Page 1of7  Town of Maggie Valley September 10, 2024 MINUTES  Board of Aldermen Regularly Scheduled Meeting  Members Present:  Mayor Mike Eveland Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Owens Alderman John Hinton Alderman Tim Wise Members Absent: Alderman Phillip Wight Staff Present: Vickie Best, Town Manager Kathy Johnson, Town Clerk Sam Cullen, Town Planner Mike Mehaffey, Public Works Director Michael Herbertson, Police Officer Craig. Justus, Attorney Five others were present. Brionna Dellara, The Mountaineer  Others Present: Media Present:  Meeting Call to Order  Mayor Eveland called the Meeting to order at 6:29 pm on Tuesday September 10, 2024, in the Maggie Valley Town Hall Boardroom, 3987 Soco Road, Maggie Valley, NC: 28751. The Pledge of Allegiance was repeated by alli followed by prayer led by Sam Cullen.  Pledge of Allegiance  Approval of Agenda/Conflict of Interest Declaration  Mayor Eveland said Item 7-a (Adoption of Resolution 24-12, supporting Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservan/saPpication for EPA Community Change Grant) has been removed from  the agenda. Consent Agenda  a. Budget to Actual b. - A/R Report Tax Releases  d. Minutes to be Approved: August 6th and 10th.  . Callj for a Public Hearing for October gth, 2024, for Private Road Update to the UDO.  Proclamation, for Constitution Weekj for September 17-23,  Town of Maggie Valley September 10, 2024  Board of Aldermen Regular Scheduled Meeting Minutes    Page 2of7  Ar motion was made by Alderman John Hinton to approve the consent agenda as presented.  The motion carried unanimously. Public Comment  Mayor Eveland asked if anyone would like to make a public comment.  Joyan Hearn, spoke about the progress that has been made regarding noise radiating from the festival grounds. A set decibel level is non-discriminatory and treats everyone the same. She spoke about past experiences with the noise at the festival ground and commended Town staff along with Board Members for working together. She questioned if there was a process in place to periodically monitor the decibel levels when Manager Best retires or Board Members leave. Last weekend at the "Thunder in the Smokies Festival" the decibel level reached 57-58, 60 decibels and above can be heard inside the house. She made suggestions on how to control the sound with the wattage on the speakers. She expressed gratitude that the "Hillbilly. Jam Festival" Referring to House Bill 184: Ms. Hearn said she did not understand how an Ordinance can get to the state and be turned into a! Statute that only applies to Maggie Valley. She said "lhave never heard ofthat, usually it would apply to everybody. Its kind ofi idiotic to me." She said "In terms of zoning; just because you down zone something, doesn't mean you devalue it." Ms. Hearn addressed the Board and said, "Whatever y'all are doing, just keep doing it." Stan Davis said he has lived in North Carolina thirty-two years and just recently moved to Maggie Valley. He stepped foot in Maggie Valley in 1992 by accident and he has been trying to "get here ever since." He referenced al letter that hel had written thanking the Public Works employees that Manager Best thanked Mr. Davis for coming to the meeting. She addressed the Board and said she had received another e-mail of gratitude and appreciation from another Town resident  stopped thirty minutes earlier this year.  helped him.  thanking the Town of Maggie Valley Public' Works employees.  Department Head Reports Mike Mehaffey, Public Works Director  Public Works  Monthly maintenance, general cleaning and repairs at Town Hall, Pavilion, Parham Park, Rathbone/Rich Park, Festival Grounds, Public Works buildings and Police Department.  Monthly Recyclables approx. 11 tons. Monthly Solid Waste approx. 491 tons. Monthly White Goods/Electronics 3 pick-ups.  Picked up miscellaneous residential brush and debris. 276 brush pick-ups that totaled  23 loads of brush. Town of Maggie Valley September 10,2024  Board of Aldermen Regular Scheduled Meeting Minutes    Page 3of7  Continue maintenance and repairs on Welcome Banners, Miss Maggie Banners and Spring Perform ditch, culvert, shoulder and road maintenance along streets. Both private and Service and/or repaired 4 Public' Works vehidles/equipmentoAdministration and 4 Police Picked up bagged trash and debris along Highway 19 and Highway 276 from Fie Top Road Public Works continues inspections and testing of roads, paving and other infrastructure Valley View subdivision on Jonathan Creek behind the CO-OP has started grading and  banners.  Public' Works continues upkeep of all Town facilities.  Town streets. vehicles.  to the' Wastewater Treatment Plant. at Mountain View Estates.  installing infrastructure. We inspect their progress daily. Sweet Brier Parking Lot sign has been installed. The new windows ini the Town Hall Cafeteria have been installed. Public works continues working on employee safety training.  We are continuing construction of the Public Works 50x100 storage building. This work should continue through early September, and we will start work inside the building. Public' Works installed the Paperman Plaques on the rocks in Canton. Public' Works staffed 2 successful events at the Festival Grounds in August. We delivered the town's) yearly Solid Waste Report to DENR. Public Works placed 4 tons of asphalt on town and private streets. Spring Lakes Road, wade Reece Way, Silverleaf circle, Caldwell Drive and Linsonwood Drive. Daily and Monthly testing, monitoring and analysis; Monthly cleaning and repairs. Monthly Road, Levee, equipment and building maintenance. Continued yearly sewer line, manhole, easement spraying and creek crossingi inspections Installed/repaired 6 sewer services issues, cleaned and videoed approximately 150' feet of sewer line, inspected 11 sewer comnections/nstalgton, repaired/leak stopped 0 damaged manhole and inspected 0 manholes as we continue to work on 1&1 issues. Dewatered 000 gallons of digester sludge. Lime Stabilized 0 tons of dewatered sludge. Worked with business owners, homeowners, contractors and others to help resolve sewer related issues such as rainwater getting into sewer lines, back-ups, video Continue monthly sewer easement maintenance. Bush hogging, tree cutting, spraying This month we received one hundred eighteen locate requests for NC811. These were all Continue monitoring Johnathan Creek and stream banks for fallen and dead trees that could impact the Town's: sewer creek crossings. This is now required by NCDEQ.  WWTP  asr required by DENR.  Also, we hauled 01 tons of dewatered sludge to landfill.  inspection, private line or service locations and damage to lines.  and debris removal. marked in a timely manner.  Town of Maggie Valley September 10, 2024  Board of Aldermen Regular Scheduled Meeting Minutes    Page 4of7  Removed fallen trees and debris from Jonathan's Creek on Moody Farm Road, Grease in the Towns sewer collection system and in the Wastewater Treatment Plant is an ongoing and time-consuming problem. Regular grease trap pumping and maintenance is the key to keeping these problems to a minimum. All food handling businesses are required to have grease-removing equipment installed and to maintain records of cleaning and maintaining their equipment. The sewer department: staffr regularlyinspects this equipment and looks at records and logs of this maintenance. This month we performed forty-three grease trap inspections. Of these eleven were found to be non- compliant. We continue to work with all businesses on their grease issues. We provide assistance and education in hopes ofr reducing the amount of grease in our sewer: system. We received the town's new Wastewater Residuals Permit from DENR. It will expire in There was continued discussion about the grease traps and Mr. Mehaffey said the Board may be  Stonebridge Campground, Valley Creek and Campbell Creek.  Reviewed plans and permits for new developments and projects.  December of 2032.  hearing from business owners about the grease trap inspections.  Sam Cullen, Town Planner  Five Residential Permits: New Structures at 35 Donald Circle, Havenwood Drive, Trout Lily Five Commercial Permits RV at 1915 Soco Road, 28. Julia Drive. New Business at 2761 Soco Eight In person consultations: DOT, Land of Sky, two MPO, Greenway, two grants, Eight Final Zoning Compliance: 25, 31 and 39 Clear Creek Lane, 85 Sophie Road, 122 Wildbrook Drive, 1939. Soco Road, 2749 Jonathan Creek Road, 2961 Soco Road.  Lane, 211 Sweet Birch Drive, and Filly Lane Road. Food Truck; D' W's. Renovations; Sign Permit.  No Floodplain Permits Southwestern Home Consortium.  No Misc. requests. No Notice of Violations.  One Resolved Violations: Grass Soco Road.  Planner Cullen spoke with the developer of Wild Brook Village and they plan on having the final permits pulled by March and completion oft the remainder of the homes by May 2025. Police Chief Matthew Boger was not present at the meeting, but his department report has been  included ini these minutes. Matthew Boger, Police Chief  Incidents  During this reporting month (August), the Maggie Valley Police Department (MVPD) investigated thirty-five incidents, which included Breaking and Entering, Larceny,  Town of Maggie Valley September 10, 2024  Board of Aldermen Regular Scheduled Meeting Minutes    Page 5 of7  Property Damage, Drug Violations, Simple Assault, Aggravated Assault, Motor Vehicle Maggie Valley Police Officers arrested thirteen (13)individuals, resulting in nineteen (19) charges, which included Property Damage, Driving While Impaired, Trespassing, Drug Violation, and Disorderly Conduct, Fraud, Assault, and Non-Violent Family Offenses. Maggie Valley Police Officers investigated four (4) motor vehicle accidents for the reporting period and issued one-hundred and thirty-five (135) traffic-related charges. Forty-three (43) percent of charges were for speeding (8 citations and 51 written THIS LIST IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL THE INCIDENTS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. SOME CASES, DUE TO THE INTEGERGY OF THE CASE, CAN NOT BE PUBLICLY Sergeant Flowers responded to a domestic with Officer Riddle. Initially, the female was advising that she had been assaulted. The officers made the determination that the Sergeant Wood continued FTO with Officer Kelley. As of the beginning of September, Officer Bellows and Officer Crowe responded to a property damage calli for service. Upon investigation, a suspect was interviewed and placed under arrest for damages. Officer Herbertson conducted multiple traffic stops resulting in arrests for narcotics. Officer Herbertson located a driving complaint. Upon investigation, the driver was Officer Riddle provided life-saving measures for a subject who had overdosed. Officer Greene responded to a civil disturbance call for service. Upon investigation, an Officer Greene responded to a traffic accident. The accident consisted of property Officer Crowe initiated at traffic stop after observing the driver and knowing the driver1 to be suspended. The driver also had a warrant for arrest and was transported to the Officer Crowe investigated a vehicle hit and run. After speaking with the owner and Officer Kelley responded to a domestic assault. The female had obvious signs of assault, Officer Kelley responded to an assault and property damage call for service. The female had video footage of part oft the incident and obvious signs of assault. Officer Kelley went  Theft, Disorderly Conduct, Trespassing, Fraud, DWI, and Fondling.  Arrests  Motor Vehicle Traffic  warnings).  Officer Activities  DISCLOSED ATTHIS TIME.  injuries were self-inflicted due toi impairment.  Officer Kelley has moved to the final portion of his training.  arrested for DWI and the vehicle was seized.  arrest was made for assault.  damage only. No injuries were reported.  Detention Facility.  reviewing the security footage, all leads were exhausted.  and the male was placed under arrest.  to the magistrate's office and took warrants for the suspect.  Evidence Processing (E/P)  Town of Maggie Valley September 10, 2024  Board of Aldermen Regular Scheduled Meeting Minutes    Page 6of7  Evidence Technicians O. Murphy and S.. Justice processed sixty-seven (67) items fori the month. Evidence includes narcotics, paraphernalia, electronics, biological specimens, personal property, firearms, firearm materials and other weapons. Evidence Technicians checked items out to the NCSBI Crime Lab for testing. Sydney. Justice assisted Detective Crocker with the homicide investigation. Detective Crocker continued tot follow up on leads with the homicide investigation. Detective Crocker continuing to follow up on a potential human trafficking case. Detective Crocker attended a forensic interview in Sylva. The case was closed with no Detective Crocker conducted an interview with a family member involved in the human  Investigations (CID)  Detective Crocker isinvestigating an overdose death. Detective Crocker attended MDT twice this month. Detective Crocker attended Grand Jury. Detective Crocker assisted with a parade security.  findings.  trafficking case.  Detective Crocker responded to a routine death on Jonathan Creek.  Detective Crocker assisted with a larceny case of a motor vehicle. Detective Crocker arrested the male suspect in the case. The vehicle was located in Buncombe County and The K91 teams logged thirteen (13) training events and three (3) deployment. K-9 Officer Wood and K-9 Karma conducted a vehicle search where they located drug Maggie Valley Officers patrolled through our residential neighborhoods several times Maggie Valley Officers responded to 339 Calls for Service (CFS) in this reporting period. The average number of calls for service per day has been consistently around 10 for the Chief Boger, Officer Greene and Officer Herbertson attended the National Night Out  was returned to the victim.  K9 Program  paraphernalia. Great Work!  Community Patrol and Interactions  this month.  Maggie Valley Officers performed their monthly business visits.  last several months. event in Canton.  Events, Schools, and Meetings  CLOSED SESSION  AI motion was made by Alderman Tim Wise to enter closed session at 6:48pm under NCGS 143- 318.11.5 to discuss possible acquisition of land. PIN # 7696-17-5805 Moody Real Property A motion was made by Alderman Tim Wise to reconvene into open session at 7:08 pm. The  investment, for a possible park. motion carried unanimously. Town of Maggie Valley September 10, 2024  Board of Aldermen Regular Scheduled Meeting Minutes    Page 7of7  AI motion was made by Alderman Tim Wise to engage Tom Mallette for the possible acquisition of PIN: # 7696-17-5805. The motion carried unanimously. Alderman Phillip Wight  was absent. Adjournment carried unanimously.  Ar motion was made by Alderman Tim Wise to adjourn the meeting at 7:11pm. The motion  Attest: Mayor Mike Eveland Kathy. Johnson, Town Clerk hdPDs  A Vickié Best, Town Manager  Town of Maggie Valley September 10, 2024  Board of Aldermen Regular Scheduled Meeting Minutes