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AND WE WILL CALL THE MEETING ORDER AND, UH, WE'LL OPEN IT WITH A PRAYER BY DR.
THOMAS DENTON, THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DANNY'S AND MAMAS GRANDPARENTS.
AND GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WE COME FROM VARIOUS TRADITIONS AND EXPERIENCES AND CALLED YOU BY MANY NAMES YET.
LORD DO NOT EACH ONE OF US PERSONALLY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE CREATORS AND YOU CALL EACH ONE OF US INDIVIDUALLY BY NAME LORD, YOU'VE CALLED US TO ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ON A MUTUAL JOURNEY.
SOMETIMES THAT JOURNEY LEADS US TO MOUNTAIN TOPS SOMETIMES, OR LEADS IS BY THE RIVERSIDE.
AND OTHER TIMES THROUGH THE BAT, GOD, WE JOURNEY THROUGH SHAD OR THROUGH TROUBLE.
WE MISUNDERSTANDING THE LIGHT AND IN LIFE YOU WORK OUT.
SO LEAVE THIS BOARD TONIGHT IN THIS DELIBERATION, WE THANK YOU FOR THEM AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.
YOU THANK YOU FOR OUR CITIZENRY, THE SERVANTS OF THIS CITY, AND FOR ALL OF THEM TO BE A PART OF MAKING THIS PLACE.
AND EVEN GREG, EVEN NOW IS YOUR JOURNEY BEFORE US LEAD US ON THAT, WE MIGHT BE MADE FAITHFUL TO THE CALLING THAT YOU'VE BEEN TRUSTED TO.
I WAS LISTENING SO STRONGLY TO YOU WORDS.
I FORGOT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO GET INTO MY HEAD.
NANNY, IF YOU WILL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
FIRST THING WE HAVE TONIGHT IS TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE REVEREND WEG HITMEN WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY.
UH, I THINK WE READ IT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I'M GOING TO RATE IT AGAIN FOR PRESENTED.
AND IT SAYS, UH, WHEREAS THE REVEREND WG HICKMAN HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY WELL FOR MANY YEARS.
AND WHEREAS REVEREND HICKMAN WAS PASTOR AND MISSIONARY BAPTIST AND AME ZION CHURCH AND NEWBURN MOREHEAD CITY ORIENTAL POLITICS WILL AMAZE WILL WASHINGTON, ROCKY MOUNTAIN GRIFFIN AND BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS HE WAS PRESIDENT OF NAACP FOR EIGHT YEARS.
AND WHEREAS REVEREND HICKMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE CRAVEN COUNTY VOTERS LEAGUE DIRECT GROUP OF MIGRATORY WORKERS.
AND THE TEACHER WAS DRAFTING AND DESIGN.
WHEREAS ROBIN HICKMAN PROVED TO BE A CAPABLE AND COURTEOUS OFFICIAL AND FRIEND.
WHEREAS WE MOURN HIS LOSS AND EXTENDED HIS FAMILY ON US AND SARAH SANFORD.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE NEWMAN BOARD OF ALL WOMEN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, HEREBY EXTENDS TO THE FAMILY, THIS EXPRESSION OF SINCERE REGRET FOR HIS LOSS AND THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL BE CONSOLED BY THE MEMORIES OF HIS FINE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.
IF ANYBODY IS THE NIGHT NOBODY'S HERE, OKAY.
AND WE'LL PRESENT IT DIRECTLY.
AND WE REALLY, UH, MORE THAN PASSING THE BRIGHT RED, WHEN THE HECK, ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE.
NUMBER FOUR WOULD BE A PRESENTATION AND OFFICIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE WEED AND SEED.
MY JANICE COLE, US ATTORNEY FOR EASTERN DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA.
I HAD THE PLEASURE WORKING WITH MS. COLE SEVERAL TIMES, QUITE A FEW TIMES
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IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.SO HE'S REALLY
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YEAH, SHE'S IN JACKSONVILLE.[00:15:01]
BAD NIGHT YOU COULD BE HERE ON BECAUSE THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS WHAT'S CALLED THE REQUEST AND PETITIONS OF CITIZENS.AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP TO THE, I THOUGHT ONE GUY TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING WRONG.
SO A CHORUS NOW, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE NOW, THEY DON'T REALLY MEAN IT.
NO, I THINK IT REALLY DO MEAN ANYWAY.
WE'LL START ON THE FRONT ROW AND SEE IF WE HAVE ANYBODY OUT THERE ON THAT PARTICULAR.
ALL RIGHT, COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
UH, MY NAME IS STAN LETTUCE, 1325 PINE VALLEY DRIVE.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO, UH, RENOS, WHICH IS A NEW ORGANIZATION OF CITIZENS.
AND IT'S, UH, VERY APROPOS THAT YOU'RE, UH, TALKING ABOUT WEED AND SEED, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RENO'S WOULD LIKE TO DO IS BE ABLE TO HELP THE CITY IN ALL OF ITS AGENCIES AND ALL THE INTERESTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH THE CITY TO GREEN UP PUBLIC SPACES, UH, AROUND TOWN, WHETHER IT BE ON THE STREETS, WHETHER IT BE, UH, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, UH, WHETHER IT BE AREAS BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK, HER WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE NOW HAVE A GRASSROOTS SUPPORT SYSTEM IN PLACE, AND WE HOPE YOU WILL UTILIZE THE BEST, A GOOD RESOURCE FOR FUTURE PLANNING AND FUTURE UTILIZATION.
WE LIKED TO DRAW FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DO THE THINGS THAT HELP THE VARIOUS CITY AGENCIES WHEN IT COMES TO NEEDING, UH, VARIOUS PLANTING STOCK, UH, WEATHER BEETS, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, UH, HELP ON, UH, LAND USE STUDIES THAT, UH, IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRST STREET CORRIDOR PROJECT, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE NEWBURN A MORE ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY, UH, INCLUDING THE, THE HOUSE, UH, THAT, UH, WAS JUST REFERRED TO, UH, IN THE WEEK AND SEE, UH, THERE ARE NUMEROUS AREAS AND I'M SURE THAT ALL OF YOU KNOW, ABOUT MORE THAN WE DO, AND WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING ALMOST ALL NEIGHBORHOODS OF NEWARK RIGHT NOW.
WE HOPE TO GET EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTED.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE FROM RIVERSIDE, FROM THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT, FROM GREENBRIER, FROM TRENT WOODS, EVERYBODY IN THE GREATER NEW BERN AREA WHO LOOKS UPON THE CITY ITSELF AS THEIR HOME.
AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTACH A HIGHER PRIORITY, REALIZING THEIR LIMITED RESOURCES FOR THIS SORT OF THING, UH, TO ATTACH A HIGHER PRIORITY, TO MAKE THIS INTO A REALITY.
SO, UH, WE HOPE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE CAN DO IS TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT US AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE APPEARED BEFORE THE APPEARANCE COMMISSION.
AND WE, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, UH, SWISS BEAR.
UH, WE WERE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ANY AGENCY OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT CAN MAKE ALL OF THESE, UH, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS COME ABOUT.
UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL GIVE US SOME DIRECTION AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CALL UPON US BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A GOOD CORE OF PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE FORMER RETIRED, UH, PLANNERS, LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS, UH, MASTER GARDENERS, THAT SORT OF PERSON, AND WE STAND READY TO HELP YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER MR. LETTUCE.
UH, WOULD YOU OR ANY MEMBER OF YOUR GROUP BE INTERESTED, INTERESTED IN BEING ON THE NEW BURNER PRESS COMMISSION? CERTAINLY WE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD FEEL VERY, THAT WOULD BE A, I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AVAILABLE AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO NOMINATE YOU TONIGHT.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FILL THIS POSITION FOR SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO NOMINATE YOU THAT WAY YOU COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE A FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE ON THINGS AS AESTHETIC MATTERS AROUND THE CITY, OR MATTERS OF GOVERNING AESTHETICS AROUND THE CITY, AND YOU COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO WOULD SERVE DOESN'T THAT HAVE TO BE BY WARD WARD BY THE WAY.
WELL, I'M, UH, SINCE NOBODY IN MY WARD VOLUNTEER, I WOULD GO OUTSIDE OF MY, WOULD I BE HAPPY TO POINT YOU I'LL MAKE YOU A HONORARY MEMBER OF MY, UH, CITIZEN OF MY WORLD.
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BE PLEASED TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK, I THINK WE WOULD NEED, I THINK WE NEED TO CAUCUS WITH OUR GROUP TO SEE WHO MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.BUT WHAT WOULD, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? ALL THAT WE DO IS REQUIRE YOU, YOU WOULD JUST BE A MEMBER YOU WOULD HAVE FIRST, YOU WOULD HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE ON MATTERS IN THE, UH, THE, UH, APPEARANCE COMMISSION.
AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE THREE POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN ON THE APPEARANCE COMMISSION.
UH, AND WHEN WE, WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE FILL THOSE THREE POSITIONS.
WELL, COULD YOU SUBMIT A NAME FROM YOUR COMMITTEE? AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO APPOINT THEM IF YOU WOULD.
WELL, IF YOU JUST WAIT A MINUTE, WE'LL CAUCUS REPORT BACK IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, MR. LETTUCE, THIS IS, THIS IS PROOF POSITIVE, BUT THAT OLD SAYING NO GOOD DEED GOES I'D LIKE TO SAY ALSO, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITIZENRY COMING FORTH AND HELPING OUT BECAUSE, AND I SAY THIS CONTINUALLY, IN FACT, I SAID IT SATURDAY MORNING AND A THING I HAD TO GO TO AND SPEAK A FEW WORDS.
I THINK THE FOLKS IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE ANSWER 99 TIMES OUT OF A HUNDRED IS IN THE POPULATION, NOT IN THE GOVERNMENT.
WELL, IT'S OUR LITTLE GUY AND ONE OF THE NEXT SIZE OR THE BIGGEST ONE.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR BRAINS AND TIME AND EFFORT INTO DOING THESE THINGS.
WELL, HE SAYS I HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM, UH, WE HAVE TO ALL THE RAINER NEEDS AN APPOINTMENT ON THE VACANCY TONIGHT.
WELL, CERTAINLY TO START THE BALL ROLLING, I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP AND WE'LL GET, IF YOU WOULD LIKE WE CAN GET THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE.
AND HE SAYS, THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE, ONE MORE.
THEN THERE, WE CAN GET ANOTHER PERSON.
WELL, UM, IF IT'S AN ORDER, WE MADE IT TO THE BOARD.
AS YOU CAN TELL, I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE STAN, LET US TO THE NEWBURN APPEARANCE COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, FIRST THERE IS ANOTHER STATEMENT ABOUT THE NAIL, WHICH STICKS OUT GETS HAMMERED AND YOU ALL COME UP WITH ANOTHER VOLUNTEER OR, I MEAN, IN THIS AUDIENCE, OR WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ONE IN THIS AUDIENCE TONIGHT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET BACK TO YOU LATER.
BACK TO US AND PRESENT US WITH THE NAME BECAUSE, UH, I GUESS I CAN NOMINATE FOR THE AMBI CHAIR.
THE FOURTH WARD WOULD BE MOST PROPER BECAUSE UH, DON REPRESENT, UH, I THINK I'D BETTER SIT DOWN NOW.
UH, I HAVE THOUGHT FOR YEARS SHOULD BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WHAT WE CALL BEST POCKET PARKS, LOTS OF SMALL
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A TROVE WHERE SOME OF OUR CIVIC CLUBS, I THOUGHT THAT THESE PARKS AND WOULD UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE CITY, HORTICULTURIST OF YOUR GROUP, YOUR PARENTS PERMISSION LOOK AFTER THOSE PARKS, IF THEY'RE ALL PROJECTS AND I'M SURE THE CITY WOULD BE PROUD AND HAPPY TO PUT ASIDE ALL THAT LITTLE APART.
WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO GET INTO IF YOU THINK ABOUT, OH YEAH.
THAT'S THAT'S PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO HELP THE CITY AT SOME POINT, PROBABLY BRING THESE TWO INTO REALITY A LITTLE BIT QUICKER, OR AS YOU MENTIONED, LIMITED FUNDS, UH, AT SOME POINT WE JUST RUN OUT OF MONEY AND WHAT WE BASICALLY NEEDED LABOR.
AND I'M SURE IF A CIVIC CLUB TO TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE OF THESE BOOKS, ALL PARKS, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A BIG PLACE WITH SWAYING TODAY, EVERYTHING WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT A PATH OF A ROLE BUILDING BLOCK SIDE, RIGHT? I'M SURE THE CITY COULD COME UP WITH THE, UH, THE MATERIALS, THE PLANNERS AND THE DECORATING, IF WE COULD.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE WANT TO SPECIALIZE IN IS THE SMALL AREAS THAT YOU KNOW, CAN BE UTILIZED FOR PARK PURPOSES OR FOR BEAUTIFICATION PURPOSES, UM,
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ENTRANCES TO SKINS, UH, ENTRANCES TO PARTS, UH, SPACES BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE CURB, UH, RESTORING, UH, AREAS UNDER POWER LINES THAT HAVE BEEN DENUDED FROM THE TREES BECAUSE OF THE POWER LINES, UH, VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT, THE WATERFRONT AND OTHER, UH, UNION PARK ITSELF.THERE ARE MANY LITTLE, LITTLE PROJECTS THAT ARE DOABLE AND MANAGING THEM.
AND FOR, FOR A GROUP LIKE OURS, LEMME ASK YOU, DO YOU, YOU ALL INTEND TO BE PROACTIVE IN FINDING THOSE PROJECTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK IT'LL WORK MUCH BETTER IF YOU GO AROUND TO CAUSE THAT'S YOUR FOCUS, FIND SOME OF THESE THINGS AND THEN BRING THEM UP TO WHO WOULD BE THE PROPER ONE TO BRING THEM TO, TO GET, I GUESS, THE CITY'S APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
WOULD IT BE DANNY OR ROGER OR YOU YEAH.
WORK THROUGH THE EXISTING, YOU KNOW, STRESS, WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WE NEED TO, BUT YOU CAN SPOT THE PROJECTS AND THEN RUN THEM THROUGH THEM AND SEE IF THEY GOT A PLAN AND THEY WANT TO DO IT AND THEY APPROVE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, JUST DROP ME A LITTLE THING IN THE MAIL AND TELL ME SOME THINGS YOU'VE DONE OR SOME SUCCESS OR LACK THERE OF THAT.
YOU'VE HAD JUST, JUST, I DON'T MEAN A DISSERTATION, BUT JUST SOMETHING LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET ME AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WE'VE JUST, UH, UH, RECEIVED A WORD THAT, UH, THE CAROLINA POWER LIGHT COMPANY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING US A HUNDRED TREES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DETERMINING THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WITH ON MARCH 8TH WHEN WE HAVE OUR FIRST ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.
UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING, THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, UH, RETAIL STORE DOWN AT FIRST WITH POLYGON, UH, THEY'RE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN LANDSCAPING THAT AREA AROUND THAT.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE IN THE PUBLIC, UH, SPACE BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE CURB ON THAT CORNER.
UH, AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL COME UP THAT WILL RECEIVE VARIOUS DEGREES OF PRIORITY.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO RELY ON.
UH, MY GAVE RECENT DEPARTMENT, THE APPEARANCE COMMISSION AND PARKS AND RECREATION PEOPLE, UH, TO LET US KNOW WHAT IS CONSIDERED BETTER PROJECTS THAN OTHERS.
AND WE'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO FOLLOW.
ANYBODY ELSE ON THE FIRST ROW? ALL RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT THE SECOND ROW? THE THIRD ROW, THE FOURTH ROW? I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY ON THE FOURTH ROW AND LAST THE TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE BACK.
I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, I GUESS WE'RE DONE.
NEXT THING WOULD BE, UH, DISCUSS A LIGHT AT HANCOCK AND POLLOCK STREETS.
I ASKED THAT THIS ISSUE BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I HAD WITNESSED FIRSTHAND TWO ACCIDENTS IN ONE DAY, BUT THEY WERE ACTIVE THREE ACCIDENTS IN THE SAME DAY AND I'M ON THE SAME DAY ROUTE.
AND I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM AT THE INTERSECTION OF HANCOCK AND PALA STREET AND THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A LIGHT.
THERE USED TO BE A LIGHT THERE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WHERE THE RAILROAD IS, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME FEDERAL LAW THAT PROHIBITS US FROM MAINTAINING A LIGHT UNLESS WE UPGRADE IT TO A CERTAIN STANDARD.
BUT, UH, I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO THE, UM, CONGRESS OF CITIES MEETING IN, UH, WASHINGTON DC, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I HAPPENED TO MEET NEWT GINGRICH.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID WAS THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE HOUSE AND, UM, AND GET RID OF THE, UH, OF THE, UH, 100 MOST DUMBEST LAWS IN AMERICA.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND A LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PUT A STOP, SIGN UP.
THAT'S LESS SAFE THAN US, THEN WE'LL STOP LIGHTS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT FEDERAL LAW IS, IS OVER BROAD AS FAR AS IT'S DRAFTED TO A BROADLY, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SAFER AT THAT INTERCESSION TO HAVE A LIGHT, AS OPPOSED TO A STOP SIGN.
IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ACCIDENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION.
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TIME I SEEN IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK, I SEE TRASH ON THE STREET FROM, UH, DEBRIS ON THE STREET FROM AN, FROM A COLLISION.AND, UH, PERSONALLY SPEAKING, WHEN I MET THE STOP SIGN OR COMING FROM THE POST OFFICE ON HANCOCK STREET, WHEN IT'S VERY BUSY, AS SOON AS YOU THINK IT'S SAFE TO, UH, CROSS OVER POLISHED STREET ONTO THE OTHER SIDE, AND HERE COMES ANOTHER CAR, I MEAN, YOU CAN'T BE VIGILANT ENOUGH AT THAT INTERSECTION.
THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY CARS THERE AND IT'S SOMETHING WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT.
I UNDERSTAND IT COSTS ABOUT $50,000 TO UPGRADED TO THE FEDERAL STANDARDS, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT.
AND EVEN IF WE HAVE TO WRITE NEWT TO ASK HIM TO LOOK AT THAT LAW, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
IF THE LAW ITSELF IS ADDRESSING MAYBE WELL, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A SESSION, BECAUSE I THINK MR. HARTMAN HAS SOME STATISTICS AND, UH, INDICATING THERE WAS SIX ACCIDENTS THERE IN 96, BUT CERTAINLY THERE WERE THREE IN ONE DAY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, BECAUSE I WITNESSED TWO OF THEM.
AND THEN I WENT BY AGAIN, THERE WAS ANOTHER WRECK.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE PROBLEM WITH JUST SLAPPING UP A STOP SIGN, A STOP LIGHT IS YOU HAVE TO PUT CROSSING GATES.
IF YOU PUT A STOP LIGHT AND THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING TO BE TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE.
IT'S JUST THE LAW THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE CROSSING GATES, BUT THEY BOTH ADMITTED ONE FACTOR AT, BY IF YOU JUST REMOVE THE STOPLIGHT ALTOGETHER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE PROSECUTED.
AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN THE RAILROADS.
HAVE, CAN WE HEAR WHAT DANNY HAS TO SAY? CAUSE HE'S HE DEALT WITH IT? YEAH, BASICALLY ALL OF THEM I EVER SAY IS CORRECT.
BASICALLY THE SIGNAL THAT WAS UNDER THE UNIFORM, THE EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE IT WAS AT A RAILROAD CROSSING.
WELL, IT'S JUST THE SIGNAL HERE.
AND IT WAS A NON-PERFORMING
THEN FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, WE WERE OBLIGATED TO UPGRADE ALL OF THEM TO GO WHEN YOU HAD NON-CONFORMING LIVES.
AND THAT WAS WHEN WE BROUGHT BOARD AND DISCUSSED THE PROS AND CONS.
AND YES, AT THAT TIME TO, TO INSTALL A SIGNAL WITH THE NECESSARY, UM, INTERNET PREEMPT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR RAILROAD TO REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE.
IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THAT, THROUGH THAT.
SO IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD NOT REPLACE THAT, UH, SINCE THEN, AND THE PROBLEM EVEN WORSE.
WE WERE IN DETROIT AND WE'VE GOT A PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN ON BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ON ROSS STREET, BECAUSE WHILE THE RAILROAD WANTS TO INSTALL ON WALL STREET, UH, DOESN'T NECESSARILY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HISTORIC NATURE OF OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND WE WERE STILL ALIVE AS PAUL UP.
NOW WE WOULD BE DEALING WITH THE SAME THING.
SO IT'S, I MEAN, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE RAILROAD, UH, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE.
WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A ILLEGAL CROSSING.
YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS ARE THERE.
I KNOW IF IT IS BUSY AND I HAVE NOTICED, I DIDN'T SAY THAT YOU NEED, AND I SAW ONE AND
ONE I THINK WAS SUPPOSED TO GOT USED TO, WE CAN INSTALL ONE.
AND I'VE ASKED THE FOUNDATION, I GUESS THE YEAR OF
IF WE WOULD SIGN OUT ALL OF OUR LEGAL LINES,
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AS FAR AS SETTING IT FREE OF ALL LIABILITY, THEY MAY LET US DO SOME THINGS OUTSIDE OF WHAT THEY DO WITHOUT THAT.I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT.
SO FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS SOLVE THE SITUATION ABROAD THREE, FOR THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SOLVED ANYTIME SOON AND THEN DETERMINE IF WE CAN GET SOME AVAILABLE AND THAT INTERSECTS WITH THAT'S FINE.
WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS, DANNY, IS THERE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE BESIDES THE DREADED FOUR WAY STOP SIGN? UH, I THINK YOU'RE DEALING WITH SUCH A BIBLE TRAFFIC ON IT WOULD BE A MAD HOUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, REALISTICALLY, AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS GET CALLED THAT WAY, BUT IF YOU GO INTO THE LINE, YOU TURN IN LINE, YOU HAD THE BALL AND IF YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, YOU DON'T WANT TO
HE WAS TALKING, TALKING TO YOUTUBE.
YOU SAY THERE'S QUITE A BIT, RIGHT? WELL, WHAT IS IT A FEDERAL LAW OR STATEMENT? WELL, A LOT OF MINE IS FEDERAL WHILE THE UNIFORM, UH, MANUAL UNIFORM, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, FEDERAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHAT IS LEGAL AND WHAT IS NOT LEGAL? AND SOMEONE CAN JUST GO BACK AND REFER TO THAT AS THE
BUT WHEN WE UPDATED THE OTHERS THAT WE BURNED THAT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM, EXCUSE ME.
THE NEXT THING IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
NO, LIKE MIKE MOTION WITHOUT CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SEVEN TO 12 AND NOT WHERE THEY EXCUSE GO UP WITH THE EXCLUSION OUT OF, I HEAR A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
WELL, WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NINE 11, BUT JUST PULLING THEM FOR NOW ON CAN EXPLAIN ABOUT THEM.
MAMA'S WARD ITEM NINE IS THE CLOSING, UH, RIGHT STREET.
I MEAN, I A D TO BE EXECUTED BY MRS.
IF WE FIND A RETURN, DANNY, I RECKON YESTERDAY AND HE SENT IT TO ME TODAY AND IT BEEN SIGNED BY ONE OF THEM IS BAGLEY.
ONLY THE DAUGHTER HAS CONVEYED TO THE MOTHER, HER INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.
AND SO SHE HAS NOT READY TO BE DONE.
UH, SHE HAD SIGNED THIS, THIS DEED THAT HAPPENED OFFEND, WHICH HAD MRS. NEWMAN AND MS BAGUIO AND BRAND DOORS, BUT IT WAS NOT, IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE TO BE SIGNED THAT WAY AND ACCEPTED.
SO I'VE GOT TO GROW A NEW DEED AND SEND IT TO HER.
UH, THE AMOUNT OF, OF HOUSING CODE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THAT CAN, THAT ORDINANCE CAN BE ADOPTED.
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I FOUND OUT THE DAY, UH, WELL IT DAWNED ON ME TODAY THAT THAT WAS THE CASE AFTER MIKE ASKED ME IF WE HAD TO HAVE ONE AND I TOLD HIM NO, AND THEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE STATUTE AND IT DOES COVER ALL OF ARTICLE 19 OF CHAPTER 1 68.AND THAT HOUSING CODE IS INCLUDED IN IT.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, SOME OTHER THINGS CAME TO MY ATTENTION TODAY.
NOW INCLUDE ALL OF THE CHANGES IN THAT HOUSING CODE AND ONE ORDINANCE AND GET SET UP FOR THE NEXT MEETING OR THE SECOND.
HOW ABOUT A PARK MANI GOT ANY ROBERT? I KNOW HE'S ALREADY MADE HERE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN APPOINTMENT? I GOT ONE THERE.
UH, ALL AT THAT POINT, UH, DAVID TOLD HER TO STOLLER TO THE PLANET ZONING BOY.
ANY PART OF IT IS ALL IN FAVOR.
WE'VE GOT A MISCELLANEOUS MS. LEE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I GOT, I GOT ONE THING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BUILD A POUND ON TONIGHT, BUT, UH, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ABOUT THE FOURTH WALL.
WE'RE GOT TO DO SOMETHING IF WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT OPEN UNTIL THE ELECTION.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THE APPOINTMENT YOU NEED TO GET, WE NEED TO GET, WELL, I'M JUST, I JUST GO AHEAD.
AND I'M JUST SAYING, IF WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE APPOINTED AND FIND OUT WHAT MISSING MR. MCDOWELL'S PLANS ARE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO APPOINT SOMEBODY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET CRANKED UP ON THIS THING AND GET ROLLING.
WELL, DOES THAT, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE HAVE A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL IN MIND, ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME HAVE SUBMITTED, I WAS ALREADY ADMIT SOME AND TALK.
THE ONE FELLOW I'VE BEEN COMING HERE AND HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN IT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE LOOKED AT THE APPLICATIONS PRETTY CLOSELY AND I HAVE ONE THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY QUALIFIED.
I THINK MR. MIGUEL'S GOT, GOT ONE THAT HE'S, HE DOES.
HE HAS AN, AND WE JUST NEED TO GET TOGETHER ON THIS THING BECAUSE AS WE SIT HERE WITHOUT HIM, MAY I MAKE ONE CONVERSATION AND THE BOARD MEETINGS, DEPENDING ON SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME UP WITH NOMINEES FOR, WELL, THAT'S A FUNCTION OF HIS BOARD.
SO THE BOARD SHOULD NOT LIMIT ITSELF TO ANYBODY WHO IT MADE APPLICATION THE JOB.
OBVIOUSLY THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB NEEDS TO BE APPOINTED.
AND THAT'S A DECISION TO BE MADE BY THE BOARD.
AND REALLY WHOEVER WE APPOINTED IS NOT THAT FAR, ALL POLICE TO FILE IT.
I GUESS, WHEN IS IT JUNE OR JULY? JUNE, JULY TO AUGUST OF 67.
WELL, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE FORK BOARDS INVOLVED IN JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT APPOINTMENTS AND SOMEBODY, THE FOURTH WARD DESERVES REPRESENTATION.
THEY DESERVE SOMEBODY UP AND IT'S, WELL, LET ME ASK.
I'M JUST ON IT BEING UP HERE, BUT IF HE'S GOING TO BE LIVING IN ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE, WE NEED TO ROLL IT.
MR.
IS THAT CORRECT? HE'S ASLEEP, BUT HE HAS NEWSPAPERS.
IN FACT, HE'S THE DIRECT QUOTE WAS THAT IF WE WOULDN'T SELECT THE FORMAT AND THAT HE WOULD DESIGN IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S CHANGED HIS MIND ON WHAT, WHERE ARE WE STAND ON, APPOINTING SOMEONE TO TAKE THAT POSITION AT THE TIME, DON RESIDED, JUST GO AHEAD AND POINT SOMEBODY.
SO FINALLY THOSE MAKE UP HIS MIND THAT PERSON WILL BE READY TO MOVE IN.
I HAVE NOT DONE ANY RESEARCH ON IT, BUT I'M OF THE OPINION THAT CANNOT MOVE OUT OF TOWN AND RETAIN ITS POSITION AS A MEMBER OF THE PORTAL.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, AS FAR AS RESEARCH, I HAVE NOT MADE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT THIS BOARD SHOULD DO.
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I HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED, BUT I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT IT.IF HE, IF HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH MR. MATTINGLY.
AND SINCE HE'S THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, DON IS THE ONE THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE.
AND IF HE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MR. MATTINGLY, AND HE'S THE GUY THAT'S BEEN COMING UP HERE TO THESE MEETINGS, EXPRESSED THE INTEREST.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
MAYBE IF ANYBODY DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM, MAYBE WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND APPOINT SOMEBODY.
THIS THEY'RE CONTINGENT ON DON RESIGNING AND THEN ALL WAS IN HIS COURT.
THEY COULD BE THE BOARD'S CHOICE FOR A REPLACEMENT.
WHEN THE RESIGNATION IS RECEIVED TO TAKE IT BACK UPON THE RESUME.
I THINK WE ALL, WE, WE NEED TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY.
OH, YOU MR. MATTINGLY, WE'LL JUST HANG AROUND.
I LIKE TO TALK TO YOU FOR A FEW MINUTES.
I THINK MS. LEE WOULD DO 'CAUSE I TELL YOU WHAT CAN'T CAN'T WE JUST INDIVIDUALLY INTERVIEW EVERYONE.
I SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION AND THEN COME PREPARED TO THE NEXT MEETING TO VOTE, WHICH WOULD BE TWO WEEKS AROUND.
I MEAN, BEFORE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE SAID THAT
AND IN THE MEANTIME, I'M REALLY INTERESTED AND PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT AT LEAST TAKING A LOOK.
I HAVE PROBLEM, WHOEVER I HAVE A PROBLEM, WHOEVER
WELL, THERE AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE, LIKE A BUDDY HERE, MR. RAINER, IF I CAN GET THERE, I'LL TAKE THEIR PHONE NUMBERS AND GIVE THEM A CALL AND JUST TALK TO THEM.
I REALLY AM A LITTLE BIT LEERY OF ASKING THEM TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO US.
I MAY BE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WE CAN TALK TO ON THE TELEPHONE, OR WE CAN MEET AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE, BUT YOU GET THEM UP HERE.
AND EVEN AS MAX SAID, YOU GRILL THEM.
WE DON'T NEED TO REALLY JUST MEET AND TALK TO HIM AND SEE HOW, UH, ONE MEMBER ON THIS BOARD HAD TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF ALL OF THEM AND BE QUESTIONED BY IT AS A GROUP.
I MEAN, I I'VE TELEPHONE CALL OR RIGHT.
IF I MAY LET ME, LET ME JUST TELL THEM THEY FOR PUBLICATION.
WELL, HE INDICATED DON INDICATED TO ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR MR. MATTINGLY.
UH, RICK HAD MENTIONED ONE THING ABOUT WANTING TO KNOW HIS POSITION AND WRITING.
AND SO ON LAST TIME I TALKED TO HIM, WHICH WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, I INDICATED TO HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING, TO DO IT IN WRITING.
AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO THAT.
SO, NO, I HAVE, I'M TRYING TO WEIGH IN MY HEAD, WHICH IS, I GUESS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE WEATHER, WHETHER WE HAVE IT, I GUESS IT PHYLLIS WELL IT'S PHILOSOPHICALLY CORRECT.
MORE CORRECT TO LET THE PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVE THAT THEY CHOSE OUT OF THEIR FREEWILL, WHICH WAS DONE.
HAVE THE OVERRIDING INFLUENCE IN CHOOSING IS INTERIM SUCCESS.
AND AS FOR MADELINE ELECTION, WELL, OH WELL.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT OUTWEIGHS INDIVIDUALLY TALKING TO SOMEBODY AND US WHO, I GUESS I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT, THAT HAD BY THE SIDE OF BONDS OR OTHER THAN BONDS.
BUT I MEAN, WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAVING INPUT INTO THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT WARD, WHETHER THAT OUTWEIGHS ITS WHOLE BOARD'S WISHES, OUTWEIGH THE, THE, THE, THE WISH OF THEIR APPOINTED INDIVIDUAL.
I KNOW THERE'S A LAW THAT SAYS THAT THE BOARD HAS A RIGHT TO APPOINT HIS SUCCESSOR AND WE WOULD, WE'D BE THE ONES THAT PUT THE STAMP OF APPROVAL ON IT, THEN YOU DON'T ABOUT, BUT YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD IT BE RIGHT FOR EACH ONE OF US TO SIT DOWN AND INTERVIEW SOMEBODY THAT WE PARTICULARLY LIKE WHEN WE, WHEN THE REST OF THE BOARD, I SHOULD SAY, REPRESENTS
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THE, THE WANTS IN THAT PARTICULAR WARD.I'VE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN I'VE BEEN, I FEEL SAFER JUST TAKING THE GUY TO DON, WON'T IT? WELL, I HAVE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
AND, UH, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THE ONLY THING IS I WOULD, I THINK IT'D BE VERY RUDE TO ME NOT TO PICK UP THE PHONE, TO CALL THESE OTHER FOLKS, AT LEAST GIVE THEM THE ONE HOUR THAT THE TWO MINUTES OR WHATEVER IT TAKES TO TALK TO THEM, JUST CAUSE I APPRECIATE THEM HAVING THE INTEREST.
OH, I FEEL LIKE I NEED YOUR RIGHT TO MR. MCDOWELL'S WINCHES DO HAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT BECAUSE HE IS THAT BOARD REP HE'S.
HE SEES THE PEOPLE DECISIONS FOR THEM.
I HOPE IT'S THE SAME THING IN MY WARD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, MAN, DON'T, DON'T THE ONLY PROBLEM I SEE WITH THAT IS WE PUBLICLY ASKED PEOPLE TO SUBMIT, UH, RESUMES AND TO ANYONE WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST.
UH, WE, WE, WE ASKED WE, WE SOLICITED FOR WARD RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR THAT POSITION.
BUT, UH, SINCE WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT, WE OWE IT TO THE FOURTH WAR TO CONSIDER ALL THOSE WHO, UH, EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE REASON IS THAT IF THEY HAD KNOWN THAT THE FOURTH WARD ALDERMAN WAS GOING TO PICK HIS SUCCESSFUL, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE WASTED THEIR TIME TO APPLY.
SO WE ALL WENT TO THEM TO CONSIDER THEM.
I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK WHAT IS THE PROPER AND CORRECT THING FOR US TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOR THE WARD.
SINCE WE STUCK OUR SALES OUT THERE BY SOLICITING APPLICANTS, I THINK THE BEST THING FOR US TO DO IS TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND TALK TO THE APPLICANTS.
AND WHEN YOU VOTE, YOU CAN CONSIDER DON'S WISHES, BUT ALL WE NEED IS WE NEED TO MOVE.
WE NEED TO GO AHEAD ON AND AT LEAST GIVE EVERYBODY A FAIR CHANCE.
CONSIDER DONALD WISHES WHEN YOU VOTE.
AND THEY CALL ME AFTER THEY HEARD ABOUT IT, THEN I TOLD THEM, WE ASKED THEM WHATEVER, WHOEVER IS IN FAVOR, TAKE AN ACCURATE.
SO WHOEVER HE SUGGEST TO SUCCEED NOW, WAIT, IMPOSE.
I TOLD HIM THAT I WISH TO STAY WITH THE MAYOR MADE AT FIRST THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WAIT ON HIM.
HE HAD SAID THAT BEFORE, WITHOUT OPENING IT UP, IT'S SOLICITING PEOPLE TO COME IN.
I WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT OF FULL AGREE AS THEY DO IT.
DON, LET'S GO, I'LL BE READY TO MOVE UNTIL YOUR NEXT MEETING.
LET'S PUT IT ON THEIR TO VOTE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING, WHAT I'M GETTING HE NAME OUT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW THAT COULD GET US IN A JAM UNTIL AT LEAST COULD YOU PLEASE GET IT TO US? I'D APPRECIATE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OUR LEAGUE, WHAT DOES THE BOARD WANT TO DO AS FAR AS IT JUST TAKE IT ON EACH INDIVIDUAL TO CALL WHOEVER WHOMEVER HE WANTS OR NOT CALL HIM OR MADE UP THEIR MIND AND MADE UP THEIR MIND, OR JUST BE SAD AND TO SATISFY YOURSELF THAT YOU'VE DONE WHATEVER YOU WANT.
I'M FINISHED WHAT? WE'LL DO DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.
YOU'RE SELLING RAFFLE TICKETS.
EVERYTHING ELSE MISCELLANEOUS WAS THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT.
IS THIS THE BEST TIME TO BRING THAT UP? UH, I GUESS IT IS.
I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL PROCEEDING IN THE PROCESS FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF AS THE CHARTER POINTS OUT THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
AND I, UH, PLAN ON, UH, INSTITUTING A GOOD PROCESS THAT INVOLVED THE COMMUNITY AND TO GET A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION.
AND THEN TO BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR HIRING, UH, JUST TO CHECK IT WITH YOU ALL, TO INTRODUCE YOU TO WHO I WOULD HAVE PICKED OUT AND TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU, AND THEN I'LL MAKE THAT FINAL CHOICE.
COULD YOU MAKE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT TO TELL THE OUTCOME DON'T CALL THE ALDERMAN THAT'S THERE? WELL, I THINK IF APPLICANTS ARE TALKING TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CHARTER, UH, PUTS THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT THE POLICE CHIEF IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER.
HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIKE HAVING THAT AUTHORITY, BUT HE'S GOT IT.
AND SO HE, HE'S STILL EXERCISING.
LET'S SAY THE MANAGER IN OTHER WORDS IS THE GUY WHO PICKS THE CHIEF.
SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO DO IT FIRST.
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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A PRACTICAL OR I THINK THAT THERE WAS ONE SCHEDULED A WEEK OR SO AGO, BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE.THEY DID HAVE ONE SCHEDULED WHETHER THEY MET OR NOT.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE MEMBERS THEY NEED YET.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS.
THEY DO NOT HAVE ALL THAT, UH, WERE ACTUALLY PLACED AS A POSITIONS ON THAT BOARD.
OH, I'LL BE GLAD TO GET A SCHEDULE OF THE MEETINGS AND MAYBE WHAT W WHAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE IS HAVE THEM KEEP WRITTEN MINUTES AND TO FORWARD MINUTES TO THIS BOARD, UH, TO TAKE WITH AS INFORMATION IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE IDEA? BARBARA HALLWAYS? I GAVE HER THAT THE FIRST NIGHT.
AND THERE WILL BE A FOLLOWUP, THE, OKAY.