Good morning. Welcome to the premeating of the Newark Mun Council on Tuesday, September 30th. Council President, council members, we are on page three of the agenda, item five, reports and recommendations of the city officers,
boards, and commissions. Any questions from the council? Hearing none. Next, ordinances on first reading. 6FA is an ordinance to amend mandatory recycling
regulations to revise the hours of placement on the curb of recyclable materials prior to collection. Questions from the council. Seeing none, next item. Public hearing, second reading and final
passage. 6P SFA is an ordinance authorizing the exchange of land for certain city-owned properties in the south ward. Any questions from the council? Next item. B is an ordinance granting a
30-year tax abatement to 1007-109 Broad Development Urban Renewal LLC for a project to construct a new six-story building consisting of 48 market rate residential rental units. One unit shall
be restricted to tenants at 40% of area median income. Two units shall be restricted to tenants at 60% of AMI and five units shall be restricted to tenants at 80% of AMI in the central ward.
Questions from the council hearing? None. Next item. C is an ordinance amending and supplementing the soil erosion and sediment control. Questions from the council. Next item. D is an ordinance amending
smoke shops and amending rules and regulations sponsored by Councilman Ramos. Second by Councilman Silva. Questions? We may need Well, we'll talk about that. Next
resolutions. 7R1A is a temporary emergency appropriation for the Ryan White HIV AIDS related health and support services. questions. Next item B through K are contracts through
purchasing office. B is the extended emergency contract for furnishings of the path home renovation project. C is the use of state contracts for six X-ray inspection systems. D is the use of state contracts for the
maintenance and repair services for light medium duty vehicles. E is a use of state contracts for radio communication equipment. F is a use of state contracts for law enforcement firearms equipment.
G is a bid contract for automobile washing and specialized cleaning services. H is a bid contract for plumbing maintenance, repair and installation services. I is a bid contract for street maintenance, snow and ice removal
services, salt, sand spreading. J is a bid contract for office furniture and installation. K is a bid contract for police motorcycles. Questions from the council. Yep. Councilman Kell on um K. How many
motorcycles are we purchasing for that amount? I didn't see it. I missed it. Probably 10. 10. 10. Probably 10. Is it 10? Just nine.
I guess not. Let's find out. Morning council. Good morning. Bu director of purchases 12 police motorcycles 12. Yes sir. Thank you. Thank you. Are excuse me Councilman Gonzalez.
Are these the ones that we are leasing right now or are these new ones? New ones. Okay. and one time orges for 12. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to sponsor that item. Uh I'm sorry, Councilman Council.
I'd like to sponsor that item. Yeah. Sponsor K. Yeah. The motorcycle. Okay. Sponsor Councilman Council second by Councilman Kelly. Duly noted. Thank you. Next item.
SevenR2A is to return to the administration. Next item B through H are private sale redevelopment agreements. B is new construction of five two family homes to sell at market rate in the south ward.
Councilman council or somebody from someone from the administration supposedly. Miss Daniel [Music] Good morning. Brandy Daniel, legislative coordinator for economic and housing
development. Um, at this time we are asking for this item to be amended on the floor. Um, we will be removing the address of 743-745 South 11th Street. Um, it also alters
the sale price and uh the uh square foot and the and the square footage. So, can you provide us in writing an email with the amendment? Yes, I could forward that to you. Yeah,
it has been forwarded to to the clerk as well. Yes, it has. Right. Anything from anything else from the council? Yeah, I thought the the Avon Avenue uh property was supposed to be removed. It was supposed to be two. I know the Avon Avenue was supposed to be removed.
So, if there is another one that needs to be removed, I can get it um taken care of today. Thank you for the meeting tomorrow. I'll adjust the uh information and resend it to the clerk as well as the council. Thank you. So, we provide us with another I know you said you provided with another one with this new
amendment. Yes. Thank you. You're welcome. C is to construct a four-story business resource center in the west ward. Questions from the council. I'd like to sponsor this. Second. All right. Sponsored by Wow. Sponsored
by Councilman Kelly, second by Councilman Gonzalez. Duly noted. D is new construction of a three family home to rent at 80% of area median income in the south ward.
Sponsor your sponsor. Yes. Second. Second by council. Uh Councilwoman Scott Roundry. Duly noted. is to construct a parking lot for the adjacent own church and the south ward.
And Mr. Chair, I'm ask for this item to be deferred. All right, let's defer. I second that. All right, we'll do it that way. Sponsored by Coun a Deferment by Councilman Council, second by Councilman Scott Roundry. I mean, um, excuse me,
Councilman Gonzalez. Can't even say y'all look alike on that one. I'm a little bit taller. Sure. Sure. F is new construction of a mixeduse building with a grocery store in the
west ward. Defer. Second. A defer on this one by Councilman Kelly, second by Councilwoman Councilwoman Scott Roundry. Fully noted.
G is new construction of 77 affordable unit transitional housing development with a retail space in the south ward. Yeah, Mr. Chair want to move. We'll move forward with that. Second. All right.
Sponsored by Councilman Council, second by Councilwoman Scott Randry. Duly noted. And H is new construction of a three family home to sell at market rate in the south ward and west ward. Think there's a motion to defer as a whole.
We'll do that. Yes. All right. Defer as a whole. Duly noted. 7R2 I is acceptance of grant funds from the New Jersey lead funds to provide re-entry services. Any questions from the council?
Hearing none. Next item. 7R4A is stipulation of settlements for tax appeals. Questions from the council. Next item. 7R5A is a contract with subreient to provide
Ryan White HIV health and support services. Questions from the council. Next item. B and C are application acceptance of grant funds. B is for childhoodled exposure prevention program and C is
provide dental health care. Questions from the council. Next item. 7R6A through C are settlement agreements for executive session. Yep. D is a professional service contract
which is the first amendment to the agreement to provide legal services concerning civil litigation matters. questions. Next item. 78A is a ceremonial street designation for Sally G. Carol sponsored by Council
President Crump. Is there a second? Second. Second by Councilman Kelly. B is for I'm sorry, Councilman Gonzalez, there's a typo. It's for the North Dwali
2025 program sponsored by Councilman Gonzalez. Second. Second by councilman. Duly noted. C is special event application for the annual Halloween parade and car show sponsored by
Councilman Kintana. Second. Second by Councilman Gonzalez. Duly noted. D is recognizing and commending resolutions and E is expressing profound sorrow and regret.
F is authorizing the reading of the city of Newark 2025 municipal budget and the public hearing is tomorrow as well. Questions? Next item.
79A is an appointment of special police officers north residents. Questions from the council. Next item. Seminar 111A is a memor I'm sorry, memorandum of understanding with Newark housing authority for the centers of
hope programming. Any questions from the council? Up to $1.7 million. So why why the the increase in the in the contract amount? So which which issue is this one? That's for 12B.
What? Professor Amendment number four to pro uh pro process operational improvements at the Puquan water treatment plant. All right, director. Good morning council president, council members Kareem, director department of
water and so utility. So this contract as this contract was designed we had some construction related issues um that required the contract to be amended as we started putting equipment in um and it was adjusted. Yeah. you know the the some people sometimes indicate that we let's say
issue or contract with people that lowball the contract and then uh we we have this kind of thing and my concern is precisely that they say that we uh when we contract with that we are careful that someone is not lowballing
us and then we get hurt with the with these amendments. So yes, uh, council, president, councilman, this was a professional service contract for the design, operations, and construction oversight, um, with this with this vendor right here, Kleinfelder,
during the project of the optimization and rehabilitating the, uh, treatment plant. We ran into some type of certain issues that had to be addressed. Um the water department is under this current administration we probably give back the most change orders where you see money
coming back right that we don't we give very few that we actually giving more money we get more contracts that come back where we're receiving money back where we're savings so change over that returning money to us not that we giving it back out that's our history thank you and if I could just add or ask a kind of
question so when when a change order comes in what is your procedure just So, so when the change order come in, my first procedure is deny it. We deny it, right? Until we meet with our engineers and our engineering firms and we go over
what what the actual request was to make sure the contract doesn't already cover that item, right? Or if it's something that's out of contract, uh if there's a need to do it and why should we do it? So it's a process not only me but it's a group of the the water department
engineers me and our consultants that may be working with us overseeing the project and so your department determines whether it actually is a valid change order. Yes. In projects like this because this is a state funded project the state has to also approve the change order before
it even comes to the council. So the state already approved it then we bring it back to the council because the state gave us that. Thank you. I I just wanted to go back real quick to the Overizon building. I know that there was a plan uh to do some work in that building from the the
city's part. Are are we still moving forward with that with that plan? Yes, it's it's it's been a little halted right now, but the plan is to still move forward with it. just some other priorities came up that we had to deal with that first like the encroachment and
wild a couple of wildfires that happened but it's still getting our drone system launched so I want some more security upgrades so we wanted to focus on getting that stuff the Verizon project is still the headquarters for the uh police yeah Mr. chair at at some point during
during the special if we can have the the BA probably the uh water director someone else from the watershed really come down and talk to us about the 35,000 acres that we have up there uh you know the encroachment issues um what
that looks like in terms of value and dollars um back to the city many folks in the city uh don't realize that we own 35,000 uh acres of land uh up at the the watershed and we take on fishing
licenses, boating licenses, hunting. Uh and there are large amounts of encroachments in that area from places that have just built developed up there, pushed on city property from, you know, uh equestrian facilities to, you know,
other kind of facilities up there and just to figure out how do we work to try to do our due diligence uh in in terms of what we have and then how we make sure that we're gaining and getting what we're supposed to get from individuals who are on our property. um and not
paying the city a dime. I know the BA just talked about how he wants to make sure that none of it happens and and move all of those folks off of there, but just to figure out, you know, what kind of plan we have, you know, moving forward to make sure that that happens. Thank you, Councilman Council. So,
special's next week, right? Is it next week or two? I'm sorry. We have a we have a special conference coming up. Why don't we invite the uh department of water and sewer? We have a discussion on
the water. Okay. Thank you. Anything else from the council? All right. Thank you, director. Next item. I'm sorry, Councilman Kelly. Um, this is not concerning that it's concerning um,
uh, some trash that has been left. And I just want since we had the interim director, I saw you up here. Want to bring since you're up there, uh, director. Um, this is concerning our absentee landlords, especially in the West. Um, I know you've helped me out in
se several situations where we have these absentee landlords who leave trash on the side in front of their properties and because of our 10day ticket, you know, or the fine that is attached to it, maybe these landlords can afford to
pay it, so they don't care. And I've been having a lot of this going on in the west ward and you know I've been speaking to engineering code enforcement DPW and everybody seems to be blocked or waiting on this 10day ticket. The the problem for me is that when a 10day
ticket hits it takes about a month for this trash to get up. That's just been my experience in the West Ward. Like a month after a 10day ticket. So you know I get backlash from the residents because the streets are being blocked. Uh specifically, we have one on 18th
Avenue in Sanford. There was a fire. There's been construction. I believe engineering or buildings has stopped them from doing construction, but the trash is still out there. So, I have my students from Lincoln and Northstar and data science who have to walk in the
streets. The people who walk their dogs, the seniors who come from those buildings around there, they have to walk in the street. I've been getting um residents hit me for about three weeks. Three weeks since I reported it and they're still walking in the street. As
I sit here right now, I just got a text of people walking in the streets from the residents. Can we please I mean there's I spoke to uh to um code enforcement. They said that a lean has been put on. Yesterday was the last day
of the 10day ticket, but that was almost three and a half weeks ago. So, it's almost a month that this trash has been still sitting out there, and we don't want something to happen to somebody driving up 18th Avenue and one of our pedestrians uh going into the street and
getting hit. Can we please have somebody clean this up today? The lane is in, everything is in, and it's still not cleaned up. Uh, council president, councilman. Yes, we'll look into that. Stuff that risk um lanes that may be a p uh not lanes,
trash that may be a public safety hazard. I think we we we address it in a timely fashion. Um some stuff may slip through the cracks every now and then. Probably this one. The email yesterday that today was the last day. So, we'll be trying to get up there sometime this
afternoon. See if we can Thank you. Appreciate it. Make safe passage even if we don't pick it up. Right. Right. And that's what this one is. The other ones you helped me with. I I get it. But but this is like right on the avenue. People are walking into the street. So I
appreciate that. Thank you. All right. Thank Thank you, director. Next item. 7R12D is a bid contract to provide maintenance and repairs of cranes. Questions from the council.
Next item, communications. 8A is an ordinance granting a 15-year tax abatement to 518 SAT Urban Renewal Entity LLC
to construct a new fivestory mixeduse building with 20 residential dwellings consisting of 16 market rate residential units with two one-bedroom units and 14 two-bedroom units, four affordable
housing residential dwellings. with one two-bedroom unit which shall be restricted to tenants up to 40% of area medium income. Two units shall two units consisting of one bedroom unit and one
two-bedroom unit both of which shall be one bedroom unit which shall be restricted to tenants up to 80% of AMI and the south ward and there's a motion by the department to advance and adopt on first. We have to amend
I'm sorry. We have to amend it because I understand that the corporation is not 518 SATs only SAT. Duly noted. Say that again. I'm sorry. What was that? We will amend on the floor because the
entity is just SAT not 518 and we should double check the backup documentation to make sure. Definitely. Yep. Council on the council. Yeah, I'd like to move it. Want to move it? Is there a second? Second.
Second by councilwoman Scott Roundtree. Duly noted. All right. B is an ordinance granting a 30-year tax abatement to New Community Homes Development LP for a project to construct a new
four-story building comprising of 120 affordable units. The building will have 24 one-bedroom units, 72 two-bedroom units, and 24 three-bedroom units, of which 60 affordable housing rental units
shall be rented to tenants at 60% of the area medium income or less. 40% I'm sorry, 44 affordable housing rental units to be rented to tenants at 50% of AMI or less and 16 affordable housing
rental units to be rented to tenants at 30% AMI or less in the central ward. And there's also a motion to advance and adopt on first request by the department. Questions from the council.
Mr. Chair, Councilman, Council, uh I know uh council colleague uh Roundtree and yourself have been working vigorously uh with uh NCC uh to have
them to correct uh some of the things and issues that needed to be abated in 180 140 and some of the other issues and concerns they had. we've been, you know, in the forefront uh of of getting all of those uh issues abaded and cleared. And
I and I definitely just wanted to uh you know, commend NCC for, you know, stepping up, having those meetings, you know, guys inviting me as a representative from the tax abatement committee uh and ensuring that some of the the work and other things in those facilities get done is is not a uh a
process uh that can happen overnight, right? that even once you abate something, it has to be continued maintenance, right? And so our hope uh is that they will continue to ensure that all of the other facilities uh that they've uh had the the uh facilities of
doing the pull cords and all of the other issues that they had that they uh brought into compliance that they continue to you know make sure that they follow uh process and to all of those who you know brought awareness and note to that I would you know definitely like to uh thank them uh for doing that
because there's only this kind of of information that people gather where you can be progressive and begin to help to move and create a plan uh so that residents can be able to live in safe spaces. And so, you know, is our hope as they move along uh with this uh new
project, this 100% affordable project uh that you know, things begin to continue to move in that light, right? And it and it definitely shows um you know, as as uh folks who begin to work together that it doesn't have to be either or, right? Sometimes people come with this notion
that it has to be either or and it can be both at the same time. That we can be able to work and get uh uh facilities fixed and bring people into compliance and work with that and ensure that we're providing low and moderate income
housing uh for uh residents in this city. So, I just wanted to uh you know commend uh council uh colleague Roundtree and Council President Crump uh for helping to lead that charge. I know I was you know in the backgrounds on on
most of it, but I just want to uh you know thank you guys for leading that charge and everyone that was a part of it as well. Thank you. Also, you councilman uh council and and I I I do want to say that we we do get regular updates of
what has been uh abated and and continue to be abated. I know we we just found out recently that all the pull cords are now fixed and are working um among other things that that we have at the residents have met with the uh NCC and
have voiced their concern. So, we're we're we're moving definitely in the right direction. You know, nothing's ever perfect, but we're going to continue to to to push to make sure that things are done in the correct way and and as always, you know, 100% affordable housing is very helpful
for our community. So, Councilwoman Scott, thank you, Councilman Council. Thank you, Council President. And to uh my council colleague uh Councilman Council's point, he was there as well with us um as we were addressing all of the issues. There have been many many
meetings and throughout the city there are issues um with landlords, with residents, with developments. Sometimes we just pick and choose what we want to pick and choose. But the truth of the matter is whatever gets to our desk and we are immediately aware of, we do our
best to address and hold the landlords accountable. What we don't know about, we can do nothing about. Once it's brought to our attention, we do. When new communities issues came to us, we immediately acted on it. And I'm grateful that they didn't run, they
didn't try to hide, they did not stop the administration from new community meeting with us. um and accountability. Even the mayor had a meeting with them at some point and some of the issues that the mayor addressed, we had already addressed um on several occasions with
several meetings, but just to make sure they knew that we were on top of what's going on. All of our residents are entitled to a wonderful, beautiful um quality of life um how they live, what especially our senior population, all
people. But I just want to thank you councilman council and council president and new community for stepping up to the plate and all of the other landlords that we will be addressing when we receive complaints of the quality of life that our residents have that are
not that are deplorable or whatever the circumstances if it's not working we will address. So once again, thank you new community, thank you council colleagues, and thank you to the community that assisted us with making us aware of what was not right in for the living conditions of those
residents. Thank you, council president. Thank you, Councilwoman Scott Rancher. Anything else from the council? Yeah, just, you know, and and a big uh, you know, kudos to the tax abatement committee as well for, you know, pushing this thing back, hearing the the cries
of of of the residents and the individuals who, uh, you know, continue to get up and and speak out on it, uh, to make sure that people were doing their due diligence, and I mean, that's what, you know, democracy is all about. Thank you. All right, next item. 8C is an ordinance
granting a 22-year tax abatement to Gome's Generation Urban Renewal LLC for a project to construct a new fivestory building with 55 residential rental units consisting of 44 market rate
residential rental units, 37 one-bedroom units, six two-bedroom units, and one three-bedroom unit. 11 affordable housing rental units, of which two one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom
unit shall be restricted to tenants at 40% of area medium income AMI. Two one-bedroom units and one two-bedroom units shall be restricted to tenants at 60% of AMI. And five one-bedroom units shall be restricted to
tenants at 80% of AMI in the central ward. And there's a request to advance and adopt on first questions from the council hearing. None. Next item. D is an ordinance amending and supplementing vendor license for the
sale of food and merchandise at public festivals to establish a seasonal festival endorsement for mobile vendors. Any questions from the council? Did this come from the
All right. Okay. Special taxes. Okay. Questions from the council. So, it's $500 a year. Just in case anybody wants to know. Next item.
Item 8E will be deferred. 8F is an ordinance amending taxi cabs to add a penalty provision for violations of restrictive endorsements at Newark Liberty International Airport sponsored by Councilman Canana.
Like to advance a second. That's enough. This is this is an issue that we got to get we have to and I want to thank the law department and the department of public safety and the city clerk because this is an issue that you
know it's our airport and uh we got to take we got to ownership is ours. Uh it's the port authorities, but it is our airport and that industry. It it it's under a situation of attack
by those that come with Ubers and and try to take our airport over. And these are people from our city who deserve us to either fight for them and stand for them. And these are cab families who who
raise their children in this city. Uh I don't know about the old, you know, I'm not against Uber, but Uber doesn't I don't see anybody who drives Uber how well they done and how they stayed in Newark. These cabs have stayed in Newark through its hardest days when the
industry has fall apart. they have stood and they are they're ambassadors to our city because they're always telling people where to go, what restaurants to go, where to dine, where to stay. So again, I I want to see this move forward and and letting the port
authority understand and those at the airport that this is our city. uh we lease the property to them. But what happens in the airport and in terms of transportation, it is our responsibility
to make sure that those taxi cabs owners and operators get an opportunity to continue their businesses in the city of and I thank the taxi commission. Thank you so much, Pam. Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman
Canana. Was there a second? I didn't hear. Yeah, I I second it. But but I de definitely in in in L of what Councilman Canana said, just wanted to add some perspective to it about, you know, some of the things that were occurring. how even Uber and Lift drivers would drive a
individual to the airport and instead of pulling off would stay at the airport and then wait to try to get another lesser ride going back another way which really encroaches and infringes on the business of these uh taxi cap units to make the the the amount of money that
they can make even picking up a fair taking it somewhere in Jersey or over to New York and and these things have fundamentally uh have have been happening and have been uh really divisive uh to what we're trying to do here in the city and help to build up the taxi cab, you know, uh commission
and the work uh that they've been doing. And so uh I'm I'm glad uh that, you know, this item was sponsored, brought to our attention, but more importantly to be able to put more eyes on it uh so these things uh don't happen uh again. And so we just want to just be visual uh
in making sure that uh we are in front of this and making sure that uh our even taxi cab division is in front of it as well. Thank you, Councilman Council. If I may, Councilman Gonzalez, yeah, I I just want to know what the penalty is in terms of monetary
uh consideration because uh if you don't make it honorous enough, they are going to pay the penalty and and continue doing it. So, I believe that is important that we make it a safe penalty so that they feel it in their pockets.
Sure. Uh good morning, Kenyata, City of North Corporation Council. So essentially, we doubled the penalties for all of them. So for the offenses going up, we double all the penalties and we also um including the uh being there without the
proper insurance, we we double that one as well. That one is high as $2,000. What's the penalty for? So before there were 75, 150, and 200. Now it's 150, 300, and I think 400 or 500.
All right. Thank Thank you for council. Anything else? Hearing none. That's it. Council president, council members, I believe the corporation council may have added stars. Okay. There president like to give the clerk, Madam
Clerk, this is a this is really serious matter. Uh, Pake Valley has been fighting a battle in the courts in the federal courts regarding the polluters who polluted that Pay River and we have
spent legally thousand dollars and we're going nowhere. So I would urge that through this resolution, this is a draft for every member of council, urging our congressional delegation, our state assembly and and and and
senate and every city clerk in the 40ome cities that uh state valley uh uh operates and Newark being its city where it's at located and the bay and the whole issue with the EPA A and this is a
big fight. We're fighting uh and it cannot be a fight just a sake of valley uh fight. These are four counties and 40ome cities uh that we need to make sure that the polluters
take care of the pollution that they created and because there is the in that Payic River there is two midlife stadiums of pollution. uh it would take that kind of cleanup
and we've been fighting with this but uh and and and the president and I have been talking about it. So I indicated that we needed to draft a resolution to every clerk, every mayor and and and the
New Jersey League of Municipalities because this cannot continue. We have spent millions and millions of dollars of legal fees and every time we want it's just doesn't go nowhere and we need some help and and this is the resolution if every member of council can put their
input and before uh we we introduce it and it's very important and our delegation our congressional delegation take charge of making sure that the apayic river which is key into this to the four counties and to the state of
New Jersey that we do something about that. Yes, sir. Thank you, Councilman Katana. Cor. Sure. So, uh we have uh three potential added starters. Two are coming from workforce, two from workforce. The
number is 25-1253 and 25-1300. Uh they're both in reference to I hate to say I'm sorry. Repeat that. I'll say it. The first one is 25-1253 and then the second one is 25-1300.
Uh they're both uh giving workforce an opportunity to send out RFPs uh for of course we owe funds. Uh the reason why we wanted to add it is started because there is a uh time crunch. They want to start in uh January. They want the RFP process to be
done by December. Of course uh Miss Gaylord is here to speak to it. The uh EHD item is uh 25-1199. It's a reference to a project uh 79 I'm excuse me 39 Madison. Uh and of course uh Brandon is here to speak to it. I'll
let uh Miss Gaylord come up first. Uh Miss Gaylord. Director Gaylord, excuse me. Good morning. Karen Gaylord, executive director for the workforce board. We're required under WEOA to competitively
procure our career services uh using the WEOA funding and also to competitively procure some part of our youth services. So this is uh the first phase of that asking for permission uh to put those
RFPs out to bid. Any questions from the council? Hearing none. Thank you very much. Thank you. Good morning again. Good morning again. Brandy Daniel, legislative coordinator for economic and housing development. In regards to our
added starter request, this is an amendment to a tax abatement to kick kick to 39 Madison. And the reasoning behind the request is because the developer has obtained funding from a lender and the lender is requiring that
they be listed as a mortgage E in the agreement. So that is and it's time sensitive. Um in order for them to receive the funds, it needs to go before council. I'm sorry. You said listed as a what? The mortgage E. Oh, mortgage E. All right. And it's timesensitive. In order for
them to receive the funding for the project, hence our request. Any other qu any questions from the C council? Yeah, I'll sponsor that secondary non Madison. Sponsored by Councilman Council, second by Councilman Kelly.
Anything else? Thank you. Thank you, Miss Daniel. You're welcome. We are in the 30 minute public comment portion of this meeting where each speaker will have three minutes to speak. Please state your name for the record. Is there anyone wishing to
address the council? Good morning, George Tilman Jr. Morning. I want to thank you, team Baracker, Councilman Council, Councilman Crump, and Councilwoman
Roundtree. First you said your community has stepped up. I think it's very disrespectful cuz I'm amongst one of the people who have had family members that have died
in 180 as a result of those pull cords. That's not a new issue. It's been an issue ongoing for six years. They decided when this tax abatement and I brought the residents down here for this hearing on this tax abatement to
start a process to save this $80 million project. There's still issues going on up there. I still have family living in 180. I still have family living in those town houses. New community, those seniors up there,
they have a drug problem that exists in there. social services. That's one of our number one social service agencies. Are they providing any social services to help those residents up there with those drug addictions and mental health issues?
No. Have they done anything in the last 20 years to help those residents up there in that community to deal with those sort of issues? No. Again, you want to reward developers,
praise developers in our community. I don't think the people who families have died as a result of those full pull cords feel like you feel right now about that development, councilman, counsel, cuz ain't nobody in your family died.
Someone in my family died as a result of those pull cords. And they're not all fixed. So, we're going to have the residents come down here. When is this hearing and have them speak on this development,
that new community? And see if they feel the same way you feel about and the mayor feel about you coming up there and what you did. And see if they still feel good about you going to give these developers this tax abatement after all
that they've done in our community. So please tell me when that date is so I can start organizing councilman council because they will be here to rebut exactly what you said. Thank you very much.
Thank you for your comments. Next speaker. Uh none none appearing. Okay, just say nothing. That concludes the agenda. Yeah. Uh, anything from the council? Anything additional from the administration?
We get a motion to uh exe go to executive session. Yes. Kelly, yes. Yes. [Music]
Yes. Director Reading, don't leave. I got to ask you a question.