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NOW GOD HAS TO BE YOUNG TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
WE'LL FOLLOW REALIZING THAT YOU HAVE BOUGHT US THIS FALL.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FATHER FOR THIS GALLERY IN THE NIGHT.
THIS SHOW THAT THE PEOPLES IN NEW BERLIN ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT'S YOUR FOLLOW-UP BLESS OUR, ALL THOSE IN THE BAREST SPECIAL WAY, OR FATHER HELPED THEM THAT THEY MAY DO THE THING THAT'S RIGHT.
WHEREAS THE FATHER BE ALSO REALIZED TONIGHT, FATHER, THAT THE ANSWER IS NOT WITH THE GOVERNMENT, NOT THE ANSWER WITH THE SCHOOLS WILL FOLLOW, BUT YOU HAVE THE ANSWER, THE FATHER OR FATHER TO GIVE THEM THE ANSWER CHILD PROBLEM.
IT'D BE MADE, MAKE THIS THE BEST SIT AND THE BEST COUNTY THAT WE MAY BE A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIZEN COUNTY WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
WE HAVE TO BE THE ANOTHER BLESSING IN JESUS' NAME.
FIRST THING WOULD HAVE ON THE AGENDA THE NIGHT IS IF WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS TIME CAPSULE, AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALL INTENTIONS OF LETTING THE SEVERAL THOUSAND LADIES HAVE A SIT DOWN.
IT LOOKS LIKE FOR ME IN ANY WAY YOU WANT EVERY TIME, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND IT'S MADE, IT SEEMS TO BE MADE OUT OF COPPER.
SO WE BROUGHT SOME 10 SNIPS SO WE CAN KIND OF SNIP THE THING OPEN AND WHAT I THOUGHT WE MIGHT DO.
AND IT'S UP TO YOU ALL IS TO BRING IT UP HERE ON THIS TABLE SO THAT HE CAN GET A GOOD SHOT AT IT FOR THE CAMERA, FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME.
AND THAT WAY, IF THERE'S NOTHING IN IT, WE'LL ALL BE SURPRISED.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING RUNS OUT OF IT, WE CAN ALL RUN.
SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THE HAMMER HAND.
IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU LADIES? IS THAT AWKWARD? Y'ALL MAN, LOOK, IF YOU WANT YOU OFFICERS OR PRESTON OR ANY IDEA, ALL OF YOU, I WANT TO GET UP HERE AROUND THIS A LITTLE WHILE.
I JUST CALL IT A FENCE FOR LACK OF BREEDING, I GUESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE THING IS AND, AND, AND LOOK AT IT.
I THINK I'LL STEP DOWN FIRE THE CLOSE, BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP THEM RUNNING.
SAY I REALLY DID HAVE THE HAVE AND THAT PERIOD OF TIME, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
YOU DIDN'T PUT A RUBBER SNAKE IN THERE THROUGH THAT WHOLE DIGIT DANNY
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TWO MONTHS BEFORE I WAS BORN THERE WAS NO PLASTIC AT THE TIME THEY PUT IT IN MAYOR, MAYOR.I THINK I SEE MARY RANDOLPH'S LADY.
WHAT WAS THE NEWS OF THE DAY? WHAT WAS THE FEATURED NEWS ARTICLE TODAY? WHAT'S THE SUN JOURNAL AT THE TIME THEY CHANGED THEIR NAMES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NEVER BEEN CHANGED.
WHAT WAS THE WEATHER ON THAT DAY? MS. COTTON? WHAT WAS THE WEATHER ON THAT DAY? HOT AND HUMID RIGHT HERE.
NOTHING EVER CHANGES IN THE SIDE.
I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THEY WOULD'VE PUT THE SHUTTLE DATE IN THERE.
THEY USUALLY THAT'S ONE THING THEY USUALLY PUT IN THEM.
WELL, TELL YOU MY SON, THE NEWSPAPERS IN THE MICROWAVE ONE TIME AND ALL THAT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO TELL ME YOU WERE GETTING READY TO GET MARRIED.
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CAN'T DO THAT SHIT.YOU'VE GOT A LONG, LONG HAUL IN THE NEWS BUSINESS.
WELL, YOU'LL DO WAY BYE-BYE SHE'S LEAVING.
THEY HAD TO LIVE TWO AND THREE APARTMENT.
IF THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT, THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT.
THAT'S THE CLOUD BEFORE RIGHT THERE.
JUST TURN THEM OUT THERE BECAUSE WE CAN HEAR THE PEOPLE IN THE SPEAKERS AND WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK.
I WAS HERE FOR JUSTIN'S MEETING LAST NIGHT.
WE'LL JUST RECESS THE MEETING.
SO, I MEAN, IT WAS KIND OF BLURRED AND YOU FAIL.
MY GUEST WENT BACK AND IN THIS APP, SO A PEST MUSE CITY ENGINEER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND DO YOUR THING, I HOPE MY REPORT DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH WHO FLIES ALL THAT DEAD.
THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS IN COMPLIANCE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
UH, THE PLANT TREATED A TOTAL OF 107 MILLION GALLONS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
UH, THE MAXIMUM DAY WAS 4.3 MILLION GALLONS.
THE AVERAGE DAY WAS 3.6 MILLION GALLONS.
OUR BOD EFFICIENCY REMOVAL WAS 91% IN OUR SUSPENDED SOLIDS REMOVAL EFFICIENCY WAS 90% TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE, UM, MARTIN MARIETTA QUARRY PROJECT.
UH, WE HAVE A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UH, WE ARE WAITING FOR, UM, CHARLES ENGINEERING, ROBERT CHARLES ENGINEERING, TO COMPLETE A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE STATE.
AND WE HAVE ALSO, UH, ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PREPARING AN APPLICATION FOR THE CLEAN WATER MANAGEMENT TRUST ONE GRANT, UH, THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED, UH, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, RIVERS AND ASSOCIATES.
HE'S PREPARING THE APPLICATION FOR THE GRANT.
AND WE WERE REVIEWING THAT TODAY AND THERE'S A FEW MINOR CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.NEXT THING WE HAVE IS A SWIMMING POOL REPORT RECREATION.
I'M AFRAID THIS ISN'T MUCH OF A REPORT, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT I'VE GOT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE GRANT WE APPLIED FOR TO THE 1998 PARK AND RECREATION TRUST FUND, UH, WAS NOT, WE WERE NOT AWARDED A GRANT IN THIS CASE, UH, OUT OF 103 GRANTS ACROSS THE STATE, ONLY 33 WERE FUNDED.
AND THERE WERE ACCORDING TO MY RECREATION CONSULTANT, THERE WERE SEVEN APPLICATIONS FOR SWIMMING POOLS, AND NONE OF THEM WERE FUNDED.
UH, WE CAN'T REAPPLY NEXT YEAR.
MY RECREATION CONSULTANT ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS YEAR, SEVERAL OF LAST YEAR'S GRANTS WERE FUNDED THIS YEAR.
AND WE CAN REAPPLY IN THE NEXT FUNDING CYCLE.
ANY QUESTIONS, IT WILL START, UH, WE WILL GET THE INFORMATION IN DECEMBER AND PROBABLY THE GRANT WILL HAVE TO BE IN IF IT'S S SAME TIME SCHEDULE AS ISSUE.
IT'LL HAVE TO BE IN AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF MARCH, NO MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IN LIGHT OF THE NASTY REPORT.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO SERIOUSLY ENTERTAIN THE DISCUSSION IN A WORK SESSION ABOUT TRYING TO PROCEED.
WE'LL MISS WOMEN AND NOT DEPENDING ON ANY GRANTS, BECAUSE IT'S A LONG SHOT AT BEST WE MADE, WHEN WE ALL GOT REELECTED, WE, ALL THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, DO YOU SUPPORT A SWIMMING POOL? AND ALL OF US AGREED, A SWIMMING POOL WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CITY.
IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN OF THIS CITY, OUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, AND TO MAKE NO DROUGHT.
AND WE ALMOST GAVE THEM A PROMISE.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE, UM, STATEMENT MADE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THIS SONG, BUT WE WERE WAITING ON THIS GRANT, BUT YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD SEVERAL OF THEM.
KIDS HAVE DROWNED, NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A POOL, BUT IT'S STILL A PROBLEM.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SESSIONS SESSION CRUEL BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT IN ONE SESSION BEGINNING, SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER, DISCUSS SOME FUNDING ALTERNATIVES AND MAYBE EVEN SCALE BACK ON THE SCORE OR THE POINT.
BUT WE NEED, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF, EVEN IF IT'S ON FOR 50 PEOPLE, MAYBE OUT PLAYING IS TOO AMBITIOUS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT AT LEAST, AND I'LL VOLUNTEER WITH ONE OF US, NEED TO MAYBE GO TO A SWIMMING SITE IN A TRIANGLE OR SOMETHING, BUT WE NEED TO TRY TO GET THIS BUILDING FOR LESS MONEY.
I CAN'T SAY IT'S BEEN AN ACCOUNTANT.
MY POLES OFF DIMINISH THE SCOPE ABOUT PLANNING, BUT WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY ENTERTAINED.
SO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO GET A POOL AT WEST NEWBURN BY NEXT SUMMER, BECAUSE THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN, THIS IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS CITY AND THERE'S BEEN NO RELIEF.
I SAW ON TELEVISION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THEY HAD A REPORT ABOUT HOW HOT IT DOES, AND THEY SHOW EVERYBODY HAVING FUN SWIMMING AND DOES ENGAGE IN WATER SPORTS PERIOD.
AND I JUST THINK NO FLOOD TOWN, THIS SIDE WITH POLLUTED WATERS, WE NEED TO HAVE A SWIMMING POOL FOR THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE THERE'S SOME LOCAL MONEY AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTY, A FAIR ART TABLE.
WE CAN COMPARE THIS SHOULD MAYBE WORK SESSION.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I THINK THAT, UH, WE HAVE DISCUSSED A PRIOR MEETINGS I'VE GIVEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF EACH OF YOU GOT A COPY OF THE LIST OF EXPENDITURES FACING US IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ON THAT LIST, AND WE'VE AGREED THAT WE WILL HAVE A REPORT PREPARED ON THE ITEMS FACING THE CITY, SUCH AS THIS, THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE OVERALL
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A HUGE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY AND HOW EACH WILL BE FUNDED.AND, UH, THAT WORK SESSION, UH, SHOULD BE COMING UP SOON.
UM, MR. HARTMAN IS WORKING ON THOSE ITEMS THAT I LISTED THAN ANY OTHERS THAT YOU CARE TO SUGGEST THAT WE MIGHT, THAT MIGHT INVOLVE CONSIDERABLE FINANCING FINANCING THAT CANNOT BE JUST WRITTEN INTO THE BUDGET IN ONE YEAR.
AND A SWIMMING POOL IS A BIG CHUNK OF MONEY.
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO FINANCE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT THAT IN THE WORKS.
WE'VE JUST GOT TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE WORK SESSION WHERE WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES FACING US.
ALSO GET A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE KIDS THAT DIED BECAUSE OF ECOLAB BECAUSE OF THE SWIMMING POOLS.
BUT I GUESS THEY FIGURED OUT A WAY AROUND THAT.
NOW THAT'S NOT A VERY PLEASANT THING TO HAVE HAPPEN EITHER.
NEXT THING IS TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING, TO CONSIDER MANAGING LAND USE ORDINANCE, TO RAISE THE BASE BLOOD LEVEL BY ONE FOOT TO MAKE I SAY, THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM LAST MEETING.
WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO DO IS CHANGE THE LAND USE ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE MINIMUM ELEVATION FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION OR A SUBSTANTIAL REHAB CURRENTLY IS THAT NINE FEET ABOVE THE MEAN SEA LEVEL.
AND WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO CHANGE THAT TO 10 FEET.
UM, REASON BEING, WE HAD A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE FRAN AND WITH TWO PROPERTIES AT THE NINE FOOT, IT WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT STORM.
UM, WE FEEL AS IMPORTANT TO GO AHEAD AND RAISE IT UP TO 10 FEET, TO BE BETTER PREPARED FOR A FUTURE STORM.
ONE OF THE POTENTIAL OR TWO POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF DOING THIS ONE IS THIS, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER STEPS COULD HELP LOWER OUR FLOOD INSURANCE RATES.
THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE A GRANT PENDING FOR THE WOODROW COMMUNITY, WHICH WILL ALLOW US RAISE HOUSES TO THE 10 FOOT MARK.
IF WE GO AHEAD AND PASS THIS
WOULD YOU PLEASE REITERATE WHAT THIS, WHAT EFFECT THIS WOULD HAVE ON A HOUSE THAT MIGHT BE DAMAGED BY SOMETHING OTHER THAN A FLOOD OR A HURRICANE, WHETHER THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEN JACK UP THE HOUSE? I DON'T RECALL WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
IF THEY HAD A FIRE AND IT WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED, WOULD THEY HAVE TO MEET THIS NEW STANDARD OR WHAT, UH, IF IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION OR REHAB OR REPAIR, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY.
THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE NOW THAT IF THEY'RE BELOW THE NINE FOOT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO JACK UP THE HOUSE TO 10, OUR TWO TO THE NINE FOOT.
LIKEWISE, IF, IF THIS HAPPENS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE 10 FOOT.
SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY BELOW NINE, THE COST WOULD BE FAIRLY INSIGNIFICANT TO GO THAT ADDITIONAL FOOT.
IF THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING TO RAISE THE HOUSE, WHAT, WHAT LET'S SEE AS I THINK IS IT, YOU COULD STRETCH.
IT REQUIRES PUTTING A FLORIAN BASICALLY IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WHEREAS IF SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO BE DOING SOME RENOVATIONS, THE SALEM AND THE WALLS OR WHATEVER, WE WOULDN'T FORCE THEM TO COME IN.
AND JACK AND FLORA, IF IT'S A LARGE ENOUGH RENOVATION, THEN THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE MOVING THE FLOOR ANYWAY AND MOVE IT UP TO, IF IT SEES 50% OF THE VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE, THE COST OF THE REPAIRS, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY.
UH, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THIS MIGHT MIGHT LOWER TO SOME DEGREE, FLOOD INSURANCE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS OF HOUSES BEING BUILT TO THAT NEW STANDARD.
ASHLEY, IT WOULD LOWER THE FLOOD INSURANCE RATES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BY THIS, ALONG WITH OTHER STEPS, THIS IS LIKE THE IMPORTANT STEP THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DO IT IN ITSELF WILL NOT EARN US A BETTER RATING OR INSURANCE, BUT IT PUTS US MUCH, MUCH CLOSER TO GETTING THE LOWER RATE.
BUT NOW, IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING IN WOODROW AND THE HOUSE IS NOT UP TO THE STANDARD, BECAUSE IT WAS GRANDFATHERED IN NOT UP TO THE NINE FOOT STANDARD, IS THEIR INSURANCE GOING TO CURL UP BECAUSE NOW THEY DO NOT MEET THE COMMUNITY STANDARD.
NO, YOU DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE ANY PROBLEM WITH THEM.
NO, I KNOW THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE GOING TO BASE THEIR RATES ON A, ON A STANDARD, ON A, ON A BASELINE.
AND I DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO WIND UP BELOW THAT BASELINE
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BECAUSE OF ACTION.WE TAKE CARE AND THEM ACTUALLY HAVING TO PAY MORE INSURANCE IN THE FUTURE.
FLOOD ELEVATION FINISHED ELEVATION IS BLOOD AND NINE FOOT.
THEY ALREADY BE IN AN ASTRONOMICAL PRICE ON FLOOD INSURANCE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO GO UP IN THE MORNING.
THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING UP SUBSTANTIALLY.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY HAVE, AND WHEN WE GO TO 10, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT NINE? IS THEIR INSURANCE GOING TO GO UP? BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE BELOW THE STANDARD.
I GUESS THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION I HAD IN MY MIND.
I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, I THINK I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN ANSWER.
WELL, THAT'S DELAYED TEND TO GET AN ANSWER.
I MEAN, IT, IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE IF WE RAISE IT TO RAISE IT TO 10, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO LOWER THE INSURANCE FOR SOME PEOPLE, AND THEN SUDDENLY FIND OUT THAT BECAUSE HE'S NINE FOOT STANDARD HOUSES, WE'RE NOW BELOW OUR REQUIREMENT THAT THEY SUDDENLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY A PREMIUM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MEET OUR 10 FOOT STANDARD.
AND I DON'T KNOW, INSURANCE IS A STRANGE THING AND I, AND I'M, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, BUT, BUT BASICALLY SPEAKING IS BUYING MY CAR INSURANCE, THAT INSURANCE COMPANY CAN ACTUALLY CHARGE WHATEVER WE CAN CROSS.
I THINK WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
IT'S A PRIEST INQUIRY BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
THIS TIME IS NOT OF THE ESSENCE AND ACTUALLY IS WHERE WE ARE.
WE ARE TRYING TO PROCEED WITH THE WOODROW MITIGATION GRANT.
UM, THAT IS ONE OF OUR MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREAS.
AND IF FUNDED THAT GRANT WILL RAISE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES, THE HOUSES ABOVE THE 10 FOOT.
SO IT WON'T BE AN ISSUE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS, EVERYONE THAT WE EITHER COULD IDENTIFY OR CAME TO US AND ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE TO HAVE THEIR HOUSE ELEVATED.
WE'VE INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT.
I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY RAISIN WOULD LOWER THEIR OVERALL INSURANCE OVERALL POTENTIAL DAMAGE POPULATION EVERYWHERE.
IT CAN BE DAMAGED AND THE STOLEN LESS LIKELY TO BE DAMAGED.
BUT I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
AND I'M NOT SAYING IT DOES, BUT I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY IF A HOUSE IS ALREADY THERE, THE NINE FEET AND THE STANDARD IS MOVED TO 10, THEIR HOUSE SHOULD GO UP.
IT'S NOT MAKING IT ANY MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGER, WHICH IS MOTHER NATURE.
AND IT WAS BEFORE MY UNDERSTANDING ON IT IS, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE A RATING BASED ON WHAT WE DO AS A CITY TO PREVENT DAMAGE THROUGH OUR ENFORCEMENT AND EVERYTHING.
AND, AND WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES USE THAT RATING TO SET RATES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IF, IF WE TAKE THIS ADDITIONAL STEP, IT PUSHES US TO A BETTER RATING, WHICH IS WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL LOOK AT AND SETTING THEIR BASIC RATE FOR THE COMMUNITY OVERALL.
SO THEN THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE APPLICATION.
UM, THAT'S JUST AN ADDED BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY BESIDES PROTECTING PROPERTY OF US TAKING THIS STEP.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU HELPED A LOT NOW, AND THIS WATER IS ANOTHER DOCTOR, AND WE'LL GO DOWN THE ARM, WHAT THE ELBOW STABBING ME TO MEAT, CAN'T YOU MAKE IT RETROACTIVE TO THE APPLICATION AND TO COMPLY WITH THEM IN A LATER DATE.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT NOW WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE WERE PROPOSING, THE RES 86 HOUSES, SOME OF THOSE RA AT NINE FEET, OR JUST ABOVE NINE FEET.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE TO 10 OFFSET.
IF WE DON'T DO THIS, THEN BASICALLY I DON'T HAVE A JUSTIFICATION FOR INCLUDING THOSE HOUSES.
AND THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE APPLICATION BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THE CITY,
AND HE GOES TO CLASS AT 10 FEET.
THEN WE EITHER SAY, HEY, THE HOUSES DON'T WANT TO BE NEEDED TO BE RAISED TO THE BEAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A NINE FOOT STANDARD OR ELSE YOU WANNA SAY, THEY REALLY DO NEED TO BE RAISED AT 10, BUT THE REST OF THE CITY ARE STANDING TOO.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THE TWO GO TOGETHER.
I CAN SEE HOW TO CHANGE IN THIS 10 FEET.
WE'LL CALL SOME HOUSES TO BE HIGHER, BUT IT WILL CAUSE METAL HOUSES TO BE LOW.
I DON'T SEE HOW THE, THE RIGHTS SHOULD GO UP OR
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DOWN.LIKE YOU SAID, INSURANCE IS PAYING DOWN.
SO I DON'T REALLY, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT, BUT I STILL THINK MAX, I HAVE A VERY LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
WE CAN ADOPT THIS AND I KNOW PEOPLE HATE THIS WORD, BUT WE CAN'T BE SIN IF THEY HAVE ONE HOMEOWNERS, GREG AND MIKE, GREG, AND MIKE, LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
DO YOU PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THERE'S ANY VALIDITY TO MY CONCERN? HONESTLY, NO, I DON'T.
I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON ANYBODY.
I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF I HAD AN ANSWER TO THAT.
BUT IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S NOT REALLY A VALID COMPLAINT, I'LL GO ALONG WITH IT.
BUT THEN IF IT TURNS OUT THAT IT WAS A VALID COMPLAINT, I KNOW WHERE YOU BOTH LIVE, WHICH IS THE GREATER GOOD THAT WE GO AHEAD AND ADOPT YOU.
AND I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY YOUR HOME PHONE THOUGH, RIGHT? I'D LIKE, I'D HATE TO SEE US NOT ADOPTED.
AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT EXPENSES THAT WILL BE CAUSED TO PEOPLE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS GRANT APPLICATION TO BE INITIATED IN WOODROW, WHICH IS MOST NEEDED.
AND I WOULDN'T WANT US TO HOLD IT UP ON A SUPPOSE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIT UNETHICAL, ACTUALLY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO GO AROUND AND, AND, AND, AND WRITE AND SAY THAT BECAUSE I, I WASN'T COMPLIANCE.
AND NOW I'M NOT THAT I'M GOING TO CHARGE YOU MORE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO MY HOUSE.
SO MAYBE IT MIGHT NOT BE LOWER MY INSURANCE RATE, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE HIGHER, I WOULD SAY.
BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT INSURANCES.
AND IF THEY DO, THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOBBY AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT THAT INSURANCE COMPANY THAT DOES SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS NO OTHER OPPOSITION TO IT, UH, OTHER THAN THE ELDER THAN THAT NEXT, THAT, THAT, THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE SHOULDN'T KNOW OKAY.
WHERE DO YOU LIVE IN? WHEN WE HAVE A SEPARATE PROJECT GOING TO THE AREA THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED, AND THAT'S AN ACTUAL ACQUISITION RELOCATION FOR THOSE FAMILIES, BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO HER.
AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WERE AWARE OF OR SOMEBODY THAT BY
CAN YOU TALK TO HER TONIGHT? I THINK FOR THE OVERALL PUBLIC.
WE SHOULDN'T GO AHEAD AND PASS IT.
I JUST HAVE THAT LITTLE SNEAKING SUSPICION IN THE BACK OF MY MIND IS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE.
SOME INSURANCE COMPANY IS GOING TO TELL ME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE YOUR RATE BECAUSE THE STANDARD IS 10 FEET AND YOURS IS ONLY NINE, BUT STILL CONSIDERING THE GRANT AND EVERYTHING.
AND I AGREE WITH BARBARA, I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE GRANT.
IF, IF THERE'S NOT, IF WE DON'T KNOW THERE'S A LEGITIMATE PROBLEM THERE, BUT INSURANCE IS A STRANGE ANIMAL, RIGHT? AND THEY WANTED TO CANCEL MY INSURANCE THIS YEAR BECAUSE I CALLED AND ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTED DAMAGE WAS NOT A CLAIM, BUT THEY SAID, WELL, YOU MADE A CLAIM.
WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL YOUR POLICY.
AND THEN SHE MENTIONED, AND THEN YOU MEANT, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT.
BUT IT'S SOMETIMES INSURANCE COMPANIES GET A BAD RAP.
AND SOMETIMES INSURANCE COMPANIES DESERVE A BAD RAP, BUT I JUST DON'T, I I'M, I'M IN, I'M IN FAVOR OF GETTING THAT GRANT MONEY TO HELP THE PEOPLE.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
THAT JUST HAD THAT LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT THE RATES.
ONCE WE GET THE GRANT MONEY, HOW SOON WE, YOU START ELEVATING HOUSES AND HOW DID YOU PRIORITIZE WHICH HOUSES WOULD BE RAISED FIRST? UM, WE'LL DO IT AS SOON AS WE CLEAR ALL THE HURDLES IN TERMS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, WHICH WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON.
UM, WE'LL PROBABLY WORK WITH THOSE THAT ARE LOWEST, BUT YEAH, THAT WILL ALSO DEPEND ON OUR CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE USING.
IF WE END UP USING MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS AND WE MAY BE ON A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIME TABLE, I PROBABLY ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE.
AND SO NOW I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN, HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO, UH, EXPEDITE THE SITUATION
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WE HAVE? I KNOW IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS.WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET INFORMATION AND WAITING, AND THERE HAS BEEN PEOPLE WHO NEED THEIR HOUSES ELEVATED AND WE KEEP HAVING RAINSTORMS AND KEEP HAVING FLOODS.
AND WHEN THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT'LL BE BEFORE? WHOEVER'S SUPPOSED TO DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY? WE'LL SAY YOU GOT THE MONEY.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE, AS A BOARD OR AS A CITY CAN DO TO EXPEDITE THEY, AFTER TWO YEARS HAVE NOW PUSHED THE ISSUE, A B IN THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT THE STATE, UM, THE CITY HAS TAKEN SOME ACTION.
THE CITY MANAGER FOLLOWED UP WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT AND TRIED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO LET HIM KNOW THAT WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AS SOON AS WE SUBMIT THE FINAL APPLICATION WITH THIS CHANGE, THEY'LL DO, THEY'LL MOVE IT ALONG AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, BUT LET ME, LET ME ASK BEFORE YOU MAKE A MOTION.
I, I WAS TALKING TO ME AND MY FRIEND STOOD UP AND MADE A COMMENT AND THAT I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT HER CONCERN WAS.
UM, THIS, THIS LADY WAS TELLING US THAT SHE LIVED IN AN AREA, UM, THAT WAS IMPACTED THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN WOODROW ON CHAPMAN STREET.
AND SHE WANTED TO ASK US, SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO HER AFTER THE MEETING ABOUT WHAT SORT OF DAMAGE AND SORT OF IMPACT THEY'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
I MOVE WITH CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ROAD, PLEASE, MAN? YES, YES, YES.
NEXT THING WE HAVE IS THE COVID HERE, ET CETERA, NEXT AND SURGERY DOWN SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE, UH, SORRY, DOWNS PROPERTY AS A SUBDIVISION, THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED AT THE END OF ELIZABETH AVENUE.
IF YOU GO DOWN ELIZABETH AVENUE, CROSSOVER, RACE TRACK ROAD AND TAKE IT TO THE VERY END, UH, WHERE YOU, IN THAT, LOOKING DOWN IN THE DISTANCES, THE LOCATION OF SURREY DOWNS SUBDIVISION, UH, WHEN THEY CAME TO US WORKING ON THE SUBDIVISION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT, UH, IT ACTUALLY WAS NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND, AND NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO USE CITY, WATER AND SEWER AND OTHER SERVICES.
AND SO, UH, THE ORDINANCE WAS PREPARED, UH, FOR THE ANNEXATION, THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
ANYBODY HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THAT, SHE ASK A QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE A PLOT OR THE PROPOSED STREETS IN THAT DAYS? IS THIS GOING TO BE A DEAD END STREET OR IS IT GOING TO BE A CIRCULAR STREET WHERE WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT FOR THE TIME BEING, UH, THERE'LL BE ON THE ONLY OUT WE'LL BE COMING BACK WEST ON ELIZABETH AVENUE.
BUT ELIZABETH AVENUE IN THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS TO EVENTUALLY TIE INTO THE EXTENSION OF BOSCH BOULEVARD AND THAT HAS BEEN LEFT SO THAT IT CAN BE CONTINUED ON IN THAT DIRECTION.
I WANT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S DONE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE A ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT SECOND, YOUR MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE, UH, WE GETTING SO, SO MUCH DOWN, LISTEN TO THEM.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE ORDINANCE TO ANNEX SURREY OPEN THE TIME CAPSULE, ALL THE DISCUSSION CALL.
IT MUST AWARD SAY WE NEEDED TO PULL NUMBER 10.
HE HAD TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO IT OR SOMETHING, AND THEY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
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NUMBER NINE, RESTROOMS FOR LOSS AND CREEK PARK.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR THOSE POOR SOCCER PLAYERS.
THOSE POOR KIDS HAVE TO RUN ACROSS THAT BUSY STREET FOR THAT LITTLE SERVICE STATION.
UM, THEY'LL BE LOCATED RIGHT IN THE CROSS, THE CREEK CENTRALLY LOCATED CLOSE TO THE BOAT RAMPS, CLOSE TO THE SOCCER FIELDS, PLEASE.
OH, WE GOT BATHROOMS DOWN THERE NOW.
KATIE'S YOU CAN PLAY SOCCER ALL DAY LONG.
UH, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT MR. REETHA WHITE TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
I MEAN, NOMINATE HER FOR THE APARTMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE TO THE POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, MS. PATRICIA T IT'S LISTED AS CARTER ON YOUR SHEET THERE, BUT IT'S CAR T OF A RIM AVENUE, 1712 RIM AVENUE WHO WORKS FOR A REAL ESTATE COMPANY AND IS THE HEALTH DIRECTOR FOR STERLING HOUSE, THE NEW ASSISTED LIVING HOME.
I HAVE ONE OTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. ROBERT CHICK NUTELLA TO THE, UH, WHAT DOES IT CALL NOW? THE ELECTRIC SERVICE BOARD IS THAT THE EXACT TITLE ELECTRIC SERVICE ADVISORY BOARD.
HE IS, UH, HE'S TIMED OUT ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
YOU CAN ONLY SERVE SO MANY TERMS THERE AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE HIM FROM CITY SERVICE.
AND HE HAS AGREED TO SERVE ON THE ELECTRIC SERVICE ADVISORY BOARD.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HIM, MR.
UH, ECONOMICS, UH, SERVED ON HIS DOOR BY THE COMMITTEE.
I'M GOING TO GET ON A SOAP BOX.
EACH ONE OF YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF A, AN ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE SUN JOURNAL.
THIS WEEK LAWSUIT WOULD CHANGE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS RULES.
IF YOU READ THIS ONE, IT INVOLVES IS PEOPLE.
THIS IS BASICALLY IN ONE SMALL AREA, OUT ON THE OUTER BANKS, AN AREA CALLED WHALEBONE, WHICH IS VERY HIGH DOLLAR, VERY HIGH DOLLAR AT THE PRESENT TIME.
UH, SOME PEOPLE'S DEEDS RUN DOWN TO THE HIGH TIDE MARK ON THE BEACH, BUT ANYBODY CAN WALK BELOW THAT HIGH TIDE LINE.
AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET THE LAW ENFORCED AND STRONGER LAWS MADE TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM WALKING ON THE BEACH IN NORTH CAROLINA, WALKING ON THE BEACHES BEHIND THEIR HOUSES, LIKE IT LOWERS THEIR PROPERTY VALUES.
WELL NOW FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
WHEN I SAW THAT ARTICLE, THE HACKLES STOOD UP ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HACKLES ARE, BUT I READ ABOUT THEM STANDING UP ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK.
I THINK THE IDEA OF TRYING TO RESTRICT THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM BEING ABLE TO WALK ON THE IS JUST A LOWDOWN, ROTTEN SHAME, AND ONE ARTICLE IN HERE.
UM, THE OTHER RESIDENTS, HALF THE RESIDENTS ARE FROM NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, AND WASHINGTON, DC, AND OWN WEEKEND PROPERTY DOWN THERE THIS WEEKEND PROPERTY, IN SOME CASES, HALF MILLION DOLLAR BEACH, FRONT HOMES, AND THEY DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO WALK ON THE BEACH.
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HERE.THEY'RE ALSO AT THE HEART OF A BATTLE.
WELL, IT'S WHALE HEAD, NOT WHALEBONE, BUT WHALE HEAD WHALEBONE JUNCTIONS FURTHER DOWN WITH THE, UH, COUNTY OVER PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC ACCESS PATHS THAT THEY WANT REMOVED FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I THINK NORTH CAROLINA HAS DONE A GREAT THING BY CREATING PUBLIC PARKING ACCESS AND THERE ARE BEACHES AND WALKWAYS, SO THE PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE BEACH.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS BOARD TO HAVE A LETTER DRAFTED TO EACH OF MEMBER OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION THAT WOULD, UH, SAY THAT WE WERE TOTALLY AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION, REGULATION OR RULE CHANGE THAT WOULD IN ANY WAY HINDER RESTRICT OR MAKE MORE DIFFICULT PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE STATE'S BEACHES AND STRONGLY SUPPORT, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PARKING AND WALKWAY ACCESS TO THE BEACHES OF NORTH CAROLINA.
IF YOU TAKE THE NEAREST BEACH TO US, ATLANTIC BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU CAN'T FIND A PARKING PLACE AT FORT MACON SWIMMING AREA, IF YOU CAN'T FIND A PARKING PLACE AT THE CIRCLE, WHICH IS PARKING METERED AT 25 CENTS, EVERY 15 MINUTES, I THINK THEN THE OTHER PLACE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARK IS DOWN AT THE SHERATON, WHICH I THINK CHARGES LIKE $5 TO PARK.
AND THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC PARKING UNTIL YOU GET THE SALTER PATH.
AND THE JOURNALISTS IN THE HAND, NO, I TAKE MY GRANDKIDS DOWN EVERY WALL EACH AND I'M ALL FOR THE PUBLIC HAVING ACCESS TO THE WATER OR AT THE BEACH.
AND IT'S GOING TO DO US NO HARM, PROVIDE A LETTER REQUESTING NOW RIGHT NOW, REMEMBER, REMEMBER MY, MY, UH, MY IDEA IS THAT WE WRITE TO OUR LEGISLATORS SAYING THAT WE OPPOSE ANY LEGISLATION OR REGULATION OR RULE CHANGES.
WE'RE NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT AND THAT WE WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT CREATION OF EVEN MORE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WATERWAYS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
NEWBERN NORTH CAROLINA, PROBABLY COLLECTIVELY FOR THE PEOPLE OWNS MORE OF ITS WATERFRONT THAN MAY BE ANY OTHER TOWN IN THE STATE.
MOST TOWNS HAVE GIVEN AWAY HAVE SOLD ALL THEIR WATERFRONT.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WATERFRONT AND I WANT TO KEEP EVERY INCH OF IT AND GET MORE IF WE CAN.
BUT THE THOUGHTS, THESE LITTLE KIDS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE BEACH, JUST TEARS ME UP.
AND I WANT TO MENTION IT TO THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, NOT GET INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT, BUT THEN I'M OPPOSED TO ANY LEGISLATION OR STATE RULE CHANGES AND SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AND BEACH ACCESS.
YOU MEAN, I HAVE TO WRITE THE LETTER NOW JUST DRAFT IT.
MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT A NOTICE FROM OUR GENDER PACKAGE BEING PUT BACK IN THE PUBLIC NOTICES BACK IN THE AD SECTION.
AND WE HAD STOPPED ADDING THE TOTAL LAST COUPLE OF TIMES.
AND I BEGAN TO GET THE TELEPHONE CALL THAT I'LL PUBLISH IT.
WE'RE GETTING WAY BACK HERE IN THE SECTION ON THE PUBLIC NOTICES.
AND VERY FEW PEOPLE LOOKED BACK, RIGHT.
AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE NOW THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT OUT? NOT SAYING WE SHOULD GO BACK, PRINT IT OUT AND RECOGNIZE IT'S NOT THE LAST TWO TIMES I'VE BEEN THERE AND THIS SECTION IS FREE, RIGHT?
YOU MIGHT STILL BE PAYING 30, BUT ANYWAY, I'M AGAINST IT BEING BACK THERE, THE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW WHAT MR. RYAN, DON'T BE SAY SYDNEY,