Remarks by Paul B. Hart
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“Yeah, there's not much more I can add to what Councillor Cadine brought up, but I guess maybe just going back a little bit, Al, to March, where you had the meeting. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it, but I did read the minutes, and I was just curious. And it might have been already suggested or talked about, discussed. So you went out so much then you then went out to bid for like, was it in April, you sent the for the like, see, my concern is what, what I first saw in this one, when what you were saying, was the the x ray part of this. And, you know, I think we're talking about the third…”
“Yeah. And so I guess my I'm upset about the fact is that that wasn't picked up, the issues with the x-ray and the rebar and the concrete and the structural problems that they were causing. They found them, but it didn't happen before the whole project took place.”
“the issues as you, like you said, as we went along, we found more problems with it. And again, I'm not laying any of the, I'm just curious about how that happens, and for a project like this, now it's delayed, Um, until, until December and council could deem again, brought up a good point about, um, you know, what, what is the actual, uh, you know, uh, deficit we're facing, uh, as far as revenue goes and the fact that we're, um, displacing, uh, we had to displace 208 folks. Uh, 10 people went to people link 16, went to the Belmont 10 hit, uh, 10 have already been denied by people link for the…”
“The chamber, okay. And maybe I missed it, but did they accept the extension? Yes, they have. And the others that you said are getting tagged for the meters?”
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“And just say, just hypothetically, which I don't like to do, what if? What if it does? What if it does go beyond December?”
“And just so, Stephanie, you said that what happens if, like I want to know, what are the thoughts about that if nothing, if we don't get it done by December 31st?”
“Okay, but what are we thinking internally about that?”
“Okay, right. Yeah, right. I think I think there's more to it.”
“So we're in just one other thing. Again, I'll end it with this. But it just also goes back to where, you know, sometimes like Gateway cities like us have a bad rap about with our own projects and how we can't get them up and running and get it done quick enough. And this is just like another example of it. And I'm not trying to be unfair to everyone, no one here at all, but it's still, that happens a lot in gateway cities like ourselves.”
“Oh, I'm not talking about this. No, so I mean, it does happen.”
“I'm just saying it just, it just happens to just go happens like that. It's just I've been here long enough to see it, where it just it does it occurs more often than in like, you know, in the private sector. That's all. So I yield. Thank you.”
“Or until the insurance is settled as well.”
“No, not really. I just maybe, so, After the vote was turned down for that developer to take over, Alex, and maybe, Rick, you can answer the question, there was a meeting, I think I was in the ordinance committee, and I think the past chairman talked about that there would be a barrage of grants and federal funding that we were going to receive on the historical part, on your side of it, and that the repairs to that particular building be happening quickly. But it doesn't seem to, it hasn't seemed to have happened. I'm just curious what, and I know it's difficult.”
“I get it. It takes a lot from our side as well. And this is definitely a partnership. It just hurts me to see that building not up to where it was and where I remember it and where everybody remembers it. I get it. But I, it just, you know, we turned down, uh, these developers and I get why I understand why we do it. Um, but we wouldn't have had this problem. It'd be, it'd be different, much different than what, probably what the public would, some folks want to use it for. And if they want to use it for public use, I'm all for that too. There's just, like Councillor Kadim just said, it's…”
“Real quick. I mean, I've been contacting you guys periodically. Yes. Last time I think I talked to you was like a week and a half ago. And it's, you know, we still do have time, but I'm, I'm a little worried about it, too. I really am. But I'm not going to give up. So and I know everybody here won't. But I'll, again, I'll be in touch with you guys very shortly.”
“Yeah, well, thank you for bringing this up tonight. I know it's been out there before, and there's really not much more I have to add than what Councilman C-1 just said. But yeah, I would find it pretty, just being in the social service uh, industry for the past 22, 23 years, I would be very alarmed if that, if you're just allowed to go in there and get all that, there's gotta be some kind of, uh, recommendation from some social service agency to these particular, but you're doubting that there's not, there's nothing that's, that's a problem. Uh, that's a very big problem. Um, so yeah, I, I…”