, A SIX AND TWO 10 LAWSON STREET, WHICH ARE THE TWO UNITS DRIVE UNIT, BUT NOT FOR LOCKDOWN
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DRIVE UNIT.UH, SINCE THAT TIME THEY WERE GETTING, UH, SARAH DISCUSSIONS BACK AND FORTH, UH, BETWEEN MR.
WE WORK WITH THEM ON SEDATION ISSUE.
UM, ON APRIL 4TH, WE'RE DISCUSSING MR. FORD.
HE INDICATED IT WAS HIS INTENTION FOR THE UNIT CONTRACTOR BECAUSE HE HAD CONTRACTED WITH A STRUCTURE.
AND THEN SOMETIMES I HAVE TO ADD DURING THE END OF APRIL 1ST PART OF THE NIGHT, UH, WE, WE, UH, WE'RE NOTIFIED OF MR. FORD'S INTEREST IN REHAB UNIT ONCE AGAIN, AND, UH, MAY THE FIRST WEEK AT THE ORDINANCE FOR DEMOLITION, UH, REVISE THE PROPERTY POSTED IN OUR BRAIN, UH, BEFORE THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THE NAME WAS FOR MOST PEOPLE.
I AM REAL BURNER FOR 65 YEARS.
THEY LIVED ON THE SAME STREET IN THE SAME AREA MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS, TOKEN SPOUTING TWO WALLS AND STEEL, TRYING TO FIGHT TO KEEP MY HERITAGE ALIVE.
I MUST SAY THAT HOUSE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
HER NAME WAS LUCY, JOAN THAT WE HAVE TO JONES' HOUSE AND THE JOSEPHINE PEARSON POC, THAT PETERSON HOUSE BEEN THERE.
AND I'M SURE THAT MOST OF THE PERSONNEL THAT KNOW WHO THIS HERE, NO FLAWS IN THERE, LAWSON CREEK AREA, AS IT KNOWN LONG ERA THREATEN JOHN LAWSON, JOHN LAWSON WAS A FREELANCER.
HE LEFT
DEMOLITION IS A DANGEROUS WORD, BUT IT'S ONLY, IT ONLY HAPPENED MOSTLY IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD
NOW, IN THE MEANTIME, THEY HAD A HOUSE DOWN OFF TRAIN STATION TO LEE HOUSE.
DON'T LOOK MUCH WORSE THAN YOU JONES' HOUSE THAT I AM TRYING AND HOPING THAT THE SYDNEY SYSTEM GET TOGETHER AND TRY.
AND I WAS THINKING ALSO ABOUT A BLOCK GRANT THAT FLOATING AROUND IN TOWN THAT COULD BE A HALF SETS TO A PERSON NEAR AND STILLER DEMOLISHED THE MARCH RENT ON WAIT, WAIT, SHOULDN'T BE THE WORD.
I HAVE GIVEN MY, MY ADVICE AND MINERAL, HIS SURGEON THAT CAME HERE IN TOWN AND WANTED TO ADVISE ON VARIOUS AREAS OF THE TOWN AND ONE BEING MS. JETT DID THE WRITE UP ON THE HITS YOUR AREA OF NEW ROUTE.
AND HE'D SEEN SAYING THAT THESE HOUSES SHOULD NOT BE
ALL OF THESE PERSONNEL CAME AFTER DAWN LAWS
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AND HE HAD SOME PROBLEM ALSO ON THE STREET.AND YET I'M TRYING EVERYTHING I CAN TO RUN AWAY EVERYTHING I CAN OWN ALL THE STREET AD ON GOOGLE.
AND THEY PROCEEDED TO FEEL THAT NEED TO BE JOINED OUT.
CAN YOU PUT THAT SCAR ON YOUR BACK BECAUSE THEN YOU AWARE OF HIS OWN TIME? I REALLY THINK THAT IT WAS IN A WORD IN HELP CAN BE MADE FOR THE JOAN STYLE.
I THINK IF I CAN FIND HIM, I KNOW I CAN'T GO BY MYSELF BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO SEE EIGHT AND 10 ON LOTS OF TREES AND ALL OF THAT HISTORICAL PROPERTY, BLACK, HIS SHOW PROPERTY, ONE TO A BUFFALO.
SO IN YOUR NAME OF ALL, ALL BOTHER, WE, YOU, YOU SERVE AN EIGHT, NINE CALENDAR.
HE'S VERY PROUD OF THE, SORT OF THE CEMETERY AT THE PRESENT TIME.
AND YOUR NAME IS ALWAYS BOUNCED AND THROWN AROUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT NO ONE NEVER SEEM TO HEAR ON A THING YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT
I MEAN, VERY BROAD MR. AREA, MR. MR. PORT, LET ME, I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU SHORT, BUT LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING TONIGHT IS HERE.
AND THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE HOSPITAL ON DOWN, ARE YOU REQUESTING AN EXTENSION? AND, AND THE OTHER THING TOO, IS THERE HASN'T BEEN A PERMIT APPLIED FOR, TO DO RENOVATION ON WALT BEHLEN.
AM I CORRECT? THERE HAS BEEN A PERMIT DONE.
WHY, WHY DID YOU DENY HE HAD BEEN ISSUED A PERMIT.
IT WAS SCHEDULED TO COME FORWARD ALREADY FOR DEMO.
RIGHT? CAN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, GIVE THEM AN ADDITIONAL 60 DAYS FROM THE DAY IN THAT WE ISSUE HAVING A PERMIT ISSUE? SO HE CAN AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO RENOVATE THE PROPERTY.
MIKE, EXCUSE ME, WAS THAT MIGHT ON THE BASIS THAT THE ADEQUATE INFORMATION TO ISSUE A PERMIT? OH, WELL THAT'S A CONDITION PRECEDENT ANYWAY.
OKAY, MR.
SO YOU, YOU OWN THE HOUSE AND YOU OWN TWO OTHER HOUSE AND THE OTHER HALF IS YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD INNOVATION.
IF YOU HAVE A PERMIT AND YOU ARE WORKING ON NO, NOT FINISHED
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ANDNOW I'M SAYING, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO? WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO NOT TEAR THIS HOUSE DOWN? UM,
UH, MY, MY FEELING WITH THAT IS I LIKE VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THE HOUSE TO BE SAVED, BUT WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS, WHEN WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA ABOUT IT, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ALLOW SOMETHING THAT HAS DETERIORATED.
AND OF COURSE, YES, YOU'RE WORKING ON, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO REMAIN WHEN YOU HAVEN'T, UH, AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I HAVE HAD CALLS ABOUT THE PROPERTY AS IT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND I DON'T THINK IN THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, MAYBE THE LAND IS FOR, FOR 30, 60 DAYS, BUT TO GIVE YOU A YEAR THAT'S AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT MAY BE A PROBLEM THERE IS IF WE GIVE YOU A YEAR, WOULD IT NOT MEAN AS PROTECTIVE AS IT SHOULD? IT MAY CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE.
AND THAT MAY EVEN UP YOUR COSTS IN TRYING TO REHABILITATE THE HOUSE.
I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH FOR YOU TO TRY TO SAVE IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE OTHER MEMBERS FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH LETTING YOU LET IT STAY THERE FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
AND I'M LOOKING FOR SOME INPUT FROM THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, ACTUALLY IF I SAY, WHAT IF I WAS THE NEIGHBOR OF A HOUSE THAT WAS DETERIORATING TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT? I WOULDN'T BE UP IN ARMS IF YOU DELAYED IT, MR. FORD, WITH NO PROMISE OF TRYING TO REBUILD THE HOUSE.
NA NO, WE ONLY TALKING ABOUT, WE ONLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT BELLAMY DRIVE 12, 10.
THERE'S TWO LOTS, BUT IT'S ONE HOUSE.
IN THE MEANTIME, MR. MR. FOY VISIT FLORIDA, DO YOU HA DO YOU SEE ANY, UH, HOPE OR ANY MEANS OF BEING ABLE TO START A REHAB IN THAT HOUSE? WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS? BECAUSE THE CITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
AND MR. PORT, WHEN YOU SPEAK WITH YOU SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE, I CAN'T HEAR YOU ALL THAT.
WELL, THIS IS THE ONE ON WEST STREET.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT, THE ONE THAT'S THE ONE.
THAT'S THE LAST, THAT'S THE ONE WHERE THE OWNER WANTS TO TEAR IT DOWN AND SELL THAT WE GAVE THEM 45 DAYS.
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THAT'S ONE OF MY HOUSE.MIND THAT ANYTHING WRONG WITH ME? OKAY.
WE'LL PROBABLY COST ABOUT $30,000 REHAB THAT HOUSE.
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT WOULD COST TO REHAB THAT HOUSE? WHAT ARE THEY ESTIMATING THAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO REDO THE LEE HOUSE? DO YOU KNOW? I DO NOT BELIEVE MR. FLOOD WAS JUST SHOWING THAT WAS THE HOUSE I SHOWED YOU ON THE LAST SLIDE, YOUR REPAIR HE'S REALLY GOING TO BE REPAIRING.
WHEN THEY REPAIR THOSE HOUSES, HE WAS LOOKING AT 60 TO $70,000.
SHE BOUGHT THAT HOUSE FOR $10,000 PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, 60 ON IT.
WELL, NOW
WHEN DO YOU THINK THERE'D BE COMPLETED? OH, MAYBE
THIS IS THE HOUSE OF WALT BELLAMY BACK
AND THE ONLY THING REASON THIS HOUSE IS PARTLY STANDING IS BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS BUILT, THERE WERE HEAVY TIMBER IS INVOLVED IN CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S, YOU CAN SEE IT'S IS THAT IT'S EXTENSIVE.
IF THE HOUSE CAN BE REPAIRED, EVERY HOUSE CAN BE RESTORED.
THE ISSUE, HOWEVER, IS THE TIMEFRAME AND THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO CARRY THROUGH THE REHABILITATION.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD WITH MR. FOY IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD THE CONTRACT AND THAT HE IS HIRED TO DO THE REPAIRS.
AND REPEATEDLY BEEN TOLD THAT HE HAS TO SUBMIT CERTAIN DRAWINGS TO PROVIDE US WITH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION ISSUING PERMITS.
I HAVE ALL THREE HOUSES PROBLEM.
HIS WORK IS DONE, UH, WITHOUT PERMITS WORK THAT IS DONE, THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE HOUSE.
THIS DOES NOT MEET CODE IS UNSATISFACTORY.
THE CONTRACTOR, I THINK IT'S MADE A VERY DILIGENT EFFORT.
I THINK WE SUPPORT THE IDEA OF RESERVING THE CHANCE.
THE, THE ISSUE IS WE ARE NOT GETTING THIS, THE TOY AND COOPERATION CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE REHABS.
YOU'RE NOT SAYING ANY NAMES WHEN WORK IS BEING DONE IS BEING DONE WITHOUT JOHNNY'S, UH, OFFICES, UH, REVIEW, UH, THINGS ARE BEING DONE.
WE LOOKED AT SILVER REPAIRS ON ONE OF THE MESSAGES ON WILSON STREET SALES WERE REPLACED ON THIS HOUSE, BUT THE FLOOR, JOYCE, OUR DEBATE, ONE OF THE CELLS THAT
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WAS REPLACED, THERE WAS NOTHING APPEAR AT THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE.UH, INSPECTION STAFF HAS NOT BEEN HALTED TO DO THE INSPECTIONS OF THESE PROPERTIES.
SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY PULL THAT UP FRONT WITH YOU URGE YOU TO PURSUE REHABILITATION, BUT OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
HOW CAN WE ENSURE QUALITY WORK AND DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER? WHAT'S ADDED WITH THIS PROPERTY HAD BEEN REMOVED.
SO THE PORCH ROOF IS PROPPED UP.
WE HAVE A HOUSE THAT CAN NOT AFFORD TO SIT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
AND THE CONDITION THAT IT'S IN, IF THIS HOUSE IS TO BE SAFE AND THE BOARD IS TO GET A TIME, WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE AS A MATTER OF COURSE, WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME STABILIZATION OR SOME STRUCTURAL STABILITY IN THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO BE INTRODUCED IN ORDER FOR THIS HOUSE TO SURVIVE.
EVEN ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AS CONDITION DOES, IT IS IT COULD BECOME A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME, THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST ABOUT THIS IS THAT IF, IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE AND I, AND I ACCEPTED THAT IT IS THAT THE MAN DOING THE WORK IS NOT DOING THE WORK PROPERLY AND IS CLOSING UP WALLS BEFORE YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THEM.
YOU MAY UP WITH A FINISHED HOUSE.
THEY'RE PRESENTING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE ONE DID NEXT TO ANDY'S RESTAURANT OUT HERE WITH PEOPLE BURNING TO DEATH AND IT BECAUSE OF SUBSTANDARD WORK.
AND I HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GIVING A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME TO GET A PERMIT, TO BUILD, TO DO THIS.
AND I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GIVING A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO START THE WORK AND GET IT FINISHED.
I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO TRY TO SLIP BY STANDARDS AND RESULT IN HOUSE BUYERS TO KILL PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS MAN HAS BEEN DOING IS SUBSTANDARD WORK AND NOT ABIDING BY THE CODES.
AND I WANT TO STATE THAT THESE ARE NOT NEWBURN BUILDING CODES.
THESE ARE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODES.
NEW-BORN DOESN'T HAVE BUILDING CODES.
WE ENFORCED THEM THAT THE CONDITION OF THAT HOUSE AND SAYING IT CAN BE REPAIRED TO MAKE LIVABLE AND SAY, OR ANYTHING.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ME, I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT.
THAT KIND OF DAMAGE CAN BE REPAIRED AND MADE SAFE FOR A FAMILY TO MOVE INTO BREAKING A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
YEAH, WELL, I WOULD HAVE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION SINCE HE INDICATED HE, HE COULD NOT DO IT WITHIN 60 DAYS.
I THINK MY MOTION WOULD BE A MOOT POINT, NOT THE EXPENSIVE WE HAVE.
UH, MR. FOY HAD ASKED ME TO TALK WITH HABITAT ABOUT HIS PROPERTIES, UH, AND I HAVE INDICATED TO HABITAT, UH, MR. FLORES SITUATION AND HABITAT HAS SPOKEN WITH YOU AT ALL ABOUT YOUR PROPERTIES.
UM, ALL WE CAN DO IS SUGGEST, UH, HABITAT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S REALLY IN A MODE WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING TO REHABILITATE SMALLER WHIRLWINDS OR BUILD SMALLER ANALYSIS AND NEED TO GET THEIR HOUSES DOWN TO ABOUT 1700 SQUARE FEET, 900 SQUARE FEET RANGE.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY OF YOU, THE DEVER CIRCLE HOUSES THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'RE FINDING ARE REALLY TOO LARGE, TOO.
ELABORATE FOR REALLY WHAT THEIR MISSION IS.
SO THERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THEM IN THE FUTURE, SORT OF SAYING CLEARER, MORE COMPLICATED, SMALLER UNITS, HABITAT PEANUTS.
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MS. MR. FORD.