2022-02-28 · City Council · Transcript · URA Meeting

--- title: URA Meeting date: 2022-02-28 source: 2022-02-28_URA_Meeting.wav --- [0:00:08, 0:00:09]: Thank you, Mr. Bond. [0:00:28, 0:00:30]: Ladies and gentlemen, we are now recording. [0:00:46, 0:00:47]: And we are now [0:00:49, 0:00:52]: Webinar is now being live streamed on Facebook as well. [0:01:11, 0:01:16]: Ms. Holliday, am I to assume that our attorneys have the link for tonight's meeting? [0:01:16, 0:01:18]: They were sent the link. [0:01:19, 0:01:20]: Okay, thank you. [0:02:35, 0:02:36]: Thank you. [0:02:53, 0:02:54]: Okay. [0:03:03, 0:03:04]: Yeah. [0:03:06, 0:03:06]: Hello. [0:03:10, 0:03:11]: How you doing, Ms. Gantt? [0:03:12, 0:03:15]: Great. Thank you, Harry. Welcome. [0:03:25, 0:03:27]: [270.8, 276.7]: Okay, ladies and gentlemen, I have uh six oh two, I believe it is now at this point. And uh [0:04:39, 0:04:45]: I'd like to call this meeting to order. This is the meeting of the Urban Redevelopment Agency. [0:04:45, 0:04:50]: And uh on that note, I will give the invocation. [0:04:50, 0:05:10]: So if you don't mind, please uh bow your heads. Lord, thank you to bring us together once again for an outstanding meeting, allowing the Urban Bredevelopment Agency to have the good discussion, discuss the way forward for our city, continue to make the progress that we need and that the citizens will be proud for us to make these particular decisions. Be us always, Lord, in your name. Amen. [0:05:10, 0:05:13]: Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. [0:05:17, 0:05:27]: 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. [0:05:28, 0:05:30]: Okay. [0:05:30, 0:05:33]: Madam Clerk, uh roll call, please. [0:05:38, 0:05:39]: Chair Ford. [0:05:39, 0:05:40]: Present. [0:05:40, 0:05:41]: Vice Chair Thomas. [0:05:42, 0:05:42]: Present. [0:05:42, 0:05:44]: Board member Alexander. [0:05:46, 0:05:50]: Let the record reflect board member Alexander is not present. [0:05:51, 0:05:52]: Board member Barber. [0:05:52, 0:05:53]: I see. [0:05:53, 0:05:54]: Board member Blount. [0:05:57, 0:06:00]: Please let the record reflect, Board Member Blount is not present. [0:06:00, 0:06:01]: Board member Gantt. [0:06:03, 0:06:04]: Present. [0:06:04, 0:06:05]: Present. [0:06:05, 0:06:06]: Chair Ford, you have a quorum. [0:06:07, 0:06:08]: Thank you, Madam Clerk. I appreciate that. [0:06:09, 0:06:09]: Um [0:06:11, 0:06:14]: Board, I need a motion to adopt the agenda, please. [0:06:16, 0:06:16]: So moved. [0:06:17, 0:06:19]: Okay, thank you, Miss Barber. Is there a second? [0:06:19, 0:06:22]: Ms. Uh Gantt Second Zen, all in favor, please indicate. [0:06:22, 0:06:23]: Uh [0:06:23, 0:06:28]: Thank thank you. Appreciate it. It's a synam reference two three there. [0:06:29, 0:06:34]: All right, so I need a motion to adopt the minutes of March 22nd, 2021. [0:06:34, 0:06:38]: Hopefully you had a chance to take a look at those. Should a motion accept those particular minutes? [0:06:39, 0:06:43]: So moved. Okay, I've got Ms. Bar once again, Ms. Barber. So moved. [0:06:43, 0:06:45]: Uh Ms. Gantt, you'll second those? [0:06:46, 0:06:47]: Thank you. Thank you very much. [0:06:48, 0:06:49]: Uh all in favor, please indicate. [0:06:50, 0:07:01]: Aye. Okay, thank you very much. They passed. Uh we have executive session uh to go forward and to discuss and and and or vote on uh negotiations in reference to uh [0:07:01, 0:07:05]: property issues. So I need a motion to go in executive session, please. [0:07:06, 0:07:07]: So moved. [0:07:07, 0:07:08]: Is there a second? [0:07:10, 0:07:12]: Is Barber second that all in favor, please indicate? [0:07:13, 0:07:27]: Okay. All right. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Okay, so we'll give us about five minutes or so. We'll go into segment session and then uh Mr. Gardner, you'll you'll take charge of the time, sir. Appreciate it. See you in a bit. Miss Ms. Hawley, please give us the link. [0:07:27, 0:07:28]: Yes. [0:07:28, 0:07:29]: Thank you. [0:07:51, 0:07:53]: Okay, welcome back everybody. [0:07:54, 0:07:54]: [476.1, 481.2]: Alrighty. And we are recording and back on Facebook Live. [0:08:05, 0:08:07]: Thank you, Mr. Bond. Ms. Holliday, appreciate it. [0:08:17, 0:08:19]: Give it a few more minutes here. [0:08:58, 0:09:00]: All right, Ms. Alexander, welcome back. [0:09:10, 0:09:13]: I can give another minus C here. I'm gonna have a six fifty-two. [0:09:27, 0:09:27]: Yeah. [0:09:42, 0:09:45]: Okay, I'll tell you what, ladies and gentlemen, we actually have a quorum. [0:09:46, 0:09:53]: We have a quorum now right now. So otherwise, okay, council or board in this case. Uh someone else is coming in. Who's this now? [0:09:56, 0:10:01]: Okay, Miss Thornton. Okay. Anyway, council, I like a motion to end our executive session, please. [0:10:01, 0:10:02]: Some more [0:10:02, 0:10:07]: Okay, is there a second m Mr. Alexander, Mr. Blount, you got the second there? All in favor, please indicate. [0:10:09, 0:10:14]: All right, thank you. Now I need a motion to reconvene our URA regular meeting, please. [0:10:15, 0:10:18]: Solmo. Okay. Mr. Alexander, is there a second? [0:10:18, 0:10:21]: Mr. Blount, second is that. All in favor, please indicate. [0:10:22, 0:10:23]: Thank you very much. [0:10:23, 0:10:33]: And now there's nothing for us to report from this executive session at this time. So I nominate a motion to end our uh URA uh agency meeting for this evening. [0:10:34, 0:10:40]: Motion to observe. Okay. [0:10:41, 0:10:59]: Uh yes, well I thought we have nothing really to report this time, correct? The affidavit that there was this closed session discussion. Okay, closed session discussion. Thank you. No problem. Okay, so I'm sorry, Mr. Alexander, you made the motion for us to adjourn. Mr. Blount second that motion. All in favor, please indicate. [0:11:00, 0:11:04]: All right, thank you. You'll take care. See you soon. Thank you. Goodbye. Bye bye.