[1. Call to order and Welcome.]
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OKAY.I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER OF THE MARCH MEETING OF THE NEWBURN REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER JEREMY DILLA HUNT.
COMMISSIONER STEVE STRICKLAND.
COMMISSIONER JULIUS PAR PARHAM.
COMMISSIONER KIPP PARAGUAY CHAIR.
AND OUR EX OFFICIO MEMBERS ARE NOT PRESENT.
[3. Consider Approving the Agenda. ]
ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CONSIDER APPROVING THE AGENDA, WHICH WAS SENT OUT TO US.AND SO PARAY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND ANY OTHER CONVERSATION? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR? WE'RE APPROVING THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.
WE WILL WORK OFF OF THE EXISTING AGENDA.
[4. Consider Approving Minutes]
WE ALSO, IN OUR PACKETS THAT WE GOT, THERE WERE MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024.HOPE EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES.
ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? IF NOT OUR ENTERTAIN MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 15TH MEETING PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE A.
[5. Mission Statement and Guiding Principles]
NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.MR. STRICKLAND, WOULD YOU DO IT THE HONOR OF READING THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR US? YES, SIR.
THE NEWBURN REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
LEADING THE WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION AND IMPROVEMENT BY DIRECTLY ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN THE VITAL AREAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE COMMISSION IS COMMITTED TO AN ACCOUNTABLE, TRANSPARENT, AND PUBLICLY DRIVEN PROCESS.
SARAH, WILL YOU START US OFF WITH NUMBER ONE? SURE.
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE EQUAL TIME, RESPECT OTHERS' OPINIONS, LISTEN TO BUILD CONSENSUS, SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION, PUBLIC PERCEPTION, STAY FOCUSED.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSION, ARE LIMITED TO FOUR MINUTES.
SO IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? SEEING NO ONE APPROACHING THE PODIUM, WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
[7. New Business:]
HEY, NEW BUSINESS.WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THE PRESENT TIME UNDER NEW BUSINESS IS, UH, KIND OF REFLECT ON LAST, THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, WHICH, UH, WE JUST, WE CREATED SOME PROJECT TEAMS AND MAYBE HAVE SOME UPDATES ABOUT THE PROJECT TEAMS WHO WERE CREATED.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE, A STREET, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROJECT TEAM.
AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IS BASICALLY NOTHING AT PRESENT TIME WAITING FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE THREE HOUSES THAT EXIST ON THE PROPERTY.
IT WOULD BE, UH, WE FELT LIKE IT WOULD BE UNPRODUCTIVE TO ENGAGE IN SURVEYING AND SUCH ACTIVITIES, UH, WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING IN A BUNCH OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO DEMOLISH THREE HOUSES AND GET 'EM REMOVED AS WELL AS SOME TREES AND SO FORTH.
SO COME APRIL 1ST, THOSE HOUSES WILL BEGIN THE DEMOLITION PROCESS.
AND THE REASON WE'RE WAITING FOR APRIL 1ST IS IT GETS DONE AT NO EXPENSE TO THE REAL, TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
SO THAT IS THE PROCESS AND, AND THE REASONING BEHIND THE LACK OF ACTIVITY AT THE PRESENT TIME.
THE THING THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WHEN WE DO GET STARTED, UM,
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AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO GO BACK AND I WILL RESUBMIT A BUDGET FOR THAT PROJECT, AND MAYBE WE CAN APPROVE THE BUDGET SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT 30 DAYS TO COME UP WITH A, AN APPROVAL FOR A SURVEYOR OR SOME OTHER PROCESSES SO THAT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO GO STEP BY STEP MONTH BY MONTH IN, IN THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
AND ANYHOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THE A A STREET PROJECT.
UM, MR. DILLA HUNT WAS GOING TO, UM, UH, EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES ON FIRST AVENUE AND HE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING TO REPORT.
AND THERE WAS THE BLOOMFIELD SITE.
UH, AND WE GOT SOME INFORMATION BACK.
THERE IS SOMEONE HOMICIDE IN THAT, IN THAT DWELLING.
UM, AND, UH, WE KIND OF STOPPED THERE ONCE WE REALIZED THEY WERE ACTUALLY LIVING THERE.
UM, WE, ME AND ZEV DID BRAINSTORM SOME, UH, SOME IDEAS REGARDING THAT.
UM, BUT THAT'LL, THAT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.
MAYBE A, UH, MAYBE WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, HOPEFULLY IF IT, THIS ALL HAPPENS.
UM, BUT IF THAT HAPPENS, MAYBE WE COULD WORK SOMETHING OUT WHERE WE COULD ACQUIRE THOSE SOMEHOW.
SO WE DID ESTABLISH THOSE THREE, UH, PROJECT TEAMS AND THERE WAS A FOURTH THAT WAS RECOMMENDED, WHICH WAS A REVIEW OF, UH, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT WE APPLY TO REDEVELOPMENT PROPERTY WHEN IT'S SOLD, UH, TO REVIEW THEM AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EVER SIGNED UP FOR THAT, BUT HAS ANYBODY HAD ANY CONSIDERATION OR RE THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT PROCESS? I THOUGHT WE DIRECTED LIKE STAFF TO RESEARCH BEFORE WE FORM OR JUST SORT OF SEE THE FEASIBILITY OF, UM, SUGGESTIONS BEFORE WE FORM THAT.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO, I'M HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T, I THOUGHT WE TALKED ABOUT DOING RESEARCH FIRST BEFORE WE FORMED THE COMMITTEE OR THE GROUP.
SO THE, THE, UM, THE MAIN THING THAT WE WERE CONCERNED WITH IN, IN THAT WAS THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, UH, RESTRICTION, UH, THAT, THAT WE PUT ON EVERYTHING.
AND SO I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND, UH, IN, IN CONVERSATION AND I'M HAPPY TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU, UH, THIS WEEK AND, AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO PRESENT.
UH, BUT, UH, I DON'T, I I DON'T SEE THAT WE'RE DOING ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDS OF WHAT REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS ARE ALLOWED TO DO.
SO, UH, THERE'S NO MAJOR CHANGE THAT I FEEL IS NECESSARY.
BUT AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE MY RESEARCH WITH YOU ALL.
YEAH, I, I, I GUESS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I, I KIND OF ENVISIONED, UH, A A MENU OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT ARE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO USE, THAT WE COULD PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN THEY WERE APPROPRIATE TO THAT PARTICULAR IN, UH, INDIVIDUAL PIECE OF PROPERTY RATHER THAN HAVING A ONE SINGULAR BOILER PLATE, BOILER PLATE, UH, APPROACH TO IT.
AND I THINK THAT IF, IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A LAUNDRY LIST, UH, OF, OF PERSPECTIVE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, AGAIN, THAT ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE INDIVIDUAL PIECE OF PROPERTY RATHER THAN ONE SIZE ONE, ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
I I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT GO.
UM, ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS THAT A ONE WANTS TO BRING BEFORE US, THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEW BUSINESS? OR IS IT, THAT IS THE NEXT ITEM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS IT.
[8. Consider accepting Health and Wellness Agreement]
UH, NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS AGREEMENT THAT WAS SENT OUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.AND, UH, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO ONE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR MONTHS, SEVERAL MONTHS NOW.
AND IF MAYBE, UH, JAMIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE THAT CONVERSATION REGARDING THIS DOCUMENT? SURE.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MR. VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA.
PACKAGE IS A DOCUMENT THAT, UM, YOU HAVE SEEN, UM, PREVIOUSLY IT'S CAPTURED AGREEMENT.
IT'S A PROPOSED, UM, AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND CAROLINA EAST HEALTH SYSTEM.
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ALL ARE AWARE THAT LAST EVENING AT YOUR DIRECTION, UM, MR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MR. WALLACE AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CAROLINA EAST MADE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.I'M SURE EITHER MR. HUFF OR MR. WALLACE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A DEEPER DIVE INTO THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, BUT THIS, THIS AGREEMENT COULD, UM, FORMALIZE THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND CAROLINA EAST HEALTH SYSTEM AS IT RELATES TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATING AS INDICATED.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MINOR REVISIONS TO THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE RED LINE VERSION, UM, SOME CAPITALIZATION AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS.
NOTHING MATERIALLY CHANGES THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT.
UM, THE TERMS REMAIN THE SAME THAT, UM, YOU, YOU WOULD BE REQUESTING A PORTION OF, I THINK IT'S, UM, 7 27 THIRD AVENUE TO BE CONVEYED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
UM, YOU'RE ALSO WOULD BE ASKING FOR AN ALLOCATION OF JUST OVER $300,000 TO BE MADE TO CAROLINA EAST HEALTH SYSTEM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER.
UM, AND THAT CAROLINA EAST WOULD AGREE TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER ON THAT SITE FOR NO LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
AND THERE'S ALSO A REVERSION, UM, INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THIS AGREEMENT THAT IF CAROLINA EAST FOR SOME REASON IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE SUCH A CLINIC, THAT UM, TITLE WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE COMMISSION OR ITS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST, WHICH IS LARGELY, UM, THE, THE CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD LAST NIGHT.
BUT JUST SO THAT YOU HAVE THE BENEFIT OF, UM, CAROLINA EAST PROPOSED MINOR REVISIONS, WE WANTED TO PLACE THAT BACK BEFORE YOU, YOU DON'T, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO DISCUSS AND REVIEW.
THERE'S NO ACTION BEING REQUESTED TONIGHT.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM SPEAKING WITH MR. HUFF AND LISTENING TO HIS PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT, THAT, UM, YOU ALL WILL BE MAKING A FORMAL REQUEST OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN ON MARCH 26TH, UM, TWO WEEKS FROM YESTERDAY, AT WHICH TIME, UM, THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THIS TRANSACTION, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE, YOU'LL BE EMPOWERED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT, UM, IF IT'S, IF, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
DO WE NEED TO FORMALLY BACK THAT PRESENTATION, THAT REQUEST GOING TO THE BOARD, OR HAVE WE DONE THAT YET? YOU GAVE DIRECTION, UM, AS YOUR PREVIOUS MEETING TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AND BASED ON THAT DIRECTION, HE'S MADE THAT PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.
SO THE PRESENTATION'S GOOD, BUT THE FORMAL REQUEST, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ON THAT? NO.
IT, IT WAS, UH, IT, IT WAS A, UH, UH, A DECISION OF THE, UH, OF THE PROJECT TEAM TO SPLIT IT INTO TWO, UH, PRESENTATIONS.
IT WAS ALL, IT, IT WAS ORIGINALLY JUST CLUMPED INTO ONE, UH, SPECIFIC DIRECTION, UH, TO PURSUE IT WITH, WITH, WITH THE BOARD.
SO, UM, UM, MR. WALLACE AND I DECIDED IF WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS TIME FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK.
UH, AND SO WE SPLIT THE PRESENTATION INTO TWO SO THAT THE PROPOSAL WILL COME, UH, AT, AT THE 26TH BOARD OF ALDERMAN MEETING.
SO, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION THAT YOU GAVE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION AND MAKE THE REQUEST, IT WAS JUST BIFURCATED, UM, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PROJECT GROUP, THE STICKING WITH IT THAT DON'T GET TO YOU.
UH, HOW LONG DO YOU, WITH THE GIVES AND TAKES AND APPROVALS OF VARIOUS BOARDS AND SO FORTH, HOW, WHAT'S YOUR TIMEFRAME? BECAUSE I MEAN, THE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE SAYS APRIL, IS THERE ANY CHANCE IN THE WORLD THAT IT CAN GET DONE IN APRIL? OH, NO.
SIX, SIX MONTHS FROM NO, JUST FOR THIS AGREEMENT, FOR THE AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO.
SO, UM, I THINK WHAT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED IS THE MEETING ON THE 26TH.
THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN, UM, WILL HAVE A DEED PRESENTED BEFORE THEM THAT THEY CAN AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE.
THAT WOULD CONVEY THE CITY'S INTEREST AND THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THIRD AVENUE FROM THE CITY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
SO THAT COULD CONCEIVABLY HAPPEN, UM, IN TWO WEEKS IF THE BOARD IS INCLINED TO GRANT THAT REQUEST.
ONCE YOU ALL HAVE THE DIRT, ONCE THAT DEED IS RECORDED, UM, AND THE, YOU HAVE APPROVAL OF THE CONVEYANCE FROM THE BOARD, WHICH IF THEY'RE INCLINED THEY CAN DO ON THE 26TH, YOU ALL CAN THEN, UM, HAVE A MEETING TO OFFICIALLY, UM, ADOPT THIS AGREEMENT AND THEN YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO YOU COULD DO SO AT YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IN APRIL.
AND, AND THEN ALL OF THE TRANSFERS OF MONEY AND SO FORTH LIKE THAT ALL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE, THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN AS WELL.
THAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE MEETING AT AT THE 26TH.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING.
SO THEY'RE CONSIDERING THE TRANSFER PROPERTY THAT'S ALL WRAPPED, WRAPPED TOGETHER.
NOW, DID THEY HAVE TO ALSO APPROVE OUR RELATIONSHIP
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WITH THE HOSPITAL? YES, SIR.AND THAT IS, SO THAT'LL BE THE APRIL MEETING, THE, THE, THE BACK HALF OF APRIL MEETING? THEY HAVE NO, SIR, THAT WILL, THAT'S ALL CONTEMPLATED TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE MEETING ON THE 26TH.
SO CONVEYING THE DIRT ALL, TRANSFERRING THE MONEY AND APPROVING YOUR CONVEYANCE TO THE HOSPITAL, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET OUT IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND TO DISPEL ANY, UM, CONFUSION, UH, THAT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS MAY HAVE.
UM, WE WERE EXTREMELY STRATEGIC IN OUR PRESENTATION AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WHEN WE SPLIT IT UP LIKE THAT TO DO IT, UM, WE RAN INTO SOME CONCERNS WHEN WE DID TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS DURING THAT, UH, PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT.
WE CHECKED ALL THE BOXES, ALL THE CONCERNS THEY HAD, WE ADDRESSED THEM RIGHT THERE.
UM, AND SOME CONCERNS OF, OF, OF, OF, UH, SOME OTHER LEADERS IN THE CITY.
BUT WE WERE EXTREMELY STRATEGIC IN THAT PRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE WE CHECKED THOSE LAWS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNEW THAT'S WHY I WAS SPLIT UP.
I, I THOUGHT WE TOLD BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I TELL YOU NOW WHAT WE WERE DOING.
SO, AND, AND THE BOARD IS GONNA CONSIDER, UM, THESE DOCUMENTS AND, AND THE REFLECT UPON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED BY MR. HUFF AND, AND OTHERS LAST EVENING.
UM, SO IF, IF COMMISSIONERS ARE SO INCLINED, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE MEETING ON THE 26TH.
UM, THAT IS NOT A MEETING WHERE GENERALLY PUBLIC COMMENT IS, UM, ENTERTAINED.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD CAN, THE BOARD OF VOLUME CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
UM, BUT YOU MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT MEETING IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS LAST NIGHT, OR ANYBODY THAT WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING THAT WAS PART OF IT, SPLIT IT IN TWO LIKE THAT.
SO THEY HAD A CHANCE THAT WAS ONE BOX CHANGE.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? AND WE JUST WENT ON DOWN TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF OUR AREAS.
ANY OTHER INSIGHTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TODAY? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY LAST NIGHT, UM,
UM, I GUESS MUST GIVE KUDOS TO, TO ZEV AND JUDY.
I MEAN, THEY PUT ON A STELLAR PRESENTATION LAST NIGHT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ZEV THAT ANIMATED.
UM, I MEAN, HE WENT, HE WENT BAPTIST ALMOST
HE WENT EVANGELICAL WHEN HE STARTED.
SO I, I KIND OF TONED IT DOWN, BUT HE HAD ALREADY TAKEN IT UP,
UM, AND THEN, UM, JUDY, WHEN WE MET THAT THURSDAY TO FINALIZE THE PRESENTATION, UM, I GOT HOODWINKED LAST NIGHT.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY CHANGED WHAT THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO ON THURSDAY DURING PRACTICE AND CAME OUT WITH THIS WHOLE DIFFERENT THING.
SO I, I HAD TO AD LIB A LITTLE BIT AT THE END TO TRY TO STAY WITH THEM AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
BUT I, I WANTED TO SAY I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF MY COLLEAGUES LAST NIGHT.
THEY REALLY BROUGHT IT HOME LAST NIGHT.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THEY WON A COMMUNITY SUPPORT HERE, RIGHT AFTER, WHEN WE FINISHED, HALF OF THE AUDIENCE STOOD UP AND WENT OUT THE DOOR.
SO THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE HERE FOR THAT.
SO IT WAS JUST, I COULDN'T HAVE, I COULDN'T HAVE PLANNED OUT BETTER.
SO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY PUBLICLY, I THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES 'CAUSE THEY'RE ROB, ROB
UM, BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU 'CAUSE THAT WAS, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE WHAT I SAW LAST NIGHT, SO.
WELL, I APPRECIATE, I I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
UM, I, I WILL ATTEMPT TO STAY METHODIST FOR YOU
BUT, UH, BUT, UH, UH, IF IT WAS A GOOD PRESENTATION, IT'S ONLY BECAUSE, UH, OF, OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ALL ALONG.
AND SO, UH, REALLY, UH, THIS IS AN EXCITING MOMENT.
UH, AS I SAID, UH, LAST NIGHT, THIS IS AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
THE INVESTMENT OF, UH, OF, UH, CAROLINA EAST HEALTH SYSTEMS WILL BE THE BIGGEST, THE LARGE, LARGEST, UH, INVESTMENT MADE IN THE REDEVELOPMENT, UH, ZONE SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
AND THAT INVESTMENT, UH, WILL CREATE IMPACT, UH, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, UH, SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
AND THAT THAT INVESTMENT WILL CREATE IMPACT, REAL IMPACT THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE SEEN AND FELT.
AND, AND I AM, UH, VERY OPTIMISTIC AS, AS, UH, MR. WALLACE SAID, I, I GET A LITTLE ANIMATED ABOUT IT.
SO THE THEME LAST NIGHT WAS UNITING, UM, OUR UNIQUE RESOURCES FOR COLLECTING IMPACT COMMUNITY.
MR. WALLACE, CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? TESTING.
UH, SAY THAT AGAIN, THAT PART? YES, PLEASE.
UM, THE THEME LAST NIGHT WAS, UH, UH, UNITING OUR UNIQUE RESOURCES OR FOR, FOR COLLECTIVE IMPACT.
AND WHAT WE MEANT BY THAT IS THE CITY, THE HOSPITAL, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND A LOT OF OTHER PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THAT COLLECTIVE IMPACT.
UM, AND I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE ALDERMAN FOR THE SUCCEEDED.
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MM-HMM.I MEAN, UH, AL TUM MACKENZIE, AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO STEAL THIS LITTLE CLICHE CLICHE.
HE SAID SOMETHING WAS BIRTHING A BABY.
HE SAID HE BIRTHED A BABY, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
EVERYBODY STARTED COMMENTING AFTER THAT.
SO I DO WANT TO THANK THE ALDERMAN AS WELL.
I MEAN, IT WAS, WAS PRETTY GOOD NIGHT.
SO, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UH, THE WELLNESS CENTER OR THE, THE, UH, REPORT THAT WAS PUT LAST NIGHT, NOR THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU OKAY.
NO ACTIONS REQUIRED ON ANYTHING THERE.
UNLESS THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME DIRECTION TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, BUT, UM, IF EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN CONTEMPLATED, UM, AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT CHANGING YOUR DIRECTION TO STAFF TO MAKE THE REQUEST AT THE NEXT BOARD OF ALDERMAN MEETING, THEN YOU ASK YOU WHY I'M SATISFIED WITH THE NEW TESTAMENT, UM, OF THIS DOCUMENT.
[9. Staff Report:]
UH, STAFF REPORT.ALRIGHT, WE'VE BEEN BUSY IN THE OFFICE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, UH, OUR, I HAVE MY FIRST NEWBURN 1 0 1 PRESENTATION, UH, TOMORROW IN THIS VERY ROOM.
UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN ALL ABOUT, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, YOU CAN COME AND WATCH.
UH, BUT IF YOU COME AND WATCH, I WILL DRAG YOU UP, UH, IN, IN FRONT WITH ME BECAUSE AS, UH, AS THE WORKING GROUP, UH, LEARN LAST NIGHT, I DON'T LIKE TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF PEOPLE ALL ALONE.
SO, UH, I INVITE YOU TO COME AND I WILL DRAG YOU UP SO THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS NEWBURN 1 0 1 TOMORROW WITH ME.
UM, MARCH 18TH, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A POTENTIAL PARTNER IN EECU, UH, THANKS TO COMMISSIONER STEVE STRICKLAND, UH, FOR CONNECTING ME WITH MERRILL FLOOD.
UH, WE'LL BE TOURING THE REDEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, BOUNDARY AREA AND TALKING ABOUT MR. FLOOD'S WORK IN GREENVILLE, AND HOW SOME OF THAT CAN TRANSLATE, UH, TO THE WORK WE DO HERE IN NEW BERN.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTING ON THAT, UH, AT OUR NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN PROBABLY SECOND ONLY TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CLINIC PROGRESS IS OUR PROGRESS BEING MADE AT, AT WALT BELLAMY, UH, AVENUE.
UH, THE THREE HOUSES ARE COMING ALONG BEAUTIFULLY.
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY, UH, TREATED TO A TOUR, UH, THIS AFTERNOON AS A MATTER OF FACT.
AND FINAL PLUMBING IS GOING IN DOORKNOBS ARE ARE GOING IN.
AND, UH, THERE'S, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW, DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, AND RENOVATION, UH, BLUE TAPE IS ON THE WALL.
SO THAT'S THE POINT WHERE WE ARE.
UH, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING INTO NEXT STEPS, UM, UH, RELATIVELY SOON, UH, WHICH PRESENTS, UH, TO THE COMMISSION, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION, UH, OF, ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UH, IT, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU ALL THAT THIS WILL NOT BE THE, THE LAST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT, THAT WE STEP INTO.
WE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUSH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, UH, AND CREATE AND CULTIVATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LEARNING IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO, WHO ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN, IN OWNING AND, AND BECOMING A HOMEOWNER AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
RIGHT NOW, THERE EXISTS NO MECHANISM WHEREBY WE, UH, WHEREBY WE CAN COLLECT THOSE NAMES WITHOUT DEMANDING OR ASKING, UH, FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO GIVE SOME SORT OF DEPOSIT.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN, IN THE QUEUE TO, TO PURCHASE ANY PROPERTY THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMISSION HAS, YOU HAVE TO PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN AND A REQUEST FOR PURCHASE WITH THE CITY CLERK.
AND SO, UH, JAMIE AND I PUT OUR MADAM ATTORNEY AND I PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER THIS AFTERNOON.
AND, UH, WE WONDER IF, IF THE COMMISSION WOULDN'T BE SO INCLINED TO GIVE ME DIRECTION TO CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT CAN GO ON OUR WEBPAGE, UH, THAT WOULD BE AN INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT FOR IN INDIVIDUALS TO SIGN UP WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE HOUSING THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING, THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME SORT OF, UH, GIVE US ON OUR SIDE AND, UH, A LIST OF CONTACTS, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OUR HOUSING SO THAT I CAN ACTUALLY START TO WORK WITH THEM AND TO GET THEM PAIRED WITH FINANCIAL PRODUCTS AND EDUCATION THAT THEY MIGHT NEED SO THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO AS SOON AS SAY THE A STREET PROJECT IS DONE, OR THE NEXT
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PROJECT AFTER THAT.SO, I, I, I KIND OF GIVE THAT TO YOU ALL TO, TO GIMME SOME DIRECTION, THOUGHTS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
I CERTAINLY THINK THAT'S A WORTHWHILE APPROACH TO IT.
I MEAN, HAVING TO GO DOWN AND MAKE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE WITH A DEPOSIT.
UH, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK IS GOING TO GO ON AND RETURNING OF DEPOSIT OF, UH, THE DEPOSITS AND SO FORTH.
I THINK IT'S A, IT'S THE WRONG ROAD TO TRAVEL, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HOME OWNERSHIP.
UH, I THINK IN, IN AT THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA, WE NEED TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTED AND EXPRESS INTEREST TO US SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND, AND HOPEFULLY MEET THEIR NEEDS.
SO IS THAT, THAT'S DIRECTION? IF, IF THAT'S THE MAJ SENTIMENT OF THE MAJORITY, THEN CERTAINLY THAT'S DIRECTION.
YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST, I WOULD WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT'S SOLELY, UH, AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST, NO SORT OF PROMISE, NO QUEUING, NO, NOTHING OF THAT NATURE.
JUST SOLELY AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST.
AND IW HOW, SO THE NEXT STEP FROM THERE, I GUESS I, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT LIKE PICKING, I THINK THE INTEREST WILL BE MORE THAN THREE MM-HMM.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT THEN BECOMES THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING WHO GETS TO PUT THE DEPOSIT ON THE HOUSE THAT I'M NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT'LL WORK.
SO ONCE, ONCE THE INDIVIDUAL HAS FINANCING AND THEY'RE READY, UH, SO WHEN THE HOUSES ARE DONE, SO THERE'S TWO PARTS, I'M SORRY.
WHEN THE HOUSES ARE DONE, UH, IT WILL FALL TO YOU ALL TO MOVE THOSE PROPERTIES ONTO THE SELLABLE LIST SO THAT ANYBODY IN THE WORLD CAN BID FOR THEM, UH, OR, UH, AN ENTITY COULD PURCHASE THEM, OR YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE DISPOSE OF PROPERTIES.
UH, SO YOU HAVE, YOU ALL HAVE TO MOVE THAT FROM NOT AVAILABLE TO AVAILABLE ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU MOVE THAT TO AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THEIR FINANCING READY TO GO.
AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY SERIOUS INQUIRIES THAT THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS OF THE UPSET BID.
'CAUSE IT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL, WE PLACE IT ON THE MARKET AND SELL IT THAT WAY.
UM, SO ONCE, ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE READY, THEN THEY CAN GO TO THE CITY CLERK, PUT A REQUEST TO PURCHASE, AND, AND THE UPSET BID PROCESS WOULD, WOULD, UH, CONTINUE AS IT'S OUTLAID, UH, OUTLINED IN THE STATUTE.
DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY, MADAM? UH, UH, ATTORNEY? YES, SIR.
AND, AND JUST TO ADD, UM, TO THOSE COMMENTS, THE PART ONE THAT MR. HUFF IS OUTLYING ABOUT COLLECTING INFORMATION, WHO OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED SERVES A NUMBER OF PURPOSES? UM, ONE, THEY, HAVING THAT INFORMATION AND BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GIVES INDIVIDUALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCHEDULE TOURS, GIVES INDIVIDUALS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPSET BID PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS UNIQUE, UM, AND, AND NOT TYPICAL IN MOST REAL, REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION GATHERING AND BUILDING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THAT STAGE.
ONCE THE PROPERTIES ARE COMPLETED AND TRANSITIONING TO PHASE TWO, AS, AS MR. HUFF OUTLINED, YOU ALL WILL DECIDE WHAT THE MINIMUM BID FOR THOSE PROPERTIES WILL BE.
SO ONCE THE MINIMUM BID IS ESTABLISHED, THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN ENTERTAIN OFFICE TO PURCHASE, UM, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN MEET OR EXCEED THAT MINIMUM BID AND BEGIN THE UPSET PROCESS, UPSET BID PROCESS THAT WAY.
UM, AS YOU RECALL FROM YOUR, YOUR REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION POWERS CHART, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO, TO DISTRIBUTE PROPERTY OR TO SELL PROPERTY.
AND THE UPSET BID PROCESS IS ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, IN YOUR INFORMATION GATHERING PHASE, IF THERE'S A, UM, ENTITY WITH A PUBLIC PURPOSE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED, THEN YOU MIGHT DECIDE TO USE ANOTHER METHOD OF DISPOSING OF THESE PROPERTIES, ONE, TWO, OR ALL THREE.
UM, BUT WHAT MR. HUFF HAS OUTLINED GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER INFORMATION, UM, THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE TO PROVIDE, UM, SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO TO HELP YOU DETERMINE WHICH, UM, METHOD OF SALE IS MOST APPROPRIATE.
I ALSO THINK DEVELOPING THAT LIST WOULD BE, UH, A WAY TO PROVE A MARKET TO AN OUTSIDE DEVELOPER.
THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AREA CAPABLE OF PURCHASING HOUSING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD ALL THE NEW HOUSING.
WE ENTICE A, AN INDEPENDENT DEVELOPER, UH, TO PURCHASE SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES
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THAT WE'VE ACCUMULATED, UH, AND GET THE, GET PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.SO I, I THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE PURPOSES THAT ARE SERVED BY GATHERING THAT INFORMATION.
WELL, I, I TAKE THAT AS DIRECTION GIVEN AND, UH, UH, IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.
QUESTION ABOUT THE STAFF REPORT IS, IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THE EUBANK STREET HOUSE
UH, SO AT, AT, AT PRESENT, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH OF AN UPDATE, UH, TO BE GIVEN ON THE EUBANKS HOUSE.
UH, WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT PARTNER AGENCIES THAT COULD, UH, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE, UH, UH, OWNERSHIP OF THAT AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH CDBG, UH, REGULATIONS.
UM, THE, THE ISSUE, AND I WON'T CALL IT AN ISSUE, I I WANNA BE CAREFUL WITH MY WORDING.
UM, THE IMPORTANT THING WHEN IT COMES TO CDBG FUNDS IS THAT WE MEET THE NATIONAL OBJECTIVE IN A WAY, UH, THAT IS BOTH FAIR TO THE CONSUMER AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, ACCURATE TO THE PROCEDURES, UH, THAT CD THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTING, UH, ACTUALLY REQUIRES.
AND SO THAT'S QUITE COMPLICATED.
I AM, UH, I, I AM LEARNING A LOT.
UM, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY MAJOR, UM, MAJOR REVELATIONS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE EUBANKS HOUSE, I'LL BE SURE THAT THIS COMMISSION IS THE FIRST TO KNOW IT'S, IT'S, UH, DISHEARTENING TO RIDE BY THERE AND SEE A HOUSE THAT IS READY FOR OCCUPANCY.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANT A NEW HOME, UH, AND THEY CAN'T DO IT, AND WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH IT BOARDED UP.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE, YEAH.
DO YOU KNOW HOW THE PROCESS IS? SORRY? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER IT MIGHT TAKE? I MEAN, ANY LIKE THOUGHTS? BECAUSE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, COULD WE DO A SHORT TERM LEASE ON IT? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SURE OF THE ANSWER.
I WOULD HESITATE TO GIVE A TIMELINE CONSIDERING IF YOU HAD ASKED ME IN JULY LAST YEAR YEAH.
HOW LONG I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA TAKE, I WOULD, I WOULD'VE TOLD YOU BY AUGUST WE WOULD'VE HAD IT WRAPPED UP.
AND THEN I GOT MYSELF QUITE AN EDUCATION.
SO, UH, I, I HESITATE TO GAIN THROUGH A TIMELINE, UH, BUT I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THE SHORT TERM LEASE OPTION TO SEE.
UH, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, WITH THE SHORT TERM LEASE, I THINK THAT ANY INCOME GATHERED FROM THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED PROGRAM INCOME.
AND SO IT WOULD JUST GO DIRECTLY BACK TO CDBG, BUT AT LEAST THE HOUSE WOULD BE, YEAH.
SO IT'S, IT IS WORTH INVESTIGATING.
AND, AND I CAN CHECK WITH THE CDBG OFFICE TOMORROW MORNING AND TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION STATUTES, ANY LEASE OF THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO SOME TYPE OF, UM, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM CONNECTED TO AN ONGOING REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR PROCESS.
SO IT MAY BE IN MR HOUSE'S, UM, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION, IF THERE'S A PARTNER ENTITY THAT'S DOING SOME REHABILITATION WORK AND SOMEONE IS TEMPORARILY DISPLACED, THEN THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT CONTEXT, YOUR, YOUR ABILITIES TO DO LEASES IS, IS PRETTY LIMITED.
ANY OTHER, OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ZB ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES OF THE PAST MONTH? OKAY.
UM, AND IS THERE ANY NEED FOR A CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING? NOT VICE CHAIR.
ANYONE ELSE? UH, I THINK I NEED TO TEAR PERMISSION, MR. CHAIR.
UM, I THINK I NEED TO RELAY THE, UM, SENTIMENTS OF OUR, OUR CITY LEADER LAST NIGHT, THE MAYOR, HE DID ASK A QUESTION DURING OUR PRESENTATION ABOUT THE MOVE FIELD PARCEL AND WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND IT WOULD BE DELIGHTFUL TO HIM THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT SOME PROGRESS IN THAT ENDEAVOR.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE Y'ALL KNEW THAT AND THAT IT WAS TOLD TO US, UM, LAST TIME.
SO I'LL HAVING A MEETING NEXT WEEK, STEVE, UH, TO, TO, TO BRAINSTORM AND, UH, SEE WHAT, WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE.
DO, DO YOU NEED A CLOSED SESSION ON THAT ISSUE? YEAH, YEAH, I DO.
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WHY DON'T YOU, RIGHT.WE NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
YOU DO NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
I THINK I WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY SURE.
I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU THE WRONG ONE.
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I WAS RIGHT.PURSUANT TO GENERAL STATUTE 1 43 3 18 11 85 TO DISCUSS THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
IS THAT YOUR MOTION, MS. BRIAN? YES.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
A OPPOSED THAT WE WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
WAIT FOR THE VIDEO AND PICTURE AGAIN.
WE HAVE RETURNED FROM CLOSED SESSION AND NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ADJOURNMENT.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
SECOND AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
OPPOSED? THE MARCH MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
JUDGE CHAIR, MS. WALKER ALWAYS DOES.