122  Dunn City Council Regular Meeting Tuesday, December 8,2020 7:00) p.m., Dunn) Municipall Building  Minutes  PRESENT: Mayor William P. Elmore jr., Mayor Pro Tem Chuck Turnage, Council Members J. Wesley Sills, April Gaulden, FrankI McLean, Billy N. Tarta and Dr. David L.I Bradham. Notice, relating to the Special Also present: City Manager Steven Neuschafer, Assistant City Manager Mathew Boone, Finance Director Jim Roberts, Planning Director George Adler, Chief Building Inspector Steven King, Chief of Police Clark White, Executive. Assistant Connie) Jernigan, Communications Coordinator. Kaitlin Adkins, City Attorney Tilghman Pope, Mayor Elmore opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. and Rev. Dennis Manuel, Pastor at East Granville Street Church of God of Prophecy gave the invocation. Afterwards, Council Member McLean led in the Pledge of Mayor Elmore: sent condolences tot thet family ofI Irvin Warren. Irvin) has contributed: al lot tot this community as Motion by Council Member Turnage ands second by Council Member Bradham to adopt thel December 8, 2020  Meeting Conditions, isi incorporated: into these minutes as Attachment: #1.  and City Clerk Tammy Williams. CALLTO ORDER ANDI INVOCATION  Allegiance.  abusiness owner, property owner andj philanthropist. AGENDA. ADJUSTMENT. AND APPROVAL  meeting agenda as presented. Motion unanimously approved.  PRESENTATIONS Imagine Dunn Update  Aaron Arnett of Arnett Muldrow Consultants and David Hill of Hill Studio gave an update on the Imagine Dunn Strategic Vision Planj process. Hill spoke about the upcoming Workshop and the twelvei initiatives that willl bes shared. Council Members Gaulden and Bradham, who serve ont the Dunn' Vision Group, encouraged the community tos geti involved int the process and tof follow thel Imagine Dunn) Facebook page. The Public Comment Period was opened by Mayor Elmore at 7:18 p.m. Having no comments, the Public  PUBLICCOMMENTPERIOD Comment period was closed. CONSENTI ITEMS  Approval oft ther minutes oft thel November: 10, 2020 Councill Meeting. Approval oft ther minutes oft thel November: 17, 20201 Imagine Dunn) Meeting.  Retirement! Resolution- - Dale] Johnson, Public Utilities.. A copy ofthe Resolution (R2020-24)1 is incorporated Budget Amendment Police Department. A copy oft the Budget Amendment (BA2021-11) is incorporated Budget Amendment Library and Public Utilities. A copy of the Budget Amendment (BA2021-12) is Approval ofF February 19-20, 2021 ast the dates fort the 2021-2022 Budget Planning) Retreat. Motion by Council Member Bradham and second by Council Member McLean to approve all consent items.  into these minutes as Attachment #2. intot these minutes as Attachment: #3. incorporated into these minutes as Attachment: #4.  Motion unanimously approved. ITEMS FORI DISCUSSION/ AND/ORI DECISION  Consideration ofOrdinance tol Demolish 706,710, 800 NI Fayetteville. Ave  Mayor Elmore opened thel Public Hearing at 7:19 p.m. for consideration of Ordinance tol Demolish structures located at 706, 710, 8001 NI Fayetteville Ave. The Public Hearing was duly advertised on November 27 and December 1,2020. Chief Building Inspector King conducted ani inspection and based upon his observations, thes structures: are unsafe and) have been condemned ina accordance with G.S. $160A-426. King also found the structures dangerous or prejudicial toj public health or publics safety anda a nuisance in violation of G.S. $160A- 193. Kinga added that demolition was taking place buti is now atas standstill duet tot the asbestos abatement that is needed. According tos state law, demolition can't proceed until asbestos at the site has been abated. Ifthe ordinance: isa adopted, the city would have to gett the property abated and demolished by outside contractors, with the costl being passed tot the property owner. Currently, therei is concrete crushing at the sitel brought in from other locations as the contractor hired for demolition is currently using the site for that purpose. Council Member Turnage asked what the timeline would be ift the City passed the ordinance. King replied approximately six months. Council Member Tart askedi ift the current contractor would have to remove his property. King confirmed that he would have to remove his property if he was not hired by the City. Sills askedi ift the property was: zoned correctly. Adler repliedi it would be allowed but itl has not been approved. Council Member Gaulden statedt thats shel has received several complaints from residents and King confirmed that the Inspections Department has also received complaints. Adler was told by the Lester Group that a  contractor wasl hiredi in! Marchi fort the abatement! but nothing has been done.    123  James Godwin, the contractor. hiredt tol handle the demolition, requested additional time. He shared that the demolition had beens stopped overt threet times with utilities and then asbestos issues. Hel has a contract witha company tol handle the asbestos abatement to begin next week. He confirmed that he was crushing stone from other locations and had checked with Planning Director Adler to make sure iti is permitted with the zoning ont that location. He also replied to question from Council Member Tartt that! hef feltt that the demolition couldb be done 3-5 days after abatement was done, with project completed by thei first week of] January. James Rankin, a resident at the corner of N Fayetteville Ave and W Granville St, spoke against the concrete busting and complained abouta allt the dust and was concerned about the: zoning allowing concrete busting at George Adler, Planning Director stated that thel Brownfields EPA Grant paidf for the asbestos survey! but could not be used for the abatement. He addedt that his office needs a letter by someone saying the site has been abated for demolition tol be completed. He stated that he has spoken with Lester Group on many occasions aboutt thep property tor no avail. Hes said the property isz zoned correctly but even ifp property is zoned properly therel has notb been any development permit issued.. Adlera also sharedt that) hel had requested that al blind fence be put up and that has not been done. Hef further statedt that the City was providing water to the site tol help with the dusth buta ath his visit, he did noto observe any water being used. Council Member Tartaskedi ifthef fence would help with the dust and Adler confirmed that the blindf fencei is just visual and that water ist typically used to compress the dust. Council Member Tart shared that people would not want this type of business beside their home. City Manager Neuschafer. stated that the: zoning would! have tol be confirmed. He felt that this location was 1-10, whichi is more restrictive than I-100. Councill Member Sills said the City is pro-business but also must look after the health of our residents. King added that the permit was issued to handle the buildings without asbestos. Council Member Tart added that he felt it will take more time to handle the demolition ifthe ordinance was passedt than ifMr. Godwin willg go ahead and take care oft the demolition since thee end-goali ist to gett the property cleaned up. With no additional comments, the publich hearing was closed. Mayor) Elmore reminded council,t the ordinance tod demolish was the matter: at! hand and not any zoning issues. He also restated that Mr. Godwin has a permit in hand to handle demolition and contract to handle the After much discussion, motion by Council Member Tart: and second! by Council Member Turnage tot table until the) January meeting. Motion passed with Mayor Elmore, Council Members McLean, Tart and" Turnage voting Mayor Elmore opened the Public Hearing at 8:11 p.m. for consideration of Ordinance to Demolish house located at 1014 E Edgerton St. The Public Hearing was duly advertised on November 27 and December 1, 2020. Building Inspector Slater Johnson conducted an inspection and based upon his observations, the structures are unsafe and have been condemned in accordance with G.S. $160A-426. Johnson also found the structure dangerous or prejudicial toj public health or public safety and a nuisance in violation of G.S. $160A- 193. King added that they! had: spent quite al bit oft time trying tol help the renter (who is part owner) ast there were several children living there. He shared that the sewer leak was the major issue and with so much sewage under thel house they could not getap plumber tot touchi it Hes said that therea are 103i items that need to bea addressed att this house with nothing being repaired to-date. He confirmed that1 the tenant has moved out. Motion by Councill Member Sills and second by Council Member Bradham to adoptt the ordinance directing the Building Inspector to proceed with the demolition of the dwelling located at 1014 E. Edgerton St. (PIN #: 1516-95-6297,000). Motion unanimously approved. A copy of the Ordinance (02020-26) is incorporated Mayor Elmore opened the Public Hearing at 8:15 p.m. for consideration of Ordinance to Demolish house located at1 10081 EH Harnett St. The Public Hearingy was duly advertised onl November 27 andl December 1, 2020. Building Inspector Slater) Johnson conducted ani inspection and based upon his observations, the structure is unsafe and has been condemned in accordance with G.S. $160A-426. Johnson also found the structure dangerous or prejudicial toj public) healtho or public safety and a nuisance: in violation of G.S. $160A-193. King added thats someone was) planning onr movingi in buti ith had tol bei inspected prior to the water beingt turned on. The owner ist not planning on making repairs andi is okf fort the cityt to demolish. With no additional comments, Motion by Council Member Bradham and second by Council Member Gaulden to adopt the ordinance directing the Building Inspector to proceed with the demolition oft the dwelling located at 1008) E. Harnett St. (PIN #: 1516-95-8642.000). Motion unanimously approved. A copy of the Ordinance (02020-27) is Mayor Elmore opened thel Public Hearing at8 8:18 p.m. for consideration of Ordinance to deem property Unfit for Human! Habitation. located ate 609 S Sampson Ave. The Public Hearing was duly advertised onl November 27 and) December 1,2020.1 Building Inspector Dwayne Williams conducted ani inspection and based upon his observations, the structures arei inac deteriorated condition that does not meet ther requirements oft the City of Dunn's Minimum Housing Code. Williams also found the structure dangerous or prejudicial toj public! health  thatl location.  asbestos.  inf favor oft ther motion: and Councill Members Bradham, Gaulden and Sills opposed. Consideration ofOrdinance tol Demolish 10141 EEdgerton St  Withi no additional comments, thej public! hearing was closed.  into these minutes asA Attachment: #5.  Consideration ofOrdinancet tol Demolish 10081 EHarnettSt  thej public hearing was closed.  incorporatedi into these minutes as Attachment: #6.  Consideration' tol Declarel Property Unfitf for Human Habitation 609S Sampson. Ave    124  or public safety and a nuisance in violation of G.S. $160A-193. Kinga added that his office has received: several complaints from the neighbors. They were allowed to do the interior inspection and found quite a bit of violations and the owners' Terry Wooda and' Teresa Parker have had 90 dayst tor make the repairs. The owners have called and said they are not going to make the repairs and there is no tenant. The property has to be vacant for aj year before coming! back for ordinance to demolish and they can make the repairs during that time ift they change their mind. Council Member Tart askedi if the city would have to wait aj year to clean up the outside and Kings stated they can use code enforcement tos get the outside cleaned up. With no additional Motion by Council Member Gaulden and second by Council Member McLeant toa adopt the ordinance directing the Chief Building Inspector to post the property Unfit for Human Habitation at 609 S. Sampson. Ave. (PIN #: 1516-73-9892.000). Motion unanimously approved. A copy of the Ordinance (02020-28) is incorporated Mayor Elmore commended the Inspections staff for allt their hard work ont these condemnations. He shared about being on site ofa house being demolished in Westfield Subdivision and immediately was approached byar neighbor thanking them for cleaning up the neighborhood. Council Member Turnage asked about boarded up! homes. King stated hei is currently working on an ordinance to handle boarded up property and the city can also handle it as an abandoned building. Council Member Bradham asked that businesses be Consideration on offer to Purchase City-owned: Property 415S SI Magnolia. Ave The City has received an offer of$ $8,000, by Lucknow Homes LLC, to purchase real property located at 415S Magnolia Avenuei inI Dunn. Offer tol Purchase wasi received by the City Clerk onl November 24,2020. Motion! by Council Member Bradham and second by Council Member Turnage tot table tot the January meeting. Mayor Elmore shared that the Mayor Pro' Tem will be appointed annually. He commended Council Member Motion by Council Member Turnage and second by Council Member McLean to elect Council Member City Manager Neuschafer reviewed the reports. Council Member Bradham requested status on trail from Tylert to Tart Parks. Neuschafer. statedt that thej path! has been informally: identified andi request has been sent tol NCDOT concerning crossing certain NCDOTI right of ways. Surveyor has gone outt tor mark some crossings especially the Ashe Avenue crossing to make sure crossings are as safe as possible. Goal is to have permissions and aj plan ofa actioni inp place for crossings and marking trail for spring activities. He added that wer need tor makes surei itis as safe as possible beforel being promoted tot the public. Mayor Elmore added that hel has seen a Iot of use oft the new Dog Park. Neuschafer further updated Council that only one bid was received ont the Watauga project for utilities and paving so thej process has to start over again. Hopefully, if enough! bids arer received inj January, the utilities willl bei ins springa ande earlys summer fort thej paving. City Manager Neuschafer reported on the Pope Street sewer repair and that it was not as bad as feared. Emergency: repairs havel been done withi total cost estimated: at $130,000 after pavingi is completed. Staff feels these expenses can be coveredi int the budget but ifthere are any other repairs needed int the fiscaly year, they Finance Director Roberts) provided thef followingf financial reportf for thej period ending November 30, 2020: $6,506,247: in Generall Fund and' Water-Sewer Fund combined with $5,323,064: as of November 2019. Property taxes received as of October 30, 2020 were $929,245. Last October's funds received were Sales' Tax Revenue September receipts were $202,714 with total receipts at $670,047, up 6.43% from Utilities Sales' Taxes are reported quarterly. Report for the quarter ending June 30, 2020 was $144,370 Building Permit Fees for ther month of November were $6,919, with total collected for the year of$ $52,887 Water and Sewer Revenues for the month of November were $503,664 compared to $505,696 in 2019. Total collected to date is $2,503,584 or 42.8% of budget compared to $2,570,033 in 2019. The $66,450 Expenditures in the General Fund are $4,502,128 or 38.7% of budget. For 2019, expenditures were The Water and Sewer fund has spent $2,197,973 or 30.2% of budget. Last year, total expended was Debt Service expenditures to date are $551,605 in the General Fund. One interest payment for Water/Sewer Debt Service was made this month with total for the year $204,119 for all Debt Service  comments, the publichearingy was closed. into these minutes as attachment: #7.  given thes same guidelines concerning boarded ups structures.  Motion unanimously approved. Election of Mayor Pro' Tem  Turnage forl his outstanding. job: as Mayor Pro' Temi inz 2020. Bradham: asl Mayor Pro Tem. Motion unanimously approved.  Council Goals/Reports  Administrative Reports  willl have to comet to council for budgeta adjustments.  $924,014.  thes same time lasty year. Lastyear, Sales Taxl Revenue was $582,325. compared to $160,754 for this same period in2 2019. or5 53% ofb budget. Lasty year wel had collected $55,120. difference: is directly related to COVID-19 payment deferrals. $1,852,689. Thel benchmark: for this periodi is4 42% ofbudget.  $4,675,584. payments.    125  Mayor Elmore asked for an update on the mapping for the storm water system. Neuschafer said that the mapping for the sewer system was almost complete and was fundedt through a grant. There are nos grants to handle the mapping oft the storm water system sot the city will have tol look at funding approximately $75- $100,0001 through thes storm water fees. Mayor Elmorea askedf fort this tob bep placed ont the) January agenda. Reports were also received as follows: Communications/Pablic Information, Planning and Inspections Report, Public Works Report, Public Utilities Report, Parks and Recreation Report, Library Report and Police  Report.  Announcements/Information  Mayor Elmore announced upcoming events and activities.  With no further business to discuss, motion by Council Member McLean and second by Council Member  Bradhamt toa adjourn thei meetinga at8 8:47 p.m. Motion unanimouslyapproved.  GITY CORPORAD SEAL  William P. Elmore] Mayor  Attest:  ObnAlnio  Tammy Williams City Clerk