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AND WHEN THEY MOVED THE HOUSE DOWN THERE, DOWN ON JOHNSON AND NEW STREET, I REMEMBER GOING BY A, I WAS WORKING ON IT WHILE THEY PULLED THE BOYS OUT.
AND SOME OF THE BOYS WITH A WHOLE LOT WORSE THAN NOW, THE ONES WE SEE IN THAT PICTURE.
THE THING IS SOMEBODY WORKING ON IT DURING THAT TIME, WHEN THAT CERTAIN WORK THAT WAS DONE TO THAT HOUSE ON, UH, JOHNSON, NEW MR. FOREHEAD NETWORKS, YOU KNOW, MR. FLORES IS SAYING THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT.
WE'RE JUST WONDERING, WHAT DID WE DO NOW? YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS AGAIN, IF IT JUST SITS THERE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO WORK ON IT.
I ASKED SOMEBODY WHO WAS INTERESTED.
WE HAVEN'T AT THE COURSE, WE DIDN'T HESITATE AT ALL TO DO THAT, BUT HE SAID, THEY JUST WANTED TO SIT THERE IN CASE NOTHING COME ALONG.
I CAN SEE US TABLE HIS DECISION AND NOT, NOT DECIDE TO GIVE US ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT OPTIONS AND THEN COME BACK, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND LOOK AT OPTIONS, HABITAT, OR IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT IT AND WE CAN GET A BETTER FEEL FOR IT, SEE HOW THE NAVEL, IT FEELS ABOUT THE DISTRACTION.
LESLIE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LIVING NEXT DOOR TO
BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE PEOPLE, LET US GO ONTO WORK IS EIGHT, SIX, WHATEVER.
THEY DON'T HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE SUPPLIER SAYING LIFE WAS TO PRESERVE IT.
BUT THIS THAT'S ALL I WAS ASKING.
UH, WILL WE GO WITH MR. MEDALLIA? MOSTLY THAT MAY GIVE HIM 30 DAYS DETENTION TO DO WHAT? YEAH.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE?
THEY ONLY INTERESTED IN JAMES CITY PROJECTS.
MAY I LEAVE ONE THING BOTH?
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT FOLK TALK ALL YOU WANT TO PUT ONE TIME HERE.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE GRAND HARMON HALL.
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS TALK ABOUT TALK, TALK, TALK, AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW.
AND THE LITTLE THING THAT I'M TRYING TO POINT OUT, YOU CAN TELL YOU CAN'T SHOW THE THINGS THAT YOU SURE YOU CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT, BUT THERE ARE ALL PLACES THAT CAN BE DRAWN ON THE PLACE THAT YOU WANT TO BE SEEN AND THE
BUT IN THE BOY AREA, BOY AREA, YOU CAN SEE THE
YOU CAN HEAR IT, BUT HOPEFULLY IT'S THERE, BUT NOT, NOT A YOU GOING TO SAY, ONE THING IS BAD IN THE SECOND WORLD WALL, YOU CAN SEE ONE THING THAT THE BLACKS HAVE DONE.
AND IN THIS, MR.
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TO EXTEND IT FOR 30 DAYS, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? RIGHT? WELL QUESTION, MR. CLARKGET SOMETHING DONE, MR. CLARK.
I THINK THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 30, MR. FORD HAS BEEN A MOTION MADE TO GIVE YOU AN EXTENSION OF 30 DAYS BEFORE THE HOUSE TO BE DEMOLISHED.
AND I THINK THAT WITHIN THAT 30 DAYS, YOUR BOARD WOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WITHIN THAT TIME.
YOU HAVE COME UP WITH SOME WAY TO WHERE YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT THIS HOUSE CAN BE REMODELED, CAN BE REFURBISHED OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT THERE'LL BE A TIME SET THAT WHEN YOU CAN GET WORK STARTED.
BUT IF THERE ISN'T, BUT IF YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH THAT WITHIN THAT TIME, THEN THE HOUSE WILL BE DEMOLISHED.
AND THIS IS ALLOW YOU TO ADD, TO SEEK HELP TO HELP YOU WITH THE HOUSE.
WE'VE HEARD THAT MOTION HAS BEEN PROBABLY SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR TWO, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
TELL IT TO THE PODIUM, MS. RANDOLPH, PLEASE.
WE, UH, AS YOU SAID, WE IDENTIFIED VALUE THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE STARTED FIRST WITH CHURCHES RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, MS. RANDELL, LET, LET ME, LET ME JUST SHARE, LET ME JUST SHARE THIS WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
THIS ROUND OFF, BECAUSE A LOT, AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE MISCONCEPTIONS OF THIS AND THEY'RE SEEING MONEY.
MONEY'S BEING PUT IN HISTORICAL ERA.
MONEY'S PUT HERE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF TIME AND THE, THAT I HAVE KNOWN NO MATTER WHO OWNS THE HOUSE, WHOSE NAME IS ON THE HOUSE WHO BUILT THE HOUSE? USUALLY THE HOMES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA I'LL HAVE BEEN REMODELED OR REFURBISHED WITH PRIVATE MONEY BECAUSE THE HOMES ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.
NOW, WHEN YOU SAID NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE IN AREA, IT'S UP TO THE OWNER TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE HOME.
IF THE GRANT, THE GRANT MONEY WAS THE GRANT MONEY, WAS THE GRANT MONEY INVOLVED? WAS IT FOR, TO DO THE RESEARCH? THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS FOR MS. RANDOLPH.
REMEMBER, REMEMBER A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS ARE DONE, THE CITY OR THE STAFF INITIATED IT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO OWN THE PROPERTY, TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH IT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE STAFF, THEY CAN GIVE YOU GUIDELINES.
THEY CAN GIVE YOU TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
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IT'S UP TO THE INTERVIEW THAT OWN THEIR PROPERTY TO DO THE WORK WELL DISLIKE.JUST LIKE RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR GROUP HERE AT THERE, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET FIVE BLACK CHURCHES ON THE, ON THE, ON THE CHILD FOR THE HISTORICAL PLACES.
AM I CORRECT? IT'S UP TO THOSE CHURCHES ONCE THEY ARE PUT ON IT FOR THEM TO ADD ON TO THE HISTORY FOR THEM TO STAND OUT FOR THEM TO SHINE THEMSELVES.
BUT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET INTO IT TO SAYING THINGS ARE BEING DONE HERE AND NOT BEING DONE HERE.
WHEN THE THINGS OVER HERE BEEN DONE PRIVATELY, MS. RANDOLPH, MS. RANDELL, WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMETHING AND YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT IT, ASK, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS, MS. THIS RAN OUT.
LET'S GO HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AFTER THIS MEETING.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MS. RANDOLPH, I LOVE YOU TOO.
UH, ITEM, ITEM, ITEM, 17 APPOINTMENTS, DON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THAT MATT? I HAD TO, BUT I DON'T HAVE MY PAPERWORK.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING SOFTBALL?
WHAT PROGRAM DID YOU PUT IT ON YOUR COMPUTER SPEECH BILL.
DOES THIS MEAN THERE? YOU'LL BE ASKED FOR INCREASING YOUR SALARY, THAT YOU BROADEN YOUR HORIZON A LITTLE BIT.
I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT THAT DOES SOUND LIKE WE'LL INSPECT YOUR DRIVEWAY.
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE HOUSE BESIDE ANDY'S RESTAURANT.
I MAY DEFER, UH, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS OVER THE LAST WEEK OR SO ABOUT POSSIBLE OPTIONS AND THE TIME PERIODS FOR REPAIRS RAN OUT LAST WEDNESDAY AT MIDNIGHT, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AS FAR AS PROGRESS ON THE UNIT WE HAVE SINCE THAT, UH, UH, DISCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WE HAVE GONE BACK BY THE HOUSE AND RECENT CURE ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS, AND WE WILL BE ALSO RECENT CURING THE SECOND FLOOR.
UM, WE'LL CALL SOME COMPLAINTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE IT TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE STRUCTURE, WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING NOW
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WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY OR THE OPTIONS THAT THE CITY HAS IN ADDRESSING THE SITUATION.UH, THOSE ARE, I BELIEVE, DEMOLITION, UH, BOARDING UP OR REPAIRING THE UNIT.
UM, THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY SCOTT, UH, HAS DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH IN THIS.
HE HAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT LENGTH, UH, WITH, UH, MR. WARD, UH, IS THERE, THE CITY DOES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AND, UH, CHARGE IT TO THE PROPERTY AS OUTLINED IN THE GENERAL STATUTES IN THE CITY CODE.
UH, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S THE POSIT, THE CITY MIGHT WANT TO EMBARK ON TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, THEY, UH, SCOTT SENT US A LETTER TODAY, UH, REITERATING THAT AND THE FACT THAT THEY STAND READY TO, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD, UH, REVIEW THE SITUATION AND DECIDE WHAT AVENUE TO TAKE, UH, TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURE.
UH, ANNIE SCOTT MIGHT WANT TO ELABORATE ON.
THERE'S THREE OPTIONS, BOARDED UP REPAIR OR TEAR DOWN.
AND I MAY ASK YOU THIS, YOU SAY THE CITY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO REPAIR THAT DWELLING AND PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY IN EFFECT TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK.
AT SOME POINT IT'S, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE PROPERTY ON WALT BELLAMY DRIVE? I KNOW THERE'S A, TO BE A DIFFERENCE, BUT WE LOOKED, WE LOOKED AT WAS THE COST, UH, SITUATION AREA THAT DOES THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CONDITION OF THE STRUCTURES.
THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBLE STRUCTURE THERE ON, ON MIDDLE STREET, WHICH IS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT COULD BE REHABILITATED.
AND IF THE REHABILITATION WERE NOT A PAY BY THE OWNER COULD BE SOLD AND ALL OF THE CITY'S COST FREE FOOD BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY AT THAT LOCATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE RELATIVE AMOUNT OF REHAB THAT YOU'D HAVE TO PUT IN, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOKED AT MAX, IF YOU LOOKED THAT DICK, IF YOU COMPARE IT TO THE WANT TO WALK DOWN THE DRIVER'S IN WORSE CONDITIONS THAN THE ONE ON THE STREET BY FAR BY FAR.
SO THE ONLY CONCERN, THE ONLY FACTOR IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED WITH WHETHER THE CITY STARTS LOSING MONEY ON THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THROWING AWAY TAXPAYERS DOLLARS ON THE LOSS CALLS PROJECT, OR A PROJECT THAT'S FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.
AND WE CAN PROVIDE SOME AFFORDABLE, SAFE HOUSING AND NOT HAVE TO SPEND MONEY OUT OF THE TAXPAYERS' POCKETS TO DO IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEN.
YES, THAT'S, THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, UH, AN AREA OF HISTORIC DISTRICT WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KIND OF THING.
AND ALSO, UH, UH, ONE OF THE INTEREST HERE IS AS THE CITY CHOOSES, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION, UH, AFTER A FEW OF THESE ARE DONE AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND, AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DISCUSSION.
THE CITY ATTORNEY IS, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THAT APPROACH, BUT WE FEEL THAT IT WILL SEND A SIGNAL ALSO THAT THE CITY IS SERIOUS ABOUT PRESERVING A HOUSING STOCK AND NOT JUST TEARING DOWN HOUSES OR TURNING THEM DOWN TO HAVE THEM REPLACED.
UM, SECOND HANDLE THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PRESERVING OUR TAX BASE FOR THE FUTURE, WHICH IS ONE THING WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH.
WELL, I THINK THE CITY HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT IN ITS EFFORTS, ON BEHALF OF THE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, THE MONEY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IN TO RENOVATING THE SUBSTANDARD HOUSING.
SO THERE IS THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE PLUS GREEN PARK PARENTS ARE, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ALONG THE SAME LINES.
SO I DON'T THINK THE CITY HAS TO BEAUTY AND TRY TO USE EVERY AVAILABLE AVENUE FOR PROVIDING AFFORDABLE AND SAFE.
I THINK THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY PROGRESSIVE, ESPECIALLY IN RECENT TIMES, AS FAR AS TRYING TO DO THINGS TO STABILIZE, JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE STATUS WAS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE DARNED, IF YOU DO DARNED, IF YOU DON'T SITUATIONS, WE CARRY IT DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO ANGER PEOPLE AND SAY, WE NEED THE HOUSE.
IF WE PUT MONEY INTO IT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THOSE PEOPLE GOING WITH THEIR TAX DOLLARS USED FOR, IF WE KEEP PUTTING IT OFF, THEY'LL BE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ACCUSED US OF NOT BEING ACTIVE.
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UH, WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS TO GET YOU SOMETHING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, MAYBE BY YOUR WORK SESSION CIRCUIT ABOUT A 28, UH, THAT YOU CAN BE LOOKING AT, UH, GIVE YOU THE OPTIONS.I GUESS WE ALL WILL LOOK AT THE OPTIONS IF IT WOULDN'T BE, BECAUSE WE KNOW DONALD BACK IN CANADA LAST FRIDAY, WE RE SECURE THE BOTTOM.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY DOING THE BOARDING UP
AND, UH, SO IT SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
BARBARA LEE, WE MISSED YOU WHEN YOU'RE OUT.
YOU GOT A MISCELLANEOUS ROBERT, UH, YOU ASKED ME IF WE HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS, MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS.
WELL, I MUST SAY TO MY SURPRISE, YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AT NIGHT.
I HAVE TWO ITEMS. MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I HAVE A MEMORANDUM HERE FROM, UH, MS. BRATCHER FINANCE DIRECTOR, REQUESTING YOUR PERMISSION, UH, BY MOTION TO DISPOSE OF SOME OBSOLETE INVENTORY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRADE IN SOME AND GET CREDIT FOR IT.
WE'RE GOING TO AUCTION OFF SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DESTROY ABOUT 390, $2 WORTH OF YOU.
PROBABLY SECOND MOVED AND PROBABLY SECOND IN QUESTIONS, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
UH, ALL OPPOSED MOTION PASSED.
THE LAST ITEM THAT I HAVE IS A RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO ACCEPT A BID FOR MATERIALS TO BE USED IN THE UNION POINT, PROJECT THIS BY PURCHASING THE MATERIALS, OUR SALES, WE CAN SAVE ABOUT 26 TO $28,000.
DO YOU HAVE ANY MISCELLANEOUS? NO.
MISCELLANEOUS, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THROUGH TONIGHT.