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okay good evening
everyone thank you for attending the

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town hall meeting today is September
18th the time now is

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7:34 can we all please stand for the
pledge of

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allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the Republic

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for which it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liy and justice for

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all thank you mayor student will not be
in attendance today she had um a medical

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procedure so she will not be here today
um Miss Russell do you mind calling the

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row

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Stewart Vice chair barnhard
present council member left

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present council member St
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pres council member Downing
pres council member osar

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pres thank you Miss Russell at the time
we have no meeting minutes to approve at

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the moment they will be approved for
next meeting um Miss Russell have not

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sent them out just yet she will be
sending them out tonight for review for

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the council um um Mee and rules um
citizen participation is 3 minutes um

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the first report that will be read
tonight is the police department report

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Chief

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Moore Oh C there is a QR code um right
there that's posted that if anyone wants

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to speak you scan it and that way we can
and call you up for you can have time to

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speak during the meeting during citizens
participation um why we waiting for

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chief more Mr roomie do you mind coming
up giving your report

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okay good evening um chairman wart and
other council members good evening uh

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citizens and good evening to all our
guests that are present um first I would

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like to say uh this is Happy Hispanic
Heritage Month uh and began September

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14th and will end October 15
2024 uh I uh would like to salute my

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Hispanic family I have three children
who are Hispanic grandchildren Alexis

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clar is a chef I have an architect and
engineer and my granddaughter Aurora

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shali teaches a high school here in
Prince George's

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County so salute to all of our Hispanic
neighbors the Hispanic population is

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about 12% of the Town Town
population um okay I'm only going to

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give you an update to my last report uh
to the man Council uh so uh since uh the

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August 31st meeting on 916 2024 I met
with Mr David Hub he's representing the

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owner of 707 6th Place uh attending the
meeting with Mr py and I there is a

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bacon house on the lot as you may recall
uh that house that that beon house was

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creating a lot of havoc and so the
owners had the uh occupants evicted

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there is a possibility of building a
three uh three SLE family detached

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housing units there I suggested that uh
I mean a suggestion that I contact uh

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Stephanie prel director of hip to
discuss proposed development and I will

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also contact the Marland Department of
Housing Community Development to explore

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the possibility explore possible funding
uh hip will meet with Mr pinkin I early

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uh next week and uh I will send you all
that information if anybody uh council

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members are interested in
attending the NetZero housing update uh

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I encourage all of you please go by such
a wonderful project uh currently they're

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putting in sidewalks and driveways um
they're being installed uh inside work

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such as the installation the Floor
Covering and Cabinet Hardware is being

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installed and the micro grid and a
historic Mark a Historic Park I'm sorry

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and Markus will be the last to be
installed then as of today 918

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2024 uh I met with Reverend Holtz of the
New Abundant Life Missionary Baptist

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Church forly uh known as Metropolitan
it's a historic site we met with Mr

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Thomas gross and and Casey coin of
Prince geordan County Department of

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planning to discuss funding and
upgrading the church we all agreed that

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an engineer should come out to assist
the condition of the building but we're

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not sure uh whether or not the cracks
that are there uh whether they're

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foundational or are the reasons so we're
going to look for funding for that

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that's a soft cost uh there are there
are non- capital reimbursement grants

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that are available maybe to help with
the cost for engineer here uh we will

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invite Daniel Tanner who's the grand
specialist to meet our next meeting

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Revan H Thomas gross and Casey Co visit
the church and will provide me with an

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update early next week also what I did
not put in here is that uh during this

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period i coordinated the 90th annivers
Church anniversary that was a real

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success and want to thank everybody I
sent my notes on to uh council member St

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John and my uh minutes and Miss Russell
is is going to send out uh the date for

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the next meeting that ends my
report thank

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you any questions from the citizens no
thank you Mr roomy

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okay next um up for the for their report
is Police Department chief Moore

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good evening Council good evening vice
mayor andma

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Heights uh I wanted to first start off
by um this is going to be a brief update

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from our report I submitt for work
session and get into uh the school year

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um the town of High police department
has formed a very well uh working

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relationship with Robert gay Elementary
in the principal of school um where a

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lot of our kids attend elementary school
here in the town of Grandma Heights even

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though the school is outside of our town
um we have pledged to at times help with

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the crossing guard assignments um we
have also pledged to try to do patrols

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around the area where the buses are
letting out from the high school school

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and the middle schools to make sure that
these kids are safe getting off the bus

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can get in um last year um there were
several robberies in the county not in

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the town but as I go to meetings every
Thursday I go to a crme meeting every

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Thursday morning to get the updates on
everything that's going on in French

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County um there were people who were um
praying on kids getting off the bus and

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walking home catching them byel so
um pretty much all alties and County

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Police we're trying to saturate these
areas where these buses are letting out

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at different
town all of our kids are getting home

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safe um we were there for the first day
of school um and there are times at the

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end of school where we are um sitting
out on the roadway to make sure these

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kids are um getting um in with their
parents and um some who are riding the

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bus um one thing I didn't realize about
the the elementary school that school is

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90% um parent drop off or walking
students it's only a small fraction of

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kids who catch the bus to go to Robert
gry elementary school as you all have

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seen all the school violence that are
that is going on around this country we

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have to do a better job as a community
to make sure that these kids are able to

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go to school and learn in peace um we're
going to do all we can do on our part

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here at the police department along with
other um jurisdictions around um the

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area as well um as I move I'm sorry
about

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that um move forward um earlier today um
officer cogill and officer Colin um

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arrested a juvenile suspect in the town
um who we had locked up prior on a prior

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robbery charge two prior robbery charges
last year on Halloween the same

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individual who lived in the town is 16
years

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old we locked him up today cuz he had
two outstanding warrants in Prince

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georg's County for aggravated assault
and he was also wanted um in DC DC sent

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two of their officers here to the town
um two days ago and I had a meeting with

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them where they left the information
saying they were looking for this guy

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once we got the information then we
started um patrolling the area and we

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end up catching him coming back from DC
back into the town and he was arrested

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today so um his parents were notified he
s in the boys Village in sheltonham

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Maryland where he is waiting to go to
court

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so
um uh we are asking all of our citizens

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to please be mindful that the elections
are coming up um I'm getting a lot of um

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information from um the governor's
office in reference to election

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interference election
intimidation um and other type of

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violence doing this election cycle so
we're just passing it on if you get any

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information of people trying to
intimidate you as a voting citizen um

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for any election um Town local state
federal whatever it is um please pass

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the information on so we can get it to
the proper authorities so they can do um

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a a proper investigation and last but
not least um this Saturday we're doing

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uh Bike Rodeo here in the town of FMA
Heights if you have kids uh who are

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inter in coming to the town hall to um
learn how to ride a bike learn bike

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maintenance bike safeties and I believe
we're probably going to give away uh a

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couple of the bikes that we had donated
from um earlier this year so we were

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trying to figure out a way how to give
them out but um during this bike rad I

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believe we're going to give away a
couple of bicycles but we have a couple

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of other other municipalities um who are
should be joining us on Saturday it's a

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lot going on Saturday because it's also
Glenn arton day and one other

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municipalities St but we're all trying
to work around it so we can all support

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each
other and last but not least um we are

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also getting ready uh getting prepared
for uh next major holiday which is

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Halloween uh which we uh know that's one
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the on the law enforcement side this is
one of the days that uh are really

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challenging for a lot of people because
it gets people excuse to wear masks even

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though they wearing masks a l lot now so
we are coming together with um um other

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municipalities and County officers to
try to put a comprehensive plan together

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to how are we going to attack Halloween
um as far as patrolling but I just

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advise
um uh citizens and councel and mayor

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that if you do have kids and then we're
going to try to go to a a group type

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activity I know we do trunk Retreat here
I believe we're going to do that again

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this year and I believe the Masonic
Lodge does something but

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I would really encourage those type of
events opposed to walking up and down

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the street going door too how we used to
do as kids and it was great but we're

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just in different times right now so um
and that will conclude my report thank

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you
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sure um including myself three okay um

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all y work the same Shi No what's the
shift well I usually work majority they

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work and they they'll rotate a schedule
sometimes it could be 2 to 10 it could

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be 3: to 11 uh and if there's court
involved then they will have to come in

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early go to court and then whatever the
remain of that ship is

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is August
14th

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someone
mhm between 1 3 and mhm

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today somebody stole a package off my

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porch one day last this m was going
around knocking on my door next to my

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neighbor's door across the street MH
they called the police they say we don't

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have nobody on on call call
911 I'm really scared to come out my

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house now they call they you said they
had call they told the person to call

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911 who was they PG count I don't know
so when he call

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911 we assume that it will automatically
come to the Fe he

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District they him on the
phone have

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anybody so it's to the point now I'm
afraid to come out my house because I

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don't know who's lay outside front of
the house mhm we live on a corner they

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post up you got light you got two lights
you go down 59 count the lights on each

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block they got two lights on each block
I have nothing on

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my y I don't what I don't understand
maybe it's just me cuz the alley been

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here since I was a kid we used to cut
through the

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alley y'all put lights in an alley in
the and we had none on our shirt on our

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street what where what your 100 block of
59 10 the th block

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1014 mhm okay 104 1010 I don't know I
got you I got you you know I don't I

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don't understand I just paid my property
taxes I'm pretty sure if you look at the

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town taxes we pay out a lot of money Le
I know I pay out a lot of money and I

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should feel safe in my
town I should feel safe you know what

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I'm saying if it's three police
officers the time should be DED out 8

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hours in the morning 8 hours in the
evening 8 hours from tonight to morning

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we could never have one officer work by
herself overnight that's that's nobody

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would do that at all got this dummy car
sitting in the neighborhood ain't SC

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ain't deter no okay some people love to
see it that's why we do it

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Ain okay that now that you say you have
no lights we're going to work on your

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lights and we're going to do more
patrols on 59th Avenue if if you don't

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come in and let me know that you don't
have any lights so I can talk to public

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works or anybody else I just don't know
y'all come down that street at night

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time y'all can see it there no there no
it's not y'all can see when you coming

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down
a y'all can see maybe because I'm not

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the old man that was here maybe that's
why y'all put the lights in that I I

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don't know nothing about what you yeah
that's what it sound like you blaming me

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I don't know nothing about I'm here to
help you fix the problem what I am

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blaming is how much money I'm dishing
off of taxes and I'm I feel like I'm not

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safe I understand that I don't come I
don't come here every Eventing only time

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I come here is when something happen and
I feel like I'm unsafe I come out the

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house I got a pack of foxes walking down
the middle of my

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street you know what I'm saying so I'm
not trying to get

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bit you know what I'm saying so what am
I supposed to do about that if I cat

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somebody in my car if I kill him
something happened to him I'm

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responsible I just want to feel safe
with the money I'm dishing out I want to

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feel safe in my
neighborhood you know what I'm saying I

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ain't
worried I say it but I get what yall

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doing about the kids I understand Rob
great but it don't take three police

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officers to post up in front of
elementary school I I never said three

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post police officers post up in front of
Robert elementary school but listen your

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your concerns are valid and we will
address your concerns I'm not here to

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downplay them or anything else I'm want
to look into everything that you're

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talking about y ride down my street y
see the blind on the cor I got a lady

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that's across from me she ain't she come
in the house when it's daylight and

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don't leave out of her house cuz she's
afraid to come out her house I got

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Spanish people cross from me they don't
want to come out the house because they

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people was banging on they door last
week trying to break into their house

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they never been their cars have been
stolen out driveway almost every vehicle

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we've had has been stolen from either
out of our driveway or in front of our

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house and now it's getting worse I've
been in Heights for 26 years and and I

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know when the seasons are and I'm coming
from that Eastern Avenue side it's

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starting to get worse so we just have to
the

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presence it get

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worse I understand what you're saying so
let me say

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this um again my my third officer just
started on Monday so myself and officer

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coill have
been holding everything down as much as

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can with their assistance from County
Police I hear your concerns and I'm

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going to look into your concerns
personally which means that um like I

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always do and people who live in the
town see me I do patrols myself I'm not

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just here sitting in this office or
anything else I'm out pulling traffic

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I'm out doing making uh stops I'm out
makeing arrest when I have to I had uh

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uh we had two uh arrests last week on
Sheriff Road I'm all doing everything I

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can with two people we just added a
third we got wait and let me finish let

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me
finish we got to get him through his

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field training and then we're going to
move forward with the assistance of

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Prince Jers County and DC police I've
met with the 6D Commander about

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everything on E Avenue well we have a
couple initiatives that we're going to

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be out doing on Eastern Avenue in
reference to uh sex sex activity out

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there and the way the people are riding
up and down there speeding and

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everything else it's a lot of car theft
car jackings robberies that go on for

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the most part on the district side we
have a small amount to the uh TR Trinkle

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over to the FMA high side or the C
Pleasant side and we're all together

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trying to do the best we can with the
least is possible so just be patient

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with us I'm going to look at into it and
Mr SW SW look every time you got a your

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issue you and I usually able to talk it
out and and come up with a plan with

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this this this ain't the first time one
of my viewers sto ain't the first time

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they stole my GMC and this goes beyond
you but like I said I paid my

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taxes what's this September and August I
seen what I this is the first time I

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really looked at the amount that I pay
for town

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taxes and if anybody look at their town
taxes and see what they pay they will

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feel the same way that I
do somebody stole and you know what I'm

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saying y'all get it I get what y saying
but y'all ain't the ones who got to go

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through the whole process of dealing
with a headache looking for a car over

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again and pray to God don't knowbody
come and get that you know what I'm

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saying like I said the the trashman come
what the day what's the days for the

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trashman they can pull up in front of my
house and bluntly see you can't P make a

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left turn no right turn cuz it's a blind
side if someone they put speed bumps

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throughout the neighborhood they put
those pretty stock signs with the pretty

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lights but check y put lights in a Alle
and this is where I'm not I'm not

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understanding when everybody ride down
59th Avenue I'm pretty sure she seen cuz

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she lives around the corner she got to
come up 59th AV get to her house but

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that's a long way
street y'all two I don't know if y'all

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ever come up through Heights I know you
don't K should have to come up 9th avue

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sometimes yeah and see that there no
lights it's pissed dark in front of my

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house and it shouldn't be like that when
yall got a grant or whatever y'all got

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to put LED lights in an
app you don't get you don't you don't

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get this in University Park College Park
or nowhere you probably don't get in and

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see
pleasant but I'm trying to I want to

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know where my money is
going that's what I want to know where's

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my money going where is that I'm not I
feel unsafe in my own

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neighborhood I really feel
unsafe you know what I'm saying y'all

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talk about Rober y bust somebody on sh
Road or y'all dealing with EAS Avenue I

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can give
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two
two whatever about what goes on

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E the corner
of has been a problem for a long time my

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daughter was a product of a hit and run
on that

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corner nothing's been done nothing's
been done my daughter was what like

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seven she's 24
now and it's still a blind side it's

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still no
lights things that happen on my side

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people got robbed and everything on that
side and nothing is

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happened should no one feel
unsafe walking out their house do you

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feel unsafe when you walk out your house
you sa God be you don't have your gun on

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your do you feel un
safe it's plenty of places I don't feel

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safe with but I understand your point
I'm not here to I I understand I

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understand give us an opportunity to
work on what your problems

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are and again my question is again I
reported my car stolen in August August

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the
14th do y'all get a report or anything

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saying hey this happened the night the
morning of

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my that you're going yes are you getting
new reports yes so no one came to our

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house and said anything about it and
yall the Town Police yall should least

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came to our house and say hey we heard
y'all had a situation we going to try to

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take care of it or I ain't asking y'all
to go out there and look for my car but

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so what do you mean take care of it I'm
just trying to do something in the town

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hey we sorry what happened you know what
I'm saying anything y'all the Town

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Police I shouldn't have to depend on PG
County got am I paying PG County with

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the town taxes or am I paying from
Heights

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supp you know I'm dishing this money out
to the town I just want to feel safe

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when I come out my
house or do I got to take do I got to do

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something to somebody and then for y'all
to come and lock me

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up cuz frankly I'm getting tired of this
stuff happening somebody stole $300

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worth of TI off my porch
today where was that at on my porch they

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were sitting on your porch the tires on
my

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porch what time was that it has been
like between 1 and

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2 but they gone now
a.m. you got camera footage yeah all

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right I tell you what a got camera
footage I'm still in my car

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too it's no sense to open close the B
doors after the system got out

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yeah I think with he say I wasn't

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say it's a problem right up in there
even coming on my street on 51 K Street

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that whole strip up in there it's the
three stol car one day broad daylight

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saw four young men get out of a stolen
car another car in front of my door they

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jumped in there now three trib ago I
didn't hear in your report officer

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Carill and Five County car cars was
there over little car he said he

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couldn't leave the car because the car
was under investigation you couldn't get

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up and down the street you had to turn
around and go back the other way to come

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up the one way street com my street I
don't know what happened is it something

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that we should look out for something
more what we saying where the Swan House

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is coming on around the C Street that
one it's no we we don't see police

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patrol the tree across the street where
they used to do prostitution still doing

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prostitution we all got together and had
the tree down so nothing hanging over

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there but that's the spot they put
stolen cars in stolen things in people

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overdose it's been fre stolen cars I'm
say in the last two

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mons so it's a problem there it's there
very dark from Mr mrs's House coming on

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around to that corner of CAS is the
problem okay need more okay Mr roomy can

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you look at his street as well for
better lightning I I will okay I have I

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have a question um you talking about
the what you talking

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you go down a woman you go down K Street
and stop at that light stop at the stop

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sign I'm sorry stop at that stop sign
they put eat real pretty

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light see that was not they but still
but still they put lights up in the

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alley they clean the alley up and
everything but they put lights up in the

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alley but don't nobody walk through
right right yes do but I would get with

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the CH and what I I'm suggesting we do
I'll stay one

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night

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Dove contact WSSC about when they didn't
work in the front of our house and they

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didn't put SL and we got water sitting
in front of our house I told the mayor

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about that when she first land for mayor
okay they didn't even do the slope in

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front of the house so I got mosquitoes
and everything posting laying in front

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of my house okay okay

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I excuse
me 59th

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street address I 1014 59th Avenue
M

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20743 okay okay all right
okay that's okay thank you

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Chief
I I like to know why would they put a

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100
trees right there

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inside my and I want to I can't get it

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because h
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okay that yes and then I can't get

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because
up

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come fin to get my

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already
and another thing the dump truck

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something I had two one in my
car last we I had another one put 3

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months ago then I New Year a bullet
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with and tror trip I mean
2:00 in the

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morning used to come down colk Road and
come up

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and that's talking she saying she didn't
want to coming down that road I think is

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that

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that I think that's the you want

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that okay so I'm going call this meeting
back to order Mr roomy thank you so much

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for taking care of that Forest I'm going
to meet um I

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town code enforcement
report for Mr Pinkney he is not here

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today um he had a family emergency um
code enforcement citations for this

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period we issue 16 Civic civil cation
totaling $166,000 and we have collected

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$7,000 $7500 in fines building permits
for this period we have issued 12

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building permits totaling
$2,432 building um business licensing

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for this period we have reissued three
business licing licensing totaling

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$2,145 rental license for this period we
have issued two rental license totaling

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$300 vacant building registration fees
for this period we have not received any

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vacant building registration fees um lab
registration fees for this period we

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have not received any V lap registration
fees stop work order on 59028 Street

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Building permier required 7065 9th
Avenue replace windows that was removed

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notice of corre corrective action during
this period we have issued 54 corrective

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notices for various code
violations um stated before on August

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20th 2024 when our res residents called
to complain about the holding um crossw

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in the corner of Sher Ro E Avenue he
stayed when he was was crossing the

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wheelchair um went into the hole and
flipped over into incoming traffic um he

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did get assistance from a bystander when
he Mr Pinkley visited this site he

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investigated the situation it was
determined that the hole was left open

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by WSSC on September 4th 2024 WSSC came
out on the site to install a new

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cover in the last Rec report um council
member Downey had about asked about the

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court date for Mr Hamilton of 5333
Sheriff wrote I stated that we have gone

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to court on September 4th 2024 and the
Court ruled in the favor in our favor

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since that the time I have received a
affidavit from The District Court of

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Maryland stating that the court had
granted a motion to request continue

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postpone the case it was filed 8292 24
the new court dat is October 3rd 2024

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8:45 a.m. courtroom room 4 the address
is 4990 RH Island Avenue has Maryland

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20781 also council member Downey also
asked for the meeting for Chief Moore Mr

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Hamilton and Timber Lake the tenant and
myself after speaking with council

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member Downing she wanted to have a zoom
meeting with the above mentioned persons

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I gave her the phone number of Mr
Hamilton and Mr timl Lake to set up the

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zoom meeting a few months ago I
mentioned in my report um the need for

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residential parking in the town recently
I received several complaints concerning

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the out ofate Vehicles being parked for
a long period of time in front of

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property it is unfair to our
residents in the report I also mentioned

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that on my street there is a household
of seven

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vehicles and five are parked on the
street two in the driveway which is

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unfair to the
homeowners I think we should look

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seriously into establishing some type of
residential parking for our residents

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that concludes Mr pinkin report um any
questions please contact him or send him

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an
email um next report that will be read

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is the town treasury report good evening
thank you vice mayor bonart good evening

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to the um Council citizens and staff my
name is Susan walk I serve as a treasure

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for the town of font Heights going to
give you the year end report as of the

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end of our fiscal year which ended June
30th

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2024 our General Revenue we budgeted
$783 48 we received $750 $

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7,264 intergo transfers we budgeted for

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$246,600
other Revenue we budgeted for

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$78,400

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799 the police department we budgeted
for 56,000 I'm sorry

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96,2 we received
14,850 our total revenue as at the end

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of um June was 1
92,84546

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31,510 we we spent

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$226,200 we spent
$184 legislative we budgeted

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67,0
762 we spent 51,1 161

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Municipal we budgeted 41,021
we spent 45,3

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62 Public Safety we budget

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347,000 net income at the end of the
year was $1

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13,930 um for 20 for fiscal year 2024 we
did have several projects that we

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planned and that we did complete we have
additional projects that we have planned

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for 20125 and we have we will be meeting
to start those projects for 2025 we did

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receive a bond in 2024 to make
renovations to the building and we did

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start the
renovations the renovation started in

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the basement and we have completed the
renovations for the bathroom bathrooms

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in the basement next will be the front
door um ADA Compliant door and then if

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we have available funds we will look at
um upgrading the bathrooms and on the

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upper level if we don't have enough
funds for that we'll have to apply for

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another Bond we also have three loans
cuz we have three vehicles so the dump

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truck the balance on that is
$8,885 it will be paid off in February

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2025 we have the trash truck we have a
balance of $326 51 it'll be paid off in

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July of
2025 and the newest vehicle is a pickup

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truck for Public Works the balance is
$64,800

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okay I'll go and make a copy
C you guys have any

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questions yes I can give you a copy of
it okay no problem so what happens to

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00:39:12,839 --> 00:39:17,880
the it's just like your bank account it
just stays in the account and you just

425
00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:21,920
use whatever you still have for the for
the next fiscal year it doesn't it's not

426
00:39:20,319 --> 00:39:25,280
that it's just sitting there it just
gets used for the next fiscal year so

427
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:30,359
whatever whatever you end with is what
you begin with for the next year

428
00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:32,560
[Applause]
yes

429
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:46,720
ma'am house
and the Spanish people two down they car

430
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:53,160
on the they don't say nothing to them
they B their car on the p and they got

431
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:53,160
all that driveway on side

432
00:39:53,960 --> 00:40:01,960
out okay can I get your information and
I can at least or the chief is here we

433
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,960
can

434
00:40:04,079 --> 00:40:10,359
getu so it's where it's Park is not a
driveway you're saying it's a it's a

435
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:16,720
porch okay all
right right from

436
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:20,160
the may

437
00:40:20,359 --> 00:40:32,119
know we call him man but he passed away
and they so out the Spanish people and

438
00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:40,040
they po a truck on the porch and all
that D is it is it the one across from

439
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:44,760
the dunkyard yes not that little old man
next to that man and a black

440
00:40:50,599 --> 00:41:00,839
truck we'll take a look
at to the

441
00:40:57,839 --> 00:41:00,839
next

442
00:41:00,950 --> 00:41:09,680
[Music]
okay okay thank you me Susan you're

443
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:14,680
welcome um next new business New
Abundant Life Ministry church building

444
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:20,440
renovation and parking lot um conversion
Pastor Milton halt he's not here today

445
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:24,560
um so we're going to go to new business
number two celebration of Hispanic

446
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:31,040
Heritage Month September 15th through
October 15th Town manager Seri we don't

447
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:37,280
have anything new updated yet in terms
of of what the celebration going to be

448
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:42,400
like so we're trying to uh uh meet with
some of the Hispanic leaders to come up

449
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:46,640
with some home celebration but I asked
Mrs Russell to please put that

450
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:51,040
information concerning celebration of
Hispanic month on the website the county

451
00:41:49,599 --> 00:41:59,280
has a lot of
information that we can also post on

452
00:41:55,680 --> 00:42:03,440
Ouran Okay so line item number three for
you cap request meeting for f he

453
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:08,319
Elementary School Historic Site she
right she U I sent her an email again

454
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:14,200
today reminding her and asking if she
was lend I get no response it was at at

455
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:19,760
UK's request that they wanted to be with
the mayor and councel to give you

456
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:25,440
updated report as far as the development
of the school um which is also a

457
00:42:22,559 --> 00:42:29,839
historic site okay so now we're going to
go down to mayor's report um the mayor

458
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:34,960
is not here today we gonna go down to
the council members report we gonna

459
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,960
start with council member St

460
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,909
[Music]

461
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:48,680
John um Mr work I can just talk right
you can I don't need to un

462
00:42:45,319 --> 00:42:48,680
right I don't need

463
00:42:49,839 --> 00:42:57,880
to the there we
[Music]

464
00:42:55,119 --> 00:43:04,839
go all right good evening everyone
citizens um in the building and online

465
00:43:01,839 --> 00:43:10,520
um this is my report um pretty much for
the month of July and August as we were

466
00:43:07,079 --> 00:43:15,359
currently on recess um just want to
always remind everybody that um we do

467
00:43:13,559 --> 00:43:22,160
have all information going out on all
social media platforms um you guys can

468
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:26,599
stream uh the meetings now we have made
an update so you're able to watch any

469
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:32,400
work sessions as well as any Town
meetings um via Facebook Twitter or

470
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:36,319
Instagram as well as our YouTube channel
um and then we'll be working on being

471
00:43:34,119 --> 00:43:40,599
able to post the link directly from the
website as well so you guys can catch

472
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:46,880
that if you're not able to make any live
meetings um past events uh there were

473
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:53,480
several events that I attended um the
tri Municipal meetings uh for our 20743

474
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:58,000
Coalition has started um if anyone is
unfamiliar with that we are working um

475
00:43:55,960 --> 00:44:03,800
with the town of capital Heights and the
City of SE Pleasant to um basically come

476
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:08,920
together as one um to have better
resources to be able to um have a better

477
00:44:07,079 --> 00:44:13,079
united front because most of us all
struggle with some of the same things so

478
00:44:10,559 --> 00:44:17,920
as us all being one um we're able to
kind of be in unison ask for more things

479
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:22,040
be able to get more resources um also
National Night Out we did that August

480
00:44:19,599 --> 00:44:27,520
the 6th at the North FMA heights park
that was a great turnout um I also

481
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:33,240
attended alongside with Miss Seri um our
housing Symposium um we had people in

482
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:38,400
attendance like um Governor Moore who
spoke um basically trying to tackle the

483
00:44:35,559 --> 00:44:44,000
housing uh market right now and looking
for solutions for us to be able to have

484
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:48,240
more affordable housing um as well as
property dwellings uh food giveaway just

485
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:52,839
want to remind everybody about the food
giveaway we're doing food giveaways

486
00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:57,200
every 1 and 2 Sunday um we are also
looking for volunteers for those um so

487
00:44:55,240 --> 00:45:02,760
typically those hours are in between
about 11: to 4:00 p.m. um any regular

488
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:08,040
volunteers any daily volunteers you can
do half the day the full day um but we

489
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:11,400
would like for you guys to not only help
um but also come and take part in

490
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:17,720
getting some of the food that we're
giving away um we also did a back to

491
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:22,280
school drive um that was in August we
did that again with the town SE Pleasant

492
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:26,720
and Capitol Heights and that was hosted
um in goodwi park so our first annual it

493
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:31,119
was a great turnout we expect to be able
to keep doing that going forward um and

494
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:36,200
probably changing different
locations um also attended a meeting

495
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:39,960
with Civic plus um being able to make
updates and go through some trainings

496
00:45:38,559 --> 00:45:45,480
just to make sure our websites our
social media um is up to par and get

497
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:49,839
refreshed training um aside from that
wanted to just kind of talk about

498
00:45:47,079 --> 00:45:54,200
upcoming events and things that we are
looking towards planning I won't steal y

499
00:45:52,079 --> 00:45:58,440
thund up for the harvest party but I'll
mention obviously we want to do a

500
00:45:55,680 --> 00:46:02,720
harvest party um um Missi kind of
mentioned already as well but we have

501
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:07,359
had our first meeting in regards to the
town's 90th anniversary that'll be

502
00:46:04,839 --> 00:46:12,079
kicked off next year um so be on the
lookout for mailers information coming

503
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:16,960
out um for good things coming up we want
to be able to celebrate all year long um

504
00:46:14,839 --> 00:46:20,960
so look out for your mailers your flyers
and we'd like as many volunteers as

505
00:46:18,839 --> 00:46:27,640
possible um and just want to do
something special for the town um and

506
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:31,079
also coming up um for October um what
we'd like to be able to see is us to be

507
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:35,960
able to do something for breast cancer
awareness as well as we're going to do

508
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:43,079
bulk trash um we just need to get a debt
a date set for that um alongside with

509
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:47,920
the harvest party coming up um moving
along to things on the list so just want

510
00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:51,839
to announce some of the things that we
have accomplished and still kind of

511
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:56,000
working on for um the communications
committee so um we did roll out a

512
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:59,440
communication survey we have been kind
of having issues

513
00:46:57,599 --> 00:47:03,160
um with getting more full participation
so I kind of mentioned in the work

514
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:07,760
session that um I started off um with
58th and 59th um going out to resident

515
00:47:06,119 --> 00:47:11,200
so it was kind of a little bit back and
forth I did have people who did come out

516
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:16,160
and engage and kind of share their
concerns um but a lot of people probably

517
00:47:14,119 --> 00:47:19,720
not still aware I did have my shirt on
but not really aware of what was going

518
00:47:17,839 --> 00:47:23,640
on the reason for trying to reach out to
the community um so what we have decided

519
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:29,000
is we're going to try a different route
and be able to just send mailers out to

520
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:32,359
everyone um um with a prepost stamp so
that they can fill out the survey form

521
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:36,319
mail it back into us and again the
reasoning for doing this um is to get

522
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:39,400
more engagement to be able to make sure
that people are being informed we have

523
00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:43,680
lots of complaints of people not getting
flyers in the mail um or not being aware

524
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:48,599
of certain things so we want to be able
to reach out get input um get lots of

525
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:52,599
feedback so that we're not making
decisions and you know you guys have to

526
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:56,280
come to meetings to to ask questions
about those things we want to be able to

527
00:47:53,839 --> 00:48:04,200
try to get you guys engaged in advance
um to be able to do that um and then

528
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:09,480
lastly um we want to be able to start
working on uh the newsletter project and

529
00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:13,760
uh I'm sorry I said lastly but really
lastly um I was able to make contact

530
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:16,800
with the liaison at the Fairmont Heights
High School so we have been talking

531
00:48:15,119 --> 00:48:21,000
about being able to find some way that
we can partner back up with the school

532
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:24,839
so that we can start either figuring out
how we're going to be able to offer the

533
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:30,079
scholarship fund or be able to do some
type of partnership um so I was able to

534
00:48:27,599 --> 00:48:34,200
make contact with Mr McBride um so
conversations are starting so that we

535
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:38,800
can start being able to get back to the
school and as well as find opportunities

536
00:48:36,319 --> 00:48:44,880
for them to um help us here get
community service hours or whatever we

537
00:48:41,079 --> 00:48:50,880
may have um and that will conclude my
report thank you council member St John

538
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:50,880
um council member

539
00:48:53,760 --> 00:49:02,079
lewit that's
okay all right good evening everyone um

540
00:48:59,319 --> 00:49:08,040
I just have a couple of things one was
um I also attended National Night Out um

541
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:14,079
it was a great event I do like to have
it um actually up at the um up at the

542
00:49:11,839 --> 00:49:18,680
park it it just gave us more room and I
really really um I just want to say

543
00:49:17,240 --> 00:49:22,760
thank you to Public Works and all the
staff because it was just amazing um

544
00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:26,720
each year just seems like it's growing
so I'm very very uh thankful to everyone

545
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:31,200
for their help and um I'm glad I could
could be a part of that um as far as

546
00:49:29,319 --> 00:49:35,440
economic development there are just a
couple of things I want to touch on um

547
00:49:33,599 --> 00:49:38,640
it seems like in the fall which I am
actually going through um I've been

548
00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:43,880
doing that for the past couple weeks
going through to find all of the

549
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:50,520
deadlines to see how they would coincide
with um our next upcoming uh economic

550
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:57,440
development meeting um so they're uh
from the sustainability action Grant uh

551
00:49:53,640 --> 00:50:05,520
they're due November 8th um the next uh
cdbg Grant that's actually due November

552
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:09,480
1st um and then there is one other grant
that

553
00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:13,880
um I did not
mention

554
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:19,319
um oh sustainable Maryland that's the
other I said that one uh cdbg there

555
00:50:17,240 --> 00:50:24,760
there are a few of them that we possibly
could qualify for and um get some uh

556
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:32,960
projects uh get the ball rolling for
those um so some of the things that um I

557
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:36,240
want to just just mention for the next
meeting we will be planning that um I

558
00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:41,520
have to just get with everyone's
schedule to see uh what will work best

559
00:50:38,799 --> 00:50:48,760
but I would like to have that in um
probably October to get give everyone a

560
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:53,000
chance to attend um so I know that one
of the things that we were talking about

561
00:50:50,359 --> 00:50:59,480
was the um strategic plan I would like
to go over that as well as um just

562
00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:04,000
project updates as well as um get
stakeholder input so that's input from

563
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:13,400
all of the
um uh from the staff to the uh to the um

564
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:17,799
to our community see what their their
needs are how we can meet those needs

565
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:24,839
and again like I mentioned addressing
the funding and resources and um also in

566
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:30,680
uh my role of capital impr Improvement
project planning um I'm seeking a

567
00:51:27,319 --> 00:51:35,280
property to um acquire for our Public
Works and um I'll be working with Mr

568
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:41,079
roomy probably to identify one of the
grants that have a deadline coming up or

569
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:45,440
any other uh funding sources for
rehabilitation so those are the major

570
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:49,440
things that I'm working on and that
concludes my report at this time thank

571
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:55,799
you council member left wi council
member Oscar yes good night everyone

572
00:51:53,520 --> 00:52:01,240
um i' like to say that now that school
is open and um want to keep the kids of

573
00:51:58,599 --> 00:52:05,680
the streets even after school keep them
busy with certain activities and some of

574
00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:09,760
the activities I would like to recommend
or highlight that goes on in the

575
00:52:07,319 --> 00:52:14,040
community is those that um particularly
goes on at the

576
00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:19,040
library um they have this after school
program called The tetin Zone where

577
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:24,520
schools um the kids can go to the
library and be

578
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:28,880
productive um meet other kids uh there
are several different activities that

579
00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:33,240
they can do do there's video games uh
crafts and a variety of other fun

580
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:37,599
activities that they could engage in
instead of really frequenting on the

581
00:52:35,119 --> 00:52:43,760
streets and being Nuance in the
communities um there's also Legos if the

582
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:46,440
kids are um very artistic and they enjoy
building

583
00:52:44,799 --> 00:52:51,960
things
um in addition to that uh there's also

584
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:57,040
computer basic open Labs that they have
at the library where the librarian take

585
00:52:54,319 --> 00:53:01,760
the responsibility to educate the the
children of the basic and fundamental

586
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:08,680
skills in computer
literacy um we have programs that

587
00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:14,400
involves Microsoft Words internet and
definitely things that can help them

588
00:53:10,799 --> 00:53:20,920
while they at school and um in addition
to that I just want to Echo what um

589
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:24,960
council member uh St John said about the
harvest party the Harvest Festival that

590
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:29,599
we trying to have on October
26th where

591
00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:38,319
we trying to have that AC have this
party for the kids um like the

592
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:42,000
um the uh the chief said that we prefer
to have the kids doing indoor activities

593
00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:47,799
so this is one of the indoor activities
that we'll be hosting um they could have

594
00:53:44,599 --> 00:53:51,880
candy music movies and it's just would
just be a fun time for them and they

595
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:58,000
wouldn't have to be on the streets um in
addition to that we have or lastly uh

596
00:53:55,880 --> 00:54:03,319
Veterans Day is coming up and I think we
will also be having a a ceremony at the

597
00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:07,960
plaza so we'll be planning for that also
that's all I have thank you council

598
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:11,280
member Oscar yeah council member Downing
um good evening everybody I think

599
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:22,559
m in
the the

600
00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:26,960
we and we
have the OU

601
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:55,000
but they've been here many times

602
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:12,960
yeah for
kids in the summer like when we was kids

603
00:55:09,240 --> 00:55:21,480
they haded Library downstairs like C
pleas they had a summer program for kids

604
00:55:16,799 --> 00:55:25,760
do they have anything for the kids ENT
time I think the library does have a lot

605
00:55:24,319 --> 00:55:28,319
of activities for the kids in the
summertime

606
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:57,160
yes all
basketball swiming pool in

607
00:55:54,559 --> 00:56:02,440
there remember this stuff
you I did all my activities down silver

608
00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:07,520
Vista Baptist Church that's where I was
at they do

609
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:12,240
activities can we participate can we
just hold back for

610
00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:17,440
um participation
the what you call

611
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:23,599
it citizen participation I think the
librarian is trying to say something

612
00:56:19,240 --> 00:56:23,599
let's just continue she is

613
00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:31,520
M you have

614
00:56:32,119 --> 00:56:41,079
theor can you hear me we can um this is
just in reference to um I guess the

615
00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:46,680
stuff that goes on in the summertime
during the summer the major initiative

616
00:56:43,119 --> 00:56:53,039
is the summer reading program and we do
have a lot of paid programmers who come

617
00:56:49,720 --> 00:57:00,720
um we Supply lunches for the children we
do movies crafts all kinds of things all

618
00:56:57,520 --> 00:57:06,920
of that information is on our website if
you all know somebody who you would like

619
00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:10,920
to um have come to the library all you
have to do is let me know and I'll send

620
00:57:08,839 --> 00:57:16,559
that information to our
Administration and they'll have the

621
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:21,559
budget for that they'll pay for the um
individual and then you all can use the

622
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:26,880
space for free that is also if you all
are planning any other thing as well

623
00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:33,200
because you all are municipality so you
all are able to use our meeting room

624
00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:33,200
spaces and things like that for other

625
00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:39,920
programs thank you so
much all right council member

626
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:52,720
Downey they
don't when my children would come up

627
00:57:47,119 --> 00:57:52,720
they had books when on the phone

628
00:57:56,280 --> 00:58:04,880
but you
got M thank you so much good afternoon

629
00:58:02,799 --> 00:58:09,680
everybody good
afternoon is it

630
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:09,680
on

631
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:17,599
S all right I think that's it good
afternoon everyone um I am councilwoman

632
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:24,280
Sher Downing and
um I have um been collecting it's a a

633
00:58:21,760 --> 00:58:29,000
very important election season right now
and um I've managed to get the training

634
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:35,079
so I can sign anybody up to register to
vote and to check their voting status

635
00:58:31,799 --> 00:58:41,160
cuz we vote because at one point in time
none of us could and I think it's very

636
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:48,319
important um one of the things that um
councilwoman St John tapped on is a

637
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:53,920
beautiful um event or opportunity that
the town of feema heights Capitol

638
00:58:50,559 --> 00:58:59,960
Heights and SE Pleasant are embarking on
and when we met they did not know that

639
00:58:57,319 --> 00:59:09,880
we were all
20743 even Chapel Oaks and um Cedar

640
00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:16,039
Heights uh Saturday I attended a meeting
with the president of the Chapel Oaks

641
00:59:13,359 --> 00:59:20,319
Association because I'm about
neighbors making friends with my

642
00:59:18,119 --> 00:59:25,200
neighbors because we have the same
problems and listening to their

643
00:59:23,079 --> 00:59:33,520
policing uh one of the things that we
talked about was was the shortage in

644
00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:39,079
policing and how everybody's struggling
and the only thing that we can do are

645
00:59:36,039 --> 00:59:44,720
cameras cameras and uh the type of
cameras that are

646
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:50,400
reliable there is something ring has a
neighborhood ring neighborhood where we

647
00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:54,559
all can communicate on the same network
um we

648
00:59:51,400 --> 01:00:00,839
can dialogue with one another about what
is going on in our community Community

649
00:59:57,319 --> 01:00:06,839
um Mr Swan if I'm not mistaken you too
have had the chief will tell you in one

650
01:00:04,319 --> 01:00:11,400
month the police have asked for my
footage three times

651
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:21,119
so footage don't stop people from taking
your stuff no it doesn't but what it

652
01:00:17,559 --> 01:00:27,760
does your items are what it does though
is it gives data it gives numbers it

653
01:00:25,359 --> 01:00:32,400
lets people know that we have a problem
here and what I'm letting my neighbors

654
01:00:30,599 --> 01:00:37,200
know is that when somebody breaks your
window and break in your car you know

655
01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:42,359
what they don't do they don't report it
and that doesn't help us so what I'm

656
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:48,079
asking our neighbors to do is whatever
you do make sure you report it and the

657
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:52,480
next time you two have a problem put it
in

658
01:00:48,960 --> 01:00:58,680
writing email the town of fah Heights
Representatives so that and and email

659
01:00:55,079 --> 01:01:01,920
all of us so we're all on the same page
um I'm not going to take up a lot of

660
01:01:00,039 --> 01:01:07,200
time today I just wanted everyone to
know that I will be going to court on

661
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:12,319
the fourth for Mr Hamilton because Mr
Hamilton does not live in fah Heights he

662
01:01:10,319 --> 01:01:19,599
has a business that he has wrapped in
black tarp and created a

663
01:01:15,559 --> 01:01:25,680
junkyard on our face on the on the face
of font Heights used to be Hamilton's

664
01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:29,960
bail bond right next to Hip Hop Chicken
it does not bring jobs into our

665
01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:36,319
community and it certainly does not
bring about visual

666
01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:42,359
appeal lastly um I'm sorry to say I
don't know if you all have heard but a

667
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:48,079
very longstanding 19-year Council woman
Jacqueline wood doson resigned so she's

668
01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:52,480
no longer on the council but I know that
life has got some good things for her

669
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:56,880
cuz she has a heart to serve with that
said I will be taking over her committee

670
01:01:55,920 --> 01:02:03,680
for
seniors because AARP Prince George's

671
01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:10,440
County Department of Aging um have so
many programs and with the 20743

672
01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:17,839
Coalition hopefully we'll be able to
have a bus that Services all of us what

673
01:02:13,520 --> 01:02:26,000
I'm asking for we can't do this without
you all we can't do it so we ask for

674
01:02:22,599 --> 01:02:30,440
your support we ask you to come and say
okay what can I do to help and with that

675
01:02:29,079 --> 01:02:37,680
said I'm going to let you all have the
rest of your evening and I want to thank

676
01:02:33,039 --> 01:02:42,079
you another question
NE you know what I'm talking about

677
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:48,119
absolutely right there on right across
from the fire station they have people

678
01:02:44,799 --> 01:02:53,000
stop signs to stop the traffic fire
department come out there while they out

679
01:02:50,839 --> 01:03:01,200
there bringing that
trash car truck

680
01:02:56,960 --> 01:03:06,920
black p pictures and emails and they
knock send it to us they knock my mail

681
01:03:03,880 --> 01:03:13,520
box off and I was looking for my mailbox
and it was up in the tree mhm pictures

682
01:03:10,799 --> 01:03:19,480
send it to us and then say we teach
people how to treat US based on what we

683
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:27,760
accept if we don't accept it and we let
him know that your business is impacting

684
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:27,760
our homes so thank you I'm sorry

685
01:03:28,319 --> 01:03:38,200
pictures and email us thank you thank
y'all so much um I'm going to give my

686
01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:42,640
report um Park Renovations at the F he
Park they did um come pass cuz we had

687
01:03:40,359 --> 01:03:47,520
our nationalite out at that event up
there uh it was a lot of damages done to

688
01:03:45,079 --> 01:03:54,440
the playground I reached out to Sally
Dorman and um the park and planning

689
01:03:50,720 --> 01:04:00,359
committee they did REM they did fix the
part the playground for the kids

690
01:03:56,559 --> 01:04:04,760
the um play on I'm also reaching out to
coordinate with Park planning to redo

691
01:04:02,119 --> 01:04:11,599
the F Heights Park um that's still in
process um as council member St John

692
01:04:08,559 --> 01:04:15,760
mentioned um we attended National Night
Out the food drive is still the first

693
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:22,200
and second Sunday of the month I think
we had the PG CMA meeting which is

694
01:04:17,960 --> 01:04:26,839
tomorrow at 6 o'clock at 6 o'clock here
at the Town f Heights 7 7 we'll be

695
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:34,039
sponsoring it
um Jeff Garner from the um Department of

696
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:38,319
Public Works of L pla had plenty of salt
to give us we couldn't accept it well I

697
01:04:36,359 --> 01:04:43,920
rece I didn't respond back to the email
cuz we have no place to put the salt in

698
01:04:40,839 --> 01:04:48,079
our um at our location so we're pass
that by until we get the proper

699
01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:51,880
materials for us to keep the salt um
that concludes my

700
01:04:57,559 --> 01:05:05,000
paint yellow and the blue because it has
worn off are they going to repaint we

701
01:05:02,760 --> 01:05:09,799
can we can repaint yeah have they
considered the type of paint that

702
01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:17,319
they're using because it it does not
appear to yeah okay we look into that we

703
01:05:13,799 --> 01:05:26,599
look into that but yes we do plan
to and the poop

704
01:05:21,279 --> 01:05:30,559
station poop station okay okay um so we
had citizen participation

705
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:40,760
umine we starting online starting
in is Con online right we we do have two

706
01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:45,839
residents that signed
up who at there or Miss

707
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:57,599
Russell Lawrence Swan uhuh and barnhard
uhuh were the two that signed up online

708
01:05:54,839 --> 01:06:05,459
to speak okay
lawen okay come on this

709
01:06:00,950 --> 01:06:05,459
[Music]

710
01:06:09,100 --> 01:06:18,599
[Music]
B good evening everyone evening marz

711
01:06:15,039 --> 01:06:18,599
Bart president of the citizen

712
01:06:19,039 --> 01:06:29,079
Association uh I want to be the dead
horse but I do want to uh Express this

713
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:35,599
to the citizens that Public Safety is
number one in our

714
01:06:31,839 --> 01:06:41,119
community um helping our citizens with
resources such as the town has been

715
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:45,279
doing with the food giveaways and um
Public Works doing a good job of

716
01:06:42,599 --> 01:06:51,640
cleaning up but Public Safety is number
one um I know the chief when he came on

717
01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:56,880
he took on a responsibility that was
great cuz it was nobody here um before

718
01:06:55,720 --> 01:07:02,599
he got
here Chief Avy was here and he roam

719
01:07:00,960 --> 01:07:08,720
these streets by
himself for a long time am I am I am I

720
01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:15,880
right you're right I I want somebody to
to to hear what what was here by

721
01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:19,160
himself um and unfortunately he's not
here no more and chief MO is here and

722
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:24,279
that's a good thing and we're getting
new cops and we getting folks to come on

723
01:07:22,440 --> 01:07:30,240
this is the issue that I
have when we call

724
01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:34,880
911 and they're saying that Fe Heist is
not on duty which we've heard the chief

725
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:40,480
say before they're call 911 so Prince
Jordans County can respond but then I

726
01:07:37,359 --> 01:07:47,440
got citizens sending me pictures
of our our only cops doing part-time

727
01:07:44,720 --> 01:07:55,760
work in other places now I don't know
what the mayor and Council or the chief

728
01:07:50,960 --> 01:08:00,720
have a range but I have pictures of our
other officer doing parttime work other

729
01:07:58,319 --> 01:08:04,520
places so that's what I have a problem
with now that's a difference when you're

730
01:08:02,119 --> 01:08:10,160
going to a meeting or you going to a
conference or you going to some training

731
01:08:07,119 --> 01:08:16,480
but if our officers are doing part-time
work at a club at a liquor store at a

732
01:08:13,319 --> 01:08:21,719
Best Buy at a church and we don't have
no patroling in our community that's a

733
01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:26,400
problem and that's and that's not poking
the bed that's just being transparent

734
01:08:24,199 --> 01:08:30,679
that's being honest because when you got
somebody calling you saying hey look the

735
01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:36,279
guy just roll down the street rob
somebody on a bike and then we call 911

736
01:08:34,440 --> 01:08:40,000
at Prince Georgia County show up then we
got here Prince Georgia County say hey

737
01:08:37,759 --> 01:08:43,880
look where's y' offices at cuz that's
what they tell us when they come on the

738
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:48,920
scene where's your officers at okay and
then we get a picture or we get somebody

739
01:08:45,679 --> 01:08:53,159
saying hey look I I seen our cop up at
Best Buy oh I seen them doing security

740
01:08:51,480 --> 01:08:56,960
at the
church so I'm just I'm just I'm just

741
01:08:55,120 --> 01:09:04,199
being honest I'm going to be honest with
you too done done so so now we know that

742
01:09:02,319 --> 01:09:08,440
schedules timelines and things like that
supposed to be very confidential because

743
01:09:06,319 --> 01:09:12,359
of the safety of the officers so we'll
never know their schedule because of

744
01:09:10,359 --> 01:09:16,480
their safety and we don't know if they
off or we don't know if they on but my

745
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:21,960
thing is this if you don't have no
patroling at all but you got them in

746
01:09:18,239 --> 01:09:27,279
other places National Harbor going down
to you know 495 going the opposite way

747
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:33,199
from FMA Heights I think that's a
problem so Chief not to be personal no

748
01:09:31,239 --> 01:09:38,159
you personal let me let it's not it's
not being personal resp it's not being

749
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:44,199
personal but my thing is this like Mr
Swan said we pay our taxes my wife

750
01:09:41,400 --> 01:09:49,319
almost got carjacked in our own driveway
and she's the vice chair okay yeah she

751
01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:54,719
almost got carjack in our own
driveway okay then I'm not a personal

752
01:09:51,759 --> 01:09:59,159
person I'm I'm just not going to just so
so and and then right in front of New

753
01:09:57,000 --> 01:10:03,640
Abundant Life the neighbor C the street
that has a catering business her husband

754
01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:08,920
got his van stolen right in front of the
church it's on the ring camera the

755
01:10:05,480 --> 01:10:13,400
church 2:00 in the morning so my thing
is this I've been out here in these

756
01:10:10,760 --> 01:10:20,080
streets before I roam the town of fil
Heist see the heist see Pleasant you

757
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:24,320
know if you don't see presents if I'm if
I'm in that line of work guess what it's

758
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:27,600
open season I'm coming through I'm
taking whatever I want I'm selling

759
01:10:25,880 --> 01:10:33,199
whatever I want I'm doing whatever I
want if I don't see no

760
01:10:30,280 --> 01:10:38,040
presence so I'm just saying when this
Administration came on it was promised

761
01:10:35,679 --> 01:10:41,560
that we was going to have police
presence that was the promise to get

762
01:10:39,920 --> 01:10:45,400
people in these
seats now I don't care what y'all do

763
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:49,280
with nothing else y'all ain't got to
pick up no trash y'all ain't got to

764
01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:53,360
throw no food giveaways y'all ain't got
to do none of that take all the money

765
01:10:51,719 --> 01:10:58,360
and put in the police department and
give us 10 cops give us eight cops

766
01:10:56,280 --> 01:11:03,800
I rather see somebody on the street with
a gun and a badge picking a trash off my

767
01:11:01,239 --> 01:11:07,719
streets cuz my life is more precious
than

768
01:11:05,000 --> 01:11:14,320
trash I'm just being
honest me wait

769
01:11:11,199 --> 01:11:14,320
to I'm

770
01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:24,080
F I'm
F I need to

771
01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:30,280
okay thank you
mhm okay okay so let me let me address

772
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:36,000
the elephant in the room as far as for
whatever reason

773
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:40,280
um Mr barart and maybe I guess citizens
who spoke with him don't see a police

774
01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:44,120
presence because I know a lot of You See
Me Myself riding around this town I ride

775
01:11:42,400 --> 01:11:49,679
out of your house and I blow the horn
and speak to you on multiple

776
01:11:46,199 --> 01:11:52,800
occasions myself and one other officer
now you telling me he he works A8 to a

777
01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:57,360
10 hour
Chef he doesn't have the right to go

778
01:11:55,560 --> 01:12:02,679
possibly Works in secondary employment
we are the lowest paid Police Department

779
01:11:59,840 --> 01:12:07,880
in Prince George's County oh let me
finish and he's trying to supplement his

780
01:12:04,960 --> 01:12:12,360
income so he can get some insurance to
take care of his

781
01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:18,199
family and along with other officers so
he can help eat cost a rent $3,000 for

782
01:12:15,679 --> 01:12:23,040
an apartment um for him to live
in he's struggling to get by but guess

783
01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:28,400
what he's dedicated to this town he's to
work every day some weekends so if he

784
01:12:25,840 --> 01:12:32,920
gets off is able to go to Best Buy and
make $50 an hour to guard that for 4

785
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:38,760
hours it's a 4 hour
minimum 4 hours to put some food on his

786
01:12:36,280 --> 01:12:42,239
plate I authorize it the chief authorize
it

787
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:46,280
absolutely he work this8 hours for the
day oh wait a minute so now he's not

788
01:12:44,199 --> 01:12:52,400
entitled to go home and get some rest
and have the rest of his day to himself

789
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:56,400
it's two people he using aight police
car oh

790
01:12:56,880 --> 01:13:04,360
so we he you don't do that you don't
take Police Every County every

791
01:13:02,719 --> 01:13:08,199
Department in this in this in this
county in the state has a take-home car

792
01:13:06,320 --> 01:13:13,080
policy
program and they do that's part of the

793
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:18,080
incentive along with when they hire you
they give you $5 to $20,000 signing

794
01:13:15,719 --> 01:13:23,360
bonuses to come work for them take your
car to his car it's to and from home and

795
01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:28,960
work he's not out at a club partying
he's not at a baby shower he's going to

796
01:13:25,440 --> 01:13:33,080
work and back that's it same with my
vehicle I drive it to home and back and

797
01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:36,320
you know why in case we do have to
respond back or we do have to come back

798
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:40,600
to open up something or we got an alarm
or something we got to respond to

799
01:13:38,520 --> 01:13:44,920
absolutely you guys want the best you
want me to recruit the best and have the

800
01:13:42,360 --> 01:13:50,840
best I got to be able to offer them
something and $53,000 is at the bottom

801
01:13:48,199 --> 01:13:55,719
of the barrel but they come because of
me because of what I'm I'm I'm telling

802
01:13:53,960 --> 01:14:01,320
them what we can do here how we can
build it up so he comes in and works his

803
01:13:59,440 --> 01:14:05,520
whole shift he's we we don't have
overtime he can't come in work overtime

804
01:14:03,920 --> 01:14:08,520
that'll exceed the budget you'll being
here complaining about the police

805
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:13,280
department using
overtime no not you Mr bonard he know

806
01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:17,480
I'm talking about I'm talking to him
don't Department I'm not well that you

807
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:22,239
have a right as Citizens to do what you
want to do call one County show I guess

808
01:14:20,159 --> 01:14:28,199
we just need County do our police if
that's how you feel Mr B you do that

809
01:14:26,159 --> 01:14:32,080
Police Department that do our work which
is if that's what you feel we have two

810
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:36,880
officers right now we just started the
third possibly another part-time officer

811
01:14:34,920 --> 01:14:39,840
so here's the thing so you can pay new
officers to come on but you can't pay

812
01:14:38,280 --> 01:14:44,159
the other officer to be here
overtime you can pay these other two

813
01:14:41,960 --> 01:14:47,560
officers you about to hire to come on
but our other officer have to go do

814
01:14:45,679 --> 01:14:52,520
overtime somewhere else instead been out
town but you going bring in two more not

815
01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:57,719
just I can't make him stay over for a 10
to 12 hour shift it's no type of

816
01:14:55,239 --> 01:15:02,520
emergency or stuff like that after
absolutely he can instead of being in

817
01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:06,120
our absolutely he can absolutely he can
it's in our policy and to send out

818
01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:06,120
general

819
01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:22,840
orders uh Morris Dela Cruz Morris and
Dela Cruz and cocko

820
01:15:18,760 --> 01:15:26,040
three okay so the new officers have been
those new those officers didn't make it

821
01:15:24,400 --> 01:15:30,280
through everything didn't hire
them so we had put somebody else through

822
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:34,760
a full background through the police
training commission that individual has

823
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:40,480
been cleared and has has has started on
Monday so even with with that when when

824
01:15:39,080 --> 01:15:44,800
when Morris was said which was
everybody's friend he worked secondary

825
01:15:42,679 --> 01:15:48,880
employment nobody had a problem with it
the problem is well I I'll I'll be quiet

826
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:52,239
with that I'll leave that alone I'll
leave that alone I'll leave that alone

827
01:15:50,360 --> 01:15:57,880
I'll leave that alone I'll leave that
alone I I'll leave that alone we are

828
01:15:54,800 --> 01:16:03,639
here are doing so much with less doing
everything we can do to make sure we are

829
01:16:01,800 --> 01:16:08,000
working hard in this town every time you
come in here to complaint nothing ever

830
01:16:05,800 --> 01:16:12,520
positive and I have a problem with that
not you Mr Swan I'm talking to you I'm

831
01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:16,239
talking to you and we are in in the
process of of fixing it get somebody

832
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:22,080
ride around our town constantly so Mr
Swan don't get his car broken into m m

833
01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:26,199
Mr Bon Her driver Mr bonart we have two
people we have a third one getting ready

834
01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:29,400
to start now if you want us to work 24
hours shift and never go home is that

835
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:34,800
what you telling me I'd rather have
y'all come in service out Town than

836
01:16:31,080 --> 01:16:34,800
working part any more questions

837
01:16:40,040 --> 01:16:47,880
I'm Avenue the busy streets it's going
to help all of y'all put some Jersey

838
01:16:45,360 --> 01:16:52,320
walls up here if you can block us from
DC cuz that's where they come in that

839
01:16:50,280 --> 01:16:55,760
what help you guys Comm in okay we can
talk to the council about doing Jersey

840
01:16:53,960 --> 01:17:01,679
wall I can't make that
putey but we can have a conversation if

841
01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:04,600
it's going help that's
fine

842
01:17:03,520 --> 01:17:09,679
say
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843
01:17:06,000 --> 01:17:14,320
decision okay any more
questions no any more questions

844
01:17:15,440 --> 01:17:22,960
online no question how many people live
in this to you have a th registered

845
01:17:19,960 --> 01:17:22,960
voters

846
01:17:29,639 --> 01:17:37,960
people2 househ so so if I pay what I'm
paying for

847
01:17:34,719 --> 01:17:44,880
taxes and they paying they shouldn't be
complaining about money funds because I

848
01:17:41,880 --> 01:17:50,639
know what I pay off the town it's hard
to find good police I get the county is

849
01:17:47,880 --> 01:17:57,320
struggling understand understand wait
minute I understand

850
01:17:53,840 --> 01:18:02,199
but when I ask what happens to the money
after everything is paid off it's still

851
01:18:00,480 --> 01:18:09,560
got it's still a kit that's going to
roll over to the following

852
01:18:04,639 --> 01:18:15,239
year so that kitty should be spent on
things that they

853
01:18:11,120 --> 01:18:19,840
need like bonuses or whatever over over
time you know what I'm saying because

854
01:18:18,199 --> 01:18:25,560
that'll help them out then they wouldn't
complain about

855
01:18:22,239 --> 01:18:30,080
overtime so ask him why is struggling to
find credible officers struggling to

856
01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:33,560
find
people getting people to pass the drug

857
01:18:32,239 --> 01:18:39,480
test and the criminal
background if I if I if I if I have 20

858
01:18:37,239 --> 01:18:43,560
candidates I may get one or two out of
that then one or two maybe one may

859
01:18:44,639 --> 01:18:52,199
pass okay so if you up the salary would
that help abolutely so if you up the

860
01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:58,199
salary that would help it it would it
would give us an opportunity to compete

861
01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:58,199
with extended their jurisdiction

862
01:18:59,360 --> 01:19:06,880
too
they pick and choose so just give you

863
01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:10,760
give you give you an example we had a
candidate who came in and we thought

864
01:19:08,639 --> 01:19:15,040
that we were going to hire him and it
starting s was

865
01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:18,120
53,000 to come to the police Upon A
fulltime police officer well we thought

866
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:21,639
we had him we thought we had an
agreement we thought that he was going

867
01:19:19,280 --> 01:19:26,080
to be the one to start chevolet Al
offered him

868
01:19:22,679 --> 01:19:31,480
$66,000 and the $1 15,000 sign upus and
a take home car like everybody else does

869
01:19:28,840 --> 01:19:36,440
in this County so what's the incentive
for me to go come and work at my Heights

870
01:19:33,840 --> 01:19:40,280
if if there if that's outside of well CH
I really want to work but I mean we got

871
01:19:38,400 --> 01:19:45,000
to get we got to we got to I got to get
a little more more money to live my rent

872
01:19:41,960 --> 01:19:50,800
is 2500 2600 and I'm in a one bedroom
apartment um so so then you understand

873
01:19:48,239 --> 01:19:55,679
you understand when you came on that
being here 33 years going through all

874
01:19:53,520 --> 01:20:03,040
the Chiefs that I've G G through and
what I asked Chief Watkins when he was

875
01:19:58,320 --> 01:20:09,159
here I say do us a favor and help us
transition so that we have Prince

876
01:20:05,159 --> 01:20:14,840
George's County coverage help us because
you all go home you all don't have mass

877
01:20:12,520 --> 01:20:20,000
men walking in front of your homes I had
an armed robbery last month I you can't

878
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:24,800
we we we all everybody if you live in
this County everybody is equal with the

879
01:20:21,920 --> 01:20:28,480
crime F he has one of the lowest the low
crime R because they don't report it

880
01:20:26,880 --> 01:20:33,920
well that that's that's that's your
opinion yeah but everybody Buy has a 50

881
01:20:31,320 --> 01:20:38,239
man Police Department law city has a 88
man police department and the crime is

882
01:20:35,840 --> 01:20:44,120
Sky High they got 88 people 10 people
patroling on each sh 24 hours a day the

883
01:20:41,080 --> 01:20:49,679
crime rate is is very low but one crime
is too many I I get it I I I I I live in

884
01:20:47,400 --> 01:20:55,040
the woods I had somebody come in and
threw my long driveway and break in and

885
01:20:51,480 --> 01:20:58,960
stole my son's car I'm not a a shielding
from the crime I'm a police officer I'm

886
01:20:57,080 --> 01:21:04,440
not shielding from the crime I saw
somebody get robbed in front of me in

887
01:21:00,800 --> 01:21:08,440
Clinton um two blocks not two corners
down from me Chief it happens Chief I'm

888
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:12,639
going to go ahead and close out this
meeting you're fine nobody for it's

889
01:21:11,199 --> 01:21:15,760
happening everywhere so don't feel like
it's Just Happening Here we just got to

890
01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:19,679
get a grip of and get the right
Personnel in here and more personnel and

891
01:21:17,719 --> 01:21:23,800
then make it better for everybody that's
all I'm saying we can't afford it though

892
01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:28,440
we don't have I'm going call this
meeting back into

893
01:21:26,400 --> 01:21:33,920
oh real quick can I just say real quick
can you guys pick up with the important

894
01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:40,080
dates for if you want to change your
party affiliation if you want to

895
01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:46,239
register and the last day to register
I'll put them over outside thank

896
01:21:43,199 --> 01:21:55,040
you I would like to journ this
meeting motion let wej

897
01:21:50,199 --> 01:21:58,840
this a second all in favor I
thank you all right