City Council · Regular Meeting · March 17, 2025

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO CITY HALL. ON BUDGET NIGHT. AMONGST EVERYTHING.

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE A FULL HOUSE. M. AND IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU.

I'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. >> THANK YOU. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE.

I'LL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US AND SAY THE MRNLG ALONG WITH US; THANK YOU. -- SAY THE PLEDGE ALONG WITH 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. >> THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> MAYOR WILLIAMS.

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

>> HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER Javiera Caballero. >> HERE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER COOK.

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

>> HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I WILL, UM, NOW PASS IT OVER THE COUNCIL MEMBER RIST FOR CEREMONIAL ITEMS.

>> ALICE AND THE GANG HERE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. >> GOT TO PUT ON T-SHIRT.

>> JUST SO WE CAN GET AS MANY PEOPLE? AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MOVE TO THE MIDDLE, LET'S GET PROXIMATE. IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE FOLKS IN. >> THANK YOU.

IT GIVES ME HONOR TO BE HERE AND I THINK I DID THIS PROCLAMATION LAST YEAR FOR THE CROP WALK. MY CHURCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CROP WALK. OH. DONE THE WALK SO MANY TIMES WITH MY KIDS AND CHURCH. I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 5 MILLION FOR HUNGER RELIEF SINCE

4 MILLION) THAT HAS GONE TO HUNGER-FIGHTING AGENCIES IN DURHAM; AND WHEREAS, THE 2024 DURHAM CROP HUNGER WALK WAS THE LARGEST WALK OF APPROXIMATELY 500 WALKS IN THE NATION; AND WHEREAS, WE APPLAUD THE CITIZENS OF DURHAM FOR THEIR COMPASSION IN WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP RELIEVE HUNGRY BOTH GLOBALLY AND LOCALLY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Leonardo Williams WILLIAMS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH 23RD, 2025, AS CROP HUNGER WALK DAY IN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES, ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH 2025. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

NOW GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE TO SAY IS A FEW WORDS. P >> YOU TO COME OUT ON MARCH 23 TO DUKE CHAPEL -- COME BACK UP HERE A MINUTE -- AND TO BE A BELLY QUAD. ACTIVITIES SART AT 1:30. STEPOFF IS AT 2:30 WE'LL HAVE CHANCELLOR DIXON FROM NCCU TO GIVE GREETINGS AS WELL.

THIS YEAR, IT IS ABSOLUTELY MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF EFFORTS. PEOPLE ARE DYING. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE TWO MEMBERS F OF THE COMMITTEE THAT PUTS ON CROP WALK. >> PARKWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DURHAM'S CONGREGATIONS IN ACTION AND I'VE BEEN WITH CROP WALK FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. >> I AM ANETTE REED, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR MEALS

ON WHEELS. WE'RE A RECIPIENT. APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HOAR. WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE FACES SMILING ON SUNDAY AT THE CROP WALK.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE GOING ON SIX YEARS. WE NEED MRE VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> POST-OP.

>> >> COME SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AT DUKE CHAPEL FOR THE 51st ANNUAL DURHAM CROP HUNGER WALK. >> I THINK THAT MS. ALICE FORGOT

TO MENTION SOMETHING. DURHAM CROP WALK WAS THE HIGHEST FUNDRAISER -- NUMBER ONE -- IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF THE 500 WALKS, DURHAM IS NUMBER ONE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMITTED WORK. I ENJOYED IT LAST YEAR.

I DID RUPTURE MY ACHILLES TENDON, BUT IF I CAN RIDE MY BIKE, I'LL BE OUT THERE, BUT I'LL SEE YOU ON SUNDAY. ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES, BACK BEFORE US AND I'LL PASS IT ON DOWN COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. >> I WANT TO UH SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ERE EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. WE HAVE AN AWESOME ARRAY OF FOLKS WHO ARE HERE ON DIFFERENT ITEMS. WE HAD A RALEIGH O OUTSIDE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE HEART PROGRAM. WE HAVE A LOT TO GET THROUGH, SO

THANK YOU. I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL F OF Y'ALL BUT UH REALLY UH DO APPRECIATE PEOPLE COMING OUT AND FOLKS WATCHING A HOME AS WELL. THANK FOR BEING INVOLVED AND LOOK FORWARD TO A GOOD MEETING TONIGHT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER.

>> THANK YOU, CHELSEA. IN HONOR OF EVERYBODY'S TIME HERE, THANK YOU ALL FR COMING. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PASS ON MY COMMENT THIS IS EVENING SO WE CAN GET MOVING. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD JOB. >> THANK YOU ALL. I'LL FOLLOW THE PATTERN JUST SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMMENTS. >> LOVE THIS COUNCIL.

>> THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE, AGAIN, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND I DID WANT TO JUST SAY HOW PROUD I AM TO BE IN A CITY THAT HAS BEEN SERVED BY SO MANY WOMEN AND SO MUCH HISTORY ACROSS THIS CITY. I WANT TO CALL OUT A FEW NAMES: CAROLYN JOHNSON, BETTY MASSI

BURG, JACQUELINE WAG STAFF, JOSEPHINE, E ELAINE, ANN ATWATER, PAULI MURRAY AND CORA COLE-McFADDEN JUST TO NAME A FEW. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I WILL ALSO JUST ADD THAT I AM BACK FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM, CONGRESSIONAL CITY CONFERENCE AND DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS QUITE DEPRESSING BUT I DID FIND A BEAM OF HOPE AD ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE AS REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS THE CITIES CAME TOGETHER, HAD DISCUSSIONS, AND WE REALLY TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US IN DOING THAT AND JUST MAKING SURE WE DON'T FOCUS FEDERALLY, JUST FOCUS LOCALLY AND TRYING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS HERE. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

JUST COUPLE THNGS REAL QUICK. FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY THANKSGIVING -- THANKSGIVING? [LAUGHTER] HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

I UH SEE GREEN. I AM NOT IRISH BUT I LOVE ST. PATRICK'S DAY IT CELEBRATES ONE ETHNICS AND IS A WAY OF CELEBRATING ALL ETHNIC GROUPS. IN A TIME WHEN IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING DEMONNISED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IMMIGRANTS.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY. SPEAKING OF THAT AND IMMIGRANTS AND DIVERSITY, ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHAIR TO JOIN COMMUNITY I HAVE-TAR LAST WEEK. THAT'S A CELEBRATION WHERE YOU BREAKFAST, HAVE A MEAL AFTER A DAY-LONG FAST AND IT WAS GREAT SUCH AN HONOR BE INVITED TO THAT ALONG WITH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER Javiera Caballero AND MAYOR TO BE PART OF THAT AMAZING EVENT AND TO BE PART OF INVITED IN TO BE PART OF

THE PRAYERS THEY WERE OFFERING AT EVENING PRAYER. QUITE AN AMAZING AND INSPIRING. ALSO JOIN COUPLE COLLEAGUES ON FRIDAY AT THE BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY GRADUATION. NINE NEW OFFICERS HAE NOW BEEN SWORN IN TO SERVE FOR DURHAM.

GREAT CELEBRATION FOR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY AND PROUD OF THE GRADUATES AND READTY TO SERVE. THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN FOR MENTIONING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. I WAS ABLE TO GO ON THE DOG WALK THAT THE PAULI MURRAY CENTER DID. PAULI WAS ALSO A DOG LOVER SO CELEBRATING WITH DOGS AND GREAT LOVE PAULI HAD FOR PEOPLE AND ALL CREATURES. THAT'S IT.

>> THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, YOU UH NAILED MOST OF HIGHLIGHTER FOR THE WEEK. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NINE OFFICERS THAT WILL BE PATROLLING OUR STREETS. IF YOU SEE THEM OUT ON THE STREET, SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US AND CONGRATULATE THEM. C.

THIS PAST WEEK. C. TALKING TO FEDERAL DELEGATION AND OR LEADERS ABOUT WHAT DURHAM NEEDS WITHOUT SACRIFICING WHO WE ARE. WE HAD A FULL-THROATED CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE NEED WITHOUT SACRIFICING WHO WE ARE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH REBRANDING OF OURSELVES. UM, WE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS

BUT WE GOT SOME INTERESTING DAYS AHEAD BUT WE'RE DURHAM, RIGHT, SO WE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, FLCHLT MANY MAYOR. >> THANK YOU ALL. I'LL BE BRIEF.

THANK YOU FOR P BEING HERE TONIGHT. HAPPY WOMN'S HISTORY MONTH, OF COURSE, AND, YES, WE JUST EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE RECRUITS - HERE. AS OFFICERS SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. C.

FOR A DIFFERENT REASON, HOWEVER, I DID GET A CHANCE TO SEE MY COLLEAGUES OVER AT NLC. SPENT MY TIME THERE WITH ABOUT 40 MAYORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ABOUT 20% OF THE WORLD'S GDP. ABOUT 112 FORTUNE 500 CEOs. WE HAVE THE THIS SUMMIT TO TALK ABOUT LANDSCAPE OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE STATE OF THINGS. UM, I THINK TO SAY THAT THERE ARE INTERESTING TIMES AHEAD IS VERY APPROPRIATE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DURHAM, AND

I CONTINUOUSLY SAY LET'S LOOK INWARD RATHER THAN UPWARD BUT IT'LL BE IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK HARD TO FIND WAY WITHES THAT WE CAN WORK WHATEVER WAYS THERE ARE THAT WE CAN WORK AT T THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, IF POSSIBLE, BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS MOSTLY ON IS HOW WE WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THAT'S GOING REUIRE SOME SOUL SEARCHING FROM EVERYONE AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME SACRIFICE, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME PATIENCE, AND IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME GRACE HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. UM, CAN'T BE ZERO FUN POLITICS. THOSE DAYS ARE DONE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. SO I DO LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY STANDING TEN TOES DOWN FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT USAID HAS BEEN CUT; WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT

LATER TONIGHT, IN MANY AREAS AND OTHER THINGS FROM IMGRANT GRAGS TO REFUGEES TO THE FACT THAT FOLKS THINK THEY CAN TAKE VALUES AND PUT IT INTO THREE LETTERS AND MAKE IT AN ATTACK WORD. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER, AND I UNDERSTAND THE AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW THE THING THAT WORRIES ME THE MOST AND KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT IS THE GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THAT BEING SAID I'LL BE SPEAKING ON THE SENATE FLOOR TOMORROW AGAINST THE PERMITLESS CARRY BILL THAT'S BEING RUSHED THROUGH STATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. DURHAM WILL BE PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAE A LOT OF SPEAKERS TONIGHT. I WILL B SHIFTING THE AGENDA JUST A LITTLE BIT. THERE ARE SOME CASES THAT'LL JUST BE REALLY QUICK, I THINK, AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THIS, SO, I'LL BE MAKING SOME

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT AND BEFORE I E EVEN GET TO AGENDA ITEM -- PICKETT ROAD, THANK YOU FOR SELF-ORGANIZING, I GOT THE MESSAGE, MANY TIMES TODAY, SO THANK Y'ALL FOR DOING YOUR THING. ALL RIGHT. SO, LET'S GET TO THE PRIORITY ITEMS HERE. MR.

MANAGER. >> GOOD EVENING. NO PRIORITY ITEMS THIS EVENING. >> MADAM ATTORNEY.

>> GOOD EVENING. NO PRIORITY ITEMS THIS EVENING. >> MADAM CLERK. >> NO PRIORITY ITEMS THE TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU ALL. WELL, LET'S GET THROUGH THIS CONSENT AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. 1.

APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES. 2. DURHAM CITY-COUNTY APPEARANCE

COMMISSION - APPOINTMENTS. 3. DURHAM WORKERS' RIGHTS COMMISSION - APPOINTMENT. 4.

PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING STEERING COMMITTEE - APPOINTMENT. 5. RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT AUTHORITY - MAYORAL APPOINTMENT. 6.

AMENDMENT NO. 1 FOR CONTRACT #18421 WITH UNITED MINORITY CONTRACTORS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. FOR MWBE, WORKFORCE, SECTION 3 AND DAVIS BACON CONSULTING SERVICES. 7.

ORDINANCE AMENDING THE BYLAWS OF THE MAYORS COMMITTEE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. 8. OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP). 9.

GENERAL OBLIGATION PARKS, STREETS, AND SIDEWALKS BONDS, SERIES 2025. 10. 2024 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (EBOP) ANNUAL REPORT, PRESENTATION AND UPDATE. 11. LEASE OF A PORTION OF DUKE PARK (PARCEL #109272) TO DURHAM BICYCLE COOPERATIVE.

12. KEEP DURHAM BEAUTIFUL 2024 ANNUAL REPORT. 13. CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE AREA OF FEE SIMPLE AND TWO EASEMENTS AT 400 MORREENE ROAD FOR THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT (SW-47).

14. CONTRACT WITH GETS INC FOR BIRCHWOOD PARK PUBLIC ART PROJECT USING EQUITABLE AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE (EGI) FUNDS. 15. CONTRACT WITH CMTA OF KENTUCKY, INC. FOR ENHANCED COMMISSIONING SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF DURHAM FIRE AND DURHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES (EMS) STATION 19 PROJECT. ONE MOMENT.

16. CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE AREA OF FEE SIMPLE AND TWO EASEMENTS AT 1315/1401 MORREENE ROAD FOR THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT (SW-47). 17. HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT ON-CALL PROVIDER LIST.

18. DURHAM HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION 2024 ANNUAL REPORT. 19. MAYOR'S HISPANIC/LATINO COMMITTEE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.

20. CONTRACT ST-335 STREET REPAIRS & REPAVING 2025. 21. CONTRACT ST-336 PAVEMENT PRESERVATION 2025.

22. AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO ST-329C PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES 2024. 23. CONTRACT SW-100 SIDEWALK REPAIRS (2024 BOND).

24. SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT #4 TO MASTER AGREEMENT #18909 WITH KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY OF DUKE AND GREGSON STREETS. 25.

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT #4 TO MASTER AGREEMENT #18919 WITH STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES, INC. FOR DESIGN OF HORTON ROAD MULTI-USE PATH AND SIDEWALK GAPS (TIP BL-0063). 26. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION SECTION 5310 AMERICAN RESCUE ACT PLAN GRANT PROJECT ORDINANCE FOR DIALYSIS TRANSPORTATION.

27. SERVICE CONTRACT WITH VANGUARD UTILITY SERVICE, INC. FOR THE LARGE METER INSPECTION, TESTING, AND MINOR REPAIR SERVICES PROJECT. 28.

CONTRACT AMENDMENT 2 TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT NO. C. FOR THE FY21 LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

ON OUR GENERAL BUSINESS AGENDA: 33. JOINT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE LIFTING OF THE STOP WORK ORDER ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THE RE-OPENING OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS PULLED. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 29.

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET AND FY2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP). ZONING MAP CHANGE - CHIN PAGE ROAD APARTMENTS. ZONING MAP CHANGE - PICKETT APARTMENTS. CONSOLIDATED ANNEXATION - 1012 VALMET DRIVE.

THAT IS OUR AGENDA. >> MOTION TO PASS CONSENT AGENDA. >> BEEN MOVED. >> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPN THE VOTE.

PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU UH.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST UP, NUMBER 33. OKAY. THERE WAS A SPEAKER THAT -- I UH HAVE MAYBE 100 CARDS UP HERE SO I THINK I LOST IT. >> I HAVE BR E-A NNA CLARK SCHWELM.

>> THERE SHE IS. WELCOME. >> HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE.

I AM BR E-A NNA, EXECUTIVE DROK FOR OF NORTH CAROLINA GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE AND HERE REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND FOEIGN AID WORKERS ACROSS THE TRIANGLE AND NORTH CAROLINA. THERE ARE ACTUALLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM FROM MY COMMUNITY I'D LIKE TO ASK THEM TO STAND UP. I KNOW THERE WERE MORE THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO JON US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I WAS HERE TEN DAYS AGO AND SPOKE TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON NORTH CAROLINA ON THE TRIANGLE AND ON DURHAM THAT WE ARE SEEING AND EXPERIENCING AS A RESULT O THE DEFUNDING OF AMERICAN FOREIGN AID AND NOW THE CLOSURE OF USAID. WE'VE ALREADY EXPERIENCED CLOSE

TO 500 JOBS LOST, WE EXPECT THOUSANDS IN DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME AND AS THE FOURTH HIGHEST RECIPIENT OF FUNDING NORTH CAROLINA WILL FEEL THIS DEEPLY ACROSS OUR ECONOMY, ACROSS THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES, WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THIS IN A VERY REAL WAY RIGHT HERE IN OUR STATE. I TALKED TO UH YOU LAST TIME ABOUT HOW THIS IS A NORTH CAROLINA PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE JOBS BECAUSE OF THE FAMILIES, BECAUSE OF THE O ECONOMY. TODAY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW THIS IS A NORTH CAROLINA PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE MILLIONS AND BILLIONS O OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS AND UH HOW THAT AFFECTS US RIHT HERE. HOW IT STILL A NORTH CAROLINA PROBLEMEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISEASES IN EAST AFRICA. USAID-FUNDED PROGRAMS ARE GOOD FOR THE WORLD AND GOOD FOR US. COUNTERTERRORISM PROGRAM PREVENTING ROOT CAUSES OF EXTREMISM AND SEEDING

GOODWILL -- THESE HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OVER NIGHT. THE PREVENTION, MONITORING AND RAPID RESPONSE TO INFECTION DISEASES ALL AROUND THE WORLD, INFECTION DISEASES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT THE AMERICANS WERE RESPONDING TO AND THAT WE NO LONGER ARE TREATING, THAT WE ARE NO LONGER MONITORING. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT ANYMORE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, I REMEMBER THE LAST PANDEMIC AND I REALLY DON'T WAT THE NEXT ONE TO BE EBOLA.

IT IS A PAINFUL WAY TO DIE AND IT IS HIGHLY INFEKS YOU. UH -- INFECTIOUS. THIS ISN'T FLUFF. WHEN WE INVEST IN FARMERS IN CENTRAL AMERICA, THEY'RE ABLE TO GROW FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES, ABLE TO INVEST IN THEIR LOCAL E YVONNE MYS AND STABILIZE ENTIRE REARE JOHNS. WANT TO TALK ABOUT A MIGRATION PROBLEM? WHEN WE PULL OUT FROM THESE

COMMUNITIES, WE ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE FACES HERE IN DURHAM. WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT MORE PEOPLE WHO NEED MORE SERVICES WHEN THEY COULD HAVE THRIVED IN TEIR HOMES, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THIS IS GOOD FOR AMERICANS, IT T IS GOOD FOR NORTH CAROLINA TO INVEST IN AMERICAN FOREIGN AID. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THAT WAS THE ONLY SPEAKER THAT I HAD. AT THIS TIME I'LL READ THE RESOLUTION INTO THE RECORD. I KNOW IT'S DATED JOINT RESOLUTION BUT WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE THIS DURHAM.

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE LIFTING OF THE STOP WORK ORDER ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THE RE-OPENING OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID). S. S. S. GOODS AND SERVICES AND ADVANCING

S. COMPETITORS AND ADVERSARIES - TO FILL THIS HOLE AND DISPLACE THE UNITED STATES' INFLUENCE, AND WHEREAS, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON

S. S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND HUMANITARIAN AID, AND WHEREAS, THE TRIANGLE AREA HAS A SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATION OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AS EVIDENCED BY

S. TREASURY TO IMMEDIATELY PAY OUTSTANDING INVOICES TO NC ORGANIZATIONS FOR SERVICES ALREADY RENDERED UNDER FOREIGN ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS;

URGE THE NC ATTORNEY GENERAL TO AMEND PENDING LITIGATION TO: INCLUDE THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND USAID AS DEFENDANTS RECOGNIZE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS LIKE UNIVERSITIES ADDRESS SECRETARY MARCO ADDRESS SECRETARY MARCO RUBIO'S IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14169; AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH AFFECTED WORKERS AND ORGANIZATIONS, DEMANDING IMMEDIATE LIFTING OF THE STOP WORK ORDER CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE'S LOCAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS, AND PROTECTION FOR OVER 1,750 TRIANGLE-AREA JOBS TIED TO GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS URGE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD ON THIS CRITICAL ISSUE BY CALLING THEIR RESPECTIVE CONGRESS MEMBERS, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE TRANSMITTED TO: DURHAM'S STATE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. NORTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL, JEFF JACKSON. DURHAM'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

S. SECRETARY OF STATE, MARCO RUBIO. S. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR, RUSSELL VOUGHT.

THIS THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025. [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT. UM, COLLEAGUES. >> BEFORE E WE MOVE FOR ITS ADOPTION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS IN LEADING DURHAM'S VOICE AND JOINING WITH FELLOW CITIES AROUND THE NATION IN EXPRESSING OUR CONCERN IN THIS AREA.

THIS IS DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT HERE IN OUR CITY. IT'S ALSO EDITORIAL IN OUR CITIZENSHIP. ARSENAL HAS MORE THAN JUST BULLETS. WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY WHO'S LEADERS REFER TO AS THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. THERE'S NO MONARCH, NO PRIME MINISTER, IT'S OUR LEADER WHETHER DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. THAT'S GOT TO MEAN SOMETHING AND

IF YOU BELIEVE ANYTHING ABOUT AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM, IT'S GOT TO BE MORE THAN SIZE OF MILITARY, IT'S GOT TO BE WHAT WE DO AND WHAT -- I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING ON THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTARY?

GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT TO O DO IN THIS MOMENT IN OU NATION'S HISTORY. ALL WE CAN DO IS USE OU BEST JUDGMENT TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT. SOMETIMES THAT MEANS BEING KWIE Y QUIET, SOMETIMES MEANS SPEAKING LOUDLY. I WANT US TO BE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND HELP OUT AND SPEAK OUT IN FAVOR OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING.

OBVIOUSLY WE COULD HAVE 20 OF THESE RIGHT NOW, WE COULD HAVE 100 OF TESE RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE ADMINISTRATION IS THROWING AT THE WALL AND SEEING WHAT CAN STICK BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS SHOWN THAT IT'S WILLING TO SPEAK OUT ON INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND HA SHOWN IT UNDERSTOODS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DURHAM AND THE LOCAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL WITH OUR SISTER CITIES, WITH THE MAJORITY OF US VOTING FOR THE CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION. WE HAVE SHOWN THAT COMMITMENT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT COMMITMENT SO I APPRECIATE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS STEPPING UP AND ASKING FOR US TO VOTE ON THIS AND FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

I'D LIKE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. >> SECOND. >> JUST A MOMENT FOR WE MOVE FORWARD. I WANT TO SAY TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO IS BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU ALL. THIS IS A DURHAM ISSUE.

THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN CAN- YOU'RE DIRECTLY TEARING APART HOUSEHOLDS ON THIS SOIL. THERE WILL BE THINGS I'LL BE LOUD ABUT LIKE THIS, AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WON'T BE AS OUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT A TARGET ON YOUR BACK, SPECIFICALLY IMMIGRATION SO WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC IN OU WE SPEAK OUT AND HOW WE MOVE. THIS IS UNAMERICAN WHAT'S HAPPENING AND I'LL SAY THAT ON ANY RECORD. UM, BUT YOUR LEADERS WILL STAND WITH YOU IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

MADAM CLERK. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE OP THE VOTE?

-- OPEN THE VOE? >> PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY, COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING TO MOVE NUMBER 30 UP. HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE FOR 30? NO, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO I ONLY HAVE THREE CARDS HERE ALL PROPONENTS. NOT SURE THE APPLICANTS OR NOT. BUT UH WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HEAR THE STAFF REPORT FOR ITEM 30.

>> THANK YOU. 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. 13 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 4808, 4902, 5000, 5002, AND 5006 CHIN PAGE ROAD. THE CURRENT ZONING IS INDUSTRIAL PARK AND RESIDENTIAL RURAL. 115.

THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES TO ALLOW FOR UP TO 360 MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS. THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. 115 ZONING IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPE OF GENERAL INDUSTRIAL. 115 NOT

WITHIN THE RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION AS APARTMENT AND TOWNHOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOU'VE HEARD THE STAFF REPORT.

COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, TECHNICAL NEEDS? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME I'LL D ECAIR PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. -- DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED? >> MAYBE EIGHT MINUTES? >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S PUT TEN MINUTES ON THE CLOCK.

>> GOOD EVENING. NIL GHOSH, MORNINGSTAR LAW GROUP AT 700 WEST MAIN STREET HERE IN DURHAM, HERE REPRESENTING GRIFFITH CAPITAL. WITH MY IS WARREN MITCHELL, AND PAM PORTER. AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED THE

PLACE-TYPE MAP DESIGNATION IS GENERAL INDUSTRIAL. I'M NOT SURE ALL THE FACTORS THAT WENT INTO THAT DESIGNATION WHEN THE PLACE-TYPE MAP WAS ADOPTED BUT THE FACTS ON THE GROUND HAVE CHANGED. ONE OF TOSE IS THAT THE LARGE STREET OCCUPIED BY WOLF SPEED E- ARE ABOUT TO BE VACATED COMPLETELY. WOLF STREET HAS OUTGROWN THAT FACILITY AND THE IT'S BUILDING A MASSIVE FACTORY UH IN CHATHAM COUNTY.

THE MANUFACTURING COMPONENT DEFINITELY BE THE TRANSFERRED. AS A RESULT, SEEMS LIKELY THE WORLD STREET SITE MAY REMAIN EVEN POSSIBLE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE NEVER OCCUPIED AGAIN CURRENT FORM. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED LARGE INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN DURHAM WITH TOTAL OF MORE THAN FOUR MILLION CHOIR FEET OF NEW LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPACE, AND SOME SAYING DURHAM HAS PLENTY OF INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR THE FUTURE.

MAJOR INDUSTRIAL USE IN THE AREA IS GOING AWAY. THIS SITE IS NOT SUITED FOR INDUSTRIAL USES ANYWAY GIVEN PROXIMITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES. WE PUT TOGETHER A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE INFILL. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, RESIDENTIAL IS NOT A NOVEL IDEA IN THIS CORRIDOR.

THERE'S A WEB-ESTABLISHED SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY ON THE CORNER OF CHIN PAGE AND SOUTH MIAMI WHICH DEMONSTRATES MULTIFAMILY WORKS IN THIS H LOCATION. ALSO, THE AREA ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF CHIN PAGE TOWARDS PAGE ROAD HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT STARTS ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM THIS LOCATION. BEFORE I MOVE OFF OF THE PLACE-TYPE MAP, ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE IS THAT E WE ONLY ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION. YOU CAN SEE ON THE D PLAN THAT OUR BUILDING AND PARKING ENVELOPE IS OUTSIDE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE AREAS ON THE SITE WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE RECREATION OPEN SPACE

PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT IT WAS NOT WITHOUT COMMENT. MOREOVER, WE ALSO FELT THERE WERE THINGS WELCOMED DO TO FOR THEY ARE STRENGTHEN THE PROJECTS CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMP PLAN SO DESPITE HAVING RECEIVED APPROVAL, WE WANTED TO MAKE ADDITIONAL. FIRST, PLANNING COMMISSION'S MAIN COMMENTARY CENTERED AROUND THE AMOUNT O OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE DESIGNATE T 3% OF THE UNITS AS AFFORDABLE. WORKING WITH OUR SELLER, GOOD WILL, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO INCREASE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS PROJECT FROM 3% TO 6%. I THINK THAT'S STRONG COMMITMENT AND CERTAINLY AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE PROJECT. NEXT, TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH POLICY 48 REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY, WE'VE ADD COMMITMENT THAT H ALL FOUR OR MORE STORY BUILDINGS WILL HAVE ELEVATORS. I WILL SAY THE AGENDA MATERIALS ALSO INDICATE THE PROJECT SIN CONSISTENT WITH POLICY 81

REGARDING PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE AREAS AND THE LOCATION OF OPEN SPACE. EN WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING ON THE D PLAN I WOULD ARGUE WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH THIS POLICY SAZ WE'VE LOCATED THE BUILDING AND PARKING ENVELOPE OUTSIDE OF THE RECREATION OPEN SPACE PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION, BUT WE'RE ADDING A COMMITMENT THAT OUR OPEN SPACE WILL BE PROVIDED IN THREE DISTINCT AREAS MINIMALLY SO IT'S NOT A SINGLE CLUSTER OF OPEN SPACE. POLICY 85 DEALS WITH TREE COVERAGE. WE'RE ADDING COMMITMENT TO BUMP TREE COVERAGE UP BEOND UDO REQUIREMENT.

POLICIES 101 AND 108 USE OF NATIVE PLANTS AND WE'RE ADDING THAT COMMITMENT. WE'VE RUN LANGUAGE BY STAFF AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY HAVE NO CONCERNS. BUT FINALLY WE ALSO WANT TO ADD A COMMITMENT TO PROVE CERTAIN YOUS IN THE I PISHGS PORTION, WE WOULD PROHIBIT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, GOLF COURSE, O HOTEL, MOTEL, EXTENDED STAYS,

DRIVE THREW O ANY KIND, VEHICLE SALES AND VEHICLE SERVICE. THIS IS JUST TO FURTHER ENSURE THAT WHATEVER GOES INTO THAT SPACE WILL NOT BE A NUISANCE TO THE MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY. IN OUR ESTIMATION, THESE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS SHOULD MAKE US CONSISTENT WITH ABOUT FIVE MORE COMP PLAN POLICIES, AND ALSO ADDRESSES MAIN THRUST OF THE COMMENTARY FROM PLANNING COMMISSION RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. DESPITE INCONSISTENCY BUT THE PLACE-TYPE MAP, THIS WAS A STRONG PROJECT WHEN IT WENT TO PLAN COMMISSION AND I THINK THAT'S EVIDENCED BY THEIR RECOMMENDATION, NEW COMMITMENTS FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND WE HOPE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT TONIGHT.

OUR TEAM BELIEVE THIS IS IS STRONG LOCATION FOR APARTMENTS, STRONG APARTMENT PROJECT, AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL. PAM AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY UH HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

THE OTHER SPEAKERS I HAVE ARE YOUR RESOURCE -- >> PAM AND WARREN MITCHELL, YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS,

PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AND BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. >> THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THE FIRST IS ARE ALL OF THESE GOING TO BE RENTALS? >> YES.

IT'S A MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY, YEP. >> AND THEN, THE INCREASE IN AFFORDABILITY IS THAT 6% STILL FOR 60% AMI? >> CORRECT. 30 YEARS.

>> YOU DIDN'T CLARIFY. >> YEAH, WE'RE JUST CHANGING 3% TO 6%. >> STILL AT 60. >> MM-HMM.

>> AND THEN COULD YU TELL US WHAT THE TREE COVERAGE IS GOING TO BE NOW? >> SURE. WE BUMPED IT UP TO 21%. >> THANK YOU.

I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANKS. >> ANBODY ELSE? GO AHEAD. >> THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS. DIFFERENT THAN THE COMMITMENTS

HERE IN OUR PACKET SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF HAVE RECORD OF THAT. >> EXCEPT FOR THE PROHIBITION ON USES FROM IP, WE DID SEND THIS LANGUAGE TO STAFF A WHILE AGO IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT T IN TIME TO BE INCLUDED ON UH AGENDA PACKET BUT STAFF HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THESE FOR SOME TIME. FL >> THANK YOU. >> QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.

SINCE THIS IS PLACE-TYPE MAP CHANGE AS WELL AND SOMETIMES WE CHANGE TH PLACE-TYPE MAP AND I DISAGREE WITH IT, SOMETIMES WE E CHANGE IT AND DO AGREE WITH IT, I THINK UH IT'S APPROPRIATE. I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR YOU TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE FACT THAT IT'S EMPLOYMENT THAT IT'S INDUSTRIAL AND THAT THAT'S TYPICALLY A LIMITED AND PRECIOUS KIND OF LAND USE, SO JESUS WANT TO GET YOU TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. >> SURE. AARON CAIN WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I THINK THE SHORTEST WAY I CAN ANSWER THAT IS THAT THIS SITE DOES SCORE WELL ON THE

INDUSTRIAL LAND STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2014 AN THEN UPDATED IN 2020. UM, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR SITE WE'RE NOT OVERLY CONCERNED WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL IN RECENT YEARS IS THERE'S A GREATER CONCERN ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING SUPPLY THAN THERE IS CURRENTLY ON INDUSTRIAL LAND. >> SO STAFF'S EXPERTISE IS WEIGHING IN ON THIS IS THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION TO CHANGE THE PLACE-TYPE MAP? >> WE DON'T HAVE A -- WE DO NOT HAVE A STRONG CONCERN ABOUT A CHANGE IN THE PLACE-TYPE MAP AT THIS LOCATION.

>> OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER?

GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. I UH JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE APPLICANT FOR MAKING THOSE ADDITIONAL PROFFERS BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH Y'ALL LAST WEEK. MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH WITH COMP PLAN SO JUST APPRECIATE IT AN I THINK ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE LARGE VACANCY THAT WILL BE ACROSS THE STREET I CAN SEE WHY

THE IL IS NOT AS NECESSARY SO JUST WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT AND I'LL BE VOTING YES FOR THIS PRO PROJECT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

115. >> MOVED AS READ. >> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

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

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

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

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING TO MAKE ONE MORE CHANGE. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO NUMBER 32.

CONSOLIDATED ANNEXATION - 1012 VALMET DRIVE. STAFF, ARE WE PREPARED? 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.

2 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 1012 VALMET DRIVE. THIS ANNEXATION PETITION IS FOR A CONTIGUOUS EXPANSION OF THE PRIMARY CORPORATE LIMITS. THE INTENT OF THIS ANNEXATION IS

TO CONNECT TO WATER AND SEWER SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 12 SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED MIXED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-20 ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPE. IF THE PROPOSED ZONING IS APPROVED, THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION.

AS PART OF THIS ANNEXATION PETITION, THE APPLICANT IS NOT SEEKING A CHANGE IN THE UNDERLYING ZONING DISTRICT. A DIRECT TRANSLATIONAL ZONING IS ONE IN WHICH THE EXISTING COUNTY ZONING IS TRANSLATED TO THE IDENTICAL CITY ZONING DISTRICT UPON THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY INTO THE CITY LIMITS. A TRANSLATIONAL ZONING DOES NOT INCLUDE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MAY PROCEED ACCORDING TO WHAT THE ZONING WOULD ALLOW. THANK YOU.

STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CL COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? AT THIS TIME I'LL DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.

HOW MUCH TIME? >> THREE MINUTES. >> PLEASE PLACE FIVE MINUTES ON THE CLOCK.

WELCOME. >> HELLO. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE AGENDA.

PAM PORTER WITH TMTLA ASSOCIATES. OUR REQUEST IS SIMPLE. WE'RE JUT REQUESTING AN MEX NATION OF 1012 VALMET DRIVE INTO THE CITY LIMITS. THE EXISTING ZONING WILL BE THE SAME ONCE THE PARCEL IS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AS DIRECT TRANSLATIONAL ZONING AND IF DEVELOPED IN THIS FUTURE THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR UP TO 12 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THE LOT.

THE REALITY IS THOUGH IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE LESS WITH STORMWATER PONDS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO SET ASIDE. THE PLACE-TYPE MAP DESIGNATION IS MIXED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND ANY FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL FIT WITHIN THE SURROUNDING CHARACTER OF THIS AREA OF DURHAM, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO PLANS TO DEVELOP IT WAS SIMPLY AN ANNEXATION REQUEST. AS STAFF NOTED, WE'RE CONSISTENT T WITH THE UDO AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PLACE-TYPE MAPS AND WE

DID RECEIVE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AT PLANNING COMMISSION ON JANUARY 14TH. THAT IS ALL I VE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU.

COLLEAGUES, IT MAY BE A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER BUT IT'S NUMBERED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS SO I'LL DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AND BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING '1012 VALMET DRIVE' INTO THE CITY OF DURHAM AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A UTILITY EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH VIRK HOLDING LLC.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 7-0.

>> ALL RIGHT. I'LL ALSO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE BY TAKING PROPERTY OUT OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-20, FALLS/JORDAN DISTRICT B OVERLAY, COUNTY JURISDICTION AND ESTABLISHING THE SAME AS RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-20, FALLS/JORDAN DISTRICT B OVERLAY, CITY JURISDICTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> ALL RIGHT.

S. SEC. 160D-605. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. MROOZ CLOSE THE -- PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> GREAT.

I KNOW THE NEXT TWO ARE GOING TO GO JUT AS QUICK AND JUST AS CONSISTENT. NO? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR THIS CLANG -- CHANGE UP. STANDING THIS SO I MAY NEE-

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ONE MORE ADJUSTMENT. PLANNING STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO DO 31, ZONING MAP CHANGE - PICKETT APARTMENTS. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. I AM AARON CAIN WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

12 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 3117, 3121, 3123, AND 3127 PICKETT ROAD. THE CURRENT ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-20. 176. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO

REZONE THE PROPERTIES TO ALLOW UP TO 140 APARTMENTS. THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED APARTMENT AND TOWNHOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. 176 ZONING IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPE. THIS CASE WAS ORIGINALLY HEARD BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 3, 2025.

THE CASE WAS CONTINUED TO TODAY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TIME FOR THE APPLICANT AND CONCERNED RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS AND REACH A COMPROMISE. THE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN SINCE THE FEBRUARY 3 MEETING INCLUDE. BUILDINGS WITH RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL MEET THE ENERGY STAR MULTIFAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION (MFNC) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. MULTISTORY BUILDINGS WITH RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL CONTAIN AT LEAST ONE ELEVATOR. FULL CUT-OFF LIGHTING FIXTURES WILL BE USED FOR ALL OUTDOOR WALKWAY, PARKING LOT, CANOPY AND BUILDING/WALL-MOUNTED LIGHTING. AN EASEMENT FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF PICKETT ROAD FROM THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE SITE TO SANDY CREEK TRAIL.

A ONE-TIME CONTRIBUTION OF $300,000 TO THE DURHAM SIDEWALK PAYMENT-IN-LIEU FUND. WINDOWS SHALL BE TREATED FOR AN AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY MATERIAL THREAT FACTOR RATING OF NO MORE THAN 30. THE FINAL TWO COMMITMENTS MAY BE AMENDED TO ADDRESS RECENT COMMUNITY CONCERNS. THE APPLICANT WILL ADDRESS THOSE POTENTIAL CHANGES IN HIS OPENING REMARKS.

THE PUBLIC HEARING REMAINS OPEN. STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT. YOU'VE HARD THE STAFF REPORT.

APPLICANT, HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED? >> FIVE MINUTES? >> COULD YOU PUT SEVEN MINUTES? >> GOOD EVENING, AGAIN. NIL GHOSH, MORNINGSTAR LAW GROUP IN DURHAM AND PLEASED TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU THIS EVENING WITH PICKETT ROAD APARTMENTS.

TRY E TO BE BRIEF IN ANY COMMENTS BECAUSE THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH THOUGH I RECOGNIZE THERE WERE A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEFIT OF THAT HEARING. WE LEFT CHAMBERS THAT NIGHT WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD TWO PRIMARY THINGS WE NEEDED TO LOOK INTO IN ORDER TO SURE UP ZONING COMMITMENTS. FIRST ONE BIRD-FRIENDLY DESIGN. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS AT NEW HOPE BIRD ALLIANCE FOR SHARING KNOWLEDGE ON THE DESIGN.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE CONVERSATION AND MATERIALS THEY SHARED. OUR TEAM STUDIED THOSE AND BECAME COME AFFORDABLE WITH MAKING ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS. COMMITMENT WE HAVE ADDED SAYS QUOTE, WINDOWS SHALL BE TREATED WITH TAPE, FILM, UF TREATMENT OR COMBINATION OF THE A TEAM WITH THREAT FACTOR RATING OF F NO MORE THAN 30. WHILE I DOUGH THINK THIS ADDRESSES THE CONCERN RAISED UNDERSTAND THERE'S A CONCERN E - THAT THE COMMITMENT IS MAYBE TOO

LIMITED IN TERMS OF MATERIALS ALLOWED TO LEAD THE RELEVANT METRIC SO TO THAT END WE'RE REVISING THAT COMMITMENT TO BE MORE GNERAL BY STATING THE WINDOWS WILL MEET THE RELEVANT METRIC. ADDITIONALLY UH RELATED TO BIRD. FRIENDLY, WE'VE MADE COMMITMENT TO USE FULL CUTOFF LIGHTING FIXTURED, THEY DIRECT LIGHT SO IT DOES NOT SPILL OVER OUR TRESPASS ON TO OTHER PROPERTY. 3 OF THE UDO. THE SECOND THING THAT WE LEFT THE CHAMBERS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING TO WORK ON IS CONNECTION BETWEEN ESTERN END OF OUR PROJECT AND THE EXISTING SANDY CREEK TRAIL. ON THAT ISSUE WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH DURHAM ACADEMY, STAFF, AND COUNCIL

MEMBERS TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE LIMITS OF WHAT COULD BE DONE HERE. CURRENTLY CLIENT'S COMMITMENT IS DEDICATE OR PROVIDE THE RIGHT OF UH WAY OR EASEMENT NECESSARY FOR THE CONNECTION AND ALSO TO PAY $300,000 TO THE CITY'S SIDEWALK FEE IN LAW FUND. IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE SIDEWALK FUND ACTS AS GENERAL FUND AND MONEYS CANNOT BE EARMARKED. SO REGARDLESS OF THAT FACT, THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE MONEY TO THIS WITH HOPES IT WOULD GO FOR THIS CONNECTION. ANOTHER FUND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THE FUNDS CAN BE EARMARKED AND FUND IS MORE GENERALLY RELATED TO PARK INFRASTRUCTURE TO BONES OF THE COMMITMENT WILL REMAIN THE SAME BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO CHANGE RECIPIENT TO THE DURHAM PARKS FOUNDATION TO TO BE USED FOR THE PICKETT ROAD SANDY CREEK CONNECTIVITY PROJECT. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ANYONE ELSE BUT I UNDERSTANDING IS THAT OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE OR WILL AGREE TO PUT ADDITIONAL

MONEY INTO THE FUND TO HELP GET THIS PROJECT OVER THE FINISH LINE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THAT HAPPENS I'M PLEASED WITH THE RESULT. OPPORTUNITY TO THEY ARE ENGAGE WITH KNOWLEDGEABLE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO BETTER ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED AND THERE'S NO DOUBT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IMPROVED AS A RESULT. THE AGENDA MATERIALS POINT OUT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH POLICIES WITH THESE CHANGES AND CERTAIN THINK PROJECT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OTHER PROJECT DOS.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT COUNCIL SHOULD BE PROUD TO SUPPORT AD I HOPE YOU DOUGH THAT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU. I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS HERE.

I'M GOING START WITH MY ONLINE SPEAKERS. GREG SORENO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> HE'S WITH THE APPLICANT TEAM.

I I DOUBT HE'S HERE. >> ANDREW JONES? RESOURCE, GOT IT. WE'LL MOVE TO IN PERSON.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST UP, I HAVE -- JUST GOING TO CALL THEM IN SETS OF FIVE. LAST NAME USEF. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU COME TO PODIUM SO I CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD.

AFTER THAT, DR. BILL. YUSEF, OKAY.

NURONI YUSEF. >> THAT'S ME. >> SO YOU'RE FIRST. IT WASN'T PRONUNCIATION, I COUNT SEE THE HAND WRITHING, IT'S MY I FAULT.

DR. BILL SLESENGER. BROOKS IMMANUEL. JENNIFER MAYOR.

JESSICA BURCHHEAD. THOSE ARE THE FIRST FIVE. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. >> YOU'RE SECOND, SORRY. >> I'M NEW HERE. >> YUSEF, A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A STUDENT WHO'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF O GENTRIFICATION IN DURHAM PIP URGE YOU ALL TO

VOTE AGAINST THIS PROJECT BUILDING MORE APARTMENTS DOES NOT NECESSARILY DECREASE HOUSELESSNESS OR HOUSING INSECURITY. A BIG POINT AT THE LAST MEETING WAS THE IDEA THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THAT AREA AND I THINK THAT THAT SOMETHING CAN BE MORE ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY GOALS ARE THAT ISN'T THAT DOESN'T, UM, DECREASE BIODIVERSITY OR INCREASE THE COST OF LIVING IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. THANK YOU AND I YIELD MY TIME TO YOU UH GUYS. >> I -- >> [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT.

SO LET ME GIVE A RUNDOWN ON THIS. SNAPS, 'CUZ WHEN YOU CLP IT TAKES A LONG TIME AND WE'LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT BECAUSE THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A LOT MORE THAN THIS ONE, SO, AND I EXTENDED IT TO TWO MINUTES SO A LITLE GRACE HERE. ALSO, WE DO NOT YIELD TIME, SO SAY WHAT UH YOU SAY AND WHEN WHEN YU'RE DONE, THANK YOU FOR

THE TIME BACK FOR TONIGHT WE'LL GET OUT OF HERE EARLIER. >> THANK YOU, WILLIAM SLEGER, 41 STONE RIDGE ROAD IN DURHAM. RETIRED AS DEAN OF THE NICKEL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AT DUKE, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ECONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. IN THE MATTER BEFORE YOU, I THINK IT'S FAR FROM A KWLT NOT IN MY BACKYARD ISSUE".

THE PRESERVATION OF SANDY CREEK AS NATURAL AREA BENEFITS ALL RESIDENTS OF DURHAM WHO FREK WENT IT FOR WALKING JOGGING, BIRD WATCHING. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THE PARK IS UNIQUE AMONG CITY PARKS IN DO YOU RECOLLECT BY VIRTUE OF NATURAL AREAS, WIDE DIVERSITY HABITATS, ESPECIALLY WETLANDS. WITH SEVERAL VISITS EACH WEEK, MY WIFE AND I HAVE UH AMASSED A LIST OF OVER 116 E SPECIES OF

BIRDS. WE ALSO SEE DEER, BEAVER, OTTER, COYOTE, RACCOONS, AMPHIBIANS AND FISHES. THIS RICH BIODIVERSITY GIVES EXPERIENCE TO VISITORS, AND STEMS FROM THE WONDERFUL NATURAL HABITAT IN SANDY CREEK PARK WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY BE AFFECTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND ITS DAMAGE TO WETLAND HABITATS FROM POLLUTION AND CHANGES IN RUNOFF AND FLOODING. TONIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS FROM VARIOUS EXPERTS ON ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT AND THE IMPACTS OF THE POTENTIAL ZONING DECISION, BUT FOR ONE, I WOULD URGE UH YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ISSUE AND PRESERVE THE HABITATS OF SANDY CREEK PARK FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD JOB. >> GOOD EVENING. BROOKS E IMMANUEL, 833 BIRCH AVENUE. NICE TO E SEE Y'ALL.

AS MAYOR ELUDED TO LAST MEETING MANY OF US DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER, NOW WE KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER. >> GO -- GOOD JOB. >> THANK YOU. THERE ARE MANY OF US WHO CARE DEEPLY, IF I COULD STAD, ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

THANK YOU. I'M A COLEADER OF FEMINIST BIRD SCLOUB THERE ARE ALL THESE DIFFERENT ISSUES INVOLVED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH NEW HOPE BIRD ALLIANCE AND OUR PARTICULAR CONCERNS ARE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. SANDY CREEK IS A BIODIVERSITY GEM, A VERY UNIQUE PLACE WITHIN AN URBAN AREA THAT WE AND A WIDER COMMUNITY FEEL STRONGER SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT. WE THINK TISHD BE PROTECTED

PARTICULARLY FOR THE BIRDS, OBVIOUSLY, AS BILL SAID THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER BIODIVERSITY THERE TOO, FOR WHICH THIS REALLY -- THE BIRDS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS A UNIQUE HAVEN WITHIN OUR CITY FOR THEM, UM, AND FOR THE IMPACT THAT THIS RICH THRIVING ECOSYSTEM HAS ON PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TONIGHT FROM OTHERS CONCERNED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE LACK OF SIDEWALKS, ECOLOGICAL AND FINANCIAL IMPACTS AND STORM THREATS TO NEIGHBORHOODS DOWNSTREAM. WHAT WE ALL AGREE ON IS THAT THE IMPACTS O OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE TOO GREAT FOR ITS SURROUNDING AREA TO HANDLE. WE ARE GRATEFUL YOU ARE WORKING SO HARD TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DURHAM, AND WE WITH KNOW THAT DIFFERENT LAND AREAS HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ECONOMICAL VALUES AND THERE SHOULD BE WEIGHED IN A REZONING DECISION WE ASK TO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS, DENY THE REZONING AND PROTECT THIS THE UNIQUE RESOURCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT. >> JENNIFER MAR, ADDRESS ON FILE WITH THE NEW HOPE BIRD ALLIANCE. BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA ARE IN ALARMING DECLINE DUE TO HABITAT LOSS.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ARE BEING GUTTED. IT'S UP TO PROGRESSIVE CITIES LIKE DURHAM TO PROTECT WHAT'S LEFT OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. SANDY CREEK PARK IS BY FAR THE BEST NUMBER ONE BIRDING HOT SPOT IN THE CITY OF DURHAM. RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER DURHAM AND BEYOND COME TO SEE THE 185 SPECIES OF BIRDS THAT ARE THRE ARE, SEVERAL UNDER THREAT, MIGRATING OR NESTING IN THE PARK. THE PROPOSED COMPLEX UP TO 100 FEET HIGH ABOVE THE PARK AND SURROUNDED BY IMPERVIOUS PARKING LOT IS A THREAT TO THE PARK AS A NATURAL HABITAT. LIGHTS THAT MUST BE LEFT ON ALL NIGHT AS HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED AND POLLUTED RUNOFF ARE

INCOMPATIBLE WITH MIGRATION, FORGING AND NESTING. THE DEVELOPERS WITHDRAWN A LIST OF WINDOW TREATMENTS THAT WERE LIMITED TO SHORT-TERM AND/OR PROCESSES THAT DON'T WORK. STUDIES SHOW THAT BIRDSES DON'T SEE INTERIOR TREATMENTS AND EXTERIOR TREATMENTS DO NOT LAST MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND NO LOWER STORY PROTECTION WHICH WE BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. BRIGHT LIGHTS WILL BE LEFT ON ALL NIGHT.

WE DISCUSSED THIS IN TH DETERMINE EAR ATTORNEY IN DETAIL BUT HE'D ALREADY FILED HIS TEXT AMENDMENT. M. GEM APRECIATE BID A WIDE VARIETY OF RESIDENTS AND WE URGE YOU UH TO VOTE NO. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. JESSE BISHGHEAD, 3136 HILLANDALE ROAD HERE TONIGHT AS A MMBER OF THE FEMINIST BIRD CLUB OF DURHAM AND NEW HOPE DIRD ALLIANCE BUT ALSO A CERTIFIED WILDLIFE

BIOLOGY WHO'S BEEN WORKING IN THE STATE ON LAND CONSERVATION AND I WANT TO SHARE THOSE OF US SPEAKING UP TONIGHT MANY OF US DON'T LIVE NEAR THE PARK AND WE WOULD REL COME DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. WE KNOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS CRITICAL TO DURHAM AND WE ARE REALLY IMPLORING YOU TO THINK ABOUT CONSIDERING THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AS DENSE INFILL IN TOWN AS OPPOSED TO CREATING MORE SPRAWL IN PLACES LIKE SANDY CREEK. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ATTEMPTS TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS HOUSING ISSUES AND WE HOPE YOU'RE GOING RECOGNIZE SANDY CREEK PARK IS A RARE PLACE AND WE'RE NOT MAKES PLACES LIKE SANDY CREEK ANYMORE. PEOPLE ALL OVER COME TO ENJOY. MANY ARE DOING SO BECAUSE OF BIRDS BUT OTHERS WANT TO GET OUT UH IN NATURE AND HAVE THIS RARE GEM THAT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR CITY RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY KNOW WHAT BIRDS ARE pSINGIT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE IN NAURE.

THAT'S SPECIAL. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO REALLY UH PROTECT THAT RESOURCE AND VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

NEXT FIVE: LISA RAMSEN, LORRAINE -- GOT IT, THANK YOU -- DAVID SCHULTZE, KATHERINE WOLF, BRIDGETTE HOGAN. >> GOOD EVENING. LISA RAMSEN, BIVINS STREET, DEGREE -- WORK WITH GREEN PEACE. CURRENT UDO REQUIRES MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ILLUMINATION ALL NIGHT AND BRIGHT LIGHTS. THIS MULTISTORY DEVELOPMENTS 150 PLUS SPACE PARKING LOT IS ADJACENT TO SANDY CREEK

RY CLOSE TO - LIGHT POLLUTION CREATES MULTIPLE HAZARDS FOR WILDLIFE. PLANTS AND ANIMALS DED PENDS ON NATURAL LIGHT. SCIENCE CIVIC EVIDENCE SUGGESTS ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT CONTRIBUTES TO DECLINE OF BIRDS. BIRDS USE MOON AND STARS FOR NAVIGATION.

BIRDS DRAWN INTO LIGHT BECOME TRAPPED AND CIRCLE LIT AREA. EVEN OUTSIDE OF MIGRATION, NIGHTTIME LIGHTING CAN AL BIRDS TO AVOID HABITATS FOR SURVIVAL AND CAN ALTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PREDATORS AND PREY. SANDY CREEK IS UNPARALLELED. PLEASE VOTE NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> LORRAINE SALWAD E-A N, DURHAM. REJECT THIS E REZONING PROPOSAL. PICKETT ROAD BETWEEN GARRETT AND 15-501 HAS A MIX OF SCHOOLS, SENIOR LIVING, TOWNHOMES, AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ALL MAINTAIN A LW PROFILE. IT'S BUILT OUT ALREADY.

THE PLACE-TYPE MAP DEFINITION FOR APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES SPECIFIES THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PROVIDE SENSITIVE TRANSITION TO NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS SUGGESTING STEP-DOWN HEIGHTS. THE PROPOSAL FOR STAND ALONE 50-FOOT MID RISE APARTMENT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING LOW PROFILE SCALE AND IT IS UNREASONABLE TO RELY ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE TH TRANSITION IN AN ALREADY, BUILT-OUT AREA. A 50-FOOT ALLOWABLE UP TO 100 FOOT SINGLE APARTMENT BUILDING DOES NOT INTEGRATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS NOT HARMONIOUS WITH THE

SURROUNDINGS AND DOESN'T ADHERE TO COMP PLAN DEFINITIONS. LAND USE DECISION IS A COMMUNITY DECISION, AND WE URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO RESIDENT CONCERNS OVR A MISSING SENSITIVE TRANSITION TO THE AREA. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING.

DAVID SHULGS, 104 ACADEMY RIDGE DRIVE IN DURHAM. I'M A PHYSICIAN, HUSBAND, FATHER, AND CONCERNED CITIZEN. THE PLACE-TYPE MAP DEFINITION FOR APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCK CHUSHG, SAFE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACCESS TO AND FROM THE SITE AND STREET PARKING DRIVEWAY OR STRUCTURED PARKING DESIGNED TO PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS OR DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE PHASED TO COINCIDE WITH UPGRADES. THIS DEFINITION MET IN ORDER TO MEET CONSISTENCY WITH WITH PLACE-TYPE MAP. THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. CAN THE CITY GUARANTEE ADDING THESE UNITS WOULD BRING A BUS

STOP BACK TO THIS LOCATION? THERE ARE NO CONTIGUOUS SAFE SIDEWALKS AND BIKE PADS ALONG THE TO A GROCERY STORE. THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE ROAD THAT DO NOT HAVE A SHOULDER. THERE ARE SIDEWALKS TO NOWHERE.

OCCUPANTS OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO CARS AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE THAT THEY CAN GET TO SAFELY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SHOULD BE PRESENT OR PHASED TO COINCIDE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SIMPLY DOES NOT EXIST EVEN WITH THE NEWLY PROPOSED PROFFERS PRINTED TONIGHT. THE CITY HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING, LIMIT RISTS AND HARMS TO ENURE SAFETY OF COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE LAND USES THAT ARE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA AS IS WHEN THERE IS NO CLEAR PLAN FOR HOW SHORT COMINGS WILL BE ADDRESSED. PLEASE REJECT A REZONING PROPOSAL THAT IS NOT IN AN AREA THAT THE ANTICIPATED OR CONFIRMED TO BE PRIORITIZEDED BY THE CITY FOR THESE NECESSARY SAFETY UPGRADES.

THANK YOU. >> KATHERINE WOLF, RESIDENT AT 3207 VICTOR AVENUE. D. D.

IN INJURY EPIDEMIOLOGY FROM UNC AND I WORK AT HICKBRICK WHICH IS ONE OF THE 11 CDC IN THE UNITED STATES. ROAD SAFETY ISSUES THAT WILL RESULT FROM THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. RATES OF ROD FATALITIES HAVE INCREASED IN THE YEARS. NORTH CAROLINA IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS.

LAST YEAR PEDESTRIANS DEATHS INCREASED. SIX FOLD INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ON A ROAD THAT IS ALREADY GREATER THAN 50% CAPACITY. THREE TIMES AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THE ROAD SHOULD HANDLE.

EXTRA TURN LANES DOES NOT CHANGE THE OVERLOAD AND INCREASING CONGESTION INCREASES TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. THIS IS CONCERNING WHERE THERE'S NO PUBLIC TRANSIT TO OFFSET INCREASED CONGESTION. PICKETT ROAD MATCHES PROFILE OF MOST DANGEROUS ROADS IN THE UNITED STATES. TWO LANES, NO SHOULDERS, LIMITED SIDEWALKS, IN LESS POPULATEDED AREAS WHERE LIGHTING IS POOR, DRIVERS LESS LIKELY TO DILIGENT IN WATCHING O OUT FOR ROAD USERS, AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO SPEED AND HIGHER RISK NOR COLLISIONS WITH WILDLIFE.

THIS POOR ROAD SAFETY PROFILE IS WORST POSSIBLE SET UP FOR BIKE AND PED TRAFFIC. RISK IS SUBSTANTIAL AT 35 MILES PER HOUR, ONE IN FOUR PEDESTRIANS HIT BY A CAR WILL BE KILLED AND THAT INCREASED TO ONE IN TWO HIT AT 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING. THERE WILL BE MORE VULERABLE

ROAD USERS NEAR THIS DEVELOPMENT GIVEN PRESENCE OF THE NEARBY PARK, TRAILS, LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSIT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSES AND UNITS. PLEASE VOTE NO. IDGETTE HOGAN, ADDRESS ON - KEYSTONE RIPARIANS ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY PARCELS IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY FOR PROTECTION IN EACH WATERSHED. THIS PROPOSAL IS SITED BETWEEN TWO KEYSTONE PROPERTIES AND CONTAINS AN ADDITIONAL RIPARIAN PROPERTY. JUST 18 MONTHS AGO RECOMBINATION WAS AUTHORIZED TO MERGE ABOUT TWO ACRES OF KEYSTONE RIPARIAN NUMBER 138784 -- WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR HANDOUT -- THE

FLOODWAY IN THIS RIPARIAN TO MERGE IT INTO THE ADDITIONAL RIPARIAN PROPERTY. IN FACT, NUMBER 784 IS THE HIGHEST SCORING KEYSTONE RIPARIAN IN THE WHOLE NEW HOPE CREEK WATERSHED. IT SEEMS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS FACT WAS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE MERGER ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT PROPOSAL. TAKING PORTIONS OF OUR MOST SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT IS CONTRADICTORY TO PRESERVING HIGH QUALITY RIPARIAN AREAS.

THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED RIPARIAN LANDS FOR THEIR PROTECTION. APPROVING THE PROPOSED REZONING CREATES CONFLICTS IN A PRIORITIES OF THESE PLANS. UH I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS REZONING PROPOSAL THAT CONTAINS HIGH QUALITY RIPARIAN BUFFERS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE LAURIE KEEFER, BO NEWSOME, BETSY ROSS, CHERYL FIGRERA, SUE UH ZANN ELNOF, ASTRID COOK DIAL, AND RO BESHT SCOTT FROLLY. WELCOME.

>> HELLO LAURA KEEFER, ADDRESS ON FILE. PROPOSED PROJECT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY KEYSTONE RIPARIAN PARCELS. THE AK RAJ THEY'RE BUILDING ON

IS PARCEL PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS A KEY RIPARIAN PROPERTY. DISRUPTIONS TO FLOODPLAIN HAVE IMPACT ON HAELTH OF RIPARIAN AREAS AND WATERSHED. DEVELOP TER PLAN TO SEWER THROUGH WETLANDS AND CANNOT COMMIT TO NO DISTURBANCES OF WETLANDSES. THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL ALTER THE FUNCTION AND IMPAIR ABILITY OF THE LAND TO STORE FLOOD WATER.

THE PROJECT PROPOSES TO, UN, INCLUDE DAMAGING DISTURBANCES TO THE WETLANDS AND FLOODPLAIN, TWO, CHANGE TOPOGRAPHY OF RIPARIAN AREA AND CREATE RETAINING WALL, AND THREE, INCREASE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE TO 87% OF THE BUILDABLE LAND. THIS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT HOW SANDY CREEK AND NEW HOE CREEK WATERSHED FUNCTION. IT'LL HARM SENSITIVE NATURAL AREAS. I URGE YOU TOW CONSIDER THE CONTEXT OF THE SITE IN VIEW OF OUR GREATER GOALS AND REJEKT THE PREMISS THAT THIS PROJECT IS

SUITABLE FOR THIS LOCATION. THANK YOU. >> BO NEWSOME, ADDRESS ON FILE. NEW HOPE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UH NOT ONLY RECOMMENDED AGAINST THE PRODUCT BUT RAISED CONCERN OVER 140 UNITS WITHOUT A PROPER CONNECTION TO SANDY CREEK PARK.

THIS WILL RESULT IN FUTURE RESIDENTS CREATING THEIR OWN PATHS THROUGH THE WETLANDS AND CAUSE ONGOING DISRUPTION. WE MUST CONSIDER HOW PROPER COINCOMETIVETY OF OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC PARKS IS BEING PLANNED FOR. POLICY 80 SEEKS TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF NEIGHBORING PARKLANDS. THERE'S NO CONNECTION AVAILABLE TO WALK OR BIKE SAFELY TO REACH TRAIL HEAD. STAFF NOTED POLICY 50 EXCEEDS UDO BUT ALSO SAID THEY LACK DIRECT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION. NEW DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PROVIDE SAFE, PUBLIC PARK ACCESS AND MITIGATE DISRUPTIONS FROM FUTURE

RESIDENTS. WE EXPECT PROPER SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO LIMIT THE DEGRADATION OF THE WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN BUFFERS. UDO CODES AND INABILITY TO REQUIRE BUFFERS FALL SHORT. RESIDENTS BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD VALUE THOSE ADOPTED PLANNINGS AND POLICIES THAT STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THESE FEATURES.

WE THINK IT'S CLEAR THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THIS SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND OUR ENVIRONMENT ARE NOT A ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED. I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS REZONING PROPOSAL. >> BETSY ROSS, A ADDRESS ON FILE. SANDY CREEK PARK IS PART OF THE NEW HOPE CREEK CORRIDOR AND HOME TO RESTORATION PROJECT WITH OVER TWO THOUSAND VOLUNTEER HOURS AND $10,000 IN MATCHED GRANTS. OVER A THOUSAND CONSTITUENTS HAVE RALEIGHED TO OPPOSE THE REZONING PROPOSAL SHOWING HOW

IMPORTANT THIS OPEN SPCE STILL IS TO THE COMMUNITY. SANDY CREEK IS PROTECTED OPEN SPACE. THE CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT IT. WHEN THE CITY REVIEWS PARCELS WITH WELTLANDS STREAMS AND FLOODPLAINS, CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE LAND ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROXIMATE SIMILAR TOY PROTECTED OPEN SPACE.

THE ZONING ORDINANCES ASSIGNED BY ON A PARCEL-BY-PARCEL BASIS ARE ONE WAY TH CITY BUFFERINS SPACES FROM IMPACTS. BUFFERING SANDY CREEK FLOODPLAINS IS VITAL FOR THE HEALTH OF THE WATER SHET. BUFFERING THE THE OPEN SPACE IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT FOR THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR AND FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS. THE SANDY CREEK AND THE PARK ALREADY FLOOD.

PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES I SENT ON WIH DIANE. THE CITY SHOULD SHARE THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN THAT ADJACENT IMPERVIOUS SURFACE UP HILL WILL EXACERBATE FLOODING. BOB HEELLY HAS RECOMMENDED

AGAINST THIS PROJECT. PLEASE VOTE NO. AND I DO WANT TO TELL YOU I HAD LITTLE 11-YEAR-OLD BESIDE ME OVER THERE WHO GOT NERVOUS AND LEFT. HER NAME IS VIE UH LET AND SHE WANTED TO SHOW OTHER KIDS HER AGE THAT IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK UP, THEY CAN, AND I WAS S PROUD OF HER, BUT, UM, HER MOM SAID SHE JUST GOT TOO NERVOUS AND LEFT AND SO, HERE'S TO VIOLET.

THANK YOU. >> VIOLET, NEVER BE TOO NERVOUS TO SPEAK UP. >> THANK YOU. CHERYL FEGERA, ADDRESS ON FILE.

SANDY CREEK, PART OF NEW UH HOPE CREEK WATERSHED HAS BEEN A SUBJECT IS SUBJECT TO A WATER SHED IMPROVEMENT PLAN BECAUSE IT FLOWS INTO JORDAN LAKE. DURHAM HAS SPENT CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF MONEY MITIGATING ALREADY-EXISTING WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN SANDY CREEK. THE 2021 WIP INCLUDES

24 MILLION OF HIGH-PRIORITY STREAM IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SPECIFIC TO SANDY CREEK. FURTHER, THE WIP CONTAINS A CAVEAT THAT CAPITAL COSTS PRESENTED MAY BE UNDER ESTIMATED. WE KNOW THE CITY IS MAKING COMMITMENTS TO PROTECTING OUR DRINKING WATER SOURCES AND RECENT MEETINGS WITH JALO COALITION SUPPORT COMMUNITY INTEREST TO INVEST IN THIS PRIORITY. IT SEEMS UNWISE TO ACCEPT A REZONING PROPOSAL FOR DENSE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO SANDY CREEK THAT CONTAINS PORGS OF SENSITIVE RIPARIAN BUFFERS.

THE PROPOSED REZONING COMPROMISES ON THE ADOPTED VALUES FOR A WIDER COMMUNITY VISION OF CLEAN WATER AND AIR. I URGE TO YOU VOTE NO ON A REZONING THAT WILL ULTIMATELY INCREASE THE CITY'S ON GOING COST TO PROTECT OUR DRINKING WATER SOURCES. THANK YOU.

>> SUZANNE ELENOF, ADDRESS ON FILE. THE PARCELS THAT ARE WITHIN THE THE FLOOD PLANE ARE PART OF NEW HOPE CORRIDOR OPEN SPACE PLAN COMPONENTS 3 PART B FLAGGED FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION. THE INCLUSION IN THE OPEN SPACE PLAN WAS NOT INDICATED IN THE STAFF'S ZONING CHANGE REPORT. WE CANNOT COMPEL THE PRIVATE LAND OWNERS OR THE DEVELOPERS TO DONATE OR PERMANENTLY PROTECT THE FLOOD PLANES BUT THE CITY UH CAN ENSURE THAT THE ASSIGNED LAND USE ZONINGS ARE BEST SUITED TO PROTECT THESE RESOURCES. COMPROMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE FLOODPLAINS OF SANDY CREEK AND THE PROTECTED SANDY CREEK PARK IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE RESOURCES THE CITY E IS

INVESTING IN PROTECTING OUR DRINKING WATERER SOURCES AND PRESERVING OPEN SPACES. THIS ADOPTED PLAN RECOGNIZES THE E ECOSYSTEM'S UNIQUE TO THIS AREA. IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE GOALS OF THE CITY THAT RECOGNIZE THAT PROTECTING THE FLOODPLAIN FROM ANY DISTURBANCE WOULD BEST PRESERVE THE WATERSHED FUNCTIONS. PLEASE REJECT THIS PROPOSAL.

>> ASTERISK COOKDEAL, ADDRESS ON FILE. I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH EMILY SUTTON, HALL RIVER KEEPER AND SAMANTHA CROP, NEW USE RIVER KEEPER WHO HAVE HIGH LIGHTED NEED FOR PROACTIVE MEASURES NEEDED. WHILE DENSE DEVELOPMENT IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AS IT GENERATES LESS RUNOFF AND

CONSUMES LAND PER HOME MUST BE DONE WITH SMART GROWTH. THE WAY CITY COUNCIL HANDLES GROWTH WITH IMPACT OUR WATERSHED. THE WATERSHED IMPACT THOFS DEVELOPMENT FALL UNDER TWO MAIN CONCERNS: INCREASED IMPERVIOUS COVER AND PROS SIMILARITY TO SANDY CREEK FLOODPLAIN. FIRST, COVER LEADS TO MOE POLLUTED RUNOFF AS SURFACES PREVENT WATER FROM INFILTRATING THE GROUND.

THIS RUNOFF CARRIED POLLUTANTS AND EVENTUALLY FLOWS INTO JORDAN LAKE. COUNCIL MEMBER RIST, I BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH EMILY SUTTON ON NEW JORDAN LAKE RULES. WORTH STRICTER MANAGEMENT OF RUNOFF WE RISK WORSENING WTER QUALITY. MAYOR AT NEB 3rd MEETING YOU MENTIONED IT'S ILLEGAL TO HAVE MORE RUNOFF AFTER DEVELOPMENT. [INDISCERNIBLE] TO ENSURE PEAK FLOW VOLUME REMAINS UNCHANGED.

ADDITIONAL RUNOFF ALWAYS HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF INCREASED IMPERVIOUS COVER. WHY STORMWATER CONTROL MEASURES EVEN EXIST. >> ROBERT FROLLY, ADDRESS ON FILE. CONTINUE TO ADDRESS WATERSHED IMPACTS OF THIS PROPOSAL.

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE PROJECT PROXIMITY TO SANDY CREEK FLOODPLAIN THE REQUIRED MEASURES ARE INSUFFICIENT. THE ENGINEER STATED THEY WOULD ONLY MEET MINIMUM STORMWATER WHICH WILL BE INEFFECTIVE DURING STORM EVENT. IF THE DEVELOPER DOES WISH TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CITY AND HELPING TO PROTECT IT, I E PROPOSE THE DEVELOPER MABLG AN OFFICIAL PROFFER TO INCORPORATE STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY GREEN ROOFS AND

PER PERVIOUS PAYMENT. 27 ACRES CURRENTLY ZONED AS WETLAND AND TO THE CITY. THIS IS SIMPLE AND WOULD PROTECT OUR WATERSHED WHILE ALLOWING NECESSARY DEVELOPMENT. I RECOGNIZE CITY COUNCIL WISHES TO PRIORITIZE BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND GROWTH AND THEREFORE I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT ELIZABETH MILLER, BRIE ARE YAN -- BRYAN FIGER, JASON ELLIOTT, DAN ELSON, TINA BASIAS, AND ADAM BROUDY. I JUST SEE YOUR NAME JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY MY ADDRESS IS ON RECORD OR YOUR ADDRESS.

THAT WAY YOU HAVE MORE TIME. WELCOME. I HOPE YOU'RE OKAY. >> I AM.

SOMEBODY CATCH ME IF I FALL OVER. ELIZABETH MILLER. LAST MONTH DEVELOPER WENT ON THE RECORD STATING IT WOULD TAKE LONGER TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS ON ONE OF THEIR PARCELS THAN TO TO COMPLETE THEIR BUILDING SO THEY REWORKED PARCELS SO ABLE TO EXTEND SFRANG SCHUR THROUGH THE BACK FLOODPLAIN AND OFF LODE RESPONSIBILITY TO HANDLE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. CITY APPROVED THE RECOMBINATION OF THE PARCELS AND THEREFORE LOST ABILITY TO REQUIRE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND CONNECTIONS TO SANDY CREEK PARK. SO THE DEVELOPER HAD MADE PROFFER 14 FOR A FLASHING BEACON AND CROSSWALK AT THE SANDY CREEK TRAIL HEAD PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF OCCUPANCY AND SUBJECT TO NCDOT. BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN WHICH DWPER HAD SPECIFICALLY STATED LAST MONTH THAT THEY WILL NOT BUILD.

IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED BY NCDOT IT NEEDS INFRUK STRUCTURE ON BOTH SIDS. THIS MONTH, THEY'RE MAKING NEW OFFER RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THAT TO - CONNECTION TO SANDY CREEK SO THAT DLURM BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. CITY PLANNING ACCEPTED PROFFER 14 DESPITE TRANSPORTATION NOTING THIS HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS IN OTHER CASES AND THE PROFFER HAS FOLKS BELIEVING THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR THIS CROSSWALK WHEN IT WOULD NEVER HAVE ARE TO BE BUILT. SO IF PROFFER 14 IS STILL ON DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS DWPER CHANGED THEIR MIND OR IS THIS SEASON AEFRT PROFFER THAT WAS DESIGNED TO MAKE PROPOSAL LOOK BETTER THAT WAS SOEPTED BY THE CITY.

PROPOSAL PROFFERS ARE NOT ENOUGH UH TO OFFSET SAFETY HARMS INCURED BY THIS COMMUNITY. CLEARLY NOT IN PUBLIC INTEREST TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL IN CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.

>> BRYAN FAGER, UH I LIVE ON WATERBURY AND SANDY CREEK'S MY BACKYARD. I WAS ENYOURJ YOU UH TO GO VISIT SANDY CREEK IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE. I REPRESENT 40 HOME ONNERS IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. IN 2016 AFTER HURRICANE MATHEW OUR HOME WAS REEVALUATED AND WE VE TO PAY FLOOD INSURANCE.

BEING OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN BUT HAVING IT ENVEL ENVELOPE US OVER THE YEARS. WATER WHICH ONCE DRAINED AWAY HAS BECOME STANDING WATT WITHER AND APPEARS AS A POND AND CONTINUES TO SPREAD CLOSER TO OUR HOME EVERY YEAR. WE NOTICE CHANGES AFTER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON CORNWALLIS MUCH FURTHER AWAY THAN THIS PROJECT IN THE WATERSHED. HEAVY RAINFALL E VAENTS INCREASING PER NORTH CAROLINA CLIMATE SCIENCE REPORT.

WE'VE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS FROM THE BUILDER TO RETAIN STORMWATER TO 100 YEARS OF A FLOOD EVENT BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. WE RECOGNIZE CITY CANNOT REQUIRE THE DEVELOP TORE EXCEED UDO REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE DEVELOPMENTAL APPROVAL, HOWEVER, WE URGE TO YOU CONSIDER THE BROADER IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROJECT, IT'S NEGATIVE I78 PACTS ON DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBORS IN THE FLOODPLAIN OR BEING FORCED INTO IT AS A RESULT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FLOODPLAIN IS COMPOUNDED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE. PLEASE VOTE NO TO THIS REZONING. THANK YOU.

>> JASON ELLIOTT. I'M A NEIGHBOR ON WATER BURY DRIVE AND WE'VE ALSO SIMILARLY HAD TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS SOMETHING WE WERE NOT EXPECTING IN THE PAST. SO I LIVE DOWN SFRAEM THE PROJECT AND WANT TO REINFORCE OUR COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS. THE IMPACTS OF FLOODING ARE SIGNIFICANT. NOT JUST DAMAGE T HOMES BUT I IMAGINE OTHERS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE HURDLE.

DEVELOPMENT PROPOSING WITH IMPERVIOUS PARKING WOULD IMPACT WATERSHED AND INCREASE FOOD RISK. WE WILL BEAR THE FINANCIAL COST OF REPAIRS, LOSS OF PROPERTY VALUE, ADD INSURANCE COST AN MENTAL STRESS AND BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. WE WLL HAVE TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF EROSION, SOIL DEGRADATION AND POLLUTION POLLUTION OF FLOOD WATERS AS WELL. THE CITY MUST WEIGH THE BENEFIT TO APPROVING THE DEVELOPER'S REQUEST FOR REING AGAINST TIM PACTS TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.

EXPERIENCES TELL US FLOD EVENTS ARE INCREASING. THAT PROTECTING OUR WATERSHEDS FROM THE IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT ARE NECESSARY. AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR NEIGHBORS AND CURRENT LAND OWNERS WHO WOULD FWAER BRUNT OF THIS PROPOSAL. PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL WHICH IS A GAIN FOR DEVELOPERS OR THE PROSPECT OF MEETING HOUSING GOALS COMES AT EXTENT OF COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. >> DAN ELSON AND MANY F OF YOU KNOW ME FOR MY OVER 40 YEARS WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DURHAM. YOU WOULDN'T KNOW I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST EARTH DAY APRIL 22, 1970. WHAT ARE WE REALLY CONSIDERING HERE WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS REZONING?

A REALLY TALL BUILDING STICKING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB WITH NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, NO SIDEWALK OR SHOULDERS, AND IS A WALKING/BIKING HAZARD TO A BUS STOP OVER A MILE AWAY. IT'S ADJACENT AND UP STREAM TO CRITICAL WATERSHED, WETLANDS AND STREAMS THAT ALREADY FLOODS AND HAS REQUIRED REHA BILL DACIAN AND WILL INCREASE POLLUTED FLOODING OF SANDY CREEK PARK AND DOWNSTREAM LAND OWNERS. IT CONFLICTS WITH CITY PLANS THAT TARGET FLOODPLAIN PARCELS FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION AND WITH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY AND SENT YOU AN E-MAIL

OUTLINING A LOT OF THOSE. YOU HAVE THE TOUGH JOB OF BALANCING COMPETING INTEREST FOR MAKING DECISION AND APPRECIATE THAT. THIS PROPOSAL MAY PRVIDE SOME HOUSING BUT YOU MUST BALANCE THAT AGAINST NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON DRINKING WATER SOURCES, PROTECTS OPEN SPACE AN HABITATS AND EXISTING RESIDENTS. THIS IS NOT A CRITICAL SITE FOR CREATING AN APARTMENT BUILDING, BUT IT IS A CRITICAL SITE FOR PROTECTING OUR WATER AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.

TO BE CLEAR, MAINTAINING CURRENT ZONING ON THESE SITES IN SENSITIVE AREA WILL NOT PREVENT THE CITY FROM ACHIEVING THEIR GROWTH GOALS. ON BALANCE, THIS IS NOT IN PUBLIC INTEREST. VOTE NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> GOOD EVENING. TINA BESSIUS, ONE OF THREE FOR DURHAM ACADEMY. WE HAVE DURHAM ACADEMY IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, PICKETT ROAD, FROM THE

PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. I UH AM A TEACHER, A SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR AND LIFELONG DURHAM RESIDENT. WEED A DURHAM ACADEMY AGREE WITH WITH WHT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS BY PRECEDING SPEAKERS. IF YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT, HOWEVER, WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY MEASURES MUST BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE OCCUPANCY.

THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. I I SEE IT THAT WAY WITH PARTICULAR CLARITY BECAUSE OF AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE IN DURHAM. THE OLDER SISTER WAS A NEW DRIVER AND ONE CLEAR MORNING SHE WAS DRIVING EAST OF CORNWALLIS ROAD AS THE SUN ROSE. SHE WAS NOT DRIVING FAST OR DOING ANYTHING UNUSUAL, BUT SHE STRUCK AND KILL CANNED A CHILD WALKING TO SCHOOL. WE MUST NOT CREATE CONDITIONS A ALONG THE NARROWEST STRETCH OF

PICKETT ROAD WHERE SUCH A TRAGEDY COULD BEFALL STUDENTS K NEIGHBORS OR OTHER PARK VISITORS. >> ADAM ROWDY, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF DURHAM ACADEMY. AS FEBRUARY 3RD, CITY COUNCIL MEETING YOU CHARGED THE DEVELOPER TO ENSURE CONNECTIVITY TO THE SANDY CREEK TRAIL. WE'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY THE LACK OF ENGAGEMENT FROM DEVELOPER.

FIRST THEY REBUFFERED OUR PROPOSAL FOR PRIVATE AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDED FINANCIAL ON OUR PART. PUSHING ENTIRE BURDEN ON TO THE CITY, THAT'S ON TO YOU AND ON TO ALL OF US. FOR MANY MONTHS DA HAS COMMITTED TO BEING A PARTNER WILLING TO INVEST IN A SOLUTION BUT GIVEN LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ON THE PART OF THE DEVELOPER WHO'S CONSPIRED TO HIDE THE FACT THEY'LL

PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND WHEN THEY MENTION CONNECTIVITY WITH THE DOT, THEY COULD FIX THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO OWN THAT PROPERTY, THEY COULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY INSTEAD ALL THEY'VE DONE IS SAY I THEY GIVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. AND AGAIN, THE LACK OF CLARITY ON THE PLAN PUT FORTH BY COUNCIL MEMBER RIST WHO'S INVOLVEMENT WE TRULY APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT FORTH, UM, ANYWAY WE COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD THAT TIME. BOTTOM LINE DA SUPPORTED GOOD DEVELOPMENT, RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, EVEN ON THIS PARCEL OF LAND BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. SO BEFORE REZONING IS GRANTED, DEVELOPER SHOULD HAVE TO STEP UP AND PRESENT SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY THEIR PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP: CHRISTINE KLEIN, RICHARD GRUSON, MIMI KESSLER --

SHE SPOKE, YEAH -- EZRA NURBURG, CAMERON OF. >> HI, KRISTIN KLEIN, ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL AT DURHAM ACADEMY. AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SHARED, WE CANNOT SUPPORT THE REZONING PROPOSAL BECAUSE WE HAVE DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR 1,257 STUDENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS. CONCERNS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY A CLEAR AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE TWO KEY FEATURES: A LIGHTED CROSSWALK AND A PATH TO CONNECT SANDY CREEK TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. DESPITE THE DEVELOPER'S LACK OF COLLABORATION THUS FASHG WE REMAIN WILLING TO MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION AND TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM AND THE CITY ON AN AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE

BOTH THESE SAFETY ELEMENTS. BECAUSE THE PROJECT SHOULD NOT PRECEDE WITHOUT CLEAR SOLUTIONS TO THESE CONCERNS, AND BECAUSE WE VE NOT REACHED A CLEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE PARTIES THAT OUTLINES THE TIMING, FINANCING, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CROSSING AND THE PATH, WE REQUEST THAT YOU REJECT THE REZONING OR AT THE VERY LEAST GRANT A CONTINUANCE TO GIVE ALL PARTIES TIME TO COME TO A CLEAR AND BINDING AGREEMENT ON THESE CRITICAL SAFETY FEATURES PRIOR TO REZONING APPROVAL. WE REMAIN GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AND THE WORK TO FIND COLLABORATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE PATHS FORWARD AND TO MAXIMIZE SAFE USE AND CONNECTIVITY TO SANDY CREEK FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING.

MIMI KESSLER. THIS IS A LOCATION THAT WOULD BENEFIT ALL CONCERNED IF IT IS PRORTY IS DEVELOPED AS IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR THREE REASONS. I RECOGNIZE THAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF F SCAD THAT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY UH PARKING; HOWEVER, THERE IS INSUFFICIENT PARKING FOR THE NUMBER OF UNITS HERE AND NO BUS TRANSPORTATION, DANGEROUS FOR WALKING AND BIKING, AND THE OVERFLOW IS LIKELY TO GO INTO THE STREET WHICH IS EVEN MORE OF A HAZARD. SECOND, THE INEVITABLE E EROSION INTO THE WILDLIFE HABITAT. THIRD, THE DESTRUCTION WEIGHS MORE THAN A FEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS PROFFERED IN SPITE OF HOW MUCH WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I UH ASK THAT UH YOU VOTE NO, AND I PROMISE THAT THE FOUR OF YOU THAT NORMALLY VOTE FOR

DEVELOPMENTS WILL NOT BE STRUCK DEAD IF YOU VOTE NO. THANK YOU. >> EZRA NORBURG, 16, AND A JR. AT RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, MEMBER OF THE SUNRISE CLUB AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO SPAK ABOUT REJECTING THE REZONING PROPOSAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT NEAR SANDY CREEK.

THIS THIS PROJECT POSES SERIOUS LOGISTICAL CONCERNS THAT THREATEN THE WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND NATURAL SPACES. FIRST AND FOREMOST THE TRAFFIC IMPACT IS DANGEROUS. PICKETT ROAD IS ALREADY A NARROW E SHOULDERLESS STREET WITH BLIND HILL MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR INCREASE TRAFFIC. UNWISE THE GREATLY INCREASE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA BY DEVELOPING AND BUILDING IN THIS AREA. FURTHERMORE, THE E DEMAND PR NEW APARTMENT IN THIS AREA IS QUESTIONABLE WITH ONLY AROUND A

50% OCCUPANCY E RATE IN SURROUNDING COMPLEXES, NO URGENT NEED. NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT NECESSARILY BUT IT T MUST BE RESPONSIBLE, A SMALLER MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. I URGE TOYOU VOTE NO ON THI. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> GOOD EVENING. CAMERON AHO, JR. AT RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL. I'M HERE TODAY WITH THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT.

AS I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS EXPRESSED TO YOU AND JUST WANT TO SAY HOW AWESOME IT IS THAT AYE GOTTEN TO HEAR ALL THESE WONDERFUL POINTS, WE THINK THERE ARE NUMEROUS CONCERNS ABOUT REZONING THIS AREA. WE UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, THAT SOMETIMES SAVING ALL THE LAND IS UNREALISTIC AND THAT DURHAM IS A FAST-GROWING COMMUNITY. AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A

IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO, BT THESE CURRENT PLANS ARE NOT ONES THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THAT. ACCORDING TO CURRENT DOCUMENTS AND BUILDINGS FOR THE PROPOSED AREA THESE AREN'T GOING TO SATISFY OUR DEMANDS AND WILL DO MORE TO HURT THE AREA THAN TO REALLY HELP. IF WE WANT MORE APARTMENTS AND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE BETTER THAN PLACES TO BUILD THEM THAN A CURABLE YEAR FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS A REGION THAT IS LOVED BY MANY INDIVIDUALS AND REZONING IT WOULD ONLY CAUSE PROBLEMS.

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE REASONS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULDN'T REZONE THIS AREA, SO I THINK THAT IT'S BETTER FOR US TO CREATE BETTER MORE REALISTIC AND HELPFUL SOLUTIONS THAN TO JUMP AT THIS OPPORTUNITY, THAT'S WHY I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO TO THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YU. I'M GOING TO CALL A LIST OF NAMES -- I SEE MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, SO, I JUST WANT

TO CALL THE LIST AND IF YOU NOT THEN COE UP. DAVID SCHULTZE, BREANNA CLARK, ELSON, LAUREN KEEFER, JASON ELLIOTT, KRISTIN KLEIN... IS ANYONE ON THAT LIST HAS NOT SPOKEN? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME IN THE MIKE.

>> I CAME TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC OF THE PARKS FUNDING, BUT NOT APARTMENTS. >> GOTCHA. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE NAMES THAT I HAVE FOR PICKETT ROAD. WE MADE IT THROUGH. AND WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL NOW ALLOW FOR REBUTTAL AND THEN TAKE A BREAK FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING.

PLEASE. >> NIL GHOSH SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. 5 FOOT-CANDLE AND MAXIMUM AT 8 FOOT-CANDLES. THAT'S WHAT THE UDO REQUIRES AND ALLOWS, SO IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE THAT THERE'LL BE VERY BROUGHT LIGHTS ON AT ALL TIMES DURING THE NIGHT, JUST NOT TRUE. SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT THE

COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT SPRAWL, AND IN GENERAL I WOULD TEND TO AREE WITH THAT BUT I THINK UH THIS PROJECT DOES NOT REPRESENT SPRAWL, IT'S AN INFILL DEVELOPMENT, UM AND MOREOVER, IT'S WELL WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. I DON'T SEE HOW THIS COULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS SPRAWL WHEN IT IS ADJACENT TO AN EXISTING COMMUNITY, ACROSS THE STREET FROM SCHOOL, DOWN TE STREET FROM DOCTOR'S OFFICE, I MEAN IT'S -- THIS IS NOT SPRAWL. UM, THERE WAS A FEW COMMENTS RELATED TO KEYSTONE RIPARIANS AND A LITTLE BIT OF MISINFORMATION THAT WENT IN THERE. WE ARE NOT IMPACTING FLOODPLAINS OR WETLANDS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. THE IMPERVIOUS AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS 55% OF THE REZONING AREA, NOT I THINK 87% WAS MENTIONED. THAT'S JUST NOT CORRECT AND THAT'S ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

I THINK A LOT SAID UH ABOUT SANDY CREEK AS IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE AND WE AGREE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT TOUCHING IT, WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE WE'LL CNTINUE TO PROTECT THAT - AREA, WE'RE DEVELOPING ADJACENT TO THE FLOODPLAIN. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH THERE ARE THREE HOMES DEVELOPED ON THE PARCELS WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO DEVELOP. WE'RE LOOKING AT AREA THAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED.

THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GOING TO REQUIRE US TO TAKE OUT MANY IF ANY TREES AND THERE WILL BE MORE IMPERVIOUS AS A RESULT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT THAN EXISTS TODAY, BUT THAT'S IT. THERE ALSO WILL BE A LOT MORE UNITS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND AT FULL BUILDOUT WER TALKING 140 UNITS IN A LOCATION WHERE CURRENTLY THERE ARE THREE HOMES. DURHAM HAS SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON WATER QUALITY AND ON HOUSING MORE THAN HAS BEEN SPENT ON - WATER QUALITY. P BOTH ARE IMPORTANT AND I THINK THIS PROJECT RESPECTS BOTH OF

THOSE THINGS. UM, THE FOLKS FROM DA HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH WITH THEM AND SAID THEIR PROPOSAL WAS REBUFFED. I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY SUGGESTED WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE MONEY THAT MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO USE TOWARD THIS IS AN INSTEAD OF GIVING TO THE CITY GIVING IT TO SOME SORT OF JOINT VENTURE WITH DA TO BE USED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COST AND PERMITTING OF THE SIDEWALK WAS AND IF IT WAS MORE THAN THE AMOUNT THEY WERE WILLING TO PUT IN PLUS THE DEVELOPER'S AMOUNT THE PROPOSAL WAS TO WALK A AWAY. WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS GOOD. OUR CLIENTS MY CLIENT HAS COME TO TERMS WITH TH IDEA THAT MONEY COULD GO ST I AND BE USED

ELSEWHERE AND THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER USE OF THE NONE IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO COMPLETE THE CONNECTION AND THERE MIGHT BE MORE PRESSING ISSUES AROUND THE CITY. REGARDLESS, THEY WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT, WANTED TO EXPANSE ON THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO CONNECTIVITY. THAT REMAINS TRUE. I THINK UH WE'VE FOUND A BETTER FUND TO PUT IT IN TO EARMARK FOR THIS PROJECT.

VULT RESULT AND I WOULD INVITE - FOLKS AT DA TO ENGAGE IN THAT CON VER SITUATION THE CITY AND PROVIDE FUNDING THERE. -- CONVERSATION WITH WITH THE CITY AND PROVIDE FUNDING THERE. I CAN'T REALLY E READ THE REST OF MY WRITE OG SO -- WRITING SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> COLLEAGUES, I AM GOING TO CALL US TO TAKE A TEN-MINUTE BREAK AT T THIS MOMENT BEFORE -- BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I'LL DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED

AND BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND THEN WE'LL DELIBERATE ONCE WE COME BACK AT 9:06.

>> RESTORE ORDER. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I NEED IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO, THANK YOU. WE ARE THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN EXECUTED AN NW CLOSED AND BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. I WILL START TO MY LEFT.

COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. MY FIRST QUESTION IS A STAFF QUESTION. HEY, AARON. UM, I ACTUALLY WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT SOME FOLKS BROUGHT UP WITH THE MERGER THAT HAPPENED ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT AND THE LOCATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE AND WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE. >> SURE. SO A WHAT'S CALLED A RECOMBINATION PLAT WAS DONE FOR

TWO OF THE PROPERTIES AND WHAT THEY BASICALLY DID WAS THEY TOOK THE PREVIOUS PARCEL LINES AND THEY MOVED THEM AROUND SO THAT THE LARGEST PARCEL THAT IS NOW A PORTION -- THAT IS NOW A PART OF THE REZONING APPLICATION IS BIGGER. UM, THAT WAS DONE TO AN EXEMPT PLAT PROCESS THT'S ALLOWED BY STATE LAW AND IT'S SIMPLY A "DO YOU MEET THE CRITERIA OR DON'T YOU DELIRIUM TREMENS AND IF YOU DO, YOU ARE APPROVED. IN THIS CASE THE PARCELS IN QUESTION BOTH MT REQUIREMENTS O OF THE ZONING IN PLCE AT THE CURRENT TIME, SO THEY THE RECOMBINATION BUZZ WAS APPROVED. THE PARCEL FO WHICH THE IS PRIMARILY FLOODPLAIN, UM, AND INCLUDES THE SANDY CREEK TRAIL

HAS SMALLER SHAPE, DIFFERENT SHAPE AND AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THE COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS ALWAYS -- WHENEVER YOU DO A RECOMBINATION PLAT LIKE THIS, THEY ALWAYS RENUMBER THE PARCELS. SO CAN BE DIFFICULT TO TRACK IF YOU'RE JUST GOING BY PARCEL ID NUMBER OR REAL ESTATE ID NUMBER. IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO TRACT THAT BECAUSE THEY GET NEW NUMBERS. WHAT IT ALSO MEANS IS THAT THE NEW LARGEST PARCEL OF THE REZONING NOW HAS ACCESS TO THE EXISTING SEWER LINE AND EASEMENT SO THAT THE FLOODPLAIN PARCEL -- FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM -- DOES NOT NEED TO BE ACCESSED IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE SEWER MANHOLE EVEN THOUGH THAT SEWER MANHOLE IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN BUT ON THE FLOODPLAIN OF THE OTHER PARCEL.

>> THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. SAY IT AGAIN. >> WISH YOU COULD SEE THE MAP I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

KIND OF THE PARCEL THAT'S KIND OF L-SHAPED, RIGHT? >> YEP. >> IT'S NOW REID 236561. THE MANHOLE THAT WOULD BE ACCESSED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SEWER TO THE SITE IS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT PARCEL.

>> OKAY. >> SO THEY DO NOT NEED TO ACCESS THE PARCEL NOW NUMBER 236562 WHICH HAS THE MAJORITY OF THE FLOODPLAIN AS WELL AS THE SANDY CREEK TRAIL, THEY DO NOT NEED TO ACCESS THAT PARCEL NOW IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE SEWER MANHOLE, UM, IN ORDER TO GET SEWER TO THE SITE. >> OKAY. I HAVE TWO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. >> SURE. >> THE FIRST IS, YOU SAID THAT IT WAS THE RECOMBINATION WAS APPROVED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING; DO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING IF IT WOULD BE APPROVED IF THE ZONING WERE CHANGED AS THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED?

>> I WOULD THINK SO BECAUSE PDR DOESN'T -- BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE OF IS THAT THE PARCELS THAT ARE BEING CREATED CAN BE CREATED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT, SO THEY, IN THEORY, COULD HAVE APPLIED FOR THE ZONING AND IF THEY WANTED THE SAME SHAPE FOR THE ZONING AS IT HAS NOW THEY COULD SIMPLY A APPLY FOR SPLIT ZONING AND APPLY AFTERWARDS. I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MATERIAL DIFFERENCE. IT'S CLEANER TO DO IT THE WAY THEY DID IT WAS ZONING'S BEING DONE ALONG EXISTING PARCEL LINES RATHER THAN KIND OF SPLIT ZONING AND TEN DOING THE RECOMBINATION OF THE PARCELS AFTERWARDS. >> AND THEN WE HEARD A SPEAKER TALK ABOUT AN IMPACT POTENTIALLY

ON SIDEWALK OR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED; IS THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES BESIDES THE SEWER ACCESS THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE RECOMBINATION? >> SO... IF THE PARCEL 236562 IF THAT LARGER PARCEL WERE INCLUDED IN THE REZONING, THEY WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE THE SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY ACROSS, PROVIDE SOME SORT OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITY ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THAT PARCEL SINCE IT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. MR. GHOSH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

JUST ONE. YOU TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY IN YOUR REBUTTAL, BUT AND I WASN'T HEAR FOR THE FEBRUARY 3RD MEETING, I DID WATCH IT BACK AND WHAT I SAW WAS THAT THERE WAS CLEAR DIRECTIVE THAT WE WERE HAVING A CONTINUANCE IN ORDER TO HAVE CON VERY SAGS WITH WITH COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL - AND WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS MAYBE NOT GREAT COMMUNICATION AND IN FACT ONE PERSON SAD THAT Y'ALL SCHEDULED A MEETING AND TEXT AMENDMENTS HAD BEEN FILED PREVIOUS TO THE MEEING. CAN YOU ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH YOU'VE DONE SINCE THE LAST MEETING; WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THE TIME LINE FOR IT? >> I COULD NOT TELL L YOU HOW MUCH PHONE CALLS, E E-MAILS AND MEETINGS I'VE HAD SINCE THE CONTINUANCE, BUT MANY, NUMEROUS. I MEAN MORE THAN I'VE HAD FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT HASN'T YET GONE TO A HEARING, QUITE

EXTENSIVE IN MY MIND. WE WERE WORKING AGAINST COUPLE THINGS. WE NEEDED TO MEET WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH WE DID. WE ALSO HAD A DEADLINE THAT STAFF SET FOR WHEN WE NEEDED TO GET SOME COMMITMENTS TO STFF SO THAT THEY WOULD END UP ON THE IN THE AGENDA PACKET MATERIALS.

SO WE DID BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. AFTER WE SUBMITTED OUR TEXT COMMITMENTS AS WE WORDED THEM TO STAFF SO THAT THEY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET, WE DID CONTINUE TO MEET WITH COMMUNITY AND STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THESE VARIOUS TOPICS AND HAVE CONTINUOUSLY BEEN OPEN TO RECEIVING MORE INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK ON AND IN FACT HAVE CHANGED THOSE COMMITMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE FEEDBACK. SO I THINK IT IS TRUE WE SENT IN OUR COMMITMENTS UNDER THE DEADLINE SO THAT THEY COULD GET ON THE AGENDA PACKET. IT'S ALSO TRUE WE CONTINUED TO HAVE FEEDBACK AFTER THAT, TAT WE HAVE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND HAVE

USED THAT INFORMATION TO CHANGE THOSE COMMITMENTS AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. BOTH THINGS ARE TRUE. >> THANK YOU. JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION.

YOUR CLIENT THAT YOU'RE WORKING FOR, I GUESS, IS NOT USUALLY ONE TO BUILD NEW BUILDS, SEMS LIKE THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF DOING RENOVATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE ALSO NEW TO DURHAM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY THEY ARE COMING INTO DURHAM AND WHY THEY ARE CHOOSING TO SORT OF EXPAND THEIR -- >> THEY BUILT NEW UH DEVELOPMENTS BEFORE. I THINK A LOT OF THEIR PROJECTS ARE RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS. I THINK THAT'S TRUE, BUT THEY HAVE BILT SOME NEW STUFF BEFORE. I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY THEIR REASONS WERE FOR COMING TO DURHAM, SPECIFICALLY. THIS SITE, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS AN ATTRACTIVE SITE TO THEM FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, ONE OF

WHICH IS WHAT'S AROUND THE AREA AND UH HOW -- I DID WANT TO CORRECT ONE THING MR. CAIN SAID. THE SEWER THEY'RE ACCESSING, THAT MANHOLE IS NOT IN THE FLOODPLAIN. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.

THE SEWER IS AT THE BACK BUT THE MANHOLE IS NOT IN THE FLOODPLAIN AS I UNDERSTAND IT. ANOTHER RASON THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE SITE; IT HAS ACCESS TO WATER AND SEWER. >> STAFF, Y'ALL HEARD THAT? OKAY.

Y'ALL ARE GING TO LOOK INTO IT AND COME BAK TO ME. OKAY, GREAT. UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. I MAY HAVE STATEMENTS TO MAKE LATER.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER. >> I WANT TO START BY SHARING A FEW POSITIONS THAT I HOLD IN

GENERAL PHILOSOPHICALLY ON DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE CASES. SOME OF WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT UNPOPULAR IN THE ROOM. FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORT TALL BUILDINGS INCLUDING ON A SITE LIKE THIS AND NEXT TO LARGE PARKS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK -- AND THE REASON WHY I SUPPORT THAT IS BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE THAT WE NEED IN THE SOCIETY THAT WE NEED NEEDS TO WEAVE TOGETHER A FABRIC OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THAT THAT IS THE FUTURE, THAT IS THE BEST OUTCOMES THAT WE CAN HOPE FOR IN FUTURE IS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE WHERE RESIDENTS HAVE EASY ACCESS AND CAN LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE NATURE AND BE CLOSE TO NATURE. I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY VITAL. I SUPPORT MORE RESIDENTS LIVING

NEXT TO PARKS LIKE THIS. I SUPPORT IN NEW DEVELOPMENTS PARKS BEING INCORPORATED INTO NEW DEVELOPMENTS. THAT'S VITAL. MY HOPE IS THAT WE WOULD MOVE OUR CITY TOWARDS ONE WHERE WE INCREASINGLY -- WHERE WE INCREASE PERCENTAGE OF US WHO CAN WALK TO PARKS.

GOOD ME STRIK -- METRIC OF SUCCESS. THIS REZONING HAS PRETTY DECENT OFFERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE PROFFERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING -- SOME OF THE OTHER PROFFERS ARE NOT BAD, UM, WE EXIST IN NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO WE CHIP AWAYEN THOUGH IT'S COMPLETELY INADEQUATE.

SOCIETY COULD SOLVE THIS BY BUILDING A WHOLE BUNCH OF PUBLIC HOUSING. THEY DON'T HAVE HOUSING NG AND- AFFORDABILITY PROBLEMS THE WAY THAT WE DO, BUT GIVEN MANY OF THE LIMITATIONS WE OFTEN FIND OURSELVES IN SITUATION WERE DEVELOPERS ARE PROPOSING CASES AND REZONINGS AND PROFFERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT PUTTING PRESSURE ON DECISION MAKERS THINKING ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS IS BETTER THAN MANY BIG REZONINGS THAT WE SEE HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL THAT COME TO US. UM, I WOULDN'T CHARACTERIZE THIS CASE AS URBAN OR SUBURBAN SPRAWL, BUT WE SEE A LOT OF SUBURBAN SPRAWL UP HERE IN THIS ROOM WITH NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM COMING BEFORE US. REZONING CASES AND ANNEXATION

CASES COVERING THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF FOREST AND FARMLAND THAT GET APPROVED THAT DON'T INCLUDE PARKS AND THAT ARE NOT INCLUSIVE OR SUSTAINABLE AS THIS PROPOSAL IS, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFICULTY WE HAVE IN DELIBERATING AND CONSIDERING A CASE LIKE THIS WHEN IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REGULARLY SEE UP HERE IN THIS ROOM. AND THAT SHOWS THAT PUBLIC SCRUTINY LEADS TO BETTER OUTCOMES. WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP, MOST OF THE TIME, WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP WE CAN GET BETTER OUTCOMES. SOMETIMES, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. SOMETIMES WE GO AND OPPOSE SOMETHING AND WE DON'T GET SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER. THAT HAPPENS, BUT MANY TIMES IF THERE ARE MANY EYEBALLS ON WHAT IS HAPPENING, IT GIVES AMMUNITION FOR DECISION MAKERS TO DEMAND BETTER.

THIS CASE REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER CASE WE SAW SEVERAL MONTHS AGO CALLED ORA 751 -- VERY SIMILAR IN A LOT OF RESPECTS SO I COMPARED THIS CASE AND THAT CASE. THAT CASE WAS SURROUNDED ON MULTIPLE SIDES, RESTRICTED ON EAST SIDE OF THAT CASE WAS A TWO-LANE NORTH CAROLINA ROAD, 751. NATURE ON THE WEST SIDE OF IT AND SOUTH OF THAT PROPERTY. IT ABUTTED NATURAL AREAS, IT WAS ALSO A MULTIFAMILY CASE, A A SMALL PROVISION OF INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS AND INVOLVED BUSY 2-LANE ROAD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT AGAINST THAT CASE AND ULTIMATELY, WE OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED THAT CASE.

THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES, THOUGH. THAT ONE HAD MORE CONNECTIVITY TO THE AREA. YOU COULD CROSS THE STREET AND GET TO A GREENWAY THAT TOOK YOU STRAIGHT TO SOUTHPOINT MALL AND

A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. THERE WAS ALSO EXTENSION OFF-SITE TO CONNECT SIDEWALK AND IF YOU WALKED NORTH, YOU COULD THEORETICALLY REACH SOME OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USES INCLUDING GROCERY STORE. ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THAT CASE. THIS CASE, THERE ISN'T REALLY MUCH TO WALK TO AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CONEXTS AND THE AREA IS A LITTLE BIT LESS LACKS STREET CONNECT TITY THAT MAKES SOMETHING SEMIWALKABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO PLACES.

THINKING ABOUT THE COMP PLAN, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A BIT OF AN ART, A BIT OF A SCIENCE. THERE IS NO CASE THAT IS PERFECTLY CONSISTENT. THERE ARE RARELY CASES THAT ARE PERFECTLY INCONSISTENT. NORMALLY THERE ARE A BUNCH OF POLICIES AND THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF POLICIES AND INCONSISTENT WITH OTHERS. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION OF WHERE DOES IT CROSS THAT LINE THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH

SAYING THIS IS CONSISTENT ENOUGH THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE APPROVING IT. THE APARTMENT -- THIS IS APARTMENT TOWN HOUSE PLACE TYPE ON IT FACE THAT SOUNDS JUST APARTMENT, PLACE TYPE BUT THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS POINTED OUT SAYING RESIDENTS ACCESS APARTMENT OR TOWN HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD BY TRANSIT OR BUS ROU R ROUDS ALONG ROADS. SHOULD BE SUPPORTED BY WATER SEWER, TRANSIT ROADS -- IT'S NOT THERE TODAY BUT WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE THERE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE AND WE HAVE A GOOD SENSE IT'LL BE THERE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME SORT OF DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN UNDERSTANDING THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN, NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE HERE. SO, UH, YOU UH KNOW, THIS COMES BACK TO SOME OF MY THINKING

AABOUT DENSITY, DIVERSITY, DESIGN. I THINK THAT WHEN WE INCREASE DENSITY, IT THREATENS JUST A LITTLE BIT WITH JUST VERTICALIZING AUTO CENTRIC DEVELOPMENT MORE THN THAT ORA 751 CASE I UH TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. TING - UM, I WANTED TO HONOR A COLLEAGUE'S REQUEST. I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER IF INSTEAD OF APPROVING THIS CASE IN THE LAST MEETING, IF IT THERE WAS SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CASE AND THEN IT BECAME APPROVED IN THIS MEETING, I THINK THIS WOULD BE BETTER, AND SO THAT IS WHY I VOTED TO FOR THAT DELAY IN THE LAST MEETING. HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT

UNDERWHELMED WITH SOME OF THE OUTCOMES. I THINK THIS PROJECT COULD BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN. I THINK IT COULD BE BETTER. THAT'S WHERE MY VOTE IS LEANING, BUT I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS UP HERE BY MY COLLEAGUES AND SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS THEY MAKE.

>> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. THANK ALL THE RESIDENCE DEBITS THAT COME OUT AND THE FOLKS WHO TOOK COUNCIL MEMBER RIST AND I OUT TO SANDY CREEK. WE DID THE FULL TRAIL AND KIND OF CAME OUT ON THE SITE OF THE REZONING,ING AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE RESIDENTS FOR CAKING US OUT THERE. -- TAKING US OUT THERE. THANK BOTH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER RIST WHO HAD HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE FOLKS AT

DURHAM ACADEMY AND THE FOLKS I'M CALLING Y'ALL THE BIRDING FOLKS. THE BIRD PEOPLE AND THE SCHOOL PEOPLE, THAT'S HOW I'VE KIND OF GROUP Y'ALL. UH BUT I WANT TO THANK THEM BECAUSE I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ASKED FOR CONTINUANCE BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE COULD GET THERE, RIGHT, I THOUGHT THERE COULD BE SOME MOVEMENT AND THERE COULD BE SOME CLEAR PROFFERS ON THE TWO ISSUES I FELT FOLKS WERE RAISING: SIDEWALK AND THE KIND OF WHAT COULD BE PROFFERED THAT WOULD HELP THE FOLK WHO IS HAD SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS FEEL MAYBE NOT 100 O% ABOUT IT BUT AT LEAST SOMEWHAT ALLEVIATED AND IN MY MIND I HAVE A FEW UH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE I UH KIND OF LIKED WHAT HAS BEEN PROFFERED AND I THINK THE QUESTION FOR ME IS, IS DURHAM ACADEMY WILLING TO GO THROUGH THAT NEGOTIATION AS WELL BECAUSE THAT'S THROUGH THE PARKS FOUNDATION. SO FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE WHO ARE THAT WEREN'T HERE LAST TIME, THE WAY THAT THE CITY DOES WHICH IS WHY THE APPLICANT COUNT JUST PROFFER TO THE SIDEWALK IN LIEU FUND, YOU COULD PROFFER

THAT BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MONEY MAN'S GOING TO GO TO YOUR SIDEWALK. IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THE POT AND THE CITY GETS TO IDENTIFY WHEREVER ARE THAT MONEY CAN BE APPLIED. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE DURHAM ACADEMY WANT SOD THE WAY RND THAT IS THE PARKS FOUNDATION CAN BE THE CON VEE NOR AND HELPER IN THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN SAY THIS IS EARMARKED FOR THAT SIDEWALK. THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT A STAIS SPACE DURHAM ACADEMY FEELS THEY CAN MEET EVEN IF THAT IS NOT WHAT IS FINALIZED TONIGHT?

BUT THAT IS THE PROCESS. $300,000 FAR SIDEWALK GAP THAT DURHAM ACADEMY COULD WORK WITH THIS APPLICANT TO GET FILLED. I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE DURHAM ACADEMY HAS HAD SEVERAL SITE REVISIONS OVER THE YEARS, LAST IN 20189. THEY'VE AN AMPLE YEARS TO IMPROVE THE SITE OVER THE YEARS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DIDN'T IS BECAUSE IT WAS EXTREMELY COST PROHIBITIVE. IT'S A STRIK KI PLACE SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DIDN'T MOVE

FORWARD ON THEIR OWN, SO THEN IT REMAINS LIKE WELL YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY AN APPLICANT MAYBE DOESN'T WANT TO FULLY FUND A THING THAT IS OFF-SITE WHICH IS WHY WE CANNOT COMPEL THEM TO DEDICATE THAT. THEY'RE PUTTING THE 10 -- I'M GOING GET IT ROOIG WRONG -- 10-FOOT MULTIUSE PATH IN FRONT OF THEIR PRPERTY, WHAT IS REQUIRED AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND SO WE CANNOT ASK THEM TO DO SOMETHING OFF-SITE; THAT IS AGAINST STATE LAW, SO I KNOW FOLKS SHOW UP UH IN THESE SPACES WANTING A LOT MORE AND SOMETIMES THE MORE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO. I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH FOLKS. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LIGHTS FOR STAFF. I KNOW I HAVE NAMED WHAT THE UDO REWRITE MOVING TOWARDS DARK SKY WHICH IS WHAT TIS IS SAYING, DARK SKY RULE. IS THERE A WAY FOR THEM -- I UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR PROFFER IS NOT LINED UP WITH UDO WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE NOT MAKING IT BUT IS THERE A WAY OF LIKE PROJECTS

TAKE A WHILE SO IF WE HAVE CHANGED OUR RULES, COULD IT BE MET? >> I WILL LE SARAH TAKE THAT ONE. >> SARA YOUNG WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I THINK THE THEIR COMMITMENT COULD BE WORDED TO SAY THAT IF THERE ARE SUB KWENTLY MORE STRINGENT LIGHTING STANDARDS THAT THEY VOLUNTARILY WOULD PROFFER TO MEET THOSE AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN, FOR INSTANCE.

>> SO IF OUR UDO HAS PASSED AND WE HAVE MORE STRINGENT LIGHT REQUIREMENTS THAN WE DO CURRENTLY, THAT WOULD BE A WY TO KIND OF COMPROMISE ON THAT? SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE APPLICANT. I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT I JUST ASKED FOR MAKES SENSE TO Y'ALL. BASICALLY I LIKE THE PROFFER, IT'S OUR RULES AROUND THE LIGHTING TAT IS NOT MAKING THAT HAPPEN BUT IF YOUR RULES AROUND LIGHTING CHANGE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD MATCH? >> COUNCIL MEMBER Javiera Caballero, THIS IS FRANKLY NOT A QUESTION I

ANTICIPATED. UM, THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, MAYBE I NEED CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF. IF THE UDO CHANGE IN A WAY THAT'S MORE STRINGENT AT TIME OF SITE PLAN WE WOULDN'T NEED TO COMPLY WITH IT AT TIME OF SITE PLAN WHETHER WE PROFFERED IT OR NOT THAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT, CORRECT? >> THAT IS TRUE -- IF YOU SUBMIT A SITE PLAN AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE NEW UDO; HOWEVER, IF YOU SUBMIT A SITE PLAN BEFORE THAT EFFECTIVE DATE, UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A DRAFT UDO OR ADOPTED BUT NOT EFFECTIVE THEN YOU WOULD FALL UNDER THE OLD RULES.

THIS KIND OF PROFFER WOULD COMMIT YOU TO THE NEW RULESEN IF THEY WEREN'T IN EFFECT YET. BECAUSE THE UDO WILL BE EFFECTIVE DATE THAT'S A LEAST 6 MONTHS OUT FROM ADOPTION TO GIVE FOLKS TIME TO FORK THROUGH THE QUEUE AND REDESIGN PROJECTS, ETC. >> HOLD ON, QUESTION. IF WE SUBMIT A SITE PLAN

TOMORROW AND THE UDO ADOPTED DAY AFTER TOMORROW OR EFFECTIVE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, OUR SITE PLAN WOULD STILL BE UNDER THE OLD UDO, SO IF WE MADE A COMMITMENT NOW IT STILL WOULDN'T IMPACT IT, RIGHT? LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN MAKE A COMMITMENT TO FOLLOW MORE -- >> WE WOULD WORK WITH YOU ON THE WORDING TO MAKE SURE IT DOES THE THING THAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN, IN THAT YOU WOULD VOLUNTARILY JUST FOR THE LIGHTING STANDARDS, MEET THE MOST STRINGENT AND IT COULD BE WE COULD LOOK AT THE WORDING BEYOND AT @ TIME OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION OR SOMETHING BEYOND SITE PLAN THAT WOULD THEN CATCH THAT. SO WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS. >> OKAY. UM, I'M LITTLE FRAZ LED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY CLIENTS WOULD THINK ABOUT DARK SKY

STANDARDS. >> I WAS JUST SAYING THAT THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING I HAVE RAISED AS A COUNCIL MEMBER DURING JOINT CITY-COUNTY PLANNING AROUND WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT DARK SKY BROADLY IN THE UDO, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE TELL THING ME IS THAT OUR RULES CURRENTLY, THE PROFFER THAT YOU'VE MADE T REASON YOU CANNOT DO IT T IS BECAUSE OF OUR OWN UDO RULES. >> CORRECT. >> WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF NEW UDO RULES ARE MORE STRINGENT ON LIGHTING -- WHICH I'M HOPING THEY ARE -- WOULD YOU -- YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE UDO RULES YOU ARE RIGHT NOW, NOT TO WHAT'S COMING.

IF THE TIMING OF YOUR PRODUCT MAKES IT SO THAT YOU COULD IN FACT DO THE LIGHTING YOU PROFFERED, WOULD YOU MAKE THAT COMMITMENT? >> LET ME OFFER THIS, THE ISSUE WITH THE UDO RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT IS MORE STRINGENT THAN WHAT, UM, IS REQUESTED. SO WHAT THE DO REQUIRED RIGHT NOW IS ALL POINTS IN THE PARKING AREA AT ALL TIME THERE BE AT

5 FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT. IF THAT BECAMELESS STRINGENT MEANING ZERO, THEN EKD DO THE CUTOFF LIGHTS SO IN THIS CASE IT'S NOT -- THE ISSUE ISN'T THAT THE UDO IS LESS STRINGENT, IT IS THAT IT IS MORE STRINGENT THAN DARK SKY. >> THE PROFFER YOU'RE OFFERING. >> THE PROFFER WE'VE OFFERED IS FULL CUTOFF LIGHTING.

>> TAT'S NOT ALLOWED BY OU UDO. >> IT IS ALLOWED. FULL CUTOFF RIGHTING IS ABOUT DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING. >> TIMING LGHTING MAKING ME THINK OF -- >> SORRY.

FULL CUTOFF IS SHIELDED LIGHTING THAT'SAL WP WE'VE MADE THAT COMMITMENT. THE COMMITMENT WE'VE NOT MADE IS TO NOT TURN LIGHTOFF AT NIGHT. THAT'S REQUIRED. >> DARK SKY DOES ALLOW THAT. >> YES. DARK SKY WOULD SUGGEST BEST

PRACTICES HAVE LIGHTS OFF IF NOT NEEDED WHICH I PERSONALLY AGREE E WITH, BUT, IT'S JUST NOT A COMMITMENT WE CAN MAKE BECAUSE UDO, UH BUT IF AT TIME OF SITE PLAN THE UO ALLOWS ZERO FOOT-CANDLES, WE'LL DO IT. >> THANK YOU FOR DOING DOWN WITH ME ON THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW DURHAM ACADEMY VER, VERY BRIGHT ATHLETIC LIGHTS ON AND THERE WAS NO ONE THERE, NO GAME, NO, NOTHING, IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY WERE, SO, I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT, UM, UH, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE OFTEN VERY THOROUGH, UM, SO, UH-UH, I WILL BE VOTING YES BECAUSE THE FOR ME IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT DID THE DEVELOPER -- AND I SAID THIS AT THE CONTINUOUS. THEY'RE MAY NOT GOING TO GET 100% OF WHAT UH YOU WANTED BUT DID THEY MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT IN RESPONDING TO THE THING THAT THERE WAS COMMUNITY CONCERN ABOUT? DID THEY CHANGE THEIR PROFFERS IN RESPONSE EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T

GET IT 100% RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR BECAUSE AS MY COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER SAID, WE ARE WEIGHING LOTS OF THINGS. THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE SAID AROUND WE NEED THIS PROTECTION, THESE THINGS: EVERY SINGLE PARCEL IS ZONED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DURHAM. IF YOU GO AND LOOK IN AGENDA PACKET WHAT IS ALLOWED THERE ARE 12 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE PERSON WHO OWNS THAT LAND -- BECAUSE WE HAVE PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT -- THAT IS THE BASIS OF OUR SYSTEM, AND THAT PERSON HAS RIGHTS. THEY HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS, AS DO YOU, AND WHAT IS ALLOWED BY-RIGHT WHICH IS WHAT WE MEAN WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME IN THROUGH A REZONING ARE 12 HOMES. MY GUESS IS 12 HOMES ON THERE, YOU'RE GING TO GET NONE OF THE PROTECTIONS OFFERED THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS PACKET. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE THE AFFORDABILITY, TO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SIDEWALK, TO

COMMITMENTS AROUND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS, THE GREEN STANDARDS, THE BIRD -- NONE OF IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THERE. THAT PERSON COULD JUST BUILD 12 HOMES. MY GUESS IS THOSE HOMES WOULD BE RATHER LARGE AND COST BETWEEN $700,000 AND A MILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S THE REALITY OF DEVELOPMENT REGARDLESS OF HOW THE SEVEN OF US FEEL ABOUT IT, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU ALL MAY FEEL ABOUT IT SO I ALWAYS SHARE THAT WITH RESIDENTS SO THEY UNDERSTAND KIND OF WAT DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LOOK IN TOTALITY.

SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN REZONINGS. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY SAYING IS THE THING I'VE BEEN PRESENTED BETTER THAN THE THING THAT COULD GET BUILT BY-RIGHT? AND IF THAT THING IS BETTER, THEN I E USUALLY VOTE YES, AND IF THE DEVELOPER HAS TRIED TO MEET COMMUNITY NEED, HAS MT. MET ON A LOT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH THEY HAVE, 55% IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IS GOOD.

THE FACT THEY'RE KNOT ENTERING INTO FLOODPLAIN OR FLOODPLAIN IS REALLY GOOD. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE RESIDENT WHO IS CAME OUT AND IT'S SOMETIMES HARD IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE YOU SHOW UP AND UH YOU ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL YOU'RE COMING TO LOCAL AND YOU'RE WANTING TO BE HEARD AND YOU'RE WANTING A CERTAIN OUTCOME, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ALWAYS COLLECTIVELY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE VISION WE HAVE SET ASIDE AN RIGHT NOW, THIS COUNCIL AND THE TWO COUNCILS BEFORE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE'VE ADOPTED, WE PASSED AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY WHICH WE HAVE VERY MUCH HELD TO. WE HAD A REALLY COMPLICATED CASE LAST TIME WHERE THERE WAS A UNANIMOUS NO BECAUSE IT WAS CHALLENGING THAT BOUNDARY, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS EVERYTHING INSIDE THE BOUNDARY IS GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH UP ZONED TO PROTECT THE WATERSHED IN NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY, TO PROTECT THE FARMLAND WE'VE ALREADY SET ASIDE IN NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY AND THOSE

ARE DECISIONS BEEN MADE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, SO IM GOING TO STOP TALKING. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. >> THANK YOU FOR TALKING AS LONG AS YOU DID. I GOT TO FIND THE E E-AIL I WAS LOOKING FOR. [LAUGHTER] UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL AND HOW THOROUGH WE TEND TO BE ON THESE TYPES OF ISSUES AND I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND IN GENERAL WHENEVER THERE'S A WATERSHED I'M LIKE A GUARANTEED NO FOR THE MOST PART AND I SPECIFICALLY WAT T TO JUST ADDRESS THE SANDY CREEK AREA, SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE IN -- AND I WROTE IT DOWN -- IT WAS APRIL 14, 2019, AND A RESIDENT IN THE COMMUNITY REACHED OUT BECAUSE THEY HAD A SEWER OUTFLOW RIGHT DOWN FROM SANDY CREEK PARK, LIKE THE STREAMWAY EVERYTHING, LIKE SEWER OUTFLOW THAT WAS FLOODING INTO THEIR BACKYARD TO THEIR BACKDOOR

AND OFTEN INTO THEIR HOUSE ON TO THE FLOOR, AND WHAT I FOUND OR WHAT UH I I OVERWHELMINGLY KEPT SAYING IS WHO DESIGNED, LIKE WHO PLANNED FOR THIS BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS ALL ROLLING DOWNHILL, SO OF COURSE IT WOULD END UP IN HER HOME. I WILL SAY THIS IS A OLDER BLACK WOMAN, SHE HAD GOTTEN THE LAST LIKE THE PROPERTY SHOULD COULD MANAGE TO GET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT WAS ON TANGLEWOOD DRIVE WHICH I KOW IS VERY CLOSE TO DURHAM ACADEMY ON THE BACKSIDE WITH THE POND, AND SO I DID WANT TO ASK STAFF IF THAT ISSUE WITH THE WAY THAT THAT BACKFLOW OR THAT -- I KNOW IT'S A PUBLIC WORKS QUESTION AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS -- BUT IF YOU'VE IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM HAVE A WAY OR A HANDLE ON HOW TO VERIFY TAT THAT TYPE OF ISSUE IS NOT EXISTING FOR THIS AREA, THAT

WOULD BE MY HOPE THAT YOU COULD SAY SOMETHING TO THAT. >> WITHOUT ANY SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE SITUATION OR ANY INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS, I CAN'T SAY WHETHER THAT IS KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION OR WHETHER THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CONDITIONS SAME CONDITIONS WOULD BE PRESENT NOR SITE, SO UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT ANSWER THAT FOR YOU, I'M SORRY. >> AND I THINK THAT'S BY IN LARGE WHAT I OFTEN AM LIKE, LEFT WITH IS LIKE THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN BUT I DO KNW WHEN RESIDENTS PIE IN AND SAY THAT MY HOUSE IS FLOODING OR NEIGHBORHOOD'S FLOODING THAT THEY HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAN I DO AND I HAVE TO TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT, AND I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO, IT'S KIND OF, I SAY OVERWHMINGLY, UM, WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND MAKES A REQUEST OF A DEVELOPER, I DON'T THINK IT'S IN GOOD FAITH TO DISMISS IT AND THEN SAY

THERE'S ANOTHER FUND THAT YOU CAN INVEST IN. I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY TO ACTUALLY NAIL IT DOWN MORE PRECISELY, AND BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS ON THE COMMUNITY TO COME UP BUT A SOLUTION OR THE COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND PUSH, I'M ALWAYS EXCITED WHEN YOU'RE HERE, BUT I'M ALSO MINDFUL WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE I LIVE NEAR GOOSE CREEK, AND THAT CREEK IS DISGUSTING. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE LATELY, YOU CAN FIND ALMOST ANYTHING IN THERE. I WISH THAT OUR CREEKS AND OUR WATERWAYS WERE BETTER TAKEN CARE OF AND SO I HEARD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RIPARIAN JUST BEING PUT TOGETHER AND KNOWING THAT THESE ARE THE WATERWAYS OF NOT JUST, LIKE YOU'RE NOT LIMITED BY, UM, COUNTY LINES OR CITY LINES. THE WATER FLOWS SOME PLACE AND SO IT'S NOT OKAY TO, YOU KNOW, PROTECT YOUR WATERWAY AND NOT

OTHERS. IT JUST SEEMS IRRESPONSIBLE AND I'LL JUST KEEP SAYING THAT FOR AS LONG AS I'M UP HERE. I DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING DEVELOPMENT -- I AM A BORN AND BRED BRONGS BOMBER AND I KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HAVE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF ALL OF YOUR LAND, AND SO WHERE THERE IS AREAS THAT YOU CAN PROTECT, I WANT TO PROTECT, AND WHERE THERE ARE AREAS THAT YOU KNOW ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE WHERE YOU DO HAVE ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERS SUCH AS SANDY CREEK, IT'S INREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THAT AREA. SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT WE WANT TO BUILD DENSELY IN WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, AND DO AS MUCH INFILL AS POSSIBLE BUT I'M ALSO CLEAR LIKE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYMORE LAND AND IF WE'RE NOT GOOD STEWARDS OF IT, IT'S NOT GOING BE -- I MEAN WE'RE GOING FACE THE SAME TYPES OF

ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS THAT OTHERS ARE FACING WHEN WE DON'T PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO PROTECT WHAT WE NEED TO PROTECT, AND SO I'LL LEVE IT AT THAT. I DID -- THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY WHO SPOKE AND SHE WAS A LITTLE MUFFLED BUT SHE WAS SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE RIVER, KEEPER. CAN YOU -- >> IS THIS BETTER? >> SAY YOUR NAME. >> ASTERISK COOKDEAL. >> SO I DID WANT TO JUST ASK, YOU WERE GIVING SOME NUMBERS AND

I B COULDN'T CAPTURE THEM. >> OKAY. >> I WAS TRYING MY BEST TO HEAR WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, I COULD NOT. >> NO WORRIES.

WHICH NUMBERS BECAUSE YES I DO HAVE A FEW. IF YOU COULD IT WILL ME MORE ABOUT WHICH NUMBERS YOU WERE -- >> UH, I HAD, UH, NOE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE -- IT WAS... I HAVE 185, THAT'S ALL I HAD, 185 SOMETHING. >> OKAY.

27 ACRES CURRENTLY ZONED AS WETLAND. THAT'S THE PART OF THE PARCEL GROUP THAT CANNOT BE BUILT ON. 87 ACRES OF THE

PARCELS ARE BUILDABLE. THAT INCLUDES FLOODPLAIN, SO EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT IS NOT YET PROPOSED TO BUILD ON THE FLOODPLAIN, THEY CAN CLEAR ON THE FLOODPLAIN STILL. THEY JUST HAVE TO SUBMIT A PERMIT TO THE CITY AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CLEAR THE FLOODPLAIN WHICH WILL ALSO EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE THE WATERSHED ISSUE. IT'S REALLY THE COMBINATION OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE SANDY CREEKS TO THE FLOODPLAIN ITSELF, RIGHT, SO THE IMPERVIOUS AREA COMES RIGHT UP AGAINST THE FLOODPLAIN, AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE WHICH IS WHY I RECOMMENDED THE GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TO REDUCE THAT IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT WILL HELP REDUCE THE WATERSHED IMPACTS.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON OUR CODE, SPECIFICALLY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PREVENT

DEVELOPERS FROM DOING IMPERVIOUS MATERIALS FOR THEIR PARKING LOTS OR DRIVEWAYS OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING? LIKE IS THERE SOMETHING THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM DOING THAT? >> YOU MEANS PREVENT THEM FROM DOING PERVIOUS? NO.

>> SO THE ORDINANCE DOES HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR PAVING THAT IS SOLID, SECURE, ETC. THE PERVIOUS PAVERS IS SOMETHING USUALLY WORKED O OUT WITH STORMWATER BECAUSE FOLKS ARE WANTING TO GET STORMWATER CREDIT FOR US BUT ORDINANCE DOES HAVE STANDARDS MAKING SURE NO SHIFTING. THAT'S TYPICALLY SOMETHING IN PARKING LOTS. STREETS DO HAVE SPECIFIC PAVING STANDARDS AND I DO NOT THINK THAT PERVIOUS MATERIALS WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR A STREET APPLICATION BU THEY COULD BE FOR OTHERS.

>> ANYTHING TO PREVENT A DEVELOPER FROM DOING A GREEN ROOF? >> NO. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIST. >> COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR MAYBE SARAH OR AARON.

AARON, ON THIS ISSUE OF RECOMBINATION, CAN YOU -- I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON THE FLOODPLAIN OF THESE KEY RIPARIAN BUFFERS THAT FOLKS REFERENCED AND THE CRITICAL AREA PROTECTION PLAN? IN THE REKOVSH NATION HOW DID THAT IMPACT THE FLOODPLAIN? >> IT DID NOT MOVE ANY OF THE LINES OF THE FLOODPLAIN. ALL THE RECOMBINATION PLAT DID WAS MOVE THE PARCEL LINES, IT DID NOT AFFECT THE FLOODPLAIN IN ANY WAY.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT QUESTION MAYBE FOR SARAH. WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. A LOT OF O CONVERSATION WAS THAT FOLKS HERE ARE SAYING THEY SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY WORRY THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THAT. CAN YOU REMIND ME E AGAIN, I

KNOW LIKE MY P QUESTION IS DID WE SOME HOW IN DOING COMP PLAN BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER Javiera Caballero REFERENCED THE FACT THAT WE MOVED UGB SAID WRP GOING GET DENSER. SO THIS PARCEL WAS IDENTIFIED AS APARTMENT AND TOWNHOME NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE PLACE-TYPE MAP. DID THE FLK WHO IS DID THE COMP PLAN MISS THE FACT SANDY CREEK PARK WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR? >> EXCELLENT QUESTION AND NO THEY DID NOT. THERE'S A POLICY IN THE COMP PLAN WHERE WE PURPOSELY WANT TO HAVE PARKS AND RESIDENTIAL NEAR EACH OTHER WITHIN HALF A MILE SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY IN THE THINKING WHEN STAFF IDENTIFIED THIS AS NEIGHBORHOODNESS IG NATION THT IT WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING OPEN SPACE AND PARK NEARBY. IT WOULD BE BOTH GOOD AMENITY AND SOMETHING THAT HELPS AMELIORATE HIGH DENSITY LEFIVIN

ISSUES. NEARBY PARKS. >> NEXT QUESTION IS ISSUE AROUND THE ADDITIONAL PROFFER AROUND THE BIRD-FRIENDLY DESIGN, THE MATERIAL THREAT FACTOR THE AMERICAN BID CONSERVANCY IDENTIFIED. WHEN A APPLICANT MAKES COMMITMENT IN TEXT COMMITMENT TO TREAT THE WINDOWS -- WHAT WAS THE LANGUAGE YOU -- MISTER GHOSH -- >> THE LANGUAGE WE HAD LISTEDS SPECIFIC MATERIALS AND DO WANT TO JUST STATE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE LAST HEARING WAS THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR SOME SPECIFICITY AND AS I HAD MENTIONEDED WE WERE DOING A LOT OF LEARNING WITH THE BIRD-FRIENDLY DESIGN, SO THINGS WE BECAME COMFORTABLE WITH AS FAR AS THE BIRD-FRIENDLY DESIGN WERE FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTOR, PRODUCTS THAT MEET STANDARD THAT ARE APPLIED AFTER

WINDOW IS INSTALLED. THAT'S SOMETHING WE THINK WE CAN DO. I THINK THAT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT SINCE FROM THE BIRD ALLIANCE AGREE WITH IS THAT THE COMMITMENT IS LIMITING IN THAT IT BASICALLY SAYS WE CAN ONLY USE THOSE TO MEET THE STANDARD. >> THE TREATMENTS.

>> RIGHT. SO THE COMMITMENT WE WOULD CONSIDER INSTEAD IS ESSENTIALLY REVISING COMMITMENT TO BE MORE GENERAL BY SAYING SIMPLY THAT THE WINDOWS WILL MEET THE RELEVANT STANDARD. P SO WINDOWS WILL MEET AN AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVATIVE THREAT FACTOR OF NO MORE THAN 30 WHICH ALLOWS US TO USE THOSE MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS AS WE -- >> -- OR MANUFACTURE. >> SURE. BOTH OF THOSE. >> SO WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A TEXT COMMITMENT AND SAYS WE'RE GOING

TO MAKE NO MORE THAN 30 THREAT FACTOR; WHAT'S THE BASIS OF THAT. IS THAT LEGALLY BINDING COMMITMENT. WHAT IF THEY DON'T MEET THAT, CAN WE DING THEM; WHAT HAPPENEDS THERE? >> ALL TEXT COMMITMENTS ON A DEVELOPMENT PLAN ARE LEGALLY BINDING, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE IT'S A BUILDING-RELATED THING, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ENFORCE UNTIL TH TIME OF AT BUILDING PERMIT WE WOULD SEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON THE BUILDING PLANS AND THEN WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO REQUIRE A CERTIFICATION AT THE TIME OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY VERIFYING THAT IT MET THOSE STANDARDS.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW ONE FOR US, FIRST TIME THIS HAS COME UP, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BE ADAPTING TO ENFORCING THAT. >> GREAT. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. UM, MR.

MAYOR IF I MAY JUST A FEW COMMENTS. SO FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THAFRNG ALL FOLKS THAT HAVE COME OUT TONIGHT -- THANK ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE COME OUT TONIGHT. I'VE WORKED ON THIS ISSUE IN THE

LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THANKS TO ALL THE FOLKS WHO WROTE. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF E-MAILS. MOSTLY I THINK I'M FRUSTRATED TONIGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK TH IDEA WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO -- THAT WE WERE GOING TO COME TOGETHER, BRING FOLKS TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, RIGHT. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT WHAT I E FEEL LIKE -- I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND LIKE YOU'RE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IN THE DEVELOPER'S POCKET OR SOMETHING -- BUT TH TRUTH IS I THINK MR. GHOSH HAD MADE CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO ADDRESS THIS BIRD-FRNDLY I DESIGN PIECE AND SO THE SENSE OF SOMEHOW THEY REALLY -- I DON'T SEE THAT. NOT- WHAT YOU'VE 15ID AND WE'LL HOLD YOU TO THAT STANDARD IS YOU'RE GOING MEET THAT THREAT PAC FACTOR OF NO MORE THAN 30 AND THAT'S LEGALLY-BINDING COMMITMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF THE LEARNING YOU'VE HAD FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS IMPACTED THIS DEVELOPMENT, I THINK WE'VE GOT A

MUCH BETTER DESIGN HERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M SORRY THERE'S NOT A GREATER SENSE O LIKE COMING TOGETHER ON THAT PIECE. THE OTHER THING I'M FRUSTRATED ABOUT IS THE PATHWAY AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER -- THIS IS NOT THAT THIS IS ON THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY MANAGER CAME TO US AFTER REQUESTS AROUND THIS ISSUE OF THE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF FUND WHICH IS POOL OF FUNDS, RIGHT. MANAGER SUGGESTED ONE THING TO DO IS HAVE BOTH PARTIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION FUND.

THAT'S STILL AN OPTION THAT REMAINS OUT THERE. I KNOW THE FOLKS FROM DURHAM ACADEMY WANT TO SE FORMAL COMMITMENT. I THINK THE REALITY IS AND TIS IS SOMETHING MS. YOUNG ALSO MENTIONED, I THINK, AND I THINK MR. FERGUSON AS WILL, IF THERE'S A PRIVATE AGREEMENT WE HAVE NO LEVERAGE ON THAT AGREEMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE NO LEVERAGE TO ENFORCE IF IT'S A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SO WE OFFERED THE CITY TO ACTUALLY UH HOST THESE FUNDS IN THE PARKS FOUNDATION AND I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US TO

MAKE THIS PATHWAY WORK. I KNOW THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE THERE BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER Javiera Caballero SAID I E FEEL LIKE THE APPLICANT HAS MADE EFFORT TO ADDRESS CONCERN CANS WE IDENTIFIED IN ASKING FOR CONTINUANCE SO I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE MET THAT STANDARD. I GUESS MOSTLY WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS WHERE WE ARE AS A COUNTRY, AND I KNOW THERE'S A BOOK MANY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CALLED ABUNDANCE BY EZRA KLEIN AND DEREK THOMPSON AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS RIGHT UH NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS WORLD, ESPECIALLY THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCARCITY. THINK WHAT GOVERNMENT IS SAYING IT'S BECAUSE OF O IMMIGRANTS THERE'S NO HOUSING, RIGHT, SCARCITY. IT'S BECAUSE OF WOKE POLICIES THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE JOBS, RIGHT, SO THIS IS CRZY STUFF AND THE IDEA IS THAT E WE GOT TO THINK MORE TO GET OUT OF THAT BIND WE'VE GOT THINK OF POLITICS OF ABUNDANCE RIGHT THAT WE CAN HAVE GOOD THINGS BUT TO DO THAT OUR GOVERNMENT HAS GOT TO PERFORM BETTER FOR ALL OF US AND DELIVER FOR THE PEOPLE OU COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ABUNDANCE HERE BUT IT MEANS WE ALL DON'T GET EVERYTHING WE WANT, RIGHT, BUT I CAN SEE WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO CRITICALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY, RIGHT. I'M GOING GO, LEAVE THIS MEETING -- HOWEVER LATE WE GO -- TOMORROW I'LL BE IN A MEETING OF DURHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT WE DO'T KNOW WHETHER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS STILL DOING TO PROVIDE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS FOR OUR RESIDENTSES SO WE'VE GOT A HOUSING ISSUE NEAR DURHAM WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS. I THINK WE CAN HAVE HOUSING RENTAL HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT FIRST-CLASS DESIGN IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY WHAT WE WANT EXACTLY FOR BIRD-FRIENDLY DESIGN WE CAN HAVE THAT, WE CAN CAN HAVE CONNECTIVITY AMONG IN OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK THAT WE'RE MISSING AN WE E CAN DO THAT WITH PARTNERS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT EFFORT. SO I THINK THEE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ABUNDANCE HERE THAT WE'VE GOT TO EMBRACE AND I THINK WE E CAN DO THAT HERE. I KNOW IT'S NOT PERFECT, YOU MIGHT NOT APPRECIATE M COMMENTS BUT I THINK UH WE CAN HAVE THAT ABUNDANCE AND MEET THE GOALS

WE'RE ADDRESSING HERE AS A CITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARKS, FOR SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN WATCH BIDS. I LOVE BIRDS. I APPRECIATE BIRDS, BEEN TO LIKE SANDY CREEK,ING SEEN THE WILLSON SNIPE AND WE'RE BIRDS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND WE E CAN PRESERVE IT.

I THINK WE HAVE TO ASPIRE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING GET CRUSHED IN HOUSING VERSUS ENVIRONMENT, VERSE US OTHER STUFF. I THINK WE CAN DO IT. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS. >> MYOR PRO TEM.

>> THANK YOU UH. I WANT TO HONOR ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE COME OUT TONIGHT. I AM A SERIOUS HUGE FAN OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND FOLK ORGANIZING TO RAISE THEIR VOICE FOR ISSUES AND PROGRESS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU DESERVE STRAIGHT TALK.

YOU DON'T DESERVE PANDERING OR APPLAUSE LINES. YOU UH DESERVE STRIGHT, HONEST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE FACING AS A COMMUNITY. SANDY CREEK IS AN INCREDIBLE

PLACE, AND TO BE FRANK, THE ARK ARGUMENTS BEING PROFFERED TONIGHT COULD BE USED -- -- PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE NEAR PARKS. WHEN WE VOTED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE SET A TRAJECTORY. THE EVENING WE VOTED ON IT, IT WAS NOT UNANIMOUS VOTE, THE EVENING WE VOTED I SAID IF WE FIDELITY WITH THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, WE'RE GOING GET CLOSER AND TALLER. THAT'S THE TRAJECTORY UH OF HONORING AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AND LIVING IN A GREAT AMERICAN CITY. WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER WHO I THINK METHODICALLY AND EL WENTLY LAID OUT THE CASE OF WHAT WE ARE HEADED TO AND

WHAT WE MUST LOOK LIKE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK LOOKS LIKE, THE BUILDINGS AROUND IT, MORE AFFORDABLE HOPEFULLY DOWN HERE. I THINK ABOUT THE TRAILS AND PARKING IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE WERE THERE FOR AN INNER CITY VISIT.

THE TALL BUILDING AROUND THE TRAILS AND PARKS. WHAT ARE REWE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IF WE'RE GOING HONOR OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY? SO TALL BUILDINGS AROUND GREEN SPACE, ACCESSIBILITY. IT WAS INTERESTING, IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT SOME FOLK TALKED ABOUT THE LACK OF ACCESSIBILITY TO THE PARK BY VIR UH CHEW OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION, BUT UH YET TOUTED THE PARK AS BELONGING TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH IS AN INTERESTING POSITION THAT IT'S FOR EVERYBODY BUT POINTING OUT HOW EVERYBODY CAN'T GET THERE, BUT THE FOLK WHO DOILY NEAR THERE NOW ARE VERY BLESSED AND FORTUNATE TO LIVE NEAR THE PARK.

THOSE THINGS WILL COME BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE OUR CITY IS HEADED. THAT IS TRAJECTORY WE PLACED OURSELVES ON WHEN WE VOTED FOR UGB AND THE SAME ARGUMENTS WE HEAR FOR SPRAWL AND EXPANSION CAN'T BE CUT AND PASTE ALSO FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IT BUT WE'VE HAD FOLK COME BEFORE US WHO CUT AND PASTE THE SAME ARGUMENT WHEN WE'RE BEGIN TO BEYOND THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY AN TEN BRING THEM WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. THAT'S INTELLECTUALLY NOT WORKABLE. WHAT WE FACE AS A CITY.

WE BUILD ADJACENT TO FLOODPLAINS ALL THE TIME. WE'VE BECOME ADEPTH AT IT AND IF WE'RE GOING HAVE DENSITY IN OUR CITY, IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING, THEN I DON'T PRETEND TO BE AN EXPERT ON THE THING BUT WHAT WILL WE LOOK LIKE? I DON'T THINK 12 HIGH-PRICED HOMES WITHOUT THE GUARANTEE THAT

WE HAVE OR AT LEAST THE PROFFERS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY FOR THE THING THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED THERE TO BE BUILT. SO I WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER'S METHODICAL LITANY BUT I WOULD GO FURTHER IN SAYING I DON'T WANT TO MAKE PERFECT THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. HE LAID OUT A GOOD PROJECT AND FOR WHT IT'S WORTH, I VOTED ON A LOT OF THESE PROECTS. YOUR VOICE AND YOUR DEVELOPMENT, I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BECAUSE OF -- AND TIS IS COMMENDATION, NOT CRITIQUE, BELIEVE ME -- THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE HAD THIS MUCH CONTOURING AND DELIBERATION AND GIVE ON A PROJECT SOLELY NOT BECAUSE OF US BUT SOLELY UH BECAUSE OF YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOUR VOICE AND SHOWING UP, UM THE WINDOWS FOR THE BIDS, THE PROFFER FOR THE SIDEWALK. I'VE SEEN COMMUNITIES FAR LESS

ORGANIZED WHO'VE HAD THINGS VOTED ON TO HAVE FAR WITHOUT COR CONTINUATIONS, WITHOUT COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM AND THIS IS COMMENDATION. I LIKE THAT. SO FOR WHATEVER THAT'S WORTH, BUT I'M GOING LISTEN MORE BUT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER LAID THE CASE OUT AS IT HAS TO WHERE WE'RE GOIG, INEVITABLY AS A CITY. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER Javiera Caballero -- ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE EXCELLENT POINTS, BUT THE PROPOSITION THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO DESTROY SANDY CREEK, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

CAN POINT TO ANY NUMBER OF I - DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE GOT IN THE CITY THAT ARE NEAR FLOODPLAINS WHERE WE'VE GOVERNING OURSELVES ACCORDING TO STRICT, UM, GUIDELINES AND STATUTES. SO I'M LEANING TOWARDS SUPPORTING. I THINK SOMEBODY MADE THE POINT THE NORMAL FOUR -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS -- IF UH YOU

LOOKED AT LAST MEETING WE VOTED AGAINST A PRETTY LARGE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS ELUDED TO BECAUSE FO NUMBER OF REASONS BUT ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS IS THAT WRP TRYING TO KEEP FIDELITY WITH THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, BUT KEEPING FIDELITY WITH THE YOU ARE BEGAN GROWTH BOUNDARY MEANS THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY ZIP CODE, EVERY COMMUNITY IN DURHAM IS GOING TO FEEL THE IMPACTS OF GROWTH INCLUDING MY NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING MY ZIP CODE AND SOMEONE SAID IT EARLIER IN HERE; THE BALANCE BETWEEN A ACCOMMODATING GROWTH AS A CITY AND PROTECTING OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE FROM NATURE AND IT IS A BALANCE AND THERE ARE NO -- I'VE YET TO VOTE ON A PERFECT DEVELOPMENT, BUT AYE VOTED ON SOME PRETTY GOOD ONES. FROM OUR LAST MEETING TO NOW, THIS ONE HAS ONLY GOTTEN BETTER. WE CAN ARGUE TO WHAT DEGREE IT'S GOTTEN BETTER, BUT IT HAS, UM, THAT'S WHERE I AM FOR NOW, MR. MAYOR, I'LL YIELD.

>> COLLEAGUES FOR THE SAKE OF TIME IF THERE ARE -- ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BECAUSE I WILL BE THE LAST. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING LATE AND I WILL BE BRIEF.

I'M GONG ECHO SOME STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE UP HERE. I DO THINK THIS IS A CASE WHERE IF IT WERE IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, I THINK THIS WOULD LOOK REALLY ATTRACTIVE AND THE THAN I AM STRUGGLING IS I THINK E ECHOING A LOT OF WHAT COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID IS I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO BALANCE SO MANY PIECES, AND I, I AM ENCOURAGED BY THE THOUGHT OF ABUNDANCE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE LOOKING AT ACTUAL REAL LAND AND THERE IS JUST A LIMIT TO HOW MUCH THERE IS THERE. UM, WE TALK ABOUT INSIDE THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, UM, TALLER AND CLOSER AND I DO THINK THAT THAT IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING, BUT THE THING IS THAT IT

CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY BECAUSE THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE THESE SPACES, WE WILL NOT HAVE THE WILDLIFE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEM. I DO THINK IT'S A PROBLEM AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE THAT WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO A LOT OF PUBLIC PARKS. THE E ENO IS MOSTLY INACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT DRIVE AND THAT'S INCLUDING A LOT OF THE SPACE OUTSIDE OF OUR GROWTH BOUNDFULLY THE NORTHERN PART OF DURHAM. THAT SPACE IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON PUBLIC TRANSIT LINES.

UM, UH I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SUPPORT THIS. I THINK THAT I WANT TO, I REALLY DO BECAUSE I WANT MORE APARTMENTS AND I WANT MORE AFFORDABLE LIING. Y'ALL KNOW I LITERALLY DO THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT. MY WHOLE LIFETIME IS REALLY FEELS LIKE IT'S DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE LIVING AND TO KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. I LITERALLY TALK ABUT RENT BONDS AND EVICTIONS AT PARTIES LIKE THIS IS MY THING, BUT, UM,

THERE'S A TRADE-OFF HERE AND WE HAVE A HIGH VACANCY RATE ALREADY FOR APARTMENTS IN DURHAM, UM, WE SAY THAT THE THINGS WILL COME, THE SAFETY AND THE CONNECTIVITY WILL FOLLOW BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THAT AND I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY UH AT DOWNTOWN DWRURM WE IN FACT ARE LOSING THINGS THAT WE NEED. WE ARE LOSING OUR PHARMACIES. WE DON'T HAVE A GROCERY UH STORE. KE CAN'T SAY THESE THINGS WILL COME AND THEN NOT HAVE DEMONSTRATEDED THAT WE WILL SUPPORT THAT GROWTH AND THAT CONNECTIVITY MOVING FORWARD.

SIDEWALKS ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD. I UH DROVE BY THE SITE AGAIN TODAY. MOST OF IT'S UNDER WATER. I'M CONFUSED HOW AN OUT OF STATE DEVELOPER COMES IN AND SEES IT AS ATTRACTIVE LANGD, MAYBE THEY DO. I SAW SOMEBODY RUNNING ON THE STREET AND I LIKE HAD A ANXIETY IN MY HEART BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S NO, NOT EVEN A SHOULDER. SOMEBODY TOLD ME THAT LIVES NEARBY THEY'VE SEN CHILDREN LITERALLY RUN INTO THE DITCH

WHEN THEY'VE HAD CARS SPEEDING THROUGH BECAUSE THAT'S THE FASTEST WAY TO GET OFF THE ROAD. THE COCONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS BILLTY IS NOT THERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING 140 FEET, NO EXCUSE ME, 140 UNITS WITH A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT BY-RIGHT OR NOT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT VOTING OUT OF FEAR OF WHAT COULD BE PUT THERE OR MIGHT BE PUT THERE, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO O PUT 140 PEOPLE, EXCUSE ME E, HOUSEHOLDS, 140 HOUSEHOLDS WHERE WE NEED TO ENSURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SAVE AND ENSURE THEY CAN ACCESS THE THINGS THEY UH NEED TO IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE PLACES LEGITIMATELY AFFORDABLE. SO...

I WON'T BE SUPPORTING THIS TONIGHT. I DO REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL FOLKS THAT HAVE COME OUT TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I DO WANT TO RESPECT THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PUT IN BY MY COLLEAGUES TO MAKE THIS PROPOSAL L BETTER AND TO TRY AND WORK WITH FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE FRUIT OF SOME OF THEIR LABOR MOVING FORWARD,

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT TIS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

YES, MA'AM. >> I JUST WANTED TO ALSO OFFER, AGAIN, FROM 2019, AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AN UPDATE; THERE WAS A NOTICE PUT TOGETHER BY OUR STORMWATER FOLKS IN PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY SHARED FROM 1979 TO NOVEMBER OF 2015, FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIMS PAID IN THE CITY AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY $84,000. FROM DECEMBER TO 2018 FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIM AND CITY ARCHES APPROXIMATELY $814,000 PER YEAR, ROUGHLY 969% MORE PER YEAR THAN THE PREVIOUS 37 YEARS AND I SAY THAT TO SAY LIKE WE KNOW THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS OCCURRING AND WE KNOW WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE AND I THINK THERE IS A REASON WHY THERE'S AN

INTERSECTION AND THAT INTERSECTION IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPMENT AND SO UNTIL THAT IS HAPPENING, I THINK UH THAT THE -- IT'S GOING BE HARD TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT ARE BUILT IN WETLANDS. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO SUPPORT PUTTING MORE PEOPLE IN FLOODPLAINS. I THINK CLEARLY I KNOW E HAD TO VOTE AGAINST THE GREAT PROJECT WITH CASA A WAYS BACK AND I WATCH AND I'M SITTING HERE NOW I DRIVE PAST IT OFF AS THEY'VE BUILT THIS FOUR STORY OR FIVE-STORY BUILDING RIGHT ON THE LIKE CREEK BED AND I KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY IT'LL START TO SINK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT WHAT GOODED DOES THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DO WHEN IT STARTS TO SINK AND THE FOUNDATION BREAKS SO I'M VERY CLEAR LIKE I DON'T THINK -- THIS IS NOT ABOUT IT BEING PALATABLE, THIS IS ABOUT JUST SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING, LIKE, THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP COMING AND SO

WHEN YOU HAVE WATERWAYS BEHIND YOUR HOME, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RUN. THERE'S A AREA OVER IN NORTHGATE WHERE THE HOUSE, I THINK, IS NOW -- THE WHOLE BACKYARD -- FIRST THE GARAGE, THEN THE YARD AND THEN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WERE ALL WASHED AWAY BY THE FLOW, THE INCREASE FLOW OF WATER FROM UP STREAM DEVELOPMENT, AND WATCHING THIS REPEATEDLY OVER AND OVER AGAIN HAS LEFT ME WITH A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT THAN SOME COLLEAGUES HERE AND I'M VERY CLEAR THAT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT IS NOT A PIECE, IT IS THE WHOLE, LIKE WHAT ARE WE LEAVING FOR THE FUTURE? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, GENERATIONS AN GENERATIONS AHEAD ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PLACE TO LIVE ON EARTH? SO I UH KNOW THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW I'M IN THE MIORITY ON THIS AND I' OFTEN IN THE MINORITY

I'M OKAY BUT UH I WANTED TO SHARE THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO A VERY PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENT, IT'S ALSO THE COST THAT WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY I WHETHER BY TAXES O INSURANCE CLAIMS, HOWEVER YOU'RE PAYING, LIKE THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IMPACT MORE AND MORE AS WE GO FORWARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS THAT WE APPROVE STUFF IN. THEY GO BACK DECADES, UM, THEY TEND TO BE IN CERTAIN CENSUS TRACTS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, AND WE'VE BEEN PASSING BONDS AND LAWS TO MAKE THOSE AREAS UNDER EQUITY PLAN TO CONNECT THOSE PLACES AND WE HAVE NOT DEMURED FROM PLACING DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS. I WOULD, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SOME OF OUR NICEST AMENITIES IN THE CITY LAP TO BE IN CERTAIN AREAS IN THE CITY,

AND WE DO NOT HESITATE TO DEVELOP OTHER AREAS BUT WHEN WE AMENITIES MORE ACCESSIBLE, THE ARGUMENTS THAT DON'T COME INTO PLAY IN SOME OTHER CASES, YOU KNOW, I JUST FOR INTELLECTUAL HONESTY I'M NOT GOING ELEVATE THEM IN ONE CASE AND NOT IN OTHERS. WE BUILD SUFF ALL THE TIME IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE BUSES AND DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AND IF THIS PARK IS SOMETHING -- AND I AGREE, IT'S A FACTUALLY INTELLECTUAL TRUE STATEMENT THAT WE CAN'T BUILD ON ALL THE LAND. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. THE PARK IS A JEWEL OF THE CITY. THERE ARE SOME VEY FORTUNATE NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND RESID RESIDENTINGS WHO BECAUSE OF GOOD FORESIGHT LIVE NEAR THAT JEWEL. I'M HEARTENED BY THE NUMBER OF VOICES WHO SAID THEY WANT THE CITY THAT JEWEL TO BE ACCESSIBLE

TO THE REST OF THE FOLK IN THE CITY. UM, WE DON'T BILD ROADS OR SIDEWALKS RATHER AND BUS STOPS WHERE THERE AREN'T PEOPLE TO RIDE THE BUSES. DENSITY DRIVES THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AN OFTENTIMES THE FOLK PRECEDE SERVICES. BUSINESS FOLK DOBLT BUILD BIDSES WHERE THERE ARE NOT CUSTOMERS OR CLIENTS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO RUN EMPTY BUSES BACK AND FORTH AT A LINE WHERE THERE'S NO ONE LIVING. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WE DO THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND I THINK THAT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY -- AL OF US AND WE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH OUR FOLK -- THERE'S NO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ONE COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THE IMPACTS OF GROWTH OF A MAJOR URBAN CENTER WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTARY. I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE US ON. >> ONE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR.

>> SORRY. >> ONE QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A CHANGE OR ADJUSTMENT TO THE PROFFER, BUT I DID NOTE THAT IT SAID I UH KNOW IN THE PRIEST ON THE FEBRUARY 3RD THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT A DPS FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION OF THE $2,000 AJD THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER IT SHOULD BE $139,000 AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS DISCUSSED. I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IT. >> I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT BEING CHANGED FROM THE 22,000 NUMBER. I'VE BEEN IN NO DISCUSSION ON THAT.

>> SO JUST THAT 22,000. NOT 139,000? >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CHANGE TO THAT. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE, THOUGH, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU CALL FOR A VOTE, CAN WE JUST CLARIFY THE CHANGES TO COMMITMENTS FROM WHAT WAS IN THE AGENDA PACKETS? SO, WE HAVE THE REWARDING OF THE BIRD TREATMENTS LANGUAGE.

>> WINDOWS SHALL MEET AN AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY THREAT FACTOR RATING OF NO MORE THAN 30. >> AND THE CHANGE TO THE DONATION FOR THE OFF-SITE SIDEWALK TO GO TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION, BUT IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IF THE LIGHTING -- >> SO THE LIGHTING COMMITMENTS ALREADY IN THERE FOR FULL CUTOFF LIGHTING. >> OKAY. I JUST WNTED TO CONFIRM IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGES TO THAT OR WE'RE LEEING.

>> I THINK WE'RE LEAVING THAT ONE AS-IS. >> ABOUT THE $300,000 CONTRIBUTION, SO THE FUND TO WHERE IT GOES TO WOULD CHANGE TO THE DURHAM PARKS FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE'RE ABLE TO EARMARK IT SO WE ALSO WANT TO SPECIFY TO BE USED FOR THE PICKETT ROAD SANDY CREEK CONNECTIVITY PROJECT. WHICH WAS NOT IN THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. JUST WANTED O TO CLARIFY ALL THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL TOOK VOTE. >> I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE

TO BE VERY -- WELL, I THINK I'M GLAD THAT I HELD THE BUDGET CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I WANTED A LOT MORE PEOPLE TO SEE HOW THIS ACTUALLY WORKS. I HEAR A LOT OF FOLKS SAY I WANT TO RUN FOR OFFICE AND DO THIS SINGLE THING. THIS IS REALLY WHAT CITY COUNCIL IS ALL ABOUT. THIS IS THE WORK.

YOUR TIME OFF TE DAIS IS SPENT RIDING DOWN THE ROAD, WALKING, AND GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE THESE LITTLE LINES ON THE PAPER MAKE SENSE IN REAL LIFE. UM, AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING HEAR WHT YOU WANT TO HEAR AND THEN OTHER TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR JUST THE LOGIC OF IT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX THINGS ABOUT COUNCIL. UM, IT FLOODS ALL THE TIME OVER HERE. I'VE SPOKE TON STUDENTS AT SCHOOL, AT DA ABOUT THIS. I'VE SPOKEN TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ING OF- THIS WAS COUNCIL MEMBER RIST AND I WORKING TO TRY AND FIND A

SOLUTION TO DELIVER MUCH FASTER THAN GOVERNMENT NORMALLY DELIVERS. THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS SO WHEN WE SAY, ALL RIGHT, LET'S GOONDZ FIND AN EXFERNL SOURCE OF FUNDING OR A FUND RATHER THAN JUST A CI P P, BECAUSE IF IT GOES INTO CIP YOU'LL GET IT WHENEVER, 10-30 YEARS, AND SO THIS WAS US TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO FIND AN EXTERNAL SOURCE TO WHERE DA AND DEVELOPERS COULD CONTRIBUTE AN THEN FIND A WAY FORWARD TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT AT A TIMELY MANNER OFF-SITE. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT; AM I RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

THE OTHER THINK. SEVEN OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN -- SEVEN AREAS OF THE COMP PLAN WAS NOT APPLICABLE. FIVE MET THE STANDARD. 18 EXCEEDED.

ONE NOT MET. ISN'T WIHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. IT IS -- I'VE HEARD OVER AND OVER AN OVER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODPLAIN, THE FLOODPLAIN, THE BIRD SANCTUARY, BUT STAFF HAVE STATED CLEARLY THAT IT'S NO GOING HARM. NOW, PREFERENCE OF BEING CLOSE IS ANOTHER THING AND I'M SENSITIVE ABOUT LISTENING TO TH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THAT BUT I WANTED TO STATE ALL OF THOSE THINGS OUT AND I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE COST OF THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DURHAM.

I HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN INTO THE THIS WHOLE APPROACH AROUND WE DON'T HAVE UTD YET SO WE CA'T BUILD. IT'S NOT GOING TO COME UNLESS YOU BUILD. WE GET UPSET ABOUT EAST DURHAM, WELL, WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE PUT A LIFT STATION OUT THERE BECAUSE ONCE YOU PUT A LIFT STATION, DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO FOLLOW BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE PAID FOR BY UH THE TAX BASE.

AND WE'RE NOT AFOR PROFIT BUSINESS. I USED TO SAY THE CITY IS A BUSINESS WE SHOULD RUN IT EFFICIENTLY. HE SAID, NO, IT'S NOT A BUSINESS, IT'S A SERVICE FOR THE PEOPLE. HE WAS SO RIGHT.

HE WAS SO RIGHT. I THINK WE SEE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THAT MINDSET, THIS WHOLE BUSINESS THING IS LIKE IN WASHINGTON. WE ALL PAY TAXES, AND THAT IS THE REVENUE. WE'RE NOT SELLING CHICKEN IT'S TAX REVENUE.

WHEN THE TAX BASE DOES NOT EXPAND THEN YOU TO PAY IT. THOSE WHO ARE HERE, AND CITIES THAT DON'T GROW, DIE. THAT'S A BASIC FACT. AND IF WE AREN'T ARE GENERATING THE REVENUE TO BUILD THESE THINGS THEN NO TRANSIT EVER IS GOING TO COME OUT THERE.

IT'S JUST NOT. YOU KNOW, SO I WANT TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT THE CONVERSATION. WE CAN HAVE OUR DIFFERING VIEWS OR DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES, UM, I

DON'T HAVE A DOG AND I'M LOOKING AT WHAT INFORMATION BEFORE ME AND WHAT I HAVE AND I COULD LITERALLY AGREE WITH EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AND STILL LOOK AT THIS LOGICALLY AND LEAN TOWARD VOTING FOR THIS CASE AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE TO DO IT. WE HAVE TO HONEST FOR IT. I'M GOING CALL NOR VOTE SO WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT TWO HOURS -- >> SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION, WHICH IS THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY ABOUT THE SEWER LINE AND DID WE GOT -- WE NEVER GOT AN ANSWER ON IT. >> SO THE SEWER SHRINE ESSENTIALLY ADJACENT TO TWO DIFFERENT POINTS ON THE SITE.

IT DOES GO THROUGH THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE SITE WHERE IT DOES GO TO THE FLOODPLAIN. THE SUDDENS REPORT THAT IS FROM WATER MANAGEMENT SAYS THAT IS THE LOCATION THAT THEY SHOULD ACCESS THE SEWER LINE. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD ACCESS THAT LOCATION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE

FLOODPLAIN, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT PORTION OF THE SEWER IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. >> THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS. 176.

>> MOVED AS READ. >> SECOND. >> BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 4-3 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS BAKER, COOK, AND FREEMAN VOTING NO.

>> NOTED. S. SEC. 160D-605.

>> MOVED. >> SECOND. J BEEN MOVED AND POPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE.

PLEASE CLOSE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 6-1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN VOTING NO. >> ALL RIGHT. [INDISCERNIBLE]. [BACKGROUND NOISE].

>> SORRY. THE BUDGET HEARING IS LITERALLY JUST A HEARING. IT IS NOT -- YOU WON'T FIND COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONDING. WE WILL HEAR WHAT THE COMMENTS ARE AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE HEARING, AND WE WILL DELIBERATE AGAIN AT OUR NEXT BUDGET RETREAT WHICH I'LL GIVE AT THE END.

IF YOU DON'T HEAR US SAY SOMETHING AS YOU'RE SPEAKING, DON'T GET UPSET. IT'S JUST A HEARING FOR US TO HAVE ON THE RECORD, AL RIGHT? I HAVE A LARGE STACK HERE, SO LET'S GET INTO IT. YES, SORRY. READY FOR THE STAFF. >> CHRISTINA RIORDAN, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

THIS IS IS PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FY2025-26 BUDGET AND FY2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP). CURRENT TAX RATE OF 59 POINT P 62 CENTS WILL LIKELY CHANGE AND AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS WE'LL BE CALCULATING REVENUE NEUTRAL RATE WHICH WILL BE COMMUNICATED. BUDGET STAFF IS WORKING TO DEVELOP NEXT YEAR'S BUDGE AND CITY MANAGER WILL PREVENT BUDGET ON MAY 19th INCLUDING NEW PROPOSED TAX RATE. WE'LL THEN HOLD A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 2ND TO GATHER COMMENTS BEFORE THE BUDGET'S FINAL ADOPTION ON JUNE 16TH. ALL PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS HAVE BEEN FULFILLED AND BUDGET STAFF ARE HERE TO LISTEN AND HEAR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT INTLOE AND THANKS FOR STATING THOSE DATES FOR THE RECORD. AT THIS TIME I'LL DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 29. PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 BUDGET AND FY2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP). IS OPEN.

I WILL CALL UP FIVE TO SEVEN NAMES AT A TIME. WE HAVE TWO MINUTES. CHIE RIDELL, CYNTHIA WILLIAMS, LINDA BELLINS, MARGARET McNAB, YVONNE COLEMAN, JOSEPH JORDAN.

>> CHIE REED L, DURHAM FOR NINE YEARS, MOEG FEST, FESTIVAL, NUMBER ONEOFFS, BOUGHT HUNDREDS OF PERFORMERS AROUND THE WORLD TO DURHAM. I'VE BEEN CRITICAL OFTHE FUNDING PROCESS, YOU'VE SEEN ME TALK ABOUT THOSE, BUT I WILL SAY WITHOUT THE LEVEL OF FUNDING OF $400,000 WE'LL GO FROM A CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY AN ACTIONABLE PLAN TO REGROUND AND REALIGN WHAT'S BEST FO DURHAM THIS REGARD TO LITERALLY ABSENCE OF EVEN A CONVERSATION AND INABILITY TO MAKE A PLAN. THIS IS BECOME A BASE AMOUNT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE FESTIVALS IN DURHAM. DURHAM CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE FUNDING IN THIS DOMAIN AND EXPECT GROWTH IN THIS DOMAIN.

IT WAS $200,000 FOR YEARS PREVIOUS BUT THIS LAST YEAR. THE CITY LEANS ON NARRATIVES ABOUT DURHAM'S VIE BAN IS I, CULTURE, TOURISM BUT WITHOUT THIS THERE'S NO FUTURE TO SUSTAIN THAT REALITY. WITHOUT THIS BASE LEVEL OF

$400,000 T VENUES WILL TAKE A HIT, CREATORS WILL TAKE A MITT. A LOT OF MONEY PASSES THROUGH THE FESTIVALS THAT BUILDS UP DURHAM. IF YOU LOOK AT CITIES AROUND THE STATE, AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE ARE BARELY KEEPING UP WITH WHAT'S GOING BE SUSTAINED AS FAR AS A FESTIVAL FUTURE IN TOWN. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.

A LOT OF DURHAM'S CREATIVE ECONOMY DEPEND ON IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. TWO MINUTES.

>> GOOD EVENING. ON BEHALF OF THE NEW MOOSE ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AN TRANSIT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET REQUEST. BECAUSE FEDERAL LEVELS FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS ARE CURRENTLY FLUID AND UNCERTAIN THE DOE

COALITION PRESENTS THESE ITEMS TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. FIRST REQUEST IS CONTINUING TO FUND GO DURHAM FREE FARES PROGRAM AS THIS HELPS REDUCE THE FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE KOE SLIGS OPPOSED TO INCREASING FARES TO $2. AS INCREASE COULD HARM DURHAM'S STRUGGLING RESIDENTS SO AS YOU'RE NEGOTIATING THAT ITEM, WE WANT TO STAY WITH THE FREE FARES.

SECOND, WE WANT SUPPORT FULLY FUNDING THE HEART PROGRAM. THIRD, WE ARE ASKING THAT THERE BE SUBSIDIES PROVIDED FOR THE 505 CHAPEL HILL STREET POLICE HEADQUARTERS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED TO 110 UNITS. WE'RE ASKING FOR 130 AFFORDABLE UNITS, THAT'S A 20-UNIT INCREASE THAT NEEDS SUBSIDIES. WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU FULLY

FUND WITH $5 MILLION THE LEAD REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES IN OUR PARKS. 02 PROPERTY TAX INCREASE TO THE TAX RATE FOR VARIETY OF REASONS. COUNCIL MEMBER OF WHICH ARE TO MAINTAIN PROGRESS ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY AREA. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FR BEING WITH US.

>> THANK YOU S MUCH. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M LINDA BELLINS AND I AM A LIFELONG ADVOCATE FOR THE ARTS. I'M A DANCER, A POET, A WRITER AND A JOURNALIST, AND WHEN WITH I TALK TO FRIENDS IN OTHER STATES ABOUT HOW TO DEFINE DURHAM, I SAY IT'S A PLACE WHERE

SOMEBODY HAS AN ARTS IDEA AND THE NEXT YEAR IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AND THAT YOU'VE BEEN REALLY THE CITY HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THIS KIND OF CONCEPT OF CREATIVITY, AND SO, UM, THAT HAS BEEN YOUR GENEROUS, THE CITY'S GENEROUS OFFERING AND SUPPORT, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR CONTINUATION OF THE $400,000 WE CURRENTLY HAVE. THE ARTS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS AND IT'S NOT JUST ECONOMIC. IT'S THAT POETS AND WRITERS, ARTISTS REFLECT US, AN THEY HOLD SPACE FOR US TO CELEBRATE AND TO CRADLE OUR SORROWS AND A COLLECTIVE SPACE FOR OUR GRIEF THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IN TIS COUNTRY AT THIS MOMENT. THIS IS WHO WE ARE.

THIS IS WO WE CONTINUE TO ASPIRE TO BE. THIS IS THE MOMENT. THIS IS A TIME OF INTENSE OTHERING.

AND THIS IS A TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE WITH THE MOST POWER AND THE MOST MONEY HAVE THE LOUDEST MICROPHONE AND THE ABILITY TO DEFINE WHO WE ARE AND TO ERASE WHO WE ARE. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE ARTISTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE THE KEEPERS OF OUR CULTURE SO THAT WE CAN AMELIORATE THAT, WE CAN PREVENT THAT. WE NEED TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND THEIR VOICES. I E ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO FUND US AT $400,000 TO HELP DURHAM CONTINUE TO DEFINE AND DEEPEN WHAT MAKES DURHAM, DURHAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD EVENING. I AM MARGARET McNAB AND TODAY I'M SPEAKING WITH YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE DURHAM CULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD ON THE TOPIC OF BUNDING FOR FESTIVALS AND EVENTS AND THE VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

FESTIVALS AND EVENTS BRING US OUT OF OUR HOMES AND INTO SPACES ACROSS THE CITY TO CELEBRATE AND EXPERIENCE DURHAM TOGETHER. THEY PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR COMMUNITY, ATTRACT VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND STRENGTHEN OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY. I APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING AND I'M WITH YOU. THIS IS THE YEAR TO COME TOGETHER AND MEET THE FUTURE WITH A STRONG IDENTITY AS DURHAMITES. STRATEGY TO SUPPORT THIS GOAL OF CONNECTIVITY. WE'RE EAGER TO WORK WITH DURHAM NEXT OUTLINE A BROADER PAN TO STRENGTHEN OUR ARTS AN CULTURE SECTOR AND AS THAT EFFORT GETS UP AND RUNNING, UM, WE ASK THAT OR THIS IS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT YEAR TO MAINTAIN THE LAST YEAR'S MOMENTUM AND THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING, SO WE ASK THAT

YOU FUND UH US AGAIN AT $400,000 FOR FESTIVALS FOR THE COMING YEAR. THANK YOU ALL. >> GOODS EVENING. YVONNE COLEMAN, ADDRESS ON RECORD AND VERY SIMPLY, YOU WANT DURHAM TO BE DURHAM, YOU WANT DURHAM TO CELEBRATE WHO WE ARE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE WHO WE ARE, THE FESTIVAL FUNDING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET, $400,000, STILL A LOT OF MONEY TO US, NOT A LOT OF MONEY TO YOU, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANT AND LET'S JUST TALK ABOT HOW MUCH MONEY COMES BACK TO DURHAM COUNTY AND DURHAM CITY GOT OUT OF THAT. WE KNOW BASED ON THE TREND OF FUNDING THESE PROJECTS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT THEY WILL GENERATE 1-AND-A-HALF TIMES MORE THAN ACTUALLY IS INVESTED AS ECONOMIC -- AS TAX INCOME FOR

DURHAM COUNTY. SO WE TALKING AA BOUT TAX INOME FROM DURHAM COUNTY. SO IF YOU GIVE US THE $400,000, YOU WILL SEE NOT ONLY AN ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE MILLIONS, BUT YOU WILL SEE TAX MONEY COMING INTO DURHAM COUNTY. AND KEEP THAT IN MIND, THAT IT IS AN INVESTMENT, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO THIS IS A TIME WHERE DURHAM NEEDS GATHERING PLACES, FREE GATHERING PLACES, PLACES WHERE WE CAN CELEBRATE OUR CULTURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M GLAD I'M NOT YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> NEXT FEW NAMES. IYA SHABOO, CHRIS ROXBORO, LESLIE ST. DREY, RUTH -- JUST

GOING TO PUT MY GLASSES ON, THAT DIDN'T WORK -- RUTH R, AND GERALD WALLACE. WELCOME. TWO MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING.

JOSEPH JORDAN, I AM CHAIR OF THE DURHAM CULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD AND I COME BEFORE YOU LIKE MY PREVIOUS COLLEAGUES HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING FOR OUR WORK AND FOR THE WORK OF THE CITY. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE THIS PARTICULAR BOARD HAS BEEN FUNDING FESTIVALS AND EVENTS FOR ABOUT 1 YEARS. OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AWARD ABOUT 900 A $52,000, ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS TO 35 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD IN FY 24 WAS

ABOUT $5,852,000 WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT AND I THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT I TELL MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT WHEN IT UT COMES TO THE ARTS, DURHAM BATS FAR ABOVE ITS WEIGHT, IF YOU WIL. OUR BASE BUDGET FOR MOST OF THE TIMES SINCE 2016 HAS BEEN ABOUT $195,000, AND LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE INCREASE TO $400,000, AND WE SAW MEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE HAD DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS. WE HAD 47 APPLICATIONS.

WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD FUNDING TO 22 OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, AND SUCCESSFUL AND PASSED WORD ON TO THEIR COLLEAGUES, I'M QUITE CERTAIN WE'LL ALMOST DOUBLE THAT AGAIN. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE'VE BEN REACHING OUT TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE DEVELOPING DURHAM NEXT SO WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND COORDINATE ACTIVITIES AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL WORK WITH US AND THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT

IS TO AWARD THE $400,000 AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF DURHAM'S SPECIAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS. LAST YEAR WE SA A HUGE INCREASE AND I AM VERY EAGER FOR THE CONTINUED COMMITMENT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO MAKE TOWARDS DCAB AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS.

I THINK AN NECK -- I'M A CULTURAL BUSINESS OWNER. I OWN A TOURISM ORGANIZATION AND I'M AN ARTIST. WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE I AM PART OF MAKING DURHAM A DESTINATION AND A VIBRANT COMMUNITY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND LOVE HERE. I'M ALSO A HISTORIAN SO I WOULD

BE REMISS TO NOT REMIND US THAT AS OUR BELOVED BABA CHUCK DAVIS WHO BROUGHT US UH BAM BAY AND SOME OF OUR LARGEST AND WELL-ATTENDED EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY -- >> SUSPEND JUST FAR MINUTE. MADAM CLERK, THE CLOCK'S NOT RUNNING. >> OH, THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T MIND.

[LAUGHTER] >> CONTINUE, PLEASE. >> AND SO THESE FESTIVALS ARE IMPORTANT AS WE KNOW BECAUSE THEY STRENGTHEN OUR IDENTIFY AS WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER FOLKS, THEY ADD TO THE CULTURAL VIBRANCY BUT ALSO TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND INFLUENCE ARTIST LIKE MYSELF. I'M A TORCH BARERER BECAUSE OF THE FESTIVALS. I WAS INSPIRED NOT TO JUST GO AND BECOME AN ARTIST BUT TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND CREATE FESTIVALS. I'M A FESTIVAL PRODUCER AND AS A FESTIVAL PRODUCER MY JOB IS TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND RESOURCE

ARTISTS. SO AS A MEMBER OF DCAB, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WORK VERY HARD TO DO OUR JOB AND PART OF OUR JOB IS TO ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES THAT ADD TO OUR CULTURAL VIBRANCY, SO, $400,000, PLEASE CONTINUE THAT COMMITMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU MADE TIME STAND STILL. GOOD EVENING. TWO MINUTES. >> RECE PETRE, WITH TRINITY AVENUE PRES BY TEAR YAN CHURCH.

I'M ASKING THE CITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR EVICTION DIVERSION AND ASSISTANCE SO THAT OUR MOST VULERABLE NEIGHBORS HAVE ACCESS TO STABLE HOUSING. I'VE SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES THE HORRIFIC TREATMENT OF NEIGHBORS FACING EVICTION. THEY OTEN MISS WORK, ARRANGE FOR CHILD CARE AND TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO ATTEND HEARINGS THAT SOMETIMES PROVE TO BE LANDLORD ERROR AMONG

OTHER THINGS. AMONG THE DHA RESIDENCE FACING EVICTION BETWEEN 2016 AND 20, 91% WERE PEOPLE OF COLORENED 79% WERE FEMALE. 2023 DATA WORK STUDY RECORDS THAT BLACK TENANTS ARE 44% OF OUR RENTING POPULATION AND 76% OF OUR EVICTED POPULATION. AFTER BEING EVICTED OUR NEIGHBORS FACE WORSENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STABLE HOUSING.

THEY CAN ALSO BE BARRED FROM LEASING IN MANY PLACES FOR HAVING AN E EVICTION FILING. DURHAM HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION REPORTS THAT DURHAM COUNTY THAT HAS HIGHEST NUMBER EVICTIONS PER CAPITA THAN ANY OF THE FIVE HIGHEST-POPULATED COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. YOU CAN HELP H US PREVENT EVICTION. PLEASE FIND THE MONEY FOR EVICTION DIVERSION AND ASSISTANCE. QUOTING MA THOOU DESMOND FROM EVICTED: IF INCARCERATION HAS COME TO DEFINE THE LIVES O OF

MEN FROM IMPOVERISHED BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS EVICTION WAS SHAPING THE LIVES OF WOMEN. POOR BLACK MEN WERE LOCKED UP. POOR BLACK WOMEN WERE LOCKED OUT. THANK YOU.

>> TWO MINUTES. >> CHRIS PERSTEIN, HERER TO TALK ABOUT STREET SAFETY. HAPPY O ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE LIKE THE VISION ZERO COORDINATOR, 25% DESIGN FOR ROXBORO. WE DO NEED TO MOVE TO BROAD IMPUTATION AND SAFER DESIGNED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

DISAPPOINTED THAT FUNDING FOR 2-WAY STREET DIDN'T SCORE HIGHER. YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT AN ACTION PLAN ON THURSDAY ABOUT OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK. THAT IS A -- DOT STREETS OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY GET THE

BALL ROLLING ON VISION ZERO GOALS WE HAVE. ALL THE PLANS AND STUDY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION. WE SA COST TO THESE DESIGNS ON 35 MILES PER HOURBOX ROXBORO WESHG HAD A CRASS THAT COST TWO LIVES, ONE PERSON CRITICAL AND TWO PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THIS IS MORE THAN 5% OF LAST YEAR'S TRAFFIC DEATHS JUST AS HIGH AS GUN DEATHS NOW.

THE DAY AFTER THAT FATAL CRASH WE HAD ANOTHER WRECK SO BAT ON THE 35 MILES PER HOUR DO YOU RECOLLECT STLEET A LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY LOST POWER FOR HALF THE DAY. THESE ACCIDENTS ALSO INCUR COSTS IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE ALONG WITH RESPONSE. IF WE CAN'T SAVE LIVES SOLVING THE POWER WHERE WE HAVE THE POWER TO DO, WE CAN CHANGE STREETS HOW WITH REGOING TACKLE HOUSING AFFORD ABLE OR GUN

VIOLENCE? THE IMPACTS ON PEOPLE ARE GREAT. I HOPE THAT WE'LL CONSIDER REUPPING THE PRIORITY TERE ON GETTING THESE STREETS FIXED AND IT'S NOT JUST MY STREETS, IT'S ALL STREETS THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY. >> NEXT SPEAKERS LINE UP: LESLIE IS THE DRA, RUTH PETRAY, DANA CAMPBELL L, CHARLES CAMPBELL L P, SARAH DE, DEMOTTO AND GREGORY WILLIAMS.

>> GOOD EVENING. JERL WALLIS, BOTH A PROUD CITY OF DURHAM EMPLOYEE AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE CITY WORKERS UNION UE 150. I STAND BEFORE YOU TO BRING ATTENTION TO CRITICAL CONCERNS REGARDING OUR UPCOMING BUDGET. CONCERNS THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT HARD-WORKING EMPLOYEE WHO IS KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING. FOR YEARS, CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN THEIR

DUTIES, OFTEN TAKING ON ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE WORK GETS DONE. YET, WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR EVALUATIONS, MANY OF US ARE CONSTANTLYLATED AS MERELY EFFECTIVE WITH NO OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A HIGHER LEVEL. SOME MANAGERS HAVE EVEN SOLD STAFF ACHIEVING HIGHER RATING REQUIRES EXTENSIVE DOCUMENTATION WHICH THEY DO NOT INTEND TO COMPLETE. IS DISCOURAGING AND DISHEARTINGEN WHEN EMPLOYEES DEDICATE TO WORK, TAKE ON EXTRA UH DUTIES THAT COMMITMENT SOULD BE REFLKTED IN THEIR EVALUATIONS.

RECOGNITION FALSE MORAL AND WHEN EMPLOYEES FEEL VALUED THEIR QUALITY OF WORK IMPROVES. SECONDLY, WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER HOW THE LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE IS CALCULATED. CURRENTLY IT IS BASED TON HOUSING COST FROM THE PAST FOUR YEARS INCLUDING EXDLOOUD CLOUDING MOST RECENT YEARS HOWEVER HOUSING COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE WHILE OUR WAGES DO NOT

KEEP PACE. 54 AND INCREASE THAT WOULD MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CITY EMPLOYEES. AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE WHO WORKS TWO ADDITIONAL JOBS JUST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY, THIS ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE LIVE CHANGING ALLOWING ME TO STEP AWAY FROM PART-TIME JOB GRANTING ME APPRECIATE OPPORTUNITY TO O BE MORE PRESENT FOR MY CHILDREN TO UH ADENT SPORTING E EVENTS AND TO BE THERE FOR MILESTONES AND BE THE PARENT THEY DESERVE. I APPRECIATE YOUR OPPORTUNITY ALLOWING ME E TO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND I HOPE YOU TAKE THESE CONCERNS TO HEART.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU. >> TWO MINUTES. >> DAY UH NAH CAMPBELL. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME E SPEAK TONIGHT. I'M A VOLUNTEER AT TRINITY AVENUE PREZ PE TER YAN PURCHASE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EMERGENCY MINISTRY AND I'M ASKING THE CITY TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR EVICTION DIVERSION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT EVICTION IS CREATING A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CRISIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I'M NOT SPEAKING ABOUT MY OWN HEALTH OR SAFETY. MY CONCERN IS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH EVICTION RATES.

DURHAM IS ONE OF THSE PLACES. WE MAY BE A GREAT CITY, BT WE HAVE AN EVICTION PROBLEM. EVICTION IS POSITIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH CRIME. RENTERS WITH LOW INCOMES AND RENTERS OF COLOR HAVE FEW HOUSING OPTIONS AND ARE FORCED TO LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGHER INSTANCES OF POVERTY AND POORLY-MANAGED PROPERTIES. LANDLORDS WHO ENGAGE IN EXTRACTIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SUCH AS FREQUENT EVICTION FILINGS AND PROPERTY

DISINVESTMENT, THEY CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THE CRIME PROBLEM. SIMPLY PUT, THEIR PRACTICES INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CRIME WHILE UNDERMINING COMMUNITY COHESION. EVICTION EXPOSES PEOPLE TO VARIOUS FORMS OF VIOLENCE, REPEATED FORCED DISPLACEMENT BY POLICE AD PRIVATE SECURITY, HUNGER, MALL NOURISHMENT, UNTREATED MEDICAL NEEDS, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM. THE STRUGGLE TO AVOID EVICTION HAS SURFACED IN THE SURVEY OF THE DURHAM COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

EVICTIONS IN DURHAM ARE CREATING BOTH A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CRISIS. WE KNOW THIS, WE CAN AND DO -- CAN DO AND MUST DO MUCH BETTER. I URGE TO YOU PROVIDE FUNDING FOR E EVICTION DIVERSION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE -- >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. TWO MINUTES.

>> CHARLES CAMPBELL, ALSO A VOLUNTEER AT THE STRINTY AVENUE PREZ ATTORNEY -- PRESBYTERIAN MINISTRY. WE KOW THE INCREASED DI MAND FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND WE'VE HEARD THE STORIES OF PEOPLE DESPERATE TO AVOID EVICTIONS. PEOPLE ARE BEING SENT TO US BECAUSE THE FEDERAL FUNDS HAVE DRIED UP. SO I'M ASKING THE CITY ALONG WITH OTHERS TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT FUNDS FOR EVICTION DIVERSION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. MY ANGLE IS THAT PROVIDING THESE FUNDS IS AN IMPORTANT MEANS OF ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. ACCORDING TO STUDY BUT UNS GREENSBORO, 65% OF TENANTS THE DURHAM COUNTY EXPERIENCE SOME DURATION OF HOMELESSNESS AFTER EVICTION BECAUSE EVICTION IS A DIRECT CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS,

THERE'S OBVIOUS WAY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE HOMELESS SNM THE FIRST PLACE; JUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN DO TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES. THIS APPROACH ACTUALLY TAKES SERIOUSLY THE HOUSING-FIRST MODEL TAT IS USED BY HOMELESS MINISTRIES HERE IN DURHAM INCLUDING HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE. PROVIDE HOUSING FIRST, THEN ADDRESS THE OTHER MATTERS. HELPING PEOPLE AVOID EVICTION QUITE SIMPLY FOLLOW THIS IS MODEL.

FIRST, WE HELP PEOPLE RENAN THE HOMES THAT THEY ALREADY OCCUPY THEN THEY DON'T BECOME HOMELESS TO BEGIN WITH. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. IT'S NOT COMPLICATED. IT'S COMMON SENSE.

SO I URGE TO YOU PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR EVICTION DIVERSION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET. THANK YOU. >> SARAH DEMOTTO DIRECTION OF

THE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM WITH LEGAL AID HERE TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE FUNDING EVICTION DIVERSION AS CONTINUED SHOW OF BEING A NATIONWIDE LEADER IN PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS. WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN DURHAM OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER CITIES OTHER COUNTIES, OTER STATE LOOK TO US AS A MODEL FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. WITH ALL THE RECENT JOB LOSSES IN DURHAM RIGHT NOW AN CUTS TO MEDICAID, FOOD BENEFITS AND THE RATES OF E EVICTION ARE ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. RECENT STUDIES SHOW EVEN MORE CONCERNING NOW TOO IS THAT THE NUMBER OF WORKING HOMELESS IS CONTINUING TO GROW.

SADLY, THESE PEPLE OFTEN GO UNCOUNTED WHEN THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS FOR SERVICES FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE. IN MANY CASES LEGAL AID THE REPRESENTATION WE GIVE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO STAY HOUSED FOR A FEW EXTRA MONTHS. OUR REPRESENTATION WE'RE ABLE TO IN THESE HOUSING CASES LAST YEAR WE KEPT 50% OF THOSE PEOPLE HOUSED AND SO OUR SERVICES HELP

KEEP THE CITY HOUSED AND THIS IS A BIG SAVINGS TO THE CITY WHEN YOU LOK AT THE AD ADDED BENEFITS. ON TOP OF THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T, UM, ALWAYS RECOGNIZE AND REALIZE IS THAT OUR REPRESENTATION, WHAT IT DOES IS IT HELPS GIVE TENANTS SOME AGENCY. IT HELPS GIVE THM CONTROL OVER THEIR SITUATION AND IT ALLOWS THEM JUST A LITTLE OPPORTUNITY UH TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF THE TRAU UH MA EVICTION AND BEING LOCKED OUT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PACK UP BELONGINGS, MEDICATIONS, ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND PETS. WE'VE GOT ALL THESE HOMELESS PETS ON TOP OF HOMELESS PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE EXPERIENCING EVICTION CRISIS. THIS AMOUNT OF THIS NE GH GHOSHUATION HELPS GIVE THEM HUMANITY. PLEASE COULDN'T TO FUND EVICTION

DIVERSION. >> TWO MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING. GREGORY WILLIAMS OF BIKE DURHAM AND THE TRANSIT EQUITY CAMPAIGN.

THOSE WHO ARE HERE FEEL FREE TO WAVE. WE HA MORE BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT. FIRSTLY, I WANT TO THANK ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN BIKE AND TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CAMPAIGN MADE UP OF BIKE DURHAM, COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRANSIT, DURHAM COMMITTEE ON THE AFFAIRS OF BLACK PEOPLE, PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE AND DURHAM CONGREGATIONS IN ACTION HAS A CLEAR SET OF A ASKS THAT WE HOPE WILL KEEP DURHAM MOVING FORWARD. 5 MILLION OF THE DURHAM COUNTY TRANSIT TAX TO KEEP GO DURHAM FARE FREE AND BEGIN CONVERSATIONS WITH DURHAM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SEEK THEIR APPROVAL. WE ALSO ASK THAT THE CITY PAY TRANSIT, SOLID WASTE AND ALL CITY STAFF A LIVABLE WAGE WITH COMPETITIVE BENEFITS BEP ALSO ASK THE CIY TO FULLY FUND

VISION SEE E ROE ACTION PLAN TO ENSURE STREETS ARE SAFER FOR EVERYONE. THIS INCLUDES COMPLETING THE TWO-WAY CONVERSION OF ROXBORO AND MANGUM. GETTING TO AND FROM THE LIBRARY ON OR CITY HALL SHOULD NOT BE LIFE AND DEATHUATION. INCLUDES VERTICALLY PROTECTED BIKE ROUTES AND VISION ZERO.

TRANSIT, BIKING AND WALKING ARE ALL CONNECTED. WE MUST INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES OUR STREETS SAFER FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST CARS. FINALLY, WE WANT THE CITY TO COMMIT TO THE OTHER ASKS IN OUR PETITION WHICH HAS OVER 500 SIGNATURES AND WILL BE DELIVEREDED TO YOUR DESKS THIS WEEK ENSURING GO DURHAM REMAINS FARE FREE, ACESSIBLE AND FULLY FUNDED FOR LONG TERM. PLEASE EXPAND THE HEART PROGRAM TO RUN 24/7 BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SCHEDULE A CRISIS. THANK Y'ALL.

>> LESLIE ST. DR E-A, RUTH PETRAY, ROB WILL KERSON, CHRIS BENJAMIN, JEFFREY GARNO, MYTH KNOLL, MARY ROSE MONTANA. COME ON UP. TWO MINUTES.

>> HELLO. ROBERT WILLERSON. I CURRENTLY WORK IN STREET MAINTENANCE WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF DURHAM. WORKERS LIKE MYSELF THAT WORKED LAST NIGHT DURING SNOWSTORM TO PREPARE AND PLOW THE ROADS TO HELP MAKE SURE EVERYONE ELSE COULD GET TO WORK SAFELY.

I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE. I SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR. COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPONDED WITH

SYMPATHY AND COMMITTED THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT THIS YEAR. AFTER THE CONVERSATION STUDY WAS DONE, IT WAS STATED BY THIS BODY THAT YOU WOULD LOOK INTO THE PAY PLAN DESIGN CHANGES THIS YEAR AND WE HOPE YOU STILL INTEND TO DO THAT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED IN 2016, AND ACCORDING TO THE CONVERSATION STUDY Y'ALL DID LAST YEAR, IT WAS 2017 THAT CITY WORKERS STARTED FALLING BEHIND, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T FIVE YEARS FROM NOW WE'RE NOT RIGHT BACK IN THE SAME SPOT WE WERE IN BEFORE. WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS AND LADIES WOULD TAKE A DEEP LOOK AT THAT. TO ME, THE FORMULA JUST DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T CUT IT. I MEAN IT'S -- THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE IS THAT WE SHOULD B GETTING PAID 30% OF OUR SALARY SHOULD COVER WHAT IT COST TO LIVE IN DURHAM RIGHT NOW BUT

IT'S MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLY TO DO THAT IF YOU'RE TAKING LAST FOUR YEARS. FOR EXAMPLE, FOUR YEARS AGO IT WAS $946 TO RENT A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. RIGHT NOW IT'S RIGHT AT 1,460-SOMETHING DOLLARS. THAT'S LIKE A 40% INCREASE BUT OUR PAY HASN'T WENT UP THAT MUCH IN THAT SAME TIME FRAME, SO, UM, THAT'S MY ASK OF YOU THAT YOU WOULD JUST TAKE A DEEP LOOK AT THAT.

MAYBE WE CAN AMENDMENT THAT AND USE -- >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. TWO MINUTES. >> CHRIS BENJAMIN.

GOOD EVENING TO THE COUNCIL. MAKE IT REAL SHORT. 54 WAS ROUGHLY $5 FOR OUR GENERAL STEP PAY

EMPLOYEES BY ADJUSTING UNIVERSAL LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE TO ONLY REFLECT THE TWLOOS FULL YEARS RATHER THAN THE CURRENT FOUR YEARS. s THIS IS MARCH 2025 BUDGET. FOR EVERY NEW PROJECT SUCH AS PROGRAMS OR STRUCTURES THE COUNCIL PLANS, THERE WILL BE A NEED SOME TYPE OF CITY UH EMPLOYEE TO PROVIDE SERVICE SUCH AS SAFETY, PROTECTION, ROAD, WATER MAINTENANCE, SOLID WASTE. WE ARE HERE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE WAGE INCREASE REQUEST.

PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND A SIGNIFICANT WAGE INCREASE FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES. IF YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR

TEAM, ASK THEM THEY WOULD TELL YOU THE STRUGGLE IS REAL, AND WE LOVE OUR CITY, SO PLEASE DO RIGHT BY THE CITY EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU. >> FRIENDS, IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE ME THOSE THAT ARE COMING UP TO SPEAK, WE'RE RIGHT AT ABOUT AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, WE NEED TO TAKE A BRIEF BREAK BUT WHEN WE COME BACK RECONVENE Y'ALL FOLK REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE AND WE'LL START WITH YOU. WE'LL COME BACK AT 11:10. WE'RE IN RECESS.

>> TWO-MINUTE WARNING.

>> CONTINUING. NEXT SPEAKER. >> FAIR PAY FOR DPS STAFF AN HOLD DUKE UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT IT CALLS HOME. I'VE.

TOLD NOT SAFE TO STAY IN NORTH CAROLINA AS A TRANS PERSON AND THEY'RE MOSTLY RIGHT BUT DURHAM IS MY HOME AND I LOVE THIS CITY TOO MUCH NOT TO STAY HERE AND SUPPORT OUR 30,000 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. I WAS AT THAT CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION MEETING AND I THINK IT WAS COUNSELOR FREEMAN SADDENED ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO PACK THE ROOM. AS AN EDUCATOR MY CONCERN FOR STUDENTS DOESN'T STOP AT THE SCHOOL HOUSE DOOR. DURHAM NEEDS CRISIS RESPONSE 24/7 COUNTY WIDE. WE NEED TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT THE BEST STAFF TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE FUTURE, A

LOT OF BALANCE HERE. I URGE TO YOU CONTINUE TO BE IMAGINATIVE THE AND BRAVE IN SERVING THE PEOPLE OF DURHAM. 7 BILLION ENDOWMENT AND MANY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION THAT DON'T PAY THEIR FAIR SNARE TAXES. WE NEED COMMUNITIES TO SURVIVE THE NXT FOUR YEARS AND I DON'T INTEND ON GOING ANYWHERE.

THANK YOU. >> TWO MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

MARY ROSE FONTANA MEMBER OF BIKE DURHAM. FAMILY AND I LIVE IN THE CITY WITHOUT A CAR. E- ON DAYS WHEN I'M IN THE OFFICE I E TAKE THE 12 B. WITHOUT FAIR FREE TRANSIT YOU WOULD NEED TO BUY A CAR OR NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE. ON DAYS WHEN IT'S DARK, COLD OR

RAINY THE BUS HAS BEEN OUR CONNECTION TO DURHAM. FOR MANY RESIDENTS THE BUS IS THEIR MAIN AND ONLY LIFELINE TO THIS COMMUNITY. BUSES BREAK DOWN BARRIERS FOR MANY. FREE GO DURHAM BUSES HELP BRING KIDS TO SCHOOL.

MANY OF DURHAM'S GREATEST RESOURCES ARE FREE, LIBRARY, SCHOOLS, PARKS, ROAS, SIDEWALKS, BUT WITHOUT FREE TRANSIT PEOPLE CAN'T ACCESS THOSE RESOURCES. WITH CONTINUED FARE FREE TRANSIT, MORE WILL CHOOSE TO RIDE BUS WHICH CUTS DOWN OUN CONGESTION AND MANY COSTst. I ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO INCLUDE FARE FREE TRANSIT AND PREPARE TO CONTINUE IT INDEFINITELY. >> NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS: GENE

HASROCK, BRANDON LOVE, LOLA JOHNSON, JONATHAN CHAN, CHANEESE RENEE AND JANE LEE. >> JEFF GARN O O WITH BIKE DURHAM. IMPLEMENTING AND ADMINISTERING A FARE COLLECTION WILL BE WASTEFUL AND REGRESSIVE, ADD COMPLEXITY FOR THE BUS RIDERS WHO NEED TO INTERACT WITH A CARD SYSTEM OR HAVE EXACT CHANGE OR HAVE SOME KIND OF REDUCED FARE SYSTEM. SLOWS DOWN BUSES CAUSING DELAYS EACH TIME PEOPLE ARE BOARDING.

THAT'S MY THING ON BUSES. ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP VISION ZERO MOVING FORWARD. RECOMMEND FULL FUNDING FOR VISION ZERO PRIORITIZING ROXBORO AND MANGUM TO TWO WAY.

>> GOOD EVENING. I'M NOT HEE TO ASK FOR A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM. IAN HASBROOKE, CHAIR OF THE ASSOCIATE OF REATORS. WEED A E VOE KATE PRIVATE PROP RIGHTS TO BOLSTER EQUITY.

RISEN AVERAGE OF $200,000 AS WE'VE EMERGES FROM THE PANDEMIC. THOSE IN POWER ON THE FEERAL LEVEL ARE THE FRUITION OF REAGAN'S EQUIP THAT HE WASN'T TRYING TO DESTROY GOVERNMENT, JUST MAKE IT WEAK. PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE POSITIVELY FRAMED BY MUNICIPAL SERVICES. BE COURAGEOUS AND ROBUST TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE

PROPERTY. >> TWO MINUTES. >> JONATHAN CHAN AND I WORK AT A LOCAL CREDIT UNION THAT FOCUSES ON BUILDING OWNERSHIP AND EQUITY FOR ALL. NATURALLY THINK ABOUT INVESTMENTS THAT BRINGS RETURNING.

OUR CITY IS NOT BUILT FOR PEOPLE BUT FOR CARS AND ACCORDING TO AAA CAR OWNERSHIP IS A BURDEN ON EVERY OWNER'S SHOULDERS AND IT TAXES POOR FOLKS. DECISION IS TO INVEST MORE FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT. RESPONSIBLE DECISION FOR DURHAM IS ALSO TO INVEST IN PUBLIC TRANSIT. WHEREAS MAINTAINING EVERY MILE OF ROAD IS A FISCAL DRAG TO THE CITY, I APPLAUD THE ROAD BOND THAT PAST, BUT THE WAY TO SPEND LESS ON ROADS IS TO HAVE LSS CARS ON THE ROADS. WE CAN DO THIS BY INVESTING MORE IN PUBLIC TRANSIT, SIDEWALKS AND

BIKE LANES. FARE FREE BUSES WILL HELP US GET THERE. FUNDING MORE TRANSIT ROUTES FOR FOLKS WHOLY OUTSIDE CITY CORE WILL HELP US GE THERE. DELIVERING COMPLETE STREETS WILL HELP US GET THERE.

INVESTING IN MOBILITY IS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. DURHAM DESERVES WORLD CLASS TRANSIT SO THAT WE CAN ALSO SEE NATURE AND PARKING JUST LIKE SEATTLE. SO, THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU.

JJ, LATIS SHSHGS A, AND ALAN FRARE. >> LOLA JOHNSON, I MAKE SANDWICHES FOR A LIVING. I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE EXPANSION OF HEART TO BE 24/7

SERVICE AND TO PUT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND CONTINUANCE OF FREE FARE FOR OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND ALSO TO PROVIDE A LIVABLE WAGE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM PHILADELPHIA, WE DON'T PLAY ABOUT THE BUS. I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. IF YOU EVER STARTED A WEEK WITH LESS THAN $10 TO YOUR NAME YOU KNOW HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO HAVE FARE AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE FREE FARE IS WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS.

IT'S DEFINITELY A WEIGHT OF SHOULDERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN MUCH WORSE CONDITIONS THAT I AM. KEEP THT A THING MORE SO TO PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THOSE BUSES UH I THINK THEY SHOULD BE MORE AND HAVE A LIVABLE WAGE IN THIS CITY. LOOPING BACK TO HEART, UM, THE RISK IS COMING OFF A LITTLE GHOSH, I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE, NOT COPS. I BELIEVE THE HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS TO PEOPLE'S CARE. WE NEED TO HAVE 24/7 CRISIS

CARE. THEY NEED TO BE PLACED IN SCHOOLS WITH OU MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSURE OF THEIR PLACE IN THE FUTURE AND NEED CARE MORE THAN EVER. I WASN'T VERY PROUD OF NORTH CAROLINA WHEN I FIRST MOVING HERE. I'M STARTING TO BE A LITTLE BIT PROUD OF IT.

I'D LIKE TO BE PROUDER. AND I THINK YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> TWO MINUTES.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE] IMMIGRATION ADVISORY COMMISSION. OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN UH SUPPORT OF INCREASED FUNDING FOR DURHAM PARKS AND RECREATION RATION. PARKS, TRAILS, RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE ESSENTIAL TO CITY'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND MAINTAINING THEM SHOULD BE PRIORITY. BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, MORE E

RESTRICTIONS -- APPROVE DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF. POPULATION IS IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND DEMAND FOR PARKS IS RISING. HOWEVER, OUR TOTAL PARK COVERAGE ACREAGE REMAINS LOWER THAN COMPATIBLE CITIES. AND RESOURCES ARE STRETCHED THIN.

CURRENT OPERATION MAINTENANCE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN PARKS, ETC ACROSS THE CITY. THIS IS GOING TO BE IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU GOING TO ATTEND BUT I WANTED TO PUT THIS TO YOU SO YOU HAVE THAT YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MEETING ON THURSDAY BEING PARENED WITH PARKS AND RECREATION. ADDITIONAL STAFF ARE CRITICAL. FOR PARK USES. FUNDING RESTRIKSS ALSO CREATE BARRIERS SO CURRENTLY LIMITED TO

$100,000 -- -- THESE RESTRICTIONS PREVENT IMPROVEMENTS WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED. REMOVING THESE WOULD ADRESS MAINTENANCE UPGRADES. PARKS NEED MODERNIZATION. SAFETY CONCERNS MUST BED AEDED -- MUST BE ADDRESSED.

BOND FR SWIMMING PULLS. RESIDENTS WANT MORE. >> TWO MINUTES. >> REN A A RESENTO HERE TO ASK YOU TO FULLY FUND EXPANSION OF HEART TO COVER CRISES 24/7. I'D LIKE TO SHARE I RECENTLY HAD TO NAVIGATE FINDING HELP FOR A FRIEND MY AGE WHO I ATTENDED SCHOOL WITH HERE IN DURHAM 30 YEARS AGO.

SPECIFICALLY, SHE'S BEEN LIVING IN ANOTHER STATE AND AFTER A STROKE LOST FULL MOBILITITY, LOST HER JOB AND COULD NOT RETAIN HOUSING. LATE LAST MONTH SHE BEGAN POSTING THAT SHE NEEDED AN URGENT WELFARE CHECK BUT SHE FOUND IT HARD TO NAVIGATE. I I THOUGHT OF HEART AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAMS WHICH ARE UNARMED TEAMS THAT CAN RESPOND TO CALLS FOR PEOPLE LIKE HER. FOLLOW-UP BY HEART NAVIGATE TEAM WHICH CAN HELP NAVIGATE PEOPLE TO WHAT THEY NEED.

KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HEART, I TRIED TO FIND A COMPARABLE RESPONSE SERVICE IN HER CITY BUT THERE WERE NONE. HER FRIENDS AND I WERE TEXTING EACH OTHER DEBATING WHETHER WE SHOULD CALL THE POLICE FOR HELP BUT WE KNEW DOING SO COULD PUT HER IN DANGER. THE BEST EKD DO IS GIVE HER ADDRESS OF NGO AND HOPE SHE COULD TRAVEL THERE NEXT MONDAY. HOWEVER IN TRUTH EVEN THOUGH WE

M. AND MIDNIGHT. SHE WOULD HAVE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY FOR HELP. I VISITED HEART'S LIVE DASHBOARD AND SEEN THE STORY THERE IS THAT PROVIDE INCREDIBLE TESTIMONY TO THE WAYS THE TEAMS HAVE HELPED PEOPLE UNDER WIDE RANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

ALL OF US DESERVE THESE LEVELS OF CARE. HOWEVER IT IS IMPERATIVE WE HAVE ACCESS TO THESE RESPONSES DAY AND NIGHT. I WANT THAT FOR MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS DURHAM 24 HOURS A DAY AND I SAY THIS KNOWING THAT I WANT IT FOR MYSELF AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.

TWO MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING. JOHN SHERMAN AND I'M HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR FULLY FUNDED DURHAM'S VISION ZERO ARE ACTION PLAN. THE CONVERSION OF ROXBORO TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND CONTINUING FARE FREE TRAFFIC FOR GO DURHAM. BY ADOPTING VISION ZERO MAN,

DURHAM CAN TAKE STEPS WITH TOWARD IMPROVING ROAD SAFETY AND ENSURING NO ONE HAS TO FEAR FOR THEIR LIFE JUST TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAY. I WANT TO HIGH LIGHT A GREAT THORN IN THE SIDE OF ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY IN DURHAM AND THAT'S ROXBORO. ROXBOROING IS A HIGH-SPEED ROAD PERHAPS NOT INTENT BUT IN DESIGN AND PRACTICE WITH A 35 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT THAT SEEMS TO BE BASED IN WISHFUL THINKING. QUITE UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAS MADE CLEAR 10 DAYS AGO WITH VEHICLE CRASH ON ROKS BOAR O ROE THAT CLAIMS TWO LIVES AND INJURED FOUR. THIS ROAD ALONG WITH MANGUM AND DUKE AND GREGSON PUT DRIVERS AND BIKIST IN DANGER. ROAD DIET SAVE LIVES AND I STRONGLY URGE THE COUNCIL TO FUND THE TWO-WAY CONVERSION OF ROXBORO, FULLY FUND IS VISION

ZERO AND CONTINUE FARE FREE FOR GO DURHAM. THANK YOU. >> TWO MINUTES. >> HI.

LETICIA. ASK FOR FULLY FUNDING OF HEART, BUT UH I JUST CAN'T ONLY SPEAK ABOUT THT BEING THE PARENT THAT LOST HER CHILD TO GUN VIOLENCE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING FOCUSED ON WAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON WHICH WAS GUN VIOLENCE. WE LOSE OUR KIDS EVERY DAY, UM, I HOPE THAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO CURVE THS OR PREVENT THIS AND NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THIS.

WE NEED ACTION, UM, I HAVE HAD A GUN RALEIGH AND SPOKE WITH MANY OF Y'ALL. SEND E-MAILS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE LIVING FOR OUR YOUTH. I THINK THAT WE DO GIVE THEM A LOT OF TOOLS AND GOOD TOOLS T USE BUT WE ALSO THROW THEM BACK

INTO THOSE BAD ENVIRONMENTS AND ONCE YOU DO THAT, HOW DO Y'ALL EXPECT THEM TO USE THEM GOOD TOOLS JUST LIKE ALL Y'ALL COME IN TO Y'ALL SUPERIORS AND DO WHAT Y'ALL ARE STU POSED TO DO BUT AS SOON AS Y'ALL GET BACK HOME Y'ALL RELAX AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY USE THE TOOLS AS LONG AS THEY IN FRONT OF US BUT ONCE THEY ARE NOT AND WE PUT THEM BACK INTO ENVIRONMENTS THEY START TO DO WHAT'S INSIDE THOSE ENVIRONMENTS. LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE LIVING FOR OUR YOUTH AND NOT JUST LOCK THEM UP FOR ALTERNATIVE LIVING BUT PUT THEM SOMEWHERE THEY'RE SAFE AND HEALTHY WITH GUIDANCE. IF ANYONE WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT THAT, I'LL SEND Y'ALL E-MAILS AND I'M HERE. I'M TRYING TO PLUG IN, TRYING TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM, BUT I DO WANT TO HEAR, I DON'T WANT TO KEEP WASTING MY VOICE TO COME UP UH HERER AND TALK. >> NEXT SPEAKER COMES, HERE'S OUR NEXT GROUP.

ROBIN GUN, EMILY WILGS, LUCAS GATERMAN, WILL HENNING, JULIE MASINA, BRIAN FAGER. >> GOOD EVENING. ALAN FRIAR, PRESIDENT OF THE DURHAM PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE. ON MARCH 6th WE SENT Y'ALL OUR BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE CYCLE.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S REVIEW OF THEM IT. I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOUR PIECES FROM THAT LETTER THAT WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN. THE FIRST IS -- AND THE HOUR IS LATE AND I'M SENSITIVE WHERE Y'ALL ARE SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL. YOU CAN READ THE DETAIL IN THE LETTER.

5 MILLION. SECOND PRIORITY IS TO INCLUDE ALL PART TIME SEASONAL STAFF IN CITY LIVING WGE POLICY. MORE IN A MINUTE. MAKE THE GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAM A PERMANENT FLIEN CITY

BUDGET SO ASK YOU FUND IT FULLY WITH RECURRING DOLLAR THIS YEAR AND IN FUTURE YEARS. LASTLY, WE URGE Y'ALL TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO SPENDING DOWN THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT Y'ALL FUNDED THAT GENEROUSLY AND FULLY IN PREVIOUS CYCLES BUT THE MONEY IS STILL THERE AND THERE HAVE BEEN BARRIERS TO DISTRIBUTING THAT. HAPPY TO WORK WITH Y'ALL THROUGH WHATEVER PROCESS NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO PREVENT EVICTION CRISIS.

LASTLY JUST SPAKING AT ALAN FRIAR NOT AS PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE. I WOULD ECHO PEOPLE OF UE 150 FOR E EVALUATING LIVING WAGE POLICY THE WAY UH YOU CALCULATE THAT. I'M SENSITIVE TO THE BUDGET, IF WE'RE GOING TO REEVALUATE PROPERTY VALUES, NOW'S THE RIGHT TIME TO EVALUATE WHAT THE LIVING WAGE POLICY FOR CITY WORKERS. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> TWO MINUTES.

>> ROBIN GUN, AND I'M A MEMBER OF TRINITY AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN. I'M A MOM. I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO O YOU ON O FUNDING EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. TWO NIGHTS AGO I WAS LOADING GROCERIES INTO MY CAR WHEN A MAN CAME UP AND ASKED IF I HAD MONEY TO GIVE.

THIS IS AN UNFORTUNATELY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN DURHAM, BUT WHAT HE HAD WITH HIM GENUINELY SURPRISED ME. HE WAS PUSHING A SHOPPING CART WITH TWO SCHOOL-AGE GIRLS IN IT. IF YOU CAN SEE WHERE COMMUNITY IS HEADED BY LOOKING AT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND OPPORTUNITY OF ITS CHILDREN, THEN WHERE IS DURHAM, THE CITY OF MEDICINE HEADED? LET'S LOK AT OUR KIDS. CHILDREN REPRESENT MORE THAN 40% OF ALL PEOPLE FACING EVICTION OVER THE COURSE OF EVERY YEAR. IN FACT, 30% OF CHILDREN LIVING IN FAMILIES BELOW THE POVERTY

LINE EXPERIENCE E EVICTION BY THE TIME THEY'RE 15. THE KIDS WHO ARE EVICTED GIVE UP THE BASIC NECESSITIES THAT KEEP THEM SAFE AND HEALTHY: THEIR BED, HEAT AND AC, A LOCKED DOOR AT NIGHT, NEIGHBORS, TEACHERS WHO KNOW THEIR NAME. BEING FORCED TO LEAVE HOME IS TRAUMA THAT DAMAGES A CHILD'S EMOTIONAL ONLY PHYSICAL WELL BEING. THESE KIDS GO THROUGH ACADEMIC DECLINE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER SCORES ACROSS ALL COG NITIVE ASSESSMENTS.

BECAUSE TRAUMA CAUSES DAMAGE, THE COST OF POOR QUALITY HOUSING IS HIGH. IT'S ASSOCIATED WTH HIGH LEVELS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND AGGRESSION FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH DWLOUNG YOUNG ADULTHOOD. IF AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE, TRIAGE

OUR KIDS NOW. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. TWO MINUTES. >> EMILY WILKS, TRINITY AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

HERE WITH SEVERAL CHURCH MEMBERS ASKING THE CITY TO FUND EVICTION DIVERSION. YOU'VE HEARD FROM AND WILL HEAR FROM OTHERS ABOUT WHY PREVENTING EVICTIONS IS WORTHY. I DO WANT TO FRAME THIS ISSUE THEOLOGICALLY THROUGH THE PARABLE KNOWN AS GOOD SAMARITAN, SEVERAL PEOPLE WALK PAST. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

SAID I WANT TO PAVE THE JERICHO ROAD, MAKE IT SAFE FOR EVERYONE. I DN'T WANT TO BE A GOOD SAMARITAN. OUR MINISTRY HAS BORNE WITNESS

AS MONEY RAN OUT LAST YEAR. WE'RE TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE BATTERED AND BRUSED. WE DON'T WANT TO BE A GOOD SAMARITAN, WE WANT TO SEE GOOD HOUSING CONDITIONS FOR ALL. SO AMONG THE MANY WORTHY PROGRAMS THAT NEED FUNDING, WE ASK TAT YOU NOT FORGET ABOUT EVICTION DIVERSION.

ALL OF YOU HAVE THE LVERAGE AND TOOLS IN OUR TOOL BELT TO FIX UP JERICHO ROAD. SO WHILE WE COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO STOP ST BLEEDING WHERE WE CAN, WE ASK YOU NOT TO NEGLECT THE TOOLS YOU HAVE TO PROTECT VULNERABL VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. >> TWO MINUTES. >> I KNOW IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME SO I E CAN IMAGINE HOW Y'ALL ARE FEELING I'LL KEEP IT QUICK. LUCAS GATERMAN WITH THE TRINITY AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND I'M A RENTER AND NEW TO DURHAM. THIS HAS BECOME MY HOME AND I LOVE MY HOME BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE NEVER BEEN A RENTER HERE IT IS

INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A BIG STATISTIC AS YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW THE FARE MARKET EVALUATION FOR A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT HAS INCREASED 72% IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS COMING FROM A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, IT'S REALLY ABSURD. I'M JUST ON THE EDGE OF BEING COST BURDENED AND THAT'S EVEN WHEN I'M IN NOT MORE PREKARSZ SITUATIONS. WHEN 45% OF YOUR POPULATION ARE RENTERS, THIS MAKES HOUSING NOT JUST AN ISSUE BUT A TICKING TIME BOMB ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A 12% VACANCY RATE HRE IN DURHAM. DURHAM THAT HAS IMPORTANT LOW INCOME HOME OWNERS RELIEF PROGRAM, THIS IS NOT ADDRESS THE REALITY THAT 74% OF RENTERS ARE COST BURDENEDED WITH THIS RENT BEING GREATER THAN 30% OF THEIR OVERALL INCOME. THERE NEED TO BE EQUIVALENT PROTECTION FOR RENTERS WHO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAXES INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THE NEWLY E

LEASED EVALUATIONS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THESE BUDGET HEARINGS AND TOWARDS FISCAL YEAR 25 AND 26 I WOULD LIKE THE REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT FOR FAMILIES IN DURAM, THE RENT THAT THEY HAVE HAS TO EAT FIRST AND THEY NEED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THE POLITICS OF ABUNDANCE. THANK Y'ALL. >> TWO MINUTES.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> GO FOR IT. >> WILL HENNING. THANK Y'ALL TONIGHT.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HEARING US ALL. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SO I'M LIT LITTLERERS YOU. I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR GO DURHAM TO KEEP FARE FREE. I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE. IT ENABLES PEOPLE TO BE MOBILE AND TO ACCESS ALL PARTS OF OU CITY. I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT OBVIOUSLY SOCIALLY AND

CULTURALLY BUT ALSO ECONOMICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE ABLE TO COME DOWN TO THE CITY OR GO ANYWHERE IN THE CITY FREELY, THEY WILL DO SO MORE AND I THINK THAT PROMOTES MORE BUSINESS AND SPENDING WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY, APPARENTLY. AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU BUILD DEVELOPMENTS FIVE MILES AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN DURHAM, YOU GOT TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSIT THAT IS ABLE TO GET PEOPLE DOWNTOWN OR WHATEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO BE, UM, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE DENSE HOUSING. I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THING BUT WHEN YOU BUILD IT FIVE MILES AWAY FROM WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW AND YOU LIVE IN A CAR-DEPENDENT SOCIETY WHERE YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE WITHOUT A CAR, CAN'T WALK BECAUSE NO SIDEWALK, YOU NEED TO HAVE TRANSIT AND I THINK FARE FREE TRANSIT PROMOTES RIDERSHIP AND GETTING PEOPLE ON BUSES AND GETTING THEM EXPOSED TO THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT A

ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY BECOME AWARE OF HO USEFUL AND HOW AVAILABLE IT IS. AND, SO YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT THAT AND MAKE SURE IT CONTINUES TO BE FREE. I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT MANGUM AND THE OTHER STREET, YEAH, THAT ONE -- [LAUGHTER] -- THANKS. I WANT THAT PROJECT TO BE SUPPORTED. >> AS OUR NEXT SPEAKER COMES I'LL ASK OUR LAST SPEAKERS TO PREPARE: DAMIEN GOO, ALEEZA, MICHAEL GAL GER, MOLLY FLOW, STELLA ADAMS, ELIZABETH BARANT, ANN REBEC, ARONDANODI SMITH. TO SPEAK AND FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT BUDGET WORK.

JULIE MASIN, VOLUNTEER FOR THE DURHAM PARKS FOUNDATION AND I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR YOU A HALF PENNY ENSURING HALF PENNY FOR PARKS AND TRAILS STAYS AT CURRENTLY RATE RATHER THAN BEING REDUCED. THE PROJECTS THIS HAS SUPPORTED SINCE 2015 NAMELY MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT IS STILL VERY NECESSARY. OUR PARKS STILL NEED SO MUCH ATTENTION. DURHAM PARKS AND REC CONTINUES TO RECEIVE FEWER FUNDS THAN NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN PARKS AND TRAILS.

MUCH LESS ALL THE NEW AMENITIES THAT DURHAM PARK USERS NEED. THE DURHAM PARKS FOUNDATION DOES WHAT IT CAN TO FILL THESE GAPS BUT WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH THE DONATIONS WE RECEIVE. WITH RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TEMPORARILY AND PERHAPS PERMANENTLY HALTING SEVERAL PROJECTS IN DETERMINE, DEVELOPMENT, THE PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO SEE A SLOW DOWN IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR SHARED SPACES DISPROPORTIONATELY

IMPACTING THOSE IN LOW INCOME AREAS. AS WORDS LIKE GREEN AND EQUITY BECOME FORBIDDEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IT'S PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS WHO WLL FEEL THE GREATEST IMPACT. QUESTION ASK AS A FOUNDATION TO NO CHANGE. KEEP THE HALF PENNY.

PLEASE ENSURE THESE FREE AND ACCESSIBLE SPACES CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SAFE AND WELL MAINTAINED RECREATION FOR ALL OF DURHAM. THANK YOU. >> ELIZA NOGRADY, BEEN A RESIDENT OF GREGSON STREET FOR SIX-AND-A-HALF YEARS AN SEEN IT CHANGE MEANS LESS TRAFFIC, HIGHER SPEEDS AND MORE ACCIDENTS. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE TWO SMALL KIDS AND MY DAUGHTER WILL BE IN PREE K AND WE WALK OFF AND ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WALK HER TO SCHOOL NEXT YEAR BUT

QUITE HONESTLY WE'LL BE TAKING OUR OWN LIVES IN OUR HANDS. SOME OF YOU INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER RIST HAS BEEN QUITE ENGAGED IN THE ISSUE AND WALKED THE SITE OF THE SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT WITH MEMBERS OF THE NCDOT LEADERSHIP AND WE SO APPRECIATE IT. AND GIVEN THE OPENING OF THE EAST EN CONNECTOR AND THE CITY'S GOAL OF AI CHIEFING VISION ZERO DUKE AND GREGSON MUST BE REDESIGNED. IT'S HORRIFYING TO SIT ON MY PORCH AND WATCH THE SPEED AT WHICH DRIVERS INCLUDING SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND GO DURHAM DRIVERS TRAVEL IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE OPINION BY THE WAY, ALSO, A NUMBER OF THEM LOOKING AT THEIR CELL PHONES WHILE THEY'RE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS. PLEASE FULLY FUND THE STUDY AND NEW BUDGET AND PLEASE PRIORITIZE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS FOR DUKE AND GREGSON IN THE CIP.

THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. MIKE GAL GER, 59 O 5 SOLITUDE WAY. DURHAM PARKS AND REC IS INSUFFICIENTLY FUNDED AS EVIDENCED BY THE DISREPAIR OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AND TENNIS COURTS.

WE SHOULD INCREASE HEALTH FOR EVERYONE AND ENCOURAGE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. INCREASE TO BUDGET COULD ALLOW FOR DIVERSE PROGRAMMING ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE MORE ACTIVITY ON THE PART OF EACH CITIZEN. HUNDREDS OF PERSONS PLAY TENNIS IN ELMIRA PARK AND THOUSANDS ACROSS DURHAM AND THE NUMBER OF TENNIS PLAYERS CONTINUES TO GROW IN THIS SPORT WHICH CAN CAN BE PLAYED BY PERSONS OF ALL AGES FROM YOUNGER TO OLDER. FRIENDS OF MINE AND I PLAY TENNIS AT ELMIRA AND HAVE DONE SO FOR THE PAST 30 YEAS. WE'RE DURHAM RESIDENTS.

THIS IS IN WARD THREE TO HOPING COUNCIL MEMBER COOK CAN SUPPORT THIS REQUEST. I HAVE FOLKS HERE WITH ME ALSO FOLKS WHO ARE RESIDENTS AND PLAY THERE AT ELMIRA. THE COURTS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO A WATER PROBLEM FOR YEARS. THE COURTS SIT IN A BOWL AND RUNOFF UNDERMINES THE COURTS AND CRACKS DEVELOP AD WATER OOZES UP THROUGH THEM.

THE COURTS WERE RESURFACE BUT WITHIN A YEAR CRACKS REAPPEARED. COURTS NEED TO BE COMPLETELY TORN UP SO THAT A PROPER DRAINAGE SYSTEM COULD BE INSTALLED. COURTS PROVIDE GATHERING PLACE FOR TENNIS COMMUNITY HERE IN DURHAM. KIDS LEARN A NEW SPORT. THE GROUP UH YOU SEE HERE TONIGHT GATHERS ON THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS, AND SUNDAYS, COUNTLESS LEGUE MACHS PLAYED THERE AS WELL.

COURTS GET A LOT OF USE. CITY WILL REINVEST -- >> THANK YOU. >> MOLLY FLOW, I KNOW THE BUDGET SEASON INVOLVES A LOT OF HARD DECISIONS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ALL DO FOR DURHAM. I'M HERE TOED A VOE DATE FOR SAFER STREETS AND ASK WE CENTER PEOPLE OVER CARS IN OUR CITY.

THIS MEANS SAYING YES TO FARE FREE BUSES TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF US TO USE MASS TRANSIT. IT ALSO MEANS REDESIGNING ROADS WE KOW ARE DANGEROUS TO MAKE THEM SAFER FOR ALL USERS. I'M ASKING TO COMMIT THE MONEY NEEDED TO FULLY FUND ROXBORO AND MANGUM DESIGNED AROUND SAFETY RATHER THAN SPEED. THE RECENT FATAL CRASH SHOWS HOW DANGER ROUSZ THE CURRENT TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE. GREGTON AND DUKE STREET NEED TO

BEREDESIGNED. SCHOOL BUS CRASH IN OCTOBER AND FRIGHTENING ACCIDENTS SINCE THEN. THE DESIGN OF DUKE AND GREGSON STREETS MAKE THEM LOOK WIEDZ OPEN BUT THESE STREETS ARE REGULARLY USED BY WORKERS WAITING FOR BUSES AND BY SCHOOL CHILDREN WALKING HOME FROM SCHOOL AS WELL AS BY DOG WALKERS AND DRIVERS. BY SHEER TLUK CRASHES THERE HAVE NOT INVOLVED FATALITIES.

FULLY FUND DESIGN STUDY FOR DUKE AND GREGSON AND PRIORITIZE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BEFORE LUCK RUNS OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> ANN REBEK. Y'ALL HAVE A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. THANKS FOR BEING HERE SO AND THEY YOUAL FOR BEING HERE SO

LATE. WELL DONE. I'M GRATEFUL TONIGHT TO THE VOLUNTEER OF THE ACTION TEAM ARE FROM PEOPLE'S ALICENSE FOR DEEPLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES. GRATEFUL TO THE MEMBERSHIP WHO VOTED ON THE BUDGET ISSUES AND BOARD FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE REQUEST.

I HOPE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD TIME TO REVIEW PA BUDGET REQUEST. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO LIFT UP TWO ITEMS. LETTERS THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE GUARANTEED INCOME ARE BOTH INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. PA STRONGLY ENCOURAGES COUNCIL TO TRACK SPENDING OF THESE ALLO ALLOCATED FUNDS. WE ADVOCATE FOR THE FUNDING TO BE CONTINUED IN 26 AND BE A PERMANENT PART OF THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY MOVE FORG WARD. BOTH OF THESE UNSPENT LINE ITEMS WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF DURHAM RESIDENTS RIGHT

NOW. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THESE FUNDS GO OUT TO THE QUALIFIED DURHAM RESIDENTS QUICKLY TO OFFER THE NEEDED ECONOMIC SUPPORT AND EQUITY. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING.

STELLA ADAMS, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DURHAM. I'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS I GOT TO GET ON YOUR PLATE. $5 MILLION TO CONTINUE THE REMEDIATION OF THE SIX PARKS THAT HAD LEAD CONTAMINATIONS. STATE GOVERNMENT SAYS IT TAKES $10 MILLION.

UH YOU ONLY ALLOCATED $5 MILLION LAST YEAR. YOU NEED TO DO THE OTHER FIVE THIS YEAR AS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAMS. FARE FREE DURHAM MUST HAVE FARE FREE TRANSIT, MUST GET SIDEWALKS IN BRAGGTOWN, MUST GET MY

15-MINUTE BUS ROUTE IN BRAGGTOWN. UM, WE NEEDED TO HAVE VISION ZERO TO PROTECT LIVES. WE ALSO NEED TO DO INCREASE HEART PROGRAM TO 24/7 BECAUSE THAT SAVES LIVES. WE ALSO NEED TO FOCUS ON LIGHTING SIDEWALKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKES COMMUNITY SAFER SO THAT WE CAN CUT DOWN ON ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS THAT CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR GUN VIOLENCE TO TAKE PLACE.

WHERE YOU UH CAN HIDE, AND WE NEED TO BUILD AND PROTECT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION RATION PROGRAMS. WE NEED TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUNG AND OUR YOUTH. WE NEED TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE IN DURHAM AND WE NEED TO USE OUR BUDGET TO BUILD A BE THOR DURHAM.

THANK YOU. -- BUILD A BETTER DURHAM. THANK YOU. >> ELIZABETH ARANS, DURHAM RESIDENT, ADDRESS ON FILE.

I WANT TO ECHO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID TONIGHT. I REALLY I APPRECIATE ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'VE COME OUT TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE NEEDS. I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE VOICE TO THE CALL FOR FUNDING EVICTION DIVERSION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. DURHAM HAS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND IT'S MUCH EASIER TO KEEP SOMEONE HOUSED THAN TO GET SOMEONE HOUSED ONCE THEY BECOME HOMELESS OPINION THERE'S A DOMINO AFFECT WHERE IT AFFECTS EMPLOYMENT, CHILD CARE, EDUCATION, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, HEALTH, CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS THAT PILE UP AND MAKE IT HARDER I KNOW MULTIPLE HOMELESS PARENTS AFRAID OF REACHING OUT FOR FEAR OF LOSING CHILDREN. I WANT TO ECHO THAT CALL. I WANT TO SUPPORT FULLY FUNDING EXPANSION OF HEART FROOM BE 24/7

THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND DUHAM AND TO PUT HEART IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HEART IS AN INNOVATIVE, PROGRESSIVE AND E EFFECTIVE PROGRAM THAT FILLS A GAP IN COMMUNITY SERVICES. HEART PROVIDES REAL SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THOSE DON'T GO AWAY WHEN THE SUN SETS. PEOPLE ARE OFTEN IN GREATER NEED OF SUPPORT AT NIGHT WITH LESS ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES, INCREASED ISOLATION AND SUBSTANCES WHO WOULD NEVER THINK ABOUT FIRE STATION THAT ONLY FUNCTIONS DURING BUSINESS HOURS?

PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A BETTER DURHAM. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. NANDI SMITH, HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO POUR INTO THE HEART OF DURHAM BY FUNDING COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENT HEART PROGRAM THAN OVER TWO THOUSAND NEIGHBORS HAVE SIGNED E PETITION AND 50 BUSINESSES DEMANDED FOR YOU ALL

TO FUND IT CITY-WIDE 24/7. COORDINATE WITH COUNTY AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS MANY HAVE HIGH LIGHTED FOR PEOPLE TO GO BEYOND THE CITY. SINCE 2022, HEART HAS RESPONDED TO OVER 25,000 EMERGENCY CALLS WITH OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND DURHAM NEIGHBORS DESERVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT 24/7 BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SCHEDULE A CRISIS. I INVITE FOLKS ONLINE AND WATCHING THIS VIDEO E TO SCAN THIS LITTLE QR CODE I HAVE TO SIGN THE PETITION AND I'LL HOLD IT UP AS ASPEAK. WE NEED CRISIS AND CARE TENDING TO THE NEEDS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO SAFETY IN DURHAM INCLUDING UH BUT NOT LIMITED TO SOME OF THE PRIORITIES I HEARD TONIGHT INCLUDING HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, LIVABLE WAGES. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO FULLY HEART IN THE NEXT BUDGE CYCLE BUT WE NEED HEART AND COMMITMENT TO OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES.

WE NEED HEART AND CONTINUED FARE FREE GO DURHAM BUSES. HEART AND A LIVABLE WAGE FOR ALL DURHAM CITY WORKERS INCLUDING PART-TIME SO THEY CAN LIVE IN THE CITY THAT THEY WORK IN. ALL OF THESE ARE INTERCONNECTED AND IMPORTANT FOR THE BASIC NEEDS OF THOSE IN DURHAM. SO AGAIN I INVITE TO YOU SIGN THIS PETITION TO EXPAND HEART SO IT CAN ARRANGE IN CITY, COUNTY AND DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

YOU CAN GO TO THE LINK BIT POINT LY SLR HAVE A HEART 25 TO SIGN THE PETITION AND UPLIFT YOUR VOICE IF YOU CA'T STAY HERE THIS LATE AT THESE VERY LATE MONDAY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. THANK YOU. >> I'M EXHAUSTED ALL CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ME. I'M GOING TO YIELD BACK TO THE MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY IT'S SO LATE. TOE TOBY LIPEN, CAN YOU HEAR ME E?

>> THERE'S NO TOBY IN THE QUEUE. >> CHI, ARE YOU STILL ONLINE? >> HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CHI BELL I AS AN INDIVIDUAL APPRECIATE FOLKS ALREADY ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF FARE FREE BUSES AND EXPANSION OF HEART PROGRAM. HOWEVER, TONIGHT I'M HERE AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD A NON-PROFIT DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN DURHAM. THEY ARE INCREASINGLY STRUGGLING IN DURHAM. AMONG THE FEW NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN DURHAM SUPPORTING UNHOUSED PEOPLE, FAMILIES MOVING FORWARD PROVIDE TEMPORARY HOUSING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND ESSENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES TO HELP FAMILIES TRANSITION TO STABLE, PERMANENT HOUSING. HOWEVER, THE NEED FAR OUTWEIGHS THE RESOURCES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND WE ARE CONCERNEDED

THAT RESOURCES WILL BE DEPLETED AS FEDERAL FUNDING CONTINUES TO BE AT RISK. WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT THE COUNCIL, YOU ALL HAVE RATED HOMELESS PREVENTION, DAY SHELTERS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOANS AS HGH PRIORITY IN OUR BUDGET AND WE HOPE YOU CONSIDER FUNDING EMERGENCY SHELTER ETC WITH WRAP AROUND SERVICES. WE CAN CREATE PATHWAYS TO PERMANENT HOUSING AND SELF-SUFFICIENT FOR ALL FAMILIES IN DURHAM AND WE HOPE TO SEE BUDGET REFLECT VALUES AND ITS GREATEST NEED ENSURING WE TAKE CARE OF ALL NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT AND THE HARD WORK I KNOW YOU ALL DO MAKING DURHAM GREAT.

>> THANK YOU, CHI. >> THERE'S A LESLIE S. DREY, I READ HER CART, BUT I DO HER IN

QUEUE. >> I'M HERE. >> TWO MINUTES. >> THANK YOU.

I AM LESLIE ST. DREY, RESIDENT AND PARENT. I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU -- PARDON ME -- TO FULL Y FUND HEAT 24/7 AND URGE COUNTY TO SUPPORT IT AND IN OUR SCHOOLS. ON A DIFFERENT NOTE I'M HERE AS A LONG-TIME JUSTICE HOUSING ORGANIZER SO I ANT TO E ECHO FUNDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE ONLY THING THAT ENDS HOMELESSNESS IS A HOME AND THE HEART TEAM KNOWS AND FACE THIS IS TRUTH WITH THE RESIDENTS THEY SERVE EVERY SINGLE DAY. -

VACANT CITY-OWNED LOTS FOR SAFE PARKING SITES. WE CAN INCREASE FUNDING FOR SHELTERS AND ENSURE FAMILIES ETC HAVE SAFE OPTIONS WITHIN OUR CITY. WE CAN ENSURE THERE'S STAFFING TO TRANSITION RESIDENTS TO HOME. WE CAN LAND BANK CITY-OWNED LAND FOR PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

INCREASE DISPLACEMENT RELIEF FUNDS. WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE IMPACT STUDY OF THE CURRENTLY DRAFTED UDO BEFORE A VOTE ON IT HOW IT WILL DISPLACE FOLKS IN THIS CITY. WE NEED TO PASS SOCIAL HOUSING BOND AND OWN OUR PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOME AND SHIFT ALL THE MONEY AWAY FROM THE POLICE AND CITY HOMELESS TO THE TRANSITION PLAN THAT PRIORITIZES SAFE SLEEPING AND ULTIMATELY PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, TAKING OUR TRASH AND PRSONAL PROPERTY WHEN IT ISN'T ABANDON IS CITY THEFT. YOU MUST STOP THAT PRACTICE. HAVE A HEART FOR ALL OF DURHAM, PROVIDE SKILL, UNARMED SERVICES AND PRIORITIZE RESIDENTS BASIC NEEDS -- >> THANK YOU, THAT'S YOUR TIME. THOSE ARE ALL OF THE SPEAKERS I HAVE.

ALL OF THE CARDS WERE EXHAUSTED OVER THERE, CORRECT? >> YEP, ON MY RECONNING, YES, SIR. >> THANK YOU ALL TO OUR CITY WORKERS, THANK YOU EVERYONE, THANK YOU TO OUR HEART TEAM AND OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE SAVING THE CITY RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT. I AM GOING TO OFFICIALLY DECAN CLAIRE THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN -- I MEAN CLOSED -- [LAUGHTER] -- NOT DOING IT AGAIN -- AND WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED. GO ON THE EVERYONE.

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