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Session 1852 September 23, 2002 Margaret Bradford, 6900 Bartmer, stated that she lives across from the house at 6901 Bartmer, which is a nuisance. A kid from 6901 Bartmer set her trampoline on fire. The grandmother and mother, when told about the incident, did not offer an apology or any restitution. She is scared to go outside at night alone. She recounted an incident where one of the boys threatened them with a bomb. She is a widow and she doesn't know what to do about this situation with this particular house. Additionally, U. City put up a fence in the back of her and there is a walkway going from Bartmer to Olive Street Road up to Schnucks. The fence has never been completed. The people have been crawling over the fence to go around and now the fence has been knocked down on the ground.. Orlando Watson, 1223 Waldron, wished to voice similar concerns as the people before him. His family has been in this area for forty years. He went to school with Mr. Lieberman's son, Danny and he also knows Mr. Dockett's kids. He is from a different generation, being 29, but he and his family care about U. City and that is why he is here tonight. At 1224 Waldron, there is a family that is a menace. They have burglarized his mother's house and bragged about it in front of him. Another burglary occurred at 1219 Waldron, which was bragged about. There is a 14 or 15 year old boy in the house named Mario. This boy was, just this past week, out in the street brandishing a gun. Later on that day, around the corner, he pulled that gun on a friend of his, who is an ex Navy Seal. The boy's brother was convicted of murder three years ago. He killed a man in U. City by Heman Park. The father is a well known drug addict. There is loud music throughout the night. There is a lot of traffic. There are about ten people in the house and several of the smaller children haven't been to school in weeks. Something needs to be done, because at this point, residents could start taking matters into their own hands. After you call the police so many times, without results, you start to think about doing things differently. This is where it is heading, because some of the younger guys his age who know how the neighborhood used to be are not going to allow this to continue. If the City doesn't do something about this soon, it will get worse. Mayor Adams thanked everyone for all of their comments. He said that one of the major problems is with the judicial system. He will be getting with the City Manager to discuss these issues. Ms. Welsch thanked the Mayor for his comments. She has been hearing these kinds of stories since she came on the Council. She hopes that the Council talks about these issues soon, because she thinks that there is enough of these issues happening in different parts of the City that maybe we need to re-evaluate how we're policing the City. She would like an update on the nuisance houses. She would also like to know why some parts of the City does not seem to be inspected in the same way as other parts of the City. She was on a bike ride the other day, and saw a house at 82® and jCanton that she knows no inspector has gone by, because it is a jungle. This should not be happening. She wants to know when the Council will talk about this and try to start dealing with these problems.