Remarks by Bill Saffo
142 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“No, I just think that the folks that are here tonight that have concerns about this and significant concerns should be able to contact the city's attorney's office and ask for that specific definition so that in the event that you folks are hiring an attorney to fight this, you understand what the legal ramifications are and how to go about it. Just want to make sure everybody has that understanding. I think we've been very clear from the zoning perspective. We're also very clear that the city is not pursuing this. Living Day Hope is doing this on their own. And I know that they've been up at…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Does anybody have any questions of Rachel? Thank you, Rachel. Do you have a quick question? Yes, we have. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Jason.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right. Very good. Thank you, sir. So at this time, I'd like to recognize the property owner. Come forward.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“You made a comment that your sister also had heirs to this property. So you're the sole heir? Her children, right. Are you the sole heir? Yes. You're the sole heir, or you have sisters? Your sister's children are also heirs to the property.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Seven, eight, so there's eight heirs altogether.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And you're trying to get them to turn over their interest to you as the sole owner.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Chair Jerry Cook I mean, the lot has value. So I don't want to think just because if the house were to be demolished, the lot does have value. Okay. So, Councilmember Clinton Quintana.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right, Council Member Quintana again, please.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, anybody else? Chair Jerry Cook. Ma'am, just one more time. So your nieces and nephews that are also the heirs to this property, you've had some discussion about them or you getting the property or them feeding over the property because for you to be able to get a loan to fix this house is in pretty bad shape. you're going to need to be able to go get a loan. You're not going to be able to get a loan unless everybody's willing to sign off on that loan or the heirs. And so I've counted eight so far, and the house is in pretty bad shape. And I was going to ask staff, you had mentioned…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Have we done any that we have done as a city?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“But I think the complexity here is, and this is not unusual when we have air properties, is getting all the airs on the same page. And if you can't get on the same page, then the house is either going to fall down and it creates a hazard and Councilmember Quintana just mentioned to you, we have a homeless person sitting there and we understand that it is violent, so there is concern in the neighborhood and our responsibility as elected leaders to make sure that those neighborhoods are safe and if we have somebody that's staying in the house or living there without your permission, which puts…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“You have a bill from CFPUA that was in your sister's name that's $10,000.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“As of today. So we do have a number as to what the bill looks like. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Go ahead.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“We haven't really had any kind of improvements made to the property. You have heirs that are, some are responsive, some are not responsive. You have somebody that lives here in Wilmington but is not really doing anything to maintain it. You're having to come all the way down from DC. So I guess I'm looking at it from this perspective. We're in a pretty tough spot here for you.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“We also have a responsibility to protect the neighborhood to make certain that everything is secured. If we were to give you any more time, from my perspective, just to see something get done in some capacity, it would have to be short in duration. So we have an understanding that there's some movement But if there's no movement, whether it be 90 days or whatever it is, 30 days, 60 days, then I think that we're going to have to, at some point in time, bring it back if we want to give the additional time and make a decision because this is a pretty significant repair job. I mean, it's almost a…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“The water bill, it's $10,000 water bill. I don't know. That's in your sister's name. It's not in your name, but there could be a lien put on the property from the CFP UA. I'm not certain.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“This time I'm going to open up the public hearing and ask if anyone wants to speak on item PH2, if they'll please step to the microphone and give your name.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Madam Clerk, have you received any additional? Oh, I'm sorry, Councilmember Joyner.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Can I ask one question real quick? Go ahead.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“We have somebody that's staying in the house that's not a member of the family or the heirs, so that is a trespassing thing. Of course, she has no trespassing, I guess, posted?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Right now, you've heard it from a police officer?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Excuse me, ma'am. You're out of order. I'm asking city staff. This is an unusual situation. I've never seen it where somebody's living under the carport of the thing. We can secure that particular area. I would imagine that we secured the property to begin with.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Let's stop it right there because no one really knows, but I think the property needs to be secured. Obviously, the heirs don't have the means to be able to do that. I think for the security of the neighborhood, for everybody's security, first and foremost, it needs to be secured. That house is not inhabitable and neither is the carport. Let's make sure that we get that done. And that will put an end to that. And then the no trespassing signs will be up there. So we have to notify our police department that if somebody's trespassing on the property, there's some rights that somebody has to go…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026