[1. Call to order and Welcome.]
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ALL RIGHT, ARE READY TO GO.I'M GONNA CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH A ROLL CALL SET.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT UH, COMMISSIONER MORGAN SENT ME A TEXT THIS AFTERNOON AND WANTED TO EXPRESS HI HIS APOLOGY TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR NOT BEING HERE THIS EVENING, AS DID COMMISSIONER PROCTER AS WELL.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE EXCUSED, BUT MADAM CHAIR, WE DO HAVE FOUR.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT GETTING THROUGH THE MINUTES QUICK.
I KNOW EVERYBODY WAS UNDER PRESSURE, SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TAKING THE TIME TO READ THOSE CLOSED SESSION MINUTES.
[3. Approve the Agenda.]
UM, BUT THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS APPROVE THE AGENDA.YOU SEE IT ON THE COVER OF YOUR PACKET.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
CAN I GET A MOTION? SOME OF SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
ALL OPPOSED? OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES.
[4. Approval of Minutes (November) ]
UM, NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE, UM, CLOSED SESSION MINUTES THAT WE READ.I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.
UM, I WANNA ASK THE QUESTION IF SOMEONE HAD A, A MARK OR A CHANGE TO BE MADE, DOES THAT NEED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE APPROVAL OF THE MOTION? YEAH.
IF THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS MADE ON THE MINUTES, IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW STAFF TO INCORPORATE THOSE COMMENTS INTO, UM, THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR EVERYBODY TO REVIEW.
THAT WAY EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE MINUTES.
SO THE MOTION SHOULD BE APPROVED THE, UH, CLOSED SESSION MINUTES WITH ANY NECESSARY NECESSARY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS.
YOU COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES THAT YOU SAW TONIGHT.
ALTERNATIVELY, IF THERE HAVE BEEN COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, YOU CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT CLOSED SESSION MINUTES AT YOUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING.
THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE COMMENTS.
AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT COMMENTS WERE MADE WERE THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY WROTE THE COMMENTS AND EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THE MINUTES SAY, IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AT THE NEXT MEETING.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, I'LL TAKE MY MOTION OFF THE TABLE.
AND YOU SAID YOU ARE VOTED TO APPROVE ITEMS THAT YOU MAY NOT LIKE AND THAT, SO YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST IT.
THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THAT THE MEETING MINUTES, UM, DOCUMENTED WHAT WAS SAID IN CLOSED SESSION.
OBJECT THAT THEY DOCUMENTED IT.
BUT THAT MOTION HAS BEEN REMOVED.
IT HAS BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, HELPED US WITH THERE.
AND I GUESS LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION WHERE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
DID ANYONE MAKE ANY CHANGES? YOU DON'T SAY WHAT THEY ARE, BUT DID ANYONE FEEL TO CHANGE THE TEXT? I DID A GRAMMATICAL YEAH, WELL, A GRAMMATICAL AND A NOTE OF AN ATTACHMENT NOT BEING THERE.
I MEAN, NOTHING, NO CONTEXTUAL CHANGES.
I DIDN'T THINK THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME CHANGES IN THOSE MINUTES.
SO YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY REFLECTED THE DISCUSSION? THERE WASN'T A VOTE AND IT DID REFLECT THE CLOSED SESSIONS? IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ASKING ME, YES.
AND THAT, THAT IS REALLY, UH, IT'S, IT'S, I KNOW THE STEPS.
THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS IN THERE, BUT WE'RE JUST APPROVING THAT THEY SAID WHAT WAS THAT? THEY DOCUMENTED WHAT WAS SAID.
UH, WE MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CLOSED SESSION MEETING WAS, IS TO BE APPROVED ON WHAT WAS SAID AT THAT CLOSED SESSION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I THINK JUST FOR CLARITY FOR MR. DI, I THINK THE REASON I TOOK THE MOTION OFF THE TABLE, WHICH IS SAYING WHEN YOU GOT, IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS THAT WOULD BE TO BE ADDED TO IT, THEN WE WOULD GET THE CORRECT MINUTES AGAIN.
SO PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE A MOTION MADE TO REVIEW THE, THE MINUTES AGAIN
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NEXT SESSION.WELL, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE AT THIS POINT TO APPROVE THE CLOSED SESSION MINUTES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED.
I THINK AT THIS POINT WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT MOTION'S GONNA HAVE A SECOND.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MOTION DIED? NO.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO PUT FORTH ANOTHER MOTION AT THIS POINT? IF, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO AMEND THE MINUTES, AS THOSE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED, THEY CAN RECIRCULATE CLOSED SESSION MINUTES BEFORE YOUR NEXT MEETING AND YOU CAN RECONSIDER CLOSED SESSION MINUTES AT THAT TIME.
SO WE DO WE NEED, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF? NO, NO.
THEN I BELIEVE THAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION TO, UM, REVIEW THOSE AFTER YOU'VE INCORPORATED THE CHANGES.
SO NOW WE WILL START THE MEETING IN, UM, MADAM CHAIR.
I, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE, THE MINUTES FROM THE OPEN SESSION NOVEMBER, UH, MEETINGS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR, TO YOUR AGENDA AS WELL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THEY ARE IN OUR PACKET, AREN'T THEY? UH, I NEVER GOT THESE UNTIL YOU HANDED 'EM OUT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
THEY WERE IN THE EMAIL THAT WAS SENT LAST WEEK.
OH, I PRINTED ALL THAT AND THERE'S NO MINUTES, ANY MINUTES IN THAT.
'CAUSE I LOOKED HARDER FOR 'EM, BUT, OKAY.
I MEAN, YOUR, THE DRAFT AGENDA YOU SENT OUT LAST WEEK? MM-HMM.
WELL, THEY, THEY, I'M SORRY THEY DIDN'T PRINT OUT.
YOU KNOW, DID, DID YOU GET 'EM JULIUS? I CAN'T OPEN NOTHING AND Z SENDS ME
I DO NOT HAVE 'EM IN THAT PACKET EITHER.
THEY WEREN'T, BUT THEY WERE HANDED OUT TONIGHT.
IT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND REVIEW THEM.
WE REVIEW, WE, WE CAN, UM, VOTE ON ALL OF THEM IN JANUARY.
I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO EVERYONE REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO LOOK AT THE CLOSED SESSION MINUTES AGAIN.
[5. Guiding Principles]
OF MINUTES.LET'S GO OVER, LET'S BE OF ON ACCORD NOW AND DO OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
UM, AND I WILL START, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE GOODS IN YOUR HAND, MR. DILL HUNT.
I'LL LET YOU START WITH NUMBER ONE, PREPARE, PRESENT FUTURE EQUAL TIME, RESPECT OTHERS' OPINIONS, LISTEN TO BILL CONSENSUS, SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION, PUBLIC PERCEPTION, STAY FOCUSED, BE ACTION ORIENTED.
AND EVERYBODY TOGETHER, I BELIEVE ONE TIME BELIEVE.
UM, NOW IS OUR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I DO WANNA REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THERE IS A FOUR MINUTE LIMIT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT IS, WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD THIS EVENING? NOPE.
[7. Consider Amending Purchase agreement: a. 209 Bryant Street]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS TO CONSIDER AMENDING A PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR 2 0 9 BRYANT STREET.AND THIS, UM, I BELIEVE THIS ITEM IS A PROPERTY THAT WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED.
AND THE REASON WE WANT TO AMEND, UM, THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT IS THAT THE TIME HAS GONE ON BEFORE THE PERSON ACTUALLY HAD THE PROPERTY.
WITHOUT TAKE POSSESSION OF IT.
I DON'T, THERE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE DE UM, GO AHEAD AND, AND I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT.
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
SO AS YOU RECALL, UM, MR. CE DIGGS MADE AN OFFICE OF PURCHASE AND WAS THE FINAL HIGHEST BIDDER FOR 2 0 9 BRIAN STREET SOME TIME AGO.
UM, THERE WAS IN HIS OFFICE OF PURCHASE, HE HAD 30 DAYS TO SETTLE OR CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY FROM, UM, THE DATE THAT THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN GAVE THEIR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE SALE.
MR. DIGS AND DOING HIS DUE DILIGENCE IS MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INVESTMENT HE'S GOING TO MAKE IN IMPROVING THESE PROPERTIES.
WENT TO SEEK TITLE INSURANCE FOR THE PROPERTY AND, UM, WAS NOTIFIED OF A DEFECT IN TITLE.
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM FOR YOU ALL.
'CAUSE YOU CONVEYED THE PROPERTY BY QUICK CLAIM DEEDED.
UM, BUT IN ORDER FOR MR. DEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, AS CONTEMPLATED HE WOULD NEED TO HAVE TITLE INSURANCE AND HE HAS TO, TO QUIET, UM, TO CLEAN UP THE CHAIN OF TITLE TO, TO PUT IT SIMPLY.
UM, AND HE'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT VERY
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SOON.SO WHAT HE HAS REQUESTED, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MR. HUFF, IS THAT YOU ALL CAN CONSIDER AMENDING THE DEEDED, UM, THAT YOU ALL PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TO EITHER REMOVE OR EXTEND THE TIME IT WOULD TAKE FOR HIM TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK HE HAS FORECASTED THAT HE HAS EITHER RETAINED OR IS IN THE PROCESS, IN THE PROCESS OF RETAINING AN ATTORNEY TO HELP HIM CLEAN UP THE CHAIN OF TITLE AND WOULD NEED SOME TIME FOR THAT ACTION TO GO FORWARD BEFORE HE CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK THE TERM THAT IS IN THE DEEDED IS 12 MONTHS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AM I RIGHT MR. HUFF? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 12 MONTHS.
SO THE PATH FORWARD FOR YOU ALL IS TO GIVE US SOME INSTRUCTION ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS AN AMENDMENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN.
SO OPTION ONE IS TO, UM, REMOVE THE PROVISION IN THE DEEDED, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT REQUIRES CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD.
OPTION B IS TO AMEND THAT CONDITION TO EXTEND THAT TIME PERIOD BEYOND 12 MONTHS TO SOME OTHER NUMBER.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO CONTACT MR. DIGS ATTORNEY TO GET SOME MORE CLARITY ABOUT WHAT TIMEFRAMES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, OR YOU CAN DO NOTHING IF THAT.
IF, IF THAT IS THE CASE, IF YOU'RE STICKING BY THE 12 MONTH TIMEFRAME, IT MAY BE THAT MR. DIGGS IS UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AS PLANNED.
SO STAFF IS SOLICITING SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE MAJORITY OF THESE MEMBERS, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO TAKE STEPS TO EFFECTUATE WHATEVER IS YOUR PLEASURE.
AND, AND YOU SAID THAT THE, UM, MR. DIGGS HAS ALREADY HIRED AN ATTORNEY TO HELP.
SO WOULD ONE OF OUR OPTIONS BE TO START THE CLOCK, SO TO SPEAK ONCE THAT TITLE HAS BEEN CLEARED? IT, IT CAN.
AND I THINK MR. DUKES HAS FORECASTED A TIME PERIOD THAT IS AROUND 36 MONTHS.
I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THAT'S A 36 MONTHS.
I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THAT'S A FIRM NUMBER, I'M NOT SURE, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN INVESTIGATE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE FOR HIM TO QUIET TYLER AT LEAST COMMENCE THAT PROCEEDINGS AND BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU.
SO YOU ALL HAVE SOME MORE FACTS TO CONSIDER ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THIS REQUEST? I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALSO, UH, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMISSION, THAT THE ON THE TITLE, UH, WILL BE THERE AND THE THE SIGNIFICANT COSTS AND UM, AND TIME, UH, WILL, WILL NOT ONLY BE BE SPENT.
NOW IT'S NOT A BIG SPECIFIC PROBLEM.
IT'S A TITLE SPECIFIC PROBLEM.
SO, SO REMEDYING THIS PROBLEM WILL NEED TO HAPPEN AND IT WILL TAKE, UH, UH, A PROLONGED AMOUNT OF TIME TO DO IT NO MATTER WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT STARTS.
AND, AND THEN THE END RESULT, JUST FOR CLARITY, IF WE DON'T DO NOTHING, WE DON'T AMEND IT.
DOES THE PROPERTY, UM, COME BACK TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION? MM-HMM.
SO ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD WHO WOULD WANT TO BUY THIS PROPERTY WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN GETTING TITLE INSURANCE MAY EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUE? MM-HMM.
MR. STRICKLAND LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A QUESTION.
WELL, I MEAN, I'VE GOT TWO DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF ME.
ONE IS, I GUESS A PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT SAYS TO EXTEND THE SETTLEMENT.
YOU CAN DISREGARD BOTH OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.
THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL CLARITY PROVIDED TODAY ABOUT MR. DIGS SPECIFIC REQUESTS.
SO THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, UM, WERE BASED ON SOME PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS FOR YOU ALL TO GIVE STAFF SOME INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT, WHAT YOUR PLEASURE IS AND WHAT, IF ANY INFORMATION YOU WOULD NEED IN ORDER TO, UM, CONSIDER HIS, HIS REQUEST FOR.
SO THERE'S NO DESIRE TO GO FORWARD WITH PURCHASING THE PROPERTY NOW AND SETTLING THAT UP.
HE JUST WANTS TO, WE JUST NEED BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO MEET OUR BUILDING REQUIREMENTS.
BUT HOW MUCH TIME THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REPORT BACK TO YOU.
I MEAN, 36 MONTHS IS A KIND OF A SHOCKER.
UH, HOW, HOW DID, HOW DOES THIS IMPACT, IF IT DOES AT ALL THE, UH, WEST STREET PROPERTY THAT HE ALSO BOUGHT, THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 24 MONTHS? UH, I BELIEVE THE WEST STREET
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PROPERTY HAS BEEN FORFEIT HAS BEEN WHAT? FORFEIT IT IS BACK TO US.MADAM CHAIRMAN, MY RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ISSUE IS THAT, UH, WE WOULD EXTEND THE TIME FOR ONE YEAR AND AFTER ONE YEAR, UH, KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THIS GENTLEMAN IS.
AND IF IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE'S NO MOVEMENT IN IT, THEN UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO GET THE PROPERTY BACK.
WE'RE GIVING HIM EXTENSION OF ANOTHER YEAR TO IRON OUT SOME THINGS.
AND IF THERE'S NO MOVE ON IT WITHIN A YEAR, IT LETS ME KNOW EITHER HE CAN'T DO IT OR HE'S NOT PUSHING TO GET IT DONE.
THREE, THREE YEARS TO ME SEEING A LONG TIME.
IT DOES, IT DOES THREE YEARS AND THREE YEARS MAY NOT BE HIS ASK.
THAT WAS JUST A PROJECTION THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME THE QUIET TITLE PROCESS COULD TAKE.
IT MAY BE THAT HE CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BEFORE THAT TITLE, THAT THAT PROCESS IS COMPLETED.
BUT BEFORE WE INVESTIGATE FURTHER, IF YOUR APPETITE IS TO NOT MAKE ANY AMENDMENT, THAT'S GOOD FOR US TO KNOW.
WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPEND THAT TIME AND RESOURCES.
BUT IF YOUR APPETITE IS TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE MR. DIGS IN SOME REGARD, THEN WE CAN FURTHER INVESTIGATE AND GET SOME INFORMATION TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FIRM REQUEST FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
AND ANY PARTICULAR REASON FOR FORFEITING ACT 21? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO GET IT FOR YOU.
I MEAN, THAT WAS A PACKAGE DEAL THAT WE APPROVED WITH THE PURPOSE OF GETTING TWO HOUSES CREATED, ONE FOR RESIDENTS AND THE OTHER FOR, UH, RENTAL PROPERTY, UH, FOR LOW AND MODERATE AND INCOME FAMILIES.
AND HE'S GIVEN UP ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING A YEAR SHOULD GIVE US AN IDEA IF THIS GENTLEMAN SINCERE ABOUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
WELL, I THINK I, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF IT, DIRECT STAFF TO GET A SPECIFIC DATE FOR US TO CONSIDER.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALL SITTING UP HERE WITH NOTHING BUT CONJECTURE RIGHT NOW.
AND, BUT IF IT'S ONLY FOR A YEAR, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONSIDERATION FOR US TO DEAL WITH.
WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF SHOOTING IN THE DARK RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, UH, FOR THAT.
AND, AND YOU ALSO BRING UP A GOOD POINT.
IT WAS, UM, UH, A PACKAGE DEAL.
WE HAD, THERE WERE TWO LOTS INVOLVED.
SO I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO ALSO INVESTIGATE IF THIS IS THE, A LOT HE'S PLANNING TO USE FOR HIS PERSONAL RESIDENCE OR WILL IS THIS ONE.
HE WOULD THEN BE WANTING TO RENT AS AN INVESTMENT.
AND, AND JUST AS A POINT OF CLARITY, YOU ALL ADOPTED SEPARATE, RECOMMEND SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS TO INITIATE THE UPSET BID AND ULTIMATELY APPROVE THE SALE OF THESE PROPERTIES INDIVIDUALLY.
SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING A PACKAGE DEAL, YOU MAY WANT TO REFLECT UPON THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ANALY, THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL INCLUDED BOTH PROPERTIES.
BUT YOUR PROCESSES FOR SELLING THEM WERE SEPARATE.
AND I'LL DEFINITELY GET SOME, UH, GET SOME FEEDBACK AS TO WHY THE FORFEITURE HAPPENED.
IT MIGHT BE THE SAME KIND OF TITLE DEFECTS.
UM, AND HE COULD TAKE ONE, BUT HE COULDN'T TAKE BOTH.
UH, SO RATHER THAN SIT HERE AND, AND HAVE MORE CONJECTURE, LET, LEMME GET SOME CLARITY AND I'LL, I'LL REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
BUT I AM HEARING COMMISSIONERS EXPRESS, UM, INTEREST IN HAVING STAFF LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE WERE STILL WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HELP MR. DIGGS WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION TONIGHT, A MOTION FOR AN AMEN AGREEMENT.
WE JUST WANT YOU TO FIND OUT A BETTER TIMEFRAME AND MAYBE THE USE OF THAT PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE JAMIE OR ZAB TO FIND OUT? NOTHING THERE, MR. GIL HUNT.
[8. Consider accepting a Request to Purchase: a. 808 Bern Street PID: 8-007-327 b. 810 Bern Street PID: 8-007-328]
ALL RIGHT.AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING A REQUEST TO PURCHASE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, UM, FROM SOMEONE WHO IS LOOKING TO, TO PURCHASE 8 0 8 BURN STREET AND EIGHT 10 BURN STREET.
AND I HAVE HAVE MET THIS GENTLEMAN EARLIER ON SITE AND ONLY KNOW HIM AS ANTHONY.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE LAST NAME.
AND I DO BELIEVE, UM, HIS FRIEND PHIL, IS HERE TO TELL US THE POTENTIAL FOR THE PROPERTY.
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UH, I'LL MAKE IT AS, UH, UH, QUICKLY AS I CAN.UH, ANTONIO WANTS TO BUILD A, UH, WE SENT YOU A SIMPLE SKETCH.
IS IT IN OUR PACKET TONIGHT? YES.
IT'S IN THE STUFF WE JUST GOT.
AND TONY, WE HAVE, UH, ANTONIO LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY.
AND THE, UH, HOME THAT HE'S GONNA BUILD THERE IS FOR HIS SON WHO'S ALSO WITH US TONIGHT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE, I'M SURE HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU, THEN UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I, I DID NOT MEAN TO GIVE SUCH A BAD, UM, INTRODUCTION, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO MISPRONOUNCE ANTONIO'S LAST NAME.
CAN YOU TELL ME YOU WANT TO STEP UP HERE AND TELL ME? SU SU AND IT IS HARD FOR ME.
SO, SO WE HAVE A PLAN AND, UM, ANTONIO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET, CORRECT? YES.
AND SO HE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS HOME.
AND OF COURSE HE WOULD LIKE TO, THE GOOD TIME OF YEAR FOR HIM TO GET STARTED ON THE CONSTRUCTION IS LIKE FEBRUARY, MARCH.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW FAST THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S SORT OF HIS PLAN IS TO GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, HE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET, SO HE WANTS TO WORK ON IT AS QUICKLY AS HE CAN AND AS MUCH AS HE CAN.
WELL, AND I WILL, UM, PROVIDE A LITTLE CLARITY ON OUR PROCESS.
AND JAMIE, YOU INTERRUPT ME IF I SAY ANYTHING WRONG PLEASE.
BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT'S A TIME FOR THE COMMISSION TO HEAR THE PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY AND, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER IT MEETS THE PLANS WE HAVE IN THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT GOES TO THE HOUSING WORK GROUP TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT AND THEN BRING A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO, UM, THE COMMISSION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS STILL THE PROCESS WE HAVE IN PLACE.
UM, SO THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, EVERYBODY WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS.
THEN THE HOUSING WORK GROUP WOULD BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR, UM, THE BOARD TO APPROVE.
AND ONCE THE BOARD MAKES A RECOMMENDATION OR APPROVES, UM, ACCEPTING THE OFFER THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED, THEN UM, THE PROCESS WOULD GO THROUGH THE UPSET BID PROCESS.
THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT'S PUBLISHED, AND ANYONE IN THE WORLD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPSET THAT BID IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
AND THEN THE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER WHOEVER THE FINAL HIGHEST BIDDER IS, UM, AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE SALE AT THAT TIME.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR AN ANTONIO? AND I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, OFFICER FOR CLARITY, LOOKING AT THE DRAWING THAT WE HAD, THE, THE NICE SKETCH WITH THE HOUSE SHOWN ON IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONE LOT, IT'S REALLY TWO SMALL LOTS THAT WOULD ONLY ACCOMMODATE ONE HOUSE.
THAT'S WHY THESE WE'RE ASKING FOR BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER.
AND, AND YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEM COMBINED INTO ONE LOT.
YEAH, WE, WE WILL HAVE TO, WE WILL HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN, THAT'S A PRETTY EASY FIX OR SO I'M TOLD I DON'T KNOW THAT PROCESS YET.
I JUST KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO BE HERE FIRST BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND IT IS, UH, UM, ENCOURAGING, YOU KNOW, TO THERE, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PERSON WHO WANTS TO BUILD THE HOUSE AND HE IS A BUILDER AND HE HAS A VERY NICE HOME RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THAT HE HAS TAKEN A HOUSE THAT WAS, UM, IN DISREPAIR AND MADE IT A VERY LOVELY HOME.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW TOO, THAT THIS MAN HAS THE SKILLSET TO DO THAT, TO DEDICATE TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT THAT HE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET.
ANYONE ON THE COMMISSION? STEVE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, JUST REAL QUICK, BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE FOR A PRIOR OFFER LIKE THIS, COULD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE AN ATTORNEY? UH, I LIKE THE CONDITIONS THAT WE TYPICALLY ATTACH
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TO THESE PROPERTIES WHENEVER YOU SELL THEM.I, JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH THAT ONE.
SO, UM, THIS PUBLIC BODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTACH CONDITIONS OR RESTRICTED COVENANTS TO THE CONVEYANCE.
UM, SOME OF THE COVENANTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST ARE A TIME TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
UM, OTHER RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UM, COULD INCLUDE, UM, WHETHER IT'S TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING OR A MULTI-FAMILY, TO, UM, ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE CONVEYANCE MIRROR THE PLANS THAT ARE BEING FORECASTED BEFORE YOU ALL.
AND THOUGH IF THERE ARE ANY CONDITIONS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, THOSE CONDITIONS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND WILL BE SUBJECT FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BID ON THIS PROJECT.
COMMISSIONER BRYANT, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. HEDRICK? NO.
IS THERE ANY DOCUMENT THAT SIMPLIFIES THIS PROCESS THAT THEY COULD HAVE IN HAND? I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO LISTEN INTENSELY AND FOLLOW THE PATH OF WHAT IS REQUIRED, BUT DOES THIS COMMISSION HAVE, DO A DOCUMENT THAT IS READER FRIENDLY? MM-HMM.
AND SO I, I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THERE'S SOME DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT CAN REALLY BE READER FRIENDLY, THAT CITIZENS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT THEMSELVES AND UNDERSTAND PROTOCOLS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE, THERE'S A LINK TO, UH, THE ADOPTIVE PROCEDURE PROTOCOL, UH, FOR, UH, PROCURING, UH, PROPERTY, REAL PROPERTY FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY BLESSED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH THESE FINE FOLKS AND TALK OVER THEIR, UH, THEIR PLAN.
UH, SO WE, WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THIS AND, AND THEY DO KNOW THE PLEASURE OF, OF THE COMMISSION AND THE, AND, AND THE, UH, PROCEDURES, UH, THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED.
YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND PROTOCOL, HOW TO MOVE FORWARD? YES, MA'AM.
AND MADAM CHAIR, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF BEING HELPFUL FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING OR LISTENING TO THE MEETING, UM, THEY CAN GO TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS ON THE CITY OF NEW BERN'S WEBSITE.
AND THE LINK THAT MR. HUFF IS REFERRING TO IS, UM, TITLED GUIDELINES FOR PURCHASING, UM, PROPERTY IN THE RE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UM, I'M SORRY, GUIDELINES FOR PURCHASING REDEVELOPMENT, COMMISSION OWNED PROPERTY.
IF YOU CLICK ON THAT HYPERLINK, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO A PDF DOCUMENT THAT IS LOADING CURRENTLY.
UM, THAT HAS LITERALLY STEP-BY-STEP ENUMERATED, UM, STEPS OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND AN ESTIMATED, UH, TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN MR. HUFF IS ALWAYS A RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN INTERESTING PROJECT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, HEARING WHAT THE HOUSING WORK GROUP HAS TO SAY AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
DO YOU NEED US ANYMORE TONIGHT OR IF NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO NOT.
SO YOU DON'T MIND IF WE WE'RE EXCUSED? YOU ARE EXCUSED.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MERRY.
[9. Housing Working Group Report]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE IS THE HOUSING WORK GROUP REPORT.AND THAT IS YOU MR. EGAL? YEAH.
UH, THE HOUSING WORK GROUP MET, UM, ON THE SIXTH OF, UH, DECEMBER AND HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION ON SEVERAL TOPICS.
AND WE STARTED WITH, UH, GETTING UPDATES ON ONGOING PROJECTS.
WE DISCUSSED THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, UH, WITH THE CCB CDBG ISSUES, UH, ON THE EUBANK STREET HOUSE AND CONVEYING THAT TO HABITAT.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE WALT BELLAMY STREET HOUSING PROJECT, UM, AND, UH, SAID WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT I THINK IN HIS REPORT FOR A STATUS REPORT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS, BUT, UM, AND READ IT TO YOU, BUT IT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE DEMOLITION OF THE THREE HOUSES ON A STREET WEST, A STREET, UH, AND WENT THROUGH
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AND WE DID SOME ANALYSIS OF, OF PAST COST, UH, RELATED TO THAT AND, UH, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM PRICES TODAY.AND, AND ZB WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK INTO THAT FOR US AND GET CLARITY FOR DEMOLITION COST.
UH, WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL POTENTIAL SITES OF INTEREST, I THINK IS THE PROPER TERM, UH, THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, TO RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE 8 0 8 AND EIGHT 10 BURN STREET, KNOWING THAT IT WAS GONNA BE COMING UP SOON.
AND THE, THE GOOD THING WAS THAT AT THAT TIME, UH, AFTER THAT, BETH AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS.
AND AT OUR NEXT MEETING THAT WILL BE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO, TO ENUMERATE THE COVENANTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS PROCESS.
UM, I DO NOT THINK SINCE, UH, COMMISSIONER MORGAN'S HERE, NOT HERE, THAT WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING GROUP REPORT OR A WELLNESS WORKING GROUP REPORT TONIGHT, UM, WITH COMMISSIONER WALLACE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET A RULE OF PROCEDURE PROJECT GROUP UPDATE, AND I THINK SARAH WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO GIVE THAT ONE SO WE GET ONE MORE
UM, BUT I THINK WE'LL MOVE ON.
UM, AND COMMISSIONER PARHAM HAS LEFT THE ROOM.
HE WAS GOING TO GIVE US OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROJECT GROUP UPDATE.
MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST MOVE INTO THE NEW BUSINESS.
UH, I DO THINK, UH, E EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER PARHAM IN YOUR PACKET IS A PRELIMINARY, UH, DRAFT FOR, UH, A PROPOSED AGENDA FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT.
SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEND ANY COMMENTS TO COMMISSIONER PARHAM AND THAT PROJECT WORKING GROUP, THAT WOULD BE, UH, PROBABLY VERY APPRECIATED.
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OUR NEW BUSINESS, UH, WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE WALT, UH, PROJECT, UH, THIS MORNING.UH, THE CREW WAS THERE, UH, AND ALL THREE SLABS HAVE BEEN FORWARD.
WE ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR FRAMING TO BE DONE, UH, BY THE FIRST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE, UH, BY THE END OF THE MONTH, UH, IN JANUARY, UH, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE IM A GROUP HAS BEEN, UH, FABULOUS GROUP TO WORK WITH.
UH, VERY, VERY RESPONSIVE ANYTIME WE'VE HAD, UH, ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, AND WE DO HAVE POWER AT THE WALT FELONY SITE AS WELL.
UH, I'LL ADD TO THAT AS WELL, ZETH THAT I'VE RECEIVED ALL THE, UM, FINISHES FOR SELECTION, THE EXTERIOR VINYL ROOFING, INTERIOR PAINT FLOORING CABINETS, UM, AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE SELECTIONS AND GET THAT BACK TO THE CONTRACTOR.
SO THAT SHOULDN'T HOLD 'EM UP FOR ANY SPECIAL ORDERS.
HE, HE, HE RECEIVED THEM AND TOLD ME SO THIS MORNING.
UM, THE, UH, CO COMMISSIONER PARAGO, UH, MENTIONED CDBG.
UM, AND I THINK AT THIS POINT WHAT I, WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT PROCESS IS ONGOING AND, UH, WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HABITAT AND OUR, UH, CDBG COORDINATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE MOVING FORWARD.
AND AS SOON AS I HAVE, UH, ANY CONCRETE REPORT, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I UPDATE YOUR PERMISSION.
UM, AND I THINK UNLESS THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE 2024 MEETING CALENDAR THAT YOU ALL SAW LAST MEETING.
I DID HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS TO THAT DOCUMENT THAT I, UH, TWEAKED AND INCLUDED THEM IN YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND SO, UH, PLEASE THE PERMISSION I WOULD LOVE, UH, FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THAT MEETING CALENDAR SO THAT WE CAN POST OUR 2024 MEETINGS ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THEN IT IS IN THE CALENDAR, UM, WE, YOU'RE INCLUDING OUR REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RETREAT ON FEBRUARY 18TH.
IT, UH, AS DIRECTED, UH, FOR MY RECOLLEC MY RECOLLECTION, UH,
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THE SATURDAY, UH, IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE BUSINESS MEETING FOR, FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND THAT IT WAS THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION'S, UH, PLEASURE TO HAVE IT ON A SATURDAY SO THAT WE COULD DO A HALF A DAY RETREAT AND NOT TAKE UP EVERYONE'S EVENING.SO IS THAT A FIRM DATE? THAT'S THE SUNDAY 17TH.
COMMISSIONER STRICKLAND, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE.
SO I CAN MAKE THE AMENDMENT TO FEBRUARY 17TH AND NO PROBLEM.
MR. CLARK TAKE A MOTION IF WE APPROVE.
WAS THERE A TIME FOR THE SATURDAY RETREAT IN FEBRUARY? I WON'T.
I BELIEVE, UH, THE COMMISSION SPOKE ABOUT, UH, A NINE TO NINE TO THREE.
UH, AND THAT IS FOUND ON THE AGENDA THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PACKET.
BUT OTHERWISE THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED AS BEING PROPOSED FOR 2024 WOULD BE, UM, AT SIX O'CLOCK.
ALL THE OTHER MEETINGS OTHER THAN FEBRUARY, THAT'S CORRECT.
YEAH, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ADOPT IT PRESENTED CALENDAR FOR 2024, UH, WITH THE CHANGE THAT THE FEBRUARY MEETING IS ON THE 17TH AT 9:00 AM SECONDED.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL, VOTE, OR IS ALL IN FAVOR? VOICE VOTE IS FINE.
AND THE 2024 MEETING CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED WITH FEBRUARY 17TH TODAY.
AND MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A CALENDAR.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT, UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
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AND I DO BELIEVE, UM, THE LAST AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.WE DO NEED A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 1 43 3 18.
UM, POINT 11 A FIVE TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
YOU NEED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SECOND AND A SECOND, UM, TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
ALL OPPOSED, THE MOTION CARRIES.
AND WE WILL NOW ASK THE PUBLIC TO LEAVE AND GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
YOU CAN STAY RIGHT HERE, YOUR HONOR.