m. uh I will get us started this meeting with the public charge the Board of Commissioners asks its members and citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful courteous manner both with the board and fellow citizens at any time should any member of the board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge the chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control should decorum fail to be restored the chair will recess the meeting until such a time that a genuine commitment to the public charges observed and also something new that will be starting this meeting I wanted us to start having a land acknowledgement at the beginning of our meetings so I'll start with that uh so land acknowledgement as we convene for the Durham County Commissioners meeting it's crucial to recognize the painful
truth of History we stand on the stolen ancestral lands of the Kataba Eno okichi shakori and Tuscarora peoples whose deep connection to this land predates our arrival we acknowledge with humility the unjust displacement and violence that occurred leading to the dispossession of indigenous peoples from their homelands their resilience in the face of such adversity is a testament to their strength and SP Spirit may we humbly honor the ancestors and Elders of these nations both past and present by committing ourselves to fostering understanding healing and justice for all who inhabit this land let us walk forward together with Open Hearts acknowledging the past and embracing a future Guided by compassion respect and commity as a courtesy to others please turn off your cell phones during this meeting and we will begin with the Pledge of Allegiance I will ask commissioner Carter to lead
m. m. m. m. the Durham County Library invites residents to explore its diverse programs and services highlights include the sing and sign Story Time with Jess
Kelly focusing on American Sign Language through songs Rhymes and stories for little ones and their caregivers sessions are held every Wednesday in March and registration is required the library is also hosting a special art and Bloom event in collaboration with the North Carolina Museum of Art featuring free flowers a chance to win exhibit tickets and more this event is actually passed it was March 9th from 10 to uh registration for Durham 4 summer camps is now open June through August half day full day and overnight camps themes such as woodworking sewing cooking and more must be enrolled in a 4H online before enrolling scholarships are also available more information can be found via the link on the website get vaccinated at Deco Public Health be safe and keep your family safe by getting
your updated covid-19 vaccine and flu shot and pick up free covid-19 test at the Durham County Department of Public Health located at 4:14 East Main Street covid vaccines are available by appointment only while flu shots can be appointment or walk-in scheduled um you can schedule your covid vaccines by calling 919- 56076 58 and schedule your flu shots at 560 7608 for more information you can visit The Deco Public Health site watch in touch with Durham County did you know that the County's Public Information office produces a monthly show to update residents on services and programs in this month's in touch with Durham County show guest um Marcus Manning executive director of the Durham Sports commission and Durham Cooperative Extension director Donna rewalt join us for our March 2024 Edition on the first segment of the show Marcus discusses The Fairly new agency established to create
com that concludes the announcements published in tonight's agenda you CL wace any announcements from the board Vice chair Burns yes thankful so much to our diligence Staff last week during uh
leadership uh meeting we did discuss the possibility of a Duram County women's Awards where is shann and I'm looking I know she's here hey friend how you doing and if I'm Alexandria helped you with coming up the form so also want to thank her so um we were able to come up with um and it will launch this week and run for a week uh we will be pushing this one online the ELA spalon leadership awards uh from uh this board as a board of women we have never given out Awards to women it's time and as you all can tell post last Tuesday this will be the last time that we will have a all women board on March so we want to make sure that we commemorate that appropriately as we should have been doing for the past couple of years so that application will open anybody actually know who Ela spalon is I will Alice you don't get the answer but I will give this a short T tidbit um um just so folks know who she is and who she was um she ran for a Durham County
Board of Commissioners um and was actually the first African-American woman to uh be uh on the Durham to be on the uh Durham Board of County Commissioners from 1974 to 19 uh 84 and uh we commemorate this in her name so the application will be open it will be online for approximately a week um look forward to working in conjunction with um the women's commission here in Durham and that is my only announcement it will launch at the close of this meeting thank you I have uh one quick announcement we will have a proclamation about today being the first day of Ramadan um but I also wanted to invite the broader Community to a Ramadan ifar event on March 27th uh that I'll be hosting for the entire Durham Community it's going to be free and open to the public it'll be at the zakat foundation uh which is off of r on r Road um so I will add send that
m. please come and join us in Breaking fast and celebrating this holy month okay there's no other announcements then I will move us to our other business which is the swearing in of our interim County attorney Curtis messie Durham o inter Durham countyne I Curtis Matthew solemnly andely swear
orm I Curtis Mass solemnly and swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance the state of North Carolina Powers authorities for the government thereof that I will bear that I will bear that I will be faithful and bear going back to the military o that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the state of North Carolina Constitutional Powers and authorities are or may be established for the government thereof and that I will endeavor to support maintain and defend the constitution of said State not consistent that I will endeavor to support maintain
and defend the constitution of said State not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States to the best of my knowledge and ability so help me God I I critic solemnly swear that I well and serve state of Carolina in the office I Curtis Massie do solemnly swear that I will well and truly serve the state of North Carolina in the office of the county attorney for the county of Durham I will in the exing the best of my knowledge in I will in the execution of my office Endeavor to have the criminal laws fairly and impartially administered as
far as in me lies according to the best of my knowledge and ability to help [Applause] me did you want to make oh actually I was about to ask resolutions needed to stay here or come back with you I won't say much um I know that's a shock to some of you um I just want to thank the board for this interim appointment while you search for a permanent County attorney I appreciate you placing your faith in me and I'll do my best to perform these duties and honor that Faith thank
[Applause] you you have any comments from the board Vice chair Burns then commissioner Jacob just walk around see look I already at the job working dutifully not taking a seat thank you so much Mr attorney um for even stepping up um as as we go through this transition I can remember there would be many times that you know we would send you something and you're like I don't know if we can do this I don't know if we can do this and I used to think why is he why the world is he trying to hold us back from doing X Y andz uh but then I just realized you were trying to be really thorough because your thoroughness was the thing that was going to protect us uh and protect protect us from ourselves many days but also protect this County so um I'm thankful that you know in my first year office when we were pushing through not just a crown act because many people did resolutions uh we were able to put you in a position and put ourselves in
this County in a posture where not only is it a no no here there are consequences to discriminating against hair like mine and you ushered that through from the work you did with us on ASPCA and things in close session that I cannot discuss you have been uh you have been a stal worth and I just want to say thank you I appreciate you and thank you for taking the time of being a storo as you are and I look forward to that thoroughness as we go throughout the year and and we push you to do other things that we probably shouldn't be asking you to do but are nonetheless thankful that you help us uh carry out congratulations Curtis and thank you so much for stepping up and serving Durham County government uh rising to the occasion maybe not what you wanted to do if you had your choice but you did not hesitate uh to step in and support all of us through this transition so I'm really grateful to you I want to
acknowledge your family who's here um who I know is very proud of you and um I I also want to acknowledge your outstanding work um you I got to work very closely with you during Co um Curtis helped really write all of the stay-at-home orders and the safer at home orders and the base covering orders and these were things that you know we were all navigating together and nobody had ever done before so coming up with new rules uh to things in a very challenging time and Curtis you were always accessible reliable thorough calm um and with attention to detail so you really have helped all of us in many many ways and thank you so much again really
appreciate commissioner Howton I want to add my thank yous as well Curtis and as I think back all the things that you did that discrimination ordinance that we did was just major major you did that so thank you for all the things that you did and the things that you are going to thank you with stepping in the space I'll just pile on briefly and say um it's clear to me that uh over the past eight years when there's a complic legal matter that needs to be solved it seems to have often landed in your lab Curtis and um that is one reason we are uh we seeking your help here we needed you and thank you for being willing to help us during this interim time we're very
grateful add on to my thanks uh for stepping up and not hesitating to step up in this moment and supporting Duram County and the way that you've taken in this initiative of like the long-term plan for Durham County of you know not just you in this role but how can Durham County Thrive and be successful within the attorney's office Beyond uh you in this role which I've been really appreciative of some of your accomplishments have already been mentioned around the crown act the non-discrimination ordinance the perhap neuter vaccinate and release which I know you have told us that you had a lot more hair before that um but thank you for the way that you approached all of those was through a community lens and bringing the different voices to the table which you don't really typically think of an attorney of going that extra mile so I appreciate that you have done that and I look forward to all the ways that we're going to test you in this not new
capacity well thank you all of you I appreciate your kind words your memories of me and uh I'll do my best move us now to our ceremonial items we have a resolution for women's History Month that commissioner Wendy Jacobs will read thank you madam chair Durham Board of County Commissioners resolution women's History Month 2024 whereas women's History Month the celebration of women and their contributions to history culture and Society has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987 and whereas during women's History Month the rich history of women girls and women identifying individuals of all Races ethnicities cultures and backgrounds are celebrated and where is the true history
of the United States reveals generations of Trail trailblazing women leaders whose courage strength and vision have built and transformed our country and whereas women in the United States have been leaders not only in securing their own rights of searage and equal opportunity but also on the Abolitionist Movement the Emancipation movement the industrial labor movement the civil rights movement and many other National and international movements and whereas despite the undeniable impact women have made in history significant work remains to ensure full equality and access for women and girls everywhere and whereas every woman has a story to tell and gifts to share with the world and whereas additional attention is given to women during women's history month it is important to understand every month that countless women girls and women identifying individuals have been undervalued and inadequately recognized for their
contributions to our community our nation and our world and whereas women and and their allies will continue to work to ensure women are never silenced and their stories of achieve on behalf of the Durham County Board of Commissioners do hereby Proclaim March 2024 women's History Month in Durham County North Carolina and call upon all citizens to observe and celebrate the successes of women and Mark this month with appropriate observations honoring endless possibilities of women and girls everywhere this the 11th day of March 2024 on behalf of all of our board and if I could add a whereas we are the historic all all women Board of County Commissioners here in Durham County with our historic first uh female County Manager my name is Cassandra ker and I
just want to say on behalf of all of durm County employees and especially from the Equitable well-being team team we thank you so much for honoring and celebrating this month we are deeply grateful to have an amazing group of women to look up to and to be a space in our community in our state in our nation where we can show what happens when we Empower women around us and we support each other so that we can all lead and grow and Thrive together um we have been working really hard to make sure that all facets of Durham County uh community members are honored and recognized throughout the year and so this month we've taking special efforts to make sure we have engagement activities um history uh ways to learn grow and do together so that um everyone can participate in learning how to lift up ourselves lift up those around us and be allies to women everywhere um we had the great great honor this past week of being able to share um in sort of a fireside chat where we had uh nearly 70 Deco employees tune in and listen to um
our our very own Dr soell uh shann and trap and many more from our staff who were able to um talk to us about how to be women in government how to support and lead each other in women in government and how to have um men identifying folks be good supportive allies and sponsors and mentors towards women in government thank you for this uh for honoring and recognizing this and we thank you for being excellent female leaders for us to look up you back to the board see if anyone have comments um with that we'll move to our next Proclamation for the 50th annual Durham crop hunger walk and commissioner Howton will be reading this one your microphone
4 million that has gone to hunger fighting agencies in Durham and where as the 2023 Durham crck angra walk was the second largest walk of approximately 800 walks in the nation and whereas as we
applaud the citizens of Durham County for their compassion and working together to help relieve hunger both globally and locally now therefore I N Alam chair of the board chair and on behalf of Durham board County Commissioners do hereby Proclaim March 24th 20124 as Durham Croc hungry walk day in Durham County North Carolina this 11th day of March Bo count I know we have Miss Alice shark here a crop walk to stand uh we have
Jenny schaer Bob nulan who is our Treasurer and passing out your shirts is Annette Reed who is with Meals on Wheels and I just want to reiterate again how proud We Are of our community of all the cities in this country Durham is number two having raised over $5 million that's right and that can only be done with the support of Durham County residents so again we want to say thank you but also come out on March 24th on Sunday for the 50th annual crop walk thank you thank you so much Miss sharp back comments Vice chair Burns I I also want to hat off to miss sharp now y'all saw they gave us these t-shirts right but if you go to the website the suggested
donation is $5 I'll be making my donation please also make your donations and if you say I don't have the link just Google 2024 qu walk it's really easy oh I'm sorry Alice you want to say something real quick I'm almost done but go ahead really quickly thank you for reminding me I got you thank you that shirt as have been our last uh shirts for the last couple of years that was designed by a young man at D North Carolina Cent University's art Department amen uh Cloud St Cloud McDow that yes and it's yes because his name is right here so yeah you're right it is St McDow so that is on uh it's on a t-shirt so that's always nice to have somebody from you know uh from nccu I also want to throw out there I hate that Sarah oxen Dy Mary Ox excuse me is not here as you all know she used to be our food and security coordinator um the reason why I thought throw that out I I I I'm just especially proud of the fact
that she took some time to um helped us build out our food and security network you know we had families getting on buses going across town to find um a food bank when there was one adjacent to them that they just didn't know about so one of the things I'm proud of I always uh participate with my church in the cckw walk and it is a awesome opportunity to find out about how many folks are actually doing work some Churches do 6,000 boxes a week some Churches do 600 a week some do 60 but there's a a lot of really giv people in the community and the chance to kind of sort of Fellowship commune and walk with them and find out about what they're doing is always helpful especially when we as public servants sitting up here and you as public service sitting out there can actually send people to find some help so don't just think of it as a w to walk off the carbs also think of it as an opportunity to fellowship and find out about how we can help other people in this community who are really struggling with hunger and we don't think about so thank
you thank you chair burn commissioner Howton then Carter I just want to thank Alice and her team for putting this together um it took I know it takes a lot of work a lot of organization and I just want to say thank you for all the work you've done to to make this happen and consistently yeah all of your whole team because it one person never makes anything happen it takes team and I've heard you over and over again talk about thank you to the yes I too wanted to thank Alice and Jenny schaer who I've known for a long time and Annette and all the work that you're doing with Meals on Wheels and the kind gentleman besides Jenny whose name I don't remember Bob thank you so much for being here tonight representing this crop walk um it's such a fun fun event full of energy um full of giving compassionate people in Durham who care about food
security as we do it's one of our top priorities um and we really appreciate all the work that goes on in the community um by individual volunteers and and others who are organizing events like this to help combat hunger in our community and across this whole nation thank you so much Jacob yeah thank you to all of you to Leading the charge because it does take um leadership to keep this event going in the community I know var's people have done this over time and it is so important um I was at the um the um Durham congregations and actions annual banquet where I saw you distribute the local um contributions to many many organizations here in Durham um and that's one of the magic things about the crop walk is that it supports local food uh security organizations but also some of the money goes to help
people all over the world um and um I I I don't want to make you get up again Alice but just to reiterate that people can go to the website not only to sign up but also to contribute to other teams for instance I know I'm I knew I was going to be away that weekend and I've gone already contributed to um one of the teams um so so you there are different ways to participate um in in that um so thank you so much thank you so much Miss sharp and your amazing team for keeping this work going and providing so much support to Durham County residents and making sure that we don't forget uh that hunger is real and that all of our residents here and abroad need support um that moves us to our final Proclamation which is the recognition of the Ramadan 2024 Proclamation signed by
5 million in the United States as well as the fastest growing demographic in the United States and whereas Muslim Americans are one of the most racially diverse groups in the US comprising African-Americans Asians Arabs and Caucasians and whereas North Carolina is home to over 130,000 Muslims and continuously growing and whereas Islamic traditions and values provide
balance and peace to many of life's problems and often serve as an is inspiration and reflection for the millions of individuals who look to the teachings of Islam for guidance and whereas Ramadan the 9th month in the Islamic calendar is celebrated annually by millions ions of Muslims throughout the United States and over a billion Muslims across the world and whereas Ramadan is celebrated by Muslims as a month of fasting community service and reflection and whereas during the month of Ramadan the Muslim Community across North Carolina and across our great nation will collectively celebrate the revelation of the Quran and its teachings and whereas on behalf of the state of North Carolina it is with immense pride and honor that I recognize the contributions of all Muslim Americans now therefore I Roy Cooper governor of the state of North Carolina do hereby Proclaim March 11th through April 9th 2024 as Ramadan in North
Carolina and commend its observance to all citizens signed Governor Roy Cooper and once again a reminder March 27 please join for a community of th that now brings us to our consent agenda and these are items that we mostly have discussed at our work session and have had thorough um conversations about it I know we have one item that is to be pulled uh for for comment uh 24- 0076 oh um so we'll pull that item for three comments are there any other items the board would like to pull I'll then entertain a motion for
approval of the consent agenda excluding 24- 0076 so moved second moved by commissioner Carter seconded by Vice chair Burns all in favor I I any opposed consent agenda exclud 2476 has been approved and now would we like to then okay so I have we have three individuals signed up to speak so on this item um if you guys want to come line up here next to our clerk Monica Wallace we have Pam Andrews Tammy Sawyer and uh Tom Freeman and this is 2476 authorize the county manager to execute an interlocal agreement with the city of Durham for the southeast Durham Watershed Improvement plan including contribution of
$91,900 to this agenda item and you don't me uh mention any attacks or specific call to staff especially good evening Commissioners tonight I wanted to share my concerns about the southeast Durham Watershed Improvement plan there are numerous studies recently presented that have been in the works for years the unba has recently completed a la a study last year and came forward to present it to you all Dr Joanne Burk holder of NC State University and team completed a watershed development study released November of 2023 conclusions on Falls Lake were that the headwaters were at the Inc impaired Waters list for nutrient and sediment pollution that has led to violations of chlorophyll a and turbidity water quality standards chlorophyll a is up 29% with total phosphorus up 20% the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill along with UNCC collaboratory has published this really massive document
uh titled Falls Lake study a final report to the NC general assembly on December 2023 which was funded for half a million dollars annually Jordan Lake was studied first and then from 2019 to 2023 Falls Lake was studied it was noted that the continued research and Partnerships on many of these topics that are detailed in the report will continue in the foreseeable future as part of the collaboratory in 2022 Dr Barbara dll of NC State University and team evaluated the potential nutrient inputs that could be arriving to Falls Lake from the stream back erosions in a one-year period NC State also measured flow turbidity and total suspended solids total phosphorus and at least five subwatersheds out of the 111 assessed areas an average of 45% of the banks were stable with 30% having minor erosion and 25% of them that's 1/4 were severely eroding Ryan and a Duke associate professor at the Nicholas
School of government of Nicholas School of environment um also referred to a study by Dr Katie Martin of NC State University on stream buffers Dr Martin's study stated understanding the effects of Rari and buffers on Stream flow is crucial given the pressing need to develop Innovative strategies that promote conservation of invaluable ecosystem services are we going to learn from these studies are we going to listen to The Experts why do these why do these studies if we're not going to change the way we're doing things the Earth is bleeding our Creeks look like blood we have to stop the Mas grading clear cutting and Blasting while we find a way to repair the damage to the environment we can't keep passing more Landing Southeast Durham and expect the bleeding to stop this disastrous Behavior did not have to happen we beg you not to pass the Kimo future growth area but it did we the neighbors are left to suffer along with the animals the environment therefore we're asking
for a moratorium to be put in place immediately thank you Andre Tammy Tammy sea um thank you for your time I want to add to what Pam said and reiterate that this plan as it stands alone is it's got some good bones but we need a moratorium we know we have a problem this admits we have a a problem we've been saying there's been a problem for the last two years to put it in perspective of where we are now Rocky mounts population is 54,000 we have been tracking all the developments in southeast dur there will be an additional 37,000 people 37,000 people in southeast Durham so that's the kind of population that that is being grown here and yes we have a watershed problem and and the riv and the lakes are are going red so I'd like to ask and request that when I was looking at the scope of work um they talked about
stakeholders preserve World Durham has been invested in this we don't get paid we do it on our own time I do it at night and uh we we deeply love Durham in this area and we'd like to be part of the process they talk about seeing showing monthly reports let's have the monthly reports available to the public let's be fully disclosed if we go forward with this waterers shed Improvement plan fully disclose to the public of what is going on and what is uh being found and then I'd like to also ask that um I'd like to ask how the RFP process went was um this RFP um put out for um many companies to respond because I looked at wildlands and and they did in 2015 uh little Lick Creek waterers shed Improvement plan so that was in 2015 as of 2022 little lit Creek as a grade D so what did we get out of that
Improvement plan what are we going to get out of this Improvement plan this is my tax Scholars 3 million to go for this and then I want to add one other thing we've been fighting we've been fighting so last week I went down to city council still fought for another development on Olive Branch Road it is right across from a current development that is under a federal Clean Water Act violation and being sued by the southern environmental law Center and it's still you've got to stop what we're doing it's not working thank you for your time me and last we have Tom Freeman good evening everyone my name is Thomas Freeman I'm a lifelong resident of Durham County I don't have a prepared statement tonight I'll speak extemporaneously from my heart my soul is a County resident living here all my
life uh I was with the US Army Corp of Engineers station at Falls Lake did 33 years of service there Falls Lake I know Falls Lake uh had many opportunities to leave go anywhere around the world I wanted to stay in my community make a difference because this is home a lot of people don't know what home is they search their lives looking for a home I have my home it's here well here we are we're at the juncture of another expenditure for taxes for our taxes our storm water fees but it's like it frequently is it's a little too late a little too late we could paper the walls of this chamber with all of the studies that have been undertaken and concluded by the top scientists in the nation and in our state how has it improved our
life I suggest Zero by the time this contract runs its course and the contractor provides its uh deliverables two years out two years out it won't make any difference because the usable land there will be no more rural lands in Southeast Durham County to exploit I'd call for an immediate halt in the high density residential construction pending the outcome and implementation of its findings I see this that you're acting on tonight is nothing more than an act to Plate those of us in the community that are dealing with this every single day I
go by lit Creek and it continues to get worse and worse how could that possibly happen it's so full of settlement now it's so full of sment from the Upstream construction that the stream is belching over and it's now leaving deposits of sediment on the high grounds the creek is seing in it's filling in Falls Lake and no one is doing anything thank you very much um we've had conversation and discussions about this at our work session uh meetings I do have U Miss T and Pam's email addresses I'll make sure that staff have that information so they can follow up with you as needed for any questions have I do want to just add um this is
really quick because I know we're going to do Outreach on it I I know that all everybody from staff is not here staff did do a decent job I think some things that we're elevated um some of the sentiments that were elevated are not things that we can remedy here know quite frankly I think y'all know that uh some of it has to be remedied up the street and but that doesn't mean that we pass the bug I think many times people say well what do we get for our storm water fi and to some people it might seem performative or a bandage but this is one of the things that you get is another continuous study and you might be right that it could paper the walls in here but unless we track it uh we don't we can't really say you know what has or has not been done so I do hear the sentence I just want to say to staff do these Outreach events I for one would appreciate if this group of individuals was included quite frankly um because it's one thing to always come down here it's another be in a position to go to I
know it says three uh I'm not saying that we add a fourth I'm saying that we make sure that um we're having these events and these virtual sessions in the presence of the people who are most impacted um and I don't think that that's a hard ask I don't think everybody up here would disagree with so I do look forward to staff making the attempt to do that um there was one more thing I I did have to and I'm hopeful that this step is one that will help us where we can actually go out and get more federal grants so that we can do the work that the and uh that is another another um another fact to us are doing this so I'll stop there commissioner Jacob yeah um I just want to say thank you uh to Tom and Tammy and Pam for your comments and all of your ongoing work and um I agree um I actually asked I I
asked for comments on this item because this is an interlocal agreement between the city and the county the city is taking the lead on this so I think the question about the RFP process um would be probably most relevant for the city um but um I did request that there be a meeting where the plan can be discussed because there's a very detailed page scope of work um but yes I agree making sure that all the studies that you mentioned um are should be included preserve real durm should be included and I I think you have very good suggestion Camy about the reports um having a public facing way for this for this work to be um shared with the so um I know ran is not here tonight but we can make sure that that does get passed on to him um if you could at a manager
um and I do think we haven't done the city and the county together have not done anything like this in this water shed um and I think um to commissioner Burn's point the our understanding is that we have to have a plan first in order to start qualifying some of the federal funding that we could go after for mitigation but on the other hand and I raised this also during our discussion I'm concerned and interested in how this can interface with the Udo rewrite and how do we change our actual practices to and how we we're implementing prevention um so we don't have this in the first place so I I will personally be looking very carefully at that and that's a part oh Ryan is online can we pull him up so he can speak
great go ahead R are you
thank you much and I have uh the emails will pass with uh Pam and Tammy forther thank you madam CH I do have a question for Ryan so um the citizens and their concerns have they were they at your meetings uh that you included them in the conversation hey Ryan can you try adjusting your microphone a little bit
yeah we can't hear you understand what you're saying a little I I guess I'm I'm still perplexed that
we are being asked to move forward with voting on something that citizens have been complaining about and for months and there's no resolution for the not even cusion for them so I'm I'm just a little perplexed with that one if if I can just clarify so this is not asking you all to approve the plan and not engage the resident this is asking you to approve Us in moving forward contract that will allow us to engage the residents as the plan is developed so there will be Community engagement in this process as long as long as the citizens are involved in the in the in the process
yes for a motion on item move to approve this item second to approval by commissioner Carter for 24-6 by commissioner Wendy Jacobs all in favor say I I any opposed item 24- z76 is approved that now moves us to the end of our public agenda we do have a close session item that the board is requested to adjourn into close session to consult with an attorney employed or retained by the public body in order to preserve the attorney client privilege between the attorney and the public in two matters one of which is the matters of the wood the Edmonds at all which privilege is hereby acknowledged pursuant to General statute
143-30570 motion to move into closed session passes unanimously