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[1. Welcome & Call to Order, Roll Call, Guiding Principles]
I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER A SEPTEMBER MEETING OF THE CITY OF NEWMAN, REDEVELOPMENT, COMMISSIONS, AND BEGIN BY ROLL CALL.AND AS MY NORMAL JOB AS VICE CHAIRMAN, I'LL CONTINUE TO BE DO THE ROLL CALL AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN, RIGHT? UH, COMMISSIONER LUBBOCK, COMMISSIONER WALKER HERE.
COMMISSIONER TRIP, COMMISSIONER MORGAN HERE.
PARAGO IS HERE AND PATRICIA BOWMAN, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
ALSO ERIC'S OFFICIO MEMBERS, UH, ALDERMAN PR HERE, ALDERMAN BEST AND ALDERMAN ROYAL THAT WE HAVE A QUO ESTABLISHED FOR THIS MEETING BACK HERE.
TIME FOR YOU TO JUMP IN, PLAY HERE.
ROBBIE, AS ALWAYS, WE WANNA START THE MEETING WITH OUR HIGHLY PRINCIPLES AS THE BYRON WILL START WITH YOU.
VAN WHITE HAS NEVER LOOKED SO WARM UNLESS YOUR HEART NUMBER ONE, PASS, PRESENT FUTURE EQUAL TIME.
NUMBER TWO, RESPECT OTHERS' OPINIONS.
NUMBER THREE, LISTEN TO BUILD CONSENSUS NUMBER FOUR, SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION, PUBLIC PERCEPTION, STAY FOCUS, AND BE ACTION ORIENTED ALIVE.
WE, WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR ESTEEMED GUEST THIS EVENING.
UM, ALDERMAN PRI, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND WE MAYOR OUM.
APPRECIATE HAVING YOU WITH US THIS SEAT.
[2. Public Comment]
OKAY.FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
UH, REMIND ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK THIS SEASON, THAT YOU'RE LIMITED TO FOUR MINUTES, BUT AT THE TIME WE WILL WELCOME ANYONE, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION, UH, TO PLEASE SHUT FORWARD JUST REALLY QUICK.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS TO COMMISSIONER WALLACE, THE MEETING LAST WEEK.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE TO SEE MORE THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE INTERACTION, UM, BEING WHERE THE PEOPLE WERE, UH, THAT GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK.
I THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST GREAT STEP AND AN AMAZING, AMAZING DIRECTION.
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THIS EVENING? OKAY.
HEARING NONE WILL MOVE ON IN THE AGENDA.
[3. Approval of Minutes]
THREE IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.YOU HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
THE FIRST BEING THE SPECIAL MINUTES FROM THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON JULY 25TH, EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES AND ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ADDITIONS NEED TO BE MADE TO THESE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT.
I MAKE EMOTIONALLY APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 10TH, REGULAR MEETING THAT JULY 25TH.
WHAT YOU PUT ON AGENDA AUGUST 10TH, WE'RE DOING A CHRONOLOGICALLY JULY 25TH SPECIAL CALL MEETING SPECIAL CALL MEETING.
YOU HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS DISCUSSION, IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NOW WE GO TO AUGUST 10 MINUTES.
THAT'S OUR LAST MEETING COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS HEARING HONOR.
I'LL RE REITERATE MY INITIAL MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVE, THE AUGUST 10TH, SECOND AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AUGUST 10TH MINUTES HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY
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SAYING I OPPOS GOT THE MINUTES OUTTA THE WAY.[4. Introduction of new Executive Director Catrecia McCoy Bowman]
THE NEXT ITEM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ITEMS I'VE EVER SEEN ON THIS AGENDA AND THAT, AND THAT'S THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TREAT JIM MCCOY INFO.AND WE ARE THRILLED BEYOND BELIEF TO HAVE HER WITH US.
UH, YOU'VE BEEN HERE IN FACT TWO WEEKS NOW AND SHE HAS JUMPED RIGHT INTO THE FIRE, SO TO SPEAK AND HAS WORKED WITH, I KNOW SHE'S WORKED WITH OUR, THE HOUSING WORK GROUP, UH, AND WE APPRECIATED HER ATTENDANCE AND HER INPUT.
AND SHE IS, I THINK, RAPIDLY GAINING A GRASP OF DIVISION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE VISION OF THE COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO BRING THEM TOGETHER AND MESH 'EM TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, MOVING FORWARD.
AND HAVE I GIVEN US A LITTLE UPDATE ON YOURSELF AND YOUR BACKGROUND? OKAY.
YOU'VE GOT MIND IF I STAND UP.
UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS MC MCCOY BOWMAN.
UM, I CAME HERE VIA WILMINGTON AREA.
UM, I WORKED FOR THE WILMINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR 20 SOME YEARS.
I ACTUALLY CAME FROM A SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM AND GRADUATED AND MOVED UP FROM A RESIDENT TO A DIRECTOR.
I LEFT THE WILMINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WENT TO THE HIGH POINT HOUSING AUTHORITY THERE.
I WAS VICE PRESIDENT OF ASSET MANAGEMENT, SECTION EIGHT AND PROCUREMENT.
I LEFT THERE AND WENT TO BROWARD COUNTY AND WAS THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THERE AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR THREE YEARS.
THEN I SAID, HEY, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO COME BACK.
HOME CAME BACK TO WILMINGTON IN 2018 AND WORK WITH FEMA.
WE WERE DEPLOYED, WENT TO LOUISIANA.
SO I WAS IN THAT ROUTE AND, UM, CAME BACK FOR A MINUTE, TOOK 30 DAYS OFF ON SUNDAY NIGHT OF MY 30 DAYS AT 1201.
THEY WERE CALLING ME TO TELL ME TO GO TO TEXAS.
CAUSE I SAID, HOW LONG? THEY SAID 52 WEEKS.
SO I WAS HERE DURING FLORENCE.
UM, AND A LOT OF WHAT I DID WAS ON THE HOUSING SIDE.
IT INITIALLY STARTED OFF WITH, YOU KNOW, FILLING, FILLING OUT APPLICATION AND PUT THE INFORMATION OUT THERE FOR MOVING PEOPLE INTO PURCHASING TRAILERS AND THAT SIDE AS WELL.
UM, I'M SO DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.
UM, I, I CAN, I DID START RUNNING.
I SAID, OOPS, I MIGHT, YOU CAN SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, CAUSE I'M JUST SO EXCITED WITH THE WARM WELCOME.
I GOT, I, I SAID, I FEEL LIKE FAMILY AND I FEEL LIKE I ALREADY KNOW FOR YOU, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S THE, SO WHAT THAT HAS DONE IS IT HAS ME TO PUSH A BUTTON FOR MYSELF AND, UM, AND, AND SOME OF THE EX EXPECTATIONS THAT I KNOW YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE.
SO I JUST HAVE A, A FEW THINGS I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER.
UM, JUST WANTED TO, UM, I HOPE THAT I CAN SIT DOWN WITH EACH ONE OF YOU AND, UM, HEAR MORE, GET MORE INPUT FROM YOU.
SO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON IS OUR BROCHURE AND TALKING POINTS.
SO WHEN WE GO OUT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING.
SO, UM, AND SHARING OUR TIMELINES AND SHARING OUR STRATEGIC GOALS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING.
SO I NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT.
THEN I NEED VOLUNTEERS AT THE EST.
I THINK WE ARE THERE SUNDAY TOO, BUT DEFINITELY THERE SATURDAY.
SO IF ANYBODY WANNA HELP ME OUT AT MY BEST, THE GAS AND YOU THINKS PROPERTY, UM, FOOTING WAS COMPLETED ON YESTERDAY.
UM, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE MOVERS.
THEY HAVE ANOTHER JOB, UM, IN CONCORD ACTUALLY.
AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE 26TH.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THERE PLACE THAT PROPERTY ON THE 26TH SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP.
UM, THE RESOURCE, UM, I'M SORRY.
I PUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW THE RESOURCE AND DATA SHEET I SENT OUT, THERE'S SOME VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION OF DA DATA ABOUT HEALTH, POVERTY EDUCATION IN NEW BE.
SO MY PRIDE JOB WAS, UM, TAKE HERE COLLECTIVE, AND I'M ONLY MENTIONING THEM BECAUSE THEY WORK THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND WHAT THEY DO IS PULL DATA, WHATEVER DATA YOU NEED.
AND SO I'M THINKING, PULLING THAT DATA BECAUSE THEY WILL HELP US TO APPLY FOR GRANTS AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING.
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AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.WELL, WE COME IN THIS OFFICE, WHERE WILL YOU BE HIDING
I WAS HOPING THAT YOU WEREN'T DOWN IN THE CORNER WHERE, WHERE ALL THE, SHE FELL IN, LOOKS LIKE AND QUESTIONS.
ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US, PATRICIA, AS I SAY, SHE IS A VERY, VERY WELCOMED ADDITION TO NEW BERN AND ESPECIALLY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
[5. Presentation by Vincent Thompson regarding his request to purchase 513 First Avenue, 515 First Avenue and 512 Second Avenue. (Part 1 of 2)]
ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UH, IS PRESENTATION BY MR. THOMAS THOMPSON IS MR. THOMPSON HERE.HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TO DO, DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT, UH, HIS DESIRE TO PURCHASE THREE HOME SITES.
UH, ON FIRST AVENUE OF SECOND AVENUE AND CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH HIM AND, UH, THERESA.
I KNOW, AND HE WAS INFORMED, BUT I DON'T SEE HIM.
SO WE WILL MOVE PAST THAT AGENDA ITEM.
[6. Consider Adopting a Resolution authorizing the Vice Chairman to sign the Authorization for property Access with WithersRavenal, Inc. on behalf of the Commission.]
SIX, UH, CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DEVICE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE AUTHORIZATION FOR PROPERTY ACCESS WITH RIVERS WITH NOT WITH WITHERS RAVEL INCORPORATED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION.MATT, DO YOU WANNA GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT? SURE.
SO THIS IS, UH, THIS INVOLVES THE FY FIELD STORM WATER ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS, UM, THE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN NOW ONGOING FOR A WHILE.
AND PHASE ONE IS ALMOST COMPLETE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DETENTION BASIN AT THE END OF MIDDLE STREET AND RHODE ROSE STREET AND PEP STREET.
UM, AND, OR I'M SORRY, K STREET.
UH, AND, UM, SO PHASES TWO AND THREE ARE, UH, BEING DESIGNED AND ARE ALMOST FINISHED AND THE ENGINEERS NEED TO ACCESS ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THAT SECTION OF THE PROJECT.
AND YOU OWN SEVERAL OF THOSE, I THINK ABOUT SECOND OR EIGHT OR 10 SEPARATE PROPERTIES.
AND SO THEY JUST NEED AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT THAT SAYS THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS THE, YOUR PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO DO THEIR LAST BIT OF, UM, BASICALLY SITE, UM, CONFIRM, CONFIRMING, UH, INFORMATION, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT ABOUT THAT? DOES EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE? WE'RE NOT GIVEN THE PROPERTY WAY YET, UH, BUT THE NEED ACCESS TO DO CONTOUR WORK AND SURVEY AND SO FORTH TO FINALIZE THEIR PLANS.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO BE ON THAT PROPERTY, ON OUR PROPERTY, RIGHT ON OUR PROPERTY.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT NAME AGAIN? WITHER IS WHAT RAVEL.
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ATTENDED THE, UH, MEETING AT THE OMEGA CENTER LAST WEEK, UH, MATT DID A, A DETAIL PRESENTATION IT ON THAT PROJECT AND, UH, DID A GOOD JOB.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, HAD A VISION OF WHAT WE'RE IN GETTING INVOLVED IN THERE.
IF YOU NEED, WE HAVE THE BOARDS RIGHT IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM THAT ARE ALL HERE.
I CAN SHOW YOU WHICH, WHAT PROPERTIES IN GENERAL, IT DOESN'T SPECIFY WHICH ONES ARE THE, UH, WELL, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE STILL REDEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE WE NEED A MOTION ADOPT RESOLUTION.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS MOTION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE ENGINEERS, TO OUR PROPERTY INVOLVED IN THE STORMWATER PROJECT HEARING NONE WILL DO THE VOTING ALL IN FAVOR OF PASSING THE RESOLUTION SIGNIFIED BY SAYING, AYE.
OPPOS MOTION CARRIES HAVE A RESOLUTION SIGN.
[7. Working Group Reports]
SEVEN.IT IS OUR WORKING GROUP REPORTS.
AND WE'LL START WITH THE HOUSING WORK GROUP.
UH, STEVE, YOU WANNA START? WELL,
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LET'S START WITH BETH ON, ON THE UBANKS HOUSE.LET'S START WITH ME BECAUSE THAT WAS INTERESTING INFORMATION THAT, UH, HOUSE WILL BE PLACED ON THE NEW FOUNDATION ON THE 26TH.
SO THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL START THAT WORK.
UM, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY BIDDERS SUBMIT BIDS WHEN WE HAD OUR BID PROCESS AND I HAVE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ONES WHO WERE PLAN HOLDERS, AS WELL AS, UM, WAL HAK WITH THE HE'S OUR GRANT CONNECTION, THE PERSON WHO PUT TOGETHER A SET OF DRAWINGS, AND WE'VE DECIDED WE THINK THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD IS TO REBID THIS PROJECT.
AND WE ARE ONLY GONNA GIVE IT, UM, UNTIL SEPTEMBER 28TH, I THINK IS A WEDNESDAY IT'S LIKE TWO WEEKS.
AND I FEEL, UM, PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT ONE OF THE BIDDERS WHO WAS UNABLE TO GET HIS BID IN IN TIME WILL BE BIDDING THE PROJECT AND, UM, DEIA AND I WERE MAKING A PLAN TO REACH OUT TO SOME OTHER, UM, LOCAL BIDDERS THAT WE KNOW HAVE BID PROJECTS BEFORE AGAIN, AND JUST SEND THEM THE INFORMATION WE'RE GONNA SEND THEM THE WHOLE SET OF CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND HOPEFULLY WIDEN THAT HEALED A LITTLE BIT.
WE ARE AT THE PLACE SINCE WE HAD, THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD ADVERTISEMENT THAT IF WE ONLY RECEIVE ONE BID, WE CAN OPEN IT AND THEN NEGOTIATE WITH THAT BID.
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YOU SAY THAT WAS THE 26TH SET THE HOUSE DOWN ON THE FOUNDATION.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? RIGHT? OH, IT'S THE 26TH.
AND THAT'S FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF THE ONES WHO MOVED IT.
SO THAT WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE, SINCE WE'RE WAITING ON THEM NOW THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE RENTAL FEES OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE CHARGING US FOR THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY LEFT BEHIND, THAT THEY'VE STARTED CHARGING US FOR.
WELL, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE CONTACTED THEM WAS, UM, ARE WE GONNA HAVE THEIR CHECK READY? SO, UM, IN REFERENCE TO THAT, THEY PRETTY MUCH SAID THEY WAITED FOR US NOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM.
SO IT MADE ME GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL FOR DISCUSSION.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT I I'M, WE'RE OKAY WITH PAYING THEM FOR THE TIME THAT WE DELAYED, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE WAITING ON THEM, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY FOR THE RENTAL OR THE FEES THAT THEY'RE CHARGING FOR US, NOT HAVING THEIR EQUIPMENT.
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT IN THE LAST 48 HOURS.
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL, UM, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND, UM, PIECES OF MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF ON THAT LOT.
AND I'VE NOT BEEN UP ON THE LOT PERSONALLY TO SEE IF THEY'RE SECURE OR NOT.
BUT I DID NOTICE A STACK OF, UH, CDER BLOCKS THAT WERE PUT IN ONE AREA, SOME OTHER MATERIALS THAT WERE PLACED IN ANOTHER AREA.
AND WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF MAKE SURE, UH, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANYTHING MORE ATTRACTIVE IN THAT AREA THAT WILL DRAW ATTENTION OTHER THAN NEW TOYS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH, AS IT RELATES TO KIDS THAT ARE IN THAT AREA AND GET BORED.
UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES SINCE MR. WILLIAMS MADE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY WAS SECURE AND THAT THE HOUSE WAS BOARDED UP.
BUT NOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MORE ACTIVITY, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MONITORED A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT THE HOUSING WORK GROUP TALKED ABOUT, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING WE DISCUSSED, UH, WE MET BEFORE THE CLOSING, BUT THE CARTER PROPERTIES ON BLOOMFIELD STREET ARE NOW OWNED BY US.
IS THAT CORRECT THEN? YES, SIR.
SO WE ARE NOW THE OWNERS OF THE, OF NINE, 10 AND NINE 14.
UM, DID WE, DID WE, UH, DID SOMEONE GO BY TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE PROPERTY.
DID WE, WERE WE GOING CLEAN THAT OR DID HE CLEAN IT UP? NO, THAT'S OURS.
I WAS THINKING, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
IN FACT, STEVE, IF YOU WANT, YES, SIR.
I'M TRYING TO GO GET THROUGH THE REST OF THAT UPDATE OFF AS, AS A PART OF GOING TO CLOSE WITH THAT, UH, WE KIND OF WENT IN AND STARTED THE PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT WHAT WOULD BE ENTAILED IN CLEANING THAT UP.
AND WE GOT WENT THROUGH THE, THE QUOTE PROCESS AND, UH, YOU CAME BACK WITH PUBLIC WORKS, BEING
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THE, THE BETTER OPTION ON THAT.UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, CAUSE THERE'S NOT A PROPERTY THERE IT'LL BE KIND OF QUICK AND EASY.
WE JUST NEED TO AUTHORIZE THE SPENDING OF THE FUNDS TO CLEAN THAT UP.
SO BASED ON THE QUOTES THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, LOOKS LIKE LOT TWO, SO NINE, 10 BLUEFIELD.
IS, UH, A 3020 $5 CHARGE TO CLEAN AND REMOVE ALL THE DEBRIS.
AND LOT 3, 9, 14 BLUEFIELD IS $1,300.
SO IF THERE ARE NO, UM, NO QUESTIONS OR ISSUES OR ANYONE DOESN'T HAVE ANY BETTER IDEAS OF HOW TO CLEAN THOSE LOTS UP, FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE IMPERATIVE FOR US TO, TO, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE STILL GOT SOME MORE PLANNING TO DO ON THE, THE PROJECT IN GENERAL.
FOR US TO BE CLEAN THAT UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS A, AS A, AS A SHOW OF OUR SERIOUSNESS AND RE RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GO AND CLEAN UP THE SENTENCE HOURS NOW.
SO THERE, UM, NO QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, I I'D MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE'D APPROVE THE VICE CHAIR TO AUTHORIZE SPENDING 3020 $5 TO CLEAN UP NINE, 10 BLOOMFIELD AND $1,300 TO CLEAN UP NINE, 14 BLUEFIELD VIA PUBLIC CITY, NEW PUBLIC WORK, HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR A SECOND.
SECOND, WE HAVE, HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION.
ANY CALL, DO ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MOTION TO CLEAN UP THE TWO LOTS THAT WE REQUIRE.
WE'RE I, WE WILL I'LL SIGN THE AUTHORIZATION TO GET PUBLIC WORKS, TO GET IN, IN AN ACTION.
THAT'S BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT CLEANED UP.
IS THERE ANYTHING ON THERE? WE CAN SALVAGE? NO.
AND IF I SET THAT ON FIRE, UH, I GOT YOU.
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF AIR POLLUTION ISSUES.
THAT'S FOUNDATION, SINCE WE'RE ON THE, UH, THE CLEAN UP SIDE OF THINGS, MM-HMM,
THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BOTHERED ME FOR A LONG TIME.
TWO YEARS SINCE THE FIRST CLEAN.
SO WE, WE WE'VE OWNED THAT FOR NEARLY A YEAR NOW.
AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EMBARRASSING.
THE STATE OF THAT, THAT PROPERTY HAS CORNER SECOND ANDAL SECOND AND L RIGHT THERE ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH ACROSS FROM STARS ISLAND.
SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, COMING UP.
BEHIND THERE'S TRAILERS BEHIND, BEHIND, BEHIND, BEHIND, I GOT THAT.
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.
AND THAT, THAT WAS AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I BELIEVE THE PUBLIC COURT HAS THAT FOR ACTION.
IT'S FIRST AVENUE, ITS ON FIRST AVENUE, FIRST AVENUE, ACTUALLY COMING UP FIRST AVENUE WHEN YOU GET TO A, ON THE CROSS STREET IT'S RIGHT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE 7 21 FIRST AVENUE.
THERE IS A TREVOR AND THERE'S AN ACTUAL TWO STORY BUILDING.
THERE WERE BOTH AUTHORIZED TO BE UH THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S ON THE WAITING LIST OR WHATEVER FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA THAT LIST? YEAH.
THE TIME FRAME I WAS TOLD ABOUT A WEEK AGO, THEY SAID IT BE IN ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO, SO, RIGHT, RIGHT.
I SPOKE WITH THE, UH, INTERIM DIRECTOR AND WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, THIS WAS MY UNDERSTANDINGS.
THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER GREAT ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET THAT AREA CLEANED UP IN THE, UH, AND INVITED AREAS, IMPROVED THAT YOU ALL WERE ASKING FOR, UH, INFORMATION REGARDING THE BLOOMFIELD HOUSE.
UM, AND, AND I DID GET INFORMATION FROM INTERESTED PARTY REGARDING UM, UM, ITEMS WITHIN THAT BUILDING.
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TAKE ANY ACTIONS ON THAT, WHICHEVER DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO THERE, POTENTIALLY SOME ITEMS IN THAT COULD BE UTILIZED WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, LIKE POSSIBLY SOME PAPERS, PAPERS, OR SCHOOL ITEMS THAT CAN BE REDISTRIBUTED.SO BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BEFORE ANYTHING'S CLEARED OUT THERE.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE NEXT MONTH.
UM, I THINK CAN'T TALK ABOUT 10 LOTS, RIGHT? YES SIR.
HISTORICALLY, EVERY MEETING, AS YOU REMEMBER, I ASK ABOUT THE, THE LOTS THAT WE WERE THAT WE REQUESTED PROBABLY 18 MONTHS AGO FROM THE, THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TOGETHER.
IF YOU REMEMBER, AND PRIORITIZED IT, UH, FOR THOSE LOTS TO BE CONVEYED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND TO BE PART OF OUR ASSEMBLAGE OF, OF PROPERTIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S HAPPENED HAPPENING, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
UM, MARVIN NOW YOU'VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT? UM, EVAN GOT, I THINK, UM, MS. MO CALLED IT UP A BETTER, BUT, BUT THEY WERE APPROVED.
UM, MR. BACHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, I AM VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED YOUR REQUEST AND THEY ARE INCLINED TO CONVEY THEIR INTERESTS IN 10 PROPERTIES THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA TO THE CITY WHO WILL SUBSEQUENTLY CONVEY THE PROPERTIES TO YOU ALL.
NOW, AS YOU WILL RECALL, YOU IDENTIFIED 12 BLOCKS.
THEY HAVE AGREED TO CONVEY 10.
SO THIS EVENING, UM, IF YOU ALL ARE SO INCLINED, UM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO WHITTLE DOWN YOUR 12 TO 10 SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONVEYANCE THAT WILL NEED TO OCCUR.
UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UM, THESE CONVEYANCES WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO, UM, PREVIOUS CONVEYANCES TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHERE IN THE COUNTY WILL GIVE THEIR INTEREST IN THE CITY SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
MAINLY YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE WITHIN CERTAIN WAY OF TIME, IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO THEN THE, THE INTEREST WILL REVERT BACK TO THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
SO THE, THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE BEING PREPARED.
BUT STEP ONE IN THAT PROCESS IS FOR YOU TO GET YOUR LIST OF 12 TO 10, HAVE THEY QUOTE, HAVE THEY GIVEN A TIME LIMIT ON US FEELING SELF WITH THE PROPERTY? WAS THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT YET.
THE, WHAT IF YOU REMEMBER THAT THAT LIST OF PROPERTIES, UH, WAS GENERATED BY THE, THE HOUSING WORK GROUP AND WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A TIME ELEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
SO THE COUNTY'S VERY MOTIVATED TO, TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MOMENTUM THAT YOU WANT TO GAIN.
UM, SO TIME IS A BIT OF THE ESSENCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THOSE LOT NUMBERS TO THE COUNTY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN GET THIS REQUEST ON THE NEXT AGENDA AND YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD.
WELL, I WOULD, COULD, UH, COULD, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE COMMISSION COULD EMPOWER THE HOUSING WORK GROUP TO RE TO PRIORITIZE AND, AND GET THAT NUMBER DOWN TO 10 AND GET IT TO THE CITY? UH, SO WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT TILL MIDDLE OF OCTOBER FOR WHOLE COMMISSION TO MEET AGAIN.
UM, WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN DEPUTIZE THE HOUSING WORK GROUP TO WHITTLE THAT LIST DOWN FROM 12 TO 10, THEY CAN COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR OFFICE AND IMMEDIATELY WE CAN RATIFY THAT DECISION OFFICIALLY ON THE RECORD, THAT RECORD.
SO THE COUNTY IS GIVING YOU 10, BUT THEY DIDN'T DESIGNATE WHICH 10.
WE HAD, WE HAD THE DISCUSSION DURING THE TIME AND, AND I INDICATED TO YOU ALL THAT THEY HAD ONLY AGREED TO 10 AT THAT TIME.
AND, AND IT MAY BE IN THE NOTES FROM THAT MEETING THAT WE SAID THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE TWO OFF THERE.
AND I, I TALKED TO, THEY INDICATED TO THAT WERE S BUT I COULDN'T MISTAKE, BUT WE NEED TO NEED TO REVISIT THAT.
I MEAN, IN, IN LIGHT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AND SO FORTH AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT LIST THAT WAS CREATED, LIKE I SAY, ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO WAS STILL STILL VALID AND IT'S STILL OUR PRIORITIES.
AND, UH, SO I, I WOULD LIKE FOR LIKE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT JAMIE HAD SAID, THAT WE DEPUTIES THE HOUSING WORK GROUP TO REVISIT THAT LIST
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AND VERIFY THE 10 LOCKS THAT WE WILL SUBMIT TO THE COUNTY FOR TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY AND ULTIMATELY TO THE HOUSING WORK GROUP TO BE RATIFIED OFFICIALLY AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND, WANT A PROCESS TO GET THE LIST OF 10 LOTS, UH, CONFIRMED TO, AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY.
UH, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR WORK WITH THE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 10 LOTS.
I LEARNED THIS BY WATCHING YOU MAYOR YOU JUST FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
WE'LL START FROM THE OTHER SIDE AND START WITH THE ROLL CALL.
UH, AND I THINK, RIGHT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BULK OF THOMPSON, UH, THOMPSON.
BULK OF THE MEETING REPORT FROM THE HOUSING WORK GROUPS LAST GATHERING, STEVE BETH, ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? NO, I THINK THAT COVERS IT.
THE NEXT GROUP WORKING GROUP, IT WOULD BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO PUBLICLY GO ON RECORD TO THANK NEW BERN, PARKS AND RECS, AND ALSO PUBLIC WORKS CITY OF NEW BERN, THE PROPERTY FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE STANLEY WHITE PROPERTY IN THE LAST 30 DAYS, THEY HAVE GONE OUT, THEY'VE CLEANED UP THE RUBBLE.
THEY HAVE REPAID THE BASKETBALL COURTS AND IT'S BEEN GETTING A LOT OF USAGE BY THE YOUNGER KIDS.
LIGHTS ARE STAYING ON GOOD AND DECENT INTO THE NIGHT.
AND THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS WELL LIT.
IT LOOKS A LOT SAFER AND IT'S BEING UTILIZED PROPERLY.
AND I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE IT, HAVING SOME GOOD USAGE OUT OF IT.
NOW, AS IT RELATES TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA, UH, THAT AREA IS BOTH SEASONAL AND SITUATIONAL AND WE'RE GOING INTO ANOTHER SEASON.
AND WHEN I SAY SITUATIONAL, IT CAN FLOOD, IT CAN RAIN AND IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DAILY.
ANY KIND OF PROGRESS MADE OVER THERE IS GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UH, MR. WILLIAMS AND I ROLLED OUT, WE IDENTIFIED A FEW PROPERTIES WITH THE OVERGROWN BRUSH THAT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO.
WHAT WAS OVERGROWN BRUSH THEN IS HORRIBLE.
NOW, WHEN I SAY THE SITUATIONAL IS SEASONAL, WHEN YOU START GETTING A CHANGE IN THE TEMPERATURE AND THE ATMOSPHERE, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE PATCH WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE ON THOSE ONE.
UH, WAVE ROLLS, THE SINGLE LANE ROADS OVER THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PATCHWORK THAT'S GOING ON.
SO ANYTHING IS GONNA BE AN IMPROVEMENT.
WE JUST HAVE TO GO BACK NOW, GET WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
I STILL WANTED TO DO THE SMALL VICTORIES SO THAT WE COULD DEAL IN OPTICS, BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER ANIMAL.
NOW, THE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL.
THE TRASH SITUATION STILL HAS NOT BEEN BEEN ADDRESSED, UH, THROUGH THE COMPANY.
IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER OVER THERE WITH THE OVERGROWN BRUSH, WITH THE ROADS, WITH THE FLOODING, UH, WITH THE FLOOD MITIGATION.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR SOME SMALL VICTORIES, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO GO ALL IN AND JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF HOW THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA IS LOOKING, UH, TO GET BUY IN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BUY IN FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE READY WHEN I SPEAK TO 'EM, WHICH IS ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND I'M NOT GONNA ASK FOR A SHOW OF HANDS OF WHO'S WRITTEN OR DRIVEN DOWN IN THE AREA LATELY.
BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IS TO GO THROUGH THE AREA SO THAT YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT IS GOING ON.
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UH, WHETHER IT BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, AFTER A RAINSTORM, UH, YOU HAVE TO GO SEE WHAT IS OVERGROWN.YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THE KIDS THAT ARE WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL.
YOU HAVE TO SEE THE DANGER SPOTS, WHERE THE KIDS ARE NOT GONNA WALK BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH OVERGROWN BRUSH AND THEY'RE OUT NOW, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO PLAY AS LONG AS THEY CAN.
WE'RE GONNA BE ENTERING INTO, WE ARE GONNA PARTICIPATE IN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME THIS YEAR.
IT'S GONNA BE GETTING DARKER EARLIER.
WE DO HAVE TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
UH, THAT IS ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS.
THERE'VE BEEN SOME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT YOU ALL PROBABLY HADN'T EVEN HEARD ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO, WHETHER IT BE MISSING PERSONS, WHETHER IT BE CHILDREN BEING ACCOSTED OR NOT NECESSARILY ABDUCTED.
UH, BUT WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR AREA, THROUGH THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE IT SAFE.
THE WAY THAT WE MAKE IT SAFE IS TO GO IN, CUT BACK.
SOME OF THIS BRUSH, A LOT OF THAT GREEN SPACE ON, UM, THAT THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO, NEEDS TO BE CUT WAY BACK.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, SWAMP AREA BACK THERE.
UM, I CAME OUT ONE MORNING AND THERE WERE TWO SNAKES THAT HAD COME OUT FROM THE BRUSH TO GET THE HEAT FROM THE DAY OFF OF THE SIDE OF THE, UH, ROADS, THE ROADS THAT ARE LEAST TRAVELED ARE GONNA BE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA DRAW THE HEAT AND THE ONES THAT THE, UH, SNAKES ARE GONNA COME OUT.
AND THESE WERE, WERE WATER MOCCASINS, GOOD SIZE.
SO WE JUST NEED TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE DO HAVE THE PUBLIC BUY IN, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE WITH OPTICS.
WE HAVE TO SHOW SOME PROGRESS TO GET THE BUY IN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM TO COME OUT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RESTRUCTURE WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED MR. WILLIAMS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING ON ME, UH, AND THE MORE I RIDE AND THE MORE I LOOK, THE MORE I SEE.
UH, YOU HAVE TO RIDE THROUGH THE AREA WITH THAT BEING SAID THAT YOU REFERENCE A PLAN THAT, THAT YOU HAD BE WORKING ON.
UH, WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PINPOINTED AS HOT ZONE, WELL, DANGER ZONES.
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UM, WE JUST HAD TO GET IN CONCERT WITH PUBLIC WORKS WITH, UH, PARKS AND, AND RECS, BECAUSE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, ALONG WITH EQUIPMENT, ALONG WITH INCLUDING THE, UH, NEIGHBORS, TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND GO WITH US, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA AS IT RELATED TO CRAWFORD STREET.
FIRST AVENUE, SECOND AVENUE, THIRD AVENUE, ELM STREET, AS WE DID IS SO MUCH TRASH AND SO MUCH OVERGROWN.
WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING A COUPLE OF DUMPSTERS OUT ON SOME CITY, LOTS THAT THE, UH, CITY OWNS ON THE CORNER OF SECOND AVENUE ACROSS FROM WHERE THE BIG GREEN PLACE IS THAT OLD STORE.
THAT'S NOT ADJACENT, BUT, UH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT, THE CITY OWNS ANOTHER LOCK, BUT WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET THIS TRASH OFF THE STREET ALSO, AND TO KEEP IT OFF.
UM, AS I SAID, WE LIVE IN A MULTI-GENERATIONAL AREA WHERE YOU HAVE SIX, SEVEN PEOPLE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, AND YOU HAVE GRANDKIDS, YOU HAVE GREAT GRANDKIDS.
YOU'RE HAVING DIFFERENT GENERATIONS USING ONE RECYCLE BIN AND ONE TRASH CAN.
AND WHEN THEY FILL UP THAT TRASH CAN, THEY'RE GONNA START PUTTING THE TRASH IN THE RECYCLE BIN.
THEN THE CITY'S NOT, WELL, NOT THE CITY.
THE COMPANY'S NOT GONNA EMPTY IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT RECYCLABLES, BUT THEN IT'S GONNA OVERFLOW.
IT'S GONNA FALL OUT ON THE GROUND.
SO HOW DO WE REPAIR IT? HOW DO WE FIX IT? DO WE HAVE MORE, UH, PICKUP DAYS? DO WE PUT DUMPSTERS OUT, UH, A NUMBER OF DUMPSTERS THAT'S GONNA BE COSTLY.
YOU JUST CAN'T GO GIVE EVERYBODY ANOTHER, UH, RECEPTACLE, BUT THERE HAS TO BE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE TRASH OFF THE STREET.
AND IT'S ONE THAT YOU HAVE VOICED PREVIOUS READ
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MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAID THERE WAS A PLAN THAT NEEDS TO BE, BE REVISED TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.UH, WHEN, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR ABOUT A REVISED PLAN? CAN YOU, CAN YOU, WELL, WHAT I WOULD LIKE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS SOME INPUT I'M BIG ON PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, AND I NEED SOME OTHER EYES.
I HAVE A PARTICULAR EYE BECAUSE I RIDE DOWN THOSE STREETS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT'S WHY I'M INVITING THE COMMISSION, UM, AND THE CITIZENS AND THE BOARD TO RIDE.
YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN AND SEE IT, UH, WITH JUST ME AND MR. WILLIAMS, UH, ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE SOME OTHER INPUT.
WHO, WHO ELSE? I MEAN, YOU, YOU ALL, YOU, YOU ALL LEFT FOR ME.
EVERYBODY LEFT ME WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.
I DO SEE ONE OF OUR, I DO SEE ONE OF OUR, UH, NEIGHBORS, ONE OF THE FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WE CALL HIM, UH, IF I WOULD NOT BE OUT OF ORDER, I THINK HE HAS AN IDEA, MR. CHERRY, RIGHT BEHIND YOU, THAT FIELD, UM, PHOENIX PROJECT, THEY'RE PLAYING IN A CLEANUP.
UM, THE EXACT DATE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW IT'S IN OCTOBER, SO IT'S GONNA BE COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
SO DURING THAT TIME, MAYBE SOME OF THE STUFF GET PICKED UP.
I THINK IF WE COULD GET A FEW OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS, WHAT'S THE DAY OF THE, UH, GROUP THAT YOU, PEOPLE ASSEMBLY PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, THAT'S IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF PARTNERSHIPS.
IF WE CAN GET THE PHOENIX GROUP, THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY AND GET SOME OF THE GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN TOUCH SOME OF THE CHURCHES, SOME OF THE FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES, I KNOW YOUR FRATERNITY.
I MEAN, VERY, VERY BIG IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND IF WE CAN WORK IN A PARTNERSHIP, THEN I THINK WE CAN GET A LOT MORE DONE.
BUT AS I SAID, KIM, AND I JUST, I JUST ASKED FOR A FEW MORE EYES AND A FEW MORE IDEAS, AND I HOPE I'M NOT OUTTA LINE, MR. WILLIAM.
I, I THINK, UH, GREAT DISCUSSION, BUT ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WAS, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE BIGGER DUMPSTERS PLACED OUT THERE, I MEAN, IF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WANTS TO CONSIDER FUNDING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, CAUSE IT COSTS MONEY TO PUT THOSE DUMPSTERS OUT THERE.
UM, LOOKING AT YOU ALL'S BUDGET.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ALL WANT TO DO FOR A TEMPORARY FIX BECAUSE, UH, THE CITY DID PUT MORE TRASH CANS IN THE AREA.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S A BANDAID, BUT IT HELPS.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE THAT THAT HAS BEEN.
UM, AND IF THOSE AREN'T BEING, UM, MAINTAINED PROPERLY, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE THE DISCUSSION I CAN SPEAK WITH IN THE CITY.
BUT MOST OF THE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, HIS GFL TRASH PICKUP.
UM, SO, SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE YOU ALL WILL BE RIGHT NOW FROM, FROM US STAND POINT.
AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GET INPUT AND BUY IN FROM THE COMMUNITY ALSO BECAUSE THAT WOULD CHANGE THEIR, THE WAY THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR GARBAGE AND THEIR REFUSE A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANY USE OF HAVING A DUMPSTER OUT THERE IF NOBODY'S TAKING THEIR, THEIR TRASH AND UTILIZING.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TO GET THE WORD OUT, WHETHER WE, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GET IN THE BUSINESS OF SUPPLYING TRASH BAGS TO EVERYBODY, BUT JUST HAVE THE REQUIREMENT, HEY, AS LONG AS IT'S BAED UP TAKING, TAKING DUMP IT, UH, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE JUST GOING AND DUMPING TRASH CANS IN THE BIN, UH, BECAUSE THEY GONNA HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH RODENTS, BIRDS, DOGS, CATS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT AS LONG AS IT'S BAGGED UP, PROPERLY THROWN IN THE RECEPTACLE IN THE BIN OR WHATEVER, UM, I JUST NEED SOME MORE EYES.
WERE YOU GONNA ANSWER THAT ANSWER? NO.
I THOUGHT YOU WAS ANSWERED THIS.
UM, WHAT IS THE CITY'S PROCESS FOR THAT LITTLE TRUCK THAT COMES AROUND WITH THE ARM THAT GOES OUT AND PICKS UP TRASH? LIKE HAVE YOU CLEAN THE YARD UP AND YOU PUT IT OUT THERE? YEAH.
THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S ONCE A WEEK PICKUP UP.
SO, AND SO THEY DON'T PICK UP JUST REGULAR TRASH.
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE MOVE AND THEY CALL IT ALL OUT IN FRONT OF THE YARD, IT DISAPPEARS SOMEHOW WHO GETS THAT, WHO COMES AND PICKS THAT UP.
THEY, THEY DO HAVE DAYS WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SCHEDULE SOME, SOME OF THE BIGGER ITEM, BUT IF SOMEONE LEAVES THAT, THEN A LOT OF TIMES WE, IT GOES BACK INTO LIKE THE MENT TYPE STUFF, WHERE IF WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP STUFF THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE CLEANED UP YOURSELF, UM, IT GOES ON, UH, ON THE VAPING SIDE AND WHOEVER THE HOMEOWNER IS OR WHATEVER YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, REPAYING THE CITY FOR THAT.
OH, CAUSE I JUST TAKING OUR SIZE, THE BOX, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT WHEN THE COMMUNITY FORM THAT I WAS IN, YOU WERE THERE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY INVEST.
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SO IF WE WAY WITHSO WE COULD EXPEDITE GETTING THAT STUFF ALIVE.
JUST THINKING OUTSIDE THAT'S FAR.
I LIKE THE IDEA, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE PROBLEM AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, NOT THE BIG STUFF, IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S A LITTLE STUFF.
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IF THAT DON'T HAPPEN, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO KEEP IT CLEAN.
YOU GOTTA GET THE BUY IN FRONT, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
SO IF WE SET THE EXAMPLE, IT MIGHT START, BUT WE GOT, I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD HERE IN THE PAST ON A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN, WE STARTED WHERE WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT.
AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT CONSISTENT, PEOPLE GET LA LAX GET LAZY AND THEY DON'T, THEN THEY DON'T START DOING THINGS.
SO IF WE WE'RE CONSISTENT IN KEEPING THESE LITTLE THINGS GOING, YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH WE DO SOMETHING ONCE A MONTH, IT, IT COULD PROBABLY HELP, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU RIGHT.
MORE EYES, BUT YOU GOT, YOU GOTTA BRING AND YOU GOT ALL THESE COM ALL THESE GROUPS IN TOWN.
ONE TIME CASE IN POINT, THE FIRST CLEANUP THAT WE HAD, WE HAD MAYBE 60 EMPLOYEES, 20 ON EACH AVENUE.
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AND BEFORE WE GOT HALFWAY UP THE STREET, YEAH.
THEY WERE COMING OUT AND THEY WERE CLEANING UP THEIR OWN SECTION.
CAUSE WE WEREN'T GOING INTO PEOPLE'S YARDS.
THEY SAW US AND THEY CAME OUT AND THEY STARTED MAINTAINING THEIR OWN.
YOU HAD SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF GUYS THERE THAT EVEN SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'RE GONNA CUT.
WE GOT THE ELDERLY, WE GOT IT, GRASS, THAT'S IT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA DO.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS THE COMMUNITY BUYIN AT THAT TIME.
BUT AS YOU SAID, WE HAD TO KEEP IT GOING.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GOT BACK AWAY FROM US.
THAT'S GONNA BE, THEY BE CONSISTENT IF WE START SHOP, GOT TO BE, BUT THEY ARE WILLING.
AND THEY HAVE SHOWN WILLINGNESS TO BE ABLE TO, IF THEY JUST WANT DIFFERENT ALSO AND THEY WANT BETTER.
AND WE DO FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES THAT WE'VE BEEN NEGLECTED HAVING TO ACCEPT THE TERM.
IT'S NOT EASY AND IT'S NOT A PRETTY WORD, BUT THAT AREA IS BLIGHTED.
ONE THING I WILL SAY, ROBBIE IS LIKE I SAID, THE CITY'S WILLING TO ASSIST WHAT WE CAN, BUT THE EXPECTATION CAN'T BE THAT WE DO SOMETHING IN THAT COMMUNITY WE WOULDN'T DO IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
UNDERSTAND THE, THE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD BRING BOOM TRUCKS OVER THERE AND WE WOULDN'T DO IT OVER IN ANOTHER, UH, COMMUNITY.
CAUSE THEY WILL QUESTION LIKE, HEY, THERE'S OTHER PLACES TO HAVE BIG PIECES OF FURNITURE THAT THEY WANT THE CITY TO COME PICK UP, WHICH WE DON'T.
SO, SO I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY, BUT WITHIN REASON, I MEAN, I KNOW, UH, THE, THE THOUGHT IS THAT THINGS IN THE PAST WEREN'T EQUAL IN, IN, IN THE ODDS BLOCK PEOPLE.
BUT NOW WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH IS LIKE, HEY, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, THE COMMUNITY JUMPS IN WE'RE WE'RE WILLING TO JUMP IN AND DO WHAT WE CAN.
WELL, THE CITY HAS NOT HAD A VERY, UH, GOOD REPUTATION IN THE PAST OF BEING FAIR.
AND THEN ONCE YOU SEE THE BIG, UH, TRUCKS FROM THE COMPANY AND WHEN YOU SEE THEM GO DUMP TRASH OUT AND THEN ALMOST A THIRD OF THE CAN IS LEFT THERE ON THE STREET AND YOU DON'T SEE THE DRIVERS GETTING OUT.
AND THE FIRST QUESTION THEY ASK, WELL, ON SOME OF THEIR OTHER ROUTES AND SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS OF TOWN, ARE THEY GETTING OUT? ARE THEY PICKING THAT TRASH UP? CAUSE OVER IN THE REDEVELOPMENT, AREA'S TRASH OVER THERE IS TRASH OVER THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOT GONNA HURT ANYTHING.
AND I HAVE YET TO SEE A DRIVER, UH, GET OUT OF HIS VEHICLE.
ALSO, YOU CAN RIDE DOWN THOSE STREETS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THOSE RE RELEASE VALVES, BUT ONE OF THE MOST OFFENSIVE SMELLS IS FROM A GARBAGE TRUCK.
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU COULD SEE THE LINE OF WHERE GARBAGE JUICE JUST GOES DOWN THE STREET FOR MILES AND MILES AND MILES.
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY HAVE A RELEASE VALVE THAT WHEN THEY GET INTO THAT AREA, THEY RELEASE THE JUICE.
AND I HAVE PICTURES ON MY PHONE ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT STREETS IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND IT CAUSES A STENCH.
IT CAN RAIN, YOU CAN GO POUR DAWN ON IT.
BUT WHEN YOU COME OUT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME, WHETHER YOU ARE RENTING OR OWNING, THERE IS A STENCH, IT IS OFFENSIVE.
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JUST GETTING AWAY FROM US.AS ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO MUCH, BUT WE'VE GOT START SOMEWHERE AND WE GOT START IT NOW.
AND THEN WHAT MR. HOLLOWAY SAID, IF THEY'RE ALREADY ORGANIZING SOMETHING, JUST GET US THE DATE AND TIME.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.
AND UH, THAT'S A GOOD START AND WANTED TO THANK, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU KNOW, GOOD WITH ANTOINETTE, WE GOT BLOCK CAPTAIN THINGS GOING IN DENVER FIELD, CERTAIN AREAS.
WE GOT, UH, THOSE REDEVELOPMENT GROUPS THAT'S OVER THERE.
I MEAN, WE GOT SOME, HE HABITAT GOT A FEW THINGS THAT'S GOING ON.
WE NEED TO CALL ON WATER CORD.
WE NEED TO GET EITHER THE HEADS OF THOSE GROUPS TO ACTIVATE THEIR GROUPS.
AGREE, AGREE, YOU KNOW, AGREE.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO A SMALL GROUP HERE, A SMALL GROUP THERE, WE, WE HAVE TO BE MORE COHESIVE AND THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.
BUT, BUT ROBBIE, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
AND WE AT HABITAT HAVE TRIED THAT.
I'M CAN ITCHY TO SAY, SO YOU JUST RIGHT ABOUT THE CLEAN UP, THERE'S A LOT OF US THAT WORK ON IT.
I BELIEVE INVITING THE CITY AND WOULD BE PERFECT.
PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN.
PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I THINK THERE'S A PIECE WE'RE MISSING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC WORKS TOO, FROM TALKING TO AVERY SMITH, DOING ONE OF THOSE TOURS WITH ALL OF OUR GROUPS TOGETHER.
CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, BRINGING ALL THESE COMMUNITY GROUP GROUPS TOGETHER.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP FROM AVERY WAS THAT PUBLIC WORKS ALSO HAS TO GIVE EDUCATION AND THAT EVEN THE TRASH PLAYS A PART IN THE MITIGATION AND THEY WOULD EVEN BE WILLING TO PARTNER.
RIGHT? SO BRINGING ALL THOSE GROUPS TOGETHER, DOING THIS CLEANUP, STARTING THIS OUT AS THE FIRST BIG CLEANUP WE DO TOGETHER AND CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP OF WORKING TOGETHER, ONE SETS AN EXAMPLE.
THE OTHER THING THAT IT DOES IS WE CAN CREATE A CULTURALLY ASSISTIVE ENVIRONMENT DOING THAT LUNCHTIME, WHERE THESE THINGS CAN BE DISCUSSED AND PEOPLE CAN BE EDUCATED.
YOU ASK HOW DO PEOPLE GET THEIR TRASH PICKED UP? I HAD TO FIGURE THAT OUT MYSELF, MOST RECENTLY YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CALL PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEN THEY TELL YOU ALL THE STUFF YOU CAN AND CAN'T PUT OUT WHICH, OH MY GOSH COULD BE A LOT.
BUT THAT'S THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
NOW I WILL SAY THIS, ROB, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I AIN'T NEVER SEEN THOSE STREETS.
BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN MEET IN THE MIDDLE TO DO.
PEOPLE LIKE TERRY AND THIS BARBER THROUGH THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, BUT THE DUFFY PHIL PHOENIX GROUP, UM, WITH ABUNDANT LIFE, THERE ARE A LOT OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER, WHICH IS THE WHOLE CIRCLE OF HOPE.
I THINK YOU'RE BOTH STAND THE SAME THING AND WE JUST NEED TO LIKE GET TOGETHER AND MOVE IT.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IN THIS IS THAT WE HAVE PATRICIA WITH US NOW WHO CAN BE A FOCAL POINT FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS.
MEETING AND, AND WORKING, STARTING TO COALESCE ALL THESE GROUPS TOGETHER AND BRING THEM TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISH SOME REAL THINGS TOGETHER.
INSTEAD OF US BEING, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING AND THIS OTHER GROUP TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, THIS GROUP TRYING TO DO SOMETHING.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR PUSHES FOR THE NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS WE, AS A VOLUNTEER COMMISSION, HAVE TROUBLE MAKING ALL THAT HAPPEN.
BUT NOW WE HAVE A SPEARHEAD PERSON TO, TO LEAD SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGES THAT EXIST WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
ROBBIE, TO YOUR POINT, TO YOUR POINT, TO BE THE POINT OF CONTACT.
IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OR WANTS OUR PARTICIPATION, THEY SHOULD GO FOR YOU.
I WAS IN TELL ROBBY, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE PUT UPON.
AND I, I LIVE IN A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE GOT GREASE TR HYDRAULIC FLUID TRACKS FROM THE GARBAGE MAN.
AND HE, AIN'T NEVER GOTTEN OUT OF THE TRUCK, NOT ONCE IN THE 10 YEARS THAT I'VE WATCHED THEM.
UH, AND WE, AND EVEN OUTTA CAROLINA COLORS, WE GOT STREETS THAT ARE STAYING WITH THE STUFF THAT COMES OUT OF THE BACK OF THE GARMENTS TRUCKS ALL DOWN THE STREETS.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THAT'S DIRECTED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AREA.
IT IS, IT IS A EPIDEMIC AMONGST COMPANY.
I'VE SEEN YOU AND STEVE MORE THAN YOU'VE SEEN ME, UH, WHEN YOU ALL DO COME OVER INTO THE REDO DEVELOPMENT AREA, I MAY NOT HAVE SAID ANYTHING TO YOU AT THAT
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PARTICULAR TIME, BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T, I HAVE SEEN, AND I DIDN'T WANNA THROW YOUR CONCENTRATION OFF OR WHATEVER, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THAT I DO SEE YOU AND MY NEIGHBORS SEE YOU.BUT WE ALL NEED COME OUT AND DO A LITTLE BIT JUST TO CLOSE OUT.
I JUST WONDERED IF SOHAR SAID EARLIER AND YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS HAD THIS STAND WHITE LIVING.
WE HAD THIS, WHEN PEOPLE QUESTION, WHEN THE CITY IS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING FOR THE BLIGHTED AREAS.
AND I, I JUST SAY TO THEM, AND I SAY IT TO THEM.
IF YOU PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH 'EM THAT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ABOUT EQUALITY.
THE CITY DEPLOYS RESOURCES, WHETHER MOST NEED.
SO JUST BECAUSE THE BIG TRUCKS AND THE BIG BOOMS AND ALL THAT CAME OVER THERE TO REALLY DO A JOB THAT DAY ON THEIR AVENUES, UM, AND GOT US BACK TO SUN.
NOW IT WAS UP TO US TO KEEP IT GOING.
THAT'S OUR FAILURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE SAME, NOT TO HAVE IT COME AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN MAYBE START OVER AGAIN, NEW STUFF AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE REMOVE THAT LIGHTED DESIGNATION FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S LIKE WE HAD IS MESSED UP.
BUT YOU DON'T HEAR FIVE POINT GOING CRAZY BECAUSE ROSE ARE BEING REVE.
SO THERE'S NO NEED TO, WE SHOULDN'T AS A COMMUNITY TO GET TO A BACK AND FORTH LIKE THAT.
WE SHOULD ALL BE TRYING TO EXPAND AND MAGNIFY AND MULTIPLY OUR RESOURCES TO TAKE CARE OF EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN ANYMORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THAT COMES OUT, I VOLUNTEER TO TAKE THAT PHONE CALL FOR YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GREEK BRADLEY COMMISSION AND WILL GO BACK AND FORTH WITH ANYBODY ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO GOOD FOR A COMMUNITY THAT NOT IN YOUR TEAM, BUT HISTORICALLY OKAY.
HAS NOT GOTTEN A AGAINST WHY YOU HAVE THE, THE AUDIENCE.
YOU, WE SAIDS TWO MINUTES, MINUTES.
AIN'T I'M PROBABLY JUST SPEAKS GETTING 45.
SO IT'S A SERMON I HAD BUY IN.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THE NEWBURN REDEVELOPMENT, WELLNESS AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUB, UH, SUBCOMMITTEE WORK GROUP WORK, WORK GROUP REPORT.
THAT'S WHY I SHOULD SAY IT, RIGHT.
I, AND I'M GONNA START WITH, UH, DURING MY LAST PRESENTATION, I, WE STATED SOME NEXT STEPS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, Y'ALL KNEW THAT A LOT OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN OBTAINED SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
UH, THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS BETWEEN REBEL AND COMMISSION, NORTH CAROLINA, CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, DUKE UNIVERSITY, CREDIT COUNTY, AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF DURHAM TRIBE.
UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN A, UM, CONSENT OF AGREEMENT FROM DUKE AND NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY.
UM, BUT I NEED TO WORK WITH OUR COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH THE MOU MOVING FORWARD.
SO NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE OUR SIGNATURES, WE HAVE THERE, UM, SECURING THE LANDEE.
I THINK WE TOOK CARE OF THAT ALREADY.
THAT'S DONE ENOUGH TO MEETING WITH THE MERCY CLINIC AND RCS TO SECURE ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS, DONE, CONDUCT A MEETING, UH, WITH NEW, BE BOARDMAN TO FINALIZE THE DECISION WHERE TO RE RENOVATE OR TO BUILD FROM GROUND UP.
WE DISCUSSED THAT LAST MEETING AND WE CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION THERE, UM, CONDUCT COMMUNITY FORM, UH, WITH THE RESIDENTS, UH, TO, UH, TO UPDATED COMMUNITY OF OUR FUTURE PLAN.
UH, WE COMPLETED TWO AUGUST 11TH.
WE CONDUCT THE RESIDENT COUNCIL AND THEN AUGUST 6TH AS MS. ANTONIO.
SO ELOQUENTLY DESCRIBED EARLIER WHERE WE HAD, UH, MEMBERS FROM THE PHOENIX GROUP, DEATH FAIR NCE COUNCIL, PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM CITY AND SOME OF OUR VERY OWN, NOT ENOUGH OR QUAL, UH, BUT FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, ALL RIGHT.
KIP WAS THERE AS WELL, AND WE COULDN'T MISS.
SO, UM, GOING OVER OUR PARTNERS, OUR PARTNERS HAVE EXPANDED.
CHER SCOTT HARON FROM CRAVEN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE, AMBER TAY, UM, CRAVEN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THAT'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, JANS AND JONES, K CRAVEN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DIABETES SPECIALIST, DR.
LIPSON, NORTH CAROLINA, CENTRAL, DR.
EARLAND BOOM FROM TRI DURHAM DUKE, UM, BAR KMAR JORDAN PIERCE FROM THE MERCY CLINIC, Z HUFF FROM RELIGIOUS FOR RCS, UM, NEW BERN BOARD OF BALDMAN PASTOR HAZEL ROYAL.
THE RESOURCE HUB IS A NEW EDITION, UH, TO OUR ALLIANCE OF AS WELL AS, UH, MR. TRIP, MYSELF AND REGGIE JONES AT LARGE COMMUNITY MEMBER.
AGAIN, A QUICK REVIEW OF RECOMMENDED SERVICES FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, BLOOD PRESSURE, ALCOHOL, PROSTATE, DIABETES, CHOLESTEROL, AND CANCER SCREENINGS, UH, BLOOD DRAWS.
UM, THEY WILL BE HOUSED IN OUR AREA.
WE CAN GET THE SPECS ONCE I GET TO THAT POINT AND THEN, UH, TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, TRAUMA INTERVENTION, SMOKING CESSATION ADDICTION, INTERVENTION, PRENATAL SUPPORT, POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, UM, SHUTTLE, WHICH IS UNCONFIRMED.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE A BIG HURDLE.
AND THEN, UH, DENTAL SERVICES FROM THE SMILE CRAVEN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DURING THE SUMMER HOURS, WHILE WE'RE THERE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE OUT DAVID, STEVE, OUR
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PREVENTATIVE SERVICES WOULD BE CULTURAL INTERVENTION, STRESS, TRUMP INFORM HEALTH PROMOTION, RESOURCE ADVOCACY LECTURE SERIES AT SEVEN VIGNETTES.I HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO EXPAND ON THAT AT THE CONCLUSION OF, OF THIS REPORT, COMMUNITY FORUMS, MEDICAL REFERRALS, NUTRITION, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET EUS FRESH START, WHICH IS A DIABETES MEAL PREP PROGRAM.
THAT'S A SATELLITE THAT ECU DOES PRO BONO AND A COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHICH WAS PROPOSED BY OUR, UM, ILLUSTRIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THEY WANT THEIR GUARD BACK PERSONNEL THAT IS, UH, SUGGESTED FOR THE SITE TO BE A CERTIFIED NURSE, SEVERAL STUDENT NURSES, WHICH ARE REQUIRED THROUGH NEW CAROLINA CENTRAL AND DO GRANT TO HAVE 2000 HOUR PRACTICUM HOURS, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL VERSUS CLINIC PERSONNEL.
UM, THESE TWO ARE UNSECURED, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT SHOULD BE SEAMLESS, SPECIAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMT, INTERNS NEED A PLACE, ALL RIGHT, TO PRACTICE THEIR ART WITH THE SUPERVISOR, UH, CRAVEN COUNTY SCHOOLS, NURSE AID, DO THINGS LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.
UM, SOCIAL WORKER THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM GIVING THEM THERE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK CERTIFIED DOCTOR, WHICH IS UNSECURED.
AND WHAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT, WHICH IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS.
WHEN WE START TRYING TO DO GRANT PLANNING IS A SITE MANAGER, THE NURSE HEAD NURSE CAN'T RUN OUR SITE ALL.
SO WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AHEAD OF TIME.
WHEN I GOT DROPPING IN OFF MARVIN TO WALLACE, I NEED A COPY.
HE'S LIKE, I'M GONNA GET IT TO YOU.
SO, UH, MR. VICE CHAIR, HERE'S MY BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS.
AND I WILL GIVE YOU A COPY OF THIS AT CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, UM, 35 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF AUBURN.
TWO EXAM ROOMS WILL BE ENCLOSED IN THAT BUILDING TWO OFFICES, A BREAK ROOM SLASH KITCHEN, SECURE ROOMS, ALRIGHT, WHILE SECURE ROOM, WHICH SO WE CAN, UH, HOUSE FILES, MEDICAL, UH, SUPPLIES, AND OTHER THINGS, CETERA, A CLASSROOM MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM.
MAYBE THOSE TWO CAN BE PUT TOGETHER.
A WAITING AREA LOBBY FOR THE PATIENTS MINIMUM OF 18 PARKING SPACES.
MR. HATTER, REMIND ME TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THIS.
MR. HATTER IS STILL INTERESTED IN SELLING THAT'S ADDITIONAL PARKING.
I NEED TO TELL Y'ALL THAT PRICE HE UP.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PROPERTY.
UH, JUST SEE THEM BEFORE I CAME HERE.
UH, UM, UH, WE NEED A 53 FOOT SEWER LINE FOR THE SMILE MOBILE AND THE MOBILE CRISIS UNIT.
SO WHEN THEY'RE HOUSED OVER THERE, THEY HAVE HOOK UP.
UH, WE NEED 11 FOOT ELECTRICAL LAB FOR THE SMILE IN THE MOBILE CRISIS UNIT.
UM, AND THEN MEDICAL LAB THAT WILL BE PROBABLY IN THE REAR OR INACCESSIBLE TO THE, THE PATIENTS, UM, IN THE CENTER DURING THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WE THINK TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 12TH, UM, ALL THE PARTICIPANTS VERBALLY ACCEPTED.
AND Y'ALL, I'M GOING FOR A GOAL OF THAT TERM OF PARTNERSHIP.
I'M GONNA SAY WE ENTERED INTO AN ALLIANCE.
THIS IS LONG TERM PARTNERSHIPS.
SO SOMETIMES SHORT SERVING, UH, BUT THIS IS LONG TERM.
THIS CENTER'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO, TO MATRICULATE, UM, THOSE AGREEMENTS AND THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND FORMULATE THOSE INTO AN ALLIANCE.
UM, THE SUSPECTS FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, WHICH I WILL SUBMIT TO YOU AT INCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, DISCUSS PROGRAMATIC AND SERVICE ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER, AND ALSO ACCEPTED SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL PARTNERS, MAINLY CRAIG COMMUNITY COLLEGE CRAVEN COUNTY SCHOOLS, AND EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.
WE HELD A COMMUNITY TOWN HALL, WHICH WAS ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2022, WHICH FORMED OF THE DEPUTY FIELD RESIDENCE COUNCIL, PHOENIX GROUP PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY.
UH, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM OUR VERY OWN, SHE, UM, ON THE DEAF FIELD STORMWATER PROJECT WAS WELL RECEIVED.
I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW HIM NERVOUS
PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M GIVING YOU RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE GAINED A CONSENSUS ON, UM, ON DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET THIS UPPER WELLNESS CENTER IN THE MATA HOUSE THAT HAS TO GO, HAS TO GO WITH, THEY HAD QUESTIONS.
COULD YOU MOVE IT? COULD WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? AND THIS AND THAT I SAID, TOM IS OF ESSENCE.
UM, SO THEY CAN LIVE WITH ALRIGHT, THE, UH, REMOVAL OF THE SAN MAAT HOUSE AND QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH PRESENTERS AND CITY LEADERS.
UH, DURING THAT OPEN FORUM, UH, A LOT OF QUESTIONS WAS TO ASKED BECAUSE THEY HAD PEOPLE ALL IN THE MEETING THAT CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
SO WE GUARANTEE THEM ON OUR NEXT TOWN HALL THAT WE HAVE, UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS CUZ WE WILL HAVE EVERYBODY PRESENT THAT CAN ANSWER THE CITIZENS QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, FORMULATE, APPROVE, AND SECURE MOU, UH, FROM ALLIANCE PARTNERS.
AND I'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR COUNSELOR TO GET THAT DONE.
I MAY NEED TO ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF I DO IT IN THIS MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE WAIT TILL OCTOBER, BUT WE'RE LOSING TIME.
IF WE WAIT TILL OCTOBER THAT EITHER I OR THIS WORK GROUP NEEDS TO BE EMPOWERED TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND REPRESENT THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AS WE SECURE SIGNATURES ON THESE MODS.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT MR. SCH.
UM, OFFICIALLY SUBMIT SPECS SPECS TO THE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT WORK GROUP, WHICH WILL HAPPEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, EVALUATE THE SECUREMENT OF ADDITIONAL LAND FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.
AND I PUT THE PERSON, I'M NOT GONNA SAY HIS NAME, CUZ THAT WAS OKAY.
UM, SECURE ACCEPTANCE FOR ADDITIONAL PARTNERS, UH, WHICH IS THE ONES I MENTIONED EARLIER, FINALIZED HOUSING PLAN PLAN FOR INTERNS
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AND SATELLITE PERSONNEL.THAT WOULD BE IN MY NEXT REPORT.
CUZ IF THEY'RE COMING FROM CENTRAL THAT'S TWO HOUR DRIVE, THEY CAN'T GO BACK AND FORTH.
SO WE NEED TO SEE THERE'S GRANT PAPER ON THAT OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO PAY FOR? AND UH, OUR NEXT MEETING IS PROPOSED.
I STILL HAVEN'T GOT ALL THUMBS UP FOR THIS, BUT SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2022, JUST IN CASE INTERVIEW WANT TO JOIN? THAT'S IT FAST? THAT WAS LOT TRYING TO TALK FAST.
IS THAT TOO MINUTES FASTER? I TOLD YOU MEETING, YOU SAID FAST, YOUR MEETING GONNA BE ON SEPTEMBER.
IT'S ON VIA YOU GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
I'LL LET YOU, WE CAN GET YOU TO WRITE.
HEY QUESTION FOR KAARI GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU BOTH LOT, LOT OF WORK, BEEN DONE WORK.
UM, AND WE WILL, I THINK YOU'RE MEETING THAT, UH, YOU, I THINK YOU PROMISED IT TWO MONTHS, BUT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE WOULD HAVE THINGS TO, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON MM-HMM
AND IF YOU REMEMBER FROM OUR LAST SEVERAL GATHERINGS THAT WHEN, WHEN WE GET SOME IDEA ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING OF THE BUILDING, THEN BETH, UH, HAS AGREED TO, TO BEGIN DOING SOME CONCEPTUAL WORK ON, ON THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING.
SO THAT, AND, AND SO THAT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THERE THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE, WE NEED TO FEEL VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE ABOUT BEFORE WE GO OUT AND MAKE A COMMITMENT TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
UH, SUCH AS DEALING WITH THE MACAU HOUSE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THAT.
SO WE, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ALL, ALL THE CONSEQUENCES AND, AND HAVE COMMITMENT TO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO BEFORE WE PUBLICLY PROCLAIM IT TO, TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THE WORK GROUPS? NO.
[8. Set a date for Strategic Planning Session review and update.]
ON THE AGENDA IS TO SEND A DATE FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING REVIEW AND UPDATE.UH, THIS IS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE NOW AND HAVE NEVER COME TO A CONCLUSION, BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT TO GET KATRINA.
TRIC STARTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SHE NEEDS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR VISION AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AND, AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.
AND THAT'S, IF YOU REMEMBER THE, THE, UH, FIRST STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING WE HAD, UH, I THINK WE DID DID SOME GOOD WORK ON THAT AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WE NEED TO SET FUTURE GOALS AND VISIONS SO THAT TRICIA WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE AS AND WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
SO WE WANT TO DISCUSS TWO THINGS.
TIME OF DAY, SATURDAY, A WEEK, WEEK, EVENING OF THE, LIKE WE HAVE HERE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING WHERE WE WOULD DO THAT, UH, OR A SATURDAY MORNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
PROBABLY A LIMIT OF THREE, THREE TO FOUR HOURS FOR THAT PROCESS TO, TO UNFOLD LIKE WE DID LAST TIME.
SO FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE, LET'S HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THE COMMISSION WOULD BE ABLE TO DO.
CAUSE WE NEED AS MANY OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE TO BE HERE, PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.
WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE THE PLANNING.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE THE PLAN UPDATE, NOT JUST REVIEW BECAUSE I KNOW ONE BIG PORTION OF THE PLAN IS I DATE MM-HMM
I MEAN, WE'RE WAY BEYOND SURVEYS AND SPEECHES.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? YEAH.
SO I MEAN, THAT NEEDS TO BE DELETED OFF AND GONE AWAY FROM HERE.
SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO REVAMP THAT PLAN BIG TIME.
AND Y'ALL GOT LIKE DOUBLE THE PROPERTY HAD LAST TIME.
SO I, I SUGGEST TO SERVE POINT, I SUGGEST SAY BOARD, I'M FRESH.
THIS, YOU CATCH ME THREE HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON.
I CAN'T, YOU AIN'T GONNA GET TOO MUCH.
WHAT THAT WORK FOR YOU SATURDAY MORNING? GET IT OPEN.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT WITHIN THE NEXT, BY THE END.
WELL, CUZ OF FIVE YEAR, WE NEED TO DO IT BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO WE CAN GET ABOUT SIX WEEK PERIOD THAT WE, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON.
CUZ ONCE YOU GET INTO NOVEMBER, THINGS JUST ARE, GET REALLY TOUGH TO ACCOMPLISH.
WELL, I WANTS TO FINALIZE THE BROCHURE AND I HATE PUT FINALIZE BROCHURE.
CAN WE DO IT AS SOON AS CREDIT FIRST
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BACK END THE DAY, OCTOBER 1ST.NO FREE YOU FREE ROBBIE BE COME FIRST.
IT'S GOT, I I COULD PRETTY MUCH FREE UP AND MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE IF I HAD ENOUGH TIME.
THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD TAKE ME AWAY IS A WORK OBLIGATION.
HOW WAS THAT? IS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? UH, THAT'S FINE.
IF, IF Y'ALL NEED SOMEONE TO RECORD IT, THEY SOME SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO HIT THE CAMERA ON IT CAUSE I WILL NOT BE HERE THEN.
SO WE'RE AWARE, UM, ANYTIME THAT YOU ALL MEET TO DISCUSS COMMISSION BUSINESS WITH FIVE MORE INDIVIDUALS, THAT IS A MEETING MM-HMM
SO TO DO THIS, UM, ON OCTOBER 1ST, THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF YOUR REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE.
SO THE CHAIR WILL NEED TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING ON THAT DAY AT A PARTICULAR TIME AT A PARTICULAR PLACE.
AND THAT NOTIFICATION NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN WEEKS 48 HOURS BEFORE.
SO WHAT YOU ALSO MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER IS, IS THE MEETING GONNA BE IN THIS SPACE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE? UM, AND THE TIME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR ROOM? OH, I THINK WE CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THIS IS, THIS WORKS WELL FOR MEETING SPACE, IF IT'S AVAILABLE THAT DATE.
AND THE, THE OTHER THING THAT THERESA HAS BEEN COMMUNICATING, UH, WITH THE LADY FROM NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL THAT DID THE, THE, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH US.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR SHE'S GOTTEN ALONG WITH ACTUAL DATES, BUT SHE SEEMED TO INDICATE THAT SHE WAS FAIRLY FLEXIBLE, ESPECIALLY WITH IT WAS ON A WEEKEND.
SO, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN, BUT OUR CURRENT, OUR DIRECTOR HAS A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND STRATEGIC PLAN TODAY.
DON'T YOU HAVE SOME BACKGROUND IN STRATEGIC GUIDANCE.
I GOT YOU BETTER, BUT YOU'RE COMING TO ME.
I THINK FOR, AT THIS, THIS GATHERING, SHE NEEDS TO BE A PARTICIPANT IN AN ABSORBER OF, OF THE CONVERSATION AND INFORMATION RATHER THAN FOCUSED ON LEADING CUZ OKAY.
A GOOD FACILITATOR DOESN'T EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING.
LET'S SEE AGAIN, SHE'S JUST LEARNING AND ABSORBING, GOTTA BE THE PERFECT POSITION FOR HER FACILITATING AND, AND, AND IZING OUR THOUGHTS AND GETTING THEM IN, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
SO, BUT I SAYING IT'S TOO MUCH EARLY, SO TOO FAR TOLD ME FIRST NINE O' FIRST, HUH? NINE O'CLOCK NINE O'CLOCK, NINE O'CLOCK, NINE O'CLOCK.
LET'S JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, SHE, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UM, IS THE CITY EMPLOYEE AND SHE, SHE, UH, GETS DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL.
SO AS FAR AS YOU ALL WILL STILL BE THE MAIN BODY AND WILL BE COORDINATING, GIVING HER DIRECTION, LIKE YOU ALL DO FOR US.
YOU ALL GIVE US DIRECTION AND THE CITY TAKES THE ACTION.
SO WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT SHE'S TAKING DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL AND NOT GIVING DIRECTION.
NOW IS DIRECTION IS GUIDANCE MEAN? SHE CAN, SHE CAN GIVE YOU, I MEAN, SHE CAN PARTICIPATE, BUT, BUT THE MOST PART, JUST LIKE YOU ALL COME UP WITH, YOU WANT US TO MOVE A HOUSE? WELL, YOU ALL DECIDE YOU WANNA MOVE A HOUSE AND YOU GIVE US DIRECTION.
HEY CITI, CAN YOU COORDINATE MOVING A HOUSE? AND YES, WE'RE ON IT.
SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING HER IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND INSTEAD OF LETTING THE IDEALS WAIT FOR ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE YOUR NEXT MEETING, SHE CAN PUT TOGETHER ALL YOUR IDEAS AND HAVE THOSE READY.
CAUSE YOU'RE GIVING HER DIRECTION TO, HEY, PUT THIS TOGETHER TOWARDS, SO, OH, OKAY.
SO PRETTY MUCH AGREEMENT FOR NINE TO 12 ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST.
UM, I DEFINITELY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE HERE THAT DAY, SO I GOTTA GET SOMEBODY RECORDED.
THAT FRIDAY, WILL YOU SET IT UP AND I'LL HIT THE BUTTON.
SOMEBODY JUST HIT THE BUTTON AND I CAN GET THE NOTE YOU CAN'T SAY.
UM, THE LAST BIT OF NEW INFORMATION, MR. CHAIR, JUST SO I'M CLEAR.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 AT 9:00 AM AT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CONFERENCE ROOM? NO, THERE'S
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NOT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE FACILITATOR TO CONFIRM THAT.SO I DON'T WANT GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE RECORD'S STILL OKAY.
AS LONG AS WE DO IT, 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
AND WE GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO MUCH FOR THAT, UH, THAT GOT THAT TAKEN CARE OF THE, UM, MR. THOMPSON WORK GROUPS.
[5. Presentation by Vincent Thompson regarding his request to purchase 513 First Avenue, 515 First Avenue and 512 Second Avenue. (Part 2 of 2)]
THOMPSON HERE.AND, AND, UH, DIDN'T DIDN'T CAN YOU KIND OF PULL THE PODIUM OUT FROM MR. THOMPSON? SO TAKE CARE OF HIS NOTES.
SO HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING? GREAT.
TELL YOU THOMPSON, I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AND UMM, INTERESTED IN TRYING TO, UH, PURCHASE THE PROPERTY OVER INDUSTRIAL FIELD AREA.
I OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY OVER ON UH, AVENUE AND, UH, Y'ALL WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE TRASH CLEAN UP THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
UH, WHEN I PURCHASED THIS, UH, PROPERTY THAT I HAVE ON PAVY, UH, AS I WAS DOING ALL THE CLEANING AND STUFF, I HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WITH TRYING TO GET THE CITY OVER THERE, TO COME PICK UP ALL THE TRASH AND STUFF THAT I GOT OFF OF THE OFF OF THE LAND.
BUT, UH, I WANTED TO GETTING IT TAKEN CARE OF.
I DIDN'T MOVE MOST OF MOST OF IT MYSELF, BUT UH, UH, AS FAR AS THE TRASH GOES OVER IN THAT AREA, I THINK THAT A LOT OF IT IS DONE BY PASSER BOBS.
IT'S LESS DONE BY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
UM, THE LOTS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN, UH, THEY, UH, CARRY A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE LOTS AND I BET THAT, UH, WITHOUT ANYBODY OWNING ANY OF THOSE LOTS, IT GIVES THESE PEOPLE TIME TO LOITER AND TO BE ON THAT PROPERTY WITHOUT, WITHOUT ANYBODY SAYING ANYTHING.
SO, UH, I WAS, THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHT.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CORRECT OR ANYTHING.
I THINK THAT IF, UH, SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING SOME BUILDING OVER THERE, GET A CHANCE TO PURCHASE THOSE LOTS THEN WILL BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF MORE CLEANING OVER THERE ON THAT SIDE AND AS WELL, BE ABLE TO GET SOME BETTER HOUSING FOR FUTURE PEOPLE, I GUESS.
I MEAN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TOO MUCH INTO, UH, FORCING PEOPLE OUT, BUT I AM TO, I AM INTERESTED IN TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE HAVE A BETTER LIVING.
AND I THINK THAT IT STARTS WITH, UH, JUST SHOWING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS.
UH, A LOT OF THINGS GET CHANGED AROUND JUST BY PEOPLE SEEING OTHER PEOPLE CARE, YOU KNOW? AND SO, UH, THAT'S ABOUT ALL THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE GOT.
SO YOU GOT THREE LOTS YOU WANNA BUY? YES, SIR.
I'M INTERESTED IN DOING, UM, DOING, UM, DO PLAY MINI HOMES.
I GUESS THAT'S WHAT YOU COULD SAY.
I'M LOOKING AT FOR, TO BE ABOUT, UH, 800 SQUARE FEET, UH, TWO BATHROOM, UH, TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM AND A KITCHEN, UH, WAS LOOKING AT TRYING TO, UH, TRYING TO HAVE LIKE THE LITTLE PORCH AREA.
UH, SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE CAN ENJOY THEIR, THEIR, THEIR LITTLE, THEIR LITTLE SPACE.
UH, I, I, I, I, I DRIVE PAST THIS PROPERTY OFTEN AND, UH, IT SEEMS PRETTY LEVEL.
UH, THE MAIN THING WAS JUST TRYING TO GET ALL THE TRASH AND DEBRIS.
UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I SAW SOMEBODY HAD A TENT OUT THERE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD COME ON BEHIND ME AND JUST WOULD MAKE THAT WHOLE LITTLE AREA LOOK A LOT BETTER.
TAKE ME TO FIVE, 12 AND FIVE 13 COMING OFF OF CEDAR STREET, CEDAR STREET.
IF YOU'RE COMING DOWN, CEDAR, YOU COMING OFF CEDAR MAKING A TURN ON THE FIRST AVENUE, MAKING A, MAKING A TURN ON THE FIRST AVENUE.
IF YOU COMING OFF OF CEDAR, YOU MAKING THE TURN ON FIRST AVENUE, YOU'LL GO UP AND IT'LL BE, UH, IT'LL BE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S, UH, RIGHT BEHIND OF MY FIVE POINT STORE, BUT IT MIGHT BE A LOT A HOUSE THERE AND THEN IT MIGHT BE TWO EMPTY, EMPTY LOTS RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
AND THEN THE FIVE 13 IS ON THE BACK.
NOW, SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE IF WE PUT UP SOME TYPE, WELL MAYBE IF I PUT UP SOME TYPE OF FENCING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT'LL DETER THE PEOPLE FROM BEING
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ABLE TO SIT UP THERE AND UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS I CAN USE TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO GET THOSE PEOPLE OFF OF THERE AND GET 'EM TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.BUT THINK IT STARTS WITH JUST CLEANING.
SHELLY'S GONNA BRING UP AN MAP.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS NOW.
SEE THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE STORE RIGHT BEHIND THE, I THOUGHT THAT TRINITY, I THOUGHT THE CHURCH ON FIVE 13, BUT WE OWN, NO, SIR, YOU SAID COUNTY IS THAT PART OF THE 10.
WE IN YOUR PACKET, YOU MIGHT, UM, REMEMBER A POLICY THAT THE COMMISSION ADOPTED IN JULY.
YOU HAVE TWO POLICIES, ONE FOR REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, OWN PROPERTIES, RIGHT.
AND ANOTHER POLICY FOR COUNTY CITY COUNTY OWNED PROPERTIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
MM-HMM
SO IF, AS WE LOOK AT OUR POLICY, UM, WE ARE AT STEP NUMBER, I THINK SEVEN.
WHERE MR. THOMPSON IS COMING TO GIVE HIS PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT HIS INTENDED USE MIGHT BE FOR YOU ALL TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT USE.
AND THEN THE HOUSING WORK GROUP WILL DIGEST THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT WHETHER YOU ALL, UM, WILL ASK THE BOARD INVOLVEMENT TO INITIATE THE UPSET BID PROCESS, RIGHT? SO THAT THIS GENTLEMAN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THE PROPERTY.
OR YOU CAN ASK THE CITY AND COUNTY TO CONVEY THE PROPERTY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SO THAT YOU CAN APPLY CONDITIONS, SUCH THAT FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE PROPERTY MUST BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR NO JUMP CARS, THOSE TYPES OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO TODAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR OTHER THAN UNDERSTAND THE AREA THAT THE GENTLEMAN IS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH I THINK MR. SHELLEY'S PULLING UP, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS INTENDED USE SO THAT YOU CAN DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THEN REFLECT UPON HIS PRESENTATION, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
DO YOU ALL, ANY OTHER, UH, PLOTS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF NEWBURN? YES.
I ALSO HAVE HIGHWAY 55, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF PIECES OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, JUST TRYING TO, UH, RIGHT NOW I'M JUST TRYING TO GATHER MY PIECES.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU CURRENTLY BUILT ON OR BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP? NO.
NOW THE, THE HOUSING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILT PUTTING ON THESE PROPERTIES, IS THAT GONNA BE STICK BUILT ON SITE? YES, SIR.
CAN YOU TELL MORE ABOUT HOUSE FOUR TIMES?
IF, IF YOUR INTENT IS TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND BUILD, JUST BUILD HOUSING FIRST TO IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIFE AND OPPORTUNITIES, ARE THERE OTHER, WOULD IT BE EQUALLY AS ADVANTAGEOUS TO DO THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OTHER THAN THESE THREE PROPERTIES? I DON'T THINK SO.
UH, I THINK THAT, UH, WITH WHAT I'M DOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP, UH, A LOT OF THE YOUNG YOUTH, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GUYS THAT WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET EVERY DAY THAT COULD PROBABLY AFFORD TO BUY THESE PROPERTIES, BUT THEY THINK OTHERWISE, AND THEY DON'T USE THEIR MONEY FOR WHAT THEY COULD USE IT FOR.
I JUST WANT TO TRY TO SAVE A PIECE OF HISTORY AND, UH, ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT'S ALL THE, MY GOAL IS, UH, THE FIVE POINT, UH, STORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL EVER GO BY THERE, BUT, UH, A LOT OF LOITERING GOES THERE.
WELL, IT USED TO GO THERE, BUT SINCE THEY'VE CUT THE LOADING OFF AT THE STORE, NOW THEY JUST GO RIGHT BEHIND THE BUILDING.
SO IF YOU GO DOWN THE STREET, YOU'LL SEE A HUNDRED PEOPLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STREET, I WOULD LOOK OVER THERE LIKE, GOD, I NEED TO GO AND TAKE THAT.
SO THAT WAY I CAN GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THERE AND I CAN DO SOMETHING USEFUL WITH IT.
IT'S BEING USED FOR TRASH, BEING USED FOR PEOPLE TO SLEEP, BEING USED FOR PEOPLE TO JUST DO WHATEVER YOUR HECK THEY WANT TO DO.
YOU KNOW, I, I SEE, I SEE ONLY A PLUS WITH HIM BUYING THE PROPERTY, WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING.
I, I WOULDN'T PERSONALLY, I WOULDN'T TAKE THE CHANCE ON IT, BUT I SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
AND I, AND I SEE IT AS BEING SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I WOULD PERSONALLY, I WOULD BE SCARED TO TRY TO DO IT ON, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
PLUS, THE OTHER THING IS YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE THE OTHER HOUSE, THE LADY THAT USED LIVE THERE, SHE MOVED OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE SIT HER STOOP, SHE TOO SCARED TO STAY THERE.
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WOULD, WOULD DEFINITELY IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HAVE, I'VE COUNTED MAYBE SEVEN LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN CLEARED, UH, MAYBE SEVEN THAT HAVE, UH, BEEN TORN, TORN DOWN, RIGHT? THE STRUCTURE YOU HAVE TO HAVE, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF TRASH.THERE'S STILL A LOT OF GARBAGE.
THERE'S STILL A LOT OF, THEY USE IT AS SITTING SPOT, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT IF WE DID SOME, SOME PEOPLE OVER THERE WAS SOME OWNERSHIP.
IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S OVER LIKE THE CITY WHERE NOBODY REALLY HAS NO SAY OVER WHAT HAPPENS OVER THERE.
IF THE POLICE EVER GET CAUGHT THERE, THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE DISPERSED OR MOVING TO DIFFERENT PLACES.
WELL, WE GET SOME OWNERSHIP OVER THERE.
THERE MAY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DETER SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AND MAKE THAT WHOLE BLOCK WOULD LOOK 10% CLEANER BECAUSE YOU GO OVER THERE RIGHT NOW GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S PROBABLY 30 OR 40 PEOPLE STANDING THERE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THERE'S AN OPEN AIR MARKET RIGHT UP THE STREET AND AROUND THE CORNER THERE THAT WE KNOW ABOUT.
SO MS. UM, THOMPSON, DO YOU THINK THERE WAS ONE HOUSE PER LOT? NO.
WHAT I WAS THINKING IS, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TURN, BUT I'VE TALKED TO, UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, PEOPLE.
I WAS THINKING OF SINGLE FAMILY HOME ATTACHMENTS.
MM-HMM
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE ON THIS, ON THIS SIDE, ON THE AVENUE SIDE, WHAT IS GOING BE BEHIND OR DISTANCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE SECOND AVENUE WE COULD RIGHT HERE.
I GOT, WE REALLY GOT, YOU ALL NEED TO.
I MEAN, THE PROCESS, AS, AS JAMIE DESCRIBED IT IS, IS QUESTION THAN ANSWER THIS.
THIS NOW COMES BACK TO THE HOUSING WORK GROUP TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS LIKE ZONING AND, UH, KNOWING WHAT MR. TOP PLANS ARE.
WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMED CONVERSATION.
AND BRING BACK OUR RECOMMENDATION.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHAT WE, THE HOUSING LAW GROUP WILL BRING BACK IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
BUT THE FINAL SAY WILL BECOME FROM THE BOARD FIRM BOARD ACTION, UH, IN DIRECTION.
AND IT WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION LIKE ZONING IN THE AREA.
AND SOME OF THE, UH, RESTRICTIONS THAT MIGHT BE ARE NOT EVIDENT TO YOU UNTIL WE, WE LET YOU KNOW THAT.
AND I DO AGREE WITH, UH, MR. PARHAM, THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE, WHETHER IT CAN'T BE ANYTHING ELSE, BUT A POSITIVE RIGHT.
TO GET A DIFFERENT GENERATION OF, UH, LANDOWNERS IN THERE.
OF COURSE WE ARE BIG ON HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT IF YOU ARE A LANDOWNER, THAT'S PUTTING SOME PROPERTY, THAT'S GOING TO ERECT SOME, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S GOING TO REMAIN, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REMAIN UP TO CODE.
OF COURSE, WE'VE DEALT WITH ANOTHER GENERATION OF LANDLORDS, SO TO SPEAK THAT HAVE NOT DONE A REAL GOOD JOB IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH, THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER GENERATION COME IN.
WELL, I THINK I'M GONNA CUT YOU OFF.
BUT I THINK WITH THE NEW BUILDING, IT'LL, IT'LL HELP A LOT OF THINGS OUT.
UM, A LOT OF STUFF OVER THERE BUILD LIKE IN THE 1930S, 1940S MM-HMM
I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT THAT WILL PROMOTE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO OTHER THINGS.
IS THIS YOU CONSIDERING IT TO BE RENTAL PROPERTY OR ARE YOU GOING TO SELL IT? THIS IS GONNA BE THE RENTAL PROPERTY RENTAL PROPERTIES.
HOW LONG WOULD OUR, IF, IF IT WERE, IF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ASK FOR IN REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UH, WANTED TO SELL IT TO, TO MR. THOMPSON, THEN WE COULD IMPOSE CERTAIN SANCTIONS IN CERTAIN FRUSTRATED CUTS.
THAT'S MY COUNSELOR RIGHT THERE, BUT ONLY IF THE COUNTY, IF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AGREED TO.
SO HOW LONG WOULD WE HAVE THAT KIND OF, UM, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT? THANK YOU.
THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WOULD GO, WOULD RUN WITH THE LAND.
AND GENERALLY THOSE TYPES OF COVENANTS ARE UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD, UNLESS SHE SPECIFICALLY STATE OTHERWISE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS GENTLEMAN IS TALKING ABOUT BUILDING HOMES, ONE
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OF THE CONDITIONS COULD BE THAT HE HAS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.ANOTHER CONDITION THAT WE GENERALLY SEE, UM, IS THAT THE RENTS HAVE TO BE OFFERED TO LOW, TO MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER.
AND IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT APPLYING RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ELICIT THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS DISCUSSION.
WELL, I DON'T SEE, I DON'T, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT LAND IS SOLD, I DON'T SEE ANY LOW INCOME COMING OUTTA THERE.
I MEAN, IF YOU GET A BIG BUSINESS OR BIG BUILDER TO COME IN THERE AND BUILD EVERYTHING, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE, IT'S GONNA BE FOR THE HIRING.
UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M OVERLOOKING THAT, BUT IF IT'S A RESTRICTION FOR THAT, THEN THAT'S GONNA KIND OF DETER WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? MM-HMM
SO, BUT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE, LIKE, IF THE RESTRICTION WAS IN THIS AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU WOULD BEGIN BUILDING ON THE LOW INCOME HOUSE.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING THAT THOUGH.
WOULD YOU? THAT THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK THAT I'D HAVE A PROBLEM BUILDING.
I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM BUILDING THOUGH.
I DON'T THINK THAT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO BE REST, YOU KNOW, I BE REASONABLE.
DO, DO YOU HAVE, UH, OTHER RENTAL PROPERTIES? UH, I DO.
I HAVE, UH, I HAVE A HOME JIMMY CREEK THAT WE RENT AND, UH, ALSO HAVE A, A HOME, A TRAILER THAT I RENT.
I DO ONLY HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW, BUT TRYING TO START SOMEWHERE.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE RESTRICTIVE, UM, COVENANT COVENANTS ARE ONLY PUT IN PLACE TO PUT FORTH WHAT WE HAVE AS OUR, UM, OUR GOALS IN THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
THEY ARE NOT TO PUNISH, BE PUNITIVE OR RESTRICT ANYBODY IN ANY FREEDOM.
THEY ARE ONLY TO MEET THE GOALS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
WE'RE NOT MAKING THEM UP AS WE GO ALONG.
THEY WERE PUT INTO WRITING AS WE BECAME THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO ASK QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE HE FITS WITHIN OUR PLAN AND ANY, UM, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE PLAN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MR. THOMPSON, MR. THOMPSON? THAT AGAIN, THE PROCESS THAT, UH, ATTORNEY MOLEY JUST TALKED ABOUT IS THAT THIS, THIS WILL NOW BE REFERRED TO THE HOUSING WORK GROUP, WHO WILL DELIBERATE OVER YOUR, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND, AND WHAT OUR DESIRED USE OF THE PROPERTY IS IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PLAN.
AND WE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COMMISSION AT OUR OCTOBER MEETING.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR LISTEN AND OKAY.
COULD I SEND YOU THE REST OF THE MEETING? YES.
[9. Closed Session]
WALLACE.SO DO WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY? YES.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE VICE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION PURSUANT TO CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 1 43, 18 11 A UM, THE, A FIVE TO GO INTO SESSION TO BE.
AND SECOND TO GO INTO 12 SESSION.
ALL ONE FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING THAT'S GOOD.
HEY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? A MOTION TO ADJOURN.