United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all a moment silence please thank you this this meeting has been called in
accordance with the provisions of the open public meeting and announcement of the same has been mailed to the local newspapers and to the clerk of the bur of Delmore and that the minutes of this meeting will be available after board approval and the sub
meeting call commissioner Shar here commissioner CLE here commissioner Orchard is absent I'm here oh she's here y Lisa and then um can you give her a copy of that other stuff here you can take my
copy for now thank you uh commissioner Ry commissioner McCracken here commissioner Masano here we have a full quum okay um we need approval for the U minutes from January 6th meeting
yes I'll make a mo I'll second can't yeah we can uh commissioner shers yes commissioner cerly yes commissioner Orchard you are absent in January commissioner Ry yes commissioner
McCracken you were absent commissioner Masano yes yes okay we also need approval for the minutes for the February 3rd meeting second commissioner sharik yes
commissioner casterly abent commissioner Orchard yes commissioner Ry yes commissioner McCracken yes commissioner Masano February you were absent
February February February 30 yeah okay executive minutes I need approval for as well okay we have to approve the executive the salute second commissioner Shar yeah
commissioner cerly commissioner Orchard yes commissioner Remy yes commissioner McCracken yes commissioner Masano that we you need to abstain from that Maria for that was for the uh
February 3rd executive minutes no problem has everybody taken a chance to on the building and if so does anyone any questions on I a question on uh the first one under this invoice
number but more detail it was the U yeah yeah we've had we had two two pipes Le open up so we've had we had them here twice this month repairing the
waste pipes one was in the corner the other one was right over one of the boilers any other questions I one hold everybody up so uh the website fee Paul I see you were getting reimbursed that is that a bill
that you can change just to come cred card CR you know we're not allow to have yep okay thank you for that explanation any other question if not can I have a motion
the bill bill second commissioner sharik yes commissioner CLE yes commissioner Orchard yes commissioner Ry yes commissioner McCracken yes commissioner Masano yes reports from the executive
director first of all I want to advise we're going to begin our annual inspection of units uh we're scheduling the second floor for uh next Tuesday the 11th of March so anybody on the second floor uh
we'll put a notice up on the bullet board uh we're going to start at 6:00 a.m. no not really we're going to start at 10: a.m. so I get a reaction we're going to start at 10:00 a.m. and we'll go through each unit and
take note of the condition of the unit it and any repairs or things need to be done uh I spoke to the fire marshal and we're going to schedule a presentation he wanted to wait till after the parade day but we're going to have a 5:00
presentation by the fire department one weekday when I get a date I'll post it on The Bard board they'll talk about fire safety and what to do in the event of a fire as I alluded to ear where we've had some Plumbing work done emergency
plumbing work done this month on waste pipes two of them they're 4 in uh lead pipes and uh they're the original pipes so we're beginning to see some
deterioration there we're going to look to get a proposal to replace the three main feeds of the waste system okay uh just to get an idea of the scoop of it the graffiti on the building uh we
did some research and the preferred method with brick is to use a power washer so as soon as the weather breaks and it's warm enough we'll r a power washer and try and remove it I don't think it's strong enough for that no
actually we we rent it last that's a tailor oh yeah that's right we so we'll be using that to get off the graffiti and we'll paint over the area where we can paint uh busy month the the boiler we
had the the board the circuit board had to be replaced on one of the boilers and on the hot water heater the activate activator for the flame was not functioning correctly so for a couple days we ran with two instead of
three hot water heaters but there was adequate hot water there and uh that's all I have to report sure so Paul when you can you describe what process the
Housing Authority has after the annual inspections are done of the units for following up with the residents to do repairs that are found and needed for those units uh Mike usually gets them done a
week or two after the review and then uh he advises me that it's been repair so it's not a long process and we get it done very quickly you would an inspect I he tells me it's repaired I
you know I trust it's repaired but do they have to do a a work order for the repairs no we'll do we have a check remember you have a check we check it off over in there so we have a cut so how long do you think we'll
take the whole building we're going to do a a floor a week okay I used to do it all in one or two days and it just takes takes me long plus we want to give the tenants notice gradually to have I think
probably it's easier to you take what time then you don't rush third okay any correspondence any old business any new business uh yeah we have resolution 20 257 resolution accepting resonation of
board member and recommendation of replacement board member I would like to make an amendment to the resolution if that's possible I would like to add after uh you want this my be great I'd like to make an amendment to
the resolution regarding Mary Lynch's retirement who served for many years on the Housing Authority I'd like to add the term that we accept a resignation prior to of on the first paragraph with regret okay and I I think that's
customary in regards to someone who's been a long-term servant of the community who had the best interest of the housing authority and the residence in mind and I think out of respect to Mary I'd like to make that recommendation okay thank
you everybody comfortable with that I I also have a question in regards to appointing Katherine Garrett regrettably out I'll take the microphone I don't have the pleasure of knowing Miss Garrett at all it's a shame I've
heard good things about her because I spoke to people um be it good or bad the appointment that comes via the Town Council is a political process and to the best of my knowledge in speaking to someone Haun the council
the council is unaware of this request coming to them and I think some information should be provided more in depth information CU I I have nothing myself and I'm on the Housing Authority for the recommendation
I don't oppose the recommendation nor can I support it because I don't know very much about it but I feel inclined that down the road I will but the nature of the replacements for this board has been in a sense
politicized and I could say that I was a part of that with my own recomend uh appointment I don't want us to recommend someone that the council may turn down because that's to fit right now in my book it's a 50/50 circumstance you
were not here at the last meeting correct Absol no I was I said because it was it was disgusting and I but I didn't have that opportunity nor was I made aware that this would be on today's venue until Saturday when I got the email and as I said
I would not like to see us put in a position as an authority dealing in a void of information when this has to go to another level and I also would like to know since it was my circumstance of
prevented me from being here does the individual that you are inclined to recommend is she aware of the fact that she has to go through training to serve on the board after a brief period of time because that's a burden Jim you and I
took the program together and we Tred it off to Atlantic City and directors and set side by side as we do here and I don't want to put the woman in a position to have a successful recommendation and her to
learn gez what what's the what's you know what has entailed in particularly in the prary stages so I I just throw those Notions out and I don't know if we're trying to fast
trck this or not but this is my thoughts and I I'd like to think they're productive I don't want to make this a roadblock well it's up to the mayor and council at the end anyway well that's what I'm saying we know that but I we to
make the recommendation but have we do we make any do we make this record this opening public knowledge and open to people in the community to express an interest in it that's something else in the back of my
mind and as I said I'm sharing this these thoughts they came spontaneously over a very busy weekend for the community for my family and I and I'll lighten the load a bit and
I'll say you know St Patrick's Day has always been a big day in our household it was my dad's birthday and I'll just leave at that because an awful lot went into what transpired over this weekend on Saturday and
Sunday and uh I don't know if we'll we'll discuss that in executive session or there's any responses to it at this point in time because I want to be open-minded and hear what people have to say I mean my understanding is that the council if they chose to could have a
process to seek other applicants who are interested um I just know there were some members of uh this group this commission who know this person who said they had an interest in they she would be fantastic so I mean the mayor and Council has an
opportunity to do that and I also think Paul every year when appointments are up don't you send a letter to the buau if people are up for reappointments suggesting reappointments so this isn't something that's totally new that the
authority has done correct no the the B us when somebody's term is is up to expire and it asks and if we would like I respond back saying yes we like to see do I've never been present when that has
been shared or taking place and I've been on the board eight eight years now so I I see some contradiction there well I think I think by by Statute the Barrow can appoint one
person to the House of Authority that's you please use the microphone oh sure is that right uh I have I think you were appointed by was
there was an opening but I think Mike's appointed you're appointed by the governor right so the governor gets one appointment and then the council get four yes and and I know do I need that I'll
take you Ellen we congratulated you on your appointment recently didn't we yes did okay to the best of our knowledge when Ellen's position was up for reappointment does anyone recall a
discussion about that or and we we we learned that after the fact your reappointment you know so this is where I'm I'm I'm in the dark and uh I don't want to gum up the work so to
speak but it's not always a fate to comple when recom recommendations are made and when it's a single person being recommended I in my world percentages
work some times against you when that's the case because you don't know the political wins well I can say in Ellen's case I wasn't aware of it until they did it so they did not they did not notify me that your
term was up there a there's a quote quote from a famous movie what we have here is a lack of communication well and I think that you know that can work both ways as you well point out Paul I mean the burrow can do what they choose to do I I don't
know I think it's positive that the board is proactive and at least bringing one name forward of someone who's interested if they know of others they can establish a process to vet those people and appoint who they want ultimately but then it falls back on on
in my opinion on the agency to alert people not just in someone who we think that that would be a good choice and I would like to believe this woman is but is has the community been alerted to the fact we have a
vacancy well I mean I mean these are public the advertisement of this meeting these are all public documents yeah but this is the recommendation have we discussed the fact you know we accept Mrs Lynch's
resignation and I thank you for adding it with regret but do we give we share that information well said Jim it is a public agency We join the local and state governments under the egis of the federal government
as well so again it's a matter of communication that's again my point in all the years I've been on I've never known that we made public looking for um someone to sit on the board if that's what you're saying that's the way I'm
understanding it I don't know that it's our authority to do that that's the council's responsibility to yeah right I think that that's that's where it comes from well then it's impossible for the council to act in my way of thinking until we accept his resignation and
alert them to that so I don't want to jump the gun in other words I think that the plan was to alert them and accept this resignation and just put forward someone we know who would be interested just a recommendation a recomendation okay and
I wasn't here at the last meeting but I wasn't a part of the plan well that's the way we figured it yes that's the way we voted on that and I also say I wish I had known some of that I also wish I had known to the knowing about the issue that was addressed with the fire marshal
because I did have people ask some questions about that now and that's communication I'm sorry did Mary send a letter to the mayor saying that uh that she wanted to resign you
really the more appropriate way of doing it it shouldn't have come to us it should have gone to the mayor because we are not appointing uh Commissioners that's why I thought the whole thing was a little odd to tell you the truth I've never heard of of Commissioners even recommending somebody
but so that was a little strange to me research I think I what you you want to hand up I'll get it now continue with the meeting the resolution I would like to yeah I I would like to make a motion
that we approve with regret Miss Lynch's recomend you know res resignation okay yeah put and then we can move on Council has AC it anyway so am I taking out the part of the resolution about a suggestion a suggestion it's just a
recommendation just a recommendation that's the way feel I feel the same way Jim does council do what they want they are going to do what they want yeah see I I I disagree Maria what do you think I I I no I I I just told you I've never heard
of such a thing this is all this is the council's the mayor and the council's and the governor those are the people that make uh this th the selections and the resignation is it's not about us accepting the resignation the resignation needs to be accepted by the
people that authorized the person to be on the board to begin with so mayor should be you know a letter should go to uh to the mayor city council because I don't know probably just send this to the
mayor city council and then they would take it from there to appoint somebody can we just change then the resolution to say that the Housing Authority rather than the word accepts the resignation acknowledges the resignation of Mary
Lynch and then says you know hey someone that expressed an interest here's a recommendation we have nothing more than that I mean so we acknowledge the fact that she resigned and here's a recommendation for for replacement and then and then it's up to them after you
come more comfortable with that acknowledge yeah that's fine first paragraph certainly the second it it will be public knowledge after anyway of course of course so that could be the the recommendation okay I agree with that
everybody in favor of that yes I think we have to change a term you know if we're going to recommend I think we have to strike a pointing that's what Jim just said to in
way of recommending it but there's a term by recommend but but it leads to the term appointing request the buau of Mayor and counsel to fill the commissioner by appoint so it says it it
does say um mik sorry requests because we can't do it without a request we can we have to request it I mean we can't just do it we're making a request to them but they will make their their final decision anyway okay I'll go
along with that by okay hold on PR the bmar mayor council to Phil commissioner which is vacancy by recommending the appointment of is that
better I would think so okay okay and with regret she I that well that and I like the word Phil commissioner Lynch is unexpired to Phil or fill that's what I have Phil
commissioner she has that okay I don't have it on my paper I app point to fill all right thank you everybody okay with that y it's fine
do we have to take out yeah motion a second I'm sorry I need a motion I'll make a motion of the changes in this document okay I'll second commissioner Sher yes commissioner CLE yes commissioner
Orchard yesy yes commissioner McCracken yes commissioner Masano yes and everybody any reports from the Commissioners any reports from the general Republic General Republic
General Public cor we have correspondence Anita peell I first I'd like to talk about the graffiti so apparently a group of people climbed up on the scaffolding and uh made
themselves comfortable enough to paint onto the building and onto the actual scaffolding and I understand there was a group of them so when Mr McCracken says this is a safe building I do not believe that is true I believe the scaffolding
has been up for more more than 2 years and I'm deeply deeply concerned about what is not happening there's animals up there there's noises up there the the light is being blocked there's now uh people of unworthiness climbing on the
scaffolding knowing that they can climb on the scaffolding and hang out up there without guidance or or any any arrests or anything along those lines I just I I can't cannot understand how this
commission can just accept these things month after month after month the facade the bricks the holes now you're having residents actually come out once again and saying they're freezing there's 40
50 mph winds coming in my building I live in is 60 years old I am not cold during those cold winter windy days I am cold when I open the door and I go out to go to my car but I am not cold in my
apartment and my apartment is on the inlet on the ocean this is unfair unacceptable and I don't understand how commissioners of this commission can sit here time on time again and just listen
to these complaints and do nothing there's no commissions there's no uh anybody's not researching anything you just come to a meeting sign off on bills and people are freezing having pneumonia the cracks are getting bigger you're
going to you're going to uh power wash the cracked bricks you're just going to be pouring water into these people's Apartments there's leaks my building is 60 years old I live
in Comfort I'm sorry to say I'm sorry for what you are going through this is crazy people have pneumonia they're leaving the oven on are the fire marshal aware that these people are leaving the oven on things can be done the windows can be
cocked from the inside things there are funds out there and again it's the commission that's supposed to be managing the funds that's supposed to be ahead of these things you don't wait till the roof Falls in to fix the roof you say the roof is getting better
getting worse and you have the money put aside and you put a new roof on you don't wait till the building falls down to put it back up again I I just I cannot understand any of this well let me say I can't understand yet
the the statements you made whether they factual or not how how do you know that there were people a group of people on the scaffolding the man the mayor and counsel told me and the police then why haven't the police quot them exactly that's not on me
why were they up there because the scaffolding is up there for two years well number one and it's been there everybody knows about it the police never notified us that they that's not my problem the problem is there's a group of people up there that are graffitiing on your building that now know the scaffolding is unprotected
unwatched the police know about it but they're not you don't see police here or anything like that that's the fact that has nothing to do with me these are facts I will check with the police because they never notified us but the fact is there's graffiti on the building it doesn't matter what the police did
well there's graffiti all everywhere no there's no there's people that climbed up the scaffolding got onto that lovely little porch there sorry I said maybe they have long arms that is most ridiculous statement for these people these are senors here
is ridiculous it is not it's reality it is absolute reality this is what's happening like reality my reality is my apartment is 60 years old and it is warm with 60 mph winds you shut the window tight enough and the heat comes on and I
am warm and toasty and reading a book with my fake fireplace and happy as hell these people are not these people do not have that privilege and you're supposed to be responsible and you're supposed to be responsible and you're supposed to be responsible and you're supposed to be
responsible wait wait wait wait I'm one of those people okay everybody's supposed to wind comes in that's not our that's the grace of God I have no control over the window window window I have to do the best I can to stay warm I
know because the air is coming in it's you people ain't doing what you're supposed to do the commission is supposed to be repairing the building the commission is supposed to be keeping the building up to standard so that's safe and reasonable for people to live people should not be living with their
ovens on people should not have Pneumonia because they're in an apartment people should not know that the winds are 40 to 6 mil an hour can I finish I can I was not done actually if you check the camera because you have five minutes that was a little oh okay
so I'm done okay my time's up thank you so much I just wanted to say that consider keep doing the great job that you're doing goodbye thank you I'll be back for my next 5 minutes next time sorry anyone else well let me let me
just clarify some hold on a second Jesus the heating system the boiler the the requirement is 180° temperature our boiler the water coming out of the boiler is at 180° Cycles through the building and
comes back at 178° so we lose 2° on that entire run over six-story building so the boiler is functioning the way it should function as far as the wind goes we've
offered we've extended a number of times and the uh superintendent has done work on Windows uh if people request it they CA it as best they can the windows are very
inefficient when the wind is that high absolutely uh and for people that were cold during that period uh they were given access to electric heaters which they used several tenants electric eaters a new unit and they're saved at a
new type uh down the line uh we're looking at other possible solutions one we reached out to Belmar window shop and uh they have some suggestions for thermal
curtains which we're going to look at and at least try it on a couple units to see how effective they are so we are working on it well how many how many complaints came to you and tonight the winds were bad yeah and you
pointed out very well the Genesis of the Winds three or four people half a dozen less than a half dozen you know fairness it was it was cold at my house too and the window
Shook and we had wires down on our property and across the street yeah that it took time to address that my bed shook one night where I'm at this way this way this way and this
way okay you can feel the air coming no lie through my windows and I usually have to have my windows open to breathe but I didn't I had to close them I got pillows blankets and everything to keep some of that air out but my when you come in my apartment the
door you can hear the wind blowing my door open even in the daytime I had to keep it locked because the stairwell and elevated so I'm sitting there in a draft right right so for me to be
comfortable I'm in three or four layers of clothes right hey I know how to stay warm water make me some steaming I'm not getting sick up there in the cold AP when I go to bed my bed is warm
because I'm I don't know how many BL can cook and things basically the west side of the building is the worst cuz it blows over the river right into the and and that's it but it is you know when you have to sit up there all day after
I'm I'm in the bed because I don't want to be sitting up there with gloves and coats on with the with the dra that was exceptional those winds were exception it was it was tble I mean we should um probably look at along with the
facade pro project we have these windows that aren't sealed and they old you know a plan to replace them in the future but I think it's very proactive that you called the bmar window shop and are looking at other Alternatives in the meantime until HUD comes through with
the funding that will allow us to do that what we do we you know whatever we can exactly even if it just for on the West Side that's then you'll we know working or not um anyone
else okay in that case I'll make a motion to sorry de couple of things I left Comm and I'm sure you're aware of what's been going on the call and the apartment let me get you the let me get you the
microphone can she will that work over there or will bek you okay a couple of things I like to go over weeks ago when had the poor cold black
I'm sure you're well aware sure you some have called you but how cold your partners have been now we understand there a problem ET please
remember that there are seniors in this building and some have C imune system uh some have had neonia uh I I know that Mike had gone around to a
couple of apartments and done a Dage job of putting up Tor with W frames around the window and he told me the wind was so strong it blew the T down off the
windows all this is what Mike said I'm just saying okay now it's not acceptable and this been this problem with the coldness in the
J it's going on be going on for years it's not this year it's been I 2016 it which free in year we need to do something so that this do happen in the
future this is why I looked up Department of Community Affairs I called several Department there to try to find out how they can help us I reached out to rization assistant
program pass the information out uh on paper and I think that we should look into it I know the man that I spoke to representative who's been very eager to
help us and I've been in touch with him four times of the past two days over the phone and he's following up with every phone call about any and the process
is he is going to contact mik and Mike will contact PA and all this information is gathered that there steps to follow once Paul reaches out to the
W they will get the ball rolling to have a man come over here and survey every window at the apartment to see where the problem is what can be done whether it's
a temporary repair or permanent repair or anal replac with new window there are funds available there are grants available that are Housing Authority can apply
for the next uh deadline for Grant to be accepted is in July so there plenty of time to get the survey to come over look at all the windows analyze things discuss with Paul
what needs to be Dawn and so forth It's a process it's time consuming but once the paper look it's done and the fall it's rollen this is what be something that solve the problem especially at the
rest side at the north side of the building and then of that good and the grant to accept it then we can proed of the problems with the south and east side there also other repair
the Department of Community Affairs can take care of but again it's a process you have to get touch with them time consuming it's an effort you have to be on the phone you have to do research the
internet but it's worth it I also wrote a letter to um Kathleen uh Lisa they're part of the house cathine cathine father and Lisa Costello the part the Department of
Community Affairs housing uh community resource department they provide information resources to public housing to people and
seniors and uh again I inquired about the window they asked about whether or not that can help out with the new boiler and so forth um that's my solution things have
to be done we can't do bandaid repairs all the time it's not acceptable same thing with the boiler you keep repairing the boiler repairing it repairing it repairing repairing you're wasting money all that money
could be spent to new boiler okay the other thing i' like to suggest is to form a committee of interested can or one or two Commissioners to
discuss things that need to be done in the building to make it more liveable to make it more habitable to make it more healthy to make it more safe to make it more secure and I think that would be
worthwhile looking to get together maybe once a a month throw ideas out do research it's just not one person is best doing all this the other people in this building
too okay and um that's all I have to say I just wish more people get involved there should be more tenants here because they're all sitting up there they're they complaining about how cold they are but they're not here they
should represent themselves and speak up with themselves okay thank you apply to a Fally funded housing project I'm willing to make a motion to have a direct Missy I was just saying
I'm grateful for the fact that you took the time to look into this otherization assistance program and I'm willing to make a motion to uh to ask the executive director and his team to uh to look into
this program and see if these funds can this program is applicable for Fally federally funded Pro projects I mean if this program can be used here I think it's fantastic and I think we should pursue itely Ju
July July we got July we got to get it by July she said the GU will come out he'll come out that Missy thank you we really appreciate the work that you've done yeah that's and we'll follow up are we going to make a motion on that
then now now okay I'll second it absolutely everybody in favor I yes okay yeah it sounds wonderful thanks Miss anybody else okay I'll make a motion to
adour Second all in favor have a good night