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has set the direction and I think going forward is really not a lot we can do about the past, but going forward I think we can do a lot. So with these complaints here, I think this confirmation when people have some complaints and now they have the protection or at least some acknowledgement. And, like you said, the inspections, and I know Sally is hearing all this, but the inspections, those things should be called and there's no reason that it shouldn't. Going forward we need to do better. Ms. Cherry: I know you can't go back to what happened yesterday, I really know that. But what I'm saying is just saying what the tenants they don't report it then that's their fault, that's just not acceptable. It needs to be cleaned up regardless of what the tenant does. If they have this mold needs to be taken care of regardless. It does, it's a health hazard. Mr. Savage: Yes and I'm sure there were reports like you said you did, but I'm saying some things you can't just go in a person's house and see that, they need to report it. Ms. Cherry: Well, I mean there are some things that are obvious. As a board, it's our responsibility to make sure... that it's partly our responsibility. Mr. Savage: Our direction is going forward and that's what we have to do. Benny Goforth: I would never move somebody in an apartment that looks like that. So if this stuff is happening, it's happening after the tenant has moved there. Ms. Cherry: No. I have some pictures, I can't find them. But Bobby Yates apartment, the new apartment, before he moved in. I think we should say OK things weren't done perfect in the past, but I'm gonna do better. Not that the tenants are doing it all. That's not the truth. The tenants are not doing everything. These are old apartments and things happen and there is gonna be wear and tear and when it happens when you have an inspection, then fix it and that's the end of that, you know. Fix it like you want if fixed if you lived there. Elizabeth Brooks: We have designed here recently in the last couple of months, a checklist for them to check when they move in. Instead of them having to remember, they have the checklist and they check this and this and this. We have a much more thorough checklist now than we had in the past and for them to check before they say it is ready to be leased. And we also have a new inspection sheet that we are updating. -Ms. Hearn and Ms. Braswell had to leave the meeting at 2:15 pm due to other commitments.- Elizabeth Brooks: We are just trying to get better so that they just know what needs to be covered for us. And those inspections that happen they are inspected by an outside agency, but they are only inspected once a year. Usually a certain time frame and we tell the tenants when it is coming. The pictures that you showed, they should not have passed inspection. Now, whether they did or not I don't know. We are trying to fix things that may have not been correct in the past. The mold, if I don't clean it for a couple of days at my house, there will be mold growing in the shower. That is my responsibility, but that is more severe than mold in the bathtub. We understand that and obviously we will take steps to correct that. 5