City Council · Regular Meeting · June 16, 2025

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO CITY HALL. OH, NEVER RESPONSE. ALL RIGHT.

WELL DONE, THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU ALL. UM, WELCOME TO CITY HALL. WE ARE HERE THE TO HAVE OUR MOST IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE YEAR, ASK TO CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

- I'M SORRY, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU. NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER THE COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> THANK YOU. IT'S OUR PRACTICE TO STAND TO SALUTE THE FLAG AND SAY THE PLEDGING TO, IF YOU'D LIKE TO

JOIN US. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU NOW PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MAYOR WILLIAMS.

>> HERE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON. >> HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER.

>> HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO. >> HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER COOK.

>> HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. >> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIST. >> HERE. >> THANK YOU.

>> HOW ARE YOU? >> WE'LL NOW PROCEED WITH YOUR CEREMONIAL ITEMS. P WE HAVE TWO TONIGHT BEFORE WE GET TO THE FORMAL BUSINESS. AND MAYOR PRO TEM WILL KICK IT OFF. >> MY THANKS TO THE MAYOR, IT'S MY HONOR TO KICK OFF OUR CEREMONIAL ITEMS WITH A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION ON CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL AWARENESS MONTH AND I'LL ASK ISABELLA ROBERTS, CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL TEAM PATIENT TO COME JOIN ME AS I READ THIS PROCLAMATION. PROCLAMATION: WHEREAS, OROFACIAL CLEFTS ARE

THE MOST FREQUENTLY OCCURRING BIRTH DIFFERENCES IN THE UNITED STATES, AFFECTING ABOUT 1 IN 700 INFANTS PER YEAR; AND WHEREAS, INFANTS BORN WITH CLEFTS AND OTHER CRANIOFACIAL CONDITIONS USUALLY REQUIRE SURGERY AS WELL AS SPECIALIZED FEEDING SUPPORT, DENTAL AND ORTHODONTIC CARE, SPEECH THERAPY, HEARING INTERVENTION, AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AS THEY GROW AND DEVELOP; AND WHEREAS, THIS COMPLEXITY OF SERVICES NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED IN A SYNCHRONIZED MANNER OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS AND ARE BEST PROVIDED BY INTERDISCIPLINARY CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL TEAMS; AND WHEREAS, ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE CLEFT PALATE FOUNDATION AND THE AMERICAN CLEFT-PALATE AND CRANIOFACIAL ASSOCIATION SERVE POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY CRANIOFACIAL DIFFERENCES AND THE PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE FOR THEM IN ORDER TO HELP INFANTS HAVE A HEALTHY START TO LIFE BY PROVIDING THEIR FAMILIES WITH

COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION, SUPPORT AND CONNECTIONS TO THESE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS; AND WHEREAS, IT IS FITTING AND PROPER TO RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL PROGRAM AT DUKE UNIVERSITY AND ITS FAMILIES, WORKING TO ENSURE A BETTER LIFE FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY CLEFT LIP AND PALATE AND OTHER CRANIOFACIAL CONDITIONS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LEONARDO WILLIAMS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 2025, AS CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO CONTRIBUTE, HOWEVER, THEY ARE ABLE TO THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO AID THOSE AFFECTED BY CRANIOFACIAL BIRTH DIFFERENCES. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS THE 16TH DAY OF JUNE 2025. [APPLAUSE]

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M ISABELLA ROBERTS, I'M 15 YEARS OLD AND I WAS BORN WITH A CLEFT LIP AND PAL LET. I'M HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF MY ARISING TEAM AT DUKE. APPROXIMATELY 1 IN 700 BABIES ARE BORN WITH A CLEFT LIP OR PAL LET.

IT CAN BE ISOLATED OR INHERITED. ALONG WITH A CLEFT SOME DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES COULD BE PRESENTED. THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS THAT A CHILD MAY BE BORN WITH A CLEFT AND TYPICALLY PARENTSES WILL KNOW ABOUT THEIR BY BY'S CONDITION BEFORE THE CHILD IS BORN. THAT WAS NOT SO MANY MY E CASE. IT WAS NOTHING THAT THE DOCTORS MISSED, IT WAS EVERY TIME MY PARENTS WOULD GET AN ULTRASOUND MY HANDS WERE IN FRONT OF MY FACE. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THIS IS A SMALL PART IN H GOD'S MUCH BIGGER PLAN.

MY PARENTS SAW THAT OUR SITUATION WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN THEM SO THEY BEGAN TO SEEK AFTER GOD. - CHILDHOOD WITH A CLEFT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARDER. AT A YOUNG AGE I BEGAN TO DISCOVER I WASN'T LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. WHAT I'VE COME TO REALIZE IS THAT A CLEFT IS SOMETHING TO BEAR LIKE A BADGE AND NOT A SCAR. NO ONE ENJOYS GOING TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, BUT IT ALWAYS FELT LIKE A SPECIAL TRIP AT DUKE. HAVING TO ENDURE THESE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES CA MAKE YOU FEEL I'VE FELT ISOLATED BEFORE WHILE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT PARTS OF F MY JOURNEY.

THOUGH I FACE DIFFICULT TIMES THOSE CLOSE TO ME HAVE BEEN UNDERSTANDING. AS A KID WITH A CLEFT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU BUT WHEN YOU DO IT'S SPECIAL. AS I'VE GOTTEN OLDER I GET EXCITED WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ME ABOUT CLEFT. I GET A JOB, I GET TO SING AND I HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF FRIENDS AND I KNOW I'M PRIVILEGED TO HAVE ALL THIS UH BUT I WOULD NOT BE THIS CONFIDENT IF I DID NOT HAVE A SURE UH FOUNDATION IN THE LORD.

O THOUGH I'VE HAT SURGERIES AND APPLIANCES I'M EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE FACED SO LITTLE. I'M THANKFUL I'VE HAD AN AMAZING TEAM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. THE DUKE TEAM MAKES IT THEIR MISSION TO PROVIDE EACH KID WITH A BEST CARE THEY CAN GIVE. WHILE MOST OF THIS IS PHYSICAL, THEY HELP EACH KID TO BE CONFIDENT AND PROUD. WITHOUT THIS TEAM I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAND BEFORE

YOU TODAY. WITHOUT THAT TEAM I WOULD HAVE A FEW MORE PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS BUT I WON'T HOLD A GRUDGE. TRULY UH GREAT IMPACT, DIFFERENCE ISN'T SO DIFFERENT. DIFFERENT IS THE BEST KIND OF AWESOME. [APPLAUSE]

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ISABELLA ROBERTS. I SAID TO HER, SHE MAKES DURHAM BETTER. AYA SHABU, THERE SHE IS COME ON, JOIN ME UP HERE AND IF YOU HAVE GUESTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN AS WELL.

ARE YOU GOOD? ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, COOL. I LEFT MY AFRICAN PRINT AT HOME. I HAVE A LO OF IT IN THE HOUSE.

SPECIAL PROCLAMATION HERE. WHEREAS, DURHAM IS A CITY THAT TAKES PRIDE IN ITS RICH HISTORY AND FINDS VALUE IN ACKNOWLEDGING AND CELEBRATING ITS FULL PAST; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF DURHAM RECOGNIZES IT OWES MUCH TO THE INDIGENOUS AND AFRICAN ANCESTORS WHOSE BONES, BLOOD, TEARS, AND SWEAT WERE FERTILIZER TO TOBACCO FIELDS AND MORTAR TO FACTORY BRICKS, THE CITY OF DURHAM STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THESE FREEDOM-SEEKING AND FREEDOM-DEFENDING COMMUNITIES TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO CELEBRATE AND PASS DOWN THEIR LEGACY AND THEIR STORIES; AND WHEREAS, THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION SIGNED BY PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1863, WAS IN DURHAM'S OWN SAINT PAULI MURRAY'S WORDS A HISTORICAL AND DOCUMENTARY RECOGNITION OF AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT, DURHAM PROMISES TO PROTECT AND PROCLAIM THE LIBERTY OF ALL ITS

RESIDENTS; AND WHEREAS, THE PRESENTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ORGANIZERS OF THE DURM JUNETEENTH COLLECTIVE -- BE CONNECTED DURHAM & BEYOND, BRAGTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, MERRICK MOORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORTATION, NASHER MUSEUM OF ART, NORTH DURHAM FARMER'S MARKET, TRUE HEART CONSULTING LLC, VILLAGE OF WISDOM INC, WEST END/LYON PARK LEGACY PROJECT AND WHISTLE STOP TOURS -- ARE UNIFIED BY THEIR PRIDE, THE CITY OF DURHAM SUPPORTS THE ORGANIZATION OF JUNETEENTH EVENTS IN JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF BLACK ACHIEVEMENT AND RESILIENCE TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL ITS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LEONARDO WILLIAMS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 14TH-22ND 2025, AS JUNETEENTH WEEK 2025 IN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WEEK IN OUR HISTORY.

WITNESS MY HAND AND THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS THE 14TH DAY OF JUNE 2025. [APPLAUSE] >> CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WILLIAMS, CITY COUNCIL, AND NEIGHBORS.

I AM VAB VAB T CREATOR OF WHISTLE STOP TOUR AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DO YOU REMEMBER JUNETEENTH COLLECTIVE. ON BEHALF OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, I THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THIS YEAR'S JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION WITH US. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE COME TOGETHER NOT JUST TO CELEBRATE BUT TO

ORGANIZE JOYFULLY CRAFTING FREE PUBLIC JUNETEENTH EVENTS THAT ARE FROM THE DIGNITY, HISTORY AND CULTURE OF BLACK DURHAM. THE THIS PROCLAMATION ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW. THAT FREEDOM IS NOT JUST ANOTHER DATE ON A CAENDER BUT IS THE COLLECTIVE PRACTICE. WHETHER WE'RE GATHERING OR PORCHES OR PARKS, FORMER CHURCHES, HISTORIC LANDMARKS OR FARMERS MARKET, WE COME TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR ANCESTORS WHO DREAMED BOLDLY AND NOT TO J REMEMBER BUT THE BUILD. WITH EVERY DRUM BEAT, DANCE STEP, WAVING OF FLAG AND STORY TOLD, WE ARE MARCHING TOWARDS JUSZ TIS, TOWARDS HEALING, AND TOWARDS A NUMBER WHERE BLACK GENIUS IS SEEN, CELEBRATED AND SUSTAINED. THESE NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATIONS ARE MORE, THEY'RE NOT JUST SYMBOLIC BUT UH THEY CIRCULATE REAL DOLLARS.

THROUGH THE JUNE 10TH COLLECTIVE WE HIRE DURHAM WORKERS, FEATURE LOCAL VENDORS AND BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES, WE DRW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD WHO IS GENERATE TRAFFIC, FOOT TRAFFIC, PRIDE, AND REVENUE. THIS IS A CULTURAL CELEBRATION BUT ALSO AN ECONOMIC AND PRESERVATION STRATEGY. WE WORK DIRECTLY TO ADANCE THE CITY'S GOALS OF AN INCLUSIVE DURHAM. WE HIGH LIGHT BLACK HISTORY, BUILD CROSS NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS AND WE ENSURE THAT EVENTS ARE FREE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. BEFORE I E CLOSE, I WANT TO INVITE FELLOW MEMBERS TO BE CELEBRATED ALONG WITH ME, THE DURHAM JUNETEENTH COLLECTIVE, MEMBERS OF BE CONNECTED, BRAGGTOWN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, MERRICK-MOORE CDC, NORTH DURHAM FASHGERS MARKET, TWO HEART CONSULTING, VILLAGE WISDOM, END

LYON PARKS, AND WHISTLE STOP TOURS. WE ACCEPT THIS HONOR AND PRIVILEGE NOT JUST FOR US BUT FOR GENERATIONS WHO CAME BEFORE US AND MADE THIS MOMENT REAL AND FOR THOSE WHO WILL COME AFTER US AND INHERIT A CITY THAT WE ARE SHAPING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU AND HAPPY JUNETEENTH. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND WE WILL NOW MOVE TO COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS. COLLEAGUES, THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING O OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO, I'LL OBLIGE TO OUR COMMENTARY AT THIS TIME AND AS

ALWAYS I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO I'M GOING TO START LOCAL AND BUILD OUT, I THINK.

SO THIS WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE SOUTHERN WASTE WATER FACILITY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JENNIFER WHO'S A TREATMENT SUPER VISOR, CHARLIE WHO'S FACILITY SUPERVISOR, DIRK DUNN, SID JOE FOR TAKING US ON THIS TOUR. IT WAS HOT BUT WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND HOW YOUR FEES ARE BEING USED IN OUR WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES. SECONDLY, I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE HAPPY JUNETEENTH.

I HAVE SOME AMAZING UPCOMING EVENTS ON MY CALENDER. I HOPE I'M ABLE TO GET TO ALL OF THEM. THINGS HAPPENING AT CHEELS, HISTORIC STAGVILLE, BLACK FARMERS MARKET JUST TO NAME A FEW. SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS ARE HAVING THEIR OWN CELEBRATIONS.

CITED TO CELEBRATE WITH - THE THIRD THING I WANT TO SAY IS TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, TONIGHT IS A BIG NIGHT WP WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF SERIOUS CONCERNS FOR THE DURHAM POPULATION AND I WANT TO PUT US IN A CONTEXT OF THE BROADER COUNTRY AND ALSO THE WORLD. WE'RE SEEING A GREAT TIME OF STRIFE AND VIOLENCE. WE'RE HAVING TO HOLD AND WITNESS THINGS THAT I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD HAVE TO WITNESS. ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, WE'RE SEEING A ASSASSINATION OR ATTEMPTED ON ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE'VE SEEN MOBILIZATION OF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD GAUNS COMMUNITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF LIBERATING THEM FROM THEIR DULY UH ELECTED OFFICIALS AND A BROAD, TOO, WE'VE SEEN CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN SUDAN. WE'VE SEEN AGGRESSION FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST DROPPING BOMBS ON IRAN, STARVING FOLKS IN THE GAZA AND SHOOTING THEM AS THEY COME TO GET FOOD.

IT IS A LOT TO HOLD, AND THEN TO HAVE A MEETING TONIGHT WHERE WE SIT AND GRAPPLE WITH GIVING A GRANT TO OUR LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH PROVIDES ALMOST ALL OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DURHAM BUT WHICH HAS HAD ISSUES IN THE PAST, THE TYPE OF PLACES THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR CITIZENS. WE'RE HAVING TO TALK ABOUT A BUDGET WHERE WE HAVE DISCUSSED RAISING TAXES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT OUR FOLKS HAVE THAT ARE WORKING FOR THE CITY HAVE A MINIMUM LIVING WAGE AND THAT THERE ARE OTHER SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE. WE HAVE TO BALANCE WHAT A LOT OF YOU ARE HERE FOR, WHICH IS POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN A HISTORICALLY-UNDERINVESTED COMMUNITY, AND AS WE'RE DOING TO SAY THAT IT IS A REAL -- IT - IS A REALLY TOUGH JOB TO SIT UP UH HERE AND A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, AND I'M SO HONORED BY THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND INVOLVEMENT AND

ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY FOR YOUR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME FOR SITTING ON UH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. IN THIS THE TIME OF JUST INTENSE VIOLENCE AND STRIFE, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE REALLY WHO KEEP US SAFE AND I'M REALLY HEARTENED BY HOW MUCH I KNOW DURHAM HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR EACH OTHER.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT I'M SURE IS GOING TO BE A SPIRITED EVENING ON THIS DAIS. >> NO WAY. [LAUGHTER] COLLEAGUES, I WILL ASK YOU TO RESERVE YOUR BUDGETARY COMMENTS UNTIL THE BUDGET IF THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL JUST OPEN UP UH WITH GENERAL COMMENTS NOW SO WE CAN GET GOING.

THE BUDGET HAS BEEN PULLED SO WE'LL CHAT THEN. ALL RIGHT. MR. BAKER. >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS,

COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. THEY EMBODY A LOT OF FEELINGS HERE AS WELL. HOUSING AUTHORITIES ONE OF THE FEW PLAYERS IN TOWN THAT DOES PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT IS CHRONICALLY DEFUNDED AND UNDERFUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE OTHER PLAYER IN TOWN IS THE DURHAM COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. I WAS ABE TO ATTEND AN EVENT THIS WEEKEND ON GRANT INSTITUTE WITH THEM. MS. BRENDA WHO'S LONG TIME RESIDENT OF GRANT STREET AND MANY OTHER FOLKS THERE WHO HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK TO BUILD MORE PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON GRANT STREET, SO THAT WAS GOOD TO SEE.

I UH ALSO WENT TO THE NO KINGS RALEIGH IN MARCH THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST GATHERINGS AYE SEEN IN THE CITY OF DURHAM HAVING GROWN UP UH HERE. I THINK IT WAS OVER FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE AND JUST SHOWS HOW PEOPLE ARE MORE PISSED OFF UP UH HERE AND THE COMMUNITY AT HOW WIDELY E CORRUPT OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS KIND OF ALWAYS

BEEN AT THIS MOMENT ESPECIALLY YOU KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE'VE UNHOUSED PEOPLE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE REGULARLY GETTING SHOT AND INJURED IN OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO LACK CHILD CARE AND HEALTH CARE; JUST THINGS PEOPLE NEED ON DAILY BASIS AND IT FEEL LIKE FEDERAL MONEY OVER SEAS TO MILITARY ING- INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND PRISON CONTRACTORS TO GENOCIDE AND TAX CUTS FOR THE MEGA RICH SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES THERE. BUT IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP AND LARGELY IN AGREEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER, AT LEAST ON SOME BIG ISSUES. ALSO LOOKING AROUND AT OTHER CITY K AROUND THE COUNTRY I'M GRATEFUL TO THE DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR NOT BRUTALIZING RESIDENTS AND DOING PRETTY GOOD JOB OF CROWD CONTROL THIS WEEKEND. UM AND THEN LASTLY I WANT TO SAY

TO OUR XUN CASES DIRECTOR BEVERLY THOMPSON, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AT THE CITY O OF DURHAM, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. I'VE SEEN THE OUTCOME 06 YOUR WORK AND WHENEVER I SEE YOU IN THE HALL I MEAN YOU'RE JUST SO DEDICATED LONG-TIME DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF DURHAM AD CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR RETIREMENT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I'M NOT ACCEPTING IT YET, THOUGH.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. NO COMMENT? GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY JUNETEENTH AND ALSO THANK THE JUNETEENTH COLLECTIVE FOR MAKING SURE WE DIDN'T MISS THAT PROCLAMATION THIS YEAR. I HAD THE -- BEFORE I GO ON, I

WANT TO SAY HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AGAIN. I KNOW IT WAS MISSED IN THE LAST MEETING AND I KNOW IT WAS YESTERDAY AND FR THOSE WHO WERE HONORING THOSE FATHERS THAT UNCLE DADS, STEP DPAD DADS, AL THOSE MALE FIGURES THAT HAVE PLAYED HUGE ROLES IN CHILDREN'S LIVE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK YOU ALL AND SAY WITHOUT FATHERS IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE CHILDREN THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I DID WANT TO JUST SHARE THAT ONE FATHER WHO PASSED THE WEEKEND WILL NOT BE WITH HIS FAMILY AND IT'S A BIG HIT TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE PASSING OF THIS PERSON THAT I, I JUST CAN'T, I CAN'T NOT MENTION IT AND SAY THAT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO

ARE LOSING THEIR PARENTS BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET REAL SKETCHY IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CHECKING IN ON CHILDREN WHO ARE LOSING TEIR PARENTS EVEN IF THEY ARE ADULT CHILDREN, JUST MAKING SURE YOU WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND THEM. UM, I ALSO WANT TO GREATLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER COOK FOR LAYING OUT THE NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL AND ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TO LOCAL SO I DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COVER EVERY BIT OF IT. I SURELY CANNOT REMEMBER EACH AND EVERYTHING BUT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE MEMBERS ON COUNTY WHO BRING THAT TYPE OF POWER IN THE ROOM. I AM ALSO DEELY, DEEPLY CONCERNED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THERE'S BEEN TWO SHOOT INNINGS THE LAST TWO WEEKS WHERE TWO YOUNG GIRLS HAVE BEEN WOUNDED AND, UH, I KNOW THESE CONVERSATIONS CAN GET HAIRY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT BLAMING THEM FOR THE SHOOTINGS OR BLAMING THE SHOOTER FOR THE SHOOTING IS NOT

WHERE I WANT TO START, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO POUR IN. THIS SUMMER'S GOING TO BE A ROUGH ONE JUST KNOWING THOSE ALWAYS HAVE RETALIATIONS AN REPERCUSSIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND SO I JUST WANT FOLKS TO BE MINDFUL AND SMILE HARD HUG CHILDREN MORE AND JUST BE KIND. I HAD A VERY HARD WEEKEND; SPENDING TME WITH FOLKS AND I HAD A CHANCE TO GET T THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ATRAIS GOOD AND REALLY JUST THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE WORK HE'S DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW HE'S CONTRIBUTED, AND ALSO HOW THERE'S BEEN HARM. IT'S A REALLY HARD TENSION TO HOLD BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO KNOW FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HARMFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S RESTORATIVE SUPPORT, AND IT'S HARD TO -- LIKE IT'S HARD KNOWING, LIKE, THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY EFFECTIVE IN THIS CASE, AND I JUST WANT TO LEAVE THAT IN THE AIR. I DD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO VISIT THE SOUTH WASTE WATER AND TREATMENT FACILITY IN KNOWING THAT THOSE FOLKS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN AND SAFE ARE DOING THAT EVERY MINUTE O THE DAY, EVERY HOUR, EVERY MOMENT, AND I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANKING YOU TO OUR STAFF WHO'S ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENES. WE DON'T SEE THEM OR HEAR FROM THEM, AND WE KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE, SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SRE I SAY THANK YOU. AND, UM, I DO WANT TO REMIND

FOLKS THAT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WEEK IS COMING UP AND I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EVENTS PLANNED AND JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT. WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE PREPARED AS WE WILL COME UPON HURRICANE SEASON, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE EMERGENCY DISASTERS, ESECIALLY WITH THE INCREASED CLIMATE CHANGE AND POTENTIALS FOR WILDFIRE AND FLOODING, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PAYING ATTENTION TO OR O TALKING ABOUT, BUT IF WE DON'T, YOU CAN GET MISSED OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOSE YOUR LICENSENESS S JUST BEING PREPARED MADE ME REMEMBER ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS ABLE, MIEBL AND ESPECIALLY FOLK WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, BEING PREPARED WITH A PLAN TO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS IS HELPFUL AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER RIST. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

HAPPY JUNETEENTH AND GREAT MY RESOLUTION FOR THE JUNETEENTH COLLECTIVE. JUST E-MAILED WITH MS. EVANS I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE THIS WEEKENDS BUT THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND THROWING A BIG PARTY. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE AND TO MY SONS OUT THERE IN CALIFORNIA.

NICE CALL YESTERDAY. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SOMEONE WHO PROBABLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCE, MEME WEB BLEDSOE. GREAT EVENT. AMAZING CAREER AND LIFE OF IMPACT IN DURHAM AS ONE PERSON SAID AT THE PARTY HER BLUEPRINT WILL BE FOREVER IMBEDDED IN THE FABRIC F OF DURHAM. THAT WORK INCLUDES IN THE WEST REND INCLUDING CREATION OF LYON PARK CENTER. SHE WORKED FOR DECADES AT DUKE

AND FINALLY I KNOW HER MOST CLOSELY AS A MEMBER OF THE DURHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD. SHE'S A CHAIR SO I WANT TO SAY TO HER, WELL DONE GOOD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MORE ON THE HOUSING BOARD AND THANKS FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. THE FOLLOWING MONDAY -- COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO'S ALONG WITH ME, WE BOTH DID A SOLID WASTE RIDE ALONG. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE RIDING AROUND EAST DURHAM ON THE BACK EFRND LOADING TRUCK.

IT WAS HARD WORK. AS YOU ALL KNOW IT'S PROBABLY THE HARDEST JOB IN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND I GOT DO IT FOR A DAY WITH THESE GUYS AND THEY GOT UP THE I THE CASE MORNING AND DID IT AGAIN. IT'S INCREDIBLY HARD WORK TO KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN AND SAFE. THANK TO WAYNE AND HIS STAFF AND T MAC AND JEREMY FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ON THE TRUCK FOR A DAY.

IT'S AMAZING TO SEE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY E THROES AWAY ON A DA DAILY BASIS. TOO MUCH TO SAY NOW. I WILL SAY WE THROW AWAY A LOT OF RECYCLABLES. I THINK WE GOT A ANOTHER PERSON IN SOLID WASTE THAT'S GOING TO DO EDUCATION OUT REACH ABOUT THAT.

WE NEED TO DO BETTER AS A COMMUNITY BUT THANKS TO SUCH TO THE DEDICATED STAFF AT SOLID WASTE AND THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ON YOUR TEAM LAST WEEK. I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENT WHO IS CAME OUT TO THE NO KINGS RALEIGH AND EXERCISED THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. MY MOTHER WAS ONE O OF THEM AND SHE MADE A NOTE SHE REALLY UH APPRECIATED THE POLICE BEING ACCOMMODATING. I KNOW THE FOLKS WEREN'T ALWAYS ON THE SIDEWALK BUS I APPRECIATE DPD FOR BEING ACCOMMODATING FOR ALL FOLKS WHO WANTED TO EXPRESS VIEW THIS IS WEEKEND. ON A SOMBER NOTE RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF DISCUSSING HOMELESSNESS WE GOT THE NEWS THAT URBAN

MINISTRIES HAD TO LET GO OF STAFF. I KNOW THIS COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION WILL WRESTLE ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT URBAN MINISTRIES OF DURHAM AND URGE ALL CITIZENS HERE TO THINK ABOUT BEING GENEROUS TOWARDS MINISTRIES OF DURHAM. IT'S ONE OF OUR CRITICAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS. HOMELESS POPULATION HAS BEEN INCREASING SO THIS IS WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN AT THIS TIME.

A LOT OF NON-PROFITS ARE CHALLENGED SO BE GENEROUS TO NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY THAT IS CRITICAL IN PROVIDING SERVICES TO MAKE THIS A MORE BELOVED COMMUNITY. APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER COOK IDENTIFYING NATIONAL ISSUE THAT ARE OF CREATE CONCERN. MY HEARTS GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA AND FAMILY REPRESENTATIVE OF MELISSA AND HER HUSBAND MARK AFTER THEIR MURDER THIS H WEEKENDS. ALL OF THESE EVENTS COME HOME. MARK GREW UP IN RALEIGH AND WENT TO UNC AND MY NEIGHBORS AND

GRENDS HAVE ASKED ME ARE YOU SCARED? AND THE ANSWER IS LIKE I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT YEAH, I'M SCARED SOMETIMES SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO FOLKS HERE WHO PROVIDE SECURITY IN THIS BUILDING EVERY DAY. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL GUNS WHICH IS AILING US, BUT URGE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO KEEP FOLKS SAFE AND RESIST THE VIOLENCE WHICH HAS TOUCHED PEOPLE MINNESOTA WHICH IS AWFUL. THANK YOU, MR.

MAYOR. >> THANK YOU. ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH EVERYTHING BECAUSE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE IMPACTFUL AND I THANK EACH OF YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR FOR WONDERFUL PROCLAMATIONS. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO READ THE CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL PERSON AS A PERSON WHO LIVES WITH A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT BUT GETTING TREATMENT

FOR IT I ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF PATIENTS WHO WERE DEALING SOME OF THE MOST BRVEST AND UPSTANDING PEOPLE YOU CN IMAGINE WHO WERE DEALING WITH I WANT TO THANK DUKE FOR THE S- WORK THAT THEY HAVE GOING ON AROUND CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL TREATMENTS AND THEN OF COURSE OUR JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION. IF YOU EVER NEEDED EVIDENCE WHY LOCAL GOVERNMENT MATTERS, TONIGHT WE DID SOMETHING THAT THE PENTAGON CAN'T DO. THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO. THAT THE VA CAN'T DO.

IT CAN'T CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH BECAUSE IT'S DEI. BUT WE CAN HERE IN THE CITY AND WE WILL AND WE HAVE. SO IF YOU EVER NEEDED EVIDENCE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL VOICES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PLEASE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT. THE ENDING O OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS NOT DEI, IT'S JUST AMERICAN HISTORY AND I WANT TO THANK OUR FRIENDS WHO WERE PLANNING CELEBRATIONS FOR THIS WEEK.

FINALLY, I'LL END I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS HISTORIC EVENING, THIS POTENTIALLY HISTORIC EVENING WITH OUR BUDGET ON THE HORIZON TONIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSIONS. I'LL END BY ASSOCIATING MYSELF WITH THOSE THAT HAVE SENT OUT CONDOLENCES AND WELL WISHES TO OUR FRIENDS IN MINNESOTA. FRIENDS, WE KNOW A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

WE FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM AND WORK WITH THEM AT CONFERENCES AROUND THE COUNTRY. IMAGINE GETTING A DEATH THREAT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DO AT WORK. I DON'T CARE WHETHER IT'S WORKING FAST FOOD OR DOING ACCOUNTING OR SURGERY. IMAGINE GETTING AN E-MAIL THREATENING YOUR LIFE FOR WHAT YOU DO AT WORK.

MANY OF US UP HERE HAVE GOTTEN THOSE E-MAILS FOR WHAT WE DO AT WORK. THESE ARE INCREDIBLY PERILOUS CHALLENGING TIMES AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO AFFIRM THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE AS FOLK THAT ARE TRYING TO CARVE OUT SHARED SPACE IN THE DEMOCRACY. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE TRYING TO CARVE OUT SHARED SPACE WITHOUT KILLING EACH

OTHER. THAT'S THE GENIUS OF DEMOCRACY. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE TALK TO EACH. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO USE THE LEVERS OF POWER TO HARM PEOPLE.

NOT TO USE THE TAX OFFICER TO HARASS PEOPLE OR TO OTHER-IZE PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM VICTIMS. THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE WHO HOLD POWER. BUT THOSE WHO DON'T BUT ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY NOT TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE IN WAYS THAT MAKE PEOPLE THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT TO HARM THEM. THAT'S THE CONTRACT WHETHER YOU'RE IN OFFICE OR NOT, WE'VE GOT TO GOVERN OURSELVES HOW WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE.

LISTEN, THIS IS DURHAM. IF YOU COME FROM OUR FOLK, WE WILL DEFEND BUT EVEN IN DURHAM, NO MATTER HOW VILE OR OFFENSIVE YOUR VIEW R WE DON'T KILL PEOPLE, WE DON'T BEAT PEOPLE UP FOR HAVING DIFFERENT VIEWS. WE CAN'T EXCUSE IT, WE CAN'T SOFTEN IT, AT ALL.

SO TONIGHT, OUR PRAYERS AND OU BEST WISHES GO OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE ON THIS DAIS. SOME STUFF YOU'LL NEVER KNOW ABOUT AND NEVER SEE IN THE NEWS, BUT I WANT EACH AND EVERY PERSON UP HERE TO KNOW I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID TO YOU AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID ABOUT YOU. NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE ISSUE YOU'RE ON, UM, AND AS A CITIZEN OF DURHAM I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I PRAY FOR EACH OF YOU EVERY DAY FOR YOUR SAFETY, FOR OUR WISDOM, FOR YUR DISCERNMENT AND THANKFUL FOR YOUR COURAGE AND WILLINGNESS TO DO THIS. THIS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE BRAVERY TO DO THIS JOB IN THAT SENSE.

COURAGE IN OTHER WAYS BUT NOT WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GUN YOU DOWN. WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR NATION, CONTINUE TO BE DURHAM. THANK YOU SISTER DeDREANA FOR WE'RE A CITY GRIPPED BY GUNFIRE. DOESN'T MATTER HOW TALL OUR BUILDINGS ARE WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE AN ASTERISK NEXT TO WHATEVER LIST WE'RE ON WHENLESS THAN TWO

MILES FROM DOWNTOWN CHILDREN ARE JUMPING IN BATHTUBS WHEN IT'S NOT BATH TIME. IT'S ISSUE NUMBER ONE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING EVERYTHING. I'LL START WITH THE CELEBRATORY THINGS.

DO WANT TO SHOUT OUT BEFR RI THOMPSON WHO HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE CONTRACTOR, LEANED IN, IN LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK AND MAKING SURE COMMUNITY CAN GET EVERYTHING THEY NEED. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT CHRIS BENJAMIN, A CITY WORKER WHO LET HIM ME RIDE RND IN HIS TRUCK AND YES I DID GET TO USE THE LEVER AND DUMP SOME RECYCLING INTO THE TRUCK AND WAS TERRIFIED I WAS GOING TO SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE ROAD. THOSE ARE MY FUN THINGS.

I WANT TO SHOUT OUT ALL DPS GRADUATES AT THE END O OF LAST WEEK INCLUDING MY MIDDLE KID. THERE WERE A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MY MIDDLE CHILD GRADUATED FROM RIVERSIDE ON FRIDAY AND COMMISSIONER MIKE LEE'S SON WAS PART OF THAT CLASS SO I WANT TO SHOUT THOSE FOLKS OUT. WHILE I WAS IN THE CELEBRATORY WEEK WITH ENDO, RIGHT, FATHER'S DAY, YOUR SECOND KID'S GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WE GET THE NEWS ABOUT MINNESOTA, WE GET THE NEWS ABOUT IRAN, WE GET THE NEWS THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY FOR MANY INJUSTICES. AND WE'RE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE TWO DEEPLY RACIST AND ANTI IMMIGRANT BILLS IN OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WE NEED VE TOED. HE HAS UNTIL FRIDAY, THAT IS HIS CLOCK SO I URGE ALL DURHAM RESIDENTS TO CALL THE GOVERNOR

TO VETO THOSE BILLS. WE CANNOT LET ICE HAVE MORE POWER THAN THEY ALREADY DO. WE HAVE TO STAND UP UH, BE COURAGEOUS, AND I THINK ABOUT THIS OFTEN SO MANY OF YOU KNOW I'M CHIL E-A N AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THIS MOMENT. THAT MEANS MY FAMILY PLED POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

MY FATHER IS IN ACADEMICS-HE COULD NOT GO BACK TO CHILE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MORE ECONOMIC FOR HIM. MY UNCLE L HAD TO FLEE TO CANADA. MY GRANDMOTHER HAS ANOTHER POLITICAL CONNECTION TO GET HIM OUT WHILE HE WAS BEING DETAINED BEFORE HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE STADIUM. YOU DIDN'T WANT TO GET TRANSFERRED THERE BECAUSE THE CHANCES O OF YOU COMING OUT WERE NON-EXISTENT. S.

HIS PROFESSORS WHEN HE STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GOT HIM OUT. HE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN WAS BLACKLISTED AND COULD NOT PRACTICE LAW FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL THERE WAS A RETURN OF DEMOCRACY AND HE'S ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. HE'S ALIVE, UNFORTUNATELY PASSED DURING COVID BUT ALSO HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN BACK TO HIS PRACTICE. THAT'S NOT THE CASE WITH MANY FOLKS.

OVER THREE THOUSAND CHILE AN'S DIED ON OUR 9/11. THERE'S A MEMORIAL WHERE I'M FROM, MUSEUM OF MEMORY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE LOBBY, THERE ARE PICTURES OF THE THOUSANDS OF THEM WHO WERE DETAINED, MURDERED AND DISAPPEARED. I DON'T WANT ANOTHER MUSEUM LIKE THAT IN THIS COUNTRY.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF OUR OWN DEEP SUFFERING IN THIS COUNTRY. WE DON'T NEED TO ADDED TO THAT PAINFUL HISTORY. WE NEED TO MAKE A DIFFERENT FUTURE FOR OURSELVES. I DON'T WANT TO BE 70 YEARS OLD AND GOING INTO THE MUSEUM REMEMBERING THOSE WHO WERE KID MAPED.

I LIVED THAT HISTORY, IT'S IN MY DNA AND FAMILY'S LEGACY. I DON'T NEED TO PASS IT ON TO MY KIDS. I DON'T NEED THE SECOND GENERATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT NORTH CAROLINA MY KIDS TO HAVE TO FLEE. I DON'T WANT YOUR FAMILIES TO HAVE TO FLEE.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE IN THIS ROOM TO MAKE THE HARD DECISION OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU HAVE TO LEAVE BECAUSE IT'S SAFER TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU THAN TO STAY HERE. SO I NEED EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM -- AND WE WITH DID A REALLY UH GOOD JOB ON SATURDAY -- I NEED EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS. EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THIS DAIS PLEDGES TO THE CONSTITUTION OF

THIS COUNTRY AND STATE. YOU PLEDGED TO SOMETHING THAT IS AN IDEA BIGGER THAN YOURSELF. IT'S ALSO WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU BECOME A CITIZEN. SO I URGE EVERY DURHAMITE TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THEIR NEIGHBORS.

I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE POWERS THAT ARE TRYING TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PATH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WELL, WE ARE AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND WE -- IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON THIS DAIS. I WOULD NO CHANGE THAT FOR THE

WORLD. I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS, I DON'T LIKE YOU ALWAYS, BUT I LOVE YOU GUYS. [LAUGHTER] I THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD AND AROUND THIS COUNTRY AND THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THIS STATE, AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE THE MAY I YOUR OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. WE COULD BE ANYWHERE ELSE AND TRUST ME IT IS NOT LIKE THIS.

AS WILD AND CRAZY AS THINGS ARE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE ARE ALMOST IN A UTOPIA. AND THAT'S NOT OKAY. THAT'S NOT OKAY. BUT IT DOES GIVE ME HOPE THAT WE CAN BE THE BEACON AND GUIDING LIGHT AND EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THIS COUNTRY O HOW WE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES DISAGREE WITHOUT BEING DISAGREEABLE AND NOT ALWAYS ON THE SAME PAGE BUT CAN WORK TOGETHER AND CAN BE EQUALLY

PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING ALTHOUGH WE MAY COME FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON IT. SO COLEAGUES, I SAY TO YOU THAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU. UM, WE LOST A FRIEND ON FATHER'S DAY. AND I, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CALLS YOU AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T CALL THEM BACK, JUST CALL THEM BACK BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CALL OR IF YOU'LL EVER BE ABLE TO.

WE LOST A GOOD FRIEND AND YOU'LL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND SOMEONE MORE COMMITTED, MORE COMMITTED TO JUST BEING IMBEDDED, BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO PAY HOMAGE TO HIS FAMILY AND SON. SHOUT TOUT TO GEENS --

GREENSBORO. THEY HAD AN EARLY CITY BLACK FOOD TRUCK RODEO, THEY INVITED THE MAYOR OF DURHAM TO BE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. GREENSBORO HAS A MAYOR BUT THEY CALLED DURHAM AND IT WAS FUN TO GO THERE. I WENT THERE AFTER SPEAKING AT MY OWN CHURCH AT PLEASANT HILL CHURCH IN NORTH CAROLINA.

THEY SAY I LOVE SEEING YOU ON THE NEWS. IT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING. THEY DON'T CARE, THEY JUST SEE ME ON THE TV SCREEN. SHOUT OUT TO DURHAM, MAN. A. AND THEY HAVE A TARGET ON MANY

A. TO THE FIRST PROTEST. I SAID THIS IS AMERICA. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST.

WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD AND I' SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OVER FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP IN DURHAM. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE 100 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP ON THURSDAY WITH RALEIGHING AROUND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ICE AND FOLKS THAT THEY CAN'T TOUCH BEING ABLE TO SPEAK UP UH FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS, OUR RESIDENTS. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM, STOOD OUT THERE WITH THEM AND TO THE KID THAT SAID I WAS COOL I PROMISE I WASN'T TRYING TO SHOW OFFER BUT I COUNT GET TO THE MARCH BUT I DID GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE THROUGH AND I PUT MY TOP DOWN ON MY WIFE'S CAR AND GOT

WILD AND PUT MY FIST IN THE AIR AND WAS LIKE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SHOUT OUT TO THE FOLKS THAT SHOWED UP, THE SIGNS WERE COOL. THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT DURHAM JOINED THE RESISTANCE, CAN'T SAY THAT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT STOOD UP AND MADE SURE THEIR VOICES WERE HEARD.

MADAM ATTORNEY, I KNOW. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO EVERYONE. I SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THE PHONE WITH MY SON WHO'S BUILDING A BRIDGE FOR 13 OTHER DUKE STUDENTS IN SWAZILAND. CHECK OUT THEIR WEB SITE. THEY'RE DURHAM STUDENTS BUILDING A BRIDGE FOR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN STOP DROWNING DURING RAINY SEASON. GIVES ME GREAT PRIDE THT WE HAVE KIDS FROM DURHAM THAT ARE OVER MIXING CEMENT AND BUILDING

THE BASE FOR THIS WIRE BRIDGE. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. I'M WEARING THIS ORANGE TIE TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, AND I JUST WILL CONSTANTLY PROJKT THIS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND IF YOU GET TIRED OF ME TALKING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND THE LIVES LOST IN OUR COMMUNITY WHETHER THEY ARE KILLING OR BEING KILLED, YOU GET TIRED OF ME TALKING ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT PROMOTE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR, THEN YOU NEED TO CHECK YOURSELF. YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM.

IF A CHILD DYING OR LOSING THEIR LIFE AND YOU'VE BECOME NUMB TO IT, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. I WILL NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT IT. I'M NOT GOING TO GET NUANCED WITH IT, W DON'T NEED TO. IT'S SIMPLE. KIDS ARE DIEING IN OUR STREETS.

PERIOD. WE'RE LOSING THE LIVES OF YOUNG IT'S THE CONDITION WHICH IS ATE- MAKING THIS OKAY. AND THAT NO MATTER HOW TECHNICAL CITY GOVERNMENT GETS, OR SOCIAL ISSUES GE IN A COMMUNITY, NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS OUR KIDS, PERIOD. I'LL CONTINUE TO BRING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY VALUE THAT I STATE. THAT BEING SAID, I FIND MYSELF WITH KIDS EVERY WEEK ONCE OR TWICE IN A SCHOOL TODAY I WENT TO THE IVY COMMUNITY SENDER TO THEIR STEAM CAMP AND SPEFRNT TIME WITH YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS AND GAVE THEM STATISTICS ON HOMICIDES IN OUR CITY AND I GAVE THEM THE AGE RANGE AND I MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WERE

ALREADY MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION BY BEING AT THIS CAMP RATHER THAN BEING OUT IN THE STREETS AND I MADE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF DECISION MAKING, MAKING GOOD DECISIONS. SO SHOUT OUT TO THE AKA FOR INVITING ME E IN TODAY. REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. I TOO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE CUTS IN CASE WE'RE JUST GETTING NUMB TO THE NEWS AROUND FEDERAL CUTS AND BEHAVIORAL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I PLAYED A VERY CAREFUL ON HOW MUCH I SPOKE OUT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, UM, AND WHEN IT COMES TO ICE, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COME TO TOWN THEY WON'T LET OUR POLICE CHIEF KNOW OR SHERIFF KNOW OR US KNOW, IT JUST HAPPENS.

SO I'M VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I PROJECT PUBLICLY. BUT MAINLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DISRESPECTFUL AND IRRESPONSIBILITY. FAMILIES ARE HURT K HERE AT THE

THE GROUND LEVEL. PERIOD. AND NOW E HERE WE ARE WHERE OUR SOCIAL CONSTRUCT IS BEING HIT, HARD. URBAN MINISTRIES IS A PARTNER OF THE CITY AND COUNTY TO MANAGE HOMELESS SERVICES.

AND THEY HAE JUST RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT BLW OF FUNDS UPWARDS OF $400,000. THEY'VE HAD TO LAYOFF SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS. SO I'M GOING SAY PUBLICLY TONIGHT, I AM CALLING ON OUR CORPORATE COMMUNITY, PHILANTHROPY COMMUNITY SO PLEASE FIND A WAY TO FIND YOURSELF IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE HELPING TO FILL THIS GAP WITH US BECAUSE IF WE DO IT JUST OUT OF THE TAX BASE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT SO EXPENSIVE THAT OUR FOLKS THAT CAN'T GO BACK IN THE JOB MARKET THAT MAY OWN THEIR HOME WE'RE GOING RAISE TAXES SO HIGH ON THEM THAT THEY WILL DROWN. AND WE CANNOT LOSE OUR ELDERLY

POPULATION OR FOLKS THAT JUST NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY, WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS TO THEM SO WE NEED PEOPLE TO STEP IN AND FILL THE GAP. I'M CALLING PUBLICLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY CORPORATE COMMUNITY, TO HELP FILL THIS GAP. THAT BING SAID, I WANTED TO ONCE AGAIN THANK DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR INVITING ME IN TO DO A PANEL ON GUN VIOLENCE WITH DR. DEVON, PART OF A GRANT WE WROTE TOGETHER TO PLAINLY AND SIMPLY KEEP BLACK BOYS OUT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

DR. WANDA BOONE AND MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE THERE IN THE AUDIENCE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO STABILIZING THIS COLLABORATIVE TO CONTINUE THIS WORK COMMUNITY-WIDE. AND AGAIN SHOUT OUT TO THE 15 ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE BULL CITY FUTURE FUND. ALREADY SEEING THE WORK FOR YOU ALL THAT DON'T KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT $300,000 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED WAY

OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE AND THE TRIANGLE COMMITTEE FOUNDATION. $300,000 DIRECTLY INVESTED INTO YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THEY WILL BE EXPANDING THEIR FINGERPRINT. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM. [APPLAUSE] THAT BEING SAID, LET'S GET TO WORK.

MR. MANAGER, YOU READY. >> YES, SIR. >> AN HOUR LATER.

GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT. LET'S DO IT. >> CITY MANAGER DOES HAVE ONE PRIORITY ITEM. 24, CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE AREA OF FEE SIMPLE AND ONE EASEMENT AT 401 MAUREEN ROAD FOR BIKE IMPROVEMENT PROMPTINGS SW-47.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REFERRED BACK TO THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MADAM ATTORNEY?

>> GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS NO PRIORITY ITEMS TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU.

MADAM CLERK. WELCOME BACK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE NO PRIORITY ITEMS AND IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

>> THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WILL READ OUR CONSENT AGENDA. COLLEAGUES, ITEMS 6, 40, AND 41 VSH HAVE BEEN PULLED. AND NUMBER 10 AND -- OKAY, YEAH. NUMBER 15 -- NO THAT'S A RESOURCE. 41'S A PUBLIC HEARING.

SORRY, NUMBER 6 AND 8 AS WELL. MADAM CLERK, FOR LET'S JUST REMEMBER IF THE PERSON IS A RESOURCE AND PART OF THE APPLICANT TEAM LET'S PLACE APPLICANT RATHER THAN PROPONENT OR OPPONENT. IT'LL HELP ME BETTER DETERMINE. NUMBER 8.

NUMBER 41. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL READ THE CONSENT AGENDA. 1.

DURHAM CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY - MAYORAL APPOINTMENT. 2. DURHAM WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMISSION - APPOINTMENT. 3.

DURHAM CONVENTION CENTER AUTHORITY - APPOINTMENT. 4. PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING STEERING COMMITTEE - APPOINTMENT. 5.

HOUSING APPEALS BOARD - APPOINTMENT. 6. FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET AND 2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) ORDINANCE, AND OTHER RELATED ORDINANCES. YEAH. 6. FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET

AND 2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) ORDINANCE, AND OTHER RELATED ORDINANCES. PULL NUMBER 7. NUMBER 8 IS PULLED. 8.

AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CITY-COUNTY STRATEGIC YOUTH INITIATIVES. 9. AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DURHAM FOR INSPECTIONS 10. CONTRACT WITH NORTH CAROLINA COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS (NCCEH) TO PROVIDE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM LEAD AGENCY SERVICES.

11. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DURHAM TO ADMINISTER THE CITY OF DURHAM MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM. 12. APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND HILLIARD LAWN MAINTENANCE, INC.

TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPING SERVICES FOR CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES. 14. FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT 19650 WITH HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE, INC. FOR THE PROVISION OF LANDLORD ENGAGEMENT SERVICES. 15. SECOND AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT 19376 WITH VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA

OF THE CAROLINAS, INC. FOR THE PROVISION OF COORDINATED ENTRY WITH DIVERSION SERVICES. 16. 2025 AMENDMENT TO CITY OF DURHAM AND COUNTY OF DURHAM INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT REGARDING HOMELESS SERVICES AND THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

17. EXECUTE THE DURHAM CITY-COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CONTINUATION OF THE GANG REDUCTION STRATEGY. 18. REVISED SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (SLBE) ORDINANCE.

19. CONTRACT WITH AXIAS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT FACILITY STUDY. 20. CITY HALL SPACE RECONFIGURATION DESIGN CONTRACT WITH ARRAY ARCHITECTS, INC.

21. AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DURHAM TO PROCURE AND INSTALL SECURITY EQUIPMENT. 22. CONTRACT WITH FOLDED POETRY

LLC FOR PUBLIC ART AT CITY HALL. 23. CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN TWO EASEMENTS AT 302 MORREENE ROAD FOR THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT (SW-47). 24.

CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE AREA OF FEE SIMPLE AND ONE EASEMENT AT 401 MORREENE ROAD FOR THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT (SW-47). BEEN REFERRED BACK. -- TO STAFF, OKAY. 25.

UPDATE ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 505 WEST CHAPEL HILL STREET. 26. CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN TWO EASEMENTS AT 700 MORREENE ROAD FOR THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT (SW-47). 27.

GARRETT ROAD PARK RESTROOM SEWER CONNECTION DESIGN CONTRACT WITH RVE, INC. 28. CONTRACT WITH SYMETRA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR STOP LOSS INSURANCE COVERAGE. 29. FIFTH AMENDMENT TO FISCAL

YEAR 2022-2026 CONTRACT TO FUND DOWNTOWN DURHAM MUNICIPAL SERVICE DISTRICT OPERATIONS PROVIDED BY DOWNTOWN DURHAM, INC. >> CAN I PULL THAT ONE FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE VOTE. >> THANK YOU. 30.

FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 AGREEMENT TO FUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OPERATED BY DOWNTOWN DURHAM, INC. USING CITY OF DURHAM FUNDS. >> SAME WITH THAT ONE. THANK YOU.

31. , FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK. 32. DURHAM STATION LICENSE AGREEMENTS.

33. AGREEMENT WITH GREENWOOD RRST, LLC FOR PROPANE AUTOGAS SUPPLY. 34. CONSTRUCTION AWARD TO TERAFLEX GROUP, LLC FOR THE AMERICAN TOBACCO WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PHASE 2 PROJECT. 35. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

CONTRACT AWARD TO RAFTELIS FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS, INC. FOR UTILITY RATE, FINANCIAL & MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES. 36. SERVICE CONTRACT WITH MCKIM & CREED, INC.

FOR LEAD SERVICE LINE INVENTORY FIELD VERIFICATION PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED AREAS. 37. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD TO MCKIM & CREED, INC. FOR THE SOUTH DURHAM WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY TERTIARY FILTER REPLACEMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCESS REHABILITATION ITEMS.

38. AWARD OF A NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO DUKE'S ROOT CONTROL, INC. FOR THE SEWER OUTFALL INSPECTION PROGRAM - SOUTH PROJECT. 43.

CONTRACT WITH WORD SYSTEMS, LLC, FOR NICE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE. 45. CONTRACT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CITYWORKS PERMITTING, LICENSING, AND LAND MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE WITH TIMMONS GROUP INC.

ON GENERAL BUSINESS AGENDA. 13. APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA (LANC) TO ADMINISTER THE CITY OF DURHAM EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 39.

ZONING MAP CHANGE - METHODIST STREET TOWNHOUSES. 40. ZONING MAP CHANGE - 1606 AND 1608 EAST CORNWALLIS ROAD. 41.

ZONING MAP CHANGE - 401 EAST LAKEWOOD AVENUE. >> MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF 6, 7, 29, AND 30. 7, 8, 29, AND 30. >> SECOND. >> ON MOENT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 6, 7, 8, 29, 30, MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COOKE; SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER

BAKER. MADAM CLERK. -- WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE? PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE.

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> NUMBER 6 IS THE BUDGET. COLLEAGUES I'M GOING TO GO OUT OF ORDER JUST A BIT. >> RECUSAL.

>> THAT WAS 29 AND 30, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. FIRST I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2022-2026 CONTRACT TO FUND DOWNTOWN OPERATIONS PROVIDED BY DOWN TOIN INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF 2 MILLION PLUS DOLLAR FOR FISCAL YEAR TO ADOPT THE FY 2025-26 BUDGET

AND FY 2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) ORDINANCE AND OTHER RELATED ORDINANCES. -- >> MOVED AS READ. >> AS DEI REPRESENTATIVE I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM THAT VOTE. TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2026 CONTRACT TO FUND DOWNTOWN DURHAM MUNICIPAL SERVICE DISTRICT OPERATIONS PROVIDED BY DOWNTOWN DURHAM, INC.

IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,278,030 FOR FY2025-26, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,370,230 SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL BUDGET AUTHORIZATION. MOVED AND SECONDED. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIST EXCUSED. >> MOTION PASSES 7-0.

>> 6-0. >> 6-0. MOTION 6-0; COUNCIL MEMBER RIST WAS RECUSED. >> THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING THE RECORD. TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH DOWNTOWN DURHAM, INC. TO OPERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $170,048 FOR FY2025-26

SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL BUDGET AUTHORIZATION. >> MOVED AS READ. >> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

>> SAME ISSUE, RECUSING IT JUST TO MAKE SURE. >> MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED WITH THE RECUSAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER RIST. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE.

>> MOTION PASSES 6-0 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RIST RECUSED. >> SAME ISSUE WITH SINGLE ITEM ON GBA. ITEM 13. DID WE PULL THAT?

>> I PULLED IT AT WORK SESSION. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS ITEM 13, IT'S ON GBA. TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO

APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY OF DURHAM TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA TO ADMINISTER THE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVING AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 6-0 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COOK RECUSED. >> THANK YOU.

I'LL ALSO ENTERTAIN A MOTION UNDER THE SAME ITEM TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA, IN THE AMOUNT OF $725,000 TO PROVIDE MEDIATION, LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND TENANT/LANDLORD EDUCATION TO LOW-MODERATE INCOME RENTERS FACING EVICTION FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

USAL OF COUNCIL - PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 6-0 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COOK RECUSED. >> THANK YOU.

IT WAS, I'M SORRY. YIKES. OH, IT IS, SORRY. LASTLY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SUNDRY CHANGES TO THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, SO LONG AS THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT REMAINS UNCHANGED.

>> MOVED AS READ. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. WE'LL ENTERTAIN A VOTE WITH THE RECUSAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER COOK.

PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> THE MOTION PASSES 6-0 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COOK RECUSED. >> THANK YOU. NUMBER EIGHT. >> RESIDENT SPEAKER.

>> ALEXANDER. UM. THIS IS IN PERSON. ALEXANDRIA VALDEREZ.

IF I COULD HAVE ARE A STAFF MEMBER CHECK IN THE LOBBY. ALEXANDRIA VALDEREZ. FOLK THERE WILL BE SOME SPACE IN-BETWEEN BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS OTSIDE AS WELL SO I WANT TO GIVE TIME TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE. HEY.

WE'RE ON THE ITEM THAT YOU PULLED, NUMBER 8, 8. AMENDMENT TO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CITY-COUNTY STRATEGIC YOUTH INITIATIVES. WELCOME.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. AS I GREET YOU ALL, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A MOMENT OF PRIDE I EXPERIENCED WHEN I HEARD YOUTH SHARE THESE WORDS TALKING ABOUT DOING PHASE I AND PHASE II OF A YOUTH MENTORING ALLIANCE THAT INCLUDES A MAP AND STRATEGIC PLANNING AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOUT OUT FR AND WIDE AND THIS ALSO BROUGHT US ATTENTION FROM THE NEW YORK MAYOR'S CHALLENGE, RIGHT?

CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YEAH, DO'T GRAB IT, THOUGH. SHE'S AN ARTIST. >> I LOVE MIKES.

WE'RE GOOD? OKAY. IT INCLUDED MANY ASPECTS AND THIS WAS LED BY YOUTH MENTORING COLLABORATIVE. THIS WAS LED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY O OF DURHAM'S OFFICE ON YOUTH AND SO WHAT THEY WERE SHARING IS TALKING ABOUT

THE CHARACTER AND DIVERSITY OF DURHAM, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE INVITED TO PRESENT IN MINNEAPOLIS ABOUT THIS WORK. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DURHAM HAVING COME FROM RECENT TIMES OF SEGREGATION AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, IT'S RECENT. UM, AND ONE THING THAT DURHAM WILL ALWAYS HAVE IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND PRIDE TO UPLIFT EACH OTHER, CHANGE WILL BE MADE SAID THE YOUTH.

IT IS UNDER THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THEY THE YOUTH MENTORING ALLIANCE WAS FORMED. YOUTH MENTORING COLLABORATIVE MISSION IS TO INCREASE NUMBER OF YOUTH IN MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS WHILE WORKING TO DISMANTING THE BARRIERS YOUTH FACE EVERY DAY. THE ALLIANCE ORGANIZED SEERAL MENTORING ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR ROLE CALL AREA INCLUDING THE POST PROGRAM WHICH IS I REPRESENT THE BOOST PROGRAM IT'S ONE OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS O OF MENTORING. WE HAD YMC IN OUR TRAININGS OUR SCIENCES ARE LEARNING WHAT IT

LIKE TO BE A MENTOR. NOT JUST BECOME THE DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS BUT ALSO LEARN ABOUT THEIR OWN LEADER AND HONE IN ON THE MENTORSHIP THAT'S NEEDED. THESE CONVENINGS, MAYBE SOME PARTICIPATED. WE HAD SOME IN EVERY CITY AND GREGORY I WANT TO SHOUT OUT YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN AN ALLY, YOU AND THE TEAM THAT IS OVER THERE THAT HANGS OUT. BUT TO GO BACK TO THE YOUTH, THEY SAID DURING PHASE II WE HELD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS TO SHARE FINDINGS THE AMAP A WHOLE MAP YOU CAN PUT YOUR ZIP CODE IN AND TELLS YOU WHERE YOU CAN FIND MENTORSHIP RESOURCES SO NO CHOOING CHILD -- THIS IS ABOUT CREATING MORE LIKE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPACITY TO MAKE AN IMPACT AND MORE YOUTH FINDING AND MAINTAINING HIGH QUALITY MENTORING AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR LIVES. THEY GO INTO THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT, UM, CANNOT BE

SOLVED IN A COUPLE OF EFFORTS. THIS CHANGE NEEDS TO BE GAINED IN OUR CULTURE WITH A COMMUNITY AT BACKBONE. IS MY TIME UP? I WANT YOU ALL TO CHECK OUT THIS WORK ILL POST THAT VIDEO.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> RECORDING IN PROGRESS. >> ALL RIGHT.

THAT WAS NUMBER 8. SO WE JUST HAVE 7 AND 6. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> COLLEAGUES THAT WAS ITEM 8.

I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AMENDED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DURHAM COUNTY FOR CITY-COUNTY STRATEGIC YOUTH INITIATIVES. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MADAM CLERK, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THERE IS A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE IN THAT SPACE AND WE'RE

GOING KEEP AT IT. ALL RIGHT. I PULLED ITEM 7. TO JUST STATE, ONE THING I I DOER AND APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS COUNCIL IS WE HAVE OUR EARS TO THE GROUND A LOT AND CONSTANTLY LISTENING AND ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY.

I MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM THAT I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF REITERATE. I DID HEAR WHERE SOME OF MY COMMENTS WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CLEARLY STATE: WE ARE DEALING WITH AN ENTIRE, UM, AGENCY THAT HAS BEEN GROSSLY UNDERFUND BID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO NOT ONLY ARE WE DEALING WITH CUTS BUT ALSO UNDERFUNDED. IT HAS BEEN GENERATIONS OVER GENERATIONS OVER GENERATIONS WHERE OUR

PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN DILAPIDATED AND IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE -- I MEAN, WE HAVE FOLKS AT DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS ACROSS THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT LIKE YOU'RE IN SOME WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD SO YOU'RE NOT GOING HAVE HIGH RENTS OR HIGH PAYMENTS AND I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT DHA BECAUSE DURING THE PANDEMIC THEY STOPPED COLLECTING RENT AND DID NOT EVICT PEOPLE AND FOR WHATEVER FOLKS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT, I APPRECIATE AND YEAH WE'RE FEELING THE PAIN FROM IT NOW BUT I APPRECIATE THE CHOICES MADE BACK THEN. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THAT WON'T BE ABLE TO REMAIN AND ALSO KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN A CRISIS. THE ORGANIZATION IS IN A CRISIS, AND THERE HAS BEEN -- WE HAVE THIS AGREEMENT HERE WHERE WE'RE STEPPING UP BECAUSE YES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY OWN THE

AGENCY BUT THESE ARE DURHAM RESIDENTS AND ANY DAY AND ANY TIME WE NEED TO STEP UP AND MAKE SURE WE DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS OF DURHAM, WE SHOULD AND THAT'S WHAT I'M BEHIND. THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING JUST CLOSE THE BLIND EYE TO IT, SO, YES, THERE, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR SUPPORT AND WE'RE GOING STEP UP AND DO IT. THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT THE AGENCY HAS TO MAKE SURE THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY FUNCTIONING. THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE HAVE BEEN RENTS NOT BEEN PAID SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND THERE IS AN ACTUAL WAITING LIST OF OVER SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES HERE FROM THE LIVING CONDITIONS TO THE ACTUAL AGENCY BEING ABLE TO FUNCTION. THIS IS NOT A POINT THE FINGER SITUATION, THIS IS A REALLY JACKED UP SITUATION. AND I'M NOT GOING LET THE

BEHAVIOR AND THE FUNDING CUTS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE US FIGHTING HERE AT THE GROUND LEVEL IN DURHAM, SO FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE -- [APPLAUSE] SO FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO SAY THIS COUNCIL MEMBER SAID THIS T MAYOR SAID THAT, CU IT OUT! WE'RE NOT GOING THE FIGHT AT TE LOCAL LEVEL. LOOK AT THE THE WHOLE PICTURE AND SEE THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN. SO PLEASE LET'S KEEP OUR EYES ON OUR RESIDENTS.

LET'S CONTINUE TO BE CREATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO L POLICY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. SO WHEN I SAY ENABLE, I'M NOT GOING TO ENABLE A GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS. I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE WE STEP UP AND IN WHERE WE CAN BUT WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR PARTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO THE RESIDENT TO THE AGENCY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THERE'S NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT THAT SO FOR

ONLINE, I SEE YOU; PLEASE CUT IT OUT. THAT'S WHY I PULLED THE ITEM. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. NOW I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO -- THAT'S THE WRONG ONE.

I'M WORKED UP. JUST LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO FIND SOMETHING TO FIGHT EACH OTHER ABOUT. JESUS CHRIST. THE APPROPRIATE ONE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A CONDITIONAL BINDING COMMITMENT OF LOAN ASSISTANCE IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $1,500,000 TO DURHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY (DHA). >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE DOGGONE VOTE. PLEASE CHOSE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

>> I'LL ALSO MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED TO FULFILL THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THIS COMMITMENT. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND POPERLY SECONDED.

PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> LASTLY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE CHANGES TO THE COMMITMENT SO LONG AS SUCH CHANGES DO NOT INCREASE THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY AND, TAKEN AS A WHOLE, REMAIN FAVORABLE TO THE CITY'S INTERESTS.

>> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AN PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE.

PLEASE CLOSE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 7-0. >> THANKING YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THE MOMENT W'RE ALL HERE FOR. NOT REALLY, BUT -- NUMBER SIX.

6. FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET AND 2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) ORDINANCE, AND OTHER RELATED ORDINANCES. THIS HAS BEEN PULLED BY TWO RESIDENTS. Shanetta Burris AND Javiera Caballero JONES.

MS. BURRS, WELCOME. >> HELLO. HELLO TO THE MAYOR AND TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO EVERYONE, HOW Y'ALL DOING TONIGHT?

OH, I HEARD TWO OR THREE PEOPLE, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 5 MILLION THAT WAS JUST

APPROVED FOR DHA. THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO ME ABOUT HOW DID DUKE ENERGY $5 MILLION. WHERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY? SO BEING THAT THIS MONEY HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THEM, I UH HOPE AND PRAY THAT Y'ALL CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY DIME THAT'S BEING SPENT.

IF THIS MONEY IS APPROVED RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW WHICH PROPERTIES WILL BENEFIT TRANSPARENCY IS A MUST, DHA HAS A LONG POOR TRACK RECORD WITH VENDORS AND MAINTENANCE, HISTORY CANNOT BE IGNORED. FIVE PROPERTIES HAVE NO PROPERTY MANAGERS OR SISTERS. TWO PEOPLE CANOT DO TE JOB OF TEN, ESPECIALLY WITH UNTRAINED ASSISTANCE. DURING THE PANDEMIC, STAFF WORKED FROM HOME WHERE RESIDENTS FELL BEHIND, E WRAP FUNDS PAID THOUSANDS UP TO 18,000 FOR SOME HOUSEHOLDS. WHERE DID TAT SUPPORT GO? MAINTENANCE REQUESTS GO UNANSWERED, SOMETIMES WORKERS

SHOW UP AND ASKING TO BORROW TOOLS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. MANY RESIDENT DOS NOT REPORT ISSUES OUT OF FEAR OR AFRAID THEY WILL BE PUNISHED FOR SPEAKING UP ESPECIALLY WITH THEY OH RENT. SOME RESIDENTS ARE LIVING IN UNSAFE UNITS, HEALTH SUFFERING BECAUSE OF INACTION. PRICE AD OTHER SENIOR HEAVY PROPERTIES AND NO AIR-CONDITIONING.

YOU CAN SEE WINDOW UNITS FOR YOURSELF. BASIC UNKEEP IS E NEGLECTED, LAWN CARE, ROOF REPAIRS OVERDUE. SOME RESIDENTS MAY OWN RENT BUT MAY FELL BEHIND DUE TO NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN WITH UTILITY BILLS AND INFLATION THEY CANNOT CATCH UP. RENT SLATE SHOULD BE WIPED CLEAN, NO THREATS NO SHAME.

WHEN HELP WAS NEEDED CALLS WENT UNANSWERED. DHA SAYS THEY HAVE NO MONEY AND BLAMED HUD BUT THAT EXCUSE IS OLD. DURHAM HAS WASTED MILLIONS ON ORGANIZATIONS WITH NO CLAR RESULTS. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR HANDOUTS, WE'RE ASKING FOR DHA DO THEIR

JOB AND FOR THE CITY TO FINALLY LISTEN. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AR HARD TO ASSESS AND MANY ARE DENIED. WE NEED A HAND UP, NOT A HAND OUT. SIT TIME TO INVEST IN RESIDENTS, TEACH, UH UPLIFT, AND HELP PEOPLE MOVE FORWARD.

IF YOU FORGET WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE, LOOK IN THE MIRROR, ASK YOURSELF WHEN DID YOU WHEN SOMEBODY GAVE YOU A CHANCE. THANK YOU ALL DeDREANA FOR COMING TO THE SPRING FLING WE HAD. BIG SUCCESS. HOPE Y'ALL HAVE TIME TO COME AND LOOK AT EAST DURHAM.

ALL SHOOTING AIN'T HAPPENING O OVER THERE, SOMEBODY STILL HOLDING IT DOWN. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. KEREN AGBRAME JONES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, I DID SAY WE CAN RESERVE ANY BUDGETARY COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY.

IF NOT, WE COULD -- WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND PASS IT AND MAKE I HISTORIC, YOU UH KNOW. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. DO YOU HAVE AY COMMENTS?

>> THIS IS OUR TIME FOR BUDGET COMMENTS? >> I WANT TO ALLOT A LITTLE TIME FOR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE COMMENTARY ON BDGET IF NEEDED. >> I'LL BE SHORT, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MANAGER FERGUSON ON YOUR FIRST BUDGET. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB BALANCING A LOT OF REQUESTS AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE UP HERE ALWAYS WANTS MORE OUT OF THE BUDGET AND ALSO MONEY DOESN'T GROW ON TREES, AND UM, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE INCREASING TAXES AND THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE WILL BE INCREASING TAXES. AGAIN, I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT YOU GOT TO REVALUATION THIS

YEAR IF YOU OWN PROPERTY. THE INCREASE IN TAXES DOES NOT GO FOR PROPORTIONALLY WIH THE INCREASE IN THE VALUATION OF YOUR PROPERTY. I KNOW WE'VE SAID THIS A LOT OF TIMES BUT I E HEAR FOLKS THAT ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE INCREASE IN TAXES. YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT, MOST LIKELY WILL BE PAYING SLIGHTLY UH MORE MONEY BUT SIT NOT GOING RISE PROPORTIONALLY WITH THE VALUATION INCREASE.

THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT HOW SERIOUS SIT TO RAISE TAXES. WE KNOW THE COUNTY HAS RAISED TAXES THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND THIS IS SERIOUS. IF YOU LIVE IN DURHAM AD ARE ON A FIXED INCOME OR YOU WORK A REGULAR JOB BECAUSE WE'RE NOT -- LET'S BE REAL, WE'RE NOT SEEING INCOMES INCREASE A AT THE RATE WE'RE SEEING THE PRICE OF HOUSING INCREASE. SO I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS WE DO HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE. I KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS NOT RAISING TAXES, UM, BUT I DO WANT TO DRAW FOLKS' ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT OUR MINIMUM LIVING WGE IS FINALLY

INCREASING WITH THESE PANDEMIC INCREASES, SO WE'RE SEEING A HUGE JUMP THERE AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY OF DURHAM A MINIMUM LIVING WAGE TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT THEY SERVE. THERE ARE SOME OTHER AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY PROVIDES, AND I ALSO THINK THAT WE REALLY LOOKED HARD AT PLACES WE DID NOT HAVE TO EXPAND THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE WOR RAID BOUT INCREASING TAXES AT THIS TIME, SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S A BALANCE AND THESE ARE HARD CHOICES WE'RE MAKING UP HERE AND THANK FOLKS TAT HAVE COME FORWARD WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR TAX RATES. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE RESOURCES WE E HAVE FOR FOLKS. WE HAVE SPECIFIC RESOURCES FOR FOLKS WHO ARE UNDER CERTAIN INCOME LEVELS AND WE ALSO HAVE SPECIFIC RESOURCES FOR FOLKS THAT ARE A CERTAIN AGE BRACKETS, SO DO GO ONLINE. THE COUNTY HAS A GREAT TOOL THAT ALLOWS YOU TO INPUT YOUR INFORMATION AND SEE WHAT RESOURCES WILL WORK BEST FOR

YOUR HOUSEHOLD. SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO PASS THE WORD ALONG AND AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MANAGER FOR YOUR FIRST BUDGET. THANK YOU. >> THANK YO.

COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. WE ONLY HAVE A FEW TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL AT THE LOCAL GEFL AND SO, SO MANY CONSTRAINTS EVEN IN THE WAY WE RAISE MONEY. PROPERTY TAX IS NOT A GREAT WAY TO RASE MONEY NEITHER IS SALES TAX AND THESE ARE 2 PRIMARY TOOLS WE HAVE FOR RAISING THE REVENUE FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE PEOPLE AND THE RESIDENTS OF DURHAM. UM, MEANWHILE I MEAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ALL NIGHT, BUT JUST THE DEFUNDING AND CHRONIC UNDERFUNDING OF SO MANY NECESSARY PROGRAMS AN SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO HOLD THE LINE ON AND THAT'S A TOUGH THING TO DO AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COOK RAISED WHICH IS THE LOW INCOME HOME OWNERS RELIEF PROGRAM THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY AND PAID INTO BY THE

CITY. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY TAX, OF COURSE, THIS IS REVALUATION YEAR, THAT MEANS THAT PROPERTY EVALUATIONS HAVE GONE UP OVER 70% SINCE 2019, IF YOU ARE CONCERNED OR IF UH YOU KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS CONCERNED, PLEASE GO AND LOOK UP THE LOW INCOME HOME OWNERS RELIEF PROGRAM AND SEE IF YOU QUALIFY AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU'RE WORRIED AND YOU DON'T QUALIFY, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A VERY NECESSARY PROGRAM THAT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT WELL. THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS IN THE BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM. AS COUNCIL MEMBER COOK POINT TOUTD INCREASE IN WORKER PAGE WAGES, THIS IS A WE HAVE THE DURHAM MINIMUM LIVABLE WAGE WHICH APPLIES TO CITY WORKERS FOR THE CITY OF DURHAM IS GOING TO INCREASE ALMOST TWICE AS MUCH AS ANY PAST INCREASE IN WORKER WAGES SINCE THAT ORDINANCE BECAUSE ADOPTED SO THAT IS, THAT IS A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY

WORKERS PART OF THE O REASON WHY WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW IS BECAUSE THE DEFINITION FOR THE DURHAM MINIMUM LIVABLE WAGE IS BASED ON THE LAST FOUR YEARS OF RENT. FOUR YEARS AGO IS WHEN RENTS STARTED SKYROCKETING SO NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A MORE RAPT RISE IN THE LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE. WE'RE INCREASING PART TIME WORKER WAGE WHICH IS IS IMPORTANT. ONE THING THAT I THINK IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IS THAT DURHAM IS KEEPING BUSES FARE FREE FOR ANOTHER YEAR, AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. GO RALEIGH, REINSTATED FARES. GOTRIANGLE REINSTATED FARES. [APPLAUSE] OVER 80% OF GO DURHAM RIDERS ARE LOW INCOME.

IT AVOIDS WASTEFUL SPENDING ON FARE COLLECTION. IT REDUCES TIME THAT YOU SPEND ON THE BUS BECAUSE IT HAS TO STOP AND SLOW DOWN WHILE PEOPLE PAY. IT REDUCES CONFLICTING BETWEEN RIDERS AND DRIVERS WHO ARE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FARE COLLECTION.

THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS WHY IT IS A GOOD INVESTMENT TO KEEP BUSES FARE FREE, BUT UH THAT IS NOT FREE WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY TAX AND THE SALES TAX REVENUE WE TAKE IN. UM, WE ARE ALSO BUILDING PUBLIC WORKS AND EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTERS TRAILS STORMWATER RESTORATION PROJECTS, FIRE AND EMS STATION, INVESTING ANOTHER $7 MILLION IN PARK CLEANUP TO ADD TO THE $5 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR IN THE CIP ADDING TO $12 MILLION AND MAKING MANY OTHER NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS TO CITY ASSETS AND ONE LAST THING I'LL JUST MENTION THAT I'M EXCITE AID E BOUT THAT'S NOT MAJOR BUDGETARY LINE ITEM THIS YEAR BUT IS GOING TO BE EMPHASIS MOVING FORWARD UM IS THE EMPHASIS ON HOMELESS SERVICES AND BETTER COORDINATION OF THE MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING SO HARD AND ON THE FRONT LINES AS WE SEE UNHOUSED POPULATIONS GROW ACROSS THE

COUNTRY DURHAM IS NOT IMMUNE TO THAT. WE'RE BREAKING RECORDS EVERY DAY. THE HIGHEST GROWTH IN UNHOUSED RESIDENTS ARE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN. AGAIN, DURHAM IS NOT IMMUNE TO THAT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S A PRY UH ORTY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND HAPPY TO SAY THAT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY MANAGER WE'RE DOING A WHOLE CITY UH RESTRUCTURING AND DEDICATING MORE TIME, MONEY, AND EMPHASIS ON THAT IMPORTANT TOPIC.

SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I'M PLEASED TO BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO. >> THANK YOU. EXCITED ABOUT THIS BUDGET. DO WANT TO THANK MANAGER FERGUSON FOR FIRST BUDGET AND ALL BUDGET AND FINANCE STAFF.

I KNOW THIS IS OUR VERY, VERY BUSY TIME OF YEAR AND YOU'VE PUT UP WITH A LOT OF COUNCIL REQUEST CHANGES AN TO STAFF IN GENERAL THREADING THE NEEDLE ABOUT WHAT YOU HEAR FROM US AND WHAT WE NEED AS A COMMUNITY AND WHAT OUR STAFF NEEDS. THANK YOU TO ALL CITY STAFF FOR ANOTHER REALLY INCREDIBLE BUDGET. IS MY EIGHTH CITY BUDGET, UM, IT

NEVER GETS EASIER. I WISH IN 2018 WHEN I PASED MY FIRST ONE, THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE EASEST ONE THAT I EVER PASSED AND THEY JUST GET HARDER BECAUSE THE CHALLENGES OF OUR CITY JUST GET BIGGER. I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE KEPT OUR BUSES FARE FREE. I'M PROUD WE HAVE THE INCREDIBLE CI NASHGS WE HAVE THIS YEAR.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THAT, IN THE CIP FUND. WHILE WE'RE INCREASING TAXES, A PORTION OF THAT IS BECAUSE YOU SAID YES PLEASE RAISE MY TAXES WHEN YOU VOTED FOR THE BOND I NOVEMBER, THAT'S FO SIDEWALKS, STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND TREE INCREDIBLE PARKS. PART OF THAT INCREASE IS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT VOTE BACK IN NOVEMBER. IT'S NOT JUST ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WE ADDED DURING BUDGET SEASON.

WE DO A LOT IN THIS CITY. THERE'S A LOT F OF REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK IN THAT BUDGET. I ALWAYS SAY THAT DURHAM PURCHASE ABOVE ITS WEIGH. WE'RE THE ENVY OF MANY CITIES

WITH LARGER RESOURCES THN US BECAUSE STAFF DOES A GOOD JOB BEING FOCUSED ON DELIVERY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY FOR CITY RESIDENTS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WHILE YOU ARE SEEING YOUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAIL YOU ON THE REGULAR, PLEASE KNOW YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TRYING REALLY HARD TO MEET OUR NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH A MUCH MORE CONSTRAINED PULL OF RESOURCES, RIGHT. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL STAFF. THANK YOU TO COLLEAGUES. WE HAD A LOT OF ASKS AND NEEDS AND DESIRES WITH THIS BUDGET, AND I THINK WE LANDED IN A PRETTY INCREDIBLE PLACE.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. >> THANK YOU. I HAD TO PLANS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT IT, BUT SINCE WE ARE I WANT TO APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES POINTING OUT GREAT THINGS IN THE BUDGET. I WILL JUST SA, UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE BECAUSE OF THE BOND AND THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST, I THINK THIS IS ALSO MY EIGHTH BUDGET, SO, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 963 UNTIL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

PROJECTS AND OVER $100 MILLION OF THOSE ARE IN UNSERVED COMMUNITIES AND I KNOW WHAT THAT CARRIES WITH IT AN I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT THAT THAT 12 MILLION FOR PARK REMEDIATION ESPECIALLY AROUND THE LEAD WILL NOT BE ENOUGH SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG DOPE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT'S GOING T LOOK LIKE TO DO IT WELL IN THE NEXT BUDGET, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. I'LL ALSO THANK STAFF. I THINK THIS -- FIRST AND FOREMOST THANKING OR NEW CITY MANAGER KNOWING THAT THIS IS YOUR FIRST, YOU KNOW, FIRST, UM, PASS AT IT AND I THINK UH YOU HAVE, YOU HAD A GREAT PROCESS AROUND IT THAT MADE IT MORE OR LESS CONTENTIOUS AND MORE EFFECTIVE. I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO CREATE A BUDGET ORDINANCE I CAN SUPPORT FULLY BEFORE WE GOT HERE TONIGHT, AND I WILL JUST

HIGHLIGHT THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE MY CLLEAGUES FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE WE DO COVER OUR PART TIME STAFF IN A WAY THAT'S WITH DIGNITY JUST AS WE DO FULL-TIME STAFF AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO KEEP PUSHING AWAY AT THIS. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER RIST. >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO ECHO COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, KUDOS TO THE MANAGER FOR AMAZING BUDGET FOR THREADING THE NEEDLE AND HEARING WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING, WHT THE COMMUNITY'S BEEN SAYING AND HOW STAFF HAS BEEN MAIN MANAGING ALL THE NEEDS WE HAVE. WE CROSS WE'RE GROWING A BIG CITY.

PROUD OF THT. FARE FREE BUSES, CRITICAL FEATURE OF THIS BUDGET. EXPANDING THE HEART TEAM, ANOTHER KRIT CALL FEATURE. KEEPING CITY WORKER PAY -- CONTINUED DESIGN OF THE ONE WAY

PAIRS, TWO MOST DANGEROUS CORRIDORS. WITHOUT DOING THAT WORK WE'LL NOT REACH OUR VISION ZERO GOAL. THANKS FOR INCLUDING THAT. 7 MILLION MORE FOR LEAD REMEDIATION FOR PARKS.

ABOUT HALF INCREASE IS DUE TO THE LARGE BOND ISSUE WE PASSED LAST FALL. $200 MILLION FOR STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PARKS THAT'S ABOUT HALF THE INCREASE WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TOTAL. ALL GREAT STUFF I WILL SUPPORT. DO WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COOK AND COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER SAID.

WE ARE THE ONLY COMMUNITY NORTH CAROLINA THAT PROVIDES THE KIND OF LOW INCOME HOME OWNER RELIEF WE OFFER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY. WE INVEST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT. WE RECOGNIZE PROPERTY TAXES ARE MILDLY REGRESSIVE. THAT MEANS FAMILIES WITH LOWER INCOME PAY A LITTLE MORE TAN FAMILIES WITH HIGHER INCOMES, MILDLY REGRESSIVE. THIS IS ONE WAY WE CAN PROVIDE DIRECT RELIEF TO FAMILIES SO THAT IF WE HAVE TO RAISE TAXES

IT'S NOT GOING TO BURDEN OUR LOW INCOME FAMILIES THE MOST. I'M PROUD OF THAT RELIEF, PROUD OF THT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM HERE AT ST CITY COUNCIL LEVEL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM. >> THANK YOU. TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR GREAT REMARKS AND OWE PINING THON BUDGET. THIS IS HISTORIC NIGHT AS COUNCIL MEMBER RIST JUST POINTED OUT, WE ARE PREPARED TO CROSS THE $700 MILLION THRESHOLD.

WE ARE -- WE WILL BE A $1 MILLION BUDGET CITY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE DURHAM FOR BEING SUCH A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE AND RELOCATE BUSINESSES AND TO WORK AND PLAY AND RETIRE. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO WITH THAT SAID. MR.

MANAGER, THERE ARE WORSE THINGS YOU COULD HAVE MADE A SPLASH ON YOUR FIRST BUDGET. THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT. WE SHOULD NOE THAT NOT ONLY IS THIS BUDGET HISTORIC, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT RESTRUCKERING OF OUR ORG CHART GOING ON AS WELL THAT

THIS MANAGER IS INITIATING AND I ENCOURAGE ALL TO TAP IN AND LOOK AT OUR WEB SITE AND LOOK AT HOW OUR ORG CHART WILL CHANGE TO INCREASE E EFFICIENCIES TO BETTER UTILIZE TAENT IN OUR ORGANIZATION. IT SHOULD BE SAID, IF YOU'RE NOT KIND OF A WONG OR NERD FOR GOVERNMENT, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT DURHAM IS LAUDED AS ONE OF THE BEST-RUN CITY ES IN THIS COUNTRY BY FOLK WHO HAVE NO DOG IN THE FIGHT. WE DON'T PAY THEM AND THIS STUFF IS CONSTANTLY HEAD HUNTED. OUR MANAGEMENT, DIRECTORS ARE CONSTANTLY SOUGHT TO GO OTHER PLACES.

THEY'VE ASSEMBLED AN INCREDIBLE TEAM NEAR DURHAM AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM WORKING ON OUR BEHLF. THEY REALLY ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR INDUSTRY AND THEY ARE THE BEST AT THEIR CRAFT AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, MR. MANAGER, AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR PRESENTING A WONDERFUL BUDGET. THIS BUDGET, YOU SHOULD KNOW, MANY MUNICIPALITIES WILL LOOK AT

DURHAM'S BUDGET AS A TEST BUDGET. THIS IS LAYING DOWN GAUNTLET IN MANY WAYS. WE'RE CONTINUING A FUNDING BOLDLY OUR A FA VALUES WHETHER E EVICTION DIVERSION, IMMIGRANT DEFENSE, GUARANTEES INCOME. IT'S PUBLIC NOW.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THOSE THINGS PLAY OUT DOWN THE ROAD BUT THIS BUDGET BOLDLY SAYS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DURHAM. WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPHOLD OUR VALUES NOT JUST IN WORDS BUT WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR MONEY WITH OUR MOUTHS R LITERALLY. THIS BUDGET EXTENDS EXPANDS THE HEART FINGERPRINT AND LET US BE CLEAR, THE HEART PROGRAM IS ON A TRAJECTORY TOWARDS 24/7; IT WILL BE. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENT FOR BRINGING US TE DATA AND RK MEN DACIAN TO EXPAND HEART DURING A TIME WHEN WE'RE GETTING THE MOST CALLS SO WE CAN RESPOND TO MORE OF THOSE CALLS. SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE HEART FINGERPRINT IN THIS BUDGET. LIVING WAGE HAS BIN INCREASED

AND MY COLLEAGUES SPOKE TO THAT. FARE FREE BUSES. DURHAM, LIKE ALL GREAT CITIES TLOTH HISTORY, THRESHOLD WE'RE GOING TO HVE TO CROSS IN ORDER TO BE A GREAT METROPOLIS AND THAT THRESHOLD IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE, NEGOTIATE OUR CITY WITHOUT A CAR. EDUCATION, RESULT RAL, ENTERTAINMENT, ECONOMIC, THE TRUE MARK OF A GREAT CITY IS WHEN YOU CAN NAVIGATE IT AND ACCESS IT WITHOUT A CAR.

AND WE CAN ALL HELP WITH THAT. I WANT TO CHLLENGE EVERYBODY LISTENING TONIGHT, UM, IF YOU DON'T, TO TRY RIDING OUR BUSES. SHOUT OUT TO MY RIDERS ON THE NUMBER TWO LINE. RIDE OUR BUSES.

NOW IT MAY TAKE SOME PLANNING BECAUSE WE KNOW ROUTE EXPANSIONS NORNT. YOU MAY HAVE TO PLAN WHERE YOU'RE GOING CATCH THE BUS. YOU MAY HAVE TO AD EXTRA TIME TO GET TO THE MALL, BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY DURHAM RESIDENT BECAUSE ONE IT'LL DESTIGMATIZE WHAT FOLK THINK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. IT'LL MAKE THE CASE ALSO FOR

CONTINUING TO EXPANDS IT AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO FOLK. AND IT'S FREE. MORE OTHER, OUR BUSES ARE CLEAN AND THEY HAVE WIFI ON THEM SO YOU CAN GET YOUR WORK DONE WHILE SOMEBODY ELSE DRIVES. I'M PROUD THAT THIS BUDGET MAINTAINS FARE FREE BUSES AN MAINTAINING OUR VALUES.

EAGER ABOUT CASTING A YES VOTE. FINALLY, POINT OF PRERNL THE WAY YOU GUYS FIND OUT ABOUT COOL SUFF GOING ON IN OUR CITY IS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT. BEVERLY, I TRIED TO GET MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE NOT T ACCEPT YOUR RETIREMENT AND ADD IT AS A RIDE TORE THIS BUDGET, BUT I UH THINK THE WINDS ARE AGAINST ME. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ROLE YOU PLAYED IN COMMUNICATING OUR WINS AND OUR CHALLENGES WITH INTEGRITY AND HONESTY TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR RETIREMENT. MAY YOUR NEXT CHAPTER BE YOUR GREATEST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNE TIP. I LOOK FORWARD TO PASSING THIS BUDGET. THANK YOU. >> WELL, WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. I AM NOT GOING TO RUN DWN EVERYTHING MY COLLEAGUES DID. KI EITHER REPOST COUNCIL MEMBER BAKERS INSTAGRAM POST OR YOU CAN GO BACK AND REPLAY -- SEE, I BE LISTENING -- YOU DID A GOOD JOB AT NAMING EVERYTHING. OR YOU CAN JUST GO BACK AND REPLAY THIS, BUT I -- JUST IN MY GENERATION WHERE I GREW UP AND HOW I GREW UP CULTURALLY WHEN WE SAW SOMETHING REALLY COOL, WE WOULD SAY, THAT'S DOPE.

THAT'S DOPE. AND I UH JUST GREW UP THAT WAY, YOU KNOW. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON IN THIS BUDGET I SIT BACK AND WHILE I'M, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MORE THNG I WANT IN IT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS I DON'T SEE IN IT THAT I WOULD LIKE IN IT BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD MAKING SUE THOSE THINGS CAN HAVE A SPACE IN OUR BUDGET. UM, BUT OVERALL WHEN I LOOK AT THIS BUDGET I'M LIKE DURHAM IS

DOPE. DURHAM IS ACTUALLY DOPE. AND THAT'S WHY I SAY IT. I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT.

UH YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING $45 MILLION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO WATCH A PARADE GO BY WHILE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING AND CAN'T MAKE THEIR RENT. LITERALLY UH, LIKE, DIEING IN THE STREETS DUE TO HEALTH ILLNESSES THAT COULD BE CURED WHILE WE'RE DOING PARADES. BUT IN DURHAM, WE'RE FINDING A WAY WITH OUR LIMITED RESOURCES TO GIVE A DANGER -- DANG ABOUT OUR NEIGHBOR. THAT'S DOE TO ME.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, GETTING TO AND FROM WORK OR GETTING TO AND FROM ACROSS OUR CITY SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER. AT THE VERY LEAST, WE HAVE AN OPTION FOR YOU TO GET TO AND FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND UH YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY. OUR BUSES ARE FREE. THAT'S DOPE. MAYOR PRO TEM, WE HAVE OUTLETS ON THE BUS, TOO, YOU MISSED THAT

PART. >> THAT'S RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] >> I MEAN IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, LOT O CON SENGS, A LOT OF CON A- SENGS CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING AROUND THIS BUDGET. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS I PERSONALLY JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE MORE SPECIFIC TARGETED FUNDING TOWARD YOUTH BUT IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE THING AND I WANT TO CREDIT MY COLLEAGUES FOR SAYING MAYOR WHEN WE GET THE WHOLE PACKAGE WE'RE GOING THE UH SUPPORT IT SO MARCHING ORDER'S NOTED AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO WORK ON. I'M SIX, FIVE AND IF I STAND IN A FIVE-FOOT POOL OF WATER, IF THE WATER IS THE TAXES AND WE JUST KEEP POURING EVERYTHING IN THERE, THE WATER'S GOING GET HIGHER BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET ANY TALLER AN TAXES ARE GOING

TO CONTINUE TO RAISE SO WE HAVE TO DIVERSIFY HOW WE GENERATE REVENUE. SO YOU HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT MORE COMMERCIAL, MORE RETAIL, CONVENTION CENTER, MORE RETELLS YOU KNOW, A GROCERY STORE, THE REASON WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT THOSE THING IS WE HAVE TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE DIVERSITY REVENUE SOURCES SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THE WAER RISING UP BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE, YO KNOW, AND THEY OWN THEIR HOME, DONE THEIR LIFE'S WORK, SO NICE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE, SO IF WE CAN -- AS I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER COOK, IF WE CAN DO THIS BALANCING ACT BETTER, I THINK WE CAN GET THERE. SO WE HAVE TO GROW IN MULTIPLE WAYS IN SIMULTANEOUSLY. I'M SICK AND TIRED OF CARY AND RALEIGH TALKING ABOUT THEIR NICE PARKS, I WANT SOME. I WANT A NICE PARK. SO THOSE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE SO WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY OUR REVENUE

SOURCES. WE HAVE DURHAM NEXT NOW THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON ASSETS AND GETTING THINGS DONE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DISCOVER DURHAM THAT WE'RE MARKETING THINGS, DDI IS GOING TO MANAGE DOWNTOWN AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET MORE BUSINESS ONLINE IN THE FUTURE. SO WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO BUT FOLKS WE'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB SO FAR, ALL RIGHT?

AND WE'RE GROWING AND MITIGATING THIS GROWTH AS BEST AS WE CAN WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT BEHAVING THE WAY THEY UH DO. ALL RIGHT. SO, I'M GRATEFUL FOR WHERE WE ARE. MR. MANAGER, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE BUDGET AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR APPROACH TO IT AND THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW NOT LONG AGO THERE WAS LIKE 300 FOLKS HERE N HERE SCREAMING UNTIL TWO IN THE MORNING, JUST THE PASSION WE HAVE IN DURHAM, BUT I THINK AS WE LEARN HOW TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TRY TO LISTEN AND THE GIVE AND TAKE OF IT, THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS. THIS IS HOW IT TURNS OUT.

UH YOU KNOW, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS COUNCIL. MR. MANAGER, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM, ESPECIALLY THE BUDGET TEAM, DIRECTOR RIORDAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'RE IN A GOOD SPACE.

WE'RE IN A GOOD SPACE AND WELL PREPARED FOR WHAT'S TO COME. AND SO, I'M HAPPY, AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON AND ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT ARE RETIRING THIS YEAR, DIRECTOR JOHNSON AND THE OTHERS RETIRING GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THANKS FOR JUST MAKING DURHAM SO STRONG. DURHAM IS DOPE. DURHAM IS DOPE. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE A LOT OF PARTS TO THIS BUDGET SO WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY IS I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS THE FISCAL YEAR SO ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET

AND 2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ORDINANCE AND OR RELATED ORDINANCES AS PRINTED IN THE PUBLIC AGENDA. ALL SECTIONS. >> MOVED AS PRINTED. >> SECONDED.

>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED BY THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

[APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE WORK UP THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR; THAT MOMENT RIGHT THERE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING TO HAVE US RECESS AND RETIRE BACK AT

9:05. >> ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS THE TIME, WE WILL RESUME OUR MEETING, AND I, ITEM 39 39. ZONING MAP CHANGE - METHODIST STREET TOWNHOUSES. WE'LL NOW HEAR THE STAFF REPORT.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. I AM PEYTON BURGESS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. BEFORE I BEGIN, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT ALL PLANNING DEPARTMENT HEARING ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADVERTISED AND NOTICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW, AND AFFIDAVITS OF ALL NOTICES ARE ON FILE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 19 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 2403 AND 2405 SOUTH MIAMI BOULEVARD. THE CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CHANGE THIS DESIGNATION TO PLANNED

126 WITH A TEXTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES TO ALLOW UP TO 18 TOWNHOUSES. THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. 126 ZONING IS GENERALLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPE.

IF THE PROPOSED ZONING IS APPROVED, STAFF RECOMMENDS A CHANGE TO THE PLACE TYPE MAP TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY AS APARTMENT AND TOWNHOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.

YOU'VE HEARD THE STAFF REPORT. TS, TECHNICAL COMMENTS TO- IF NOT, I'LL NOW DECLARE THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. IS THERE AN APPLICANT? >> GOOD EVENING. I'M VINCE DeFREITAS FROM SILVER DEVELOPERS.

>> WELCOME. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? >> QUICK INTRODUCTION AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HERE. I'M HERE, I'M THE APPLICANT, AND HERE TO ANSWER IN QUESTION ES A I BOUT THE METHODIST STREET PROJECTS. THANKS. >> ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY SIGNUPS, SO AT THE TIME, I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AND BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. COLLEAGUES, ARE TERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> GOOD EVENING. SO JUST A FEW TO FOLLOW-UP ON SOME THINGS.

THE FIRST ONE IS THAT YOU HAVE SAID AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO, AGAIN, THE OPTION OF PROFFERING A BUS PAD OR SHELTER ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH MAYA AN BOULEVARD. THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT CAME TO STAFF. DID Y'ALL HAVE ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT? >> NO FURTHER CONVERSATION AT STAFF BUT AT THAT MEETING WE DECLINED THE BUS SHELTER TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT BU UH WE DID AGREE TO NAY UHTIVE PLANTINGS TO BE ADDED. >> YES, I SAW THE NATIVE

PLANTINGS SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK AGAN, ARE YOU WILLING TO PROFFER BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WOULD GO BACK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT MIGHT BE AFFORDABLE IN YOUR PROJECT, UM, SO I'M JST GOING TO ASK AGAIN, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ZONING REQUEST THAT'S COMING NEXT THAT'S A SMALLER DEVELOPMENT AND THEY ARE OFFERING A BUS PAD AND A FEW OTHER THINGS AS WELL. SO DID Y'ALL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO THERE WOULD BE AFFORDABLE. >> WE DID AND WITH ONLY 15 UNITS WE FELT IT WOULD NOT BE AFFORDABLE FOR US TO DO. >> UM... THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN YOUR PROJECT AS, UM K AS OFFERED AT THIS TIME. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A SMALL NUMBER OF HOUSING, AGAIN, AND SO POTENTIALLY IT'S DIFFICULT TO DESIGNATE ANY HOUSING AS AFFORDABLE, I THINK YOU STATED THAT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL, BUT, ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE A COMPARABLE ONE-TIME E

DONATION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS FOR NOT HAVING ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN YOUR PROJECT? >> I MEAN I'D HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT WITH THE OWNER. I'M HIS REPRESENTATIVE HERE TONIGHT BUT I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS WITHOUT DISCUSSING WITH HIM FIRST. >> ARE YOU NOT ABLE TO MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS TONIGHT WITHOUT HIM BEING HERE?

>> HE IS HERE, BUT -- >> HE IS HERE. >> WE WON'T PREPARED TO DISCUSS IT, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS AT THIS TIME. >> UM, WELL THAT WOULD BE OF O INTEREST TO ME IF Y'ALL WANTED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WE'RE GENERALLY SEEING ABOUT 5% OF UNITS COMING FORWARD WITH ACTUAL AFFORDABILITY AS DEFINED AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE STTED THAT THE TOWN HOUSES MIGHT BE MORE AFFORDABLE JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR STRUCTURE BUT WE'RE TALKING A ABOUT THE 80% AMI AFFORDABLE.

WE'VE BEEN SEEING 5% OR SO WICH WAS FOR YOUR PROJECT WOULD BE ONE UNIT SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT, AND ALSO POTENTIAL DONATION TO THE DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL. AND THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I REMIND US BE VERY CAREFUL WITH OUR COMPELLING -- I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE PUSHING IT TRYING TO GET SOME THINGS, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE CAREFUL ON HOW CLOSE WE GET TO, UM, SOLICITING PROFFERS. >> OKAY. I'LL BE REALLY CLEAR, UM, THIS IS -- I'M JUST ASKING IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO POTENTIALLY PUT MONEY TOWARDS THE DEDICATED HOUSING FUND SUGGESTING IT AS SOMETHING THAT DOES COME FROM FRONT OF US WITH OTHER PROJECTS AND SINCE YOUR -- SINCE YOUR OWNER IS HERE, IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, THIS IS JUST A POLITE REQUEST THAT MAYBE ONE

COULD THINK ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES? >> I WANT TO SAY I HAD THE SAME CONCERNS AS COUNCIL MEMBER COOK.

>> THANK YOU. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHEN INFILL OPPORTUNITIES COME BEFORE US. YOU GOT A POSITIVE VOTE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I THINK IT WAS UNANIMOUS.

DO HAVE COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UP UM, CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF MATERIALS? WHAT TYPE OF GARAGES, NO GARAGES? WHAT TYPE OF SQUARE FOOTAGE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AND BASED UPON YOUR IT'S NOT A PERFECT SCIENCE BUT WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE PRICE POINTS BEING FOR THESE TOWNHOMES? >> AT THIS POINT ALL WE'VE DONE IS A TEXTUAL ZONING CHANGE COMMITMENT. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR IN THE DESIGN PROCESS YET IN TERMS OF MATERIALS, SQUARE FOOTAGE,

PRICING. THAT WILL ALL HAPPEN, OF COURSE, BUT WE'RE TAKING IT IN STEPS SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THE REZONING APPROVED FIRST WHICH HOPEFULLY WE WILL, TONIGHT, AND THN WE'LL MOVE ON TO PHASE II WHICH IS SITE DESIGN AND THE SIZE OF THE UNITS. -- AND PRICE, YEAH. >> TELL ME A ABOUT SILVER.

ARE YOU IN RALEIGH? UH YOU FOLK ARE LOCAL, RIGHT? >> CARY. >> HOW LARGE?

ARE YOU A MULTIBILLION DOLLARS, MULTINATIONAL? >> NOT IN THE BILLIONS, BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE BUILT OVER 100 HOMES IN THE TRIANGLE AREA. WE'RE $5 MILLION GROSS COMPANY A YEAR, REVENUE. >> OKAY.

AND YOU SAID YOUR HEADQUARTERS IN RALEIGH? >> CARY. >> CARY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, WE -- OUR VALUES AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE WELL KNOWN AS A CITY. UM, YOU DID HOWEVER MANAGE TO

GET A YES FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY SUSPICION IS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS THE TYPE OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO KEEP FIDELITY WITH OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY BUT I'M GOING LISTEN TO SOME MORE OF MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL ON THIS PROJECT. I AM GRATEFUL FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND THIS DOES SEEM CONSISTENT WITH TE TRAJECTORY OF THE AREA, BUT I'M GOING LISTEN SOME MORE. THANK YOU, MR.

MAOR. >> YOU MENTION YOU HASN'T SELECTED MATERIALS, BUT YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T AFFORD A PAD; HOW DOES THAT WORK? >> ANY TIME YOU HAVE THIS PROJECT THAT'S THIS SMALL, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL BUDGET TO DO TO STAY COMPETITIVE WITH OTHER HOMES AND NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA. I KNOW THOSE HOMES MARKET FOR AND WHAT WE CAN BUILD THEM FOR, SO, UM, YOU KNOW THAT'S HOW -- >> CAN YOU SAY WHAT THEY MARKET

FOR? >> PRICEWISE? >> MM-HMM. >> 4-6 HUNDRED RANGE.

>> COST-WISE TO BUILD? >> LESS THAN THAT, OF COURSE, WE'RE IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY. >> YOU MENTIONED THAT THE OWNER IS HERE? >> YES.

>> ARE THEY GOING STEP UP TO THE MIKE? >> THEY CAN IF YOU'D LIKE. >> THAT'D BE GREAT. >> MR.

KING. -- MR. SING. MR.

SING. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. >> WELCOME. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOING 15 TOWNHOMES AT 4-6 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A PIECE?

>> YES, MA'AM. >> AND YOU HAVEN'T QUTE FIGURED OUT WHAT MATERIALS YOU'LL BE USING, BUT THERE'S NO CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE PAD, FUNDING FOR DPS, OR AFFORDABLE UNITS COULD BE INCLUDED. >> MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE HERE [LOW ADIO]. THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE TO BUILD THIS PROJECT, SO HE'S GOING TO HELP ME TO DESIGN OTHER THINGS THEN WE KNOW WHAT WE GOING TO PUT IN THERE.

WE CAN TRY TO PUT BEST WE CAN DO. >> OKAY. AND SO YOU'RE RELYING ON HIS JUDGMENT AROUND THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY. >> YES, MA'AM.

THIS IS MY FIRST PROJECT. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I CAN DONATE $5,000 FOR YOUR SCHOOL. BEST I CAN OFFER. >> YOU CAN DO $5,000 FR THE SCHOOLS IS WHAT I HEARD.

>> RIGHT. BEST WE CAN DO. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> SORRY, WITH THAT AN OFFICIAL PROFFER FOR $5,000 TO DURHAM

PUBLIC SCHOOLS? >> YES. >> THANK YOU, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER.

>> AND SO JUST COMING BACK -- REMIND ME OF YOUR NAME AGAIN? >> VINCE. >> HE'S RELYING ON YOUR JUDGMENT AROUND THESE COSTS, AND HAVE YOU DONE A PROJECT IN DURHAM BEFORE? I E HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER COOK SAY YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING.

>> I'VE DONE A FEW SMALLER ONES IN DURHAM, YEAH. >> SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE'VE HAD PROFFERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AN SCHOOLS AND POSSIBLY LIKE BUS PADS; BUT YOU DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT? >> YES. SORRY.

TO CLARIFY I'VE DONE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN DURHAM. I HAVE NOT DONE -- >> MULTIUNIT -- >> MULTIUNIT PROJECT WHERE WE'VE HAD TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND THIS PROCESS. SO, YEAH. FIRST TIME IN DURHAM DOING THAT.

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PROFFER AND I

JUST WANT TO REMIND MY UH COLLEAGUES, A, PROFFERS ARE VOLUNTARY. B, THERE HAVE BEEN -- TRYING TO THINK -- WE'VE HAD A FEW CASES WHERE WE'VE HAD 50-80 UNITS THAT HAVE OFFERED LARGER AMOUNTS TO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. I HONESTLY CAN'T THINK OF ONE THAT WAS UNDER 20 UNITS. IF WE'RE GOING TO SAY WE WANT SMALLER BUILDERS THAT ARE DOING IN FILL PROJECTS, THOSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS, THEY JUST DON'T.

IT'S A HUGE RISK FOR A FIRST-TIME PERSON TO PROBABLY PUT MAYBE MONEY THAT THEY'VE SAVED IN RETIREMENT OR SOMETHING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND WE HAVE TO CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM BECAUSE THE OTHER OPTION IS THEN IT IS THE LARGE PULTE HOMES. SO THE PULTE HOMES CAN OFFER A LOT, THEY HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. P THEY HAVE A NATIONAL REACH. THEY HAVE, UM, A LOT MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. I UH APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT

SHARING THAT HE'S ONLY DONE BY-RIGHT DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PROCESS THAN COMING BEFORE COUNCIL AS TO DO A REZONING, AND SO E WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TO OFFER GRACE WHEN WE HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN WE HAVE SOMEBODY WELL MAYBE NOT IN DURHAM, THEY'RE 20 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD IN CARY WANTING TO DO SMALL INFILL PROJECTS. THESE ARE... WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT ALL LEVELS IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE COMMITMENT OF SHARED ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, THAT MEANS LOTS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE RISKING PROBABLY A LOT OF SAVINGS AND DOING THIS KIND OF WORK. AND THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE AND A LITTLE BIT OF FORGIVENESS THAT THEY DIDN'T VET IT JUST SO THEIR FIRST TIME APPROACHING US AND THAT THY MAY NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO DO IT. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY UH HAVE BAD PEOPLE. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD B

BELY SURLILY WITH THEM. WE SHOULD NOT BE TURNING OUR NOSES. THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I MY INTENTION IS NOT TO BE SURLY OR TO TURN MY NOSE UP AT Y'ALL.

I KNOW THAT YOU WERE ASKED THESE QUESTIONS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND SO -- AND WE DO HAVE A SMALL DEVELOPMENT COMING UP -- IT'S NOT THIS DEVELOPER SO MY APOLOGIES IF THAT WAS UNCLEAR BUT OUR LITERAL NEXT ZONING PROPOSAL IS FEWER UNITS ALSO INFILL AND HAS PROFFERS, SO THAT WAS THE LINE OF MY QUESTIONS, UM, AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING BEFORE US. I KNOW THAT ITS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO, AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS OUR JOB TO ASK Y'ALL HARD QUESTIONS SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE ALL ARE GETTING THE BEST PROJECT WE CAN POSSIBLY GET FOR DURHAM. SO I DO APPRECIATE THE INFILL AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I

ASK QUESTIONS AND IT IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON ANYONE HERE AND I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO BE INSINUATED OTHERWISE. THANK YOU. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YEAH, SOMETIMES I LIKE THE DEVELOPER THAT'S COMING FORWARD, SOMETIMES VI ISSUES BUT WE ALWAYS NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ON ACHIEVING THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME FOR THE PEOPLE OF DURHAM AND THAT NEEDS TO REMAIN OUR FOCUS AS WE'RE UP UH HERE. THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT ARE THERE TRADE-OFFS THAT PROVIDE A PUBLIC GOOD TO THE THAT ARE CONSTITUENT TO THE PEOPLE O DURHAM? I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR ME. FOR ME, I THINK THS IS AN IMPORTANT AREA THE COMP PLAN CALLS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA, AND SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I WOULD NOT CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE UH, IT

JUST MEANS THAT I NEED TO HAVE A GOOD JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE ANY PARTICULAR PROPOSAL AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S COMMENTS THIS FAR. >> THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL.

I SAID I WANTED TO LISTEN TO MY COLLEAGUES AND I'VE LISTENED. I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS ONE RIGHT. MR. SING, IF I MIGHT.

WHERE DO YOU LIVE? >>? IN CARY. >> ARE YOU A DEVELOPER?

HAVE YOU -- DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF LAND OR BIG HUGE -- >> NO, NO, I'M NOT BIG. THIS MY FIRST PROJECT AND I DO OWN GAS STATION, SHELL GAS STATION, THIS WHY I [INDISCERNIBLE] IN DOWNTOWN. MAIN STREET AND 54 SHELL GAS STATION, MOST GRAB AND GO MY

ONLY BUSINESS, I RUN MYSELF. SO THIS PROJECT I BOUGHT THIS LAND COUPLE YEARS AGO TO HAVE TO BUILD SOMETHING. >> ALL RIGHT. >> LIVE ON RETIRED LIFE.

>> I THINK, I THINK NOT ONLY IN LETTER BUT IN SPIRIT AS WELL, PART OF WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMPELS UH U TO DO IS TO LOOK FR OPPORTUNITIES TO EMPOWER FOLK WHO -- I MEAN WE DON'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE ONLY FOLK THAT CAN AFFORD TO ABIDE BY THE COMP PLAN ARE MULTINATIONAL COMP RATIONS. THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I VOTED FOR THE COMP PLAN BUT TO ALSO EMPOWER LOCAL FOL. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I'VE SAT ON THIS DAIS AND LISTENED TO A LOT OF MACHINATIONS WITH MUCH LARGER DEVELOPERS, GOT THEM TO OFFER OFFERINGS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, SCHOOL, AND FOLKS STILL VOTED AGAINST IT, SO YOU'RE IN GOOD COMPANY WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. BUT I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS RIGHT. THIS IS INFILL DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S A SMALL PROJECT BUT A PROJECT GO AND I THINK HAVING A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF THE WHEREWITHAL AND CAPABILITIES AND THE ARSENALS OF MULTINATIONAL, MULTIBILLION DOLLARS CORPORATIONS RELATIVE TO A SMALLER DEVELOPER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO, DON'T ACCIDENTALLY ICE THOSE VOICES OUT IN SEARCH OF MAINTAINING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, NOT ORDINANCE, BUT PLAN, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY, I MEAN COULD BE ARGUED THAT NOT APPROVING AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT NOT MAKING ALL PROFFERS WE WANT THAT COULD BE ARGUED THAT THAT'S OUT OF STEP WITH THE COMP PLAN AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY I LISTEN TO ALL VOICES AND TRY AND WHITTLE DOWN MY DIVISION. GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPER, GIVEN THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION, GIVEN THAT IT IS INFILL, UM, GIVEN THAT WE NEED HOUSING, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL. I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS ON RIGHT.

I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO DO THE SAME. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY WIFE AND I SELL CHICKEN FAR A LIVING. I HAVE TO MAKE PAYROLL. THEY LOOK AT ME AND MCDONALD'S AND THINK IT'S THE SAME. THE GRAY HAIRS IN MY BEARD IS NOT FOR BEING MAYOR, IT'S FOR MAKING PAYROLL. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE QUESTIONS. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT IT RESINATES WITH ME THAT I DON'T WANT TO SET THE TONE TO DISCOURAGE DEVELOPERS LIKE YOURSELF, AND I KNOW THERE'S A CONNOTATION WHEN YOU SAY THE WORD DEVELOPER THERE'S SOME RICH OLD GUY WHO, WHO'S TRYING TO MAKE MONEY ON THE BACKS OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE -- THAT'S WHAT

I USUALLY I HEAR. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A CHANCE AND GOING INTO THIS FIELD TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT SOMEONE IN THIS CITY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. IT DOES GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, I WILL SAY, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOESN'T -- WE DON'T GO OUT AND BUILD HOUSING. WE RELY ON FOLKS LIKE YOU TO COME IN HERE AS AN APPLICANT AND WE TRY TO SQUEEZE THE ORANGE AS MUCH AS WE CAN BUT IT'S YOU ALL WHO ARE BUILDING IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE WHOLE POLICE THING, DEFUND THE POLICE BUT WE NEED TO CALL THEM WHEN WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY.

IT'S LIKE WE HATE DEVELOPERS BUT WE NEED HOUSING SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU -- NO IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN BUT IT'S A GUIDING DOCUMENT, SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE INFILL. THIS IS SOMETHING WE SAID WE NEED. SOMETHING WE WANT.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT TO IT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE RISK. >> YES, SIR, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

LY BE SUPPORTING THIS. -- I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. >> THANK UH YOU UH. >> ALL RIGHT.

WITHOUT ANYMORE COMMENTS -- >> JUST ONE. >> YEAH. >> JUST WANT TO JUST UM, SAY VERY CLEARLY, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE HATE FOR DEVELOPER COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM BUT I DO WANT TO BE VERY CLAR, FOLLOWING UP ON PLANNING COMMISSION QUESTIONS AND ASKING DEVELOPERS FOR PROFFERS WE NORMALLY RECEIVE IS NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY CASE, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE NOT SPEWING NEGATIVITY OUT THAT'S NOT HERE SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE AND IN LIGHT OF THE COMMENTS WE MADE ABOUT THE WAY WE TALK, SO JUST TRY TO THINK MORE POSITIVELY ABOUT THE --

>> YOU KNOW I'M ALWAYS POSITIVE. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SMILE, TOO. NO, I'M JUST SPEAKING HISTORICALLY.

YEP, I'M GOING TO LEAVE NIT THE ATMOSPHERE. WE GOING TO SPEAK POSITIVELY TONIGHT AS WE SPEAK TRUTH SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 126). >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 6-1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RIST VOTING NO. >> THANK YOU.

S. SEC. 160D-605. >> MOVED TO ADOPT CONSISTENCY.

>> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE.

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. GO GET THE PROPERTY AND COME AND GOOD DEVELOPER.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM. 40. ZONING MAP CHANGE - 1606 AND 1608 EAST CORNWALLIS ROAD.

READY FOR THE STAFF REPORT. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. I AM PEYTON BURGESS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. 98 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 1606 AND

1608 EAST CORNWALLIS ROAD. THE CURRENT ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-20. 205. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES TO ALLOW UP TO TEN TOWNHOUSE UNITS.

THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. 205 ZONING IS GENERALLY INCONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPE. IF THE PROPOSED ZONING IS APPROVED, STAFF RECOMMENDS A CHANGE TO THE PLACE TYPE MAP TO DESIGNATE THE PROPERTY AS APARTMENT AND TOWNHOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU.

STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE STAFF REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS OR TECHNICAL COMMENTS FOR STAFF?

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU UH THINK YOU'LL NEED? MADAM CLERK, FIVE MINUTES, PLEASE.

>> I'LL BE BRIEF. IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING. >> I HOPE SO. BUT TAKE YOUR TIME. >> OKAY.

GOOD EVENING. I'M PAM PORTER WITH TMTLA ASSOCIATES. THANK YOU, BROOK, FOR THE OVERVIEW. 205 FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO TEN TOWNHOME UNITS.

EXCUSE ME. SOME OF YOU WHO WERE ON COUNCIL BACK 2022 MAY RECALL THAT THE PREVIOUS ZONING CASE FOR THIS LOT WAS DENIED BY E BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. AT THE TIME THE FLUM CALLED THIS OUT AT COMMERCIAL. REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM RS-20 TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL. THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AT THE TIME WAS THERE THE PARCEL MAY BE BETTER SUITED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE DUE TO LOCATION AND SCALE AS WELL AS PROXIMATE SEMITY TO RESIDENTIAL LOT LOCATED NEXT DOOR. THAT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY IS A

RESIDENTIAL LOT CONTAINING A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSE AND SIT WORTH NOTING THAT THE HOUSE SITTING ABOUT 12 FEET FROM SHARED PROPERTY LINE SO ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE IMPACTFUL IN NEGATIVE WAY TO RESIDENTS OF THAT LOT. AFTER HEARING COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS, PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL T OWNER DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANGE OF DIRECTION AND A STEP BACK AND APPLY FOR RESIDENTIAL ZONING. AS NOTED IN THE STAFF PRESENTATION WE'RE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE PLACE-TYPE MAP WHICH IS CURRENTLY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE. AFTER THE COMMENTARY OF THE INITIAL ZONING REQUEST, IT SEEMED THIS PARCEL WOULD BE GETTER SUITED TO HAVE THE PAY APARTMENT AND TOWNHOME NEIGHBORHOOD PLCE-TYPE MAP DESIGNATION. WE HAD TWO NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS FOR THIS ON MAY 2024 AND MARCH 2025 AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE NEIGHBOR WHO LIVED AT 1604 EAST CORNWALLIS ROAD SAID OUR FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING HE SUPPORT THIS IS REQUEST AND HE WAS PREVIOUSLY AGAINST THE COMMERCIAL ZONING. AND THEN OTHER THAN A NEIGHBOR

AT THE SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ASKING ABOUT TRAFFIC IMPACT WHICH IS FAIRLY MINUTE MA'AM, WE WERE NOT MET WITH MUCH OPPOSITION AT ALL BY THE NEIGHBORS. I'M GOING TO QUICKLY HIGH LIGHT TEXT COMMITMENTS. WE'RE COMMITTING TO MAXIMUM OF TEN UNITS AND THEY'LL BE TOWNHOMES. IF IT'S DEEMED NECESSARY AT SITE PLAN T TRANSIT STOP ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THE SITE WILL BE UPGRADED TO A GO DURHAM, GOTRIANGLE STANDARD WITH A BUS PULLOUT AND CONCRETE PAD AND BUS SHELTER.

AT THIS TIME WE DON'T KNOW IF THE TRANSIT STOP IS STAYING IN FRONT OF OUR FRONTAGE OR MOVING. IF IT'S MOVING WE'RE TO THE GOING BUILD THE BUS STOP BUT IF IT STAYS WE'LL COMMIT TO THAT AND BUILD BUS STOP UP TO STANDARDS. A DONATION TO DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS BEING PROFFERED FOR A THOUSAND DOLLARS. A E DONATION TO THE DEDICATED HOUSING FUND IS PROFFERED FOR $5,000, AND NATIVE PLANTINGS AS DEFINED IN THE LANDSCAPE MANUAL WILL BE USED FOR ALL REQUIRED LANDSCAPING. THE OWNERER OF THIS PROPERTY IS A LOCAL DURHAM RESIDENT. HE'S NOT AN OUT OF TOWN

DEVELOPER COMING TO DURHAM DEVELOPING AND LEAVING. HE'S GOT A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS COMMUNITY. HE'S BEEN HERE, HE WANTED TO BE HERE AND WANTS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT FOR HIS COMMUNITY AND DO RIGHT BY THE FOLKS OF DURHAM. WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE UDO, URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND WE DID RECEIVE UNANIMOUS APPROVING AT PLANNING COMMISSION ON APRIL 8TH.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. I'M GLAD YOU PUT EXTRA TIME ON THE CLOCK AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. I DN'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AND BACK BEFORE THE CUNCIL. COLLEAGUES. YEP. >> ONE BRIEF QUESTION WHICH IS THAT, UM, Y'ALL ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR A BUS PAD OR SHELTER PULLOUT IF IT'S DEEMED NECESSARY BY JUST NOT ADJACENT TO THE TWO PARCELS; IS THAT RIGHT? >> SO IN OUR CONVERSATIONS DURING THE REVIEW OF THIS, WE'RE NOT SURE -- GO DURHAM IS NOT

SURE IF THE BUS STOP IS GETTING MOVED. IT'S LIKELY GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY, BUT IF IT'S MOVED AND IT'S -- WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO MOVE, TO WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS EASEMENT ACQUISITION THAT'S NEEDED OR ANY OF THAT STUFF THAT WE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMMITTING TO SOMETHING IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING BUT IT'S F IT'S ALONG OUR FRONTAGE THAT WILL BE UPGRADED TO THE CURRENT STANDARD. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I LOVE THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROJECT. I THINK YOU'VE LISTENED TO RESIDENTS, FLEXED THIS PROJECT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES, CLIENT. I LOVE THE FACT YOU'LL DO THE BUS P PULL DOWN AND SHELTER IF DEEMED NECESSARY.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE BIKE AND PED ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THEY ALL THE TIME PROVIDE COMMENTS ON EVERY PROJECT AND A LOT OF TIMES NO ONE'S LISTENING SO I APPRECIATE YOU LSTEN THAT AND OFFERING THAT IF DOT DEEMS THAT NECESSARY. I KNOW YOU'RE A SMALL DEVELOPMENT BUT I APPRECIATE THE CONTINUE DUGS TO DPS AND DEDICATED HOUSING FUND SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. OTHER COMMENTS? AT THIS TIME -- THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. 205. >> MOVED AS RED. >> SECOND.

>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOLT. -- VOTE.

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. S. SEC.

160D-605. >> MOVED TO ADOPT CONSISTENCY. >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 7-0.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD DEVELOPER. COME BACK AGAIN. ALL RIGHT.

41. ZONING MAP CHANGE - 401 EAST LAKEWOOD AVENUE. READY FOR THE STAFF REPORT. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING.

I AM PEYTON BURGESS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. 65 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 401 EAST LAKEWOOD AVENUE AND 600 FAYETTEVILLE STREET. THE CURRENT ZONING IS DOWNTOWN DESIGN SUPPORT-1 AND DOWNTOWN DESIGN SUPPORT-2. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CHANGE THIS DESIGNATION TO DOWNTOWN DESIGN CORE THROUGH A GENERAL REZONING.

THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED DOWNTOWN ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. THE PROPOSED DOWNTOWN DESIGN DISTRICT CORE ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPE. THANK YOU.

STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANKING YOU. APPLICANT. YOU'VE HEARD THE STAFF REPORT, ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

YEP. >> THANK YOU. >> APPLICANT CAN COME ON UP IF THEY'RE IN THE ROOM. >> ONE QUESTION WHICH IS THAT AT THIS PLANNING COMMISSION IN APRIL THERE WERE 215 COMMENTS ON EXPLORER; DO WE HAVE AN UPDATED NUMBER OF THAT OR CAN YOU GET THOSE WHILE WE'RE?

>> I CAN GO CHECK AND PULL IT IN REALTIME RIGHT NOW IF YOU'D LIKE. >> THAT'D BE GREAT. >> I'LL GO PULL THOSE NUMBERS AND HAVE THAT BACK FOR YOU. >> ANY OTHER?

GO AHEAD. >> JUST IN GENERAL, WITH THE HEIGHT OF 175 FEET, I JUST WANTED NO KNOW WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM. -- IN THE CURRENT DESIGNATION OF THE --

>> IT'S IN THE UDO. >> BUT AT 175 FEET SEEMS PRETTY SPECIFIC. >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CONTEXT OF THAT NUMBER IS. I WOULD LOOK TO MAYBE MY SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LITTLE LONGER THAN I AND HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM IN THE UDO IF THEY HAVE THE ORIGINATION FROM THAT.

>> LOVE WHEN Y'ALL LOOK BACK WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. [LAUGHTER] GO AHEAD. >> SARA YOUNG WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME SINCE THAT WAS AGAINED SO IDON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE RATIONALE WAS AS A PERSON WHO WORKED ON THAT PRODUCT I DO KNOW IT WAS INTENDED TO BE TIERED. THE VARIOUS SUB DISTRICTS. SO IT'S A SERIES OF TH HIGHEST CORE STEPPING DOWN TO SUPPORT ONE AND THEN DOWN TO SUPPORT TWO, BUT THAT WAS MORE THAN, I

THINK T ORIGINAL WAS IN 2010, SO 15EARS AGO I WOULD HAVE TO DIG WAY BACK TO FIND OUT THE RATIONALE. >> YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME RIGHT NOW. [LAUGHTER] >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR TECHNICAL COMENTS? OKAY.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. HOW MUCH TIME DO UH YOU THINK YOU UH NEED? >> UM, LESS THAN SIX MINUTES. >> OKAY.

EIGHT MINUTES, PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M JAMIE SCHWEDLER WITH PARKER POE ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. THE CASE THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER THAN THIS COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A GENERAL USE REZONING SEEKING DOWNTOWN DESIGN DISTRICT CORE IN AN AREA THAT'S BEEN AFFECTED BY 147 AND LOTS OF EMOTION. BUT IT'S ALSO BECAUSE IT'S STRAIGHT AN IN ALIGN WITH ALL OF THE APPLICABLE PLANNING

POLICIES FROM THE COMP PLAN. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PLACE-TYPE MAP IN EVERY DAY, WAY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDANCE THAT THIS PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS PUT FORTH FOR DOWNTOWN ZONINGS WHICH IS A GENERAL USE REZONING WITHOUT A GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN BUT IT'S ASO UNIQUE BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR INVESTMENT IN AN AREA THAT WE SAID TONIGHT HAS HAD A SERIES OF DISINVESTMENTS ALONG THE WAY AND YOU HAVE A DEVELOPER STEPPING FORWARD TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO LISTEN. WE'VE INCORPORATED REQUESTS INTO OUR DESIGN AND PRIVATE RESTRICTIONS WE'RE WILLING TO PLACE ON THE LAND THT ARE SEPARATE BUT IMPORTANT. HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR THREE YEARS. MORE THAN ANY OTHER CASE YOU'VE CONSIDERED ON THIS DAIS AND WE E BROUGHT FORWARD SERIOUS COMMITMENTS WE'RE WILLING TO WORK FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S RESULTING FROM 50 STAKE HOLDER MEETINGS WITH HAYTI LEADERS OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS TWO YEARS OF WHICH WE DIDN'T EVEN THINK WE NEEDED A REZONING AND NOW WE DO BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT.

WE'VE WORKED WITH THIS COMMUNITY. WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND WE'VE TRIED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO ALLEVIATE THOSE. WE'VE APPRECIATED THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ON EACH OF THOSE ISSUES. EVEN THOUGH I STAND BY ALL OF THAT WORK AND AL OF THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SET PRES SENT WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS WANTED TO SEE FROM EVERY DEVELOPER WE'RE WILLING TO CONTINUE THE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO WORK TOWARDS THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WHICH I BELIEVE IS AUGUST 4TH AND CONTINUE THE CASE AND COME BACK THEN AND PRESENT WHAT I SHOP A FINAL COMPROMISE FROM VERY NARROW ISSUES THAT HAVE NOW BEEN PRESENTED THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS A BETTER COMPROMISE WITH THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THOSE THREE YEARS OF ENGAGE PMENT I'LL PAUSE THERE AND WE CAN SEEK THAT CONTINUANCE IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.

>> ARE YOU OFFICIALLY ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE TO A DATE CERTAIN OF AUGUST 4TH. >> IF THERE'S ROOM ON THE AGENDA, YES. >> UM, YEAH, OKAY.

>> ACANE WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THERE CAN BE ROOM ON AUGUST 4TH RIGHT NOW. YOU DO HAVE A ANOTHER -- WE DO HAVE PLANNED ANOTHER CASE THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY INTEREST ON TAT AGENDA AS WELL AS THE WLLTOWN SMALL AREA PLAN. WE COULD CERTAINLY MOVE THE WALLTOWN SMALL AREA PLAN TO AUGUST 18TH.

WE DO HAVE THREE CASES ON AUGUST 18TH BUT WE DON'T EXPECT ANY OF THOSE TO GARNER -- >> WE HAVE ROOM? >> WE CAN MAKE ROOM. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

COLLEAGUES? GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. I THINK IN LIGHT OF THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT'S BEEN AROUND THIS ISSUE FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WE'RE ALL AWARE WE ALL SPOKEN ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT FAYETTEVILLE STREET CORRIDOR AND HOW IMPORTANT HAYTI IS. WE'VE SAID IT FROM HERE, IN INTERVIEWS, IN BACKROOMS. IF WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT'S WILLING TO TALK LONGER AND THE

COMMUNITY THINKS THAT GOOD CAN TALK FROM TALKING LONGER I CERTAINLY WOULD SUPPORT CONTINUING THIS CASE TO GIVE FOLK -- YOU KNOW WE'VE CONTINUED CASES FOR FAR LES COMPELLING REASONS FROM THIS DAIS WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS SO I CERTAINLY WOULD BE OPEN TO HAVING COMMUNITY GIVING COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER THEIR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER. I THINK MORE TALKING IS BETTER. >> I JUST WANT TO ASK HOW MANY FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT FOLKS TOOK TIME TO BE HERE AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DO GET A CHANCE TO SAY THEIR PEACE.

[APPLAUSE] JUST MINDFUL THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK OUT AT THE NEXT MEETING. >> MR. MANAGER, IF I MIGHT, WHENEVER WE CONTINUE A CASE

THAT'S ALWAYS -- >> HOW MANY, JUST ASKING, HOW MANY? >> 25. >> THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE WHEN FOLKS SIGN FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. LISTEN, IF FOLK -- WE WANT TO HEAR AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS FOR FOLK TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER ENGAGE WITH THIS DEVELOPER.

MR. MAYOR, OBVIOUSLY YOU HOLD THE GAVEL, I'LL LISTEN TO FOLK TONIGHT BUT THAT'S NOTHING NEW WE CONTINUE A CASE IF FOLK HAVE SIGNED UP TONIGHT AND WE CONTINUE THE CASE. THANK YOU. >> I UNDERSTAND.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, HUGE SHOUTOUT AND THANK-YOU TO ALL OF THE ORGANIZING FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS RESULTED IN THIS REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE. IT SHOWS THAT THERE IS SERIOUS EFFORT GOING INTO THIS A AND

GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS ON THE SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IT IS ONLY RESULT IN BETTER OUTCOMES. I MEAN THAT POINT BLANK, IT CAN ONLY RESULT IN BETTER OUTCOMES. THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS IGNORED. THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES WHEN THERE'S JUST A YES OR NO OR AN UP OR A DOWN AND WHAT I AM SEEING AND HEARING -- AND I'VE ALSO BEEN HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS -- IS THAT THERE IS A DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE PROPOSAL THAT'S ON THE TABLE, UM, AND SO MY QUESTION IS I WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS BETWEEN NOW AND THE AUGUST MEETING, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON AROUND COMMUNITY BENEFITS. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT -- HOW ARE WE GOING -- HOW YOU ARE

THINKING ABOUT CODIFYING THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. >> UM, YES, SO I MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD BE -- BCAUSE THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE ZONING CASE AND REALLY DEALS WITH COMMUNITY ISSUES, IT WOULD BE A SERIES OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND A DECLARATION WE'D BE WILLING TO RECORD ASSUMING THIS IS APPROVED. WE'RE WORKING ON THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE PLAN WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THEN TO HAVE THOSE COMMUNITY LEADERS MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING THE OUTCOMES OF THAT BHFR WE COE BACK, BEFORE WE COME BACK ON O AUGUST 4TH IF THAT'S WILL OF THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ONLY TALKING TO THOSE LEADERS BUT THAT THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED SO HOPEFULLY NARROW THOSE ISSUES DOWN IN SHORT ORDER AND HAVE TIME TO GET BACK OUT. >> WAS THERE ANY EXPLORATION O OF A STATUTORY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT SOME POINT?

>> NO. UM, THE WAY THAT THE DOWNTOWN ZONING -- AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE HISTORY ON THIS THAN I DO, BUT THE WAY THE DOWNTOWN ZONING WAS PURSUED WAS WITH A GENERAL E REZONING AND WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT SOME OF THESE ISSUES WERE COMMUNITY ISSUES THAT WEREN'T TYPICAL PROFFERS, IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE TO PUT IT INTO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE RECORDED AGAINST THE LAND AND WE GOT COMFORTABLE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITH A SERIES OF DECLARATION F OF RESTRICTIVE NANTS BEING THE VEHICLE THE LAND OWN NOR WAS COMFORTABLE WITH. >> THT'S ALL VI FOR NOW. >> THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. >> THANKS. JUST TO CONFIRM ALSO SO IF THAT DOCUMENT WERE THEN SORT OF SIGNED FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL ON THE 4th, THAT DOCUMENT WOULD STAY WITH THE LAND, IT WOULD NOT -- IF YOU'RE CLIENT DECIDED TO SELL IT WOULD REMAIN WITH THE LAND, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. THAT'S THE WAY THE REST RESTRIC COVENANTS WORK. >> WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE THAT DOCUMENT? >> I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SHARING THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE IT COMPLETED YET SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WORK OUT COMPLETELY BEFORE I WOULD SHARE IT IN A FINAL FORM. >> AND DO YOU THINK YOU'D BE READY TO HAVE IT COMPLETED BEFORE AUGUST 4TH? >> YES. BUT WE WOULDN'T BE RECORDING IT UNLESS THE ZONING IS APPROVED.

>> UNDERSTAND THAT. I TINK FOR US SITTING UP HERE, IT'S A LITTLE SCARY TO HAVE THINGS WITH PRIVATE LAND OWNERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE ZONING, AND SO WE'RE NORMALLY DEALING WITH PROFFERS THAT ARE WE ARE ABLE TO ENSURE ARE LIKE LEGALLY FOLLOWED. >> FOR ME SEEING THAT DOUMENT AHEAD OF TIME WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> ABSOLUTELY.

IT DOES CONTAIN THINGS THAT ARE NOT TYPICAL BUT IT'S BINDING ON THE LAND JUST AS NOTED. >> AND I KNOW ON THE COUNCIL, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES PEOPLE SAID WHO'S COMMUNITY SO WHO ARE UH YOU TALKING TO AND WHO WOULD YOU BE NEGOTIATING WITH? [APPLAUSE] >> WE'VE MADE MULTIPLE ATEMPLES TO MEET WITH A HAYTI REBORN. I'VE NOT BEEN GIVEN A DATE DESPITE OFFERING TO DO THAT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND WE HAVE MET INSTEAD WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS INCLUDING THE FOUNDER OF HAYTI REBORN AS WELL AS SOME PROMINENT LEADERS A THAT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES BOTH WITH ISSUES THAT GROUP HAS RAISED AS WELL AS ISSUES THAT ST. MARK HAS RAISED. >> WHEN YOU SAY PROMINENT LEADER. J SENATOR McKISSICK WHO HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING HIS TIME TO HELP

COMMUNITY CRYSTALLIZE THEIR THOUGHTS. >> AND THE FOUNDER YOU'RE SPEAKING TO IS -- >> HENRY MCCOY. >> AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? >> THERE'S A GROUP OF FOLKS INVOLVED IN TAT INCLUDING CORAL WEB AND TERRENCE WHITE.

>> THANK YOU. >> AND WE'RE HAPPY, AS I SAID, WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE MEETING WITH ANYONE WHO'S WILLING TO GIVE US A DATE THAT YOU BE FORTUNATELY HAN BEEN DONE WITH EACH GROUP BUT OTHER THE COURSE OF THE THREE YEARS WE'VE MET WITH THEM WHETHER IN SMALL GROUPS, IN CHRCHES, LIVING ROOMS, AND WE'RE ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO DO THAT. WE APPRECIATE ANY HELP FACILITATING THOSE TYPES OF MEETING IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD. >> HAPPY TO HELP FACILITATE GETTING THAT MEETING TOGETHER.

>> GREAT. >> ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I NOTICE YOU DIDN'T MENTION ANY WOMEN SO I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. >> I'M BEEN DEALING DIRECTLY E WITH ANITA -- I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ANITA AND HAVE A SERIES 06 OVER 10 E-MAILS -- >> STOP, ONE SECOND.

IN THESE CHAMBERS WE WILL HAVE RESPECT. I WOULD NOT TOLERATE THE OUTBURSTS. NOT IN THESE CHAMBERS. WE ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

>> IF YOU'D BE WILLING TO COORDINATE A MEETING WITH ANITA WHO WE'VE OFFERED MANY TIMES, I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. >> NOT JUST HER, BUT, YES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I -- I WILL SUPPORT THE CONTINUANCE. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, UM, I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, AND JUST LIKE I DO EVERY OTHER CASE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU ALL IN SOME CASES TRYING TO FACILITATE SOME OF THE REQUESTS, AND USUALLY WHEN THERE'S A CONTINUANCE ON A PLOT OF LAND LIKE, OKAY, FINE.

THIS IS AS I STATED THREE YEARS AGO, THIS IS SENSITIVE LAND, AND I, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FOLKS THAT WE REVERE AS HISTORY MAKERS IN THIS CITY THAT LITERALLY UH RESIDED ON THAT LAND. THIS IS NOT JUST ANY OTHER PLT OF LAND. IS DURHAM'S HISTORY NO MATTER YOUR RACE, COLOR, CREED, WHATEVER, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DURHAM'S HISTORY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY. UM, I WILL BE -- AS I'VE LOOKED THROUGH THIS CASE, AS I'VE SPOKEN TO COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES AND SPOKEN WITH YOU ALL, UM, I HAVE BEEN READY TO PASS THIS CASE. I WAS READY TO VOTE FOR IT, BUT IF I HAE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE SAYING, LISTEN, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE YET AND YOU ALL ARE WILLING TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION, I HAVE RESPECT FOR YOU UH FOR THA. AND VI RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH, UM, I HAVEN'T LIKED EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN BUT DO APPRECIATE THE

WILLINGNESS TO ACTUALLY HAVE MORE DIALOGUE. AND I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE RESPECTFULLY, AND I, I'VE SAID THIS TO SOME O YOU ALL SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT IN PERSON. I'M ONLY ONE PERSON AND I'M THE MAYOR, I CANNOT GO TO EACH PERSON SO THEREFORE DO GO TO REPRESENTATIVES. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, COME TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, COME TOGETHER, SPEAK, AND ACTUALLY NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH ON WHAT IS HERE. Y'ALL NEIGH OUT WHEN YOU COME BACK HERE, WE'LL KWHAR THE CASE MAY BE THAT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE, I'LL SUPPORT THAT, BUT THIS, IT CAN'T BE, IT CAN'T BE THIS CONTENTIOUS THING BUT IT DOESN'T WORK GOOD FOR ANY OF US AND HAYTI IS A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN UNDERINVESTED IN FOR DECADES. IT WAS THIS COUNCIL THAT CHOSE TO SAY OR LAST COUNCIL THAT SAID WE'RE GOING TO PUT MONEY INTO

THIS COMMUNITY, $10 MILLION AND WE NEED TO BUILD ON THAT. SO WE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GOING TO DO THAT. WE GOT FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND I HOPE THAT DURING THESE DELIBERATIONS YOU CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT IT CAN'T BE -- WE DON'T LIKE THOSE FOLKS BUT, YEAH, LET'S COME TALK. YOU'RE NOT HERE TO LIKE ANYBODY, YOU'RE HERE TO FIND OUT A WAY TO GET THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THE HOPE THAT THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. I WILL HONOR YOUR REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE TONIGHT AND I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU ALL COME BACK, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE COMMITMENTS ARE, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE. SO, COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING THE POLL YOU ALL AT THIS POINT. YES.

>> I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD GET THAT NUMBER FROM STAFF THAT I'VE REQUESTED. >> MAYOR PRO TEM. >> 231.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LEAVE HERE MISSING SOMETHING. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER FOR ASKING WHAT HAPPENS AND COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN FOR OPERATIONALIZING COMMUNITY.

WE JUST ASKED A DEVELOPER WHO SHE'S TALKING TO, I COUNTED FIVE NAMES AND ONE ORGANIZATION. THERE ARE FOUR MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE IN HERE. SO YOU JUST HEARD WHO THEY'RE TALKING TO ON Y'ALL'S BEHALF. IF YOU NOT ROCKING WITH AUN OF THOSE FOLK OR THAT ORGANIZATION, YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT KNOWN BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE COME BACK HERE.

YOU JUST HEARD WHO THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THIS DEVELOPER IS SPEAKING TO. SO WE'RE LEAVING HERE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT AND THERE'S FAR MORE THAN FIVE OF Y'ALL SITTING HERE, SO, WHO'S VOICE IS REPRESENTING YOU? YOU HEARD THOSE NAMES. IF THOSE ARE THE NAMES, COOL, BUT IF WE NEED TO AUGMENT THAT

LIST OR ADD TO THAT LIS, NOW YOU HEARD RIGHT OUT LOUD WHO THEY'RE TALKING TO. IF WE NEED TO ADD THAT LIST PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN HAVE AS ROBUST A CONVERSATION AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN E-MAILS FROM FOLK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ISSUE AS WELL. E E-MAILS FROM BUSINESS OWNERS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT CORRIDOR SO I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND IT'S JUST ONE VOICE, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VOICE AND YOUR VIEWS ARE REFLECTED IN THIS CONVERSATION, AND IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR A NAME THAT REFLECTS YOUR VIEWS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD BETWEEN NOW AND YOUR NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. >> FREEMAN. >> I DID WANT TO JUST APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND STATING VERY PLAINLY HOW THIS COULD BE JUST VOTED ON THIS EVENING AND APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER'S WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE THE CASE, AND I DO WANT TO SAY VERY PLAINLY, I AM NO MAGIC MAKER AND I TEND TO JUST LISTEN, SO I'M

NOT TRYING TO NEGOTIATE ON BEHALF. IF THERE ARE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN A CONVERSATION, I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU SPEAK TO HENRY MCCOY, SENATOR McKISSICK, CARL WEB OR ANITA SCOTT -- IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SPEAKING TO THOSE PEOPLE -- AND TERRENCE WHITE. I KNOW THAT, UM, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AS HAS BEEN STATED A NUMBER OF TIME IS HISTORIC BUT IT'S ALSO IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO I'M VERY BIASSED ABOUT THIS AND SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR LIKE I AM IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM VOTING AGAINST HAYTI. THERE'S NOTHING COMING FROM THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS THAT IS GOING TO UH SUPPORT ANYTHING THE COMMUNITY'S NOT SUPPORTING AND THIS COMMUNITY IS EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN IN THIS ROOM AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND ENTERED COMMENTS, AND SO FOR ME BEING ABLE TO PULL WHOMEVER THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TO THE DEVELOPER INTO A ROOM IS UP TO YOU ALL.

SO AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION, NOT AN ARGUMENT, NOT A DEBTE, BUT ACTUALLY FIGURING OUT WHAT DIFFERENCES CAN BE MADE, UM, THAT CAN BE DOCUMENTED AND CODIFIED AS I KNOW I HEARD THE STATUTORY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AND DECLARATIONS. THOSE ARE TWO THINGS WE CAN WORK FROM VERY CLEARLY. IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE HOPING AND DREAMING FOR, I WANT THAT TO COME TO THE SIDE OF THIS CONVERSATION AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PULL THOSE THINGS IN ON THE SIDE OF THIS WORK BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. SO I'M OPEN TO SPENDING TIME ON IT.

IT WILL NOT BE THIS THIS WEEK,LY TELL YOU NOW. THE TWINS TURN 16 TOMORROW AND THEY HAVE THE REST OF THIS WEEK, BUT, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST 4TH, UM, DOING THIS WORK. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF MEETINGS AT ST. MARKS AND I KNOW THAT -- I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAY PRICHER BUT I KNOW THE PASTOR IS PROBABLY IN HERE SOMEWHERE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PASTORS THAT CAN BE HELPFUL.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU UH SAY DURHAM CAN, BE CONNECTED, HAYTI HERITAGE, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS AND I KNOW YOU HIRED A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOLK PERSON TO GET OR ORGANIZATION TO GET INVOLVED, BUT I DON'T THINK THREE MONTHS IS ENOUGH TIME, SO, I GRANT YOU, UM, GRACE AS A COLLEAGUE MENTIONED. THIS IS A LARGE PROJECT. IT'S GONG HAVE A HUGE IMPACT, AND THE FEAR IS HIGH, TRUST IS VERY LOW, YOU KNOW THIS ALRADY, AND WE CAN JUST MOVE FROM HERE TO THE NEXT STOP. >> AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SUGGEST WE'RE EXCLUDING REVERENT PRIJEN. WE'LL CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AND CONTINUE TO TALK TO HAYTI HERITAGE CENTER, WHEN WE'RE TALK BIGHT THE DECLARATION AN GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TERMS IT'S BEEN A SMALLER GROUP THAT'S REPRESENTING A LOT OF THINGS WE'VE TOLD THE COMMUNITY WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE DURING OUR THREE YEARS OF COMMUNITY WORK TWO OF WHICH THE ZONE

PROGRESS SESZ EVEN STARTED TO THE HESTERS WERE INCLUDED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM FOR TWO YEARS. SOME OF THOSE ISSUES CAN'T BE INCLUDED IN A DECLARATION BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THOSE OR EXCLUDING ANYONE. >> IF I DON'T SAY THIS PUBLICLY, IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, REACH EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO LEAN VERY HEAVILY ON THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROCLAIMS TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY T DURHAM COMMITTEE, AND KNOWING THAT TERRENCE AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS VERY CLOSELY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND SENATOR McKISSICK HAS STEPPED UP ALONG THE OTHERS, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE TEY DO CREATE SPACES WHERE BLACK FOLKS CAN TALK TO ONE ANOTHER THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ASIDE AND APART FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT'S JUST OPEN TO EVERYONE. AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, I'M THINKING I ENO THAT THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THAT MEET, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE

SURE THAT YOUR PULLING THOSE, PULLING THE CONVERSATION INTO WHERE CONVERSATIONS ALREADY HAPPEN. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME ARTISTIC SPACES LIKE THE CHURCH OF ARTS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ALREADY-EXISTING SPACES AND PLACES THAT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF NAME OUT LOUD THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN AND I WILL LEAN ON THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND FOLKS ONLINE WHO ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THIS. THANK YOU.

ALSO TNAACP, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE OTHERS, BUT, YEAH -- >> COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> LOTS MORE BUT I'LL SAVE THEM. >> ALL RIGHT. SAVE THM.

THERE IS HAYTI HEALING, HAYTI ONE VOICE, HAYTI ONE PROMISE, HAYTI REBORN, HAYTI REBORN JUSTICE MOVEMENT. A LOT OF HAYTIS AND WE'VE SAID A T LOVE NAMES TONIGHT. LET ME BE CLEAR. THE COUNCIL IS NOT DEEMING ANYONE A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY BUT I'M ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO PLEASE COME TOGETHER AS HAS BEEN

STATED AND HAVE TESE CONVENINGS SO THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT AMOUNT OF HOWEVER TIME UNTIL AUGUST 4TH. SO I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DR. MCCOY NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE PAYROLL FOR THE CITY BUT CONTINUE DOING THE COMMUNITY WORK. I DON'T WANT TO START KNIGHTING AND DEEMING ORGANIZATIONS. I WILL SAY THIS CASE IS SPECIAL SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY UH IN WHERE IT IS WHICH IS WHY I'M ACTUALLY ENTERTAINING HOW DEEP WE GO INTO THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE COLLEAGUES FOR DELVING INTO THIS AS WELL BUT I'LL SAY WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BEST SERVE THIS AREA OF DURHAM, DURHAM'S HISTORY. IT'S NOT JUST BLACK HISTORY, IT'S DURHAM'S HISTORY NO MATTER WHAT COLOR, RACE, OR CREED WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DURHAM'S HISTORY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AREA AND MANY OTHER AREAS BUT MAINLY

HERE, SO I HOPE WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. AGAIN, AND I WANTED TO SAY THIS ALSO: AND NO DISRESPECT TO YO ALL AS THE APPLICANT OR DEVELOPER, BUT YOU ALL CAN TELL THESE FOLKS ANYTHING YOU WANT AND YOU CAN RENEGE ON IT. [APPLAUSE] WHOA, I'M NOT ASKING FOR HANDCLAPS. THEY CAN SIT DOWN AND TELL YOU WHATEVER YOU WANT TO HEAR AND THEN THEY CAN RENEGE ON IT.

THE ONLY WAY THINGS ARE CODIFIED IS WHEN THEY COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. SO AS YOU ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH IN NEGOTIATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS, DON'T EXPECT SOMEONE GOING TO MAKE A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT WHILE SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU; THAT'S WHY YOU ELECTED US. WE ARE THE COMMUNITY'S REPRESENTATIVES. USE US. COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN JUST AGREED TO SIT DOWN -- AND I KNOW THREE YEARS AGO I REMEMBER Y'ALL GOING TO BE BUILDING ON SENSITIVE LAND AND THE MEETINGS

HAVE STARTED AND YOU MET WHEREVER REZONING IN DECEMBER THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAD TO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. - ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU SEE WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT; THIS IS SENSITIVE LAND, BUT DO KNOW TO THE COMMUNITY HERE, FAR, ABROAD, IT IS [INDISCERNIBLE] HERE. THE CONVERSATIONS CAN CAN HAPPEN, AGREEMENTS CAN HAPPEN BUT SIT NOT ORDINANCE, IT IS NOT LAW UNTIL IT IS RECORDED ON THIS RECORD, AND THAT IS WHY YOU ELECTED US, NO OTHER WAY, ALL RIGHT. O SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. MAKE SURE EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR AND I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'VE SPOKE TON SOME OF YOU ALL AND SAID THEY NEED TO MAKE A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT TO US FIRST. IT AIN'T HAPPENING, DON'T WORK THAT WAY.

THIS IS US LEARNING HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS AND HOW IT SHOULD WORK. ALL RIGHT. I'LL HONOR YOUR CONTINUANCE. COLLEAGUES, THUMBS UP?

ALL RIGHT. IT'S CONTINUED. >> THANK YOU. >> AUGUST 4TH.

COLLEAGUES, I HAVE A FEW OTHER ITEMS -- JUST COUPLE ITEMS. WE HAVE A -- WHOA -- IF YOU ARE LEAVING THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE TRY TO LEAVE AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST OUT OF HERE TOO, WE WANT TO COME WITH YOU. COLLEAGUES, BACK IN AUGUST, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR JULY DATE, MEETING DATE. AND WE SAID WE WOULD MOVE IT T THE GENERAL BUSINESS AGENDA AND WHEN WE DID THAT WE FORGOT WHAT WE SAID IN THE WORK SESSION AND WE SAID WELL WE CAN ADJUST IT LATER. WE NEVER ADUSTED IT. SO I NEED US TO MAKE A DECISION AND I'M PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE

THE JULY MEETING -- CANCEL THE JULY MEETING AND MOVE IT TO AUGUST 4TH WHERE WE WILL HAVE WORK SESSION AND ACTUAL COUNCIL MEETING IN THE SAME DAY. THIS IS WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR -- YEAH, YEAH. COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. >> I AM PLAYING WITH THAT BECAUSE I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN UNTIL THEN SO THAT WORKS FOR ME, BUT I WILL HAVE TO ASK FOR A -- I WILL HAVE TO REQUEST AN ABSENCE FOR THE WORK SESSION ON MONDAY.

>> YOU WANT TO DO THAT TONIGHT? >> YES. >> LET ME GET AN AGREEMENT. OKAY. SO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY DO ANY -- BEFORE WE TAKE THAT MOTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, LET ME HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO'S QUESTION. >> SO YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT WE MOVE THE WORK SESSION THAT WOULD

HAVE BEEN ON JULY 24th TO AUGUST 4TH? I JUST WANT T MAKE SURE. >> YEP. >> THEN WE WOULD HAVE NO MEETINGS -- >> NO MEETINGS IN JULY.

>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD. >> YEP. SO LET ME DO THIS -- QUESTION? >> SO, UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A WORK SESSION BETWEEN NOW AND IT'LL BE THE AUGUST 4TH.

>> I'LL SEE Y'ALL AT THE BULL'S GAME ON JULY 4TH, IT WILL BE AUGUST 4TH. ANOTHER QUESTION. >> CAN STAFF GIVE US THE AGENDA SOONER? SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET IT UNTIL -- DO NOT DO THAT TO US PLEASE. IF IF STAFF COULD GIVE US THE AGENDA BECAUSE I'S GOING TO BE A LONG DY AND SO I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE KI GET THROUGH THE AGENDA SINCE WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM THE WORK SESSION TO PASSING WHAT'S ON THE WORK SESSION JUST A COUPLE HOURS LATE PEPPER >> COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO IS ASKING FOR AGENDA ON HER

VACATION? [LAUGHTER] >> WE'LL RELAY THAT TO STAFF AND MAKE SURE WE DO OUR BEST. I WOULD IMAGINE GIVEN THAT WE ALREADY HAD RLIER DEAD LINES FOR THE AGENDA PROCESS THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. M.

>> SO MOVED. >> THUMBS UP OR VOTE? >> TAKE A VOTE. >> WE DON'T HAE A MOTION BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A TIE YET.

>> I'M GOING TO RESCIND THIS. M. M.? DO Y'ALL WANT TO DO MORNING AND THEN TAKE A BREAK AND THEN GO TO EVENING OR WANT TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH?

>> PREFER MORNING. >> NINE? TEN? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, LET ME ENTERTAIN THIS MOTION FOR THE RECORD.

M. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND IS. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. M.

>> NO. I'M COMING WITH HER -- >> IT'S BEEN MOVED. >> SECOND. >> YOU GOING TO BE HERE THAT NIGHT.

>> I UH WILL. I'M STARTING MY NEW JOB ON AUGUST 4TH SO I CAN'T COMMIT TO THE MORNING. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T GET A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED T PROVIDING EXCUSED ABSENCE OF WORK SESSION ON

M. FOR COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. ALL RIGHT.

AND I NEED TO GET AN EXCUSED ABSENCE -- NEVER MIND, I'LL BE BACK. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, IN LIGHT OF THAT MOVE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL WHEN YOU DO RECEIVE THE AGENDA IF YOU HAVE EARLY QUESTIONS ON THAT PROCESS, MABE MORE IMPORTANT WITH THE MOVE, JUST TO GIVE STAFF THOSE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED. JUST BECAUSE IF THOSE QUESTIONS DON'T COME UP UNTIL THE WORK SESSION, WE MAY HAVE LESS TIME BETWEEN THE WORK SESSION AND THE EVENING ADOPTION MEETING TO GET THOSE ANSWERED. SO THE EARLIER YOU HAVE THOSE DO US, THE BETTER PREPARED WE'LL BE AT WORK SESSION TO ADDRESS THEM.

>> COLLEAGUES, MY LAST COMMENT IS I JUST WANT YOU NOT ONLY TO BE VIGILANT BUT JUST BE SAFE CONSIDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MINNESOTA. MELVIN CARTER T MAYOR OF ST. PAUL CALLED ME AN HOUR AFTER THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED THE SECOND ONE THAT THEY FOUND AND WHAT WE DO IS NT AN EASY JOB AS

MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW. I'VE HAD MY ISSUES OF VANDALISM AND CAR BREAK-INS AND THREATS, SOME OF YOU ALL E-MAILED, PLEASE BE SAFE AND AWARE OF SURROUNDINGS, AND YEAH JUST KEEP YOUR ANTENNAS UP. YES. >> I UH JUST WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE GARRETT FAMILY, MR.

DENNIS GARRETT OF LOVE AND RESPECT PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH FOLKS SO THAT THEY KNOW AND OFFER SUPPORT TO THE FAMILY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT BEING SAID AT 10:44 -- OKAY. I STARTED TO PUT MY GLASSES ON, AT 10:14 WITH THE CITY BUDGE OF OVER $750 MILLION PASSED, WE ARE ADJOURNED.