Remarks by Anibal Ramos Jr.
14 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
“MR. PRESIDENT, IF WE CAN GET FROM ENGINEERING PRIOR TO TOMORROW'S MEETING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF WHEN THEY ANTICIPATE DOING THE PAVING, IS THAT GOING TO BE DONE IN THE SPRING? I HAVE A FEW STREETS ON THIS LIST.”
“Yeah, I mean, I'll review it, but I know the tax abatement committee vetted this out, so I have no issue at this point. Virginia?”
“I have some North Now shirts I could donate.”
“yeah mr president the first one is an ordinance that i'm sponsoring so i would appreciate your consideration uh i want to thank the engineering department specifically ray concepcion who worked with our office and the clerk on this ordinance it addresses the the right of entry issue which becomes a big obstacle for a lot of our inspectors that are trying to verify that properties are illegally converted. And what prompted us to do this is that we have an issue with a property on Montclair Avenue that from the street is clearly illegally converted, but it has taken the city quite some time to…”
“THIS JUST ADDRESSES THE CITY'S ABILITY TO GO IN AND CONDUCT THE INSPECTION WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT MONTHS BEFORE THE COURTS. LIKE IN THIS CASE ON THE PROPERTY OF MONTCLAIR AVENUE THEY HAVE you know, numbered garbage cans outside the property. You could visibly see from the street that they have at least four doors that access different parts of that house. So there are things that the city would not be able to utilize in order to get right of entry. And then they could do what they're supposed to do, which is, you know, find the property owner if they found that they have illegally converted…”
“So this is consistent with what we normally spend for this treatment, right?”
“Yeah, I just want to commend the administration on this. I know my office set up a pilot program with our Special Improvement District where we put up surveillance cameras and 12 illegal dumping hotspots. Sure. What I would say is that i i do acknowledge that the prosecution of some of the cases have been very successful but we do not catch enough people who are committing illegal dumping acts and i would ask through your chair the clerk and the ba under former director ambrose we had a task force that was very very effective at surveying some of these hotspots, like Riverside and the North…”
“Mr.. President just a follow-up to councilman roundtree the letter that was attached to Correspondence that mr. Davis shared does state that the Residents have to use this lew environmental, so we need some clarity through your chair on and the clerk to ensure that if there are other companies that have been pre-qualified, that the residents can contact them. It should reflect in the correspondence that the department shares with the residents.”
“IF THEY HAVE TO RE-ISSUE THESE LETTERS. RIGHT.”
“Yes on all, and I abstain on E. Scott Roundtree?”
“But amend it and remove the South Ward property.”
“Thank you. Yeah, Mr. President, maybe moving forward, I know it's the same buyer, but they should really split these up by award. This is not the first time this happens.”
“Mr. President. Yes, Councilman. With the budget, I know after the hearings were completed, there were some questions that were submitted through the clerk's office for additional information, and at least the ones that I asked about, I don't remember getting a response. There were some questions about the police, public works. So before the amendments, and also maybe if they can share what amendments were presented to the state that the state's reviewing, just so that we have that information ahead of time.”
“Oh, okay. So you anticipate amendments based on their feedback? Yes. Gotcha. Thank you. You're welcome.”