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LET US PAUSE TO ASK GOD FOR HELP.
AS WE GATHER TODAY FOR THIS MEETING, LOOK WITH LOVE ON THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND KEEP THEM SAFE IN YOUR SERVICE, GODDAMN MINDS AND HEARTS SO THAT WE WILL WORK FOR THE GOOD OF ALL OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEY HELP TO ALL YOUR PEOPLE TEACH US TO BE GENEROUS AND COURAGEOUS IN FACE OF DIFFICULTY AND WISE IN OUR DECISIONS.
HELP US TO GIVE YOU GLORY IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
FATHER, WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOU ARE GOD FOREVER AND EVER.
UM,
FIRST THING WE HAVE AT NIGHT AS A SQUARE AND A POLICE OFFICER AND THE CHIEF WILL COME FORTH AND GIVE US THE UPDATE.
JUST HAVE TO GET THIS MICROPHONE DOWN TO WHERE IT'S REASONABLE STAIN.
THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE NEWBORN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THIS YOUNG MAN COMING INTO OUR FAMILY.
HE'S A NATIVE OF NEW YORK CITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT, UM, HE ALSO, UH, COMES TO US AFTER FOUR YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO BISHOP DIXON.
UH, PRIOR TO THAT WOULD BE ALERT CRIMINAL LAW IN THIS STATE THAT I WILL NOT BE INFLUENCED ANY MANNER IN ANY MANNER, KIND OF PERSONAL BIAS OR FRED OR PERSON THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN CONSTITUTION LAWS.
THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, UNFORTUNATELY EXECUTE THE DUTY AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, GOING TO THE BEST OF MY SKILL ABILITY TO JUDGE
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF ONE STEP
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO BE A GOOD OFFICER.
I COULD TELL BY THE WAY, DID YOU HANDLE YOURSELF AS I FUMBLED THE, UH, DID THE BEST I COULD, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU KEEP FINDING ALL THESE GOOD, GOOD PEOPLE THAT TO MAKE OFFICES, BUT I'VE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICE FORCE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL SAY THAT OUR AIM IS TO BE THE BEST ONE AND STAYED
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IN NORTH CAROLINA.AND, UH, I KEEP SAYING, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
I'M ALMOST READY TO SAY THAT WE'RE THERE WHEN I'M SCARED OF A RAIN DOWN AND SOMEBODY FROM SOME LARGE CITY, ALL MEN, BUT, UH, I REALLY DO.
I I'LL PUT OUR PEOPLE UP AGAINST ANYBODY ANYWHERE.
AND, UH, I'M SURE YOU'LL, YOU'LL ADD TO THAT.
SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU, YOU MAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST KEEP SAYING WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
YOU CAN'T SO FAR, YOU CAN GET A THIRD STAR.
WE'D LIKE YOU TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY.
WE'VE MADE A TRADITION OF THAT SAID IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN STAND UP AND INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE THE FAMILY PLAYS A LARGE PART.
UH, THERE, WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE WHOLE, THE CREW TO WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND YOU CAN TELL THE FAMILY THAT, UH, THEY CAN COME ON DOWN TOO, AND THERE'LL BE SAFE.
AND THEN WHEN THEY GET HERE, THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY MEET SOME PEOPLE.
I ALREADY KNOW WHO WE GOT QUITE A FEW TO COME NOW FROM UP NORTH.
NEXT THING THAT WE HAVE IS TO CONSIDER A GREATER DEPTH OF FIELD PRESENTATION PLAN.
SO MIKE, I MET THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING AT THE END OF A PLANNING PROCESS THAT BEGAN THIS SUMMER, FOCUSING ON THE GREATER DUFFY FIELD COMMUNITY.
IT'S BEEN AN EFFORT THAT HAS INVOLVED, UH, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, UH, CHURCHES, UH, PUBLIC AGENCIES AND OTHERS, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF THE GREATER DUFFIELD AREA TO, UH, PRIORITIZE THOSE, TO COME UP WITH SOME GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND A WORK PLAN, UH, BY WHICH TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
WE HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE OF APPROXIMATELY 20 RESIDENTS AND CITY EMPLOYEES OF FAITH, FAITH BASED LEADERS, AND OTHERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN HELPED GUIDE THIS PROCESS.
UH, WE HAVE HAD TWO PRESENTATIONS ONCE WE SORT OF GOT THINGS SORTED OUT AT, UH, STANLEY WHITE, UH, ONE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS AND THEN LAST NIGHT TO PRESENT THE FINAL AND DO ANY LAST MINUTE TWEAKING AT BOTH OF THE MEETINGS, STANLEY WHITE, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND, AND DISCUSS THE PLAN AND THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BODE WELL FOR THE FUTURE OF THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE, THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT HAS WORKED WITH US THAT HAS BEEN OUR FACILITATOR IN THIS PROCESS IS MR. STEVE
UM, STEVE, UH, WAS BROUGHT TO US INITIALLY, UM, THROUGH THE WEED AND SEED PROGRAM.
UH, THE CITY HAS ALSO PICKED UP AND CONTRIBUTED IN THE EFFORT OF, OF, OF HAVING HIM HERE TO WORK ON THIS.
SO IT'S BEEN A COMMITMENT, BOTH OF WEED AND SEED AND THE CITY AND, AND, AND MANY OTHERS.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE STEVE
UM, IT REALLY IS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE.
AND THERE'S ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SAY AS A BACKDROP TO THE BOARD I HAVE THROUGH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, UM, FACILITATED THE PRODUCTION OF THESE PLANS.
UM, PROBABLY 50 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY OVER THE LAST YEARS.
THIS IS THE FIRST CITY TO TAKE THE LEVEL OF PLANNING AND DETAIL TO THE POINT OF ACTUALLY HAVING A WORK PLAN THAT HAS PRESENTED TO ITS COUNCIL AWARDS BOARD OF, UH, OLDER PERSONS.
UH, AND I'M VERY PLEASED BECAUSE AS A STRATEGIC PLANNER, IT IS FRUSTRATING FOR ME, HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING TO SEE COMMUNITIES DEVELOP THESE PLANS.
UM, NOT ONLY DEVELOP A NEW VISION FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT TO ALSO, UM, DEVELOP GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND THEN PUT THEM ON A SHELF AND NEVER DO ANYTHING WITH THEM.
AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD THE MEETINGS AND YOU HAVE THE REPRESENTATION FROM THE GREATER DEPTH OF FIELD AREA HERE TONIGHT, I THINK IS EVIDENCE THAT THEY'RE SINCERE IN GOING FORWARD.
I THINK A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT THE PLAN THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR YOU ALL IS THAT ONE THAT WAS GREAT DIVERSITY OF THE COMMITTEE THAT DEVELOPED A PLAN, UM, TO THE MAJOR THEMES CENTERED AROUND THREE THEMES, WHICH I THINK ARE CENTRAL TO PEOPLE WHO LOVE LIFE IN AMERICA.
AND THAT IS SAFETY, CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, YOU'LL ALSO BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES CONSTANTLY EMPHASIZE THAT GOVERNMENT COULD NOT DO EVERYTHING AND THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD TO DO SOME THINGS FOR THEMSELVES.
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AND ACTUALLY THAT BECAME A BACKDROP OF THE DEBATE AND THE DISCUSSION.WHAT WAS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF CITIZENRY, WHICH MEANS THAT THE PLAN ACTUALLY IS GROUNDED IN SOME REALITY, WHICH I THINK YOU SHOULD FIND HEARTENING.
THE RESULT OF THE PLAN FROM THE COMMUNITY'S POINT OF VIEW IS THE CREATION OF A GREATER DEPTH OF FIELD RESIDENTS COUNCIL, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY ENSURE THAT THERE IS RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT, PARTICIPATION, AND SUPPORT, AND THOSE THINGS WHICH CITIZENS MUST DO FOR THEMSELVES.
IT MUST WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT.
FOR THE PLAN HAS FIVE MAJOR COMPONENTS, A MISSION, A VISION, A GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND CORE VALUES.
AND I'M GOING TO VERY QUICKLY GO THROUGH THOSE, THE VISION DEVELOPED BY THE GREATER DEFINITELY FEEL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS TO CREATE A SAFE, HEALTHY, CLEAN, AND SELF-SUSTAINING COMMUNITY THAT IS DIVERSE YET UNIFIED RESULTING IN VITALITY AND COMMUNITY PRIDE.
THE EMPHASIS ON THIS VISION STATEMENT REALLY LIES IN, I THINK, SAFE AND HEALTHY AND DIVERSITY.
UH, THERE WAS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE IS A DIVERSE POPULATION THAT MAKES UP THE COMMUNITY.
AND DESPITE THAT DIVERSITY, BECAUSE AMERICA AS A WHOLE, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, HAS NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE DIVERSITY A STRENGTH.
UH, HISTORICALLY DIVERSITY HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US AND NOT A STRENGTH THAT WE RELY UPON.
UM, AND THE EMPHASIS ON VITALITY AND COMMUNITY PRIDE, I THINK IS NOTEWORTHY.
WHAT I NOTED ABOUT THE VISION STATEMENT IN CONTRAST WITH OTHER CITIES IS THAT THERE WERE VERY SIMPLE VALUES, WHICH D D WHICH GUIDED DIVISION, UM, FOR THIS COMMUNITY, THE NEW VISION FOR THIS COMMUNITY, ITS MISSION STATEMENT SAYS THAT GREATER DEPTH OF FIELD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS AN ORGANIZED EFFORT BETWEEN RESIDENTS CONCERNED CITIZENS, FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS, YOUTH BUSINESSES, PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS COMMITTING TO BUILD COMMITTED TO BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY, AND CULTURAL SOUND CULTURALLY SOUND COMMUNITY.
UH, THE EMPHASIS HERE IS IDENTIFYING THE STAKEHOLDERS IN EVERY COMMUNITY.
OBVIOUSLY RESIDENTS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS ARE ESSENTIAL, BUT ALSO CHURCHES AND FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS.
UH, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE WHAT THE EMPHASIS ON YOUTH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEED AND SEED PROGRAM.
AND SO MANY OF OUR TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, THE ONE MISSING INGREDIENT IN ALL OF THESE EFFORTS IS THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUTH.
AND YOU WILL SEE AS WE GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE PLAN, UM, THAT THEY HAVE CARVED OUT SOME SPECIFIC GOALS FOR ROLES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
I WILL JUST NOTE THAT IN A PREVIOUS LIFE, I WAS A, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, LIAISON TO EVERY MAYOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND INVARIABLY I WOULD HAVE DINNER WITH MOST MAJOR CITY MAYORS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
AND ONE BY ONE, THEY WOULD ALL SAY, I KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH MY HOMELESS PROBLEM.
I GOT A HANDLE ON MY HEALTH ISSUES.
I'M IMPROVING MY SCHOOLS, I'M DOING THIS.
AND I WOULD SAY, WELL, WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT? AND THEY WOULD INVARIABLY SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THESE KIDS.
AND THE REALITY IS FINDING ROLES FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FINDING A WAY THAT WE AS ADULTS AND LEADERS TO RECAPTURE OUR YOUTH, I THINK IS ESSENTIAL.
AND THAT IS CLEARLY A CENTRAL THEME.
IN THIS PLAN, THE GOALS ARE TO REDUCE CRIME AND INCREASE SAFETY, TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF GREATER DUFFIELD RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN A CLEAN COMMUNITY TOMORROW, GREATER DUFFY FIELD, AS INVESTMENT WORTHY TO INCLUDE YOUTH AS FULL PARTNERS IN THE REVITALIZATION OF GREATER DUFFY FIELD, TO DOUBLE HOME OWNERSHIP AND GREATER DUFFY FIELD, TO ENCOURAGE PRIDE IN ALL RESIDENTS AND TO HONOR AND SUPPORT OUR ELDERS.
UM, AND JUST AGAIN, THE, THE, THE GOALS I THINK, ARE ALL CONSISTENT IN SUPPORTING WHAT THE VISION AND THE MISSION IS.
I WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIES WITHOUT TOO MUCH PAUSE, BUT THEY DO OFFER SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
THESE STRATEGIES WILL TRANSLATE INTO PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT BOTH THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES MAY CONSIDER TO UNDERTAKE, DEVELOP AND ENFORCE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, TARGET YOUTH WITH GOALS TO INCREASE HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATE RATES AND COLLEGE ATTENDANCE, IDENTIFY AND CREATE MENTORING PROGRAMS, UH, UH, EXPAND JOB READINESS PROGRAMS, IMPLEMENT COP ON THE BLOCK PROGRAM AND EXPAND IT TO TEACHERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS.
AND IT WAS A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING OTHER PEOPLE OF OTHER PROFESSIONS BE INVOLVED IN, UH, BLOCK DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, MAINTAIN CRIME CONTROL AND COMMUNITY.
WATCH ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ON ALCOHOL SALES AND CONSUMPTION NEAR EDUCATIONAL AND NEW FACILITIES.
AND SOME DISCUSSION THERE WAS NOTED THAT EVERY TWO BLOCKS IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, THERE'S A CHURCH AND A LIQUOR STORE, AND WE MIGHT WANT TO GET RID OF RID OF ONE OF THEM.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE, UM, TO DEVELOP A REENTRY PROGRAM FOR EX OFFENDERS, UH, TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF GREATER DEPUTY FIELD RESIDENTS, ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE BEHAVIORS, WHICH DECREASE THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE, DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY, A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO HEALTH, MAINTENANCE, AND DEVELOPMENT TO IDENTIFY REFERRING AND GRADES GROUPS TO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
UH, I SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE WAS A STRONG COMMITMENT BY DR.
I MIGHT BE SAYING, I'M SORRY, FARWELL, UM, TO HAVE THE MEDICAL INSTITUTION THAT HE'S INVOLVED WITH, UM, PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN DELIVERING SERVICES
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AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE COMMUNITY.HE WAS VERY GOOD AT LINKING SOME OF THAT INSTITUTION'S CURRENT MANDATES INTO THE NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD TO PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN A CLEAN COMMUNITY, INCREASED ENFORCEMENT OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT, PROMOTE PARTICIPATION IN EARTH AND RIVER DAY CLEANUP DEVELOP ADOPTIVE STREET PROGRAM, DEVELOP EXPANDED PLANS, UM, DEVELOP EXPANDED PLAN TO ADDRESS THE QUEEN'S DRAINAGE NEEDS AND INCREASE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS THROUGH SIDEWALK AND TRAIL SYSTEMS TO PROMOTE GREATER DUFFY FIELD AS INVESTMENT WORTHY.
FIRST OF ALL, TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THE OTHER GOALS.
THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT IF WE DID THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD MAKE GREATER DEPUTY FIELD VIEWED AS INVESTMENT WORTHY.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT THIS INVESTMENT WORTHINESS WAS A KEY ISSUE.
UH, EVERY COMMUNITY, UH, MANY COMMUNITIES, TOO MANY COMMUNITIES IN OUR COUNTRY CAN NOTE THE LOSS OF INDUSTRY, UM, AND, UH, AND, AND, AND MANUFACTURING AND OTHER TYPES OF THINGS WHICH HAVE REPRESENTED JOBS.
THERE WAS A, UM, I THINK, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SADNESS ABOUT THIS LOSS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE WENT THROUGH SOME GROWING UP AROUND WAS THAT WE HAVE LOST SOME OF THESE THINGS FOR GOOD.
WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WAS TO GET INTO TREND FORECASTING AND REALLY NOTICE WHAT TYPE OF JOBS AND INDUSTRIES ARE LIKELY TO COME TO AN AREA AND TRY TO BEGIN TO DO JOB READINESS AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT.
PARTICULARLY FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND INDUSTRIES THAT MIGHT COME INTO AN AREA LIKE GREAT, A DIFFERENT FIELD, DEVELOP A PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE, FIELD MESSAGE FOR GREATER DUFFY FIELD, DEVELOP A MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND IMPROVEMENTS IN GREATER DUFFY FIELD DEVELOP A COMMUNITY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
UH, AND I THINK YOU'LL GET A SENSE OF THE WHOLE NOTION OF PROMOTING DUFFY FIELD AS A GOOD PLACE TO BOTH LIVE AND TO WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUTH AS FULL PARTNERS, UM, DEVELOP AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO INCLUDE YOUTH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES, UH, DEVELOP A YOUTH FORM, UH, WITH YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, TO A POINT THAT YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CORE GROUP OF THE UPGRADED DUFFY FIELD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND TO DEVELOP YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS TO DOUBLE HOME OWNERSHIP, IDENTIFY VACANT LAND FOR HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION, IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP MORTGAGE FINANCING OR MORTGAGE FINANCING INITIATIVE MARKET DUFFY FIELD IS A GOOD PLACE TO PURCHASE HOMES, PROVIDE FAMILY READINESS, TRAINING AND EDUCATION, DEVELOP A HOME PURCHASE AND DEDICATION INITIATIVE TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY PRIDE.
IN ALL RESIDENTS INCREASE RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT IN CIVIC ACTIVITIES DEVELOP CLEAN UP CAMPAIGNS INVOLVING ALL RESIDENTS, RECOUP PASTORS TO INTEGRATE COMMUNITY PRIDE INTO CHURCH ACTIVITIES AND SERVE AND SERMONS PROVIDE CONFLICT RESOLUTION.
AND SELF-RESPECT TRAINING TO YOUTH AND ADULTS AND CREATED GREATER DUFFY FIELD RESIDENT COUNCIL, WHICH WE MENTIONED BEFORE.
AND THEN LASTLY, TO HONOR AND SUPPORT, UH, OUR ELDERS TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND HOME SECURITY SERVICE FOR, UH, TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR ELDERS TO MEDICAL, SHOPPING, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND TO PROVIDE HOME MAINTENANCE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS.
CORE VALUES, CORE VALUES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS EFFORT BECAUSE IN THE LIFE OF EVERY EFFORT, THERE COMES A TIME WHETHER TO DO A TIME AND DEBATE OF WHETHER TO PURSUE A CERTAIN ACTIVITY.
AND I'LL TELL A STORY VERY QUICKLY.
THERE WAS A COMMUNITY THAT HAD DECIDED, UM, THAT ONE OF HIS PROBLEMS WAS NOT ENOUGH.
KIDS WERE GOING TO COLLEGE AND IT DECIDED TO CREATE A COLLEGE EDUCATION FUND AND A GANGSTER RAPPER WANTED TO DONATE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THIS FUND.
THERE WAS GREAT DEBATE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION TO TAKE THE MONEY OR TO NOT TAKE THE MONEY.
SOME OF COURSE ARGUED THAT THAT WAS SUPPORTING AN ACTIVITY WHICH REALLY LED TO THE DEMISE OF YOU OR AN ENDORSEMENT OF IT.
OTHERS FELT THAT MOST OF THOSE PARENTS HAD SPENT THEIR MONEY ON THIS, THIS, THIS RAPPERS, UH, CDS, UH, AND THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE SOMETHING BACK.
AND THEY WENT TO THEIR CORE VALUES, WHAT STATES, WHAT THEIR BELIEFS ARE.
AND IT SAID IN THEIR CORE VALUES THAT THEY SHOULD NOT, UH, TAKE SUPPORT FROM SOMEONE THAT THEY BELIEVE WAS DIAMETRICAL TO THEIR MISSION AND THEIR VALUES, THE NEWSPAPER PRINTED UP.
THE FACT THAT THEY TURNED DOWN AS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEY ENDED UP RAISING $400,000 FROM CITIZENS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UM, WHO SENT 10 AND 20 AND $50 TO THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE OF THEIR CORRECT STAND.
SO THESE ARE THE CORE VALUES WHICH REPRESENT, UM, THE BELIEFS AND APPROACHES OF GREATER DUFFIELD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, GREATER DEPTH OF FIELD, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BELIEFS, DEFINITELY FIELD HAS A RICH HISTORY.
BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF NEW BERN ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS THE MISSION FOR GROWTH OF GREATER DUFFY FIELD BELIEVES COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLANNING IS IMPORTANT TO A UNIFIED VISION, BELIEVES YOU OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST PRECIOUS ASSET BELIEVES IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE THE COMMUNITY.
BELIEVES ACTIVE RESIDENTS ARE A VALUABLE COMMUNITY ASSET AND ESSENTIAL TO A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.
BELIEVE SPACE-BASED INSTITUTIONS ARE POWERFUL ENTITIES THAT CAN BRING ABOUT POSITIVE CHANGE BELIEVES DUFFY FIELD CAN BE AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS BEING A DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY BELIEVES DUFFY DUFFY FIELD IS A GREAT ENOUGH.
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TO LIVE AND BELIEVES HOME OWNERSHIP CAN DOUBLE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DUFFIELD.I BELIEVE DEPUTY FIELD HAS MADE AND CONTINUES TO MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF NEWBURN BLEEDS.
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ARE OFTEN THE SIMPLEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION IN NATURE.
LASTLY, AFTER GOING AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND, WE SETTLED ON THIS AS A, AS THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR GREATER DUFFY FIELD.
I SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE WORK PLAN, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL IN THIS PART FORMAT OR FORM THAT I'M SURE THE CITY IS HAPPY TO SHARE WHAT THE, THE WORK PLAN DOES, UM, IS LITERALLY IDENTIFIES ALL THE ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THESE STRATEGIES, WHICH AGENCY OR INDIVIDUAL OR CIVIC, UH, UH, RESPONSE IS NECESSARY.
UM, WHAT THE START DATE FOR THAT ACTIVITY AND END DATE FOR THAT ACTIVITY SHOULD BE, AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED.
WHAT'S REALLY HEARTENING FOR ME IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WORK PLAN AND YOU LOOK AT THE RESOURCES NEEDED, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW MONEY REQUIRED TO ADDRESS MOST OF THIS.
AND IF IN FACT, THE THINGS THAT TAKE NO MONEY OR LITTLE MONEY ARE DONE FIRST, THE MONEY THAT IS REQUIRED WILL BE VIEWED BY ALL.
UH, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE COMMITTEE.
UH, THEY WILL HONEST, FIRST OF ALL, WITH EACH OTHER AND THEY WERE DILIGENT.
UM, THEY KEPT THEMSELVES AND I DID TOO GROUNDED IN REALITY AROUND WHAT WAS POSSIBLE, WHAT WAS POSSIBLE FROM GOVERNMENT, WHAT WAS POSSIBLE FROM THEMSELVES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, THAT MOST OF THIS IS ACHIEVABLE MOST STRATEGIC PLANNERS AT THE END OF A PROCESS, SAY, IF YOU ACCOMPLISH 20% OF THIS, YOUR LIVES WILL BE QUALITATIVELY BETTER.
UH, I THINK THAT REALISTICALLY, THAT ALL OF THIS IS ACHIEVABLE BY THIS GROUP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPORT FROM YOU ALL, AND IF THEY KEEP THEIR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROCESS.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE, BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING FURTHER, CONGRATULATE HIM FOR THAT PRESENTATION, REALLY THAT, UH, THAT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST, ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN THE MAYOR, BECAUSE YOU GOT RIGHT TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER PRESENT IN A WAY THAT HE KEPT EVERYBODY INTERESTED IN.
AND I MEAN, IT WAS JUST A, JUST A WELL DONE PIECE THOUGH, THAT I THINK YOU DESERVE A PAT ON THE BACK FOR THAT.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT, THE BOOTSTRAP ONTO WHAT YOU JUST SAID? I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING, AND I KNOW STEVE AND STEVE GLOSS.
THEY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS THE BEST PRESENTATION I'VE HEARD SINCE I'VE BEEN A MEMBER ON THIS BOARD.
IT WAS A RAPID FIRE DELIVERY, BUT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY IN EVERY SENTENCE I WANT TO COMMEND YOU.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE CHOSEN TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, EVEN THOUGH I AGREE WITH THEM, THAT YOU'D BE AT A WONDERFUL JOB IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY, DEFINITELY FEEL, AND THE KINDS OF SUPPORT THAT THEY'VE GIVEN YOU AND THE INPUT THEY'RE GIVING YOU AND YOU TO THEM, THEY ALL TALK ABOUT YOU.
LIKE YOU WANT INDEPENDENCE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN DUFFY FIELD.
AND I'M PLEASED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, JUST TO SEE THEM HERE IN SUPPORT, AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE TAKE THE LIGHT OFF OF THE IMAGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AS DUFFY FIELD.
I WAS READING THE PAPER TODAY WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CLEANUP AND DUFFY FIELD, AND IT WAS SHOWING THESE PICTURES AND THEY SAID THEY HAD A DRUG BUS ON ROUNDTREE STREET AND DON'T KILL MARK STREET AND SEE THE STREET THAT IS NOT DUFFY FIELDS.
AND SO NOW WHAT WE DO IS EVERYBODY LINKS CERTAIN KINDS OF ACTIVITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT JUST SHOWS THAT THESE KINDS ACTIVITIES GO ON IN MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY, BUT THE PEOPLE OF DUFFY FEEL AS WE BEGAN TO CLEAN UP WITH THE HOUSES AND THE DRUGS SOMETIME AGO AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY FEELING ME.
IT JUST MAKES YOU FEEL VERY PROUD THAT THIS PLAN IS IN PLACE.
AND I, TO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF IT IS ATTAINABLE, THAT WE CAN DO IT, ESPECIALLY WITH A CORE GROUP LIKE WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN DUFFIELD THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEGAN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT LATE.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, PLEASE BE PROUD OF YOUR RESIDENTS.
THIS IS THE BEST EFFORT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
I LIKE TO ALSO ADD TO THAT THEN I DON'T MIND ADMITTING.
AND BEFORE I BECAME THE MAYOR AND GOT INVOLVED IN ALL THIS, IF IT HAD BEEN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I'D PROBABLY BE HOME WATCHING SEINFELD OR SOMEBODY.
SO YOU'RE ALREADY LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF WHERE I WAS SOME, JUST A FEW YEARS BACK.
SO, UH, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW MOST DEBBIE QUITE WELL OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS OR SO.
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AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT YOU ALL WERE NOT COMMITTED TO IT.AND I HOPE BY NOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION IN YOUR MIND THAT THIS BOARD ISN'T COMMITTED TO IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO US DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND ESPECIALLY DOING WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO.
AND DEFINITELY FIELD IS RIGHT AT THE HEAD OF THE LIST.
SO I WANT YOU TO BELIEVE THAT.
SO, MIKE, UH, ONE, ONE LAST ITEM IN THIS EFFORT, UH, ALDERWOMAN LEE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING IN PLACE.
YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, UH, TO ADOPT, UH, THE GREATER DUFFLE HILLS STRATEGIC PLAN AS AN OFFICIAL PLAN FOR THE CITY AND IT'S FOR POLICY GUIDANCE, AND ALSO FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PR AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, IF YOU FEEL SO MOOD WITH, WE'D LIKE TO SEE ACTION ON THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE VOTE FOR, WE VOTE.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO AS CITIZENS IS TO BE FRIENDS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S HOW WE CREATE A GREAT COMMUNITY BY BEING FRIENDS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THE FOLKS WHO HAVE STARTED OUT ON THIS FIRST STEP.
AND I HOPE WE WOULD CONTINUE INDEFINITELY TO MAKE THIS A MORE VIABLE, UH, PRODUCTIVE, GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
STEVE, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND THE COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE WORK THEY DID.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY JUST BRIEFLY, BECAUSE EVERY, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE SAID, AND I AGREE WITH ALL OF THEM.
UH, I THINK MIKE COULD FIND A PLACE IN THE OFFICE.
HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU WORK FOR THE CITY.
YOU'VE DONE A GREAT, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
ALL RIGHT, BARBARA HAS, UH, MADE THE MOTION AND I THINK ROBERT SECOND DOES THAT CORRECT? DID I HEAR RIGHT? MY SIDE AND MY HERE AND IT GOING DOWN FAST.
I'M TELLING YOU ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GIVE THEM OUT.
I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO CALL THE ROLL ON THAT ONE.
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS THE SEWER REPORT BY DAVID MUSE.
THAT WAS ALL MY, IS THAT ALL? OKAY.
THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW THE NEWBERN WASH WATER TREATMENT PLANT TRADED APPROXIMATELY 111 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER.
DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AVERAGE, DAILY FLOW WAS 3.6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND COULD YOU PLEASE HOLD UP UNTIL THE PEOPLE THAT EXIT? SURE.
WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
WELL, I WAS GIVING HIM OPPORTUNITY TO SLIDE IT BY YOU GO.
I THINK MOST FOLKS IN SAY IT TAUGHT ME IN SCHOOL TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE.
SO YOU GUYS, MIKE TRIED TO SLIDE A, HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? I KNOW YOU WILL.
THE NEWBURN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TRADED APPROXIMATELY 111 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER IN A MONTH OF DECEMBER.
IF AVERAGE DAILY FLOW WAS 3.6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY, THE PLEAT PEAK FLOW WAS 4.5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY ON DECEMBER 3RD, THE PLANET WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE ON TWO AREAS.
ONE WAS ACUTE TOXICITY AND REMOVAL OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS.
THE REMOVAL FOR VOD WAS 85.5% REMOVAL FORCED TO SUSPENDED SOLID WAS 81.9.
PRIMARY PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENDED SOLIDS IS THAT THERE JUST WASN'T ANY COMING INTO THE PLANT.
WE REGISTERED A LO A SUSPENDED SOLIDS COMING IN AT 98 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER, WHICH IS ROUGHLY HALF OF WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER TO BE NORMAL UPDATING YOU ON THE, UM, YES, SIR.
YOU YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE REASON THAT THE REMOVAL WAS 81% PLUS OR WHATEVER WAS BECAUSE YOU HAD A LOW AMOUNT OF SOLIDS COMING IN, WOULDN'T THAT JUST BE THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU WOULD REMOVE AND WHAT WAS COMING IN? WELL, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DO A PERCENTAGE OF REMOVAL, YOU TAKE THE AMOUNT THAT WENT OUT IN THE EFFLUENT AND DIVIDE IT BY WHAT CAME IN.
AND SO YOU COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE, IF YOU HAVE A, A CONSTANT AT THE TOP BETWEEN 20 AND 22 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER GOING OUT, WHICH IS WHAT THE PRINT THAT PRODUCES ALMOST ALL THE TIME.
UH, AND YOU HAVE 180 OR GREATER ON THE BOTTOM NUMBER.
YOU COME INTO COMPLIANCE WHEN IT DROPS DOWN
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BELOW ABOUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT FIGURE SOMEWHERE, PROBABLY ABOUT ONE 60 ON AN AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH, THEN YOU DON'T MAKE YOUR EFFICIENCY REMOVAL.UH, AND WHEN YOU HAVE LOW SOLIDS COMING IN, YOU'VE GOT A RAINWATER COMING IN INTO YOUR PIPES.
AND THAT'S THE PRIMARY PROBLEM.
WE HAD SOME RAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, AND INFILTRATION IS A PROBLEM THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO ADDRESS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A MAJOR PART OF THE PROBLEM.
I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THEN IS EVEN THOUGH THE EFFICIENCY OF REMOVAL WAS SMALL BECAUSE THE PERCENTAGE OF SOLIDS WAS SMALL AND THEREBY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE, I GUESS THE TOTAL LOAD GOING OUT WAS VERY, VERY SMALL.
IT WAS A SMALL LOAD GOING OUT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE POUNDS THAT WE PUT INTO THE RIVER, UH, IN DECEMBER VERSUS ANY OTHER AVERAGE MONTH, WE DIDN'T PUT ANY MORE SOLIDS INTO THE RIVER.
IT'S JUST THAT AS YOU CALCULATE, DO CALCULATIONS ON PAPER, THE REMOVAL EFFICIENCY DIDN'T GET TO THE 85% THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE MPDS PERMIT.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST A NUMBERS GAME, BUT, UH, WE DIDN'T PUT ANY MORE SOLIDS INTO THE RIVER THAN WE NORMALLY DO.
WE WERE BELOW OUR, UH, REQUIREMENT OF 30 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER, UH, WHICH WE PRODUCED TO THE RIVER.
UH, WE WERE DOWN IN THE, I BELIEVE THE 22% RANGE.
HOW ABOUT THE TOXICITY? IS THAT STILL THOSE LITTLE FISH THEY STILL USING? YES, SIR.
AND, UH, TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON A SPECIAL ORDER OF CONSENT, WE HAVE RECEIVED A, UM, A SPECIAL ORF CONSENT, UH, PROPOSAL FROM THE STATE AND THEY HAVE, UH, CALLED AND TOLD US THAT THEY ARE GOING TO AMEND THAT.
AND I'M WAITING TO RECEIVE THE, UM, THEIR OFFICIAL OFFER IF YOU WILL.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SIGNED THE, UH, SPECIAL ORDER OF CONSENT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO OPERATE THE PLANT WITH IN NEW PARAMETERS, NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR EXISTING NPDS PERMIT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BASICALLY DOUBLE OUR LIMIT SINCE WE'LL ONLY HAVE HALF OF A PLANT AVAILABLE TO DO TREATMENT DURING CONSTRUCTION.
WAS THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR AS MUD? WELL, DO YOU REMOVE MOST OF THE SOLIDS FROM IT, UM, GIVING UP TO ENTER ON THE QUARRY THAT HASN'T REALLY ANYTHING ELSE OCCURRED SINCE THE LAST TIME I REPORTED TO YOU, WE ARE, HAVE SUBMITTED AND ARE WAITING FOR A, UM, APPROVAL ON THE SPILLWAY PLAN THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE, UH, DAM SAFETY SECTION.
UH, WE EXPECT THAT TO BE RECEIVED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THAT IS THE LAST PERMIT THAT WE NEED BEFORE.
THEY'LL GIVE US A PERMIT TO BUILD THE, UH, CORY PROJECT.
UH, WE HAVE PROCEEDED IN, YOU'LL SEE, IN MISCELLANEOUS TONIGHT, WE'LL TAKE UP UNDER MISCELLANEOUS TONIGHT, UH, TO, UH, BUILD THE DRAINAGE CANAL THAT RUNS FROM, UH, THE LOW SECTION THERE ON GLEN BRONY ROAD, UM, AROUND TO THE OLD BARGE CANAL.
SO THAT THAT AREA WILL DRAIN WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A LITTLE PUMP STATION IN PLACE.
AND THAT WAS PROPOSED UNDER THE PROJECT.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO BUILD THAT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
UM, THERE AT THE ROAD, IT WILL BE JUST, UH, A FOOT OR TWO DEEP.
AND AS YOU GET ON AROUND, BECAUSE THAT, THAT AREA RIGHT THERE IS ACTUALLY, UH, PRETTY CLOSE TO SEA LEVEL.
UM, THE PIPE THAT COMES ONTO THE ROAD ON ONE END IS A HALF A FOOT BELOW SEA LEVEL, ACTUALLY.
SO THERE'S, UM, THERE'S AN AREA RIGHT IN THERE.
THAT'S ALREADY LOW AND WE'LL START THERE AND GRADE IT DOWN TO SEA LEVEL, UH, OVER ABOUT, UM, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 2200 FEET.
IF I'M NOT JUST A LITTLE BETTER THAN A FOOT WE'LL, THEN WE'LL DIG IT OUT.
SO THAT WATER FROM THE BARGE CANAL WILL ACTUALLY BACK UP INTO THAT CANAL, PROBABLY TO THE BACK CORNER OF, UH, THE, UH, STORAGE FACILITY THEY'RE LOCATED ON GLENBURN.
WHY DO YOU EXPECT IT TO BE MAYOR? WE'VE CHANGED THAT SO MANY TIMES, I THINK IS ABOUT 20 FEET WIDE AT THE BOTTOM, IN ONE SECTION OF IT.
AND IT NARROWS IT AS IT GETS CLOSER TO GLEN BURNIE ROAD.
I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD EXACTLY HOW WIDE IT IS.
WELL, A FOOT DEEPER THAN IT IS NOW, THEN THE EXISTING GRADE WE'LL DIG DOWN.
AND AS YOU GO INTO IN, TOWARDS THE QUARRY AND GET BACK ON THE PROPERTY, IT GETS DEEPER AS WE GO THROUGH THERE BECAUSE THE ELEVATION OF THE GROUND RISES AND YOU'LL DIG THE DITCH DEEPER.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING RIGHT NOW, IF YOU RODE BY THERE AND YOU LIVED IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE FENCE AND THE WATER, YOU TALKING ABOUT A FOOT DEEP, CLEAN THAT FENCE AND THAT DEEPER THAN WHAT THEY PLANTED BETWEEN THEIR PANTS, BUT YOU'RE NOT TALKING, THERE'S NOT A DITCH NOW BETWEEN THE FENCE AND THE WATER, IS IT? NO, THERE, THERE WAS A DITCH ALONG THE ROADSIDE
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AND THAT DITCH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FOOT DEEPER.WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT OVER AWAY FROM THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT AND GET IT ALONG WHERE THE FENCE LINE IS NOW DEEPER THAN THE EXISTING DECK.
I WAS WONDERING YOU HANDLE THE WORLD.
ARE YOU GOING TO MAINTAIN THEM PAINT A VERY GOOD PICTURE THERE.
AND THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WE'VE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO ACTIVITY.
THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION GRANTS AND LOAN SECTION ARE STILL REVIEWING THE, UM, UH, SUBMITTAL FROM THEIR COMMENTS THAT WERE ISSUED BACK IN, UH, LATE NOVEMBER.
UH, WE STILL HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING BACK ON THAT.
UM, I EXPECT THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ONE OTHER QUESTION.
WHEN THE BED IS SUBMITTED OR WHATEVER, WHEN IS, WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE FOR DIGGING THAT DITCH? UM, JUST IN PLUS A MINUS 48 HOURS? WELL, A LOT OF IT REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW FAST WE CAN TURN THE CONTRACT AROUND.
UM, UH, MR. WARD, WE'LL WE'LL REVIEW THAT I WOULD EXPECT HIM TO BE WORKING, UH, FOUR TO SIX WEEKS FROM NOW.
AND THAT, AND THAT WOULD SAY THAT ONCE WE'VE GOT THE CONTRACT SIGNED, HE'D BE READY TO WORK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS WORK SCHEDULE IS.
I CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THE, YOU KNOW, DID THEY, DID THEY ANSWER AS TO HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DIG FROM THE TIME HE STARTS? NO, I DON'T KNOW.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO DO IT? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL MONTHS ANYWAY.
TWO TO THREE MONTHS IS WHAT I WOULD GUESS.
I DON'T RECALL WHAT WE WERE GIVING HIM.
I THINK WE WERE ONLY GIVING HIM 90 DAYS TO DO THE PROJECT.
I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT REMEMBERING.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IN ROUND NUMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ONE OTHER QUESTION.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE DARK THAT COMES OUT OF THE DISH? ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THAT? YES, SIR.
WE'RE USE IT TO USE USE, WE'LL ACTUALLY STOCKPILE, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE DIRT AND USE IT FOR BUILDING THE BERMS. ONCE WE HAVE THE PERMIT, UH, TO CONSTRUCT THE DYKES, UH, IN VARIOUS AREAS AROUND THE QUARRY THAT WE HAVE TO RAISE THE LEVEL.
HOW, HOW, WHAT PERS, WHAT DEGREE OF CERTAINTY ARE YOU? DO YOU HAVE THAT THIS IS GONNA TO WORK THE DEGREE OF CERTAINTY.
WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE BOTTOM OF A DITCH IS A FREE STANDING WATERS, UH, SURFACE, AND THAT WILL, UH, BE AT RIVER LEVEL.
IT WILL RUN THAT WAY CONSTANTLY.
UM, SO WHAT WE ARE BASICALLY DOING IS CUTTING A WE'RE LOWERING THE GROUND WATER LEVEL AT THE DITCH.
WHAT IT WILL NOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN IS ALLOW THE WATER TO SEEP THROUGH THE, UH, SANDS AND THE SMALL STONES AND EVERYTHING THAT GROUNDWATER CREEPS THROUGH COMING FROM THE CORY, CROSSING THE ROAD AND GOING THROUGH THAT AREA.
UM, AND WE WILL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, KNOW EXACTLY THE EFFECT OF IT BECAUSE OF THE MONITORING WELLS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN THAT AREA.
UM, THE HYDROLOGISTS ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO LOWER THE GROUNDWATER IN THE GROUNDWATER TABLE, IN THAT AREA, UM, AS MUCH AS SIX INCHES TO A FOOT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS THE EFFECT OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR DITCH.
UM, IT DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION OF HOW S HOW DO, WHAT IS GOING TO WORK.
I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN HYDROLOGISTS.
I BELIEVE THAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CORRECT.
AND I'M A A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT I'D SAY 95%.
I WAS WITH YOU WHEN THEY SAID THAT SOLUTION AND WE WENT THROUGH A LONG TALK THAT DAY.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO, THE SIMPLE ANSWER, UH, THE ENGINEERING IS FINE, BUT I GUESS MOST PEOPLE JUST WANT TO KNOW JUST KIND OF WHAT SIR.
ALEX, AFTER WORK, WE'LL, WE'LL X OIL BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO WORK UNTIL IT DOESN'T.
AND IF IT DOESN'T, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, BUT AT THE TIME IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT, GOTTEN EVERYTHING LINED UP, DOING THE, DOING THE VERY BEST WE CAN ANYWAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
NEXT THING IS A HAZARD MEZCAL MITIGATION REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND OUR FRIEND.
CERTAINLY THE GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN.
UM, I WOULD, AGAIN LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR PROGRESS MEETINGS,
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UH, THAT ARE HAIL GENERALLY THE FOURTH MONDAY, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE FEBRUARY 26TH.UH, ALDERMAN MADELEY, UH, MET WITH US YESTERDAY AND REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO HIM.
YOU'LL NOTICE I HAVEN'T REPORTED A LITTLE DIFFERENT FORMAT TONIGHT.
UM, A LOT AT THE SUGGESTION OF ALTAMONT, MADELINE, AND AS I WENT THROUGH PUTTING IT TOGETHER, I REALLY KINDA LIKED IT.
IT PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION TO YOU ON ADDRESSES AND NAMES IN ADDITION TO UNIT NUMBERS.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN GO BY AND SEE SOME OF THEM, OR YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THESE RATHER QUICKLY SINCE THEY'RE NOT SUMMARIZED.
AND SINCE THIS REPORT IS FOUR PAGES LONG, AND, UM, PLEASE STOP ME AS YOU SEE THAT I NEED TO BE STOPPED IN PACKAGE ONE, UNIT 30.
THIS WAS THE ONE WHERE WE HAD AN INITIAL BID OF 45, 800, UM, WHICH WAS ABOVE THE H AND G P ALLOWABLE FUNDS.
WE HAVE REBID THIS HALF ON JANUARY 11TH, THE ELEVATION PORTION OF THE HOUSE, AND WE DID RECEIVE SUFFICIENT BIDS.
HOWEVER, ON THE FOUNDATION RETROFIT, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BEDS, ONE VID, AND THIS UNIT IS AGAIN BEING RE ADVERTISED FOR FOUNDATION, RIGHT? LEMME, LEMME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT LADY CALLED MS. PACIFIC.
UH, SINCE YOU ONLY GOT ONE BID, ARE YOU REQUIRED TO GET MORE THAN ONE BED? MEANING THAT IF THE BED THAT YOU GOT WAS REASONABLE AND, AND, AND, AND TO GET INTO, TRY TO GET TO IS THE VALUE AND THE ATTEMPT.
BUT IF YOU COULD EVEN GET THE ONE THE FIRST TIME, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A SACK OF THEM, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP FROM DELAY ANYTHING IF POSSIBLE.
SO I'D LIKE YOU TO ANSWER WHY YOU HAVING TO GET, OR YOU HAVING WHAT I WOULD TYPICALLY DO.
AND I WOULD DEFER TO MR. WARD IN THIS, BUT WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IN OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS IS WE'D GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TWICE.
UM, WE EXPAND THE COVERAGE FOR THE SECOND, THE EFFORT AND THE COVERAGE ON THE SECOND EFFORT.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER WE NEEDED TO USE A SOLE SOURCE TYPE PROCUREMENT.
UM, BUT I THINK WE, I THINK WE CAN GET SOME MORE PRICES, UM, ON THIS.
A COUPLE OF OUR BIDDERS DID NOT DID, UM, BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE THEY'D BE BIDDING TOO HIGH.
WELL, YOU DIDN'T ANSWER YOU AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE BID.
NORMALLY YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE THREE BIDS CONTRACT WORK, SECOND, GO AROUND, YOU CAN ACCEPT ANY.
SO YOU'RE SAYING TO HIS FIRST ATTEMPT WHERE HE GOT ONE THAT HE BASICALLY REQUIRED.
AND IF HE DOESN'T GET A ONE BIT THE SECOND TIME AND WILL IT HOLD YOU UP, IN OTHER WORDS, THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND THING YOU'RE DOING, RIGHT.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ELEVATE YOU FIRST AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE FOUNDATION.
SO IT'S NOT, YOU WOULDN'T DELAY IT BY GOING OUT AND GETTING ANOTHER BED.
IS THAT RIGHT OR WRONG? IT WOULD, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO.
WE WOULDN'T WANT TO START THE PROCESS UNTIL WE HAD ALL OF THE COSTS.
SO IT WE'LL DELAY IT BY A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN SPEED THAT UP FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS? I MEAN, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY GOT A BID, WE CAN DO IT IN SEVEN.
SEVEN DAYS, BECAUSE SEE, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERN BY SOME FOLKS, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOON, MIKE, WITH SOME OF THEM OUT THERE.
AND I THINK SOME BEERS FEBRUARY 8TH.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS RUMORS THAT ARE GOING AROUND IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY BEFORE WE CAN DO THESE PROJECTS.
AND ANYTIME YOU HEAR THINGS LIKE DELAY OR HAVING TO REDO, OR, YOU KNOW, IT THROWS FEAR INTO PEOPLE.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T BLAME HIM.
SO I WOULD NEED TO ANSWER THAT.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE CAN DO IT IN ONE WEEK, YOU KNOW, DO IT IN ONE AND NOT TWO.
AND WE DON'T, WE DON'T DO TO GET TRIPPED UP AND THEN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.
AND, AND IT MAY TAKE, IT TOOK 14 MINUTES TO MAKE A SEVEN MINUTE ICELAND.
SO UNIT 80, UM, THE ELEVATION RETROFIT IS COMPLETE AND THE HOUSE HAS BEEN, REOCCUPIED A UNIT 92, WHICH IS THE UNIT DOWN ON OAK ROADS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES THAT NEEDED THE FLOOR SYSTEM REPAIRS.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED THE FLOOR SYSTEM REPAIRS.
AND AS OF YESTERDAY, THE, UM, FOUNDATION IS, UM, WORK AS WITH GUN ON THAT.
UM, AND WE PROBABLY WILL BE ABOUT TWO TO THREE MORE WEEKS ON THAT HOUSE.
UH, AND MS. SCALES BE BACK IN THAT HOUSE UNIT 40 AND 74 ARE BOTH RENTAL UNITS AND YOU SEE THEIR PRIORITIES THERE.
WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE FIRST 31 OWNER OCCUPIED, UM, PRIORITIES.
SO WE HAVE THOSE TEMPORARILY ON HOLD, THE SECOND PACKAGE, UH, UNIT 17.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION AGAIN ABOUT THIS RENTAL SITUATION? ARE YOU SAYING THEN THAT THOSE OF THEM WHO ARE RENTALS I'VE BEEN PUT IN ANOTHER CATEGORY? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, YOU
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HAVE THESE FIVE THAT WERE IN THE FIRST PACKAGE AND THEN THESE UNITS WERE INCLUDED.AND SO THEN YOU JUST SAY, PUT THEM ON THE BACK.
THE, UM, THE PRIORITY UNDER WHICH WE'RE WORKING NOW IS HOUSES BELOW 10 FEET THAT ARE OWNER OCCUPIED.
IT'D BE DONE FIRST OWNER-OCCUPIED WOULD BE DONE FIRST.
THEN THE RENTAL UNITS THAT ARE BELOW 10 FEET, WE'LL BE DONE NEXT.
AND WITHIN THAT GROUP, THEY'LL BE PRIORITIZED FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST.
SO HOW DID IT GET INTO THE FIRST PACKAGE? WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED DOING THE PACKAGES, THE PRIORITY WAS SIMPLY ON LOWEST TO HIGHEST.
AND WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN PRIOR MEETINGS.
THAT'S WHY SOME OF THESE RENTAL UNITS WERE UP IN THE FIRST PACKAGES BECAUSE THEY ALL LOVE A PACKAGE TO UNIT 17.
UM, THE CONTRACTORS ARE READY TO START WORK FIRST PART OF FEBRUARY.
UH, I HAVE A MEETING SET UP WITH THAT OWN ROCKY, BUT ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH WITH IS THIS FRIDAY, IT WAS THE EARLIEST HE COULD MEET.
UM, AND IF HE EXPECTS, IF HE SIGNS THE PAPERWORK, LIKE WE EXPECT HIM TO DO, WE SHOULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH THAT ONE FIRST, SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY UNIT 75, UH, WE MET WITH THAT GENTLEMAN DENIED CONTRACT WAS READY TO GO THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY, WE ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE ACQUISITION TOWARDS THE END OF THIS WEEK WITH THAT HOME AND LET THE HOMEOWNER MAKE A DECISION WHETHER THEY WANT TO PURSUE ACQUISITION OR WHETHER THEY WANT TO SUE ELEVATION.
UM, THIS OWNER OCCUPIED IS, UH, I MEAN THIS, UM, BUYOUT THING, THAT'S AN OPTION WAS YES.
I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE LIKE IN MAY, I SAID A LOT OF RUMORS ARE GOING AROUND AND PEOPLE ARE CALLING CAUSE THEY'RE GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE AFTER WAITING THREE YEARS.
AND THEN WE GET AT THE THRESHOLD AND SOMEBODY SAY, I MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
SO THEY'RE SORT OF UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE HEARING.
SO, AND SOMEONE SAID TO ME THAT THEY WEREN'T GIVEN THE OPTION TO SELL.
I KNEW, I FELT, YOU KNOW, BUT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAD AND WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME THAT THAT WAS AN OPTION, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE WERE GIVEN THE OPTION TO SELL OUT IF THEY WANT TO, AS, AS WE MEET WITH PEOPLE TO DISCUSS ELEVATION AND WE SIT DOWN AND WE HAVE A VIDEOTAPED, OUR LONG BEACH, THEY WERE OFFICIALLY OFFERED ACQUISITION.
AND, AND THEY ALL HAVE THE INITIAL FORMS TO GO WITH UNIT SEVEN.
AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE BID THAT WORK ON THAT HOUSE IS $93,760.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE, TO TRY TO EXAMINE THE COST REASONABLE OF THAT BID, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON THAT HOUSE.
AND IT REALLY GOES BEYOND THE REGULATORY ALLOWANCES AND PROGRAMMING UNIT, 72 AND 93.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR PRIORITIES AND THEY ARE TEMPORARILY ON HOLD QUICK QUESTION, 3000, ELEVATE THIS TO ELEVATE THE HOME AND TO PUT FOUNDATION BACK ONTO IT.
THERE'S SOME FAIRLY EXTENSIVE STONE WORK ON THE HOME, WHICH I THINK IS CAUSED A LOT OF THE HIGH COSTS.
WELL, MY OWN LIKING THE CASE, I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHERE IT IS, WHAT IT'S WORTH ANYTHING ELSE, BUT WILL THAT PERSON BE ABLE TO GET 93,000 OUT OF IT? I MEAN, IF THEY WANTED TO SELL OUT, I DON'T THINK SO.
WELL, I MAY HAVE THAT DETERMINE IF THEY, IF THEY SAY, HEY, DON'T FAKE MINE.
WHO DECIDE IS IT JUST A FAIR MARKET VALUE? THERE IS, THERE IS A REGULATION INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM THAT SAYS WITHIN REASON WE SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE HOUSE.
THEN IT'S WORTH WITHIN REASON, 10, 15, 20% IS PROBABLY WITHIN REASON.
UM, AT THIS ONE YOU ONLY GET ONE NUTS YES.
WELL, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, I MEAN, IT WAS THAT WHEN YOU FINISHED WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY, OR YOU WERE SAYING YOU CAN'T, BUT I WOULD SAY 15 TO 20000% MORE THAN THE HOUSE IS WORTH.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF THIS INDIVIDUAL SAID THE HECK WITH IT, I'LL JUST SEND YOU THE HOUSE.
AND IF HE WOULDN'T, WHAT WOULD HE GET? NO.
NO, I'M ASSUMING THAT HE OWNED THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE FLOOD.
HE WOULD GET THE PRE-FLOOD FAIR MARKET VALUE
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FOR THE HOME.AND I WOULD MEET HIM AT A PRICE THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED THROUGH AN APPRAISAL.
I DON'T EVEN THINK WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE COSTS LIKE THIS 93,760, AND YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR EACH UNIT, THIS IS THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO BE SERVED.
AND I DON'T REALLY THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER ANYTHING.
ALL OF THEM DID THAT THE BUYOUTS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY OUTBUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY.
WHAT WAS IT I'M GOING TO ANSWER.
YES, BUT I DON'T WANT THE FURTHER MR. ABE.
UH, THE PROGRAM REQUIRES THAT YOU PURCHASED THE ENTIRE PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY THE PERSON.
SO ANY ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, GARAGES, SO FORTH THAT ADD VALUE TO THE PROPERTY ARE CONSIDERED IN THE PURCHASE.
IS THIS THE HOUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT THE FRONT SOAPS ROAD, THAT'S GOT THE HUGE BUILDING BEHIND IT.
UM, COULD BE IT'S THE ONE WITH THE ROCK CHIMNEY.
I'LL LET YOU JUST SAY ANOTHER WORDS.
YOU COULD GIVE THEM THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF WHAT THE HOUSE WAS WORTH BEFORE IT FLED, WHICH MEANS THAT SOMEBODY TODAY WAS GOING TO BUY A HOUSE THAT IS SUBJECT TO FLOOD, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU CONSIDER A 500 YEAR FLOOD.
I MEAN, YESTERDAY, WHEN YOU THINK UNITED NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE ONE WHERE IT WON'T BE ONE FOR ANOTHER 499 OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, THAT MAY BE AN ADVANTAGE THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER, BECAUSE I MEAN, IF YOU GET, BECAUSE IF IT'S THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE BEFORE IT WAS FLOODED BEFORE ANYBODY REALLY THOUGHT, I GUESS IT WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOOD, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE WOULD BE WORTH A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN, THAN IT WOULD BE PROBABLY TODAY.
AND JUST AN IDENTITY THAT IS IF IT IS PURCHASED AFTER THE FLOOD EVENT.
UM, I THINK THE AMOUNT IS THE PURCHASE PRICE.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? HERE'S WHY IS THE PURCHASE PRICE? AND ALSO, UM, AN EXAMPLE IS LET'S SAY WE HAVE A PRE-FLOOD VALUE OF $50,000 AND THE FAMILY RECEIVED $10,000 AFTER FRAN, UH, TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE HOUSE.
UH, THEY HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT THAT $10,000 ACTUALLY WENT INTO REPAIRS OF THE HOUSE.
IF IT DID NOT, THEN THAT AMOUNT IS DEDUCTED FROM THE PURCHASE PRICE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE LIKE A DOUBLE DIP TAKING, BUT I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY GIVES YOU $10,000 REPAIRING THE HOUSE, I WOULD HOPE YOU SUPPOSE YOU'RE USING ON THE HOUSE TO START WITH THIS IS TRUE, BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.
WELL, I MEAN, AND, AND SO THERE IS A PROVISION THERE TO KEEP DOUBLE-DIPPING FROM HAPPENING.
LOOKING AT $93,000, IT WAS SCARE ME KNOWING THIS HOUSE WOULD HAVE TO BE THE HEAVY COSTS TO BE RAISED.
AND AS POSSIBILITY WE COULD PROBABLY DO THREE HOUSES, BUT 90,000 POSSIBLE.
THE QUESTION TO THAT WOULD BE EVEN IF THE $93,000 WENT INTO THE HOUSE, THAT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF THAT, OF 93,000 BOTTLES.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT RIGHT AT SEVEN.
SO YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS HERE BY THE OWNER, I WOULD THING.
BUT ANYWAY, AND WE TRY, WE TRY TO LOOK AT IT ON A REGULATORY BASIS.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE TRYING TO PACKAGE THREE UNIT 36, UM, IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES.
IT'S COMPLETE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH PROBABLY THE WORST DEPARTMENT TO GET A SEWER TAP PUT IN.
SO THEY CAN REOCCUPIED THAT HOUSE, THE CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION, ET CETERA.
UH, WE WILL HAVE BUILDING INSPECTORS DO A FINAL INSPECTION THIS WEEK, BUT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES COMPLETE A UNIT 44 IS IN THE VERY SAME CONDITION.
IT'S FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, COMPLETE.
WE'RE WAITING TO GET A SEWER TAP OUT, TO CONNECT INTO THE CITY SEWER AND HAVE A FINAL INSPECTION.
THIS WEEK, UNIT 28, THE PAPERWORK HAS BEEN SIGNED ON THIS.
UH, THE OWNER HAS REQUESTED SOME SLIGHT CHANGES IN WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING, AND HE WANTS TO RELOCATE THE HOUSE A LITTLE BIT ON THE LOT, MAKE SOME OTHER SMALL CHANGES, WHICH WILL BE HIS COST, NOT PROGRAM'S COSTS.
WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO START THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY, UNIT 29, UH, MET WITH THE FAMILY TONIGHT FOR THE MEETING.
UM, THEY HAVE SIGNED UP AND SIGNED THE PAPERWORK AND SPEC THEIR CONSTRUCTION.
ALSO START THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY, UNIT 70 PAPERWORK
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HAS BEEN SIGNED ON UNIT 70.UM, WE EXPECT CONSTRUCTION TO START IN THE THIRD WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
NOW THOSE THREE HOUSES ARE ALL BEING DONE BY THE SAME CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE MOVED INTO CREWS, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR TWO OF THEM BEING IN THE FIRST WEEK AND WAITING FOR THE THIRD ONE TO BE IN THE THIRD WEEK UNIT 84.
UM, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THIS OWNER OR THE CONTRACTOR IS READY TO START IN THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
IF IT'S AGREEABLE WITH THE HOMEOWNER, THE HOMEOWNER IS AWAY FROM WORK FOR TWO WEEKS.
I'M GOING TO GO BY AND TRY TO SEE THEM TONIGHT.
UM, IF NOT, THEY MAY BE ON VACATION UNIT FOUR.
THIS OWNER WANTS TO INVESTIGATE ACQUISITION, OR WE HAVE HAD AN APPRAISAL DONE.
WE'VE SENT THE APPRAISAL TO THAT HOMEOWNER AND THEY ARE CONSIDERING ACQUISITION UNIT FIVE IS THE VERY SAME THING.
THEY WANT TO INVESTIGATE ACQUISITION.
WE HAVE SENT THE APPRAISAL TO THEM AND THEY ARE CONSIDERING ACQUISITION UNIT 18.
THE UNIT THAT OWNER WANTS TO INVESTIGATE ACQUISITION.
UH, AND WE HAVE ORDERED AN APPRAISAL TO SEND TO THAT ON A UNIT 19.
HE IS A PRIORITY FOR PRIORITY 48 AND CURRENTLY ON HOLD PACKAGE FOUR.
I MEAN, IF YOU'LL SEE MY NOTE THERE, I'VE PROVIDED PROBABLY UNDER MY REPORT THAT EACH OF YOU A COPY OF A LETTER THAT I SENT TO MY CAVER THAT OUTLINES THE BIDS, WE GOT AN OUTLINE, SOME THINGS WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO EVALUATE THOSE BIDS.
THERE ARE SEVEN OF THESE CONTRACTS THAT REALLY ARE INVOLVED WITH THE LETTER.
UM, AND WE WERE HAVING STAFF REVIEW THOSE.
AND I THINK MIKE HAS TAUGHT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ATTORNEYS IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO REVIEW THE SITUATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE SEVEN OF THOSE LISTED OUT OF THIS TN, UM, THE THREE THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH THAT, UH, WHICH ARE UNIT SIX.
UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT FOR AWARD YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
IT IS A PRIORITY 37 IS TEMPORARILY ON HOLD, WHO WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND AWARD IT A UNIT 79, I'M SORRY.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT FULL AWARD AT YOUR FEBRUARY 13TH BOARD MEETING AND UNIT 77.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT FOR AWARD AT YOUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.
UH, IF OUR OTHER ISSUES ARE WORKED OUT ON THE OTHER SEVEN, WE WILL HAVE THOSE ALSO WITH YOUR 13TH BOARD MEETING, BUT WE DO NEED TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE BEFORE WE RECOMMEND TO, UH, PACKAGE FIVE.
THOSE UNITS VISITED WILL BE RECEIVED ON FEBRUARY 16TH, AND WE WILL RECOMMEND AWARD TO THIS BODY ON THE 27TH OF FEBRUARY FOR THESE 10 HOUSES, UM, PACKAGE SIX, WHICH I PUT 11 UNITS IN, AND THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE OCCUPIED UNITS IN THE PROGRAM.
UM, WE HOPE TO HAVE THOSE FOR AWARD AT YOUR SECOND MEETING IN MARCH YES, THIS PERSON, THIS WAS ASKING ME AND I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.
WE HAD DECIDED I REMEMBER CHANGING THIS LISTING ONCE BECAUSE HE HAD SOME HOUSES THAT WERE NOT OCCUPIED, RIGHT? YES.
WE CHANGED IT TO JUST BE OCCUPIED HOUSES.
AND YOU SAID THAT THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN CHANGED THE IDEA OF, OF A RENTALS VERSUS HOMEOWNERS.
YOU SAID THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN DID THAT.
MA'AM IT DID THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE AGREE THAT THE HOUSES THAT WERE OWNED, THE OWNERS AND OWNER OCCUPIED HAD PRIORITY OVER ANY RENTALS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, MA'AM AT BELOW 10 FEET.
ELEVATION, LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE YET OR HAVE YOU ACQUIRED ANY HOUSES THAT SEEMS TO BE A HOUSEHOLD SUBJECT THAT PEOPLE 3, 3, 3 HOUSES WE'VE ACQUIRED FAR? UM, THERE ARE, WE HAVE ONE MORE THAT WE HAVE NEGOTIATED AND, UM, WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH, WE'RE JUST GETTING READY TO, UM, UPDATE THE TITLE, I THINK, AND OFFER ON THAT.
ONE OF THE, PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR THAT I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU THROUGH HERE.
UM, I FEEL FAIRLY STRONGLY ABOUT TWO MORE OF THOSE WE'LL CONSIDER ACQUISITION.
UM, THREE MORE OF THOSE WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE ACQUISITION.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? THAT ONE MORE QUESTION? YEAH.
THE, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE FLOOD FLOOD
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TIME.SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CITY PURCHASES THAT PROPERTY WITH THESE GRANT FUNDS, UM, AND THEN THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS PUT ON THE DEED THAT THAT PROPERTY WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES AND THEIR, WHATEVER THEY BUY A HOUSE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND WE CLEAR THE PROBLEM AND WE'LL CLEAR THE PROBLEM, WHEREAS TALLAHASSEE, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ON THE, UH, POSSIBILITY OF SUCH A PLAN FOR THE SECOND HURRICANE THAT HIT US AT MY, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AT THAT TIME THAT THEY WANTED, IF THEY DID DO ONE OF THE MITIGATION PLANS THAT THEIR MAJOR EMPHASIS WOULD BE ON BUYING OUT, WHICH WOULD BE A TOUGH THING FOR NEWBURN, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE LAND IS, UH, JUST BARELY ABOVE SEA LEVEL, THAT WE WOULD LOSE SO MUCH HOUSING.
THE EMPHASIS, THE EMPHASIS IN THE FLOYD FLOYD DISASTER OF FEDERAL FUNDS WAS BUY OUT SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN STATE FUNDS THAT HAVE COME BEHIND THAT THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STRINGS ON IT THAT YOU SEE ARE BEING ADVERTISED ON THE TELEVISION.
NOW, FEBRUARY 16TH, THAT'S NOT THE FUNDS WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CHAFF FUNDS AND, UM, THOSE ARE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT, BUT THAT'S REPLACEMENT OUTSIDE OF THE FLOOD SIGNS.
AND REAL, IT'S NOT GOING TO APPLY THAT IN THIS AREA.
IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, WE DID SUBMIT LETTERS OF INTENT TO APPLY FOR SOME OF THE MONEY FOR BUY OUT.
AND THE EXTENT OF OUR FLOODING WAS NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
WE DID SEND THEM IN ANOTHER LETTER OF CONTINUING INTEREST IN CASE THE STANDARDS CHANGE.
BUT BASICALLY THEY WERE NOT DOING AREAS WHERE THERE WAS NOT AT LEAST 50% DESTRUCTION TO THE BUILDING OR WHERE IT HAD AT LEAST FIVE FEET OF WATER.
SO W WE DID INVESTIGATE THAT, BUT, UH, DID NOT QUALIFY.
YOU CAN TELL THAT SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN TALKING TO ME, HE SAID, LET ME GO BUY THESE HOUSES.
WE GIVE, WHAT DO WE PAY? WE HAVE THE APPRAISED, WE OFFER THE OWNER, WHAT IS THE APPRAISAL FAIR MARKET VALUE? UM, IF THE OWNER DOESN'T AGREE WITH THAT NUMBER, THEY CAN PROVIDE THEIR OWN APPRAISAL.
UM, IF IT'S WITHIN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PAY THAT NUMBER.
IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, UH, WE WILL PAY FOR A THIRD APPRAISAL TO BE DONE AT THE PROGRAM'S EXPENSE, AVERAGE, THOSE THREE NUMBERS.
AND THAT WOULD BE OUR FINAL OFFER TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY.
IT WAS TAKEN BY THE THING THAT WE'RE TAKING.
NO, SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW SAY IT GAVE HIM A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT THE RAGGEDY HOUSES AND I TH AND I, AND I THINK, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THIS PROGRAM, THESE PROGRAMS, UNLIKE A LOT OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ARE COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY.
JUST VOLUNTEER IF YOU DON'T WANT OUR MONEY, HAVE A NICE DAY.
UM, AGAIN, WE WELCOME YOU, UM, INVITE YOU FOR 10 O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY, THE 26TH THAT MORNING UP IN THE PLANNING PLANNING OFFICE.
LET'S PLATTE, AS I AM SEE ROLLING.
I KNOW I'M NOT AS GLAD AS MR. HOCKEY IS TO SEE IT.
THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, FEBRUARY THE EIGHTH, FEBRUARY 8TH, WHICH IS THURSDAY, I WAS GETTING THE GALA.
WE APPRECIATE THAT DATE AT COLONY BAPTIST CHURCH.
THAT'S RUN CONNIE BAPTIST CHURCH AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING MIKE, ADD TO IT, OR, HMM.
NEXT THING WE HAVE THEN THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARINGS, CONSIDERABLE PRAYERS, RESIGNING OF A 1.294 ACRE TRACK NORTH OF ACADEMY, GREEN SUBDIVISION ON TOMLINSON BOULEVARD FROM OUR TAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
EXCUSE ME, THE RSX RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, THAT'S GEORGIA MALE BAYLESS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.
YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU WEIGH REQUESTS WERE REZONING BY NOOSE BUILDERS FOR A 1.2948 CONTRACT OFF OF THOMAS AND BOULEVARD AND THE ACADEMIC, UH, ACADEMY DREAM SUBDIVISION.
THIS TRACK OF LAND IS PART OF A 22.5 ACRE TRACK THAT IS PRESENTLY ZONED ARE SIX, ALL EXCEPT FOR ABOUT 5%, WHICH REPRESENTS THAT LITTLE
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OVER ONE ACRE.THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING REQUEST IS TO MAKE THE ENTIRE TRACK CONSISTENT ON THE ONE ZONING CLASSIFICATION.
UH, THE CHANGE FROM OUR 10 TO OUR SIX WILL REPRESENT AN, UM, FOUR OR FIVE LOTS, UH, UNDER THE YARD SIX ZONING CLASSIFICATION, AND IT CAN MAKE A CHANGE AS GREAT AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS, UH, UH, 26 APARTMENTS VERSUS, UM, 3.5 DUPLEXES, WHICH CAN BE BUILT IN THE
AT THIS POINT, UH, AT IS JANUARY 2ND, 2000 MEETING THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD REVIEWED THE REZONING APPLICATION AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT THE REZONING BE APPROVED BY THIS BOARD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENT ON, UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE AS OPPOSED TO IT.
WHAT ABOUT IT HERE AT POSE IS THAT IT SAYS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT SHOWED UP TO A MAN IN HIS OWN AND BEATEN, AND I RECEIVED NO CALLS ON THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT PERSON DID BRING TO OUR ATTENTION AND THERE WAS A TRAFFIC PROBLEM DURING THE TIME THE SCHOOL OPENED AND CLOSED A NEW-BORN HIGH SCHOOL IS RIGHT UP THAT FACILITY.
AND THOMAS AND BOULEVARD AT THIS POINT IS THE ONLY OUTLET THERE.
UH, AFTER TALKING WITH, UH, ERIN EVERETT AND OTHER DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, SPECIALISTS WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION, PROBABLY THAT A THREE-WAY STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF TOMLINSON BOULEVARD AND ACADEMY, UH, DRIVE WILL FACILITATE A SAFE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC AND PERMIT THOSE PEOPLE DOING PEAK SCHOOL HOURS, WHICH IS ABOUT FROM SEVEN 20 IN THE MORNING TO ABOUT, FOR EIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT SINCE THERE'S SEEMS TO BE A REAL SERIOUS CONFLICT WITH THE TRAFFIC FOLK, UH, PARIS DROPPING THE KIDS OFF, ET CETERA, AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN THE RESIDENTS TRYING TO GET OUT TO WORK IN THE AFTERNOON.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE SUCH A BIG PROBLEM DUE TO THE FACT THAT MOST RESIDENTS BECOME NAN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE AFTER THE SCHOOL HAS CLOSED.
WELL, WE, WE, UH, TALKED TO MIKE EARLIER ON THIS, WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PERSON HIT AND I, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT THAT STOP SIGN AND PUTS IT THERE ALL DAY.
AND IT'S NORMALLY I UNDERSTAND IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WORK AND COMING HOME.
SO I THOUGHT WE WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF LATER ON, UH, IF IT NEEDED TO BE, IS TO PUT IN, UH, A CONTROL LIGHT, THEY WOULD ONLY COME ON DURING THOSE HOURS THAT, THAT HE WAS, UH, UH, PEAK TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THAT.
THERE IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET NOW NEWLY BUILT RESIDENTIAL STREET ON THE SOUTHERN MOST IN OF ACADEMIC DRAB.
RIGHT AT, IN INTERSECTION, IT APPEARS THAT THE PARENTS ARE IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET OUT IN THE BACK, I GUESS, TO WORK A HOME, UH, DEAL.
THEY WILL NOT LET THE RESIDENTS OUT ON THE ACADEMIC DRIVE TO GET OUT INTO 17 SOUTH.
WELL, LET'S TRY, LET'S TRY A STOP SIGN AND KEEP ME, UH, UH, BREAST ON IT, IF YOU WILL BERNARD AND SEE IF WE LATER ON MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER A LIGHT, THEY LOOKED AT ANY POSSIBILITY OF EVENTUALLY PUT IN ANOTHER DRIVEWAY.
AREN'T THERE SOME PLANS TO CONNECT THAT TO THE OTHER STREET THAT'S OVER ON VELVETY.
ALL OF THEM CELEBRATE THAT CONNECTION AND GET THAT THING DONE.
YOU MAY HAVE STATED AFTER THIS DEVELOP, DO ON THIS SIDE, THAT WOULD BE THREE WORDS.
WELL, MAYOR, IF THERE'S NOBODY TO, UH, IN PUBLIC TO BE HEARD, I MOVED IT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROPERTY HAVE PROVIDED TO ME LAST FRIDAY IN EXHIBIT EIGHT ATTACHED.
WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, SAW THAT THE COURSES INCORRECT ON HERE, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE A SENTENCE TOGETHER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM.
IF YOU WISH TO DO THE WITNESS, GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY UNDER THE DISCUSSION.
AND AS SOON AS I CAN GET THEM TO PROVIDE ME WITH AN ACCURATE SCRIPT, EXHIBIT 80 TO BE ATTACHED TO THE ORDER SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THAT? IF NOT,
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YOU NEED TO CALL A ROLL CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.NEXT THING WE HAVE AS A PUBLIC HERE CONSIDER PROPOSED RESIGNING ABOUT 0.8, FIVE ACRE LOT ON THE EAST SIDE, SOUTH LAND, BERNIE ROAD, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OATS ROAD, UH, FROM
SO MR. GEORGE, DO YOU ALWAYS GET, YES, MA'AM BAYLESS.
LOUIS DANES, UM, TO REZONE IS 0.858 TRACK.
UH, IT IS LOCATED BEHIND THE CONVENIENCE MARK AT THE CORNER OF OAKS ROAD AND SOUTHLAND BERNIE ROAD RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE ENTRANCE TO WIN HILLS APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD HELD ITS REGULAR MEETING ON JANUARY 2ND, 2001, AND VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT THE REZONING BE APPROVED.
UH, NO ONE APPEARED A SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING.
DANES IS A WELL-KNOWN EDUCATOR IN THIS AREA, HIGHLY RESPECTED, AND SHE NOW OPERATES NEW BERN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ON HIGHWAY 17, UH, JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND DESIRES, A MORE SUITABLE BUILDING.
HER PLANS ARE TO BUILD A 40 FOOT BY 40 FOOT BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY.
THE CITY REQUIRES 15 PARKING SPACES, BUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THAT MANY EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE ONLY A FEW TEACHERS AT THE PRESENT TIME.
AND SHE TELLS ME THAT SHE HAS PERHAPS 10 PARENTS WHO BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AND PICK THEM UP EACH DAY.
THE HOURS OF THE CHILDREN COMING TO SCHOOL AND LEAVING DO NOT COINCIDE WITH TRAFFIC FROM HATTERAS SHOTS.
SO IT WOULD NOT ADD TO THE CONGESTION AT THAT TIME.
IN ADDITION TO THE 40 BY 40 FOOT BUILDINGS, SHE WISHES TO BUILD ON THAT PROPERTY, THE HOUSE, THE SCHOOL, UH, I UNDER, I UNDERSTAND SHE HAS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT CAN BE MOVED THERE, WHICH IS 20 FEET BY 20 FEET, WHICH WOULD SERVE AS THE LIBRARY.
THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET IS, UH, IT'S C4.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
SO IT IS JUST EXTENDING THE EXISTING PROPERTY AND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE WITH THE TYPES OF USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
UM, I THINK THAT THE, THE SMALL PRIVATE SCHOOL IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE BEST USE WE CAN HOPE FOR FOR THAT PROPERTY.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO IT OR IN FAVOR OF IT OR NOT, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEM IF THERE IS.
MOVE IT CLOSE TO PUBLIC AREAS FOR THE DISCUSSION.
IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OPPOSED.
WE APPROVE THE, UH, THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE DISCUSSION THEY HAD NOT CALLED PLEASE.
MA'AM YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS A CONSENT AGENDA AND WE HAVE PULLED ITEM NUMBER 10.
UH, LET ME ASK JUST ON 17, IS THAT A TYPE OF WHERE IT SAYS AMENDING THE AUDIT CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2000, IS THAT 2000 2001? IT IS 2000.
SO THIS IS THE CONTRACT THAT PAYS FOR THE ONE THAT CURRENT YEAR.
IT WAS PAST THE DUE DATE TO NEXT STEPS AND I REQUIRED.
ON THE APARTMENT STYLE IN WESTMINSTER, I DON'T HAVE ANY, NO APPOINTMENTS ON THAT END.
HOW ABOUT SOME MISCELLANEOUS MR. MADDEN? NO, SIR.
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CITY MANAGERUM, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION ON TWO FOR YOU ON CONSTRUCTION, ACCEPTING BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO DO THE DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER.
MUSE THEY'D BE AT IS THE FINAL BID ON IT IS $99,980, WHICH IS UNDER THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR REQUIREMENT TO GO AHEAD AND BE ABLE TO DO THIS ON AN INFORMAL BASIS.
SO WE HAD THE THREE BS, THEY CAME IN 125,000 LESS TO LIVE, BUT WE NEGOTIATED WITH THE LOVE LETTER DOWN TO 99,000 FIGURE AND WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ADOPT THAT.
AND IT IS MORE THAN JUST A DITCH.
AS IT TURNS OUT, IT HELPS, YOU KNOW, SOUND LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.
JUST TAKE THOSE OUT OF THE THINGS CON PICKING ITEMS. OKAY.
YEAH, I GUESS, I MEAN, YOU WANT US TO GO IN AND
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CALL THE ROLL PLEASE, MAN.
JUST AS AN ASIDE ON THAT DAY THAT, UH, THE MONEY TO FUND THAT IS ALL GRANT MONEY, NONE, NO ACTUAL CITY OF NEWBURGH EXCLUSIVELY.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT ANOTHER RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TO, UH, AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO APPLY FOR A GRANT, UH, IF THIS HAS DR.
BARNWELLS, UH, GRANT THAT IS BEING DONE JOINTLY WITH, UH, RECREATION DEPARTMENT PLANNING IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR A SMITH REYNOLDS BRAND FOR THE WELLNESS AIR FIELD AREA.
UH, AND IT'S, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TIME THE APPLICATION HAS TO BE, AND THIS'LL BE THE LAST MEETING BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION TO BE DONE.
THEN WE GOT THE QUESTIONS, THE SECOND DISCUSSION, IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO ASK MIKE AFTER THE VOTE, WHILE I'M STANDING HERE, I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I MAY, BUT GO AHEAD.
I GOT, I GUESS WE NEED TO CALL THE ROLL ON THAT ROLL PLEASE, MAN.
IF I MADE TWO ITEMS, JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE URBAN DESIGN PLAN COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT ARE COMING UP TOMORROW AND THURSDAY TOMORROW EVENING, WEDNESDAY, THE 24TH AT 7:00 PM AT THE J E D ROOM ON BROAD STREET.
THE FOCUS THERE WILL BE THE FIVE POINTS AREA.
AS FAR AS THE URBAN DESIGN PLAN IS CONCERNED.
THEN THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY THE 25TH, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING AT 8:00 AM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE O MARK'S BUILDING.
AND THE EMPHASIS THERE WILL BE THE DOWNTOWN PART OF THE URBAN DESIGN PLAN.
AND THEN THURSDAY EVENING, THE 25TH OF JANUARY AT 7:00 PM, WE'LL BE MEETING AT THE UNITED SENIOR SERVICES BUILDING AT EIGHT 11 GEORGE STREET IN THE AREA FOCUSED.
THERE WILL BE RIVER STATION AND THE DEPOT, UH, THAT'S THURSDAY, THE 25TH AT 7:00 PM AT THE UNITED SENIOR SERVICES.
SO AT EACH OF THESE, WE'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE URBAN DESIGN PLAN PROCESS, AND THEN RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE, AS FAR AS THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, VISIONS FOR THOSE AREAS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY FOCUS ON FIVE POINTS, THE DOWNTOWN AND THE RIVER STATION DEPOT.
ANYBODY WITH ANY QUESTIONS CAN CALL THE PLANNING OFFICE OR SWISS BEAR, AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO FILL YOU IN ON THE DETAILS.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM IS, UH, ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES, UH, CAME TO THE MEETING THIS EVENING ON HER OWN ACCORD.
SHE, SOMEONE I LIKED FOR YOU TO MEET ALICE WILSON, OUR NEW GIS ANALYST.
SHE HAS PROVIDED US WITH SOME EXCELLENT INFORMATION THAT HAS MADE OUR JOB THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, MUCH EASIER.
ALICE, WOULD YOU PLACE, UH, SHE IS GOING TO BE, UH, COORDINATING THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT
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AND IMPROVEMENT OF OUR GIS SYSTEM AND JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE HER AND, UH, BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH, OR SHE'S BEEN A REAL ASSET AND LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.OF COURSE, HE PICKED THE DAY WHEN IT WAS REAL WINDY OUTSIDE, AND I HAD TO COME IN TO WIN FOR YOU TO SEE ME.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH MIKE, LET US KNOW.
MIKE IS A VERY, VERY CONSCIENTIOUS GUY AND HE'S EVEN GOT ME.
IT'S TOOK HIM A WHILE, BUT HE'S GOT ME WHERE I'M HUGGING A FEW TREES.
CAN I, CAN I THROW IT UP? LIKE EVERY STORY MIKE WAS, UH, I HAD PICKED UP ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS AND A FRIEND OF HERS SOMEWHERE IN HIS VAN AND WAS TAKEN ONE UP AND STARTED MUMBLING AROUND ON THE SIDE PANEL OF THE VEHICLE.
AND HE NOTICED THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND THE OTHER YOUNG LADY SAYS, OH, I KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.
MY DAD HAS AN OLD CAR LIKE THIS, YOU TURN THAT THING IN THE WINDOW.
SO WE'RE ALL GETTING A LITTLE OLDER.
AND I THINK, UH, WITNESSING US THERE ALL KINDS OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN DO THINGS, YOU CAN DO THINGS VERY INFORMALLY, AND THEN YOU CAN DO THINGS ON THE OTHER ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER WHERE ON ONE END OF THE AISLE.
AND I'LL LET YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH END THAT IS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MENTIONED TREES, I HAD GOT THE CALL ABOUT SOMEBODY THREATENED TO CUT A TREE ON NATIONAL AVENUE.
AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME, I SAID, I KNOW THAT THAT, THAT CAN'T BE TRUE.
MY EVERY WOULDN'T LET IT HAPPEN.
I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT HAPPEN.
WE APPRECIATE ANY, NO FURTHER BUSINESS.