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I WOULD FALL OUT OF GOD AS WE, AGAIN, COME BEFORE YOU, AS EMILY, AS WE KNOW HOW POLYBIUS THANK YOU FATHER FOR THIS CITY AND FOR THIS COUNTY, WHICH THE FATHER, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BUDGET YEAR, FATHER, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR FATHER MORE THAN EVER.
WE'LL FIND A GOD OUT OF MINES WHILE DATA MAY BE STAYING ON THE BOTTLE CONTAINED TO BLESS THIS CITY IN A MIGHTY WAY.
AS YOU HAVE ALSO DONE IN THE PAST, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OR WITHOUT ALL THE WAY.
LET US REMEMBER THE REAL, OUR BROTHER'S KEEPER JESUS' NAME.
MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, NOT JUST BEFORE YOU PRESENT ANY SERVICE TIPS OF LIKE SIGNING HAYES, IF SHE WOULD PLEASE STAND.
IT HAS BEEN THE ASSISTANT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, UH, WITH THE CITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
AND I HAD BEEN FILLING IN HERE MELANIE'S, UH, ILLNESS AND ANNOUNCED, UH, IN MELANIE'S PASSING WITH REGRET OR LIFE GOES ON.
AND SO I APPOINTED A SONYA TO BE THE NEW HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF NEWARK, JUST WANTING TO CONGRATULATE WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HER PASSING, WHICH HAS DONE A TERRIBLE THING ON A FAMILY AND ALL THE CITY AND EVERYBODY THAT THEY IN CONTACT WITH HIM.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LIVED BACK IN LIFE AND SOMETIMES IF SOMEBODY SAYS, WELL, WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THIS AND DO THAT? AND HE SAID, WELL, I REALLY DIDN'T MATTER HOW MODEST I WAS HAVING NO EXCUSE FOR KNOWING HOW TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND HOW TO HANDLE A TERRIBLE SITUATION AFTER OBSERVING MELANIE CHECK US.
AND, UH, AS A LIVE LESSON, I WILL WELCOME.
YOU TELL THEM ABOUT WARDS SERVICE.
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OKAY.I WANT TO SAY HE'S NOT QUIET, BUT HE WAS A BIG, NICE THING TO HAVE HIS REQUEST AND CITIZENS.
IF WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE HAS COME FORWARD WITH A MONTHLY OPPORTUNITY AT US.
I MEAN, TO SAY ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO SAY, RAISE YOUR HAND.
LET ME SAY IT IS ANYBODY IN THAT CATEGORY OUT THERE.
AND I REALLY NEEDED
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, YES, YES.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IMPORTANCE THIS WEEK.
NO FREE, NO NOMINATIONS TO MAKE THIS WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, SIR, THE NEXT THING MAN IS MISCELLANEOUS ASKED MS. LANES.
AND I HAD ASKED THE, MY FRIENDS TO COME TONIGHT.
I GUESS THEY THOUGHT I WAS JOKING, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND ACTIVITY THAT WENT ON LAST WEEK, UH, AT THE CONVENTION CENTER REGARDING CHILDREN, MR. ED BELL, WHO WORKS WITH THE SOS PROGRAM, SPONSOR A YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, UM, CONFERENCE WITH CHILDREN, UM, UH, JONATHAN PANIC OF JOHNSON, CRAVER COUNTERS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, THEY SPEND THREE NIGHTS AT THE HOTEL AND ALL DAY THEY HAD PEOPLE LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITIES TO COME AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT VARIOUS ISSUES AT AN AFFECT CHILDREN.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING HOW THEY TALKED ABOUT AIDS AND TALKING ABOUT, UH, DRUGS AND TALKING ABOUT THE END OF THE GRADE TESTING.
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RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONE ANOTHER.THEY CAME ON TOUR HERE TO MEET THE MAYOR AND OTHERS WHO TRY TO INTRODUCE THE CHILDREN TO POSITIVE ROLE MODELS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENHANCE THAT THOUGHT, IF NOTHING ELSE, BEFORE THEY DETERRED CRIME, DIDN'T GET ANY COVERAGE FOR IT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY GOOD POSITIVE THING, AND OFTENTIMES HAVE TO OFFER TASKS WHEN CHILDREN DO BAD THINGS, THEY GET A LOT OF COURAGE AND WE DIDN'T GET ANY PUBLICITY TO SEE THOSE CHILDREN BEHAVE IN A VERY, VERY PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
AND I'M JUST BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY SOAP BOX.
I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE, ALL OF US SHOULD MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO REACH OUT, TO HAND OUT, TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO WHENEVER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO GET TOGETHER AND TO BE TAUGHT POSITIVE KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD AND THE GOODNESS OF THEMSELVES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I THINK THAT THEY, THEY GET ONES CALL AND ATTABOY, THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THEM.
SO I PLAN TO GIVE MR. BELL AN ATTABOY AWARD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL OUT OF HIM WHEN I LEARNED HOW TO FLEX SAYING I'D LIKE FOR HIM TO GET AN AWARD THAT, I MEAN A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING AND RECEIVE IT ON BEHALF OF ALL PEOPLE WHO TAKE OUT TIME TO GIVE SERVICES AND A HAND TO CHILDREN.
I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE READY.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN AND TO THE CITY OF NEWBURGH FOR THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU DO AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO AS WELL.
AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT I ALWAYS ENJOY TALKING TO KIDS LIKE THAT BECAUSE I TELL THEM THAT ANYBODY IN THAT GROUP WHO WANTED TO BE MAYOR TO BE MADE IN THE CATALYST FUND.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BRING YOU.
I ASK ANYBODY THAT
AND THEY WERE REALLY GREAT MONEY IT'S THEY WERE VERY ATTENTIVE AND I MEAN, THEY COULD PROBABLY DO ANYTHING.
THEY WON'T DO EVERYTHING YOU SAID, I APPRECIATE THIS.
THEY CALLED THE
WE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A STATUS AND I WAS PLEASED THAT THEY GAVE THEIR TIME TO COME OUT TO
AND BY THE WAY, THEY IMMEDIATE ALERT.
I GOT THE BIG
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ANYONE WHO HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AT UNION POINT PARK, THAT WAS, IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU MISSED PROBABLY THE BEST DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS WE'VE EVER HAD IN UBER.
THE BIGGEST CROWD I THINK WE'VE EVER HAD THERE FOR THE 4TH OF JULY AND THE MARINE CORPS BAND, THE MARINE PARTICIPATION WAS GREAT.
THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE WORKING SO HARD AT THEIR COURSE.
THEY RAN INTO A LITTLE EMERGENCY RIGHT TOWARD THE END THAT THEY GOT A LOT OF THEM GOT INVOLVED IN SOMETHING ELSE.
AND IT LEFT A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH THE TRAFFIC, BUT THAT WAS NOT FAULT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS DUE TO SOMETHING BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, WHICH THEY HAD TO DO.
THEY HAD TO ATTEND TO ALL OF A SUDDEN, BUT THE FIREWORKS OF COURSE WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET BY THE CITY CENTER BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL CRUNCH THAT THE STATE HAD PUT US IN AND THE MONEY WAS DONATED BY, WELL, I'LL LET MR. HARTMAN GIVE THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DONATED THAT MONEY FOR THE FIREWORKS.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY SPENT MORE THAN WE DID OR NOT, BUT, UH, IT WAS A, AN OUTSTANDING DISPLAY AND JUST AN ALL AROUND GOOD EVENING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, SITTING AROUND VISITING, AND IT WAS JUST, IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND JUST SAY HELLO TO SOME PEOPLE AND WALK AROUND AND ENJOY THE EVENING.
AND THE WEATHER COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER.
PUT A BREEZE, KEEP THOSE BAD MOSQUITOES AWAY.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK ANYONE WHO HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT PRODUCTION ON THE JULY, JULY THE FOURTH OF UNION POINT, BECAUSE IT WAS SO PER, UM, FIREARMS, UH, WORK BE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FIREWORKS, TRYING TO THINK OF THE NAME OF THE FIRMS THAT, AND ALL GET MISSED ALL THE NAMES.
I THINK IT'S CLEMENS, CHESTNUT,
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THOMAS AND PEACOCK, RIGHT? AND THEN, AND JOE THOMAS, UH, THEY, THE AMOUNT OF COMPANY TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, THEY WERE VERY GOOD TO DONATE $7,500 BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM IN THE CITY, SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE THAT THIS YEAR.THAT I'VE BEEN TO MANY 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS ON THE MALL IN WASHINGTON DC.
AND THIS IS EVEN BETTER THAN THAT.
THEY HAD THE MOST CONTINUOUS DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS AND IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC.
I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE FIREWORKS COMPANY AND IT DID THE JOB BECAUSE THEY REALLY IMPRESSED THE AUDIENCE AND THEY MUST'VE BEEN WHAT 5,000 AND MY FAVORITE, ALL MY NEIGHBORS WERE OUT THERE AND THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT.
AND WE'RE ALSO
WELL, IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME REAL FIREWORKS, LET THEM COME IN HERE AND SAY, WE CAN'T, UM,
I LIKE TO SAY FOR ALL FOLKS, AS FAR AS ME IS CONCERNED,
MANY PEOPLE WATCH IT AND READ THE PAPER BECAUSE THEY COME UP THE MAIN GROCERY STORE, WHICH I LIKE, I HAVE THE GROCERY STORE, BUT THEN AGAIN, I'M AN AMBIEN, SOME FOLKS
DO WE HAVE ANY CITY MANAGERS? WELL, WE GOT THE ATTORNEYS BEFORE, BUT I CAN COME IN FROM OUTSIDE.
DANNY HAS ONE EYE BEFORE HE DIDN'T MIND.
UH, THIS COMING SATURDAY, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE WEEDING C BUILDING OVER IN A CORNER OF BLOOMFIELD AND NAME AND THEY WANTED TO CLOSE THE STREET DOWN.
SO I TOLD THEM WE NEED TO BREAK FOR THE BOARD.
SO REQUESTING THAT YOU CLOSE BLOOMFIELD STREET BETWEEN MAN AND NORTH STREET, BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 3:00 PM.
AND THEY'VE TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT LIVED THERE.
SHOULDN'T BE, WE NEED TO ROLL UP ALL THE FIRES.
AND THEN MR. RODRIGUEZ, UM, FOR YOUR, I DON'T LIKE IT PHONE, I TOLD MY WIFE I'D BE HOME, NOT AND SAID, IF Y'ALL WANT TO RELAX, SEND OUT THE SANDWICHES, VICKY.
UM, WE HAD ONE OF THOSE, UH, RIGHT-HAND LEFT-HAND MOMENTS, UH, EARLIER TODAY THAT THAT'S WHY I'M HERE THIS EVENING.
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I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT ON PUTTING TOGETHER A CAMEL GRANT, UH, FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY.WE PURCHASED UNDER THE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM IN THE WOODROW AREA.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE PARCELS THAT CAN NEVER BE BUILT UPON AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES AGAIN.
AND, UH, IT APPEARED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD DOVETAIL NICELY WITH A RECREATION AND PARKS PLAN FOR A CANOE KAYAK TRAIL FROM GLEN BURNIE PARK DOWN TO UNION POINT PARK AND WOULD PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THE RIVERSIDE, UH, SUNNY SIDE DUFFY FIELD AND WOODROW COMMUNITIES, UH, TO THE WATER, UH, AND WOULD MAKE A GOOD OF THE LAND THAT WE PURCHASED, UH, UNDER THAT PROGRAM.
WHAT IS A REASON I'M HERE, UH, BEFORE HE, THE SAVING IS, UH, WE PUT IT TOGETHER.
WE WENT FOR THE, UM, UH, TIME OPINION.
AND, UH, DURING THE REVIEW, SCOTT RAN INTO SOME RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT WERE PROBLEM THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK ON AS FAR AS THE POSSIBLE USE OF THE LAND FOR WATER ACCESS POINT, THE APPLICATION IS DUE ON MONDAY.
AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE IS IF THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER A RESOLUTION CONTINGENT UPON US BEING ABLE TO WORK OUT, UH, THE RESTRICTED COVENANT, UH, CONDITION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN STILL GET IT, UH, TO THE STATE FOR CONSIDERATION WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
IT'S ABOUT A HALF ACRE SIZE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
WE'RE PROPOSING A DOCK WHERE YOU COULD PUT IN YOUR CANOE OR KAYAK, UM, UH, AN AREA FOR FISHING, BE A PLATFORM ABOUT EIGHT BY 50 FEET, UH, FOR FISHING WATER FOUNTAIN, THE RESTAURANT AND PICNIC SHELTER.
AND IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A SECURITY GATE THAT WOULD BE CLOSED IN THE EVENINGS, UM, UH, FOR ACCESS.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSAL THAT TOTAL COST IS 56,000 AND SOME, UH, DOLLARS, UH, ABOUT 38,000 OF THAT WOULD BE A CAMERA ABOUT 12,000 CITY AND ABOUT 6,000 IN CON-ED CITY, UH, LABOR AND, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, TIME DONATED.
AND LIKE I SAID, I APOLOGIZE LIKE THURMAN PULLED IT BACK WHEN HE HEARD OF THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT PROBLEM, BUT, UH, WE THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT AND YES, WE WANTED TO STILL BE ABLE TO GET IT IN THE HOPPER IN RALEIGH.
UM, THE FUNDING, WE WOULD NOTICE SOMETHING, IT WOULD START OCTOBER 1ST AND RUN THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2003.
I JUST DON'T SEE HOW A STATE PROJECT LIKE THIS AND THEY SUPPOSED TO BE ALL BANKRUPT.
AND, UH, THIS IS A LUXURY FOR US AS CITIZENS AND AS A LESS REAL FOR THEM THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS KIND OF WANTING TO BE SUPPORTED IN THIS KIND OF PROJECT.
HOW DOES ONE APRIL? THIS IS A, THIS IS A FEDERAL, THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDING, RIGHT? THE STATE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS, THE STATE, UH, CONVERSATION FUNDING, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALSO FROM STATE FUNDS FOR CAMERA PROGRAMS. WELL, UH, BASICALLY THEY'RE A PASS THROUGH THE FUNDS FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE FEDERAL FUNDS.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, YES, THEY GOT FEDERAL FUNDING, THEY HAVE STATE FUNDING.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S IN OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER, IT'S ON FISCAL FEDERAL FISCAL CYCLE, THAT WOULD BE FEDERAL FUNDING.
WELL, DO YOU REMEMBER
AT LEAST WE REQUEST THE MONEY.
CAUSE I THINK OUR CITIZENS ON THE DESERVING OF ANY IMPROVEMENT IN THE RECREATION, ESPECIALLY AS IT ACCESS TO USE OF OUR WATERWAYS.
UM, AND SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION
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CONDITIONS AS PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WORK IT OUT, UH, UH, ON THE RESTRICTED COVENANT ISSUE.THEN WE WOULD PROCEED TO SUBMIT.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO WRAP, BUT YES, WE DO NEED A RESUME.
LET'S SEE, I SAID ABOUT 38,000.
AND, UH, THE 18,996 WAS 12, 6 64 AND 6, 3, 3, 2 IS IN CON A PORTION.
THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TELECOM, THE ELBOW, MR. MAYOR.
SO THE WAY THE MONEY JUST GOES AROUND, IT CAME FROM US TO BEGIN WITH AND WENT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
NOW THEY'RE SAYING THEY'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE STATE.
AND IF WE'RE LUCKY, THE STATE IT US, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG CUT THESE OTHER ENTITIES TAKE BEFORE IT GETS BACK.
BUT I'M REMINDED OF ONE OF THE POSITION.
I'M A FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BOARD WHO USED TO OPPOSE ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE IF WE QUIT ACCEPTING THE MONEY, THEY'LL LOWER, OUR TAXES WE'LL QUIT AND TAKING THE MONEY FROM US.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT COMPUTES SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS GONE.
AND IF WE DON'T APPLY, IF WE DON'T GET SOME OF MY MONEY BACK THIS WAY, IT WILL GO TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OR SOMETHING FOR THEIR PEOPLE WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR THIS.
I WOULD LIKE IT TO BEGIN SINCE WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR IT IN EFFECT.
UH IT'S IT'S IT'S AND THIS TO ME, I JUST, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED.