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[00:00:01]

UM, CALL

[1. Roll Call]

THE ORDER THE, UH, NEW REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND ASK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IF YOU WOULD, TO GIVE US ROLL CALL.

ABSOLUTELY.

SHARON C. BRYANT.

HERE.

JIMMY DILLA HUNT.

HERE.

SARAH PROCTOR.

HERE.

ANDREW MORGAN JR.

HERE.

STEVE STRICKLAND.

HERE.

JULIUS PARHAM.

HERE.

KIT PARAGO.

BETH WALKER.

TABARI WALLACE.

RICK PRILL.

BARBARA BEST.

HAZEL ROYAL.

MM-HMM .

MR. CHAIR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO,

[2. Consider approving the Agenda]

CONSIDER APPROVING THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION, SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

THANK YOU.

THIRD ITEM,

[3. Consider approval of Minutes: - August 13, 2025]

CONSIDER APPROVING APPROVE OF MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 13TH, 2025.

UH, MINUTES.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? I MAKE A MOTION TO BE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF AUGUST 13TH, 2025 AS WRITTEN.

SECOND.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND THE SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A A ALL OPPOSED.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STATEMENT.

[4. Mission Statement]

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME READ, READ OUT THIS BEAUTIFUL LINE HERE SAYS, THE NEW BERN REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS A PUBLIC BODY APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF ALMOND OF THE CITY OF NEW BERN.

IT IS A PUBLIC BODY.

IT IS A PUBLIC BODY GOVERNED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE.

THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HAS BEEN TASKED WITH DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS BLIGHTED PARTIALS AS WELL AS PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF CITIZENS WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF, UH, AREA.

AND IF YOU WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO, UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER MORGAN, THE PEOPLE THAT GIVE US THOSE FIRST WORDS, PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, EQUAL TIME.

YES, MA'AM.

SO SHE GETS IT.

RESPECT OTHERS.

IT'S ON YOUR SCREEN.

I'M SORRY.

RESPECT OTHERS' OPINIONS.

LISTEN TO BILL CONSENSUS, SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION.

PUBLIC PERCEPTION.

STATE BOOK.

BE ACTION ORIENTED.

BELIEVE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ITEMS, UH, FIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING? NO.

ONE.

THANK YOU.

ITEM

[6.a. Update from Project Teams i. West A Street ii. Community Clinic iii. 911 Eubanks Street]

SIX, OLD BUSINESS.

UH, WE'LL KIND OF GIVE THAT TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DETECTIVE STUART THIS EVENING.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, COMMISSION.

I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS OUR FIRST, UM, AS OUR FIRST MEETING OF SORT OF OUR PROGRAM YEAR AFTER OUR, OUR NEW VICE CHAIR AND CHAIR, OUR SEATED, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A UPDATE ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT, UH, THIS COMMISSION HAS WORKED ON.

UH, THE FIRST ONE IS WEST A STREET.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT, UH, IN THE SECOND, UH, BOARD OF ALDERMAN MEETING, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, THE RESOLUTION TO CLOSE OFFICIALLY AND FORMALLY E STREET, UH, WILL, UH, WILL BE, UH, ON THE AGENDA TO BE, UH, HELD AS A PUBLIC, UM, AS A PUBLIC HEARING.

AFTER, AFTER THAT PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH OUR SURVEY AND THAT, UH, THAT WORK, WORK GROUP PROJECT TEAM, UH, CAN CONTINUE THEIR WORK OF, UH, PREPARING WEST A STREET FOR DISPOSITION.

UM, ON YOUR, ON YOUR DOCKET, TONIGHT IS A FLYER FROM OUR PARTNERS, CAROLINE EAST, UH, ANNOUNCING THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE, UH, COMMUNITY CLINIC.

THAT IS SEPTEMBER 19TH.

UH, WE'LL START AT FOUR AND END AT SIX.

UH, AND THERE WILL BE A PROGRAM AT FOUR 30.

AND OUR ESTEEMED VICE CHAIR, UH, WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME.

UH, I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE EXTRA, UH, EXTRA FLYERS TONIGHT.

I DO HAVE SOME, UH, WITH ME AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED.

WE, WE WILL BE DOING, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, INCLUDING,

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UH, SIGNING FOLKS UP FOR MEDICAID, UM, HELPING FOLKS GET SITUATED WITH THEIR MYCHART, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND KEEP APPOINTMENTS, UH, WITH THE CLINIC AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE STAFF.

UH, FOR THE CLINIC.

THE, THE ENTIRE PERMANENT STAFF FOR THE CLINIC WILL BE PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR, UH, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN MEET THEM.

AND SO IT'LL BE A REALLY GOOD TIME.

AND, UM, VICE CHAIR WALLACE HAS, HAS, UH, UH, TWISTED EVERYONE'S ARMS SO THAT WE'LL HAVE HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS THERE AS WELL.

UM, YEAH, BASED ON WHAT YOU AND I VISITED WHEN WE FIRST WENT UP THERE IT IS.

IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A LITTLE SMALL OR, OR, UH, HEALTH FAIR.

YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

A LITTLE SMALL HEALTH FAIR.

YEAH.

WE'LL, WE'LL BE CLOSING, UH, WE'LL BE CLOSING THAT PARK OF, UH, THIRD AVENUE DOWN PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE IN HENDERSON PARK AS WELL AS, UH, THE STANLEY WHITE RECREATION CENTER.

RIGHT.

UM, AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT ON THIRD AVENUE, UH, AS IT'S BEEN REVITALIZED.

FINALLY, UM, OUR LONG STANDING, OUR LONG STANDING PROJECT OF NINE 11 U BANKS, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT LAST NIGHT THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN APPROVED, UH, THE BID FROM CATHERINE LUBBOCK, UH, TO, FOR, FOR SALE.

AND SO WE WILL BE PROCESSING, UH, THAT SALE AND WE HOPE TO HAVE, UH, NINE 11 NEW BANKS INHABITED BY OWNER OCCUPANCY.

AND SO THAT'S A BIG WIN FOR THIS COMMISSION.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL FOR, FOR THAT HARD WORK AND THAT INVESTMENT IN THE DUFFY FUEL COMMUNITY.

UH, THOSE ARE THE PROJECT TEAMS THAT ARE CURRENT AND ACTIVE.

UH, AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE YEAR, WE'RE GONNA WANT TO DEFINITELY, UH, LOOK AT CARRYING SOME OF THOSE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND START THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT WHERE WE GO NEXT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S THE UPDATE ON OUR PROJECT TEAMS. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU SAID THAT.

OKAY.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.

HAVE GOOD NEWS.

ALWAYS.

THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS.

A LOT OF GOOD NEWS.

YES.

LONG TIME.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

[7.a. Bloomfield Street (??)]

NEW BUSINESS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY HAVE OUR RETREAT IN JANUARY AND, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND I JUST KIND OF THREW UP SOME THINGS OUT, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE UP TO CHANGE IT FOR DECEMBER OR KEEP IT, UH, IN JANUARY.

UM, JUST KIND OF OPEN THAT UP, GET SOME THOUGHTS ON IT.

UH, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UH, MY THOUGHT WAS, AND I MENTIONED , THAT THIS YEAR I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO INVITE THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

I THINK I'VE BEEN TO TWO RETREATS FOR THIS BOARD, AND NEITHER ONE OF 'EM WERE THERE.

I MEAN, I DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.

WE JUST NEED TO INVITE, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THIS YEAR WE, WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO DO, UH, ANY INPUT ON JANUARY OR DECEMBER OR, AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS THAT, THAT HAVEN'T HIT YOUR HEAD YET, UH, JUST PASS ALONG TO AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND, UM, JUST COMPILE SOME THINGS.

AND THEN, I MEAN, WE, WE GOT A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DECIDE ON THE AGENDA, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST PASS SOME INFORMATION ALONG TO JEFF.

IS THAT OKAY? THAT ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

YEAH.

SO NO ONE HAS ANYTHING TONIGHT, BUT PERSONALLY I THINK JANUARY WOULD BE MUCH BETTER.

UH, IT, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

OKAY.

WE CAN BRING ALL THE OWN IDEAS INTO THE YEAR.

OKAY.

SO START WITH PHYSICAL YEAR, UH, WHEN, NOT FIFTH YEAR.

NOT FIFTH YEAR.

WE END IN JUNE, 2016.

YEAH.

GOTCHA.

OKAY.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER, SIR.

TIME TO START.

I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF WE DID DO IT IN DECEMBER, WOULD IT BE A A WEDNESDAY EVENING OR WOULD WE DO IT ON A SATURDAY? 'CAUSE SATURDAYS ARE HARD IN DECEMBER.

PARADES FAIR.

THAT'S A GOOD STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

EVERYBODY'S PLAYING CHRISTMAS PARTIES.

YEAH.

JANUARY .

JANUARY.

YEAH.

JANUARY.

UM, WITH THAT, ARE YOU, ARE, ARE WE STILL THINKING A SATURDAY MORNING AS WE'VE DONE TRADITIONALLY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS? YES.

YES.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY, I WILL, UH, I'LL BEGIN PLANNING IT.

UH, AND I WILL, UH, TAKE YOUR GUIDANCE TO INCLUDE CITY STAFF, UH, RIGHT IN IN THE PLANNING.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU THINK WE NEED TO INVITE TO THIS WORKSHOP? AND, AND, AND WHEN I SAY INVITE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PERSON OR THAT GROUP HAS TO STAY THERE THE WHOLE TIME, BUT SOMEWHAT WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED TO BE ON THE AGENDA TO, FOR US TO QUESTION, HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM OR FOR THEM TO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US, UH, THAT PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW.

I DUNNO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT ARE THAT, THAT HAVE THESE,

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THAT'S PART OF THE CITY MM-HMM .

THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT'S WORKING WITH US TO HELP US TO DO THINGS.

AND, UH, BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL START WITH THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AN EXHIBITION OF AN EXHIBITION.

YEAH.

PLEASE INVITE THOSE.

THAT'S JOHN ON THE BOARD.

YEAH.

YEAH.

ANY, ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN, WHO HAS BEEN ELECTED IN THE LAST ELECTION, THAT'S YEAH.

IN TERMS OF ALL THE MONEY, RIGHT? YEAH.

THAT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

YEAH.

WE'D HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC WITH IT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T RUN INTO QUORUM ISSUES.

YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.

WITH, WITH ENOUGH OF THEM BEING THERE.

UNLESS THAT, I MEAN, THAT WOULD MAKE IT AN OFFICIAL MEETING FOR THEM, BUT IF THE EX OFFICIALS AREN'T GONNA BE THERE, THEN WE COULD CONCEPTUALLY REPLACE 'EM WITH OTHERS RIGHT.

TO STAY UNDER.

RIGHT.

YES.

THAT'S GOOD.

I DO.

YEAH.

I WITH THEM, UM, TO COORDINATE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO INVITE ALL THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, YOU CERTAINLY CAN.

YEAH.

IF THEY'RE NOT DELIBERATING AND ENGAGING WITH YOU ALL, UM, THERE'S A GOOD ARGUMENT THAT IT'S NOT A MEETING FOR THEM.

OKAY.

UM, BUT WE'LL GET WITH THEM, ENGAGE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S AVAILABILITY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

YEAH.

BUT CERTAINLY THE EX OFFICIOS SINCE THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD.

YEAH.

UM, WE'LL ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE INVITATION.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND OH, SORRY, CATCH THAT, FINISH THAT.

I WAS SAYING ALSO, UH, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH 'EM ON ONE PROJECT ALREADY, IT MIGHT BE WISE TO HAVE A HOUSING AUTHORITY REPRESENTATION AS WELL.

YEAH.

JUST, JUST THE THOUGHT.

OKAY.

SARAH, I WAS GONNA ASK IF WE, DO WE THINK FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY, LIKE FROM THE THREE MAIN COMMUNITY GROUPS WOULD, WOULD SEND SORT OF SOMEONE TO TELL US LIKE, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING FOR? WHAT DO YOU WANT NEXT? KIND OF THE THINGS I THINK YOU DO ALL THE TIME, COMMISSIONER MORGAN INFORMALLY AND DEFINITELY COMMISSIONER BRYANT.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WOULD THERE BE SOMETHING WHERE THEY COULD, UM, WE COULD WORK WITH THEM JUST ON IDEAS.

EVEN A INFORMAL, YOU KNOW, TAKE 30 MINUTES OF THE TIME AND JUST BOUNCE STUFF OFF.

OR MAYBE, MAYBE SOMETHING MORE FORMAL.

WHATEVER WE CAN COME UP WITH.

BUT JUST TO HEAR FROM THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY, EXCUSE ME.

I THINK, I GUESS THE LEAD ON THAT WOULD BE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THEM TOO, RIGHT? YEAH.

WE NEED TO, TO BE PART OF ALL, WHETHER OR NOT WE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING JUST FOR THE REDEVELOPED COMMISSION.

MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM.

YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

SEPARATE JUST A NICE EVENING WITH JUST COMMUNITY.

YEAH.

THAT'S A TALK.

OKAY.

AND THAT WAY THEY CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION DOES IT BE.

IT'LL BE ABOUT THEM.

RIGHT? JUST FOR THEM.

JUST FOR THEM.

JUST FOR THEM.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, SARAH, YOU BROUGHT UP, HOW SOON WOULD YOU THINK WE WANT TO DO THAT? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WE'D DO AFTER THE RETREAT OR, WELL, IT'D PROBABLY BETTER AFTER TREAT.

'CAUSE BY THAT TIME WE WOULD HAVE PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR AND THEN WE COULD PRESENT IT TO THAT GROUP.

WHAT YOU THINKING? FOR ME IT WAS, I MEAN, I'M THINKING LIKE INPUT FROM THEM.

LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT, SO WE GOT YOUR COMMUNITY CLINIC.

I, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GOT IDEAS AND RIGHT, RIGHT.

STUFF ABOUT EVERYTHING.

BUT LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW ON A CLINIC.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT HEALTH THINGS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY MORE, BUT LIKE WHAT SORT OF, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR NEXT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL? I'D INTERESTED AND IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, YOU COULD CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.

UM, OR YOU COULD CONDUCT ONE OF YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS THAT ARE ALREADY ON YOUR CALENDAR AT AN ALTERNATE LOCATION IF YOU'D LIKE.

OH, OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, ONE MORE THING, UH, CHAIRMAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE COURTS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE OR NOT TO LET THE FOLKS KNOW WHERE IT COME FROM.

WHERE CAN IT GO OR WHAT AVENUE WOULD THAT HELP SOME PEOPLE? IF WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM COURTS.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT I THINK WOULD HELP THE PEOPLE AS FAR NOT WALKING DISTANCE GETTING TO THE CLINIC OR CENTER.

CENTER.

OKAY.

YEAH, I MEAN WE, WE, WE COULD GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TALKING ABOUT, TAKE THE MEETING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, LET CARDS REPRESENT THE COME CART.

OH, CARDS.

OH, CARDS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

GOTCHA.

OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S STAR.

YEAH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, THAT WAS, THAT WASN'T PART OF THE, UH, THAT WASN'T GONNA BE JENNIFER, THE HEALTH DEPART FOR THE HOSPITAL CARDS.

THAT WASN'T, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT THING.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UM, SARAH, LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

AND, AND THEN, AND ROBBIE, IF YOU WANT TO HELP, UH, ZEV TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE YOU MIGHT WANNA JUST BRING TO THE TABLE ONE DAY.

OKAY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

OKAY.

WE'LL GET TOGETHER.

OKAY.

LET'S DO THAT.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

GOOD DEAL.

THANKS FOR THE AUDIENCE HERE.

OKAY, SO WE ARE GOING TO DO FOR JANUARY, STAFF REPORT.

[8. Staff Report]

ALRIGHT.

BACK TO ME.

UH, AS OF OC, UH, AS OF AUGUST 31ST, 2025, THE COMMISSION MAINTAINS

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A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE OF $849,905 AND 62 CENTS.

UM, I'VE LISTED THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE, UH, THAT WE'VE EXPENDED OVER THE LAST, UH, FISCAL YEAR IN YOUR PACKETS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE, PLEASE FEEL FREE, UH, TO REACH OUT.

OVERALL, THE COMMISSION IS WELL POSITIONED FINANCIALLY HEADING INTO THE FALL WITH SUBSTANTIAL RESERVES TO SUPPORT ONGOING AND FUTURE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES SUCH AS ACQUISITIONS AND, AND PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

UH, AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, THE COMMUNITY CLINIC, UH, THE RIBBON CUTTING IS HAPPENING ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.

UM, UH, NOT ONLY IS YOUR PRESENCE REP, UH, UH, REQUESTED, BUT ALSO YOUR VOLUNTEER.

UH, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY, UH, INTEREST IN HELPING TO ORGANIZE THAT, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO, UM, TO PLUG YOU IN, UH, WITH OUR PARTNERS FROM CAROLINA EAST.

UH, THE THIRD THING ON MY, UH, ON MY, UH, STAFF REPORT IS OUR GRANT CONTRACT.

UH, LAST YEAR AROUND OCTOBER, UH, WE ENTERED INTO A GRANT, UH, A GRANT WRITING CONTRACT WITH FUND DEVELOPMENT, UM, INCORPORATED.

UM, AND, UH, THAT GRANT, THAT CONTRACT WAS FOR ONE YEAR.

AND SO, UH, IN ABOUT A MONTH, THAT CONTRACT WILL BE UP.

UH, AND WE AS A COMMISSION, YOU ALL AS A COMMISSION, UH, SHOULD PROBABLY DELIBERATE AND GIVE SOME GUIDANCE TO STAFF AS FAR AS, UM, HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE, UH, THAT CONTRACT GOING FORWARD.

CAN, CAN YOU GIVE US THE RESULTS FOR THIS PAST YEAR? SURE.

UH, SO, UH, THE, THE GRANT WRITER HAS WRITTEN, UM, HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL, SEVERAL GRANTS, UH, FOR US.

AND NONE OF THEM HAVE, UH, BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING, UH, FUNDING.

OKAY.

QUESTION.

ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? MY, MY QUESTION IS, THEY WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL, SO WHAT REASONS WERE THEY UNSUCCESSFUL? DID WE GO FOR THE WRONG ONES OR WHAT? I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT, THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS NEVER, HAS NEVER, UM, HAS NEVER RECEIVED, UH, GRANT, GRANT FUNDING MM-HMM .

BEFORE.

AND SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT GRANTS WERE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE AS A NOT NON-FOR-PROFIT, NOT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.

YEAH.

UH, HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.

UH, SO JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, ALL OF OUR FINANCES RUN THROUGH, UH, CITY FINANCE AND THAT STRUCTURE.

UM, AND SO TECHNICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE ON PAPER WE'RE A PART OF THE CITY OF NEW BERN, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY A, A ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW NEW BERN.

SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A COMPLICATED THING.

AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOING FORWARD.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT ANY GRANTS NEED TO BE WRITTEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, UH, THE CITY BEING THE LEAD IN US BEING THE OPERATIONAL AGENT.

AND SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A YEAR OF LEARNING, UH, FOR, FOR SHORT.

SO THE CITY HAS ITS GRANTS WRITERS, CORRECT? MM-HMM .

SO, SO WE COULD USE THEM IDEALLY YES.

THEORETICALLY YES.

.

OKAY.

AND THAT'S WHY, AND THAT WOULD BE THE THING WE NEED TO CLEAR UP TOO DURING OUR, UH, UH, RETREAT IS, YOU KNOW, ASK THESE QUESTIONS TO CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S AVAILABLE MM-HMM .

WHAT CAN WE DO, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME THINGS WE THINK WE CAN, SOME THINGS WE JUST NEED TO KNOW UPFRONT WHAT, HOW FAR WE NEED TO GO.

ABSOLUTELY.

ROB.

SO WHAT HAS OUR COST BEEN HERE TO DATE AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE'VE SPENT ON THE GRANT WRITEUP FOR THE LAST 11 MONTHS? THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION, SIR.

AND I WOULD WANT TO GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER AND I DID NOT PULL THAT NUMBER.

UM, I CAN WAIT, UH, I DIDN'T PULL THAT NUMBER, BUT I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU FOR SURE.

SURE.

AND WILL YOU SEND THAT NUMBER I SEND TO EVERYONE? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR? UM, I, CITY ATTORNEY.

DO WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION? ANYTHING ON THE CLOSED SESSION? NO, SIR.

OKAY.

UH, NUMBER 10.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OH.

HUH? ARE WE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ACTION ON WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE CONTRACT OR WE GONNA COME BACK TO THAT? NO, SIR.

IF THERE'S NO ACTION ITEM TONIGHT FOR THE CONTRACT, IF A CONTRACT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED, YOU'LL SEE IT IN WRITING IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE BEFORE YOU'RE ASKED TO VOTE IT ON.

OKAY.

YEAH.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YEAH, BECAUSE THAT CONTRACT ENDS IN WI

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BELIEVE IT ENDS IN OCTOBER.

OH GOOD.

OKAY.

JUST LETTING IT RUN OUT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL OPPOSED, THANK YOU.