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AGAIN, THANK YOU[1. Welcome & Call to Order, Roll Call, Guiding Principles]
SO MUCH AND WELCOME TO THE, UH, UH, YOU REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR SACRIFICES AND ALL YOU DO IN THE, WE APPRECIATE YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT, AND SO CERTAINLY WE SHALL CHAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER WALKER, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLE FOR PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER PAR AND COMMISSIONER WALLACE.
VICE CHAIR PARA RUNNING AROUND YOU.
MS. BARBARA BEST, AND MS. HAZEL ROYAL.
THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING BACK AND THIS IS HER FIRST MEETING WITH ME, SO, OKAY.
UH, NUMBER ONE IS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE EQUAL TIME.
RESPECT OTHERS' OPINIONS, LISTEN TO B CONSENSUS, SHARE AFTER INFORMATION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION.
THOSE I GOT PRINCIPLES SAID, UM, THAT GUIDE OUR MEETING.
[2. Public Comment]
THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.SO IF YOU HAVE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT IS UH, LIMITED TO FOUR, FOUR MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT FROM ANYONE? GO THERE.
EVERYBODY, UH, KNOWS YOU, BUT PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND EVERYTHING FOR THE RECORD.
GREGORY HOME FROM FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND I'M HERE, UH, JUST TO, UH, IN LIGHTING.
UM, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A, A FUNDRAISER, UH, FOR MR. ALFRED BROCKFIELD.
MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM AS POPEYE.
UH, HE SERVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
HE WAS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE OLD OMEGA CENTER.
UM, AND HE'S HAVING SOME HEALTH ISSUES AND HE'S IN THE WHEELCHAIR.
WE GOTTA DO SOME THINGS TO THIS HOUSE WHEN WE GET IN THE BATHROOM.
SO, UH, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A FUNDRAISER AND A COMMUNITY DAY, UH, AT THE OMEGA CENTER ON THE FIFTH.
UH, ALL VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOME.
UH, WE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, MY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND MY CHURCH, UH, IT'LL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH FROM 11 TO THREE AT THE OMEGA CENTER.
SOME OF THE EVENTS WILL BE A BOUNCY HOUSE FREE HAIRCUTS FOR THE KIDS, FREE BOOKS, UH, FREE MASSAGES, BAKE SALE, AND FOOD VENDORS AND FREE C AND BACK, UH, TESTS.
SO, UM, WE JUST WANTED ENLIGHTEN, UH, THIS COMMITTEE TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
ARE WE SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION ON FRIDAY TO CLOSE DOWN, UH, TO ONE STRIP IN FRONT OF THE OMEGA CENTER? MM-HMM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A GOOD COMMUNITY DID AND TO SUPPORT FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CAN I DO IT FROM RIGHT HERE? YES, SIR.
BOARD MEMBERS, OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEDICAL AND MEDICAL CHAIR, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HERE.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO, UH, FORMALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, PARTICIPATED COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE ON THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID FOR THE COMMUNITY IN HELPING US WITH THE CLINIC TO GO IN THE GREATER DEFICIT FIELD COMMUNITY THERE.
I DO MYSELF AND THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED ALL THE GRATITUDE THAT YOU GUYS GAVE
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AND THE EFFORT THAT YOU GAVE IN DOING THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.AND THEY SAID TO THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY APPRECIATE IT SO THOROUGHLY WHAT YOU DID FOR US AS A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND IT IS BEING DONE CONTINUALLY.
SO IT'S JUST MY PLEASURE TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS COLLECTIVELY AGAIN AND INDIVIDUALLY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND IS DOING.
SO I DON'T GET TO SAY THAT MUCH TO YOU GUYS.
A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T GIVE OUR OFFICIALS AND OUR PEOPLE THANK YOU ENOUGH TO SAY IT TO YOUR FACE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MYSELF AND BEHALF OF ME AND THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU GUYS, AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
UH, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? OKAY, GOOD EVENING.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, LAST MONTH YOU GUYS HAD DISCUSSED, UH, EXCESS TRASH IN THE COMMUNITY, FALLING FREELY.
UM, I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS THAT I SEE IS PEOPLE DRIVING THROUGH, THEY'LL THROW THEIR TRASH OUT THE WINDOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA FIGHT THAT.
IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE GARBAGE PEOPLE.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS THAT I SEE PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR TRASH CANS OUT ALL WEEK LONG AND THEY GET FILLED UP.
WIND COMES BY, BLOWS TRASH EVERYWHERE.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A CITY ORDINANCE OR NOT ON TRASH CANS BEING OUT.
SOME CITIES THERE ARE SOME CITIES THERE AREN'T.
I HAVE LOOKED INTO IT, BUT IF THERE'S NOT, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA IF IT'S YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGHT THE TRASH.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WOULD MAYBE HELP IS I MOVED HERE FROM JACKSONVILLE.
JACKSONVILLE, EVERY SINGLE WEEK THEY HAVE RECYCLING, NEW BURN.
I WOULD LOVE TO PUT ALL MY PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CANS AND THE RECYCLING BIN AND MY CARDBOARD IN THERE.
HOWEVER, TWO WEEKS IN IT'S FULL.
SO THEN I'M THROW ALL MY RECYCLING STUFF THE TRASH CAN, BUT MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL RECYCLING DAY MIGHT HELP.
UM, ANOTHER THING I'M NOT SURE IF NEWBERG DOES OR NOT I'VE SEEN OTHER CITIES DO IS THEY'LL HAVE A, LIKE A SUMMER OR A SPRING AND A FALL TRASH DAY WHERE THEY'LL PUT, LIKE, IF YOU HAVE FURNITURE OR LARGE PIECES OF TRASH THAT YOU USUALLY CAN'T HAUL AWAY, THEY'LL SAY, HEY, PUT TRASH ON THIS DAY, OR LIKE FURNITURE OR WHATEVER, AND THE CITY WILL COME BY AND PICK IT UP.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS DONE, NEWBURN.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN TWO YEARS.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN CITY LIMITS.
I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE SIX YEARS I LIVED OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT GO CLEAN UP THE AREA.
AND THANK YOU, UH, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT Y'ALL MOVED OVER THERE AND YOU WERE YOU DOING SOME, UH, GREAT THINGS, BUT MR. UH, MR. WEEDS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER CAN TALK TO THE PEOPLE LIKE THAT AND THEN THE A VISITS HERE AS WELL.
AND SO, AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT OUT, BOUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES.
YOU CERTAINLY KNOW SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I FEEL LIKE, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THE TRASH IS PEOPLE THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT THEY'RE SPEEDING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
AND JUST FROM MY OBSERVATIONS, PERHAPS THEY ARE DRINKING AND DRIVING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TRASH THAT WE NOTICE IS LIKE ALUMINUM CANS AND GLASS BOTTLES.
UM, AND I DON'T SEE, I MEAN, LIKE, I'M NOT WATCHING MY STREET ACTUALLY, BUT LIKE I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT MY COMMUNITY THAT'S DOING IT.
I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, I CAN GO THROUGH HERE.
NOBODY'S GONNA SAY ANYTHING TO ME.
AND, AND THEY DON'T CARE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE, WELL, IT, I THINK THAT SOME PEOPLE USE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS LIKE A TRASH SHOP, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.
BUT YEAH, A LOT OF THE TRASH IS ALCOHOL BOTTLES, ALCOHOL CANS, AND FAST FOOD TRASH.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT AS WE WERE WALKING OUR DOGS.
MY NAME IS JOHN BROWN AND UM, THE PROBLEM THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS, UM,
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WELL I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM HOME FOR A GOOD WHILE, ALMOST 30 YEARS.AND WHEN I CAME HOME, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ON MY AGENDA WAS TO GO SEE THE GRAVE SITE OF MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY GRANDFATHER.
AND WHEN I WENT TO THE GRAVEYARD, IT WAS, IT LOOKED AT HARD.
I MEAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE GRASS HIGH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN LIKE, IT JUST LOOKED TERRIBLE.
LIKE SOMEBODY JUST WENT THROUGH THERE AND, AND VANDALISM EVERYWHERE.
IT WAS A DEATH FIELD, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE GRAVE FIELD.
AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS ARE TIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO GO TO WORK CAUSE IT'S COVID RELATED AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT WHEN IT COME TO DEBT, RIGHT THERE, THAT'S JUST LIKE THE ONLY ESSENCE THAT I HAVE OF MY GRANDFATHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, THAT I COULD HOLD ON TO.
CAUSE I JUST GO THERE AND JUST SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM SOMETIME, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, LIKE IF Y'ALL HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, GETTING WORKERS DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IS, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO GO THERE ON MY OWN AND, UM, TAKE INITIATIVE AND CUT THE GRASS AT LEAST AROUND MY, MY MY GRANDFATHER'S SIDE, YOU KNOW? OKAY.
UM, WHERE IS IT LOCATED? INFIELD, NEAR IT.
ONE OF YOU STREET, LIKE YOU GOING TOWARDS SUNNY SIDE? YES.
WE KNOW WHERE ALL FURTHER COMMENT.
[3. Approval of Minutes]
THREE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE, UH, RECEIVED THOSE.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[4. Presentation by Jacki London regarding her interest in purchasing 1307 Main Street.]
ITEM FOUR IS A PRESENTATION, UM, BY MS. JACKIE LONDON REGARDING HER INTEREST IN PURCHASING 1307 MAIN STREET.SHE, EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS JACKIE LONDON AND I LIVE AT 1305 MAIN STREET AND I NOTICE THAT THE PROPERTY IS AVAILABLE, UH, AT 1307 AND I AM INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND, EXTEND MY, UM, EXTEND MY PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF PARKING AND DOING WHATEVER I WANT TO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO YOU THAT I'M INTERESTED IN PURCHASING 1307 PROPERTY.
AND YOU SAID THAT IT IS, IT IS TO EXTEND YOUR PROPERTY.
SO, MS. LONDON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION CHAIR.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A A GIS MAP AND I THINK MR. SHELLY'S GONNA ZOOM IN SO WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT A LOT THAT MS. HUNT IS INQUIRING ABOUT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, AND AS, AS YOUR PACKET MAY REFLECT, THIS PROPERTY THAT'S IN QUESTION IS OWNED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NEW BRUN.
AND AS SUCH OF THE TWO POLICIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE ADOPTED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT, UM, THE ACQUISITION OR SALE AND PROPERTIES IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE POLICY FOR REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ON PROPERTIES.
SO AT THIS STAGE, MS UM, LONDON IS MAKING PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HER ABOUT INTENDED USES, UM, TO DETERMINE WHETHER WHAT SHE IS PROPOSING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AFTER THIS MEETING.
UM, THE HOUSING WORK GROUP WILL ANALYZE THE PRESENTATION THAT MS. LONDON HAS MADE TONIGHT AND WILL COME BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE PUT UP FOR SALE.
NOW, THAT SALE COULD BE OUTRIGHT, UM, WITH RESTRICTED COVENANTS, OR YOU COULD VOTE TO INITIATE THE UPSET BID PROCESS, WHICH MEANS MISS LONDON OR WHOMEVER COULD, UM, PLACE A BID WITH THE CITY CLERK AND ADDED RUN IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR 10 DAYS.
AND ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPSET THAT INITIAL BID, THE FINAL HEIGHT BID WOULD WIN, AND THAT PERSON, UM, WOULD BE
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THE, THE RECIPIENT OF THIS PROPERTY.SO TONIGHT, UM, MISS LONDON IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER, UM, ONE, HER INTENDED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT YOU ADOPTED BACK IN 2019 OR 2020 AND TWO TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS OF YOUR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR YOU TO TAKE ANY ACTION TONIGHT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO GATHER AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.
MR. LOVELY, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS, MR? JUST A QUESTION IS, ARE YOU PLANNING TO EXPAND YOUR HOME OR JUST USE IT FOR THE EXTEND THE PART? UM, I'M FAITH AND CONTEMPLATED ON, UH, EXTENDING MY HOME THAT'S NOT BEEN FINALIZED, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY.
CAN WE STILL WALKER? UM, THAT WAS BASICALLY MY QUESTION.
YOU TOOK IT, UM, AT, YOU LIVE AT 1305, CORRECT? YES.
UM, I JUST WANNA KIND OF, WE'LL, WE'LL BUILD OFF THE, UH, THE ATTORNEY'S COMMENTS TO START WITH.
UM, CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT OUR STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT WE USE FOR THE COVENANTS THAT WE'VE PUT ON THESE LOTS IN THE PAST THAT WE'VE ENCOURAGED AND FORWARD, FORWARD WITH REGARDS TO, UH, THE VEHICLES AND, AND SUCH? SO SOME OF THE COVENANTS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED, I DON'T HAVE THAT LANGUAGE PULLED UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IN THE PAST, UM, YOU HAVE INDICATED, UM, NO DISABLED VEHICLES, UM, THAT PERMANENT STRUCTURES CANNOT BE ERECTED ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT IN THE PAST.
YOU HAVE NOT YET CONVEYED A PROPERTY WITH THOSE RESTRICTED COVENANTS, BUT THOSE HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATED.
MS. LONDON, WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE TO, TO SUCH, OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE TO PUT THE CAVEATS IN THERE FOR THE, UH, THE POTENTIAL FEE TO EXCHANGE YOUR PROPERTY, BUT FOR, FOR NOT USING IT FOR STORAGE OF INOPERABLE VEHICLES OR ANYTHING ALONG LINES, WOULD THAT BE NO, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE REASON FOR MY PURCHASE.
BUT YOU'D BE AGREEABLE WITH US HAVING, I WOULD BE COVENANT IF WE'RE SO, OKAY.
[5. Report from the Executive Director.]
RIGHT.AGENDA, UH, ITEM FIVE IS, UM, I REPORT FROM, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEXT MONTH.
SHE WILL, SHE WILL NOT BE NEW ANYMORE.
SHE'S, SHE'S NOT, SHE'S NOT GONNA BE NEW.
BUT ANYWAY, SHE'S GOING GIVE HER, SHE'S BEEN HERE A MONTH AND SO SHE'S GOING GIVE US AN AS WHAT SHE'S, WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING AND HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GLAD I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND I ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE.
SO, UM, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING WITHIN THE LAST 30 DAYS, UM, I STARTED OFF WITH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS AND I HAD AT LEAST TWO MEETINGS WITH EITHER COMMUNITY PARTNER OR ALDERMAN, UM, EVERY DAY.
SO WITHIN THE SECOND WEEK, I REALIZED I WAS MOVING A LITTLE BIT TOO FAST, SO I TRIED TO SPREAD IT OUT TO AT LEAST ONE PERSON A DAY.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS POSITION IS REALLY EXCITING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CALLS, A LOT OF FEEDBACK, AND EVEN MORE SO WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
SO, UM, MY GOAL WAS TO JUST LISTEN, TO LISTEN TO FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT MY POSITION WAS AND HOW THEY FELT ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.
SO I'M IN A PROCESS OF CREATING A PRIORITY LIST.
I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT TO YOU PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, BUT DEFINITELY BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK, I WILL GET THAT PRIORITY LIST OUT TO YOU.
AND THAT PRIORITY LIST IS THE LIST OF GOALS THAT I HEARD.
YOU GOTTA SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE STAND.
AND ALSO FROM READING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, AND NOT ONLY JUST THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, WATCHING MINUTES, AND ALSO LOOKING BACK AT THE COM, UM, CHOICES, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, UM, THERE IS A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT I'M GETTING NOW, UM, ABOUT THE SELLA OUR PROPERTIES.
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AND ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO PULL SOME DATA THAT WE HAD FROM 2020, UM, BUT ALSO THAT WOULD BE ON HOLD BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIND OUT COLLECTIVELY WHERE WE STAND ABOUT, UM, OUR HOUSING PLAN AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE.UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK MOM AND SURPRISINGLY I HAD A REAL BUSY TABLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, KNEW A LOT ABOUT THE PROGRAM SO MUCH, SO I HAD TO PULL MATT OVER, I HAD TO PULL ALICE, OUR GIS SPECIALIST OVER TO HELP ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO IT WAS, YES, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE FOR ME AS WELL.
UM, WE HAD SEVEN PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND THEY SAID THEY EITHER, UM, WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE MONTHLY INFORMATION AND I'VE HAD THREE OF THE SEVEN THAT ACTUALLY SAID I NEED TO KNOW HOW I COULD HELP.
SO, UM, I SEND THAT, UM, I'M GONNA SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT.
UM, AND I REACHED OUT TO EVERYBODY, THANK THEM.
UM, SHARED OUR WEBSITE AND ALSO SHARED, UM, WHEN OUR MEETINGS WILL BE HELD.
UH, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE GASTON UBANKS HOUSE ON THE 19TH.
THE HOUSE WILL BE SET, I WILL KNOW ON MONDAY WHETHER I COULD CONFIRM IT WITH THE BRI MACS AND ALSO WITH THE ELITE MOVERS FOR THAT HOUSE TO BE SET.
UM, MONDAY ON THE 19TH, MONDAY ON THE 19TH, I WILL BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT MONDAY WOULD BE THE DAY.
UM, COMMISSIONER WALKER IS GONNA GIVE SOME MORE, UM, FEEDBACK AS AN UPDATES ON THAT ON THE HOUSE REGARDING THE BIN THAT WE RECEIVED.
UM, I WENT ON A TOUR, I WENT ON SEVERAL TOURS, UM, OF THE, NOT ONLY THE REDEVELOPMENT ZONE, BUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO YOU ACTUALLY THE TOUR WAS DONE BY SHARON BRYANT.
IT, UH, SHE WORKS AT THE TRYON PALACE AND SHE IS INTERESTED IN, IN PROVIDING US WITH A TOUR, UM, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.
UM, SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE ARE UNDER THE SUNSHINE LAW, SO IF IT'S MORE THAN FIVE COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC TO ALSO TOUR US.
SO SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OR OR THURSDAY ON A TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.
AND SO SHE WILL BE, I WILL SEND THAT INFORMATION OUT SO YOU GUYS COULD GIVE ME A A POTENTIAL DATE.
ALSO, WE HAVE TO RESCHEDULE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN MEETING AND IT LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 30TH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 30TH FROM TWO 30 TO FIVE 30.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD TIME AND I'M GONNA SEND THAT OPTION OUT TO YOU AS WELL.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT IS THE ONLY DATE, UM, THAT THE FACILITATOR HAS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND TINY HOUSES.
SO THERE IS A TINY HOUSE BEING BUILT NOW.
IT'S BUILT AS A, WHAT WOULD I SAY? IT'S NOT GONNA SAY THERE.
UM, SO IF YOU GUYS WANNA SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, WE ARE HAVING A MEETING NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS MORE BE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF INQUIRIES ABOUT BUILDING TINY HOUSES WITHIN OUR ZONE.
IT'S MORE, BUT I WILL SEND IT TO YOU IN AN EMAIL AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE MY BUSINESS CARD.
SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, IF YOU WANNA COME IN THE OFFICE AND TALK, YOU KNOW, TO ME AND ASK QUESTIONS OR EITHER GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION, I WELCOME THAT.
GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE A SERVICE TEAM.
NEXT TIME Y'ALL CAN ASK FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU, LIKE, YOU SAW SAID YOU STEWARDED, YOU DIDN'T GET, YOU DIDN'T COME UP WITH ONE YOU OFF QUICK.
SHE SAID HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
[6. Working Group Reports]
SIX IS REPORTS FROM OUR WORKING, UH, WORKING GROUP.AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO COMMISSIONER, UH, WALKERTON.
TALK MORE ABOUT THE HOUSE ON BASE.
BECAUSE WE, OF COURSE, WE HAD BEEN MEETING, UH, THE HOUSING, UH, WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING THEM.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS LAST TIME WE MET, BUT WE HELD A BID OPENING AGAIN, THE
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FOURTH BID OPENING, THE FOURTH ADVERTISEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT ON OCTOBER 6TH AT 11 O'CLOCK RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM.AND WE HAD ONE BID, UM, GIVE US AN OFFER, GIVE US A BID, A PROPOSAL, AND BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, ADVERTISED IT MORE THAN TWICE, WE CAN ACCEPT JUST ONE BIT.
THE PROBLEM IS, UM, IT IS A LITTLE HIGH FOR OUR BUDGET.
SO THERE'S SOME OPTIONS THAT, UM, WE, MS. BOWMAN AND I WERE JUST DISCUSSING BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, BUT THE CONTRACTOR THAT PRESENTED US A BID WAS, IT'S A VERY LONG NAME.
IT'S CALLED THE THIRD PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND THE STATE INVESTMENT GROUP.
AND THEY'RE BASED BID FOR THIS WORK, ALL INCLUSIVE FOR THE INTERIOR, THE EXTERIOR AND THE BUILDING SYSTEMS IS $207,000, $207,500.
AND I BELIEVE OUR BUDGET IS AROUND ABOUT 180, 180 5, BUT THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THAT HOUSE MOVING, UM, SETTING THAT, UM, MS. BOWMAN WAS JUST DISCUSSING.
SO, UH, THE COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE IS EITHER, UM, LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY IN THE BUDGET OR GOING BACK TO THE CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AND ASKING WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME, UM, THINGS THAT HE MAY BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH US ON.
I KNOW THAT HE HAD MENTIONED TO ME HE HAD A CONCERN WHEN HE PLACED HIS BIDS.
ONE OF HIS QUESTIONS DURING THE BID PROCESS WAS, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO INTO THE HOUSE CAUSE IT IS BOARDED UP.
THERE MAY BE SOME UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS.
UM, AND HE SAID, ANYTIME YOU'RE DOING A RENOVATION, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH BUILDING A WHOLE NEW HOUSE.
CAUSE WE ARE ASKING HIM TO TAKE ALL THE INTERIOR DRYWALL OUT OF THE WALLS, ADD INSULATION, AND THEN PUT NEW DRYWALL IN.
SO I THINK HIS PRICE IS HIGH FOR THAT REASON.
SO MAYBE IF WE COULD ARRANGE, ONCE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN SET, WE COULD GO OVER THERE AND LOOK IN THERE.
HE MAY BE ABLE TO PULL BACK SOME OF HIS COST ON SOME OF UNKNOWNS WHERE HE ADMITTEDLY SAID, I GAVE IT THE PRICE OF IF I HAD TO BUILD IT FROM, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE GROUND FROM SCRATCH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH COULD BE SAVED.
UM, AND THEN I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER THE MONEY OPTIONS ARE FOR IT.
THEY MAY BE, UH, LOOKING AT A GENERAL FUND, SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY.
AND WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE DEALER AGAIN? THE LOAN.
BECAUSE
UM, WELL IF WE COULD ASK, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE ANY OF, UM, ANY ACTION ON IT TO, UM, TONIGHT THAT THE WORKING GROUP, UM, PROBABLY GOING HAVE TO LEAVE AGAIN TO DISCUSS THAT, UM, DIFFERENCE.
BUT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, UM, MS. BOWMAN AND THEN, UM, ALSO, UM, PROBABLY GONNA LEAVE PUBLIC WORKS TO TAKE THE OFF IS, OR AT LEAST JUST THE DOOR.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO IN THE, GET INTO THE PROPERTY, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY GO INTO IT UNLESS IT'S SET ON THE FOUNDATION.
SO WE NEED TO PUT THAT ON WORKING, UM, AGENDA.
AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IS, IT'S BEEN A ROLE TIME, THE COMMUNITY, UM, HAS, UH, EXPRESSED THE TREND AND WE, OFFICER MOVING, WE'RE MOVING ALONG.
IT'S, IT'S ALMOST, ALMOST THERE AT LEAST FOR BEING, FOR BEING SET.
IT IS AND IT IS A LONG PROCESS.
I MEAN, JUST THE VERY FACT THAT IT IS, UH, A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS A GREAT THING THAT WE HAVE GRANT MONEY FOR IT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN I OPENED THE BIDS, I WAS REQUIRED TO VERIFY THAT SIX DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS WERE ATTACHED TO THE BID AND THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR HAD ALL SIX DOCUMENTS, WHICH WAS A HUGE BELIEF, BUT THEN WE WOULD'VE HAD TO RE ADVERTISE.
SO IT, IT'S NOT AN EASY BID FOR SOMEBODY TO GIVE US.
AND WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO A, WE'VE BEEN ADVERTISING THIS SINCE JULY MM-HMM.
UM, MR. MUNFORD ACTUALLY CAME INTO OUR OFFICE AND HIRED US TO DO A DIFFERENT PROJECT RENOVATION THAT HE'S DOING ON, UM, GEORGE STREET.
SO THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO KNOW HIM AND I HANDED HIM THE BID PACKAGE AND SAID, WOULD YOU CONSIDER BIDDING THIS? THAT'S GONNA GO OUT FOR BID AGAIN IN OFFICE.
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UH, SOME MOVEMENT THERE.UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSIONER MORGAN IS, IS, UH, IS NOT, UH, HUGE NIGHT.
AND I KNOW HE'S, UH, HE'S PLANNING A CLEAN UP AND HE WILL HAVE SOME DATES AND THINGS WITH, UM, FOR US, BUT HE, HE RETURNS NOW FOR WELLNESS IS COMMISSIONER, UM, WALLACE, AND HE'S WORKING DILIGENTLY.
WE ARE DOING, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MEMORANDUMS OF AGREEMENTS AND TALKING TO SOME OF OUR, UM, PARTNERS THERE, UM, IN REDEVELOPMENT, UM, BOUNDARIES.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
CAN I ADD AN INTERESTING THING TO THAT AS WELL? MM-HMM.
AND HE HAS AGREED TO DO THAT, UM, OKAY.
ON HIS TIME AND NO CHARGE FOR OUR COMMISSION.
SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT HE'S WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, COMMISSION SCR WHEN YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR, WE'RE KIND OF BUILDING FORWARD OFF THAT, UH, THE HELPING WELLNESS CENTER.
I THINK WE'VE, UH, MOVED FORWARD WITH THE ONLY NEEDS ON THAT FRONT.
I BELIEVE I'VE SEEN THE APPLICATIONS IN DETAIL FROM ACROSS FROM THAT FRONT.
SO WE, THERE IS HEADWAY HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES ON THAT FRONT, UM, SLOWLY BUT SURELY.
AND, UM, ALSO FOLLOWING UP ON THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION WE HAD EARLIER FOR REQUEST FOR PROPERTY, UH, AS A PART OF THE HOUSING WORKING GROUP MEETING, WE DID DISCUSS, UH, LAST MONTH'S PRESENTATION WITH REGARDS TO FIVE 13 AND FIVE 15 FIRST AVENUE AND FIVE 12 SECOND AVENUE.
DUE TO THE, UH, POTENTIAL FUTURE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AND, AND TO THAT, I DON'T WANT TO STEP ON YOUR TOES, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WOULD VERY WELL SUIT THAT PERSON'S NEEDS FOR DEVELOPING A HOUSING THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT, UM, AND PUTTING INTO THE UPSET BID PROCESS OR CONVEYING TO HIM TO BUILD ON.
IT, IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT HIM TO BUILD, IT'S JUST NOT THOSE THREE PROPERTIES WILL LAUNCH.
IF YOU CAN FACILITATE A REACH HIM BACK OUT BETWEEN HIM POSSIBLY WITH THAT.
I THINK INSTITUTES INFORMATION.
[7. Closed Session (If needed)]
GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.I'M CHAIR PURSUANT NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 1 43 3 18 11 85.
WE NEED A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY, GET A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
I SAID WE WILL BE GOING THIS THE OUT SESSION PORTION.
ALL GOTTA GO BACK COURT COMING OUT.
UM, IS THERE, UH, ANYTHING ELSE FOR NOVEMBER 30TH? YOU SEE? UM, SHE'S SEND THAT OUT AND SEE IF, UM, CAN DO ON THE 30TH, STRATEGIC.
IF NOT, THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER PLAN GO FORWARD FROM THERE, BUT NEED TO THIS DONE.
CAN I ASK ONE REAL QUICK QUESTION? THIS IS FROM MY OWN EDIFICATION MM-HMM.
IS, IS THAT THE SAME AS THE BACO HOUSE PROPERTY? YES.
AND HAS A DECISION BEEN MADE TO, ON, ON THE, THE MACCO STRUCTURE ITSELF AS TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE WITH THAT VERSUS BUILDING A NEW HEALTH WELLNESS CENTER? THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS STILL, UH, GOING ON AND, UH, SOME OF THAT WE ARE GOING KNOW FOR SURE WHEN MR. A FINISHED UHHUH, BUT IT'S AN ONGOING CON SO NO FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.
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YEAH.THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE PROGRAM.