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UH, THE PRAYER BY RABBIT BRAG, SALMONS OF ST.
MARY'S CHURCH, WHERE IS THAT?
IF YOU DON'T DO THAT IN THIS, FOLLOW WITH YOU.
WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TONIGHT TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY.
WE ASKED LORD FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR WISDOM, GOD, FOR EACH ONE WHO SITS ON THE BOARD AND BOARD FOR EACH ONE WHO TAKES PART, LORD, HELP US TO REALIZE GOD, YOUR GOODNESS TO US AND YOUR DESIRE FOR US TO LEAD THIS CITY IN THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IT.
THE GUY, LESS ALL DECISIONS AND ALL THIS DONE.
GOD, MAY IT BE DONE IN NINE NAMES, HONOR AND GLORY.
AND WE JUST PRAISE YOU FOR ALL.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY ALL RIGHT.
FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS FOLKS HERE, BUT THE PHOENIX HOUSE WON'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR, AND ALL OF THEM.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ON THIS SIDE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND ROBERT, YOU JUST A LIFER OR SOMETHING I DON'T DO IS YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT YOU.
YOU ALMOST ALIVE PHOENIX HOUSE.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.
AND IF YOU DON'T, I'VE HANDED OUT A BOOKLET, THAT'S GOING TO SAY EVERYTHING.
I'M GOING TO SAY TONIGHT, EXCEPT I'M GOING TO SHORTEN MY VERSION SO I CAN GIVE A YOUNG LADY, JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES WITH YOU.
UM, BUT FIRST OF ALL, PHOENIX HOUSE WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO THE CITY OF NEWBURN FOR ONCE AGAIN, ALLOWING US TO USE YOUR PROPERTY AS AN AID TO THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY.
THIS BOARD IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN RECOVERY IN THE CITY OF NEWBURGH AND IN CRAVEN COUNTY, WE DO GRATEFULLY APPRECIATE IT.
OUR BOARD, WHEN WE STARTED OUT IN 1989 WAS COMPRISED OF SOME FROM THE RECOVERING COMMUNITY AND SOM FROM BUSINESS LEADERS.
OUR BOARD STILL OPERATES THAT TO DAY.
CAUSE THAT WAY TODAY OUR CHAIR, OUR CHAIRMAN IS REVEREND ROBERT JOHNSON, PASTOR OF EBENEZER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
MARTHA GLEN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
MARTHA HAS A BA IN HUMAN SERVICES.
COUNSELING HAS BEEN A SOCIAL WORKER IN PAMLICO COUNTY AND EDUCATOR AT CRAVEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND IS A THERAPEUTIC FOSTER PARENT.
HER ASSISTANT, MS. CLARA ADD MORE IS THE BOARD SECRETARY ALSO.
AND MS. CLARA HOLDS A BA IN SOCIOLOGY AND POSTGRADUATE WORK IN PSYCHOLOGY.
AND I'VE GIVEN YOU A LIST OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE WE LAST TALKED WITH YOU WAS WE HAVE OPENED A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR WOMEN.
WE NOW HAVE A HALFWAY HOUSE FOR MEN AND ONE FOR WOMEN.
UH, IT, IT TAKES, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT.
THESE HOUSES ACT AS FAMILY UNITS AND EVERYBODY IN THERE TRIES TO PULL THEIR OWN WEIGHT AND PULL TOGETHER.
THEY DO THEIR OWN HOUSE CLEANING.
WE TRY TO ADJUST THEM BACK TO A NORMAL WAY OF LIFE, WHATEVER NORMALLY IS NOT EVER SEEN TONIGHT, BUT, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY OF NEWBURGH.
AND WE REALLY THINK THAT YOU ARE, ARE GIVEN A HELPING HAND INSTEAD OF A HANDOUT IN OUR CASE.
AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS STORIES.
WE'VE HAD HAD PEOPLE IN THE HOUSES THAT HAVE GONE OUT AND BOUGHT HOUSES TOGETHER.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE IN THE HOUSES THAT HAVE GONE OUT AND GOT BACK WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A LOT OF GOOD RETURN ON OUR EFFORTS AND WE COULDN'T DO IT UNLESS THE CITY OF NEWMAN WAS PART OF THAT EFFORT.
UH I'VE I'VE GOT A YOUNG LADY AND BECAUSE WE ARE AN ANONYMOUS PROGRAM, I'LL JUST SAY WE HAVE A YOUNG LADY WHO WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHARE A WORD WITH YOU IF, IF SHE COULD JUST DEMAND.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT AT THE PHOENIX HOUSE FOR WOMEN, AND I'M HERE TO THANK YOUR HONOR AND THE ALDERMAN IN THE CITY OF
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NEWBURN FOR LEASING THE OFFICE SPACE OF THE PHOENIX AND TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE PHOENIX HOUSE HAS DONE FOR ME, I CHOSE THE PHOENIX HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS THE CLOSEST, UM, HALFWAY HOUSE FOR WOMEN, FOR MY CHURCH, CLOSEST TO MY CHILDREN.AND THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY HALFWAY HOUSES FOR WOMEN IN THIS AREA.
I HAD TO COME DOWN TWO WEEKS AHEAD JUST TO SECURE THE ROOM BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING REALLY FAST.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE AS CLOSE TO MY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE.
AND IF THIS HOUSE WAS NOT HERE, I WOULD HAVE ENDED UP IN EITHER JAIL ON THE STREETS WITH NO PROGRAM TO HELP ME STAY CLEAN OR A WHOLE LOT FURTHER AWAY FROM MY CHILDREN, WHICH IN TURN, I THINK WOULD'VE MADE MY RECOVERY A LOT HARDER, NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR MY CHILDREN, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE HOUSE, I FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT MY RECOVERY AND GETTING MY CHILDREN BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.
LET ME, LET ME SAY A COUPLE THINGS.
WILL YOU TAKE OFF FOR US? AH, AND THE BOARD, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT YOU FOLKS PUT IN BECAUSE THE OLDER I GET AND RUSS KNOWS, WE WENT INTO FIRST GRADE TOGETHER ALL FIVE YEARS.
I MAY NOT, BUT TIME IS VERY PRECIOUS AND THIS LIFE I REALLY BELIEVE IS A TRIAL.
YOU KNOW, YOU PUT HERE TO SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH WATCHING GOD.
AND I THINK YOU ALL, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO BE THE ONE TO GRADE YOU, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU PASSING GRADES.
SO LIKE, YES, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO BE HERE BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE THAT PRAY FOR US, THE BETTER OFF WE'LL ALL BE.
BUT, UM, I JUST, I HAVE A VERY, A PRETTY SAD ANNOUNCEMENT.
YOU ALL DON'T KNOW IT, BUT WE JUST HAD AN OFFICER, A POLICE OFFICER TOO, JUST RECENTLY PASSED FROM OUT THE COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH BRAIN CANCER.
AND, UM, HER NAME IS LIEUTENANT PAT SPICER, NOT JUST LIKE THE MIDDLE TO CALL FOR MOMO SILENCE.
IT WAS PULL YOUR LEAD IF YOU DON'T MIND.
LET'S DO CALL FROM SALISBURY FINALLY.
I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE THING, THIS HOUSE SINCE THE ONE OF THE
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS THE SEWER REPORT, MR. DAVID MUSE.
AND BY THE WAY, I JUST WANT TO BRING THIS UP.
MY WIFE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
PHOTOSHOP BABBLING AGAIN, BUT I'LL PUT THAT NOW.
BUT, UH, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ON NATIONAL NEWS TONIGHT.
REMEMBER A COUPLE, THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT I HAD READ SOMEWHERE THAT IS CIA SECRET REPORT.
IT SAID THAT THE MOST, UH, TERRIBLE THING TO GET AHOLD OF IN THE COMING YEARS WAS GOING TO BE PURE DRINKING WATER, MORE SO THAN ALL MORE SODA THAN ANYTHING.
AND THE FIRST EVERYBODY KIND OF SNICKERED A LITTLE BIT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE OLD FOOL APPROVED OUT TO BE READY.
THEN THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG TIME DEAL.
AND I'M HOPING WE'RE ON THE LEADING EDGE AND KEEPING UP WITH ALL THAT YEAH.
SO WE ARE, WE ARE BLESSED TO LIVE WHERE WE LIVE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD DRINKING WATER THAT'S FOR SURE.
UM, TO TURN TO THE DIRTIER SIDE OF LIFE, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TREATED A TOTAL OF 106 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER DURING THE MONTH OF JULY.
UH, THAT AVERAGED OUT TO, UH, 3.4 TO ME YELLEN'S PER DAY, OUR MAXIMUM DAILY FLOW WAS 3.85 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
UM, YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A HISTORY OF THIS, BUT, UM, WE HAVE DONE A, A PRETTY STOUT EFFORT IN FINDING SOME INFILTRATION IN OUR SYSTEM.
UH, WE HAD OVER EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN, UH, RECORDED AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
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YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN, UM, HALF FLOWS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 4.7 AND MAYBE AS HIGH AS SIX TO 6.5.AND, UH, THE INFILTRATION, UM, HAS BEEN STOPPED TO THE POINT THAT, UM, WE FOR THE LAST FOUR DAYS HAVE REALLY BEEN LOOKING FOR WASTEWATER FLOW TO COME TO THE PLANT EARLY IN THE MORNING, BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NOTHING COMING TO IT.
UH, AND THAT IS A CONCERN FOR THE PLANT MANAGER AND OPERATING A TRICK AND FILLER PLAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT, UM, THESE FLOWS HAVE BEEN REDUCED A GREAT DEAL THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF, UH, MY STAFF AND, UH, THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM SOME CREDIT FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE.
UM, ALSO WANT TO REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
UM, THE BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT UNITS ARE BEING CLOSED UP ON THE END THAT YOU SAW OPEN.
UM, THEY ARE FINISHING THE LAST AERIATION BASINS ON THE SECOND UNIT.
UH, BOTH CLARIFIERS ARE NOW TOTALLY ENCLOSED HAVE BEEN WATER TESTED, UM, THE SLOWED STABILIZATION BUILDING, WHICH WILL CREATE A CLASS, A SLUDGE THAT WE WILL HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SELL IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETE AND A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED.
ALL THE CONVEYOR BELTS ARE INSTALLED.
THEY'RE WORKING ON THE ELECTRICAL CONTROL EQUIPMENT NOW.
AND, UM, THE PROGRESS THAT CROWDER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IS MAKING IS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT THEY'RE DOING REALLY WELL.
THE, UM, UH, SAND FILTERS THAT WILL ACTUALLY CLEAN THE WATER THE LAST LITTLE STEP BEFORE IT GOES TO THE NEUSE RIVER, UH, IS COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND NICELY AND PROGRESS IS MOVING AHEAD ON SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE PUMP STATION, WHICH WAS A CHANGE ORDER THAT YOU ISSUED, UM, TO THEM, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, EXECUTED.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE STARTED POURING THE FOUNDATION ON THAT BUILDING AS WELL AS WE TOOK BIDS, UM, TODAY, UH, FOR THE DIFFUSER THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE INSTALLED OUT IN THE RIVER.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT THAT WAS OPENED UP AT, UM, RIVERS AND ASSOCIATES TODAY AND I'LL GET THE RESULTS TOMORROW.
BUT, UM, I SAW, I THINK THAT THAT WILL TURN OUT FAVORABLE FOR US ALSO, THAT'S A REAL LONG LEAD TIME ITEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO ORDER AND PURCHASE AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE CONTRACTOR TO INSTALL SO THAT WE CAN FINISH THIS PLAN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
ALSO THE PROGRESS ON THE, UM, WATER RECLAMATION PROJECT AT THE MAR MARIETTA QUARRY, UH, THE DOCUMENTS ARE BEING SENT TO THE STATE THIS WEEK THAT WILL DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL NOT SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH GROUND WATER OTHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED TO THIS POINT.
UM, UH, AND THAT, UM, RIVERS AND ASSOCIATES WILL ALSO COMPLETE THE DESIGN OF THE RECLAMATION, THE WATER REUSE, UH, PUMP STATION, AND ALL OF THAT WILL GO TO THE STATE AND WILL BE REVIEWED, SHOULD TAKE HOME ABOUT 45 DAYS.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT REVIEW DONE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT THING, ACID MITIGATION REPORT, I SAW THAT BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE.
THAT MEANS GOOD NEWS, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
HERE I HAVE PLACED A COPY OF MY NOTES.
UM, ELEVATION IS THE ACQUISITIONS WE'VE COMPLETED ARE 23.
UH, WE NOW HAVE FOUR HOUSES THAT ARE ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE NINE OTHER ELEVATIONS THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES.
TWO OF THEM ARE READY TO PROCEED, WAITING FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO COME TO ALL THOSE WE'VE MET WITH THE OWNERS AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO US ON THINGS LIKE DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE ONE OTHER THAT THE OWNER HAD STARTED SOME REPAIR ON HIMSELF.
UM, AND WE HAVE ASKED HIM TO COMPLETE SOME OF THOSE REPAIRS BEFORE WE GO IN TO START ELEVATING SO THAT WE, AS THE PROGRAM, DON'T BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE REPAIRS.
AND WE FEEL LIKE THEY WILL MOVE FAIRLY EXPEDITIOUSLY.
WE RECEIVED BIDS ON YESTERDAY THAT WE WILL HAVE, UH, READY FOR AWARD AT YOUR UPCOMING BOARD MEETING ON THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OTHER UNITS OF THOSE NINE THAT I CONSIDER CONTINGENCY UNITS, WHICH ARE THE TWO HIGHEST PRIORITY ONES, JUST IN CASE I'VE MISCALCULATED SOMEWHERE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE HIGHEST PRIORITY UNITS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
WE HAVE THREE UNITS REMAINING TO BE BID.
UH, ONE OF THOSE, UH, I HAVE IN HAND THAT WILL BE OUT FOR BID, UM, THIS WEEK.
AND THERE ARE TWO OTHERS THAT ARE MOBILE HOMES THAT ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING ACCEPTABLE.
UM, WE HAVE THOSE LEFT TO DO, AND WE HAVE ONE RE ONE HOUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY THE REHABILITATION ONLY, UH, THAT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH TO START WORK ON THAT HOUSE.
UH, WE HAD ONE UNIT, IT WAS A VERY HIGH COST DUE TO SOME UNIQUE FLOOR ARRANGEMENTS IN THAT TYPE THING.
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TO REBID THAT TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THE COST DOWN TO WHEREVER.MAYBE WE CAN ELEVATE THAT HOUSE INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING TO LEAVE IT OUT OF THE PROGRAM.
THERE WERE FOUR ACQUISITIONS WE HAVE TO DO.
UH, THESE HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS SENT THE GRANT AGREEMENT, REVISED GRANT AGREEMENT DOWN TO THE CITY.
THE CITY HAVE SIGNED IT AND SENT IT BACK, I THINK TODAY OR YESTERDAY FOR THE FINAL SIGNATURES.
SO WE HAD STARTED PROCESSING THE ACQUISITION PAPERWORK ON TWO OF THOSE, BECAUSE THOSE OWNERS ARE READY TO GO.
THE OWNERS ARE STILL A LITTLE BIT HESITANT ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED, BUT WE'LL START COUNSELING AND WORKING WITH THEM.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THEIR FINAL APPROVAL.
I MAY ASK YOU ONE QUESTION ABOUT HOUSES.
AREN'T YOU BOOKED TO WHAT LEVEL NOW, AS FAR AS THE ONES THAT WERE REMAINING TO BE RAISED NINE FEET OR MATT AND A HALF FEET OR SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE ANY UNDER BUSTED, THAT'S THE LOWEST ONE.
HASN'T BEEN, I WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH IT, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN THE LOW, THE LOWEST OF THE LOWER LOWEST OWNER-OCCUPIED ONES ARE UP.
THE, UM, WE HAVE ONE OR TWO, UH, LOW RENTAL UNITS THAT ARE OF COURSE, A LOWER PRIORITY THAN THE LOW OWNER-OCCUPIED UNITS THAT WE FROM.
MATTER OF FACT, I SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT I THINK WILL HOPEFULLY GET UP IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO IF THINGS GO, AS THEY SAY, THEY'RE GOING TO, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GAUGE IS THAT BARRICK INSIDE OF THE HURRICANE, THE WEDDING IS LAYER.
THAT'S ACCURATE STUDY
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT, BUT YOU TURNED A FEW OF THEM BACK.
I WATCH IT MYSELF FOR THAT REASON, BUT LESS KEEP ON WITH THE GOOD WORK AND GET THEM ON UP AND VANISHED.
AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF US STOP SWEATING.
ANYTHING, LESLIE, WHAT ELSE? WE GOT LITERALLY BIKE.
THE MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
AND, UH, DURING THIS LAST RATING PERIOD, UH, OR REPORTING PERIOD, RATHER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 18 EVENTS, LITTER EVENTS, UH, 12 RE RESULTED IN WARNING, SIX RESULTED IN CHARGES BEING GIVEN.
AND WE HAVE FOUR CURRENT INVESTIGATIONS, UH, WHERE WE ARE INVESTIGATING LITTER REPORTS AND LOOKING TO FIND, UH, WHO WERE THE PEOPLE THAT, UH, THAT DID THE LITTERING.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE THOSE IF WE CAN LOCATE THEM.
UH, IN ADDITION, JUST ANECDOTALLY, WE WROTE, UH, FIVE NOISE ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS THIS LAST MONTH.
AND, UH, FOR, FOR THE RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SIR, UM, THE TOTAL ENFORCEMENT TIME FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAS BEEN 38.2, FIVE HOURS OR 38, AND A QUARTER HOURS WROTE 43 TRAFFIC TICKETS FOR RED RUNNING RED LIGHTS.
WE MONITORED A TOTAL OF NINE INTERSECTIONS AND THERE WAS ONE ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED FROM A RED LIGHT VIOLATION DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
I MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION ELUCIDATION, WHEN YOU SAY IT, IT HAS BEEN 38.2, FIVE HOURS OF WHATEVER SPENT ON THE RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT.
DOES THAT MEAN WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? WHEN THE GUY SAYS MY TIME'S UP, I AIN'T GO LOOK AT ANY MORE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS DEDICATED TIME DIRECTED PATROL TO MONITORING INTERSECTIONS.
IT DOESN'T COUNT IF YOU DRIVE, IF YOU STOPPED AT A LIGHT GOING TO SOMEPLACE AND SOMEBODY RUNS THE LIGHT AND YOU PULL THEM OVER AND GIVE THEM A TICKET.
THAT DOESN'T COUNT WHAT IT IS IS IF AN OFFICER IS ASSIGNED, LIKE THE TRAFFICKING UNIT IS ASSIGNED THREE HOURS PER SHIFT, EACH OFFICER HAS TO WORK INTERSECTIONS.
SO DURING THOSE THREE HOURS, THEY LOG OUT AT THE, AT THE INTERSECTIONS AND THAT TIMES RECORDED.
TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WE, WE, UM, MONITORED NINE INTERSECTIONS AND WE MONITORED BASED ON THE 10 WORST INTERSECTIONS WE HAVE IN THE CITY FOR ACCIDENTS.
MOST OF THEM OF COURSE, ARE ALONG THE MARTIN LUTHER KING CARTER ON GLEN BURNIE, TRENT ROAD, THOSE PLACES.
BUT WE ALSO HIT OTHERS ON BROAD STREET, YOU KNOW, ON NATIONAL.
SO WE KIND OF MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UM, THIS IS, UH, MOST OF THIS WAS DONE IN MARK VEHICLES.
SOME OF IT'S DONE IN UNMARKED VEHICLES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY THE IMPRESSION THAT IF THEY DON'T SEE A POLICE CAR, THEY CAN RUN THE LIGHT.
WE WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU DO SEE A POLICE CAR, BE REAL SMART TO NOT RUN THE LIGHT.
BUT IF YOU DON'T SEE A POLICE GUARD DOESN'T MEAN IT'S CLEAR.
SO, UH, THE SCENE AND NOT BECAUSE IT WAS RED LIGHT THE LAST MONTH, IT SEEMS LIKE I SEE A LOT MORE CARS OUT MOVING AROUND.
AND AGAIN, THAT MAY JUST BE CHANCE.
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AND I JUST HAPPENED TO BEEN THERE WHEN THEY WERE THERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, AND THEY'RE DOING A REAL GOOD JOB AND BEING HIGHLY VISIBLE.YOU GET, REMEMBER THE OTHER DAY WHEN WE DID THE THING ON, ON THE TV STATION ABOUT THE RED LIGHTS OR WHATEVER, AND THEY DID YOU, DID YOU SEE WHY THEY CLIPPED ME OFF HOME? BUT I WAS GRABBING ALONG AS I USUALLY DO.
AND I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A YELLOW LIGHT IS AND SAY FOR THE ONE I WAS SAYING WAS, YEAH, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ANYBODY ANYMORE? WELL, SOMEBODY CALLED UP THE DAY, CAUSE I UNDERSTAND DOWN HERE AND WAS UPSET, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL COULDN'T REMEMBER WHETHER IT WAS ME OR YOU THAT SAID THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YES SIR.
IT WAS ME THAT SAID THAT TO HIM, WHATEVER HE SAID THERE, WELL, I NEVER EVEN GOT ON IT.
THEY, I WAS ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR FOR THAT INTERVIEW.
BUT ANYWAY, I THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY GOOD AT Y'ALL WANT TO GET ME STRAIGHT IN THAT JUST IN CASE ANYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW A YELLOW LIGHT MEANS SLOW DOWN THE LIGHTS GOING TO TURN RED, NOT SPEED UP THE LIGHTS GOING TO TURN RED.
YOUR TROOPS ARE DOING BECAUSE THEY ARE HIGHLY VISIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, WORKING LONG BANANAS DEPARTMENT, THAT, THAT PRESSURE ON THE LETTERS IS HELPING A LOT TOO.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT THE PLANE? DIDN'T WANT TO CALL US THE CHEAP.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU NEVER REALLY THINK ABOUT UNTIL SOMEBODY ASKED YOU THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW IN THE WORLD DO THEY FIGURE OUT THE PERCENTAGE OF SEATBELT YOU SEE EACH WEEK WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT ACTUALLY GO AROUND THE CITY AND COUNT VEHICLES AND COUNT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS AND THE NUMBERS THAT AREN'T.
AND THEN WE DO A PERCENTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT ARE COUNTED VERSUS THE ONES THAT WERE WEARING THEM.
AND THAT'S HOW YOU COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER.
IT'S A, IT'S A PHYSICAL CAMP IT'S BEING DONE BY VOLUNTEERS.
SO YOU SEE THE SCIENCE AND SOMEBODY SAID, HOW DO THEY FIGURE THAT? DO THEY HAVE A POLICE OFFICER? WELL, THAT'S NOT HOW IT IS, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW.
NO, SIR, WE DON'T USE POLICE OFFICERS, BUT WE USE SOME OF OUR 30, SOME ODD VOLUNTEERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT GUY SAW HIM ALL THE OTHER DAY THAT HAD ON A T-SHIRT THAT HAD A FAKE
WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, SIR, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING YOU COULD TRY TO THINK OF TO TRY TO GET AWAY WITH SOMETHING I'VE SEEN IT.
I'VE SEEN THE, THE, THE, UH, THE LITTLE, UH, LIKE SEVEN UP CANS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A WRAP THAT GOES AROUND YOUR BEER CANS.
IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE A SEVEN AGAIN, IT'S WEIRD.
PEOPLE WILL DO A LOT OF THINGS WE APPRECIATE AND PASS ON THE GOOD WORD.
MA'AM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. MAYOR? I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW A NUMBER 11 OUT FOR SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.
ANYBODY ELSE GOT ONE? THEY WANT TO CLUE NOT.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO MOVE IT UP REMAINING SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
MR. FREEZE HAVE ADD NUMBER 11 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA INDUSTRY INVOLVES ONE OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS.
I'M SORRY THAT ALDERMAN BALLENGER COULDN'T BE HERE.
THE WEST NEWBURN RECREATION CENTER IS ACTUALLY IN HIS WARD, BUT IN HIS ABSENCE, I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.
UM, WE, UM, OUR CONSENT AGENDA, THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE TO SOME PEOPLE TO GET THEM UP HERE TONIGHT THAT THEY ALDERMAN WERE CURIOUS ABOUT IT.
JUST GET MAD THEY'RE HERE, MAN.
YOU ALL CAN COME ON IN AND PLEASE MA'AM SOMEWHERE AROUND THE CORNER.
THERE WAS SOMETHING SAID IN ORDER TO GET A COUPLE OF PEOPLE UP HERE THAT THE ALDERMAN AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS, THE CONCESSION STAND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
THERE HAVE BEEN, AND THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE CONCERN THAT LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD NUMBER TWO REALLY DESERVES A BETTER NAME THAN LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD.
NUMBER TWO, AND AN ANSWER TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO READ A MOTION THAT WAS FORWARDED TO ME BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE MANEUVER AND SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
STACY CARAWAY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE NEWBORN SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE FOR 29 YEARS.
HE HAS CONTRIBUTED A SPIRITED AND DEDICATED.
HE HAS A COMMITMENT TO THE IDEALS AND GOALS OF MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
DURING THESE YEARS, STACY HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS COACHING AND SECURING UMPIRES FOR THE MINOR LEAGUE BALL GAMES.
HE DOES RECEIVE SOME COMPENSATION FOR HOWEVER, STACY HAS NEVER STOPPED THERE.
HE HAS GONE OVER AND ABOVE THE JOB REQUIREMENTS ON HIS COACHING POSITION AND HAS DONE SO MUCH MORE.
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HE LOVES HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHILDREN.HE HAS NO CHILDREN OF HIS OWN.
IT REFLECTS IN THE TIME HE HAS GIVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY, ALWAYS TRYING TO INSTRUCT THEM AND HELP THEM TO BETTER THEIR GAME, TEACH THEM THE VALUE OF TEAMWORK, SPORTSMANSHIP, FAIR, PLAY, AND DISCIPLINE, AND HOW TO ENJOY THE EXCITEMENT AND FUN OF THE GAME.
STACEY DISPLAYS ENTHUSIASM AND TEAM SPIRIT, AND SERVES TIRELESSLY AT TOURNAMENT'S COACHING.
MANY ALL-STAR GAMES AND IS WILLING TO WORK IN WHATEVER CAPACITY NEEDED FROM SELLING HOT DOGS TO LOOKING AFTER THE GATE OR THE FIELD.
HE DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD.
HE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP TO PAST AND PRESENT PRESIDENTS, SERVING AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND IN MANY OTHER CAPACITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, STACY IS AT THE FIELD, EVEN ON THE WORKDAYS AND IS ALWAYS THERE WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND A PAT ON THE BACK FOR THE KIDS WHO LOOK UP TO HIM, IT IS WITH THIS IN MIND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE MINOR LEAGUE FIELD NUMBER TWO, BE NAMED IN HONOR OF STACY F CARAWAY FOR HIS DEDICATION TO THE GAME AND HIS YEARS OF COMMITMENT, THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS SIGNED BY CHUCK GOCO ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE LETTER FROM CHUCK.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ A LITTLE EXCERPT FROM THAT.
I HAVE WORKED IN PLAYED CLOSELY WITH STACY CARAWAY FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AS AN ACTIVE BOARD MEMBER OF THE NEW-BORN SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE, CAL RIPKIN BASEBALL LEAGUE.
I AM HONORED TO SUPPORT AND ENDORSE THE ENCLOSED MOTION FOR THE NAMING OF THE FIELD.
AND HONOR OF STACY, EXCUSE ME, THERE'S A GENERATION OF YOUNG ADULTS AND KIDS THAT NOW ASSOCIATE NEWBORN YOUTH BASEBALL WITH STACEY CARAWAY.
I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED HOW ONE UMPIRE CAN KEEP TWO DUGOUTS WITH AS MANY AS SIX COACHES APPRISED OF THE RULES.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE A JOKE A FEW MINUTES LATER AND KEEP EVERYONE SMILING ON BOTH SIDES, EVEN MORE.
AND DURING HIS, HIS WAY OF ENCOURAGING THE KIDS AND ALWAYS HAVING A KIND WORD FOR THEM, STACY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE AT HIS BEST BETWEEN ENDINGS, NOT UMPIRING.
HE HAS INSTRUCTIONS AND REASSURING WORDS TO A NINE YEAR OLD PITCHER WARMING UP, GO ALONG WAY IN SETTLING THE BUTTERFLIES.
HE IS RESPECTED AND BELOVED AMBASSADOR TO NEWBURN YOUTH BASEBALL, TO BOTH PARENTS AND KIDS.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THESE TWO ITEMS INTO THE MINUTES OF THE NEWBORN BOARD OF ALDERMAN, SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS MIGHT KNOW THE TYPE OF PEOPLE IT TAKES TO MAKE A GOOD TOWN.
STACY AND STACY, I HAVE NEVER MET STACY STANDUP, STACY AND ALSO MR. MAYOR, WITH THIS IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT FROM THIS NIGHT FORWARD NEWBURN LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD, NUMBER TWO, BE KNOWN AS STACY CARAWAY FIELD OR STACEY F CARAWAY FIELD, IF YOU PREFER, AND THAT AN APPROPRIATE SIGN TO THAT EFFECT, BE ERECTED AT THE SITE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, CALL ROLL ON THAT, PLEASE, MAN.
STACY, WOULD YOU CARE TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE GROUP? UH, YEAH.
COME UP TO THE MIC AND BE SURE YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
UH, MIKE
DIDN'T TELL ME THE FULL TRUTH ON THIS DEAL TONIGHT.
UM, I, I'M STILL A LITTLE LOST, BUT UM, MY SWIM DAY ON A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MY PARENTS, MY MOTHER, MY FATHER, OF COURSE, AND A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE MUST'VE GOT BEHIND BEHIND MY BACK ON THIS ONE, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THE LETTER SAID I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH LITERALLY EVER SINCE I WAS SEVEN STARTED PLAYING MY PARENTS GOT ME INTO IT.
AND AFTER I FINISHED MY LITTLE LEAGUE, I STARTED ON PINE WHEN I WAS 13 AND OF DOING IT HAD BEEN DONE AT EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN.
AND I'M 42 NOW, AND IT'S SOMETHING I REALLY ENJOY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A FIELD NAME FOR ME IS JUST UNFATHOMABLE.
YOU KNOW, I KNEW MR. LEONARD KOTLER AND I KNEW MR. AC HEATH, HE COACHED ME.
AND UH, I KNEW MR. JERRY ATKINS, I PLAYED ON ONE OF HIS BASEBALL TEAMS AND T EVEN, YOU KNOW, HAD MY NAME MENTIONED IN THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE IS I CAN'T EVEN THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT FEELING.
I'M, I'M, I'M SURPRISED AS HECK, BUT, UH, I WOULD MIKE AND ANYBODY HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
I DO NOT LIKE YOUR MOM AND DAD HAD TO STAND UP IF THEY
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I KNOW HIS MOM AND DADDY, AND IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT HE'S DONE AS WELL AS HE HAS BECAUSE, UH, HIS MOTHER AND DADDY HAD BEEN MADE OUT OF THE RIGHT STEP.AND I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING HIM DO WHAT HE'S DONE.
IN FACT, CHUCK GILGO TOLD ME LAST NIGHT, HE WAS TELLING ME ALL THIS WONDERFUL STUFF ABOUT IT.
AND WHEN IT GOT DONE, THE TEARS ARE RUNNING DOWN MY EYES.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY THERE'S GOING TO BE FOOD, MOST ALL OF US WILL BE THERE.
SO STACY, YOU WERE CONSIDERED A LIVING LEGEND.
NOW YOU REALLY HAVE STANDING IN YOUR FEET RIGHT NOW.
NOW WITH THAT HAND, MS. LEE, MR. FREE, NOTHING TODAY, SIR.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE DUFF FEST.
THAT IS THE SATURDAY'S THOUGHTS.
STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER.
EVERYBODY'S INVITED THE COMMUNITY IS DONE.
YOU PROBABLY HEARD ALL ABOUT IT ALL OVER TOWN BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, UM, TO PREPARE FOR THE DUST FEST THIS YEAR.
SO JUST WANT TO BE SURE TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO REMEMBER THIS IS SAT NOON, ALL THE CROWD
ANY OF YOU HAVE HIS COMMENTS? I JUST LIKE TO SAY, I GUESS PEOPLE WONDER WHEN THEY SEE MR. SAMSON HERE SO MUCH, BECAUSE THEY GET US CONFUSED.
WHETHER THEY GO TO MR. SAMSON FOR SOMETHING IN THE CITY AND COME TO ME WITH SOMETHING IN THE COUNTY AND HE'LL SAY, WELL, I'LL TELL HIM, I'LL TELL HIM MR. SAMPSON.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT BOTH OF US REPRESENT MUCH OF THE SAME COMMUNITIES.
AND WE LIVE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS AS COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIALS AND BE PROUD FOR THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE DO.
I MEAN, THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS CHANGE IN THE DEPTH OF FIELD COMMUNITY.
THERE IS A SENSE OF PRIDE THAT IS OVERWHELMING.
AND JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS NOT LIKE THAT.
AND IT COMES A LOT FROM THE WAY THE COMMUNITY HAS RALLIED BEHIND, UH, CLEANING UP DUFFY FIELD AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN.
I MEAN, GIRLS, I MEAN GUYS SO AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE DUST FEST IS HAPPENING AND WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME, UH, NOTHING ELSE ON MY LITTLE NICER.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE DEAF COMMUNITY IS A NICE COMMUNITY AND THERE'S NO, NO MATTER WHAT THE CITY HAS HELPED TO DO OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL FLOWER CAN COME OUT OF SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOOD.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS REALLY DID IT THEMSELVES AND THEY DESERVE IT.
AND I'M JUST TAKING THE DAY OUT THERE THAT IT IS WHAT IT IS, AND I'M PROUD.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL GO TO THE ATTORNEY'S REPORT REPORTS.
AND THAT'S HOW I YOU TO REPHRASE THIS
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THIS IS TOO EASY.