* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:29] CALLED A MEETING DOOR AND WE'LL OPEN WITH A PRAYER BY ROBIN, JOHNNY PHILLIPS CHRISTIAN CHURCH. IF YOU SEE, HE'S NOT HERE. OKAY. UH, MR. SAMPSON, WHEN YOU, UH, TAKE CARE OF OH FUCK. OH, GOD IS BEYOND ME. COMING FOR YOU TONIGHT WILL FALL THROUGH BUSINESS IN YOUR NAME. FOLLOWING REALIZED THE NIGHT THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL YOU COME OFF OUR RETROSPECTIVE METHOD FOR THE MAN AND THE BULLET CLOUDS TONIGHT, THAT THEY MAY DO YOUR WORK FOR THEM OR FATHER. LET US REALIZE TONIGHT, FATHER, THAT EVERYTHING IS IN YOUR HAND AND NOTHING IN HIS. AND I WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE TITLE FOR THIS CITY FOR WHAT THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZEN. FOLLOW ME, ANTHONY. I WILL BLESS ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NEWBURGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER AS ONE PEOPLE IN CHRIST. JESUS, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE DONE. WHAT YOU GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE? WE ASKED THEM THESE OTHER BLESSING IN JESUS' NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. YEAH. AND WHICH, WHICH STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL, YOU MIGHT CALL HIM FROM HERE. UM, OKAY. FIRST THING WE HAVE TONIGHT IS THE MONTHLY REQUEST AND PETITION OF CITIZENS. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE THAT NEEDS TO COME FORTH AND SAY A FEW THINGS, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TAXI CAB. BY THE WAY, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. I'M BACK AGAIN TONIGHT AS A FOLLOWUP TO MY LESSON HERE CONCERNING THE CONDITION THEY DO, BUT ONCE A MINUTE, AND SOMETHING ABOUT SYDNEY STREET. SO I'M HERE TO MIND, I'VE TALKED WITH DAN MEADOWS AND HOW I CAN GET HIM TO AGREE THAT ALL WE NEED YOU MORE FEET OF ASPHALT TO EXPAND DOWN BEYOND A TREE SO THAT WE POSSIBLY BACK UP, IT WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER THE STREET IS MADE UP. WE CAN JUST EXPAND A LITTLE BIT. AND HE WAS SAYING THAT THE COST WAS, DID NOT JUSTIFY WHAT'S GOING TO BE ACCOMPLISHED. AND THE FACT THAT JUST EXTENDING THE STREET DOES NOT CHANGE THE SITUATION THAT RANDOLPH HAS. AS I SEEN IT ON THE BOTTOM LINE, IF SOMEONE CHOOSES TO TURN AROUND AND THEY CHOOSE TO TURN AROUND IN HER DRIVEWAY OR THEY CHOOSE TURN AROUND THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S NOTHING, NOTHING PREVENTING THEM FROM TURNING THE OTHER WAY NAME AND TO EXTEND THAT STREET 10 FEET, 15 FEET IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT ONE. I OF BE AT AS FAR AS I'M WITH SUN SEA, AND I MAKE A PROJECT, GOT TO LOOKING AT THAT THING. AND IT'S BEEN, I GUESS, EIGHT, NINE MONTHS AGO AND CAME UP WITH SEVERAL OPTIONS AND ONE WOULD BE, UH, PUT A TURNAROUND THERE, WHICH WAS ADEQUATE, BUT THAT WOULD INVOLVE PURCHASING LAND, UH, UH, OR SOMEONE [00:05:01] DONATING THE LAND OR THE TURNAROUND. AND I ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, MIKE, UH, PURSUE THE EXTENSION OF LARK STREET, WHICH WILL TIE THOSE STREETS TOGETHER. AND THEN THEN SOLVING THAT PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK ANY MONEY WE PUT INTO IT TO EXTEND THE STREET IS GOING TO CHANGE MS. RANDOLPH'S, UH, TRIPS DOWN HERE. I THINK SHE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL GOING BACK OVER HER BOTTLE AGAIN. IF THE BOLLARDS ARE THE ISSUES, I CAN MOVE THOSE, THE WEDDING AND THE ONLY OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO POUR 30 FOOT, WHICH IS NOT ACCURATE. AND, UH, THE PRICE OF THAT IS ABOUT $1,500. I'LL DO WHATEVER THE BOARD SUGGEST WE DO. UH, WE DID NOT BUDGET ANYTHING FOR IT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. UH, IF IT, IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THIS BOARD TO DO IT, TELL ME IN BETWEEN THIS EPISODE, MAN, RUN THREE WEEKS ABOUT A MONTH TO MAKE HAPPEN. BUT I DON'T THINK ONCE HE'S ASKING WHY I FEEL CONFIDENT IN MY MIND THAT WASN'T HIS ASPIRIN, UH, TO BE DONE IS NOT DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE. AS YOU SEE, I LIKE TO DO YOU SEE IT AS I GOT, I TOLD YOU, FIRST OF ALL, I'M TIRED. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY INTERRUPTIONS FROM ANY OTHER. I'VE ASKED ALL OF YOU OUT THERE AND LOOK OVER THE SITUATION AND THEN YOU CAN DETERMINE, FIRST OF ALL, HE THINKS IT CANNOT BE DONE IN THAT AREA. BECAUSE IF THAT SPEAK WAS EXTENDED BEYOND MY DRIVEWAY, THERE'S NO WAY TO CAUSE PROBLEM AREAS YOU HAVE FROM AN EXTENSION OF THAT STREET, YOU HAVE A YEAR TO THE CANAL, NOTHING BUT WEEDS, GRASS ROAMING OFF WHERE TO SEE THAT NEVER COMES UP THERE AND VACANT SAYING, UNLESS I CALL SOMEBODY TO COME UP HERE AND DO IT, WHICH I DID TWO WEEKS ABOUT. AND NOT ONLY DID THAT FOR HIM TO SAY THAT, OR HE WOULD NEED ALL THIS, UH, TURNAROUND IT'S IT'S NOT. SO WHERE'S THE WALL STREET IS NOT EVEN WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO CARS PASS BY. I THINK HE'S ABOUT 28 FEET LONG. SO THEREFORE EXTENDING THE STREET FURTHER 10 FEET OF PAST MY BYWAY WOULD MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR CALLS TO COME IN AND TURN AROUND. THERE'S NO CAR ON THE ROCK, THE SURFACE AND GO INTO OBEDIENT AREA TO TURN AROUND AND KNOW. BUT IF THAT'S PEYTON THERE, THEY WILL, THEY WILL GO THAT DISTANCE. AND WHATEVER HE CALLED THEM. I CALLED THEM. THEY ARE BEST ON PIPES IN OUR, IT TAKES A CALL TO APPROVE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SLEEPING IN THE RAMP. AND THIS I AM TIRED OF BECAUSE EVERY TIME THAT THIS IS DONE, I HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY TO COME BACK AND RESET. NOW I DON'T HAVE TO MOVE NOTHING BACK BECAUSE THE TESTS ON MY PROPERTY, THEY ARE NOT MANAGED TO ME. SO DON'T TELL ME THAT PAUL WAS GOING TO TURN AROUND. I'M NOT RIGHT AWAY ANYWAY. AND I GOT TO CHANGE ACROSS THE POSTDOC ROUTE THE LAST TIME, NOT OFF. AND THEN I'M NOT GETTING RESET BECAUSE I KEEP PAYING SOMEBODY RESELL. I CAN'T GET OFF MY PROPERTY TO 24 HOURS A DAY. WHEN THE SET IS POSSIBLE FOR UPGRADING THE STREETS AND MAKING IT MAKE THOSE STREETS OF SUFFERABLE FOR COSTS COMING IN AND OUT OF WAY. NOW I REVIEWED DEBRA PO'S BUDGET. I WENT DOWN TO THE DOCTOR, I REVIEWED IT THERE. I WENT DOWN, I CAME DOWN HERE TO SIT ALL DAY AND I REVIEWED TODAY TO SEE WHAT GOT APPROVED. NOW, ALL THIS MONEY THAT I SEE THAT YOU'RE SPENDING IN OTHER AREAS, WHICH TO ME, WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE LIKE ME, THAT'S ON LOW INCOME, FIXED INCOME OVER THE TOP AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN THEM WELL, SOME PLACE TO LIVE AND YOU HAVE TO SET IT OFF TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR THAT PERSON. PERSON'S FADED. YOU KNOW, IT'S BAD ENOUGH WHEN WE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT ALL RUN DOWN AND, UH, THIS CRIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON IN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND BE EXPOSED TO THAT ASIDE FROM BEING EXPOSED TO SOMETHING ELSE, THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR. TO ME, YOU MIGHT AS REAL SLEEP, LESS THAN CHILL. I'M 15 FEET FROM MY KITCHEN DOOR IS THE SLEEPING ON THERE THAT PEOPLE COPE IN EVERYTHING IN. AND I WISH YOU COULD SEE IT. IT FEELS IT'S. LOOK, THIS LOOKS LIKE A CESSPOOL. NOT ONLY THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY DUMP. THE PLACE IS CURL. MS. MS. EXCUSE ME. I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT LET'S GET BACK TO THE POINT. YOU WANT US TO TAKE CARE OF FIRST THAT WE'RE THE STREET. LET'S NOT GO INTO [00:10:01] THE CANAL FOR THIS DEAL, WITH THE STREET FIRST, AND LET'S HELP LET'S HANDLE THAT FIRST. THAT WAS YOUR, THAT WAS YOUR FIRST REQUEST. LET'S HANDLE THAT FIRST BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED. LET US DEAL WITH THAT. FIRST. MS. LEE HAD MR. MEADOWS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, MR. , MR. METALS, THAT IS HIS JOB TO GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THAT HOLE, THAT IS HIS JOB. AND, AND, AND FOR HIM TO GIVE US A RECOMMENDATION TO A BOARD WHO IS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE OF HIGHWAYS, STREETS, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THAT HAS TO BE DONE, WE HAVE TO GO AND PUT HIS RECOMMENDATION. SO, SO MS. RANDOLPH, I'VE SEEN WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE AND WE HAVE, AND WE EVEN MISS RHONDA, MISS RAN OFF, THERE WERE, THERE WAS SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE GIVEN TO YOU. SOME SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT COULD BE DONE. YOU DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT THOSE. SO NOW YOU'RE SUGGESTING TO US TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T RECOMMEND, OR THAT THE STAFF DOESN'T RECOMMEND. THAT SHOULD BE A DEBT. IT'S GOT TO BE A POINT WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER. IF THIS IS, IF THE STAFF IS WILLING TO MOVE YOUR POLES BACK SOME WAY SO THAT IT WILL NOT BE HIT BY CAR FINE. BUT IF YOU EXTEND, EVEN IF YOU EXTEND THE ROAD 10 FEET, PAULA, DOWN WHERE IT IS, IF THE PERSON GETS TO THE DEAD END BACK UP, HE'S GOT TO BACK UP SOMEWHERE. AND USUALLY HE'LL PROBABLY NO MATTER WHAT, HE'S GOING TO POP BACK UP IN YOUR YARD. IF YOU GO ON DOWN TOWARDS THE CANAL, YOU STILL GOT TO BACK UP, LET'S TAKE OUT THE BACKUP. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? IF WE GAVE YOU THAT TURN AROUND AND HE SAID IT WAS $1,500, WHICH HE DOESN'T THINK HE'LL THE PROBLEM AND IT DOESN'T STOP THE PROBLEM. WILL YOU BE SATISFIED? WE'VE DONE WELL, IF WE DO IT, WHEN YOU SAY IT STOPPED, IT DENIED. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S $1,500. ALL I'M ASKING YOU IS IF WE SPEND THE MONEY AND WE PUT THAT TURN AROUND AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT HE DOESN'T THINK OF WORK. WILL YOU BE SATISFIED AND BE DONE WITH THAT PROBLEM? NO. I MEAN, OTHER THAN THE $1,500, DOES IT PRESENT ANY SAFETY PROBLEM OR ANY, IT DOESN'T CREATE A SITE FOR THAT. THE ONLY ISSUE, THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE AND BERNARD'S HERE. GREAT. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS A TURN AROUND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, RAMP 60 PAGES. WE HAVE 30 FOOT LONG AND ALL I CAN PAY THAT STARTED. SO IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE, WAIT A MINUTE, LET ME ON THE WEBSITE. YOU WERE SAYING YOUR STANDARD. IT WON'T BE A STANDARD TURN AROUND, BUT, BUT EVEN IF IT'S NOT HER DRIVEWAY IS NOT A STANDARD TURN AROUND EITHER. IT'S NOT 60 FEET IN THERE AND THEY'RE TURNING AROUND. WELL, ALL I'M SAYING IS I'VE BEEN THE MAYOR FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND SHE'S BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN OUT AND LOOKED AT IT AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE UP A, UH, I WOULDN'T SAY AN UNSOLVABLE PROBLEM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS INVOLVED. LIKE THE OTHER MAN'S LAND UNITED, YOU WOULD NEED TO BUY TO DO IT. RIGHT. AND ALL THIS KIND OF THING. ALL I'M SAYING IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, ONCE A MONTH IS A REQUEST AND PETITIONS OF CITIZENS. SURELY SHE HAS REQUESTED IN PETITION. SHE'S GOING TO STAND HERE TONIGHT AND TELL ME THAT FOR $1,500, SHE'S GOING TO BE SATISFIED. DON'T MAKE ANY REGION THAT'S RIGHT. WE'LL ALMOST ASSURE YOU THAT, THAT IT WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE NEXT ISSUE, THE NEXT ISSUE IS, IS NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THAT DEAD END STREET BY MS. RANDALL AND I, I, IF I HAD MY LETTER, I CAN TELL YOU, BUT I, IN MY MIND, THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER 15 OR 20, JUST LIKE INCOME. AND IF YOU DO ONE THEN, AND THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, IF I'M GOING TO DO HERS, I HEARD ANYBODY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THE NEXT, THE NEXT ISSUE IS, IS, IS IN STUDYING THIS THING. I TOOK THE TIME TO SET UP A TRAFFIC JAM AND THERE ARE LESS THAN SIX VEHICLE TRIPS A DAY GOING DOWN THAT STREET, GOING TO THE DEAD END OF THAT STREET. I WENT TO HER NOW THERE'S THE RESIDENT UP ABOVE THEM. AND I PUT TWO. AND OF COURSE NOW SHE'S GOT SOME NEIGHBORS AND I'M SURE THAT'S RAISED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, BUT YEAH, AT THE TOP OF THE STREET, AT THE TOP OF THE STREET, [00:15:02] THERE WERE 40 VEHICLE TRIPS, BUT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO THE END OF THAT STORY. OH, SO, SO 40 WE'LL GO AND GO INTO THE STREET AND DOWN EVIDENTLY TO THE FIRST REST. BUT THERE WERE SIX VEHICLE TRIPS, A DAY, LESS THAN SIX VEHICLE TRIPS A DAY FOR TWO WEEK PERIODS GOING DOWN THAT STREET, WHICH IS NOT ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND TO SPEND $1,500 FOR THAT WIN. AGAIN, ALL THOSE POSTS NEED TO BE DONE IS MOVED BACK ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF. AND NOBODY, WELL, I MAY ASK YOU ABOUT MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING THOSE POSTS. IF I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT OUT THERE, THOSE ARE THE POSTS THAT AGAIN, HURRY ARE IN HER DRIVE HOME. SO TO MOVE THEM BACK A FOOT AND A HALF IS ADMISSION THAT THEY DO TURN AROUND IN HER DRIVEWAY. NOT NECESSARILY, WELL, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE RUNNING, IF THEY'RE RUNNING INTO THE POST, IF THEY'RE RUNNING INTO THE POSTS, THEY'RE NOT TURNING AROUND. THE DRIVEWAY GOES TO THE POSTS RIGHT BEHIND HER AND THE WRITERS. SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS BACKING OVER THE POST BECAUSE IT SITS CLOSE TO THE CURB. IT'S STILL LIKE A BUMPER STOP. THEY HIT THE POST BEFORE IT HIT THE CURB. I UNDERSTAND IT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE ON YOUR PROGRAM. LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER ONE. BUT IF YOU, IF I MAY ASK YOU THAT, IS THERE A DEAD END STREET SIDE? YES, SIR. THEY'RE HERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING DOWN THERE AND TURN IT AROUND? IS THERE ANY MUST BE ANYONE WHO'S DOWN THERE? PRETTY MUCH LONG. SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING THEY SEE OUR TRUCKS BACK THEN, EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PARTICULAR AREA FROM MERIT, YOU KNOW, NOT FROM THE OTHER NEIGHBORS, BUT FROM MARY IN PARTICULAR, BUT YOU KNOW, AH, COME ON NOW, MRS. WRIGHT. THIS RANDOM. YES. MR. RANDOLPH. OKAY. I DON'T MIND IF WE GO DOWN TO, UM, JUST RANDOM AND THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT AS I WAS ASKING, UM, MS. RANDOLPH, THEY HAVE, UM, IF WE EXTENDED IT JUST A FEW FEET DOWN, UNIT TRICK, IF WE DID, I CAN'T SEE $1,500 IN THAT AND THAT WHAT I'M ASKING IF IT WAS EXTENDED, JUST SO FUCK IF A CONDUCT AND NOT MANY CARS WOULD HAPPEN, BUT IF A CAR DID GO DOWN THERE AND THEY SEE US, THE PAVEMENT IS STOPPING RIGHT NEAR MARY'S DRIVE. OKAY. IT'S RIGHT. AND I'M THE PROPERTY STOPS COMING UP. THE PAVEMENT, THE PATE STOPPED RIGHT THERE AT HER DRIVEWAY. OKAY. SO THEN WHEN, IF WE EXTENDED IT JUST A FEW FEET SO THAT THE COMPETENT KNEES PULL UP FURTHER, YOU KNOW, AND THEN BACK TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT, HOWEVER, THEN IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO SO FAR UP INTO THE DRIVEWAY. CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? SINCE, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPENDED MONEY, THAT'S NOT ON THEIR GENDER. AND WE GOT TO ALL OF THEM THAT ARE ABSENT LESS HAVE THERE, SOMEBODY FROM THE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT TO GO TO MS. RANDOLPH STREET, VIDEO TAPE, UH, THAT DRIVEWAY, AND THEN COME BACK, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. LET'S VOTE FOR AT THE NEXT MEETING. THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. AND MS. RANDOLPH CAN POINT TO SOMETHING ON THE TELEVISION CAMERA TO ILLUSTRATE CRUSHED STATEMENT. YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON. I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE TO SPEND ANY MONEY THAT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA. WHEN WE GOT TO ALL OF THEM, IF YOU WANT TO VOTE TONIGHT, I'LL SAY, NO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER. BUT WE CAME CAN'T [00:20:05] I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE. UM, MS. RANDOM, EXCUSE ME, ESTIMATE WHERE WE'RE ST. WE'VE SEEN YOU SO MANY TIMES. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ON A FIRST NAME BASIS. LET ME LISTEN. LET ME, LET ME, UH, WHAT ANTIBIOTIC CALLED ME ANYTHING THEY WANT? HOW'S THAT? WELL, DON'T YOU EXCUSE ME WITH HI. I ASKED DANNY IF THERE IS SOMEBODY ELSE THAT HE GOES TO OR CAN GET ADVICE ABOUT TRAFFIC SITUATIONS AND SO FORTH. AND HE SAID THERE IS, AND THAT'S THE STATE. AND I HAVE ASKED HIM TO GET THE STATE TRAFFIC INDIVIDUAL TO COME OVER AND LOOK AT YOUR SITUATION AND SEE WHAT HIS OPINION IS. SINCE YOU KEEP GETTING THE SAME OPINION FROM DANNY AND LAST NIGHT ON THE PERSON THAT WE'VE HAD TO LOOK AT IT. CAN YOU AGREE? AND LESLIE, WHAT THE STATE MAN SAYS, IF HE AGREES THAT WELL, I'M JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO REACH SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION ON THIS THING, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR BOTH SIDES TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, MR. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD DO, WHAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF DOING. AND THAT WOULD BE, IT KNOWS IT CAN BE DONE. I'M A LAYMAN, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MAKE STREETS, BUT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE, THE ASPHALT OR WHATEVER THAT STUFF IS MADE OUT OF, UH, DOWN A FEW FEET PAST THE DRIVEWAY. SO THAT TO ALLOW HIM, I WENT OUT THERE AND CAN'T EXTEND IT ALL THE WAY TO THE DITCH BECAUSE IT'S SOFT AND YOU KNOW, BUT THERE WAS A TREE THERE, DANNY, AND, UM, HIS RANDOLPH AND I WAS OUT THERE FOR A MINUTE AND WE WERE MEASURING IT OFF. AND WAS IT 10 FEET? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE 10 FEET. IT WAS A THINGS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS ALMOST A CURRENTLY A SMALL CAR, RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T COST ME $1,500. WELL, LET ME MAKE THIS STATEMENT. AND AGAIN, I'M ADDRESSING THE SITUATION AS I KNOW THE SITUATION A BIT. NOW, IF WE GO DOWN THERE AND PUT A PATCH IN, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG AND EXTEND THAT STREET, 10, 15 FEET, WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE. AND MS. RANDOLPH WAS RIGHT BACK BECAUSE THE COVER OF THE ASPHALT IS DIFFERENT. AND WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. AND WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU FINISHED THE PATCH, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME CODE, NOT A $1,500 JUST TO RESURFACE THAT WHOLE STREET. SO IT WOULD ALL BE DECIDED, AND I CAN DO IT. I CAN PROBABLY, I PROBABLY EXTEND THAT STREET OR COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER SITUATION IN THREE MONTHS. HE HAS MADE STATEMENTS THAT WHILE I'M TALKING TO YOU LAST, LAST, LAST, LAST, DO THIS MESS AROUND, MESS AROUND. NOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO. FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO GET HIM TO HAVE THE STATE MAN TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITUATION AND COME BACK WITH A WRITTEN REPORT, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY. AND THE THING STATE THAT HER PROBLEM. IN OTHER WORDS, I WANT HIS OR HER PROBLEM STATED TO HIM BEFORE HE GOES OUT AND SAID, HE WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND HIM TO GIVE US HIS SUGGESTION OF HOW TO STOP IT. NUMBER ONE, THE FACT THAT THE STREET DOES, AND I THINK AT HER DRIVEWAY, GOOD IN AND OF ITSELF, SUGGEST TO SOMEBODY. WHY DON'T YOU SAY WAS MAYBE NOT TO RUN INTO THE BUSHES TO TURN AROUND, BUT GO AHEAD AND USE THE DRIVEWAY. I DON'T KNOW. LET'S SEE WHAT HE SAYS. THEN THE SECOND THING IS, IF YOU CAN EXTEND THE PAPER, THAT'LL DO ANY GOOD, OR AT LEAST SHE WILL AGREE THAT THAT'LL BE THE SOLUTION. WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THE COLOR OF THE LIGHT, BECAUSE YOU CAN GO, YOU CAN PAVE IT FOR A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS AND THEY'VE ASKED US EQUITABLE SOLUTION AND IT WORKS. UH, SO YOU MAY OR MAY NOT CARE ABOUT THE COLOR. AND THEN AGAIN, IF SHE DOES, MAYBE WE'LL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION. IF YOU'LL LET US MOVE ON [00:25:01] TO THE REST OF THE BUSINESS, TIM. HI. ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE QUESTION. AND THEN WE GOTTA MOVE ON 3, 5, 9 1 IN THE AMOUNT OF $39,000. LEMME, LEMME ASK YOU TO DO THIS. WE'VE ADDRESSED THE PROBLEM OF YOUR DRIVEWAY. IF YOU WOULD LET US UNDERSTAND. WE GONE, WE GONE. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THINGS AS WE CAN, AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO MOVE ON. THAT WAS THERE OTHER OKAY. MS. RANDOLPH. NOW, WHO IS NEXT? UH, MY NAME IS WASHINGTON STREET. DID ANYBODY AND ZONING. THAT'S THE ONLY ADMINISTRATOR. AND I THINK IF YOU GOT, YOU GOT YOUR PERMIT, NO ONE THAT SAYS WHAT, THAT'S NOT A POOL HALL. A POOL HALL IS A PLACE THAT THEY PLAY EXCLUSIVELY POOL. THIS IS GAMES. THIS IS NOT A POOL. THIS IS A OF POWER, BUT IS THAT GOING TO PRESENT A PROBLEM? YEAH. WHAT WOULD THE ATTORNEY KNOW? WHAT IS THE SIERRA POOL HALL? ONE POOL TABLE TWO POOL TABLES, THREE POOL TABLES. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S COOL. I THINK HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT. ONE FOR ONE OR TWO POOLS. IF THAT WAS YOUR EXCLUSIVE ACTIVITY, THEN IT WILL BE A POOL HALL COOLER JUST FOR ANOTHER GAME. THE FIRST, THE FIRST THING WE'VE GOT TO DO IS LET THE LEGAL COUNSEL DEFINE WHETHER WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. AND THAT WOULD BE WHETHER IT, A FACT THAT IT'S GOT POOL TABLES AS A POOL HALL. AND IF HE SAYS IT IS, THEN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO ADDRESS AS TO WHETHER YOUR PLACE, [00:30:01] THAT THAT HOUSE HAS POOL TABLES, BUT HAS ALL THESE OTHER RESTRICTIONS COMES UNDER THE INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT ORDINANCE. AND THEN THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY Y'ALL CAN CHECK THAT OUT AS FAR AS STAFF AND TELL MENARD AND I GUESS MENARD, WOULDN'T THAT BE YOUR WANT DEPARTMENT THAT HE WOULD LET THEM KNOW? AND THEN YOU COULD LET MISS THE NEW CART KNOW WHETHER IT'S A POOL HALL, FOR SURE. RIGHT OFF THE BAT. YEAH. A POLICE AND POLICE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE THEN, WHICH WOULD BE ILLEGAL RULING. SO HE'LL TAKE THE FIRST STEP TO SEE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM AND WE CAN GET INTO THAT. WILL WE BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HE'LL KNOW TOMORROW? OKAY. NO TOMORROW. ANYBODY ELSE? UNDER A PETITIONS AND REQUESTS OF CITIZENS. OKAY. NOBODY ELSE. RIGHT? WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT HEIGHT. AND THAT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING TO REZONE A 5.1 ACRE TRACK FROM RTN THE R T N A LOCATED AT 1101 CHELSEA ROAD AND WHO WILL BE ADDRESSING, EXCUSE ME, WHAT ARE HAS BERNARD? OKAY. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THIS IS REQUEST TO, UH, WHO SERVED AS AGENT AT THIS POINT TO RESOLVE THIS PROPERTY OWNED BY MAYO, HALLOWEEN AND JOSEPH BLANCHE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHELSEA ROAD, RIGHT ACROSS FROM NEW BERN BARTON CEMETERY. AND AS STATED, IS IT CONSISTENT, BUT OVER FIVE ACRES, TWO TRACKS OF LAND IT'S LOCATED IN THE ZONING DISTRICTS WHERE THE REQUEST QUESTIONS RESULTED ARE, UM, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSE IT'S, UH, LOCATED ADJACENT TO C3 COMMERCIAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, TRENT ROAD, AND, UH, SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, SOUTH OF THAT AREA, UH, ZONING, THE ZONING BOARD AND MAP. THE FIRST OF THIS MONTH, THEY RECOMMENDED FIVE TO TWO THAT THIS RESULTING IMPROVED. IS IT A ONE AGAINST THIS AT THIS PROPERTY? DOES IT PROPERLY, BUT UP AGAINST TRUE BAY HALLWAY? NO. THERE'S ONE PROPERTY BETWEEN, OKAY. YES, YES. IT IS LOCATED RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE CITY, A CITY. THAT IS, BUT IT IS IN THE CITY. IS THERE ANYONE AGAINST THIS? I'M GOING TO PUBLIC HERE AND BE CLOSED ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING PUBLIC HEARING, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED, NO MOOD ORDINANCE BE DONE. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THAT'S A ROLL CALL, I BELIEVE CALLED ROLL PLEASE. YES, YES. YES. WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT HAPPENED TO NUMBER FIVE? UH, I WAS INFORMED THAT THAT IS A MISPRINT, THAT THERE ACTUALLY IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, KIND OF ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON THE SECOND READING TO CONSIDER CERTIFICATES AND CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO OPERATE TAXI CAB FRANCHISES IN THE CITY THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ACTUALLY LAST TIME. HOWEVER, IF THERE'S ANY MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT, SINCE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS ADVERTISED, IF SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO COME FORTH AND MAKE ANY COMMENT, SINCE THEY MISUNDERSTOOD THAT IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING. I WELCOME THEM TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT IF THEY'D LIKE TO, WHEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING LAST TIME, BUT TO ANYBODY HE HAD AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE. WE'LL GO INTO EFFECT WHEN WE VOTE ON IT IN THE NIGHT. GO AHEAD. NOW, IF YOU NOTICE [00:35:01] SOMETHING, WELL, NURSING ORDERS ARE STILL GOING TO NOTICE, OKAY, WELL, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT? OKAY. WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM HIM. HE HAD TO COME IN AND TAKEN CARE OF ANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT HE NOT BE ISSUED THE BUSINESS FRANCHISE OR THE FRANCHISE WAS THREE TAXES SINCE HE HASN'T BEEN APPLIED WITHIN IN THE, BUT THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED THIS AND WE DELETED HIS NAME, WE DID . YEAH, WE AIN'T GOT ONE SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE YOU ALWAYS HAVE PASSION. I TOLD YOU TO BEGIN TO GO ANYTIME YOU WANT. SO YOU SAY PROCEEDS TO MAYOR. OKAY. WELL THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE EXCEPTION, THE COMPANY OPERATED BY MS. TURNER. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I GOT A QUESTION. YEAH. IF WE ELIMINATE MR. TURNAGE FROM THIS, DOES THAT MEAN HE WILL NOT ISSUED THREE NEW FRANCHISES, WHICH YOU MAY BE LOSING, OR WE'RE DOING A LOT OF TIME TO COME ON THE COMPLIANCE AND THEN ALIGN WITH HAVING THREE FRANCHISES BACK. SOME PREVIOUS MEETING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED, I BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO LIST CREATE, AND WE'VE GOTTEN WRITTEN REQUEST FROM A, UH, MR. WILLY DOVE. WHO'S REQUESTING ONE ADDITIONAL TAXI. AND MR. GEORGE DUNSON DO ONE A DAY TAXI FRANCHISE, AND ONE ADDITIONAL TAX. THAT WAS ALL REQUESTS. AND WE HAD WRITTEN IN OUR FILES. LET'S UH, WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THIS. AND THEN WE WOULD, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CONTACT WITH THIS ATTORNEY JUST TO LET HIM KNOW THAT HIS FANTASTIC WILL HELD UP. AND IF HE DOESN'T COME IN AND COMPLIANCE, WE'VE SENT HIM A CERTIFIED TO PICK UP THE MAIL, UM, TRIED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM. HE WON'T RETURN OUR CALLS. WE'LL GET UP AND REFUSE TO PICK UP CERTIFIED. I THINK WE NEED TO HOLD THOSE THREE FRANCHISES FOR 30 DAYS. WELL, I MAY ASK YOU A QUESTION JUST FOR THE HECK OF IT ESSENTIALLY EXPIRED ON JUNE 3RD SINCE, BUT, BUT REALLY SINCE YOU'VE HAD NO CONTACT WITH HIM, THAT IS OF SOME CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE, UH, TRYING TO PROVE THAT THERE IS NO UNICORN. YOU CAN NEVER PROVE IT. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PROVE THE AS ONE WHEN YOU FIND ONE, BUT BY NOT HAVING ANY CONTACT WITH HIM AT ALL, FOR THAT, THEY SEEN HIM, THEY SEEN HIM CERTIFIED MAIL AT HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS. THAT'S ALL THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO AND DELIVER THE MESSAGES TO CAN'T FIND THEM. THAT'S USUALLY THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET THE HAND, DELIVER THE CERTIFIED MAIL TO THEM. IT WOULD SEE THEM OUT SOMEWHERE JUST HAVING AN OFFICER PHYSICALLY HANDED TO HIM BECAUSE HE WON'T PICK UP THE CERTIFIED MAIL FROM THE POLICE. WHERE ARE YOU SENDING POST OFFICE BOX? UH, 1, 4, 3, 6, 7 NEIGHBOR. DO WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT HIS BOXING AND 8 21 UBANK STREET? WELL, DON'T WE SPELL THAT CURRENT ADDRESSES ON THESE OFF FRANCHISEES? WELL, I THINK THE ONLY THING WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO IS SEND NOTICE TO YOUR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS AND THAT WHEN YOU SEND THIS TO THE FIVE MIL, THAT IS, UM, THAT'S SUFFICIENT BECAUSE IT'S ALL ON THE TIME OF DAY. WHEN HE CAME IN AND FILLED OUT THE APPLICATION FOR A FRANCHISE, HE GAVE 8 21 BANK STREET AS THE ADDRESS. WHAT DAY WAS THAT? OH, HE MADE THE NINE. WHY DON'T WE JUST GO ON WITH IT SO WE WON'T CALL ANYBODY ELSE. AND THEN WE CAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXTEND FOR THE, UNTIL THE END OF THE 30 DAYS, IF HE HASN'T RESPONDED, SINCE WE DID BOTH LAST TIME TO GIVE HIM 30 DAYS, IT HASN'T BEEN, BUT TWO WEEKS. AND THEN THE END OF 30 DAYS, THAT MEANS YOU COULD HAVE TWO MORE WEEKS. THAT'S FINE. I'M ASLEEP. THAT'S FINE. POPCORN. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN A MOTION. SOMEBODY SECOND. ALRIGHT. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN COLDWELL [00:40:01] ON THAT. YES. YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA COLE ROAD, PLEASE? YES. YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT THING IS APPOINTMENTS. I KNOW I DON'T NEED IT FOR SOME STRANGE REASON THAT ON EVERYBODY ELSE'S APPOINTING, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT DAMN IT ALL STARTED WHEN I GAVE BARBARA PERMISSION TO SPEAK ANYTIME SHE WANTED Y'ALL AND HAMMERED US BOTH EVER SINCE WE DON'T GET THE POINT IN EVERYBODY, YOU GOT SOMEBODY NOW, BARBARA AND I DON'T ASK, BUT ROBERT NO, SIR. NO. OKAY. NO APARTMENTS. HOW ABOUT MISCELLANEOUS AND MISCELLANEOUS? YEAH, ONE THING I JUST THOUGHT I WANTED TO REPORT TO YOU GUYS. UM, THE COMMUNITY GROUP THAT HAD THE COMMUNITY PICNIC FOR THE YOUTH ON THE 4TH OF JULY WAS A VERY NICE AND SUCCESSFUL EVENT. WE HAD GOOD SUPPORT FROM THE CITY RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC AWAKE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AT CHERRY POINT GAVE THEM A DUNKIN BOOTH. IT WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED AND A VERY WELL ORGANIZED KIND OF EVENT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS WERE VERY COOPERATIVE. ONLY PROBABLY HAD, WAS ONE, TRY TO RENT A TIP FROM SOMEBODY. THE MAN SAYS HE CAN'T DELIVER THE VEHICLE. HE MIGHT GET MURDERED BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS A BIT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE FILE. GREAT. THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE? MAY I LIKE TO LEAD THE GROUP THAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING WITH? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS SEEN IT, BUT THE, THE NEW FACELIFTS ON CERTAIN BUILDERS ON BROAD STREET IN THE FIVE POINT AREA THAT WITH THE NEW AWNING AND THE NEW FACE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THICKNESS LEE AND HER GROUP OF GETTING THAT GOING, I MOVE WE ADJOURN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THAT? . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.