W  TOWN OF WEDDINGTON REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024-7:001 P.M. WEDDINGTON TOwN HALL 1924 WEDDINGTON ROAD WEDDINCTON/NCZ8104  AGENDA  1. Call Meeting to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Determination of Quorum  4. Additions, Deletions and/or Adoption oft the Agenda  5. Conflict of] Interest Statement: In accordance with the state government ethics act, it is the duty ofevery Council member to avoid conflicts ofinterest. Does any Council member have any known conflict of interest with respect to any matters on the agenda? Ifso, please identify the conflict and refrain from  any participation in the matter involved. 6. Mayor/Councimember Reports 7. Public Comments 8. Public Safety Report 10. Consent Agenda  9. Presentation from Christ Lutheran Church Southland Project  A. Approval of March 11, 2024 Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes  B. Approval SCIF Grant Project Ordinance and Floodplain Administrator.  C. Appoint Gregory Gordos as Zoning Administrator, Erosion and Sediment Control. Administrator,  11. Old Business  A. Discussion of Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Downtown Master Plan  B. Discussion ofFY 2025 Preliminary Budget  I Discussion and Possible Consideration of Grant Application from Union County Library  Foundation  12. New Business  A. Discussion and Consideration of] Board of Adjustment Alternates A and B. B. Discussion and Consideration of Streaming Equipment and Installation Estimates.  13. Updates from' Town Planner and' Town Administrator 15. Update from Finance Officer and Tax Collector  14. Code Enforcement Report 16. Transportation Report 17. Council Comments 18. Adjournment    W  TOWN OF WEDDINGTON REGULAR' TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2024-7:00P.M. WEDDINGTON TOwN HALL MINUTES PAGE10F7  1. Calll Meeting to Order  Mayor Bell called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  2. Pledge of Allegiance Council led the Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Determination of Quorum  Quorum was determined with Mayor. Jim Bell, Mayor Pro Tem Tom Smith, Councilmembers Darcey Staff present: Town Administrator/Clerk Karen Dewey, Town Planner Greg Gordos, Finance Officer Leslie Gaylord, Admin Assistant/Deputy Clerk Debbie Coram, Town Attorney Karen Wolter, Deputy Grant Visitors: Jerry Fitzgerald, Gayle Butler, Liz Holtey, Bill Deter, Jerry Fitzgerald, Mike Morse, Bill Cathy, Darrell Parker, Bob Griswold, Chad Emerine, Melissa Emerine, Harry Chilcot, Chris McClellan, Bill Deter, Shelia Allen, John Allen, Scott Suskovic, Rusty Setzer, Travis Manning, Melissa Manning, Michael Payton,  Ladner, and Jeff Perryman present. Councilmember Brannon Howie was absent.  Wrenn  Carlton Burton  4. Additions, Deletions and/or Adoption of the. Agenda  Motion: Vote:  Mayor Pro Tem Smith made ai motion to adopt the agenda as presented.  The motion passed with a unanimous vote.  5. Conflict of] Interest Statement: In accordance with the state government ethics act, iti is the duty of every Council member to avoid conflicts ofinterest. Does any Council member have any known conflict ofinterest with respect to any matters on the agenda? Ifso, please identify the conflict and Mayor Bell read the Conflict of] Interest Statement. No Councilmembers had a conflict ofi interest.  refrain from anyp participation in the matter involved.  6. Mayor/Councimember Reports    Town of Weddington Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes 04/08/2024 Page2of7  Councilmember Ladner reported that Trees Union will have a meeting on May 215 from 6-8 p.m., location Mayor Pro Tem Smith congratulated the members of council and staff on the list of 100 powerful women in Councilmember Perryman reported that the next WUMA meeting will be April 25th at 4 p.m. in Stallings. In May the meeting will be on the 23rdat Wesley Chapel at' 7 p.m. CRTPO will be presenting and that will be the only item on the agenda. Councimember Perryman also reported on the General Assembly continuing tod diminish local municipality zoning authority. The General Assembly has established an interim oversight Mayor Bell reported on the House Bill that includes possible de-annexation from the town of Summerville  tol be determined. Union County.  committee discussion legislation for workforce housing.  by the General Assembly. 7. Public Comments  Jerry Fitzgerald: 1410 Willow Oaks - Mr. Fitzgerald commented on his opposition to the appointment of Bill Deter to the Planning Board: I'm here to protest and object to, the appointment ofBill Deter to the Weddington Town Planning Board. When Ifirst heard this, Icould not believe this could happen. Why in any: reason appoint aj person that leaves al legacy oft the most failed leadership to the town ofWeddington in all oftown history? During Bill Deter's leadership there was noj positive accomplishment for this town. None. He leaves chaos, division, and over one Million Dollars oft restitution and legal costs that are to be paid by town funds for the PVFD debacle. No insurance reimbursement. When Bill Deter was elected Mayor, on day one, he set ini motion to cancel the contract for fire service with the Providence Volunteer Fire Dept. There was no effort to seek a continuation for fire service with Providence by Bill Deter. only to replace Providence with the Wesley Chapel Fire Dept. This was clearly an agenda to destroy Providence and not an effort toi negotiate with Providence for continuation. At every public meeting after notice of Providence cancellation, the outcry in opposition was enormous. In this very room, the speakers to support and keep the Providence operating, were sO: numerous, to accommodate the crowd, meetings had to be moved across the street. to the Methodist church for more room. All the opposition for the cancellation of the agreement with Providence from the citizens was in vain and to no avail. It was the end oft the PVFD as thei result oft the agenda by Bill Deter and his puppet council. But there's more to the story-The constituents ofWeddington began to see the promises and the: information of Mayor Deter and his council weren'ttrue- the big savings and better service by Wesley Chapel never materialized. Fire service fees increased and the town ofWeddington now has to pay over ai million dollars for nothing. As the litigation process with Providence presses on, sO does the election process. Mayor Deter ran for re-election in 2017. The constituency came out and showed Mayor Deter their disdain for his leadership. Ini that election Deter lost 57%1 to 39%. He's out. Election time comes around again in 2021 and ex-mayor Deter runs again. The constituents spoke really loud and really clear this time regarding the leadership disaster ofI Deter: Deter lost 65%1 to 21%a 31 to 1 loss by Bill Deter. A virtual election massacre. The constituents have spoken emphatically We don't want Bill Deter in this government. After two massive election losses, anybody else would recognize its time to move on and avoid any more. humiliation but not Bill Deter. Deter knows now he doesn'tever have a chance for winning another election toi impose his Wesley Chapel agenda on the Citizens of Weddington. So, he comes up with this end run around the election process by getting appointed to the planning board totally circumventing the election process while disregarding and ignoring the will of the constituents who voted him out twice. This end-run appointment stunt is only done by conscienceless individuals like Bill Deter who possess noi moral compass. This appointment ofBill Deter is wrong by any standard. Placing Bill Deter back in our government is like hiring al bank robber to come in on thel bank    Town of Weddington Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes 04/08/2024 Page 3 of7  security detail. Once word oft this appointment gets out, it will make our town the laughingstock among other local governments. Imagine, bringing back into government the individual that cost the same government millions of dollars by reckless and insane leadership. That's not all, placing Bill Dieter back in our town government makes a virtual mockery oft the reputation, contribution and memory of the highly respected PVFD, This would be a failure of public service by this council ofmonumental proportion. Nobody wants to see that. In closing, I encourage each ofyou to do the right thing and dismiss Bill Deter from our town planning board and ban him permanently from our town government ASAP. This town can't Travis Manning: 2230 Rising Sun Lane- Mr. Manning commented that he was elected to chair the Planning Board. He stated he would like to see more participation between the Council and Planning Board. He asked Council ift the town attorney can be present during controversial agenda items. Mr. Manning commented on the possible sale of the Hemby Road fire station and his hope that the board is exploring all options.  afford any more. Bill Deter participation. Thank You.  8. Public Safety Report  Deputy Wrenn gave the Public Safety Report: He stated that the law in NC does not provide for squatters. In Union County squatting would be considered 2nd degree trespassing or breaking and entering. There haven't been al lot oftraffic accidents, but they have been serious. Hei reiterated to call UCSO when something illegal is witnessed, for noise complaints, hearing gunfire. The Deputies will respond.  9. Presentation from Christ Lutheran Church Southland Project  Scott Suskovic, the presenter, stated that hei is the head pastor at Christ Lutheran Church. The Church decided not to develop the campus that was proposed with the initial conditional zoning application. The Church organized a task force to study what to do with the 13 acres. This] presentation is to share a vision, to get comments, and input from the council. There is already an existing garden ministry that has raided Carlton Burton, Engineer for the project described a' 7 % acres of open space leaving the rest wooded. The existing structures have well water and septic tanks. The property will have sewer service available. Mr. Burton showed ai rendering with parking and one side is a canopied tree area, like aj park, with a playground and open-air pavilion, for weddings, celebrations, youth group gatherings, ai reception hall with restrooms, a place for a farmer's markc/Oktobertestaise golf. On left side of property, they are looking to partner with Chris McClellan, Academy and Technical Director for the Charlotte Eagles and a Union County resident stated: their organization is working tol bring more to the youth landscape. Charlotte Eagles is a sports Mayor Pro Tem Smith asked ifthere would be lights on the sports field. Mr. Suskovic responded that there Mayor Pro Tem Smith asked ift there has been any discussion with surrounding neighbors. Mr. Suskovic Councilmember Ladner asked ift residents would be allowed to: rent the fields. Mr. Suskovic responded that the Charlotte Eagles would be the primary users. They could rent out the fields when not in use. They will  3000 pounds of food for food banks and other partnerships.  the Charlotte Eagles, a youth soccer ministry.  ministry and a partnership with the church will impact all kids. would be lights that would meet the town ordinançes. responded that there has been none yet.  be rye seed grass.    Town of Weddington Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes 04/08/2024 Page 4of7  Mayor Bell asked ifa church would be constructed. Mr. Suskovic responded that is not the intention now, but the facility may be used for summer worship. They are not planning on building loudspeakers. Mayor Bell asked how many people show up to games. Mr. McClellan responded that the average youth soccer game has about 00j people for 2 teams. The Eagles' tournament fields would be elsewhere. These would be for practice and won'tg get as much traffic. The goal is to keep it as recreational as possible, on the Councilmember Perryman stated that this concept has merit. He encouraged the presenters to keep asking more questions and press forward. This deserves to bej pursued further and show more details. How would residents benefit? Mr. Suskovic responded that they are: not anticipating putting up a fence and locking up. He also mentioned that the trees illustrated on the plan are actual trees and notj just color to make it look  lower end of competitiveness.  good.  10. Consent Agenda  A. Approval of March 11, 2024 Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes  B. Approval SCIF Grant Project Ordinance Administrator, and Floodplain Administrator.  C. Appoint Gregory Gordos as Zoning Administrator, Erosion and Sediment Control  Motion: Vote:  Mayor Pro' Tem Smith made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as  presented.  The motion passed with a unanimous vote.  11. Old Business  A. Discussion of Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Downtown Master Plan Mayor Pro tem Smith asked for clarification in the Land Use Goals confirming that it doesn't In section LU1.1C Conservation Residential: Mayor Pro Tem Smith asked toi include reference to developable land excluding environmentally sensitive areas in figuring yield plans for residential Ins Section H1.41 Housing: Mayor Pro Tem Smith asked for Conservation Residential to not be struck In Section C3.3 Limiting development activities on environmentally sensitive land: Mayor Pro Tem Council will hold a public hearing at the May 13, 2024 Regular Town Council Meeting.  conflict with current zoning. conservation development.  out.  Smith asked to add preservation ofnatural areas and habitats as well.  B. Discussion ofFY 2025 Preliminary Budget  Ms. Gaylord presented thej preliminary budget. Iti includes the county tax estimate with an adjusted ad valorum amount. The Town received the preliminary numbers from the UCSO. The tax amount has been left as is and there are 2 scenarios to account for reduced revenues and tax from returning C. Discussion and Possible Consideration of Grant. Application from Union County Library  fire service to the county. Foundation    Town of Weddington Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes 04/08/2024 Page 50 of7  Ms. Dewey presented the staffreport: The Union County Library Foundation is requesting a one- time grant ini the amount of $75,000 for an outdoor children's literacy space for the Southwest Regional Library. This request does noti involve recurring payment to the UCLF, but a single contribution. The library was going to bel built in Weddington about 20 years ago. The' Town contributed about $100,000 but the site for the project fell through and the money was returned. Councilmember Perryman stated that he isi in favor oft this. There is history between the library and the town. Mayor Bell asked the location oft the library. Ms. Gaylord responded that it is on  Cuthbertson Road and easy to get to for Weddington residents.  Motion: Vote:  Councilmember Perryman made a1 motion to approve the grant application for  Union County Library Foundation The motion passed with a unanimous vote.  12. New Business  A. Discussion and Consideration of Board of Adjustment. Alternates A and B.  Ms. Dewey explained that the newer appointees to the Voluntary Board have served as the alternates Mayor Pro Tem Smith asked if appointments have been done differently from the ordinance in the past. Ms. Wolter explained that historically they have, and bylaws have the Chairman appointing positions, when the Council makes voluntary board appointments, it would be best for council to  to the Board of Adjustment.  name BOA alternates then. Motion: Vote:  Councilmember Ladner moved to appoint Travis Manning as Board of Adjustment Alternate. A and Amanda Jarrell as Board of Adjustment Alternate B.  The: motion passed with a unanimous vote.  B. Discussion and Consideration of Streaming Equipment and Installation Estimates. Staffreceived 3 bids for streaming equipment and installation. Mayor Bell called the companies to ask questions. He suggested moving forward with XL Mediaworks. They work with churches in the  area. Council agreed to get this completed.  Motion: Vote:  Councilmember Ladner made a motion to direct stafft to execute a contract with XL Mediaworks to purchase and install streaming equipment.  The: motion passed with a unanimous vote.  13. Updates from Town Planner and Town Administrator  Mr. Gordos gave the update: Liberty Classical Academy CZ: for Private School Planning Board: 7/24/23 (Tabled) Traffic PIM: 8/22/23 Planning Board: Denial Not moving forward to' Town Council    Town of Weddington Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes 04/08/2024 Page6 6of7  DealLake Subdivision 93-lot conservation subdivision Site Walk/ Charette: 11/28/23 Community Wastewater Treatment Plant Planning Board: TBD Rea/ Providence Subdivision Conventional subdivision, 561 lots Sketch Plan reviewed; Awaiting CZ submittal Ennis Road Subdivision Conventional subdivision, 14 lots Planning Board: TBD R-CD Text. Amendment Planning Board: TBD  Lot Size, Yield Regulations, and Preservation of Continuous Forest  Ms. Dewey gave the Administrator's update: In order to incorporate Weddington and Providence into the Wesley Chapel Fire District, the county needs consent from Indian Trail and Stallings as there arej properties from those two towns in the Providence District. Indian Trail approved it last week and Stallings plans to approve iti next week. Once the county receives those resolutions, they will move forward with the statutory requirements to take over the service. The Urban Forester: reviewed Appendix 3 ofthe UDO and suggested that plant species not bel kept in ordinances, but administratively sO making changes doesn'trequire council action. He also recommended that the town refer to the Union County species list and give the Zoning Administrator final approval ofall species. He commented that having a list of] plants doesn'tmean all are She isn'ti in attendance tonight, but I'd like to recognize Kim Wood, our' Tax Collector, who works many more duties on top oft that, for her 20 years ofs service to the' Town of Weddington this week. We've turned over the Planning Duties to Greg Gordos. We're grateful to Robert for hanging with us at a distance and his help through this transition and we look forward to working with Greg.  applicable in all situations. Looking at getting the park property staked.  14. Code Enforcement Report  Outstanding issues are being inspected and courtesy and violation letters are being sent.  15. Update from Finance Officer and' Tax Collector  Ms. Gaylord gave the finance update: The monthly financials are in the packet. The audit letter was accepted by the LGC. There will be al budget amendment for current year to clean things up.  The quarterly SCIF and ARPA updates will be given next month.  16. Transportation Report  Mayor Bell gave the transportation report: CRTPO working on budgets and there are discussions on the I-77  corridor budget being into the billions. 17. Council Comments    Town ofWeddington Regular Town Council Meeting Minutes 04/08/2024 Page 7of7  Mayor Bell: Iwould like tos set up a special meeting for discussion of park options. As soon as possible Councilmember Ladner: Greg, welcome, we are excited to have you here. And thank you to the best town Mayor Pro Tem Smith: Thank you everybody for coming out tonight, as always we: serve y'all. Greg, thank you for coming on. Karen, you" re on1 that top list, Darcey: you too. One thing I forgot to mention about transportation: Ihave been in conversation with Amelia Helms to get a list oft the roads planned for re- pavement, There are several in the town that are on the worst rated list. I am pushing to get the worst roads Councilmember Perryman: Thank you to everybody for coming out tonight and staying engaged with your town. Talk to your neighbors and keep them informed.. Greg, welcome to the team, I can say without evasion or hesitation that you have joined the best town staffin the state. I've been around for a few; I think you can look at the longevity here and see that you have a good team. Iwill thank the staff again. KD, KW, Leslie, Debbie, and Kim. Wes sit up here once ai month, these folks here keep the lights on and keep us in Mayor Bell: Ditto. Greg it is great tol have you with us. For some reason I thought Robert would be overlapping tonight and we could say goodbye. It was great to have him with us and we look forward to  before the next meeting. Tentatively scheduled for April 15th at 5:30 p.m.  staff I've ever worked with.  done and getting the schedule to know when they will be.  line.  working with you. 18. Adjournment  Motion: Vote:  Mayor Pro Tem Smith made a motion to adjourn the April 8, 2024 Regular Town  Council Meeting at 8:36] p.m. The motion passed with al unanimous vote.  wpG.est  ad  A bu Karen Dewey,  Amepr    X MV  Grant Project Ordinance for the' Town of Weddington State Capital and Infrastructure Fund (SCIF) Grants  BEITO ORDAINED by the Town Council oft the Town of Weddington, North Carolina that, pursuant to. Section 13.2 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the following Section 1:7 This ordinance is to establish al budget for a project to bet funded by North Carolina 1. $850,000 from Joint Conference Committee Report, Item 696 for Capital Improvements as Section 2: Thei following revenues are anticipated to be available to complete the projects: Section 3: Thei following amounts are appropriated for the projects and authorized for  grant project ordinance is hereby adopted:  Session Law 2021.180 Section, referenced as follows: directed in the related bill text provision.  1. SCIF Grant expenditure:  $850,000  Renovation and repair of Town Hall Renovation of outbuilding & sidewalk construction 150,000 Park Plaza construction Amphitheater and picnic tables for Town Park Landscaping, lighting, grading & irrigation Intersection improvement Audio-visual enhancements Consulting and project management Overrun estimation TOTAL  $175,000 105,000 75,000 35,000 65,000 20,000 75,000 150,000 $850,000  Section 4: The Finance Officer is hereby directed to maintain sufficient specific detailed accounting records to satisfy the requirements oft the grantor agency and the grant  agreements.  Section 5: The Finance Officer is hereby directed to include the financial status of the project on  aquarterly financial summary report to the Town Council.    Section 6: Copies of this grant project ordinance shall bei furnished to the Finance Officer and to Section 7:This grant project ordinance expires when all the projects have been completed and  the Town Administrator/Clerk  the SCIF monies have been expended by the Town.  Adopted April 8, 2024  sha  Hhou Jwey Karen Dewey, Town. Admifistrator/Clerk