Good evening. Good evening. Welcome to the first day of February 10th meeting of the Ashbury City Council. Welcome y'all here and promise that we will be expedient and try to move through this limits that agenda is quickly as possible, but not overlooking any important details. If you would at this moment, stand and join me in a moment of tire meditation. I invite you to pray, in any manner that you are comfortable and we will follow that with the pledge of allegiance. Thank you. I'm Blake and I. I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of America. And I'm the United States of and more. I'm meant to ask each and every one of you to remember the Griffin family and your prayers before we start this meeting. Just one more and a long night of tragedies that has been following our community over the last few years. So please keep them in your prayers going forward and know that there are people in this community that really hurting Okay Appearance or recognition of guests. I will say that we have a few members of the Next end next generation professionals group from the Chamber of Commerce here tonight They came early and met with counsel to in the form of a meet and greet, and got a little sage advice from all the old people. And we expect great things out of the next-gen professionals going forward and appreciate you being here tonight and your interest in city government and all things as peral in Randall County. Appreciate it. This is the appointed time at each meeting when we ask for public comment. If there's anyone in the audience that would like to address the council tonight, any matters of city business or concern now is your opportunity. Hearing none we will move on to the first item of business and that is Mr. Steve Hackett the CPA with William R. Honeycutt from and Steve is our auditor and he's going to give us our auditor numbers for this past year. This will year 2020 awards. Have you all got a copy of the financials? And also I think you were given a four-page handout with red sheets which I hope will make it a little easier to follow along and give you some comparisons to probably your numbers. I can find mine, I'll be doing good. Again this year the city has received an unmodified opinion or as we call a clean opinion on the financial statements for your ending June 30, 2021. This indicates that financial statements are fairly presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. You'll turn to page 21 in your financials or you can look at the first page of the handout which I have mine in in the wrong order. Oh well, I see no loss. My first one. Oh, there it is. Yeah, mine. I'm usually better prepared than this, but it's been a long day. It's just comparative balance sheet. Comparative balance sheet governmental funds. The statement is an overall view of the financial position of the city's government funds at June 30, 2021. The understricted cash and the cash equivalent of 19 million 911 thousand six650. This for all governmental funds, as you 30-21. It increased $1 million, $956,000, in terms of $520, or 10.9% from last year. The restricted cash of $4 million, $544,320, decreased $1 million, $557,931, or $25.5% from last year. The majority of this decrease in restricted cash is because of the increase in the zoo city sports planks expenditures last year. The restricted cash consists of amounts restricted by grant tours or contributors for specific projects or expenditures. Not this moment, but on page 33 there is a list of all the components of the restricted cash on the balance sheet. If you want to look at it at another time where you can look at it now if you want to. Overall, total cash for all governmental funds increased $398,500, $99,000 or 1.6% from last year. The general funds portion of cash and cash equivalence, which includes restricted cash, increased $1,734,000,, decreased 13.06 percent. This is due to an increase in the lab e last year and also an increase in the tax collections of 2.2 percent for the prior year. If that made your receivable go down just a little bit. Your accounts receivable of $179,961 decreased 6.15% from last year. The due from other governments of $3,270,749 consists of sales tax receivables, utilities franchise tax receivables, other franchise tax receivables and grant receivables. This increased 7.6 percent from last year. The notes receivable balance of $9,696 includes amounts long to developers for the Asperer mill alves and sunset place apartments for low-income housing. There's a new light on this year called the Ferd Charge Future Revenue. What this is is you purchased the lease revenues last year for hangar in at the airport. Now this is kind of akin to a prepaid expense. So basically what you did is you bulked future revenues. So the cost you paid for those, we had to put on the balance sheet and advertise it off each a little bit each year for the life of the receivables. So that's a new item this year for the city. The next section down, liability and fund equity, the accounts payable and accrued liabilities for all governmental funds of $2,000,000, $59,000, and $59,000, increased just slightly from last year, 0.3%. The total liabilities for all government funds increased $1,093,000, $431,000, or 38.9%. The majority of this increase amounts payable from a strict assets of $942,445 and the retained payable of $140,000 to $49, which are amounts owed at year in on contracts for construction contracts for ZC sportsplex. The total fund balance for all governmental funds of $25 million, $325,797, decreased from prior year to $16,821 or .85%, so you have slight loss last year for all governmental funds combined. Now the general fund is included in this amount. Now page 21, the first column you'll see the general fund, at the bottom it says total fund balances. The general fund fund balance at 21 billion,,516,000, $140,000 had an increase for the year of $2,218,431, or 11.5%. And the amount available for appropriation, this number is going to be financials, this is statuary calculated in the amount of $17 million, $147,382 is 56.68% of current your expenditures, which is above the percentage recommended by local government commission of 8%. The city's fund balance is available. That's the maybe you may want to recommend. 8% is way too low. It's way too low. I'll thank his equipment to one month's operating cost. And if you're a city and you've got one month left, you've got a lot of things to think about. Better than 8% of America. Let's be concerned with us. Including four. concerned with us. Now, I knew this year the statutes were changed two years ago to where I'm required to say certain things in a meeting now that I used to not have to, but the LGC was sending you what to call a white letter saying, hey, we made this a little problem here. You might want to give us a reason or some things you think you're going to be able to do about this. In Yal's case your fund amounts available is above the minimum threshold for a unit your size of 25% you have 56.6% that's good the average fund amounts available for unit your size is 46% so you're still above the average and the minimum for you to share size. This is something you, I need to report to you because this is something that a local commission would have looked at before and took up hundreds sales senior letter. Now of course to say cost, they tell us to do it. They cost the bad guy. But you know, that's what you pay me to do it. They cost the bad guy. But you know that's what you pay me to do. So I don't mind giving you good and bad information so you can learn something from it and understand okay wait a minute we gotta do something about this. Then your case your fund amounts available is good. Last year your fund amounts available was 44%. So you increased it 12% from last year. So you did a good job this past year of increasing that fund balance. Now the increase of unrestricted cash caused this fund balance available to go up, which is what you need to have available for future appropriations, emergencies, things such as that. So you're sitting pretty good at June 31 in the general fund. Now in page 22 of the financials, where you're spreadsheet cost statement of revenues, expenditures, and change in fund balance, governmental funds, you'll find the statement of revenues, expenditures and change in fund balances. Total governmental revenues of 32 million 277,846 dollars increased 1.1 million or 3.5% from last year. There was a 2.2% increase in advalorant tax collections, as I mentioned earlier, and an increase in restricted revenues which caused the slight increase in revenues as a whole. Your general refined revenues on page 22, up 32 million, 72,000, 856 dollars, increase 1.3 million or 4.3% from last year. Now your total governmental fund expenditures of $33,398,067 increased 1.6 million or 5% from last year. And this is due to an increase in expenditures in cap outlay and the zoo city sports flex project fund. The general fund expenditures of 30 million to 136 thousand, $625 decrease last year, $646 thousand, or 2% from last year. So you got a decrease in expenditures in general fine and increase in revenues in general fine. It's created your increase in your fund bounce. Who does? I'm page 25 of the financials. In a spreadsheet titled Comparative Statements of Net Position Preparedery Fund, this is your Water and Sewer Fund Balance Sheet. This statement is an overall view of the Financial position of the city's water and sewer fund. Understricted cash and cash equivalents of $11,238,388 decreased a little over 65,000 or 0.5% from last year. Your accounts receivable only decreased a little under 1% from last year. And your inventory is increased from last year, 4.8%. And this was due to some items being purchased right at the end of the year. So maybe your inventory go up. That's, we got a new silver back truck, and that's the meters. All the radio rig meters further. The council knows that, but the public. Okay. Your cap will ask us. But when the water tower blows up, you're glad you got all that. Okay. Your capital asks but when the water tower blows up, you're glad you got all that. Yeah, we were the water tower. Yeah, we gladly had all that. I know there's certain some people asked me, well, we got Lolliamertoyshire. I'm like, I don't want to hear that because it's cash sitting on the shelf. But with these spline-to-man issues we're having, you're probably going to be happy. You've got that in warehouse. It may not be enough. Yeah. Who knows what delivered it is. Exactly. There's around two states getting hearts for that, too. Yep. Yeah, we're going to South Carolina and Charlotte all over to find the replacement valve for that. Blow out down into water tank. Oh, yeah, I remember that. Yeah, we did take that. Yes, the back truck was free for free. The capital assets ended up depreciation of $39,981,073 decrease, and this was due to depreciation on the capital assets being more than assets purchased last year. appreciation on the capital assets being more than assets purchased last year. Now you'll see on the current liabilities, well, not on the current liabilities section, on the non-current liabilities section you'll see the total op- of $2 million, $196.032. The first is your benefits that you provide your employees after they retire. This has been actually calculated and given market conditions and other items, this has gone up this year from last year as you see. 38%. items this has gone up this year from last year as you see 38% and that pension liability went up 33% this is the amount that you're expected to provide to as retirement to your employees when they retire and also again due to market conditions and investments by the state your share of the state amount went up 33% this past year for the water and sewer fund. They like to pass that on just. Okay, the accounts payable and crude liabilities in water sewer fund of one million to 85684 increase who look for warrant thousand or 46% for last year. The total amount of compensated absences both current and long of 684 increase, who looked for warrant 1000 or 46% for last year. The total amount of compensated absences both current and long term increase 6% from prior year. The total notes payable, you're dead, and what are the store for undecreased 469,364, or 11.7% from last year. from last year. Now on page 26 or the next page of the spreadsheet, which is entitled statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in that position that assets for an SOAR fund. This is, I guess, what you would turn the income statement for the what an sore fine. Total operating revenues have 12 million, $424,438 to increase below $150,000 last year, 1.2%. Expenses of $14 million, 848.93 increased, below $400,000 or 2.89% from last year. The majority of the increase was in a wastewater maintenance and technical service departments. For me, increases in just overall operating cost, it increases associated with cost retirement and post-employment benefits. This created and that operating loss of 2 million, 424,515. Here's another item that I have been asked to present that the state has done before. One way of looking at the sustainability of the Water and Sore Fund is to look at its net income or loss, which is the $2.4 million number. Take out depreciation and add back the principal on your debt service. When we do that this year, we get a loss of $812,509. Now, the state considers any amount below zero as a warning sign that you are not going to be able to cover your operating cost. It needs to be zero or higher. Last year your numbers were 400,000,000, so this year you're lost increased for this purpose. This is what they have turned a financial performance indicator of concern and I have to present this to you as such the cities require to submit within 60 days up to days day a response to the Alders findings recommendations and physical matters to the local government commission. It must be signed by the majority of you, the council members, and must provide a detailed plan on how the city plans address this concern. Now, as you all know, about the only thing you can do is either raise rates, reduce cost or a combination. You take care of this problem. I've already talked to Miss Reeves about this and you know I will send her a link she has to go on the LGC's website do this concern response and send it in through a portal you know technology. Yeah, used to we could just touch the thump up and mail it in. Basically want us to do the work for them. Well what you're saying is there's a median to the swanning twin last year in this year. It was 400 plus and 800 in the home. It was 400 in the whole last year. Oh, it was 400 in the whole last year. Yeah, it's $400. It's $400. That makes more sense to me because the numbers are about fly up. Yeah. Which is in and of itself an issue. We continue to lose our big customers, which means the homeowner is gonna have to carry more of the freight, which is what Steve's saying. Plus, if you look from 10 years ago, if you look at our top 10 users, and if you go to top top 10 users today the only three that are the same or the North Carolina zoo this city around them and the town of Seagrope. And everybody else has completely different. And we had the expense of getting the horrible drives on the pumps, which was a high rate. And then back truck. We had a lot of effect of this. So, we knew when we were going to have, we put a lot of expenses into last year, because remember the year before and the COVID year, not only have we lost our big customers, everybody else was shut down and we didn't sell much water. Is there any update on the time in the front-clambell in Ram Sur? The mayor and I made on that Monday, but the town in front of Hill. We're trying to figure out can we have another governmental customer. Which is a number of some consequence. Well, I don't know that it's this big of consequence, but it's for the audience and audience on the television up there. The city of Ashbur system is just like Lexington or Thomas Veils or High Points or Greensburts. If you had a textile economy, your entire economy floated on those a large industrial customers. Over time, as the economy changed, our large industrial customer base shrink. On top of that that in the 2004 and the 2007 droughts large customers got a lot smarter about using water and they continue to make energy inefficiencies in their system. So while we continue to make operational efficiencies too like Mr. Mopp has said improve our pump capacity. If you ever notice if there's several water break in our system you never see us just let it run. We're lucky split out there. But our the shrinkage of our customers and we've got the same business pressures as every other business, the cost of inflation, the cost of fuel, the cost of chemicals. Chemicals bunched up, jumped up a lot last year for a water and wastewater plant, they're petroleum based. A lot of them. So the same impact has happened on the global economy. You'll go home tonight and turn on the business news or see them there talking about the same things hit right here. Include in the fact that our labor, and I'm one of those, but our labor is more expensive. I've told the city council this in other prior meetings that this is my fourth time going through this when there's a labor shortage in local government specialties particularly like in the water fun would be plant operators, lab technicians were already short of those and then the few our skilled people there are a lot of times they're recruited to go to Greensboro High Point or somewhere else. And does it count on the general fund side which is the police and the fire department they're always so so we pick we and then we're trying to keep our rates as low as possible however where's Mr. Roni I just saw it yeah he's back there we're getting ready to do a pump station number three and the council be doing with that paperwork and the local government commission you know in the old days they were just getting ready to do a pump station number three and the council be doing with that paperwork and the local government commission, you know, in the old days, they were just wanted us to money. Now we have a local government commission contact and we have to notify her every dollar. And so we've started that process as well. That project will be way over budget before we even start because of the constant materials and the constant labor. But we have to do it because pump station three flood, the one that runs over all the time, you read about the newspaper. So what Steve's saying is, is exactly right, we're going to have to begin. We've talked about having a series of step increases and we've been able to manage our uses and manage our expenses and sometimes push some off here and there but it's going to catch this just as time now. Yeah, I'd be remiss if I didn't bring that up and I'm required to now since it changed the situation. And we're glad you did because we're getting ready to know sometime the next week or 10 days we'll send a budget worksheet sound and we'll have to get all our capital needs. And while we have cash in the water fund, or the proprietary fund for the public, the LGC doesn't want you to use your cash debounce. That's what they call unsustainable. Right. I think it's turning me. So while we're sustainable we got to report this especially because there's a lot of small localities in North Carolina that are really on it. When in the post-World War II when the federal government pushed money out to every to put water and sewer just like they did in electric, and all these little towns, and if they had one customer, that ran their whole system with a loser customer, if they still have to maintain, it cost as much to maintain the system, and run the system if you have a lot of customers or a few customers. Because your fixed cost are so high at the plants and in your skill, particularly your skilled labor. But that's the same factor that we end up doing this deal with the Franklin Bay Online possibly going forward, so the water's practically free, you know, from our fixed cost. The economy's a scale, so that's where it's almost a net revenue. So it doesn't take as much to. We lost our number one water customer twice in one year. Years ago when the dye house down south town closed, there were a number one customer right on the heels of that another die health closed and we lost Me and a half in revenue right there Two number one customers and one you and I don't think 50,000 residents will replace that I mean you can't watch the car that but And just so you'll know the pump station we're talking about number three is handling about twice We're talking about number three is handling about twice what is in the handle. Everything south down toward the Old Camden, the jail, the county building, the new apartment behind Food Line, all of that runs downhill to station three, or is punted back to station three over it. Go find acres or wherever. Yeah, we need four tanks to start international distributors. We need to sell more water and we need some more water source customers. And in this economy we don't know where those are coming from. So that's it along a large nutshell. Yeah I hate to end the presentation on bad news. But we're aware and we're aware of what our system is and we're, you know, that's why we moved a lot of calls to this year. Now, we'll see how it is. This Lex said, we'll start rolling it up next week. It's a managed situation and we're not broke. No, you know, don't take that. Don't take that from this. This is a fortunate timing. But you heard us talk tonight about LGC local government commission. Back in the 30s, after the Depression, LGC in North Carolina was formed to make sure that municipalities did not go bankrupt. And since they were formed not a single municipality in North Carolina, is that true? That's right. That's still true, has gone bankrupt. They approve, they watch our balances, our fund balances and our expenses and they approve everything we do. And unfortunately they don't have a federal counterpark. Mm. Yeah, North Carolina is one of the few states that has a commission like that overseas local government. And it's one of the reasons why North Carolina is a AAA bond rate. So we can, on the other hand, you can borrow money. There's a lot of, this is, you know, this is a, to be honest with you, it's nerve-wracking for me. Our finance officer couldn't be here tonight, but you know an instant. But on the other hand, we borrow the money at the cheapest rate possible, because we're the safest borrower. The personal trainer, you can't get rid of. Right. I think what the public needs to take away from this is, as you've been talking, I've been thinking, there's a lot more to running a local government than a lot of people realize a Lot more to it and I see it when I come in every year into the audit and I think by you explaining all these New wances with this just a simple statement I made and there's a lot more to it You know, I don't make a lot of people realize that so We were telling the next gentleman group earlier before the meeting. My coming to these meetings and you get a big picture and really understand some of the things that the general public thinks are just ridiculous or not necessary or whatever. There is usually a good explanation if you just hear it. So, and we're going to hear here in a minute a request from Mr. Roni in the back another $400, $500,000, we have to spend for backup power. A gentleman asked me one time, I saw on the paper where the city spent a million dollars for a generator, I can get one at low. It won't run the lights to catch that. I was just a size of a box car. What? Yeah. Every year I go to the water plant and in inventory the diesel fuel is, I mean that thing is huge over there and I have to look at the diesel fuel measured. Believe it or not. And how much you don't hand it in to the year. Yeah, and that thing is, I walk out to it up to us like, oh my god. But it makes sense. Now he doesn't think about that. The person doesn't think about that generator until he wakes up one morning and there is no water in his house. So those generators run the process and plant and we have backup generators on all of our pump stations. We got one sitting out there, there was a drive over the mountain over there, one sitting on the side road out there that pumps water to the top of the mountain. Some of these repairs we've had in here and I hope Michael can confirm is that I refer to them in generational repairs, some of those rifts that we've had in stock. They do have extended life. But we have plenty of those repairs all the time. But they were huge. And the $2 million from the two digester comers. And the upcoming raw water intake at Lake Lucas. Yeah. You heard a lot about infrastructure over the last two years out of Washington and the infrastructure. Every municipality in the country is dealing with the same types of infrastructure failure. It's easy when it's working to ignore it or to not do as much maintenance as you would like to do. And so then when a raw order intake like Lucas fails and we have to start pumping out like Reese 10 miles away, you know, then a cost group with that. But we were smart enough to build a secondary water supply system. So if we had a figure on our main water supply system, we'd have a backup. So all that's invisible to the public, but it cost a lot of money and a lot of skill up here for us to make all that happen. But you got to swap over to those water sources. Anyway, periodically and seriously, to maintain water quality. I'll have to have it right. Yeah, y'all have a good, I mean, y'all know y'all meet every so many years and you do a capital plan out so many years and that's what you got to do to keep everything moving. Our last one was what, six years ago, seven. And it was a 20 million water and sugar capital plan. And I think we had some, some, that since since then man open up and a worms didn't I yeah so the rating priest be sure Larry you've been to Steve Hackett's meeting we didn't want to do it. We had to do it. Any questions or a missed packet. Oh, thank you very much. Once again, we will thank you. Steve, those are great jobs been working with us. Now, I don't know. Oh, man. You six years. Yeah, you can't get tired. I hate to tell you. I'm shooting for three years. But the end of the happy note, if you look at these comparison statements, and you look at the fund balance, the cash balance, and expenditures, I think our assets and cash have grown, and we have improved in our quality of life development, so we've been paying cash for things. So overall, we have a lot to be, be very proud of how John ministered the timing of these programs. That's a big team. It's a big team, I'm just lucky enough to be the captain. Thank you, appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks Dave. Thank you. I did a good job. That's why I'm really happy. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I'd like to call on this time for item six, our senior adults Association Executive Director Mark Hensley and he is Director, Twana Williams. Mr. Mayor or Council members and senior city staff, it's always a pleasure to be with you as it is again this evening. I'm Mark Hensley, the Executive Director of Rendo Senior Adults Association and I have with me Twana Williams, who is our Transportation Director. Twana leads the regional coordinated area transportation system, more commonly called ARCATs. Toana is one of the most well-respected transportation leaders in North Carolina, and we're very blessed to have her leading the ARCATs team here in our community. As you're probably aware, ARCATs provides transportation to people of all ages in both Randolph and Montgomery counties. For some scope of service, ARCATS delivers to the area prior to the pandemic, ARCATS was providing over 300 trips per day combined in Randolph and Montgomery counties. We come before you this evening to talk about an exciting initiative, the Ashboro Zoo City City Loop which is a deviated route designed to provide daily public transportation to Ashboro residents. The zoo city loop would offer routes daily Monday through Friday with two vans running each route to transport Ashboro residents to key area locations. To want to we'll share more route specifics in just a few moments. We're all aware that Ashburton, Nor Randolph County provide public transportation to its residents and our cats is the closest option currently available to our citizens. A few years ago, the Community Connectivity Plan brought together city, county, and state leaders to look at how our cats could feel more of that public transportation role within the area. And this new zoo city loop is the first initiative fulfilling that plan. To one, and I have had the pleasure of meeting on a few occasions with city manager, Ogburn to discuss, refine, and finalize the proposal we're bringing forth this evening. We're very excited about the opportunity to expand transportation within the city of Ashbur and believe this will be a great initial step. Now I don't know the order of what you have in your packet. Do you have these logos? Jill Jackson, the Director of Marketing and Community Engagement for Rindolph Senior Ad adults, provided a couple of logo drafts for your consideration. These logos incorporate the same bright vibrant colors included in both the city of Ashboro and the North Carolina Zoo logos. While these are just draft logos and the city is certainly welcome to create something different, we wanted to provide you with drafts and hope that you could visualize two vans with bright colorful graphics transporting residents all over the city multiple times per day. At this time I'd like to ask to wanted to walk you through the route details as presented in your council packet. One. Good evening. Good evening. Thank you for the opportunity to present what possibly be called the Ashboro Zoo City Loop. This deviated route will travel through the city of Ashboro and have a total of 20 stops. 11 residential and nine commercial with arcats being the hub. There will be two loops going simultaneously, the red loop going southbound and the blue roofs going northbound. There will be eight loops with the first loop beginning at seven a.m. and the last loop ending at seven p.m. It is called a deviator route because a rider that is not able to make it to the designated stop can call 24 hours in advance and request a pickup within a quarter of a mile radius. As you see listed, the Southbound route will begin at the Arcats hub, then go to the farmers market, Wayman apartments, then Park Place apartments, Caspin Homes, the Summit, Ashboro Public Library, Ashboro Recreation Center, Randolph Hospital, then head up to Arlington Square apartments, Forest Ridge apartments, summer run apartments, the park park and ride, the Northgate Commons, and then cut over to Forest Street apartments, cold Ridge apartments, Randolph Mall, then the YMCA, Walmart, and then RCC. So, included in our presentation, is the expense projection for this loop. The projection covers driver and dispatch salaries and fringes, management and administrative cost, two vehicles, fuel, maintenance, vehicle graphics and bus stop signs. The first year expense is 320,000, 320,000, and the following year's annual expense is 190,000. And that will be the annual. The annual wage is the capital to purchase the equipment. The two venues. Yes. Yes. And so that will just be the first year. As a note, I'm not sure of the timeframe that you would like to begin this loop, but I have been made aware that of course as we know we're dealing with COVID, that there are delays in the production of vehicles. However, if you would like to begin this route prior to receiving those vehicles, we have a capacity to utilize vehicles within our current fleet until the new vehicles are received. Thank you for your time and I would be glad to answer any questions that you may have. I'll follow along. I received last week the executive summary of the bipartisan infrastructure plan from the White House. The executive summary is about that. So I pulled out of that all the public transportation items and they can give you that come through the state to the locals. And I've asked our Daniel Shee and our lobbyist in Washington to flag those when they go through the funding process. Now remember, the infrastructure bill set out the objectives, but they had to come back and do a budget behind it. So then we can see if we can get some federal assistance and reduce these costs and see if we can make this work. So that's where we are in the process. And I'll be glad to answer any more or that demand for any more specific questions. But I didn't want to add that to that. A couple of points I would make. I believe, to one of when she walked through the stops, that was a southern route. Was that right? Yes. If you heard that, as she went through those 20 stops, the last one was RCC. If you're going to RCC, that'd be a long ride to get there. So we've proposed two routes running simultaneously. One goes south to start, one goes north, so that you're not, those count are looking for what would be at the end of the south, it would be earlier in the north route. I know I've had several conversations with Dr. Shack for a Garcy C. One of the biggest challenges for students is transportation there for classes. And so this would provide eight routes a day with these 20 stops that would ultimately take them to RCC. So that student who wants to further their education but cannot provide their own transportation, this would be a great way to be able to do that. We run some trips to RCC today, but not on this scale on the consistent times schedule that we're talking about. And if you notice in the map and for the audience, when she called out all the stops, you get a chance to look at a map of Ashburg or see that the business district is downtown and Dixie Drive and then down to the community college. But lots and lots and lots and lots of people live on what would be the, I mean, Ashburts kind of a figure eight, but along the northern end of the figure eight. As far we open the police district station up there, that's where we have a fire station up there a lot. So how do we get those people, those citizens from on the north end down here? That's why we have to run the loops and that's what they've been working on for a while. Well I like you going in your name. It definitely makes you better to bizarre. It is the single most asked question of me by newcomers. Why was that? We're not have public transportation. And we've had over the 24 years I've been sitting at this table. We've had half a dozen taxi franchises coming down, tried to operate one or two taxis for the last a year or less than a year maybe a year and a half and then this bigger. Two years later somebody else and then Uber has been unsuccessful here and people don't understand why we don't have transit buses or something. So as Mark knows, this has been something that we've been talking about quite a while. I got one question. If I was to get on the loop and get off at Randolph Mall, how long would it be before the next one came by? Well, approximately a hour and a half. Yeah, approximately the whole loop is an hour and a half. So that's why it's strategic for us to do them going simultaneously in both directions. So they'll pass each other at some point. They're actually our hour and a half. Yeah. I'm a bit of a talk. So you're right now. Mm-hmm. Yes. I'm a bit of a stalker. And so you're looking at just two vehicles running. Yes. And thankfully, in utilizing the Arcax fleet, if perhaps one vehicle has to be down for maintenance or if something goes wrong, then because we are required to have a certain spare ratio, then I could pull one of those vehicles in to cover the route. Wow, it's being made. And that's one of the reasons in smaller font, you have ARCATs listed on that logo because it allows us to then utilize the ARCATs fleet if we need to and keeps us in good standing with the Department of Transportation when we need those efforts. Part of this is a little bit of a rebranding and there's a connotation in the community and all around the off county that our cats primarily just transport senior adults and that's not true. We transport everyone but with the zoo city loop we tie in the marketing that's already taking place in this community. We can do a different logo as you can see here with bright vibrant colors and we think it will be very successful for the citizens to be able to get from point A to point B, independent on Monday through Friday transportation. This is the first piece and before Twana hits me, there are additional items we hope to be able to bring to you as we go forward. One would be expanding our hours into evening hours and two weekends. We have the vision of being able to transport people potentially from the Dixie Drive hotels to the zoo and back during season and runs routes there. Folks that are staying there as the zoo expands and they start spending the night in Randolph Town. They may want to come downtown for for dinner and so being able to have a reliable transportation to do that as well. So I stay at the Hampton, they bring me downtown and I eat at Hamilton's, I go back, they take me back and then they take me to the zoo the next day and bring me back. So those are all pieces that we're looking at. And then one that's more with the county, we have discussions with how Johnson is the aspect of the new megacite. There will likely be people in our community that don't want to drive to the megacite every day for their job. And so we will potentially have the ability to run trips there and back throughout the day to provide transportation to those. So this is the first piece of that that we would like to be able to start. And we think it's an exciting opportunity and it goes back to Mayor Smith's comments that we really don't have public transportation other than our cats and this is a nice first step towards that. So what I was getting ready to say before you brought it up, the good news in this is that this is the first step as it becomes more and more successful. You add bands and increase your times and as ridership increases people that have to go the grocery store that can't get there any other way or Walmart or whatever. This will be so helpful. And for the council, you made a good point. Uber lifts those rides, those ride services. You join you tagging and you drive a while and you tag out. The market place is dictating where they were. So the folks in our area that do that go to Greensboro and High Point, because they're a lot more fairs. They make money. More utilization. And they make up for the same amount of time behind the wheel or even less time if they make more money. In my past life and I was traveling a good bit, you get to the airport somewhere and you pull up your Uber app and there's cars everywhere waiting to pick you up. If you pull open the Uber app here, there might be a single car and they might not. So it might be, probably in Green's. When you need it, these are in Green's. Exactly. So we have to remind folks, pretty frequently, we're not on demand servers. You can't all our cats at one o'clock today and say, hey, I'd like to go so and so on too. We do have some structure to that. But this will be a consistent schedule. Multiple trips a day. You know the stops that are going to occur. So that person that wants to go shopping every Tuesday to Walmart, they get on whichever time suits them, they go and they know they'll be picked up and taken back. Well, I know. Related to the stop. So how did you develop the map? How did you make this choice? Well, so that's kind of interesting to ask that question. So we basically did a lot of serving with prior to this, just like we mentioned about the community connectivity plan, there were certain surveys that were taken even a couple years ago of where do you want to go and where can't you go. And so we worked off of that, talked to people at RCC whenever they have reached out with their concerns about the lack of transportation and what areas are in the most need. And then we also find that, you know, where do we get the majority of our calls that want to go the very next day and we have to say, well, we need for you to schedule. So which is like Walmart and the mall and RCC and different locations and right and the Y and to the rec center and to the hospital you know so that's how we try to to kind of plan this out. I will say that in working previously with establishing the deviated route in Moore County. We started out with certain stops that we thought were gonna be really popular. And then as you go through several months, you realize, well, I may not have as many getting on it, this stop, but I have more getting on at this location. And so that's when you're able to make those adjustments. But we did wanna hit as many residential areas. And so that northern top of the figure eight there's a number of stops because there's a number of apartment buildings. I didn't see the area. I didn't see the residential. Exactly. Because if we don't have people to get on and we don't have anybody to get off and go to these commercial locations. But everything, Quantan did, when we're routing our environmental services, equipment, and we're trying to divide our service response up for our police department and our fire department, and we're pushing the snow like we have the last three Sundays in a row. We're the same, we got the weirdest city limits in North Carolina, the same issues apply. How do you get, you know, one little neck, we're only 500 feet wide between the two mountains. Okay, mountain and bunker, bunker's knob. So it's just Because this is it's it's a it's a living process once you start it. Yes We're very excited about it Appreciate you working on this and giving it I Would like to close with one thing in just to thank the city for being such a good partner on another very exciting topic which is next door the church street lofts. I think there's a lot of hammering and banging about to really take place. And 50 seniors or 50 senior couples moving into our community. If you haven't heard, we will reopen the sky bridge that connects the two buildings. People will be able to come across the sky bridge, take the new passenger elevator that the developer will install in our building, come down to the first floor, they'll be able to come in and participate in senior activities or come out the bat door and go down to their parking space in the corner lot where the two houses work. It'll be the only senior opportunity in the southeast where a senior can leave their residents and be involved in senior activities and never step foot outside So it's a wonderful opportunity. We really appreciate the city's partnership and I think the developers can do a fantastic job Excited about it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Okay cheap building Inspector Eddie Garner. Got his anger report, do you guys have a copy of this? I think everyone's got one, but again, like Mr. Smith, that I'm Eddie Garner. I'm took over Randy Purvis' position back in May. I think his last day was the end of May 2020. I get my day straight, and then he left the end of May, and I took over the end. And that's been nine months, so I'm getting adjusted to it, everything. Learning the ropes and got good staff. I'm very fortunate to have the people supporting me that I got here in this building and the other buildings, even, but it works. Everybody, everybody's just been super, super support for me and made my transition from where I was at before or so. Anyway, I'm not going to take as long as the CPA did. I was told to limit my time here. But there could be questions. We got answers. And service is excellent at the new counter. I'll let it day off. Very good. I've heard that numerous times, and I do appreciate that too. So all the feedback, whether it's negative or positive, always helps. So the inspection department has it undergone some changes, which, like I said, one arm was Randy Leven and me coming on board. And then the pandemic, which continues, may maybe seeing some daylight there, but it's never really slowed the building industry down at all. It's actually picked up in the last year as all these reports are going to indicate later on when we go through them. We won't go through it all alone, but just about every detail has increased, whether it be the permit, the revenue, the tax value valuation of all the property. And as you see, you'll see it. Now, we also introduced some new software and thanks to Trevor and the community development done, super job, picking this software out because I've dealt with 5 or 6 and this is by far the best software and thanks to Trevor and these guys for doing their homework on that. It allows the customer to come in, not come in, go online, do his application schedule its inspection pay for the permits, get reports of the inspections, the whole nine yards and not step foot in the office. And it's worked out. We kicked it off in think in September and it's functioning. It's been great. Of course you got a few hiccups here and there, but nothing like I've been through in the past with New South, Southwest, or to. But overall, our construction, like I said, is increased. Single family residence increased about 30% over 2020. And like 110 new residential, of of course, everybody in this bill knows where they're at. They're up on that top of that figure eight on the top, but they're on that end. And the continued growth, I'd anticipate it still be going strong in this year and the following year, hopefully, anyway. That's where it's going to grow. That's right. That's where it's how we see it That's where I think it's going to grow. Yeah. Well, cities have been in a couple of jurisdictions. You grow, you're going to grow where you can grow. You've got your boundaries. You've got a part at Water and Tour line. That's right. That's exactly right. But there were a total of, like I said, there was 110 new residential permits and then 50 residential alteration permits through January and December. Bringing in a lot of tax revenue, I think it was like 40, 40 some million, 47 million dollars for 61 million dollars for total bill in such as residential and commercial, but even the residential tax valuation is $47 million. It's a pretty good job from previous years. Well, in any sense, you want that page? Can I ask you a question? What happened in August? I'm seeing 22 million, 83,000 under that first column. That very well probably could have been, when development's open, it takes them a long time to get it. Mr. Augburn was saying the utilities have to get put in, and it kind of bogs down. But when they first open a development or such as Robbins Ness that's when they all come in at one time so basically basically you'll see that jump like that and that that indicates a new development has opened up. They do and they pull permits at one time and they want you there. And I do, I do, I search that we do, but I do my very best to get there, being I am the building inspector for Asperger. I have got Jimmy Keagle, he is our multi-taster. He does the building maintenance and he helps out when I'm on vacation or something like that, which don't do much of the vacation thing yet, but I look forward to some days maybe enjoying some time. You were here long enough to earn some vacation. That's right. That's right. that's right. I hope so, sir. But like I said, the commercial residential permit valuation, you can see by the year 20 starts at 2016, how it floats weight, some years are good, some years are bad, but that just depends on the market plus the new developments's open and. Eddie, for our new council folks, if you'd have been here in 0809-010, you'd have heard this. It would have been through with the presentation. Yeah, we went through the very same thing and that was a tough market then. But the number of permits for dwellings on that page, you've got January through December, you see how it fluctuates. They're same thing in June. You get a lot of single family permits all at one time. Mechanical, electrical permits, they kind of area is doing change out, heat pumps, change out, but everything has increased over the years and a good sign that is going to continue to increase too. One little thing, the new dwelling units constructed during the previous 10 years. Seeing a family's dwellings townhomes in Duplex, dwellings, kind of the same thing with there. In 2011 it started out with 81. There in 2012, in 2012 I think, where I was at in Southern Ponds, that was there coming out of the recession boost, I think, maybe the same thing here. We had come out of that recession and, I think, and maybe the same thing here, we had come out of that recession and it started picking back up. So, but then again, in 2021, we back up to 110 new dwell on units. So, it just fluctuates with the market, but mostly, you'll see the numbers fluctuate because of the new sites opening up. It takes six months to a year to get a development, all the utilities in and things like that. Hitting the high spots here, permit valuations, like I said, the new construction was $45 million. And total valuation was $57 million that comes in to was now fine at the second. I was looking for the revenue that we brought in as far as compared was 2021 revenue summary by trade. You could see a big increase there with the building permits, it was like $123,240 that the expensive department brought in for the fees and so on with the electrical fees and everything. So the total revenue that brought in was $213,000. There was a revenue $213,000. There's a revenue impermits that we brought in. It's not going to solve the crisis that the CPA just intervened in. At least. Many can't become legal. That's right. At least we can kind of support, support ourselves in what we're doing. My goal is to continue customer service. Number one, nice, my number one priority. Thanks again to all the people that support me in this city. How Tammy does, I can't say enough about Tammy. She does this and all the other things too. But everybody in this building has been very supportive. And I do let you know tonight, I do appreciate it. Now is anybody getting questions? Questions? Well, the customer service in my opinion is the sole reason we have a building inspection. Well, if you look at other inspection department in the state, the trend has changed. Back in the old days. It was like, you need me. I don't need you. Mantality like, you know, you got to come to me. It doesn't work like that now. You've, and I, even when I first got into the spectrum like in 2005, I had that customer service even then because I've been on both ends of it. I just believe you know you. They want the service, they pay for the service and they deserve to get what they pay for. Nice fire consistent. It's consistent. Very consistent. And I'm trying to be consistent with some of the county inspectors because I've been in conversation with them and you know, I don't work for them and they don't work for me, but we need to be consistent in the county especially. Any I will say that my out and about the travels around town, I have had numerous compliments on your work, your attitude and your ability to get to the job and do what needs to be done and your advice on certain projects of had builders just come up and say you guys made the right choice. It's great and we even have recently had a conversation with somebody who wants the annex so he could deal with you instead of the counselor. That's what he was doing. That's how it was his whole reason. We said, why are you going to be annexed? He said, so I could deal with the local blue, expert blue, no specter, nothing. Very good. So many years ago, I recommend... Well, that brings me to the next one now. I could ask for a raise in. Yeah, I know that you're like me. You know, that last page, you know, you get the evaluation. That's double. Double from last year and way more than the last ten years. Yeah. You're not the budget. Don't have an issue. Yeah. So, it's going to be a good job. I appreciate it. Thank you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Garner. Problem solved. Mr. Garner is our code enforcement officer. He's going to give us his annual report. Well, good evening. I think this gets closer every year. I think we're moving it up a little closer. I appreciate the chance to come talk to you guys a little bit about code enforcement. And additionally, I appreciate it when you guys reach out to me individually about problems. And I will always get back with you, because I know people call you, because of your position. And they're looking at you guys' frances. I'll always get back to you with the findings I've got. There'll be a phone call, an email three weeks later. I'm sorry about that, but nonetheless. What I've got is just really a snapshot of the year. So I'll meet my five minute goal. It's been a good year for code enforcement. We're not done. I don't think we're ever done, but continually getting better. So this year, two unlawful tent cities were cleared. Eight dilapidated structures were removed and 321 notices of violation for issued. Now, notices of violation is sounds harsh, but in a lot of situations, it's probably one of the better things to happen in a situation because what that means is you've got this notice of violation, what it really should say is you just got a partner to help work through this problem. We're not going to just send out a letter and say here it is, fix it without working with. And sometimes there's a third party that's involved that's not living up to their end that's creating the problem and using the way to the city with a few phone calls can open up the third party to find resolution and matters. Chuck, you know, just worked in collaboration, John, in the county yeah that started with a Anonymous yeah notice a violation letter that Re-re-re-invented Read or cut it in the right direction an entire county-wide Honestly that that that's servicing everyone well and we hope it and we hope it'll continue to do the like they can be dealt with yeah at least right now I'm hope everybody and I'm very happy with the outlaw has been fostered yeah well I'm glad to hear that um and in addition to the 321 notices of violation there's that many or more situations that are solved for the conversation instead. And I'll just gonna use one example, and then I'll move on, but there was, there is, without name and name, so it's a restaurant in a downtown area. And it was brought up that it was beginning to look a little weathered. And I went and I had a conversation with property owners and in a week's time it looks, it was paint was stripped, it was repainted and that was just a few minutes of a conversation with them about it. So you know that is a, I'm an education officer as much as a code enforcement officer, I think. So this is one of the tent cities that was removed prior to removal. And here it is, public works, it's just, we're a big toolbox, we do everything, we've got one of everything so Public works came in we cleaned it up and today it still looks like that. I went there and checked This is a house that had been on fire and was beyond repair and This is what it looks like now and everybody benefits from that. This is one that is on fire. That was a blaze, did it? Yes it was and it's in that that's a little disaving that picture you have a firefighter in one window and a fire coming out the other window there's a wall in the house in between those two windows. So the firefighter was in separate rooms from one another. The advantage of this particular situation is that our fire rescue people get to do some very good training in these houses as they work toward the total destruction of it. And prior to the fire department being in there, I think our police SWAT was in there doing training too. So we got SWAT, fire, and then we got this. And of course the truck is for show just to put code enforcement on the front page. Are you being closer on to Cox and Maine? Well, I was going to ask if there were any questions. And if there were no questions, I was going to mention that one. That one is turning into being real headache and locating the owner. We're having to, we couldn't do a consensual agreement with anybody. So we're having to do it administratively, and that is a much slower process. Next week, snow will have to occur. It may. Yeah. Well, it's been tried to be purchased and it's, and it's been closed on the court on some guardian ad light to represent the owner who's absentee. Right. Yeah. So it looks like we're not doing our job. But in fact, we are. It's just following the letter of the law with it is dragging the process out. And I hate it. I ride by it every day. I was the two-storted Haysieays is great for their next door, is not. It's got a little windage also. And that one actually is in the same circumstance with the same potential owner, you know. So. Well, I find many times when I take a situation to Chuck, he's already been working on it. In those cases, already issued a notice to Chuck he's already been working on it in those cases already issued a notice to violation I get a complaint about something and just recently just this week I had a complaint called Chuck and Chuck says that guy's under an order already so yeah it is a slow and tedious process it is and there's protection built in so So when the notice goes, it's not that it's today or we're going to be here when the shingans tomorrow. There's time built in to correct it. And if they are amenable, it can speed things up. Oh, yeah. We can get right in there and take care of it. If they just, yeah, it was permission sign on the dotted line we didn't clean these up and and we have cleaned up more than 100 in the last 10 years. Oh yeah yeah. And personally when I hear or see a place a situation like this or I get a complaint my response is I wouldn't want that beside my house or in my neighborhood You shouldn't have to live with it in your neighborhood. Yeah, that's how I feel too and it works and I was like a clean dog and Just in case anybody gets a call the one on Randolph North Randolph is already Home paper anybody gets a call, the one on Randolph, North Randolph, is already on paper. Now it's the process of logistics, but it's... Sometimes our demo guys can't really get to it. Yeah, and there's people on natural gas, there's, you know, Duke Power, there's some logistics that has to be worked out, But once we're set for that. So I believe Chuck's about to best code enforcement guy will be ever having. Well, thank you for saying that. I do appreciate it. And I appreciate it. Especially when you reach out like the situation that we talked about. I don't see everything. I try to, but I don't always. But you're right, it's just, it's about relationships that you've developed in the community, sometimes just a word going, dropping by and seeing somebody in Chuck or hey, you know you really ought to fix this. And it's amazing how quickly something will get fixed if Chuck just makes that suggestion. It's the trust. That's what it is. That's exactly right. Yeah, but Chuck's always been very responsive anytime I've been. That's just thankful me. It's been really. I wanted that on the door. Chuck, Chuck. Any other questions? I wish him a happy early birthday. Thank you. Thank you very much. You're very, very good. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor, you have in front of you the consent agenda. Is there any item on the consent agenda that you would like to remove for individual discussion? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. Mayor, I move approve the consent agenda is presented. I have a motion by Mr. Burk's. May I have a second? Second. Second. Miss Heaton. Discussion? All the players say aye. Aye. All opposed. say aye. All opposed. Those are various. Thank you. Mr. No. Item 10, case RZ-22-01. Legislative hearing, which I will open now, the zoning map amendment application seeking to apply conditional zoning specifically, the B2CV zoning district for property of 1558 and 1592 property. Thank you, Mayor. This is a request followed from Jamie Cromley and signed by the property owner to take this property from a general B2 commercial zoning district to a B2 conditional zoning commercial district specifically to allow manufacturing processing and assembly use and retail, shopper, and convenience goods use as well. We're looking at, there's actually two pins, this is an error on the slides, there's actually two pins as referenced in your staff report on this request. We're looking at 3.24 acres of currently undeveloped property. Before I go any further, I'll say that this item has been properly advertised and noticed I'm able to join in on the other part by state law. Looking at the zoning in the area, the subject power souls, those two power souls are outlined in blue on the map and you can see this is in an area on zoo parkway where that red existing commercial zoning begins to transition into yellow with or medium density residential area. So this is kind of on the border between where where that transition occurs. Moving a little closer, you can see the two parcels that are part of this application are identified as A1 and A2. I'll note that that parcel to the south is also owned by the same owner as these sub-date parcels. To the west, you can see the Oliver Rubber property. That is an existing industrial zoning district. Again, red to the north, the noting, some existing commercial zoning along Ziparplei and even have some, of course, the convenience store to the south at Ridge and Southeast, some of some other existing commercial districts. This property was placed into the commercial district in the mid 1980s and has not developed. This is the first application we've seen for manufacturing type of operation on the property. And as outlined in the report, there's a couple of different options that an applicant has in order to pursue that end. On the screen here is the topographic map for the area you can see. We have existing water and sewer infrastructure in zoo park way. There is a stream on the property as you can see on the site plan that I passed out to you. They are proposed development of this roughly 13,000 square foot building is well east of that stream as well as the parking that's proposed to support the business. So while there is a stream and some slope, as you move westward on the property, the proposal before you would not impact that. This is the area, you can see a good amount of woods on the property that disturbed area is identified on the site plan so they will remain pretty vegetated property about halfway back into the property in westward. The development will be on the eastern side of the property. This up on the screen is the site plan that's been submitted for approval as a part of this conditional zoning application. You can see the, there's a 25 foot landscape street yard that runs along Zoo Parkway. And you can see the proposed park, I believe there's 42 spaces, almost about double as to what would that city would require in terms of a parking requirement for the proposed use so there is as far as the ordinance is concerned ample parking and some flexibility for the applicant to as long as that minimums being provided to to make some changes to the to the number of parking. In your packets and in the plans or proposed building elevations as well as floor plan for the structure, you can see there's an area of retail that's proposed on the maybe the front third of the building and then a larger area for the manufacturing and processing that Ms. Crumbly will speak about when she presents. But this is the idea of what the building will look like under the city zoning ordinance. The building materials on the zoo, on the street facing facade in the B2 district have to meet on certain building design criteria. This is a board and batten facade on the zoo partway and then there's some residual metal siding that is shown and is allowable based on the city's ordinance because of the primary building material being used. So that gives you an idea of what the building will look like on all four sides. To the rear is a loading and receiving area for product. This is that proposed floor plan so you can see that area of office and retail area towards the front and then the larger manufacturing processing space to the rear. This is the subject property I've seen from zoo parkway. Now looking south on zoo parkway towards the convenience store. And then back looking north, back towards Dixie Drive. You can see the parking for the adjacent shopping center to the left there. Another view further south again looking south. This property is within the city limits it is eligible to receive all city services. NCDOT is the maintenance entity on zoo parkway. The state will handle driveway access and permitting requirements for the project. We have routed this to NCDOT. They have noted that there is a pending intersection project at Ridge Street in Zubarqueway. They have not identified any known conflicts between those two, but that will get worked out as part of the driveway permitting process. They have not indicated the need for any roadway improvements as of yet, but again, that will go through the permitting process. As you saw from the zoning overview, this is characterized by a mix of commercial. We have other industrial use to the west. And as I said, residential use is as you move, continue moving south. I'll note, again, the undeveloped commercial parcel to the south that's not a part of this application would remain in the general business B2 district is also owned by the same property owner. This application, as I said, would be for a manufacturing processing assembly use as well as retail uses. Generally a manufacturing processing use does require a general zoning district or there is a special use permit application for certain types of intensities of manufacturing and processing. And essentially you can request a permit from council for a manufacturing use in the B2, but there's limitations on the number of employees that you have. There's limitations on the type of equipment that you can use as a part of that operation. So after speaking with the applicant and conferring about the proposal, the applicant chose to file this application, which is a site-specific and new specific application for the specific use. The current B2 district, and again, this is just applying conditions to that district, is intended to serve convenience and choppers good to the motor and public along minor or higher classification roadways. Again, this meets that definition. We talked about the stream on the property. The owner will need to just consult with NCD EQ should there be any impact to that stream that end up happening. the city's long range plans and land development plan are future land use map does designate these properties for commercial development. It's contained within the central small area plans and area primary growth area of the city as it's already within the city limits, and able to receive those public utilities. Overall, when we review the land of own plan, we find five goals or policies that we believe tend to support the request. They want pertaining to some environmental concerns on the request or are noted, but really shouldn't come into play based on how the properties proposed to be developed. So staff's final analysis on this application is that the request does comply with the proposed land use map. The project and uses can be compatible with an area, in an area that's transitioning to residential if there's thought put into the design and there's appropriate conditions that are attached to the application and in this case we feel that that has been done. We have that adjacent major manufacturing use to the west. It's much more intensive than what's being proposed here. An RVU Ridge Street really serves as a line of transition between the Dixie Drive commercial corridor and our the predominant residential areas to the south. So we're still above that line. We have reviewed this site plan that's been submitted to you for compliance with the general ordinance requirements for development. We find that it meets to the letter. All of those requirements except for one area where they're making a request to make a minor deviation and that is along the southern property line. Typically, there would be some sort of landscaping above for the city's ordinance would look to have installed along that property line. Obviously, they own that adjacent property to the South. It is undeveloped. So they are proposing to not install any buffering against that vacant commercial property to the South that they owe. We think that's reasonable. And in fact, it may be helpful if and when that property to the South develops that we're not cutting through a buffer to perhaps provide a cross connection to development at that location. So for those reasons we think that is a sensible deviation. There are a few conditions that are proposed that we have discussed with the applicant on this application. The first is that the uses that are authorized again are specific. It's not a general district request, so that those uses be manufacturing processing and assembly major, what's known as major uses under the ordinance, as well as retail convenience and shoppers goods. The second, that all parties, the owner successors, etc. agree to the conditions that's actually the requirement of the state law when it comes to conditional zoning applications. The third condition pertains to additional information that the city staff will need to receive prior to permitting that involves the so-and-a-roaching control permit from the state as well as the driveway permit from NC DOT. And we will ask for some additional details on outdoor lighting to ensure compliance with the city's lighting codes. D covers that potential for future connections to the property to the south, what could be in a adjacent commercial development. That just says that should that connection be made in the future that that doesn't require any additional review from the city council. Condition E, because of the area of residential zoning that we still have across the east side as you far away. The applicant has proposed and what is showing on the plan is actually plantings that are above and beyond what the city's code would require for front yard landscaping. We think that's a sensible plan based on the possibility of residential development to occur there on the east side of the roadway. So that's a condition that does cover that what's shown is what will be planted. There is no outdoor storage that's proposed as part of this project. That's sometimes comes later, but we do want to make it clear if there is outdoor storage in the future, the city has provisions screening provisions for any type of outdoor storage of materials that would have to happen. G covers, un-shielded flood lights or lamps that may be within that first 25-foot would prohibit that type of lighting fixture in that area. We've also discussed with Ms. Crumbly the hours of operation for her or any other commercial use of the property and that would be from 7 a.m. to midnight daily. So a general zoning district doesn't limit hours of operations. This was one that we thought was sensible and based on their proposed use. Lastly, that- That even a consideration. I'm sorry? Why was that even a consideration? Is the quick check-in or that same? That not happen, that's not. I'm, I'm, I'm, there are generals owning districts, so I'm not, I'm not entirely sure. It was, it, it's something that came up because- I don't know, probably. Yeah, yeah, it's something that, um something that came up because... Oh, I have a problem. Yeah, yeah. It's something that came up just because of the existence of that residential zoning on the east side. It's directly, you know, directly across the street from it. I don't know. It was all rubber always. Yeah, right, right. So, but that, you know, that was something that we did talk with, was currently about her expectations for the operation and she can speak to that but did not feel that that would, that would be a hindrance to the operation. Lastly, that the memorandum of Land Use restriction be as presented by the city be signed and put in the public registry to put future owners on notice of these conditions. So with all that being said, this does come to you with a positive recommendation from both staff and the planning board. As always, your two items are consideration this evening or whether the consistency statement. We've provided sensible and if so, a motion to approve along with the rezoning application. So as I said, Ms. Cromley is here and can he answer any questions? And I'll take any now at this time if they're already. Yes, sir. On item G, that is just a typo about floor lights. I just saw that on there. I tried to gloss over that. You said fly. I did say fly, I saw that. For. I tried to gloss over that. You said flood. I did say flood, I saw that. For nobody wants to step up. Yes sir, it is flood-like, flood-like prohibition. Yes, if you got it. Do I need it? Yes sir, please leave an office. So we do actually use these posts the hearing and so we do like to make sure we get a couple copies of these just for permanent purposes. Okay. This is the podium. Good day. Okay. Jamie would you like to come around and speak? Hi, I'm Jamie Cremley. Thanks for having me. I just wanted to give you a quick overview of this business. My husband has been at Sheriff Deputy in the area for the last 10 years, and after we got married, we decided kind of like what was our next step of our career, and he became a taxidermist, which is something I didn't quite grasp the art of just yet. But during COVID, my previous experience has been with the FDA in a food and dietary supplement industry. And during COVID, it became very apparent that we had meat shortage going on, and there were some significant supply chain issues in our meat industry, and it got me really interested in that piece of the industry. So part of what we created this past fall was a upscale deer processing facility that supported the tax that are meat business as well. And we were blown away with the number of customers that we had, we service 800 people in 60 days. And it just became a very, very noticeable thing that this was something that our community was wanting. And everyone that came in was like, oh, do you sell meat? Can you do other things? And it really spearheaded the idea of creating a local butcher and local meat processor to be able to service directly right there to the people locally grown products. So the retail space that we want to do would feel like a little mini brass proshop. So I don't know if you have been in a Cabela's or Bass Pro Shop. So a little mini version of that with butcher counters, local cheeses, local artisan foods created. And we hope by being on Zoo Parkway that we can help attract individuals going coming from the zoo to give them a little piece of local flavor right there as they come come through the area. So even though it's a chunk of it is manufacturing because back in the back where you're actually processing and cutting up steaks and packaging and all of that is deemed manufacturing and processing the front retail piece will feel more like a very unique shopping experience for for those in the community. So that's what we would like to to put in this space. We currently operate out of 7,500 square feet. And within the first six months, we've already outgrown that space and are needing more. So we're really excited to put down roots even more so than Ashbro and start building our family business here. So. and start building our family business here. So. Well, your car. You okay with the conditions as proposed by the city staff. We have to put that on the record. Yes, and just the question, I mean, we don't operate. Passed it anyway, but I think it was a show of good faith to the residential neighbors that we wanna be a good neighbor for them. So. So is that yes? Yes. Yes. All of this. Are there any questions? I was, oh, Jamie. All right, this is Public Hearing. Is there anyone else in the room that would like to address the council on this matter? Go on up, sir. And do we have a sign-up sheet? There it is. Print your name on the sign-up sheet and that's for transcribing the records that we spell your name right. And introduce yourself on the microphone. Okay. My name is George Perpeglia. My wife owns the beauty shop on 1629's in Parkway. Right across St. and Cust Street. Okay. And I street. Great. And I'm a little curious about some of the meat processing part of it. Was it all going to be like contained inside that structure that you're talking about in the building? Not going to be stuff outside and things like that, correct? Our health and sanitation and codes and our zoning restrictions would not allow that to take place outside. Okay. I'll let her. Yeah. If you look at the plan up on the screen now, there is no area for identified on here for outdoor storage of any con. Okay that is a condition that we have placed on this so that if that does seem to be an issue in the future there's a process by which that could be done but it does involve some some screening and things of the certainly not. Right so there is no yeah there is no outdoor storage. I'm not against anything that you're trying to do. I would just my wife asked me to come tonight. She was busy and I just wanted to ask that question. Certainly. I tried to answer any other questions you have sir. That was pretty much it really. Okay. Thank you very much for taking time to listen it. Thank you. Thank you, tonight. Okay. Anyone else? All right. Council, what are your thoughts? Mayor, based on the staff's consistency statement, I move we approved not only a consistency statement, but the request of the conditional zone the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state discussion. All in favor say aye? All opposed? Motion carries. Good luck. Good. Be nice to see something free and extract your own that are. Yes, he is. All right, let's see. I am 10B, it's consideration of an amended agreement with United Way of Randolph County. Real quickly, Mayor, this is a proposal to amend an existing agreement that the city has with the United Way of Randolph County. It's related to our administration of that community development clock grant for coronavirus response that we applied for about two years ago. And we're fortunate enough to be awarded. We have been operating the first phase of that program. And it's designed to help blow to moderate income households impacted by the coronavirus to pay in that first phase to pay past due utility rent or mortgage bills. And so that program has been in operation since the late fall. And as of the close of the calendar year, we have helped 24 households, just in the first few months that that program was operational. This is to cover the second phase of that program and that's to allow our area nonprofits that do have a presence in the city of limits to apply for funding that would assist in food distribution efforts and specifically meal deliveries, congregate meals, or food pantry purchases. The purpose of this amendment to the existing agreement adds that food distribution activity to the scope of work for the United Way and would allow us to move into implementation of that second phase in the coming weeks. So we do ask for your adoption of these amendments. Questions? Motion? Mr. Mayor, I approve that or I may motion that we approve the amended agreement with the United Way of Randall County to assist in the administration of the CBBGCB program as presented. I will move some of this heat so I have a second. Second. I'll take a Mr. Swear's discussion. All the favour say aye. Aye. All opposed. Motion carries. Thank you sir. Mr. Latter,. Aye. All opposed. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Leder. Oh, Mr. Rooney. No. Thank you. I'll order this time. Good evening. As you know, and actually Mr. Hackett referenced that earlier, the city has stand by power in most of our facilities. Except the Lake Greece for all water pumping station. The generators were installed when you referenced earlier at the Water Treatment Plant and Lake Lucas in the 2005, 2006 timeframe. And per the capital improvement plan you referenced earlier, that was adopted in 2015. And it funded the generator project, I'm getting ready to request to be funded for physical years 2016-17 but that was just a plan we're getting there now so we have this project budget of this year it is a million dollar budget. Sturgeon Engineer is our project engineer and they recommended we procure the equipment through, before we do the construction services, just to know with supply chain and issues, getting equipment, we didn't know what timeframe we would have. So the idea was let's get the equipment on hand and then we can worry about getting the work done. So with that, they suggested we look at cooperative purchasing agreements. I found source well. Believe it or not, the city has been a member of source well since 2013. It's cooperative purchasing agreement that is open to any local government free of charge. Their site actually had two manufacturers of generators listed. So I contacted both, Synth and Mars specifications, got two quotes back. Caterpillar, where or caterpillar, Carolina Cat, was the low proposal. Their proposal includes a 600 kilowatt generator with the transfer switch and the transformer. All things we're gonna need for this project. Inclosure and everything? Inclosure, yes. And problem is, is the lead time on this piece of equipment is 52 weeks. So we wanna get it locked in and get it ordered and we'll take the next steps. That's a lot of surprise. But it was coming. It was just a bit. It was coming. I believe it usually caterpillars high. But this time? But it was Cummins. I believe usually caterpillars high. But this time Cummins was high. I was expecting to hear Jim Rack come out of the business. Cummins was actually 487,000, another 100,000 dollars. So believe me looking at this prize, we're getting a great deal. I will say that. It's a fantastic deal. Especially for what are really expected to be a million dollar budget exceeded. So still got construction costs to go but any other questions? Now that demonstrates Mary Council the length of what it takes to get the service and then it won't show up for a little while on our budget. What have we spent that for again? We'll put this. Yeah, if we had 10 years ago they had decent and real flea and you could have got one. Exactly. Three or four weeks. There was actually one off the shelf ready to go but I can't buy that way so I could have gotten in for less than 200. That's our bidding also. That's our bidding also. So again so this is now the other thing you should know is you know we're serviced here in Ashboro by Duke Power and Duke Energy Progress and ran off electric, but this, Lake Greece is on Davidson Electric. And so we'll pump, we'll pump the National Grid, we'll pump the power, we'll run the pump, but normally we're running on Davidson Electric, that are to own it for the operation of it. If you get the right on line, is there any economics in running that thing on the beach? Big power shaving, put your own line on that. We've looked at it before. We looked at it with water plant and it really didn't pay us, but we could investigate it together. It was a huge deal at our plant. Yes. But they don't put the same with their bodies. Right. Mid-state plastics did well. They'll probably approach us about signing the agreement on that. Yes. You've seen a lot of motors, you've got a star. Right. See, this one's just one motor that runs constantly and never turns off. With that, just so you know, the January 3rd storm we had, we found out we are the very end of David Simpauer's line and they don't care the word of the hour. It was days before we got power back. Luckily, we were able to go to Lucas. It was hard to treat, but we got through. So, and we're still on Lucas. Right now we're blending with Lake Bunch. It's working pretty well. But you know the questions. Remember how I told you that New Council orientation, right, that this is a science, but it's also art. It's kind of like medicine. So in the object of water, of trading water, potable water, so we get our houses. The object of the plant is, unlike every other beverage, is to have no color and no taste. That's your benchmark is. And no seed. Yeah. I enjoy the water, I get it. I'm good for bitter water. Yeah. Thank you, Tor. You're my plant. I'm going to be critical for the, we talked about the Lake Lucas Intake Structure project. That, like when we started that project, we'll probably be out of commission for at least a year, a year and a half, completely out of commission. So we're going to be so the own Reese. Need this in place, but right. So. Plant may be on the guy's line and needs better. Okay, I have the questions. Okay, I'm making a request that the council approves a contract to purchase this equipment from Carolina cap for $386,770. Motion to approve our reference. I've got a motion to the second. Second. Second, Mr. Barks. Motion to Mr. Moffe. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate the premium fund remade. Okay, Mr. Leonard. Item 12, you have regarding an annexation petition 14 17 he sold it thank you mr. Mayor this item was presented in January 2024 to City Council meeting resolution has been properly advertised I will open the public hearing is anyone in the room that wants to address council regarding this request? Is anyone in the room such a staff? In the Vapor paper? Okay. We'll move to deliberation and ask for your thoughts. Council. There, I move we approve the ordinance extending the City of Minnesota reference. I have a motion by Mr. Bell. Do I have a second? Second. Second is heath. All the papers are aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion approved. Mr. Leonard, item 13 is in CUT grant for the corporate hangar project. Yes, sir. Mill out your packet or in your email pack What the packets was the grant agreement between City of Ashboro and the NCDOT for the amount of 76,366 dollars For which the city would be responsible for 10% Or total 8,486 dollars and this is for the or total of $8,486. And this is for the design bid portion of the corporate hangar at 88 by 80, corporate hangar that was approved several months back. Staff recommend approval of this grand jury. Questions or Mr. Leonard? I'll entertain a motion. Here I move we approve this grant. I have a motion by Mr. Berks. May I have a second? Second. Second, Mr. Bell. Discussion? All the favour say aye. Aye. On post, motion carries. Okay. We need to go into a closed session. Someone have a motion to make. Where I move that we now, I move that we now hold a closed session to discuss with our attorney and matter within the current within the attorney client privilege. I have a motion to enter a closed session, may I have a second? Second. Mr. Bell. All the first out. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. All the first. Close your approved, we will be in close session for a few minutes. Just so the media will know, we will come back out and there will be action considered when we come back out.