it's right on the border of the badlands.p with the ad for this listing? for sale, one town, 1.96 million square feet, secluded setting. mary thompson is live in scenic. how is it anybody can sell a town? >> reporter: there are a couple reasons. a couple that you actually mentioned, contessa. first of all, scenic is close to the badlands. as a result, you see pretty heavy traffic for tourists coming to and from the badlands every day and there's an indian reservation down the road as well. if you want to buy scenic, there is a way to actually make money once you buy it. of course, what twyla merrill did, she moved here in 1963 and as other people left, she started buying up the businesses. unfortunately, she has been stricken with cancer and her efforts to battle that has prompted her to sell scenic which as you mentioned, goes less than a lot of new york city apartments right now at $799,000. >> when we're talking about buying the town, what is it that you actually get? do you get all the buildings and land underneath it, yo

>> we are at badlands, the starlight lounge, and other facilities. those are the primary nightclubs. >> i had a couple quick questions. the current venue as it exists, has it been troubled recently? >> shine is a small lounge and because of its location and demographic and its programming, we never had problems. we have no history of violence and no -- the only sound complete we had was six years ago. five years ago. even then it was a minor thing that was resolved. >> commissioner cavellini: southern police has requested you install a camera. is that the condition that you had? >> i am assuming mr. king did that with the agreement of the conditions. >> president newlin: is there anyone from the public? seeing none, commissioners? >> commisioner joseph: second. >> [roll call vote] >> commisioner joseph >> presid. next item, the approval of minutes. which is item 2, review and approve the minutes of june 28. any questions? any public comment? yes, sir, come forward. >> commisioner joseph: can i move to approve? same house, same call? >> president newl

it could move to the badlands of the poor property. i do not know that there is anything that we want to get rid of other than the power plants, sewage plants, asphalt plants, things that you do not want to grow. there are things that can move, but i think they need to stay in the city, but they can be different. >> unless we do something drastic and severe for this community, it is not going to survive. not only for us, but it is not going to survive for a lot of you folks that are moving in here. and >> district and has a reputation as one of the city's most dangerous areas. we asked if the notoriety is valid and inquire about the district's crime problem. >>, as an issue that happens everywhere citizens go. we tend to blame the folks who have to look at what surrounds them, what the environment has the right. the environment has been neglected. poor schools, poor health, and food, poor housing, so we have to take some response ability for that. >> the reason some of the temperance flare-up is not because we have and lack of jobs, no

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