Board of Directors - Regular Meeting

call board of directors to order. If you um have your cell phones with you, we'd appreciate if you would silence your cell phones. If you wish to address the board, we have citizens communications card. I have several here already tonight. Uh I'll get those uh present those as I'm I'll recognize those as they're presented to me. If you'd fill out one of those so we'd have record of you speaking tonight. At this time, we'll have a roll call. Uh Director Smith is absent. Director Roberts here. Assistant Mayor Harris here. Director Holivish here. Director Brewer here. Director Juel here. Mayor Brown here. At this time, we'll stand for our invocation given by Director Terry Roberts. Our pledge of allegiance will be led by our building manager of the bystate, Larry Vaden. Let us pray. Gracious God, we gather here today with a serious purpose. We ask for your wisdom and guidance as we deliberate the matters that are before us. Grant us clarity of thought and let our discussions be productive. We pray that you would watch over everyone that is here and that we always put others before self. In Christ's name we pray. Amen. there. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. May be seated. At this time, we'll move right on into our citizens communication time. Miss Bcy Good evening. My name is Brenda Burcie, 3720 County Avenue. I'm here to reiterate my

feelings of injustice in your decision in reszoning the L Street neighborhood. I guess you're saying I'm beating a dead horse. Well, in one way I am because you have a big, beautiful garage sitting in a minority residential neighborhood. On the other hand, I am speaking to the living violators. The violators of the city's vision, the violators of the city's gateway neighborhood, the violators of the C3 zoning definition, and the violators of the future historical site area, and the violators of the desires of the neighborhood. I want you to recognize that your decision affects two parties, one positive and one negative. If you are making your decisions based on unbiased and based on the rule of law and supported by truthful evidence, then the losing party can accept and move on. But when decisions are made that aren't based on the rule of law and on personal biases and opinions, then there's a problem. My statements might be repetitious of what I said before, but I would keep saying until I recognize that I think you realize the consequences of your actions. I asked this council how this resoning would enhance the city gateway. No one responded. So this comprehensive plan is not worth the paper is written on when this council can change it and violate it as will. This city administration and council have decided that they can manipulate the strategic plan vision with their personal definitions for selected individuals. The city administration, planning board, commission, city manager, city lawyer, mayor, council has redefined the word retail because it did not meet the requirements for what the garage

activities would be. Webster's d Webster's de dictionary definition of retail does not apply in Texas County, Arkansas. You have redefined it to benefit your bias objectives. You have set a precedent for future request for C3 zoning requesters. They do not have to abide by the strategic plan, nor do new requesters of C3 zoning have to have a legitimate retail business that sells to the public. Your actions have caused a realignment of the city's bylaws and visions for the benefit of one person. I have dedicated a lot of time and effort for the last 6 months to try to preserve the minority residential neighborhood that contains a future historical site. The requesttor has not appeared not one time before this council. The mayor stated he didn't have to. No, he didn't because he had his rep, the planning department, the planning commission, the city manager, city lawyer, the city mayor, and the council speaking and supporting him in his resoning effort. Your questions and statements that were made were in defense of Mr. Duffer getting the resoning approved. I want to know, what did this city do or say to represent the neighborhood on keeping a junkyard out of their backyard? Which of you spoke up for keeping the city's vision, the city's comprehensive plan or the residential desires? I asked in the beginning that the city work with the neighborhood to revitalize the area and enhance the city comprehension plan vision with a future restored historical site, but you chose to honor Mr. Duffer's request rather than the city's vision and its neighborhood citizens, but blindfolds came off. You have demonstrated by your action and decisions that the privileged citizens and businesses come before the

marginalized or the minority communities. Citizens should not have to come and beg the city administration and council council over an extended period of time to correct issues related to unhealthy situations in their communities. Citizens in the Iron Mountain community shouldn't have to come and beg this city administration and council over an extended period of time to get some type of relief from their unsafe and unhealthy environment they have to live with daily. If this city administration and council can redefine and manip manipulate laws for Mr. Duffer. Then surely surely if you were persons of integrity, you would change and manipulate the laws to address the marginalized neighborhood concerns. This is city administration and council collaborated to get Mr. Duffer's resoning done in one night, brought it back, voted on it, and put an emergency clause on it all in one night. You tended to his problem. So let's see what you can do behind closed doors to address these community problems. They are tired of you saying I look into it. Thank you Mr. Cox. Good evening everyone. My name is Cecil Cox. I'm Carl. I'm here in regards to this Iron Mountain about our neighborhood. Uh this is about basically um I grew up in a time when uh we didn't have paved roads. I'm 69 years old and it was just gravel growing up when I was a little child and we used to get potholes, uh rain and muddy. Um it

would snow and freeze and cars would get stuck in a road for four or five days and wouldn't be moved. And then uh there was one legendary person, Mr. Freddy Johnson, who is no longer with us. He got together and he insisted that we should have paved roads uh and curbing and we eventually got that. And he he did such a great job. just the fact that you know I I know this is a different entity as far as Texas side you know they're getting sidewalks um all those things and what we're asking for is just particular area to be fixed uh not just that but on Arkansas in general but there's one area that just a a sore is uh 13th Street and Couch it's been it's had so many so much uh ashphalt has been put on it that it can no longer be paved anymore. It's just a look like it was hit with some sort of bomb or something. And my suggestion is that it should be jackhammered, have rebar replaced there with quick u quick dry concrete would be the only solution I would would think or some strong uh ashphalt. Um, that's I don't think that's asking too much if Texas side can put sidewalks up. Um, and I I just I just think, you know, you the whole city in general, the streets are very bad. I'm I'm sure all of you live here. You know that yourselves. And we all have to just continue to avoid big large bumps and everything like that. I mean, you have to take your car to the shop. uh uh you the bearings go bad and your front wheels getting that replaced is $300 or you constantly have to take your car to the shop. I'm just

hoping that someone sees this and in turn can have something done about that. So that's all I have to say. Thank you. Mhm. Mr. May, you want to speak? Yes. I'm up here about this house on either side of me on Pearl Street and uh man, they they got bushes 12 foot in the air over there and they steadily pulling stuff out of that house and piling it up. I got four copper heads in the freezer at my house that I caught two of them in my yard and one in each one of the other yards. Brothers, I got to have some help. Somebody with the yard crew, somebody to clean that up. I got pictures that nobody has ever looked at. I'm talking about a jungle, man. It's a jungle out there. And I need some help. Get somebody to do something bad. I I I'm I'm run over by rats, snake. What's What's those addresses? 1720 Pearl Street and whatever would be the one on the other side. But I'm 1716. Believe it's 1710. I think it is 1710. But they said that it's on the list

to be condemned to. But that's the one we're looking at tonight. Are these the two homes that you've or the two structures that you've been talking about? And I took pictures tonight because I didn't know what else to do. I'm trying to keep my mouth shut. And uh uh they told that lady two months ago to not mess that house. She went out there and built a a a ornamental brick deal around the mailbox. I don't know what the deal is, but I know I'm having to pay Allied to come out and do my yards and they're still crawling across me. I wish somebody would look at these pictures. I can't get nobody to look. You said they said not to mess with it or whatever. that they being who told the lady not to mess with it and but yet she didn't hug right here in port. She left that evening that they being the city. Okay. Miss S when she was here two months ago and uh she just went on out there like y'all you know they ain't had water there in three years. show. Now, the pictures I guess somebody has looked at those pictures that I He just showed them to me. Mr. Mayor, you've got my cell phone number. If you want to text me those pictures, I can I can have those on hand. Uh the the the one house was already condemned. Um I believe they did pull a permit to work on that house, but it the work wasn't completed on time, so it will be demolished. The house on the other side of them is the one that's on

your agenda tonight to be condemned. That's the 1710. Correct. 1710's on there tonight. Yeah, man. Please, please. I'm begging y'all, man. I need some help. So, in the in the interim, as far as the yard and all that, can the city do anything there as far as in relief as far as rats and all that? because it's going to be a long time before the the structures can be really put on the list and be demolished. No, it's it's it's on it's on the list. Yeah, we can we can he's got two he's got two he's got two structures he's talking right on either side. Yes, we can. It's for for the one that's on your agenda tonight. Yes, we can certainly look into that and and get that property cut. But the the other one that we'll be in to demolish it by the time we get in to cut anything. So, it'll all get done at that same time. All right. Okay. I'm just scared something going to catch on fire. Ain't been no water to that house in over three years and it's going to catch my little old house on fire. Lord knows I don't have money for that. I'm just trying to be civil and come to this council and and and talk to y'all. Please help me. I'm begging you. I don't know what else to say. Mr. May we'll we'll look and uh the one that's on the agenda for tonight that will be a little bit longer before it's demolished. We'll look into at least going out there and getting the property cut at least. Man, that would help. They got another pile out there. I'm scared the nuts is going to go out there and I mean the people going to go out there and light it and ain't no, you know, stopping it once it gets going. Yes, sir. I would like to say one thing. I know you've come here many times and you have always been very kind, very courteous, and very patient. And I've

loaned to keep my mouth shut and get me in more trouble than But I'm just trying. Please, somebody. Yes, y'all. Keep on this. Wayne, I I knew he was coming because I had called him. I called I knew he was coming tonight because I had called and reminded him around about 4:00 of the board meeting we had tonight. So I'm well aware all the issue that he had and I told him to come to the meeting tonight and his concern. Okay. Cuz he is in war two and that issue is in war too. I believe it's Mr. Jameson. Yes. Good evening, gentlemen. I'm in reference to um Saturday night. It's so dark over there on Preston Street. I'm going to talk about the potholes and I'm going to talk about the ditch over there at 219 Charles Street that runs through right into the little creek right there besides our property. We on five lots down there. And when it rains, it it just water just rises up because when it when it fills a ditch up, it comes toward our house. If you ever come over to Alpineers, it's 219 Charles Street. We own the creek anyway. When they bought all the houses out, my mom land was just too far away to buy it. So, they left us the only house on that street if you did this street. And um I've been asking uh uh Director Harris to uh bring it to the board that maybe we get the city to come just clean the ditch out if they would come in and get some of the debris after the water runs out of it and stuff. And this was months ago. And I got back with him. He said, "Ain't nobody uh said nothing. Ain't nobody done nothing for sure." So, I'm here to ask tonight uh if we short of people in the city that uh I see

riding around in their trucks practically all day. I know they can. You know, I'm not saying they ain't doing their job cuz I'm a veteran of myself and and I got plenty of time to ride around. I ain't worked since I was 42. So, I got time to check my city out. But back to the potholes. Saturday night, my son hit a pothole on Preston on the other side of O Street. $389 for a rim and a tie. Tie was $127. So, I was out of $500 because we don't have the people to fill the puddles. I talked with a citizen just coming in the building. If y'all could just uh get the asphalt and give us a notice, we'll get our own shovels, man, and start filling some of these potholes in our neighborhood because you can't go down Pinehurst. I hit one in my Tundra. It shook my whole truck. And that's and that's a big 4x4. I mean, literally, y'all shook my truck. Then my son hit one last this past Saturday. It has ripped my rim up. Come on, y'all. Then I came here this morning. The city said, "Oh, we can't do nothing for y'all, but we pay y'all taxes." We paying for y'all to sit where y'all sitting at, so y'all can't help us. You know what I'm talking about? What if, you know, just being honest, what if we say, "Well, y'all just come up here and work for free." Y'all, you know, I I doubt if people would do that cuz y'all time is valuable just like ours. But what we asking is I I was coming right off right behind Jones Funeral Home. Go back that way, man. They got four potholes right there off N Street. Not even six feet. They're so huge. Huge potholes, y'all. Yeah, rain ain't true enough, but rain ain't the reason that these potholes is bad as they because we not doing nothing to try to correct them, you know? So, I'm just

asking the city, uh, can we come to, uh, Director Harris's neighborhood and try to give him a little support for his citizens? I don't know what y'all doing for others. That's not our business. But I know he comes and complain about for his his ward. And we need some help down there. Them creeks is just overgrown and it's getting ridiculous, y'all. And we've been down there. I'm 6. I'll be 62 my birthday. I never lived nowhere else but 219 Charles Street. So I've been there 60 plus years. So can you imagine how long my mother and them stayed there? You talking over 100 years in that one place. Mr. Fitzgerald. Yes, sir. Now you said 219 219 Charles Street, Arkansas. Okay. That's and it's a that's the only house that's on that road. That's the only house we own from the from from Morrison Street going this way to the creek. And if you cross over the street, we own that. We on five lots down there. Okay. And you said where that the tire thing it wasn't on here on it happened on Preston going toward Preston Circle. When you pass Preston Circle is uh you got those little complex right there. If y'all ride there, man, I'm And it's night time. You cannot see the potholes, y'all. That's the problem. Daytime, we can duck and dodge them like we do right here on uh Pinehurst. Take the right there on Pinehurst. Come down one block. Look, man. Them hoes is huge. They are huge y'all. It's nothing that you know I'm not being funny but Ray child probably could could see them hoes and he blind and dead. That's how big they not a joking situation but I'm just telling y'all the truth. We are being overlooked bad you know and if like like we saying another gentleman go get Hey man get some asphalt. I don't I I don't work no I'll get out there with a shovel and I'll start hooping some me some holes and packing if I have to cuz man this get ridiculous. I don't have I don't

have money just to keep buying ties. Okay, that's all I'm saying. Appreciate y'all. Thank you sir. Lee Oh boy. I don't know where to start. I did tell them y'all work for free though. So, we want to thank y'all sitting up here on our money. But, I I really don't know where to start. I don't I mean, all the complaining I'm doing, I don't never get nothing really out of complaining. And tonight, I'mma bring up my war because I I never said nothing about Hollywood since I've been coming up here. But it's so strange to come up here and complain about this and not even the man out of a ward say I would try to help y'all do this and do that. Not one time have you ever said anything about what he would try to help us do over there. And I talked to the chief. He went out. He spoke to a neighbor. I talked to Tyler. He said he will punish the ass. We going to fill the hole. We trying to let all the water get out. We going to do that in that neighborhood over there. And she went out and talked to Miss Williams and she told him it's so sad. I'mma retired and I can't even come sit on my por cause her to smell. I can't do I'm scared it's killing me. And then after the rub Mr. Cox talking about this right in front of Miss William how which I sent Tyler a video and he looked at he say he going to see what he going to try to do. I'm doing all I can to communicate and cooperate without raising saying about you know I'm trying to let everything play itself out. Tyler say he going to look at that. I talked to y'all about the ordinance, which we know they not abiding by the ordinance. We know the smell. We know they polluting the land. We know the smoke. We know the sound. We know the sound is nowhere close to the or supposed to be. And I do understand. I was told none of y'all up here was on the city council when they did that

2004. I understand that. But now that y'all are here and y'all know we being done wrong and we are part of Texas Canada, can y'all please look into it to try to get us some kind of 16 hours a day, 6 days a week is what we get out of there. Mr. Brewer came by. He didn't come by for that situation, but he just happened to see me outside. He know for a fact he growled up over there. Y'all know what we going through. It's sad that a senior citizen say she can't sit on her porch because she's scared the fl is killing her. Mr. Cosman be sick behind the same phone. So we can't just keep coming here and listen to we going to look into it and we going to see what we can do. Somebody got to start doing something. Y'all help us. We need help. But we have to have concrete information, concrete reason to do something. I can't I mean we can't just tell Tri State that they got to quit or whatever. Okay. have to be specific violations that they're they're not, you know, and and I'm glad you said that because that's that thing y'all got called the ordinance, right? It is. And when have you I'm not trying to get smart. Don't think I am cuz I I want to get along with all y'all. But have you looked into the ordinance to see what they doing wrong? Have you looked into it? No, I have not. Okay. So, you telling us y'all need concrete evidence? Look for it. Y'all look for it. We don't know how to do it. We don't write the ordinance. Well, I mean, well, they they have a noise violation. Yes. With the ordinance, right? That's him. But it takes a it what I'm hearing is they have been checked several times and they they did not violate that ordinance that they didn't exceed those those limits. the the smell, you know, I don't know what what ordinances dictate any limits or whatever as far as smell. So, it's called like pollution. So,

that's when the EPA come in. We got a pollution law, right? We Well, I assume we do. I mean, that's that would be EPA. Yes. And I'm I'm glad you asked me the question because my point to you is y'all don't have no concrete evidence, but you never even tried to look at the ordinances. Is they violating the ordinance or not? Nobody. All we know about the noise or we know the police done been out a million times and they done told me point blank ring triate cannot operate under the noise ordinance. That's all I can get them to say. That's all I can get him to say. I got video I can bring up here and show y'all. But what what you're saying if if you concerned if if Mr. Har was concerned no Hollywood was that concerned by his w itself. He will make y'all a video. He will pull the ordinance. He will tell try to stay what they doing wrong. He would do it. If he was concerned, he would do it. I'm coming up here beating on something that ain't making no sense cuz all y'all saying we don't have no concrete evidence. Pull the ordinance. Read it. Well, you know, as far as like the the smells and stuff, I I would know what to mean looking for. I mean, it I'm sure it be would would be obnoxious to me, but I don't know. It's coming from their torch. They cutting over there with a torch, right? And I think well now he he's not here today but that's what the city attorney y'all pay the city attorney y'all don't get paid. He he had a misunderstand but the city attorney get paid right so he could pull the orders he can find out what they doing wrong in order cuz that's why y'all paying is why the city pay him why he could pull it and he can see there something like that we can certainly look into that if if the smoke violates the the smell orders or something like we can certainly look into that but we done looked into the noise ordinance since I've been coming. We know they not complying with the noise or but we not getting nothing done. Well, but but you say you say they're they they're not complying. Yes. But the evidence seems to indicate they are comp. Y'all are complying because of the meter the meter reader. Right. Correct. Okay. After the last meeting they came out and they checked it in the last meeting. You probably don't know but after the last

meeting they sent the officer out with the meeting ready. I'm just telling you what they did. I'm not telling you what what I think. I'm telling you. Me and Mr. cops. We watched them do it and you know what tri they were doing at the time they checked it? They weren't even crushing on mail. So what kind of reading were they going to get? If I may. Uh Liddell, that's my fault. Okay, we've we've got these ordinances in place and it's taken me some time to compile it all, but I've got all that compiled now with a list of all their regulations, the in their PUD, the the noise ordinance, all of that. Um we also we have been uh over the last few weeks going out and taking uh noise level readings at various times during the day, morning, midday, evening. Uh so we make sure we capture it across the entire day. Um and now as far as the the smell goes, the air quality, the city doesn't regulate that. that's regulated through Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and further up EPA, which the city attorney should be able to to say, "We might need you to go out and check that." Like that's that's I will I will absolutely reach out to ADQ and and the and the community want to be involved. We don't want to just go and say, "Well, they checked and it ain't nothing going on." We want to be involved. We want to know it's legit and we want to part it'll be from a state agency. And another thing I want to say for the noise though, we got Mr. Hollywood. That's his war right there. If he could just come out when I called him. I'm just say I call him about to know. He come out. He called the police with the meeting. Read it in front of me and him and let's see what he bring y'all back. Would that work? Can I get you agree to that? I'll be happy to do that. I done tried to stop you so many times. You tell me you too busy. I've never told you I'm too busy. I called you Holly Bush and asked you to come back. You said you got to go a dinner to make it too. You have never called me. All

right. I'm your time's expired. Hey Le Tyler, I I do have one question for you. Um, has anybody in your in that area and that you live in, which I know where you live at, have they ever been asked to take a tour at Tri-State and to see what goes on in there? Yep. Yes. They asked me to go, but I mean why I want to go in there and see what I can see from the outside. I mean, what I'm They probably want to drop a motor on my head when I come up in there. But yeah, they have asked me to come in there, but I I declined to go. I don't want to go. Thank you. Hey, uh Tyler, will you put put me on the list to uh receive a I'm going to supply that to every board member, the mayor. I'm going to supply it to Leell as well. I'm I got to come see you about the trees. Anyways, I'm I'm going say I know I'm through, Mr. Alan, but Holly Bush, you know, I got case for the last two or three years, right? I misspoke. It's been quite a while since we've spoken. No, director Harris I I I'm just going to say this that most of our ordinance state that that when we write an ordinance it say state that we shall consider the necessary appropriation condition safeguard to protect the health welfare safe the health the health safety and welfare of the citizen. So I think that should give enough clause to look in just about anything that a citizen bring up and and Mr. believe they'll know that happened in 2004 and I went on the board in 2004. So that is a correct statement. I don't think nobody was up here when that uh when that PUD was done. I wasn't up here. So all right. Thank you. I believe it's Henderson. Miss Henderson. Yes. I've come to talk to about the property on that 17 uh Pearl Street. Yes. Yes,

ma'am. Yes. I had purchased that house last year and uh I had got I had my sister had died and then I had got in trouble and I had went to jail and uh then whenever I came I just got back I was out for seven months. I went down there and got they told me I had to go get the deed in my name. So, I went down there and I got the de in my name, but if I went down there to get it today, I didn't have my ID with me, but I'm asking the favor on the y'all to just give me like 30 days because I got to go to rehab tomorrow and then if I get on rehab, I'll I'll be right on top of it. You're talking to stop the condemnation. Yeah, cuz then thing you'll need to do is probably just go to Tracy just come to public works tomorrow or something and try Roger and try to clear that up. Well, see, I got to go to if she does own it. We have spoke to her about getting the paperwork. Yes, I went there today last week and getting the name changed and to date it has not. But even tonight, even tonight this voted on it would still be 30-day waiting period. If she supplies that between now and the 30 days, then we probably would not do it. See, she would have to she would also have to get some sort of building permit or something to bring that up to code as well. Yeah. Secretary, do you think you just give me like the 30 days and I could get on it right? to abate it or tear it down. You got to be finished in 30 days, right? And it's got to come all the way up to code. See, cuz I won't be able to get out. I I'll get up to code soon as I get up. I got to be the rehab tomorrow. Would you be able if it approve? If it's approved tonight, you'll have that 30 days. Okay. Would you be able to do that in 30 days? Yes. I'll get as soon as I get out, I can get it done. The house is not that bad. Yes, sir. To bring it up to code to do all the city would require of you to do. Yes, we can. That's a short time. Yes, I know. Cuz it's already it's not as bad as it seems as the other houses that they tore down. The one they tore down last time. The one they should be looking into is one window on 1719

Street and cuz that one need to be tore down because it's burnt, you know, it's just sitting there. It's a hazard. And then the other house there that her other house on 1906 senator, they've been in there for 5 years. they won't get out, you know, they and it's it's condemned, you know, and then uh the house next door to him. Yeah, that one needs to be whacked down. But that one the house that I got, that's the best really house that she has left, you know. So, I just ask y'all a favor on that and I'll get done soon as I get out of rehab. Um, she needs to know that that 30 days starts once y'all condemn it, not when she gets out of rehab. Yeah. And when you when we condemn that, if it's voted on and condemned tonight, the 30 days starts tomorrow. See, and I won't have time cuz I have to be in rehab 30 days. That's cuz see it's like it's a uh if you walk through it, it's not that bad now. The backyard's bad. That's you know what I'm saying? Uh it ain't mine. It's machine letting the fortress come over there through all of our properties. You know, that's what how this all created a machine's a horror, you know. So, so to be clear, you you will be in rehab for 30 days. Yes, I'll be in rehab tomorrow. I got to go in tomorrow and I'm going to Riveridge. Well, there's really not anything left that we can do outside of that if it's voted on tonight because I've I went down there and talked to him. I talked to him last year when I first got the house, but I had got in trouble. I went, you know, I was still out there. But I understand. And the the other thing is these properties have been on our list for quite some time and they have obtained building permits to stop the process, my understanding, you know, and that type stuff. And it just keeps going on and on and on. Yeah. See, they got the builders as soon as we got they got the builders uh permits. I was went to jail. We got them the first time then, too. I had saved seven months in jail, you know, and then when I got out and I just found them other day and went over there uh I ran everybody off over there the day that was working on it because I knew

what they were going to do. They weren't going to do nothing. and they was over there what they was looking for a handout you know that's how these people are around here you know but that's how how the world is these days if I just ask you please when you have 30 days when I go out of rehab I'll be on top of it I don't see that that's possible but that's again it has to pass tonight so 30 days from the day what what's the main thing we have to get done over there on the it would have to be brought up to code so I think he said what what did you say sir that what was it the for the lecture than the uh Yes, sir. Well, I'm going to see if I can get on it, but maybe I can just pray and make it happen. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Any other uh person want to address? Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Yes sir. I had two house on the my husband died and then my sister die the house he hit everybody when go work and he one house knock down tell me own money and uh my kid own 7,000 he get to go but Vietnam but I pay water bill 350 my name but somebody do and lie and lie. She and tell she that her to do this, buy the house, do that, go in jail, everything. I fight I spend too much money on the B and I my kids got on the lean up the house back with phone but I don't have my kids say go ahead lean up before he on the

Vietnam he not tell me do that I say I'm every I'm get sit so bad I had to tell her she she move she say do that she go in jail her husband go in jail. I fight money everything and he say and I go pay water bill go do buy the house nobody find me but nothing and do this f she right here by the house on the I understand yeah I understand I know she now and I got with and I go she say so too late I had money you know they come you know they say clean up do beautiful because she mel so bad every day you know I bamboo everything I move you know they lie and they got money they run the way she talk to she say if you do and you go in jail she lay down why why and woman I do by myself the man he say and he need and put on the droop everything4 $50 I fight she drink the beer she laid down and she don't do for me. I'm I'm I'm so bad. That's why I'm I'm fired. They got come into you know neighborhood that he don't let me. We had a house two house before. He hit everybody when go in. He hit us. See not run away to that man. We love him and we say hi every day. And I don't know why we we we as we we love people. We don't do hurt. nothing but you know everybody he he hit everybody he talk me he say you don't have a house no more why why we don't we have back and somebody say too late I had somebody go

in somebody say they take care me ask him right here told me to help me too that ask him everybody help me but I don't know why and tell me and how how many I say with But how many get up my step too late down? I don't know. I don't know. Tell me, you know what? My husband die, my sister die, everybody. My my son get sit so bad. He go but you know and I I only want myself and I keep for them, you know, nobody walk and I'm so scared. I've been sick so bad at help me. So, you know, I'm sorry. I I don't know what I do. I clean up real and I hide somebody. I put the mailwalk they mail go away. So I put I had somebody make the mail walk. I don't know what I understand. I tell my kid don't go Vietnam and go talk city and then he go and talk and then say the house very bad what he don't love me he tell every dirty ugly beautiful you go and see not the dog but everybody ble up everything but Everybody don't love me and then say I do didn't do that you know he hit and the other one drop and he he there to you know everybody you know I help them and I turn the water everything my my money to you know I pay 350

one time I pay 150 and after this and they say in the the the broken I had Somebody they say CT must have and they got CT and the C why you don't tell and C help you who I can tell English I don't know can tell me help me I understand I understand but he almost about two years he he done he been here he done he FBI he done now he he he get so Mercy had a shop on the repair the car you know somebody burn the shop but they run away we have insurance too but they don't pay nothing they don't know in we and now we understand I say happy and you know my kids say you must clean up they tell you dirty dirty I'm good woman I clean up every day you know I don't had to call I I had to call somebody you a while ago in engine tell me man doesn't do this and she live with me he go to death I had this city I ma'am I'm I'm sorry and everything I understand I understand I'm sorry but your your time's expired tonight what I do now I have job the house too late too late for what government too late I clean up government by myself ashamed of our car work together. She she made me mad. She buy the house, you know. I understand why I was clean enough by myself. Eddie, could you assist us with tell me how much fun with back? I'm sorry. I don't know. How I talk I have for you know about you. I understand.

Okay. Come on. You're fine. I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm my kid not here and I know I'm so sorry. That's fine. Thank you. [Music] My name is Re Tony Child Mclofflin and Miss S. She can't hardly speak English. I did. I had to go interpretate for her with the social security office, D office, and everybody else. And she got folks not paying her. I told her to go out to Middle County, have him put out, but she won't do that. She don't put nobody in jail. And so I told her, I asked her nicely, "Let me go do it." And she said, "No." But uh she she can't speak no English, hard speak no English, and she can't understand her. So, but her problem is that she love folks too much. And she she hate them because they misuse her, take her money and say they going to fix her, don't fix nothing. like a house on uh on on B Street on the back side of Burma Burma Court Burma Park and then I told her you got to you got to put the law into it but she won't put the law into it. She don't get in trouble. Her heart is good. Also, the issue of an iron audition that iron company over there, the smell in the night time, they be throwing that metal out and stuff. It affect our families too. And on 15th Street, the potholes is

bigger than your arm, big head, big body. My sister tore her new car up. And my nephew tow his new car up. My my miss de told her new Cadillac up and they they getting tired of it. They just passed the hose up. The hoes be passed up back back the same way next two three months when the rain come. So we need help over there in my edition too. But she needs some guidance. So I'm trying to guide her the right way. Miss the same. Okay. But my my uh the uh tri state iron been doing that for a long time. The noise, the smell, the the uh the iron and metal stuff go through the air. They messing our health up. They on the back side where where the railroad on the property at not cutting the property. It like a like a forest out there. Go down 15 street come and come across the track on 767th Street. Make a left turn like a forest out there. They make a whole lot of floods over there. The water system not right. They flood down 15 street all the time. The creek old floods and everything else. But try state not only affecting brother Ly on Klein Street. It's also affecting Arkansas Street, Luzon Street, California Street, also affecting Booker Street, Roseville Street. The hoes are gigantic hoes that big around. And I ain't drove since 2022. January, April, 15, 2022. But I still drive a lot of cars and I got to take it easy going down through there. But that's all I got to say. Love y'all too. God bless y'all. Thank you. Anyone else wish to address the board? Anyone else? If not, we'll move into the

consent agenda. Tonight, we have two items on the consent agenda. Item number one is approval of the minutes of the regular meeting on June the 2nd. Item number two is to adopt a resolution to set the date for a public hearing concerning the abandonment of a portion of a ride ofway along East 49th Street related to the property address 200 East 49th Street. What would be the desire of the board for the consent agenda? Motion. Have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? All those in favor say I. Uh opposed. The consent agenda carries. We have one item on our regular agenda tonight. It's uh item number three to consider the following action concerning two substandard structures. We're to conduct a public hearing regarding the condemnation of these substandard structures and adopt a resolution condemning the two substandard structures. Roger Douglas. 1710. At this time, we will open our public hearing. 1710 Pearl. You've already heard about Mr. May's been up here complaining about it. That's a picture of it right there. You can't even hardly see the house from the overgrowth and stuff. We've been dealing with these. 4708 Parkland is another one. It was tagged in 2018. Uh we've had we have to keep sending the crew back over to clean up and everything. They keep saying they want to do something with it, but they won't ever do anything with it. Uh we're getting a lot of complaints from the neighborhood over there and that's the two that I'm bringing before you tonight. Just to just to clarify cuz you and I have had this conversation a couple of times specifically with the thing that we've gotten into on Pearl is is once these things come to the board. These a lot of these people several of them are coming and getting and we're issuing the proper building permits which keeps

delaying the process once the building permit has to expire etc etc. and all they're doing is circumventing the system to make sure that this keeps prolonging it. It's not anything that the city has done to delay it. It's the actual owners that are causing those delays. When you when it's condemned, they have 30 days to pull a permit and abate it or tear it down. That means 30 days to finish it, not the 30 days to get a permit to work on it. Right. There's there's been some confusion on that, mayor. We have cleared that up and we've set it right in this resolution. Uh whereas before it appeared that you had 30 days to pull a permit. Our permits are good for 6 months. So then that extends it 6 months. But that is not the case. We fixed that with this resolution. Our ordinance states that they only have 30 days to completely demolish or abate the structure. So if it's not completed within 30 days, we can go in and tear it down. Roger, is that the back or the front? That is the front. So when she said the back was worse than the front, it's all bad. And can I get a translator? Did anybody understand what she was saying? I'm not being But is there Mr. May hold just is there any other discussion during the public hearing? Well, again, you're saying a house like this, they come in to get a permit. They have only 30 days to have it all fixed up. I mean, for me to walk in, sit down on the couch, be able to go to

the bathroom. That's what the resolution says. Wow. That's what the resolution has always said. Oh. Because if one goes to condemnation, it's past the point of being worth doing anything with. This isn't the first they've heard of anything they've been getting. Yes. I mean, we're not prior to now to to bring it up to We've been getting if it's that far, we've been getting complaints on it for years. Didn't you say that it started in 2018? So, they've had uh Yes. So they've had seven years to do something up to Well, two, I mean, I I would just kind of think that that once you get a permit, you kind of, you know, building permits, you can kind of work a little bit here and there and instead of So this the problem with that is they they they do that to circumvent the system. Oh, I understand the logic behind it, but I I'm just I'm just saying it's kind of new to me, too. I can see why they'd be somewhat surprised. If they hadn't done it in seven years, it doesn't look like they're going to do it. They ain't going to happen in 30 days. Now, the city is not beyond helping people. You know, if they're actually doing something to do, if they were, we would probably and they get to the end of that 30 days and they've got most of it done. I'm not going to step in there and say, "No, we're going to tear it down." That's not going to happen. I mean, cuz not but you've got to make a conscious effort to do something. Not not every structure is going to be in that bad of shape that we're actually condemning, right? I mean, some of the worst case the majority of them are in that shape. The other one, but not necessarily. It's got to be an occasional exception to rule. Well, the other one that's up there, 4708, Yeah. is a brick home, but it's been neglected for years and years and years. The inside of it, they had a dog living in

there by itself for several years. Oh, god. Uh it's just it's a total mess, but we get so many complaints from the neighbors and there's been people offered to buy it from them, but they don't want to sell it. Is that in the TR area? Yes, sir. Pinson Park. Okay. So, any other discussion in the public hearing? Do what? I was saying uh I said that's the first that's the I've been on here. That's the first time I ever seen a house over in the trace area then bought before. There was We did one just a couple years ago. There was one more that I almost got there because I couldn't sell it. Yeah, because they just they won't do anything with it. Well, I I I be another issue. I'm I'm thinking about tax sales or that's another issue. I guess I bring that up another day. But they'll pay the taxes on it. No, I'm saying somebody buy a house from a tax sale uh and they knowing uh something wrong with the house when they buy from the tax sale but the house is not condemned and they don't know it's condemned but they go through Arkansas cuz the reason I'm saying that cuz there's one coming up July the 7 19th I believe out there at the at the convention center and house for sale. No, just the state auction. Oh, a tax sale with all the property. With all the property in Miller County. So, somebody go out there and buy a house that that and it's they don't know it's been condemned. How's we going to act with that this year? We get that times because the state doesn't disclose that that it was condemned. We've had some that had leans on them that were, you know, the house was torn down, there was a lean on it. They come in and taxi them and buy the property and then it

takes a little while to get all that cleaned up. That's a lane. I know. Do I believe Parkland has a link? Well, I can bring that up. Will it? I believe uh No, there's no lane showing on Markham. Okay. The not not from us. Yeah, there could be from from others, but not from the city. It's doubtful because it would already been foreclosed on. All right. Any other cons questions during the public hearing? If not, we'll close the public hearing. If there's not any other discussion, we'll instruct our assistant city clerk to read the resolution. Whereas the public works department has requested an order of condemnation under section 11-87 of the city of Canada, Arkansas code of ordinances for two substandard substandard residential structures attached here too as exhibit A. Whereas the owners of the listed properties have been notified that the structures on the property properties are in violation of the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code and the International Property Maintenance Code, but little or no work has been done on the structures and the allowed time period has lapsed for the owners to voluntarily bring the structures into code compliance. And whereas each structure has been dilapitated, unsightly, unsafe, unsanitary, obnoxious, or detrimental to the public welfare. And whereas the public works department has attempted to notify by certified mail the last owner of record of each property informing them that the board of directors will consider declaring these structures a nuisance. And whereas notices of the condemnations will be sent to the owners

of record allowing 30 days for the owner to demolish and remove or otherwise abate the structure. Now therefore it be it resolved by the board of directors of the city of texture county Arkansas that the properties listed in exhibit A are found to be and condemned as public nuisance under provision of section 11-87 of the city of texture county Arkansas code of ordinances that the public works department shall provide the owners of record with notices of the condemnations and allow 30 days prior oop sorry 30 days for repair or demol demolition by such property owners that the public work public works department is authorized to demolish any of the listed structures that are not repaired or demolished within the 30 day period after giving the owners at least 10 days in which to remove any personal items passed and approved the 16th day of June 2025. She's read the resolution. What would be the desire of the board? Motion to adopt. Second. Have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? Could you call the role? Director Smith? Yes. Director Roberts? Yes. Assistant Mayor Harris? Yes. Director Halibush? Yes. Director Brewer? Yes. Director Juel? Yes. Mayor Brown? Yes. The resolution passes. It's not anything else on our regular agenda. We'll move into board commentary. Is there anybody that wishes to address the board tonight? Uh, I just got a question, but as usual, we get all these gripes about their potholes. Are we at liberty to advise the public about I mean any update on the potholes like the guy coming to town, go to the company coming to town to help on the the

potholes and where we stand as far as the city is bond issues or anything to help out on this? Can we can we real liberty to discuss that with the public or anything what our plans are? Yeah. Um now we've had our um chain yanked a little bit by the pothole contractor. He's supposed to been here for the last two weeks in a row and hasn't showed up. Uh we received notification last week that one of their vehicles had an accident in the at the emulsion plant. Um and there were some insurance issues that they had to work out. They're working those out currently. We found out this morning that they say they're going to be here on the 27th, which is Friday after next, and they're going to work through the weekend. Um, and however long it takes to to get completed. They've told us they'd be here the last what, two, three weeks in a row. Um, there's there's not another contractor out there that can come in and do this. Um well it there is but nowhere within this four states area. Um so we're kind of handcuffed a little bit by by them coming in. And how what's the estimate as far as how long it would take them to do their work here to get us up to speed as far as potter repair assuming decent weather. So last year when they came in and they did all of Ward 2, um it was it took them week and a half about to do all of W 2. Um and we're not going to be able to just pay for them to do the entire city. Um we're just trying to utilize them to help us get caught up. We're going to start with uh $30,000, evaluate where they are with that. We may go another 30,000 after that, but I

don't foresee us being able to spend much more than that. Um, but it's going to depend on how much they get done, how efficient they are. Um, but they can uh they can put quite a dent in in our issue with with that. It's not going to get everything, but it'll at least help us get caught up to where we it's a little more manageable for our personnel. and on a long-term basis or we've got plans to to address that on a long-term basis. Yes. So, the uh Tracy and I had a meeting with the company that's doing our street study uh last week. We have received some preliminary results. Um well, 90% um they've they've just got to wrap up a few last things once they uh get to 100% give us all that information. Um, we're going to put together a presentation for you just to show you where our road infrastructure is currently. Um, how much we need to put into it. Um, how much we need on an annual basis to maintain it. Because as of right now, um, just to keep our infrastructure, our road infrastructure in the condition it's in currently, we'd have to put 5.6 million into it every single year. And that's just to keep it in the condition it's at now without deteriorating more. So, as you can tell, we don't put anywhere near that amount into it. Um, so yes, my my hopes is to present y'all uh to give this presentation to y'all once we've received the final street study. Um, and and put some numbers to it and let you know what a $10 million street bond will do, a $30 million street bond. um where that gets us. I'll be able to give you numbers for if we

were to put um 30 million into our system now where that brings our um annual maintenance cost down to and and what that brings our overall pavement condition index up to. Now, that does have to be approved by the voters, right? Correct. Yes, sir. It'll be it'll be a vote of the citizens. Um, I I'm more than likely going to propose uh right now they've there is a 2 1/2 mil property tax that they're paying currently. If we uh if we pay that off and extend it for another 20 years, that will give us about 9 to10 million. Um, but the state allows us to go up to 5 mills. So, we could place an additional 2.5 mills. Um and that would uh possibly get us to 30 million. Now um it it would it would be two separate votes to the citizens. Um but I feel pretty good that the citizens are just concerned about our streets as we are. So um hopefully that vote would go good. But I can give y'all a lot more information. I'll put it all in presentation. And I'm planning on just having a workshop with y'all so we can But my my point being or my point being the city is working on a plan to address this this pothole issue. Absolutely. Getting our our butts chewed out every week. It it keeps me up every single night. Yes. Yes. I would just like to know what what really constitutes using a rebar and concrete. Some areas just seem to because the water some areas are low and it holds water to crack. You got the same problem.

Right. If it's built on an area where it can the water can dissipate or you have rebar I mean you have this reinforced concrete there won't go anywhere. What what would the difference there? I mean, how do you differentiate between using concrete and edge? Well, for one, for one, concrete's about five times as more expensive. It's way more expensive. Um, but if you do have a water issue, it's going to destroy concrete as well. it's going to take longer to destroy it, but um concrete is um it's not going to fail as quickly, but once it does it's drastic failure. Um so t but your design life for concrete is um you know 40 years whereas asphalt is 15. Um but you're you're paying a whole lot more for for the concrete than you are the asphalt. And um it's typically not feasible for us to even be able to pour concrete. Only reason I as I see boulevards you just see cracking all the I'm sure it's the weather too. I'm sure it has. Oh yes sir. Yeah it's but asphalt as well as concrete. Concrete doesn't take as much, but asphalt takes um uh requires a hefty amount of preventative maintenance. You know, you have to go in after 3 years of of freshly laid asphalt, you have to go in and crack seal. Um in seven years, you need to go in and do a cape seal. And then 15 years, you typically need to mill an overlay. Um, but even still through all that preventive maintenance, it's it's a much more cost effective to go the asphalt route. Now, as long as,

like what you were saying, as long as you have decent slope on the road, uh, your gutters are clear, and you can get water off the road, then it's perfectly fine. But that's that's why it's so important to for us to do drainage work along with road work so it doesn't destroy it more. Yes, sir. Mayor, I got a question for Tyler. All right, Tyler. Uh, for the city of Texar County, Arkansas, to pave all of our roads, what's your guesstimation? What's the money amount to pave every single one of our roads? Yes. 200 million. 100 million. 100 million. That That's That is just to put a 2-in strip of asphalt on top. That That's not That's not ripping it up. That's not base work, anything. You You add all that to it. Yeah. You're at 200 million. Yeah. 200 million. That's a good start. I've got just two questions. First of all, thank you for the comparison that you did for me. I'm hoping I get more positive results as I continue through my ward. Yes, sir. But mayor, is there any way I I know that if we can start working on our budget earlier because I know you said this was going to be a lean year, which it is, and uh next year scares me as as well. And the reason I ask I know our my concern is is all the departments but our police department uh you know they had to take a hit with freezing personnel and we didn't get their vehicles and uh you know while some other departments got raises and they didn't have to give up anything.

And I just want to make sure that that we do take care of our first responders and make sure our police department gets fully funded that everything that they possibly need that we can provide. I know, you know, we're not unlimited pockets, but I certainly want to make sure that we take care of who we need to take care of. Well, I mean, one one of the things that I've I've talked to Tyler about, and that's certainly my personal opinion right now would be I I would I wouldn't even go get the nine or 10 million. You could go get it, but you're doing patchwork again. Absolutely. And the only way you're going to have you're going to do extensive road repairs, fixed streets in this city going forward is you're going to have to keep doing bond issues. And the problem that we have with that is twofold. One, you have to position the city in the position where it can pay for the bond. And the second thing is is you need to go get a substantial amount because the citizens are going to have to vote for it. The other thing is is that I'm every time that I speak somewhere, every email that I get every week, not everyone in this city understands where the money goes and how expensive it is. Correct. And I've told Tyler that that in these presentations, if this board decides to go before the voters or whatever the case may be, that that should be part of the plan. That should be part of the issue. And a spade's a spade. And what I mean by that is you explain where the money goes. When you have when you have 60% of your revenue going to your police and fire departments, people need to understand that. When you have another 1.4 million now instead of $100,000 a year going to the airport, people need to know that because those are things that have to come off the top. That's where your money's going. And when you only have four or $500,000 left to try to fix all our street and drainage repairs, it doesn't stretch because your income is

not increasing. when your sales tax revenue has not increased in the last four or five years. Exactly. You can't go keep and maintain these without doing bond issues. That's just my my personal opinion. That's the only way we're going to do it. But the other thing is is that I feel like it's important and what what I would like to support going forward would be you got to go address your drainage issues. And so whatever this bond issue ends up being, you need to go take care of your drainage issues before you start fixing a bunch of these streets. because if you do, he's already pointed out, Mr. Cox said, that they're going to be some of them will be underwater and you've wasted your money. So, you need to go fix Jones Creek, you need to dredge Nicks Creek, you need to do a number of things and those things aren't going to be cheap, but you need to go fix them. But, you got to put a plan together because uh I know Director Harris is not in favor of using the street study. You've got to go somewhere to look. In my opinion, you can't go to the different ward members and let you start having town hall meetings and decide what citizens what street they want to fix. That's what we got elected to do in my opinion. But you'll have a lot more chaos than you will taking the street study in my opinion and going and looking at the street study and see how far you can get. when you look at the street study to try to go figure out how much money we can get. Let's say we can go get when it's all said and done with voter approval 50 million and we could go see what we could take care of our drainage issues and see what we can fix on top of that. Then those people that wouldn't be on there nitially probably won't vote for it because you're not fixing my street and this bond issue. But what happens is is look at all the money we're freeing up in road repairs by fixing those other streets. So there's there's twofold, but you've got to in my opinion, it's all going to start with explaining to our citizens, this is where your money goes, right? And this is how it happens and this is where this is how it's going to do. Do you remember this is thinking back to the '9s when they built the the uh corre

the Miller County Jail out on East Street? They determined, you know, it was half cent for uh operation and maintenance, half a cent for construction, and it was sunset on the construction. Well, they went, they had nine meetings once they, you know, said, "This is what we're going to present." And the county judge at the time, the quorum court members, they all, I mean, from the south end of the county to North Heights Junior High, they had meetings. Everybody was there. uh very very well attended meetings so they could ask questions. And I think if if we went some way like that, we would all need to be engaged in that and to to you know if we're not there to sell it and show them we believe in it. why why would they vote for it? And uh you know and explain to them this is the good, this is the bad, this is where we're at, this is what we I mean it's going to take conversation with us all uh to move this thing forward. I mean for years we have we have a lot of people that come forward and say they're paying taxes and that is the truth. But for years and years that tax that went to our city for your road tax was about $13. Mhm. And so in retros in in reality on where all that money goes, it doesn't stretch far enough. Now it's 70s something bucks for average tax bills or whatever. It's finally started going up, but so has asphalt. So has a number of things. So I think it's an education process. you you will uh I I would say this that what my projection would be the seven years I've been sitting in this seat and what we're seeing in sales tax revenue and increasing revenue of the city is not going to happen. It's not going to happen substantially to where you can continue to go fix the things that you need to fix and maintain the the things you need to maintain. So, the only way

you're going to be able to do it is to go issue bonds and do it. Uh, and uh, there's not any expanded retail here. Uh, we've got housing that we'll get property tax revenue off. We've got industrial development that we can increase. But the thing about it is all these other expenses are increasing, including the airport. So, as those continue to escalate, they all come off of the top before we can go fix potholes. That's just the way it goes. But it it would take it's going to take a nagging effort by all of us. Uh but a bond issue is going to have to be the way to go. And the way to get it passed is to educate the public and educate the public. I think Tyler with the breakdown that you uh you sent out today that with that data right there that would give them some type of transparency of the reality that what we really what we're really dealing with when it comes to the numbers you know with our continuous accounting with our discrete accounting you know I think just we put more of that information out there so they can see what we actually see. Yes sir. I I expect a large informationational campaign. Okay. All right. Director Harris, I guess I patiently waited. Uh, first of all, I would like to say I had this make the I I really going to go to this, but I'm going go ahead and uh say something about streets studied, mayor, since you kind of brought that up that I this would be the third street study that I would say that I have been here and it's been done. And my projected street study to me has not been fair to the poor neighborhood. just fur out and that I can show you that on the day of the last time we did when we got that million dollars at uh $20 million I think the poor neighborhood only got maybe two street that was Ferguson street and that was out of street and reason why they got the out of street maybe because the mirror at that time was driving on the outer street leaving her going to her

home every day so that's probably why I street was done but if we do do a street study uh and and get the money I'm still going to request just that the money be divided up equal within the ward. And the reason why I'm saying that is that if you divide the money equal in the ward and let the ward member meet with his constituent and let him figure out uh what what streets to do. But I know that's probably it's not going to happen. But that's what I'm going to tell the public. That's why I think the people should hear that that if we get $20 million, 3.3 million need to go into each ward. And I still going to say that and I know one lady came and brought that up at the last board meeting. So somebody out there listened to me about that issue there. But but that's her but but but but that's but the reason what I was going to talk about that I was bringing up the outstanding request to the public works department that I have made within the last two weeks or month and and number four is street potholes not being done in W two. And I'm just going to go back. Even Pinehurst had been done. You know, I brought that up at the last board meeting and then I was going down uh I seen about five cars going down Pinehurst Street again and they had to get on the other side and let the other cars had to stop so they can go through. But uh then you got Graham Streets. Uh that's in war too. You got Alca Street. You got Arkansas Street. You got Ferguson Street. You got Delmon Street. You got Park Street. You got Preston Street or Baremont Street. Now I gave I sent Tracer probably a three-page uh streets potholes need to be done in Ward 2. I guess when the last what I think that was about what two about a month ago and these the one that has not been done. And then my other uh issue was the ditch near Park Street and Preston Street uh that to the creek. It

ain't been cleaned out. It was clean. Well, the ditch to park on Park Place from Preston Street to to the creek on Griffin Street. Now, I went there this morning and it wasn't done. Well, then there must be some confusion on what ditch it is you're talking about because ADC went out to cut that ditch last week and we did receive pictures that it was completed. Okay. And and uh the behind High Point Apartments, huh? Behind High Point Apartments. Well, you you did do that uh behind the high point, but you left 10 ft uh right in front by the pole that they didn't do. You did do the ditch behind High Point over the High Point apartment. Uh but you left uh about uh 10 ft wide from back there, the fence going all the way down to the uh to the street. I don't have no pictures here, but I can probably go take some pictures. But but that's that's a uh that's another issue I was bringing up. And then the the uh the on street you still got a manhole that's being stopped up and damaged. I brought that up before. And then one side is still stopped up. That haven't been stopped up. Then I don't know what y'all plan on doing about street bridge that how it's being stopped up and running to people yard. That haven't been done yet. Then the drainage issue on Fairview and Mitchell Street which I had stated that I met um I met with you and uh the system public works director uh Roger about that and then uh um I I guess I sent you an email about the housing consultant uh what's your status on that you know about trying to get a housing consult help me with the housing issue in here. I even sent you an email which you ain't respond to me about the trying to sell of England pool which some people request uh about trying to buy it

because to me that is still a part of of the community which I serve history and I don't think that the city need to just go and just tear down which I got our FOI and I got by about I think about 46 page I think when they were first built in 1965 I think the city paid $36,000 for it. Now, he claim it going to take a million dollar to fix it, but my said, let give it to somebody or sell it to somebody and let them see what they can do to that pool because uh well, I don't want to say what happened on place because I don't want to use use that right now. I I I talk about that another day, but but use use that let that pool there come back and serve the community. And I think it I think because if you use the issue of protect the the health, safety and welfare of the citizen that'll be a good idea how you can sell the pool. And I and and the guy who's trying to buy it, I don't want to call his name here. He own a concrete business. So and I don't know what price you put on there or how would you go about doing it, but I do know the city to me basically don't want no part of having the food in his arson no more. But I can't understand. But you went and got a building in 2000 that was given to the city in 2013 and you've been having a swimming pool since 1965 and spend them almost a million dollars. And I'm talking about the old boys and girls club, but you don't you didn't want to do nothing to the England pool, which I don't I still don't understand about that. And then what about the workshop for the customer service ordinance that I have before the board that I put a a a customer service ordinance for y'all? And uh Tyler said no on that. And I also noticed one thing about that only only employees that was a employee before

they uh became a city manager. they was the only one that enforcing that ordinance that if they disagree with something that a board members putting before the board that uh then we had to go do a workshop for for y'all to for that coming before the board and I got a customer service orness. just about five pages and I guess Tyler thought I'd have forgot about it, but I'll let him explain that. But he he basically said no. And then it got to come we got to have a workshop and then y'all got to look at it and see if that's the issue y'all want to uh have for it's a full page customer service orness. And I I wasn't going to pass nothing out but but that's the other issue I got that he haven't did just yet. Uh, and Director Harris, Heather has emailed you multiple times about a schedule for a workshop. That workshop, you know, you wanted to do it right before that and I said, "Wait until the mayor get back so you have all the board members here." Is she and she has asked again when you would like to do nothing by the workshop. Only thing I told her, wait till the wait till the mayor because at the time the mayor was going to be gone and I want at least all the board members couldn't look at it. But but then again I still just can't understand you know why you so adamant against the item that I bring before this board. That that's why I don't director Harris I I have I have told you multiple times that I'm in agreeance with 90% of that customer service ordinance and I've requested multiple times having a workshop then I don't understand that because there are issues with it and I' I've requested that you come meet with me countless number of times now to discuss that but I can't get you to meet with me. Well that that's another issue why why I haven't met met with you on on on some issue. I I will have an executive

session meet with you with the other board member, but that's that's another date thing. But uh that's another that's another issue right there. So, but I I don't want to uh I wait and do that with the other board members present. So, but and and the other thing I guess I did the drainage issue. Okay. And I know that the Cleveland Street, I know you said you didn't want to do that because base with Pearl, but if you had when the last time you went on Cleveland Street and and Pearl Street just to see how bad that street is. No, that street have got real bad and it's in the poor neighborhood. It's in Ward two and that's about one of the worst street ever. And that's another reason why I stated to the public that if we able to do a bond issue, you need to get each ward to spit that money up equal cuz I still say that that that street study going to be biased for the P neighborhood. Just look at all the list I'm going to give him about the pothole. But uh like I said, it's about 15 of I'm going to say about 20 potholes I'm going to give give him that has not be done. It could be more, but but that street study is not going to correlate with the potholes I'm getting him. And I I know it's not. And and I think and so that's the reason why I'm going to say it one more time. If we do a bond issue, it need to be done that each each ward will get the same amount of money and then each ward member would need to meet with the with his uh constituent and we need to figure out what street need to be done, you know, and I think that's be the first way to do it cuz sometime are you going to are you going to let them vote? Are you going to let your citizens vote on which street needs to be done or how you going to decide? where we going to meet and we going to decide right there on when we have things. So what's going to happen to the people that the

street they want done don't get done? Well, that's why we going to have that's why we going to get together. Anything else? So far they they haven't had no issue with the streets I've been picking. You know, I say that much. But it's not it's not me getting the street done like I put Cleveland Street. And that's bring another issue. That was a concrete street, but yet they asphalt that street and then the base to fail and they ain't never went back to fix that street. But I think I just saw them doing another concrete street and uh they put on their on their Facebook page. I'm thinking it was 23rd Street. I could be wrong street, but they but they but they fixed that with concrete. But this then that's another issue, you know. I just wish that and like I said I I I still want to meet with my constituent and let them and we get together and figure out what streets be be done. I think like I said mayor they going they going to uh probably you ain't going to please everybody up here. So I already aware of that but it's just the idea that my ward and every ward going to have if you over 20 million we going to each have $3.3 million to spend in our Let me just give you one more point. What if we look at the street study and if we go down that street study list and we can only do 20 streets and 10 of them are in war two. I but I still want 3.3 million. I said I can't I change the game to to the state. I'm just saying that's that's premature. We we haven't seen street trying to be fair and fer is splitting the money up among the ward and and and whether and whatever that street studies say. I'm not I don't think the street stud should even meet you. I to me it was a waste of money. Anything else? That that's it. Anything else? Any other board member? If not, I

would entertain a motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. Second. Have a motion a second. Could you call the role, please? Director Smith, yes. Director Robert, yes. Assistant Mayor Harris, yes. Director Hollibush, yes. Director Brewer, yes. Director Juel, yes. Mayor Brown, yes. We're ajourned.