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206 <br /> <br />TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1997 <br /> <br />stated that he has since taken full responsibility for seeing to the ordering of a new door of proper size and fit, <br /> <br />and said that it should be ready in about 10 days. <br /> <br />Mr. Danny Turner of 212 Greyson St.- Mr. Turner expressed concern about a number of issues, but was <br />primarily concerned that the relocation of residents from Moss Street will redistribute the problems of the <br />neighborhood beyond its boundaries, throughout the City, and bring ruin upon other neighborhoods. Mr. <br />Turner accused the City of failing to enforce property maintenance codes that would have placed the burden <br />of cost of clean up of many properties upon the owners that were responsible for their deterioration. He stated <br />that by failing to do so this allowed the Moss Street area to fall into ruin, thus adding unnecessary costs to the <br />grant program, allowing a small number of irresponsible landowners and landlords to capitalize on the <br />situation. He also demanded to know how and why the City had allowed conditions on Moss Street to <br />become what they are. <br /> <br />City Manager Reynolds gave a lengthy explanation of the history of events in the Moss Street area, the <br />significance of the implementation of new property maintenance codes that Council approved in February of <br />1996, and the facts related to the timing of the Community Development Block Grant for the Moss Street <br />neighborhood, provided in October of 1996. Councilmembers Haskell and Dallas, and Vice-Mayor Crabtree, <br />commented on the benefits of the Block Grant Programs, and reinforced the Council' s commitment to make <br />use of the property maintenance code to do all that could be done to prevent other such problem areas <br />from developing. Vice-Mayor Crabtree encouraged all citizens to report such neighborhood problems to City <br />officials. <br /> <br /> James Peverall, Jr.- Mr. Peverall stated that City Council's job was to communicate effectively with <br />the citizens about such projects as the Moss/Barton project, and said that his brother, a property owner in the <br />neighborhood, had not received the type or quality of information that others in the project area had gotten, <br /> <br /> <br />