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I LIKE TO CALL INTO ORDER AND WELCOME EVERYBODY TO
[1. Meeting opened by Mayor Dana E. Outlaw. Prayer Coordinated by Alderman Best. Pledge of Allegiance.]
THE JUNE 14TH BOARD OF ALDERMAN MEETING TONIGHT, OUR PRAYER WILL BE BY ALL THE WOMEN BEST GOOD EVENING.CAN WE ALL, PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT FOR PRAYER, HEAVENLY FATHER.
I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US ONCE AGAIN, THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY AND LORD AS RI IS THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
LET US BE MINDFUL THAT WE ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT ALL CITIZENS OF THIS CITY AND NOR TOUCH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TOUCH OUR MIND TO YOUR HEART AND LET US CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY AND RESPECT EACH OTHER IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
AND THEN PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG
HERE, MAY YOUR PROTEIN PARIS PRESIDENT ALDERMAN ASKED HER MAYOR OUT WALL ALDERMAN KANZI OBERMAN, THIS RESIDENT ALDERMAN ITEM.
[3. Request and Petition of Citizens.]
UM, AGENDA ITEM WE HAVE IS REQUEST OF PETITION OF CITIZENS.UH, THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS FROM A REBECCA TYNDALE.
PLEASE COME UP TO THE MIC, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I RESIDE AT 5 7 2 1 GONDOLIER DRIVE, NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH PUTTING PROTECTIONS ON UNION POINT BAR, I CONTACTED THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICES AND RALEIGH AND I HAVE CONTACTED THEM WHEN WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING INTO PUTTING, UM, PURE OPPORTUNITY ON THE PARK.
SO, UM, IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FOR AT LEAST LIKE 25 YEARS, SO THAT THOSE TWO PARCELS DON'T GET SOLD.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T COME BACK UP, YOU KNOW, AND THIS OLDMAN BOARD OR A FUTURE ULTIMATE BOARD THAT THAT'S, UH, THOSE TWO PARKS WILL BE PROTECTED FOR A WHILE.
UM, I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT, UH, THERE'LL BE CAMERAS BEING PUT IN X CITY HALL BEFORE EVERYONE'S SAFETY, SO THAT'S NICE.
AND, UM, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, FOR THIS BOARD OR YOUR FUTURE, YOUR BOARD, IF, IF YOU WERE VOTING ON SOMETHING AND THERE IS INTIMIDATION BY ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER OR SOMEONE ELSE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE GROUP, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN BRING IT TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION BECAUSE, UM, THE ALDERMAN BOARD, PEOPLE WHO COME UP TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC, UH, MY, ANY, ANYONE, THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND WE SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT ANYTHING, ANY CONCERNS THAT ARE HAPPENING INSIDE CITY HALL OR OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.
UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY INTIMIDATION FROM ANYBODY INSIDE CITY HALL OR OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK FREELY AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE FREELY IF YOU'RE ON THE BOARD OR OUTSIDE OF THE MEMBER AND, UM, FOR FUTURE OLDMAN BOARD.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING, IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP, UH, ANY, ANY NEW ENDEAVORS THAT COME UP, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE TIME TO READ WHAT COMES UP, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT AS MUCH INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN EDUCATED VOTE, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO DO COME AND SPEAK THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THEM.
UM, I'M IN THIS POSITION AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE IF FEBRUARY 8TH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THE PUBLIC WAS HEARD.
I DON'T THINK ON MARCH 8TH, I DON'T THINK LORELEI WAS HEARD ABOUT THE PARK.
UM, I'VE HAD TO BYPASS ALL ADMIN BOARD AND GO TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICES.
SO, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE HAS TAKEN THEIR TIME TO VOLUNTEER AND THEY'RE TIRED TO COME UP HERE, THEY SHOULD REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS TO BE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT.
AND IT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE MAYOR TO HEAR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT,
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UM, IT SHOULD BE THAT WILLINGNESS TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN.AND THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I WANT TO SAY TODAY.
WE HAVE EDWIN BARGAS GOOD AFTERNOON.
I RESIDE AT ONE 19 RANDOM WOOD LANE IN NEWBURGH, NORTH CAROLINA.
UM, I WROTE AN ARTICLE IN THE SUN JOURNAL ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 FOR 2020.
IT'S BEEN NOW TWO YEARS AND SEEMS LIKE THE SUN JOURNAL HAS MADE SEVERAL ARTICLES TODAY ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE IN CRAVEN COUNTY.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN VANS.
THEY'RE SLEEPING AT POINT CEMETERY, THE SLEEPING BEHIND THE OLD HARRIS TEETER AND THE ROOM AT THE END AND THE HOMELESS SHELTER POPULATION WITHIN CRAVEN COUNTY IS ONLY 12 PEOPLE.
AND IN THIS LETTER TO THE EDITOR, I SPELLED OUT THE WAY THAT THIS SPINE CITY CAN ACTUALLY PUT A PACKAGE TOGETHER THROUGH HUD TO REQUEST A CONTINUING OF CARE, TO ACTUALLY HAVE HUD FUND A HOMELESS SHELTER.
IF SOMEONE HAS TO PUT THE PACKAGE TOGETHER BEFORE NOVEMBER OF A FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT COULD BE DONE BECAUSE I KNOW RCS HAS DONE A BANG UP JOB, HAVING PEOPLE DONATE MONEY, BUT THE POPULATION OF NEWBURN IS NOT SHRINKING.
IT'S GROWING AS THE 2019, ALL OF CRAVEN COUNTY WAS 102,000.
THIS IS NOW 2020, AND THAT HAS GONE UP AND THE POPULATION OF THE CITY HAS GONE UP.
I'VE ALREADY GIVEN THIS INFORMATION TO THE CITY MANAGER AND PRETTY SOON I'LL BE TOUCHING UP TOUCHING BASE WITH RCS TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE AND POSSIBLY EITHER THE CITY CAN DONATE A PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE HUD IS GIVING MONIES TO TOWNS ALL OVER NORTH CAROLINA FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY, MR. VARGAS, OR YOU, UM, THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.
UM, I HAD TIME, I WENT UP AND I LOOKED AT THAT WEBSITE AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED AT THE CITIES WITHIN NORTH CAROLINA THAT HAS ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR THIS MONEY AND GOT THIS MONEY FOR THE HOMELESS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND NO MILLIONS.
UH, YEAH, BUT WITHIN THE, FOR EXAMPLE, NEWBURN RIGHT NOW, THEIR POPULATION IS ABOUT 30,000.
THERE'S NICE PIECE OF PROPERTIES.
AND I GAVE THE EXAMPLE ON JUNE 24TH OF THE DAYS IN, OKAY.
I DON'T WANT A HOMELESS SHELTER TO BE 24 BEDS, BUT IT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.
NOT ONLY FOR A HOMELESS SHELTER, BUT FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS DISASTER AREAS.
THAT WAY IT'S RIGHT IN THE HUB OF THE CITY.
IT WILL ACTUALLY SHOW THE REAL RESPECT THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY FORTUNATE.
I HAVE A HOME IN MY MIND AND I DON'T SLEEP.
I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE AND IT BREAKS MY HEART AND I'VE GIVEN THEM MONEY AND FOOD PEOPLE SLEEP IN ADVANCE RIGHT NOW AT LOWE'S AND RCS DON'T GET ME WRONG.
THEY'RE REAL STRICT, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE 12 BEDS.
AND AS I WAS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY, UM, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M QUITE SURE YOU KNOW THAT WITH THIS PROGRAM, I'M QUITE SURE THAT THE CITY WOULD, UH, MR. HUGHES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN SOME STEPS TO START SOME COLLABORATION WITH, YOU KNOW, RCS OR R UH, NEWBURN HOUSING AUTHORITY, OR EVEN CRAVEN COUNTY TO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER.
MY VISION WOULD BE THAT RCS SUBBIES STILL THERE PROVIDING FOOD AND EVERYTHING AS A BACKUP.
BUT IF THE, IF THE LAND ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY HAS CHANGED FROM 12, AND I WAS TOLD BY ALDERMAN THAT I DIDN'T HAVE MY DUCKS IN A ROW.
I THINK THAT THE CITY MANAGER, YOU BARBARA, BEST MS. HARRIS AND OTHERS, OR WORK WITH RCS, WE CAN HAVE A BUILDING HERE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY ANY MONEY FOR, TO PUT TOGETHER.
I MEAN, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO PAY AS WATER SEWER, AND TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE POPULATION OF NEWBURN INCREASES, I WOULD HATE TO SEE PEOPLE STILL SLEEPING IN VANS AND CARS.
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AND AT SEA TO CEDAR POINT CEMETERY, I GO BY THERE AND GIVE THOSE GUYS FOOD, THE COPS AROUND BOTHERING THEM, BUT IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT THIS CITY I TALKED ABOUT THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2020, IT'S NOW TWO YEARS, I DIDN'T SEE NOT ONE ALDERMAN OR MAYOR DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.AND I'VE HAD THIS THING OUT AND IT'S SAD.
UM, LAST WE HAVE DEBRA WAYNE HI, MY NAME IS DEBRA WYNN AND I LIVE, I LIVE ON A BOAT IN THE NEWBURN BRAND MARINA.
UH, WHAT I WANT TO GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE? MA'AM OH, THE ADDRESS OF THE MARINAS 1, 3, 4 CRAVING STATE, UM, RE UH, SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, DISCUSS THE TOPIC OF COMMERCIAL BOATING BUSINESSES.
UH, NEWBURN IS A GREAT PLACE FOR BOATING.
WE HAVE SOME VERY FINE MARINAS, UH, LOTS OF BOATS OUT THERE.
IN FACT, THERE WERE SO CROWDED THERE.
WE NEED MORE, MORE DOCS FOR BOATS.
UM, BUT WHAT IT'S, WHAT WE'RE LACKING IS A, THE MARINAS ARE NOT ALLOWING, UM, CHARTER BOAT OPERATIONS ANYMORE.
UH, MY MARINA JUST STOPPED ALLOWING TO DO THAT.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE VISITORS GO OUT ON THE RIVER FOR A DAY SALE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS PRETTY MUCH SORT OF GONE, UM, OR FOR LOCALS WHO DON'T OWN A BOAT AND WANT TO GET OUT ON A BOAT, THEY CAN'T DO IT.
SO, UM, I HAD ACTUALLY BEEN TALKING WITH SABRINA QUITE A BIT, AND SHE'S BEEN, UM, VERY, UH, GREAT WITH ADVICE AND HELP.
UM, I I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF ASSISTANCE PERHAPS FROM THE CITY TO, UM, TRY TO WORK WITH THE MARINAS TO FIND OUT WHY DO THEY NOT WANT TO ALLOW A COMMERCIAL CHARTER BUSINESS IN THEIR MARINA? WE JUST TALKING ABOUT DAY TRIPS ON LITTLE SMALL BOATS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING FISHING TRIPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, FIND OUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE.
I I'M, I'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE GETTING COMMUNICATION, GOING WITH THE MARINAS OWNERS TO GET ME A STRAIGHT ANSWER AS TO WHY WE CAN'T RUN THESE BUSINESSES.
I WAS RUNNING A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AIRBNB BUSINESS ON MY BOATS.
UM, A LOT OF VISITORS CAME TO NEWBURGH TO STAY ON THE BOATS AND THEY LOVED IT.
AND THEY SPENT ALL THEIR TIME IN NEWBURN SPENDING MONEY AND DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
UM, BUT THEY ALL WANTED TO GO OUT ON THE WATER AND I COULDN'T PROVIDE THAT TO THEM.
SO THEY ALSO TOLD ME I CAN NO LONGER RUN MY AIRBNB BUSINESS ANYMORE EITHER, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT TAKES AWAY ROOMS FROM THE CITY.
AND, UH, AND JUST TAKES AWAY A GREAT DRAW FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING TO NEWBURN.
SO, UM, I JUST WAS INFORMED TODAY THAT POSSIBLY MY MARINA WILL ALLOW ONE AREA IN A CORNER OF OUR MARINA THAT MAYBE WE CAN PICK PASSENGERS UP THERE, BUT MY DOCK MASTER SIT IS NOT REALLY LOCKED IN STONE YET.
SO I DON'T KNOW, UM, GALLEYS STORES, THEY REFUSE TO ALLOW ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESS EITHER.
UM, SO AS I SAY, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE, UH, BUT SOMETHING MAYBE TO COURAGE THESE, BECAUSE REALLY THERE'S NO PLACE, WE CAN'T RUN ANY CHARTERS.
PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO BEAUFORT OR ORIENTAL TO GET ON A BOAT.
SO IF WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP THAT KIND OF BUSINESS GOING HERE IN NEWBURN, I THINK WE NEED SOME KIND OF HELP UPS JUST TALKING TO THE, AT LEAST THE MARINA OWNERS AND SEE WHAT'S THE ISSUES AND INSURANCE, IS IT LIABILITY? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
DO WE NEED MORE INSURANCE? YOU KNOW, WE'LL PAY FOR IT OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT.
THEY'D JUST SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T DO IT.
SO, UM, SABRINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MADE SOME PROGRESS NOW ON THIS.
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO USE THAT ONE CORNER THERE, BUT IN CASE THAT STILL DOESN'T WORK OUT AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO TALK TO GALLEY STORES AS ANOTHER MARINA, UM, TO OFFER, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PEOPLE TO PERSIMMONS, DROP THEM OFF.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO LUNCH YOUR DINNER, PICK THEM BACK UP TO A SUBSTANCE SALE WITH A CONVOLUTED DINNER FOR SIMMONS.
I MEAN, DOESN'T THAT SOUND FANTASTIC TO, UH, TO A VISITOR, YOU KNOW, OR EVEN A LOCAL.
SO I JUST, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, THANKS TO ME ON WHAT, UM, AND ON WHAT WE DO OR WHAT IS INVOLVED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN IS, IS WE'RE GONNA TAKE WHAT YOU SAID AND GET TOGETHER WITH, UH, ALDERMAN BINGO AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT SOMETHING OR FIND A PARTNERSHIP WITHIN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE YOUR BOAT IN THE COMMERCIAL, UM,
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CAPACITY.AND THE OTHER THING I FORGOT TO MENTION ON THE BISCOE SAY REAL QUICKLY IS THAT, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD BY MY MARINA THAT I CAN KEEP THE BOATS IN THE MARINA.
I JUST CAN'T PICK UP, YOU KNOW, IN MY SLIP THERE IN THE FIT.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO MAYBE WE'LL PICK PEOPLE UP AT UNION POINT, UM, WHICH WOULD BE FINE.
I'M GOOD WITH THAT ALTERNATIVE, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN GOING TO THE DOCK, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE PUMP OUT STATION, JUST SO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS.
UM, BUT, UM, SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WOULD BE OKAY TO PICK UP AT UNION POINT, WHETHER THERE'S ANY KIND OF CITY ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO FLARE UP AND SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT OR WHATEVER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY SAY, CAN WE GET THE APPROVAL TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF AT UNION POINT? ABSOLUTELY.
IT'D BE DISCUSSED IN ALDERMAN.
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
AND THE VISITOR CENTER HAS BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL TOO, SO THEY, YOU CAN TALK TO THEM.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SAY THEY GET CALLS EVERY DAY LOOKING FOR BOOT CHARTER, SO STRAIGHT.
[Consent Agenda]
ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, UM, WELL, I LIKE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS SECOND.
SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, ALL OPPOSED.
UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS 11 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ADOPTING OF ORDINANCE TO REZONE 3, 6 0 1 NOOSE BOULEVARD FOSTER THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ASK METRO SHEILA TO COME UP AND MAKE HIS PRESENTATION SO, UH, THIS REZONING REQUEST IS, UH, FOR, UM, MR. NICK COHEN AT 3,601 NEWS BOULEVARD.
THIS IS, UH, UM, NEAR THE BOWLING ALLEY SKATING RINK AREA THERE.
UH, BUT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS C4 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND OUR SIX RESIDENTIAL SPLIT ZONING.
WE'LL SEE, IN A SECOND ON THE MAP THAT THE ACTUAL PARCEL IS SPLIT HAS TWO ZONING DISTRICTS ON IT.
UH, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO, OR THEY'RE REQUESTING TO HAVE A CHANGE TO C3 COMMERCIAL, AND THAT THE SIZE IS 0.7, SIX ACRES, APPROXIMATELY, AND HISTORICALLY THIS PARCEL WAS A MOBILE HOME PARK, UH, AND, UH, THAT, UH, MOBILE HOME PARK HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SITE.
AND NOW MORE RECENTLY, IT'S JUST USED FOR STORAGE RELATED TO THEIR ENTIRE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR, UH, WHO IS THE OWNER WHO IS, UM, UH, REQUESTING THIS CHANGE FOR THAT PROPERTY, BUT CURRENT.
SO CURRENTLY IT'S VACANT, AND THIS GIVES YOU A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE, UM, OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE SIDE STREET.
UM, AND THIS IS THE DRIVEWAY WHICH GOES ACROSS THE PROPERTY.
THE, UH, THE CHAIN LINK FENCE IS ACTUALLY ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE REST OF THE PROPERTY FRONTS TO THE RIGHT OFF THE SCREEN FRONTS ON NEUSE BOULEVARD.
SO, UH, THE, HERE IS THE EXISTING ZONING.
AND IF YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LITTLE SQUARE AREA CALLED SITE HAS AN IT'S CROSSHATCHED, UH, IS THE ENTIRE PARCEL, UH, WHERE IT SHOWS THE FRONT ALONG THE ROAD IS, UH, CURRENTLY THE C4 ZONING AND THE BACK IS, UH, THE ART 15, OUR 10 ZONING, SORRY, OUR SIX ZONING.
UH, SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD C4 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED AS A DISTRICT IN WHICH THE PRINCIPAL USE OF LAND IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETAILING OF GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE
AND THEN THE C3 PORTION OF THE SITE OR THE PROPOSED C3, UH, DISTRICT IS A
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DISTRICT FOUR OFFICES, PERSONAL SERVICES, AND THE RETAILING OF DURABLE AND CONVENIENCE GOODS.AND THIS DISTRICT WILL GENERALLY BE LOCATED ON THE CITY'S MAJOR RADIO ROADS BECAUSE THESE DISTRICTS WILL BE LOCATED ON HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC ARTERIES, AMPLE OFF-STREET PARKING CONTROLLED TRAFFIC MOVEMENT, AND AN APPROPRIATE APPEARANCE INCLUDE SUITABLE PLANTING, RSP PROVIDED.
AND SO IN GENERAL, THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE PROPOSED C3 DISTRICT ARE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL HIGH TRAFFIC, RETAIL, CARWASH, RESTAURANTS, OFFICES, ENCLOSED STORAGE, GASOLINE SALES, AND AUTOMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE, WHEREAS SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C4 NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH, UH, FOUND THE FIVE MAY AVENUE, UH, IS RESIDENTIAL ARE 15 THAT'S BEYOND THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, TO THE EAST IT'S BOUNDED BY NEUSE BOULEVARD AND VACANT LAND IS C4 ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY AND TO THE WEST IS, UH, THE EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARK OR SIX.
AND AS FAR AS UTILITIES ARE CONCERNED, ALSO THE, UH, PROVIDING UTILITIES AND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL AREA THROUGH REGARD TO THE REGIONAL LAND USE PLAN.
UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS HIGH SUITABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY SHOWN DEVELOPED WITH A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
THERE ARE NO KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ON THIS PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA FLOOD PLAIN MAPPING PROGRAM, THE PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN THE 100 YEAR OR 500 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF IS TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO C3 COMMERCIAL, UH, AND IS THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE ADJACENT LAND USE TO THE NORTH, THE EXISTING OUTDOOR STORAGE TIRE STORAGE AND SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS A C3 PERMITTED USE AND ALSO COMMERCIAL ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS TO THE NORTH AND EAST ACROSS NEWS BOULEVARD.
THE SITE IS SEPARATED BY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH BY MID YET AVENUE, UH, WHICH IS A PUBLIC STREET.
THE ADJACENT MOBILE HOME PARK TO THE WEST WILL BE SCREENED BY AN OPAQUE BUFFER IN ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SCENARIO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS REQUIRED BY THE ZONING COORDINATES STAFF HAS FOUND THE PROPOSED REZONING TO BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND CONSISTENT WITH LAND CITY LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLANS DUE TO THE PARCEL BEING SPLIT ZONE CURRENTLY, AND MODERATELY SUITED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED ZONING QUESTION, MATT.
COULD YOU PUT YOUR SLOTS BACK UP? I WANT TO GO THERE.
I'M REALLY CONFUSED, UM, ABOUT THE C4 AND THE C3 AND WHY WE'VE GOT C4.
THERE'S NO C3 ANYWHERE AROUND THIS.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE THROWING IN A NEW, A NEW ZONING CATEGORY IN THE MIDDLE OF C3 IS NOWHERE ELSE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, HE WAS OPERATING UNDER C4 SLASH R R SIX.
SO WHY NOT JUST STAY WITH IT, UH, STRAIGHT C4, UH, USAGE, WHY INTRODUCE ANOTHER TYPE OF ZONING LEVEL IN THERE IF THE C4 ALLOWED THEM TO DO WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE ANYWAY.
UM, SO THE PROPOSED ALLOWED USES INCLUDES ENCLOSED STORAGE.
SO THERE'S NO ENCLOSED STORAGE IN C4 C4.
THE C4 RESIDENTIAL WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL PART I RETAIL, RIGHT.
CARWASH, RESTAURANTS, OFFICES.
SO THE ONLY THING IT DOESN'T ALLOW HIM HAT IS ENCLOSED STORAGE.
SO ENCLOSED STORAGE, LIKE, UM, AT LEAST STORAGE UNITS THAT PEOPLE ARE BUILDING EVERYWHERE.
IS THAT KIND OF THE IDEA? AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE IN A SEAT THAT'S CORRECT.
WOULD THAT BE SPOT ZONING OR CONSIDERED SPOT A SORRY, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE, THAT'S BEEN THE BUZZWORD FOR MANY YEARS.
MA'AM I'M FROM THE OLD SCHOOL, IF YOU HAVEN'T.
THE, THE, THE, THE STANDARD IS WHETHER IT IS REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THE SURROUNDINGS.
UM, I THINK YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT THAT THERE ARE, THERE IS NO C3 ELSEWHERE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, FROM ALL OF OUR PRIOR HEARINGS, ONCE IT IS REZONED, ANY USE THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE C3 CAN GO THERE.
SO C3 IS OUR HIGHEST BURDENED COMMERCIAL USE MLK CORRIDOR IN FRONT OF THE MALL IS C3.
THAT'S WHAT A TYPICAL C3 LOOKS LIKE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS, UM, IT'S IN THAT ZONE WHERE I THINK REASONABLE MINDS COULD, COULD DISAGREE AS TO WHETHER IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING
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AREA OR NOT.UM, IT DOES STAND OUT AS A LITTLE ISLAND, UM, THAT IS UNLIKE THE, ARE SIX ON TWO SIDES.
AND CERTAINLY UNLIKE THE SEA FLOOR, THAT'S ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND IT, ACROSS THE STREET, WHATEVER.
SO THAT'S MY ONLY HESITATION RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT KIND OF SEEMS UNUSUAL.
AND ONCE YOU START DOWN THAT PATH, THEN ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO BE KNOCKING AT OUR DOOR TO BE C3.
THE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, BACK AT YOUR MAP, THE SITE, THIS TO THE NORTHWEST, I GUESS I CAN'T, IT SAYS SOMETHING TIRE, IT'S HARD TO READ TONY'S TIRE THAT USED TO BE A GAS STATION.
SO WE'RE SAYING THAT IT'S C4, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN PROBABLY GRANDFATHERED IN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY.
SO I'LL JUST BRING THAT UP TO SAY THAT THAT USED TO BE A GAS STATION NEXT DOOR TO IT.
SO, YEAH, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE ISSUE IS THAT, ARE WE GOING TO START ALLOWING THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INSTANCES COME BEFORE US IN THIS PAST YEAR WHERE PEOPLE KIND OF WANT TO PLOP A ZONE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND.
UM, AND I DO LIKE TO BE CONSISTENT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR ZONES, YOU KNOW, IF IT ALLOWS EVERYTHING EXCEPT TO ME, I DON'T THINK THAT'S BURDENSOME HAVING A ENCLOSED STORAGE SPACE, I THINK A GAS STATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE MORE BURDENED, MORE, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF MORE COMMERCIAL.
SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE HAVE TO RELOOK AT OUR LAND USE AND SAY STORAGE FACILITY IS NOT AS INVASIVE OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD WOULD BE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS SOMETHING ELSE AND PUT IT INTO A DIFFERENT CLAP CLASSIFICATION RATHER THAN CHANGE THE ZONING TO FIT ONE SPECIFIC USE.
SO IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT, THEN YOU WOULD OF COURSE CHANGE THAT FOR EVERY AREA WHERE, RIGHT.
SO I SUPPOSE THEY'RE SUGGESTING C4 WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
UM, UH, BUT TO, UM, ADD STORAGE AND CLOSED STORAGE TO C4, THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW IMPOSE STORAGE THROUGHOUT EVERY, BUT NOT THE HIGHER, HIGHER, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL USES THAT C3 WOULD HAVE.
CAN YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IT'S STILL, SINCE YOU HAVE THAT ALL AROUND IT, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING A NEW ZONING THAT IT'S, IT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH IT ANYWHERE WITHIN ANY, ANY OF THE BOUNDARIES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, I DON'T SEE C3 ANYWHERE CLOSE BY.
SO I JUST THINK IT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL TO HAVE THAT THERE YOU'VE GOT OUR 15, WHICH IS HIGHER RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR HIGHER RESIDENTIAL ZONINGS IN OUR 15 RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT.
WE'VE GOT OUR SIX BEHIND IT OR 15 BEHIND IT.
I FEEL I'M NOT VERY MOTIVATED TO WANT TO PLOP A C3 IN THERE.
THAT'S JUST MY CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
UM, THIS IS, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE THIS AS AN, ANY CLOTHES, UM, STORAGE UNITS.
NOW MAYBE I'M GOT MY BARONS OFF, BUT I THINK RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, THERE IS A STORAGE, UM, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, ISN'T IT? YES.
BEFORE WE RUN OFF OF RACE, TRACK ROAD.
SO IT WAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
SO, SO I HAVE EVENTS IN THE C3 OR IT IS ALSO A GRANDFATHERED YOU.
I KNEW IT WAS SEVEN SEWAGE UNITS OUT THERE.
MATT, CAN YOU, CAN YOU CLARIFY, ARE YOU SAYING, AND THEN IF WE WERE LOOKING AT A LIST OF C4 NEXT TO THE ONE THAT SAYS C3, THE ONLY DIFFERENCES AND ENCLOSED STORAGE, NOT EXACTLY.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER USES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY RELEVANT.
SO TO SAY, UH, BUT, UM, LET'S SEE.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT IN C4 AND WE DON'T HAVE A LIST THERE FOR YOU.
WELL, WHILE MAX EQUIPMENT TO ONE OTHER SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES, THE SETBACKS AND THE SCREENING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE C4 TYPICALLY HAS A HEAVIER BURDEN TO FOR PLANTINGS AND SETBACKS, BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTENTIMES ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES.
SO YOU GET MORE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL TO IT AS OPPOSED TO A BIG BOX STORE FIELD.
AND, AND THE IDEA WHEN IT WAS MENTIONED, UH, IN THIS PRESCRIPTION UNDER, UM, C4, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED BUSINESSES, AS OPPOSED TO ARTERIAL ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THE, UH, THE LIST HERE IS WE'RE C3 ARE THINGS THAT NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE,
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UM, USING NECESSARILY CAR WASHES AND RESTAURANTS.THOSE TYPICALLY HAVE A LARGER DRAW, UM, SMALLER RESTAURANTS, MAYBE SO, OR SMALL, LIKE CORNER GROCERIES, WHICH DON'T EXIST ANYMORE.
WOULD HAVE BEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED.
AND HAVE YOU HAD ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH, UH, CHANGING? UH, NO.
SO, UH, TONIGHT IS THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE HEARING? NO, JUST BEFORE THIS COME ABOUT, DID YOU SEND OUT ANY INFORMATION TO, UH, TO SHARE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH ARE IN, WHAT'S GETTING READY TO TAKE PLACE SO THAT, UH, THERE WAS ALWAYS A PUBLIC NOTICE FROM, UH, FOR REZONING? CORRECT.
BUT, UH, SO TONIGHT IS THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, IT DID GO BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, UH, AND THEY HAD UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT WITH THIS CHANGE AS WELL, SO.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY MORE DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 11, UM, FOR, UH, ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE TO REZONE 3, 6 0 1 NEUSE BOULEVARD, COME UP TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME.
I ALREADY SPOKE, I WOULD SAY LISTENING TO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO DO A STORAGE SPACE.
I THINK WE BADLY NEED STORAGE SPACES.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD IT.
ANYONE ELSE? GO AHEAD AND CLOSE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE TO, SORRY.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I LIKE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE 36 0 1 TO C3 NEUSE BOULEVARD.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NO.
UM, JUST AS JUST A MATTER OF WHAT I ALWAYS DO, UM, I WILL BE VOTING, NO, JUST BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF DROPPING IN, UM, PRESENTED JUST AS I'VE TAUGHT BEFORE A SPOT ZONING.
I'M NOT AGAINST STORAGE OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT, BUT MORE ON PRINCIPLE THAN MADAM CLERK.
WE LIKE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH AUTUMN ALDERMAN ODOM, ALDERMAN ITEM.
ALDERMAN BEST ORDERING KINSEY MAYOR PER TIM HARRIS ARGUMENT.
[11 . Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider Adopting an Ordinance to Rezone 3601 Neuse Boulevard.]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING.THEY CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE TO A NON-ISSUE OH, ZONE 3, 4 1 2.
DO WE, DO WE NEED TO STAY CURRENT? IS THERE ANY CONSISTENCY ON THAT? IT'S NOT ONLY THE AGENDA, BUT A CENTER PACKAGE SHOULD BE OKAY.
WE ADOPT A STATEMENT OF ZONING CONSISTENCY, 4 36 0 1 THERE'S BOULEVARD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK GRAB A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALL WOMAN VEHICLE ALDERMAN BINGO.
[12. Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider Adopting an Ordinance to Initially Zone 3412 Old Airport Road.]
ITEM NUMBER 12.I HAVEN'T, DON'T REMEMBER 12 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO INITIALLY ZONE 34 12 OLD AIRPORT ROAD.
AND WE'D LIKE TO ASK MR. SHELL, I'D COME BACK UP AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION OKAY.
UM, THESE IT'S ACTUALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO OF THESE, UH, BOTH WITH SIMILAR SITUATION ON OLD AIRPORT ROAD.
THESE ARE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WERE RECENTLY ANNEXED, UH, BY YOU, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
AND, UH, WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THE ZONING FOR THOSE.
UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THERE IS NO ZONING FOR THEM IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE DESIGNATION, THE, THE, OUR EIGHT RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, UH, THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NEAR AND ADJACENT
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TO IT, AS WELL AS, UH, LET'S SEE, YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THOSE UP.UM, YOUR PACKET SHOWS, UM, OUR A IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE REAR AND THE OTHER AREAS, THE OTHER PROPERTY IS TO THE LEFT AND WRITERS STILL IN THE COUNTY.
UH, SO THERE IS NO OTHER ZONING FOR THOSE.
SO THAT'S, WE'RE SUGGESTING RA FOR THIS, THIS FIRST ONE.
UM, MR. DAVIS, IS IT OKAY IF WE HANDLE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, THESE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO LET'S KEEP THEM SEPARATE JUST FOR THE RECORD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, TO CONSIDER ADOPTING ORDINANCE TO INITIALLY ZONE 3, 4, 1, 2 OLD AIRPORT ROAD.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK? CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMEN ODOM, ALDERMAN, ALDERMAN, BEST ALDERMAN KINSEY, MAYOR PRO TEM HARRIS, OTTOMAN ASTROS.
THIS, I DON'T HAVE THE UPDATED SCISSOR STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY AS WELL.
AND MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE STATEMENT THAT WE SAY, HOW WOULD YOU PHRASE THIS? THAT WE WOULD ADOPT A STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY TO REASON, UH, OR TO INITIALLY ZONE 34, 12 WHOLE AIRPORT ROAD.
IT WAS THAT PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED? I THINK THE VOTE WAS TO CLOSE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE TO MAKE SURE THE VOTING DETECT THE TECH TO CLOSE.
THE, THE VOTE WE TOOK WAS TO CLOSE THE OKAY.
SO WE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW WE NEED TO DO, UM, CAN WE, WE HAVE TO DO THE MOTION TO ADOPT IT AND THEN THE STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY PAPER, SO, OKAY.
SO ALDERMAN ASKED, YOU'RE MAKING THE MOTION TO ADOPT AND I'LL DO THE CONSISTENCY AGAIN.
NUMBER 12, I GOT TO, UM, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I THINK I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REZONE THE PROPERTY.
WHICH ONE IS IT? WELL, THEN I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER THAT AN ORDINANCE FOR INITIALLY, BECAUSE I DON'T MEAN 34, 12 OLD AIRPORT ROAD.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK? CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN BEFORE ALDERMAN VEHICLE ARGUMENT ASKED HER MAYOR.
ALDERMAN KINSEY, ALDERMAN, BEST ALDERMAN ODOM.
SO I MAKE MY MOTION ABOUT THE STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY.
YOU KNOW, WHAT DAY DO I GET A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK? AND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALL OF THEM.
OTTOMAN KINSEY MAY HAVE PROTECT PARENTS.
ARGUMENT ASKED HER OBERMAN DAIGLE.
[13. Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider Adopting an Ordinance to Initially Zone 3436 Old Airport Road.]
ITEM NUMBER 13.THE NEXT TIME I WAS CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SALE OF 25 0 2 NEWBURN AVENUE.
SO THE NEXT I WAS CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO INITIALLY SIGN IN 34 36 OLD AIRPORT ROAD.
UH, SO THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ONE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE MAP IN YOUR PACKET, UH, YOU CAN SEE IT IS BOUNDED ON THE REAR BY OUR EIGHT ZONING.
AND THERE WAS NO ZONING AROUND IT OTHERWISE.
UH, AND SO WE RECOMMEND THIS, UH, BE ADOPTED AS INITIALLY ZONE AS OUR EIGHT, UH, RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
IS THIS ALL RIGHT? I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING TO
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CONSIDER ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE ZONE FOR 3, 4, 3, 6 OLD AIRPORT ROAD.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UH, LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
MAYOR PROTIUM I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONSIDER ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE TO ZEN 34 36 OLD AIRPORT ROAD TO OUR EIGHT SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
MADAM CLERK, WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN.
OH, I MAKE A MOTION TO, TO ADOPT THE STATEMENT OF ZONE.
THE CONSISTENCY WITH ADOPTED PLANS FOR 34 36 OH AIRPORT ROAD.
WE HAVE A MOTION OR SECOND DURING DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN ODOM.
[14. Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving the Sale of 2502 New Bern Avenue.]
IT MAKES ITEMS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SALE OF 25 0 2 TO NEWBURN AVENUE.BUT RENZA TO SUBMITTED A BID OF $5,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY.
THE BID WAS ADVERTISED, BUT NO UPSET AT BIDS RECEIVED.
THE PARTIAL IS A VACANT 0.107 ACRE PARCEL.
AND THE BID REPRESENTS THE FULL TAX VALUE.
IF A SALE IS APPROVED AFTER REIMBURSING THE CITY FOR THE COST OF ADVERTISING, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $757 54 CENTS.
AND THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 4,000, $242 AND 46 CENTS FROM THE PROCEEDS MAYOR PRO TEM.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SALE OF 2,500 TO NEWBURN AVENUE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND JANE DISCUSSION.
I'D LIKE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN BINGLE.
ALDERMAN ASKED HER MAYOR PRO TEM HARRIS, OTTOMAN KINSEY, ALDERMAN.
[15. Consider Adopting a Resolution to Initiate the Upset Bid Process for 2410 Georgia Avenue.]
ITEM IS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THE UPSET BID PROCESS FOR 24 10 GEORGIA AVENUE.AMY MCGOWAN HAS SUBMITTED AN OFFER OF $8,000 FOR THIS PROPERTY.
SO THEY CAN 0.3, FOUR ACRE PARCEL HAS A TAX VALUE OF $15,620.
AND THE OFFER REPRESENTS MORE THAN 50% OF THE VALUE.
THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED JOINTLY BY THE CITY AND COUNTY IN 2018 THROUGH TAX FORECLOSURE, THE UNPAID TAXES ARE DUE TO CRAVE THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME, INCLUDING INTEREST PENALTIES AND COSTS WAS 2,200, $3 AND 83 CENTS.
UNPAID TAXES, INTEREST AND PENALTIES DUE TO THE CITY WAS $6,685 AND 95 CENTS AS A BOARD DISCUSSION.
IF THERE'S NONE MAYOR PRO TEM HARRIS, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION OF PROVEN TO INITIATE UPSET.
BE A PROCESS FOR 24, 10 GEORGIA AVENUE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK? CAN YOU HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH AUTOMATED ODOM, ALDERMAN ITEM.
OUTER MENDEZ ORDERING FIANCEE MADE A CAR.
TIM HARRIS ARGUMENT ASKED HER YES.
[16. Consider Adopting a Resolution to Initiate the Upset Bid Process for 801 Chattawka Lane.]
ITEM NUMBER 16.MAKE THAT ELEMENTS CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE.
YOU HAVE TO SIT BID PROCESS FOR 801 CHAUTAUQUA LANE.
BLACK BEAR REAL ESTATE IS OFFERED TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY FOR $12,000.
THE VACANT 0.34 ACRE PARCEL HAS THE TAX VALUE OF $15,000.
AND THE OFFER REPRESENTS MORE THAN 50% OF THAT VALUE.
THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY THE CITY AND COUNTY THROUGH TAX FORECLOSURE IN 2019.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT IF THE PROPERTY IS SOLD FOR THE INITIAL BID, THAT THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE $3,655 21 CENTS, AND THE CITY WILL RECEIVE $8,344 AND 79 CENTS FROM THE PROCEEDS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD? THERE IS NO DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM HARRIS.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION TO INITIATE UPSET.
MID-PROCESS FOR 8 0 1 CHAUTAUQUA LANE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK WE CAN HAVE, UH, FOSTER, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
DID YOU SAY THAT THE SIDNEY WOULD
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RECEIVE $8,000 FROM THIS BILL? THAT'S CORRECT.FOR HOW COME THERE'S SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE CITY ON THIS ONE AND WHAT THE COUNTY TO LAST TWO ATTACKS, DEMOLITION EXPENSES.
AND USUALLY WE DON'T, USUALLY THE CITY HAS A LARGE LIEN ON THESE LOTS, BUT THOSE LIENS DON'T HAVE THE SAME PRIORITY AS TAXES.
SO IN MOST OF THESE SALES, WHEN YOU'RE SELLING A LOT FOR $2,000, CINDY, MAYBE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS IN TAXES, THE COUNTIES OF THE THOUSAND OF TAXES, BUT THE CITY WOULD HAVE A, UH, AN INFERIOR LIEN FOR FIVE OR 10 OR 15,000 FOR DEMOLITION COSTS.
BUT THAT LOTS OF NUMBER $2,000.
SO WE LOSE OUR LIEN FOR THE OLD COSTS.
SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN RE COOK OUR PORTION OF THE, OR THE DEMOLITION FROM THE COUNTY'S PORTION OR SOMETHING.
WE HAVE THE MOTOR GRASS AND THEN WE HAVE TO GIVE THE COUNTY ALL OF THEM.
BY STATUTE TAXES HAVE THE FIRST PRIORITY LANE.
WHAT WE COULD DO THOUGH, IS WE COULD AMEND OUR, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD WE AMEND OUR POLICY TO SAY THAT WE, THE OPENING BID HAS TO BE HALF THE VALUE PLUS COVER OF DEMOLITION.
WE ALWAYS COME BACK TO REALITY, RIGHT? WILL SOMEBODY NOT, WILL SOMEBODY BUY $10,000 FOR A $2,000 LOT? RIGHT.
AND THE IDEA WAS JUST TO GET IT INTO HANDS THAT SOMEBODY WILL DO SOMETHING WITH.
I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S JUST, IT'S A SHAME THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE EXPENSES IN IT AND WE ENDED UP WITH $800, BUT WE LET IT CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE EXPENSES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, MADAM CLERK, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH OTTOMAN.
I'M GOING TO GET IT RIGHT TONIGHT.
[17. Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding/ Membership Agreement with Triangle J Council of Governments for Clean Water Education Partnership Services.]
RIGHT.LET'S CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVEMENT, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR CLEAN WATER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP SERVICES.
BACK IN 2001 IN THE CITY BEGAN AT STORMWATER PROGRAM TO COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM PROGRAM.
SINCE THE INCEPTION, THE CITY HAS UTILIZED THE CLEAN WATER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP TO ASSIST WITH MEETING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OUTREACH REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MS. FOUR PERMIT, THE COST OF THE SERVICE TO SHARED WANNA PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND IS BASED ON POPULATION MOVEMENTS, COST SHARES CURRENTLY $3,281 ANNUALLY.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SLASH MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR CLEAN WATER EDUCATION, PARTNERSHIP SERVICES.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK? CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN ODOM? I'LL NEVER AN ITEM.
[18. Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving a Memorandum of Understanding with RHA Health Services, Inc.]
I DON'T REMEMBER 18.NEXT ITEM IS, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION IMPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH RHA HILLS SERVICES INCORPORATED.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK CHIEF GALLAGHER TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
CURRENTLY, THE NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT UNLIKE MANY OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THAT, UH, OUR SERVICE DEMAND INCLUDES, UM, THE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION IN WHICH WE DEAL WITH PERSONS IN CRISIS.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND OTHER ISSUES.
UM, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES NEWBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS, UH, ADDRESSING, IS PARTNERING WITH, UH, TRAINED PROFESSIONALS IN MENTAL HEALTH, UH, OF EVALUATION IN WHICH IS CALLED THE COVID RESPONDER PROGRAM IN THIS PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIP.
UM, THE NEW BERN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, THE TRAIN CLINICIANS WILL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP IN ADDRESSING THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE CAN DIVERT PERSONS IN CRISIS, AWAY FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND INTO THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM WHERE SERVICES ARE, UM, MUCH MORE
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APPROPRIATE FOR THE CASE IN POINT.UM, AND THIS RELATIONSHIP, UH, WILL SERVE NOT ONLY OUR, UH, AGENCY, OUR OFFICERS, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
WE HAVE A STRUCTURE IN PLACE, UH, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO THIS.
AND WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING THAT, UH, THE BOARD SUPPORT THE MEMORY OF UNDERSTANDING, UH, WITH OUR H A N SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD AND ALSO SEEK ADDITIONAL BRANCH TO CONTINUE TO BURGLARY.
UH LONG-TERM AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS HOW WOULD YOU, HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE, I'LL JUST SAY MAYBE TEENAGERS UNDER AGE WITH, IS THIS GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL? IF A PERSON IS IN CRISIS, IF THEIR AGE IS NOT REALLY AS RELEVANT IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES ARE H A CAN PROVIDE, UM, HOWEVER, THERE IS, UM, UH, MAYBE SOME NUANCE CHANGES BETWEEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PATIENT AS A JUVENILE, UH, AND THE, UM, AND THE PARENT, OBVIOUSLY THAT RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T GO AWAY, UH, BUT THE SERVICES ARE EASILY, UM, REFERRED THROUGH THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM THAT RHA CAN PROVIDE IN TERMS OF, OF THE PLANET, REGARDLESS OF THE AGE, CHIEF, I KNOW IT SAYS THAT IT'S FULLY FUNDED THROUGH RHA, BUT ARE THERE ANY RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM THE CITY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PARTNERSHIP, OR THE ONLY RESOURCES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING CURRENTLY IS OFFICE SPACE, UM, WHICH INCLUDES THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
AND WE, WE HAVE, UM, ALREADY COMPLETED THAT WE DO HAVE OFFICE SPACE AND THAT NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THEIR STAFF TO WORK OUT OF OUR BUILDING.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT IS THE SYNERGY BETWEEN THE CORRESPONDING TEAM, THE OFFICER, AND THE CIVILIAN CLINICIAN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.
AND WOULD THIS ALSO COVER, WE HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR HOMELESS POPULATION AND WE KNOW SOME OF THAT IS DUE TO MENTAL ILLNESS.
I DON'T KNOW IT'S IN CRISIS, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY MENTAL ILLNESS.
DOES IT COVER THAT AT ALL AS WELL? OR IS THIS JUST A, ARE THESE SINGULAR SITUATIONS? NO.
UM, IN FACT, UH, THE COVER'S PONDER PROGRAM IS A GREAT, UM, UH, RESOURCE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HOMELESS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM, UH, NOT ONLY MENTAL ILLNESS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
IS THIS A 24 HOUR DAY, SEVEN DAY A WEEK TYPE RESPONSE? NO, OUR PROGRAM DOES NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF COVERAGE.
UM, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 40 HOURS A WEEK THAT WE'RE COVERING.
UM, IF WE CAN GET THIS PROGRAM, UH, UH, TO ADVANCE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD A 24 HOUR, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
SO THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL COULD ACTUALLY RESPOND TO THE SCENE AND DISCUSS, OR HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PERSON IN CRISIS.
YES, THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE COVID RESPONDER PROGRAM IS THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL IS AT THE SCENE SO THAT THE TRIAGING OCCURS IN REAL TIME.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, THE POLICE OFFICERS, THEY ARE PROVIDING SECURITY TO RENDER THE SCENE SAY, AND ALLOWING THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO DO WHAT THEY DO BEST IS EVALUATE THE CLIENT AND MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION FOR TREATMENT.
I HOPE YOU CAN FIND FUNDING TO MAKE IT A 24 HOUR A DAY.
IT'D BE NICE THAT THEY, TWO O'CLOCK MORNING, SOMEBODY IS IN CRISIS.
YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT AND TALK, WHATEVER, AND THIS, THIS WOULD ALSO BE A WAY FOR YOUR OFFICERS TO, UM, DEBRIEF WITH A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AS WELL, IF NEEDED.
THE NEWBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS A PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM, WHICH WE IMPLEMENTED, UM, LATE LAST YEAR AND THE COVID RESPONDER, UH, CLINICIANS, UM, ARE PART OF THAT AND CAN ASSIST IN TERMS OF, AS YOU INDICATED, THE DEBRIEF OF OUR STAFF, OR TO ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR OFFICER WHEN NEEDED CHIEF GALLAGHER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE INITIATIVE THAT YOU'RE TAKING WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, YOU KNOW, MEET THE NEEDS OF, OF, OF SOME OF THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, GETTING DATA SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, BASED ON THAT PROGRAM THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE NEXT BOARD WE'LL SEE D ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TRULY
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SEE THE VALUE IN IT AND THERE'S FUNDING OR PARTNERSHIPS OR SOME GRANTS, UM, TO CONTINUE THAT SERVICE, BECAUSE THAT IS A KEY TO, LIKE YOU SAID, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORDS OF SAYING, PULLING PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND PULLING THEM INTO THE MENTAL HEALTH.SO THANK YOU FOR THAT LEADERSHIP.
WELL, I'D BE REMISSED IF I, UH, IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS WAS NOT A PROGRAM THAT I INITIATED, THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT BEGAN BEFORE I SHOWED UP, AND I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE THE STAFF, UM, TO HELP CARRY THIS FORWARD.
UM, THIS PROGRAM DID EXIST IN MY PREVIOUS AGENCY, ONE THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, THANKFUL FOR THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, UH, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE STAFF TO MAKE THIS WORLD.
SO TODAY I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW, IF, IF ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS HAVE TO RESPOND TO A CALL AND THEY SHOW UP, IT'S A, IT'S A MENTAL CASE.
UM, HOW DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE CURRENTLY ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN HANDLE IT, OR DOES WHEN YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM KICKS IN? THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY HANDED HER THE MENTAL CASES? WELL, THE BASELINE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS THROUGH M B L E T AND, UH, STATE REQUIREMENTS IS VERY MINIMAL.
ALL POLICE OFFICERS HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TRAINING IN, IN DEALING WITH PERSONS IN CRISIS IT UP FROM THERE.
AND MOST OF OUR, UH, UNIFORM PATROL STAFF ARE WHAT IS CALLED CIT CERTIFIED.
THIS IS A RIGOROUS, UM, ADVANCED TRAINING, 40 HOURS, UH, TESTABLE MATERIAL THAT OUR STAFF, UH, MOST ARE SUCCESSFULLY, UH, COMPLETED.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, HAVING 40 HOURS OF ADDITIONAL CIT CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING, UM, UH, SKILL SETS DOES NOT MAKE AN EXPERT, UH, IN MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, IT DOES PROVIDE OUR OFFICERS WITH MORE, UM, ABILITY TO DEAL WITH PERSONS IN CRISIS.
THE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS IS REALLY WHERE WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OVER THE TOP AND PROVIDE, UH, WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR, FOR, FOR CITIZENS THAT NEEDED T WHAT'S.
IF, IF YOU WANT TO TALK IN THE MORNING AND YOU HAVE A CITIZEN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY HAVING AN ISSUE, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO BETWEEN ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING, EIGHT O'CLOCK THE NEXT MORNING WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET HIM SOME HELP? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CARSON? WELL, THROUGH THE COUNTY AND THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES, THERE ARE CLINICIANS THAT WE CAN BRING CLIENTS TO.
UM, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, THROUGH THE MAGISTRATE SYSTEM TO SEEK AN INVOLUNTARY COMMITTAL, THE TREATMENT.
SO THOSE THOSE EXIST TODAY, THEY JUST DID.
BEFORE WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, IT JUST MAKES THE PROCESS MORE CUMBERSOME AND, AND LONGER, UM, TO GET TO THE FINAL DESTINATION POINT.
HAVING, UH, THE CLINICIAN ONSITE IMMEDIATELY JUST SPEEDS THE PROCESS UP THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OF PROVEN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH R H A L SERVICES, INC.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK? CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN BINGO.
OUT OF AN ASTER MAYOR, TIM HARRIS, AUTO MCKINSEY, OUTER MENDEZ ALDERMAN ITEM.
[19. Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving a Water and Sewer Use Agreement for 4114 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.]
ITEM 19.IT MAKES ITEMS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO PREVENT A WATER AND SEWER USE AGREEMENT.
THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. HUGHES COME UP AND MAKE PRESENTATION.
MAYOR PRO TIM HARRIS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, ONCE YOU HAVE, BEFORE YOU IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE A STANDARD WATER AND SERIOUS AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF 41 14, DR.
BOULEVARD ARE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ARE PLANNING TO DEVELOP THAT SITE AS A MULTIFAMILY SIDE, APARTMENT COMPLEX AS SUCH THAT THE REQUESTED DEMAND FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPACITY EXCEEDS 15,000 GALLONS PER DAY, AND PER SECTION 74 OF OUR CITY ORDINANCES ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY THAT REQUESTS A CAPACITY OF WATER AND SEWER CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF 15,000 GALLONS A DAY IS REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO A FORMAL ORDER AND SERIOUS AGREEMENT.
THIS IS OUR STANDARD USE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
A STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE AREA HAS NEW PROBLEMS, MEETING THE COMMITMENT AS REQUESTED
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FROM THE DEVELOPER AND REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT.YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM WHERE HIS PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF MLK AND GREENLEAF CEMETERY ROAD, OR JUST OFF THE CORNER.
IT'S NOT ACTUALLY PROPERTY, BUT IT KIND OF CORNER.
IS IT THE VACANT LOT? YES, SIR.
JORDAN, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT CAPACITY AVAILABILITY RIGHT NOW? UH, SO AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WE HAVE A PERMANENT CAPACITY OF SIX AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS A DAY, AND WE'RE RUNNING JUST UNDER 4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY NOW.
SO WE HAVE WELL OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS OF CAPACITY AT OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE AND DELIVER ABOUT 9 MILLION GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER A DAY.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY CONSUMING JUST OVER THREE AND A HALF BILLION GALLONS A DAY.
SO PLENTY OF WATER CAPACITY ANSWER.
WELL, TIM, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING ORDERS.
SO WE USE AGREEMENT FOR 41 14, DR.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK? I'D LIKE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN ODOM.
[20. Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving a Sewer Use Agreement for 4721 Hwy. 70E.]
THE NEXT ITEM IS, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SEWER USE AGREEMENT FOR 47 21 HIGHWAY 78.MR. HUGHES HAS THIS ONE AS WELL.
UH, MAY APPROACH THE MARRIAGE TERMS, THE BOARD, VARIOUS SPORTS, THE LAST ITEM, UH, THAT THE OWNERS OF 47 21 HIGHWAY 70 EATS OR PROCESSES THE CITY REQUESTING SEWER SERVICE.
THIS IS A PARCEL THAT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT MUNICIPAL LIMITS, UH, PER SECTION 74 BY COURIER CODE OF ORDINANCES, ANY BY THE REQUEST WATER OR WASTEWATER USE OR SERVICE OUTSIDE OF OUR MUNICIPAL LIMITS IS REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO OUR STANDARD WATER AND SEWER USE AGREEMENT.
UH, STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, IN PROXIMITY TO 47, 21 HIGHWAY 70, THE EAS, AND HAS NO ISSUE WITH COMMITTING THE CAPACITY FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A SMALL COMMERCIAL SIDE.
I THINK A MEDICAL CLINIC WHERE THEY HAVE TO ANNEX THEM.
YES, MA'AM BEN IS CONDITION OF THE SERIES AGREEMENT.
THEY WILL HAVE TO PETITION THE BOARD FOR ANNEXATION.
SO WHERE IS THIS LOCATED? 70 EAST.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT IT'S CLOSE TO IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S A STRIP THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF POWER, 70 AUTOMASTER, UH, THAT GOT, WE'VE GOT THREE OR FOUR PARCELS ALREADY THAT KIND OF AN ANNEX AND THE SAME IN THE SAME FASHION.
WAS IT THE DOG? NO, NOT THE DOLLAR GENERAL AT ONE TIME.
THAT ONE OVER THERE, IT'S NOT CLOSE TO THAT.
IT'S CURRENTLY A VACANT PARCEL.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S A FAIRLY GOOD WAY.
HE'S DOWN 70, RIGHT? 70
THIS IN THE FORK OF THE ROAD IS JUST PASS OUT ON THE RIGHT.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? AND THEN THIS ANNEXED WE'VE ANNEXED.
THE PIECE THAT I DON'T THINK HAS DEVELOPED, WHICH WOULD BE A CELL CENTER FOR A CONTRACTOR.
I THINK THE IDEA TO BUILD ON, AND THERE IS PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE OTHER PIECES CONTIGUOUS THAT ARE ALREADY COVERED UNDER THE SEWER USE AGREEMENT.
WHEN THEY GET READY TO BUILD THE WAX AS WELL, POSSIBLY, IT HAS POLICE AND FIRE LOOKING AT THIS AND THEY SEE ANY TYPE OF ISSUES WITH THESE LITTLE ANNEXATIONS LIKE THIS.
I KNOW THEY SIT IN HERE IN FOR ANNEXATION, BUT STILL, YES, IT HASN'T COME UP RADICALIZATION YET.
UH, THEY W THEY PROBABLY HAVE NOT SEEN THIS YET, BUT IF IT COMES UP RANTING SESSION, THEY WILL REVIEW IT AT THAT TIME.
SO SHOULD WE, WE HAVE TO ACT ON THIS BEFORE THEY CAN ANNEX IT.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE APPROVE THIS? AND, BUT NOT APPROVED ANNEXATION, THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCE.
MA'AM AND OUTSIDE, RIGHT? YES.
THIS GUARANTEE IS SEWER, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THE BILL, THE NX THAT'S IN YOUR DISCRETION.
UH, AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT, AND THIS IS GOING BACK PROBABLY TO 2010, 2011, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF CHANGED THINGS TO SAY, WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT USE OF OUR SEWER SYSTEM WITHOUT ANNEXATION, BECAUSE HERE WE ARE.
I MEAN, WE DID IT FOR TRENT WOODS THAT TIME, THAT WAS A MAJOR PROJECT.
BUT AFTER THAT, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT OUR CAPACITY WAS OUR CAPACITY AND THAT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW OUR SEWER, WHICH OUR TAXPAYERS PAY FOR AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CAPITAL EXPENSE AND LETTING OTHER PEOPLE USE IT BECAUSE SEWER PEOPLE CAN'T DEVELOP WITHOUT SEWER.
WELL, WHY WOULD WE, I GUESS IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF
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YOU DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO ANNEX IT, THEN TONIGHT YOU WOULD GO NO, AND NOT GIVE HIM SEWER.BUT THEY, THEY ARE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED.
THERE'S NO REASON WE WOULDN'T WANT TO ANNEX THEM.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY PUBLIC SAFETY WOULDN'T WANT TO MANAGE.
I MEAN, WHY ARE YOU WANTING TO TRY TOO FAR OUT, MIGHT BE ONE OF THE ISSUES.
WHEN YOU SELL THEM A SEWER, YOU GET OUT OF, OUT OF CITY, SEWER RATES.
SO MIMIC, HELP THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE MODIFIED, UH, ONE OF OUR, WE HAVE TWO VERY DISTINCT SEWER COVERAGE AREAS IN THE TOWNSHIP SEVEN AREAS THAT JAMES SIT HERE, BUT ONE WEEK WE COULDN'T, WE CALL OUR CONDITIONAL SEWER SYSTEM, UH, WHICH WE CONNECT YOU TO OUR CONVENTIONAL SEWER SYSTEM.
THAT IS, THAT REQUIRES THE USE OF OUR SERVICE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PETITION ACCUSATION.
THE OTHER AREA IS THE AREA THAT IS COVERED UNDER THE JAMES CITY STEP SYSTEM.
THE SMALL PUMP SYSTEM CONNECTION TO THAT SYSTEM IS PART OF JUST THAT OLD COUNTY SYSTEM.
WE JUST, WE, WE MODIFIED THE, THERE WAS SOME PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AT ONE POINT.
UH, AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A, A BUFFER, BASICALLY LAW ON BOTH SIDES OF HOW IS 70, WHERE IF YOU, IF YOU WANTED TO ROW ON EITHER SIDE OF HOW WE, 70 YEARS ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 70, IT CAME WITH, WE WERE TRYING TO CONNECT YOU TO THE CONDITIONAL SYSTEM.
AND IT CAME WITH REQUIREMENT RANDOMIZATION.
THERE WERE SOME PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PARCELS ON THE EAST SIDE OF HOW HE SAID, KNOW THE RIVER.
WE MODIFIED THAT COVERAGE AREA PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO TO EXCLUDE THE PARCELS ON THE EAST SIDE OF 70.
WE DEVELOPED CAPACITY FOR THOSE REMAINING PARCELS, IF THEY EVER SHOULD NEED TO CONNECT, TO CONNECT TO THE STEP SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE BASICALLY SAID, IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ANNEX ANYTHING AS PART OF THE SEWER SYSTEM, IT'S CONNECTIONS, WE WILL DO THAT ON THE WEST SIDE ONLY.
AND IN THAT WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE PARCELS THAT ARE KIND OF STAGGERED ALONG POWER 70 ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, VERY CLOSE TO THE CURRENT CITY LIMITS ON AS WILCOX, UH, AS YOU COME DOWN A WATERSCAPE WAY AND HIT WILCOX, THESE PARCELS ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE EXISTING CITY LIMITS.
THE ONLY THING THAT SEPARATES THEM IS A LITTLE STRIP OF, UH, NC RAILROAD RIGHT AWAY, AND SOME VERY SMALL PRIVATE PROPERTY TOO.
SO THESE ARE RIGHT ON THE CORNER, NOT FAR DOWN, THIS OKAY.
WELL, WE DID THE SAME THING FOR A PROPERTY THAT WAS OVER THERE, NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT WE AUTHORIZE SEWER, BUT DIDN'T ANNEX THE CHURCH, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
THAT, THAT WAS A BOARD DECISION.
UM, I WOULD, ARE THEY IN A HURRY? UM, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAD FOR POLICE AND FIRE TO LOOK AT THESE PROPERTIES AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF A BURDEN IS GOING TO CREATE FOR, UM, RESPONSE TIMES I KNOW DOWN NEAR REAL COTTAGE IS PROBABLY GETTING BEYOND THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UM, MILEAGE.
I MEAN, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE NOT IN A TERRIBLE HURRY, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, GIVE POLICE AND FIRE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF A BURDEN IS GOING TO CREATE ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM.
JUST TO HOPEFULLY I'M ALLOWED TO SPEAK.
I DON'T THINK US APPROVING THEM TO GET SEWERS GOING TO AFFECT, UM, WHETHER POLICE AND FIRE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANALYZE WHETHER WE, WHETHER THEY WOULD SUGGEST TO ANNEX INTO THE CITY.
I THINK REGARDLESS, THEY WOULD STILL BECOME A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER FOR WATER SEWER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD WANT THE TAX VALUE, BUT IF WE STILL HAVE THE ABILITY, THE NEXT TIME THAT THEY COME AND SAY NO AND STILL HAVE A WATER AND SEWER CUSTOMER, ALL THE WIND ODOM.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
UM, BOBBY, THE SECOND THING IS I'M JUST LOOKING AT AN ARIEL AND IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, THAT FROM THURMAN ROAD FIRE STATION TO THE BACK OF WE WOULD ARISE IS FURTHER THAN THIS WOULD BE BY GOING UP THURMAN AND OWL.
HOW WE 70, IF YOU LOOK AT ROAD MILES, IT'S ROAD IS ROAD MILES, RIGHT? NOT THE RIGHT BOUNDS.
I THINK ACCORDING TO THIS, I THINK IT WOULD BE CLOSER, BUT I AGREE WITH A MAYOR PRO TEM THAN I THINK TONIGHT, REGARDLESS.
I MEAN, IF WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE AND SAY, PLEASE ANNEXES.
AND THAT COULD BE IN THE INTERIM POLICE AND FIRE COULD LOOK AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO DO THIS.
THEY WILL FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT STEP FOR ANNEXATION IT'S REQUIRED IN THE AGREEMENT.
I JUST FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'M REAL PROTECTIVE ABOUT OUR SOLAR, AS WE SHOULD BE DEVELOPING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CAPACITY AS WE DEVELOP IN SIDE OUR CITY LIMITS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER SAYS, HEY, YOU GO TO NEWBURN AND GET THEIR SEWER AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANNEX THAT CONCERNS.
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AND ANNA, I WOULD NOTHING I WOULD RATHER DO THAN SELL WATER AND SEWER.THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN, UH, UH, TRYING TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY.
AND THIS WAS IN THE CITY, THIS WAS OUT OF THE CITY.
THIS WAS IN, THIS WAS AT TWO DOORS DOWN.
AND I, I WAS AGAINST THE WHOLE THING OVER THERE AS WELL, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I, I AGREE TO THE AGREEMENT TONIGHT, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ANNEXATION.
DO YOU DO UNDERMINING? I MEAN, WHO, WHO SERVED? DOESN'T NEW-BORN SERVICE FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICE AREA RIGHT NOW.
I'M AND BESIDES, YOU KNOW, WE GET IN A WATER AND SEWER CUSTOMER AND THOSE RATES ARE DOUBLE THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF SEEDING.
WELL, THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO COME IN AND SET UP OUR WATER AND SEWER IF THEY DECIDED NOT TO PUT AWAY WE'RE BUILDING CAPACITY.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, A APARTMENT BUILDING IN WHAT WE MAY DO IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA WITH MORE APARTMENTS AND OTHER THINGS, WHICH ARE GONNA REQUIRE MORE CAPACITY.
AND WHILE YES, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF CAPACITY.
OUR SEWER CAPACITY IS LOWER THAN WHAT OUR WATER CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF DOWNS.
AND I DON'T WANT TO USE IT FOR SOMEONE.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN OUR CITY LIMITS TRYING TO DEVELOP AND BUILD THINGS AND WE GET SHORT ON CAPACITY.
THEN WE HAVE TO TAX OUR CITIZENS TO ENLARGE THE FACILITY TO MAKE MORE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS, BUT I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT IN MIND.
WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I'M QUITE, I TRUST JORDAN'S JUDGMENT.
I DON'T THINK HE WOULD BE STANDING HERE BEFORE US AND GIVING US THIS INFORMATION.
IF IT WASN'T FEASIBLE WITH OUR WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM, THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.
SO IN THESE AREAS IN TOWNSHIP SEVEN, WE HAVE CREATED THE CAPACITY, THE ABILITY TO SERVE THE LOTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THESE TWO SEPARATE COVERAGE AREAS.
AND WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE CAPACITY, THESE COVERAGE AREAS AND THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE SEWER SERVICE ON EITHER OF THE TWO SYSTEMS IN THESE TWO COVERAGE AREAS WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED, WE HAVE COVERAGE OF THE TWO SYSTEMS. SO THE ABILITY TO SERVE IN THAT AND UNLIMITED CAPACITY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CAPACITY ISSUE IN THAT, IN THAT COVERAGE AREA, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE LOTS.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE, AND WE CREATED THE COVERAGE AREAS AND ANYBODY THAT COMES TO, AS LONG AS THEY MEET SOME, SOME GENERAL GUIDELINES OF THAT AMOUNT OF CAPACITY THEY'RE SEEKING, WE, WE WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE IN GIVING THEM THAT MUCH CAPACITY.
UM, THE ISSUE OF WHETHER IS A GOOD FIT TO BE AN EXPANSION OF THE NEWBURN MUNICIPAL LIMITS.
THAT'S A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON ITSELF.
AND WE WILL CERTAINLY CIRCLE BACK.
UM, SOMETIMES THOSE CONVERSATIONS COME VERY FAST ON THE HEELS OF THE SERIES OF AGREEMENTS.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE READY TO BUILD AND THEY'RE, THERE, THERE THERE'LL BE THEIR NORBORD AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO START ANNEXATION PETITION PROCESS.
SOMETIMES YOU MAY GO A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE THEY COME BACK TO YOU AND THEY'RE READY TO BUILD AND READY TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
SO YOU MAY NOT SEE THEM NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH AT A MEETING.
IT MAY BE SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE.
IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT ACROSS FRONT OF THEIR PROPERTY.
AND I JUST, I'M WANTING TO SAY THAT, BINGO.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR OPINION TOO, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE DO HAVE CAPACITY NOW, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY.
EVEN IF YOU KNOW, IT'S AN INCOME THAT CAN COME IN IN REGARDS TO USAGE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SEWER AND WATER, BUT WE ALSO WANT YOU TO BE IN EXIT SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE TAX DOLLARS.
SO I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
I, I TRUST WHAT JORDAN'S SAYS.
IF HE SAYS WE'VE GOT PASSING THE A, HE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF WE DIDN'T.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, APPROVING A SEWER USE AGREEMENT FOR 47, 21 HIGHWAY 70 EAST.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION MS. BRENDA, CAN YOU GIVE US A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALL BINGLE ALDERMAN BINGO.
[21 . Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving a NC Statewide Emergency Management Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement — Revision 2021 .]
21.CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO PREVENT A NORTH CAROLINA STATEWIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MUTUAL AID ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT REVISION FOR 2021.
THE LAST STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT WAS REVISED IN 2021 AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD ON AUGUST 10TH OF THAT LAST YEAR, THE STATE HAS REQUESTED THAT THE AGREEMENT BE UPDATED ANNUALLY.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THE AGREEMENT OR THE CITY'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES.
THIS YEAR, THE AGREEMENT MEETS FEMA'S REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, GIVING OR RECEIVING HELP IN THE ABANDONMENT DECLARED DISASTER.
I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAD THAT RESOLUTION OF PROVEN IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE.
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THAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MUTUAL AID AND ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT REVISION TO 2021.WE HAVE A MOTION SECOND DURING THE DISCUSSION.
MADAM CLERK, IF WE CAN HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH HALDEMAN BODOM ALDERMAN ITEM.
MAY HAVE HEARD TIM HARRIS ARTICLE ON THE ASTRO.
[22. Consider Adopting a Resolution Approving the Classification Pay Plan for Fiscal Year 2022- 2023.]
THE NEXT TIME, JUST CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CLASSIFICATION PAY PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2223 ANNUALLY.THE BOARD ADOPT THIS PAID PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
THE BOARD IS ASKED TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVED, APPROVING THE PLAN FOR FYI 23, WHICH INCREASED THE SALARY RANGE BY 2.5%, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, APPROVING THE CLASSIFICATION PAY PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2223.
AND SECOND, DURING THE DISCUSSION, MADAM CLERK, IF WE CAN HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN BINGO.
[23. Consider Adopting an Ordinance Amending the Schedule of Fees and Charges.]
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES.MISS THOSE FROM WILL COVER THIS FOR US AND ALERT THE BUDGET PROCESS.
ACCORDINGLY ADOPTS AND AMENDED LITTLE FEES AND CHARGES, UH, IN PART IDENTIFYING ONE PLACE, ALL THE FEES CHARGED BY THE CITY, THE CITY, THEN THIS PIECE IDENTIFIED IN THIS FEDERAL ARE INCLUDED IN THE REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.
IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022 AT THE MAY 24TH WARD, ALDERMAN MEETINGS AFFORDABLE AND THEN RECOMMENDED INCREASE IN PARKING MASON FEES, WHICH ACTUALLY HAS REFLECTED IN THIS SCHEDULE, CHARGE IT PRESENTED TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUST TO KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE THEM BROUGHT BACK, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIRST OF THE YEAR WITH THE NEXT BOARD OR WHATEVER, AND A PROPER NOTICE TO BE GIVEN TO ALL CURRENT PEOPLE WHO LEAST RIGHT NOW, KNOWING THAT THE RATES ARE GOING TO INCREASE, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE INCREASED RATES.
I JUST THINK THEY NEED TO NOTICE ULTIMATE ODOM, UM, FOSTER OR KIM.
UM, SOME OF THE CEMETERY FEES I SEE THEY'D GONE UP, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY SOME OF THEM ARE DOUBLE RESIDENT VERSUS NON-RESIDENT.
SOME OF THEM ARE NOT, WE'RE WORKING SLOWLY TO GET THAT TO WHERE A CITY, RATHER THAN THE NON-RESIDENT RATE IS DOUBLE THE CITY RATE.
AND THAT'S MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH COMPETITORS IN THAT CEMETERY INDUSTRY, NOT ONLY MUNICIPAL, BUT ALSO PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
THE DEVIL RAYS IS THE DOUBLE RATE IS THE GOAL ON RESIDENCE.
IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH TO GO OFF FOR THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF THE OTHER ONES.
WE HAD BEEN WORKING ON INCREASING THIS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS, BUT, UM, REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE STICKER SHOCK FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED OF THIS SERVICE ALL AT ONE TIME.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS INCREMENTALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OUT OF BOUNDS QUESTION MAYBE, BUT SO IS IT THE DECEASED PERSON HAS TO BE A CITY RESIDENT OR THE FAMILY BURYING THE PERSON HAVE TO BE A CITY RESIDENT? JUST CURIOUS THE FEES, THE DECEASED YES.
HAS TO BE THE CITY RESIDENT NOT TO MEAN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION TO MAKE SURE WHEN, BECAUSE THE PLEASURE OF THE WAR, MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK? CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH HALDEMAN OLDHAM ON-DEMAND ITEM? YES.
MAY YOUR PART-TIME HARRIS? YES.
OUT OF AN ASTRO ALDERMAN BIG HOLE.
[24. Consider Adopting the Budget Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2022- 23.]
NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERED THE BEST ORDINANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.LIKE THEY PRESENT THIS, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED THE ROSE BUDGETS TO THE BOARD MEETING TIME TO A PUBLIC HEARING WITH INDUCTIVE OR MAY 24TH, 2022, NO KINDS WERE RECEIVED.
THE BOARD VOTED AT THAT MEETING TO NOT SEE ANY INCREASE FOR THE BOARD, ULTIMATE SALARIES.
UM, THE INCREASE HAS EVER BEEN FROM THE BUDGET.
UM, AND THE MOUNTAINS SUPPORTING HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.
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I DON'T HAVE MY BUDGET BOOK IN FRONT OF ME, BUT ON THE CAPITAL OR THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, THAT REPORT, UH, MY MEMORY SERVES ME, CORRECT.IT'S GONE UP THE MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS YEAR HAS GONE UP QUITE A BIT.
I THINK IT WAS ALMOST DOUBLE D EITHER.
YOU REMEMBER, YOU WANT TO USE MY BOOK, WHICHEVER, WHICHEVER PAGE THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE IS ON.
HAD A NOTE TO ASK THE QUESTION.
I JUST FAILED TO BRING THE BOOK.
THE DEBT SERVICE FOR THE YEAR AND IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHETHER I DON'T VOTE ON IT OR NOT.
SO I GUESS YOU CAN JUST TELL ME AFTERWARDS, BUT I WAS CURIOUS CAUSE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN THERE.
WELL THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE DEBT SERVICE ON PAGE 2 26, IT'S 2.4, 3 8 1 16.
AND IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, IT WAS ONE POINT SOMETHING THIS YEAR.
AND I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE THE ELEVATOR DEBT SERVICE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR YET.
SO WE'RE FINANCING IT BEFORE THE PROJECT'S COMPLETE.
CAUSE IT'S IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT STARTS JULY ONE, THE FILMS ARE UNCOVERED, CORRECT? YEAH.
IT'LL BE COMPLETE BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE WON'T MAKE ANY PAYMENTS ON THAT.
SO WE'RE SAYING WE'RE DOUBLING, STARTING JULY ONE.
WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE OUR DEBT SERVICE BASED OFF THIS BUDGET FOR A PROJECT THAT THEY'VE JUST BOUGHT THE FOOTINGS FOR THEM.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK IT'S THE ELLIOTT, THE ELEVATOR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN FIND OUT AND JUST TELL US LATER.
BUT, UM, THAT WAS ONE THAT DEFINITELY STOOD OUT.
WAS IT THE STANLEY WHITE'S SITUATION? YEAH.
WHAT'D YOU JUST BE ABLE TO EMAIL US? YEAH.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WHAT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD FOR ITEM 24? I LIKE THE MOTION.
WE ADOPTED BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR FYI 22, 23.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK? WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN.
[25. Consider Adopting an Ordinance to Amend and Restate the Rates for the Consumption of Electricity Applicable to Street Lighting Schedule 32- A.]
THANKS.TYLER MUST CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE RATES FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY APPLICABLE TO THE STREET LIGHTING SCHEDULE 32 DASH EIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO ASK MR. SHARD TO COME UP AND PRESENT THIS ITEM.
MAYOR PRO TEM HARRISON MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, TONIGHT, UH, BEFORE YOU, UH, CHANGE TO ELECTRIC LADY'S RATE SCHEDULE 30 TO EIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF LIGHTING SCHEDULES.
THIS PARTICULAR SCHEDULE IS EXCLUSIVE TO THE CITY OF NEWBURGH AS A CUSTOMER.
AND THEY'RE THE ONLY CUSTOMER ON THIS RATE.
AND WHEN PROPOSING TO DO IS MAKE OBSOLETE AND RETIRE, UH, LIGHTING PRODUCTS THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US, WHICH ARE THE OLD INCANDESCENT TYPE OF LIGHTS, THE HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM MERCURY VAPOR, THOSE TYPES OF PRODUCTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
AND I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE CONSIDER LED PRODUCTS, WHICH WE ARE INSTALLING RIGHT NOW.
AND I HAVE A RATE SET FOR THOSE PRODUCTS.
UM, IT'LL, IT'LL HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON PARDON ME ON THE ELECTRIC REVENUES, ABOUT $170,000 OF WHICH, WHAT IS, WILL BE EXPENSE TO THE CITY AND PUBLIC WORKS WITH BUDGET FOR THAT INCREASE ALL THE TIME.
AND CHARLIE, ARE YOU, UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE TAKING THE INITIATIVE SO THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY ONE-OFFS OF INDIVIDUALS COMING HERE TO KIND OF, UM, ANALYZE ALL THE LIGHTING SYSTEM COULD YOU'RE GOING TO BE SWITCHING THEM OUT.
SO WE PROBABLY WON'T BE RECEIVING ANY MORE PEOPLE NEEDING TO GET THEIR LIGHT FIXED IN THEIR AREA.
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AS THESE RE AS THESE LIGHTS, UH, FAIL AND IN RETIRE AND DUE TO ATTRITION, WILL WE BE REPLACING THEM WITH THESE BE ALL AT ONCE? NO, MA'AM, WE'VE ALREADY GOT A HEADSTART ON THIS AND WE'VE BEEN REPLACING THE NEW PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR THE LAST YEAR.WE'RE JUST GETTING TO THE POINT NOW WE'RE UPDATING THE RATE SCHEDULE, SO WE HAVE A GOOD RATE TO CHARGE.
SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WHEN SOMEONE COMES AND SAYS THAT THEIR LIGHT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, THAT IS A FEED THAT IS TO THE CITY, NOT TO THE CUSTOMER, CORRECT? W WE DON'T CHARGE A FEE TO, TO FIX LIKES.
AND THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES TO INSTALL THIS, TO INSTALL, LIKE NOT NECESSARILY WOULD WE CHARGE A MONTHLY RATE TO CUSTOMERS FOR AREA LIGHTS AND WE CHARGE A MONTHLY RATE THAT APPLIED TO THE OTHER RATE SCHEDULES.
MOST OF THEM APPLY TO THE CITY CITY STREETLIGHTS.
SO IF YOU WANT A YARD AND YOU'RE, YOU WANT TO LIGHTEN YOUR BACKYARD, WE'LL INSTALL THAT FOR YOU.
AND THEN WE CHARGE YOU A MONTHLY FEE.
BUT THERE'S NO FEE THAT GOES TO THE CUSTOMER FROM WHAT, FOR US REPLACING, BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF IT CORRECTLY.
IT'S ALL BUILT INTO THE MONTHLY FEE.
JUST WANTED TO GET THAT RIGHT.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, CHARLIE, ON A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN DOES THE ELECTRICITY FOR THE STREETLIGHTS START BEING PAID BY THE CITY VERSUS THE DEVELOPERS WHEN YOU SAY SO.
AND I GUESS THAT MEANS WHEN THE ROADS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE APPROVED BY BOARD, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY STREET LIGHTS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IN OUR SYSTEM THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR, THAT THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE AUDITING THAT RIGHT NOW.
MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE RATES FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY APPLICABLE TO STREET LIGHTING, SCHEDULE 32 8.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION MADAM CLERK.
AND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN ODOM.
[26. Consider Adopting an Ordinance to Amend and Restate the Rates for the Consumption of Electricity Applicable to the Introduction of Commercial/ Industrial Load Profile Data Service — Schedule LPDS.]
NEXT TIME.IT'S CONSIDERED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE RATES FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY.
IF APPLICABLE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL LOAD PROFILE DATA SERVICE SCHEDULE, L D L P D S LIKE TO ASK MR. BOUCHARD, COME UP AND PRESENT THIS ITEM.
THIS IS A NEW PRODUCT THAT I'M RECOMMENDING.
WE CONSIDER OFFERING OUR RATE SCHEDULES.
IT'S DESIGNED FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS ONLY.
IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AT THIS TIME, BUT WHAT IT IS IS IT PROVIDES CUSTOMERS REAL-TIME ACCESS TO THEIR METER DATA.
UM, AND THEN I'VE ALREADY HAD ONE CUSTOMER ASKING FOR IT.
I DON'T EXPECT THAT THERE'LL BE THE FLOOD GATES WILL BE OPEN AND EVERYBODY WILL WANT IT, BUT THERE ARE SOME CUSTOMERS THAT THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MANAGE THEIR ENERGY ON A REAL-TIME BASIS AND MAKE DECISIONS.
PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE MANAGING OUR CP RATES IN TRYING TO SHED DEMAND BASED ON PRICE POINTS OF OUR SYSTEM.
SO IN THE PAST, CUSTOMERS WOULD ASK US FOR THEIR METER DATA AND WE'D RESPOND AND WE GATHER IT, THEN WE'D SEND IT TO THEM AND IT WOULD BE OLD DATA.
AND THIS GIVES THEM A PRODUCT WHERE THEY CAN ALMOST HAVE IT ON A REAL-TIME BASIS.
AND THEN THEY CAN USE IT TO MAKE GOOD WISE OPERATING DECISIONS.
CHARLIE, SO THE PAY AS YOU GO, WHEN I'M ABLE TO PULL UP ON MY CELL PHONE AND SEE MY DAILY CONSUMPTION, IS THIS NOT SIMILAR, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR MORE OF A COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL SIZE INSTEAD OF RESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR RESIDENTIAL, BECAUSE I CAN SEE NOT NECESSARILY REAL TIME, I CAN SEE THE NEXT DAY.
AND THAT, THAT IS A PRODUCT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
I'M LOOKING AT SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS, JUST NOT READY TO ROLL THEM OUT.
UM, THIS IS MUCH MORE ENHANCED THAN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, PAY AS YOU GO OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? REALLY PLEASURE OF THE BOARD FOR ITEM 26, MAY I REFER TO HIM? I MAKE A MOTION.
WE ADOPT ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RESTATE THE RATES FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY APPLICABLE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL LOAD PROFILE DATA SERVICE.
AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK? CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL STARTING WITH ALDERMAN BINGO.
OTTERMAN ASKED HER MAYOR PRO TEM HARRIS.
[27. Appointment( s).]
ALDERMAN.DO YOU HAVE ANY APPOINTMENTS TODAY? I HAVE ONE TONIGHT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO APPOINT TRAVIS OAKLEY OR REAPPOINT TRAVIS OAKLEY TO THE PLANNING
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AND ZONING BOARD.WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL OPPOSED THE SAME MOTION CARRIES.
UM, I LIKE TO REAPPOINT JIM BISBEE TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
I DO HAVE, UM, APPOINTMENT, BUT I'M, I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON MINE TODAY.
UM, I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I TALK WITH THIS YOUNG MAN.
UM, HE HAS AN INTEREST TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, UM, IS HE WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT UH, HE SENT ME A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT HIMSELF AND WANTED ME TO READ IT TO THE BOARD.
SO I'M GOING TO DO SO AT THIS TIME, MA'AM DON'T MIND.
UM, HE IS A WARD, FIVE RESIDENTS.
HE, UM, HE SAYS, GOOD EVENING BOARD VOLUME.
I AM 23 YEARS OLD AND, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL TOWN.
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 5 39 HERE IN NEW BERN, WHERE I SERVED AS A SERVICE OFFICER FOR THE POST.
I ALSO REGULARLY ATTEND THE NEW-BORN MILITARY ALLIANCE MEETINGS AS WELL IN HOPES THAT BOTH THE ACTIVE DUTY AND VETERAN COMMUNITIES IN NEWBURN ARE CONSISTENTLY TAKING CARE OF MY WIFE, UH, KENNEDY AND I OFFICIALLY BECAME RESIDENTS OF NEW BURDEN MAY OF 2021.
I SEPARATED FROM THE MARINE CORPS IN AUGUST OF 2021 AND DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE NORTH CAROLINA AND SPECIFICALLY NEWBURN HOME.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE AND ZONING BOARD JUST AS I HAVE SERVED MY COUNTRY IN UNIFORM.
I CAN NOT WAIT AND LOOP EVER SO FORWARD TO SEVEN, THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, MY FAMILY.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OLD GLORY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO, UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD OF MR. KYLE DURING WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED, SAME SIGN MOTION CARRIES ULTIMATE HOLD'EM ORDINANCE ATTORNEY DAVIS.
YOU HAVE A TERM FOR IT, NOTHING TO REPORT TONIGHT, MAYOR PARK, CITY
[29. City Manager's Report.]
MANAGER, JUST LIKE TO KNOW, LET YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR OUT LOUD HAS JOINED THE AMERICAN FLOOD COALITION IN WASHINGTON.DC IS WAITING TO ATTEND THE MAYOR SUMMIT ON FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE.
25 LOCAL LEADERS FROM FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, IOWA, AND TEXAS ARE MEETING WITH SEVERAL STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT HE HAS TO SAY WHEN IT COMES BACK.
I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DID RECEIVE THE FINAL, UH, ARP FUND PAYMENT THIS WEEK.
UH, THAT TOTAL AMOUNT IS APPROXIMATELY $6.7 MILLION AT THE NEXT, BUT THE NEXT MEETING ON THE 28TH, AND WE ARE GOING TO, UH, START LOOKING AT, UH, ESTABLISHING PROJECT FUNDS FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE ALDERMEN HAD INDICATED THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THEIR WARDS.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ALSO ON THE NEXT, UH, MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE STANDING WHITE RECREATION CENTER.
WE'VE GOT OUR ARCHITECT CPL THAT WE'LL DO WILL BE ONSITE TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION AND WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
[30. New Business.]
ALRIGHT, NEW BUSINESS, STARTING WITH ALL THEM ODOM.IF A CITY MANAGER OR ATTORNEY COULD HELP ME OUT, I WAS CONTACTED BY A FORMER ALDERMAN, VICTOR TAYLOR, UM, SOMEONE READ THE, HE KNEW, REACHED OUT TO HIM.
THEY OWNED A SINGLE-WIDE TRAILER THAT WAS VERY MUCH DILAPIDATED.
THE COST TO REPAIR THE TRAILER, EXCEEDED THE COST OF PURCHASING A NEW ONE.
AND HE WAS TOLD ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BASED OFF OUR ORDINANCE THAT ONCE THE TRAILER IS REMOVED A NEW ONE, CAN'T BE PUT IN PLACE.
I JUST NEED TO VERIFY NUMBER ONE, IF THAT'S THE CASE AND NUMBER TWO, UM, IF WE COULD PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE OR SOME DIRECTION TO THEM ON THAT SITUATION, I, I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF IT, BUT IT SEEMED A LITTLE OFF THAT THEY COULD'VE SPENT TWICE AS MUCH TO RENOVATE THE ONE THAT WAS THERE VERSUS PUTTING A NEW ONE.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, UH, ALDERMAN ELECT, UM, BOB BRINSON AND I MET THIS AFTERNOON FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS TO LOOK AT SOME PROJECTS FOR WARD SIX, WITH THE ARP FUNDS.
UM, SO CITY MANAGER, I WILL SEND YOU A LIST OF SOME OF THOSE AND IT'S SOME OF IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME INFORMATION BACK AND I'LL COPY BOB.
ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE TO HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, LOOK
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AT OUR BIKE AND HEAD PLAN AND SHOW THE GAPS IN WARD SIX OF WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY COMPLETE SOME OF THAT.AND, UM, SOME WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SOME ITEMS OUTSIDE OF WARD SIX, BUT THINGS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE GREATER GOOD.
SO I'LL SEND THOSE TO YOU AND THEN MAYBE AT OUR NEXT MEETING, YOU CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
UM, MS. DID YOU GIVE ME A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE PLEASANT HILL COMMUNITY CENTER? WHEN DO YOU HAVE AN ANTICIPATED, UH, OPEN HOUSE DATE, SOMEWHERE NEAR IN THE FUTURE? IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT THE SHELL OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, WHEN I WAS TALKING TO OUR PROJECT MANAGER TODAY, I WAS INFORMED THAT WINDOWS AND THE GLASS DOORS ARE ABOUT FIVE WEEKS OUT.
UH, SO BASICALLY THE WHOLE BUILDING IS BOARDED UP.
THEY, THEY ALREADY STARTED INSTALLING SOME OF THE ROUGH DATES, HPAC GETTING READY TO INSTALL THE INTERIOR WALLS.
AFTER THAT THEY'LL INSTALL THE, THE SHEET, ROCK, THE APPLIANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND FINALLY THE FLOOR.
AND SO, UH, WE PROBABLY HAVE A GOOD SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS LEFT, BUT THEY'RE MOVING, UH, PROGRESSING A STEADY PACE ON THAT.
I HAD SOME, SOME OF MY SENIOR CITIZENS ASKED ME THEY'RE READY TO START.
UM, THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO COME OUT TO THE BUILDINGS, DO SOME LINE DANCING.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN KINSEY? NOT TONIGHT, TONIGHT, ALL BAGEL.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, FOSTERED TODAY.
UM, I MET WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND I HAD A QUESTION ASKED THAT I COMMAND, SIR.
UH, AND IT WAS ABOUT DRONES AND FLYING DRONES WITHIN THE CITY AND CITY PARKS.
UM, THIS VERY NICE GENTLEMAN, UM, IS A TEACHER OUT OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND I GUESS TEACHES DRONES AND HOW TO USE THEM AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CITY POLICY, NO SIGNAGE.
I BELIEVE HE'S TALKED TO PARKS AND REC, BUT I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD BRING IT UP TONIGHT UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
SO I COULD GET A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CITY ALLOWS DRONES, WHERE THEY CAN CANNOT FLY, UH, FLY THEM.
IS IT POSTED SOMEWHERE AND HOW WE REGULATE IT IS CURRENTLY NOT POSTED THAT IT IS NOT REGULATED BY THE CITY.
THERE NO ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNS THAT.
HOWEVER, THE FAA DOES, DOES GOVERNMENT GOVERN THE FLYING OF DRONES AND GREAT EXAMPLE, AWESOME CREEK PARK, UH, UNION POINT PARK THAT CLOSE TO THE, TO THE AIRPORT.
SO THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA IN PLACE THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE FAA FOR THAT INFORMATION.
IF THEY'RE WANTING TO DO A CLASS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN ONE OF THE CITY PARKS, WE RECOMMEND THEY REACH OUT TO PARKS AND RECREATION AND THEY'LL ESTABLISH AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO USE THE PARK.
WOULD IT NOT MAKE SENSE THOUGH, TO PUT BECAUSE OF THE USE OF THEM? I MEAN, THEY SEEM TO BE KIND OF EVERYWHERE HERE LATELY, BUT SOMETHING IN OUR PARKS THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, DRONES ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE OR DRONE AND YOU MUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, OR MUST CONTACT FAA OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
SO SOMETHING'S POSTED TO SAY WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.
WE CAN CERTAINLY SET UP A POLICY, JUST THINK IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO DO THAT.
UM, THE NEXT THING IS, UM, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SUNNY SIDE RESIDENTS.
UH, A GROUP OF THEM HAVE CONTACTED ME, UM, ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO.
AND I STARTED WORKING WITH THEM AND ANN MORTON IS THEIR LEADER AND SHE HAS RALLY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIKE YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE AND JUST MADE A LAUNDRY LIST OF ISSUES AND THINGS THEY HAVE.
WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, OUTLAY CAME OUT THERE, THE CHIEF HAS TALKED TO THEM AND THEY ARE WHIPPING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD INTO SHAPE.
IT SHOWS YOU WHEN PEOPLE GET TOGETHER, IT'S NOT ALL ON US.
IT'S NOT ALL ON THEM, BUT IT'S A DEAL OF WORKING TOGETHER AND THEY'RE MAKING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER AND THEY'RE CLEANING IT UP AND THEY'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THINGS REPAIRED AND BRINGING ATTENTION TO AREAS THAT NEEDED ATTENTION.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS OF SUNNYSIDE.
I I'M ENJOYING WORKING WITH YOU AND GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ANN MARTIN AND DANA, UH, GODADDY, I THINK, OR GABBY IS HER NAME AND JUST REALLY NICE PEOPLE, BUT I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR TAKING UP THE CHARGE TO DO IT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, AND, UM, CHIEF, IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE, UH, MR. VARGAS TONIGHT TALKED ABOUT HOMELESS, AND I THINK WE NEED TO JUST ADDRESS IT FOR A MINUTE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT RCS IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR, OUR MOST VALUABLE, UH, PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH.
THE CHIEF KNOWS THAT I GET CALLS MANY TIMES BECAUSE IN DOWNTOWN WE TEND TO HAVE THE HOMELESS POPULATION THERE.
AND OF COURSE THE, UH, CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY IS A BIG ISSUE.
THAT ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AT THE MEETING.
I WAS AT AGAIN TODAY ABOUT THE GENTLEMEN THAT ARE BASICALLY CAMPING IN OUR CEMETERY
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AND SEEM TO BE HOMELESS.SO I WANTED YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT.
I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WE ARE ADDRESSING IT, THAT WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THESE PEOPLE.
OUR CES IS TRYING TO GET THEM TO COME INTO THE FACILITY.
THEY DO HAVE ROOM IN THE FACILITY, BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT ACCEPTING THAT.
SO WE JUST BRIEFLY ADDRESS THAT FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS AGO.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THE POINT, ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS AGO, UH, THE NEW BERN, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEVERAL OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, RCS, UM, IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS, UH, FORMED A HOMELESS OUTREACH WORK GROUP, UM, WITHIN THE NEWBURGH POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CAPTAIN MORRISON, UH, BROWN HEADS, OUR INITIATIVE, UH, IN WHICH WE ARE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE OPTIONS AS TO HOW THE CITY OF NEWBURGH, UM, UH, THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY, UM, UH, NON-PROFITS AND OTHERS CAN COME TOGETHER TO TRY TO STRATEGIZE THINGS ALIKE.
TRANSPORTATION IS ANOTHER HUGE ISSUE, UM, UM, HOW TO BEST SERVE, UH, THOSE THAT, UM, HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS, SUCH AS COUNSELING, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH, UM, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT, UM, THINGS OF THIS NATURE, UH, WHERE TO LOOKING AT LONG-TERM STRATEGIES, UM, UM, AS A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE HOMELESS SPECIFIC TO, UH, THE CEMETERIES AND THE, THE OTHER PARKS.
UM, THESE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE DO NOT, UM, CLASSIFY PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP AT THE PARK AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN CITIZENS WHO ARE, UH, OCCUPYING PUBLIC SPACE.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, THOSE PARKS ARE CLOSED AT, UM, AT DARK.
AND IT'S THE EXPECTATION OF THE DIVERGENT POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO ENFORCE TRESPASSING.
UM, THE INITIAL STRATEGY IS SIMPLE.
IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE TRESPASSING IN A CITY PARK AFTER DARK, WE'LL GIVE YOU A WARNING.
IF YOU CONSISTENTLY VIOLATE THAT, THAT WILL TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
UM, RCS IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB IN TRYING TO CONVINCE THOSE THAT ARE LEAVING THEIR FACILITY DURING THE DAY.
AND OFTENTIMES WHAT WE FIND IS THEY, UH, THOSE THAT ARE SPENDING THE NIGHT OR THOSE THAT, UH, FIND THEMSELVES LEAVING RCS ONLY TO RETURN LATER ON, UM, WILL FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, GO TO THE CEMETERY AND JUST SPEND THE DAY THERE.
UM, AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT THAT.
I PASS NO JUDGMENT ON THAT, BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IS THOSE THAT HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS IS TO GET THEM THAT TRANSPORTATION OPTION POTENTIALLY THEY COULD FIND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THEY CAN GO TO OTHER SERVICES LIKE THE REC CENTER, THE YMCA, THE SALVATION ARMY, THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTIONS.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRANSPORT THEM AND WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, OTHER VENDORS TO ASSIST IN THAT REGARD.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT, UM, UH, BEING APPLIED TO THE HOMELESS.
UH, YOU CAN, UH, IMAGINE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH, WITH SOME OF THE HOMELESS THAT DO NOT WANT OUR HELP.
IT'S A LEAD A HORSE TO WATER SCENARIO.
UM, BUT THE SOLUTION IS PROVIDING AS MUCH, UM, ASSISTANCE AS WE CAN AND ALLOW THOSE THAT ARE RECEPTIVE TO OUR REQUEST TO TAKE THEM.
AND WE THINK THAT THAT IS A STRATEGY THAT WILL WORK.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIX HOMELESSNESS.
UM, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES POSSIBLE WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WERE HERE.
I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COME UP HERE MANY TIMES TO SAY MANY THINGS, AND A LOT OF IT IS MISINFORMATION OR WHATEVER.
AND, UM, I'VE DETERMINED THAT IT'S TIME TO SPEAK UP AND SAY THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS.
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE PEOPLE GO, UM, UNHEALTHY IF THEY NEED HELP.
SO, UM, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS WITH THE CHIEF HERE ON THESE ISSUES AND CALLING WITH RCS.
UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH RCS AND THAT I GOT A PHONE CALL THAT THERE WAS A FAMILY LIVING UNDER THE BRIDGE AT UNION POINT.
AND WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THE FAMILY TEAM HERE ON PRETENSE.
SO THEREFORE THEY HAD NO PLACE TO LIVE, STAY.
AND THEY WERE UNDER THE BRIDGE.
AND SOMEBODY KNEW SOMEBODY WHO KNEW SOMEBODY WHO KNEW ME AND I CALLED AND GOT WOOD ZEB.
WE GOT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN 48 HOURS, THERE WAS MONEY THERE TO PUT THEM IN A HOTEL FOR THREE NIGHTS.
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YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE IN A MUCH BETTER SITUATION, BUT THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON.AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THIS AND DO THIS, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A SHELTER FOR PEOPLE DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA HELP THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN LEAD THEM TO WATER, BUT YOU CAN'T CAN'T MAKE THEM DRINK SOMETIMES.
BUT I UNDERSTAND ALSO TO THE STATEMENT I MAKE TODAY IS THAT OUR PUBLIC SPACES, OUR PUBLIC SPACES, WE CAN NOT PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM BEING IN THIS PUBLIC SPACES, SUCH AS THE CEMETERY, BUT IT DOES CLOSE AT DUSK IS THAT THE HOURS DUST.
SO IF THEY'RE IN THERE AFTERWARDS AND A POLICE POLICE OFFICER SEES THEM, THEY CAN ASK THEM TO LEAVE.
SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND TO THE REST OF THE BOARD AND TO OUR CITIZENS WATCHING AT HOME HERE TONIGHT THAT WE DO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS RCS, MERCY CLINIC AND ALL THE OTHER SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE WORKING WITH US.
AND ALL RIGHT, SO IT IS JUNE TEAM WEEK FOR US IN THE CITY OF BERN.
UM, ANYONE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT AND SUPPORT ARTWALK BANK OF THE ARTS.
HE IS ONE OF THE ARTISTS THERE AND HE HAS DONE BEAUTIFUL PORTRAITS OF MAMA SAMSON AND JOHNNY SAMSON.
SO JUST GO AND CHECK IT OUT OR TO BE THERE TO THE END OF JUNE.
SO WE'VE DONE ZUMBA IN THE PARK TOMORROW.
UH, I'M GIVING OUT THE SCHEDULE FOR ANYBODY WATCHING IS HBC U AND DIVINE NINE GREEK DAY FOR THE YOUTH WILL BE AT THE VILLAGE.
UM, THAT'S 10 46 BROAD STREET.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THE YOUTH THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, INTERACT WITH THEM.
TALK TO THEM ABOUT HBCU AND DIVINE NINE THAT IS FREE ON THURSDAY.
WE HAVE THE TRYON PALACE LECTURE SERIES AT 7:00 PM.
THAT'S HOSTED BY MS. SHARON BRYANT.
UM, THEN YOU HAVE FRIDAY YOUNGER PROFESSIONALS, SOCIAL, UH, ROOFTOP, ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
UM, AND THIS AMAZING EVENT I'M BIASED.
AND THEN SATURDAY, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR, UM, OUR FESTIVAL THIS YEAR, THE PARADE STARTS AT 11 O'CLOCK AND THEN THE FESTIVAL IS FROM 12 TO FOUR.
AND THEN FIREWORKS IS THAT APPROXIMATELY 9, 15, 9, 15 IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
SO PLEASE, I KNOW THAT THERE IS THE TRENCH, UH, RIVER REFEREES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET DONE THERE, COME, COME AND VISIT.
UM, AND THEN SUNDAY WE HAVE, UM, MY ALPHA REMEMBRANCE.
WE USUALLY DO THAT WITH THE, UH, MOTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE USUALLY GO TO, UM, UH, UNION POINT AROUND 5:00 PM AND KINDA JUST PRAY.
SO THAT IS THE AGENDA FOR JUNETEENTH.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT HAVE SPONSORED AND DONATED TO MAKE THIS.
I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE, LIKE I ALWAYS DO TO THANK THE STAFF.
UM, YOU MAKE ME LOOK GOOD AS AN ALDERMAN, UM, AND THE WORK THAT I DO IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, FOSTER FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR OUTLAW FOR ALLOWING ME TO SIT HERE AND BE MAYOR PRO TEM TONIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR BOARD.
DO WE NEED TO CLOSE SESSION TONIGHT? YES, MA'AM PRETEND BOX AT 1 43, 3 10, 11 8 2.
ALL OPPOSED ALL WITH CLOSED SESSION.