Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to As for City Council Meeting Thursday, April 4th. I would like to start with inviting you to stand with me and take a on with a silent meditation and then we'll follow that with the Thank you. A political interest to the flag of the United States of America, to the Republic for Public, for which it stands, with one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We're all. Thank you. First order of business would be to call on our newly appointed police chief, Robbie Brown, and ask him to come up bring retiree Paul Mainus with him. He has a better sweet duty to perform. Paul, what I do and I present this plaque to you. It reads, I present Anthony Paul Maines, Master of Police Officer, Appreciation for Dedicated Service in the Police Department and Dedication to the City of Asheboro, 913-996, 331-2024. We want to thank you for the service that you provided to us, but the citizens of Asheboro, and I also like to present you with your, actual, with your gun weight when you're good as educated. work. Just like they say, I think the chief for this and Council for your faith in me through the years, chief and past administration for the opportunity to serve the police department. I enjoyed my time, all the opportunities that I was given through the years for the different jobs that I performed there. And it is kind of a bittersweet moment, leaving a job behind that I've done for 32 years, 27 and a half over here at Ashboro. But I'm looking forward to what my future has for me and just looking forward to taking some time for me for a look while. Thank you everyone for all the opportunity. I'd like to add that over the years, Master, please, officer maintenance, I've been my go-to guy. He talked me in and teaching one of his, was that care or there? Yes, sir. And I was scared to death when I was kid. But he got me through it and never invited me back. But Paul's done a good job for us and we wish you the best. He is going to get in his car and then they are so and head west to his ambition in this first week of retirement is to see the eclipse. All right. So I wish I was going with you. But the best wishes to you. And I hope that your retirement is everything you want to be. And then some. Thank you. If I can add it, our Kuanas board meeting the other night, they mentioned how thankful they were that you have helped with parking for so many years and they were all a little sad that you were tired. So thank you for your time. Okay. of bitter sweet business. We'd like to call on Amy Rudicel from the Esperanto Chamber of Commerce, and I'll come around there, Amy. Amy has after 29 years of service to the Chamber and our community through the chamber has taken another job and I remember when you were hired and I believe you were about to go. You have really grown, you have a job'm a physician going in your abilities and you have represented the chamber, the city and Randall County very, very well over the years. And as our players are tonight, I'm gonna have for the city of Ashboro to present you with a plaque that is as the city logo on it. It said that Ashboro Pride Awards presented the Amy Roots outstanding service to the citizens of the Ashboro and this today's date and she certainly deserves it. She has been another one of my good two people. How many times have I called you in Nashville? Yeah, I remember. All over. Yeah, all over. And her daughter and her husband are here, and we'd like to get you in the pictures, y'all want to. Absolutely. We can do it too, it's great. We'll take a couple steps out way the window glairs. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you. Nice to meet you. We're so proud of you and I'm full of you. I chose to come to work for George Billshoor all the long time. Now it was a long picture of Justin Tim. It's too important to be in everything. I want George Billshoor. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For any of you who has taken the job of the Grand Hall Canada, there's a lot of information. So she will be right out front. If she always had a band. But the moment that she's not right around the corner is trying to come a little different. So we around, but I appreciate the many years of being able to work for the chamber and for the members and it's not long to do it. I'll be doing the same for the county as well. So thank you so much. Thank you. Go ahead. And I know you've done it a long time. You're all ready. I'm not rushing you out, but she did not want to be. I think just stay up there. Go ahead. Just stay up there. Go up. I'll stay up there. Oh, okay. Well, it is once again my pleasure to stand up in front of you and call them. And he quarter, and he is our one year now. Yeah, it's a change. One year in change, give or take. The director of downtown Ashboro Incorporated and has done a phenomenal job. In her first year, we expect great things out of it. She's already proven to be terrific, hard, and is doing many, many things to promote Aspera and downtown Aspera. And if you pay for that restaurant, we'd have to be paid for that restaurant, or that'd be really. I'm going to be paid for that restaurant, or that'd be really. One thing I'd like to talk about. All right, so, let's go ahead. So I got to attend the North Carolina Main Street Conference in Goldboro last month and represent Ashboro. We were one of eight communities in attendance as recognized Main Street communities. And I also had the distinct pleasure of submitting the church street locks for a Main Street award of merit for Best Adaptive Reuse project. In projects. Which is the building next door? Yes. Yeah. The old Act Me Building, right next door to City Hall over here has been converted. I'm going to help. It does. Thank you. It has been, it was formerly Mill Number 2 and it has been rehabilitated into 50 senior adult apartments with connectivity to Randolph Senior Adult Association. And so when they're selecting awards worthy projects, they're looking for projects that paid special attention to preserving the historic character of the structure of projects that were innovative and had strategic partnerships. And so I was not shocked at all when Ashbro was going to receive this award. So it is my honor on behalf of downtown Ashbro's Board of Directors to present the city of Ashbro. Landmark development, Randolph Senior Adults Association, Dunn Adult and Architects, K&W Builders, and Furnbock History Services for your award of merit. John. Applause. I want to give a look at it. I don't know what I got. And it's a great job. Kelly did write down to Goldboro for a more ceremonial. I was going with her. And the last night, I thought she'd been doing that. So I didn't go. regret not being there, but to have a project and all of the state of North Carolina named Best Adaptive Reuse. And if you've never been in this building over here, you should try to get an opportunity to go in there. It's very unique in that it is a mushroom cap column construction and what that allows is that the columns on the first floor go up and mushroom out so they pour concrete second floor and most buildings of that age were wooden. Second floors. So mushroom cap, columns, building. And I learned that from Heather when she did my project. She's the best of the best. She is, she's the head of the firm, firm, firm, firm, history services is one of the best. So, and we work with her before, and I hope we'll work with her again. So, and we work with the report on how we will work with the reggae. So, thank you, and if you have something you don't shoot on too. I did, I did. So, another thing that we like to do every year is to recognize someone who is an integral part to the support and prosperity of not only downtown Ashboro, but our Main Street program. And so, the downtown Ashboro board delivered it. And there was one name that they all felt was appropriate to recognize as Ashboro's Main Street champion of this year. And that is John Ocar. I could probably stand up here for a while and tell you guys all the things John has done for downtown. But I think you probably have a long night on your agenda. So to really just sum it up, downtown experts, board directors are so grateful to have you as a partner, a visionary, and someone who will get in there with us and help us figure out how to make Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Congratulations John. Well deserved. It's a team. I just lucky enough to be the quarterback. Thank you. Thank you very much. Congratulations John. Well deserved. Yes. It's a team. I just lucky enough to be the quarterback. John, well deserved. Yes. It's a team. I just lucky enough to be the quarterback. All right, moving on on our agenda, I'd like to call him Amber Scarlett, the Rent and奥 County Tourism Development Authority, and another partner that does a super job for us and the city of Ashboro for Randolph County. And everything promoting Randolph County. So, good to have you here tonight. Thank you. Thank you for having me tonight. On behalf of the Randolph County Tourism Development Authority, I'd like to present to you our 2022 annual report. I understand there's questions about this. I'm going to ask you a question. I'm going to ask you a question. I'm going to ask you a question. I'd like to present to you our 2022 annual report. Understand there's questions about that time one. We do not receive annual numbers until August of the following year. So I look forward to coming back to you all in January of 25 for my 23 report. I know it sounds strange. I'm thankful to have one of my board members here. Ross Holt is one of our TVA board members and my presentation, my presence here is way longer than we do. So thank you for having me today. I'm trying to remember what I do. So celebrating our success of 2022 and I contacted my dear friend, Adi, and I said, I've got 10 pages a night. She said, cut in half. This is an abbreviated presentation. You do have the full booklet in front of you that has a lot more details than I'm going to share with you tonight. We all want to know what the economic impact is. So US travel association shared with us the domestic and international on a national level, $1.2 trillion in visitor spending. And that's an economic footprint of $2.6 trillion. That's a return to 2019 levels. Visit North Carolina, domestic and international travel spending, $33.3 billion and that's a 15 percent increase from 2021. Here in Randolph County, domestic and international travel $178.63 million. And that's 4% from 2021. Each county resident saves $86.20. That was in 2022, the numbers gonna increase for 2023. $86.20 since because of those tax dollars coming in from visitors. Some other information about Randolph County numbers. We were able to support 1,130 direct tourism jobs in Randolph County because of tourism. And that was $42 million in payroll income. tourism and that was $42 million in payroll income. So I can see tax and visitation. Some of you are interested in this because of our recent facilities they have opened up. These are numbers again from 2022. Our occupancy tax recorded at $1,343,329.70. My finance officer is Will Massy, so of course you're going to announce every single cent of that money. That's an increase of 16% from 2021. The occupancy, and that's at all of our properties across the county, that's at Ben Breakfast, that's at her tails, is at structures on campgrounds. 55.9% and that was a 3.2% increase for 2020. Our average daily rate, $101.82, that's an increase for 20.2% by 2021. Destination data, where are these visitors coming from? How many visitors do we have? Each year our team surveys our attractions and that's the calendar year so it's going to be January 22 December 22. 29 attractions reported 1,420,7,241 visitors and include a 9% from 2021. Our visitors came from North Carolina of course South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, and New York. Within North Carolina, we saw visitors from the Triangle, the Triad, Charlotte Metro area, Wilmington Coastal area, and the Sandhills. We did have international requests. Now keep in mind, 21, we're still coming off of international travel land. We have requests from Canada, Algeria, United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, France, Russia, and Spain. We also operate the visitor centers in C-grade and that's an appartorship in North Carolina DA2. We've operated those since 2012. We have 10 employees down there, nine are part-time, one full-time. We operate both sides, six days a week. Our Visitors Center's team assisted 63,988 visitors in 2022 an increase of 6%. And I'm gonna tell you, I'm glad you're sitting down. We greeted 109,000 visitors in 2023. And that was a 71% increase in 2022. We're out. All right, we got it. Yeah. Distribution of our tribal guide or fish or trap guide you have in front of you the 2024 version. We distribute 30,500 of those at the visitor centers. Keeping in mind, those visitor centers are spots that that might be the only stop someone stops in North Carolina. It might be the only stop they stop in Randolph County. It is really important where we will plant that seed and give them information about our ethnic and ethnic attractions. We also distribute the North Carolina State DOT rate maps, 21,600 of those. People just still look for those maps. The distribution of the North Carolina travel guides that has, of course, information from across the state of North Carolina, 14,400. We were able to host four events. Coming off of COVID, we couldn't have events. We have limited staff. We have limited hours of operation, limited operation abilities. But we were able to host the National Tribal and Tourism Week in May. Operation thank you, and we invite our first responders out to thank them and also to give them the knowledge that hey, we've got people working down there because in those business centers it's very rare. Open house in November is always the weekend before Thanksgiving correlating with pottery festival weekend and the 12 days of Christmas event where we actually choose a visitor coming through and give them a pottery ornament just to say thank you for coming back. So our marketing, social media, public relations advertising, I always ask and y'all don't have any answers, but thinking about where you find your travel inspiration. We are so fortunate that we have so many different demographics that we're trying to reach that we are on social media. We are in print. We are in digital. We are in targeted newsletters. We're everywhere. So we were able to grow that digital presence and connectivity with our partners. Some of our partners are very, very active on social media and we just feed off of each other. So we're pulling in their audience. They're pulling in our audience. Interaction and sharing with digital influencers. We've been fortunate enough to host some digital influencers and see tripping if you all follow any any of that on TikTok or on social media, Facebook, and she's on Instagram too. We've hosted her a couple of times in our area so it's gotten great traction. With the zoo, with Milestone Creek Orchards, various spots downtown, even cursive valley attractions she's been there in our show. Public relations, we work with DK Communications Group out of Charlotte. She was able to place, we had the host, journalist and digital influencers, 539,000 estimated online views of Randolph County, a Bashbrook of Archdale, C Grove, Belmont Placements were 63. Our print circulation, 956,000, and that had more than 6 million readers on those publications. Social media posts from those media hosts, 52, social shares of media stories, 22.8 3000. TV segments, we were able to have five TV segments, two statewide in the rally and the triad markets. And we were able to have 5 TV segments, 2 statewide in the rally and the triad markets. And we were able to feature 56 partners in small businesses throughout the county, which really means a lot to those partners. Our visual advertising, we work with a manor house creative, we placed over 200 advertisements in print and digital for 2022. Hopefully some of you are subscribed to those publications whether it's digital or print and I hope you feel proud when you see those and it really inspires you to share with your family and friends of what we have in Randolph County. We're really targeting the triangle area, the triad area as well as statewide in 2023 and 2024 movement forward. We are looking to expand those markets to the Virginia and South Carolina markets. We updated the Randolph County Roadmap that the Chamber used tremendously. And we created a series of bucket list bookmarks, bookmarks for distribution at events, our visitor centers and hotels. So that was my annual work. And I also wanted to come tonight to share with you how we are able to support and partner with the State of Ashbury. We have worked closely with Taylor at Sunset Theatre to help her in marketing events, whether it's in a radio ad or in a publication of our State magazine for a specific concert. We've worked closely with sponsorships with Pam at the Cultural Recreation Department for the Boston Tino Summer Concert Series year every year. Most recently, they're rocking the park Friday night concerts, we've been able to support Addy in that effort with sponsorship as well as assisting with getting hotel rooms for those groups that come into town. The South Eastern Regional American Legion Tournament at the renovated McCrary Park, we help the peers with that. We give them a significant sponsorship, which I think has helped solidify that tournament in Randolph County over the years. In looking ahead, Zucy Sportsplex Tournaments, we've been working closely again with Cultural and Recreation Department with Ryan to find out when this tournament is coming to town. We can share that with our hotels. We can share that with Addie so she can share that with her downtown margins because it's having a significant impact. I was able to pull some numbers together for y'all this morning. It was that very top sheet because I was very important to see that the November tournament, the very first tournament we hosted, what the increase in the occupancy was for Randolph County in Africa. And those are just those two nights of that hotel we can stay. And then I also pulled together the February, the most recent one that we had. So you guys can see what the impact is of the ZZD Sportplex. That's just the soccer tournament, yeah. I didn't pull the football, I didn't pull the football, I didn't pull the compounds, I didn't pull any of that. That's just for those specified soccer tournaments. We're also looking forward to the North Carolina Zoo expansion. The impact is going to have to our hotels, to our businesses, and also partnering with Trevor and Justin with the North Ashburg Greenaille project. Because those trails are still very important to us. So I appreciate your time tonight. I was very, very brief. I look forward to working closely with any of you that have questions about what we do, why we do how we do how to work always at it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions or emblem? Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity. Any questions or amber? Amber would host the South Eastern Regional American Legion Tournament. There are no rooms to be had that weekend or other. I mean, they're all booked for that. No, we need more hotels. We're working on that, Tony. We've had a couple of calls recently. A couple of people that interested in building another property or two. And I think that's going to come together sooner rather than later, because the demand is there. Did you hear that Toyota grading workers were taking a lot of the local rooms? And they continue to keep them. Whereas our previous construction workers would leave for the weekend and open it up for leisure. Toyota understand that it continues to have that room reserved. The workers may leave or they might invite their families to come, but they don't come back. The rings don't open back up for leisure travel, so. I give it three day weekend every six weeks. Do they leave then? Most of them go home, but they keep the ring. They keep the ring going. Talked my three days out of six weeks. Yeah, six weeks. Probably more hassle to resort that room again. Some of them, they picked up a big job in Gaston. Some of them still stay around the mountain. Yeah, but the rain's not back in inventory yet. I've been on the side. So the rooms are a shortage right now. And I know on these two soccer tournaments, you've highlighted here, there were no rooms to be had in all of the Piedmont. Greensboro, Houston High Point, they were all there. And so we have this demand curve, but when the construction falls off and Toyota, it's going to fall off with these events and keep the demand curve up here. Right? Yes, absolutely, because there's opportunities to sell that sports plugs. Yeah. There's opportunities once the ag centers built to sell the space there to have small meetings. You know, I say small, three to 500 people. You know, we can fill up hotels during the week. In the zoo. But they're absolutely. Got into the zoo. The we have an asset here at tourism and I sit here and run out there. Only there are only two in the country that are actually owned by the state, all the others are owned by municipalities and that's probably beyond our scope. But nobody else that got a zoo like that. And adding the third column is just going to be another boom time. And this continent is, OK, this continent is shaping up to be better than the first I think. We're excited. Yeah. So thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the work you do. Thank you. I'm going to go turn it off. I'm going to go turn it off. on the far right okay my boy is that it? H.O. want to be all right like to call on Joey Johnson right now but those are being never been to a council meeting. We spend the first little bit of time with progress reports and updates and whatnot. Then we'll get down to some bolts business. But Joey is Mr. Johnson here is the deputy county manager, assistant county manager, and he's gonna update us on the water sewer project. Little bit, it's sort of, are the Easter and Old Morton sewer districts, mostly what I mean, it's about tonight, it's sort of. Well, thank you. Pull the microphone. Yeah, absolutely. Well, thank you Mayor City Council for allowing me a couple minutes on your agenda this evening. On behalf of the Board of Commissioners, I want to thank you for your continued collaboration on a variety of issues that we work with you on and especially for taking on the task of the Waterline to Wolfspeed project. That's going to bring a lot of opportunity to not only the City of Ashboro, but Eastern Randolph County as a whole, and the county's very appreciative of you taking on that burden. I'm here tonight to speak mostly about the Eastern Randolph Water and Suer District. This district was created in 2007 to handle infrastructure, water and sewer infrastructure within Eastern Randolph County, outside of municipal limits. This district is governed by the County Board of Commissioners. They sit as the governing board of that Water and Super District. It has sat dormant since its creation in 2007, one because there was no infrastructure within unincorporated areas too, because the county didn't have a whole lot of money to lay any infrastructure in unincorporated areas. But a lot of things have changed in the last area to because county didn't have a whole lot of money to lay any infrastructure in unincorporated areas, but a lot of things have changed in the last couple years. So that board has now been, or that district has now been activated. When the county commissioners approved the bylaws for this district back in February, they created an advisory board for this district. This advisory board is made up of members from appointed by our municipal partners. I've been preaching this since November that with this line, 164 and all the opportunities it'll bring from growth and providing good water and sewer services to citizens in Randolph County. It's going to take a collaborative effort between the county and all of our municipal partners. So I'm here tonight to speak a little bit about that board. This advisory board is meant to give a voice to all of our municipal partners and the decisions that this district will make going forward. And I'm here tonight to request that City Council appoint your appointee to that advisory board. That's all I have happy to answer any questions. Any questions? Mayor, when we started down this path, Mr. Johnson and former County Manager, the other Mr. Johnson and I and Michael, Roni, we got thank going, but we needed a point man to represent Ashboro in the eastern third of the county and we used council member Burke's staff point of view. We think he continued to serve in that. He would continue to serve as our point man that would be great. I don't know the meeting. What's that? You got time for this? I got time. I'll make time for that. It was all right. I'll entertain a motion to a point. So the councilmember's to the water authority, water sewer authority advisory board. So may I have a motion by his hate to have a second? Second. Mr. Swayers. Second of Mr. Swayers. Discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed like sign. Most incursion. Congratulations, Mr. Burke. You have another meeting. Well, thank you. I enjoyed our initial efforts doing that and heading things up and interacting with some of our constituents and people that we work with from other municipalities and counties and the state. That was a good experience for me and I think it's a good experience for our whole county. We're looking forward to the growth that we're gonna have out that way. So if it's gonna be good for that part of the county, it's a good experience for our whole county. We're looking forward to the growth that we're going to have out that way. So if it's going to be good for that part of the county, it's going to be really good for Ashburton. Absolutely. Make that out. Yes sir. Thank you Mayor. Councilor, I appreciate it. Have a good night. Thank you Joe. Mayor, by the way, it's good to have you on board with the county. I appreciate that. And I think since he last appeared mayor, Mr. Johnson now is a citizen of Ashboro and he's newly married. That's right. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations on that. Thank you. All right. All right. All right. Yeah. I'm going. You know. OK. I think I can get a hold of my Okay. April 18th is coming up and it is designated nationwide as National Alignment Appreciation Day. I think you have in your packet a resolution recognizing that fact Yes, sir and and At this time I'll entertain emotion to adopt that resolution by reference Mary's a former groundsman for three years for summer job I really appreciate the jobs that these line of duty and the treacherous conditions on which they work. So I will make a motion that we approve this resolution by reference. I have a motion by Mr. Bell to approve by reference. Do I have a second? As a consumer, I will second that. And the second is Mr. Moffeck. Discussion. By way of discussion, let me just not to deliver the point, but we in Randolph are a little bit unique in that we have two major power providers. So we have probably a few more alignment than most. And if you've been hanging around Hasbro lately, you know that all these big white trucks from Lee Electric or in town replacing poles, every pole with a big white X on its due for replacement. They periodically inspect their poles at the ground line for termite damage or rot. And so they'll mark one. So the electrics they hear would be in a world of trouble without the lineman that climb these poles and do this work. So any discussion about this resolution? I'll also note that to Randolph Electric, membership corporation lineman are part of the number one in American service. Anything else? Okay. All in favor to adopt this resolution by reference, say aye. Aye. All opposed, like signs, most in carries unanimously. most encouraging, adamously. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the appointed time at each meeting for public comment period. We open the floor, open the mic to anyone in the room that would like to address the council on any item of city business or concern. So if you have something you'd like to address to the council now is your opportunity. Is anyone in the room that would like to speak to the council tonight during our public comment period? And let me clarify, if you're here for a zoning case, you will have that opportunity during the deliberation on that case. So now it's not the right time to have that conversation, but if there's anyone in room that would like to address the council on any item concern or city business Step on up to the microphone Okay, nobody's interested We will close the public comment period and move on to item 10, which is the consent agenda. And you can also, you all have in front of you a consent agenda. If there is any item on the consent agenda that you would like to remove for individual discussion or consideration. Please make yourself known at this time. Mayor, I don't want this item removed, but I just want to express thanks to David Gerald and Ann Glodden and Delilah Warner and Jean Isom for being willing to serve an additional five years on the redevelopment commission. That group does a great job, so I just thank them for their service. Good, you picked up on that. Let me say thank you. Is there any other item that needs individual discussion? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda as you have it in front of you. Mayor, I'll move. We approve the consent agenda as presented. I have a motion by Mr. Burke's to approve the consent agenda. Do I have a second? Second. Second, Ms. Heath. Discussion? All in favor say aye. All right. All opposed, like sign. Okay, motion to approve the consent agenda passes. Item 11. Mr. Nuddle, our community development director, Item 11A is a legislative hearing which I will open on an application to resolve the property located western intersection of East Central Avenue and Willow Road. Go right ahead, sir. Thank you, Mayor. This is a general rezoning request seeking to take this property from the R10 zone district to another medium density residential district, the R7.5 district. The application is filed by Mr. Brian Lucas on behalf of that representing the property owner, we're looking at one Randolph County parcel with this request, just under one acre in size, property is currently undeveloped. This property, as the mayor said, is at the intersection of East Central Avenue, at Willow Road, it's on the south side of central there We zoom in on to this map that Property this subject to the request this evening is identified by letter a all other Properties bearing a letter on this map or considered adjoining properties and would have received a notice on this map or considered a joining properties and would have received a notice related to this hearing this evening. I do want to note for the record that this case has been properly noticed and advertised. The area of yellow zoning that you see on this map, and it's a little difficult to see, but there is a difference between that yellow R10 zoning, which is kind of on the upper left hand area of the map and where you see R15 zoning, there is a distinction between those zoning districts. The subject property is already zoned zone R10 as you look to the south down Willow Road, it is zoned that whole neighborhood in that area zoned R15. And I'll highlight the difference between those districts here in a moment. This property is within the city limits. East Central Avenue is a state maintained thoroughfare, while Willow Road is maintained by the city. Again, a general district request, we do not know or have specific development plans pertaining to to a project. moderate density residential zoning district, it does currently permit single and two-family construction. So today, the property could be developed with either single or two-family development. R7.5 is just a slightly more dense zoning district. So still single and two-family dwellings are permitted. The minimum lot size and the setbacks vary a little bit between those two districts. Up on the screen is a portion of a table four dash one from the city's owning ordinance. You can see the differences between the R10 and the R7.5 there as it relates to minimum lot size for single family versus two family or duplex construction. See that the required front yard setback is slightly different to side yard setbacks are the same. And the rear yard setback is slightly less for the R7.5 district, which is requested here this evening. We'll note the surrounding area it does include a mix of single family residential uses. That includes what are two legal, nonconforming, manufactured home parks, one to the northeast of the parcel requested for rezoning and one to kind of southwest of the area. The land development plan, which offers guidance as it relates to rezoning requests, is intended to accommodate existing medium density single family residential neighborhoods, while also encouraging new neighborhoods of similar density to provide a greater sense of community. So as we look to the land development plan for guidance and the plan's designation of this for neighborhood residential development. That is the objective as stated by the plan. We did look at some scenarios, even though we don't have a specific development proposal in front of you. We did look at the possibility of division of the property under the current R10 zoning versus the potential for development under the R7.5. And we note that in the current district, it's likely that the property could be subdivided into three lots, two of which would be adequately sized for a duplex, and one would be adequately sized for a single family home to result in a total of five dwellings. If the approval is granted here this evening, the potential is increased by one unit. You would instead potentially see three lots each being developed with a duplex for a total of six units. So, in essence, one of the things that an approval would do here this evening would be to authorize in theory an additional unit on this one acre. We look at the topographic and utilities map up on this green. The site is very, very flat for the vast majority of the property. The city does have a sewer main that clips the northern portion of the property. You can see the location of city water lines that are those blue lines on this map. This is an aerial view of the area. I mentioned we have two manufactured home parks in the immediate vicinity of this property, one to the northeast and one just southwest of the parcel. And here is a, an oblique view, again, of the subject property at that intersection. Several photos. This is looking at the property from East Central Avenue at Willow. We're looking towards the property along East Central Avenue. This is looking east. Now we are on Willow Road looking north back towards East Central Subject Property at the left. Looking the other direction, South along Willow Road. Again these are single-family dwellings. This neighborhood is zone R15 which is different than these the zoning even today of the subject parcel. It's now looking east along East Central Avenue just east of Willow and now looking back west. So I said this is a residential designation for this area, according to the land development plan. It is slated for medium density residential development. As we look at the goals and policies of the land development plan, we believe that there are six, attend to be supportive of the request, two, attend to be not supportive of the request. As we consider all factors, we note that, again, both the current and the request of districts could allow construction of both single two family dwellings. This is a request that seeks a modest increase of density, as well as a slight reduction of setbacks that would be offered by the R725 district, given the property's location on a state maintained minor thoroughfare and its proximity to two legal non-conforming manufactured home parks, one of which with his own commercial and could be redeveloped for commercial uses. In our view, this application is reasonable and approval would be appropriate. That there is also RAS6 high density residential zoning within about 500 feet of the subject property. And that lend some degree of validity to an application seeking one additional unit. For those factors, we believe it's a reasonable application, approval being the public's interest. The planning board heard this case also and sends this to you with a favorable recommendation. I'd be happy to answer questions and I'm Mr. Lucas's in attendance as well. Do you have any questions of Mr. Nuddle? This is a public hearing as anyone that would like to address council on this request. Is the letter we received from the resident, the nearby resident in the packet? Everybody received a letter from the Yes, yeah, the deal. Everybody receive one and had a chance to read it. Yeah. All right. That's part should be part of the record. I don't have one. Sorry. I wasn't unaware that the letter was sent. Anybody have the letter? Oh, God. Yeah. And the letter was for the record letter was Oh, got it. Yeah. And the letter was for the letter was sent to the council. To whom it may concern, I was dated March 20th and then all of us were copied on it. I got it in the mail at him. Yes, yeah. Everybody else are home. Yeah. Oh. You want to pass it, Jeff, for the record police. Thank you, ma'am. It's from a later letter than they're buying. He's obviously opposed to the request. So, and everybody got one, right? They got one. Yeah. Okay. And just for the record, your honor, this would be a problem if it was a quasi-unitial proceeding, but since this is a straight district, there's no procedural issue with this letter being distributed. Okay. I'll entertain the wishes of the council. Mr. Mayor, I'll make a motion that based the proof that by consistency statements based on recommendation by staff and the planning board and we approve this reason as a question. I heard that both of them. Both of them. All right. Do I have a second? Second. Second Mr. Berks. Most of them are Mr. Moppet. Second by Mr. Berks. Discussion? I realize there's not a plat or anything like that. And I realize that the vote is here. Any idea on how you'll access the property? Oh, yes. I don't come any of them. One from the central unit coming to microphone and they reduce yourself. Yes, sir. Mayor Mayor. City Council Brian Lucas, 240 Rose Spring Garden, Ashboro. Yes, there will be, it's going to be three duplexes. And like I already said, but Trevor, I can already build two duplexes and a single family home. So I just want to build three duplexes and that's it. So I have two driveways on Willow and one on East Central. Any other questions of the applicant? Bar your up here. Mr. Lucas, I mean, would you consider like a fence maybe on the back of that property or something like that? Because that's what this lady was concerned about. Is there any way, I mean I know it couldn't make you, but just consider something like that. We just, I apologize, Mr. Mayor. We can't get into discussion with conditions in the format this is in. I apologize for interrupting, but it has to go forward as they straight. Not in the situation. Go ahead. Any other questions? I'm going to go to the council. What are you wishes? We have motion and motion. I didn't call them. Whatever you all need, I'm here. OK, we have a motion in a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Mary, thank you. Council, thank you all very much. We'll show you. Mayor, thank you. Council, thank you all very much. We appreciate you. For everything that's in motion. All right. Item 10B is, I'll open a legislature hearing on case number, RZ24-104, as an application to resume property at 853 in Solver Street. Thank you, Mayor. This is an application to amend an existing conditional zoning district in this instance. There is a site plan submitted that I've just distributed to the board. And for the record this hearing has been properly noticed and advertised. We are looking at about five and a half acres of existing conditional zoning office and apartment zoning properties undeveloped There's may look familiar to you from any of you the There was a a recent request to put the property in a conditional zoning district I believe probably last year The applicant on this request is different than you heard from last year, but the plan is very similar. You'll see that there are two buildings proposed. There are three story in height and the location and the layout of this property and development is very similar. The reason that we are back here this evening is because there's just enough of a deviation or a change from what the board previously reviewed and approved and what the public saw and had an understanding of what was to be constructed. So in those instances, we need to bring this back and go through the process again. And that's why we're here this evening. I will tell you, this proposal actually is one unit less than what was previously authorized. On the screen, and outlined in the blue boundary, is that five and a half acres of existing off the traditional zoning office of the apartment. Again, subject properties identified by a one, a two and a three, all adjoining property owners with a letter would have received a notification from both the city and the applicant. I'm not going to go through all of this verbatim because it is almost identical to one that we previously presented. I will note that one of the reasons that this, these changes were necessary was because of the Highway 42 project having a bit more of an impact to this property than I think was previously anticipated by the prior applicant. And therefore that has pushed improvements namely parking improvements further into the property. Again, we have two buildings, one with 22 units in a community room, another second building having 24 units. They are described as one, two, and three bedrooms. There is a recreational area presented on the plan as well as a covered picnic area. It's important to note there is sidewalk construction proposed along with the project on Highway 42. That should extend the sidewalk construction that NCTD will do as a part of the 42 widening. So this project would continue that construction. There is one deviation that we note from the city's pre-determined land use regulations and I believe it was the deviation was requested previously and that's as it relates to recreational vehicle storage. Under the general terms of the ordinance, we look for whether there is storage provided for recreational vehicles with multi-family projects. Applicant has elected not to do that, but by condition both in the staff and the applicant have worked on a condition that would prohibit recreational vehicle storage on the property in order to meet a similar intent. The Land of Development Plan already identifies this property for urban residential development. We have shared this updated development proposal with the city schools, NCDOT, as well as the US Postal Service. We do expect that NCDOT will ask for the driveway to shift eastward, so away from the westernmost property to more central location in the property. We've talked with the applicant on that other than changing that actual location of the driveway. We don't expect there to be significant resulting changes to the site plan. Should the DOT in fact mandate that that driveway shift eastward slightly? As we look at the topographic map, you can see the location of city services. The green is city maintains, we were blue city maintained water. Property has some regulations to it that will have to be addressed in the site design and construction but this is a property that the city is able to serve in British public services too. This is an You have the development pattern in the area. Go through a few photos here. This is looking at the property from East Salisbury Street. Again, this is just west of the where East Salisbury Street in C-42 split. And we're now looking west along east side of the city. We're looking at the east side of the city. We're looking at the east side of the city. We're looking at the east side of the city. We're looking at the east side of the city. We're looking at the east side of the city. We're looking at the east side of the site plan that I've provided to you. That parking lot, primarily in the center of the property, is really the primary change that this plan is requesting. Previously, that parking lot was not in that. The city, most of the parking was able to be provided in front and to and to actually in front of both structures. The OT's project is, it requires some additional parking to be provided to this location. I will note those areas identified by the blue crosshatching along the boundaries of the property are the city required, buffers and screens required between a multi-family project and a residential property. So there will be on portions of the property fencing provided as long along with landscaping and other areas of the property that will be what can be preserved in terms of trees will be preserved and then there will be street landscaping installed to the city standards along the road frontage of the property. These are building elevations that are in the packet. We just wanted to present the look of the buildings. These are slightly different. I believe the prior design may have had more of a flat roof if I'm not mistaken. So the building design is a little bit different. I believe there's actually more masonry accents with this design than the prior proposal. As we look for guidance to the city's lean development plan, not surprisingly, we think there's six, the 10 to be supportive of this request. Again, we're reducing the number of units by one with this application. We do have some conditions proposed that we ask the council to consider attaching to an approval this evening. These in essence are intended to ensure that the project develops as is provided on the plan and accordance with the city's development standards. I'll be happy to go through any of those in detail. They have been shared with the applicant. Of note, I will say there is a storm water control measure and you will see a storm water structure BMP proposed on the project. That is something that was with the prior case and one that we asked to be carried forward with this application. Looking at the consistency statement, Council will previously having approved a conditional, similar, conditional zoning district. We believe the evaluation on this should be whether the site plan continues to align with the city's objectives established by the adopted plan. We point out that this application continues to preserve ample open space. It does include a variety of types of amenities for residents. We believe the decorative architectural elements, the pedestrian improvements that are proposed to be a part of the project. I'll show alignment with the city's plan. For those reasons, this gets a favorable recommendation from the staff as well as the planning board. And so we do recommend adoption of this ordinance here this evening. The applicant is represented as well here this evening. The applicant is represented as well here this evening. Questions? I'm sorry. Questions from the council. I'll get to you, man. Sorry. Anybody? All right. With the applicant applicants representative, I'd like to address council. First. Good evening, council. Thanks for having me today. Just a really quick presentation. I don't want to repeat too much of what Trevor said. There are no bad of their driver. I no better place for her sound. Oh, yes. If you'll print your name, I'm neglected to say that earlier. Anybody that speaks counsel needs to print your name. And that way we can transcribe the audio tape properly. Got it. Okay, well, in the... You're taking our kids, but you're a little bit less than that. Just an introduction. I'm with Solstice Partners. My name is Tammy Stern. We're based in Kerry. And we develop, and then our sister company builds, and we long-term own our apartment communities. So this would be the same. My boss, Kathy Connors, has been developing housing for 30 years across North Carolina. You know, exactly what we're seeking tonight. Resoning of the same kind of conditional zoning in place with a slight change in the plan you approved last year. Again, as Trevor said, future land the plan you approved last year. Again, as Trevor said, future land use plan is for urban residential. So we think this is a fitting proposal for this site. And you have the plan in front of you, 46 units, one, two and three bedroom units with a community center in one of the buildings that will have a common room with TVs, a property management office on site, laundry facilities, and then ample parking, play area, stormwater, best management practice on site. Happy to answer any questions about the plans. And then this is an image of existing property we have in Cornelius North Carolina. So a very similar kind of look with the brick and vinyl. And I think this is my final slide. So I'm just happy to answer any questions. Any questions from the stern? The conditions proposed by staff are amenable to the applicant. Yes You said you're gonna own it. You're gonna plan to keep you retain ownership after you build it. Yes Is that what you do everywhere else? Yes percentage the build and then sell it. I mean how often do you turn over properties? I haven't been with the company that long, but the plan is to own it indefinitely. I just was asking because I'm, you know, a year, 10 years. No, no, no. Very, very long term. That's her business model. Yes. What's your company out of? Oh, we're based in Kerry, North Carolina. The question, could you give a approximate real price on this apartment here? I mean, what do you think? They'll be in workforce housing. So sort of middle, like, I don't know exactly what there'll be but 600 to 800 maybe up to a thousand but not not luxury prices. Stone. No problem. Thank you. Okay. It's your turn. Okay. Do I need to go forward? You do. And I'd like for you to print your name on the little sheep there just so we can transcribe it properly from the audio tape. And then introduce yourself on the microphone for us and tell us what you do to tell us. All right. Uh, Mr. Mayor and Council and everybody else. Hello. I'm Vivian Hughes. I live on Spring Street and I do have some questions. First of all, the building, excuse me, 8.53. It's going to be facing Southbury. Is that correct? If you will, direct your question to Mr. Nuddle and Mr. Nuddle will either answer it or refer to the applicant. All right. All right. I just want to first of all be sure that the building is going the answer or refer to the applicant. Okay. All right. All right. I just want to first of all be sure that the building is going to be facing Salisbury. Is that correct? That is what the plan indicates. All right. And it has. I'm sorry. I hate keeping it around here. Go right ahead. Explain that when they give us a site plan, I'll explain. When they give us a site plan, that's the way it has to be built. They can go in and say, oh, well, let's turn this around this way. Let's do this. Let's do that. We approve a site plan and that's what they build. Mr. Mayor, if I could just make sure there's no confusion. If you look at building number two, which is the building to the left there, that is clearly oriented with parking in front towards East Salisbury Street. Building one, which is the building to the right there, would be oriented in a western, facing west, again with parking directly in front of that unit. So you will have one building oriented, we're souls very straight, one on the east or side of the property, or an in number one, we'll run away from the street. All right. And I noticed that you did not mention anything about the power plant that's located on Spring Street. You did mention about water being available to the building, excuse me, but right across from where I live, there is a power plant. And right beside me are several lines going all the way from Spring Street down to to call which another group of apartment buildings those are low rent I understand from the amount of rent that's going to be charged this building these buildings will not be low rent I'm glad to hear that and But I am concerned about the poles and the wiring that is between my house and the construction and the building site that you have. Are you planning to do anything about those poles or anything? I don't want to speak for the applicant too much on here but the development will have to accommodate those existing infrastructure and if you look at the aerial on the screen those lines leading to that station are at the far northern portion of the property. Those would not be impacted by the project. The trees just to the south of there. Most, a lot of those will be maintained and then you will have a parking plan. So there is no impact to that station or that infrastructure. So a parking lot is going to be under all of that wiring. Is that what I'm hearing? You mean close to it, but not under it. OK. According to the site plan. You can see this is a better illustration. There's power lines. Excuse me. I have carried to bonus a visual problem. I can't really make that out. But I understood what you were saying saying and that was good for me. So you were on show this plan? Oh I have. The parking lots are 120 feet in the power lines at the closest. Okay. I'm hearing you. All right. So I don't have to worry. When that power substation shuts down for an all in tree or whatever knocks it out half a ashburg goes out. Yes, that's correct. Most of us are with that power. My next next question is access. Access will not be on spring street is that correct? He's correct Well, I think I'm done But I did remember reading that the board the council will May may make a and approval based on Some changes not changes but recommendations. So I'm going to just put forth a recommendation here. One of them since the traffic is not going to be on that street. Okay fine. Well, you know what? I don't think I have any recommendations because I think you've answered everything. No parking is going to interview interfere with the Well, you know what? I don't think I have any recommendations because I think you've answered everything. No parking is going to interfere with the lines. No traffic from this building. These buildings, it's going to be two buildings, correct? Two buildings. From those buildings are going to be up and down Spring Street. It's a dead end street anyway, and it's a narrow street. It really wouldn't be able to accommodate it. And that's the purpose of our procedure when the applicant and builder submit a site plan, like you're looking at, like we've had on the screen. Our people review that site plan and make sure it meets all of our regulations and safety codes and whatnot. And then the purpose of this vote here is to address neighbor concerns. And if we've answered all your questions through the conditions that you heard her. Mr. Bell asked her earlier if her boss accepted the conditions. Those are conditions that are planning to put on this. No, are we? Yes. You don't want to be looking at your back door and somebody's 35 over home. No. So we do a lot of things to enhance and overdo it through our zoning department. And also I heard him say something about putting a partition between the fencing. His. That was on a prior case, something. Oh, I thought I heard it for this one. I think he said it's a natural buffering on the side. Okay. Because the end of his property aligns right. There's a deal on the tree line. Can you flip back to the one that shows the overhead of the side plane police? All right. That blue hatch line there going around on the left and the right. That will be natural vegetation. All right. Can't cut it in there. They cannot cut there. That will be natural vegetation. I can't cut it there. They cannot cut there. They have to keep that. So that will give you a natural protection there. Just to be clear, there may be, so that's intended to be either perturbed or new clean. Oh, replaced. And assisted with the city's requirements. Those areas, that is the strictest planting yard required because it's apartments next to single-family homes. So there will be a combination of new plantings installed and preservation. The applicant will have the option to do fences or walls in addition to plantings. Oh, but can you see it goes all the way to the power line? The ordinance provides those provide options to the applicant, but it will be the densest protective yard of the city of bars. Is there any way we can make it a requirement? Is that an option? You said option. They have a different option for different type buffers, but they have an option to do either over, but the buffer itself is a requirement. And one of the issues, there is quite a bit of grading that will occur on this property. There are a series of retaining walls that will have to be constructed. It's tough I think at this point to make too many commitments in terms of what is the most effective way to provide that protection to the case of note or so would be difficult at this point because all the grading is not in design to know precisely where a fence may be where a rotating wall will be. It will be the densest yard in the city of a park. Once they get in there and do their grading and finish out their construction, they may decide the best course of action is to replant everything. And that is how wide is that? Trevor, the buffer there how wide is that? Trevor? The buffer there, how wide is it? It is, it looks like one key, in some areas it's, well in every area it's at least 15 feet, which is the city's, that's least 15 feet, which is the city's minimum for a type D screen. So at least 15 feet. So, and you might notice that that buffer goes almost back to the power lines. All right. Well, I think I'm done. Thank you, sirs. Thank you. Well, welcome. Thank you. OK. Thank you. Why are you welcome? Okay. Next, anybody else? Hello, Mr. Camp. Hello, there, Mr. Smith, and the remainder of the council. I got here late. I'd like to ask Trevor one question. Trevor, did you all discuss What the OT had written up with this site? They listed three items First one was they want to move the drive down 100 feet which would be going to the South East 100 feet which would be going to the South East. It did, just gotta say. You did. And also the new site plan for the new arrangement for Salisbury, Dublin Road in Summer 42. Yes sir, that's the reason for this amended plan is based on the latest NCDOT highway plans. That's fine. Everything else Mr. Camp? No, sir. Thanks for being here. That's how you come in almost closed doors. almost closed doors. All right, is anyone else in the room going to like to address this request? Okay, Council, what are your wishes? Oh, I do have one question. Who repaints the Bible verse on the rock? It's a church group that does it or a men's group. Do we know? It says at the bottom, I think if you, it used to say. No, I think it just says. It's not one of you three. Well, I have grown up reading that Bible verse. I can't tell you what it says now But I've ride by there two or three times a day and it's been there as long as I can remember Council All right. Council. Mayor based on the existing statement provided by staff and the favorable recommendation from the planning board. I move we approve this request together with the recommended conditions that will propose by staff and amenable to the applicant. We have a motion by Mr. Bell to approve with the state of conditions that have been accepted by the representative of the developer. Do I have a second? Second. Wait. I'm going to call it. Mr. Toddden is the second. Any discussion? I want to favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, like sign. Emotion approved. Mr. Stern, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. aye. Aye. All opposed, like sign. Emotion approved. Mr. Stern, tell your employers welcome that as well. Thank you. We look forward to getting this project online. That's the way. Thank you. Be careful going home. Capture. All right. 11C is I will open a legislative hearing on case number RZ 24-05. Thank you, Mayor. This case has been properly advertised and noticed. However, prior to the March Planning Board meeting, the applicant did give us a request to continue this item to the Planning Board's May meeting. And therefore, this application is asked to be continued to your May 9th meeting to allow the planning board to make a recommendation. May I have a motion to continue this request to the May 9th Council meeting? May I move this request or May 9th Council meeting? I will motion by Mr. Birx. As huge as they find. It's not easy. He's came up here in front of all this. All right, so I have a motion by Mr. Burke's. So I have a second. Second. Second, Mr. Heath. All of the favor of granting it continues to May 9th. Say aye. All opposed. Ten units is granted. Item 11D is open and legislative hearing on case number RZ24-006. And this is an application for property locale on the east side of Clover Street at Lumber Street for a vehicle storage facility. Thank you, Mayor. This is a conditional zoning request. I've just distributed the site plan for this application. It is a simple site plan, but it is a pretty straightforward request here. The applicant on the application is Mr. Gary Morris, a property owner. We're looking at property on Clover Street, just south of Plumber Street. Michael, like we hit the air. Push it down a little bit, start warm up here. Sorry. Warm increase for carbon food. This is a property that's presently zoned, B2 general commercial. The request is to move it into our first industrial zoning district to allow specifically a vehicle to a towing storage facility to be built consistent with this plan. There's one I had parcel ID involved with this request just over three tenths of an acre, presently undeveloped property. You can see all the red on this map is the commercial quarter along North Faitless Street, the yellow area which this parcel generally abuts to the south is existing residential zone property. Of note, some of those land uses to the south include church-related activities, but there is also more of an industrial and existing legal nonconforming industrial or warehouse facility southwest of the subject parcel. Our property, we're looking at this evening is identified with the letter A, adjacent, adjoining properties are identified with those other letters. You do see some existing conditional zoning I-2, which is just to, just north across Plumber Street from this request, approval this evening would put this property into an industrial district and make it purple as well. Look at topography and utilities. We do have utilities in the vicinity. However, there is no structure proposed here this evening. There is no public utility request necessary related to this application. It is a fenced compound for Mr. Morris's vehicle towing business. Look at the area and if you're familiar with this area, there are similar motor vehicle repair and maintenance operations that are in this neighborhood. You can see one to the east and as you go west along Plumber Street there are some other businesses engaged in vehicle services. That long rectangular building just left of our parcel here is a property that is well residentally zoned has isn't has been used in a non-residential manner for for many years so the the map makes it look like this is a budding residentally zoned property and uses but there are in fact many commercial and other industrial uses present. We are looking at, towards the subject property as seen from Clover Street. In your report, we did note that at this location on Clover Street, the roadway is not or maintained by the city nor NC DOT. As you go back towards Plumber Street from this picture or to the north. NC DOT does maintain that segment of Clover Street. So in essence, this segment of that right away is being maintained by the users of the of the roadway. And we've discussed that with Mr. Moritz. Now looking at the other direction on Clover Street towards Plumber at the portion of the roadway that is NCDOT maintained. I do want to point out that the adjacent parcel to the north, if you looked at the adjoining property map, is also owned by Mr. Morris. And in fact, we talked about his two properties, what might be the most reasonable location for this yard. I think we both agreed that the southern most parcel was the best fit based on his operation. But he does own that property to the north as well. There is an existing dwelling that is just a cross-clover at Plummer Street. One of the reasons we talked about moving that operation to the southernmost lot was to separate it from a potential conflict with a residential occupant of that home. We're now looking on Plummer Street. I believe this is westward, which is north of the subject property. We have a view back towards North Bay of the street along Plummerumber again north of the property. Real quickly, property is within the city limits. We provide city services and in this case it will be police fire garbage typical services minus the utility need at this point. Again, Clover Street for a distance is maintained by the state otherwise maintenance ends. There is a clear sign out distance is maintained by the state, otherwise maintenance ends. There is a clear sign out there that indicates where the state maintenance ends. And again, there are impacts to that roadway from users. It'll be up to those users to make sure that that roadway is addressed. The use is a vehicle towing storage facility. That is what's proposed. It's defined in number three there. Of interest, several years ago, this would have been permitted in the existing commercial zoning district, but several years ago the city code was amended to require this type of use to be entirely within an industrial district versus a general commercial or retail district. Looking at that site plan, we point out that there is a 10 foot setback off all property lines where the containment area will start. There is a 7 foot high fence identified which will have black privacy slats, evergreen trees, no more than 10 feet apart, and 15 shrubs on the southern and western sides of the facility. The facility is a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that has a facility that district. You can see what that's intended to do. Again, this is a move into more of a light industrial district. I touched on number six. There's the intent, number seven of the industrial district. There's a number nine kind of the outline of when the city changed its development standards to require an industrial district for this type of operation. Tough to see at this level, but I've already described what the yard will contain. This is a case where the land development plan does call for commercial development. So there is some inconsistency with the application and the plan. But we think this is a sensible deviation given the roadway condition and location of the property. Overall we believe there's five goals and to support the request to to be negative. We have discussed with Mr. Morris conditions eight a through H there that are intended to make sure that the the project is built per the plan and complies with the with the city code. There is a condition related to out the light lighting which is indicated to be poll mounted. We do want to ensure that light trespasses is avoided off of the property, especially in light of the residential dwelling in close proximity. Otherwise, those conditions are pretty standard. This does come to you with a favorable recommendation from both the staff and the planning board. We recognize that the properties is identified for commercial use in our plan, but given the surrounding land uses, the light industrial district is reasonable for the property. So therefore, we do recommend approval of this request. Is there a good here? Yes sir, the applicant is here. Would the applicant like to address council? It's your paragraph too. You need me up here? Introduce yourselves. Sign the seat. Gary Morris. I've been to in here in Ashbur City for almost 30 years and people come through here and wreck the cars and they need some more to put them until we can get them to a shop they need to go to and that's pretty much what we do. Mr. Morris, do you agree to comply with the proposed conditions that have been set forth? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Are you going to park your vehicles there? I understand. Are you going to start with wrecking or are you talking about the ones that are wrecking? Mr. Red, you and Tully, the you look at them, looks at them and decides that they can be fixed or taken to a shot. That's going to be your primary use. Yes. Any other questions? Thanks, sir. Is anyone in the audience who would like to just counsel regarding this request? This you lucky night. Okay, we'll move to delivery to the phase and I will ask the council what their wishes on this request. based on the consistency statement provided by staff in this explanation of its deviation from the land development plan. I move we approve the consistency statement and the reason I request subject to the conditions that are limited by staff and acceptable to the applicant. I have a motion by Mr. Bell to approve the request with the state of conditions which the applicant has agreed to accept. Do I have a second? Second. Second, Mr. Swearer's. All in favor. Oh, discussion. Sorry. Pass my bedtime. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion carries. Good luck. Okay, Mr. Nullo, are you going to introduce Ross Hope? Yes, sir. This is a scheduled hearing date for an application to landmark property at 1-15 South Faithful Street. In your packets is the draft ordinance for your consideration following tonight's public hearing, as well as a resolution from the Historic Preservation Commission that recommends the requested designation for the building. In the packet, there's also a very detailed report. This describes the property and why it should be considered for landmarking. The hearing has been properly advertised. I'll now ask Mr. Ross Holt to come to the podium and present a summary of the application and recommendations. Thank you, Ross. recommendations. All right. All right. All right. I'm pleased to bring you this landmark designation recommendation tonight. And since you have one new council member since the last landmark designation, I'll do a quick refresher, a very quick refresher on the commissions roll and your role in these cases. The Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission was established by the County Commissioners under general statutes. Well, it's now 160D. It used to be 160A. Article 9 in 2008 to serve as the county's official body to identify, preserve, and protect the county's historic landmarks and to educate the public about those resources and historic preservation in general. We are headquartered at the library. We have nine members appointed by the county commissioners, three at large, one representing the county that's me, and five representing each of the commissioner districts or one representing each of the five commissioner districts. By intergovernmental agreement, we serve as the landmark commission for each municipality. The proposed local historic landmarks are recommended by the landmark commission to the governing board of the jurisdiction in which the Landmark is located or designation by ordinance. Landmark designation has some tax benefits for the private property owners, but prevents them from making significant changes to the Landmark without approval from the commission. Currently we have 30 historic Landmarks. The 30th was added Monday night by the commissioners, the Dr. Charles Phillips house out in Tabernacle at Fuller Mill. There are 13 in Ashburham, including this building, the Sunset Theater, the Agni-McCreey Complex, recently designated the gym and others, some private residences too. And we're here tonight to recommend designation of the Randolph Savings and Lone Branch bank building, 115 South Fetville Street. Obviously it is the dominant iconic building in downtown Ashboro and it's nominated for designation by the property owner, Al, the Pratt. We are grateful to private property owners for coming forward and nominating their properties. We've gotten all the low hanging fruit, all the public buildings, all the public sites, and there are a lot of places that need to be recognized that are on private property. So we were really encouraging private property owners to come forward with that. So the Randolph-Savings-London Building was built in 1963, designed by Alvis George for the firm of Jay Hyatt Hammond with support from intern Kemp Mooney and engineer Walter Primitz. Of course, Alvis studied at North Carolina State in the 1950s, which was a hotbed of modernism. Go back. Go back where? To the final fall. He was influenced directly by internationally important architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius and Mies Vanderow, who were among the visiting lecturers at state's program. He's designed many of Ashbro's mid-century buildings including the library, the Alcovia Bank, South Ashbro Middle School, the people savings and loan building, and he was a key architect in the master plan of the North Carolina Zoo. The Randolph Savings and Loan is included as a contributing resource in the downtown Ashbro Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The landmark designation report by Heather Fernbach, Fernbach History Services, which I would characterize as EPIC. All of her reports are. It concludes that the building possesses the seven qualities of integrity, location, setting, feeling, association, design, materials, and workmanship from its period of significance necessary for local historic landmark designation. We send these off to the State Historic Preservation Office, they get a mandatory 30-day comment period and their job is really to confirm that the report gives the commission and the governing board enough information to make a determination. They went a step further this time and their National Register Coordinator, Jeff Smith, said in a separate comment, as stated in the report, the building possesses all seven aspects of integrity and holds special architectural significance. Already a contributing resource to the National Register listed downtown Ashbroh Historic District, this building also warrants local landmark designation. The designation boundary is the one acre lot and includes the parking deck. Designation also includes some interior features. Now this is new to us and it may be a first for the landmark commission. We're primarily concerned with exterior appearance but we can consider interior features and Heather recommended we do that out, agreed. And in this case, the interior, some of the interior is much of a signature of the building as the exterior, the tarot, porthorazzo floors, the central staircase, some wall paneling. And that is outlined on pages 29 and 30 of the report. It's not all the interioriors, just certain elements. Reports exhaustive, I don't need to say much more. So the Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission recommends to you the Randolph Savings Alone Branch Bank building at 115 South Fetville Street for designation as a local historic landmark. Any questions or Mr. Holt? Thank you, sir. Appreciate your work with the commission. Always. Mr. O'Brien, is there any reason you would like to speak to the council regarding this request? Not keeping forward from your bedtime. Thank you. I appreciate that. Anybody have any questions or entertain a motion if there is one? Mayor, I move we adopt the resolution recommending the Landmort designation of the Randolph-Savings and Long Dissociation Branch Bank building by reference. That will motion by Mr. Bell. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you, Mr. Birx. Any discussion? Could we have just a brief report on where we're at it and get started work on the building I mean. And all was still tied up with National Park Service, part two of the application. Okay. It's a drawout process. They made it a little bit too much. It is that. No other questions? All in favor of approving this particular property for the local historic registry based on the recommendation by the commission say aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. I'm sure you're right. All right. Mr. Null, I believe you're up again. Last time, sir. That says last time for me, I believe tonight. You're going to request also authorization to proceed with. Certainly this one infrastructure improvements in downtown. Yes, thank you mayor. You have previously heard that we have been working towards a solution to improve solid waste collection in the downtown area by establishing a new centralized location for disposal. Property owned by downtown Ashbro has been previously identified as a suitable location for this new collection area. We've discussed this with the Council general terms and with Ms. Addy-Corder, DAI's executive director, who also has expressed an interest along with her organization in facilitating improved collections for downtown. The first and an important step in this project is to move forward with the establishment of a public right of way. That would provide the needed access to the new collection site from Fayetteville Street. So in your packets and on the screen, which is a little difficult to see, there is a survey plat that shows the area of this public right of way that would be dedicated and ultimately maintained by the city should the council take the necessary steps for this project. To make it a little simpler, I did include a conceptual rendering of the project. It does include the proposed reconfiguration of downtown Ashboro Inks property. That would allow the city to build this collection site, which is four partially under a ground, solid waste collection bins along with room for a grease collection bin as well. What we're asking for tonight is only your authorization for the city manager to sign the survey plat, which was previously up on the screen, which would identify the city's intention to dedicate right of way that's necessary and also identify our intention to maintain that short segment of a roadway as a public right of way. Part of this proposed right of way, you may see from the plat, is already owned and controlled by the city. It's part of the city's recreational, recreation parcel, the other portion of what would be this right of this proposed public right of way is already a 10 foot recorded alley, and that's indicated on the plat. Should the council authorize Mr. Argonne to sign this survey plat next month we would expect to ask the board to authorize us to pursue acquiring what is parcel 2 on the survey in order to construct the new collection site. There would be a resolution related to the dedication and acceptance of right away, also expected at that meeting. Our offering as a part of this project would be the city's improvement to 2 lot 2 by way of this collection site. No additional money is expected to be exchanged as part of the contemplated acquisition of lot two. So I'm happy to answer any questions. In essence, this is really the first step in us taking the necessary steps so we can construct the new collection site. Thank you, Mr. Bell. Yes, the solid waste collection hut will be removed as through this project is complete. And Master 1,000 has served his purpose. I can't collect your one. Jeff, you're comfortable and may not refuse any myself. and the reason being both UN and the accounts in Burheed, in this particular case, the proposed streets not stopping at the Schwartz property on that end, as far as what's actually being dedicated. Secondly, the part that's being dedicated is already identified on the DAI side as far as the 10-foot strip. It's not part on the DAI side as far as as a 10-foot strip So it's not part of DAI's property already The part here that we're talking about for this initial step will be for the city Saying it's dedicating its additional property for the street There will be a different answer to the question and actually may meeting when we talk about actually asking for permission to acquire property from DAI. That point, both of you will need to be ready. This is part of the driveway to the recreation center. Correct, yes sir. There's a permanent easement going up to my building. It stops at my property line. But the city's not going to use that portion that goes up to your property. Stop at the source. Stop at the source. Yes. Got you. All right. Questions or Mr. Nuddle? I'll entertain a motion. Mayor, I move we approve the request proceed with the infrastructure improvements as I'm doing. Motion by Mr. Bell. Do I have a second? Second. Second, Ms. Heath. Discussion? All in favor of say aye. Aye. All opposed, do you like sign? Motion carries. You don't have a night, are you? All right. Item 14. This is a pending lease on the Missouri Ballpark by one of the tenants. And we're real close to having that put together. We just have not finalized the draft yet. So I'm going to ask for a motion to continue this to the next meeting. May 9. May 9. May I move we approve this consideration of the proposed leasing agreement to May 9th. I will motion by Mr. Bell to continue this discussion to May 9th meeting. So I have a second, second, Mr. Moffitt. Discussion, questions? That, that tournament that's going on over there. That is a high school district tournament going on. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Who's in charge of all that or who's in charge of that? There's two keepers. Okay. Is that going to be addressed in the upcoming contract? Yeah. I mean, are we going to just do ball games or not? That's tough because I'm assuming there there's money being paid to go in there There's nice it open free Okay, yeah, I think it They didn't say that No entry fee is just whoever they can get Whatever teams whatever local high school teams they can get to No entry fee for the teams right the people that are coming to watch a player play. Okay, right. And that's currently all going to them to the two keepers. Yeah, I suppose. And we're cleaning the payin' $100 a day for referees and yeah, you're anyway you won't. But we'll have at least for you consider before next meeting. Okay. There will be an refresh rate at the hospital. And that those, Jonathan's not here, but those aren't conference games. Right. I got to ask for a high maybe play in. I know it's a special tournament, similar to what the career tribune did. That was really good. But I was just one of the teams, your chargers, one of the teams. I've been out there a couple of times. And that's fine. I just was meaning that there's money being generated. We needed to find who's getting it and how we're doing it. I mean, instead of just turning it over our field. All right. We met on all that today and got all the events out there and who's who and what's what? Okay. Nobody left in the helicopter. All right. So we have a motion and a second to continue this. On February of approving the continuation to the March night. I mean, May night meeting. Say aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion carries. I know that said Jonathan Sarmman, but we sent Jonathan home because the only reason he'd be sitting here online. And I was part of the meeting. John was part of the meeting. We figured we could relay what needed to be relayed for a continuation. Okay. Jonathan gets plenty of nights too. Item 15, Jeff, you have for council action around resolution to initiate an excitation process. You have a plan that your place describes the area proposed for annexation. You will recognize it. It's the area that was acquired by the city in December of 23 for the proposed municipal emergency operations center and third fire station. There will be some street work involved on that property. While sits continuous to existing primary city limits. It's the staff recommendation to bring that into the city itself and it will be and we will be bringing it into the primary city limits because of this location. It's important from the infrastructure improvement side because the street department is not supposed to be operating on streets that are beyond the corporate limits of the city. This will address that issue. And you would normally get this coming to you as a petition from the property owner. The General Statute is recognized, he would be cumbersome to ask the city to try to petition itself so the General Statute is still authorized to the City Council to pass the resolution, starting the process, the resolution, also in front of you, which I would recommend adoption by reference if you do want to annex the property, starts the process. Authorizes me to work with the clerk to publish legal notice of the intent to have a hearing which your regular may meeting and then for the City Council to at that point adopt the annexation ordinance to bring it into the city. Do you have any answering questions? That sounds like a royal, it's like we're in agreement with ourselves. We were not able to get this intersection, the intersection with Grace view there inside the city. You couldn't do that. The issue with the intersection is that the city, some cities played a little fast and loose at one point in history on using rights of way to try to annex territory and try to say well, we're just gonna bring it in. The city doesn't own that. And so therefore, the only thing that the city can petition for is what it actually owns in fee simple. Now, you will notice that the line goes across at the edge of the intersection and the reason being, there is some case law out there that if the city is on both sides of the street, the street is inside the city. So the line is drawn to make you clear for public safety purposes and first responders when they go out who's to be dispatched. The primary corporate limits are on the east and the west sides of the zoo parkway where we throw the lines at. So that portion of the zoo parkway in the right of the way is proposed to be brought in. And being right at the intersection It gives an easy landmark for where you're in the city and where you're not in the city I believe is Greensboro that and the big corrective I'm for sure is the southern blue and to be corrected, I'm sure as the Southern Luke, 840 OA runner, they aren't actually the entire right away around for the entire Luke. And it had to do not only with the law enforcement revenue, but any water and soil, they have a contiguous scenario after they did that. It's a very funny shake and continuity and the continuousness. All right. Great. It just seems to me that's gonna cause more confusion. Because the road is getting busy and busy there was a ZOOPlex. And so there's gonna be some accidents there on that intersection. And so there's going to be some accidents there on that intersection. And so I mean, what part of the intersection, I mean, it could be a city, I mean, it just adds confusion like this could have the whole intersection. In the city, then you reported it's being in the intersection and we know that the actual city goes to it. So I mean, I don't know. The good news on that is, is that one, when the if you take action to ultimately annex it in, the plates recorded and Randolph County Communications has the representation there if we're exactly the line is. The other thing is, like, practical matter, city police have jurisdiction for one mile beyond the corporate limits. The fire department is in a position where they can render mutual aid. So if someone is there and there are city units in the vicinity who can help, they will. They can provide that assistance. But it's sort of the compromise we're taking. It's a pragmatic matter. The city can respond to the intersection, particularly once the fire station is there, if it happens right in front of them, they'll deal with it. We'll see the county fire station all the way across there at a wreck there, when the fire fire station is right there. I mean, the city fire department would respond, would deal with it until, you know, let them until they need it in each way to come in. But having said that, it's still as being respectful of the fact that there is a specific provision saying the city cannot be petitioning using the claim of right away as a basis for petitioning. We did use the fact that we're already that we would be on both sides to claim what we felt like we could and still be consistent with the text of the general statutes. Thank you, sir. Any other questions? I'll read you on APD. That's two to three minutes. Highway Patrol has been 45 minutes gone. I can't use just a toss up as who's wearing a griddle weekend. All right. Any emotion? Yes, sir. May I move? We approve the evidence. is who's fired in a griddle weekend. All right. Any emotion? Yes, sir. Mayor, I move we approve the resolution of the state of the chair for the annexation by reference. Have a motion by Mr. Bale to approve by reference. Do I have a second? Second. Second, Mr. Swearer. Discussion. All in favor of passing this by a reference. Say aye. Aye. All opposed. Like time. Carries. You've got on your agenda there you have special meetings and regular meetings coming up. Special meeting Friday April 12th at the Rec Center. We have a school government, a junk professor at BayCon Jackson to work on strategic priorities. Mayor, and you received? I forwarded you the survey from Miss Jackson. If you've not filled it out yet, please do. And let's get it back to her so we can get us, so she can get prepared for next the 12th. All right. Thank you. That's for next the 12th. All right. Thank you. That's an X-ray. I like it. Right, yes sir. All right, especially meeting on Thursday, my second council chambers is the budget workshop for water sewer funds. Now Mayor, at that workshop, in years past we've done the whole budget. This year we're gonna break it into the utility side, water and sewer and the general fund side. There's a lot going on. Michael and I have been to a lot of regional meetings. We're going to use that time to talk to you about what we see in the future and how we plan for that. Coming out of the strategic planning session and the workshop we had two weeks a month ago or whatever. Those will be special meetings of the council. The public's welcome to attend. It won't be a formal or as an intense meeting yesterday. It will be a lot of give and take with the staff. Special meeting was centered in May 4th puts the ground opening and the dedication of the city's sportsplex for 11 o'clock. The council mayor and our special guest and dignitaries will be receiving an invitation so watch your mail as that day gets closer. Friends and other media will be receiving one too. The last parking lot is paid. Yeah, the last parking lot's paid. The last one we've been right now. We already need to move. Yep, that does pay the day. That's good day. Okay, regular city council May 9th. Special meeting on Thursday May 16th at the Council Chambers. Budget workshop for General Fund. Mayor, we appreciate the Council working with us. I would like to say it. Debbie Reeves, our finance director, loving it, we having a special family event. And that third week of May, her son, Christopher, who graduated of Asheboro High School, undergraduate degree, and see State University having this big national championship run for the first time. It's going to graduate medical school. So she will be gone the next week. So we're very proud of him and very excited for you, Debbie. Mm-hmm. Thank you. And it is a really fun man. You should be proud. Thank you. meeting on 30 June 6th and then last a special meeting on 30 June 27th to adopt the budget and approve the year-end budget amendments. Okay. The jazz fest at sunset theater is going on weekend, starting at 7 o'clock, right inside of me, is that right? Youth Theater at Sunset Theater was any willy of one could junior on April 11th for 14th. Last hour of bluegrass at Sunset sunset theater April 19th. Zoo-C street fest, which is a zoo celebration downtown. They celebrate in 50 years of the zoo and in conjunction with their downtown restaurants and a little bit of a street festival on April 20th from 5 to 8. And the South Atlantic Conference baseball series championship may attempt an 11th at McCree Park. Interesting story, South Atlantic conference was they could do two years at a time with contract and they were talking to the zookeepers about next year as first of two years and called them back last week, come weeks or so back and said, how would you like to have it this year? So this is the last minute deal and will be big exposure for the McCray Park and we're trying real hard to get all that wrapped up. Ordinoses, I think I should get that finished. That it. May it all get to prayer breakfast. Prayer breakfast was on May the second at ABAF. So if you need tickets, counsel, if you need tickets for you and your spouse, your Oreo spouse. Let Tammy know. Let Tammy know or join John Secretary right now is Tammy. She's doing a good job. And we have heard from Joanne. She heard her second surgery went quite well. And she hopes to be back about keeping her fingers crossed about first of May. So she'll be in time to round up all her tickets. All right. It's wild around here when they run out tickets and people want to go. Is it been announced, Mayor? Can you tell them who the speaker is? Yeah. All right. Is Tammy saying that the invitation is totally elected officials? Yes. You know, that this week. We got the, we got the five. The speaker this year for the Fairbreakfish is North Carolina State former basketball player, Alvin Battle, who lives in Trinity, Archstead. He has been in several of the events. He is on the board at RCC and he's adopted us as his new hometown and seems to be involved in various things. And we felt like this was good timing and maybe it will be great timing for it to have a state basketball player speak to the prayer break. And in addition to that, we have to query a stand back as for a high school stand out whose sign with Appalachian as a little bit of an additional speaker to talk about the night. He got hurt landing on his head and got knocked out and got hurt pretty seriously in their run to the championship. He's going to talk a little bit about what a whole gym full of people praying for and meant him. So it will be worthwhile, be moving morning. The music will be by the first bandist church, I think. So looking forward to that. I'm looking forward to that. I can't think of anything else. I'm still Kelly. I just want to recognize our police department and congratulations again to our new chief, the promotion ceremony was amazing with so many promotions that we had and it's just a completely changed command team. So that was just exciting to be at. And go Wolfpack. And you know what the most impressive part of it was with the promotions and the retirement, the building was full. You guys are well respected by your fellow officers and your peers. There were, I would patrol in there. There were other people and family numbers. It was impressive to see and congratulations,, Chief Brown. You deserve it. Number one, Chief. Followed, yeah. Followed, the work related. I'm from Ocean of Hollywood. I had a store behind that. Back to Charlie. Just echo what Kelly said. It was, it's in John Little Go Backman. We have a police event Seeing the number of former policemen show up in the camaraderie and the exchange and the friendship the fellowship They just Blue goes deep and We're well represented and too long a record give a shout out to David Husses and the C crews I was right down the road the other day out to David Hussin and the C. Cruz. I was riding down the road the other day and saw a, there was a pothole, it was growing. I remember a year and a half ago, so I hit it late at night one night and called David and it was a big spot lunchtime. So, it's a, the's city crews do a great job. I do. It's interesting when we go to a police ceremony. I mean, you say chief and half the room turn here. We had five in the last 10 years, 12 years, but you certainly deserve to be chief and we're proud of you. I appreciate that. Thank you, Mary. Mark. Just congratulations, Joey Walker, John, go back. I heard that. That hurts. That hurts. It's easier when you're writing my check. Yeah. Giving your rank set is greatly appreciated. Yeah. Clark. Yeah. In the reverse, I have to sit through all the tarihil victories. Like Clark says, the baseball cap and tie and the tie and baseball cap he had cost $100,000. So you wear it. We pride. Yeah. Walker. Well, I have a minimum of two days of host, but I have four days of host. I hope to be one of the prayer breakfasts as a ceremony of great joy and celebration as opposed to angst, but we will see. And we'll look forward to being there. Again, Kudos to Chief Brown, the government grants giving me his phone number. But it's always good to see that nothing changes for this service to the citizens when we transition from one chief to another. And if people call, if he reach out for the chief, he'll either directly help or he'll put somebody in the right place to help. So thank you. And that's just, from you all the way down to the newest hire, I know that's the case. And I really appreciate all the joy of horses. Thank you. I don't have anything. Well, since we're all talking about the need thing is the family's bringing all the families in there and seeing the kids, because way that's all about. And it was just the number one chief comment came from the family and that type stuff. But we do appreciate it and we're here to support you. Thank you. Well, this is something else to come before the group. We will call this meeting adjourned.