City of Reidsville  City Council Planning Session Minutes  July 8th, 20245:00pm  Mayor -Vickie Nail Council: Donald Prestage  Lindsay Bennett (absent) Carolyn Blackshear Verdie Williams  The Mayor began the meeting by welcoming the guests. Councilwoman Williams gave the  prayerandi the audience recited the Pledge in unison.  Rezoning Sapp Lane  The Mayor and Council postponed the approval of221 Sapp Lane to confirm the address and that the public was properly notified. The address was confirmed as 221, edited from the previously: advertised 121 Sapp Lane. Ads were placed in the local organ and signs were placed at City Hall as well as ont the property to be rezoned. There has been no public  opposition on the rezoning to City Hall. USDAL Loan Refinance  The Cityi is seeking to refinance the current USDA loan. The Current loan is 5%+i interest rate. Ift the Citywere to refinance the existing loan at the current 2% interest rate, the City would save $300k over the life of the rest of the loan. Gina Sheridan, Finance Manageris  informing the Council ont the benefits of refinancing.  Dilapidation List Update  Building Inspector Don Powell along with the City Clerk: and City Attorney, have identified homes, and made contact with several business and home owners. Council and Mayor were given an updated list and the course of action taken for the properties. Several properties have been removed from the listi through citizen compliance.    Mobile Home Ordinance Revisions  Attorney Duann Davis has revised The City's current Mobile Home Ordinance. Davis previously read the ordinance and its revisions to the Council. Council requested some language revisions from Davis. The Mayor added aesthetic revisions and updated the ordinance tof fit with modern times and the current structure of Reidsville. RezoningApplication- 197 West Brazell for Mike Patel  Mike Patel has put in a rezoning application to change the property at 197W. Brazell St from residential to commercial in hopes of building a shopping plaza there. The: zoning board has the application and would be meeting by the time that the Council votes next  week with ar recommendation. Building Inspection Fee Schedule  The Council was given al handout with a list of new proposed fees for buildingi inspections. The Council and public had al lot of questions concerning the newi fees, namely, the roof inspection costs. The Mayor advises Council that she will looki into the fees further and  discuss iti in detail with Council at the regular meeting in a week.  Evolis Vision Radar for PD  The Council was given al handout on the Evolis Vision Radar system. The system that the County uses is similar but costs about $2-3k more because oft the trailer iti is mounted to. The Evolis system can be mounted to light poles or street signs of our choosing. The Mayor would like the Council to consider this in lieu of speed bumps to deter pedestrian speeding  in! hotspots around the City. Fire Hydrant Replacement  Rodney Deloach will be replacing the fire hydrant located on Main Street newi the Reidsville Insurance agency by the Dollar Tree. The hydrant has been leaking for some time. The water to the City will have to be cut off to complete the replacement. An ad was placed in the paper as well as an alert placed ont the City website and we will tryt to extend our reach to let citizens know that on. July gth water will be out overnight fori the repair. The water should be back on before daylight. Citizens will be under al boil water advisoryuntil lab  results are received with safe drinking water levels.  Special Event  The City has received 2 applications. One from Kiwanis for the annual Wiregrass Festival as well as one from Cedric Bacon for al Fall in the Ville application to put on a parade.    CityHolidays  The Mayor and Council have been having discussions about staff holidays. The Mayor has a handout with the revisions for City Holidays fori the Council to approve. Formerly approved City half days have been in question, the newly added. Juneteenth holiday and what days  would be observed for Christmas.  Meeting was adjourned by motion by: Verdie' Williams  2ndby: Carolyn Blackshear