People living in Cobbs Hill Village say Rochester Management Inc. has been trying for months to persuade them to get behind a new proposal that would tear down their current housing, this time with a resident cookout.

“A half cooked hot dog we don’t need their lunches,” said one resident who did not wasnt to be named for fear of repercussions from management said she’s not taking the bait though.

“They’re soothing us, that’s what they were trying to do today be soothing you know make them happy,” she said.

Other residents like Rochelle Stevens have a suggestion for Rochester Management.

“I’m not for it, i think they should take the money they have here and fix up what we have here instead,” said Stevens.

The original plan for a four story complex was rejected by the mayor’s office. Chris Stevens, president of the Upper Monroe neighborhood association says she’s been fighting to keep Cobbs Hill Park the way it is too.

“We had nearly 500 petitions against this that we obtained in one week’s time theres a lot of opposition to this,” said Stevens.

Stevens says the neighborhood association along with the city is now in talks with Rochester Management to reach a new agreement, but added people she spoke to were very concerned about an increase in rent included in the last proposal.

“Rents were nearly going to double for people but there wasn’t any explanation of how much people would be eligible for,” said Stevens.