City Council · Regular Meeting · May 5, 2025

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO CITY HALL. GREAT TO HAVE EVERYONE HERE AND GOOD TO BE BACK BEFORE YOU. ALL RIGT. WE'RE FREEZING UP HERE.

THERE WE GO. JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AS WE HAVE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. THANK YOU. I'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>> THANK YOU. IT'S OUR PRACTICE TO STAND AND SALUTE THE FLAG AND SAY THE PLEDGE TOGETHER. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS. >> HERE.

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

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

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

>> THANK YOU. >> THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. I'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER COOK FOR THE CEREMONIAL ITEM. >> GOOD EVENING. I'LL BE READING A PROCLAMATION ABOUT HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE, IF Y'ALL WAND -- WANT TO COME JOIN

ME. HI. ALL RIGHT. PROCLAMATION: WHEREAS, HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE IS AN INHERITED PROGRESSIVELY DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE THAT CAUSES TOTAL PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DETERIORATION OVER A 10-20 YEAR PERIOD; AND WHEREAS, THE PREVALENCE OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE MAKES IT A RARE DISEASE, THERE ARE OVER 10 MILLION CITIZENS IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE, AND WHEREAS, THERE IS A 50% CHANCE FOR THE CHILDREN OF HUNTINGTON'S PATIENTS TO INHERIT THE DISEASE AND CONTINUE TO PASS IT DOWN GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, AND WHEREAS, STIGMA, GENETIC DISCRIMINATION AND FEAR PREVENT MANY PATIENTS FROM SEEKING CARE.

THERE HAS BEEN GREAT PROGRESS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH, HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL NO CURE FOR HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE. WHEREAS, DUKE HOSPITAL'S MOVEMENT DISORDER CENTER IS RECOGNIZED BY HDSA AS ONE OF 55 CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. SINCE 2009 HD REACH HAS BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE THE CARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOSE AFFECTED BY HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

IN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH CARE MANAGEMENT, REFERRALS TO HEALTHCARE AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FAMILY SUPPORT, EDUCATION, AND ANONYMOUS GENETIC TESTING; AND WHEREAS, THE MONTH OF MAY IS RECOGNIZED AS HUNTINGTON DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LEONARDO WILLIAMS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2025, AS HUNTINGTON DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH IN THE CITY OF DURHAM AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS MONTH WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES, ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS THE 5TH DAY OF MAY 2025. [APPLAUSE] >> BURRTON SCOTT, A NEUROLOGIST OVER AT DUKE AND I'M INVOLVED IN TAKING CARE OF O FOLKS WITH HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE OF WHICH THERE'S ABOUT 1,400 PEOPLE IN

, AND ABOUT FIVE TIMES THAT AT RISK OF DEVELOPING THE DISEASE WHICH AFFECTS MEMORY, IT AFFECTS MOVEMENT AND BEHAVIOR. BASICALLY HITS PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR PRIME-EARNING YEARS AND MAKES THEM DISABLED OVER A FEW UH YEARS. VERY DEVASTATING. WE TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THESE FOLKS THROUGH THE HELP OF THE HD REACH PEOPLE AND THE HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, AND IF YOU'VE LIVED IN DURHAM FOR A WHILE OR IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWNTOWN, ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, OE OF THE PATIENTS THAT WE SAW WAS ACTUALLY WANDERING AROUND DOWNTOWN SLEEPING OVER ON THE STEPS AT TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH RIGHT ACROSS, RIGHT OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE HERE, AND THEIR PASTOR WAS LOOKING IN ON THIS PERSON, AND HELPING THEM GET THEIR MEDICINES, HELPING TAKE CARE OF THEM A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEY

CONTACTED US AND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS GOT INVOLVED IN HIS CARE CAN, BUT BAY LICK IS I HUNTINGTON'S FOLKS ARE EVERYWHERE. HUNTINGTON'S FOLKS NEED HELP AND WE APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZING THE PROCLAMATION ABOUT HD AWARENESS MONTH. >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. BETSY McFARLAND, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HD REACH.

WE SERVE THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH RESOURCES, REFERRALS, EDUCATION, SUPPORT, UM, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DUKE AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER HOSPITALS WITHIN THE STATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK Y'ALL SO MUC. THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU DO. >> MR. MAYOR GOOD EVENING THE TO MY HONORABLE COLLEAGUES ON THE

COUNCIL, TO THE STAFF, TO EVERYONE IN CHAMBER THIS IS EVENING WITH US AND THOSE WATCHING ON WHATEVER PLATFORM YOU MAY WITH WATCH. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION FOR NATIONAL DRINKING WATER WEEK PROCLAMATION: IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL NEED. I'M GOING TO INVITE ROBERT PEPPER, THE GROUND WATER PLANT SUPERVISOR THE TO COME AND STAND WITH ME. OH, WAYNE WITH IS HERE.

I USED TO BE AFRAID OF WAYNE DROP, BUT WE'VE REACHED AN AGREEMENT. >> THERE'S A REASON WHY I ASKED TO YOU READ THIS TONIGHT. [LAUGHTER] >> PROCLAMATION: WHEREAS, WATER IS A BASIC AND ESSENTIAL NEED OF ALL LIVING THINGS; AND WHEREAS, ONLY TAP WATER PROVIDES PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION, FIRE PROTECTION, AND SUPPORT FOR OUR ECONOMY, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ENJOY; AND

WHEREAS, THE CITY DELIVERS A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF HIGH QUALITY, AWARD-WINNING DRINKING WATER; AND WHEREAS, AS STEWARDS, WE MUST ADVOCATE FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY CONTINUES TO BE A LEADER IN SOURCE WATER PROTECTION AND RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THIS PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCE; AND WHEREAS, DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN DEVELOPING, OPERATING AND MAINTAINING OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE VALUE OF THIS RESOURCE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, LEONARDO WILLIAMS, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 4-10TH 2025, AS DRINKING WATER WEEK IN THE

CITY OF DURHAM -- YOU CAN CLAP FOR THAT [APPLAUSE] CITY OF DURHAM AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE OUR STAFF THAT PRODUCES, MANAGES, AND MAINTAINS THE CITY'S WATER RESOURCES AND TO HELP MAKE DURHAM A MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY BY EMBRACING WATER-WISE HABITS. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE CORPORATE SEAL OF THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, THIS THE 5TH DAY OF MAY 2025. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. I'M ROBERT PEPPER, PLANT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR AT THE BROWN WITH THOR TREATMENT PLANT. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW WATER OPERATORS AND FELL L LOW EMPLOYEES OF DURHAM WATER SU UH PLY AND TREATMENT. WE WORK 24/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR TO

MAKE SURE ALL CUSTOMERS HAE ACCESS TO A BAY IS I HUMAN NEED -- CLEAN AND SAFE DRINKING WATERER. EACH ONE OF THE FIVE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN REQUIRES WATER. 380-PLUS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES HELP MAKE THAT PROBABLE ON A DAILY BASIS. EVERYONE FROM OPERATORS TO MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS, ENGINEERS, LABORATORY AND WATER EFFICIENCY ANALYSTS ALL PLAY KEY ROLES IN MAKING SURE OUR DURHAM WATER TO YOUR HAPPEN.

M. EVERY MORNING. THIS REQUIRES AN UH AMAZING TEAM AND WE HAVE ONE. PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE OUR WATER SU UH PLY IS SAFE AND RELIABLE IS TO EDUCATE

NEXT GENERATION ABOUT IMPORTANT OF DRINKING WATER. EACH YEAR OUR TEAM SPONSORS A POSTER CONTEST THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE VALUE OF WATER. YEAR'S THEME WAS MAKE WAVES BY SAVING WATER AND E WE RECEIVED 168 ENTRIES MAKING JUDGING DIFFICULT. OUR NINE FINALISTS, YOU CAN SEE THEIR CREATIONS.

[♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLL SAFE DRINKING WATER PLAYS IN ALL OUR LIVES. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY ADMINISTRATION, FELLOW CITY EMPLOYEES, AND OF COURSE, THE RESIDENTS OF DURHAM WHO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. [♪ MUSIC PLAYING ♪] [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALWAYS BEING EXCELLENT AT WHAT YOU DO. ALL RIGHT. I'LL NOW PASS IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER COOK TO START US YOU HAVE OFF WITH OUR BRIEF REMARKS TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU ALL, THOSE OF YOU HERE IN PERSON, ANYONE WATCHING ONLINE, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE FIRST IS THAT I JUST A ARRIVED BACK IN TOWN AFTER A WEEKEND IN DC. WE WENT TO THE YOUNG ELECTED OFFICIALS -- I BELIEVE IT WAS THEIR 20th CONVENING CONNECTED WITH OTHER LOCAL LEADERS, YOUNG LOCAL LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND ALSO STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AND DISCUSSED MOVING FORWARD IN A WORLD THAT

FEELS PRETTY DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW, UM, SO A LOT OF RALLY HONEST CONVERSATION, A LOT OF USEFUL CONVERSATION, AND SOME L REALLY GREAT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THERE. I VISITED THE PAULY MU RAY CENTER. SPECIAL THANKS TO ANGELA AND JESSE WHO TOOK ME AROUND, ANGELA THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JESE, CHAIR OF THE BOARD, AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SIMILAR THINGS TO BE HONEST; WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO HOLD SPACE TO REMEMBER PAULI MURRAY AND ACTIVISM AND HOW THEY EXCELLED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT CPACITIES AND BROUGHT JUSTICE AND MOVEMENT TO ALL CAPACITIES AS A ARTIST, FAITH-BASED THEOLOGIAN, ATTORNEY, EDUCATOR, AND PERSON IN COMMUNITY WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND HOW SPECIAL IT IS THAT WE HAVE THIS NATIONAL SITE

RIGHT HERE IN DURHAM. SO JUST WANT TO READ YOU A QUOTE FROM PAULI MURRAY THAT IS UP IN THE CHILDHOOD HOME THAT IS ALSO THE CENTER IT IS ONE PERSON PLUS A TYPEWRITER EQUALS A MOVEMENT. I'VE BEEN MEDITATING ON THAT AND APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT SPACE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THEM MEMBERS OF THE DURHAM COMMUNITY. GLAD TO HAVE THAT RESOURCE AND THOSE ARE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER. >> GOOD EVENING. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TODAY. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO TALK ABOUT LOCAL ISSUES WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE'RE OPERATING, UM, MORE RECENTLY THERE WERE ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MADE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WHICH WILL HAVE DIRECT EFFECTS ON WORKERS HERE IN DURHAM, THE EPAM OF OF YOU KNOW IS TOP 20

EMPLOYER IN OUR AREA. THEY ARE FACING RESTRUCTURING WHICH COULD PUT AT JEOPARDY MANY OF THE JOBS THAT ARE HERE LOCALLY. SO I WANTED TO SHARE AN ARTICLE ON THIS AND THEY QUOTED AN EMPLOYEE WHO SAID THE MOOD IS MASS CONFUSION, FEAR OF LOSS OF TOP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS AND SADNESS ABOUT THE AFFECTS THIS WILL HAVE. FEEL LIKE A DIRECT ATTACK ON SCIENCE.

IT IS A DIRECT ATTACK ON SCIENCE. ATTACK ON THE ENVIRONMENT, AND WILL HAVE FISCAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS HERE LOCALLY, SO I JUST WANT THOSE WORKERS AND EVERYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EPA TO KNOW CONDEMN THOSE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE. I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE STAGVILLE MEMORIAL PROJECT, PUBLIC ART COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT KICKOFF. VERY EXCITING WORK GOING ON AROUND STAGVILLE IN THE FORMER

STAGVILLE PLANTATION UPON WHICH MUCH OF DURHAM SITS. INCREDIBLE WORK HAPPENING THERE. RICKY HEART IS THE CHAIR OF THE STAGVILLE DESCENDENTS COUNCIL. THERE WAS A GRAT PANEL AT THAT EVENT, UM, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THE O OF WORK WITH BETWEEN THE STAGVILLE PROJECT, CITY O OF DURHAM AND DURHAM COUNTY UH SO MUCH THANKS TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE DOING THAT WORK, UM, KEEPING ALIVE THE HISTORY AND THE MEMORY OF WHAT WE USED TO BE BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR UH US TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY THAT WE HAVE AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT AS WE GROW AND CHANGE AS A CITY THAT WE REMEMBER, WE REMEMBER THAT PAST AND WE BAKE IT INTO OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE STAGVILLE MEMORIAL PROJECT CITY AND COUNTY STAFF IS DOING. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I ATTENDEDED BISCUITS AND BANJOS AND THAT WAS A FANTASTIC TIME. I SEE SOME SMILES AND NODS IN

THE ROOM. I THINK OTHER FOLKS MAY HAVE DONE THE SAME. UM, AND I WENT WITH MY FAMILY AND WE WITH JUST HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME DOING OUT. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.

OF COURSE WE HAVE MANY AMAZING EVENTS BUT THIS IS A NE ONE AND I JUST REMEMBERED STANDING IN DOWNTOWN DURHAM LOOKING ACROSS THE CITY AND THE SUN WAS SETTING AND IT WAS REFLECTING OFF THE TRAIN TRACKS AND I AS LISTENING TO THE FOLK MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND AND WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN WORLD THERE ARE MOMENTS THAT FEEL SPECIAL AND THAT WAS ONE OF THEM. I'M HAPPY TO HAE BISCUITS AND BANJOS IN THE CITY OF DURHAM. THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE FOR YOUNG ELECTED OFFICIALS; ARE YOU TALKING TO US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GO? I'M HIDING THE GRAY HAIRS. GO ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER

CABALLERO. >> I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE MAYOR THAT HE AND I BOTH WEAR READING GLASSES SO MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD SIGN ABOUT WHO THAT CONFERENCE WAS GEARED TO AND WHO IT WASN'T ALTHOUGH I ALSO ALSO LAUGH AT MY COLLEAGUES WHEN THEY CROSS THAT THRESHOLD. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS WEEKEND WAS THIS AND LAST WERE BUSY IN THE DURHAM.

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. LOTS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT AND ABOUT. 20th STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL. EMPOWERMENT CONFERENCE AND THAT WAS VERY GOOD TO GO AND SEE TEEN GIRLS, UM, HAVING WHOLE CONFERENCE AROUND MENTAL HEALTH WHICH IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR TEENS. I GOT TO SAY, I THINK THEY UH HAVE IT A LOT HARDER THAN I DID AND THE STATE IN THE WORLD IS IN A MUCH DARKER PLACE THAN IT WAS IN THE 90s. WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR

CONTINUING TO GO OUT TO COMMUNITY E EVENTS. WE'RE GOING O GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AND NOT ALONE. THANK YOU. >> THANKING YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU. WANT TO APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS AND I DO WANT TO SAY THE YOUNG ELECTED OFFICIALS CONFERENCE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST CONFERENCES I'VE ATTENDED.

IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND INSPIRING TO SEE SO MANY FOLKS ACTIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I, UM, I DID WANT TO SAY THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES AND ENJOY THEIR BREAKFAST AN CONVERSATION. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. I REALLY WAS PLESSED ABOUT THE YOUNG PLAY DI WHO ESCORTED ME E TO MY TABLE WHO USED TO LIVE IN DURHAM AND NO LONGER LIVES HERE AND AWE TENDED THE BOYS AND

GIRLS CLUB SINCE SECOND GRADE. IT WAS TROUBLING, BUT IT WAS KIND OF RELATED TO HOW WE TALK ABOUT THINGS HERE IN THE COUNCIL SO IT STUCK WITH ME. I DO KNOW IT'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND DO WANT TO SAY WITH SO MANY FOLKS FALLING OUT OF THE WORKING CLASS CONCERN SO YOU KNOW BECOMING UNHOUSED -- I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT AND TLK TO YOUR PEOPLE, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, JUST FOLKS YOU KNOW WHO MIGHT NOT BE DOING SO WELL RIGHT NOW. MENTAL HEALTH IS A THING YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF, STAY ON TOP F OF.

IT'S NOT -- I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO DO THAT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SAFE I HAVE TO SAY DURHAM STILL HAS THE BEST DRINKING WATER IN THE STATE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COUNTRY BECAUSE I DO LIKE NEW YORK'S WATER THE BEST. [LAUGHTER] I DID GET TO, TO JUST SIT IN A FEW BISCUIT AND BANJOS OPPORTUNITIES.

THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING. IT IS NOT MY THING, I HAE TO SAY. [LAUGHTER] THE BISCUITS DEFINITELY ARE,

THOUGH. THEY WERE REALLY GOOD AND TASTY. UM, AND I DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE MEMBERS OF UNION BAPTIST CHURCH, JUST NOTING THEY WERE -- [LAUGHTER] -- PILED IN FOR AN EVENING OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET AND COUNCIL FOR AN UPDATE, AND I AM, LIKE, FLOORED ANY TIME PEOPLE QUANTITY TO HEAR ABOUT IT -- WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT SO IT WAS EXCITING TO SHARE UPDATES. I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER COOK'S COMMENTS, PAULI MURRAY BEING A MINISTER MEANS A LOT IN THE SEASON ANY TIME COME THROUGH AND CAN CELEBRATE HER I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE E DO.

I E ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT -- WELL TWO THINGS -- FIRST OF ALL, MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. I ENJOYED A GREAT TRIBUTE TONIGHT WITH SOME STAR WAR WITHES KNOW-IT-ALLS? IT WAS REALLY UH FUN. I WANT TO SAY THAT I HAD A

CHANCE TO FINALLY CATCH UP WITH MY YOUNGER SISTER, AND MEET MY NEWEST NEPHEW. I HAVE A LOT FOF NIECE AND NEPHEWS, AND IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE AND LIKE A GREAT JOY TO ACTUALLY SIT AND HOLD AND PLAY AND LISTEN AND BURP AND CHANGE DIAPERS AND GET MY REALIZATION BACK BECAUSE MY LITTLE BUNS ARE NOW TEENAGERS; THERE'S A LOT TO LIFE AND WE STILL GOT A LOT OF HOPE AND A LOT OF WORK TO DO OUT HERE. SO I'M EXCITED. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RIST. >> THNKS.

GOOD EVENING. HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO. THE WEATHER'S GETTING NICER SO MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT OUTDOORS. GLAD THAT DIRECTOR WADE WALL CUT IS HERE. GOT A LOT OF DPR SHOUTOUTS HERE SO BE READY. FIRST THING IS I WANT TO SEND

OUT WORD OF LOVE TO THE TENNIS COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THNK FOLK WHO IS CAME TO I GUESS THE LAST WORK SESSION, RIGHT, TO SPEAK ABOUT RESURFACING THE COURTS AT THE PARKS. I'M ON THE RECREATION AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND BEEN WORKING ON THE STAFF F OF REGULAR RESURFACING AROUND THE CITY. I WANT TO ENSURE FOLKS THAT THE REQUESTS IS IN THE BUDGET REQUEST AND WE HOP E TO SEE THAT AS WE SEE THE BUDGET COMING UP SOON FROM THE CITY MANAGER, RIGHT.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK ZACK FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, GOT HIS BUDDIES OUT, WE WENT TO CHECK OUT ROCK QUARRY. NEXT IS GOING TO BE AN ELMIRA TO SEE THE CONDITIONS AND PLAY WITH REALLY GOOD PLAYERS. THANKS TORT TENNIS COMMUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT. SPEAKING OF ROCK QUARRY PARK, K 9 FIELD DAY. IT WAS A FUN TIME. MY LITTLE RIO CAME WITH ME AND PARTICIPATED IN THE 50 YARD

DASH. SHE DIDN'T FINISH THE DASH, BUT IT WAS A GREAT TIME. ALSO SPEAKING OF DPR, THE NEXT DAY ON THE 27th WAS EARTH DAY CELEBRATION. THANKS TO DPR FOR ORGANIZING GREAT EVENT AND ALL THE FESTIVITIES.

I HAD A BLAST THERE DOING A SHIFT AT THE BIKE DURHAM STABLE THAT WAS ALSO WE COTABLED WITH THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF BEING THERE IS WE WERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BIKE CO-OP AND THEY GAVE ME A FREE TUNUP O BIMY BIKE. THEY DO FREE TUNE-UPS AT THE FARMERS MARKET EVERY THIRD SATURDAY. SPEAKING OF BIKES, MAY IS BIKE MONTH SO CHECK OUT THE WEB SITE OF BIKE DURHAM FOR A FULL LIST OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON INCLUDING BIKE WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL WHICH I THINK IS MAYBE LATE THEY ARE WEEK I THINK, SO CHECK OUT THAT ONE AS WELL. ALSO A GOOD E EVENT TO JOIN KIDS WHO ARE ROLLING TO SCHOOL.

THANKS FOR BISCUITS AN BANJOS. I WATCHED TAJ MAHAL PERFORM. I WANT TO THANK THE ORGANIZERS FOR DOING THIS. I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT EVERY YEAR IN DURHAM BECAUSE IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

FOLKS CAME TO DURHAM. WE CAN BE PROUD OF THE HUGE LINEUP THEY HAD. GOOD ENOUGH FO BISCUITS AND BANJOS. ALSO LAST WEEKEND, UM, IN ADDITION TO LOTS F OF STUFF THERE WAS EVENT I PARTICIPATED IN CALL SOCKS AN UNDIS 5 K RUN DI WHICH SUPPORTS NOTE IN THE POCKET.

AMAZING GOUP IN DURHAM THAT PROVIDES CLOTHING FOR KIDS WHO ARE CLOTHING INSECURE. IT'S A GREAT MISSION. THEY WORK A LOT WITH THE COUNTY. THE ORGANIZERS.

A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT RACE. LAST THING I'LL SAY, THIS LAST WEEKEND T THE LEGAL LMIT OF VOTERS HAD 39th ANNUAL CONVENTION NEAR DURHAM. SINCE MAYOR'S WAS OUT OF TOWN I GOT ARE REQUEST TO SPEAK THEE. SUPER PROUD OF WORKING TO EMPOWER VOTERS.

GLAD TO SEE THE WORK HERE. ALSO SPECIAL MOMENT FOR ME AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW MY MOTHER WAS INVOLVEDED DEEPLY IN THE WORK WHEN I WAS A KID. MY FIRST ROLE MODEL IN THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT WAS WATCHING MY MOM AND HER BUDDIES DOING THEIR CRAZY WORK WITH THE LEGAL VOTERS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT ORGANIZATION, ENGAGING WOMEN IN SERVICE.

CUE UH THAT'S IT. THANKING YOU. >> THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING. VERY QUICKLY, FIRSTLY, MR. MANAGER, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND STAFF AND COLLEAGUES YOU AS WELL AND SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO SHOWED SUPPORT DURING MY THIS PAST YEAR AS I HELD THE GAVEL AT PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES.

P THIS LAST WEEK I HAD CITY MISSION IN GREENVILLE WHERE I GAVE UP THE GAVEL TO NET PRESIDENT, MARTHA SUE HALL. BEST WISHES OUT TO HER. I TRANSITION TO MEDIATE PAST. I'M STILL ON THE BOARD BUT AS I LIKE TO TELL I GET TO GO TO ALL PARTIES WITH NO RESPONSIBILITIES. I ALSO WANT THE SEND A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO PLANNING DIRECTOR SARA YOUNG WHO WAS THERE THIS WEEK AND SAT ON A GREAT PANEL. DURHAM IS A LEADER IN SO MANY SPACES IN OUR STATE AND ONE OF THOSE SPACES IN AFFORDABLE

HOUSING. WE'VE BEEN CALLED TO THE LEAGUE AND HAD OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF DURHAM WITH OUR WORK AROUND RACIAL EQUITY. SOMETIMES THOSE OF US IN THE CITY AND CLOSE TO IT BECAUSE WE'RE CLOSE TO IT T DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING'S HAPPENING AND WE TAKE FOR GRANTED HOW CLOSE WE ARE BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE DURHAM TO OTHER CIIES WE'RE IN THE VAN GUARD OF MAKING BREAKTHROUGHS AND INNOVATING. I WANT TO MR.

MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES AND STAFF FOR A GREAT YEAR HOLDING THE GAVEL AND WANT TO ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO LEAN IN AND LET'S CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR REPRESENTATION TO THE LEGAL IS WHAT IT'S BEEN FOR DURHAM. I UH THANK COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN FOR MENTIONING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE CAR IS NOT WORKING YOU TAKE IT TO A MECHANIC, WHEN YOUR FIDGE IS BROKEN, CALL THE RIGHT PROFESSIONAL. IF IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO CALL TO IN LIFE, CALL UH SOMEONE AND

GET HELP. SEEK OUT THINGS WE NEED. I WANT TO THANK COLLEAGUES FOR POINTING OUT THE FESTIVALS THAT HAVE GONE ON. I HAVE SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO PUT AN ASTERISKS NEXT TO CELEBRATIONS.

I WANT TO SEND BEST WISHES OUT TO THE FAMILY OF YOUNG 16-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS KILLED IN DURHAM JUST THE OTHER DAY. ASTERISK. NO MATTER HOW GREAT OUR FESTIVALS ARE, HOW TALL OUR BUILDINGS GET, WHAT'S PLAYING AT D PAC, HOW MUCH RECOGNITION WE GET FOR OUR GROWTH, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ASTERISK WHEN LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM OUR CITY CENTERE THERE ARE CHILDREN JUMPING IN BATHTUBS WHEN IT'S NOT BATH THYME, THERE ARE CERTAIN NEIGHBORS IN OUR CITY WHO HAVE RESIGNED THEMSELVES TO THE PROPOSITION THAT GUNFIRE IS A RGULAR THING, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS. THERE ARE CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS CITY WHERE WE WOULD NOT TOLERATE IT. WE WOULD BRING EVERYTHING TO

BEAR, EVERYTHING TO BEAR. FOR THAT FAMILY, ANY TIME FUNFIRE GOES OFF,ER IT RIPS A HOLE IN OUR ENTIRE CITY. I WANT TO FAMILY TO KNOW THAT THE CITY'S HEART BEATS WITH THEM AND FOR THEM TONIGHT. WE MUST CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WATEVER ELSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THS REMAINS ISSUE NUMBER ONE FOR US AS A GOVERNMENT AND AS A CITY.

MAY GOD BLESS THAT YOUNG MAN'S MEMORY AND HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU. FINALLY, COLLEAGUES I'LL NEED EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR THIS THURSDAY'SES WORK SESSION. THANK YOU, MR.

MAYOR. >> I'LL ADDRESS THAT BEFORE -- WE CAN DO IT NOW. IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOTION FOR EXTUESDAY KUZED ABSENCE.

>> SECOND. >> BEEN WITH MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDS TO EXCUSE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THIS THURSDAY'S WORK SESSION. ALL IN FAVOR? I'M SORRY, MADAM CLERK. PLEASE CLOSE VOTE.

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. >> THANK YOU. I'LL PASS IT BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN.

>> THANK YOU, . I WANT TO APPRECIATE MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON. I DID WANT TO BRING AN UPDATE. IT WAS SHARED WITH ME FROM FOLKS OVER ATTHE WHITTED SCHOOL OR WHITTED HOUSING THE SENIOR HOUSING THAT'S THERE THAT THEY ARE WORKING -- I KNOW THERE WERE FOLKS WHO CAME COUNCIL MEMBER.

THEY'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THE DOORS. THERE WAS ISSUE WHERE THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULDN'T USE NEW DOORS BECAUSE IT WAS A HISTORIC BUILDING AND THAT'S BEEN WORKED O OUT SO THEY'RE WORKING TO GET THOSE DOORS TO COME IN TO KIND OF ADDRESS THAT ISSUE SO FOLKS CAN BE SAFE IN THAT BUILDING. IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKLOG WITH THE DOORS COMING FROM OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT I JUST THAT ISSUE DID NOT FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. IT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> THANKS FOR HIGH LIGHTING

THAT. THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS COUNCIL WORKS. I WASN'T AWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON AT A WHITTED SCHOOL APARTMENTS UNTIL COOK BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION. SHE HAD BEEN MEETING WITH WITH THEM ON REGULAR BASIS, BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, GOT INVOLVED, STARTED WORKING WITH OWNERS AND SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVE THERE IS, UM, FORMER MAYOR GOT INVOLVED, COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN GOT INVOLVED, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED AND IT'S NOT EVEN A CITY PROPERTY.

DURHAM COUNTY AND DHA BUT THERE ARE DURHAM RESIDENTS AND WE'RE WITH GOING TO MAKE SURE WE'LL SHOW UP. COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR YOUR SERVICE AT THE LEGAL OF MUNICIPALITIES. THE NUMBER ONE AND LARGEST ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOR MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. YOUR HEAD LEADERSHIP WAS QUITE IMPECCABLE. IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO

APPRECIATE WHEN YO'RE IN TEM FOR JUST ONE YEAR, BUT WE WERE NOT EXPECTING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, AND JUST THE WEEKLY TRIPS YOU HAD TO DRIVE OUT TO THE WEST WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE OUT THERE AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PRESENCE. AND YOUR REMARKS AND YOUR PARTING COMMENTS WERE PROFOUND, SO THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE SAT ON A PANEL. I KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT ZONING CASES IN HERE, UH, AND SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END.

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME TOWNS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. YOU'D BE SURPRISED, ACTALLY, THE -- I WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. YOU GUYS TAKE A LOCK OF FLAK FROM DEVELOPERS AND FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE PRESSURE FROM US, BUT AFTER SITTING ON THAT PANEL, UM, WITH YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND DIRECTOR

YOUNG AND LOCAL PRACTITIONER, UM, AND LISTENING TO ALL THE HOUSING TOPICS GOING ON AROUND THE STTE AND HOW FOLKS PLANNING DEPARTMENTS ARE FARING ABOUT, I AM SO GLAD TO BE IN DURHAM. [LAUGHTER] I AM SO GLAD TO BE IN DURHAM. AND I HAVE NOT E-MAILED YOU THIS BUT I'M GOING ASK YOU PUBLICLY, BUT IF YOU WILL, JUST THAT LONGITUDINAL PRESENTATION YOU DID, COULD YOU PACKAGE THAT AS A MODEL? BECAUSE FOLKS ARE STILL E-MAILING ASKING HOW IS DURHAM DOING THAT AND HOW UH CAN WE DO IT? IT'LL HELP A LOT F OF TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS NEW YORK INCOME, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE GETTING MAJOR EMPLOYERS DROPPED RIGHT IN THEIR BACKYARD WITH NO INVESTMENT INTO INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE EMPLOYERS ARE BRINGING MORE PEOPLE THAN THE POPULATION OF THE TOWNS, AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I MADE A

COMMENT TODAY ON THE NEWS. I SAID I'M MORE INTERESTED IN PEOPLE SOUNDING THE ALARM WHEN YOU'RE CHILDREN ARE ALIVE THAN SOUNDING THE ALARM AFTER THEIR DEAD. I'M GOING SAY THAT AGAIN: I'M MORE INTERESTED IN SOUNDING THE ALARM WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE ALIVE THAN WHEN THEY'RE DEAD. IT IS QUITE INTERESTING THAT MY TWITTER BLOWS UP AND MY FACEBOOK BLOWS UP AND E-MAIL AND INSURANCE TA GRAM AND THE TEXT MESSAGES EVRY TIME THERE'S A SHOOTING BUT IT'S SILENT WHEN IT'S NOT. OVER ALL CRIME IS DOWN, HOMICIDES ARE DOWN, THE CRIME IS TRENDING DOWN, BUT WHEN WE LOSE ONE, WE'VE LOST TOO MANY. SO I APPRECIATE THE OUTCRY BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY, BUT IF

WE ARE GOING TO ZONE IN ON ONE PERSON SOLVING A CITY OF 320,000, WE'RE NEVER GING TO GET THE ISSUE SOLVED. SO I WANT TO SAY THIS ON THE RECORD: UM, WHAT FRUSTRATES ME THE MOST IS I FEEL IT EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS, THIS GUN VIOLENCE SITUATION, AND IT'S JUST NOTHING -- I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S NOHING I CAN DO OTHER THAN WHAT WE CAN CONTROL. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VISION ZERO PLAN, YOU KNOW, W ARE OVERALL TRANSPORTATION. REASON WHY WE CAN RESPOND TO TRANSPORTATION IS BECAUSE WE HAVE IT ALL IN THE CITY.

WHEN IT COMES TO GUN VIOLENCE, VI NO CONTROL OVER THE COUNTY. NO CONTROL OVER THE SCHOOLS OR DA OFFICES OR SHERIFF'S OFFICE, NO CONTROL OVER THE COURTS. AND IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO GUN VIOLENCE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL

DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. HAS A WHO'S THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IN THE SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK OF OUR GOVERNMENTS? YOU ARE! THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE GOT TO STOP RESPONDING ONLY WHEN THERE'S A SITUATION AND START MAKING IT A LIFESTYLE OF ENGAGEMENT. SO WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING TO PRESERVE THE LIVES OF OUR YOUTH IN THIS COMMUNITY, PLEASE KEEP DOING IT. SPREAD THE WORD, GET PEOPLE TO DO I WITH YOU. I'M ONLY ONE PERSON.

I CAN'T SHOW UP EVERYWHERE. BUT I PROMISE YOU, EVERY SINGLE WEEK I'M IN A SCHOOL, ON THESE STREETS. IF I HAVEN'T BEEN TO YOUR EVENT OR YOUR SITUATION OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE DOIG, DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT DOING IT, BUT PLEASE STOP LOOKING AT ONE INDIVIDUAL TO SOLVE EVERYBODY'S ISSUES. IT'S GOING TAKE ALL OF US. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A MOTHER OR FATHER IN THEIR HOME WERE THEIR CHILD I TALKING BACK TO THEM

AND THEIR DISPLAYING BEHAVIOR THAT IS A KEEP RIGHT ON DOING IT ANOTHER YEAR THEY'RE GOING BE OUTSIDE AFTER 9:00. M. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE EMBRACED BY 19-20-YEAR-OLDS. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, HOLD THIS PIS TOLE FOR ME REAL QUICK.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY'RE WRONG CONFIDENCE, NEXT THING SHOOTING SOMEONE, IN THE CASE THING, MAYOR, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE? THAT IS THE CYCLE. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD SHAPING OUR RESPONSE AS A COLLECTIVE, BU GOVERNMENT MOVES TOO SLOW, AND SIT SO FRUSTRATING. SO I HOPE THAT BE MORE ACTIVE IN THAT SPACE LIKE WE ARE IN OTHER SPACES AS A COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO PROJECT THAT THE BULL CITY FUTURE FUND, THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T D IT IN THE CITY IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CITY BUREAUCRACY SO I'M USING MY A PLATFORM

PERSONALLY WITH PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS TO RAISE THIS MONEY. I'M EXCITED ON WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LOT F OF FUNDING BEHIND MANY ORGANIZATIONS, A LOT OF THEM, AND WE'LL BE RELEASING THAT PRESS RELEASE AND I HOPE YOU'LL COME OUT AND CELEBRATE WITH US AND THESE KIDS BUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ARE GOING OUT REALLY SOON AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING.

I HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING. UM, BUT IT IS FRUSTRATING, BUT I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THE COMMENTS AROUND THE FESTIVALS. I MISSED THE BANJOS AND BISCUITS AND BANJOS FESTIVAL; HOWEVER, I GOT A CHANCE THE TO DO SOETHING NONE OF YOU ALL DID. I WAS RIDING MY BIKE AND SAW RIHANAN. SHE SAID HEY, MAYOR. SO WE WALKED OVER TO OAK HOUSE, GOT COFFEE AND WE HUNG OUT.

THE SAR OF THE SHOW, I SAW HER WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND WE HUNG OUT. I'M GLAD Y'ALL SAT IN THE AUDIENCE, I WAS WALKING THE STREET. THAT BEING SAID IT'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL FEW WEEKS AND WEEK ENDS IN DURHAM AND I KNOW I MISSED OU LAST MEEING, COLLEAGUES, UM, BEEN A GOOD BIT OF TIME IN LONDON REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DURHAM AND FOR THE FEW E-MAILS I GOT, I SPENT TIME IN LONDON AT THE EXPENSE OF SUMMIT I WAS SPEAKING AT A AND GOT A PERSONAL AND FORMAL INVITE FROM THE PARLIAMENT AND WENT TO CHAPELS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE REPRESENTING DURHAM AND WHEN SOMEBODY REACHES OUT AND SAY HEY WE WANT TO FUND YOU TO COME OVER AND REPRESENT YOUR CITY AND TALK ABOUT INNOVATIVE THINGS YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON, THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. SO IT WAS -- I WAS GRATEFUL L FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND YEAH, SO MY LAST AND FINAL COMMENT TONIGHT... DEREK, COULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN HERE? COME ON DOWN. HE HATES BEING PUT ON THE SPOT. SIR, COME ON OVER HERE. SO THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR HAS EVOLVED QUITE A BIT, AND MAYOR STEVE SCHEWEL CREATED A POSITION OF SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR, CALLED SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND IT WAS PASSED ON TO MAYOR O'NEAL, AND I'M NOW THE MAYOR AND I WAS ABLE TO FILL THIS POSITION AND I WAS REALLY UH FORTUNATE AND LUCKY O TO FILL THIS POSITION WITH WITH SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW IMPECCABLE IS AN

UNDERSTATEMENT. I HAVE THE LUXURY OF SHOWING UP, GIVING REMARKS, ASSUMING TITLE AS MYOR AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE OH MY GOD LIKE HOW DO YOU DO ALL THIS, HOW DID YOU PUT ON THIS AMAZING EVENT AND HOW DID YOU GET $30,000 LIKE JUST TO DO A FINAL LITERACY AND EMPOWER TOUR, GOSH, HOW DO YOU KEEP GETTING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, AND HOW DO YOU KEEP GETTING ALL THESE PLACES AND, MAN, MAYOR, YOUR RESPONSE TIME IS JUST AMAZING. EVERY TIME I SEND YOU AN E-MAIL YOU RESPOND JUST LIKE THAT. EVERY TIME YOU SHOW UP, MAYOR, YOU SHOW UP AND YOU ARE ON IT.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, I'VE ALWAYS JUST GOT TO SHOW UP. BECAUSE THE THE REAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY THIS YOUNG MAN RIGHT HERE. AND TONIGHT IS HIS VERY LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. HE IS GOING TO HARVARD LAW. [APPLAUSE]

I HAVE TO REALLY UH SHOUT HIM OUT 'CUZ HE HAS MADE THIS JOB -- HE'S MADE SOMETHING VERY IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE. THE WAY THIS OFFICE HAS ENGAGED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND HAS RESPOND BETWEEN HIM AND KAMILLA, OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, YEAH, I DEFINITELY COULDN'T DO THIS BY MYSELF, AND I REMEMBER BEING, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, ON COUNCIL IN A GENERAL SENSE, BUT WHEN YOU BECOME MAYOR IT'S LIKE THE EXPECTATIONS CHANGE BUT YOU'RE RESPONSIBILITIES AND YOUR EXPECTATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY CHANGES, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE SAME POWER. [LAUGHTER] THAT DOESN'T CHANGE. UM, BUT THE EXPECTATIONS DEFINITELY RAISE AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT T THE CITY OF DURHAM, DEREK, AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DURHAM BORN AND BREAD UP IN CAME BRIDGE

AT HARVARD LAW AND THERE ARE JOB OFFERS THAT CAME IN THIS MORNING, SO HURRY UP UH AND FINISH. [LAUGHTER] WITH THAT BEING SAID, LT'S GET TO BUSINESS WITH MY READING GLASSES O ON. PRIORITY ITEMS, MR. MANAGER.

>> GOOD EVENING. SORRY. >> COLLEAGUES, I NEED TO PUT THIS IN ROTATION. I AM GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ALL AFTER TONIGHT A PROPOSAL FOR RESOLUTION, UM, JOINING SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE THAT REFERS TO HB 765, AND I WOULD LIKE YOUR SUPPORT. BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE IC, WE'RE STANDING UP AND NOT JUST SITTING QUIET WHEN LOCAL PWERS

ARE AT RISK OF US BEING ABLE TO DO ZONING WORK. SO I'LL GET THE FINAL EDIT AND SEND THAT OUT TO YOU ALL AND I'D LIKE TO BRING THAT TO THE WORK SESSION FOR US IF WE CAN GET THAT WORK. THUMBS UP/THUMBS DOWN. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THERE YOU GO. >> GOOD EVENING, AGAIN. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAS PRIORITY ITEMS, 6, 9, 13, PARK SYSTEM PLAN, THE CONTRACT ST 6.

2025 DURHAM PARKS AND RECREATION COMPREHENSIVE PARK SYSTEM PLAN. 9. CONTRACT ST-335C PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES 2025. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN ADDED FOR ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS.

>> THANK YO. MADAM ATTORNEY. >> GOOD EVENING.

CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE ANY PRIORITY ITEMS THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CLERK. >> GOOD EVENING.

THE CLERK'S OFICE HAS NO ITEM THIS IS EVENING. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES, JUST BEFORE I GET INTO THE THIS AGNDA, I'M GOING TO SWAT 16 AND 15.

-- SWAP 16 AND 15, SO JUST SO YOU'LL SEE THAT. AT THIS TIME I'LL READ THE CONSENT AGENDA. 1. CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE - APPOINTMENT.

2. DURHAM BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT - APPOINTMENT. 3. DURHAM CITY-COUNTY -- YES, DEREK, YES. 3. DURHAM CITY-COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BOARD - APPOINTMENT.

4. TEMPORARY STAFFING SERVICES ON-CALL PROVIDER LIST. 5. COM, INC.

FOR SOFTWARE TO MANAGE JOB RECRUITMENT AND APPLICANT TRACKING FUNCTIONS. 6. 2025 DURHAM PARKS AND RECREATION COMPREHENSIVE PARK SYSTEM PLAN. 7.

CONTRACT ST-341C CARVER STREET EXTENSION SCMS. 8. CONTRACT ST-338C PETITION ASSESSMENT SERVICES. 9.

CONTRACT ST-335C PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES 2025. 10. CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 1 FOR SW-96 PW STREET MAINTENANCE REPAIRS 2024.

11. CONTRACT WITH CDW GOVERNMENT LLC TO PURCHASE CA, INC. LICENSES. 12. CONSTRUCTION AWARD TO MOFFAT PIPE INC. FOR THE NC-54 WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

13. PROPOSED WATER AND SEWER RATES FOR FY 2025-2026. 15. CONSOLIDATED ANNEXATION - HOWARD PROPERTY.

16. ZONING MAP CHANGE - STRAUSS DRIVE TOWNHOUSES. >> THOSE ARE OUR CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. >> MOVE TO ADOPT CONSENT.

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

>> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO 16 FIRST. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I DO WANT 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. WE AS STAFF RECOGNIZE THAT NOTICES WERE RECEIVED BY MANY RESIDENTS FOR THESE CASES LATER THAN USUAL AND WE AR WORKING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND AS MUCH AS WE CAN INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTIFICATIONS GET TO RESIDENTS IN A TIME MY MANNER BUT THEY DID ALL MEET ALL LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. >> TAG TEAM. MAYOR WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. I AM ANDY LESTER WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. 49 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 1801, 1803, 1807, 1809, 1811 AND 1850

STRAUSS DRIVE AND INCLUSIVE OF STRAUSS DRIVE. THE CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL CENTER AND RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-20. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CHANGE THIS DESIGNATION TO RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-MULTIFAMILY WITH A GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND COMMERCIAL CENTER WITH A GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE THE PROPERTIES TO ALLOW UP TO 95 TOWNHOUSE, DETACHED ROWHOUSE, MULTIPLEX, OR APARTMENT UNITS.

THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY AREA (TOA) ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-MULTIFAMILY WITH A GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND COMMERCIAL CENTER WITH A GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN ZONING IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPE. IF THE PROPOSED ZONING IS APPROVED, THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THE PLACE TYPE MAP. THANK YOU, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU. YOU'VE HEARD THE STAFF REPORT. COLLEAGUES ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR TECHNICAL REQUESTS? ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.

WELCOME. >> GOOD EVENING. >> UM... YEAH.

>> MY NAME IS -- >> HOW MUCH TIME? >> EIGHT MINES, PROBABLILESS. >> LE'S PUT TEN MINUTES ON. WELCOME.

>> MARIE FARMER WITH PARKER PO, 301 FAYETTEVILLE STREET RALEIGH HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OWNERS. URBAN DESIGN PARTNERS WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THIS EVENING. OUR TEAM IS PROUD TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT SITE WHICH OFFERS A NEW HOUSING TYPE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EXISTING FOOD AND RETAIL, TRANSIT AND PUBLIC PARK WITH ENVIRONMENT AND INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS. THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE SIX

PARCELS ALONG STRAUSS AT ANGIER AND POUT MIAMI. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS A LITTLE OVER 13, BUT AS THE GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WILL SHOW IN JUST A MOMENT, THE DEVELOPABLE ACREAGE IS MUCH SMALLER. THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE SITE IS COMMERCIAL CENTER, AND THE ZONING WE ARE REQUESTING IS RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN MULTIFAMILY WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A TOWN HOUSE DEVELOPMENT. THE REQUEST DOES ALSO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL CENTER BECAUSE WE INCLUDED THE PARCEL THAT CONSTRAINED STRAUSS DRIVE WHICH CHANGES THE ZONING FROM COMMERCIAL CENTER TO COMMERCIAL CENTER WITH DEVELOPMENT PLAN OTHERWISE THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGED TO THAT PARCEL AS IT WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS ACCESS FOR THE SITE. THE PLACE-TYPE MAP DESIGNATION FOR THIS SITE IS TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY AREA, WHICH DESCRIBES MODERATELY-SIZED PLACES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AT JUNCTION OF MAJOR TRANSIT STOP THAT SUPPORT USE F OF

TRANSIT. THE DESIGN OF THESE AREAS SHOULD INCLUDE BUILDINGS LOCATED CLOSE TOGETHER WITH MIX OF USES, EASY ACCESS TO STREET AND DESIGNED TO SERVE DAILY NEEDS OF RESIDENTS. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY AREAS SHOULD SEEK TO SPACES ALREADY FILLED BY TRANSIT FILLING IN VACANT LOTS OR PARKING LOTS AND PROTECTING NATURAL SPACES THAT PRESERVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. OUR REQUEST MEETS THAT TOA DESIGNATION BECAUSE WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW RESIDENTIAL USE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES WITH COMMUNITIES CLOSE TO AND FRONTING THE STREET ARK PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK FOR EASY ACCESS TO EXISTING TRANSIT RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION ALL WHILE PROTECTING VEHEMENTLY SOURCES OF THE SITE BY CLUSTERING, REDUCING IMPERVIOUS, AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TREE PRESERVATION. THESE GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN INCLUDES NUMBER OF GRAPHIC AND TEXT COMMITMENTS THAT EXCEED ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. SO AGAIN WE'VE REDUCED

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE PERMITTED TO 70%, INCREASED TREE COVERAGE TO 25%, AND THEN ALSO IN RESPONSE TO OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH, WE ARE PROVIDING BUFFER THAT YOU CAN SEE HIGH LIGHTED IN GREEN THERE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THE GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHERE OUR STREAM BUFFERS AND TREE PRESERVATION WILL BE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF TEXT COMMITMENTS INCLUDED WITH THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE SEVERAL DESIGN COMMITMENTS INCLUDING VARIATION IN APPEARANCE.

WE HAVE ENVIRONMENT COMMITMENTS SO THAT OUR STORMWATER CONTROL MEASURE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN THE STREAM BUFFER. ALL NEW PLANTS WIL BE NATIVE. COMMITTED TO ACTIVE OPEN SPACE, AFFORDABILITY AT 80% AMI FOR 30 YEARS, AND THOSE UNITS WILL CONTAIN TWO OR MORE BEDROOMS AND ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR WHETHER THE UNITS ARE FOR RENT OR FOR SALE. WE AGAIN ARE PROVIDING A CROSSWALK ALONG STRAUSS DRIVE ALONG WITH SIDEWALK AND THEN IN

RESPONSE TO ENCOURAGEMENT FROM STAFF WE WILL ALSO COMMITTED TO PLANTING LANDSCAPE STRIP. AT PLANNING COMMISSION WE INCREASED DONATION TO DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WILL BE GENERATED FROM THIS REZONING. THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL F OF THIS CASE 8-0 WITH WITH VICE CHAIR CHAGARIS STATING THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT DURP SHOULD BE PURE SUING OTHER COMMISSIONS STATING IT'S A GREAT INFILL. AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROFFERS THAT MAKE THIS A MODEL PROJECT.

THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH 19 OF 24 APPLICABLE POLICIES OF COMP PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH FIVE POLICIES BY MEETING STANDARD AND 14 POLICIES BY EXCEEDING THOSE STANDARDS. THIS REQUEST IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH FOUR OF FIVE TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY PLACE TYPE POLICIES.

FINALLY, REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REVIEW CRITERIA IN UDO CONSISTENT WITH COMP PLAN, AND NEARBY USES OF NEARBY PROPERTY, BALANCE USES IN THE AREA BY PROVIDING NEW HOUSING TYPE THAT WILL MEET DEMAND, AND ADEQUATE STRUCTURE STRIEBL SUPPORT THANKING YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I HAVE ONE -- WELL, I HAVE ONE SPEAKER. NO, I'M SORRY, I DON'T. NEVER MIND. YEAH. THAT'S 15.

MARIE, BRYAN RICHARDS, DIXON, AND CASEY -- >> THAT'S THE APPLICANT. >> GOTCHA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME WE'LL DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AND BACK BEFORE COUNCIL.

COLLEAGUES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. >> ONE QUICK QUESTION.

YOU SAID 5%, 80% AMI AND ACCOUNTING FOR WHETHER THEY ARE FOR SALE OR FOR RENT BUT COULD YOU EXPAND ON WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT? >> ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, IF YOU LOOK AT ATTACHMENT D OF THE STAFF REPORT, YOU'LL SEE COMMITMENT NUMBER 12, WE'VE BROKEN THAT UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS SO YOU CAN SEE IF THE UNITS ARE FOR RENT, IT WILL BE LIMITED TO THOSE EARNING NO MORE THAN 80% AMI, AND THEN IF YOU UH GO DOWN TO B, WE HAVE THE OPTION FOR SALE, AND IT SPECIFIES THE DEED RESTRICTION THERE IS. WE'VE BROKEN IT UP THERE TO MAKE

SURE THAT THE ACCOUNTED FOR BOTH SITUATIONS. SOMETIMES YOU SEE E THESE COMMITMENTS DRAFTED FOR GAITLY OR ONLY ACCOUNTING FOR RENTAL UNITS SO WE'VE BROKEN IT UP TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR THAT IT ACCOUNTS FOR GOAT BOTH. >> COUPLE OF TIMES YOU TALKED ABOUT IT WAS TOWN HOUSES, UM, IS IT -- IT SAYS IN OUR REPORT THAT THERE'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR ROW HOUSES, MULTIPLEX OR APARTMENT UNITS; ARE Y'ALL CONSIDERING OTHER TYPES OF STRUCTURES OR TOWN HOUSES AT THIS TIME? >> JUST TOWN HOWS. THE REASON WHY THAT'S IN THERE IS THE UDO DEFINES TOWN HOUSES SPECIFICALLY AS THREE OR MORE UNITS O ON SYRING TH LOTSES. TECHNICALLY, THIS WOULDN'T T MEET THE CONDITION OF TOWN HOUSE, BUT THAT'S WHY WE ADDED DESIGN COMMITMENT THAT IF THEY ARE NOT SUBDIVIDED ON TO INDIVIDUAL LOTS TO MEET THAT

HAVE KL SEPARATIONS ONLY SO IN DESIGN, NO MATTER WHAT, THEY WILL BE TOWN HOUSES. >> GOTCHA. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER.

>> NO QUESTIONS FOR ME. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT A FEW WEEKS AGO TO TALK ABOUT THIS CASE AND I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT REZONING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. UM, IT'S A SOLID CASE. I WOULD SAY.

BRING IT IN LINE AN CONSISTENCYK WITH THE COP PLAN. THIS IS THE KIND OF THING WE IN GENERAL WOULD WANT TO SEE ON A SITE LIKE THIS AND LCATION THAT IT'S IN. THIS IS KIND OF AN AKWARD SITE. I APPRECIATE THE REAR ALLEYS.

THE COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE UNITS. I THINK THERE WAS A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO THE LOCATION OF THIS SITE. IT'S A AREA THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE. THERE ARE PLANS IN THIS AREA BUT OF COURSE WE DON'T AWAYS KNOW THAT. THERE'S ALWAYS UNCERTAINTY, UM,

BUT WHEN I'VE REVIEW THIS CASE WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT AND LOOK AT IT IN CONTEXT, I THINK IT'S A SOLID CAS. I'LL BE VOTING FOR IT AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHEN I HAVE SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN FROM THIS DAIS THAT THERE'S NO ZIP CODE OR AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE EXEMPT IN GROWTH AND HOW I'VE WATCHED MY OWN AREA CHANGE; THIS IS WHAT I' TALKING ABOUT. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT. I ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER'S COMMENTS. I LITERALLY PASS THIS AREA EVERY DAY.

I RIDE THE NUMBER TWO BUS WHICH GOES DOWN ANGIER. I LOOK AT THIS LOT ALL UH THE TIME. PLEASE RIDE THE BUS, THEY'RE CLEAN AND THEY HAVE WIFI. SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS RIGHT FOR THIS TYPE F OF DEVELOPMENT. A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON IN

THAT AREA ALREADY. I HOPE THAT THIS IS WHERE HEADED IN TEMS F OF OTHER DEVELOPERS WHO WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN OUR CITY. THE ONLY RED SENSE OF ANY THAT I WOULD VOICE IS I WISH WE COULD GET MORE DENSITY ON IT BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT AND I ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER'S SUPPORT OF IT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO ECHO COMMENTS. COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR MS FARMER. THE FIRST ONE JUST TO CONFIRM SO I JUST ROAD BY THERE TODAY, THERE'S EXISTING COMMERCIAL, I THINK THERE'S MAYBE LIKE A TOKYO EXPRESS, SO THOSE THREE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS ON THE CORNER, WILL THEY STAY THERE?

>> YES. THOSE WILL REMAIN. THEY ARE UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE STRAUSS SDROOIF THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO

UPGRADE STRAUSS DRIVE TO PUBLIC STREET AND MAKE THOSE ACCOMMODATIONS AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT LANDSCAPE STRIP ON THAT SIDE WITH THE COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVE THE STREET BUT THEY WILL NOT TOUCH THE COMMERCIAL. >> GREAT. NEXT QUESTION. REFERENCED THE WALKWAY ACROSS STRAUSS DRIVE TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO ACCESS THE BUS SHELTER ON ANGIER.

I SAW THE BUS STOP ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF ANGIER. WHERE'S THE BUS STOP ON THE EASTBOUND? >> IF I AM ABLE TO PULL UP MY... PRESENTATION, UM, IT IS QUITE SMALL, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT IF YOU CAN SEE THE HAND. THESE ARE WHERE THE PROPOSED CROSSWALKS ARE AND THEN I BELIEVE THE BUS STOP WOULD BE RIGHT ABOUT HERE WHERE MY HAND IS HERE. SO FOLKS COULD CROSS HERE, COME UP THE EXISTING SIDEWALK, AND THEN THE BUS STOP SHOULD BE ABOUT RIGHT HERE ON THIS SIDE,

ROUTE 2. >> IS THERE A SHELTER? >> I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS A SHELTER THERE RIGHT NOW. MY FINAL QUESTION WAS ABOUT SO YOU TALKED ABOUT -- I KNOW THAT THE B PAC RECOMMENDATION REQUESTED LIKE A 12-FOOT NUL MULTIUSE PATH AS THEY OFTEN DO ON THE WEST SIDE OF STRAUSS DRIVE, RIGHT.

SO I UH THINK YOU RESPONDED THAT YOU'LL BUILD A SIDEWALK BUT IT'LL BE A FIVE-FOOT WIDE TO MATCH WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF STRAUSS DRIVE. >> MM-HMM. >> I THINK WE WANT TO SEE AS MUCH PEDESTRIAN BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE CAN, SO I'M NOT SURE JUST MATCHING THE FIVE FOOT SIDE IS THAT IMPORTANT SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CONSIDERED A LARGER 10 OR 12-FOOT WIDE PATH ON THE STRAUSS DRIVE SIDE TO ALLOW MORE BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS TO ACCESS THAT SIDE OF STRAUSS DRIVE? >> SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD REALLY LOOKED AT BUT WE FELT IT WASES IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE

TOWNHOMES ON STRAUSS DRIVE WE PLAN TO HAVE THOSE TO BE REAR ALLEY LOADED WITH WITH A MAXIMUM 25 FOOT SETBACK, THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS ALLOW FOR THAT AND IF WE WERE TO WIDEN THE 10 FOOT MULTIUSE PATH WE WOULD POTENTIALLY RUN INTO COMPLICATIONS. PART OF THAT IS ALSO IN LOOKING AT UPGRADING SPRAUS DRIVE WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH RIGHT-OF-WAY IS GOING TO BE NEEDED SO AS MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, UM, NOTED, WE WERE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DENSITY ON THIS SITE AS POSSIBLE SO INCORPORATING THAT 10 FOOT SIDEWALK PLUS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY I THINK UH WE WOULD TEN SHALLY LOSE A ROW OF UNITS THERE, SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT E WE LOOKED AT, AS A TEAM, BUT THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS IS THE MOST THAT WE THINK WE CAN DO AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE'VE HAD ALL OF OUR COMMENTS.

AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE BY TAKING PROPERTY OUT OF COMMERCIAL CENTER AND RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-20 AND ESTABLISHING THE SAME RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN-MULTIFAMILY WITH A GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND COMMERCIAL CENTER WITH A GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED.

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

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

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

>> MOTION PASSES 7-0. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW LET'S GET TO THE EASY ONE.

15. CONSOLIDATED ANNEXATION - HOWARD PROPERTY. >> THANK YOU. MAYOR WILLIAMS, MAYOR PRO TEM MIDDLETON, AND HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING.

41 ACRES AND LOCATED AT 5778, 5788, 5838, 5858, 5880, 5896, 5962, AND 5980 WAKE FOREST HIGHWAY. THIS ANNEXATION PETITION IS FOR A NON-CONTIGUOUS EXPANSION OF THE PRIMARY CORPORATE LIMITS, DUE TO IT BEING NON-CONTIGUOUS AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION. 783 TO ALLOW UP TO 499

RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND UP TO 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACE. THE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL AND RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE ON THE PLACE TYPE MAP. 783 ZONING IS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED PLACE TYPES. IF THE PROPOSED ZONING IS APPROVED, THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE PLACE TYPE DESIGNATIONS.

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

YES. START TO MY LEFT. COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. >> HI.

GOOD EVENING. WITH RESPECT TO THE INCOME RESTRICTIONS ON HOUSING, UM, THIS IS A LOT MORE DETAILED THAN I'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD BREAK DOWN SOME OF IT FOR ME. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. I WOULD ASSUME THOSE ARE ALREADY PLACED? >> NO.

THAT'S A STANDARD COMMITMENT THAT WE USUALLY HAVE WHEN THERE ARE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS. THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD. THOSE ARE RUN UH THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE A SET OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT ARE -- I DON'T -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS MUCH LATER IN THE PROCESS.

IT'S REQUIRED USUALLY PRIOR TO CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, UM, BUT THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT WE USUALLY HAVE. >> YEAH, I GUESS I HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE AND THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING WY IT GOT ADDED, BUT I, I WOULD IMAGINE IT IS STANDARD. UM, AND THEN, LET ME JUST EXPAND THIS. UM, THERE'S 300th CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE; CAN YOU EXPLAIN? >> THE IDEA IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY INCOME

RESTRICTED OR AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE PROVIDED IN A TIMELY MANNER. THEY'RE NOT, SAY, LEFT TO THE END. AND EVEN POTENTIALLY NOT BUILT, RIGHT? AN APPLICANT UNDER A PDR ZONING CAN BUILD UP TO 80% OF WHAT THEY HAVE SAID SO TO MAKE THE MATH EASY, IF THEY WERE DOING 500-UNIT DEVELOPMENT, THEY COULD DO AS FEW AS 400 AND STILL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE ZONING. IF THEY'RE PROFFERING, SAY 20 UNITS OF INCOME RESTRICTED, UM, THEY COULD IN THEORY BUILD THE 400 UNITS AND SAY WE WERE GOING TO DO THE INCOME RESTRICTED ONE LATER, WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET AND MAYBE THEY NEVER GET BUILT SO WE'VE TRIED TO WORK ON TIMING MECHANISMS IN OUR COMMITMENTS TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE INCOME-RESTRICTED UNITS ARE PROVIDED IN A TIMELY MANNER. >> D YOU EXPLAIN, LIKE, RANL NUMBER OF CERTIFICATE OF

COMPLIANCE? >> WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING THAT IS BETWEEN 50 AND 80%. WE WANT THE PROJECT TO BE BUILT OUT ENOUGH SO THAT THE CROSS SUBS DIEIZATION OF THE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS CAN WORK WITH THE PENCE LING OF THE PROJECT AND MAKE SURE THEY COME TO FRUITION BUT WE WANT THEM TO BE BUILT BEFORE THE 80% THRESHOLD THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BUILD UNDER THE PDR ZONING. SO TO MAKE SURE THEY GET BUILT BUT LATE ENOUGH IN THE PROCESS THAT THE FINANCING WORKS OUT.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME NUMBERS ABOUT THESE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE, LIKE, IT SAYS 300th? >> THEY HAE, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY'VE STATED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO UP TO 49D 9 UNITS SO THIS PUTS THEM AT ABOUT 60th PER SENSE OF THEM. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE BUFFER OPACITY? >> COULD YOU BE MORE SPEIFIC? >> SURE. I CAN READ IT TO YOU, ONE

SECOND. >> YOU MEAN WLIEK BUFFER OPACITY IS? >> YES. 6.

>> SO BUFFER UH GOES FROM ZERO TO ONE. THE HIGHER THE NUMBER, THE GREATER THE AMOUNT AND OF PLANTINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE OR A MORE TYPE F OF PLANTINGS THAT PROVIDE A BETTER SCREENING. 4 -- SARAH? 4?

6 OPACITY, WHAT TYPES OF EXACT PLANTINGS NEED TO DO EVERY HUNDRED FEET OR SO. >> OKAY. I THINK THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

>> OKAY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. >> THANK YOU.

JUST A QUESTION ON TIMELINE. I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT THIS AREA EARLIER TODAY AND I JUST WAS WONDERING, I KNOW IN OUR REPORT IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THERE'S NO CITY, UM, ROAD WIDENING OR PROJECTS FOR THE ROADS BUT I DO THINK THERE'S STATE CONVERSATIONS. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT? >> I DON'T SPECIFICALLY ON THAT.

I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS O ON DOING IMPROVEMENTS ON NC 98 FOR QUITE A WHILE. I WORKED AT PO TO 2022 AND WE HAD DONE A STUDY AND PLANS TO DO IMPROVEMENTS ON NC 98, UM, THERE JUST HASN'T BEEN FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THAT RIGHT NOW SO I DON'T BELIEVE -- I CAN LOOK THAT UP AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN THIS AREA OF NC 98 RIGHT NOW ON THE SKIP.

THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS FURTHER WEST, BUT NOT IN THIS MEDIATE AREA. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

>> ONE QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS ONE SMALL QUESTION. SO ON THE IN THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT THAT ALWAYS APPEARS IN THAT INITIAL MEMO WE GET IT REFERENCES TRANSPORTATION REVENUES INCLUDING POWELL BUILD REVENUES.

WILL WE STILL GET THAT OR NOT, SO I WONDER IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S NO LONGER VALID OR DO WE WITH NEED O TO HAVE RISK FACTOR ATTACHED TO IT? >> RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD UNTIL THE LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTION, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK IS THE FRAMEWORK WE'RE WORKING IN. THAT IS AN INTERNAL CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE ESPECIALLY WITH WITH CONTINGENCIES FOR THAT OR VING ADDRESSING THAT ISSUE, UM, BUT WE AS STAFF ARE NOT TRYING TO LOOK IN A CYSTL BALL AND THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. >> YOU'RE NOT PUTTING PROBABILITY ON THAT NUMBER? >> I COULD NOT GIVE YOU -- I

WISH I HAD THE ABILITY TO KNOW WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE'S GOING TO DO. I'D BE A VERY RICH MAN IF I DID. >> ON THIS ONE IT REFERENCES OVER TEN YEARS, UH, AND I GUESS THIS WOULD BE PAL BUILD RELATED TO STRAUSS DRIVE IS THAT WHAT FUNDING WOULD BE RELATED TO? SORRY, DIFFERENT CASE.

PAL BILL RUN INTO WHICH ROAD IN THIS THE DEVELOPMENT? >> IT WOULD BE NC 98. >> SO THIS LOOKS LIKE SIX OUT OF THE SIX 42 AND -- SO IT'S ONLY $6,000 OVER THOSE TEN YEARS SO NOT A HUGE CHUNK. >> NO.

>> OKAY. HELPFUL. >> NOT GOING TO O DO MUCH ON NC 98. BILL'S GOT SOMETHING MORE. >> POWELL BILL REVENUES WOULD BE FOR THE NEW STEET CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD RECEIVE -- >> BUT SIX THOUSAND'S THE ANYTHING BUT EVERY DOLLAR HELPS,

RIGHT? >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE'VE GOTTEN THAT OUT OF THE WAY, AND AT THIS TIME I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. MR.

JOULE -- MR. JEWEL, WELCOME. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED TONIGHT? >> PROBABLY NINE OR TEN MINUTES. LET ME GET MY PRESENTATION STARTED, IF YOU WOULD. >> THANK YOU.

>> AARON, I MAY NEED HELP GETTING THIS IN PRESENTATION MODE AS REALLY E OLD PERSON. [LAUGHTER] >> SHOULD JUST BE A QUICK -- >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE ON THAT. GOOD EVENING. DANIEL JEWELL, THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THOMAS & HUTTON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND PRIVATE PRACTICE 2510 MERIDIAN PARKWAY. WE'RE TWO YEARS INTO THIS APPLICATION FROM WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED BUT THAT IS LARGELY ON US. THAT TIMELINE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS, WE SPENT A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME, I THINK, REFINING AND IMPROVING AND RECRAFTING THIS PROPOSE ARE L BASED ON A REALLY GOOD AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS AS WELL AS CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH STAFF AND YOUL SEE WE ALSO, UM, IN

STUFF WE GOT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. YOU'RE ALL AWARE THAT IN LTE '23 THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONERS ADOPTED NEW COMP PLAN. IT WAS A LONG PROCESS STARTED IN 2019. I WAS INVOLVED I THAT IN PROBABLY OF OF ALL THE THINGS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN DURHAM IN MY 40 YEARS HERE, IT WAS THE MOST THROE REENGAGEMENT PROCESS I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH.

ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS WAS AROUND ESTABLISHING A NEW URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. PARTICULARLY IN EAST DURHAM, AND THE GOAL WAS TO DECIDE WHERE WATER AND SEWER SHOULD BE EXTENDED AND GROWTH SHOULD OCUR AND WHERE IT SHOULD NOT. ONE OF THE OTHER LARGE AREAS OF DISCUSSION WAS AROUND HOUSING. DURHAM HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A HOUSING SHORTAGE FOR OVER A DECADE NOW. HOUSING SHORTAGES CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGH COST OF AVAILABLE HOUSING AND WHERE, HOW MUCH, AND WHAT KIND SHOULD BE BUILT. YOU MAY RECALL THERE WAS ALSO

QUITE A BIT OF CONCERN IN SEVERAL MEETINGS BETWEEN PLANNING STAFF AND HOME BUILDING INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CON STRAKS OF THE URBAN GROWTH AREA THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN IN SEVERAL AREAS. WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THE RESULTING CON STRAKS OF OF ACREAGE WOULD RESULT IN REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF HOMES BUILT IN THESE AREAS, ULTIMATELY BASED ON MEETINGS AND INPUT FROM PLANNING STAFF THE REDUCTION IN LAND AREA WOULD BE OFFSET BY INCREASES IN ALLOWABLE DENSITY, A LOT OF THE OPPOSITION TO THAT BACKED OFF AND MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF SPOKE IN FRONT A FEW UH YEARS AGO SUPPORTING S THE COMP PLAN YOU ADOPT. SO SUMMARIZE A FEW OF THE KEY POINT NSZ HOW WE'VE RESPONDED TO THE COMP PLAN WITH THIS PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU; THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH LIMITS. WATER AND SEWER IS NEARBY AND WE WILL BE EASILY EXTENDED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE DEVELOPER'S

EXPENSE. THE PLACE-TYPE MAP COMPONENT OF THE COMP PLAN CALLS FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT CALLS FOR A DENSE, WALKABLE, MIX OF HOUSING TYPES INCLUDING APARTMENTS, TOWNHOMES, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE'RE PROPOSING EXACTLY THAT.

AND OUR COMMITMENT SHOW THAT WE WILL BUILD ALL THEE OF THOSE HOUSING TYPES AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PAN FURTHER STATES FOR THIS PLACE TYPE THAT THERE BE A CENTRALLY-LOCATED, NON-RESIDENTIAL USE PROVIDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EASILY ACCESSIBLE WITHIN A 15-MINUTE OR SHORTER WALK FROM THE NEW HOMES THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AND WE ARE, IN FACT, COMMITTING TO A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT AS PART OF F THIS COMMUNITY AND ALL THE HOMES WILL BE WITHIN A 15MINUTE WALK. FURTHER, A NEW MONTHS AGO PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDEDED A PROVL OF SMALL COMMERCIAL NODE AT CORNER O OF KEMP AND 98 WHICH YOU WILL BE

SEEING SOON AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY ALSO BE WITHIN A 15-MINUTE WALK OF MOST OF THIS NEW NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT IN ALL OF THE HOUSING TYPES, UM, WE ARE HAVE COMMITMENT THAT EACH OF THE THREE OUZ HOKING TYPES WILL HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT AND OF COURSE WE'RE DOING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FUND. CONTINUOUS NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ENGAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS. THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS INCLUDING ONE IN PERSON THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HELPED TO ORGANIZE AND BACK IN JANUARY I HOSTED A MEETING IN MY OFFICE WITH SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PRESERVE RURAL DURHAM FOLKS. WE LISTENED TO THE COCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR PROPOSAL OVER THE TIME AS BEST WE COULD TO HELP ADDRESS THOSE. THE MOST IMPACTFUL EARLY ADJUSTMENT WAS FROM THE DENSITY WITH WE HAD ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED, 650 UNITS, 7-AND-A-HALF UNITS PER ACRE WHEN WE'VE NOW REDUCE THAT TO 499

UNIT WHCH IS IS NEARLY A 25% REDUCTION IN THE DENSITY FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. RECALL THAT THIS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD DESCRIBED IN THE COMP PLAN CALLS FAR DENSE MIX OF RESIDENTIAL USES. THAT'S THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF THE COMP PLAN. DENSITY IS A RELATIVE TERM, AND WORDS WE BELIEVE THAT OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS WITHIN THE RANGE OF WHAT THE COMP PLAN CALLED FOR, WE DID MAKE THAT ADJUST M BASED ON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS O OF THIS PART OF DURHAM IS THE EVER-INCREASING TRAFFIC FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT. ANOTHER SLIDE. THERE WE GO. AND EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE URBAN GROWTH LIMITS DURING THE COMP PLAN CONVERSATION, WE ALSO WANTED TO DO OUR PART TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS FROM THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF THE WAYS TO MITIGATE WAS TO REDUCE THE DENSITY BY 25% AS I SAID. THE OTHER WAS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A GOOD NUMBER

OF OFF-SITE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE AFFECTED. OUR TEXT COMMITMENT LISTS IMPROVEMENTS AT 11 SEPARATE INTERSECTIONS; AN THIS MP SHOWS THE BREADTH OF WHERE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE, AND THESE ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE AND REPRESENT MILLIONS O OF DOLLARS IN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. IMPORTANTLY, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE THREE NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THIS STRETCH OF 98 FROM KEMP ROAD OUT TO ONE OF OUR NEW DRIVEWAYS AND FARTHER EAST. THESE NEW SIGNALS WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN AND THEY'LL ALSO CAUSE TRAFFIC TO STOP AT INTERVALS. WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES THE NEIGHBORS HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THOSE WHO'S DRIVEWAYS BACK ON TO 98 HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING OUT AND GETTING BACK IN SO THIS WILL CAUSE BREAKS IN THE CONTINUOUS TRAFFIC AND HOPEFULLY MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET IN AND OUT. OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, RHINAL STEVENSON WITH DRMP IS HERE THIS

EVENING AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS DURING YOUR Q&A PERIOD WHEN THAT COMES UP LATER. WE ALSO HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT BUFFERING OF ADJACENT RESIDENTS WHO FRONT ON 98 AND PRESERVING THE VISUAL CHARACTER OF THE ROAD. TO THAT END, WE HVE NOW INCORPORATED TEXT COMMITMENTS TO PROVIDE A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG THE BACK OF THOSE LOTS, AND A 30 FOOT NO BUILD AND NO PARKING SETBACK ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF HIGHWAY 98 TO BE IN KEEPING WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER AND BUILDING SETBACK OF 98 ALONG THAT FRONTAGE. AND RECENTLY BASED ON THE MEETING IN OUR OFFICE A FEW ZONING STAFF REPORT WE FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE A PUBLIC GREENWAY EASE M BECAUSE THERE IS A PUBLIC GREENWAY SLOEN THROUGH THE SITE, WE'VE DECIDED TO COMMIT TO BUILDING THAT TRAIL. SO WE'LL BUILD THAT GREENWAY TRAIL FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. WE ALSO AGREED TO ADDRESS

NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS OF PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE IN ORDER AND SOUTH AND WE'VE COMMITTED TO A 200 FOOT MINIMUM SETBACK FOR BOTH BUILDING AND PARKING FROM THOSE PROPERTY LINES. AND ALSO SO THAT ALL USES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER WITH SIDEWALKS AND GREENWAY TAILS TO FURTHER REINFORCE OUR COMMITMENT AND SINCERITY IN MAKING THIS A WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU'LL NOTE IN THE STAFF REPORT... PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL 7-1.

RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE THESE DAYS. WE ALSO THOUGH VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT SEVERAL OF THE COMMISSIONERS LEFT THAT WEREN'T RAILROAD TICKLATED DURING THE HEARING A FEW MONTHS AGO. PARTICULARLY THOSE CONCERNS ABOUT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, ACTIVATED OPEN SPACE, AND IMPERVIOUS SURFACE LIMITS.

SO WE LOOK TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THOSE. THEREFORE, WE ARE GOING TO ADD THREE NEW PROFFERS TONIGHT. I'VE ALREADY PROVIDED THOSE IN WRITING TO MR. CAIN SO HE HAS THOSE IN FRONT OF HIM.

WE'RE GOING TO COMMITMENT TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. GOING TO MANAGE TO THE 25-YEAR STORM RATHER THAN 10 WHICH IS BASE RIGHT NOW FOR PUBLIC WORKS. WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO INSTALLS AT LEAST TWO PLAYGROUNDS AND A OPEN PLAY FIELD, AND WE'RE GOING TO COMMITMENT TO LIMITING IMPERVIOUS SURFACE TO 50% MAXIMUM RATHER THAN THE 70% CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY THE UDO. TO SUMMARIZE: WE THINK WE'RE CREATING THE TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD ENVISIONED FOR THIS LOCATION BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ARE PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED HOUSING OF VARIOUS TYPES AND INCOME LEVELS INCLUDING WORKFORCE HOUSING. WE'LL BE BUILDING A GREAT PUBLIC AMENITY THROUGH DOING A PUBLIC GREENWAY TRAIL THROUGH THE SITE

THAT WOULD BE OF GREAT PENCE TO THE CITY SOMEDAY AND ARE BEING RESPECTFUL OF THE NEIGHBORS AS WE CAN BE THE DENSITY RECONSTRUCTION, LANCE SCAPE BUFFERS, HIGHWAY 98 SETBACKS AND COMMITMENT TO LOCATED ANY APARTMENT BUILDING AND FACILITIES WELL AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES. WE THINK THAT OUR PROPOSAL PROVIDES THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING, MUCH MORE IN KEEPING WITH WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE PALATABLE TO THE NEIGHBORS, AND MEET GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HOPE YOU WILL AGREE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND VOTE FOR A APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE ONLINE SPEAKER. KATIE ROZ

KATIE ROSS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> NOT RESPONDING. >> OKAY. >> HELLO!

>> THERE SHE IS. >> I'M HERE. >> HELLO. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

WELCOME. >> OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ON THE HOWARD PROPERTY? >> YES.

YOU'RE RIGHT. >> OKAY. I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED. ALL RIGHT. SENT MUCH OF THIS TO ALL OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL COUPLE MONTHS AGO BUT I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT AND UPDATE IT. I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT PREDICTED IN 2020 THAT DURHAM WOULD NEED 60 THOUSAND 66 THOUSAND NEW HOUSING UNITS BY 2050 TO MEET A PROJECTED

POPULATION INCREASE OF -- I THINK IT WAS 150,000 PEOPLE. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCRUED HAVE GONE WAY AHEAD OF THEIR PROJECTION THAT MAYBE TWO THOUSAND UNITS A YEAR NEEDS TO BE APPROVED TO MEET THE GOAL BY 2050. WE'RE FIVE YEARS IN, AND THROUGH APRIL OF THIS YEAR, YOU ALONE ON VOTING ON PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE APPROVED 24,665 UNITS ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT EVERY FIVE YEARS ONLY 11,000, A LITTLE OVER THAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED SO YOU'RE WAY ABOVE THAT, BUT YOU ONLY APPROVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE UNITS

THAT ARE APPROVED. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPROVES AT LEAST TWICE AS MANY UNITS AS YOU DO, AND SO IF YOU TAKE THEIR APPROVAL OF PROBABLY 40,000 UNITS IN THAT TIME, YOU ALREADY EXCEEDED IN FIVE YEARS THE 60,000 UNITS THAT THE, UM OFFICE OF BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND COMP PLAN ANTICIPATED WOULD BE NEEDED BY 2050. SO JUST THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND. SO, UM, THERE'S NO HOUSING CRISIS IN DURHAM. IN FACT, THERE IS A HOUSING GLOCH ON THE HORIZON. YOU'RE THREE TIMES, AT LEAST, MORE THAN YOU SHOULD BE IF YOU WERE PROCEEDING CAUTIOUSLY AND RATIONALLY BECAUSE THE DAMAGE TO

THE ENIROMENT -- AND YOU'RE GOING HEAR A LOT ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN THIS HEARING -- THAT'S PERMANENT. WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING UP HOUSING UNITS AND YOU'RE MOWING DOWN FORESTS AND DEFECATING OUR WATER SOURCES, THOSE ARE PERMANENT, AND YOU'RE DOING IT COMPLETELY WITHOUT NECESSITY AND COMPLETELY ABOVE WHAT IS PREDICTED IN THE COMP PLAN. SECONDLY, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE COMP PLAN AND THOSE PREDICTIONS IN POPULATION -- >> THANK YOU, MS. ROSS.

>> OKAY. THERE YOU GO. >> ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT PERSON -- WELL THAT WAS MY ONLY ONLINE SPEAKER, SO NOW GOING TO BE IN PERSON.

ALL RIGHT. TAMMY SWAY YEAH. I'M GOING TO CALL A FEW NAMES UP SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY SPEAKERS. SO IF YOU WOULD QUEUE RIGHT OVER HERE AFTER TAMMY. JERRY RAY.

DONNA STEINBECK. >> MAYOR, WE HAD IN ORDER OF OUR PRESENTATION. IS THERE A WAY WE COULD SART FROM THE BEGINNING [INDISCERNIBLE]? WANDA ALLEN.

>> Y'ALL GOING SPEAK SO THAT'S -- I'LL OBLIGE TONIGHT. >> GOING TO O GO AHEAD AND GET OUR PRESENTATION UP AND WHILE THEY'RE LOADING THE PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO GO ON THE RECORD. I AGREE WITH AARON. WE HAD 12 -- >> YOUR TIM?

>> NO, NOT MY TIME. WE HAD 12 FAMILIES THAT DID NOT RECEIVE THEIR NOTIFICATION. >> DO YOU WANT ME TO DO SLIDES? >> PLEASE.

OKAY. READY? I'M READY. >> WHY DON'T YOU ALL GIVE ME THE FIRST FIVE OF YOUR PRESENTATION? >> WANDA ALLEN, DONNA STIEN BECK, TOM FREEMAN, TINA MOTLY,

BECKY FREEMAN. THAT'S THE FIRST FIVE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> READY?

>> ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SOUTHEAST DURHAM IS IN A CRISIS AS THE MAP IS CLEARLY MARKED HOWARD PLACE ADDS TO THE CRISIS.

WE HAVE RURAL -- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, TRAFFIC ISSUES, INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES. TONIGHT, AS EACH PERSON SPEAKS, THEY WILL PRESENT FACTS THAT SUPPORT SOUTHEAST DURHAM IS IN A CRISIS. NEXT. PLEASE NOTE THIS SLIDE ON FEBRUARY 11th, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. A PLEDGE WAS MADE BY THE APPLICANT THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE FROM BLASTING. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND TH CITY ATTORNEY OFFICE CONFIRM THE

BLASTING PROFFERS COULD NOT BE INCLUDED. PLEASE NOTE THIS SLIDE: THE CURRENT ZONING IS RR, AND THE PROPOSED UDO IS NOT HIGH DENSITY. IT WILL BE TWO HOUSES PER ACRE. WHY THIS SLIDE IS IMPORTANT, THE APPLICANT STATED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 11th THAT THE NEW UDO WOULD ALLOW FOR HIGHER DENSITY.

THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD BE THE BEST OF THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT. THE CHART CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THE NEW UDO WILL NO CREATE HIGH DENSITY. IT IS NECESSARY TO PRSENT THESE TWO SLIDES TO ENSURE THE FACTS AND THE DATA IS ACCURATE. AS EACH SLIDE IS PRESENTED TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE FACTS THAT CONFIRM SOUTHEAST DURHAM IS IN A CRISIS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE DONNA STEINBECK. >> YES, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING.

DONNA STEINBECK AND ADDRESS ON FILE, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DURHAM. RURAL GENTRIFICATION IS IN SOUTHEAST DURHAM. BULL CITY PUBLIC INVESTIGATORS REPORTED AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX INCREASES OF 79% ACROSS DURHAM WITH THE TAX APPRAISE LS. THE KEY ISSUE THAT DROVE THESE INCREASES IN OUR AREA WAS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AT THE HIGH END UP AGAINST THE CRITICAL WATERSHED AND THE UGB. IN THE LEFT CHART, SEE THE NORTHERN AREA. ROUGEMONT GOT 56% AND CROASDAILE AT 47%, BAPTIST ROAD 164% CHANGE

AND LITTLE ROGERS ROAD IS 169% CHANGE. NEAR THE UGB AND CRITICAL WATERSHED WITH TRIASSIC SOIL THAT WILL NOT HURT SEPTICS AND YOU CANNOT FIND WELL FOR WATER. -- GRAND TOTAL AVERAGE FOR SOUTHEAST DURHAM WAS 162% CHANGE, NOT THE 79 IN THEIR APPRAISALS FOR LAST YEAR. THESE EVALUATIONS CAUSE MUCH PROBLEM AT MY PERSONAL HOUSE BECAUSE OUR HOUSE WENT UP DOUBLED AND THAT WAS AFTER A FOREST DEFERMENT AND IT HAS TRIPLED IN TEN YEARS. THESE ARE INFLATED APPRAISALS AND KERRY AND I ARE RETIRED, FIXED INCOME AND WE'VE SEEN MANY OF OUR FRIENDS LEAVE DURHAM. THE MAJOR DRIVER FOR THE LAND

ES AND LAND IS UM... NEXT WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BOARD FOR THEIR FIRST ANALYSIS USING THEIR TOOLS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. THEY WILL BE SPEAKING MORE TO THIS SUBSTANTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND CRITICAL ISSUES TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTHEAST DURHAM. NEXT SLIDE.

MASS GRADING, CLEAR CUTTING, AND BLASTING ARE CAUSING SEDIMENT POLLUTION OUR STREAMS, WETLANDS AND FALLS LAKE. PROPERTY IN THE WHITE OUTLINE IS HOWARD'S PROPERTY. THE 35% OF THE COMP PLAN POLICIES IDENTIFIED BY PLANNING ARE NOT MET AND THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE PERCENT.

THE TOP OF THE PICTURE IS LET'S SAY NORTH FOR MY DESCRIPTIONS AND THIS COMES FROM DURHAM MAPS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT IS TOM FREEMAN. >> SLIDE 8.

GOOD EVENING, THOMAS FREEMAN, ADDRESS ON FILE, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DURHAM. FOR YOU FOLKS WHO ARE FILING WITH THE PACKAGE I'LL BE ADDRESSING SLIDES 8, 9, 10, 11. I'LL BEGIN WITH SLIDE 8 AND BEGIN WITH REMINDING YOU THIS IS A PHOTO OF LICK CREEK. IT'S OBVIOUS IT'S MUD HOLE DUE TO THE LOWER SECTION OF THE LAKE.

THESE ARE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES, I WOULD ADD. IT IS FORTUITOUS THAT WE WOULD MEET HERE TONIGHT IN THE WEEK OF SAFE DRINKING WATER WEEK. THIS, BY THE WAY, FOLKS, IS THE DRINKING WATER FOR THE CITY OF

RALEIGH AND MANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THEY SERVE. I'LL GO ONTO POINT OUT POLICY 86, WHICH IS A POLICY TO PROTECT WATER RESOURCES FOR THE ADJACENT POLITICAL UNITS. CITY OF RALEIGH BEING ONE. EYES DO NOT LIE.

THE STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR TRIASSIC BASIN SOILS IS NOT WORKING. BELIEVE YOUR EYES. THIS IS PROOF, EXHIBIT A. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

TEXTUAL COMMITMENTS IDENTIFIED 499 MAXIMUM UNITS, BUT THERE IS NO COMMITMENT ON MASS GRADING. REALLY? 4 ACRES, REALLY? BUT YOU WON'T DECLARE THAT THIS WILL BE MASS GRADED. MASS GRADED SITES, I WOULD ADD THAT IF IT'S OVER 4 ACRE, IT'S A MASS GRADED SITE.

RECAP FURTHER, LICK CREEK DRAINAGE EXISTS OF 3,211 ACRES. ONLY FIVE SUBDIVISIONS HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT. FIVE DEVELOPMENTS. 46 ARE E EITHER IN THE WORKS OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR HAVE NOT BEGUN.

46 OF THESE I APPROVED BY THIS BODY AND ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, MANY HAVE NOT EVEN BEGUN, NOT BEGUN! THIS IS 11% DEVELOPED, 89% HAVE BEEN APPROVED BUT ARE NOT ONLINE. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU OF THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMING. SLIDE 11.

LET'S DIGRESS. LET'S MOVE FROM ENVIRONMENT MATTERS TO BUILT ENVIRONMENT. LET'S LOOK AT SIDEWALKS. HAVE YOU EVER WALKED BESIDE A BUSY HIGHWAY? AT 55 MILES PER HOUR? 25 FEET FROM THE SIDEWALK?

FEET EAST TO WEST ALONG NC 98 00 HOWEVER ONLY ONE-THIRD OF THE PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO NC 98. REMAINING TWO THIRDS IS OWNED BY PRIVATE PARTIES. THE SITUATION BEGS TO QUESTION: THE DEVELOPER MAKING PROPOSAL FOR FULL FRONTAGE INCLUDE THOSE PRIVATE PARCELS? ASK FOR TRANSPARENCY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. I JUST REAL QUICK, I UH ASKED A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO LISTEN IN ON THE COUNCIL MEETING AND BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT DEMOCRACY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT OR THIS STAGE, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO SAY WHAT YOU LIKE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING, NO PEOPLE ARE DRINKING OUT OF THE LAKE.

IT DOES GO THROUGH A FILL FERING PROCESS. SO TO YOUR POINT, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAY BUT NO ONE'S DRINKING DIRECTLY OUT OF THE LAKE FOR THOSE WO ARE WATCHING. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING. HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS TINA MOTLY PEARSON, ADDRESS ON FILE. I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE REGULATIONS, AND I THINK IT'S NOTE WORTHY TO POINT OUT THERE ARE PROTECTED SPECIES WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROPERTY. CAROLINA DARTER IS ENDANGERS SPECIES OF FISH, CHIEF WARD IS ALSO PROTECTED. SPANKLER ENVIRONMENTAL WAS HIRED TO ASSESS PROPERTY IN 2022, BUT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AN AQUATIC SURVEY WAS NOT CONDUCTED AT THIS SITE BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S AWFULLY INCONVENIENT TO HAVE ENDANGERS OR THREATENED SPECIES ON LAND DESIGNATED FOR DEVELOPMENT. HOW DO YOU FIND SOMETHING WHEN YOU DON'T LOOK FOR IT? I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHICH NOTES THAT ACCORDING TO A LETTER FROM DEQ IN 2022, THERE WERE SEVEN

STREAMS ON-SITE FLOWING INTO IMPAIRED LICK CREEK. NEXT SLIDE. WHICH IS NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE ZONING MAP CHANGE REPORT REGARDING STREAM BUFFERS IT SAYS NONE ON-SITE. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THAT TOP CORNER, AND SAME WITH FLOODPLAIN, IT SAYS NONE ON-SITE AND THERE IS A FLOODPLAIN.

STORMWATER SERVICES DIVISION IDENTIFIED NINE POSSIBLE STREAMS. SO WHY ARE NO STREAM BUFFERS REQUIRED WITH UP TO NINE STREAMS ON THE PROPERTY? ARE WE HAVING A TWILIGHT ZONE MOMENT? ARE STREAMS APPEARING AND DISAPPEARING AND REAPPEARING IN DURHAM ACCORDING TO WHO BENEFITS?

THANK YOU, AND PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS PROJECT. THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU. BECKY FREEMAN. WILLIAMS, MS. COATS AND DEBRA

ANDREWS. PARDON MY DISRESPECT, THAT IS SHERIFF MIKE ANDREWS, FORMER SHERIFF MIKE ANDREWS. >> I'M REBECCA FREEMAN AND INFORMATION ON MILE. THANK YOU.

SLIDE 16 IS THE MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA NATURAL HERITAGE AREA. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THERE, THE PINK SHADING SHOWS NATURAL HERITAGE IN SOUTHERN SECTION OF HOWARD PROPERTY, 11 ACRES. ON THE RIGHT IS ENLARGED PICTURE OF THE NATURAL HERITAGE AREA. IT IS 11 ACRES THAT INCLUDES A ONE-ACRE FLOODPLAIN. TEXTUAL COMMITMENT NUMBER 14 COMMITS TO NO DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOODPLAIN. NOTE THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOODPLAIN IS PROHIBITED BY POLICY 79 OPINION THE ONE ACRE FLOODPLAIN IS WITHIN THE NATURAL HERITAGE AREA OF 11 ACRES, BUT THERE'S NO COMMITMENT TO SAVE OR

PROTECT ALL 11 ACRES. MAP OF NORTH CAROLINA NATURAL HERITAGE YEAR SHOWS THAT THE AREA IN PERRY FARM IS A HIGH-PRIORITY AREA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN SENSITIVE AREAS. OKAY. SO, SLIDE 18, MY QUESTION IS, HOW DOES HOWARD PROPERTY EXCEED POLICY 79 ACCORDING THE ZONE REPORT YOU HAVE TONIGHT? POLICY 79 SAYS THAT STATES THAT PROTECT DURHAM'S MOST SENSITIVE NATURAL AREAS INCLUDING FLOODPLAINS, WETLANDS, WILDLIFE HABITATS, HILLSIDES DRINKING WATER SOURCES, CRITICAL WATERSHEDS AND NATURAL HERITAGE AREAS FROM IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT. PROTECT DURHAM FROM IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT -- THE DEVELOPER COMMITS TO NO DEVELOPMENT IN THE ONE ACRE FLOODPLAIN WHICH IS IN

THE BOX THERE THAT IS ENCIRCLED WITH RED, BUT THERE'S NO COMMITMENT FOR THE ADDITIONAL TEN ACRES OF THE WILDLIFE CORRIDORS AND NATURAL HERITAGE AREAS THAT SURROUND IT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND ON FEBRUARY 11, 2025, THAT POLICY 79 WAS NOT MET BUT FOR THE SAME FINDS POLICY 79 EXCEEDS U ENTIRE ACRES -- IF ONLY ONE ACRE FLOODPLAIN IS PROTECTED AND THERE'S NO PROTECTION COMMITMENT FOR THE OTHER TEN ACRES OF NATURAL HERITAGE AREA SEEMS TO ME POLICY 79 SHOULD NOT BE MET IF THEY'RE PROTECTING LESS THAN 10% OF SENSITIVE AREAS. THANK YOU. >> THNK YOU.

NEXT. PAM ANDREWS. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. PAM ANDREWS, WAKE FOREST

HIGHWAY. I HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE NATURAL HERITAGE AREA DURING SHEFFIELD FARMS SO I WANTED TO RESEARCH IT. I WENT OUT AND FOUND OUT. I CALLED THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA AND SPOKE WITH DIRECTOR MISTY FRANKLIN.

SHE SENT ME THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF AE KWAU TICK SPECIES WOULD BE CONSERVATION OF VEGETATIVE BUFFER 100 FOOT WIDE WIDTH ACROSS LICK CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES. LIKEWISE, ANY DOUGLAS BITTER CREST IS RARE PLANT SPECIES WITH MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR WITHIN STREAM SIZE ZONED LAST DOCUMENTED ON THIS AREA WITH VERY HIGH ACCURACY MARCH 10, 2021. 1. LET'S LOOK AT THOSE. POINTS OUT THE HIGH FREQUENCY VERY HIGH FRK IS I ACCURACY AND

SIGNIFICANTLY RARE PLANT THE DOUG LIS BITTER CREST WHICH IS ON THIS PROPERTY. ANY CONFLICT IN THIS ORDINANCE IT STATES ANY CON FRIBL FRIKT MAY WILL SUPPLEMENTED FROM NORTH CAROLINA HERITAGE PROGRAM AS DETERMINED BY MISTY FRANKLIN. 1 FROM THE UDO SAYS THE PRESERVATION OF SIGNIFICANT FEATURES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, SUBDIVISIONS SHALL PROTECT HABITATS OF RARE AND UNUSUAL PLANTS OR WILDLIFE AS DOCUMENTED IN THE ESTABLISHED DURHAM INVENTORY OF THE STATE NATURAL HERITAGE LISTING.

THEN I SPOKE WITH BROOK MASSA, NEXT CONTACT. [INDISCERNIBLE] SHE NOTED ALL STAFF IN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN TRAINED ON THE TRIANGLE CONNECTIVITY COLLABORATION AND THEREFORE THEY INCORRECTLY STATED THERE WAS NO WILDLIFE CORRIDOR IN THIS PARCEL. I CAN CONFIRM -- THIS IS HER TALKING -- THAT THERE IS A KNOWN

TIMBER RATTLESNAKE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS PROJECT. SPECIAL CONCERNED SPECIES AN IS EXTREMELY RARE. THE DATA SHOWS US THAT A LARGE PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY IS IMPORTANT HABITAT PATCH FOR DRY, WET, HARDWOOD FOREST. BOTH RATED HIGH PRIORITY.

THIS IS A HABITAT FOR SPECIES LIKE THE SALAMANDER, SNAKE, BOX TURTLE AND MANY OTHER SPECIES LIKE THE BIRDS THAT BREED IN THESE HABITATS SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE TAB AT THE NETWORK IN THIS AREA FOR DURHAM COUNTY. LASTLY, THE NC WILDLIFE CONSIDERS THE NATURAL HERITAGE AREAS IS HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR PERMANENT CONSERVATION OF LAND. WE RECOMMEND THIS COMMUNITY AIMS TO CON SERVICE THESE AREAS AND BUFFER THEM FROM DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. PAM WILLIAMS.

>> GOOD EVENING, PAM WILLIAMS, NAMES ON FILE. I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY 69, 70-73 ARE NOT MET FWHI SITE. THIS DOES NOT REDUCE CARBON IT IS CAR CENTRIC NEW YORK 15-MINUTE NEIGHBORHOOD, NO NEARBY JOB, THIS ROAD TOPOLOGY HAS HILLIERER TAN, GUARDRAIL FOR STEEP SLOPE AND 22 DRIVEWAYS.

CAPACITY IS REFINED TO TAKE MORE OF THE INDIVIDUAL ROAD CHARACTERISTIC INTO CONSIDERATION. CHANGES IN ROAD CHARACTERISTIC IN ANY OTHER RELATIVE FACTORS NOT JUST [INDISCERNIBLE]. NC 98 CAPACITY IS 14,600 AADT BASED ON PIEDMONT TABLE. THE EXISTING VOLUME IN 2023, TWO

YEARS AGO, WAS 15,000 ADT AND THIS PROJECT WILL ADD ALMOST 4,500 ADT AND INCREASE TRAFFIC TO 19,500 ADT. 33% OVER CAPACITY. THE 19,500 ADT -- NEXT SLIDE, YOU'RE THERE -- THE 19,500 ADT WAS NOT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL VEHICLE PER DY FROM OVER 23 DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THIS AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE 2023. ADDITION OF 62,400 ADT IS PROPOSED IN THIS AREA THAT'S IN THAT LITTLE SQUARE RIGHT THERE, UM, WOULD BE DISTERSED AMONG NC 98, SHERRON ROAD AND LEEVILLE ROAD. NEXT SLIDE. WHY AREN'T DEVELOPERS REQUIRED TO PUT IN A WIDER LEFT TURN LANE AND PROVIDE FOR THE PROPOSED CROSS SCTION AS PROPOSED IN THE JOINT MPOs 2018 NC 98 CORRIDOR

STUDY? I'M NOT ASKING Y'ALL TO ANSWER BUT I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THERE'S A STUDY THAT WAS DONE. THERE ARE NO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS PLANNED IN THIS AREA BY OUR MTP WHICH MUST BE IN THE MTP BEFORE IT CAN BECOME A DOT PROJECT. SO OR MTP IS NOT PROPOSING ANYTHING IN THIS AREA, THERE IS A SMALL PROJECT UP CLOSE TO 85.

OR 70. REMEMBER THESE NUMBERS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 62,400 VEHICLES PER DAY OVER SIX THOUSAND AYE 8 HUNT UNITS AS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WIH NO CUMULATIVE IMPACT STUDY. YES, WE DO HAVE LIGHTS GOING IN, AND YES, THE LIGHTS ON KEMP ROAD IS ALREADY IN SO THEY WILL NOT BE PUTTING THAT LIGHT IN. THEY MAY PUT A LIGHT IN AT THEIR ENTRANCE AND THEY NEE MAY BE REQUIRED TO PUT A LIGHT AT SOUTHVIEW, THAT IS ALL DEPENDENT IF IT'S WARRANT. THERE'S ALSO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL BE PUTTING THESE

LIGHTS IN. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MS.

ANDREWS. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GARY McLEAN, ADDRESS ON FILE.

I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY OPINION THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS HOWARD PLACE ON HIGHWAY 98. I HAD A PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCE THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2025. I LIVE AT THE END OF THE WAKE ELECTRIC POWER GRID, POWER CO-OP AND MY POWER WAS INTERRUPTED FOR 12 HOURS DUE UH TO AN ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 98 WITH TRACTOR TRAILER AND TWO VEHICLES. SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. POWER WAS OUT FOR 12 HOURS AND IT'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS AREA

WITH THE SCHOOL AND JUST THE TRAFFIC AND THE SHOPPING CENTER AT FOUR-POINTS, AND NOW IF WE HAVE THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE'D HAVE PROBABLY WELL MAYBE 4,500 MORE VEHICLES ON THIS ALL RIGHT-OVERBURDENED ROAD. IT'S A 2-LANE SECONDARY ROAD, MINIMUM SHOULDERS AND IT'S JUST TREACHEROUS. SO BCAUSE OF THIS, I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MR. ANDREWS. >> GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON TRAFFIC, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR HIGHWAYS THAT COME IN OR MULTIPLE ROADS THAT COME INTO DURHAM. 501, 15-501, 55, I 40, I 85, 885

AND 70. P HIGHWAY 98 CARRIES MULTIPLE TRAFFIC FROM THOSE LOCATIONS EASTWARD TOWARDS WAKE FOREST, NORTH RALEIGH, FRANKLIN COUNTY, AND TRAFFIC IS UNBEARABLE. WITH THIS PROJECT, UM, IT'LL ADD IN THE READ THERE, AND WITH THIS PROJECT IT'LL ADD OVER 62,400 VEHICLE TRIPS PER WILL BE ADDED TO THE ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA AND THAT CAME -- THOSE TOTALS ON THE FIGURE FROM MS. WILLIAMS FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

IN REGARDS TO THE PROJECT AT HOWARD PROPERTY, HOW WILL KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL? THERE ARE NO WALKABLE TRAILS TO SCHOOL. THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS TO SCHOOL. THERE ARE NO BUSINESSES TO WALK TO FROM THAT PROPERTY OUT ON HIGHWAY 98. THE ENTRANCES THAT ARE BEING DESIGNATED AND THE EGRESS,

INGRESS IS ON THE HILL AND THEN EXIT IS A RIGHT TURN ONLY WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TOWARDS WAKE COUNTY. THERE ARE BLIND SPOTS AND OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN A DISTANCE OF A MILE-AND-A-HALF, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 45 ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AS MR. WILLIAMS JUT SPOKE, MR.

McLEAN JUST SPOKE, THERE WAS A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON NC 98, WHICH THERE WERE 700 HOMES AND BUSINESSES THAT WERE WITHOUT POWER UH. PLEASE NOTE THE TRAFFIC. IT IS HEAVILY TRAVELED NOW AND THIS WILL ADD EXTRA BURDEN AND INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW. IT IS 9:00, AND WE'LL BE BACK AT

>> BACK TO BUSINESS. ARE YOU MS. COATS? COUNTS LOOK.

>> FLORENCE COATS. MY MAIN CONCERN IS BLASTING TO THE BUILDING BEHIND ME BECAUSE I WOULD BE BACKED UP. AND ALSO HIGHWAY. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO 898 HIGHWAY, NEEDS TO BE WIDENED SO PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE LAST WEEK, I WAS GOING TO CHURCH, I LEFT HOME AT 25 MINUTES AFTER FIVE.

SUPPOSED TO BE AT CHURCH A AT 6:00 DIDN'T GET THERE UNTIL 6:10 ABOUT THREE MILES. THAT'S THE WAY THE TRAFFIC IS. AND THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY

HOUSE, TWO RECENTLY. THE ONE DOWN BELOW ME AND THEN THE ONE RIGHT THERE AT MY HOUSE. ABOUT THREE MINUTES APART, AND, UH, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET IN THE HIGHWAY OUT OF MY DRIVE, AND EVEN COMING HOME FROM AN ERRAND. PEOPLE GET BEHIND ME, FLASHING LIGHTS FOR ME TO GO FASTER, THEN WHEN I TURN IN IN DRIVEWAY, THEY BLOW THE HORN AND GIVE NE FINGER.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH. I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO 98 HIGHWAY BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE IS DONE. SO PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL. IT'S BACKED UP BY MY HOUSE EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY.

IT'S HARD TO GET IN OR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. EITHER WAY I GOT. AND I THINK Y'LL NEED TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION

IN MAKING DECISION. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, DEBRA ANDREWS.

>> DEBRA ANDREWS, ILY ON WAKE FOREST HIGHWAY, HAVE GROWN UP IN THE COMMUNITY O THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALL MY LIFE. I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA, IN FACT MR. JEWEL'S CLIENT, HIS FAMILY SOLD ME MY HOUSE OUT THERE AND THEY'VE ALSO BUILT A COUPLE MORE HOUSES OUT THERE. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE BAD NEIGHBORS.

WE HAVE TRUE CONCERNS HAVING LIVED OUT THERE, TRY TO TRAVEL THE ROAD DAILY, YOU CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY AND MR. JEWEL, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE SPOTLIGHTS. THERE IS ONE CURRENTLY UP AT KEMP ROAD, UM, WHICH IN THE MORNINGS WHEN I'M LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW TRYING TO DRINK COFFEE

TRAFFIC BACKS UP ALL THE WAY DOWN 98. I'M SURE PART OF THIS IS DUE TO THE TRAFFIC AT NEIL SCHOOL AND I KNOW WHEN THEY OPENED THAT CHARTER SCHOOL AT KEMP ROAD, IT'S NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER. AND WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY'RE NT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO 98 UNTIL 2050, THAT'S 25 YEARS. HOPEFULLY WE'RE ALL STILL HERE BUT THERE'S PROBABILITY SOME OF US AREN'T GOING TO O BE AN IN 25 YEARS IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO 98 UNTIL 2050, HOW MUCH MORE TRAFFIC ARE WE LOOKING AT? I MEAN WE HAVE SO MUCH NOW GOING BETWEEN DURHAM AND LIKE MIKE SAID, RALEIGH, I MEAN, FRANKLIN TO SEB LONG BUT IT'S A THOROUGH FARE FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY. SO LIKE I SAID WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE BAD NEIGHBORS BUT WE LIVE THERE, WE DEAL WITH THIS DAILY,

AND WE JUST WANT OU VOICES HEARD. YOU KNOW, 'CUZ RIGHT NOW WE DON'T FEEL WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNTY AND WE DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, WE HAVE NO REPRESENTATION. SO OUR VOICE IS ALL WE HAVE. AND WE JUST WANT SOMEBODY TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND AND REALIZE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE BAD NEIGHBORS.

>> THANK YOU. MS. SWA YEAH. >> TAMMY SWA YEAH, MY NAME IS ON FILE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER, CITY COMMISSIONERS, SORRY. JUST TO REITERATE WHAT DEBRA JUST SAID, JUST KEEP IN MIND WE'RE ONLY 50% VET OUT OF ALL APPROVED DEVELOPMENTS OUT THERE SO WHAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON IS THE FIRST RESPONDER CRISIS AND I WANT TO POINT BACK TO THIS GRAPH THAT WAS DONE IN MARCH OF 2024, SHOWING THE RESPONSE TIMES O

STATION 8, 17 WHICH WOULD SERVE AS ANNEXATION. A AS YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ABOVE SIX MINUTES RESPONSE TIE. YOU GOT THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT'S GOING TO BE OPEN IN AUGUST ON KEMP ROAD. THEY'RE HIGH PRIORITY BY ISO GUIDELINES THEY SHOULD HAVE A 4-6 RESPONSE TIME.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT PROBLEMS IN MARCH 2024, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO ADD THIS ANNEXATION AND THE PROBLEM WITH THIS ANNEXATION IS THE ONLY EXIT ARE ON 98 HIGHWAY. WE'VE ALREADY GOT A PROBLEM ON # 8 HIGHWAY -- # 98 HIGHWAY AN THEN THE CHARTER SCHOOL. ONLY GOING TO EXASPERATE THE PROBLEM. ON THE 2024 RUNS THAT STATION 8 IS GETTING MORE IS GETTING BUSIER, STATION 17 IS GETTING BUSIER. STATION 8 DOES NOT HAVE A LADDER TRUCK AND AS YOU KNOW WITH APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES, YOU NEED A LADDER TRUCK.

CLOSEST IS STATION 17. WE DO NOT HAVE A FIRE STATION OUT IN OUR AREA WHICH IS WHAT WE DESPERATELY NEED. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE BUILT TOO MUCH TOO SOON AND I AM OPPOSED TO THIS ANNEXATION BECAUSE WE NEED TO CATCH UP WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DON'T NEED TO DO THIS NOW.

YOU'RE PUTTING US ALL IN HARM'S WAY. AND THEN WE ALSO KNOW WE'RE BEHIND IN THE POLICE. UM, IN FEBRUARY, THERE WAS A 26% VACANCY RATE. 8%.

NOT GETTING ANY BETTER. CLOSEST CITY DEPARTMENT IS SEVEN MILES AWAY AND THEN WE'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE 98 TRAFFIC, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET THERE. ONLY WAY INTRABS AND OUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN OF THIS ANNEXATION IS 98 HIGHWAY. THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE. YOU'RE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE'S

LIVES IN DANGER BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION. FIGURE SOMETHING OUT ON HIGHWAY 98 BEFORE WE BUILD OUT THIS PROPERTY. THANK YOU. >> NEXT, JERRY RAY, BURRIS, KAY STIENBACK, AND ROBIN BEAR FOOT.

YOU JERRY RAY. >> JERRY RAY, I'M VERY NERVOUS. THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND PRESENT WHAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT. I AM NERVOUS.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FUTURE BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AS OF O LAST NIGHT FROM 8-10, TWO HOURS LAST NIGHT, IF YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN TWO-HOUR TIME FRAME. LET'S TALK ABOUT SHORTAGE OF EMS AND AMBULANCES. WE HAD A FEMALE IN CARDIAC

ARREST LAST NIGHT. NO AMBULANCE AVAILABLE. OUR 911 DISPATCHERS WHO THEY ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF FIRE, POLICE, AND EMS, THEY ARE OUR LIFE SUPPORT. THAT DISPATCHER WAS STRUGGLING SO HARD SHE WENT TO WAKE COUNTY, GRANVILLE COUNTY, PERSON COUNTY, RALEIGH.

SHE IS CALLING EVERYWHERE TO TRY TO GET AN AMBULANCE FOR THIS LADY THAT IS IN A CARDIAC ARREST. THINKING THE CITY OF DURHAM, CITY OF MEDICINE, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ANYWAY, CALLS TOP LEFT, A CHAPLAIN WAS NEEDED LAST NIGHT, THEY REALLY HELP THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY CALM THE SITUATION WHEN SOMEONE HAS DECEASED AN 911 DISPATCHER SAYS WE CANNOT DISPATCH A CHAPLAIN TO YOUR SCENE BECAUSE TOO BUSY. WE'RE NOT DISPATCHING A CHAPLAIN

TO YOUR SITE LAST NIGHT. HEARD BREAKING TO HEAR. EXTREMELY HEART BREAKING TO HEAR DISPATCHER GO TROUGH WHAT HEAR ME, EVERY DAY IN DURHAM OUR 911 COMMUNICATORS ARE REACHING OUT TO OTHER COUNTIES FOR AN EMS, FOR AMBULANCE, EVERY DAY. ONE MORE TIME, EVERY DAY.

SO AGAIN, DISPATCHERS ARE JUST RUNNING RAGGED RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO FLIP THE PAGE, LAST NIGHT ON TWO HOUR TIME FRAME ON SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SIDE HOUSEBREAKING IN, HE CALLED, NO RESPONSE, WAITED AN HOUR, DEPUTIES NEVER RESPONDED, YOU KNOW WHAT HE DID? THE GUY WAS SO FRUSTRATE AVLT AN HOUR HE CALLED 911 BACK, HE SAID I HAVE TIED THE SUSPECT UP, THAT'S WHAT HE SAID, YOU CAN

HEAR THIS CALL ON THE 911, TIED HIM UP, I DON'T KNOW IF HE USED ZIP TIES, DON KNOW, TIED HIM UP, TOOK THE LAW IN HIS OWN HANDS AND TOLD THE DISPATCHER, HE'S TIED UP, I'M LEAVING, BUT HE'S STILL. DEPUTIES HOUR AND 20 MINUTES BEFORE THEY GOT THERE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK OF OUR 911 DISPATCHERS.

THE MANAGER AND I WAS ON THE PHONE LAST NIGHT ABOUT 10-10:30. IT WAS AN UNUH USUALLY HIGH-VOLUME NIGHT LAST NIGHT. WE WERE FULLY STAFFED, AND THANK THE OTHERS AROUND THE COUNTIES FOR THE SUPPORT AS WE SHOW UP FOR THEM WHEN THEY NEED U WHICH DOES HAPPEN. THANK YOU FR ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR WORK.

NEXT I HAVE MS. BURRIS. >> FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS CINDY BURRIS HUTCH. >> OKAY. NEXT TIME JUST TYPE IT OUT FOR

ME. >> I DO LIVE ON WAKE FOREST HIGHWAY AND MY ADDRESS IS ON RECORD. >> JUST TO SAVE YOU ALL TIME, I DON'T NEED YOUR ADDRESS. I KNOW Y'ALL SAY IT'S ON FILE, I DON'T NEED IT.

>> THE LAST MEETING WE DID. IT WASN'T ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, BUT -- I JUST WANT TO E ECHO EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS THAT HAVE SPOKEN SO FAR AS FAR AS LIKE ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, OH MY GOODNESS, THAT'S JUST... MIND BLOWING HOW THAT'S INCREASED. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TOO, IS BECAUSE I'M PARTIALLY BLIND AND SO MY MAILBOX IS ON THE ROAD AND IT'S A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, UM, JUST MAKING MY WAY DOWN THERE, UM, AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE INCREASED TRAFFIC,ING SO I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE MAILBOXES WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND IF THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE MERGING

LANES WITH CONCRETE BARRIERS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, ANYWAY, I JUST NOT HEARD ANYBODY MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MAILBOXES, BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT ARE PERSONAL TO THEM, SO UM I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ENTER THAT INTO THE RECORD. AND ALSO, UM, I HAD AN ISSUE A WEEK AGO CALLING 911. I DID NOT GET AN ANSWER, I TRIED THREE TIMES, AND, UM, SO I FINALLY DECIDED I WOULD TEXT PAM AND MIKE ANDREWS, THEY'RE MY NEIGHBORS, AND WE WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER TOO AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS WE'RE NEIGHBORS NOW, UM, AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A FIRE TRUCK AND THEN A AMBULANCE TO COME OUT TO MY HOUSE. EVERYTHING TURNED OUT TO BE OKAY, BUT, UM, WHEN I CALLED IT

RANGE THREE TIMES AND THEN IT CLICKED AND I THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS PICKING UP, AND THEN IT STARTED RINGING AGAIN, SO I HUNG UP AND I CALLED A COUPLE MORE TIMES AND I GOT THE SAME RESPONSE WHICH WAS NO RESPONSE, SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, UM, PUT THAT ON THE RECORD TOO THAT I HAD AN ISSUE CALLED 911 FROM MY HOUSE, SO. UM, BUT ANYWAY, UM, I JUST, UM, WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT I'M OPPOSED TO THE REZONING FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> ABSOLUTELY. JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER MAILBOX PLACEMENT BUT IF YOU DO CONTACT USPS, THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH ACCOMMODATING IN THE PLACEMENT OF YOUR MAILBOX.

>> OKAY. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WERE GETTING THAT WHILE YOU

WERE TALKING UP HERE. ALL RIGHT. STIENBACK. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KERR KERRY STIENBACK. DURHAM IS VERY PRECIOUS TO ALL O OF US. ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL JUST MENTION BEREAVELY, I ALSO HAD A INCIDENT WITH EMS, MY SON WAS GOING THROUGH CHEMO THERAPY, HE HAD A REACTION TO THE COBALT IN HIS TREATMENT, HE NEEDED TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL. WE CALLED 911.

THEY TOLD ME 40 MINUTES AT BEST. DOCTOR SAID PUT HIM IN THE CAR, DRIVE HM AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO RALEIGH AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO DO TO SAVE MY SON'S LIFE. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE FACT THAT PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE PUT IN DANGERER. I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO WHAT I

CONSIDER TO BE THE MOST PRECIOUS THING WE HAVE IN DURHAM AND THAT'S OUR CHILDREN. I AM A 35-YEAR EDUCATOR, SPENT TIME IN DURHAM AND GRANVILLE COUNTY TEACHING. I LOVE KIDS. IT WARMED MY HEART WHEN I HEARD MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM TALK ON HOW PRECIOUS OUR KIDS ARE AND HOW LOSING EVEN ONE IS JUST -- I GUARANTEE THERE'S NOT A PERSON IN THIS ROOM IF YOU SAW A CHILD IN PHYSICAL DANGER YOU WOULD DO EVERYTHING YOU POSSIBLY COULD TO RESCUE THAT CHILD AND BRING HIM TO SAFETY.

UNFORTUNATELY OUR PASSIONS ARE NOT QUITE AS STRONG WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR EDUCATION. IF THEY'RE IN DANGER EDUCATIONALLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME PASSION. WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THIS GROWTH IN DURHAM IS DOING TO OUR SCHOOLS, IN PARTICULAR. THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT SERVE

THIS AREA ARE GOING TO BE SPRING VALLEY ELEMENTARY, NEI, AND SOUTHERN. I'M GOING SPEAK MOSTLY ON JUST THE CAPACITIES AND WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING. YOU SEE THE CAPACITIES AT THE TOP OF EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS. SECOND LINE WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH STUDENTS WERE THERE WHEN SCHOOL STARTED.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN TOWARD THE BOTTOM, POTENTIAL INCREASE IS GOING TO BE TO EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS WHEN THESE DEVELOPMENTS COME ONLINE. IN PARTICULAR, THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS GOING TO ALMOST DOUBLE IN CAPACITY. THESE TEACHERS CANNOT TEACH WHEN YOU OVERLOAD A CLASSROOM. IF YOU'VE NEVER FWHN ONE, IT IS HORRIBLE. THINK OF THIS, GET IN AN ELEVATOR, HAVE 12 PEOPLE PUSH IN BEHIND YOU AND SHOVE IN THE CORNER; HOW DO YOU FEEL. THAT'S TH ANXIETY OUR TEACHERS ARE DEALING WITH WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO TEACH IN OVERCROWDED CLASSROOM AND TRYING TO GIVE THESE STUDENTS THE INSTRUCTIONS

THEY NEED. WE CANNOT KEEP OVERCROWDING OUR SCHOOLS BY NOT WAITING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO CATCH UP WITH THIS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN EDUCATION. WE SHARE THAT.

I AM... IS THERE A CORRIE... CORRIE HALAVATI? YOU CAN COME ON UP AS WELL.

MADAM CLERK, I WAS JUST FINISHING THISSIST UP FIRST, BUT THANK YOU. -- THIS LIST UP FIRST, BUT THANK YOU. >> ROBIN BEAR BAREFOOT, IN THE 45 SLIDES JUST PRD HAS OUTLINES CONSEQUENCES ATTRIBUTABLE TO

OVER -- TWO YEARS IN WHICH THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED DATA, ANALYSIS, MAPS, RESEARCH, COMPARATIVE STUDIES, TESTIMONY, PHOTOS AND JARS OF POLLUTED WATER AND DURING THESE TWO YEARS COUNCIL DISMISSED EVIDENCE ABOUT ADVERSE OUTCOMES. INSTEAD THIS BODY HAS BY CONSISTENT 4-3 VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED SCORES OF DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTHEAST DURHAM. AT PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF THE RESIDENCE DEBITS O OF DURHAM HAVE REQUESTED RESPONSE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT ALL TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION: WHO DO YOU GUYS WORK FOR?

COUNCIL MEMBER MIDDLETON, YOU'LL SAY YOU WORK FOR THE UNHOUSED BUT YOU IGNORE CONFIRMED DATA THAT THE BUILDOUT OF DURHAM DOES NOT MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE JUST LIKE IT DIDN'T IN SAN FRANCISCO. COUNCIL MEMBERS CABALLERO AND RIST, YOU WILL SAY THAT YOU WORK FOR THE 15- MINUTE CITY AND IF E WE DON'T APPROVE THIS PROJECT, THE OWNER CAN BUILD ANYWAY. BUT YOU HIDE THE TRUTH THAT

BEFORE PRIVATE EQUITY NATIONAL BUILDERS STARTED DICTATING HOW THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT COULD DO WORK, DEVELOPING THESE LANDS WAS NOT PLAUSIBLE OR DESIRABLE. MAYOR WILLIAMS YOU WILL SAY YOU WORK FOR THE DOPE DURHAM OF THE FUTURE AND THAT WE NEED MORE HOUSING AND COOL CONVENTION CENTER TO SALE DURHAM'S BRAND AND COMPETE BUT YOU DISREGARD THE AVAILABLE VENUES ALREADY IN DURHAM AND IN THE GREATER TRIANGLE AND YOU MISS THE BIGGEST POINT: DURHAM DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE ANY OTHER PLACE. DURHAM WAS COOL BEFORE ANY OF YOU WERE SWORN IN, AND GOD-WILLING THERE WILL BE A DURHAM WORTH PRESERVING WHEN WE VOTE YOU OUT OF YOUR SEATS. DO NOT APPROVE HOWARD'S PLACE, LEAVE THE DAM N WATERSHEDS ALONE.

>> THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT DURHAM IS DOPE. ALL RIGHT. CORRIE. >> GOOD EVENING, CORRIE HALAVATI

AND I'M SOR RA AND WE'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BOARD TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. FOLLOWED AND RI SAERM REZONING AND USED OUR DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK TOOL TO PROVIDE OUR RESHG NEN DACIANS. THESE WERE E-MAILED ON MARCH 20th AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. >> SO IN OUR RESEARCH WE FOUND THAT INCREASED STORMWATER RUNOFF COULD CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE DEG RI JAVIERA CABALLERO OF WATER QUALITY.

NEARBY WATER WOULD BE -- ADDITIONALLY, IMPERVIOUS SURFACES COUPLED WITH TREE COVERAGE LOSS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AMPLIFIED HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS WE'RE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENTS PROXIMITY TO THE SENSITIVE MIDDLE CREEK BOTTLE LLANDS. >> WE RECOMMEND COUNCIL ASKS FOR MORE STRINGENT COMMITMENTS BEFORE APPROVED WHICH INCLUDES SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRACTICES, RETAINING TREE COVERAGE AND BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION SHOULD ALL BE REQUIRED BEFORE APPROVAL. THANK YOU.

>> COULD YOU PLEASE ZORA, COULD YOU SEE THE CLERK. I DON'T HAVE YOU DOCUMENTED AS SPEAKING. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU GET HER INFORMATION? THANK YOU.

NEXT I HAVE MSH MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU CAN MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING ANYONE HERE. MY MIMI KESSLER. DID ELIZABETH MILLER SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, COME ON UP AS WELL.

>> MIMI KESSLER. I'M GOING TO RESTATE SOME OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN HEARD BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RESTATE IT. WE ALREADY HAVE PLENTY OF HOUSING APPROVED. AND THERE ARE 46 OTHER DEVELOPMENTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE DO NOT YET KNOW HOW BAD THAT 98 TRAFFIC CAN BE. AND WE WILL KNOW LONG BEFORE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS FINISHED. IT'S IMPRESSIVE THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT THAT HAVE BEEN

PROFFERED, THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE NEED THE HIGHWAY TO BE LIGHTENED. UM, IT'S ALSO VERY, UM, WAIVE VI, VERY HILLY AND I'M SURE THERE'S GOING END UP HAVING TO HAVE BLASTING BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE NATURE, UM -- WE HAVE TO -- MAN SOMEHOW NEEDS TO COMMAND NATURE INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND WE JUST DID HAVE THAT PRESENTATION ABOUT DRINKING WATER, AND THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE FROM EARLY DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE STARTED NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO'S WELLS HAVE FALLEN IN AND THEY DON'T HAVE DRINKING WATER. SO WE ARE NOT, IN FACT, MEETING THE NEEDS O EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTY. THE BUFFERS SOUNDED GOOD BUT VI A QUESTION: ARE THEY GOING TO BE

UNDISTURBED BUFFERS OR IS IT GOING TO BE CLEAR CUT AND NEW TREES REPLACED? THE NOTIFICATION AREA IN THE UDO DOES NOT SATISFY THE ISSUE O OF COUNTY RESIDENCES BEING SO FAR APART. THERE WERE 12 NEIGHBORS OF THIS PROPERTY WHO DID NOT GET NOTICES BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE WITHIN 600 FEET. UM, AND IT IS UH TRUE THAT NOBODY DRINKS FROM THE LAKE, BUT WE ARE INCREASING THE FILTERING REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE CLEAN DRINKING WATER.

PLEASE VOTE NO. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AS CORRIE AND SAMANTHA -- COULD YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.

>> I'M ELIZABETH MILLER. >> IS THERE A CORRIE? >> SHE WENT BEFORE ME.

CORRIE WAS WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS. >> GOTCHA. >> YOU'RE ELIZABETH MILLER. ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD. WELCOME. >> HI. SO YOU [INDISCERNIBLE] BACK WHEN YOU DISCUSS PIBLTH APARTMENTS AND AT THAT TIME YOU DELAYED THAT DECISION.

PROFFER AFTER YOU MADE YOUR DECISION, UM, DA WAS INFORMED THAT SIDEWALKS WERE REQUIRED ON BOTH SIDES AND THEY WITHDREW THEIR MONETARY COMMITMENT. TRANSPARENCY IMPACTS OUTCOMES BUT NOT BEFORE DECISION WAS MADE. SO I FEEL COMPELLED TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND I REALLY WASN'T PLANNING TO BECAUSE OF TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY. 2 STREAM AND WETLAND BUFFERS

ARE REQUIRED ON DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND SITE PLANS SO COUNCIL HAS FULL TRANSPARENCY TO MAKE DECISIONS. I'M CONCERNED THAT IF THE UDO IS NOT BEING APPROVED CONSISTENTLY, DURHAM IS OPENING ITSELF UP UH TO POTENTIAL LAUTDS. TONIGHT IT'S ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND UDO REQUIREMENTS AND NEED TO CLEARLY INDICATE THESE ON DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHETHER TEXTUAL OR GRAPHIC. DURHAM IS BELLE OF THE SOUTH RIGHT NOW.

PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE, OUR CITY DOES NOT TO GROW, NOT DENYING THAT BY ANY STRETCH. DEVELOPERS NEED CONSISTENCY THOUGH. IF PLANNING IS NOT CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF TRANSPARENT. DURHAM STANDS TO LOSE MONEY. CITIZENS NEED CONSISTENCY AND TRANSPARENCY TO EFFECTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. SO IF SOWS DISTRUST IN THE PROCESS IF CITIZENS ARE READING UDO AND NOT SEEING IT CONSISTENTLY APPLIED IN THE PLANS THAT MAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL FAR VOTE.

I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE TIME AND PLACE TO RAISE THESE ISSUES BUT I FEEL COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE AWARE. GREAT PLANS CAN BE IN FRONT OF YOU BUT IF YOI THEY DON'T REACH INTENT OF THE UDO YOUR DECISION MAY PROVE TO CONTRADICT YOUR INTENT. >> THANK YOU.

SAMANTHA CROP AND, UM... >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I WORK AS NEUSE RIVER KEEPER REQUEST YOU VOTE AGAINST THE HOWARD PROPERTY REZONING. I WANT TO ALIGN MYSELF WITH THE COMMENTS MADE BY YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BOARD AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'VE SPOKEN OUT IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT. FOR THREE YEARS NOW I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO YOU ALL AND DOCUMENTING A CRISIS OF SEDIMENT PRODUCE THAT'S STILL UNFOLDING

IN LICK CREEK WATERSHED. I HAVE TESTIFIED BEFORE YOU ON MANY OCCASIONS AND I HAVE WATCHED AS THIS COUNCIL APPROVED OVER THREE THOUSAND ACRES IN THE RELATIVELY SMALL PREVIOUSLY FORESTED LICK CREEK WATERSHED. I'VE TESTIFIED ABOUT HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS IMPACTED WATERWAYS, THREE YEARS WATER SAMPLING HAVE REVEALED OVER 75% OF TER BIDTY SAMPLES WE TOOK FAILED TO MEET STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARD AND I'VE TESTIFIED AND INCLUDED MANY PHOTOS YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT OF THAT SEDIMENT FLOWING INTO FALLS LAKE WHICH ABLE TO BE SEEN FROM THE SKY. RIGHT NOW, PLUMES O OF CLAY CAN BE SEEN FLOWING FROM L FALL FLOWING INTO FALLS LAKE FROM LICK CREEK AND I DOCUMENTED THAT AS RECENTLY AS A WEEK AGO AND I DO WANT TO NOTE AGAIN, THIS IS THE DRINKING WATER OF COURSE WE DON'T DRINK DIRECTLY OUT OF THE LAKE BUT IT'S THE DRINKING WATER OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE. HOWARD PROPERTY IS AADJACENT.

AS STANDS THE CONDITIONS OFFERED HERE DO NOT PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ASSURANCES THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT PROVIDE -- NUMBER ONE DEVELOPER SHOULD COMMIT TO NOT IMPACT NATURAL HERITAGE ARE. THEY SHOULD COMMITMENT TO LARGER RIPARIAN BUFFERS. NATURAL HERITAGE REGISTRY RECOMMENDED 150 FOOT BUFFERS AND ALSO PROMISE 80% OF THE TREES WITHIN THAT 50% OPEN SPACE ARE ACTUALLY PROTECTED AND NOT JUST REPLACED CLEARED AND REPLANTED. FINALLY, I DO SIT ON THE RALEIGH COMMISSION SO I HAVE TO COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT WE COULD DO MUCH BETTER THAN PLANNING FOR 25 YEAR STORM. LAST THING I'L SAY IS TONIGHT IN HONOR OF DRINKING WATER WEEK I'M ASKING YOU TO SET THE BAR HIGHER THAN BUSINESS AS USUAL. SO PLEASE, PLEASE NEED COMMENTS PROVIDED BY YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL

AFFAIRS BOARD AND YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT AND PROTECT THIS SPECIAL PLACE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO FINAL SPEAKERS: KELLY JONES AND LARRY HOWARD.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. KELLY JONES, MY FATHER IS MICHAEL JONES, STEPFATHER IS LARRY HOWARD, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN DURHAM, VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE GROWTH AND LEADERSHIP YOU ALL HAVE EXHIBITED OVER THE YEARS. I HAD THE FORTUNE OF TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY DURING THE

REAL ESTATE COLLAPSE AND WHAT WE SAW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WAS DEVASTATING. WE SAW SETBACKS HERE, BUT WE REALLY EXPANDED AND WE WERE SAFE, PROTECTED BECAUSE OF GOOD LEADERSHIP LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER MAYOR WILLIAMS. I THINK ABOUT MY CHILDREN. I THINK ABUT THE DIVERSITY THAT I ESAU, MY KIDS ARE IN THIRD GRADE AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE DIVERSITY I ESAU IN THIRD GREAT OF THE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO DURHAM.

WE'VE BEEN BLESSED IN OUR AREA TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE AROUND IT AND DURHAM IS GROWING AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THAT AND TO EXPAND INTO AN AREA THAT VI FAMILY OUT THERE. I'M HOLDING A PICTURE HERE WITH MY FATHER WHO PASSED AWAY SHORTLY AFTER THIS PICTURE WERE IN WELLINGS VILLAGE. THIS IS AN OPORTUNITY FOR DURHAM TO REALLY EXPAND AND GROW AND WELCOME TH PEOPLE THAT ARE

COMING HERE. WE ARE A HOT SPOT. WE'VE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME DUE TO AMAZING LEADERSHIP WE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON DISEASE WHEN WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEDICAL FACILITIES.

MY KIDS MOTHER IS FROM OHIO. THAT WAS SOMEBODY THAT CAME HERE I WAS BLESSED WITH THAT, BU UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT HER GRANT GRANDFATHER WE HAD TO TRAVEL OVER AN HOUR TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THE FACILITIES WE HAVE IN TERMS O OF THE CITY OF MEDICINE. THOSE ARE REASONS WHY PEOPLE MOVE HERE.

ONE OF MY SON'S FRIENDS IN SCHOOL, HE'S FROM MISSOURI. HIS FATHER'S A LINEMAN, COUNT FIND WORK IN MISSOURI BUT HE'S HERE AND WORKING. THE U UNEMPLOYMENT RA

HERE. FORETHOUGHT AND LEADERSHIP EXHIBITED B CITY COUNCIL TO HELP EXPAND OUR COMMUNITY AND HELP INVITE PEOPLE TO DURHAM. SO I UH ASK YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS TO HELP MOVE DURHAM THANK YOU. WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

>> THANK YOU. MR. LARRY HOWARD. AND I, UM, HAVE ONE LAST SPEAKER AND THAT'S ROB HEIGHT.

MY APOLOGIES IT WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AND I DIDN'T SEE IT, SORRY. >> THANK YOU. LARRY HOWARD, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND STAFF. I'M EXECUTIVE STATE WITH MY WIFE, LUCY WHO PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY. UM, MY WIFE'S FAMILY, THEY GREW UP IN DURHAM, LIVED IN DURHAM, WORKED IN DURHAM. THIS IS A TIME MOST OF THE PREVIOUS GENERATION HAS ALREADY PASSED ON, THAT PEOPLE PUT THIS

LAND TOGETHER, THE PEOPLE THAT USED IT FOR FOREST INDUSTRY, FOR WHATEVER, THY HAVE PASSED ON. WE THINK THE NEW COMMUNITY THAT DAN EXPLAINED WOULD BE A GREAT LEGACY FOR OUR FAMILY AND TO THE JONES FAMILY AND THE HEIGHT FAMILY. SECURITY FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRAND CHILDREN, OURSELVES AS WE GET OLDER. THIS PLAN SEEMS TO BE EXACTLY WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WANTED WHEN THEY APPROVED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN A YEAR-AND-A-HALF A AGO.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MR. HEIGHT.

, MY FRIENDS CALL ME ROB. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I WAS BON AND RAISED HERE IN

DURHAM AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT NOT JUST AS AN INDIVIDUAL BUT AS ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF MY FAMILY. PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED, WORKED, AND CARED FR THIS LAND AND THIS COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. THE PROXIMATE 86 ACRES IN QUESTION HAVE BEEN IN MY FAMILY SINCE LONG BEFORE MOST OF US HERE WERE EVEN THINKING ABOUT ZONING MAPS OR DEVELOPMENT PLANS. MY PARENTS WHO HAVE SINCE PASSED ON CHERISH THIS LAND.

THEY WORKED IT, PAID TAXES ON IT, RAISED CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN AROUND IT. WHEN THEY PASSED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT LAND CAME TO ME, MY SISTERS, MY AUNT, AND MY UNCLE. WE TOOK CARE OF IT. WE DIDN'T BUY THIS LAND FIVE YEARS AGO TO FLIP IT FAR PROFIT. WE'VE PID OUR DUES FOR OVER SIX DECADES KEEPING IT MAINTAINED, HONORING ITS HISTORY AND

FULFILLING OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS STEWARDS O THAT PROPERTY. WE DIDN'T MAKE THIS DECISION LIGHTLY. WE WERE APPROACHED BY DEVELOPERS AND AFTER LONG DISCUSSIONS AMONG THE FAMILY, MADE THE DECISIONS THAT NOW IS TIME TO PASS IT ON. THIS ISN'T JUST ABUT MONEY, THIS IS ABOUT LEGACY.

THIS IS ABOUT THE NEXT CHAPTER. MY CHILDREN HAVE MOVED AWAY AND THE SALE GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CLOSER TO THEM IN MY LATER YEARS. IT GIVES OUR FAMILY, WHICH HAS BEEN ROOTED IN DURHAM FOR GENERATIONS, THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE FRUITS OF THOSE ROOTS AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW IN OUR LIVES. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE'VE LOST TWO MORE FAMILY MEMBERS.

PEOPLE WHO WON'T SEE THIS TRANSITION COME TO PASS, BUT UH WHO UH SUPPORTED IT AND KNEW THE TIME THE HAD COME. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE VOICES WHO WANT TO SEE THIS LAND PRESERVED. I RESPECT THAT. WE ALL LOVE THE BEAUTY OF OPEN SPACE, BUT ASK THAT YOU ALSO REC FLIEZ THE STORY BEHIND THIS LAND, THE PEOPLE WHO PURED

THEIR LIVES INTO IT WHO NEVER TOOK SHORTCUTS AND WHO WERE SIMPLY MAKING A THOUGHTFUL GENERATIONAL DEISION. THIS IS NOT A TRANSACTION FOR US; IT IS A TURNING OF THE PAGE. AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST FOR OUR FAMILY, BUT FOR DURHAM AS WELL. GROWTH IS COMING, AND WE HAVE CHOSEN TO BE PART OF SHAPING THAT GROWTH REPONSIBLY, NOT RESISTING IT FOR SENSEMENT ALONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SERVICE, AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, THOSE ARE ALL OF THE SPEAKERS THAT I HAVE.

EXHAUSTED THE LIST OF ONLINE AS WELL AS IN PERSON THEREFORE AT THIS TIME I'LL DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AND BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. I WILL START TO MY LEFT. COUNCIL MEMBER COOK. >> THANK YOU.

I HVE A COUPLE OF STAFF QUESTIONS. THIS CAME UP AND IWANT TO REVISIT IT. WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT KEMP SAGS FROM BLASTING DAMAGE AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT COULD BE INCLUDED AS A PROFFER, CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND WHY IT CANNOT BE INCLUDED? >> ACTUALLY, THERE'S BEEN FURTHER CONVERSATION SINCE THN AND SARAH CAN ADDRESS THAT.

>> GREAT. >> GOOD EVENING, SARA YOUNG WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER, WAS THE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT COMPENSATION FROM BLASTING DAMAGE OR COMMITMENTS REGARDING BLASTING? >> ANY COMMITMENTS REGARDING BLASTING. >> SO I HAVE VERIFIED WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE THAT THERE IS A MECHANISM IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN IF SOMEONE PROFFERS A COMMITMENT TO NOT BLAST A PROPERTY THAT THAT IS A

COMMITMENT WE CAN ACCEPT. HOWEVER, THAT IS PROBABLY THE LIMIT OF OUR ENFORCEABILITY SO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT IS A PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN THE -- SHOULD THERE BE BLASTING AND THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT WHO PAYS FOR WHAT, THAT IS A PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN THE BLASTING COMPANY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER. >> UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT POLICY 79 AND THE FLOODPLAIN. IS THAT POLICY MET OR IS IT NOT MET?

>> SO WE FEEL THAT IT IS IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT EXCEEDS THE UDO FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IT DOES. THE POLICY 79 IS A POLICY. IT IS GUIDING OUR ORDINANCES AND GUIDES YOUR DECISION MAKING. POLICY 79 CANNOT -- IT IS NOT ENFORCEABLE BY LAW. IT CANNOT PROHIBIT ANYTHING. IT SAYS THAT WE SHOULD NOT DEVELOP IN THE FLOODPLAIN

NATURAL HERITAGE AREAS AND SO FORTH. THE UDO DOES ALLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOODPLAIN. IT'SES DIFFICULT, IT'S KSLY BUT IT CAN BE DONE. SO FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, THE APPLICANT HAS EXCEEDED THE UDO STANDARDS BY SAYING THEY WILL NOT DEVELOP IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND UDO STANDARDS. THEY HAVE NOT, AS THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO SPOKE STATED, THEY HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO NOT DEVELOPED IN THE NATURAL HERITAGE AREA WHICH IS A LARGER AREA. >> I MAY HAVE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANT ABOUT THAT BUT WHILE VI YOU UP -- >> MM-HMM. >> THE SEVEN STREAMS THAT WERE FOUND BY DEQ, ARE THEY THERE OR NOT?

>> THERE HAS NOT BEEN A STREAM DETERMINATION DONE FOR THAT AT THIS TIME. IT IS NOT REQUIRED AT THE ZONING STAGE. IT WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THE SITE PLAN STAGE. >> MORE ABOUT THAT. >> AFTER ZONING THE NEXT STAGE

IN DEVELOPMENT IS A SITE PLAN. THAT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF A MORE E DETAILED BASICALLY PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING TO [INDISCERNIBLE] WHERE THE BUILDING PARKING LOT AND ALL THAT I GOING TO BE. IF THERE ARE STREAMS ON THE SITE, THEY WOULD NEED TO BE BUFFERED AS PART OF THAT SITE PLAN, AND THE APPLICANT WILL DO A STREAM DETERMINATION AT THE SITE PLAN STAGE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE THOSE STREAMS ARE AND HOW THEY NEED TO BE BUFFERED. >> AND IS THERE ANY OVERSIGHT BY THE CITY IN THAT PROCESS?

>> THERE IS. THAT GETS REVIEWED. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF MY MEDIATE BAILIWICK, BUT, YES, THAT IS REVIEWED BY A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS. >> WHY DO WE HAVE NO STREAMS LISTED, LIKE WHY DO WE HAVE A

DEFINITIVE STATEMENT IN OUR REPORT? >> THAT'S AN ERROR ON MY PART. THE STAFF REPORT, IT'S NOT UE IN DETERMINED. THAT'S MY DISMISTAKE.

>> YOU'RE SAYING IT DOES NOT MATTER IF STREAMS EXIST OR NOT BECAUSE IN -- >> IT MATTERS IF THEY EXIST OR CONTINUE EXIST. >> BUT NOT IN THIS MOMENT? >> THEY DON'T NEED TO BE -- THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BE SHOWN OR DEFINED BECAUSE THE UDO IN ITSELF REQUIRES ANY STREAMS THAT ARE ONSITE TO BE BUFFERED. IN A TEXTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WE DON'T REQUIRE THEM BE SHOWN OR DESCRIBED. IN A GRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE DO.

>> OKAY. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU BUT I MIGHT CALL YOU BACK UP. MR. JEWEL.

ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO THE THINGS I HAD PLANNED TO ASK YOU. WHICH ARE ECHOED BY SOME FOLKS WHO CAME UP HERE. UM, THAT SOUTHERN PART OF THE LAND, THE NATURAL HERITAGE SITE, UM, IT ALSO OVERLAPS WITH THE RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE, IT'S ALSO THE NEAREST PART OF THE LAND TO THE LICK CREEK RUNOFF. UM, WHY HAVE WE NOT SEEN AY PRESERVATION THERE?

>> SO THE TEXTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF APPLICATION. ALL RIGHT. UM, IT'S ALL TEXT COMMITMENTS. IT'S, UM, KNOWING THAT WE NEED TO MEET STREAM BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, THE FLOODPLAIN

DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU UH IS -- AND ACTUALLY IF KI PULL UP A SLIDE I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT. UM, MR. CAIN I'M GOING TO THE SHARE A SLIDE THAT'S A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY IF THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S NOT A DESIGN, DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING PROPOSED, IT'S JUST HERE'S WHAT'S OUT THERE. IF IT'LL COME UP. THAT'S RIGHT. CONTROL L, DO I REMEMBER THAT CORRECTLY?

THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY MEMORY FOR THE EVENING. WE HAVE, IN FACT, DONE A SURVEY AND WE HAVE IN FACT DONE A STREAM DETERMINATION, COUPLE OF THEM. THIS LAST ONE WAS DONE BY WELL-RESPECTED FIRM CALLED SPANGLER. WHAT THIS SLIDE SHOWS IS THE

ENTIRE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS A STREAM. UM, BECAUSE WE WILL BE DEVELOPING AT OVER 24% IMPERVIOUS SURFACE -- REMEMBER ONE COMMITMENT IS WE BACKED DOWN FROM 70 BUT WE WILL BE DEVELOPING AT OVER 24% IS STREAM BUFFERS WILL BE 100 FEET NOT 50 PER INTERMITTENT AND 100 AS IF THEY WERE NOT IN THE WATERSHED AND BUFFERS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THAT FLOODPLAIN AREA OFF SITE THAT YOU SEE IN THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE PAGE THERE, SO -- AND THERE ARE ALSO STEEP SLOPES IN THIS AREA. THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF GETTING THE SURVEYING SHOWING WHAT THAT'S DONE. SO THE UDO HAS VERY ROBUST REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTING FLOODPLAINS, STREAM BUFFERS, STEEP SLOPES, AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE ARTICULATED AT THE SITE

PLAN PHASE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT E WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF DEVELOPING DOWN NOT ONLY IN THAT CORNER OF THE SITE BUT GOING UP THE ENTIRETY OF THAT WESTERN CORNER OF THE SITE JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T. THE BUFFER, THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS PRECLUDE US FROM DOING THAT SO WHEREAS THE NATURAL HERITAGE INVENTORY MAP THAT'S ON THE STATE WEB SITE SHOWS THE AREA OF THE SITE, THAT AREA GOING UP IN HERE A BIT AND BACK DOWN AND STOPPING HERE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING BE PROTECTING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TOP WHICH IS THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT AS WELL. SO WE THINK THERE'S HOPEFULLY A LITTLE KWID PROQUO, WE THINK THE AREA THAT WE'RE PROTECTING IS GREAT AS THE NATURAL HERITAGE AREA AND KEEP IN MIND, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE THESE PROJECTS FOR 40 YEARS. WE'VE DONE DOZENS OF SITES THAT HAS HAD NATURAL HERITAGE

INVENTORIES AND IT'S NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE. YOU CANNOT TAKE THE LINE ON THAT NATURAL HERITAGE MAP AND SAY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE SOMETHING MIGHT BE. IT'S A GENERALIZED MAP BASED ON SOIL SURVEYS, BASED O ON TOPOGRAPHY, BASED ON FLOODPLAIN AND STREAMS WHERE THEY'VE SAID THIS IS AN AREA THAT COULD BE CONDUCIVE FOR SOME OF THESE THREATENED AND ENDANGERS SPECIES SO BE. IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE THERE, IT'S THAT THE BASED ON THE HIGH TEN THOUSAND MAPPING WE'VE DONE IT COULD BE THERE. SO WHAT I CAN COMMIT TO IS WE WILL NOT BE DEVELOPING THAT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AN WE THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE SAME A AK RAJ AS THE NATURAL HERITAGE INVENTORY WITH THE CORRIDOR OF 250 FEET WIDE BECAUSE YOU GO

FROM EDGE OF STREAMBACK AND DURHAM HAS 10 FOOT BUFFER BUFFER SO THERE'LL BE NO STRUCTURES, BUILDINGS, PARKING, PAVING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S BEEN OUR INTENT ALL ALONG. >> JUST FOR THE RECORD THERE IS NO KWID PROQUO OPERATIONS GOING ON. >> NO, NO, I MEAN WITH THE NATURAL HERITAGE INVENTORY.

>> I E HEARD THE PHRASE I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL. >> DID YOU SAY THERE WAS A STREAM STUDY DONE? >> E YES. >> AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT.

>> YEP. >> FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT IT BEING DONE. >> INTERESTING. >> MR.

CAIN TO BE CLEAR SH I DON'T THINK IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE TEXTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION TO PROVIDE A SURVEY. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND THAT STREAM SURVEY WAS DONE WELL AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2023, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> OKAY. >> BUT WE WANTED TO KNOW. >> YEAH, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING HAPPENED UNTOWARD, IT JUST, I DO THINK IT DOES NOT INSPIRE CONFIDENCE WHEN THERE ARE LOTS OF STREAMS AND OUR STAFF REPORT SAYS THERE'S NO STREAMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S CONFUSING AND FEELS NOT TRANSPARENT.

SO, UM, THAT'S, OKAY. AND SO YOU'RE SAYING WILDLIFE CORRIDOR IS GOING BE THE UDO REQUIREMENTS AND STREAM BUFFER AND SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING THE STREAM THAT WOULD BE THE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR? >> CORRECT. THERE IS NO UDO REQUIREMENT FOR A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR BUT THERE IS FOR A STREAM BUFFER 100 FEET FROM THE TOP OF THE BANK EITHER SIDE OF THE STREAM AND THAT IN ESSENCE IS GOING TO END UP BEING 250 FOOT WILDLIFE CORRIDOR CONTINUOUS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ALONG WESTERN PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO WHERE THE CHARTER

SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT. >> THIS IS SOMETHING I HAD ON MY LIST AND ALSO SEEMS LIKE IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS BOARD AND SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS BUT ANY INTEREST IN EXPANDING THAT STORM TO 100-YEAR? HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? >> WE LOOKED AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN HANDLE 25-YEAR STORM WITHOUT THE POND SIZES GETTING TO THE SIZE THAT THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY START IMPACTING THE NUMBER OF UNITS OR OPEN SPACE. SO E WE THINK WE'RE KIND OF IN A SWEET SPOT ON THAT RIGHT UH NOW. >> OKAY. I MEAN WE HAVE SOME -- I KNOW IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT, BUT THERE IS SOME PRETTY MAJOR CLIMATE CHANGE GOING ON AND WE'RE GOING BE HAVING STORMS FREQUENTLY.

AND SO... >> UNDERSTAND. >> A THOUGHT COMING BACK. >> APPRECIATE THAT. >> OKAY. UM, ANY CLARITY ON THE TYPE OF

COMMERCIAL? >> UM, NONE AT ALL. WE WOULD WELCOME ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN HAVING A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS O OUT THERE. WE WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A CHILD CARE FACILITY AS ONE OF THE USES.

WE'VE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BUILD UP TO 12,000 SQUARE FEET WHICH IS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING OR SERIES OF BUILDINGS. SO WE HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THE COMMERCIAL WOULD BE, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING BE APPROACHING CHILD CARE CENTERS AND SEE IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO LOCATE OUT THERE. >> UM... THERE WAS A COMEN FROM -- AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THOSE COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MAKING SOME MORE PROFFERS BASED O THOSE -- THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT CLEAR CUTTING FORESTED

LAND AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER COMMENT ABOUT POTENTIALLY PRESERVING TREES AS OPPOSED TO REPLANTING NATIVE SPECIES. TALK ABOUT THERE ARE OLD WOODS WE'VE GOT IN THERE AND IMPORTANT WILDLIFE HABITATS. IF WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CHOP THE TREES DOWN AND THEN REPANT THEM? >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, IF THERE ARE SPECIMEN E TREES AND DURHAM DEFINES THAT IN LANDSCAPE BUFFERS WE COMMITTED TO NOT JUST REQUIRED ONE WITHES, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SAVE THOSE TREES PER THE ORDINANCE. THAT INCLUDES THE LIMITS OF ROOT DISTURBANCE AROUND THEM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. RELATIVE TO THE NATIVE SPECIES, THFSZ THE SPECIFIC COMMENT I HD WITH -- THIS WAS THE SPECIFIC COMMENT I HAD WITH PLANNING COMMISSIONER WOUK AT THE THE MEETING AND THAT IS NATIVE SPECIES ARE GREAT.

WE ADVOCATE FOR THEM AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. I KNOW THEY SHOW UP IN THE DURHAM LANDSCAPE MANUAL AS PLANT MATERIAL. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH NATIVE PLANT MATERIAL, NURSERY STOCK IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO MEET THE QUANTITY AND SIZE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE DURHAM ORDINANCE DICTATES FOR PLANTS. I WSH IT WAS DIFFERENT.

IN FACT, I WILL TELL YOU, I E ACTUALLY CONVINCED A FRIEND FRIEND OF MINE TO SPERSIZE IN GROWING NATIVE PLANTS AND HE'S CONTRACT GROWING PLANTS FOR THE NEW AVIARY DOWN AT THE NORTH CAROLINA ZOO BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO USE ALL NATIVE PLANT MATERIAL SO HE'S DOING THAT UH BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH NURSERY STOCK IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO DO THAT. WE CERTAINLY CAN USE SOME. I THINK WE CAN EVEN SAY THAT WE'LL USE IT AS IT IS AVAILABLE, BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH NURSERY STOCK IN TH STATE T COMMIT TO

USING ONLY NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS. >> ANY COMMITMENT AROUND NOT CUTTING DOWN THE TREES O OUSIDE OF THE ONES THAT ARE RESTRICTED TO BE CUT DOWN, OBVIOUSLY? >> REPEAT THAT? >> HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT NOT CUTTING DOWN, NOT DISTURBING, DISRUPTING SOME OF THOSE SPACES AS OPPOSED TO REPLANTING?

>> WE DO HAVE SOME -- WE WILL HAVE TREE PRESERVATION AREAS AS WELL AS TREE REPLACEMENT AREAS TO MEET OUR TREE COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS. CAN'T TELL YOU RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY WOULD BE OR WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE. >> OKAY. >> BUT IN THE TREE COVERAGE AREAS THE TREE SAVE AREAS, WE WILL NOT BE CUTTING TREES IN THOSE AREAS.

>> AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT WAS STATED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION; ANY GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS THAT Y'ALL DISCUSSED AFTER THAT? >> WE HAVE NOT YET. THERE'S NOT A FINAL BUILDER ON BOARD YET WITH US, BUILDERS, I

SHOULD SAY WITH THIS. SO E WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT CAN REALLY DISCUSS THAT WITH. IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DONE TIME TO TIME ON OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THE BUILDER HAS ACTUALLY BEEN THE DEVELOPER, BUT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN THIS ONE RIGHT NOW. GOOD QUESTION, THOUGH.

>> THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER. >> ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF. JUST WANTED TO YOU HEARD THIS QUESTION MANY TIMES FROM ME, JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH PARKING AND REC ABOUT LOOK FOR DEDICATION ON THE SITE?

>> ON THIS SITE, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE, NO. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME COMMITMENTS TONIGHT FOR ADDITIONAL RECREATION FACILITIES ON THE SITE AND WE SUGGESTED TO THE APPLICANT THAT THOSE BE MADE

PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE BUT THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY E DONATION TO PARKS AND RECREATION OR DEDICATION ON THAT. >> SO THOSE WERE JUST THE AMENDMENT YOU MADE THIS EVENING WOULD JUST BE PRIVATE SPACE? >> YES, PART OF THE COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE [INDISCERNIBLE]. NOT PUBLICLY, PUBLIC EASE M OR PUBLIC PARK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE THE PUBLIC GREENWAY EASEMENT RUNNING THROUGH THE PROPERTY WHERE THE GREENWAY MASTER PLAN SHOWS IT AND BUILD THE GREENWAY TRAIL TO CITY STANDARDS. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO.

>> THANK YOU. ACTUALLY A QUESTION FOR THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. WHOEVER THAT IS. >> HE'S COMING BACK IN NOW. >> OH, HE WENT -- IF NOT, DAN,

MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS BECAUSE MAYBE SPOKEN ABOUT IT. >> MR. HEIGHT, WELCOME BACK IN. HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

>> THANK YOU. HAVE ANY LAND CONSERVANCIES OR NEIGHBORS AROUND YOU TALKED TO LAND CONSERVANCIES ABOUT BUYING YOUR PROPERTY? >> I'M SORRY, COLD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? >> HAVE ANY LAND CONNER IS VAN SIS APPROACHED YOU OR NEIGHBORS WITH LAND CON VER VAN IS IS APPROACHED YOU ABOUT BUYING YOUR PROPERTY.

>> NOT THAT I' AWARE OF. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. COUNCIL MEMBER RIST.

>> THANK YOU. FIRST, MR. JEWEL, YOU MENTIONED THE COMMERCIAL'S NOT DEFINITE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE. I THINK YOU UH REFERENCED IT'S NOT GOING BE FRONTING ON 98 GIVEN RESIDENCES.

WHERE WILL COMMERCIAL BE LOCATED? >> I'LL PULL THAT MAP UP AGAIN BECAUSE WE'VE DEFINED IT AS ONE OF THE TEXT COMMITMENTS BUT I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE MAP WHERE THAT IS. THE COMMERCIAL AREA WILL BE HERE. SO THIS IS AN EXISTING UNOPENED ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE TWO ENTRANCES THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS. BECAUSE OF THE GRADE, THERE'S A SEVERE GRADE UP AGAINST HIGHWAY 98 RIGHT HERE AND BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT TO HAVING THE

BUILDING AND PARKING BACK AWAY, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE IN THIS AREA. ACTUALLY, WE'VE COMMITTEDED TO IT BEING IN THAT AREA, AND THE ACCESS TO THAT, THE DRIVING ACCESS TO THE COMMERCIALED AREA WILL ACTUALLY UH COME OFF O OF THIS NEW ROAD THAT WE BUILD INTERNAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER DRIVEWAY OUT OF 98. DOT WOULD NEVER APPROACH THAT ANYWAY, BUT DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

>> STICKING ON 98, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE MULTIUSE MATH ALONG 98 IS NOT CONTINUOUS. SO IS THAT BEAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THERE ARE PARCELS THAT FRONT ON 98 THAT YOU DON'T OWN, SO WHY NOT CONTINUOUS PATH? >> SO WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL NEED TO BE ADDITIONAL RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION TO BUILD THAT 10 FOOT MULTIE USE PATH. WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT ALONG OUR PROPERTY FRONTAGE AND BUILD OUR PART, UM, BUT WE CAN'T

PRESUME THAT ANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG 98 WOULD BE WILLING RIGHT NOW TO GIVE RIGHT OF WAY TO BUILD NOT ONLY TO BUILD THE MULTIUSE PATH BUT HAVE GRADING EASEMENTS DOWN INTO THEIR PROPERTY AND THAT SORT OF THING, SO WE'LL DO OUR PORTION WHERE WE HAVE THAT, UM, ON THE PORTIONS THAT WE HAVE. >> AND THEN SO ON THAT ISSUE OF ACCESS POINTS, SO I KNOW THAT, UM, SO THE DURHAM CHARTER SCHOOL'S BEING BUILT TO THE WEST OF YOU ON KEMP ROAD, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. CHARTER SCHOOL IS RIGHT HERE.

>> RIGHT. >> YEP, THIS IS KEMP ROAD. >> AND SO THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE PACKET THAT REFERENCE STUB OUT TO THE WEST MAY BE REQUIRED. SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> SO AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN, THE ORDINANCE HAS CONNECTIVITY REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND THE -- IF

WE HAD DONE A ILLUSTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE LOOKED AND SAID WE NED TO JUST A STUB OUT TO THE WEST, SHOW ONE TO THE SOUTH, MAYBE ONE TO THE EAST, UM AND WHETHER THAT CAN BE BUILT OR NOT WOULD BE DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL. SINCE WE HAVE A TEXTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE'RE NOT SHOWING THAT NOW BUT THOSE SAME STANDARDS WILL APPLY, GENERALLY, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS SORT OF OVERRIDE TH NEED THOSE CONNECTIONS. >> SO STREAM, RIGHT? >> THE STREAM. IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH IN THIS AREA THAT TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING WILL SAY YOU NEED TO AT LEAST PROVIDE A RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR POTENTIAL ROAD STUBBOUT THERE BECAUSE THAT PROJECT DOWN HERE PERRY FARM WAS ZONING OF THAT WAS APPROVED A WAYS AGO WHETHER THEY CONNECT TO IT OR NOT IS KIND OF UP TO THEM

BUT WE'LL SHOW IT DOWN THERE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, UM...

SO THE ISSUE OF NATIVE PLANTS, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S HARD TO GET THE STOCK TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF ALL THE BUILDERS, BUT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE'RE APPROVING DEVELOPMENTS A LOT OF FOLKS SAY THEY'RE GOING TO USE NATIVE PLANTS. THIS DEVELOPMENT WON'T HAVE TOMORROW, RIHT. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THIS MAY ACTUALLY -- >> IT'S PROBABLY A EIGHT-YEAR BUILDOUT OR SOMETHING. >> RIGHT, SO IT SEEMS LIKE IN THAT TIME WITH INCREASED DEMAND FOR NATIVE PLANT WE COULD EXPECT MORE NATIVE PLANT NURSERIES TO APPEAR SO JUST WONDERING, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT USE AVAILABLE, COULD YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THAT?

>> YES. ACTUALLY, THIS IS SIMILAR TO A PROJECT WE WITH DI OVER IN HILLSBOROUGH TWO YEARS AGO. THEY WERE INTERESTED IN NATIVE PLANTS AND WE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH A PROFFER THAT SAID WE'LL

USE NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS, UM, IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SIZE REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE AT THE TIME OF PLANTING. SO IT WAS LITTLE LOOE, BUT IT WAS IN WRITING, RECORDED AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURT HOUSE, BUT IT WAS A COMMITMENT THAT IF PLANTS ARE AVAILABLE, WE WILL USE THEM. TREES, NATIVE TREES ARE MUCH EASIER TO FIND THAN NATIVE SHRUBS. YOU DON'T SEE AS MANY OF THOSE.

WE HAVE SMALL REZONING TWO WEEKS AGO THAT YOU APPROVED WHERE WE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT THE STREET TREES WOULD BE NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS BUT THAT WAS SMALLER PROJECT. IT WOULD MAYBE HAVE 20 TREES. >> IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE WILLING TO OFFER THEN. DOES STAFF HAVE -- >> WE MIGHT NEED TO WORD SMITH THAT A LITTLE BIT MR.

CAIN. >> TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE COMMITTING TO HERE? >> SO THE PROFFER WOULD BE THAT,

UM, NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS WILL BE USED FOR REQUIRED PLANTINGS, UDO-REQUIRED PLANTINGS IF AVAILABLE IN THE SIZE REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE AT THE TIME OF PLANTING. >> I HAVE -- I'LL JUST BE BLUNT FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE HEARTBURN ABOUT AVAILABILITY. HOW WOULD STAFF DETERMINE THAT MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE OR NOT? SARAH, DO YOU WANT T WEIGH IN. >> I WOULD JUST ASK YOU PUT YOURSELF IN TE POSITION OF STAFF THAT THE DEVELOPER COMES AND SAYS, SORRY, CAN'T GET ANY, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF, UM, DOCUMENTATION WOULD THE COUNCIL FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT STOCK AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME? >> IF I COULD HELP A LITTLE BIT,

PERHAPS, WE COULD DO A -- WE WOULD BE REQUIRED OUR CONTRACT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO A SEARCH OF, YOU KNOW, EIGHT OR TEN NATIVE PLANT MATERIAL NURSERIES IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PROVIDE THAT EVIDENCE TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT'S AVAILABLE, NOT AVAILABLE. IT'S STILL WORK FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT IT MIGHT BE LITTLE MORE QUANTIFIABLE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE SAME THE CITY'S DBE ORDINANCE, DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND PROVE YOU DID IT TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. P UH YOU KNOW, NOT TO PUT THE TWO TOGETHER BUT SIMILAR LANGUAGE -- I'M OVERLY COMPLICATING THIS THING BUT I'M TRYING TO GET THERE IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. >> YEAH, I'LL SAY THAT IF THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH WITH STIPULATING LIKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF NURSERIES THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATIONS THROUGH THE APPLICANT, THAT

STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. >> I THINK RESIDENTS HERE HAVE RAISED LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE LAND. I THINK APPLICANT IS WILLING TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF ASSURANCE. I'M HAPPEN WITH THAT.

>> I THINK IT'D SET A FUN PRECEDENT, ACTUALLY. >> MORE QUESTIONS. THE NEXT ONE IS -- I WONDER IF MR. JUDGE COULD COME UP, I HAVE QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT FOLKS HAVE RAISED ABOUT.

ESPECIALLY I INTERSECTION OF 98 AND KEMP ROAD. WE WERE HAVING A BRIEF DISCUSSION DURING BREAK, SO THERE'S A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT'S DENSE AND HARD TO READ BUT ESSENTIALLY IN THAT ANALYSIS YOU'VE GOT A TABLE IN THERE - PULL IT UP HERE -- THAT SHOWS THAT RIGHT NOW THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THAT INTERSECTION OF KEMP AND 98, I THINK IS LIKE E AND F, RIGHT? >> YES. >> CURRENTLY. >> SO I BELIEVE THE TABLE YOU'RE REFERRING TO HAS BASICALLY UH FOUR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THEY

ANALYZED. THE FIRST WAS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN 2022 WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED DOING THE STUDY, SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION IN EARLY 2023 BUT PREPARED THE TI NASHGS 2022. EXISTING CONDITIONS THE NEXT ONE IS THE NO-BUILD WHICH WOULD BE I BELIEVE 2034 IS THE ESTIMATED ONE-YEAR PAST THE BUILDOUT FOR THIS SO IT WOULD BE THE ESTIMATED CONDITIONS IN 2034 -- >> N WITH NO DEVELOPMENT. >> THE THIRD SCENARIO IS THE BUILD SCENARIO WHICH IS STILL THAT 2034 SCENARIO BUT ADDS ON ADDITIONAL SITE TRAFFIC FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE FOURTH SCENARIO IS THE BUILD PUS IMPROVEMENTS, SO IT IS THE 2034 CONDITIONS PLUS SITE TRAFFIC PLUS ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE DEVELOPER -- >> SO RIGHT THAT WOULD REACH LEVEL OF D SO WHAT DOES UH THE CITY RECOMMEND FOR INTERSECTIONS

OF THIS KIND? >> SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION IN THIS AREA OUR ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE WOULD BE SERVICE D OR BETTER. >> MEASURED BY? >> DELAY.

THERE'S A TABLE ALSO IN THAT SUMMARY UH THAT SHOWS WHAT SO FOR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION IT'S THE AVERAGE DELAY OF ALL APPROACHES AT THE INTERSECTION SINCE THEY ARE SIGNALIZED. FOR UNSIGNALIZED IT'S DELAY ON THE UM, THE ONE APPROACH WITH THE MOST DELAY. >> MOST DELAY IN MINUTES, SECONDS? >> SECONDS.

>> THNK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. SORRY JUST COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS IF YOU WILL, MR. MAYOR.

UM... OH, YEAH, MR. MANAGER, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT EMS CAPACITY, RIGHT.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THOSE CONCERNS ABOUT EMS CAPACITY, THE NEED TO REQUIRE FOLKS FROM WAKE, SHERIFF'S RESPONDING, CITY RESPONDING. I KNOW SOME FOLKS LIVE IN COUNTY SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE OF THE CAPACITY OF OUR EMERGENCY FOLKS TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES IN THAT AREA? >> THANK YOU. I THINK HONESTLY, I'D PREFER TO HAVE THE COUNTY IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE SERVICE BECAUSE EMS COUNTY-PROVIDED SERVICE, BUT I CONVEY ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAS TO COUNTY MANAGER AND GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK HER STAFF TO ADDRESS THOSE.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY IN THIS SETTING. >> SO ESSENTIALLY 911 CALLS THAT COME DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE COULD BE ROUTED TO THERE'S A SEPARATE 911 CALL CENTER FOR BOTH -- >> NO. ALL DURHAM COUNTY 911 CALL CENTERS ARE ANSWEREDED BY OUR PEACE APP. WE DISPATCH THOSE TO VARIETY OF RESPONDING AGENCIES, EITHER CITY, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS, COUNTY EMS IS ALSO ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE

DISPATCH TO. THE AVAILABILITY O OF EMS UNITS WOULD BE A MATTER OF COMMENT FOR THE COUNTY TO TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF AVAILABILITY. SO THOSE WOULD BE QUESTIONS I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE COUNTY ADDRESS. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. ONE LAST QUESTION FOR MR. JEWEL. SORRY, UP AND DOWN.

APPRECIATE THE PROFFER OF 5% AFFORDABLE WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO MANY TIMES IN COUNCIL HERE HOUSING IS A CHALLENGE IN DURHAM, AFFORDABLE. WE'VE SEEN DEVELOPMENTS RECENTLY WITH 8-10% AFFORDABLE AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU CONSIDER INCREASING THAT PERCENTAGE GIVEN THE CHALLENGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DURHAM? >> I DID HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH OUR CLIENTS. UM, AND WITH THE OTHER PUBLIC INTEREST THINGS WE'RE DOING LIKE THE GREENWAY TRAIL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UM, THEY THINK THEY

CAN GO TO 6%, AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FIVE MORE UNITS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY THINK THEY'D BE WILLING TO INCREASE THAT PROFFER TO 6%. >> OKAY. THANK YOU >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS TONIGHT? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM, LET'S FINISH IT ON UP. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTARY.

THE LAST VOTE BEFORE THIS ONE WAS 7-0. IT WAS UNANIMOUS VOTE. I THINK THE DURHAM CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE MAYBE 16 MORE VIEWERS THAN C SPAN, SO THOSE INTERESTED AND WATCH OUR MEETINGS WILL KNOW THAT THE KANARD OF A CONSTANT 4-3 VOTE HAS BEEN LESS TRUE. YOU UH CAN TELL THE FOLK WHO ARE THE TRUE STUDENTS OF THE COUNCIL WHO WATCH OUR VOTE AND NO.

OFTEN TIME THE 4-3 OCCURS BASED UPON WHO'S IN THE ROOM WHICH LIST SERVE SHOWS UP BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SIMILARLY SITUATED CASES WHERE THEY'VE BEEN UNANIMOUS AND THE ROOM'S BEEN HALF EMPTY SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLK TO DO MORE DEEPER DIVE ON THIS TALKING, REALLY A TALKING PONT OF 4-3. I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS ONE RIGHT. WHO DO THEY WORK FOR? WHO'S IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S EAR?

EVERY O ARGUMENT THAT HAS BEEN RAISED TONIGHT THE PLANNING COMMISSION USED TO SAY THOSE SAME THINGS. AND THEY'VE WEIGHED IT AND THEY STILL VOTED APPROVAL OF THIS CASE AND THERE'S A REASON WHY, BECAUSE SOME THINGS HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS IN DURHAM THEY THINK WE NEED TO BE HONEST ABOUT. NOT ONLY DO I KNOW WHO I WORK FOR, I KNOW HOW THIS JOB WORKS AND I'VE HAD IT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND I KNOW WHAT THE

BOUNDARIES O OF MY POWER ARE AND WHAT THEY AREN'T. I KNOW IN THIS CURRENT CLIMATE WE'RE KIND OF USED TO GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT AND MAKING THINGS UP AND KIND OF REWRITING THE RULES THAT GOVERN THEM. I KNOW WE'RE USED TO THAT, BUT THIS COUNCIL IS NOT CAUGHT UP IN THAT. TICULAR SET OF FACTS BEFORE AND I LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY.

I TAKE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. I USED TO ORGANIZE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO TRY AND SWAY THIS COUNCIL. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF ARGUMENTS TONIGHT -- NOT ALL OF THEM BUT A LOT -- NOT AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT BUT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. NOT PARTICULAR RISED TO THE FACT OF THIS PARTICULAR CASE, BUT TO DEVELOPMENT AT LARGE, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT'S BEFORE US AS A THAT IS NOT -- THOSE OF US WHO

KNOW HOW THIS JOB WORKS, WE'RE NOT RULING O ON A MORATORIUM IN THIS AREA WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT MANY PEOPLE WANT AND THAT'S FINE, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A LEGITIMATE POSITION TO HAVE, BUT THAT DISCUSSION HAS TO OCCUR EARLIER IN THE PROCESS. WE CAN'T BURDEN ONE PARTICULAR DEVELOP WITHER WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A MORATORIUM OF WHAT WE THINK SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE ENTIRE AREA. THE ARGUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TONIGHT AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE RELEVANT TO ANYTHING THAT WOULD COME BEFORE US SUBSEQUENT TO THIS WHICH IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. SO WE AS A COUNCIL, WE CAN'T TAKE A DEVELOPER'S MONEY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, SAY, YOU COME NOW AND PRESENT YOUR CASE AND WE'LL ADJUDICATE IT IF WE HAVE ALREADY DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING HAVE A MORATORIUM IN THE AREA. IT'S CALLED TRUTH IN ADVERTISING. IF YOU WANT TO THAT THAT CONVERSATION THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR THAT, BUT AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS WHERE A DEVELOPER HAS A PARTICULAR CASE -- WHICH I'M VOTING ON

TONIGHT -- NOT DEVELOPMENT AT LARGE, THIS PARTICULAR CASE TONIGHT, WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBER OF UNITS GO DOWN. WE'VE SEEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES INCREASE BECAUSE FOLK DON'T WANT TO SEE IT WHEN THEY LOOK OUT THEIR WINDOW. WE'VE SEEN ANY NUMBER TO THE CREDIT OF THE COMMUNITY ANY NUMBER OF CONCESSIONS DIRECTLY CAUSALLY LINKED TO ADVOCACY ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. TO YOUR CREDIT, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

BUT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO TAKE YES FOR AN ANSWER. IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE SOME NO MATTER WHAT THE CONCESSION IS, BASED UPON YOUR ADVCACY, THE REAL GOAL IS NOT NOT ONLY STOP THIS DEVELOPMENT, IT IS TO STOP DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA; I GET IT. THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE PER VIEW OF THIS COUNCIL. OUR STATE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW IS CONSIDERING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD LIMIT OUR POWER AS A LOCAL BOARD, SO THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BE SENDING UP RED FLAGS AND

RED LIGHTS ASKING THEM FOR MORE ATTENTION AND MORE SCRUTINY ON DURHAM. NOW I WANT TO SA SOMETHING VERY DIRECTLY AND IN THE SPIRIT OF NEIGHBOR, AS A NEIGHBOR AND A FRIEND TO MANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM, ACTUALLY. UM, IN MY FORMER LIFE I USED TO DO POLITICAL SPEECH WRITING AND WE'D FLOAT PHRASING TO SEE HOW COMMUNITY RESPONDED TO THEM. SOME OF THEM WORKED, SOME DID NOT.

I WANT TO RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT THE PHRASEOLOGY RURAL GENTRIFICATION MAY NOT BE THE PHRASE YOU WANT TO USE. IT MAY NOT -- AND I UH NAUGHT TO YOU RESPECTFULLY. I PUT THAT TO YOU RESPECTFULLY. IT SMACKS OF AN APPROPRIATION THAT I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO SUGGEST. THOSE OF US IN OUR CITY WHO ARE GOING THROUGH GENT ANY CASE DO NOT HAVE CARVE-OUTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

-- GENTRIFICATION DO NOT HAVE CARVE-OUTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. FOLKS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH GENTRIFICATION AE NOT BEING PRICED OUT. IT'S NOT JUST THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ESTHETIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHO'S SHOPPING OR WHO LIVES NEXT TO THEM, THEIR PROPERTY TAXES ARE ACTUALLY GOING UP AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE THERE. IT'S NOT A CHOICE ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

FOLK WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH GENTRIFICATION DON'T HAVE AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A NEW ARRIVAL, ARRIVAL, WEALTHIER. RESPONSE TO GENTRIFICATION HAS BEEN OUR URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. YOU PUSHED US TO THAT AND HERE WE ARE HAVING SAME ARGUMENTS RE, REHEARSED AND EXERCISE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE WANT TO O

PRETEND THAT THAT NEER HAPPENED THAT THE UGB DIDN'T HAPPEN, SED MINUTATION DIDN'T HAPPEN, NONE OF THAT HAND. IT'S TE SAME ARGUMENTS AND SOMETIMES WE'RE -- COLLEAGUES, WE'RE NOT APPLYING SAME STANDARDS WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY THAT WE HAVE -- I THINK MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO POLICE OURSELVES IN TERMS OF GOING OUTSIDE O OF IT -- TO OUTSIDE OF THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO TO STOP A BIG PROJECT URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. OF THE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE TRADE-OFFS, UM, ENVIRONMENT, PENSIONS WITH ENVIRONMENT AND HOUSING PEOPLE AS PEOPLE ARRIVE AND RESPECTFULLY, THE SUGGESTING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS IN DURHAM -- AND I UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT. SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE X FICE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEAR 2050, THE

REALITY IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS WE PROJECT GROWTH IN THE CITY. IT'S NOT ONE NUMBER FROM ONE OFFICER BUT WHAT'S BEEN DONE IS ONE NUMBER'S BEEN TAKEN AND LOOK AT THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND SAID WE'VE GOT ENOUGH APARTMENTS OR HOME FOR THE PEOPLE. BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY HOW THE MARKET WORKS. IF YOU DON'T EAT CHICKEN IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY BO JANGLES ARE IN THE CITY.

NOBODY BUYS THE FIRST HOUSE THEY LOOK AT. NOBODY BUYS THE FIRST ANYTHING THEY LOOK AT. JUST BECAUSE THEY BUILD IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT MEETS DISCRIMINATING CONSUMER WANTS. IT MAY NOT BE IN THE RIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT MAY NOT LOOK THE WAY THEY WANT SO SIMPLY BECAUSE YO HAVE X NUMBER OF HOUSING AND X NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN BUYING HABITS. YOU MAY NOT LIKE THE APARTMENT JUST BECAUSE -- YOU'RE FEE TO BRING SOMETHING TO MARKET BUT THE MARKET MIGHT REJECT IT. THEY MIGHT THINK IT'S INFERIOR; DOESN'T MEET THEIR STANDARDS.

SO THERE IS A HOUSING CRISIS IN DURHAM, AND I THINK AS I SAID I UH THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS ONE RIGHT. FINALLY, UM, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE AN AMERICAN FAMILY HERE WHO WANTS TO DELIVER PROMISES AND BLESSINGS TO THEIR CHILDREN. WE HAD AN AMERICAN FAMILY HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO WH SURVIVED CLAN VIOLENCE, WHO WAS IN THE SAME TYPE OF PREDICAMENT WITHIN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY. SAME ARGUMENTS PRESENTED TO THEM.

I'LL SAY THIS FINALLY, IF YOU WANT TO USE THE TERM GENTRIFICATION, THEN YOU MAY WANT TO USE THE SAE THING E WE HAVE TO TELL OUR GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH GENTRIFICATION. DON'T SELL YOUR LAND, GRANDMA. WHEN AMERICANS EXERCISE THEIR OWNERSHIP RIGHTS TO TRANSACT AND SELL LAND AND MAKE -- THERE'S NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN THAT. UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO USE THE TERM RURAL GENTRIFICATION F YOU WANT TO APPROPRIATE THAT TERM

THEN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY APPROPRIATE ALL THE STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT BY GETTING TOGETHER, POSSIBLY BUYING MOM'S HOUSE, TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS BEFORE IT GETS TO THIS POINT BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, MY JOB IS NOT TO INITIATE A MORE TOR MORITORIUM. I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION GOT THIS RIGHT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER. >> I WANTED TO ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SPEAK BEFORE I SPOKE.

I WANTED TO THANK MR. JEWEL FOR WHAT I THINK IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL APPROACH THAT YOU'VE TAKEN IN SPEAKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WORKING ON THIS CASE. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THIS TENSION AS CITIES AND URBAN AREAS GROW OUWARD. ALWAYS GOING TO BE TENSION WITH THE RURAL AS THE URBAN BEATS UP

AGAINST THE RUAL AND FOLKS THAT LIVE ON THE EDGE AND THAT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THAT PROCESS OF GROWTH GETS MANAGED WELL. UM, I JOINED THE DURHAM PLANNING COMMISSION IN ABOUT 2017. STARTED SEEING THESE CASES OUT IN THIS AREA. VERY LARGE CASES, OF COURSE.

40 ACRES, 60 ACRES. THIS ONE'S 80 ACRES. ALL RESIDENTIAL REZONING CASES AND ANNEXATION CASES AND IMMEDIATELY BECAME ALARMED AND LOOKED AT THE THE AMOUNT OF LAND OUT THERE AND THOUGHT, OH MY GOD, WHAT IF WE JUST SPRAWL ALL THROUGHOUT ALL OF SOUTHEAST DURHAM? UM, AND I ALSO THOUGHT, WOW, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY. WHAT IF WE IMAGINE WHAT THIS -- WHAT IF WE CREATED A PLAN AND IMAGINED WHAT SOUTHEAST DURHAM COULD LOOK LIKE? WHAT IF IT WAS CONNECTED BY MIXED USE WALKABLE NODES THAT WERE CONCENTRATED TO THAT THERE WAS HIGH DENSITY THAT WAS

POTENTIALLY REACHED BY TRANSIT AND IT WAS CONCENTRATED AND COMPACT SO THAT WE PROTECTED ALL OF THE OPEN SPACE THAT WAS NECESSARY TO PROTECT? SO THAT WE INTEGRATED THE FABRIC OF NATURAL AND URBAN TOGETHER. AND I KNOW NOT EVERYONE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT BUT THAT WOULD BE SUSTAINABLE AND AS WE LOOK AT THE CLIMATE CRISIS, ALSO A CRISIS GLOBALLY AND IS LOCALLY. WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND FAST FORWARD FROM A THAT TIME THT I JOINED THE PLANNING COMMISSION STARTED ENVISIONING SEEING WHAT WAS HAPPENING, ENVISIONING WHAT WAS POSSIBLE IN THAT AREA, FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS, TEN SQUARE MILES OF RESIDENTIAL SPRAWL, AUTO-ORIENTED, AUTO-DEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT OUT IN THIS AREA. DEEPLY, DEEPLY CONCERNING, AND I WAS, YES, I WAS FIGHTING AGAINST IT BEFORE PRESERVE RURAL DURHAM WAS FIGHTING AGAINST IT, BEFORE

THEY MADE IT COOL, BUT WITH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAT WE CAN GROW, THAT WE SHOULD GROW BUT THAT WE NEED TO MANAGE THAT GROWTH AND TO DO IT WELL AND SUSTAINIBLY AND WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS BY GROWING IN A COMPACT WALKABLE WAY THAT IS TRANSIT-ORIENTED WHILE PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. UM, AND UM, AND SO I'VE BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST THESE CASES CASE AFTER CASE FOR MANY YEARS AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP TODAY. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT, UM, SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED THIS EVENING ARE ONES I WOULD HAVE BEEN ENVIOUS OF SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS FIRST LOOKING AT THESE CASES. THEY DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BEING PROPOSED THIS EVENING IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GREENWAY.

WE WENT YEARS WITHOUT GETTING CONSTRUCTION O OF GREENWAY AND JUST GETTING PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. NOW WE HAVE TONS OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OUT THERE. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CONSTRUCT GREENWAY. MIX OF HOUSING TYPES.

THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF A SINGLE USE OF HOUSING A SINGLE KIND OF HOUSING TYPE IN TYPOLOGY OUT IN THESE AREAS, UM, THIS ONE IS PROPOSING A MIX AND A MIX OF USES KIND OF WITH THE 12,000 MAXIMUM 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL. BUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CREATED THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF AUTO-CENTRIC SPRAWL IN THE MIDDLE OF A CLIMATE CRISIS. WE'VE CREATED ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS OUT IN SOUTHEAST DURHAM AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN IGNORE, UM, SO MY VOTE WILL BE NO THIS EVENING. I'M TOO WORRIED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, TOO WORRIED ABOUT PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES, I'M TOO WORRIED ABOUT PUBLIC PARKS AND ACCESS.

TOO WORRIED ABOUT CAR DEPENDENCY AND CONTINUING TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE. I CAN'T WITH CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR THIS CASE AND SO I WILL BE VOTING NO THIS THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO. >> THANK YOU.

UM, SO I THINK THAT MY -- AND I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT UPSET RESIDENTS. I'M PRETTY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT. I'M HERE TO DO WHAT I ENVISION TO BE THE BEST THAT I CAN WITH THE DECISIONS THAT I MAKE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WITH PEOPLE. I UNDERSTAND I DON'T ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT AND UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE DON'T AGREE WITH ME BUT THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE.

I'M HERE TO MOVE US FORWARD AND THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN. I'M PROBABLY UH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO TRIES TO STICK TO THE PLAN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHICH IS WHY A FEW WEEK GIES E THERE WAS A CASE THAT WAS IN THE FUTURE GROWTH BOUNDARY. I UNDERSTOOD WHY IT WAS IN THE FUTURE GROWTH BOUNDARY, I VOTED NO. PROBABLY A YEAR AGO THERE WAS A CASE FURTHER UP 98 CLOSER INTO TOWN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT.

IT DID NOT HAVE IT. I VOTED NO. WHEN A CASE COMES BFORE US AND OBVIOUSLY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT DOING HAS MUCH AS THEY COULD WITH THIS. I WISH THERE WAS MORE DENSITY. I UNDERSTOOD WHY THEY TOOK THE

DENSITY DOWN BY 25% AND THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY. UM, BUT THIS CASE IS IN THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY ARE, IT MEETS MOST OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES. I THINK THE ONE IT'S NOT MEETING IS AOUND GREEN BUILDING AND IF THERE'S NOT A BUILDER ASSIGNED TO IT SO THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I ALSO WANT TO -- AND I ASKED THE APPLICANT THIS -- THIS CAME UP WITH THE APPLICATION A FEW WEEKS AGO.

FOR FOLKS WHO REALLY WAT TO PRESERVE LAND, UH YOU HAE TO BUY IT. THAT IS HOW OUR ECONOMIC UNDERPINNING ON LAND WORKS IN THE UNITED STATES. WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT IT. WE CAN SAY IT'S UNFAIR. WE CAN GNASH OUR TEETH AND TALK ABOUT THE MODIFICATION OF REAL ESTATE AND HOW PEOPLE GET LEFT OUT IN THAT PROCESS BUT THAT'S THE UNDERPINNING OF THIS ECONOMIC MODEL AND WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOT HERE TO DECIDE IF THAT'S WHAT WSHD BE DOING WITH LAND USE PIECES OR NOT.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MERITS OF THE CASE. IF IT'S ALIGNED TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS MUCH AS IT CAN BE, WHICH AGAIN IS JUST A GUIDE, IT IS NOT REGULATORY, IT'S NOT -- THAT'S WHAT THE UDO IS -- AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION POSSIBLE. THIS CASE OFFERS A LOT OF GOOD. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD IN HERE.

I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER BAKER'S POINT, BUT THE WAY YOU UH GET THERE IN THIS SYSTEM IS THROUGH INCREMENTISM. YOU'RE NOT GOING GET A BUS IF YOU DON'T HAVE DENSITY. YOU'RE NOT GOING GET MORE COMMERCIAL IF UH YOU DON'T HAVE DENSITY. IT'S HOW IT IS. AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT, BUT IT GETS US THERE. AND TO HIS POINT AROUND CASES AND HOW THEY'VE IMPROVED, IT'S BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP WITH BETTER CASES AND THEY HAVE MET THAT AND IF YOU GO ACROSS THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE CASES AND THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING IN DURHAM IS MUCH BETTER

THAN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. AGAIN, IS IT PERFECT? IT'S NOT. BUT THIS ISN'T A PROCESS DESIGNED PERFECT.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MEASURE THE MERITS OF THE CASE AND WHAT IT IS DELIVERING AND IS IT DELIVERING WHAT YOU NEED IT TO DELIVER AND MY OPINION WITH THIS CASE IS IT IS. I UNDERSTAND WHY RURAL COMMUNITIES AE FRUSTRATED, BUT WHEN WE ADOPTED THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY, WE WERE CLEAR. IF YOU'RE INSIDE, EXPECT HIGHER DENSITY. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION IN PLACE.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE MOST STRINGENT BUFFERS IN THE STATE. SOME OF THE MOST STRINGENT STORMWATER CONTROLS IN THE STATE. THAT'S A FACT. THAT'S NOT AN OPINION.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT AND THE OWNER. THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT. IT MOVES US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOL WHICH IS A HUGE CHARTER SCHOOL, THAT'S ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, DID NOT HAVE TO COME

BEFORE US. IT WAS NOT A REZONING. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF LAND USE THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME BEFORE US THAT HAS JUST A BIG IMPACT, AND IN CASE OF CHARTER SCHOOL HAS HUGE IMPACT ON WHO IS GETTING EDUCATED AND HOW THEY'RE GETTING EDUCATED AND THE STANDARDS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THAT BUILDING AND WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AND NEITHER DID OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND I WANT TO NAME THAT BECAUSE IT'S OUTSIDE MANY OF THE PROCESSES THAT I THINK MOST RESIDENTS HOPE THAT THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE GETTING TO MAKE AND WE'RE NOT GETTING TO MAKE THAT DECISION. AND SO I'M JUST RAISING THAT AS TO THE NEIGHBOR HERE THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH COUNCIL OR ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY THAT YOU VOTE FOR.

IT OPERATES OUTSIDE, SO I'M JST NAMING THAT AS A THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO PAY ATTENTION AND BE AWARE OF. AGAIN, I WILL BE VOTING YES. I UNDERSTAND THAT FRUSTRATES RESIDENTS BUT VI TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THE MERITS OF THE CASE AND HOW I PERCEIVE IT AGAINST THE PLANS AND DECISIONS THAT I VOTED FOR PREVIOUSLY. THANK YOU.

>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTINGS? I'LL BE THE LAST. ALL RIGHT. YES.

>> FEW WORDS. >> GO AHEAD. MENTS FOR MY I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE FOLKS WHO COME OUT FROM PRESERVE RURAL DURHAM AND THE NEIGHBORS. WE APPRECIATE THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH YOU'VE DONE T COMMENTS YOU BRING TO US T THOROUGH NATURE OF YOUR ANALYSIS OF THESE CASES THAT INFORMED DRAMATICALLY THE WORK WE DO HERE.

AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, THE APPLICANT HAS SORT OF ACTED ON, THERE'S A TON OF CONCESSIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE GIVEN YOUR INPUT. AS COUNCIL MEMBER CABALLERO SAID A LOT OF WORK GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES. THE WORK WITH THE STAFF, WITH APPLICANTS, AND THE VALUES WE HAVE HERE IN DURHAMER THAT MAKES SURE WHAT COMES BEFORE US IS THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE WANT. I SEE IN THIS, IN FACT, I SEE A

LOFT O FOLKS WHO'VE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD TO LIKE TO -- I MEAN THE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR THE APPLICANT AND HOME OWNER OR PROPERTY OWNER, THOROUGH WORK ON A RANGE OF THINGS INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, STORMWATER, HOUSING, SO MANY THINGS SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS, THE STAFF WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS AND THE RESIDENT WHO IS COME OUT AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. I UH THINK IN ANY NEGOTIATION NO ONE GETS EVERYTHING THEY WANT BUT I SEE A COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER AND THREAD THE NEEDLE AND MAKE THIS WORK FOR ALL STAKE HOLDERS WE HAVE HERE. WHO I WORK FOR IS THE RESIDENTS OF DURHAM AND I FEEL LIKE I WORK FOR ALL F OF YOU AND THIS IS A CASE THAT FOR ME HAS CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AND MEET WHAT IS WE WANT TO DO AND MEETS AS MUCH AS WE CAN OF ALL THE NEEDS AND INTEREST OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL BE FAIRLY BRIEF HERE. LY BE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT UM

SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS IS A STRONGER PROJECT THAN NOT. UM, IF THIS ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, TO GET US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO MAKES PERFECT THE ENEMY OF GOOD. I DO LOOK AT THE CASES ON ONLY INDIVIDUAL BASIS BASED ON THEIR MERITS.

I HEAR THE CONDESCENDING COMMENT AND THEY'RE LIKE WATER ON THE DUCK'S BACK. IF YOU HEARD KWHA I SAID ABOUT SOME POLITICIANS, WE'RE PROBABLY IN THE SAME CHURCH, ALL RIGHT. BUT IT MAY BOTHER SOME, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME. I HAVE COMMENTS IN MY HEAD I WON'T SHARE WITH YOU, UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, DURHAM IS DOPE, AND THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE INNOVATIVE, IT MEANS WE'RE COOL, IT MEANS AS YOU SAID GIVE ADAMN AND SIMPLY I MEANS WE'RE TRYING

TO BE THE BEST CITY WE CAN BE AND WHEN I'M AT THE LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES -- IT'S THE REPRESENTATION OF EVERY CITY AND TOWN ACROSS THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE SAME ROOM. WHEN I'M IN THAT ROOM AND EVERYBODY WALKING UP TO US SAYING HW IN THE WORLD ARE YOU ALL DOING IT? AND I TELL THEM ABOUT THIS CLASH, AND I TALK ABOUT THESE CASES LIKE THIS AND I TALK ABOUT HOW THEY MAKE US BETTER. SO I KNOW IT FROST RATE SOME OF YOU ALL WHEN YOU COME IN -- FRUSTRATE SOME OF YOU ALL WHEN YOU COME IN AND I APPRECIATE TE WORK THAT'S PUT INTO THE PRESENTATIONS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE MORE OF IS A BIT MORE COMMUNICATION BEFORE WE GET TO THE MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF O INFORMATION THROWN OUT THERE THAT'S STRAIGHT UP WRONG. IT'S JUST -- IT IS MISGUIDED AND I THINK IF WE COMMUNICATED MORE BEFORE WE GOT HERE IT WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS CONTENTIOUS AND WE COULD ACTUALLY CLEAR IT UP, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YES, THE

WATER IN LICK CREEK, YES, THAT IS THE WATER SOURCE FOR DRINKING TO RALEIGH, BUT THERE'S AN ENTIRE PROCESS THAT IT GOES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE THAT, AND YOU KNOW AND THAT WAY YOU WON'T BE ON CAMERA SAYING PEOPLE ARE DRINKING THIS MUD WHICH IS WHAT IT SONDS LIKE AND VI TO CORRECT IT SAYING NO ONE'S DRINKING RIGHT OUT OF THE LAKE. IT'S A BETTER WAY TO COMMUNICATE THIS STUFF. SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. UM, I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY, VERY HONEST THAT WE ARE GROWING CITY, AND I THINK SOMEONE SAID IT EARLIER JUST ONE OFFICE THAT PUT A STAT.

JUST FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS AGO WE WERE $289,000 PEOPLE WE'RE NOW 317 AD SOME CHANGE TO BE EXACT. THAT'S WAY FASTER THAN WHAT WE WERE PROJECTED. WAY FASTER. AND ALL OF THE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE PROJECTED TO COME HERE THAT ARE NOT EVEN HERE YET. THERE IS A REASON WHY RTP IS BUILDING THE HUB. THEY ARE LOOKING TO GROW ABOUT

40 WILL HAVE 50, MAYBE 60,000 PEOPLE THEMSELVES. SO THE PROJECTIONS THAT KEEP BEING REFERENCED ARE OUTDATED. WE ARE CONSTANTLY GROWING AND WHEN DURHAM IS ABOVE THE FRAY AND WHEN WE'RE THE SHINING STR THAT PEOPLE AROUND THE SATE WANT TO LOOK AT AND SAY HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING IT? MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO COME HERE.

OUR FOOD SCENE; BETTER THAN ANYBODY ACROSS THE STATE. THIS IS JUST A COOL PLACE. THE TRIANGLE ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO BE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. AND YET WE DO HAVE THE SMALLEST CONVENTION CENTER IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. AND YES, WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR SALES TAX REVENUE BY ATLEAST 25% SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP TAXING THE WRAP OUT OF EVERYBODY IN PROPERTY TAX, NOTHING MOVES IN ISOLATION HAS TO MOVE ALL TOGETHER. SO YOU CAN CRITICIZE DIFFERENT POINTS OF OUR GROWTH, THAT'S

YOUR IGNORANCE, BUT I KNOW WHAT THIS JOB IS LIKE NOW, AND I'M ALWAYS GOING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE OVERALL CITY AND THE OVERALL COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S JUST DOING THIS WORK IN A VERY HONEST WAY, AND THAT MEANS TAKING YOUR COMMENTS, TAKING YOUR CRITICISM, APPRECIATING IT, TAKING A DIVERSE SCHOOL OF THOUGHT ON THIS COUNCIL AND APPRECIATING IT RESPECTFULLY AND MAKING THE BEST DECISION THAT I CAN MAKE. THAT IS NOTHING PERSONAL. AND THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GET ON FACEBOOK AND SA WHATEVER YO WANT. I SEE IT, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

WHAT I GOT OUT OF THIS TONIGHT IS SOMEONE IS LEAVING A LEGACY FOR PEOPLE TO BE HOUSED AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE NOT. AND THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH IT, SO AT THIS TIME, MY COMMENTS ARE THE LAST, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A VOTE. >> YES, SIR. CAN I JUST ASK THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE -- I

HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS BEING MADE TONIGHT. ONE IS TO COMMIT TO MANAGING RUNOFF TO THE 25 YEAR STORM EVENT. >> RIGHT. >> COMMITTING TO CONSTRUCTING AT LEAST TWO CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS AN AN OPEN PLAY FIELD.

>> CORRECT. >> COMMITTING TO LIMITING IMPERVIOUS SURFACE TO A MAXIMUM OF 50%. >> CORRECT. >> UM, PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS FOR REQUIRED PLANTINGS WHEN AVAILABLE AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT THE LANGUAGE ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE AVAILABILITY.

>> CORRECT. >> INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AMOUNT TO 6% FROM 5%? >> CORRECT. GOOD MEMORY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. >> AARON, BEFORE YOU WALK AWAY, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ON THE GREEN MATERIALS OR -- THERE WAS ONE MORE. THERE WAS ONE MORE FROM THE E-A D. >> THERE IS NO COMMITMENT AT THIS TIME REGARDING GREEN BUILDING OR GREEN MATERIALS.

>> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. >> COMMITMENT, I'M SORRY AND THEY CAN'T MAKE A COMMITMENT ON THE CHILD CARE FACILITY? >> THEY HAVE NOT.

I'M NOT AWARE OF ONE, NO. >> I'LL BE CALLING FOR THE QUESTION AT THIS TIME. I'LL INTER ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING 'HOWARD PROPERTY' INTO THE CITY OF DURHAM AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A UTILITY EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH HWY 98 EAST DURHAM, LLC. >> MOVED AS READ.

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

>> PLEASE CLOSE THE VOTE. >> MOTION PASSES 4-3 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS BAKER, COOK, AND FREEMAN VOTING NO. >> THANK YOU. YOU CAN BE QUIET, PLEASE.

SECOND MOTION. 783 AND FALLS/JORDAN WATERSHED PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT B, CITY JURISDICTION. >> MOVED. >> SECOND.

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