City Council · Regular Meeting · May 19, 2025

BUT UH WELCOME TO CITY HALL. MADAM CLERK... THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I'LL PASS IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> THANK YOU. IT'S OUR PRACTICE TO STAND SA AND SALUTE THE FLAG TOGETHER AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> GOOD EVENING. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS. >> HERE.

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

>> Council Member Javiera Caballero. >> HERE. >> Council Member Chelsea Cook. >> HERE.

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

>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE CEREMONIAL ITEM TONIGHT. I'LL READ THAT NOW. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE -- MAYOR PRO TEM, COULD YOU...

ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO ASK MAYOR PRO TEM TO READ THANK YOU. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK

PROCLAMATION: I NEED MY GLASSES. WHEREAS, PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND TO PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE, AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DURHAM; AND WHEREAS, THESE INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES COULD NOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, WHO ARE ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REBUILDING, IMPROVING, AND PROTECTING OUR NATION'S TRANSPORTATION, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TREATMENT AND SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITIZENS; AND

WHEREAS, IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE CITIZENS, CIVIC LEADERS, AND CHILDREN IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF AND MAINTAIN AN ONGOING INTEREST AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES; AND WHEREAS, THE YEAR 2025 MARKS THE 65TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LEONARDO WILLIAMS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 18 TO 24TH 2025, AS NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, AND CEREMONIES DESIGNED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, ENGINEERS, MANAGERS, AND EMPLOYEES AND TO

RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ADVANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DUSRHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS THE 7TH DAY OF APRIL 2025. IT'S NOT APRIL. LEONARDO WILLIAMS, MAYOR.

[APPLAUSE] >> IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER MEMBERS O PUBLIC WORKS, PLEASE STAND TO BE RECOGNIZED. JUST WANTED TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP EVERY DAY, ALWAYS, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT THE MOST IS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S, UM, LET'S GET ON WITH THE AGENDA, HERE. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Council Member Chelsea Cook.

>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS HERE, AND HELLO TO EVERYONE WATCHING AT HOME. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS REGARDING OUR BUDGET WHICH IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO'S COME FORWARD WITH INSIDES.

I FEEL LIKE -- THIS IS A CITY FULL OF FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY INNOVATIVE, PASSIONATE AD IT HAS REALLY SHOWN UP SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL'S HARD WORK IN THAT REGARD. COUPLE VERY QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE POTENTIALLY LONG NIGHT IN FRONT F OF US. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE BIKE AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY.

E. SMITH. EAGLES AND TIGERS GOT TOGETHER AND IT WAS THE LARGEST BIKE AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY EVENT THAT DURHAM HAS EVER HAD AND IT WAS AWESOME. M.

AND THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO TO ME. AND THEN WE ROLLED, ROLLED A LITTLE QUICKLY ON THEIR BLADES AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR BREAKS. WE ROLLED AND WALKED ALL THE WAY BACK TO SCHOOL WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD TIME. UH I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUT OUR DOST TEAM.

WE WENT ON A TRAIL TOUR THAT WAS PUT ON BY OUR COMMISSION AND IT STARTED AT CHURRO. WE WENT TO A COUNCIL MEMBER OF DIFFERENT SITES WHERE THE RAIL TRAIL IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED GOING AROUND THE CITY, AROUND DOWNTOWN, AND THEN SOME OTHER SITES FUTURE TRAILS GOING UP INTO ROXBORO WHICH IS A COOL ONE. ALSO AN OLD RAIL TRAIL, AND

SHOUT OUT ALSO TO CHURRO. WE STARTED THRE BECAUSE THEY HAD RECEIVEDED A MATCHING GRANT FROM THE COUNTY. I THINK THIS WAS THE FOURTH YEAR THEY HAD RECEIVED THAT TO IMPROVE THEIR SPACE FOR PUBLIC USE. CHURR O O.

THEY'VE CREATED WATER AND NATIVE LANDSCAPE THAT FOLKS ENJOY WHICH IS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE FOR COMMUNITY AND THEY ALSO HAD A FIESTA YESTERDAY WHICH I DID NOT GET TO ATTEND BUT MY PARTNER DID ANDED SAID IT WAS LOTS OF FUN. WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING AND THAT SPACE THEY'RE PROVIDING AND D O ST FOR DOING A GREAT JOB TAKING US AROUND SHOWING US ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE THINGS COMING TO DURHAM. THOSE ARE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. THANK YOU UH.

>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER. >> THANK YOU. I'M VERY JEALOUS AND BUMMED I HAD TO MISS THAT. I WAS IN SOUTH TEXAS FOR A WORK

TRIP BUT DURHAM OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS DOES FANTASTIC WORK WITH IN THEIR DAILY TASKS. TODAY I WANT TO HONOR A, UM, A HISTORICAL FIGURE THAT IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND IN MNY WAYS INTENTIONALLY SO, MALCOLM X. TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY. A POWERFUL VOICE FOR JUSTICE, FOR DIGNITY AND FOR SELF-DETERMINATION.

HE CHALLENGED AMERICA TO CONFRONT MANY OF OUR DEEPEST HYPOCRISIES AND HE SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER IN A LOT F OF DIFFERENT WAYS, EFBL WHEN IT WAS DANGEROUS. HE TAUGHT US UH THAT LIBERATION COMES NOT SILENCE BUT FROM KNOWLEDGE, UNITY, AND COURAGE TO SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT. HE SAID THAT UH YOU CAN'T SEPARATE PEACE FROM FREEDOM BECAUSE NO ONE CAN BE AT PEACE UNLESS THEY HAVE THEIR FREEDOM, SO LET US HONOR HIM AND HIS MEMORY TODAY IN ACTION. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS FOOD DESERTS.

WE HAVE A POLICY 88 IN THE COMP PLAN THAT IS TO -- AND THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE -- ELIMINATE FOOD APARTHEID BY SUPPORTING WAYS FOR RESIDENTS TO ACCESS HEALTHY FOODS, ENCOURAGE SMALL SCALE GROCERY STORES AND MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY. ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES SHOULDN'T DEPAND ON WHAT ZIP CODE YOU LIVE IN AD YET FOR FAR TOO MANY IN OUR CITY, IT DOES. TOO MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE THINGS THEY NEED TO REACH ON A DAILY BASIS, UM, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE A CITY THAT IS MORE SUSTAINABLE, EQUITABLE, MORE FRIENDLY UH TO ORDINARY PEOPLE IN THEIR DAILY LIVES, TO SINGLE PARENTS, TO MANY DIFFERENT GENERATIONS WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE WAY WE USE OUR CIP, OUR BUDGET, AND OUR ZONING REGULATIONS. WE'RE GOING THROUGH UDO REWRITE AND THINK ABOUT LAND USE AND OUR INVESTMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CREATING A CITY AND A FUTURE WE LEAVE TO GENERATIONS

TO THE NEXT GENERATION SO THAT THEY CAN MORE EASILY ACCESS THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS FOOD, CHILD CARE, EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE NEED ON DAILY BASIS. SO I WANT US TO THINK MORE ABOUT OUR FOOD DESERTS AND MAKE SURE WE AR IN ALL OF OUR DECISIONS EVER SINGLE DAY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CREATE A CITY THAT IS ELIMINATED FOOD DESERTS AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET THINGS ON A DAILY BASIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

Council Member Javiera Caballero. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. TWO QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. JUST WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE HUNT INSTITUTE. I'M PART OF THEIR FIFTH COHORT AND I WAS THERE YESTERDAY IN GREENSBORO THROUGH HALF OF TODAY AND THE FOCUS IS ON EARLY CHIEL CARE EDUCATION WHICH IS NO SOMETHING WE DO VERY MUCH AS A CITY BUT IS A HUGE ISSUE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE IS CERTAINLY THING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS A CITY WITH OUR OWN WORKERS AND THEN WHAT ARE THE NEEDS AND, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND GAPS IN DURHAM

AROUND THAT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACTUALLY. SECOND THING IS LAST WEEK MYSELF ALONG WITH 49 OTHER LATINOS ACROSS THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WERE INVITED TO WALK OUT INTO THE CROWD SHAKITA AS E SHE OPENED UP HER NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. DURHAM WAS WELL REPRESENTED BOTH WITH WOMEN FROM DURHAM WHO CURRENTLY LIVE HERE AND FROM SOME OG DURHAMITE WOMEN WHO ARE JUST QUITE FRANKLY BAD ASS SO I WAS DELIGHTED TO INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP AND I THINK ABOUT THIS MOMENT AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE COUNTRY. YOU'RE NOT GOING SILENCE US AND IT WAS AN CREDIBLE NIGHT TO BE IN A VERY LARGE STADIUM WITH WHOLE BUNCH OF JINTE SINGING OU HEARTS OUT.

IT WAS A JOYFUL NIGHT. >> I SAW YOU. THAT WAS REALLY COOL, COUNCIL MEMBER UH. I SAW WHERE YOU ALL WENT OUT.

THAT WAS COOL. AND FOR -- SHE TALKED ABOUT SHAKIRA WHO PERFORMED IN CHARLOTTE RECENTLY. I HAPPENED TO BE OUT THE STADIUM AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ALL UH THE TRAFFIC WAS ABOUT UNTIL YOU TEXT ME. I WAS LIKE OH WRAP, THAT'S WHAT GOING ON.

GREAT TO BE THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. >> THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO REPRESENT DURHAM THERE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT SHAKIRA THOUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS A THING THAT HAPPENED.

I KNOW THERE WERE QUITE A FEW FOLKS I KNEW AND I GOT TO SEE SOME OF THEIR PICTURES. I'M HOPING YOU HAD SOME TOO I'LL BE STOCKING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ELSHABAZ. IT'S HIS 10th BIRTHDAY SO 100 YEARS AGO THIS CHLD BORN TO A FAMILY BECAME WHO WE KNOW NOW AS

MALCOLM X AND WHO BECAME SHABAZ AND THE CENTER IS DOING VERY EXCELLENT CELEBRATION RIGHT AT THE VERY MINUTE THAT I'M GOING TO MISS AND DEFINITELY TRY TO CATCH THE RECORDING OF UP IN HARLEM NEW YORK, AND I WANT TO SAY A VERY HAPPY BIRTH DA TO ELHASH MASHEI ELSHABAZ. SHOUT OUT TO ALL PARENT WHO WAS MADE IT THROUGH ALL OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES. IF YOU'RE A PARENT OF THE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN IN COLLEGE TOO, BUT MAINLY DRIVE AND WANT TO GO TO GAMES OR WANT TO CHEER ON THEIR CLASSMATES, YOU KNOW AT OTHER ACTIVITIES, I JUST WANT TO SAY MY E HEART GOES OUT TO YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU AND KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I HAVE TWO ATHLETES AT HOME: ONE TRACK AND ONE SOCCER AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR.

THE REGIONALS DEFINITELY KICK THINGS UP EVEN MORE. JUST SAY THAT. I DID GET A CHANCE TO STOP BY ELCHURRO. PUPUSAS ARE THE BEST.

IT'S A GEAT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE MOTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THE WORK I DID WITH CHILDREN'S INITIATIVE FOR SO MANY YEARS, IT'S LIKE SO HEART WRENCHING TO SEE SO MANY OF THESE CHILDREN NOW ADULTS, UM, AND IN THEIR CAREERS OR THEIR JOBS OR DOING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AS COLLEGE STUDENTS AND I'M JUST ELATED THAT I HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SO MANY FAMILIES ACROSS THIS CITY AND SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOME GREAT YOUNG PEOPLE. I ALSO HAD OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON A PANEL WITH THE NAACP FOR THEIR POLITICAL FORUM, THE FIRST OF OF TWO. THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND POLITICS IN

OUR GENERAL BODIES COUNCIL, COUNTY COMMISSION, EVEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND JUDGE'S OFFICE OR THE CHIEF JUDGE'S OFFICE, AND SO ON THE PANEL WITH SHERIFF, COMMISHER VALENTINE AND CHIEF JUSTICE, UM, JONES, SORRY, AND FOLKS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND A REALLY GREAT CHANCE TO ANSWER SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. I WISH MORE FOLKS WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE AND I HOPE THEY'LL RECORD IT NEXT TIME BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TONIGHT SO I'LL LEAVE THAT AT THAT. AND THEN I ALSO I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR LATER, BUT THANK YOU UH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. OH, AND SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE LADIES OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA WH ARE IN THE AUDIENCE THIS EVENING WHO JOINED US PRIOR TO -- I MISSED MOT OF THE MEETING BUT I

WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ASKING THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED AND CONTINUING TO BE ENGAGED WITH THE CITY OF DURHAM. THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, COLLEAGUES, STAFF, RESIDENTS AND THOSE ONLINE. YES, I WANT TO START THERE.

THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA FOR JOINING US IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, FOR THE GREAT CONVERSATION AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN CITY GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER ENGAGEMENT.

COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST THING IS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MEETING BUT IT'S STILL BIKE MONTH. MEMBERS OF BIKE COMMITTEE HERE. HANGING OUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COOK A LOT ON BIKING STUFF. I DID DO THE D O OST TOUR. THREE OF US, UM, RAM IS I RICH CHI AND DAVE CONLY, THREE OF O US BIKED THE TOR THIS YEAR AS WE

WITH DID LAST YEAR AND I WILL SAY AND I'M GLAD BILL JUDGE IS HERE FROM TRANSPORTATION -- WE TALK ABOUT OUR O IMPERFECT INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IT IS IN TERMS OF BIKING AND PEDESTRIAN, BUT I WILL SAY ON THE WAY THE BACK FROM AMEMERRICK-MOORE. ONCE YOU GOT TO DREW STREET, DOUD STREET, THERE'S A NICE BIKE TRAIL THERE. THEN MOORE HEAD, THERE'S A NICE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWED US TO BIKE PEACEFULLY ALL THE WAY FROM MERRICK-MOORE. BEST WAY TO MAKE A CASE FOR MORE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, IS TO USE WHAT WE HAVE. BIKE AS YOU CAN BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING A BETTERENED BETTER BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN DURHAM. ALSO DID WANT TO MENTION THE BIKE WALK AND ROLL FRIDAY THAT I WAS AT WITH Council Member Chelsea Cook

AND MAYOR. SUCH A GREAT EVENT. MORE KIDS THAN EVER. SUCH EXCITEMENT.

I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERNED PARENTS VOICES THAT THEY DON'T ALWAYS FEEL SAFE LETTER KIDS GO BY THEMSELVES SO I THINK PART O OUR O CHALLENGE IN DURHAM IS TO MAKE SURE WHERE THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH THERE IS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE. SOMETHING WE GOT TO DO BETTER AT. WANT TO MENTION THAT. GREAT OPPORTUNITY ON SATURDAY THE MAYOR ASKED ME TO GO OUT TO THE 5 K RACE ORGANIZED BY GIRLS ON THE RUN AT THE TRIANGLE.

THEY DO A PRICE ONCE A YEAR TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT THEY DO. THEY SERVE LIKE 25,000 GIRLS OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS. IT'S ABOUT TEACHING GIRLS TO BE ACTIVE AND ENGAGED BU TEACHING EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL LEARNING SO THE GIRLS HAVE EMPOWERMENT AND INNER STRENGTH. GREAT EVENT THERE. AS YOU KNOW, I'M ONE OF THREE E BOYS. MY PARENTS TAUGHT US ALL KINDS

OF -- WE PLAYED A ALL SPORTS, ALSO RAISED TWO BOYS WHO WERE ALSO SPORTS NUTS. THAT GIRL ENERGY OUT THERE AS THE RACE WAS DIFFERENT THING TO ME. I ENJOYED THAT. ONE THING I SHARED WITH EVERYONE AT THE RACE I WANT TO SHARE WTH YOU ALL AND FOLKS LISTENING IS I'M A TOTAL SPORTS NUT BUT THE PERSON THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO THROW A BASEBALL, HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL WAS THERE AT ALL MY BASEBALL GAMES, GOT ME INTO MY UH FIRST TENNIS LESSONS WAS MY MOM, NOT MY DAD.

I WANT TO SAY HERE THAT LIKE GIRLS SHOULD FEEL EMPOWERED TO PLAY ANY SPORT THEY WANT TO. THEY CERTAINLY CAN FEEL EMPOWERED TO COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF ANY SPORT THEY WANT TO AND IN THE SPIRIT OF MY MOM KNOW GIRLS CAN BE AMONG THE BEST COACHES AND TEACHERS OF SPORTS TO. SHOUT OUT TO MY MOM AND GIRLS. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME READ THAT PROCLAMATION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RIST, YOU'RE BEING QUITE MODEST. I GOT THERE RIHT AFTER YOU LEFT. >> YOU WERE THERE. >> TOLD ME ABOUT YOUR TIME IN

THE RACE. YOU CAME IN IN YOUR AGE GROUP NUMBER ONE. >> DID I. I WAS RUNNING HARD.

I WANTED TO IMPRESS THOSE GIRLS YOU KNOW. >> TALL SKINNY COUNCIL MEMBER UH -- >> OLD GUY, RIGHT? >> TALL SKIN MY CAME IN NUMBER ONE. >> THREE THOUSAND YOUNG GIRLS OUT THERE.

>> TWO LAST THINGS. BIMBE FESTIVAL WAS TOTAL BLAST. THANKS FOR EVERYONE WHO DID THAT. THANKS TO WADE AND HIS HIM AT DPR BUT THE SPECIAL EVENTS STAFF WHO WORKED HARD TO PULL OFF THAT FESTIVAL.

GREAT TIME THERE. LAST THING IS COUPLE THINGS COMING UP THIS WEEK. WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK THE CAROLINA THEATER HAVING DANCING WITH THE CAROLINA STARS FUNDRAISER WHERE BUSINESS LEADERS ARE OUT THERE DANCING, DANCE COMPETITION SO IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT YOUR TICKET IT'S

WEDNESDAY EVEN AT CAROLINA THEATER. THIS WEEKEND, BASEBALL TOURNAMENT WILL BE AT THE DBAP. IF YOU UH COME OUT TO THAT, I'LL SEE YOU THERE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR EXCELLENT ANNOUNCE MS TONIGHT. LET ME ADD MY WORD OF WELCOME O TO ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA. HAD WONDERFUL DISCUSSION WITH WITH THESE WOMEN.

WELCOME TO THE CHAMBER. I TOLD THEM WE WON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL IF YOU DON'T STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEET BUG WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. LET ME ECHO AND THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER FOR BRINGING UP THE BIRTHDAY OP MALCOLM X TONIGHT. I ALSO WANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN I THINK WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE GOT SOME NATIONAL

HEAD LINES BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A RECOGNITION THAT YU HAVE CHAMPIONED FOR QUITE SOME AND GIVEN VOICE TO NOT ALWAYS COMFORTABLY I MIGHT ADD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS IN RECOGNIZING THE BIRTHDAY OP MALCOLM X. I WANT TO SEND REGARD AND BEST WISHES OUT TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT SUFFERED GUN VIOLENCE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. P PRETTY HIGH PROFILE INCIDENTS WE KNOW. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, I'LL SAY ALL OF OUR CELEBRATIONS OF OUR CITY WILL AN ASTERISK NEXT TO AS LONG AS WITHIN TWO MILES OF OUR CENTER GUNFIRE BREAKS OU OUT AND CHILDREN ARE JUMPING IN BATHTUBS. WE'LL CONTINUE AS WE LANE IN ON HOW WE MEASURE AND VALUE LAND USE DECISIONS WE NEED TO LEAN ON ON HOW WE BRING EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO BEAR ON PROTECTING LIVES OF F OUR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY

MEMBERS. I ALSO WANT TO SAY I KNOW THE DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT'S HAD CHALLENGING WEEK THIS PAST WEEK AND WE WANT TO SEND REGARDS AND BEST WISHES TO THE CHIEF AND MEN AND WOMEN UNDER HER COMMAND. GOT GETTING INTO SPECIFICS OF ANYTHING BUT IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING WEEK FOR THEM, AND THEY SERVE US 24/7 WHILE WE'RE ASLEEP AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS CITY SENDS THEM BEST WISHES AND BEST REGARDS. FINALLY, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER RIST, FOR POINTING OUT BIMBE TO DURHAM PARKS REC.

COUNCIL MEMBER RIST GOT RHYTHM. HE WAS OUT THERE BOBBING HIS HEAD. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU ROLL THAT WAY, MAN, BUT IT WAS A A GREAT TIME SEEING SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. BIMBE IS ONE OF THE PREEMINENT CULTURAL FESTIVALS IN OUR COUNTRY THAT CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY AND OUR CULTURE. IT HAS RISEN IN ITS STATURE AND ATTENDAND AND JUST TO SEE ALL

THOSE FOLK OUT THERE DOING LINE DANCES IN BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN OUR CITY IT'S A SPECIAL FEELING. R THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I YIELD BACK.

>> ALL RIGHT. I TOO, THANK YOU ALL FOR MENTIONING MALCOLM X'S BIRTHDAY. MAY HIS WORK AND LEGACY COTINUE ON NOT AS JUST SOMETHING WE STUDY BUT SOMETHING WE E PRACTICE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SISTERS FROM ALPHA KAPPA CALL FA FOR NOT ONLY JUST BEING PRESENT BUT ALSO DOING THE WORK. IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE

AKAs OR THE DIVINE NINE, IT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO. IT IS AMAZING WORK THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO. MAYOR PRO TEM AND I HAPPEN TO BE AMONGST THE BROTHERHOOD THAT ALIGNS WITH THESE LADIES IN PINK AND GREEN AS WE'RE BROTHERS OF ALPH ALPHA PHI ALPHA. I'M GRATEFUL I LEARNED BOOTS ON THE GROUND ONE TIME IN YOU TUBE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN USING THOSE SKILLS -- >> YOU GOT TEACH ME.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AT THE CAROLINA STARS ON WEDNESDAY. >> I GOTCHA. EVERY WEEKEND. I ENJOYED DOING IT WITH THE HUNDREDS OF ELEMENTARY KIDS OVER AT THE RESOURCE CENTER WITH THE BIKE, ROLL, AND -- OKAY -- UM, OKAY, THANK YOU. SORRY. I'M A MAN, I CAN'T MULTITASK.

E. SMITH. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS RIST AND COOK WENT TO EASTWAY. SO IT WAS FUN TALKING TO THE KIDS AND NEIGHBORS COMING OUT WATCHING THEM AND WAVING AS THEY WENT BY AND REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PATIENCE OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE DRIVING THEIR CARS AND WAITING UNTIL 200 KIDS WALKED BY THAT MORNING.

UM, BIMBE. BIMBE WAS QUITE THE EXPERIENCE THIS YEAR. WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME AND THE WEATHER ALTHOUGH WINDY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BLTER. IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME.

LOTS OF FUN. I DID HURT MY ACHILLES TENDON AGAIN. THERE WAS A TEND THAT TOOK OFF OFF AND I DECIDED TO GO GRAB IT OUT OF MIDAIR AND I WAS IN PAIN

AFTER THAT. BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS A GREAT TIME AND THANKS TO ALL OF THE ARTISTS AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY I DID HAVE TO LEAVE EALY BUT I DID SPEND SOME TIME WITH RAHEEM BEFORE HE WENT ON STAGE AND IT WAS GREAT TO CONNECT WITH HIM AGAIN. C. AND I SAID I'M GOING TO GET YOU UH TO DURHAM AND SO I'M GLAD THAT CAME FULL CIRCLE.

I LEFT WE CELEBRATED 87th ANNIVERSARY ON THE THETA LAMBDA CHAPTER AND WE WELCOMED OUR GENERAL PRESIDENT HERE TO TOWN AND THAT WAS COOL. THANKS FOR THE BROTHERS FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE THEY DO AS WELL. UM, I DID MENTION THE UNIVERSITY GRADUATIONS, I BELIEVE, IF I ALL OF THE GRADUATING COLLEGE TO STUDENTS AROUND. I DID SHARE, UM, AS THE KEYNOTE

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER FOR NCCU ON THAT FRIDAY AND THEN THAT SATURDAY IT WAS THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER FOR SHAWL UNIVERSITY WHICH THEY SPELLED UPON ME AN HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE. [APPLAUSE] IT'S REALLY EXCITING. I GUESS NOW I'M MAYOR DOCTOR LEONARDO WILLIAMS. REALLY UH COOL.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE FOR TWO THINGS. ONE, A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE IS JOINING US TONIGHT IN THE AUDIENCE. HE'S TRY EING TO BE LOW PROFILE BUT THAT'S NOT HIS STYLE. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY DEAR FRIEND MAYOR OF APEX JOHN GILBERT.

WELCOME. [APPLAUSE] AND ONE LAST THING, THIS IS ALSO MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. YESTERDAY, I ENJOYED WATCHING MY WIFE CRY.

I KNOW. I JUST SAW YOU, SHE WAS LIKE, WHAT? MY WIFE CRIED BECAUSE HE SENT OUR DONE TO SI LAND. HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN DIE EACH YEAR IN THE RURAL PARTS OF AFRICA AND I REALLY CANNOT PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF WHERE THEY ARE.

NOT EVEN GOING TO TRY IT, BUT IN RURAL PARTS OF ZWAZILAND THERE ARE HUNDREDS O OF KIDS THAT DIE TRYING TO CROSS THE RIVER TO GET HOME. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HIT MY UH SON PRETTY HARD AND SO HE WANTED TO BE A PART F OF JUST BEING A PART OF CHANGE AND HE JOINED WITH 13 OTHER STUDENTS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY. DUKE IS SPONSORING THOSE STUDENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH ENGINEERS IN ACTION TO GO TO ZWAZILAN DO, BUILD A BRIDGE AND WE SENT HIM OFF YESTERDAY AND IT WAS EMOTIONAL BECAUSE YEAH WE'RE GOING MISS OUR BABY BOY BUT IT WAS EMOTIONAL BECAUSE

19-YEAR-OLD -- AND THESE KIDS AT 18 AND 19 YEARS OL CARE SO MUCH ABOUT COMMUNITIES AROUND TH WORLD THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GO OUT FOR NINE WEEKS IN THE WILDERNESS IN FAR RURAL AREA AWAY FROM HOME TO BUILD A BRIDGE FOR PEOPLE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW, AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR DUKE UNIVERSITY, GRATEFUL FOR ENGINEERS IN ACTION AND DEFINITELY GRATEFUL FOR THESE 14 KIDS THAT WILL BE BUILDING A BRIDGE IN AFRICA, AND HE LANDED A FEW HOURS AGO. M. AND HE LANDED ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO, SO A LONG TRIP, BUT THANK YOU ALL IF YOU'RE WATCHING, WHICH YOU WILL ONE DAY, I GUESS. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, UM, LET'S GET TO WORK HERE. AND MYOR PRO TEM, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU READ THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'LL BE MAKING SOME CHANGES. >> PRIORITY ITEMS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. GOING TO MOVE TO PRIORITY ITEMS

FIRST. >> GOOD EVENING. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS NO PRIORITY ITEM THIS IS EVENING. >> THANK YOU.

MADAM ATTORNEY? >> NO PRIORITY ITEM THIS IS EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. CITY THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS TO PRIORITY ITEMS.

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU TO EXECUTIVE STAFF.

THE RECORD OUR CONSENT AGENDA. CONSENT AGENDA ARE ITEMS THAT CAN BE PASSED WITH WITH ONE VOTE. COUNCIL HAS HAD OPPORTUNITY TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON THESE ISSUES AT A PRIOR WORK SESSION, HOWEVER, ANY ONE OF OUR ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA CAN BE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR BY A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. >> MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> YES, SIR. >> I FAILED TO MENTION ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. >> MM-HMM. >> COLLEAGUES YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH ME TALKING ABOUT THE BULL CITY FUTURE FUND. I'M PREMIERING IT TONIGHT.

MILLION DOLLARS NOW AND I'LL BE SENDING OUT A PUBLIC INVITE. WE WILL BE RELEASING THE FIRST TRAUFRJ OF THIS MONEY AT T $300,000. THAT MEANS THAT SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE GETTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY DID NOT EXPECT. LY NOT ANNOUNCE THOSE NAMES TONIGHT, BUT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A RIGOROUS MEETING OF THE CRITERIA TO BE AWARDED.

WE WILL BE, UM, WE WILL BE, UH, GIVING OUT TWO, $50,000 AWARDS; THREE, $25,000 AWARDS, $320,000 AWARDS AND $610,000 AWARDS. SIX, $10,000 AWARDINGS. AT THE NEXT MEETING I'LL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT WHERE WE'LL BE MAKING THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AWARDS. GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT IN

MAKING THIS HAPPEN. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE NEXT CALL. >> IS THAT FROM THE CITY OR IS THAT -- >> THIS IS THE INITIATIVE THAT I INITIATED, BUT TE CITY DID -- THE FUNDS I ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET FOR THE BLACK MALE ROUND TABLE WAS SENT OVER TO THIS, SO THIS IS THE CITY PUT IN $25,000. BULL CITY FUTURE FUND.

OH, YES, YES. THANK YOU. THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TH UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE AND TRIANGLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. THIS IS THE BULL CITY -- THEY ARE MANAGING AND WILL BE DISPERSING THIS BUT THIS THE IS THE BULL CITY FUTURE FUND I'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT.

I WANT UHHED TO PREVIEW. START LISTENING FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S COMING. THANK YOU. IT'LL BE A BIG DEAL. MADAM CLERK, I DON'T HAVE ANY PULLED ITEMS IN FRONT OF ME BUT

IF THERE ARE IF YOU'LL LET ME KNOW. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, CONSENT AGENDA. 1. APPROVAL OF CITY COUNCIL MINUTES.

2. CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM BOARD OF TRUSTEES - APPOINTMENT. 3. PROPOSED CITY-COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT FY26 WORK PROGRAM.

4. EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. 5. RACIAL EQUITY COMMISSION 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.

6. CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT AT 8220 NC HIGHWAY 751 FOR THE STAGECOACH FORCE MAIN SEWER PROJECT. 7. REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS AT 1507 GOODWIN ROAD AND 1615 INFINITY ROAD FOR THE GOODWIN CROSSING DEVELOPMENT. 8. CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AT 3100/3106 NORTH DUKE STREET FOR THE SW-50D NORTH DUKE STREET PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

9. CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND ONE PERMANENT RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENT ON 4245 N. ROXBORO STREET FOR SW-50D NORTH DUKE STREET PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 10.

CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AT 4401 NORTH ROXBORO STREET FOR SW-50D NORTH DUKE STREET PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 11. CONDEMNATION ACTION TO OBTAIN ONE SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT AT 8216 NC HIGHWAY 751 FOR THE STAGECOACH FORCE MAIN SEWER PROJECT. 12.

DURHAM PARKS AND RECREATION OUTDOOR AQUATICS CENTER CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK (CMAR) CONTRACT WITH CLANCY & THEYS CONSTRUCTION CO. P, AS A JOINT VENTURE - 2024 BOND REFERENDUM PROJECT. 13. DESIGN-BUILD SERVICES CONTRACT WITH OHG CONSTRUCTION LLC FOR HILLANDALE GOLF COURSE DRIVING RANGE AND PUTTING AREA RENOVATION.

14. ACQUISITION OF 708 AND 716 BUREN ROAD (REID #193188 AND #193187) FOR THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF LAKE MICHIE. 15. CONTRACT FOR CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT TEAM SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF DURHAM, R STEIN WEXLER LLC AND KEEP DURHAM BEAUTIFUL, INC.

16. DURHAM PARKS AND RECREATION OUTDOOR AQUATICS CENTER DESIGN CONTRACT WITH PERKINS & WILL, INC. - 2024 BOND REFERENDUM PROJECT. SOMETHING FUNKY, ALL RIGHT.

17. CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH M-CUBED & CO. GLOBAL LLC TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT A BUSINESS REGISTRY & LEGACY PROGRAM. 18. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONVEYANCE OF SKATE PARK AMENITIES TO THE SCRAP EXCHANGE, -- MAYOR PRO TEM, CAN YOU PLEASE

PULL 18. >> 181 PULLED. >> BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY? >> YES.

>> ITEM 18 IS PULLED. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. 19.

INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DURHAM COUNTY FOR JOINT PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS. 20. AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT SW-47D MORREENE ROAD BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS (TIP# C-4928).

21. SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH ORACLE ELEVATOR HOLDCO, INC. FOR ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES. 22.

CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT NO. 14463 WITH CDM SMITH INC. FOR THE FAYETTEVILLE ROAD LIFT STATION AND FORCE MAIN UPGRADE PROJECT.

23. CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT NO. 19941 WITH BROWN AND CALDWELL, INC. FOR THE FOREST HILLS PARK SEWER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

UNDER OUR GEERAL BUSINESS AGENDA: 24. FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 PROPOSED BUDGET AND FISCAL YEAR 2026-31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP). THIS WILL BE THE MUCH ANTICIPATED PRESENTATION BY OUR CITY MANAGER. 27.

RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO HOUSE BILL 765 AN ACT TO REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS NORTH CAROLINA. 25. CONSOLIDATED ANNEXATION - DANUBE LANE TOWNHOUSES. 26.

CONSOLIDATED ZONING MAP CHANGE - BRIER CREEK MULTIFAMILY. THAT ENDS THE READING OF O OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND FULL -- AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN >> I'LL LIKE TO OBTAIN FROM ITEM 4 IF WE COULD PULL THAT FROM THE LIST. >> ITEM 4? >> I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 4 AND 18 TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT.

JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR WE'RE MAKING MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS 4 FOR PURPOSES OF RECUSAL ON THE PART OF Council Member Chelsea Cook AND ITEM 18 WHICH IS PULLED BY A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. I HEARD A MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND? >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLASE OPEN THE VOTE?

CLOSE THE VOTE AND REPORT OUT. >>. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE.

PLEASE CLOSE VOTE AND REPORT OUT. >>. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH Council Member Chelsea Cook RECUSING HERSELF FROM THIS VOTE.

>> MADAM CLERK, I THINK MY THING MIGHT NOT BE WORKING. I VOTED YES ON THAT. IT SHOWS UP AT W 6. >> LET ME CECK ON IT.

>> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT -- WE CAN -- MR. MAYOR WE CAN DISPENSE WITH ITEM 18.

>> YEAH. SO THIS IS FOR SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSTON. COME ON UP. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. WELCOME. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> HELLO CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR WILLIAMS.

MY NAME IS MIKE JOHNSTON FROM HERE IN DURHAM. I'VE BEEN A SKATEBOARDER FOR 25 YEARS AND OWN THE LOCAL SKATE SHOT CALLED MANIFEST SKATE SHOP. I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BECAUSE I

LOVE THE CITY OF DURHAM AND ESPECIALLY LOVE THE SKATE COMMUNITY. I WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN DONATING THE WHEELS RAMPS TO THE SCRAP EXCHANGE. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK WADE AND EMILY WIH PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THEIR PARK FOR HELPING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. IF YOU GO BY I DURHAM SKATE PARK ON ANY DAY WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING, YOU'LL SEE WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAY DURHAM SKATE COMMUNITY.

SIT DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH AGES RANGING FROM CHILDREN TO ADULTS FROM ALL WALKS O OF LIFE AND INCLUDES SKATEBOARDERS, INLINE AND QUAD SKATERS AND EVEN KIDS ON SCOTERS. IF YOU WATCH A T LITTLE WHILE YOU'LL SEE HOW THIS COMMUNITY IS SPECIAL. THE CAMARADERIE, MUTUAL SUPPORT AND VIBES AT THE PARK ARE HARD TO FIND. I HOPE THIS RESOLUTION TO DONATE THE RAMPS REPRESENTS A BEGINNING RATHER THAN THE ONE AND DONE WITH THE CITY SUPPORTING SKATING COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT DESERVES TO BE CELEBRATED. WE'VE NEEDED MORE SPACE FOR A LONG TIME AND WHILE THE CURRENT

SKATE PARK IS WEL LOVED IN A CITY THE SIZE OF DURHAM AND THE SIZE OF OUR COMMUNITY T CURRENT PARK IS NOT ADEQUATELY SERVING OUR NEEDS. IT IS OFTEN OVERCROWDED AND IS ALSO 15 YEARS OLD. THE SCRAP EXCHANGE DIY PARK IS GOING TO PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED ADDITIONAL PLACE TO SKATE AND WILL ALSO BE A PLACE TO LEARN AND A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE TO FIND COMMUNITY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE MULTIMILLION DOLLARS PARK PROJECTS COMING UP IN OR CITY AND I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE SKATE COMMUNITY WHEN DEVELOPING THESE PARKS.

THE WHEELS AQUATICS PARK AND LONG MEADOW EAST END PROJECTS COULD INCLUDE SKATE SPACE. AT A TIME IN YOUR SOCIETY WHEN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OUR TEENAGERS ARE FINDING THEMSELVES FURTHER ISOLATED, SKATEBOARDING AND SKATE PARKS ARE A GREAT ASSET TO FOSTER CONNECTION, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND TIME SPENT O OUTUH DOORS ENGAGED IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE DONATIONS OF THESE RAMPS TO THE SKATE COMMUNITY. THEY'LL BE PUT TO GREAT USE AND

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING ELSE YOU DO FOR OUR GREAT CITY. THANK YOU. >> THANKS, MIKE. >> THOSE WERE SOME COOL SHOTS YO GUYS WERE CATCHING OFF THE RAMP THE OTHER DAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER HERE. SORRY, YEAH, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONVEYANCE OF SKATE PARK AMENITIES TO THE SCRAP EXCHANGE, INC.

S. 160A-280. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> BEEN MOVED AN PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I'LL BE MAKING A FEW CHANGES TO THE ORDER TONIGHT.

BEFORE OUR OTHER PUBLIC 24 HEARINGS, UM, GOING TO MOVE NUMBER 27 UP TO NOW. THIS IS A RESIDENCE 27. RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION TO HOUSE BILL 765 AN ACT TO REFORM LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS NORTH CAROLINA. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WORK SESSION AND THAT VIDEO CAN CAN BE REVIEWED TO HER COMMENTS WE MADE BUT BASICALLY THIS IS, THIS BILL IS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND IT DOES DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE LOCAL POWERS OF, YOU KNOW, NIGHT DELIBERATING ON THESE CASES. JUST TAKES IT AWAY AND IT JUST REMOVES THE ABILITY FOR US AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO DELIBERATE ON HOW W ACTUALLY GROW AND DEVELOP OUR OWN COMMUNITIES. I HAVE STATED TO SEVERAL OF OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ON BOTH

SIDES OF THE AISLE. I'VE SAID TO BOTH MEMBERS ON BOTH SIDES THAT WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING BUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TRYING TO DO HOUSING IS QUITE CLUMSY AND COMING IN AND TELLING US -- WE'RE ALREADY PREEMPTED IN SO MANY WAYS THAT CAUSES FIGHTING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, THIS IS JUST STANDING IN OPPOSITION TO THIS AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MOW MEN STOMACH CHANGING AND THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS BILLS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED. I DO BELIEVE THIS ONE, THE TIDE IS TURNING, AND I PROPOSE THIS TO OUR COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION WITH MAYORS ACROSS THE STATE AND OTHER MAYORS AND THEIR COUNCILS ACROSS THE STATE

AND N OTHER CITIES, TOWNS, LARGE AND SMALL, CONSERVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE SO THAT'S THE BASIS OF THIS. COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THIS? >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS, FOR BRINGING THIS UP WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT HB 765 ACTUALLY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RIST BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION IT WAS DEEPLY CONCERNING TO ME AS SOMEONE WHO MY DAILY WORK IS IN THIS AREA, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS, AND I WRESTLED WITH THE QUESTION OF WHETHER I WANTED TO INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION MYSELF AND SORT OF WONDERED WHETHER THEY WOULD CARE IF IT CAME FROM A PLACE LIKE DURHAM, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE IS SOME BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT AND SO IT'S IN CASES LIKE THIS WHERE I THINK THERE IS VALUE TO A CITY LIKE DURHAM SPEAKING UP FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT I THINK YOU

ARTICULATED WELL. APPRECIATE IT AN KUDOS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A RESOLUTION FOR THIS ITEM. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

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

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, DURHAM DID THEIR PART. ALL RIGHT. WELL, MR.

MANAGER -- >> DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BEFORE THE SPEAKERS? >> LET'S DO SPEAKERS FIRST. MADAM CLERK, DID -- SO THE ONES

I HAVE ARE JUST IN PERSON. DID YOU E-MAIL A SEPARATE LIST FOR THE ONLINE SPAKES? >> THAT ONE'S UNDER REGISTRANTS. THERE'S ONLY TWO OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED UP VIRTUALLY, LOVELY AND MOLLY FOR ITEM 24 AND THOSE WERE THE TO THAT I E-MAILED.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH IN PERSON FIRST. COULD YOU PUT THAT AT THE TOP OF MY INBOX REALLY QUICK. THANK YOU.

I'LL GO WITH IN-PERSON NOW. ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE SPEAKERS MARY FONTANA, CHRIS PALESTINE, GREGORY WILLIAMS, SARAH DEMOTTO, ANDY LOW. SORRY, NOT ANDY LOW.

>> RECORDING IN PROGRESS. >> COME TO THE PODIUM. WELCOME. YOU EACH HAVE THREE MINUTES.

LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS. >> MARY FONTANA, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. I THOUGHT MAYBE WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SPEAK SO I HAVEN'T QUITE PREPARED SOME THING SPECIFIC, HOWEVER, I WANTED TO MENTION ON THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF PAID INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR ROADWAYS. SO HAVING NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET AHEAD OF TIME DO NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT CERTAIN ROADWAYS INCLUDING ROXBORO, OR DUKE GREGSON ARE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT AS BEING INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET; HOWEVER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE INCLUDE THE REVERSIONS

OF THOSE ROADWAYS TO TWO-WAY CONVERSION, OR AN ALTERNATIVE BUT SAFER INFRASTRUCTURE THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. LAST YEAR, WE HAD 26 DEATHS I DURHAM ON OUR ROADWAYS. THERE HAVE BEEN SIX THIS YEAR ON ROXBORO ALONE, BOTH DUKE, GREGSON, OR DUKE, GREGSON AND ROXBORO ARE ALL ON THE HIGH INJURY NET WORK THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE VISION ZERO PRESENTATION FOR THE ACTION PLAN YOU ALL APPROVED EARLIER THIS YEAR SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THOSE ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT. >> HOWDY, Y'ALL. GREGORY WILLIAMS. I WANT TO E ECHO SOME OF THE SAME COMMENTS THAT MARY ROSE MADE. WE WERE HOPING TO SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE WE MADE OUR COMMENTS SO WE WITH KNEW IF

WE WERE THANKING YOU -- AND I DO THINK WE CAN TAKE THE TIME TO THANK Y'ALL FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE LEADING UP TO THIS POINT SPECIAL THINK VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN THAT WAS UNNIMOUSLY ADOPTED. AND SO WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT CITY MANAGER FERGUSON WILL BE PRESENTING LATERING THIS EVENING THAT THERE WILL BE THE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN FOR THE CONVERSION O OF MANGUM AND ROXBORO AS WELL AS FARE FREE TRANSIT FOR NEXT YEAR. THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND WE HOPE TO SEE THOSE THINGS. >> THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING. SARAH DEMOTO WITH LEGAL AID. LIKE OTHERS I DIDN'T GET QUITE THE CHANCE TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED BUDGET. I DID SEE IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO AS I OFTEN DO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING FOR THE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. STUDIES SHOW THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO GUN

VIOLENCE IN A COMMUNITY IS THE INCREASING RATES OF E EVICTION. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH FUNDING TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS AND THEY HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNHOUSED. IT'S A PROCESS, RIGHT, SO WE HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BEING UNHOUSED AN I AGAIN WOULD JUST LIKE TO SUPPORT, ASK FOR THE COUNCIL'S SUPPORT IN FUNDING THE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM AS WELL AS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED. THANK YOU. >> CHRIS PALESTINE. I'M HOPING THAT WHAT I WILL BE TALKING TO YOU GUYS ON THURSDAY ABOUT IS THANKING YOU FOR SUPPORTING A BUDGET THAT INCLUDES MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER, ESPECIALLY OBVIOUSLY

ROXBORO MANGUM WHICH IS CURRENTLY PART OF OUR INJURY NETWORK WEVE BEEN LOOKING AT. ALSO THANK YOU FOR PAST SUPPORT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN BUT THERE'S VISION ZERO GOAL WE SET AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THAT WAS VOTED ON UNANIMOUSLY. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, I KIND O OF DID DIGGING ON HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN IN PROGRESS AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING A AS A CITY FOR TWO-AND-A-HALF DECADES SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE STREETS. THIS HAS BEEN IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLANS, DIFFERENT FORMS, A LOT OF IT'S FOCUSED ON MAKING LOOP SAFER AND MAKING THAT TWO-WAY OR CREATING PROPER GRID FORM BUT ONE OF THE ONES MOST INTERESTING WAS THE 2020 MOVE DURHAM STUDY WHICH ALSO RECOMMENDED 2-WAY STREETS RETURNING TO ORIGINAL CONFIGURATION. THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE TIME IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN, CABALLERO AND COUNCIL MEMBER MIDDLETON, NOW MAYOR PRO TEM, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL

FOR SUPPORTING THESE PLANS AND VISIONS FOR HOW TO MAKE OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SAFER. I HOPE W'RE GOING TAKE THAT NEXT STEP TO ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK THAT'S NECESSARY TO DO THAT. IN TERMS OF O WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR VISION ZERO GOALS. WE SET A GOAL TO GET TO ZERO THIS UPCOMING BUDGET IS GOING TO COVER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH 2031, I BELIEVE, SO IF YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT, THIS IS 25% OF OUR TIME TO REACH THAT GOAL.

SO WHILE I HOPE TO XEROX BORROW AND MANGUM IN THERE AND I THINK WE NEED TO SEE IT, I HOPE WE SEE OTHER STREETS. I HOPE WE SEE 25% OF OUR INJURY NETWORK IN THIS UPCOMING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE IF WE NOT CONSISTENTLY FUNDING THESE THINGS. I KNOW THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH BALANCING DIFFERENT BUDGET NEATS BUT IF WE'RE DEFERRING SOME PORTIONS TO LATER TIME THAT'S THAT MUCH MORE MONEY AND EFFORT

WE'RE GOING HAVE TO SPND IN THE NEXT CYCLE AND NEXT CYCLE IN ORDER TO REACH OUR GOALS IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY TRULY WANT TO DO AND I THINK THE WAY WE SHOW WE WANT TO ACHIEVE THAT IS BY FUNDING THESE PROJECTS AND GETTING THESE THINGS DONE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MOLLY FLOW, CA CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> HELLO. >> HI. MOLLY, WELCOME. THREE MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU UH. I'M IN THE SAME BOAT AS OTHER FOLKS. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER I'M THANKING YOU FOR MAKING PROGRESS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND VISION ZERO, MOVE DURHAM ALL THESE PAST PLANS AND PROMISES OR WHETHER I'M BEGGING YOU TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THEM. UM, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO SAY A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS AND BIKE DURHAM, MAYBES FROM AROUND THE

CITY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ROXBORO AND MANGUM AND DUKE AND GREGSON STREET AND OTHER DANGEROUS STREETS FOR YEARS TO MAKE THEM SAFER ESPECIALLY FR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN CARS AND THE EAST END CONNECTOR'S OPEN NOW SO IT'S TIME TO ACT ON THESE LONG-PROMISED PLANS SO I DO HOPE THE BUDGET WILL INCLUDE COMPLETING THE DESIGN FOR ROXBORO AND MANGUM. THE SECOND PART OF THE I GUESS THE FIRST PART OF THE DESIGN FOR DUKE AND GREGSON STREET, UM, AND PLANS IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE REST OF THOSE. I'M STARTING TO THINK OF IT AS SORT OF THE RIGHT TIME TO PLANT A TREE WAS 20 YEARS AGO AND TH NEXT BEST TIME IS TODAY AND I'M STARTING TO THINK OF THESE BIG PROJECTS THE SAME WAY THAT THE LONGER WE PUT THEM OFF MORE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN AND COSTLIER THESE THINGS BECOME, SO THANK YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE IT IN THE BUDGET TONIGHT.

>> WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THIS PRESENTATION. GOOD LUCK TO YOU ON YOUR FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION. >> GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE HERE IN PERSON AND TO THOSE JOINING US ON DURHAM TELEVISION NETWORK OR ONLINE. I AM HONORED TO PRESENT MY FIRST PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AS YOUR NEW CITY MANAGER.

EACH FALL, WE BEGIN BUILDING OUR BUDGET. ON THE SURFACE, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A ROUTINE PROCESS -- PROJECT REVENUES, CALCULATE EXPENSES, AND MAKE THEM BALANCE. BUT THIS YEAR WAS FAR FROM ROUTINE. DURHAM COUNTY RECENTLY COMPLETED A FULL PROPERTY REVALUATION.

THAT CREATED A MOMENT FOR US TO PAUSE AND TAKE A FRESH LOOK -- NOT JUST AT OUR NUMBERS, BUT AT HOW OUR CITY IS STRUCTURED TO DELIVER THE SERVICES OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS. THIS PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS THAT FRESH LOOK. IT'S SHAPED BY WHAT WE HEARD

FROM YOU -- OUR RESIDENTS, OUR EMPLOYEES, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL -- THROUGH RETREATS, SURVEYS, AND CONVERSATIONS. IT'S ALSO GUIDED BY OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH REFLECTS WHAT DURHAM RESIDENTS TOLD US MATTERS MOST. IT'S NOT JUST A DOCUMENT -- IT'S OUR SHARED ROADMAP. IT HELPS US ALIGN OUR PRIORITIES, OUR ACTIONS, AND OUR INVESTMENTS WITH YOUR VALUES.

WE'VE APPROACHED THIS MOMENT WITH CARE AND DISCIPLINE -- MAKING SURE OUR DECISIONS ARE FAIR, STRATEGIC, AND FOCUSED ON WHAT DURHAM NEEDS NOW AND IN THE YEARS AHEAD. TONIGHT, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE KEY NUMBERS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THOSE NUMBERS MEAN FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR SERVICES, AND OUR SHARED FUTURE. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR LEONARDO WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MARK-ANTHONY MIDDLETON, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS NATE BAKER, JAVIERA CABALLERO, CHELSEA COOK, Dedreanna Freeman, and Carl Rist RIST.

YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE HAVE HELPED SHAPE A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS AND VOICES OF ALL DURHAM RESIDENTS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, COUNCIL AND STAFF SPENT TIME IN TWO RETREATS DISCUSSING THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES AHEAD. WE LISTENED CLOSELY -- AND THIS PROPOSED BUDGET RESPONDS DIRECTLY TO WHAT WE HEARD. STARTING JULY 1, WE'RE ALSO MAKING CHANGES TO HOW OUR GOVERNMENT IS STRUCTURED -- BRINGING TOGETHER TEAMS THAT ALREADY WORK CLOSELY SO WE CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

BY THE END OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I HOPE YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS BUDGET NOT ONLY REFLECTS DURHAM'S VALUES, BUT PREPARES US FOR A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT FUTURE. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE NUMBERS. IT'S NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE HERE TO HEAR THAT DURHAM CONTINUES TO GROW -- AND WITH THAT GROWTH COMES GREATER DEMAND FOR SERVICES. WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM

OUR RESIDENTS: YOU WANT CONTINUED INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY, EQUITABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE. OUR PROPOSED FY25-26 BUDGET IS $722 MILLION, UP FROM A LITTLE MORE THAN $668 MILLION LAST YEAR -- AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $54 MILLION, OR 8%. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AND OTHER FUNDS I'LL HIGHLIGHT THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION. 6% FOLLOWING THE COUNTY'S REVALUATION, GENERATING AN ESTIMATED $47 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE SEEING PRESSURE ON OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. LAST YEAR, THE GROWTH IN SALES TAX SLOWED AND THAT DOWNWARD TREND LOOKS TO CONTINUE. OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE, WHICH ARE

FUNDS GENERATED FROM FEES ON HOTEL STAYS AND SHORT-TERM RENTALS, IS ALSO PROJECTED TO DECREASE BY 33% DUE TO CHANGES IN STATE LAW. SO, WHILE GROWTH HELPS, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FULLY COVER RISING COSTS DRIVEN BY INFLATION, DECREASED REVENUES FROM SALES AND OCCUPANCY TAXES AND OTHER STATE-SHARED REVENUES, NEW DEBT SERVICE FROM THE $200 MILLION BOND VOTERS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER, AND GROWING SERVICE DEMANDS. THIS BRINGS US TO AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION -- LET'S DISCUSS REVALUATION, THE CONCEPT OF REVENUE NEUTRAL, AND NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE. EVERY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WAS REASSESSED TO REFLECT ITS CURRENT MARKET VALUE -- WHAT IT WOULD LIKELY SELL FOR TODAY. THIS PROCESS, REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, HELPS ENSURE FAIRNESS.

ALSO REQUIRED BY STATE LAW: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MUST CALCULATE AND PUBLISH A REVENUE-NEUTRAL TAX RATE -- WHAT THE TAX RATE WOULD BE REDUCED TO FOR THE CITY TO COLLECT THE SAME AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AS LAST YEAR. 62 CENTS. 23 CENTS. 71 CENTS PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE.

48 CENTS ABOVE THE REVENUE-NEUTRAL RATE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR A TYPICAL HOMEOWNER? FOR A MEDIAN-VALUED HOME IN DURHAM -- VALUED AT $415,000 -- THIS WOULD RESULT IN A CITY PROPERTY TAX BILL OF ABOUT $1,814 NEXT YEAR.

THIS RATE ALLOWS US TO INVEST IN THE SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE OUR COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR. IN NOVEMBER, OUR VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED AN $200 MILLION BOND PROGRAM FOR BETTER STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PARKS. ABOUT TWO PENNIES OF THE TAX RATE IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET WILL SUPPORT THE DEBT PAYMENTS FOR THOSE BOND PROJECTS. ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM THE PROPOSED TAX RATE INCREASE WILL SUPPORT: SUSTAINING AND IMPROVING CORE SERVICES LIKE TRASH COLLECTION, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

OFFERING COMPETITIVE PAY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR TALENTED STAFF WHO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES EVERY DAY. ADVANCING OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SAFETY, INCLUDING EXPANDED CRISIS RESPONSE. MAINTAINING SERVICE LEVELS EVEN AS INFLATION DRIVES UP THE COST OF EVERYTHING FROM EQUIPMENT TO MATERIALS TO FUEL.

6% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A MODEST INCREASE IN WATER AND SEWER RATES -- APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS MONTH. 5%, STARTING JULY 1. THIS IS NECESSARY TO COVER RISING OPERATIONAL COSTS, ONGOING MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, AND DEBT SERVICE.

DURHAM'S WATER REMAINS SOME OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE IN THE TRIANGLE AND THESE INVESTMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR YEARS TO COME. THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGES TO STORMWATER OR PARKING RATES THIS YEAR. 70 FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER. 3 MILLION -- REFLECTING OUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG, SUPPORTED WORKFORCE.

LAST YEAR'S MARKET PAY STUDY HAS BEEN FULLY IMPLEMENTED, AND THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THE PROGRAM FULLY. OPERATING EXPENSES SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND HAVE ALSO INCREASED BY $8 MILLION. THANKS TO SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, THE CITY MAINTAINS A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. 3 MILLION TRANSFER FOR ONE-TIME NEEDS, INCLUDING $1 MILLION TO CONDUCT THIS YEAR'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

I AM PROUD TO REPORT THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO HOLD A AAA BOND RATING FROM ALL THREE MAJOR AGENCIES -- MOODY'S, S&P, AND FITCH. THAT MEANS WE CAN BORROW FOR BIG PROJECTS AT LOWER INTEREST RATES, SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THE RECENTLY-APPROVED BOND PROGRAM WILL BENEFIT GREATLY FROM OUR AAA BOND RATING. THIS BUDGET IS GROUNDED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, SHAPED BY INPUT

FROM OUR RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. THIS YEAR, FOUR TOP PRIORITIES DROVE OUR DECISIONS: COMMUNITY SAFETY, EMPLOYEE SUPPORT, SERVICE DELIVERY, INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF A STRONGER DURHAM -- AND THIS BUDGET INVESTS IN EACH OF THEM. CREATING AND PROMOTING STRATEGIES THAT ENSURE ALL RESIDENTS SHARE IN DURHAM'S PROSPERITY REMAINS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENT -- ESPECIALLY OUR NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED HEART PROGRAM -- CONTINUES TO REDEFINE HOW WE RESPOND TO NON-VIOLENT 911 CALLS FOR SERVICE WITH CARE AND COMPASSION. OVER THE PAST YEAR, HEART EXPANDED CITYWIDE AND NOW OPERATES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I AM PROPOSING ANOTHER EXPANSION OF HEART THIS YEAR, AND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENT'S

SCOPE IS GROWING TO INCLUDE HOMELESS SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE TO JUSTICE-INVOLVED RESIDENTS. TO GROW THE HEART PROGRAM AND SUPPORT THEIR EXPANDED MISSION, THIS PROPOSED BUDGET FUNDS 17 NEW POSITIONS -- INCLUDING NINE ADDITIONAL CRISIS RESPONDERS AS WELL AS CRISIS CLINICIANS, STREET OUTREACH WORKERS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO SUPPORT THE GROWING DEPARTMENT. WE'VE HEARD THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT FOR 24/7 HEART SERVICES, BUT THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL RESPONDS TO AN IMPORTANT FACT: THERE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HEART-ELIGIBLE CALLS WE CURRENTLY DON'T RESPOND TO DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS THAN DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS. THEREFORE, PRIORITIZING NEW CAPACITY FOR HEART DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS CAPTURES THE GREATEST NUMBER OF CALLS THAT HEART CURRENTLY MISSES. WHILE I BELIEVE HEART WILL BE A 24/7 OPERATION IN THE NOT-TO-DISTANT FUTURE, I AM RECOMMENDING A DAYTIME EXPANSION OF HEART FIRST AS THE MOST

URGENT AND EFFICIENT NEED FOR NEW RESOURCES IN THE DEPARTMENT. TO FURTHER SUPPORT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND HELP ENSURE HOUSING STABILITY, THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES: $725,000 TO CONTINUE THE EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS LOW-INCOME RENTERS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES. CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE DURHAM EXPUNCTION AND RESTORATION (DEAR) PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS RESIDENTS CLEAR ELIGIBLE CHARGES AND RESTORE SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSES -- EXPANDING ACCESS TO HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND OPPORTUNITY. OUR WORKPLAN THIS YEAR ALSO INCLUDES THE CREATION OF A NEW COMMUNITY-WIDE HOMELESS PREVENTION STRATEGY IN COLLABORATION WITH DURHAM COUNTY AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THIS PLAN WILL GUIDE OUR FUTURE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN DURHAM AND SERVE THE GROWING UNHOUSED POPULATION. WE'RE ALSO ENTERING THE FINAL YEAR OF FOREVER HOME, DURHAM -- OUR CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENT PLAN.

SINCE VOTERS SAID YES IN 2019, WE'VE HAD SOME MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS. HOWEVER, WE'VE ALSO FACED SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES -- FROM A GLOBAL PANDEMIC TO RISING HOUSING COSTS -- BUT OUR FOCUS HAS REMAINED ON HOUSING STABILITY. THESE CHALLENGES ONLY UNDERSCORE HOW CRITICAL THIS WORK IS. FOREVER HOME, DURHAM HAS BEEN MORE THAN A RESPONSE, IT HAS BEEN A CATALYST -- ADDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE PIPELINE, PROVIDING A PATH TO HOMEOWNERSHIP, ATTRACTING NEW HOUSING INVESTMENTS FROM PARTNERS, AND EXPANDING CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISN'T A SHORT-TERM PROJECT -- IT'S A LONG-TERM PRIORITY. RESIDENTS CAN REST ASSURED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE DELIVERING ON OUR PROMISES AS WE BEGIN SHAPING THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR HOUSING STRATEGY. THIS FISCAL YEAR, CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED FOR BRYAN PLACE APARTMENTS AND ASHTON PLACE APARTMENTS RENTAL HOUSING PROJECTS, RESULTING IN 67 NEW, AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS BEING

CREATED. THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH DURHAM COUNTY GOVERNMENT, APPROXIMATELY $27 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDING IS BEING USED TO CREATE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS FUNDING SUPPORTS SEVEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS SHOWN HERE. IN FY26, WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE VANGUARD, CEDAR TRACE APARTMENTS, AND HARDEE STREET APARTMENTS PROJECTS, RESULTING IN THE CREATION OF 384 NEW, AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS.

WE ALSO ANTICIPATE ENTERING INTO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS FOR THE TRIBUTE RISING, FAYETTE PLACE, AND DURHAM TECH PROJECTS. LET'S TALK ABOUT EMPLOYEES. WE SIMPLY COULDN'T DELIVER CITY SERVICES WITHOUT THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF OUR EMPLOYEES -- WHETHER THEY'RE PUTTING OUT FIRES, ENSURING CLEAN AND SAFE DRINKING WATER, COLLECTING TRASH AND RECYCLING, OR RESPONDING TO NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS THROUGH OUR HEART TEAM. THAT'S WHY SUPPORTING OUR

WORKFORCE WITH FAIR PAY AND STRONG BENEFITS REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY. THIS PROPOSED BUDGET FULFILLS THE COMMITMENT WE MADE LAST YEAR TO KEEP EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION ALIGNED WITH CURRENT MARKET RATES. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE SEEING RISING COSTS IN HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BENEFITS. WHILE WE'RE WORKING HARD TO MANAGE THESE COSTS RESPONSIBLY, EMPLOYEES WILL SEE SOME INCREASES IN OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES THIS YEAR.

45% IN ADDITION TO OUR EXISTING PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE INCREASES RANGING FROM 4 TO 6% FOR MOST EMPLOYEES. THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN MARKET-BASED PAY IS PAYING DIVIDENDS. THE TURNOVER RATE OF CITY EMPLOYEES IS STARTING TO TREND DOWNWARD, AND OUR VACANCY RATE IS BEGINNING TO DECREASE SINCE IMPLEMENTING OUR NEW PAY PLAN.

90 PER HOUR, EFFECTIVE JULY 1 FOR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES-- EQUAL TO AN ANNUAL SALARY OF APPROXIMATELY $45,560. THIS IS ALMOST DOUBLE ANY INCREASE OUR LIVABLE WAGE HAS EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST SIX YEARS AND REFLECTS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN LIVING WAGES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. BECAUSE EMPLOYEE PAY AND BENEFITS MAKE UP MUCH OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET, WE EVALUATE NEW POSITION REQUESTS CAREFULLY EACH YEAR. THIS YEAR'S PROPOSAL INCLUDES 42 NEW POSITIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS SHOWN HERE. THESE POSITIONS ARE FUNDED FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES THAT INCLUDES TAX REVENUE AND A VARIETY OF USER FEES. THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET MAKES MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN THE

INFRASTRUCTURE THAT KEEPS OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, HEALTHY, AND RUNNING -- BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND. AND WHILE WE IMPLEMENT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO IMPROVE CITY SERVICES, WE'RE ALSO MAKING INVESTMENTS BEHIND THE SCENES TO SUPPORT THESE CHANGES. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WILL LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NEWLY CREATED ENVIRONMENTAL AND STREET SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY FUNDING $300,000 IN PLANNING AND RENOVATIONS TO THEIR ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. THIS FACILITY SUPPORTS THE STAFF AND OPERATIONS BEHIND OUR DAILY SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS.

7 MILLION TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE AND WATER QUALITY. THIS INCLUDES ONGOING WORK ON THE SOUTH ELLERBE RESTORATION PROJECT, WHICH PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN PROTECTING FALLS LAKE. WE'RE ALSO REPLACING AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND TACKLING STORMWATER CHALLENGES -- ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT FACE FREQUENT FLOODING OR RUNOFF ISSUES.

7 MILLION -- WILL GO TOWARD STRENGTHENING DURHAM'S WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: CONTINUED WORK ON THE JORDAN LAKE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, OUR MOST SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL PROJECT, DESIGNED TO MEET DURHAM'S LONG-TERM WATER NEEDS. MAJOR UPGRADES TO WATER AND SEWER LINES, TREATMENT PLANTS, AND PUMP STATIONS -- WHICH ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. THESE PROJECTS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE VISIBLE, BUT THEY'RE VITAL.

THEY REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO KEEPING DURHAM HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, AND PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON IMPROVING TRANSIT ACCESS AND RELIABILITY. CONTINUING FARE-FREE GODURHAM BUS SERVICE REMAINS A PRIORITY IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, ENSURING RIDERS CAN GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GO WITH NO COST. TO SUPPORT OUR GROWING TRANSIT SYSTEM:

THE BUDGET ADDS THREE NEW POSITIONS FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT PLANNING. 2 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE DURHAM COUNTY TRANSIT PLAN TO SUPPORT UPCOMING SERVICE EXPANSIONS. LET'S MOVE NOW TO ANOTHER TOP PRIORITY: STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THROUGH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OR CIP. 6 MILLION TO LAUNCH NEW PROJECTS AND COMPLETE EXISTING ONES -- MORE THAN 70 PROJECTS TOTAL.

WHILE THERE'S TOO MUCH TO COVER IN A SINGLE SLIDE, HERE ARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. WE'RE ALSO PRIORITIZING STREET SAFETY AND MOBILITY. FOLLOWING THE RECENT ADOPTION OF OUR VISION ZERO PLAN, THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS SAFER STREETS FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, AND DRIVERS ALIKE. PARKS REMAIN A TOP PRIORITY.

WE'VE ALLOCATED $7 MILLION THIS YEAR -- AND $12 MILLION TOTAL -- TO ADDRESS LEAD AND SOIL CONTAMINATION AT FIVE CITY PARKS: EAST DURHAM, EAST END, LYON, NORTHGATE, AND WALLTOWN. WE ARE ANXIOUS TO REOPEN THESE PARKS TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN STATE GOVERNMENT TO IDENTIFY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO DO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE WE ARE PROPOSING NOT TO REDUCE OUR HALF-PENNY PARKS TAX RATE TO ITS REVENUE NEUTRAL EQUIVALENT, WE PLAN TO INVEST IN THE QUALITY UPKEEP OF OUR PARKS BY ADDING SIX NEW MAINTENANCE STAFF AND FUNDING $394,000 IN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR'S NEW PARK PROJECTS, WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY CIP FUNDING, INCLUDE WHAT'S SHOWN HERE. AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THE RECENTLY-APPROVED BOND, WE'VE

DEVELOPED A NEW WAY TO IDENTIFY THESE PROJECTS AS THEY'RE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH A NEW NAME AND LOGO - CONNECT DURHAM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE ARE FULFILLING OUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING OUR STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND PARKS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR RESIDENTS SEEING THIS LOGO ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. IN NOVEMBER, WE RECEIVED PERMISSION TO INVEST $85 MILLION TO BUILD AND UPGRADE THREE PARKS.

JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT TO BEGIN PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW $43 MILLION AQUATIC CENTER AT MERRICK-MOORE PARK. THIS NEW PUBLIC FACILITY WILL INCLUDE MULTIPLE POOLS, ZERO-DEPTH ENTRY, A LAZY RIVER, AND SPACE FOR ALL AGES -- LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO OUR NEW WHEELS ROLLER RINK, TRANSFORMING MERRICK-MOORE PARK INTO A VIBRANT COMMUNITY HUB. ANOTHER MAJOR BOND PROJECT

MOVING FORWARD IS A $42 MILLION INVESTMENT TO UNITE LONG MEADOW AND EAST END PARKS ALONG ALSTON AVENUE. THIS PARK CORRIDOR WILL BE LINKED BY THE R. KELLY BRYANT BRIDGE TRAIL, WITH NEW PLAYGROUNDS, COURTS, FIELDS, AND COMMUNITY-DESIGNED FEATURES. A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT PROJECT WILL COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL LATER THIS SUMMER.

RESIDENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO TELL US IN OUR RESIDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY THAT STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE A TOP PRIORITY, AND THIS BUDGET RESPONDS TO THAT FEEDBACK. THANKS TO THE $115 MILLION STREETS AND SIDEWALKS BOND, WE'RE EXPANDING OUR ANNUAL PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT AND SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAMS TO THE NEW FUNDING LEVELS SHOWN HERE. IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO FUND STREET REPAVING AT $15 MILLION AND SIDEWALK REPAIRS AT $2 MILLION. THANKS TO BOND FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE PROPOSED FUNDING LEVELS TO THESE NEW, HIGHER LEVELS.

OVER THE LIFE OF THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS BOND, THIS INCREASED FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO: BUILD 12 MILES OF NEW SIDEWALKS. REPAIR 20 MILES OF EXISTING SIDEWALKS. PAVE 13 MILES OF UNPAVED STREETS. ACCELERATE MAINTENANCE OF 770 MILES OF CITY STREETS.

HERE'S THE FULL BOND ALLOCATION FOR THESE EFFORTS SHOWN HERE. WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING OUR EQUITABLE AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM WITH NEARLY $6 MILLION DEDICATED TO NEIGHBORHOOD-FOCUSED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ALSO HELP OUR ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY WHERE NEEDS AND SAFETY CONCERNS ARE GREATEST. HERE ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE PROJECTS WE HAVE PLANNED. AND FINALLY, $18 MILLION IS INCLUDED FOR FLEET REPLACEMENTS -- THE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT OUR STAFF RELY ON EVERY DAY TO DELIVER ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND

CARRY OUT THIS AMBITIOUS WORK. NOW THAT I'VE SHARED HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IT'S TIME FOR OUR ELECTED LEADERSHIP AND OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. M. IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF CITY HALL.

WE INVITE EVERYONE TO TUNE IN VIA OUR YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM OF THESE MEETINGS. M. THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT. GOV/BUDGET. THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT. AS WE TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT HOW WE INVEST PUBLIC DOLLARS AND ORGANIZE CITY GOVERNMENT, WE'RE

FOCUSED ON BEING FAIR, STRATEGIC, AND RESPONSIVE. THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS DESIGNED TO ALIGN OUR STRUCTURE AND RESOURCES WITH THE PRIORITIES THAT MATTER MOST TO THE PEOPLE OF DURHAM. THOSE PRIORITIES ARE REFLECTED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN -- A PLAN SHAPED BY THE VOICES OF OUR RESIDENTS. THIS BUDGET IS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THAT COMMUNITY-DRIVEN VISION, ANT THE PUBLIC INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED ENSURING OUR WORK STAYS GROUNDED IN WHAT DURHAM VALUES MOST.

EVERY DOLLAR IN THIS PROPOSAL HAS A PURPOSE. IT REFLECTS OUR FOCUS ON: COMMUNITY SAFETY - EXPANDING CRISIS RESPONSE AND MAINTAINING CRITICAL STAFFING FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND 911. EMPLOYEE SUPPORT - PROVIDING COMPETITIVE PAY AND BENEFITS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN A TALENTED WORKFORCE. IT FUNDS IMPORTANT SERVICE DELIVERY - INVESTING IN GROWING NEEDS LIKE SOLID WASTE AND WATER SERVICES.

AND IT BUILDS INFRASTRUCTURE - PAVING STREETS, REPAIRING SIDEWALKS, BUILDING NEW FACILITIES, AND STRENGTHENING LONG-TERM CITY ASSETS. GOV, FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WATCHING OUR VIDEOS, LISTENING TO OUR PODCASTS, OR SUBSCRIBING TO OUR NEWSLETTERS. WE'RE COMMITTED TO KEEPING YOU INFORMED AND ENGAGED. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

FINALLY, ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND THOUGHTFUL GUIDANCE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF WHO WORKED HARD TO PREPARE THIS BUDGET AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHO CONTRIBUTED THEIR INPUT AND EXPERTISE IN HELPING US BRING THIS PROPOSAL TO YOU TONIGHT. COUNCIL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU -- AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY -- TO FINALIZE A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS OUR SHARED VALUES, MOVES DURHAM FORWARD, AND STRENGTHENS THE CITY WE ALL CALL HOME. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] >> WELL, WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. MANAGER.

>> YES, SIR. THANK YOU. >> WELCOME. WELL DONE.

SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'D LOVE TO, UM, PROVIDE A MOMENT F OF COMMENT. Council Member Chelsea Cook. ANY COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? YEAH, GO AHEAD. >> I JUST QUANTITIED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MANAGER'S

FERGUSON'S FIRST PROPOSED BUDGET, AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE. I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR WORK SESSIONS AND I KNOW THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T GET EVERY SINGLE THING WE WANTED BUT IT'S PRETTY DAMN CLOSE. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.

DITTO ON WHAT SHE JUST SAID. IT WILL NOT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. IT WON'T MAKE EVERYBODY SAD, UM, BUT CONSIDERING ALL OF THE COMPETING INTERESTS AND THE PRIORITIES THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO ADDRESS, UM, I THINK YOU -- OR WE HAVE WORK TO DO, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU FOR GETTING US AS CLOSE AS YOU COULD.

T EASY. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MANAGER ON HIS FIRST BUDGET. WHILE WE HAVE WORK TO DO, IT'S CERTAINLY STILL CELEBRATORY TONIGHT EVEN THOUGH WE STILL HAVE TO GET INO SOME DETAILS. WE'VE CROSSED $700 MILLION

THRESHOLD FOR CITY BUGET. HUGE. WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW. DURHAM CONTINUES TO BE A CITY OF CHOICE.

GREAT AMERICAN CITY THAT MANY FOLK ARE SEEKING TO LIVE IN. WITH THAT COMES AS WE SAY, HIGH-CLASS PROBLEMS. WE GOT PROBLEMS BUT THEY'RE HIGH-CLASS PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS ARE BECAUSE WE'RE HOT, BECAUSE FOLK WANT TO BE HERE, BECAUSE FOLK WANT TOLY HERE.

THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE OTHER KIND OF PROBLEMS THAT SOME OF OUR FELLOW CITIES ARE DEALING WITH ACROSS. NOT TO SAY WE'RE EXEMPT FROM THOSE PROBLEMS BUT WE'VE GOT LOOT OF HIGH-CLASS ISSUES HERE AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTO THIS BUDGET WITH MY COLLEAGUES. WE'RE DLIBTIVE BODY AND SO WE'LL DELIBERATE BUT I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL STARTING POINT AND WONDERFUL ON-RAMP FOR THE DISCUSSION. THE NUMBERS ARE STRONG. OUR CITY IS STRNG, AND MR. MANAGER, I THINK THIS PROPOSED BUDGET TONIGHT CONFIRMS THE DECISION TO PUT YOU IN THAT CHAIR, SO THANK YOU AND

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST ONE. >> ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. >> REAL QUICK, I WANT TO E ECHO MY COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU, MR. MANAGER, FOR YOUR FIRST BUDGET. I THINK THAT WAS THOUGHTFUL STRA SEE -- STRATEGIC DOCUMENT. NO ONE GETS EVERYTHING THEY WANT BUT THERE'S A LOT TO LIKE HERE.

YOU UH HAVE BALANCED THE NEED TO LIKE WE WANT TO BE EFFICIENT IN HOW WE DO GOVERNMENT. I THINK WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SERVICES AT THE LOWEST COST FOR TAXPAYERS AND I THINK YOU'VE BALANCED THAT WELL. LOOK FORWARD DON'TED DISCUSSIONS BUT THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE COUNCIL, COMMUNITY, STAFF, AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MANAGER FERGUSON O. THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF MANY BUDGETS THAT I'VE SAT ON AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MY

MAIN FOCUS IN A REAPPRAISAL YEAR IS ALWAYS THE TAX RATE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO NAVIGATE SO I DO WANT TO SAY I KNOW THIS IS AN OPEN PROCESS AND FOLKS WILL POUR IN A LOT OF INPUT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ALSO POUR INPUT ON WHERE THINGS COULD BE SLIMMED DOWN AND JUST DON'T FORGET I KNOW THERE ARES A K BUT POINT OUT AREAS YOU THINK MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SLIM DOWN IN. I THINK THAT'S A BIG HELP. JUST KNOWING LIKE WE'RE ZEN PEOPLE.

E WE MAKE THE DECISION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GET, SO THINGS WE KNOW WE FEEL -- THE THINGS WE KNOW WE WERE ELECTED TO SUPPORT AND I'M VERY CRITICAL THIS YEAR OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE THEIR TAX BILLS. WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. WE KNOW THESE CUTS ARE GOING BE HARSH FOR SENIORS AND FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, AND PEOPLE

WITH DISABILITIES AND I WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE COME AT MAKING ADDITIONAL REQUESTS. I KNOW THIS IS THE SEASON FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS THAT FOLKS WANT TO THROW IN AND THIS IS ONE YEAR, THIS IS ONE YEAR. WE MADE A LOT OF COMMITMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FIRST PASS.

IT DOES GIVE US A LOT TO WORK WITH. I DO THINK THAT SOME MIGHT BE UPSET BUT I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER. >> THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT F OF CONVERSATIONS FOR US TO HAVE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR PROPOSING YOUR FIRST BUDGET. A LOT IN HERE, A LOT TO WORK

WITH, A LOT OF CHALLENGES CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FACING DEFICITS, UM, PRETTY SEVERE DEFICITS IN SOME PLACES HAVING TO CT SERVICES SO I JUST WANT TO PULL OUT ONE ITEM I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT WHICH IS FARE FREE TRANSIT. WE'VE SEEN GO TRIANGLE REINSTITUTE FARES AND RALEIGH, TOO, AND FOR DURHAM AND FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE TO SHOW AT THE VALUE THAT WE PLACE ON FARE FREE TRANSIT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. IT TICKS THE BOXES OF SO MANY DIFFERENT PRIORITIES FOR US WHEN SUSTAINABILITY, AND ALSO IT JUST MAKES THINGS RUN BETTER. BUSES RUN BETTER, THERE ARE FEWER CONFLICTS ON BUSS, YOU UH KNOW, THEY HAVE TO SPEND LESS TIME AT EACH BUS STOP WHEN THEY'RE MOVING AND IT'S EXPENSIVE TO INSTITUTE FARES AS WELL SO WE GET TO FOREGO THAT

COST FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND HOPEFULLY INTO THE FUTURE, SO I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I LOOK FORWARD T THE ON GOING CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING UP HERE. >> GOOD? Council Member Javiera Caballero.

>> THANK YOU. I UH JUST WANTED TO -- COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN'S COMMENTS I WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UM, IF YOU ARE A HOME OWNER ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY, CITY RESIDENT OR NOT, THERE IS AN INCOME TAX RELIEF PROGRAM IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY'S WEB SITE, YOU CAN FIND PROPERTY TAX SUPPORT. IT IS AN ANNUAL GRANT. WE CANNOT DO IT AUTOMATICALLY, WE AE NOT ALLOWED TO BY THE STATE, BUT IF YOU HAVE LIVED IN OUR HOME FOR LONGER THAN FIVE YEARS AND YOU ARE AT THE 80% AMI OR LESS, YOU UH CAN QUALIFY AND IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, I THINK AT THE 30% AMI LEVEL OR LESS, I

THINK IT'S ALMOST 100% COVERAGE OF YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. SO, UM, THIS IS A COMMITMENT THAT BOTH THE CITY AN THE COUNTY HAVE MADE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY UH USEDED THE FULL AMOUNT IN THAT FUND WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S -- PLEASE APPLY, IT'S WHY WE DO IT. WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY PROGRAMS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHEAST.

SO AGAIN YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION ON THE COUNTY'S WEB SITE. THANK YOU. J THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING -- >> THANK YOU FR MENTIONING THAT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER Javiera Caballero and I WOULD LIKE TO SEND A NOD TO FORMER MAYOR IN PIONEERING THAT PUSH TO MAKING SURE IT'S CITY AN COUNTY TOGETHER.

THERE'S A APPEALS PROCESS RIGHT NOW I WANT TO MAKE SRE FOLKS ARE AWARE OF AS WELL. I THINK YOU HAVE UNTIL ABOUT MID JUNE IF YOU'RE PROPERTY VALUE -- BECAUSE YOUR VALUE IS WHAT YOR FOCUS IS, IT'S NOT THE TAX, YOUR FOCUSED ON YOUR VALUE AND MAKING SURE THE VALUE IS CORECT. SO IF YOU GOT AN EASEMENT O

YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, NO IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT MATTER IN THIS TAX CYCLE IN THE REVALUATION, SO MAKING SURE THAT HOME OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THEIR VALUE HAS BEEN ASSESSED AT, YOU HAVE IDEAL JUNE 15TH OR SO -- DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT IN MID JUNE TO SUBMIT YOUR APPEAL TO THE COUNTY TAX OFFICE AND THAT IS ALL THROUGH THE COUNTY TAX OFFICE. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AGAIN, MR. MANAGER, CONGRATULATIONS. LIKE I SAID, NOT EVERYBODY WOULD BE HAPPY, NOT EVERYBODY WOULD BE SAD. I KNOW I DID NOT GET A LOT OF THINGS I REQUESTED AN I JUST WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD TRYING TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, BUT I WON'T TEAR DOWN CITY HALL FOR IT AND I HOPE THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE GRACE AS WE CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE BUT AS COUNCIL IT'S IN OUR HANDS AND

YOU'VE DONE YOUR PART. THANK YOU. WE WILL HAVE A FEW OTHER OCCASIONS TO DELIBERATE, I BELIEVE MAY 28th AND 29th. WE'LL HAVE WORK SESSIONS ON THIS, UM, AND JUNE 2ND WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO ADOPT SHORTLY AFTER. I DO WANT TO SAY THIS AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AMONGST COUNCIL AND TO COUNCIL: IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING, YES, SHOW UP AND SPEAK ON IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SPECIFICALLY AS AN INDIVIDUAL REQUEST FOR WILL BE GARN E TEED IN THE BUDGET AT THE FULL REQUEST IF AT ALL. THAT GOES FOR INDIVIDUALS AS IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T SHOW UP, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU

DON'T ENGAGE OR ORGANIZE, BUT I UH JUST WANT US TO BE FUNCTIONING IN REALITY, UM, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A PRIME EXAMPLE. YOU SAW THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY INVEST IN AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A CHOICE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE VEETS TO DRIVE ON AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS, UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M PASSION NATE ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND YOUNG BLACK BOYS KILLING EACH OTHER. YOU DON'T SEE THAT AS THE MAIN PRIORITY HERE SO I'M GOING MAKE SURE WE FIND A WAY TO DO THAT AS A COLLECTIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I HOPE THAT THE ENERGY THAT WE GALVANIZE TOGETHER AND ORGANIZING BODIES THAT WE'LL FIND A WAY TO GET REALLY CREATIVE AROUND HOW TO SUPPORTEN OTHER THINGS THAT MAY NOT E SHOW UP IN THE CITY BUDGE UH BUT ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO WHAT DURHAM DOES AND ORGANIZE AND EXPECT THAT BECAUSE YOU PUT A BUNCH OF LOGO ON A FEW PIECE OF PAPER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT, UM, SO, ANYWAY, LET'S GIVE ONE MORE COMMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO. >> I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT

CHRISTINA AND HER STAFF. Y'ALL DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB EVERY YEAR. [APPLAUSE] >> I'M SAYING THESE COMMENTS SO I DON'T GIVE YOU TOO MANY GRAY HAIRS OVER THERE. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH, UM...

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WONDER IF WE SHOULD TAKE A BREAK.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO THIS. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. LET'S JUST GET TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND WE ARE ON 25. CONSOLIDATED ANNEXATION - DANUBE LANE TOWNHOUSES.

THAT WAS THE MAIN DEBATE TODAY... DANUBE. WE'RE READY FOR STAFF. WELCOME.

>> 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. 04 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 3824 AND 3910 DANUBE LANE.

THIS ANNEXATION PETITION IS FOR A CONTIGUOUS EXPANSION OF THE PRIMARY CORPORATE LIMITS TO ALLOW UP TO 30 DWELLING UNITS TO BE A MIX OF TOWNHOUSES AND DUPLEXES. THE CURRENT ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-20. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CHANGE THIS DESIGNATION TO PLANNED

813. THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. 813 ZONING IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED USE SHOWN ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. IF THE PROPOSED ZONING IS APPROVED, THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION OF MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.

OR RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE. THANK YOU, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

YES. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT COULD BE BUILT IF IT REMAINED THE RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN 20?

>> I BELIEVE THE MAX USE OF THE CAN EXISTING ZONING WAS 10 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. >> OKAY. I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION A BUNCH OF TIME AND AARON'S GOING TO

GLARE AT ME BUT CAN YOU TALK TO ME AGAIN ABOUT THE STUDENT CALCULATIONS? >> I PROMISE NO GLARING. AARON CANE WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT?

>> I KNOW WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING THE CALCULATIONS. >> YEAH. >> WE'RE GOING FROM POTENTIALLY 10 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO 30 DWELLING UNITS OF MIXED TOWN HOUSES AND DUPLEXES AFRND WE'RE SEEING ZERO STUDENTS ADDED. >> CORRECT.

>> TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. >> IT'S SIMPLY A FACT THAT BASED ON HISTORICAL RECORD OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, TOWN HOUSES GENERATE SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER STUDENTS THAN DO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THIS IS BASED ON DPS'S OWN DATA. SO WE -- THEY HAVE DPS HAS DONE THE CALCULATIONS, THEY'VE RUN THE NUMBERS ON HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE AVERAGE GENERATED BY HOUSING

TYPE AND ALSO BY REGION. SO YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT GENERATION RATE IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE COUNTY THAN THE SOUTHERN THAN THE EASTERN. SO THOSE NUMBERS HAVE ALL BEEN CREATED WITH NW FORMULAS WITHIN THE PAST YEAR AND THOSE ARE THE FORMULAS WE'RE USING AND IT'S SIMPLY THAT TOWN HOUSES DON'T GENERATE AS MANY STUDENTS RIGHT NOW BUT WE'LL BE UPDATING THOSE FORM LAS EVERY YEAR. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

>> IF IT CHANGES, IF WE SEE MORE STUDENTS COMING FROM TOWN HOUSES WE'LL CHNGE FORMULAS ACCORDINGLY. >> YEAH, I MEAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING GENERALLY SPEAKING IS THAT AFFORDABILITY -- HOUSING IS BECOMING LESS AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE AND SO THE IDEA THAT SMALLER HOMES AREN'T GOING GENERATE STUDENTS SEEMS UNREALISTIC TO ME GIVEN WHAT I'M WITNESSING WITH PEOPLE HAVING TO MOVE INTO SMALLER AND SMALLER PLACES. I'M REMINDED OF THE PERSON WHO STOOD UP HERE AND WAS LIKE NO ONE WOULD LIVE WITH A FAMILY IN A SIGLE UNIT HOTEL AND LIKE I KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE

PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO DO IT. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> YEAH, IT JUST DO ME WHEN I SEE THESE NUMBERS IT FEELS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE CERTAINLY THERE'S GOING TO BE -- I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE THN ZERO STUDENTS ADDED. >> THESE ARE BASED ON DATA AND NOT ON PROSECTIONS IN THE FUTURE.

SO AGAIN WE'LL BE UPDATING THESE ANNUALLY AND WILL IF THE NUMBERS CHANGE WE WILL CHANGE THE FORMULA. >> AND ARE WE REQUIRED TO GO WITH THE DPS? >> NO, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO, UM, BUT OUR ATTEMPT HERE IS TO USE ACTUAL DATA IN THESE PROJECTIONS, ACTUAL DATA FOR YOU, UM, IN THESE CALCULATIONS SO THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY UH FACT-BASED AND BASED ON DURHAM, AND BASED ON OUR HISTORICAL TRENDS. >> OKAY.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT BUT I'LL PROBABLY ASK YOU NEXT TIME AGAIN. >> SURE. >> I'M FINDING IT RIDICULOUS. >> WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE NEW

FORMULAS FOR THAT -- WE GOT THESE END OF SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER SO WE'LL GET NEW FORMULASALITY THE END OF THE SUMMER MOST LIKELY. >> CAN Y'ALL DEFINE THE ROS DESIGNATION? >> DEFINE THE ROS DESIGNATION? >> YEAH.

WELL I MEAN IT WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ROS DESIGNATION. WHAT DOES IT REQUIRE? >> R O OS IS A PLACE TYPE DESIGNATION AND WE GENERALLY USE THAT FOR E EITHER, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL ACTIVE RECREATION SITES LIKE PARKS AND SO FOTH. WE ALSO USE THAT DESIGNATION FOR FLOODPLAINS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE AREAS THAT WE WANT PROTECTED. IN THIS CASE -- PEYTON'S MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS OF THIS CASE THAN I AM -- BUT THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS OF THE SITE. ONE IS NORTH OF CARVER ROAD ONE

IS SOUTH. THE AREA NORTH OF CARVER ROAD IS MUCH MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE THAN SOUTH AND THAT'S THE AREA DESIGNATED ROS AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT AREA DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTION ON IT. >> AND SO WE ARE ASSUMING THIS IS MET BECAUSE OF THE THERE WAS A COMMITMENT NOT TO DEVELOP IN THAT ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE THE AREA? >> CORRECT.

>> SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE DETERMINE CONSISTENCY WITH WITH A DESIGNATION, HOW IS IT DONE? DO WE HAVE A TEMPLATE? DO WE HAVE LIKE A PERCENTAGE LIKE THIS MOSTLY MEETS THE DEFINITION OR IS -- >> SO WE USUALLY -- YOU NOTICE THE TRM GENERALLY CONSISTENT BECAUSE NOT EVRY PROJECT IS GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH EVERY SINGLE POLICY, NECESSARILY. UM, THERE ARE POLICIES IN THE COMP PLAN FOR EACH PLACE TYPE AND SO W REVIEW PROPOSAL AGAINST THE POLICIES WITHIN THAT PLACE TYPE TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION BASED ON OUR

PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT. GENERALLY, IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE, UM, POLICIES FOR A PARTICULAR PLACE TYPE, WE WILL LOOK TO SEE IF IT MEETS THE MAJORITY OF THOSE . >> GENERALLY. >> WE USE GENERALLY BECAUSE NOT EVERY PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH EVERY POLICY, NECESSARILY, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH SAY ONE OF FIVE DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT GENERALLY CONSISTENT.

>> MM-HMM. >> ALSO, UM, WE NEED TO THE BEAR IN MIND THAT STATE LAW IF WE FIND THAT A PROJECT DOES NOT MEET THE PLACE TYPE THEN STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO GIVE IT A NEW PLACE TYPE. >> RIGHT. >> BASED ON THAT AND WE DON'T ALWAYS WANT TO DO THAT.

>> SURE. I GUESS IT'S HARD FOR ME TO HEAR LIKE WE FEEL IT OUT BECAUSE -- I DON'T SEE THE DELIBERATIONS THAT GO INTO THAT SO WHEN WE GET A RECOMMENDATION IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. DOES IT MEAN, LIKE, WE MET FOUR OF SEVEN OR DOES IT MEAN WE,

LIKE, MET SIX OF SEVEN OR, LIKE -- >> SO THE PLACE TYPE -- >> -- BUT THE REALLY BIG ONE -- >> THE PLACE TYPE SHOULD BE AT THE END OF THE CONSISTENCY DOCUMENT. YOU CAN SEE WHETHER STAFF DETERMINED WHETHER IT WAS CONSISTENT OR NOT. >> LAST QUESTION IS TRANSIT QUESTION BUT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT. IF BELL NEEDS TO COME UP, HE CAN BUT MY QUESTION IS IN THE OFFERING WE HAD EITHER A PAD OR SHELTER AND I'M WONDERING IN WHAT WORLD WE WOULD TAKE A FAD A SHELTER HAS BEEN OFFERED. >> SO O E WE TYPICALLY JUST HAVE A, UM, YEAH, A SORT OF STANDARD LANGUAGE WE ASK FOR IN TERMS OF PROFFER THAT ALLOWS THAT DETERMINATION TO BE MADE BY A TRANSIT AGENCY AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN BECAUSE IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE THE SITE PLAN ACTUALLY COMES IN. >> MM-HMM.

>> THIS MORE CASE RIGHT NOW THE TRANSIT, UM, DOES NOT GO DOWN CARVER STREET EXTENSION. IT STOPS IT TURNS THERE FROM CARVER STREET TO DANUBE, SO IT DOESN'T CURRENTLY GO DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE SITE. >> ARE THERE THEMES WHEN THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTING SHELTERS AND JUST ALLOWING FOLKS TO MAKE PADS WHERE -- >> YEAH, SO THEY DO HAVE A STANDARD FOR DEPENDING ON WHETHER FOLKS ARE GETTING ON THE BUS OR OFFER THE BUS AND NUMBER OF PASSENGERS GETTING ON OR OFF SO IF IT'S A STOP WHERE FOLKS EXITING THE BUS THERE'S GENERALLY NOT A NEED FOR SHELTER SO WE'LL DO A PD BUT IF WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS BOARDING THE BUS, SAY IN THIS CASE MORE LIKELY IT WOULD BE INBOUND TRAFFIC 12KE7BDING ON THE DIRECTION OF THE ROUNDING OF THE BUS BE THAT'S WHERE SHELTER WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU. >> GENERALLY SHE HAS ALL OF HER QUESTIONS THERE BUT SHE MAY COME

BACK BUT UH DO HAVE A FEW OTHERS. Council Member Javiera Caballero. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS A QUESTION FO AARON AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SCHOOLS.

SORRY. THE FORMULA'S JUST FOR DPS STUDENTS, DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHARTER SCHOOLS O PRIVATE SCHOOLS. >> IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PRIVATE SCHOOLS. IT MAY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHARTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE DPS MECHANISM.

>> THAT WOULD BE HELP HFUL INFORMATION TO HAVE. IN GENERAL DPS ENROLLMENT IS DECREASING S I'M NOT SURPRISED IF THE NUMBERS ARE ALSO DECREASING. PEOPLE HAVE LOTS F OF OPTIONS IN DURHAM FOR SCHOOLS AND IN FACT WE PROBABLY HAVE THE MOST CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE STATE BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE OR A REALLY HIGH, UM, SUPPLEMENT FOR DURHAM FOR DPS TEACHERS, SO THAT'S ONE THING. THEN ALSO PEOPLE ARE HAVING LESS KIDS SO LIKE THAT'S OUT THERE. PEOPLE ARE HAVING FEWER KIDS.

I KNOW THAT CHAPEL HILL CITY SCHOOLS ACTUALLY HAS DEFICIT THIS YEAR AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE COST OF LIVING IS SO HIGH. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DATA WHICH IS DISHEARTENING BUT IT DOESN'T SURPRISE E ME BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THAT INCLUDES CHARTER SCHOOLS. REMIND FOLKS I FORGET WHAT PER SEDGE TEENAGE WE GIVE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS BUT WHEN A STUDENT LEAVES PUBLIC SCHOOL, THE MONEY FOLLOWS THEM AND IF THEY END UP BACK IN DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THAT SAME YEAR DPS DOESN'T GET THAT MONEY BACK UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR. CHARTER SCHOOL GETS TO HOLD ON TO IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER THEN FREEMAN. >> TO STAFF, I'M LOOKING AT ATTACHMENT D ANNEXATION MAP, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE MAP AND

NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD NECESSARILY BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE SITE PLAN STAGE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE REMAINING PIECES OF LAND, SPECIFICALLY ON DANUBE AND RIGHT BEHIND THIS PROPERTY KIND OF THESE SLIVERS O OF LAND THAT WOULDN'T BE ANNEXEDED; IS THAT ACTUALLY CORRECT IN WHAT I'M SEEING HERE? THE REASON KWHIE I'M ASKING IS JUST I THINK WE'D WANT TO AVOID AS WE GROW AND ANNEX LAND KEEPING LITTLE REMAINING DELIVERS OF PARCELS THAT ARE COUNTY. >> SURE. SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THE WAY YOU R YES, THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME PORTIONS, LOOKS LIKING THREE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CARVER AND ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CARVER THAT WOULD NOT BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. UM, WHILE THERE IS WOULD STILL BE A REMAINING WHAT WE CALL

DOUGHNUT HOLE, ESPECIALLY ON THE IN ORDER SIDE F OF CARVER STREET, UM, THIS PROJECT WOULD BE MAKING THAT CURRENT DOUGHNUT HOLE SMALLER BY ANNEXING THE PARCEL ON THE NORTH SIDE; THEREFORE MAKING IT SMALLER. ALSO, STATE LAW DOES NT ALLOW, YOU KNOW, WE NEED -- WE CANNOT FORCIBLY ANNEX THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD NEED TO O COME TO THE CITY AND REQUEST THAT VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION SO WE CANNOT REQUIRE THE ANNEXATION OF THOSE ADDITIONAL PARCELS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT UNLESS THE PROPERTY OWNER AGREED TO DO SO. >> OKAY. AND I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER ABOUT THAT WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, BUT THE DOUGHNUT HOLES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON DANUBE, HOW DO E WE ADDRESS THAT?

WHO MAINTAINS THAT? JUST THESE LITTLE LIKE 100-FOOT -- >> RIGHT. AGAIN, WE ARE ANNEXING THE PORTIONS OF DANUBE THAT ARE

ADJACENT TO THESE PROPERTIES AS WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO WE STATE LAW. UM, THE ANNEXATION OF AREAS SOUTH OF THERE IS THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THOSE WILL BE ANNEXED IN THE FUTURE WHEN THOSE PROPERTIES ARE LATER DEVELOPED AND ANNEXED. WE ARE NEEDING TO WORK ON SOMEWHAT OF AN ASSUMPTION THAT THESE AREAS, THESE PROPERTIES, WILL BE ANNEXED AND DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE AND WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE ANNEXATION IN THE FUTURE. >> GO AHEAD. >> LOOKS LIKE FOR SOME REASON THE VERSION I'M LOOKING AT IS NOT THE VERSION YOU'RE LOOKING AT. LOOKS LIKE THAT VERSION DIDN'T GET UPLOADED BUT THE VERSION I HAVE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH WOULD INCLUDE IN THE ANNEXATION MAPS DOES INCLUDE THOSE PIECES OF DANUBE.

>> THANK YOU. THAT'S UH ALL I HAVE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. >> JUST A QUESTION FOR AARON, I THINK UH, AGAIN.

I JUST NOTE THERE'S NO BUILDING ENVELOPES IDENTIFIED. ARE THERE UNITS SPECIFICALLY BEING PUSHED OR PINPOINTED FOR THE NORTHERN SIDE OF CARVER? >> THERE ARE NO STRUCTURES TO BE BUILT ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF CARVER. >> IS THAT DETAILED IN THERING AND I JUST MISSED IT.

>> I BELIEVE, YES, IT'S EITHER THERE AS A COMMITMENT OR IT SHOULD BE THERE WITH PARKING ENVELOPE ONLY SHOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE. >> THANK YOU. I SOMETIMES STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THE FORMULAS WE USE AS WELL. THESE ARE MY GUT FEELINGS ABOUT THINGS. I DO TRUST D SPSHGS RECONNING

AND MASSAGING OF THEIR OWN DATA. ALSO REMIND FOLK THAT NOTWITHSTANDING WHATEVER FORMULATION WE COME UP W DEVELOPERS ARE NOT COMPELLED TO GIVE US ANY MONEY FOR EITHER OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND NOR OUR SCHOOL, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE FORMULATIONS WE COME UP WITH ARE USEFUL FOR OUR OWN INTIRNL METRICS BUT AT THE END O OF THE DAY WHAT'S THE FORMULATION FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND? YOU KNOW, IT'S AT THEIR WILL, SO WHILE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MASSAGE THESE THINGS AND LOOK AT THE RATIONALE AND THE CALCULUS WE USE FOR THEM BUT I DON'T WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY TELEGRAPH TAT SOMEHOW THESE FORMULAS TRANSLATE IN SOME TYPE OF COMPULSION FOR DEVELOPERS; THEY DO NOT. THANK YOU, MR.

MAYOR. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK UH YOU. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL DECLARE THIS PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.

NO SIGNUPS FOR -- I GO ON THE THINK SO. WELCOME. >> HI. >> HOW MANY DO UH YOU THINK YOU'LL NEED?

>> FOUR MINUTES. >> FOUR? >> MM-HMM. >> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S PUT SIX MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LAURA HOLLOMAN, THE PROJECT PLANNER ON THIS CASE WITH McADAMS ADDRESS IS 2905 MERIDIAN PARKWAY NEAR DURHAM. STAFF HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THEIR REVIEW O OF THIS REZONING BOTH BEFORE YOU UH TONIGHT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS. SO I'LL JUST FILL IN BRIEFLY AS NEEDED GIVEN THE HOUR. THIS IS A SMALL INFILL RESIDENTIAL PROJECT AS YOU PROBABLY CAN GUESS JUST OVER JUST UNDER FIVE ACRES ALLOWING UP TO 30 TOWNHOMES AND DUPLEXES AND WE'VE WORKED HARD TO MAXIMIZE THIS SITE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE ALSO BEING MINDFUL OF SENSITIVE

ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS. NOW THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE DEVELOPABLE AREA LIMITED TO SOUTH OF CARVER STREET. WE DO THIS TO COMMIT TO LEAVING THAT PERMANENTLY AS OPEN SPACE WHILE ALSO DEDICATING A GREENWAY EASEMENT FOR THE CUB CREEK TRAIL THERE. WE ALSO ARE ALSO COMMITTING TO USING ONLY NATIVE LANDSCAPING PLANTS SO WE FEEL LIKE, UM, THAT LEADS US TO A STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT FOR SUCH A SMALL REZONING PROJECT. WE BELIEVE THIS FITS IN NICELY WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AS SITE ADJACENT IS ALSO OWNED, PLANS DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION KNOWN CUB CREEK STATION, WHICH TO THE EAST AND THAT ENCOMPASSES BOTH SIDES OF CARVER STREET TOTALLING APPROXIMATELY 134 A ACRES. ON DANUBE, THE TOWNHOMES TO THE NORTH OF US WILL BE A NICE TRANSITION NATURAL AREA FOR

THEM. THEY'LL HAVE A NICE PERMANENT O OPEN SPACE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THEM AS WELL. THEREFORE, WE BELIEVE THE PROJECT IS IN HARMONY WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE COMMIT CONSTRUCTING EITHER A BUMP OUT OR SHELTER EITHER ON CARVER OR DANUBE LANE AND APPRECIATE MR.

JUDGE'S EXPLANATION ON THAT. SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS NEEDED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MADAM CLERK, I'M ASSUMING THE GAVEL AT THE MOMENT. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS INDICATED. DO YOU? NO ONE IN QUEUE?

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYONE IN CHAMBER WHO WISH OS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK? IF NOT, DID YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON ANYTHING ELSE? >> JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. >> GOING TO DECLARE THIS THE HEARING CLOSED AND ISSUE BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. Council Member Chelsea Cook, PLEASE.

>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. AT PLANNING COMMISSION YOU HAD HAD CONVERSATIONS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING NUMBERS BUT YOU WOULD KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW IT'S A SMALL PARCEL, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY UNITS BUT WAS THERE ANYMORE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER ANY OF THEM COULD BE SET ASIDE AS AFFORDABLE? >> NOT FOR SUCH A SMALL PARCEL BUT WE'RE WILLING TO DONATE $10,000 T THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. 01-TIME DONATION? >> YES, MA'AM. DISTURB DISTURB $10,000, ONE-F TIME DONATION. >> COULD YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THE GREENWAY EASEMENT. >> IT SHOWS UP ON THE PARKS GREENWAY MASTER PLAN, AND IT'S

KNOWN AS THE CUB CREEK TRAIL SO AS IT CONNECTS TO THE EAST CUB CREEK STRAGS ALSO DEDICATED EASEMENT SO IT'LL BE A PUBLIC GREENWAY IF AND WHEN THE CITY WERE TO CONSTRUCT IT BUT WE WERE VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH PARKS AND PROTECT RATION AND DEDICATE THAT EAEMENT. THAT'LL BE EITHER DONE AT THE TIME OF FINAL PLAT OR BUILDING PERMIT WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. >> JUST FOR MY CLARITY, THE EASEMENT HAS WILL ALREADY BE IN THE CITY'S POSSESSION, WE JUST MIGHT NOT DO ANYTHING WITH -- WE HAVE TO CONSTRUCT THE CONNECTOR TRAIL? THIS MIGHT BE A STAFF QUESTION. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE TIMELINE OF THAT? >> WELL, AS LAURA SAID, UM, THE COMMITMENT IS TO THE EASEMENT UM SO THAT THE CITY HAS ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY TO CONSTRUCT THE TRAIL AT A FUTURE DATE BUT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT OFFER TO CONSTRUCT THE TRAIL ON THEIR

PROPERTY AT THIS TIME. >> SO THE CITY WILL ALREADY HAVE TAKE THAT EASEMENT POSSESSION? >> THE CITY WILL HAVE ACCESS THROUGH THE EASEMENT WHENEVER IT IS FILED. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND THEN WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE DO CONSTRUCTION ON THAT? >> THAT IS A -- YEAH, THAT'S A QUESTION BO ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. NS.

>> THANK YOU. UM, SO DEDICATION OF TRAIL, CAN I ASK WHY NO CONSTRUCTION? >> IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY YOU KNOW PARKS AND RECREATION HASN'T WE HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT. THEY HAD A KIND OF A ROUGH IDEA THAT DIDN'T REALLY I HAVE FIRM ALIGNMENT IN PLACE AT THIS TIME, SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY, OUR

COMMITMENT AS CONSISTENT WITH MANY OTHER REZONING CASES, YOU KNOW, WAS AT THIS TIME WE FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, AN EASEMENT AT CITY WAS READY TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TRAIL, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT SET ASIDE TO DO, BUT FOR SOMETHING, YOU UH KNOW, THIS SIZE, YOU UH KNOW, GOING THROUGH SUCH SENSITIVE AREAS WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS BURDEN FOR A CASE OF THIS SIZE. >> OKAY. SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU'D WANT TO COMMIT TO? >> TO CONSTRUCTING A GREENWAY?

>> AND ACTUALLY WE'VE BEEN SEEING RECENT CASES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE ARE MAKING THAT COMMITMENT. SO, UM, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. THERE'S ONE SLIVER OF LAND KIND OF RUNNING BEHIND THE PROPERTY, DID YOU CONSIDER INCLUDING -- DID YOU CONSIDER INCLUDING TAT

IN THIS PROJECT? >> WE DID NOT. THE PROPERTY THAT YOU SEE INCLUDED IN THE AN INCOMESIZATION IS ALL THE PROPERTY THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNS. >> OKAY.

UM, AND THE... OKAY. THAT'S I FOR ME RIGHT NOW. >> THANK YOU.

Council Member Javiera Caballero. THIS IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR STAFF. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONINGS FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU.

UM, THE LARGE DEVELOPMENT A THAT HAS A DECENT AUH MOUNT OF AFFORDABILITY IN IT, THEY JUST PROVIDED THE EASEMENT, THEY'RE NOT CON STRUBLTHING THE TRAIL, CORRECT? -- CONSTRUCTING THE TRAIL, CORRECT? >> I'M NOT SURE WHICH PROJECT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. >> THE ONE ADJACENT.

THEY'RE A GIANT ADJACENT, YEAH, CUB CREEK STATION, I GUESS? >> I'M NOT SURE. >> OKAY. >> SARAH YOUNG.

THAT HAD A DIFFERENT NAME THROUGH PLANNING AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT ITWAS CALLED BUT I CN LOOK IT UP. >> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT AND THAT WAS A MUCH LARGER -- >> I DON'T -- NOT RINGING A BELL BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN ANYTHING. STACK WAS FOR I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE PUT A MIX LIKE IT WAS A BLINDED BUT THERE WAS A FAIRLY LARGE AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT AND IT'S ONE OF THE THREE OUT IN THAT AREA AND REMEMBER THE EASEMENT BUT UH I DON'T REMEMBER THE CONSTRUCTION

OF A TRAIL SO FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS OVER 400 UNITS I CAN'T IMAGINE TWHAUN HAS 30 UNITS WOULD HAVE THE MONEY TO BUILD A TRAIL, SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ON MY RIGHT HAVE >> THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT. THIS IS THE KIND OF INFILL PROJECT WE LOVE TO SEE IN DURHAM. I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS HERE. I APPRECIATE THE EASEMENT FOR THE FUTURE TRAIL.

APPRECIATE THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND AND ALL THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS. GREAT PROJECT. >> VERY BRIEFLY, I'VE SEEN PROJECTS THIS SIZE AND SMALLER NOT DO AS MUCH AS THIS ONE THAT WE'VE APPROVED.

IT'S AN IN FILL DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS ONE RIGHT. MR. MAYOR, ANY COMMENTS OR

QUESTIONS? IF NOT, COLLEAGUES, I'LL POLL THE HOUSE ONE MORE TIME. >> REMEMBERED MY THIRD QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT. I UH KNOW THIS IS JUST A REZONING STAGE, THERE'S MUCH MORE AT SITE PLAN BUT I'M CURIOUS IF YOU COULD GIVE US A FLAVOR OF THE DESIGN OF THE TOWN HOUSE AND DUPLEXES IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET, WOULD I BE SEEING GARAGES ALONG THE FRONT? AND THEN ALSO, UM, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THE DESIGN TO INCLUDE BACKYARDS FOR THESE THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT QUESTION IS JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF TOWN HOUSE COMMUNITIES WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED UNIT IS NOT PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE TO A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED BECAUSE NOT PROVIDING BACKYARDS WHICH IS LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEKING.

>> GREAT QUESTION. THIS IS THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT A DEVELOPER SO WE HAVE NO BUILDER. THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TA PROPERTY OWNER IS WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD ON HIS OWN AND TRY TO SET UP FOR ENTITLEMENT SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO DESIGN CRITERIA BUT WE'RE NOT WILLING TO MAKE THOSE COMMITMENTS THAT IT WON'T BE FRONT LOAD SO THAT COULD HAPPEN BUT I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL MADE ABOUT THE BACKYARDS. DO WONDER IF JUST KNOWING HOW SMALL THIS SITE TO THE SOUTH, YOU KNOW, IS BARELY THREE ACRES SO I WONDER UM IF THERE WILL BE ROOM TO HAVE BACKYARDS WHEN YOU UH FACTOR IN YOUR STREET NETWORK, YOUR LOTS AS WELL AS YOUR STORMWATER DETENTION THAT HAS TO GO ON THIS SIDE TOO BUT YOUR POINT IS WELL MADE ABOUT A BACKYARD. >> COUNCIL MEMBER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO -- THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING 'DANUBE LANE TOWNHOUSES' INTO THE CITY OF DURHAM AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A UTILITY EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH BRIGHTSIDE VENTURES, LLC. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND.

>> I HEAR MOTION AND SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE? PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE AND REPORT OUT. >> MOTION PASSES 6-1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER VOTING NO.

813, FALLS/JORDAN DISTRICT B WATERSHED OVERLAY, CITY JURISDICTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> UH I HEAR A MOTION AND

SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE? PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE AND REPORT OUT. >> AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

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

>> SECOND. >> I HEAR MOTION AND SECOND. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE AND REPORT OUT.

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. ITEM 25 IS DISCHARGED. WE'RE PASSED 9:00.

WE'LL BE IN RECEASE UNTIL 9:21. WE'RE IN RECESS. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. WE'RE ON THE LAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ITEM 25 -- ITEM NUMBER 26.

WE'RE READY FOR THE STAFF REPORT. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. I AM AARON CAIN WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT . 56 ACRES AND LOCATED SOUTH OF ANDREWS CHAPEL ROAD AND EAST OF COZART ROAD, CROSSING THE DURHAM AND WAKE COUNTY LINE.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL RURAL AND RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-10 (RS-10). 000. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES TO ALLOW UP TO 408 DWELLING UNITS, A MAXIMUM OF 383 MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND 25 TOWNHOUSES.

THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED MIXED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. 000 ZONING IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPE. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED AN UPDATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN CLARIFYING THAT 100% OF STREET STROOE TREES, VEHICLE USE AREA AND VEGETATIVE WILL BE NATIVE TREES. THANK YOU, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE STAFF REPORT. NOW IT'S TO COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. Council Member Chelsea Cook.

>> OUR ZONING REPORT STILL THAT HAS 35% SO WE'LL LOOK FOR THAT TO GET CHANGED. MY NEXT QUESTION IS THAT SPANS TWO COUNTIES. CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS O OF THAT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE? >> THERE CAN BE QUITE A NUMBER OF IMPLICATIONS. I THINK THE BIGEST ONES, MOST LIKELY ARE THAT THIS WILL BE

ENTIRELY IN THE CITY OF DURHAM. IT WILL RECEIVE CITY OF DURHAM UTILITIES. CITY OF DURHAM WILL RECEIVE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES. DURHAM COUNTY AND WAKE COUNTY SPLIT THE REVENUES BASED ON THE COUNTY THEY'RE IN AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE STUDENTS WILL GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BASED ON THE COUNTY THAT THEY'RE RESIDENCE IS IN.

THOSE ON THE WAKE COUNTY SIDE WILL GO TO WAKE AND THOSE ON DURHAM COUNTY SIDE WILL GO TO DURHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS. THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN TELL ME IF MY -- NO, THAT'S MY T THAT'S UNDERSTANDING O OF HOW THAT WORKS. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LINES AND THE COUNTY LINES WILL NOT CHANGE. >> AND SO WE WITH MAKE THE DECISION OBVIOUSLY THIS IS FOLLOWING, I MEAN WE'RE COMPARING IT TO THE A COMP PLAN, WE'VE GO A UDO, THESE ARE THINGS THAT DURHAM BOTH COUNTY

AND CITY SPECIFIC SO NOT WAKE SPECIFIC SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE PORTIONS THAT ARE -- >> SO THERE IS A PREVIOUS AGREEMENT FROM 2019 THAT -- WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET -- IN WHICH DURHAM AND RALEIGH AGREED -- THERE'S A LINE THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE COUNTY LINE THAT DURHAM AND RALEIGH HAVE AGREED AS TO WHO WILL ANNEX ON WHICH SIDE. >> MM-HMM. >> AND THIS AREA -- THIS ACTUALLY IS ALREADY PART OF THE CITY, IS ALREADY BEEN ANNEXED, UM, BUT IT'S ON THE DURHAM SIDE OF THAT ANNEXATION AGREEMENT LINE. >> BUT IT MAINTAINS PARTLY IN WAKE COUNTY, AND SO -- >> YES.

>> -- THE ASSUMPTION BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ANNEX INTO THE CITY IS THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS, OF THIS APPLICATION, ALL DURHAM RULES APPLY. >> ALL DURHAM RULES APPLY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CITY OF DURHAM, CORRECT. THE DURHAM UDO WILL APPLY

BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CITY OF DURHAM. EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN WAKE COUNTY. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> MM-HMM. >> THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WAS THAT A HAND?

OH, ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. DO W HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE? WELCOME.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED? >> LET'S DO SIX MINUTES. >> ALL RIGHT. >> I'LL BE AS QUICK AS I CAN.

>> LET'S PUT NINE MINUTES ON. ONE MOMENT. >> THERE IS A PUB SPEAKER SETTING UP FOR THIS, ANDY LOWE. -- PUBLIC SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR

THIS, ANDY LOWE. >> OKAY. >> DO THAT FIRST? >> YEAH.

>> WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. WORTH MILLS WITH LONG LEAF LAW PARTNERS.

JOINING ME ARE MAC PA TELL THE PROPERTY OWNER, BOB ZUMWALT, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND EARL LIEU UH ELLEN WITH KIMLEY-HORN HERE ON BEHALF OF Montes Ridge WHICH IS THE OWNERSHIP ENTITY AND REZONING APPLICANT FOR TONIGHT'S CASE. THE REQUEST CONCERNS SIX FAR CELLS ALONG ANDREWS CHAPEL L ROAD TOTE T L 16 AND A HALF ACRE. WE'RE CREATING A TOWNHOME AND APARTMENT COMMUNITY. WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLACE-TYPE MAP, DEVELOPMENT TIER, URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY GUIDANCE AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL #-3 WITH NO NEIGHBORS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO SPOKE IN OPPOSITION

AT THIS MEETING. AS MENTIONED THE PROPERTY'S ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF ANDREWS CHAPEL TO TO WEST ARE THE KERENERS APARTMENT AT BRIER CREEK; SO THE SOUTHWEST ARE KERENER TOWNHOMES OR THE TOWNS AT BRIER CREEK CROSSING. W. ALEXANDER ACC BOULEVARD WHICH HAS BEN BUILT WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE AREA HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT TOWNHOME AND MULTIFAMILY BUILDING GROWTH WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS DUE TO PROXIMITY TO BRIER CREEK SHOPPING CENTER SO WE'LL WE FEEL LIKE THE PROPOSED REZONING AND THE USES THAT WE'RE REQUESTING ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE TYPES OF NEW HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN THIS AREA TODAY. AS MENTIONED, THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS SPLIT FOR THAT AREA WITHIN WAKE COUNTY

IT'S RS-10; FOR THE AREA WITHIN DURHAM COUNTY OR WITHIN DURHAM COUNTY, YES, IS RR. ALL OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND AREAS NEAR US ALSO HAVE DURHAM ZONING DESIGNATIONS AND OPERATE THE SAME WAY RATHER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE IN DURHAM COUNTY OR WAKE COUNTY FOR PURPOSES OF ZONING AND ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS A COPY OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE HATCHED AREA SHOWS THE DEVELOPABLE AREA.

WE'RE PLANNING FOR TWO POINTS OF ACCESS ALONG ANDREWS CHAPEL ROAD. THERE IS A NEUSE RIVER BUFFER WHICH WILL REMAINED WOODED AND CREATES A NATURAL SETBACK TO THE TOWNHOMES CLOSEST TO OUR SOUTH EASTERN POINT. WE ARE ALSO DEDICATING PORTIONS OF ACC BOULEVARD CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF DURHAM TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

6 OPACITY LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO RUN ALONG THAT ENTIRE INTERN BOUNDARY LINE JUST TO FURTHER SCREEN FROM THOSE ADJACENT TOWNHOME NEIGHBORS. ONE LAST THING I'LL NOTE T EXISTING SIDEWALK ON ANDREWS CHAPEL ENDS AT THAT SINGLE FAMILY LOT TO OUR WEST, 1029 ANDREWS CHAPEL ROAD. SOME OTHER NOTABLE ZONING CONDITIONS: THE ENTIRETY OF OUR PACKET, BUT THE MAXIMUM YOUR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING WOULD PERMIT UP UH TO 383 APARTMENTS ANDED 25 TOWNHOMES. BUILDING HEIGHTS FO THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS GENERALLY FIVE STORIES AND 75 FEET. THIS IS ANOTHER CONDITION IN RESPONSE TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. ANY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING WITHIN 250 FET OF THE ADJACENT TOWNS AT BRIER CREEK WOULD BE LIMITED

TO 4 STORIES AND 60 FEET TOWNHOMES CAPPED A AT THREE STORIES AND 35 FEET. WE'RE CONSTRUCTING A 10 FOOT WIDE MULTIUSE PATH ALONG FRONTAGE AND CONSTRUCTING OFF SIGHT SIDEWALK TO CONNECT OUR PROPERTY TO WHERE THE EXISTING SIDEWALK STUB ENDS TO THAT PROPERTY TO OUR WEST. WE'RE DEDICATING 5% OF ALL UNITS AS AFFORDABLE AT THE 80% AMI LIMIT FOR 30 YEARS. WE HEARD FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THAT OUR ORIGINAL ZONING CONDITION FOR AFFORDABILITY WAS INSUFFICIENT, SO WE IN RESPONSE TO THOSE COMMENTS WE INCREASED THAT TO 5%. THERE IS SOME DISCREPANCY WHETHER IT'S 20 OR 30 YEAR PERIOD. AS A PROFFER IF NECESSARY THAT THE TERM LIMIT WILL BE 30 YEARS O ON THAT AFFORDABILITY ON THOSE

AFFORDABILITY UNITS. AS MENTIONED WE'RE COMMITTED TO 100% OF LANDSCAPING TO USE NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE SPECIES AND WE'RE MAKING A $10,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. AGAIN, OUR REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE-TYPE MAP DESIGNATION WHICH RECOMMENDS BOTH APARTMENTS AN TOWNHOMES SO OUR UNIT MIX IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT IS RECOMMENDED HERE. SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WE'RE LOOKING TO REZONE THIS 16-AND-A-HALF ACRES TO PDR 25 TO PERMIT UP TO 408 HOMES, 383 APARTMENT UNITS, 25 TOWNHOMES.

WE'RE CONSIST WITH THE PLACE-TYPE MAP DESIGNATION. WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH MAJORITY OF THE APPLICABLE COMP PAN POLICIES. AND FOR THOSE REASONS WE THINK THIS CASE IS REASONABLE AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

>> WAS THAT THE A VIRTUAL SPEAKER? OKAY. IF YOU WILL STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> ANDY LOWE.

>> THANK YOU. THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING. ANDY LOWE, AND I'M WITH THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE CENTER FOR NEW LIBERALISM HERE TO SNEAK DIRECTLY SUPPORT OF BRIER CREEK TOWNE HOME DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO REALLY GENERALLY IN SUPPORT OF DURHAM'S CONTINUED GROWTH AND INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY.

DURHAM AVERAGE CITY WITH ARCH External afford TO LIVE, WORK. THESE EFFORTS HAVE A LOT OF NEW GRADUATES TO MOVE TO DURHAM TO LIVE HERE AND WORK HERE TO BUILD A LIE HERE. TODAY I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THIS GROWTH BY -- YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED DANUBE LANE DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO THIS DEVELOPMENT AS DURHAM

CHAPEL HILL METRO PLAN ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANT DURHAM ADDING OVER 140,000 PEOPLE BY 2050. SIMPLY FUT WE SEEK TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF OUR SERVICES, WE MUST CONTINUE TO INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY. SAYING YES TO THIS GROWTH AND PROSPER CITY A CHOICE DURHAM HAS MADE IN THE PAST AND ME AND MANY OTHERS ARE BENEFICIARIES OF THAT. I HOPE THIS CONTINUES WITH BOTH BRIER CREEK AND FURTHER REZONING CASES.

I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE MOST CONTENTIOUS PUBLIC HEARING YOU'VE HAD IN PAST AND FUTURE BUT I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BE HERE AND ADVOCATE FOR THAT CONTINUED GROWTH AND FOR DO YOU REMEMBER AS A WHOLE. >> REPEAT THE NAME YOU SAID. >> CENTER FOR LOCAL CHAPTER FOR CENTER OF NEW LIBERALISM. >> WE HAVE A -- >> CENTER FOR NEW LIBERALISM. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL CONSIDER PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AND BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? Council Member Chelsea Cook. >> THANK YOU. COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER.

SORRY. TURNED MY COMPUTER OFF SOMEHOW. OKAY. YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

I DID HAVE THE QUESTION ABOUT THE 20 VERSUS THE 30-YEAR SO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT TO 30 YEARS. THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION AT PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE THIS IS IN A TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY AREA POLICY 40 DOES TALK ABOUT A 20% OF AFFORDABILITY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU OFFERED TODAY. IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN INCREASING THAT OFFER FROM 5%? >> I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO INCREASE THE

PERCENTAGE. IF COUNCIL WISHES THE APPLICANT WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE A FINAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, UM, BUT IN TERMS O OF ADDITIONAL PERCENTAGE I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OUR PERCENTAGE AT FIVE. >> AND DID YOU A NUMBER IN MIND FOR A DONATION TO THE AFFORDABLE >> I THINK, UM, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH A $50,000 E DONATION TO THE FUND. IF THAT'S THE WLL OF THE COUNCIL.

>> I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT -- THAT I AM ASKING AND NOT DEMANDING THOSE THINGS, UM, BUT, YES, SO THAT $50,000 IS... >> WE CAN FORMERLY PROFFER THAT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. UM -- >> WE CAN ACCEPT THAT PROFFER

AND WHEN WE NEED GET AN ADJUSTED DEVELOPMENT PLAN ANYWAY SO IT'S EASY FOR THEM TO INCLUDE THAT PROFFER IN THE NEXT ROUND. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO KEEP ASKING YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT DOLLAR AMOUNTS. I SAW THAT Y'ALL HAVE A PROFFER FOR $10,000 TO DPS, UM, FOR IF WE'VE BEN SEEING ABOUT $500 PER OPPORTUNITY IF WE LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ADDED BY YOUR PROPOSAL L, THAT WOULD BE A $16,500 DPS; ARE YOU INTERESTED IN INCREASING YOUR DPS DONATION TO MATCH THAT AMOUNT? >> WE COULD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST AGAIN CLARIFY FOR WHAT'S IN DURHAM COUNTY TODAY AND WHAT'S IN WAKE COUNTY TODAY, I THINK ABOUT 13 OF THE 16 AND A HAF ACRES IS IN WAKE COUNTY, SO I

THINK A E DECENT MAJORITY OF STUDENTS JUST BASED ON DEVELOPABLE AREA, UM, WOULD ULTIMATELY GO TO WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS. OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE SOME DEVELOPMENT ON THE DURHAM COUNTY SIDE, BUT, UM -- >> AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS ON OUR ZONING MAP CHANGE REPORT THE NUMBERS WE HAVE IS JUST DURHAM AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE WAE. >> CORRECT. WE HAVE NO FORMULA FOR WAKE COUNTY SCHOOL.

>> THAT IS BASED ON DURHAM. >> BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, YES, UM, IF 16 IS IN LINE WITH THE LATEST CALCULATIONS FROM DPS -- SIXTEEN FIVE, SORRY. >> THAT'S A FORMAL PROFFER YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE? >> THT'S CORRECT, YES.

>> AND THEN CAN YOU JUST TALK AGAIN ABOUT THE SIDEWALK CONNECTIVITY? I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THERE'S A ROUNDABOUT THERE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE SIDEWALK IS GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE ROUNDABOUT WHICH MAKES THE PUBLIC TRANSIT WALKING

ACCESSIBLE; IS THAT RIGHT? >> I CAN JUST SPEAK TO WHAT WE HAVE OFFERED. SO ON THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE BLUE LINE, THE BLUE DOTTED LINE REPRESENTS THE SIDEWALK THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AS PAT OF OUR UD O O REQUIREMENTS, THE OFFSIDE SIDEWALK -- >> PUT ON THE SCREEN? NAUGHT SLIDE UP UH?

>> SURE. >> I'M SURE WE HAVE IT, BUT -- THANKS. >> OKAY. DID COUNCIL SEE ANY OF THAT PRESENTATION?

>> YES, WE DID. >> OKAY, COOL. SO THE BLUE DOTTED LINE REPRESENTS THE PEDESTRIAN WORK THAT IS REQUIRED BY DURHAM'S UDO JUST WITHIN OUR FRONTAGE WITHIN OUR SCOPE. THE AREA THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND IS THIS AREA TO THE WEST, UM, YOU CAN SEE M CLICKER THERE, SO THE SIDEWALK ENDS

ABOUT WHERE THE I THERE'S SUFFICIENT RIGHT-OF-WAY LEFT EXISTING. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS. OBVIOUSLY UH, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS' PROPERTY WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT, UM, BUT THE PURPOSE IS TO CONSTRUCT THAT 175 FEET OF SIDEWALK SO THAT OUR SITE THN CONNECTS TO THE END OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YES, THAT DOES CONTINUE DOWN PONTE AND OUT TO BOULEVARD. >> I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS; HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS? >> WE HAVE NOT. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER REGARDING THOSE, UM, ANY OF THAT OFF-SITE WORK, UM, A LOT OF THE ASSUMPTION IS BASED ON THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY LEFT OF

ANDREWS CHAPEL. THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY IS GREATER THAN WHAT YOU SEE IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, AGAIN, WE THINK WE HAVE THE T, REQUISITE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO MAKE THAT OFF-SITE CONNECTION. IF WE DON'T, THE CONDITION STATES THAT E WE HAVE TO AT LEAST REQUEST EASEMENTS FROM THAT PROPERTY OWNER. ASSUMING THAT EITHER THERE'S SUFFICIENT RIGHT-OF-WAY NOW OR HE CONSENTS TO THE EASEMENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT COMPLETE CONNECTION TO THE ROUNDABOUT.

>> SORRY. WHAT WOULD BE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY -- MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING. YOU THINK THERE MIGHT ALREADY BE RIGHT-OF-WAY BUT YOU DON'T KNOW? HELP ME UNDERSTAND -- I UNDERSTAND AN EASEMENT, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. >> FROM EDGE OF PAVEMENT TODAY -- AND THERE'S NO CURB OR GUTTER IN FRONT OF THAT HOME, SO OUTSIDE OF THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT

THERE EXISTS TODAY AREAS WITHIN DURHAM'S PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT DURHAM HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER. THE -- AND WE THINK THERE IS SUFFICIENT ROOM TO INSTALL SIX FOOT SIDEWALK? FIVE, EXCUSE ME, FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK BETWEEN OUR WESTERN BOUNDARY LINE AND THE SIDEWALK STUB THAT EXISTS IN FRONT OF THIS HOME AT 1029 ANDREWS CHAPEL. SINCE WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO SITE PLAN AND GRADED THAT OUT IT'S A QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY NECESSARY EASEMENT GRANTED BY THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO US IN ORDER TO FULLY BUILD OUT THAT CONNECTION. AGAIN, ON PAPER, THERE IS EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT ONCE WE GET INTO THE SITE PLANNING WORK AND THE MORE DETAILED REVIEW PROCESSES WITHIN THE CITY, THEN WE'LL HAVE A FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF IF THAT CAN BE MADE, AGAIN, WITHIN THE EXISTING

RIGHT-OF-WAY OR IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EASEMENT THAT E WE HAVE TO GO OBTAIN FROM THAT PROPERTY OWNER. >> THANK YOU. THAT PLANNING COMMISSION YOU WEREN'T SURE IF THE AFFORDABILITY WAS GOING TO BE UBIQUITOUS ACROSS THE DEVELOPMENT O OR IF IT WAS GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO EITHER APARTMENTS OR TOWN HOUSES. DO YOU HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THAT?

>> WE DON'T. I THINK THE ISSUE THERE IS WE JUST DON KNOW WHAT THE ULTIMATE UNIT MIX IS GOING BE. UM, THE CONDITION SETS DEVELOPMENT MAXIMUMS BUT THERE'S NO THRESHOLD THAT SAYS IF YOU BUILD X NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY YOU HAVE TO BUILD X NUBER OF TOWNHOMES, SO UH OUR CONDITION REMAINS 5% OF ALL UNITS SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF THAT UNIT MIX. >> AND STILL ASSUMING THAT NONE OF THEM WILL BE FOR SALE. >> THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION, BUT...

>> MIGHT CHANGE. >> IT COULD BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ABILITY TO, UH, TO FURTHER REGULATE THT AT THE ZONING STAGE. >> OKAY. JUST CURIOUS IF Y'ALL HAD TALKED ABOUT IT.

>> THSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> BAKER. >> HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, GREEN BUILDING AT ALL IN THIS DEVELOPMENT?

FIRST OF ALL, ACTUALLY, IS THIS -- ARE YOU ALL GOING T BE THE DEVELOPERS, THE BUILDERS OF THIS? >> I THINK THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP OR WHETHER THERE IS ULTIMATELY A CONVEYANCE TO BUILDER OR SOMEONE WHO MAKES THE IMPROVEMENTS. >> AND THEN GREEN BUILDING; IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE CONSIDERED? >> WE -- I DON'T THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED IT INTERNALLY, UM, AND

IN MY DEALINGS WITH STFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION, I DON'T THINK THAT ISSUE HAS COME UP TO DATE. >> I'M GOOD FOR NOW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN.

>> JUST A FOLLOW-UP ON THE OPEN SPACE PROTECTIONS. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AND DID WE GET THOSE IN PLACE? >> RIGHT. UM, WE DO HAVE AREAS SHOWN AS OPEN SPACE ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THERE'S -- NOW IN TERMS O OF OPEN SPACE, AR YOU REFERRING MORE TOWARDS LIKE AN ACTIVE OPEN SPACE OR JUST THE OPEN SPACE, GENERALLY? >> GENERALLY. >> WE KNOW FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING HAVE PASSIVE OPEN SPACE IN THE AREAS THAT ARE WITHIN THE NEUSE RIVER BUFFER AS WELL AS THE AIR GLAS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THAT WILL REMAIN OPEN SPACE AS WELL.

ONCE YOU GET INTO THE BUILDABLE AREA, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SITE LAYOUT AND DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW EVERYTHING WILL FIT TOGETHER, IT'S HARD FOR US TO SPECIFY KIND OF WHERE THAT WOULD BE OR HOW THAT WOULD BE SPLIT UP WITHIN THAT AREA. 6 OPACITY BUFFER. 8? >> UH I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN COMMIT TO THAT TONIGHT.

>> AND JUST ALSO EXPRESSING MY APPRECIATION FOR THE 100% NATIVE PLANTINGS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RIST.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SIDEWALK QESTION IF YOU CAN PUT THAT SLIDE BACK UP. >> SURE. >> YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO TRY TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF YOUR PARCEL.

I DROVE THE SITE TODAY SO CHECKED OUT THE AREA AND THERE IS GROWING SORT OF NICE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE WITH SIDEWALKS AND MOST OF THAT VICINITY YOUR PARCEL YOU'VE GOT ON YOUR FRONTAGE YOU'VE GOT THE 10 FOOT WIDE MULTIUSE PATH SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO GO TO THE WEST OF THE CIRCLE. ALSO WONDERING IF THEY WERE TO FAIL OR EVEN IF IT DOESN'T ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE YUR PROPERTY ENDS DOES THAT CONNECT RIGHT TO THE -- I KNOW SIDEWALKS FURTHER BEYOND THAT -- WHATEVER THAT LANE IS THERE TO EAST OF YOU. >> THE AREA TO THE EAST OF US IS OPEN SPACE FOR THAT ADJACENT TOWNHOME SUBDIVISION. OFF TOP OF MY HEAD I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THERE IS SIDEWALK ALONG THERE WESTERN BOUNDARY FRONTAGE ALONG ANDREWS CHAPEL. >> WHAT'S THE STREET RIGHT THERE THAT -- NAME OF THAT ON THE MAP... IS IT TOUGHTON?

STARTING AT TUFTON, I [INDISCERNIBLE] SIDEWALK THAT GOES DOWN TO DEL WEBB ARBORS DRIVE, YEAH. >> TRY TO FIND A MORE ZOOMED IN PHOTO BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE ONE. >> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU KNEW GET CLOSER TO TUFTON THERE IS SIDEWALK THERE AND THERE MAY BE A SMALL GAP I REAL THAT MAY BE OFF SITE. >> JUST LOOKING ON GOOGLE MAPS IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS SIDEWALK BUILD UP TO OUR BOUNDARY LINE IT WOULD TIE IN TO THE EASTERN SIDE JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE UDO.

>> GREAT. APPRECIATE THAT. G IN >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Council Member Chelsea Cook. >> THIS MIGHT BE A STAFF QUESTION. HEY. UM, I JUST WANT TO REVISIT AND COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN KIND OF JUST BROUGHT THIS UP, BUT, THIS IS NOT COME MRIEBT WITH THE COMP PLAN WAS IN PROTECTING ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSE TI LAND BECAUSE THERE'S NO COMMITMENT TO THE LOCATION OF THE OPEN SPACE; IS THAT CORRECT?

>> SO WE HAVE A -- I WOULDN'T SAY -- WE HAVE A POLICY THAT TALKS ABOUT DISPERSING OPEN SPACE THROUGHOUT A SITE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY THAT VARIOUS AREAS OF SITE CAN ACCESS OPEN SPACE. NOW THEY UH ARE MEETING SOME OF OUR OPEN SPACE POLICIES REGARDING PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE LANDS BUT THERE'S NOT A COMMITMENT ABOUT OTHER OPEN SPACE AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE LOCATED YET. E WE OVEN DON'T SEE THATALITY SITE PLAN SOMETIMES WE GET A COMMITMENT ON THAT SO WE CANNOT

STATE THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT PARTICULAR POLICY AT THIS TIME, BT IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE AT SITE PLAN STAGE. >> IS THAT -- MR. MILLS -- SOMETHING Y'ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT? >> IT'S NOT. I THNK AT THIS STAGE ASIDE FROM THE OPEN SPACE THAT WE'RE SHOWING ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHICH I UH JUST REALIZED YOU CAN'T SE ANYMORE, UM, WE WITH HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THOSE OPEN SPACE AREAS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OUR SITE; THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY-SENSITIVE AREAS OF OUR SITE GIVEN THE NEW NEUSE RIVER WE DON'T HAVE -- TO OFFER A CONDITION THAT WE FEEL

COMFORTABLE THAT WEK MEET THAT STAGE. OBVIOUSLY WE DO WANT TO AND ANY DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO HAVE AN OPEN SPACE THAT RESIDENTS ENJOY AND WANT TO USE, BUT I THINK WE WOULD PREFER TO LEAVE THAT TO THE SITE PLAN STAGE ONCE SOME OF THESE BIGGER QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED. >> OKA. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. FIRST, HELP ME WITH INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRITY MATTER. FIRM COMMITMENT TO 30 YEARS I THINK YOUR PHRASEOLOGY WAS 30 YEARS IF THE COUNCIL REQUIRED IT.

WE CAN'T REQUIRE IT SO YOU COULD RESTATE THAT COMMITMENT? >> ABSOLUTELY. AN OFFICIAL PROFFER TO HAVE OUR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD LAST FOR 30 YEARS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT SO MUCH. ALSO WANT TO COMEND YOU ON YOUR SENSITIVITY AND RESPONSIVE NOESZ OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.

I NOTICE SOME MACHINATIONS CAUSALLY LINKED TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS IS MY AREA. THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES IN OUR CITY THAT KIND OF MIMIC THE DETROIT USA/CANADA RELATIONSHIP. DURHAM COUNTY/WAKE/RSHG TP GOING UP DAVIS DRIVE.

THERE'S THAT DURHAM/MORRISVILLE KIND OF THING. FARRINGTON ROAD GOING TOWARDS CHAPEL HILL. ADDRESSES IN DURHAM BUT ARE IN ORANGE COUNTY. THIS SOMEONE OF THOSE AREAS.

I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS ONE RIGHT. THIS IS WHAT THIS AREA IS RIGHT NOW, UM, THIS IS TOTALLY A CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE. THIS TRAJECTORY HAS PRETTY MUCH UH BEEN SET THAT HUGE HARRIS TEETER O OUT THERE, WAL-MART, NO CONCERN ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY TO SHOPPING.

OFTEN TIMES WE LAMENT THE ABSEASONS OF SERVICES AND RESTAURANTS AN PLACES TO EAT/THINGS TO DO. THIS AIN'T THIS SITUATION IN THIS AREA. THERE ARE HUGE SHOPPING COMMERCIAL NODES OUT THERE. TOTALLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THIS AREA IS.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT YOU WOULD WANT IN AN AREA LIKE THAT WH THESE COMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS OUT THERE. THAT'S WHERE I DO MY GROCERY SHOPPING MOST TIMES IN THAT AREA SO I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WITH MOVING FORWARD. I ALSO AM PLEASED WITH -- I MEAN I'VE SEEN SOME CASES WHERE FOLK ARE GOTTEN BEFORE US AND I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR LEANING IN ON SCHOOL UH SUPPORT AND AFFORDABILITY ISSUES, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CASES WHERE YOU'VE GOTTEN HERE TO DO THAT TYPE OF STUFF AND I'M NOTICING THE RESPONSIVENESS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION EVEN FRIAR APPEARING BEFORE US SO I HOPE THAT SENDS A MESSAGE OUT AND TRANSLATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHO WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN DURHAM. THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA. I THINK IT'S A GOOD, UM, ADDITION TO THAT AREA. I THINK UH THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS ONE RIGHT.

I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER. >> THANK YOU. I GIST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING YOUR TEAM BEING RESPONSIVE ECHOING MAYOR PRO TEM HERE, BEING RESPONSIVE TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU RECEIVED AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED FROM MY COLLEAGUES, FROM PLANNING COMMISSION. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT SHOWS GOOD WILL. I THINK I'LL SAY SOMETHING THAT MAYBE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL DISAGREE WITH WITH. I FIND THAT THE CONTEXT OF THIS AREA AND THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE, UM, AND THIS SITE MOST LIKELY INCLUDED IT'S HARD TO SAY

AT THIS STAGE IS FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN AND FLAWED IN THE WAY WE BUILD OUR CITY. WE'RE NOT BUILDING COHESIVE, CONNECTED CITIES THAT CAN BE TRULY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH A TRANSIT, THAT CAN TRULY UH BE WALKABLE WHERE SOMEONE CAN CAN WALK OUT THEIR FRONT DOOR AND TAKE THEIR CHILD TO DROP THEM OFF AT CHILD CARE AND HOP ON A BUS AND GOAT WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO. THAT'S JUST NOT THE CITY THAT WE'RE BUILDING. OUR RULES DON'T REQUIRE IT, AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THOSE KINDS OF -- I MEAN WE CAN'T EVEN HOLD IT UPON EACH INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPER TO PROFFER SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEIR NEIGHBOR DEVELOP LAND OWNER IS GOING TO DO, AND SO THERE'S MUCH CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED THROUGH THESE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE. WHERE IS EVENTUALLY BECOMES NORMAL TO EXPECT GREEN BUILDING ON ALL OF THESE SITES.

WHERE IT BECOMES NORMAL TO EXPECT PUBLIC DEDICATION OF PUBLIC PLAZAS AND SQUARES AND PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS THAT IT'S NOT JUST HOPEFULLY THEY'LL DO IT AND IT'LL BE PRIVATE SPACE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC RESIDENTS BUT TRULY E A GAL TAR YAN PLACES. WHERE WE CAN EXPECT THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WILL INCLUDE NON-RESIDENTIAL USES ON THE SITE, UM, THROUGHOUT INTEGRATED AND INTERTWINED WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE KNOW THE EVIDENCE-BASED BEST PRACTICES FROM CITIES IN UNITED STATES/AROUND THE WORLD WE SEE IT IN OU OWN IN PARTS OF OUR CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT PEOPLE LOVE, AND THE TRUTH IS THAT IT MAKES TRAVELING EXPENSIVE, UM, IT TAKES AWAY THE ABILITY, TAKES AWAY TRAVEL OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE. FORCES PEOPLE TO TRAVEL BY CAR.

UM, FORCED PEOPLE TO SIT AS THEY TRAVEL. TAKES AWAY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FROM PEOPLE. UM, TAKES AWAY THESE PUBLIC SPACES, THESE PUBLIC GALTARYAN TYPES OF SPACES. IT'S ENGRAINED IN HOW WE BEEN BUILDING CITY IS IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BECOME NUMB AND USED TO AND WE MAKE THE BEST WITH LIVING IN THE CITY THAT WE'RE CREATING.

SO I THINK THAT THERE IS A LOT THAT WE NEED TO CHAGE. I EXPECT THAT WE'LL BE SEEING SOME OF THAT IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE REWRITE AND WE CAN'T EXPECT AT THIS STAGE TO BE EXPECTING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL LAND OWNER/DEVELOPER SO AT THIS POINT I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW I'LL BE VOTING; HOWEVER, I DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH STAFF, WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WITH MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. Council Member Javiera Caballero. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE APPLICANT.

YOU KNOW THERE WAS A LIST OF THINGS FROM OUR PLANNING COMMISSION: COULD YOU DO THIS AND THAT AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU RESPONDED TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. I THINK THIS IS AREA INTERESTING AREA, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER I ALSO THINK WE'RE RESPONDING TO THINGS PART OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT IS IN WAKE COUNTY AND BRIER CREEK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THEIR FOCUS AREAS FOR 20 YERS I THINK AND SO WE ARE REACTING IN A WAY. WE DIDN'T PLOT THIS, WE DIDN'T SET THIS DOWN. IT WASN'T A DURHAM DECISION WE'RE REACTING TO A VERY LARGE COMMERCIAL AREA AND SO I'LL SAY UH NO IT'S NOT IDEAL BUT SOMEONE CAN WALK TO HARRIS TEETER AND FIRST WATCH AND IF WE GET THE KIND OF DENSITY WE'RE SEEING SLOWLY UH BUT SURELY ONE OF THE TRANSIT PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS RUNNING BRT DOWN # 0 SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT. IS IT GOING TO BE THIS AMAZING

BEAUTIFUL THING? NOT YET, NOT UH NOW, IT'S SOMETHING WE BATTLE L ABOUT AND WE'LL CONTINUE BUT PART OF IT IS ALSO ABOUT POWER. I'M REAL CLEAR ON AWARE OF WHO HAS POWER IN THIS STATE. IT'S NOT US AS MUCH AS WE MAY QUANTITY TO HAVE THAT, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT POUR AND THAT IS STRUCTURAL.

THAT IS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF MUNICIPALITIES AND TOWNS AND CITIES AND AT A A CETAIN POINT IF E WE CAN'T WRSTLE WITH THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SIT ON OUR HANDS AND NOT DO ANYTHING AND I'M NOT HERE DO THAT. I'M HERE TO MOVES AS BEST AS I CAN EVEN IF IT'S FLAWED BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE NOT DELIVERING AND JUST BECOMING A BODY THAT SAYS NO TO EVERYTHING AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYTHING HERE WE CANNOT DEMAND SUSTAINABILITY PROOK PRACTICES WE HAVE TO ASK FOR THEM. WE CAN CAJOLE WHICH WE'RE DOING

SLOWLY WHICH OUR APPLICANTS ARE MEETING US WHERE THY CAN. IT'S WHY WE'RE CONSISTENTLY SEEING MONEY FOR DPS AND UNITS OR MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. BUT AGAIN IT'S BECAUSE OF PERSUASION AND NOT BECAUSE THERE'S ANY POWER TO ASK FOR IT OR DEMAND IT, AND SO I KNOW WHERE I SIT IN THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT MAY BE FRUSTRATE BUG I'VE BEEN IN THIS SEAT SINCE 2018 AND I'M CLEAR ON WHERE I AM. UM, I'LL BE UH SUPPORTING THIS TONIGHT.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MOVING ON THOSE IMPORTANT METRICS THAT OUR PLANNING COMMISSION ASKED FOR AND THAT WE OFF WANT TO SEE. I UNDERSTAND YOU COUNT E MEET US ON ALL OF THEM BUT I APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM. >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES AND I WANT TO SAY TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER YOU SAID NOTHING CONTROVERSIAL AND I FULLY ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THE VISION YOU'VE ELOQUENTLY CAST. WE STRUGGLE TO MAKE A MORE PERFECT UNION, WE'RE STRUGGLING EACH DAY TO MAKE A MORE PERFECT CITY AS WELL. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE STATEMENT'S

CONTINUE VER Y'ALL AT ALL. WHAT WEIRDO HATES ICE CREAM. WE LOVE THE VISION YOU'VE CAST FOR OUR CITY. TONIGHT I'M NOT VOTING ON A STRATEGIC FIX FOR THE AMERICAN CITY, I'M VOTING ON THE MERITS ON THIS CASE BEFORE ME, AND TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS CASE.

HOLDING INTENTION WHAT YOU SAID AND THE VISION YOU CAST AND I LOOK FORWARD -- LISTEN, I STRUGGLE EVERY DAY WITH THE REALITY OF THE DILLON RULE STATE. I PLEDGE TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND ANY OTHER COLLEAGUE WHEN WE DO OUR UDO REWRITE TO FULLY UH EXPLOIT WHATEVER WE CAN THAT THE LAW WILL ALLOW TO CAPTURE THAT VISION THAT YOU'VE CAST. IF WE CAN COMPEL GREEN BUILDING, WHATEVER WE CAN COMPEL, I'M WITH YOU AND I WILL FOLLOW THE LEAD OF ANY VOICE ON THIS COUNCIL THAT WILL GET US CLOSER TO THAT VISION, BUT TONIGHT I'M VOTING ON THE SCOPE OF THIS CASE BEFORE

ME AND I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT IT RIGHT. I URGE TO SUPPORT THE CASE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

YEAH, YOU KNOW, UM, WE WRESTLE WITH THESE CASES ALL THE TIME. I HAVE NOT SEEN A PERFECT CASE YET BEFORE US. THE WAY I SEE THIS, YOU CERTAINLY AR MEETING THE DENSITY WE SEEK IN A MIXED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A BIKABLE AND WALKABLE COMMUNITY.

AS I SAID I DROVE TODAY WITH THE SIDEWALK YOU'RE BUILDING O ON YOUR FRONTAGE THERE, IT'S CONNECTED. 6 MILES FROM A TRANSIT STOP, THAT'S ROUTE 2 O 70 IS THIS IS WALKABLE TO TRANSIT. YOU'VE DONE 5% AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL PROFFERS. I THINK YOU'VE DONE YOR JOB, COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD SO THANK YOU.

J THANK YOU. I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AS WEL. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T DECIDE TO PUT A BUNCH OF CHEMICALS IN THE GROUND AND, YOU KNOW, THOUGHT IT

WAS OKAY TO BUILD PARKS ON IT BUT WE HAVE TO REACT TO THAT. WE HAVE TO BUILD THOSE THINGS NOW. I E WELCOME ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN A RESOLUTION OF TRYING TO GET A DILLON RULE STATE HERE. I WOULD LOVE IT.

GIVE US MORE AUTONOMY, YOU KNOW, BUT I ALSO REALIZE THAT RUNNING THE CITY IS NOT A SIMS GAME AND I WISH WE COULD PLOT EVERYTHING LIKE WE WANTENEDED AND MOVE FORWARD BUT THE REALITY IS THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WAS HERE WHEN WE GOT HERE. THERE COULD BE PROTEST VOTES OR THERE COULD BE VOTES WE ALL HAVE OUR PREROGATIVE, BUT I -- IN THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, I'M SAYING TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS MS. ALLISON WHO JUST E-MAILED ME A ABOUT HER FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE JUST NEED TO DO MORE BEYOND WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY

REQUIRE, THIS IS OUR REALITY RIGHT NOW. OUR REALITY IS, UM, WE HAVE THE LIMITATIONS AND WE'RE GOING NEGOTIATE WITH YOU AND WE CAN'T FORCE YOU TO DO ANYTHING BUT YOU'LL HEAR US NUDGE AND ASK US TO CONSIDER, WE UTILIZE THAT WORDING INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WE JUST CANNOT. IF IT'S THE COUNCIL'S WILL TO ASSERT $50,000 -- NO, IF IT'S YOUR OFFER, THEN OF COURSE WE WILL. I CAN'T SAY YOU GIVE US 50 AND YOU'LL GET OUR VOTE, BUT IF YOU OFFER IT, WE'LL TAKE IT, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH I KNOW THERE'S A GAVE AND TAKE AND A LITTLE THINGS THAT GOES I ALSO KEEP IN MIND THE END USER. THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I CAN'T CONTROL. WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS ROOM AND IT UH PASSES, THE MORE WE GET OUT OF YOU NOW AND PEOPLE CA SAY THEY WON'T DO THIS BUT IT DOES HAPPEN, WHAT WE GET OUT OF NOW I CAN'T CONTROL WHETHER UH YOU SEND THAT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE

GOING BE BUYING OR RENTING FROM THE PROPERTY. DURHAM IS EXPENSIVE ENOUGH AND WE HAVE FOLKS WHO HAVE THEIR GOOD THINGS AND IT'S HARD TO GET THAT CONSIDERATION SHARED ACROSS COMMUNITIES THAT FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE HOUSING MARKET LIKE MYSELF, IT IS SIMPLY UNATTAINABLE, YOU KNOW. SO I'M NOT GOING TO PRETEND THAT THIS IS EASY, AND ALL OF US, WE VOTE THE WAY WE VOTE. LY BE SUPPORTING IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CLOSER TO RGHT OR CLOSER TO GOOD THAN BAD.

IT'S NOT GREAT, NOTHING'S GREAT BECAUSE WE NEVER GET WHAT WE WANT, BUT I APPRECIATE IT WHAT WE DO HAVE HERE AND I'M GOING TO GO WITH THAT. SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL THIS A RUBBER STAMP. I WELCOME THM TO SIT IN THIS SEAT AND GET THE THINGS THEY ASK FOR SUCH AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EVERYTHING COSTING TOO MUCH, MAKING IT CHEAPER AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS I HEAR BUT YES, THIS IS CLOSER TO GOOD THAN BAD

AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT AND WITH THAT COLLEAGUES I'LL CALL THE QUESTION -- >> BEFORE YOU DO, MR. MAYOR, I HAD A QUESTION. >> GO AHEAD. >> I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THE APPLICANT WAS INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.

I ENO TH YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE UNABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOUR BUILDER WILL BE AND MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT PROJECT WHETHER THEY'RE DOING -- SORRY, WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING 5% OR ENTIRE PROJECT I THINK THERE ARE SOME REALLY, UM, INSIGHTFUL FORWARD-THINKING, VERY PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS HERE LOCALLY AND IF YOU'RE AMENABLE WITH THAT I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH A CONVERSATION. >> ABSOLUTELY, YES. >> AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAY VERY CLEARLY TO MY COLLEAGUES, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR CONSISTENCY. I DO. AND I OFTEN AGREE WITH THE

STANCE THAT YOU TAKE IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FIGHT IN ME THAT WANTS A LITTLE BIT BETTER AN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN EVERY CASE AND SO I JUST HOPE THAT YOU'LL NOT DISCOUNT OR BELIT THAT WILL FIGHT JUST KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, I THINK SINCE I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2014, THE CASES DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN INCREMENTALLY BETTER. I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN PAINFUL BUT I THINK IT'S A PART OF THE WORK AND I THINK THAT WE ALL BRING A VERY VITAL PIECE TO THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES. I KNOW THEY WEREN'T BRINGING THESE CASES FORWARD WITHOUT BUILDERS BEFORE. I THINK IT'S INTENTIONAL AT THIS POINT AND WE KNOW THIS AND SO WE'RE NAVIGATING FROM WHERE WE ARE BASED ON THE DECISIONS WE MAKE FROM THIS DAIS AND I DON'T WANT US TO LOSE SIGHT OF THIS BECAUSE THIS IS OUR CITY. THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE, THE LAND WE'RE SHEPHERDING AS STEWARDS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE

NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS GENERATION BUT SEVEN GENERATIONS FORWARD AT ALL TIMES AND SO I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE OPEN SPACE PROTECTIONS, AND I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE THOSE OPEN SPACES WILL BE, BUT DO FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS LOCATION HAS BEEN -- YOU'RE CREATING A BETTER PRODUCT THAN WHAT'S ALREADY THERE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE AND OPEN TO WORKING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION. I THINK COMMISSIONER WOUK SAIT SAID IT BEST FOR E ME WHICH IS WHY I COULD EASILY E SEE IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY. THERE'S NO REASON TO FIGHT THE DEVELOPMENT MOVING FORWARD BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT DEVELOPERS TO KNOW WE WANT BETTER LIKE AT ALL COSTS. WHATEVER THE PARTNERSHIP NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE HOWEVER THEWORK NEED ES TO HAPPEN, WE CAN DO BETTER.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

AARON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO -- >> I WANT TO CONFIRM THE TWO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT WHICH IS $50,000 TO THE DONATION TO THE DEDICATED DURHAM HOUSING FUND AND INCREASING THE DONATION TO DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM 10 O THOUSAND DOLLARS TO $16,500. >> THAT'S CORRECT, YES, SIR. >> AND COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABILITY? THE AFFORDABILITY COMMITMENT.

>> AND AFFORDABILITY COMMITMENT OF 30 YEARS, YES. >> ALL RIGHT. ARE WE ALL GOOD? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION -- YES, MA'AM. >> I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE BUT I DID WANT TO JUST SPEAK TO THE CENTER FOR NEW LIBERALISM GROUP THAT'S COMING FORWARD. I DO WANT TO YOU O BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT REALLY DOING THE RESEARCH AROUND WHAT LAND LOOKS LIKE IN THESE AREAS BEFORE YOU JUST SAY YES. THERE ARE A LOT OF LAYERS. I DON'T WANT US TO BE A RUBBER

STAMP AN I DON'TTHY THINK ANYONE SHEER A RUBBER STAMP, BUT IT CAME ACROSS AS A RUBBER STAMP FOR YOU THIS EVENING AND SO I JUST WANT TO SEND THAT FEEDBACK. THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THIS GROUP.

I ACTUALLY I WANTED YOU TO CLEARLY STATE WHAT GROUP IT WAS BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU GUYS LAUNCHED AND I KNOW YOU HAVE LOTS OF DEVLOPERS, CITY PLANNERS, PROFESSIONALS IN THAT GROUP SO IT'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT GOES INTO IT SO THANK Y'ALL FOR SHOWING UP. LET ME CALL THE QUESTION. 000. >> MOVED AS READ.

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

>> THANK YOU. UM, I'LL ALSO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A UTILITY EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH Montes Ridge LLC. >> MOVED AS READ. >> SECOND.

>> MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU.

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

>> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE OPEN THE VOTE. PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE.

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, THAT IS OUR AGENDA. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 10:12 THANK