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[1. Call To Order and Welcome]
WELCOME TO THE NEWBURN REDEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMISSION MONTHLY, UH, MEETING.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN REDEVELOPMENT AND THANK ALL OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT LOVE THIS GREAT COMMUNITY AND HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR TIME.
UH, AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE OUR ROLL CALL BY VICE CHAIR KIP PARAGUAY.
SO, UM, MUCH IF YOU WOULD, UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR AGENDA, YOU WILL SEE TWO PERSONS THAT ARE NOT, UH, HERE.
THEY'RE NO LONGER MEMBERS OF THE RE REDEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMISSION.
UM, AND SO WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
UM, MS. STEPHANIE LU LUBBOCK AND MR. JULIAN TRIPP.
[3. Approve the Agenda]
HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA TONIGHT? AND COULD WE GET AN APPROVAL FOR THE AGENDA? ANY CHANGES? NUMBER THREE.WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD INTO THE AGENDA? STAFF ATTORNEY.
COULD WE GET AN APPROVAL FOR THE AGENDA? MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
[4. Guiding Principles]
UH, COMMISSIONERS AT YOUR PLACE, YOU WILL HAVE OUR, UH, GUIDING OUR PRINCIPALS ARE, IF YOU ARE REALLY GOOD THERE, THEY ARE ON THE BOARD.BUT OTHERWISE THEY'RE AT YOUR PLACE.
IF WE COULD START WITH COMMISSIONER WALKER TONIGHT.
UH, THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE EQUAL TIME.
THE SECOND GUIDING PRINCIPLE, RESPECT OTHERS' OPINIONS.
NUMBER THREE, LISTEN TO BUILD CONSENSUS.
NUMBER FOUR, SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION, PUBLIC PERCEPTION.
[5. Public Comments]
THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.IT IS LIMITED TO, UH, FOUR UM, MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT? OKAY, MR. PETE FRY, UM, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE BID THAT I PUT IN A COUPLE MONTHS AGO IS STILL HERE IN THIS BUILDING.
UM, JUST I WAS WONDERING, UM, ABOUT THAT STILL.
UM, I WAS HERE AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT AND I READ THE, THE MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 4TH AND NOVEMBER 9TH, AND I WAS CURIOUS, UM, HOW THOSE GOT RECORDED CUZ THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE VERY ACCURATE.
AND ALSO, UM, AT THE DECEMBER MEETING, YOU GUYS MENTIONED A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE, THE PARCEL THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN, THAT I PUT A BID ON, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WAS STILL NOT, UM, TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT EITHER.
THOSE ARE MY, THOSE ARE MY THREE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN, AND ALSO, UM, AS THE NIGHT GOES ON HERE, UH, WILL THERE BE ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COMMENT? UH, WHAT WAS THIS AT? I SEE MADAM CHAIR, YOU'RE LOOKING TO ME.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE, UH, PROCESS AS TO WHERE IT IS NOW BECAUSE OF, UH, WHAT WE DID AT OUR LAST MEETING.
IF YOU WERE AT HERE LAST NIGHT, THE PARTNERSHIP WE WITH ALDERMAN BOBBY ASHER, THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TALKING, UM, ABOUT.
UH, THE MINUTES WE GONNA TAKE CARE OF IN A FEW, UH, IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION WAS IF YOU WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT, AT ANY OTHER TIME OR ON ANY OF THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? YEAH, LIKE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO OVER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, WILL THERE BE ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS? MADAM CHAIR?
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UM, THIS IS THE DESIGNATED TIME IN THE AGENDA WHERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE, ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.IF A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO REOPEN, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION LATER, FOR ANY PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, IT WOULD TAKE A VOTE, UM, AND AFFIRMATION BY A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS.
UH, MOVING ON TO NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
[6. Approval of Minutes]
AGENDA ITEM SIX, THE APPROVAL OF THE, UH, MINUTES.MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES UNTIL OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IN FEBRUARY.
UH, THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES IN THE MINUTES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET CORRECTED BEFORE ADOPTION.
AND, UH, SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT THOSE TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE, UH, A MOTION TO DO THAT.
WE'VE HAD THE MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER PER BOY SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? YES, MR. WALKER.
MADAM CHAIR, JUST SO THE MOTION IS CLEAR, IS THAT A MOTION TO TABLE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR BOTH THE DECEMBER 14TH MEETING AND THE NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING? CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
[7. Consider approving the Amended 2023 Redevelopment Commission Meeting Schedule]
ITEMS, UH, SEVEN IS CONSIDER APPROVING THE AMENDED 2023 REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING SCHEDULE, AND YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR PACKETS.UM, MADAM CHAIR, I NOTICED THAT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 4TH, UM, BUT DOES NOT HAVE A TIME.
IS THAT, I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED IN THE MORNING, IS THAT THAT, UH, A TIME BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION? BETH? MM-HMM.
SO I SPOKE WITH THE FACILITATOR.
SHE SAID THAT NINE O'CLOCK WOULD WORK BEST FOR HER.
AND I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AND DOING A FOUR HOUR SESSION VERSUS A THREE HOUR.
SHE SAID EIGHT O'CLOCK WAS A BIT TOO EARLY FROM THE DISTANCE THAT SHE HAS TO DRIVE.
SO THAT WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR NINE TO ONE ON SATURDAY THE FEBRUARY 4TH? YES.
ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS? UH, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD IS I THINK THERE'D BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ON POSSIBLY REVISITING, OPENING UP THE FOURTH MONTH AGAIN, JUST, I MEAN, THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY TO FACILITATE MORE COMMUNICATION AND MORE PROMPT ACTION.
AND I'D ALSO HEARD SOME CONVERSATION ON THAT POSSIBLY BEING USED AS A WORKING GROUP MEETING SESSION.
SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CLARIFY EXPECTATIONS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD THAT THE WORKING GROUPS NEED TO, TO PLAN ON GETTING TOGETHER ON THAT FOURTH WEDNESDAY IF WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AN OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING.
UM, OR AT SOME POINT IN THAT WEEKEND.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAID, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, WORKING GROUPS ARE MEETING.
AND SO WE WERE GONNA LEAVE THAT OPEN OR FOR THEM AND ALSO LEAVE IT OPEN IF WE NEED TO DO A WORK SESSION.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE GONNA DO IS BE ASKING FOR A WRITTEN REPORT.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE, UM, THAT, SO THAT'S WHERE IT IS AT THIS, AT THIS FORM.
[8. Presentation by Mark Roberts regarding his interest in purchasing 837 Pavie St, a City and County owned parcel]
ITEM EIGHT, UH, AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.PRESENTATION BY MARK ROBERTS REGARDING HIS INTEREST IN PURCHASING 8 37 PAVY STREET, A CITY AND COUNTY OWNED, UH, PROPERTY.
AND THAT MAP IS AT YOUR PLACE, UH, AS WELL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AGAIN.
UH, AGAIN, MARK ROBERTS HERE TO TALK ABOUT 8 37
I JUST WANNA ALSO NOTE I HAVE MY PARTNER, SEAN MILLBURN IS HERE ALSO.
I LEAVE HIM IN THE, THE CROWD CAUSE HE'S TOO TALL.
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WE HERE PROPOSING IS WE'RE LOOKING TO PURCHASE THE, THE PROPERTY, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, BASICALLY AS THE THE COMMISSION INTENDS, WE'RE LOOKING TO GO IN AND REHAB THE BUILDING AND MAINTAIN IT AS A RENTAL AND RENT IT OUT.UM, THE WAY THAT WE DO THIS, AND WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE IN OTHER PROPERTIES, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 'EM, SEAN AND I ACTUALLY ARE ON ONSITE, UH, DOING MUCH OF THE WORK.
THEY DON'T LET ME DO THE POWER TOOLS FOR GOOD REASON.
UM, AND THEN WE WORK WITH TWIN RIVERS TO, TO BRING IN A, A FAMILY, UH, THAT NEEDS A HOME.
WHICH WAS NEXT TO OUR PROPERTY.
WE OWNED, SINCE WE'VE OWNED JUST THAT LOT ITSELF, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO CLEAN IT UP.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF REMOVE THE CARS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HANGING OUT THERE.
AND THEN WE'VE GONE A STEP FURTHER AND WE ARE PURCHASING OUR OWN LIGHT POLE THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT IN BY THE CITY, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS OR NEXT WEEK.
UH, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO ENHANCE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE GO IN AND, AND WE WORK WITH.
UM, WHEN WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, WE HAD MENTIONED THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE OVER A GREEN STREET.
UH, AND IT WAS MENTIONED THAT SEAN AND I WERE SEEN ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR WORKERS.
WE WERE THERE, WE FIXED UP THE PROPERTY.
UH, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT PROPERTY IS NOW COMPLETED.
AND AGAIN, WORKING WITH TWIN RIVERS, WE HAVE A, UH, A VERY GREAT FAMILY THAT'S GONNA BE MOVING IN SOMETIME THIS MONTH.
UM, AND WE'LL BE LIVING THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR MODUS AE GO IN AND FIX THESE HOUSES THAT NEED THE NEED, THE LOVE, KEEP THE CHARACTER IN, UH, THE LOOK OF THE HOUSES IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND THEN RENT THEM OUT SO THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY LIVING THERE IN THE, IN THE, THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO FLIP THESE PROPERTIES.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR LONG TERM, UH, POSSESSION AND, UH, IN, IN RENTAL.
UH, AND, UH, YEAH, I BELIEVE YES, WE, WE'D OPENED IT UP WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE PROPERTY ON GREEN STREET, IF, UH, ANYONE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WANTED TO COME IN AND SEE IT.
AND WE DID HAVE, UH, WE WERE TAKEN UP ON THAT AND DID, DID SEE THE PROPERTY.
COMMISSIONER MORGAN? UH, YES, I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN AND TOUR THE, UH, PROPERTY.
UM, AND I DO REMEMBER THAT DWELLING WHEN IT WAS BACK IN ITS HEYDAY, BUT I WAS ALSO ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT WHEN IT WAS A DILAPIDATED IN A DANGER AND AN ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD OF SAYING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB THANK YOU, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE TO THAT WHOLE BLOCK.
AND I JUST WANNA TELL YOU THANK YOU.
UH, AND WE CAN LEAVE THAT INVITE OPEN IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SEE THE PROPERTY.
ALTHOUGH I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SMALL WINDOW BECAUSE AGAIN, SOMEBODY SHOULD BE MOVING IN THIS MONTH.
BUT IF YOU WANNA SEE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW THE PROPERTY, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, AFTER WE, WE'VE DONE THAT, UH, WELCOME TO THAT.
UM, AND I JUST PRETTY THROUGH, BUT STOP TO GO IN, BUT THANK YOU.
LET ME ASK THE COMMISSIONER IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR YOU.
AND SO YOU, YOUR RELATIONSHIP.
TWIN RIVERS SEEMS TO BE GOING, GOING WELL.
THIS IS YOUR SECOND OR PROPERTY WITH THEM? UH, WE HAVE ONE ON, TWO ON GREEN, ONE ON SECOND, UH, THAT IS GOING THROUGH TWIN RIVERS.
THEY'VE BEEN A PLEASURE TO DEAL WITH.
ANY, ANYTHING FURTHER? WHAT WOULD YOUR, YOUR ESTIMATED TIME OF COMPLETION BE FOR THE PAVY, UH, FOR THE PAVY AVENUE SITE? UH, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE US TO DO THAT? YES.
UM, FROM WHEN WE GET IN THERE.
UH, JUST THE HOPE THAT YOU REMEMBER THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH.
YOUR REQUEST, IT GOES TO THE HOUSING WORK GROUP WHO WILL COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE WHOLE COMMISSION TO, TO ACT UPON.
AND THIS IS CITY AND COUNTY PROPERTY.
MR. STRIPPER, UM, DO YOU INTEND ANY STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS OR NEW BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING? ARE YOU PRETTY MUCH JUST GONNA REDO WHAT'S THERE? IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE POINT IS PROBABLY REDO EXACTLY WHAT'S THERE? UH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN THERE TO REALLY ASSESS IT, BUT WE EXPECT JUST TO GO IN AND, AND FIX WHAT WE CAN AND RENT IT OUT.
IT'S A SMALL PROPERTY, SO WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING TO THAT.
COMMISSIONER WALLACE? NO QUESTION.
HOW DO WE CONTACT YOU FOR TOUR THE PROPERTY? UH, JESUS IS TO GIVE ME A CALL.
I CAN GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER NOW IF YOU LIKE CARD WITH YOU OR I DON'T, I OBJECT.
AUTMANN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
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WHATEVER THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN? YES, SIR.I MEAN, AUTMANN PR DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANYTHING? NO.
[9. Consider adopting a resolution approving the sale of property located at 827 Cedar Street to Mr. William Richardson for the bid amount of $1,140.00]
OKAY.IF THERE'S, UH, NOTHING ELSE, UH, FURTHER, THEN WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NINE.
I BELIEVE CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION OR PROVING THE SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 27 CEDAR STREET TO MR. WILLIAM RICHARDSON FOR THE BID AMOUNT OF 1,140, UM, DOLLARS I SHARE THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THE HOUSE OF WORKING GROUP.
MADAM CHAIR, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARITY, UM, PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING, OR WHEN YOU ALL WERE DEVELOPING AND ADOPTING YOUR PURCHASING PROTOCOLS MM-HMM.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.
SO THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT, UM, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY YES.
IS TO APPROVE THE SALE, UM, TO THE FINAL HIGHEST BIDDER, WHICH WHO IN THIS CASE IS MR. RICHARDSON SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? THE EXHIBIT A THAT IN THE RESOLUTION WILL BE ATTACHED WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF PROVING THE SALE OR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 27 STREETER STREET TO MR. WILLIAMSON RICHARDS, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, FOR THE BID AMOUNT OF $1,140.
QUESTIONS FURTHER THE DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF FOR IMPROVING THE RESOLUTION FOR THE BID.
[10. Consider adopting a resolution to approve the execution of a contract with Ed Munford, Owner of The Third Property and Estate Investment Group to remodel the home located at 911 Eubanks Street]
AGENDA ITEM, UM, 10.CONSIDER A ADOPTING A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH ED MUN, OWNER OF THE THIRD PROPERTY AND THE STATE INVESTMENT GROUP TO REMODEL THE HOME LOCATED AT NINE 11, UH, HUGHBANKS, UM, STREET VICE CHAIR.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, JUST IN LIGHT OF SOME, SOME QUESTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT PRESENTED HIMSELF IN THE, THE, THE RECENT DAYS, UH, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TABLE THIS TO OUR NEXT MEETING TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF FLUSH THROUGH THINGS BEFORE WE EXECUTE ANYTHING AND KIND OF START FORWARD DOWN A PATH THAT WE CAN'T WALK BACK FOR HIM.
SO A MOTION TO TABLE MOTION ON THE TABLE.
FORMAN ROYAL OTTMANN APPEAL? NO.
HEARING, NO, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, GET AN APPROVAL TO TABLE THE ITEM UNTIL, UH, OUR FEBRUARY MEETING? NO.
WAS THERE A VOTE ON THE MOTION BARRAM CHAIR? YES.
UM, COULD WE GET A MOTION TO, UM, YES, MA'AM.
IT'S BEEN MO IT'S BEEN MADE IN SECOND ON THE VOTE.
[11. Consider adopting a resolution for the demolition of the structures located at 910 and 914 Bloomfield Street]
RIGHT.UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER, UH, 11.
CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT NINE 10 AND NINE 14 BLOOMFIELD, UM, STREET VICE CHAIR, AND MR. WALKER.
NO, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AT LAST MEETINGS.
THIS IS THE TWO PROPERTIES WE ACQUIRED FROM MR. CARTER.
UH, WE HAVE PRICES, UH, FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND THAT WE HAVE ACCEPTED.
AND SO THIS IS THE PAPERWORK INVOLVED WITH THIS.
AND SO I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURES LOCATED AT NINE TEN NINE FOURTEEN BLOOMFIELD STREET.
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A, UM, A SECOND? SECOND? MM-HMM.[12. Finance Report]
HAVE OUR FINANCES REPORT BY THE, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MS. GOMAN.SO, UM, WE HAVE THREE POTS OF MONEY.
UM, THE FIRST PART IS WITH, IT'S THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
WE WERE ALLOCATED FUNDS IN 2020, AS WELL AS 2021.
FOR THE 2020 ACCOUNT IS FIVE $52,721 AND 50 CENTS FOR THE 2021 IS $125,000 IN THAT ACCOUNT FOR CDBG DOLLARS.
UM, THIS REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS THE, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS ACCOUNT.
AND IT WAS APPROVED LAST NIGHT, UH, WITH THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN TO TRANSFER THOSE FUNDS THAT WE NEEDED TO PAY THOSE INVOICES.
AND YOUR PACKAGE IS A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE FUNDS, SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY ON WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.
SO WE DID RECEIVE A, AN APPROVAL FOR THAT $50,000 TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM OUR FUND BALANCE TO OUR REDEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT.
THE FUND BALANCE IS KIND OF LIKE, SAY, ACCOUNT FOR US.
UM, AND AS THE, A COUPLE MONTHS, WE HAVE NEVER REALLY SAT DOWN AND DID A BUDGET, UH, A BUDGET PROJECTION OF WHERE WE NEED CERTAIN ALLOCATIONS.
AND AS TIME GOES ON, I WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL.
IS THERE, UH, THEY COMMENTED LAST NIGHT, OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS NOT SHOWN HERE, SO THIS CAN BE MISLEADING.
THIS FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, WE'D BE BROKE
WHAT IS OUR CURRENT FUND BALANCE? MM-HMM.
THE FUND BALANCE HAS OVER THREE, UM, $350,000.
UM, ACTUALLY, OTTOMAN, PRI, OTTOMAN ROYAL AND OTTOMAN BEST CONTRIBUTE $167,000 TO THAT FUND.
UM, IT WILL COME UP ON THE FEBRUARY AGENDA ITEM REGARDING, UM, IT WAS FOR THE MCCARTER HOUSE.
AND SO WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT FOR RESOLUTION FOR 9 0 8 BLOOMVILLE.
OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS, IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAT I THINK WAS STATED LAST NIGHT ABOUT $353,000.
UH, THEY TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT BEING PACKAGE CAME FROM FINANCE.
UM, SO THAT WAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THEY GAVE.
I WILL GO BACK AND FIND OUT AND GIVE YOU A CORRECT ANSWER AT THE NEXT MEETING.
[13. Consider adopting a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to approve expenditures up to $1,000.00]
AGENDA ITEM, UH, 13.UM, CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO APPROVE EXPENDITURES UP TO ONE 1000, UM, DOLLARS.
UM, I HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH, UH, SEVERAL, UM, UH, SEVERAL PERSONS WHO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S ABLE TO DO, UH, THE, THE THINGS THAT SHE NEEDED TO DO WITHOUT COMING TO, YOU KNOW, COMING TO US OR HAVING TO CALL A, UM, CALL A MEETING FOR THE, UH, SMALL THINGS.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS LOOK AT THE OVERALL BUDGET AND, AND DO, UM, AND LOOK AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING AFTER TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OTHER, UH, PERSON CITY FINANCES, WE STILL NEED TO APPROVE TO, TO DO THAT FOR REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS.
SO, UH, THAT IS WHAT THE RESOLUTION IS FOR.
MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A RESOLUTION FOR THIS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE.
SO THE APPROPRIATE ACTION, IF YOU'RE INCLINED, WOULD BE A MOTION TO TAKE A PARTICULAR ACTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? SO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT, TO AUTHORIZE YOU TO AUTHORIZE THE, UH, AVAILABILITY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SPEND THOUSAND UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[14. Executive Director’s Report]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.[00:25:02]
OKAY.SO, UM, WE, UM, CHAIRPERSON SPOKE ABOUT THE TWO RESIGNATIONS THAT WE HAD.
SO LAST NIGHT AT THE ALDERMAN MEETING, THE MAYOR MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN TO EACH ONE TO PROVIDE A NAME OR FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION APPOINTMENT.
ONCE THE NAMES ARE PROVIDED, THEY WILL REVIEW AND APPOINT ACCORDINGLY TO WHATEVER APPLICATION.
SO YOU, HE ACTUALLY CHANGING THAT PROCESS YES.
AND HAVING THE ALDERMAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD.
DOES THIS SAY HOW SOON THAT APPOINTMENT WILL BE MADE? THE ME THEY GONNA BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
DID HE SAY HE, THEY SUBMIT THE NAMES AT THE NEXT MEETING? GOT THE FEBRUARY BOARD OF ALDERMAN, EXCUSE ME, THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.
YOU'LL MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT THEN? NO, SIR.
SO WE'RE TWO MONTHS OUT BEFORE THIS IS PROBLEM.
SO ANOTHER THING, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT YOUR CALENDAR, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ANNUAL MEETING IS ALSO IN FEBRUARY.
UM, AT THAT TIME, UM, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR CEASE.
UM, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OFF THE BOARD.
EVERYBODY WAS APPOINTED IN AUGUST, BUT IT WAS A STAGGERED APPOINTMENT.
SO, UM, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING DUE TO, UM, BOARD TURN TO EXPIRE, UM, THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S, UM, MADAM CHAIR LEE AND, UM, COMMISSIONER WALLACE.
AND THERE, THOSE TERMS EXPIRE IN JUNE OR JULY.
UM, ANOTHER THING WE, UM, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REQUESTS, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM MADAM CHAIR AND OTHERS REGARDING WHAT DOES OUR MARKETING LOOK LIKE.
UM, COMMISSIONER STRICKLAND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO GET SOME SIGNS OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE, I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH, UM, COLLEEN TO DRAW UP SOME BRANDING IDEAS.
AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT, WE ARE, UM, GOING TO LOOK AT OUR PARCELS THAT WE HAVE, WHAT PARCELS ARE FOR SALE.
AND, UM, UM, OUR GIS DIRECTOR HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB PUTTING, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I WILL GET IT TO YOU, UH, VIA EMAIL, BUT IT DEF IT'S COLOR CODE IT, AND IT, IT DEFINES OUR PROPERTY, WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR A SALE, WHAT HAS AND MITIGATION, BUT IT BREAKS DOWN EVERYTHING.
SO AS THE BOARD, WE NEED TO DECIDE WHICH PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO GO ON THE SURPLUS LIST, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CITY ASKED.
ANY QUESTIONS?
MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD ADD JUST ONE CLARIFYING POINT.
UM, SO ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BE PRESENT OR WATCHING OR STREAMING ON OUR NEW RUKU CHANNEL, UM, WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY CLERK ON OR BEFORE, UM, THAT JANUARY 24TH MEETING, OR REACH OUT TO, UM, ANY OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO, UH, MUCH MS. WILMAN FOR, UH, A GREAT JOB THAT YOU CONTINUE TO, TO DO.
WE ARE, WE ARE, UH, APPRECIATIVE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ANYTHING, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU, UH, REACH OUT TO HER.
SHE'S THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
[15. Working Group Reports from: Housing, Neighborhood, Health, and Wellness]
AGENDA ITEM 15, OUR WORKING GROUP, UH, REPORTS.AND SO BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE AGAIN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE OUR REPORTS WRITTEN FROM NOT ON, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO WRITE A LEGAL BRIEF,
AND THEN THAT WAY WE WILL HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT, UH, THE WORKING GROUPS TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE GET, UM, TO THE MEETING.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DETAILED, BUT IT DOES NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFERENT, UH, COMPONENTS, UH, IN THERE.
SO IF YOU CAN DO THAT, AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEETING, UM, SCHEDULE DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, SHE SORT
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OF, UM, HAS KIND OF WHERE SHE NEEDS THAT, UH, INFORMATION.USUALLY IS A WEEK BEFORE, BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO GET EVERYTHING OUT, UM, OUT TO US.
IT HAS TO BE POSTED ON, UH, ONLINE.
IT HAS TO BE POSTED ON THE DOOR.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DO THAT IN A TIMELY, UM, MANNER.
LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, NOT ASKING FOR A LEGAL BRIEF IS ASKING FOR SOMETHING, UM, IN, IN WRITING.
SO ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, NE NECESSITATES US, UH, MEETING.
UH, SO EVERY GROUP, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO MEET WITH YOUR GROUP, WHETHER YOU ARE MEETING WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR GROUP THAT'S INSIDE THE COMMISSION OR OUTSIDE.
CAUSE SOME OF US HAVE MEMBERS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE, UM, COMMISSION.
AND SO WE JUST NEED TO, UH, GET THAT DONE GOING, GOING FORWARD.
SO SHE CAN EXPECT, UH, WRITTEN REPORT IN, UH, FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
UM, DO WE HAVE, UH, A REPORT FROM THE HOUSING GROUP TONIGHT? YES, WE DO.
UM, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE HOUSING WORK GROUP MET ON DECEMBER 30TH IN THAT WEEK DURING BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S.
UM, AND, AND THE AGENDA FOR THAT MEETING WAS THAT WE REVIEWED, UH, THAT, UH, MEETING WE HAD WITH THE MAYOR THE FOLLOWING, OR A COUPLE DAYS PRIOR TO OUR DECEMBER 30TH MEETING.
UH, WE ALSO DISCUSSED, AGAIN, THE OFFER FROM MR. FRY ON THE JONES STREET PROPERTY.
UH, WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE JO, THE EUBANKS HOUSE, AND THE RE AND THE REHABBING OF THAT PROPERTY.
WE DISCUSSED THE, UH, DEMOLITION ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH 9 0 8 BLOOMFIELD.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE SUGGESTED CHANGES TO THE MEETING SCHEDULE AND THE MEETING LOCATION, UH, THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO US, UH, THAT YOU SEE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE ALSO, UM, BEGAN DEVELOPING A LIST OF, OF REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE FOR SALE AND THOSE THAT WILL NOT BE FOR SALE.
UH, WE ALSO WILL BE DEVELOPING A MINIMUM SALES PRICE ON RE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PROPERTIES THAT WE DO DEEM SURPLUS AND AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, THEN THE BULK OF THE DISCUSSION WAS CONCERNING, UH, OUR USE UTILIZATION OF, UH, MR. ASTRO'S FUNDS TO DEVELOP THE JONES STREET PROPERTY THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN LAST NIGHT.
AND BETH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AT THAT POINT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU TUNED IN TO WATCH THAT BOARD OF ALDERMAN TELL US, BUT I'LL HAVE PACKETS OF THE PLANS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE ALDERMAN, MAYBE NOT.
AND AS WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT WAS THE, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT HAD COME TO US IN OCTOBER WAS BOBBY ASTOR WANTING TO SPEND HIS ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY, UM, RENTAL HOUSING IN THE REDEVELOPMENT, UM, AREA.
SO THESE TWO LOTS WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED, WE HAD A CONCEPT PLAN TO SUBDIVIDE THESE LOTS, PUT THEM TOGETHER AND SUBDIVIDE THEM TO PROVIDE THE MOST HOUSING.
WE HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THAT PLAN.
SO WHEN, UH, ALDERMAN ASER CAME WITH A FUNDING SOLUTION FOR A PLAN THAT WE HAD STARTED, AND, UM, A WHILE BACK WE GOT ON A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD THAT REALLY LOOK LIKE WITH AND HOW MANY UNITS DID WE PUT ON THERE.
UM, WE CAME UP WITH TWO ONE BEDROOM UNITS AND TWO TWO BEDROOM UNITS.
UH, THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS ARE ARRANGED AS A DUPLEX TO FIT ON THE SITE, BUT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR FOUR RENTAL UNIT PROPERTIES TOTAL.
AND, UM, KIT PUT TOGETHER A COST ESTIMATE, UM, PRETTY DETAILED COST ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT WOULD COST.
AND IT CAME IN UNDER THE BUDGET OF THE MONEY, UH, MR. ASTRA HAD.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN LAST NIGHT.
JUST, JUST TO FURTHER THIS DISCUSSION, THESE ARE CONCEPT PLANS.
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ARE NOT HARD.THESE WERE PLANS THAT WERE DEVELOPED AS CONCEPTS SO THAT WE COULD CONTEST THEM AGAINST CITY ORDINANCES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY, UH, IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS TO FULFILL, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
UH, SO THIS, THESE ARE CONCEPT PLANS OF HOW TO UTILIZE THE SITE, AND THESE ARE CONCEPT PLANS OF THE HOUSING THAT THAT COULD BE UTILIZED ON THE SITE TO PROVIDE THE, THE RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE SO BADLY NEEDED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
THAT WAS KEY TO THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT THIS IS NOT A, A FINISHED WORK, BUT IT IS A CONCEPT OF WHAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE.
AND AS BETH MENTIONED, THERE WAS A DETAILED BUDGET CREATED FOR THIS CONCEPT PLANNED.
UH, AND WE HAVE HAD, AS WE SAW LAST NIGHT, WE HAD CHECKED IT OUT WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, AND EVERYTHING WAS DONE PROPERLY AND HAS NO, NO QUESTIONS, UH, OR ISSUES WITH THE CITY ORDINANCES.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY YOU DO CONCEPT PLANS IS TO CHECK IT OUT AND MAKE SURE BEFORE YOU GET TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD THAT THINGS CAN BE DONE AS, AS ENVISIONED.
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, SOME OF THE WORK THAT CAME OUT OF OUR, UH, HOUSING WORK GROUP AT OUR LAST MEETING AND PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN LAST NIGHT.
UH, AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADING WITH THE UTILIZATION OF THE JONES STREET PROPERTY AT, UH, I GUESS I WOULD ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY IF IS, UH, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS CONVERSATION FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT IS, IS THERE ANY, ARE WE HEADING DOWN, UH, UNKNOWN PATH THAT WE HAVEN'T CHECKED ON YET?
SO, UM, I, I DID HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THE PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT AND, UM, HEARING SOME OF THE COMMENTS BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS WITH MR. DAVIS, WHO IS OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
AND ONE OF THE, UM, COMPONENTS OF THIS, THIS CONCEPT THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE IS THE CONCEPT OF RENTAL HOUSING.
SO, UM, REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS ARE ENTITIES DIVIDED BY STATUTE, AND THEIR POWERS ARE LIMITED TO THOSE THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE GENERAL STATUTES, SPECIFICALLY IN CHAPTER ONE 60 A.
UM, SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE STATE.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THERE'S SOME COMMUNITIES WHOSE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS OFTEN WORK AS HOUSING AUTHORITIES.
SO THE TOOLS IN THEIR TOOLBOXES ARE DIFFERENT THAN JUST A, A REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION STANDALONE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SISTER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE TO SEE FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT HOW THEY STRUCTURE, UM, THE OWNERSHIP PACKAGE AND, AND THE FEASIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, ONE, AREN'T RE REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
AND TWO, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THIS COMMISSION IS SQUARELY WITHIN ITS STATUTORY AUTHORITY.
AND THAT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT, UM, OUR OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AND WE WILL REPORT OUR, OUR OPINIONS BACK TO THIS COMMISSION.
AND, AND THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION.
UH, WHEN THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WAS CREATED, UH, THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF SELF-FUNDING FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UH, WAS DONE ON A 20 YEAR PROFORMA MM-HMM.
STEVE, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? YOU DID ALL THAT WORK? WELL, IT WAS JUST, UH, SIMPLY BUILT ON THE, UH, A STANDARD RENTAL MODEL BASED ON, UH, WHAT WE COULD, UH, PLAN TO RECEIVE FROM TWIN RIVERS VIA THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM AND BUILT IN ALL OF THE, UH, THE EXPECTED EXPENSES AND REVENUE ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH RENTAL PROPERTY.
AND THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY, UM, PUT TOGETHER AS OUR FUNDING STREAM IN PERPETUITY TO FUND THE FURTHER TO FURTHER FUND THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MISSION AND, AND GOAL OF CARRYING OUT THE PLAN THAT THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE BOARD OF OMAN IS THAT, UH, PLAN TAKING CONSIDERATION FUNDING FOR STAFFING.
AT THAT POINT, WE DID NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR STAFFING.
UM, THAT HAS SINCE COME ALONG WITH, UH, WITH, UH, MS. TRIC.
UM, BUT, UH, THE MODEL WAS BUILT, WE ACTUALLY PRICED INTO THAT MODELING, PAYING FOR A MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR A, A, A PORTION OF THAT TO COVER MANAGEMENT FEES.
SO OUTSOURCING THAT IF NEED BE DOING IT INTERNALLY, IF POSSIBLE, WAS FACTORED INTO THAT, THOSE POPULATIONS.
AND IN, IN THAT PERFORMER THAT YOU CREATED THERE, YOU HAD MANAGEMENT CO FEE FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
THERE, THERE WAS A, A, A CONTINGENCY THAT WAS
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THROWN IN AND THAT WAS THE MM-HMM.AND I ALSO LOOK BACK AND IN, IN THE PLAN ITSELF, AND IT, UH, STATES IN THE PLAN THAT, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WOULD PARTNER WITH TWIN RIVERS OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE RENTAL PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES OWNED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION UTILIZING SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS IN DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PART OF OUR VISION FOR HOW THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WOULD WORK.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE REPORT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH.
AND, AND REMEMBER, UM, THAT, UH, HOMEOWNERSHIP IS ALSO PART OF OUR PLAN AS, AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU NEED IT ALL FOR A STABLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, JUST REMIND US OF THAT.
THANK YOU SO, UH, SO MUCH, SO MUCH.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE HOUSING WORKING GROUP? YEAH, ONE QUESTION.
WE'RE TALKING IN, IN TIME PERIOD OF MONTHS, MONTHS.
WE USED TO SEE SOMETHING STARTED AND, AND THIS, THIS DOES, I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND, WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN CAUSE WE WERE PRESENTED WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING MONEY.
SO IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.
THAT, THAT, THAT'S KEY TO WHEN DID IT START.
ALDERMAN, AS LAST NIGHT, UM, PROPOSED TO, TO TRANSFER $75,000 TO OUR ACCOUNT AT SEED MONEY TO BEGIN THE PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES.
UH, SUCH AS, UH, SURVEYING WORK.
RECOMBINATION OF LOTS AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PRELIMINARY TO GETTING A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.
WHAT I'LL BE REPORTING ON TODAY IS THE, THE ANALYSIS FROM THE DEATH FIELD CLEANUP, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON DECEMBER 2ND AND THIRD.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS SOME BULLET POINTS ON WHAT WE DID WELL, WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE NEXT CLEANUP TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
AND OF COURSE, ANYTHING DONE OVER IN THE AREA WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A SUCCESS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS NEEDED.
THE THINGS THAT WE DID WELL, THE PAVILION FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PEOPLE AND SUPPLIES WORKED VERY WELL.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS UTILIZE HENDERSON PARK.
THE GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CLEANUP WAS AWESOME.
MS. ANN SHOUT DID A GREAT JOB.
THE CLIPBOARDS AND MAPS WERE VERY HELPFUL.
UH, WE DID GET SOME HELP ENLISTING THE COUNTY INMATES FOR CLEANUP.
AND THAT CAME THROUGH MAJOR MCFADDEN FROM OUT AT THE, UH, CLARKS SITE.
UH, AND OF COURSE WE DID GIVE SOME THANK YOU NOTES FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ASSISTED.
WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER, WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT A LITTLE EARLIER AND WE NEED TO USE THREE DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WE REALLY DID NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
FLYERS, MEETINGS, AND DOOR TO DOOR.
WE MAY HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT USING THOSE THREE METHODS.
WE ALSO NEED TO GET FIRM COMMITMENTS FROM THIS CITY TO ESTABLISH A BETTER RELATIONSHIP EARLY.
WE NEED TO PINPOINT AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP BY THE CITY, WHICH ARE CITY OWNED LOCKS, GET THE CITY LOCKS CLEANED UP AHEAD OF TIME AND ASKED FOR A SCHEDULE OF JUST WHAT WE CAN'T EXPECT.
SO WE CAN START MAYBE SIX TO NINE MONTHS OUT.
ADVERTISED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE NEED TO ADVERTISE IN THE NEIGHBORING NEWSLETTERS FOR HELPING, SUCH AS RIVERSIDE GT AND SOME OF THE OTHER DIFFERENT MM-HMM.
UH, WE NEED TO GET MORE VOLUNTEER HELP FROM ALL OVER THE CITY AND NOT JUST FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.
AND WE NEED TO GET MORE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA MORE INVOLVED NOW.
NOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE NEXT CLEANUP IS NOT TO INCREASE THE AREA OF THE CLEANUP, BUT CONCENTRATE ON THOSE AREAS EVEN MORE.
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WE NEED TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE BEFORE AND THE AFTER GET, GET MORE OF OUR BLOCK CAPTAINS, MORE OPERATIONAL, START TALKING TO RESIDENTS EARLY, HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS SU SUCH AS COOKOUTS.NOW, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UM, HELP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING WORK GROUP WHEN YOU DO GET YOUR, UM, PLANS IN CONCRETE.
AND WHEN YOU DO HAVE A SET OF WHAT YOUR MODEL IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH GETTING SIGNS, A SIGNAGE OF WHAT YOUR FINISHED PRODUCT IS GONNA LOOK LIKE AND PUTTING IT ON SITE AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE BY THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AND SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T PUT A PROPOSED DATE, AT LEAST IT'LL HAVE A PLAN.
IT'LL CREATE SOME OPTICS, CREATE SOME CONVERSATION, AND MAYBE WE'LL EVEN GET SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVED IN SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO HERE.
LET'S CONCENTRATE ON THIS AREA BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE COMING.
AND THEY CAN RIDE BY, THEY CAN SEE IT, SEE THE MODEL ONCE IT'S IN CONCRETE.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL AS TO WHAT TO PUT 'EM ON THE SIGNAGE, BUT DEFINITELY MM-HMM.
UM, AND LASTLY, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY, FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE HAVE, UH, MAJOR PROJECTS SUCH AS THE ONE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW OVER ON THE CORNER OF RALEIGH AND EAST ROAD STREET, NOT THE STORMWATER PROJECT.
UH, THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
EITHER WE HAD SOME RESTRUCTURING, SOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS, WHETHER IT BE WITH PIPES, LEAKS OR WHATEVER, BUT THE CITY IS OVER HERE AND THEY'RE WORKING AND WE JUST NEED SOME PATIENCE AND SOME, AND SOME COOPERATION.
UH, CAUSE THIS IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
AND OF COURSE, DOWN ON THE CORNER OF EAST ROSE AND RALEIGH.
AND IF YOU DON'T GO BACK THERE, YOU WON'T KNOW IT.
THERE ARE, AND THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, BUT IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND THIS IS GOING DOWN, UH, ONE OF THE STREETS.
IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF CONES OUT, BUT THERE ARE ABOUT NINE, WELL, ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT LOADS OF ROCKS.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO BE THERE.
I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE, BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DRESSED AND A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFE FOR THEM TO BE, UH, HOUSED THERE.
AND I THINK IT WOULD REALLY, REALLY HELP US OUT IF WE WERE MADE PRIVY TO SOME OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT IS DEFINITELY PROGRESS AND IS SHOWING PROGRESS.
WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE NEED TO KNOW AS A COMMISSION MM-HMM.
UH, I'VE TALKED TO UM, STAFF ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, ASSISTANT MANAGER, UH, MS. WILLIAMS THAT IS PUBLIC WORKS WITH THE RESURFACING AND THE O OTHER PART THERE, IS IT NOT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, SO, UM, MAYBE HAVE THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
WE DO NEED, WE, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE HOUSING GROUP TOO, ABOUT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE, UH, IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA OUT HERE.
A VERY GOOD, UH, VERY GOOD, UH, VERY GOOD REPORT.
AND I'D LIKE ROBBIE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IN THE BUDGET THAT WE PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT, THAT PRELIMINARY AS WE TALKED ABOUT, YES.
GREAT FOR CREATING A BIG SIGN JUSTICE AS YOU'RE ENVISIONING.
AND, UH, MS. BOWMAN IS WORKING ON SIGNAGE AS WELL, SO, OKAY.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? YEAH, COMMISSION MORGAN.
UM, I HADN'T GOT OVER TO SEE IT, BUT THEY HAD SENT ME THE PICTURES OF THAT, THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OVER THERE.
IS THE SIGN UP THAT BLINK THAT SAYS ROAD WILL BE CLOSED FOR THIS DURATION, LIKE IT IS USUALLY IN THE RE OF THE SEAT? NO, BUT THERE ARE SOME HARD COPY SIGNS ALONG WITH BARRIERS OF LETTING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CROSS OVER FROM,
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UH, WASHINGTON OVER ONTO RALEIGH STREET, UH, THAT THERE IS SOME CONSTRUCTION AND OF COURSE THAT'S WHERE IT BEGINS.AND GOALS FOUR BLOCKS ALL THE WAY TO EAST ROSE, WHICH IS THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND THERE'S A RIGHT HAND TURN, UH, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO EAST ROSE.
THAT'S ANOTHER BLOCK THAT IS UNPAVED.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA GONNA BE OH, FOR SURE MORE.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO, I KNOW THAT IT'S NEEDED, RIGHT.
UH, BUT WE JUST NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UM, RATHER THAN JUST BEING BROUGHT UP UPON US.
AND OF COURSE, WITH THE SUPPLIES IN THE TRUCKS YEAH.
THAT ARE BEING HOUSED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS, I THINK NEED TO BE, UM, SECURED A LITTLE BETTER MM-HMM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSION MOORE? OKAY.
UH, COMMISSIONER WALLACE HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE WRITTEN PART BECAUSE THAT CAME DOWN RIGHT AFTER OUR BIG MEETINGS.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO TIGHTEN, UH, THE TIMING OF THAT BOYS.
SO, UM, THE HEALTH OF WELLNESS, WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, ON FRIDAY THE 13TH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FOLLOW UP MEETING.
UM, AND IN THAT MEETING WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS IN REGARDS TO MOU DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND CONTENT SPECIFICATIONS.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE SPECS RIGHT FOR THAT.
SO WHEN WE DO IT, UH, WE GET 'EM ALL SIGNED AND GET THAT SECURED.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DISCUSS THE NEED NOW TO SECURE GRANTS, UH, EXTERNAL OR, OR EXTERNAL SUPPORT, UH, BECAUSE WE NEED A SITE MANAGER.
THAT SHOULDN'T BE A VOLUNTEER DOING THAT.
WE'RE STEWARD SOME TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
THAT'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT NEED TO BE A PAID ENTITY THAT IS FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CENTER AND THEY ANSWER TO THE ALTMAN.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THAT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND TRY TO FIND IT.
IT'S JUST HARD FUNDING A PERSONNEL POSITION WITH GRANTS.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST TOUGH DOING IT.
UM, ALSO WE NEED YOU TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
I'M GOING TO DO THAT THROUGH THE CONDUIT OF, UH, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THEY HAVE, UH, VERBALIZED SOME, UM, INTENTIONS.
THEY WANT TO BE A PARTNER OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, ALSO, UH, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF SECURING, UM, EAST CAROLINA SUPPORT.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE NUTRITIONAL ASPECT.
THEY WANT TO REALLY DO THE COMMUNITY NUTRITION.
UM, SO WE ARE FINALIZING THAT.
SO I HOPE DURING MY NEXT REPORT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS CONFIRMED.
UM, AND THAT IS FOR OUR PREVENTIVE HEALTH MANAGEMENT APPROACH.
UM, NUMBER SIX, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO SPONSOR OR CO-SPONSOR FEDERAL, STATE AND COMMUNITY GRANTS.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE PROHIBITED FROM DOING THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR JOB.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CAN'T DO.
AGAIN, THAT'S GETTING BACK TO THAT GRANT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WRITE YES.
FOR THE, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUND ONE I THINK, UH, THAT WOULD ASSIST, BUT THAT MEANS STOP, FISHERS GOT THE SIGN AND WE DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN SIGN IT YET MM-HMM.
AND WE GOTTA GO UP TO THE HIGHER UPS FOR THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT JUST, JUST, WE WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.
UM, ALSO WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE ASH ACTION STEPS THAT WERE PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF ULMAN TO EACH, UM, WORK GROUP.
MAKE SURE THAT WE, WHAT WE BEGIN, UM, TO ACCOMPLISH AND ATTAIN THOSE, THOSE ACTION STEPS.
WE'RE TAKING A ROAD TRIP TO DURHAM.
ME AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THEY HAVE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER UP IN DURHAM.
AND INSTEAD OF RECREATING A WILL, WE GONNA GO SEE HOW THEY DO IT.
AND TRY TO FIT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY SAY ADAPT, DON ADAPT.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT GOOD THINGS THEY'RE DOING AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO LEARN FROM THEM.
UM, THE GROWING PAINS THAT THEY'VE HAD.
IT'S JUST SO HARD GETTING, UH, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PATRICIA, YOU KNOW, FROM OUT THAT BUILDING.
EVERY TIME I THROW A DATE I CAN'T DO IT.
THIS, SO I PUT THIS IN PUBLIC NEXT TIME I'M GONNA ASK YOU IF I SAY YES.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, LASTLY, UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THE PROGRAMMING ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER TO INCLUDE RECOMMENDED HEALTH SERVICES, PREVENTIVE SERVICES IN-KIND PERSONNEL PROVIDED BY OUR PARTNERS, UM, WHO THEY NEED TO BE HOUSED WHEN THEY'RE HERE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
UH, HEALTH WELLNESS CENTER AND DEFINITELY, UH, PASTOR ROYALS, UH, ENTITY OVER IN DEATH FIELD.
UM, AND, AND TALKING WITH SOME STAKEHOLDERS, THEY WERE ELATED, UM, THAT IF THEY LIVED OVER THERE NEAR JT, BARBARA, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE HEALTH WELLNESS CENTER.
SO WE'LL BE HAVING A FOLLOW UP MEETING AFTER THAT MEETING POSSIBLY NEXT WEEK WITH, UH,
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PASTOR ROY ORMAN, WILLIAM AS WELL.UM, AND A COUPLE OTHER, UH, PEOPLE HAVE CONTACTED ME AND WHEN THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH YOU, AND I'LL GIVE YOU THOSE NAMES, UH, AFTERWARDS.
SO SEE Y'ALL, YOU ALREADY HAD ON WRITTEN.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ON HAVING AN ONSITE PORTAL THAT WOULD BE LINKED WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERS, UH, TO WHERE YOU CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT THERE AT THE ONSITE PORTAL WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO, TO THESE PLACES? UH, THAT THEY COULD LINK YOU UP AND YOU COULD JUST GO TO THE WELLNESS CENTER AND, UH, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE PHONE FOR 30 MINUTES OR WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT IN PERSON AND HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROMPTS.
UH, CAUSE SOME OF THE ELDERLY ARE NOT THAT PATIENT OR WELL VERSED IN GOING ONLINE AND MAKING THEIR OWN APPOINTMENTS.
UH, BUT IF THEY HAVE SOMEONE THERE IN FRONT OF 'EM, UH, THAT THEY CAN AGREE WITH AND AGREE ON THE TIME AND THE DAY, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR A LOT OF WHAT WE DO NEED, WHETHER IT BE MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, CRAVEN, COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OR ANY OTHER SPECIALTY, UH, PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT WERE, UH, UH, SENT TO, UH, KIP.
UH, WHEN WE, WHEN, WHEN THEY ASKED FOR SPECS FOR THE BUILDING AND, AND SOME OF THAT THING, THEY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ACTUAL, EVERYTHING'S DIGITIZED.
NOW REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR, IT WAS ALL PAPER, PENCIL ON THAT CLIPBOARD.
SO ALL THEY NEEDED WAS A SECURE ROOM SO THAT THEY COULD PUT THEIR COMPUTERS AND RUN THE WIRING AND THIS AND THAT.
THE NURSES THAT ARE THERE FROM ACTUALLY THE ACTUAL NURSE, CAUSE WE HAVE INTERNS THERE AS WELL, BUT THE CERTIFIED NURSE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT COMPONENT FOR US AND RANGE, UH, FOR WHEN WE, AND WE'RE STILL, WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF SECURING IT.
WE'VE GOT CAROLINA EAST WITH US NOW, SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A DOCTOR LIKE THEY DO OVER AT MERCY CLINIC, COME OVER ONCE A DAY, HOPEFULLY ON THURSDAY.
AND WHILE WE'RE SEEING AND DOING THE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AND BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS AND THOSE TYPE OF, UH, TVS TYPE DEALS, THEY CAN SET UP AND TRULY NEED TO SEE A DOCTOR, THEY CAN SET THAT UP FOR THURSDAY AND THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE APPOINTMENTS DURING THAT TIME.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, FOR COMMISSIONER WALLACE ALMAN, ROYAL ALMAN FRI NO.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS, UH, TONIGHT, ATTORNEY OR STAFF? NOTHING TONIGHT, MADAM CHAIR.
IS THERE A NEED FOR CLOSED SESSION? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, MA'AM.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? OKAY.
THANK YOU EVERYONE ALL HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.