Minutes January 2, 2024  Spring Hope Board of Commissioners Meeting  Ai regular meeting oft the Town of Spring Hope Board of Commissioners was held at7 7p p.m. at the Members present: Mayor William Pritchard, Commissioners Brenda Lucas, Eric Gainey, Brent Also, present was Town Manager. Andrew Delonno, Town Clerk Michele Collins, Town Attorney Mark Edwards, and Code Enforcement Officer Shwan Lucas. Mayor Pritchard called the meeting to order and led thej pledge of allegiance. Commissioner Gainey seconded and the motion passed unanimously.  Spring Hope Town Halli in the Commissioners Room. Cone, Tommy Toney and Drew Griffin.  Commissioner Cone made a motion to approve the minutes from the December 2023 meeting; Mr. Delonno told thel board that hel had1 been contact by NCDOT about thej pedestrian bridge on Railroad St. He reminded thel board that the subject ofc ownership had been discussed in thej past and that thet town! had no documentation which would prove ownership. Hesaid that DOT wanted tol havea publicl hearing on thel bridge as they had deemed: it unsafe. He also said that the town would dof further Commissioner Cone made ai motion tol have the town set aj public hearing for March 4th, Commissioner Mr. Delonno asked thel board tol look at the response from Wooten fort the RFQ for the WWTPand Tower Grants. He said that they were the only firm that responded to thej project andt that NCDEQ was Commissioner Cone made al motion to approve thel RFQ; Commissioner Gainey seconded and the motion Commissioner Gainey made al motion to send thet update oft the Sidewalk Ordinance to the Downtown Development Board fort their consideration before it comes back to thel BOC,Commisioner: Cone  research and get the town attorney involved. Griffin seconded and the motion passed unanimously.  satisfied with the bid procedure as it was done in accordance with thes state.  passed unanimously.  seconded and the motion passed unanimously. Town Attorney Mark Edwards had noi new business. ChiefGant was not available due tos going out foracall.  Mr. Delonno asked thel board ift they had any questions about his monthly report that hes submitted. He recommended that thel board think about using some oft the economic development. funds for uniform furniture downtown in front ofs stores which would bes something for thee entire downtown. Mayor Pritchard. said hey wasi in favor ofr maybe helping property owners with af façade program. He said he thoughti it could bes something that the Downtown Development Board could spearhead to show why Commissioner Cone: asked ift there was any update on the Ash Street properties that were purchased by Tom White. Mr. Delonno said that Mr. White is moving on and has more ofap plan toi finish upt the  they arei in existence. buildings.    Commissioner Cone said that he was disappointed in thel late pick up! for recycling andt the amount of garbaget that wasl left ont the ground. Commissioner Griffin said that GFL always seemed tol haves some kind ofi issue ands still wanted to raise] prices. Theyl both asked Mr. Delonno to speak with GFL. Codel Enforcement Officer Shawn Lucas said that hel had witenapproximately, 181 letters for residents and owners forj junk on thej property. He alsos said that he reinspected properties that hel had previously Commissioner Cone asked what the financial violation was fori not following the stack parking Commissioner Cone asked Mr. Lucas tol look at the amortization oft thej parking ordinance that was passed several years prior. Hes said that the time for compliance would bei in) December and that business ownersi needed tol bei renotified. Mr. Delonno said that hel had personally visited a owner but that he was Commssioner Griffin asked Mr. Lucas toi make suret that thel business owners are: reminded that this Mayor) Pritchard asked ift they had any issues on. Hopkins St. Mr. Lucas said the only current case was for al house that had: a storage box on thej property. Commissioner Cone said that during the night hours the house on the corneri iss still parking on thes street; Commissioner Griffin said that maybe the Chief needed  sent warnings to andt that most had complied.  ordinance; Mr. Edwards said it was $100.00ad day after the warning.  aware that the town had not sent letters in thej past fiscal year. message has been a long time coming fort the clean up of properties.  to be aware sot that the PD could take notice.  Other Business  Commissioner Toney said that people had been asking about thel businesses that were coming and why there may be duplicate types of establishments. Commissioner Cone said it was obvious now that the new building was al Dollars store and asked what wasl happening in thel Brantley building. Mr. Delonno said that there wasi nothing new. Commissioner Griffin asked about the oldLowe's building, Mr. Delonno said that the owner oft the property was trying tog generate interest withl hisi improvements. Commissioner Lucas said despite the duplicatel businesses iti is] positive to create competition.  There were no other comments by thel board.  Submitted  Attested  Mcluli KLbR  RIING HOp  -  SEBg