Jul 20, 2021 City Council

>> SPEAKER: WE ARE ADJOURNED AT THIS TIME WILL CALL TO ORDER THE

[1. CALL TO ORDER.]

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ROLL CALL, VALERIE ROQUE 0. (ROLL CALL)

>> SPEAKER: FROM YOU FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND A MOMENT OF SILENCE. (RECITAL OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) (SILENCE)

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. NORMALLY THE FIRST MEETING OF

[4. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS.]

(VIDEO PLAYING) >> SPEAKER: WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR JULY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND MANY OF OUR OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS HERE AT CITY OF AUBURN.

(MUSIC PLAYING) TODAY WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR JULY 2021 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND I HAVE A MEMORANDUM THAT WAS AUTHORED BY KATIE ROBINSON OUR ACTING PLANNING DIRECTOR TO SCOTT CUMMINGS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND TO MEGAN CROUCH OUR CITY MANAGER.

IT ISN'T OFTEN THAT A PLANNER CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ESPECIALLY IN AUBURN GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR ZONING ORDINANCE. LOGAN KIPP JOIN THE PLANNING TO PROFIT AS A STAFF PLANNER IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017.

HE WAS A VERY QUICK STUDY OF OUR ORDINANCE, SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND COMP PLAN. ALONG WITH THAT HE HAS REALIZED OVER HALF A DOZEN MAJOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPLIMENTS IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS. DURING LOGAN'S FIRST YEAR HE COMPLETED HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

HE BEGAN TAKING ON MORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND HIS ANALYTICAL SKILLS WERE VITAL IN THE HARPER AVENUE AND GLENN AND BEING FOCUSED AREA STUDIES. DURING THIS TIME HE ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BY ANNUAL UPDATE OF THE AUBURN INTERACTIVE GROWTH MODEL. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF LOGAN RECEIVED HIS PROFESSIONAL PLANNER CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUE TO ASSIST A LENGTHY LONG RANGE PLANNING INITIATIVES INCLUDING THE COX AND WIRE ROAD FOCUS AREA STUDY AND THE REFINEMENT OF OUR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN GUIDELINES. HIS DEDICATION, DRIVE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR IS WHAT I AM MOST PROUD OF.

LOGAN BEGAN SERVING AS A STAFF LIAISON FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION IN AUGUST 2020 AND WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL PLANNER OF THE LONG RANGE PLANNING THE NEXT MONTH.

ALREADY SHORT ONE STAFF MEMBER DUE TO LOGAN'S PROMOTION, ANOTHER LOSS WAS SOON TO FOLLOW, THAT OF OUR LONGTIME DIRECTOR.

THE ENTIRE PLANNING STAFF STEPPED UP THEIR GAME BUT LOGAN GAINED THE BULK OF THE PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE FOR KNEW DEVELOPMENT.

LOGAN HAS PERFORMED ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS EXPECTED AND CONTINUED TO TAKE ON MORE AND MORE THEM ALL THE WHILE CONTINUING HIS EDUCATION AND PURSUIT OF ENGINEERING DEGREE.

HE IS A SELF-STARTER, DRIVEN, HARD-WORKING AND A TEAM PLAYER.

FOR ALL OF THESE REASONS I AM PLEASED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY THANK LOGAN FOR HIS HARD WORK AND TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THE JULY 2021 EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

CONGRATULATIONS. (MUSIC PLAYING)

>> SPEAKER: WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION --

>> SPEAKER: SUPPORT SERVICES AT EAST ALABAMA.

WE DID A LITTLE EXERCISE ABOUT FIVE WEEKS AGO TODAY AT THE TUESDAY MORNING VACCINE CLINIC. I DON'T KNOW -- I DON'T THINK I HAD NO EVERYTHING THE CITY OF ARBOR CONTRIBUTED SO IT WAS KEPT SECRET FROM EVEN ME. THERE IS A LOCK.

I WANTED TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF AUBURN AND MEGAN CROUCH AND EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART IN THE VACCINE CENTER ON JANUARY 20 I MET WITH MAYOR ANDERS AT OPA-LOCKA AMBER

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THE QUANTITIES GREW AND THE DEMAND GREW.

WE QUICKLY OUTGREW OUR EDUCATION CENTER AND -- I THINK IT WAS JANUARY 18. I WANTED TO HELP OUT AT THE VACCINE CENTER AND WE GO LIVE NEXT WEEK.

QUICKLY REALIZED WE NEEDED TO PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

IT'S WONDERFUL WHEN YOU PULL A TEAM TOGETHER.

IT'S WONDERFUL WHEN THE TEAM MEMBERS AND AUBURN CAME TO PLAY.

WE MET ON JANUARY 20 AND GOT FULL SUPPORT AND THAT UNLEASHED A NUMBER OF THINGS. ON JANUARY 22, TUESDAY MORNING WOULD BE THE PLACE. MEGAN SECURED IT, SECURED A LEASE. WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A TWO MONTH RUN. THEY ROLLED IN JANUARY TOOK A SECOND WAS A FRIDAY AND THEY CAME ON SATURDAY AND HVAC UPGRADE AND UTILITY UPGRADES, CLEANED OUT A BUNCH OF DEBRIS, GOT THE FACILITY READY, LEAST, AND JUST -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THEY DID BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TELL ME WHAT THEY DID.

GET ONE LIFE FEBRUARY 1. BY THAT THURSDAY WE WERE SITTING A THOUSAND PEOPLE. I MADE TWO PHONE CALLS TO MAKE AND OVER THE COURSE OF THAT TIME ONE WAS FOR THE END OF FEBRUARY.

WE STARTED WITH A TWO MONTH RUN AND WE WOULD NEED TO GO LONGER.

AND SHE SAID WHATEVER YOU NEED. I MADE ANOTHER CALL END OF MARCH AND SAID WE HAVE TO GO EVEN FURTHER.

SHE SAID NOT A PROBLEM WHATEVER YOU NEED.

THE CITY OF AUBURN SHOWED UP. I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW WELL THEY SHOWED UP. I HAD TWO FIREMEN EVERY DAY IN THE OBSERVATION AREA PROVIDING MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT HAD PATIENTS THAT HAD REACTIONS, ANXIETY, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

THEY MANNED THE REGISTRATION TABLES.

ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE AT THE REGISTRATION WERE FAMILIAR FACES AT THE CITY OF AUBURN EVERY DAY FOR THE ENTIRE TIME.

THEY MANNED THE REGISTRATION TABLES AND PROVIDED OUTSTANDING PEOPLE THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE. I WOULD CALL THEM THE ON SITE CITY COORDINATORS. THEY OWNED IT.

THEY TROUBLESHOT WITH US, A LOT OF TROUBLESHOOTING IN THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS. A LOT OF TROUBLESHOOTING AND ACTIVITY AND I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER TEAM.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THROUGH THAT EFFORT WE TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE TO SAVE LIVES. 91,000 PLUS OR MINUS A LITTLE BIT. VACCINES WERE GIVEN AT THE VACCINE CLINIC. PEOPLE ASKED ME IF WE COULD REPLICATE THIS AND OTHER COUNTIES.

I SAID I DON'T THINK WE COULD. YOU CAN HAVE A VACCINE PROCESS BUT THAT PATIENT CENTERED VACCINE PROCESS THAT WE HAD THERE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE TAKING CARE OF THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILY. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR SUPPORT ON COUNSEL.

WHETHER YOU GAVE YOUR SUPPORT OR NOT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

>> SPEAKER: THEY WERE INFORMED ALONG THE WAY AND WERE EXTREMELY

SUPPORTIVE. >> SPEAKER: GOOD.

I RAISED BOTH MY DAUGHTERS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I LOVE AUBURN. I'M NORTH OF WAVERLEY NOW AND WE WAVE -- RAISED OUR DAUGHTERS HERE FOR REASON.

THIS COMMUNITY IS UNMATCHED. WE ARE FACED WITH THE CHALLENGE THEY WILL SHOW UP. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

I CANNOT GIVE YOU THE WORDS OF HOW GRATEFUL I AM.

WE DO HAVE A LITTLE TOKEN, A LITTLE PLAQUE TO PUT MY SPECTACLES ON AND I WILL READ IT.

IT SAYS, PRESENTS TO THE CITY OF AUBURN IN RECOGNITION OF PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EAST ALABAMA VACCINE CLINIC.

THANK YOU FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION FOR CHANGING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT LAST SENTENCE IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

IT CHANGED LIVES. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> SPEAKER: IN RESPONSE TO THIS, I WANT TO SHARE THIS STORY BECAUSE I WANT OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW. GOVERNMENT IS ASKED TO DO A LOT OF THINGS AND IN A LITTLE WHILE WILL MAKE A LOT OF DECISIONS.

THEY IMPACT EVERYONE. INDIVIDUALLY, YOUR COMPANY, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

THIS WAS A DETERMINATION AND EFFORT THOSE GOING TO IMPACT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. WE HAD NO TIME TO PLAN, WE JUST HAD TIME TO REACT. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS TONIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR CITY DID ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMMUNITY TO TRY TO PROVIDE US THE SAFEST HOME THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR CITIZENS HERE IN AUBURN.

AS HE SAID, THERE WAS A MEETING THAT WAS MYSELF, GARY FULLER,

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OUR CITY STAFF, LISTEN TO THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND VITAL FOR THIS CONVERSATION.

FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND, YOU CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR CITY HAS DONE THIS YEAR. CITY PERSONNEL SPENT A COMBINED 3150 HOURS MANNING REGISTRATION TABLES AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE VISITORS THAT WALKED IN THAT CLINIC EVERY DAY WERE MADE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND NEW EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE GOING.

PUBLIC SAFETY WORKED OVER 1100 HOURS OF OVER TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLINIC WAS A SAFE PLACE AND THAT ALL THE CARS GOT IN AND OUT AS THEY NEEDED TO GET IN. AND THAT ALL THE PEOPLE COMING FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL AGES AND STAGES OF LIFE WERE SAFELY ABLE TO BE BROUGHT IN TO THE CLINIC.

WE WANT TO THANK OUR FRIENDS AT AUBURN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, PARTICULARLY JOE DAVIS WHO PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN COORDINATING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, APPROXIMATELY 1200 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS STEPPED UP TO SERVE AT THIS CLINIC.

WE COUNTED, IT WAS 8900 HOURS VOLUNTEER HOURS.

AWESOME! A HUGE THANKS GOES TO THE AUBURN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ON -- ANNA, THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL AS THE AUBURN OPELIKA TOURISM BUREAU FOR KEEPING ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS FED.

THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO WORK EACH DAY DIDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE TO GO GET LUNCH BECAUSE FOOD WAS BROUGHT INTO THEM.

THE CHAMBER ALSO COORDINATED WITH ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE THOSE LUNCHES EACH AND EVERY DAY AND THE TOURISM MAKE SURE THAT THE BREAKROOM WAS STOCKED WITH DRINKS AND SNACKS.

UNDERSTAND THIS. THERE WAS AN INVESTMENT MADE.

THE CITY OF AUBURN WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE THIS WORK.

WE RENTED A FACILITY AND WE SPENT $64,000 RENTING THE FACILITY. WE SPENT ALMOST $24,000 TRANSFORMING HIS FACE THAT WAS A RETAIL SPACE INTO A CLINIC AND WE PAID $11,585 FOR UTILITIES. WE CONTRIBUTED OVER $18,000 FOR PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS THOSE FREE LUNCHES EACH AND EVERY DAY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELPED US WITH.

AND WE ALSO PAID CLEANING COSTS AND SUPPLIES, BRINGING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO $136,000.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER VACCINATING 91,000 PEOPLE, IT WAS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY.

TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY WAS TAKEN CARE OF.

I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME VENDORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL OF THESE VENDORS WERE PAID BUT THEY STOPPED WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEY CAME AND REACTED. DONNELL CONSTRUCTION, CONDUCTED A RENOVATIONS TO THE STOREFRONT TO ACCOMMODATE THE WINDOWS AND INSTALL A CONCRETE STAIR AND HANDRAIL ON THE FRONT SIDEWALK.

POSITION GLASS AND REPLACE THE STOREFRONT WINDOW WITH A DOOR ENTRANCE WITH A JUST A FEW MINUTES.

TOP-NOTCH CLEANED IN THE CLEANING, RECONDITIONING AND DAILY CLEANING. AO TOURISM COORDINATED ALL EFFORTS FOR RESOURCES AND FOOD SUPPLIES.

COMFORT SOLUTIONS RAPID RESPONSE AND CLIMATE ISSUES, BIG LOTS APPRECIATION FOR PATIENTS AND SHARED USE OF THE PARKING LOT.

IT WAS KIND OF CRAZY OUT THERE. THEY ALSO HELPED US WITH SOME NEEDED ITEMS. AND YOU MENTIONED FOR THE STORAGE CONTAINER FOR ITEMS THAT WERE MOVED FROM TUESDAY MORNING.

A COMMUNITY EFFORT LED BY SOME CITY STAFF SUPPORTED BY THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL AT THE HOSPITAL WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTY MADE SURE THAT AUBURN WAS THE SAFEST PLACE YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE. THIS IS A GREAT STORY WHAT A COMMUNITY CAN DO WHAT IT COME TOGETHER GIVE AUBURN.

(APPLAUSE) >> SPEAKER: ANNA, WHAT WOULD

YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD. >> SPEAKER: I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE. (LAUGHTER) WITHOUT YOUR EFFORTS. AND THE EFFORTS OF THE CHAMBER AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT PROVIDED, A LOT OF FOOD.

WE HAD MCDONALD'S AND THAT WAS IT.

KRISPY KREME. BUT YOU CAN'T LIVE OFF OF THAT.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I ROUNDED ABOUT (INDISCERNIBLE) THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE

EVERYONE OF YOU. >> SPEAKER: IT WAS OUR PLEASURE

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU ALL. (APPLAUSE)

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>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME FOR THAT RECOGNITION. I APPRECIATE EAST ALABAMA JOINING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN, ANNA, FOR EVERYTHING THAT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DID TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

FIRST OF ALL DURING THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED MR. ARTHUR CHAPPELKA BACK TO THE GREENSPACE ADVISORY BOARD AT APPOINTED JAMES BRADY TO A NEW TERM ON THE GREENSPACE ADVISORY BOARD. THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPOINTED MR. THOMAS SPARROW TO THE WATER WORKS BOARD.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL PARKING IN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THAT AND WILL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THEIR DETERMINATIONS AND OVERSIGHT. THERE WAS A QUESTION BROUGHT UP ABOUT WHEN WILL JUNETEENTH BE RECOGNIZED BY MR. DIXON.

AND MS. CROUCH GAVE US THE INFORMATION AND WE WILL CONSIDER THAT DURING THE BUDGET TIME COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I WANT TO SAY THIS PAST SATURDAY WAS A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DEDICATION CEREMONY. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE CEREMONIES IT IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME FOR A FAMILY TO RECEIVE A HOME THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR BY VOLUNTEERS OF TIME AND VOLUNTEERS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN MONEY.

I WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WAY THE COMMUNITY RALLIED.

IT IS A WARM SITE TO SEE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACES AND DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND DIFFERENT JOBS IN DIFFERENT INTERESTS COME TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE FAMILY'S LIFE BETTER.

I LOOK FORWARD -- I THINK IT WAS THEIR 70TH HOUSE AND THEY WILL BE WORKING ON NUMBER 71 SOON. THANK YOU, MS. TAYLOR FOR JOINING US THAT DATE WAS A VERY SPECIAL MORNING.

ALSO ON SUNDAY I WAS ABLE -- INVITED TO GO TO EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH AND RECOGNIZE REVEREND WILLIAM -- WL MUSE.

HE HAS WORKED 50 YEARS, PREACHED 50 YEARS AT THAT CHURCH AND ANY PASTOR OF OURS THAT CAN LAST 50 YEARS TAKING CARE OF THIS COMMUNITY IS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND THERE WAS A SPECIAL SERVICE IN HIS HONOR. THAT WAS A SPECIAL DAY OVER AT EBENEZER AND I APPRECIATE BEING INVITED.

THIS WEEK YOU MIGHT HAVE READ THAT OUR BOND RATINGS CAME OUT AND WE WERE RECOGNIZED BY MOODY'S AS AA TWO AND RECOGNIZED BY STANDARD AND POOR'S AA PLUS. THOSE ARE NOT EASY GOALS TO ATTAIN AND IT IS NOT EASY TO STAY THERE.

I WANT TO THANK MEGAN, YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND ALLISON AND YOUR STAFF FOR MAKING AUBURN'S FINANCIAL POSITION IS STRONG AS IT CAN BE AND YOU HELPED SECURE OUR FUTURE BY ALLOWING US TO BE SOUND FINANCIALLY SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE KIND OF PROJECTS OUR COMMUNITY WANT US TO PROVIDE. THERE IS A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT AND THEY WANT YOU TO BE COMMENDED AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THIS PAST FRIDAY WAS THE SERVICE FOR MS. JAY MOHR.

THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW JANE, SHE WAS A PIONEER IN OUR COMMUNITY, PIONEER FOR WOMEN'S ATHLETIC AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY.

SHE WAS A GREAT CITIZEN WHO CARED DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND WILL BE MISSED. NEXT FRIDAY IS TEARS ON THE CORNER. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME DOWNTOWN AND ENJOY THIS EVENT IS TO GET READY FOR FALL.

IT IS FRIDAY JULY 30. IT WILL BE A GREAT TIME DOWNTOWN THIS PAST FRIDAY WE HAD THE SGA BREAKFAST AND I APPRECIATE THE SGA STAFF AND EXECUTIVE COMMUNITY COMING OVER AND SPENDING TIME WITH MEGAN AND I AND DAVID AND ALLISON TALKING ABOUT THINGS GOING ON AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY AND WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE AS YOU PREPARE FOR THE FALL.

AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD -- IN OUR MEMO THAT WE GOT FROM THE CITY MANAGER THIS WEEK I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.

THERE WAS SOME PRAISE FOR OUR WILDFLOWER PROJECT.

WE TALK ABOUT BIG THINGS THAT THE CITY DOES AND WE MAKE BIG DECISIONS, BUT ONE OF MY ATHLETIC COACHES USED TO ALWAYS SAY, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN WINNING AND LOSING SOMETIMES. I TELL YOU, SEEING THOSE WILDFLOWERS AND KNOWING THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND TOOK THE EFFORT TO PLANT THOSE WILDFLOWERS AND WHAT THEY MEAN AS YOU DRIVE TO TOWN ON GLENN AVENUE, I JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT MAKES AUBURN A DIFFERENT SPECIAL PLACE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE.

ALSO A NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY AND IT HAPPENED IN BRENT'S BOARD SO I LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT.

>> SPEAKER: YEAH, I WANT TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE MULTIPLE LAUNDRY LIST OF GOVERNMENT -- OFFICES.

IN THE MONTH OF JUNE THERE WAS THE TENTH ANNUAL KEEP AUBURN BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP PROJECT.

THE PROJECT THIS YEAR, THE TENTH , COVERED A GOOD PORTION OF WARD FOR INCLUDING ANNA LEE DRIVE, THORPE, BROOKE AND SCOTT'S WOULD DRIVE. LET ME CHECK LIST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE COMPLETED DURING THE PROJECT.

I WANT TO THANK ENGINEERING SERVICES.

THEY WENT THROUGH AND LOOK FOR ALL OF THE STREET NAMES AND

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THE FIRE DIVISION INSPECTED, CLEANED, PAINTED AND TESTED 32 FIRE HYDRANTS. PUBLIC WORKS PORT 5.5 YARDS OF CONCRETE WITH MORE SIDEWALK TO COME.

INSTALLED ALMOST 11 TONS OF ASPHALT FOR ROAD REPAIRS, SWEPT ALL STREETS, COLLECTED LITTER, CUT AND TRIMMED VEGETATION AND ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAYS. AND WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SET UP A TENT TO EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ABOUT WATER QUALITY AND STORM WATER RUNOFF.

ALSO SOME VOLUNTEERS IN THE AREA THAT HELPED AS WELL.

IT WAS A SUCCESS. I'M VERY THANKFUL.

I KNOW THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE EFFORTS. CITY STAFF PUT INTO THAT.

I THINK IT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE LIVE IN SUCH A WONDERFUL CITY

>> SPEAKER: I APPRECIATE THAT. ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE?

>> SPEAKER: CAN WE TALK ABOUT AUBURN 2020?

>> SPEAKER: THIS PAST WEEK WE HAD OUR 2040 KICK OFF AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, IT IS A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE NEXT 19, 20 YEARS.

WE KICKED THAT OFF THIS PAST WEEK.

WE HAD OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP.

A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME FROM SOME WHO SIGNED UP THE FIRST TIME BEFORE COVID HIT AND RE-SIGNED UP AND A LOT OF KNEW FACES. IT WAS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, EIGHT COMMITTEES, EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE CITIZEN LED UNITIES COME UP WITH IN SHAPING OUR FUTURE.

IT WAS A GOOD KICK OFF. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT. ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE?

>> SPEAKER: I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK, JULY 22, NORTHWEST AUBURN TASK FORCE WILL RESUME. WE DIDN'T MEET THE WHOLE YEAR OF 2020. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE MET WE DIDN'T -- BECAUSE OF COVID. WE ARE GETTING READY TO START BACK THE TASK FORCE MEETINGS. I THINK THIS MEETING IS NOT ON THE SCHEDULE. I THINK WE RESCHEDULED THIS ONE.

FOR THURSDAY JULY 22 THE MEETINGS ARE AT BOARDING COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE TIME IS FROM SIX TO 8 PM.

WE WILL BE TALKING. ONE OF THE TOPICS WE WILL BE TALKING -- DISCUSSING AT THE NORTHWEST AUBURN TASK FORCE IS THE 2040 PLAN. AND HOW THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY CAN BE MORE INVOLVED IN IT.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS AT THIS MEETING AND OUR GUEST SPEAKER FOR THAT NIGHT WILL BE REVEREND JOSH LEWIS. I THINK SOME OF YOU THAT WERE HERE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING MAY HAVE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO SEE

OR MEET REVEREND LEWIS. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS.

[5. AUBURN UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS.]

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT COUNCIL.

I WANTED TO QUICKLY THANK THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE CITY FOR THAT CLINIC TUESDAY MORNING.

COUNTLESS AUBURN STUDENTS GOT VACCINATED THERE.

I'M NOT FROM AUBURN PERSONALLY BUT IT REALLY DEALS -- THAT WAS IT WAS GREAT THAT THE VACCINATION WAS SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF AUBURN.

ANOTHER THANK YOU TO MAYOR ANDERS AND CITY MANAGER CROWD WHO HAD A GREAT BREAKFAST ON FRIDAY.

I LOVE GETTING UP EARLY AND MEET WITH YOU ALL.

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FALL.

AUBURN 2040 ON THE LAWN, LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON WITH THE CITY AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

>> SPEAKER: I THINK YOU NEED TO TELL THEM ABOUT RUN OF THE LONG.

>> SPEAKER: OKAY. RUN ON THE LAWN.

IT USUALLY MILKSHAKES WITH THE MAYOR.

I WAS INFORMED THAT MILKSHAKES ARE LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SERVE.

SO WE ARE CHANGING IT TO CONES, NOVELTY ICE CREAMS, RON ON THE LAWN. (LAUGHTER) WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M SURE YOUR DAUGHTER IS VERY EXCITED. THAT WILL BE DURING WELCOME WEEK AND HE CAN JUST HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH AUBURN STUDENTS AND WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT. RON ON THE LAWN.

I WILL GIVE MORE UPDATES AS IT GETS CLOSER.

OTHER NEWS, AUBURN ANNOUNCED SPIRIT, THE BALD EAGLE IS RETIRING. SHE ACTUALLY CAME TO AUBURN IN THE LATE '90S AND SHE WAS A RESCUE FROM FLORIDA.

SHE CELEBRATED HER 25TH BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR.

SHE IS GOING TO BE AN AMBASSADOR TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.

HER LAST FLIGHT WILL BE NOVEMBEA CEREMONY AT HALF TIME HONORING

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KICK OFF FOR CEREMONY IS FRIDAY THE 23RD.

CUNY LEE IS SETTING AUBURN HISTORY.

SHE IS A GYMNAST FROM AUBURN IN THE OLYMPICS.

I LOVE GYMNASTICS BUT I'M EXCITED TO WATCH SWIMMING, TRACK AND FIELD ALL OF THAT. ALL THE WAY FROM THE PLAINS TO TOKYO. THANK YOU AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A

GREAT DAY. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD EVERYBODY ENJOYED A LITTLE LAUGHTER THERE.

ALL OF THE ATHLETES ARE GETTING PAID FOR THEIR NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS MAYBE MAYORS CAN GET THAT.

WE WILL SEE. I APPRECIATE THE SGA BE IN GOOD SPIRITS AND GOOD SPORTS AND THEY APPRECIATE THAT GREAT PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH EACH OF YOU.

[6. CITIZENS’ COMMUNICATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS.]

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING ATTACH I WILL ASK YOU TO WAIT UNTIL THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN TO SPEAK TO THAT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANYTHING ON THE CITY COUNCIL THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR AGENDA YOU ARE WELCOME.

YES, SIR? >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY MY NAME IS KRIS' YEAR. ARE LIVE AT 330 LIKENESS DRIVE.

ON THE HOA PRESIDENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL ESPECIALLY COUNCILWOMAN WITTEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER GRISWOLD. FOR SUPPORTING OUR QUEST FOR TIME TO REVIEW THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PLAINSMAN LAKE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROVISIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN IT.

IN THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD WE ALSO MET WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE DEVELOPER AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. CUMMINGS AND THE PLANNING STAFF AND ALSO THE DEVELOPERS REPRESENTATIVE MR. FAMILY FOR THEIR TIME IN LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AND ADDRESSING THE ITEMS THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED.

THE PROCESS WAS ENLIGHTENING AND BE PICKED UP A FEW TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE HAD OUTSIDE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW.

THE ITEMS THAT REMAIN ARE THE ONES OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS. THEY ARE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT THE ENTRANCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FORECASTED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS WITH OR WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE TRAFFIC STUDY INCLUDED WITH THE SUBMISSION INDICATES THAT PROJECTED TRAFFIC WILL INCREASE BEYOND THE WAR LIMITS FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER. WHICH WILL BE BEFORE EVEN A HOME IS COMPLETED. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT HIGHWAY 14 FALLS UNDER ALDOT'S CONTROL AND THAT THEY DID NOT MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON PROJECTIONS, ONLY ON WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE NOW. IN ADDITION WE UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES THE DESIGN WORK FOR A FUTURE FOR GUILT -- SIGNALS AND TURN LANES WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE CONSTRUCTION TIME FOLLOWING THE WARRANT REQUIREMENTS BEING MET. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR TONIGHT SHOULD AN AFFIRMATIVE BE DECIDED ON DEVELOPMENT IS THE COUNCIL'S FULL COMMITMENT TO THE ELEMENTS THAT WOULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO.

THIS INCLUDES APPROVAL OF THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE CONNECTOR RODE AND FUNDING REQUIRED TO COMPLETE IT AS WELL AS FUTURE FUNDING OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON THE CONDITIONS WARRANTED.

OF THE MANY PROBLEMS THAT COME BEFORE YOUR RESOLUTION -- FOR YOU FOR RESOLUTION, MOST ARE INHERITED BEFORE YOUR TIME AND.

THIS ONE WILL BE CREATED HERE TONIGHT AND REQUIRE YOUR FOLLOW-THROUGH TO RESOLVE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS VERY

IMPORTANT DECISION. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, CHRIS.

APPRECIATE YOUR APPROACH. WHO WILL BE NEXT?

YES, SIR? >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STEPHEN FARRINGTON AND MY WIFE LESLIE AND I LIVE IN RESIDENCE OF AUBURN FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND WE CURRENTLY LIVE AT 139 DENALI LANE.

I DO NOT REPRESENT THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION TONIGHT.

I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS SECTION C2 OF THE CONSENT AGENDA , THEY DEVELOP AN BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUBURN AND EDGAR HUGHSTON BUILDER'S INC. TO BE CLEAR, MY NEIGHBORS AND I THAT LIVE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SOUL AND THERE ARE OPPOSED TO THE CREATION OF THE PLAINSMAN LAKE COMMUNITY BY HOUSTON HOMES.

WE ARE HERE AGAIN TO ASK THE CITY OF AUBURN TO PROTECT THE SAFETY, SECURITY, SERENITY AND INTEGRITY OF OUR ESTABLISHED

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ONE YEAR AGO, I ADDRESSED THIS COUNSEL VIA ZOOM AND SHARED AN EXPRESSION OF CONCERN SIGNED BY 90 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON THE SOLAR MERE COURTS AND DENALI LANE MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT. THEIR WORK WERE TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS HIGHLIGHTED AT THAT TIME.

ONE, CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC USING OUR TWO NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS TO ACCESS SECTION A OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

TWO, TRAFFIC LOAD OR TRAFFIC DENSITY AS A RESULT OF ADDING 65 HOMESITES IN SECTION A IN A CLOSED LOOP CONNECTED TO SOLAR MERE COURT AND THE NELLY LANE. IN THE PAST YEAR, SINCE NOTIFYING THE CITY COUNCIL OF OUR CONCERNS, WE HAVE FOLLOWED AND PARTICIPATED IN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, WASHED OUR MAILBOXES FOR NOTIFICATIONS, READ EAT PACKETS FOR COUNSEL AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, WRITTEN E-MAILS, MADE PHONE CALLS, AND PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS WITH CITY STAFF.

YET TO ONE YEAR LATER, BASED ON THE WORDING IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT APPEARS WE CAN'T GET ANY REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE RAISED.

TONIGHT, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT SECTION C2 OF THE CONSENT AGREEMENT BE RECONSIDERED FOR IMPROVEMENT AS OUTLINED IN THE E-MAIL I SENT ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF SOLAR MERE COURT AND DENALI LANE TO MAYOR ANDERS, COUNCILMAN GRISWOLD AND CITY MANAGER CROUCH ON SUNDAY JULY 18 SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BASIS FOR THIS REQUEST, I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY EXPLAINED THE POINTS MADE IN MY E-MAIL. AS WRITTEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT HOUSTON HOMES FROM UTILIZING OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS FOR CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC ACCESS TO PLAINSMAN LAKE. BY CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, I AM NOT REFERRING TO CARPENTERS AND PAINTERS.

I AM RATHER REFERRING TO DUMP TRUCKS, CEMENT MIXERS, SEMI'S HAULING EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT, AND LOGGING TRUCKS TO CLEAR LAND. THIS TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AND MY NEIGHBORS. AND I DARE SAY NONE OF YOU WOULD VOTE FOR IT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU MAY POINT OUT THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS OFFERED TO WORK WITH THE STATE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE OFF HIGHWAY 14. OUR RESPONSE IS RATHER THAN A COMMITMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER, IT SHOULD BE A CONDITION THAT THE STATE APPROVED A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE OFF HIGHWAY 14 BEFORE THE AGREEMENT IS RATIFIED.

ALTERNATIVELY, IF APPROVAL IS NOT GRANTED FOR A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE, THE AGREEMENT WOULD REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC ACCESS SECTION A OFF THE RICHLAND ROAD CONNECTOR. YOU MAY ALSO SAY THAT CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC IS TEMPORARY.

BUT WHEN THE PROJECT IS FINISHED AND THE CITY IS FOCUSED ON OTHER INITIATIVES AND HOUSTON HOMES HAS MOVED ON TO ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, MY NEIGHBORS AND I WILL BE LEFT TO LIVE WITH A PERMANENT CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DEFICIENT TRAFFIC PLAN.

TO ENHANCE THE TRAFFIC FLOW WITHIN SOLAR MERE AND PLAINSMAN LAKE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SITE PLAN THAT INCLUDES ACCESS TO THE RICHLAND ROAD CONNECTOR FROM SECTION A OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES THAT ISSUES SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCES, CURB CUTS, TURN LANES AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE QUOTE STATE ISSUES. BUT THESE ISSUES ARE NOT BEING DISCUSSED IN MONTGOMERY. THEY ARE BEING DISCUSSED AND WILL BE VOTED ON HERE IN COUNSEL TONIGHT.

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, MY NEIGHBORS AND DIED I, ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM -- AS A RESULT OF THE LANGUAGE OR LACK THERE OF IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

ATTENTION. >> SPEAKER: WHO WILL BE NEXT?

YES, SIR? >> SPEAKER: MY NAME IS ANDREW AND I LIVE AT 178 DENALI LANE WHICH IS ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC. LAST HOUSE.

JUST TO ADD ON BASICALLY TO WHAT HE SAID, WITH THE TRAFFIC SITUATION THERE, IT'S REALLY GOING TO HINDER IF THERE IS A LOT OF BUILDING TRUCKS OF THAT NATURE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A STRESS IN MY SITUATION.

I JUST WANT TO ADD ON TO THAT, JUST TRYING TO BE HERE FOR SUPPORT AND THAT I'M HERE AND BASICALLY TAKE THIS INTO

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>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, ANDREW. ANYONE ELSE?

>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING. I AM CONNIE PACE AND I LIVE AT 1759 SOLAR MERE COURTS. I AM THE FIRST HOUSE ON THE LEFT WHEN YOU ENTER OUR SUBDIVISION SO JUST AS MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID ALREADY, WE ALL ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT AT COUNSEL MEETING.

BUT LOOKING SELFISHLY AT WHERE I LIVE, AND JUST THE NORMAL TRAFFIC OF EVERYDAY LIFE ON SOLAR MERE ESPECIALLY WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, IT ALREADY TAKES AN EXTRA TEN TO 12 MINUTES TO LEAVE THE SUBDIVISION. SO WITH THIS ADDED ON CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT OUR STREET WILL LOOK LIKE. SO IN SUPPORT OF WHAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY SAID, I HOPE THIS COUNSEL REALLY TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE SOLAR MERE SUBDIVISION AND THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE CURRENTLY.

AND IN THE FUTURE. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, CONNIE.

ANYONE ELSE? >> SPEAKER: GARY CANTINI, OWENS WROTE, AUBURN, ALABAMA. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT BUT ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT 8C5, THE NORTH DONOHUE SHUG JORDAN PKWY.

INTERSECTION. LOOKING AT WHAT WAS IN THE PACKAGE, THE BIGGEST CONCERNS I HAVE OUR TIME FRAME, HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE? IS GOING TO BE STARTED WHERE WE HAVE ALREADY GOT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC DUE TO ALL OF THE DETOURS BECAUSE OF FARMVILLE ROUNDABOUT? ALSO IS A GOING TO DRAG INTO FOOTBALL TRAFFIC? RIGHT NOW THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN OUT OF OWENS ROAD THEY ARE BACKED AWAY ALL THE WAY FROM THE RED LIGHT PAST HALFWAY TO THE PUBLIC SPIRIT THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE. AS ALREADY STATED I'M SURE PART OF THIS PLAN IS OBVIOUSLY STATE-CONTROLLED.

YOU CAN'T LOOK AT WHAT IS INTENDED IN THE FUTURE BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AT THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF WALMART PROPERTY THERE WITH SEVERAL RETAIL, A COUPLE OF DRIVE AND RESTAURANTS THERE. WE HAVE THAT COMING.

THERE IS ALSO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE WALMART PROPERTY A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT IS UP FOR SALE.

OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD BE GREAT AT THIS INTERSECTION HAD BEEN APPROVED BEFORE WE HAD THE ROUNDABOUT TRAFFIC IT WOULD HAVE MADE LIFE A LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE MAKING THE RIGHT TURN ONTO DONAHUE. BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN THE FUTURE AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE HERE, HOW HARD IS THIS GOING TO BE CHANGED ON THE ROAD? I KNOW OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE HAVING TO REDO SIDEWALKS THERE AT WALMART BECAUSE THIS WASN'T DONE BEFORE. AS A CITIZEN I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY NOW TO APPROVE SOMETHING AND LATER ON WE DIG PART OF IT UP TO DO FURTHER EXPANSIONS.

AS YOU BUILD -- IF THE SCHOOL GOES UP TOWARD THE TERMINUS OF FARMVILLE, FIRE TRAFFIC AND STUFF, IT'S A LOT MORE THERE.

HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET DONE, ARE THEY GOING TO COORDINATE AROUND FARMVILLE AND FOOTBALL TRAFFIC AND ITEMS LIKE

THAT? >> SPEAKER: MS. KRAUSE, COULD YOU ANSWER THE TIMING QUESTIONS THAT THIS GENTLEMAN BROUGHT

FORWARD? >> SPEAKER: WILL THIS WILL THIS REMAIN ON CONSENTING AGENDA OR ARE YOU PULLING IT FROM AT CONSENT AGENDA. IF YOU ARE PULLING IT FROM CONSENT I WILL ANSWER IT THEN. IF YOU ARE NOT CLINGING I WILL

ANSWER NOW. >> SPEAKER: WILL PULL IT FROM CONSENT. WILL DO THAT ALSO WITH THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

WILL PULL THE FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WELL.

ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? WE WILL MOVE FORWARD.

[7. CITY MANAGER’S COMMUNICATIONS.]

CITY MANAGER'S COMMUNICATION. >> SPEAKER: SEVERAL THIS EVENING. FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME TO AUBURN ON A NEW STEVE FOOTE.

HE SITTING HERE IN THE FRONT ROW THIS EVENING.

HE HAS MET MOST OF THE COUNCIL IF NOT ALL OF YOU ON THE WAY IN.

HE GOT HERE SUNDAY SO HE IS FRESH TO AUBURN.

SO EVERYBODY BE NICE. STEVE HAS A WEALTH OF PLANNING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. I AM EXCITED TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND WORK WITH THE PLANNING STAFF.

WE HAVE MUCH TO DO IN AUBURN AND HE WILL GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND MEET EVERYBODY AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME SMALL RECEPTION SO PEOPLE HAVE SOME ACCESS TO HIM OUTSIDE OF WORKING HOURS. WE ARE NOT READY TO DO THAT JUST YET. I WOULD SAY IF YOU ARE WANTING TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH STEVE FROM A CITIZEN'S PERSPECTIVE OR GET TO KNOW HIM, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE THAT BUT HE IS GETTING HIS FEET ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.

WILL LOOK AT THIS STEVE TO AUBURN AND KATIE WILL BE WORKING WITH HIM HANDILY OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO AS WE TRANSITION AND HANDOFF. DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IS ACTING

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CASES AS STEVE JUST ARRIVED. >> SPEAKER: STEVE, WELCOME.

WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOU. >> SPEAKER: STEVE IS READY.

I HAVE ALL OF THE CONFIDENCE IN STEVE AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL SEE KATIE SITTING WITH HIM FOR A WHILE.

>> SPEAKER: I WANT TO ADD, MEGAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PLANNING STAFF KEEPING IT TOGETHER IN THIS INTERIM TIME.

KATIE, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOUR STAFF FOR HANGING IN THERE AUBURN DIDN'T STOP WHILE WE WERE SEARCHING FOR OUR NEW PLANNING DIRECTOR AND Y'ALL KEPT ALL OF THE BALLS IN THE AIR. CONGRATULATIONS FOR DOING THAT.

>> SPEAKER: DIDN'T STOP FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF, CITY FLUCTUATES IN THE JOB MARKET LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD IS RIGHT NOW.

I'M APPRECIATIVE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AT A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS AND PLANNING A LOT OF EBBING AND FLOWING OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS THAT HAS CAUSED CHALLENGES AND OUR STAFF IS AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SERVING CITIZENS. THAT ROLLS INTO THE NEXT COMMUNICATION I HAVE FOR YOU. AS I MENTIONED DURING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, I WILL RESTATE ON SATURDAY JULY 17 WE MADE A SLIGHT MODIFICATION TO THE AGENDA AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR PACKETS WITH THE PUBLIC IS SEEING THIS EVENING.

IT WAS POSTED ONLINE AS OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

WE ADDED ORDINANCES 9A3 WHICH IS DONOHUE RIDGE FACE PHASE EIGHT ANNEXATION, 9 BE ONE DONAHUE RIDGE REZONING, 9 BE TWO WITH PDD AMENDMENT AND 10A5 WOODWARD OAKS COMMERCIAL USE AND THOSE WERE ALL ITEMS THAT WERE INADVERTENTLY NOT INCLUDED WITH THE ORIGINAL AGENDA PACKET. IN ADDITION, ITEM 8D2 IS AN EASEMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS BEING REMOVED AND THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL ONCE THE PACKET GOES OUT.

OUR STAFF IS STILL EVALUATING A FEW MINOR CHANGES AND HAVING SOME DIALOGUE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND SOME CHANGES HAVE BEEN POSTED. WE WILL BE REMOVING THAT ITEM.

MAYOR, OTHER THAN THAT WE CAN ROLL INTO THE AGENDA IF YOU ARE

READY. >> SPEAKER: WE ARE READY.

[8. CONSIDERATION OF CONSENT AGENDA.]

>> SPEAKER: FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DEAL WITH THAT ITEM INDIVIDUALLY?

>> SPEAKER: I WOULD. 8 SEE ONE.

AND 8 SEE TWO. >> SPEAKER: 8C5.

>> SPEAKER: ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNSEL?

WE WILL TAKE THOSE IN ORDER. >> SPEAKER: ITEM 8C1 AUTHORIZES THE EXECUTION OF A FIVE-YEAR FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH EXXON ENTERPRISES -- AXON ENTERPRISE INC. TO PURCHASE INTEGRATED SYSTEM COMPRISED OF IN CAR CAMERA'S, BODY-WORN CAMERAS, CAMERA EQUIPPED TASERS, VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING SIMULATOR, DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT, LIVE VIEW CAPABILITIES AND CLOUD STORAGE FOR DIGITAL EVIDENCE FOR THE AUBURN POLICE DIVISION.

THE ANNUAL COST OF THIS CONTRACT IS $305,624 AND THE FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT TOTAL IS $1.5 MILLION OR $1,528,121.50.

>> SPEAKER: MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.

>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> SPEAKER: WHAT WILL THIS DO FOR US FOR PUBLIC SAFETY?

>> SPEAKER: IT WILL DO MANY THINGS BUT I WILL HAVE PAUL REGISTRAR ARE PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR EXPLAINED ABOUT THIS.

BEFORE PAUL MENTIONS THIS TO YOU, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET SIDE WORK IT APPEARS IT'S A $1.5 MILLION CONTRACT.

IT IS. BUT IT IS A LITTLE OVER $300,000 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND WE ARE ABSORBING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS IN THE EXISTING BUDGET. WE ARE READY HAVE A LOT OF HIS EXPENSES SO THESE AREN'T NEW EXPENSES.

WE ARE JUST SHIFTING FROM OTHER VENDORS AND OTHER THINGS WE WERE DOING. AFTER YEAR ONE WE WILL ANALYZE AND IF WE HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT IT WOULD BE A SMALL AMOUNT AND WE WOULD ADD THAT TO THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR POLICE.

RIGHT NOW WE BELIEVE WE CAN ABSORB IT.

>> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL?

>> SPEAKER: PAUL WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.

>> SPEAKER: WHEREAS THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HAS PROVIDED I WOULD SAY THE BARE MINIMUM CAPABILITIES THAT WE HAVE NEEDED OVER THE YEARS, WE REALIZE NOW WITH THE CURRENT EXPECTATIONS OF COMMUNITY THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES ALONG WITH IF WE HAVE A CRITICAL EVENT, HAVING THE VIDEO AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DOCUMENT AND PROTECT EVERYONE, WE FELT LIKE EARLY IN THE YEAR THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS. WE LOOKED AT OPTIONS AND WHAT THIS OPTION WILL PROVIDE FOR US IS AN ABILITY FOR US TO HAVE BODY-WORN CAMERAS, CAR CAMERAS, TASERS THAT HAVE A -- ALL OF THIS WILL BE INTEGRATED. THESE SYSTEMS WILL TALK TO EACH OTHER. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL HAVE AUDIT TRAIL AND ABLE TO REVIEW THE VIDEO LIVE VIEW DURING CRITICAL EVENTS WHERE COMMAND STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO SEE LITERALLY WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE VERY MOMENT IT HAPPENS.

MORE PORTLY, WE HAVE TRAINING COMPONENT.

WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON FIREARMS TRAINING AND A FACSIMILE SYSTEM THAT COST ABOUT $100,000 AND HAVE TO REPLACE THOSE EVERY SO OFTEN PRINT THE SYSTEM ALSO HAS A VIRTUAL

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ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TRAINING WHERE YOU GET DIFFERENT TOPICS OF REALITY -- VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING THAT WE DO WITH THE OFFICERS EVERY MONTH.

WILL HAVE A VAST KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.

AND THEN THERE IS GPS CAPABILITIES IN THE SYSTEM THAT IF AN OFFICER WERE TO BE IN A CRITICAL INCIDENT AND WE NEED TO LOCATE THAT OFFICER WE COULD DO THAT WITH THAT.

I THINK THIS PUTS US IN A MUCH STRONGER POSITION TO GIVE THE PUBLIC COMFORT THAT THE VIDEO THAT WE HAVE.

AND EVIDENTIARY VALUE. WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE SYSTEM AS WELL TO SYNC IT WITH OUR EVIDENTIARY PREPARING THINGS FOR COURT. IT'S A MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM THAT IS ONE ALL-ENCOMPASSING SYSTEM AS WELL IT -- INSTEAD OF PARSING OUT WITH FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT UNDERS THAT WOULD END UP COSTING MORE MONEY IF WE DID THAT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED PUT A LOT OF RESEARCH BY STAFF, CHIEF ANDERS AND HIS STAFF DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS AND CAME UP WITH THIS BEST SOLUTION.

>> SPEAKER: DO YOU SEE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM THE CURRENT SYSTEM TO THIS NEW SYSTEM IF WE ADOPTED?

>> SPEAKER: YES, WE DO. WE ARE STILL THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO DO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A NEW SYSTEM

ONLINE. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, SIR.

PAUL? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> SPEAKER: I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW CAMERA SYSTEM.

CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY. I RECOMMEND ARE POLICE DIVISION FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THAT. IT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE BIGGER CITIES NOW. WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO HERE IN AUBURN. I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR OFFICER SAFETY AS WELL AS LIABILITY ISSUES AND AM VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE ARE GETTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

GOOD LEADERSHIP TO ALL OF YOU GUYS TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.

>> SPEAKER: TOM, PAUL WENT WITH US DOWN TO MOBILE A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WE GOT A GRAND TOUR OF SOME OF THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES AND THEIR STRATEGIES THAT THEY ARE DOING DOWN THERE IN THE GULF COAST. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO TALK TO PAUL AND CEDRIC AFTER THAT WAS OVER.

CHIEF ANDERSON AND TO KNOW THAT AUBURN IS RIGHT THERE WITH MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA IN OUR STATE, MAJOR GATEWAY INTO THE GULF COAST. WE ARE DOING THE SAME THINGS THAT MANY OF THESE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR THE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR CHIEF ANDERSON'S LEADERSHIP. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE GOT A MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FOR. (ROLL CALL VOTE)

>> SPEAKER: EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH EDGAR HUGHSTON BUILDER INC. FOR THE PLAINSMAN LAKE DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED FROM THE JULY 6, 2021, MEETING.

>> SPEAKER: MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.

>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. I KNOW IT PULL THIS OFF THE AGENDA BUT I WILL ALLOW ANYONE FROM THE COUNCIL TO START IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. MR. GRISWOLD?

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, MISTER MARE.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS CITY STAFF.

WE ADDRESSED A LETTER THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED WITH A NUMBER OF CONCERNS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT MEETING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS REALLY NO REASON TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE AGREEMENT.

THE CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED EITHER THROUGH THE CITY STAFF OR THROUGH THE WILLINGNESS OF THE DEVELOPER TO WORK THAT OUT WITH THE SOUL IN THEIR COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS IS A DIFFICULT THING. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT NOT ONLY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT BUT FOR OTHERS.

WE AT THE CITY WE ARE UNABLE TO DENY ACCESS TO ANY PUBLIC ROAD.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. >> SPEAKER: THAT'S CORRECT.

WHEN YOU GET DEEPER AND QUESTIONS I WILL HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SCOTT CUMMINGS ADDRESS THAT AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

>> SPEAKER: DEVELOPERS WILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THAT AND TRY TO WORK WITH THE STATE TO GET CONSTRUCTION ACCESS.

THEY RECOGNIZE THE DIFFICULTY IN THE PROBLEM AS WELL AND I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS ANYTHING IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE BASED ON THAT.

TRAFFIC LOAD CERTAINLY IS DIFFICULT.

SOLD A MERE IS ALREADY A COMMUNITY WITH A SINGLE IN AND OUT. NOT SURE HOW IT EVER GOT APPROVED IN THE FIRST PLACE. YEARS AGO.

THERE IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST OF SO LAMERE TOOK THAT AS A GIVEN. THE AGREEMENT AS WRITTEN IS VERY ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF PROVIDING US THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE CITY'S GROWTH. THE OTHER TWO PHASES OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION WILL DEFINITELY EXIT OUT INTO THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR. I REALLY DO NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE AGREEMENT THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE, BUT I DO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY, THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE RESIDENCE, TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO

RESOLVE THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU,

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FROM THE COUNSEL? >> SPEAKER: I KNOW AT THE LAST MEETING WE DISCUSSED THAT POSSIBLY FULLY UNDERSTANDING A TIMELINE OF THESE PHASES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ALPHABETICAL.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THAT ORDER.

TO WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TIMELINE OF THE PHASES?

>> SPEAKER: I WILL HAVE SCOTT CUMMINGS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RESPOND TO THAT.

>> SPEAKER: WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT.

I DID NOTICE THAT THE PHASES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED IN THREE DIFFERENT PLATS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA THAT WAS SENT OUT TODAY. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS FAR AS TIMING GOES. INITIALLY IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER IT APPEARED THAT THEY MAY BE INTERESTED IN STARTING ALL THREE PHASES SIMULTANEOUSLY.

THAT COULD CHANGE. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT MARKET DEMANDS ARE AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO THOSE DETAILS. I THINK WITH THE PHASES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PHASES IT IS STILL A FACTOR OF PROBABLY LOOKING AT 18 TO 24 MONTHS BEFORE CEOS ARE BEINGS REQUESTED FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR REQUESTED FOR THE DWELLINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT IS KIND OF A LOW TO HIGH AND ON THAT. THAT IS ALL WE KNOW AS FAR AS

THE FACING AT THIS TIME. >> SPEAKER: SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY CHOSE TO DO C1, ETC., THEY WOULD COME OFF OF 14 ONTO THE PROPOSED RICHLAND CONNECTOR RODE?

>> SPEAKER: THAT'S CORRECT. >> SPEAKER: I COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WOULD MAKE BE, BECAUSE IT'S MUCH FURTHER IN, WOULD B -- THIS IS A DEVELOPER PURVIEW BUT JUST FOR BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR, CONSTRUCTION ACCESS TO MAKE B,

OFF RICHLAND ROAD CONNECTOR? >> SPEAKER: IT'S MUCH FURTHER

IN. >> SPEAKER: SOME OF B POSSIBLY AND OTHER PARTS OF IT. AS YOU SAW IN ASHTON, FARMVILLE LAKES THAT YOU WILL SHOW A LARGER PHASES AND THEN THEY TEND TO GET BROKEN DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T TYPICALLY PLAT 50, 100 LOTS AT ONCE. YOU COULD SEE IT FROM BOTH

DIRECTIONS. >> SPEAKER: WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO THAT LEVEL OF FACING AT THIS POINT.

WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE ARE FOCUSED PRIMARILY LOOKING AT THE ELEMENT OF THE SHARED CONTRIBUTION OF THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR. THERE IS STILL THE PROCESS OF THE PLANNING OF THOSE, WHEN THE PRELIMINARY PLATS ARE IN.

THOSE WE DISCUSSED. ONCE THOSE ARE APPROVED THEY WILL MAKE THEIR SUBMITTAL FOR ENGINEERING APPROVAL.

A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE GETTING TONIGHT ARE GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO CONSIDER AS WE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TOWARDS THE FINAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE DESIGN PLANS.

>> SPEAKER: DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE WAS A QUESTION RAISED ABOUT THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR.

I NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS. THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR IS BUDGETED AND YOU VOTED ON THAT LAST SUMMER AT $8 MILLION.

THE ACTION THAT REMAINS WITH THE COUNCIL IS THE CITY STAFF NEED TO GO OUT TO BID WITH THAT AND CITY ENGINEER FRAZIER.

IS THAT STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR EARLY FALL?

>> SPEAKER: YES, IT'S CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR BIDDING IN OCTOBER , PROVIDED WE GET ALL OF OUR PERMITS.

>> SPEAKER: AND FORGET ALL PERMITS IT WILL BID IN OCTOBER.

SO IT IS FUNDED BUT YOU WOULD BE DOING IS AWARDING THE BID AND DEALING WITH ANY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.

WHILE NOTHING COMPELS YOU TO AWARD A BID, YOU DID ALREADY VOTE TO BUDGET THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR SO UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO NOT GO FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT PROJECT ESPECIALLY IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT TONIGHT THAT WAS SECURE RIGHT OF WAY, THE ONLY OTHER RIGHT-OF-WAY LEFT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH OTHER LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THIS GIVES A MECHANISM TO DO THAT, WOULD BE TO TALKED WITH OFFERED CITY SCHOOLS WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH JESSE TO FIND LIFE DOCUMENTS. THE GOAL WITH THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR IS IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THE SOLOMON NEIGHBORHOOD AS ANOTHER MEANS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS ONCE B IS BUILT ENOUGH TO DO THAT. AND THE FACING OF B WE WILL PUSH AS HARD AS WE CAN. IT IS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS AND IT ALSO GIVES SO LAMERE ACCESS UP TO RICHLAND ROAD CONNECTOR DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY.

>> SPEAKER: ON THE QUESTION OF CONSTRUCTION RODE, WHAT AUTHORITY DO WE HAVE? DO WE HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO HAVE

AN ACCESS ROAD? >> SPEAKER: I WOULD SAY WE

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I'VE ALREADY HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE JOE LAVERGNE AND HE IS HAPPY TO HELP.

BUT INFLUENCE ON ALDOT AS WE DISCUSSED WITH MANY ROUNDABOUT QUESTIONS IS CHALLENGING. THE STAFF WILL SUPPORT THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND WILL GO TO BAT.

WHILE WE CAN'T COMPEL ALDOT TO APPROVE IT WE DON'T SEE A REASON WHY THEY WON'T. BUT AS CITY ENGINEER FRAZIER MENTIONED THAT LAST MEETING, THEY WILL NOT SPEAK TO IT UNTIL A FULL APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED. IT'S HARD FOR US WHEN IT'S OFF OF ONE OF OUR ROADS THAT WE CONTROL ACCESS TO WE CAN DO THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY. I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH THE CITY THE WHOLE TIME ON THE CONSTRUCTION ACCESS. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN UNWILLING TO WORK. BUT A CONSTRUCTION ACCESS POINT ON RICHLAND TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND WITHOUT A ROAD BUILT AND WILL ALSO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF CONSTRUCTION WHILE THIS IS IN CONSTRUCTION, MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN TO GET TO THE BACKSIDE OF

SO LAMERE DUE WEST OF SO LAMERE. >> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER? COMMENT?

>> SPEAKER: THE DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED TO MINIMIZE TRAFFIC AS BEST THEY CAN. I KNOW THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR. WE CAN'T COMPEL THEM TO COME OUT ON THE 14TH. THEY HAVE COMMITTED ALSO THAT GIVEN ALDOT'S GO AHEAD, THEY WILL DO THAT.

BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, WE ARE HELD UP BY THE STATE.

ALDOT HAD TO KEEP GRANTED THAT COMMISSION TO LET DEVELOPERS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO APPLY FOR THAT.

>> SPEAKER: AND THE COMMITMENT OF THE STAFF TO WORK AS DILIGENTLY AS POSSIBLE AS WE WOULD ON BEHALF OF ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY TO TRY TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE AND WE DO BEHIND THE SCENES IN OUR MEETINGS AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT THESE THINGS.

>> SPEAKER: MAKE IT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE PROACTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIGHT GETS INSTALLED AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE?

>> SPEAKER: WELL, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES, AND IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED IN SOME CITIZEN COMMENTS, IS THE WARRANT PASS -- WHEN YOU WARRANT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL SHOWING YOU HAVE ENOUGH DATA, MEANING CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR TRAFFIC COUNTS FROM EACH DIRECTION, TO WARRANT IT, THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS ALDOT REQUIRES THE TRAFFIC PHYSICALLY BE THERE.

WE YOU CAN'T JUST SHOW THEM A STUDY SAYING IT WILL WARRANT.

THE CARS HAVE TO BE THERE. YOU DO END UP CHICKEN AND EGG.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT IN THE LAST MEETING.

WITHOUT PLAINSMAN LAKE BEING BUILT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING ANY TIME SOON WARRANT ASPECTS OF THAT.

AND YOU ALSO CAN'T PREDICT DRIVER BEHAVIOR.

WHO WILL USE THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR AND WHO WILL GO THIS WAY. IF THE CITY WERE ABLE AND THE TRAFFIC COUNTS WERE THERE THAT MET OUR WARRANTS WHICH IF I UNDERSTAND IT THE CITY'S WARRANTS AREN'T MET TODAY EITHER AT SO LAMERE OR HIGHWAY 14. NOT YET.

OUR WARRANTS THEY COUNT RIGHT TURNS.

IT'S A LENGTHY TECHNICAL EXPLANATION.

WE ALLOW THE TRAFFIC STUDY SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE THERE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME WE ALLOWED TO GO IN.

AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, HIGHWAY 14 IS HERE TO STAY UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE IT TIES TO THIRD AT PARKWAY THE AND THOSE ARE STATE HIGHWAYS MEETING TOGETHER. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PUSH WITH ALDOT AGAIN. I TALKED REPRESENTATIVE LOVER AND ABOUT THIS. HE IS HAPPY TO COORDINATE WITH SENATOR WILEY AND ANYBODY ELSE. WE ARE HAPPY TO PUSH ALL THE WE CAN. ADMITTEDLY WE DON'T HAVE APPROVAL FROM ALDOT FOR THE RICHLAND CONNECTOR EITHER.

THERE WILL NOT BE A SINGLE THERE UNTIL THE TRAFFIC IS THERE.

I KNOW THAT FRUSTRATES OUR -- IT FRUSTRATES OUR STAFF.

THOSE ARE THE RULES THAT ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS. IF YOU DRIVE ONTO 80 GOING TO BIRMINGHAM WHICH IS NEVER A GREAT EXAMPLE OF MUCH OF ANYTHING AND YOU DRIVE-THRU CHELSEA YOU SEE A VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENT WITH A CLOCK TOWER THAT NOW HAS AN ACCELERATION LANE ONTO 280. IT'S A VERY LARGE ELEMENT AND THEY DON'T HAVE A SIGNAL EITHER FOR THE VERY SAME REASON.

HAS TO MEET ALDOT WARRANTS. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ISSUES BECAUSE OF IT.

BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH POLITICALLY AS BEST WE CAN.

>> SPEAKER: DOES SOLOMON HAVE OTHER ENTRANCE?

TO THEY HAVE -- >> SPEAKER: THEY HAVE A

DECELERATION LANE. >> SPEAKER: NOT ONE COMING OUT?

>> SPEAKER: NOT AN ACCELERATION LANE FOR HIGHWAY 14.

LIKE WHEN YOU RIGHT TURN OUT OF SO LAMERE.

>> SPEAKER: BUT A RIGHT TURN. >> SPEAKER: ALLISON, THERE WILL BE CHANGES FOR A LEFT TURN EVENTUALLY? THE DESIGN WILL BE DONE. NOT DECELERATION BUT LEFT TURN

LANE? >> SPEAKER: YES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLAINSMAN LAKE INCLUDED A DESIGN FOR THE LEFT TURN LANE INTO SO LAMERE AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO ALDOT.

EVENTUALLY YOU ARE PUTTING A LEFT TURN LANE IN.

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>> SPEAKER: ARE THE LEFT TURN LANES CONTINGENT ON THE TRAFFIC LIGHT BEING WARRANTED OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS? I KNOW THEY ARE PLANNING THAT DESIGN IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEY'VE AGREED --

>> SPEAKER: ARE NOT TIED TOGETHER NECESSARILY.

THERE ARE RAILROAD INVOCATIONS WITH THE LEFT TURN LANE AND THE LIGHTING WHICH IS ALSO PART OF WHY --

>> SPEAKER: WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FORWARD ON THAT IS BEST WE

CAN. >> SPEAKER: THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND MEETINGS ABOUT THIS.

MS. KRAUSE, IS THERE INFORMATION WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HERE BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE?

HAVEN'T GOT IT ALL COVERED? >> SPEAKER: I THINK WE HAVE IT COVERED. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS A BIT CONFUSING AND IT'S CONFUSING BECAUSE WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS FOR SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

WE HAVE TO RUN IN TANDEM AND IT'S USUALLY WHEN THE CITY HAS OBLIGATIONS ON TOP OF THE DEVELOPER OR WE WANT TO BE SURE WE ARE MEMORIALIZING WHEN THEY HAVE TO PAY CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THINGS. WITHOUT A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DEVELOPMENT CAN STILL PROCEED. THAT CAN BE CHALLENGING UNLESS IT IS OTHERWISE STATED BY PLANNING COMMISSION IN VERY LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES. IT'S HARD FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND AND STAFF GETS WIDE. ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS LONG AGO IS PLANNING COMMISSION WAS NEGOTIATING INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMITMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND WE CANNOT HAVE THAT CONTINUE.

WE NEED IN THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE COMMITMENTS AS YOU ARE IN THIS AGREEMENT. ABOUT A ROAD AT ABOUT RIGHT-OF-WAY AND OTHER THINGS AND ONLY THE COUNCIL CONTROLS

THE BUDGET AND THAT'S UP TO YOU. >> SPEAKER: SO NO MATTER WHAT WE DO HERE IN A FEW MINUTES, THE DEVELOPER COULD MOVE AHEAD WITH

BUILDING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? >> SPEAKER: YES.

UNDER VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, MEETING PARAMETERS AND REQUIREMENTS OF OUR MANUALS AND ORDINANCES, YES.

>> SPEAKER: I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPER TO BE A GREAT NEIGHBOR FOR THESE PEOPLE IN SO LAMERE AND TO BE OPEN IN YOUR COMMUNICATION. TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED AND THEY BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TONIGHT AND I APPRECIATE THE WAY THEY HAVE COMMUNICATED TO US AND THEIR PASSION.

WE CERTAINLY WANT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO REMAIN SAFE AND WE DO NOT WANT IT TO BE DETERIORATED BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH HERE. I HOPE THE CITY CAN BE A GREAT INFLUENCE IN GETTING THIS CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE BUILT AND CERTAINLY WILL PARTICIPATE IN WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I LIKE COUNCILMAN THIS WILL FILL THE STAFF AND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TOGETHER AND I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

(VOICE VOTE) MOTION CARRIES.

>> SPEAKER: ITEM 8C AWARDS CONTRACTED JLG ENTERPRISES LLC FOR THE NORTH DONOHUE SHUG JORDAN PKWY. INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL ADD RIGHT TURN LANES IN ALL FOUR DIRECTIONS ALSO KNOWN AS APPROACHES.

THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS $442,630. >> SPEAKER: MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND.

WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? >> SPEAKER: THERE WAS A SERIES

OF QUESTIONS. >> SPEAKER: I THINK THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ABOUT TIMING.

LET'S TALK WITH. >> SPEAKER: A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT TIMING. WHEN OUR POPULATION WAS HALF THE SIZE, WE HAD THE LUXURY OF SCHEDULING EVERYTHING AROUND ALDOT AND FOOTBALL SEASON. WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT LUXURY.

WE MUST BUILD YEAR-ROUND. WE HAVE VERY A VERY LIMITED POOL OF CONTRACTORS IN THE AREA AND AS WE DISCUSSED ADD NAUSEA OVER THE LAST X AMOUNT OF MONTHS, BIG ROAD PROJECTS TAKE A WILD.

THIS PROJECT IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE NORTH COLLEGE AND A SHUG JORDAN PKWY./UNIVERSITY DRIVE PROJECT.

IT DOESN'T INVOLVE NEW DECORATIVE MAST ARMS, HANGING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL POLES WOULD TAKE A LOT MORE TIME AND A LOT OF ELECTRICAL WORK. THIS INCLUDES ADDING WE CALL THEM APPROACHES IN ENGINEERING SPEAK FOR THE PUBLIC CALLS THEM RIGHT TURN LANES IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME SHOULDER WIDENING AND A LITTLE BIT OF FLUX WITH SOME SIDEWALK AND SO ON.

WE EXPECT THIS TO BE A 60 DAY CONTRACT FROM THE TIME THAT THEY GET STARTED WITH CONTRACT SIGNED.

EXPECTING THAT AND WHAT ACTUALLY DELIVERS OUR TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND I UNDERSTAND PART OF THAT IS RAIN.

CONTRACTORS GET RAIN DAYS AND RIGHT NOW THEY ARE GETTING A LOT OF THEM. IT IS VERY HARD TO WORK IN THESE CONDITIONS. THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE INTERSECTION UPSIDE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF FOOTBALL GAMES, BUT AS WITH ALL CONSTRUCTION, WE ASK PEOPLE TO BUTTON THINGS UP ON FRIDAY AND THEY CAN COME BACK TO IT SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING. WE TEND TO LEAVE SEVEN SATURDAYS A YEAR ALONE, ESPECIALLY THE FRIDAYS BEFORE.

OUR HOPE IS A 60 DAY PROJECT. HOW IT COINCIDES WITH THE FARM BOWL AND COLLEGE ROUNDABOUT, THE LAST REPORT I GAVE FROM THE CITY ENGINEER TO SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE INQUIRED

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THAT IS ALSO WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT WAS SLATED TO BE DONE IN MAY BUT THE CURRENT DEADLINE IS THE END OF JULY.

WE ARE HOPING WITH SCHOOL STARTING, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS NOT THIS INTERSECTION PROJECT. IT IS YARBOROUGH ELEMENTARY STARTING BACK IN WITH THE FARMVILLE COLLEGE ROUNDABOUT CLOSED AND THROUGH TRAFFIC CLOSED THAT INTERSECTION IS BECAUSE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON DONAHUE IN THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT. RIGHT NOW WE WERE THINKING WE WOULD START THIS IN ROUGHLY SEPTEMBER.

BY THE TIME WE GET CONTRACTS SIGNED AND SO ON, SO THAT COULD MEAN OCTOBER. YOU WILL ASK ME AGAIN AND SAY, YOU SAID SEPTEMBER AND IT COULD BE OCTOBER.

THAT'S 60 DAYS. THE BEST I CAN TELL YOU.

THESE RIGHT TURN LANES ARE PRETTY EASY TO BUILD AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BUILDUP ON THE SHOULDERS TO NOT GOING DOWN A MOUNTAINSIDE OR ANYTHING. WE ARE HOPEFUL AT THIS STAGE.

THAT IS WHERE THE TIME FRAME LANDS.

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL?

>> SPEAKER: I HAD A QUESTION AND MAYBE SOME CLARIFICATION REQUESTED ON I'M FAMILIAR WITH OPENINGS.

THERE WAS A DEDUCTION LISTED IN A MEMO FROM OUR ENGINEERING DIRECTOR ON THE ENVELOPE. AT LEAST WARRANTED ENOUGH -- THE DEDUCTION IN THE BID WAS AT LEAST OUT OF COMMON PRACTICE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BID AND A MEMO.

WAS THERE SOME -- WHAT'S THE REASON?

>> SPEAKER: MY BAILIWICK IS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF ENVELOPE THINGS HAPPEN.

WE ALSO HAD ONE OR $2 MILLION ADDED TO THE PARKING DECK ENVELOPE AT BID OPENING. IF THEY WALK IN THE ROOM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC TIME FRAME IS, BUT THEY CAN ADD OR DEDUCT ON TOP OF THE ENVELOPE RIGHT BEFORE THE TURNITIN.

RIGHT AT THE DEADLINE. THEY WILL WRITE ADDITIONS OR DEDUCTIONS FREQUENTLY. THE BIDS ARE SEALED.

WE HAVE NOT OPEN THEM AT THIS STAGE AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THIS UP UNTIL TIME. AND SO THIS HAPPENS -- THE REASON WE INCLUDE IT IS WHEN YOU START ADDING THINGS ON YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA AND YOU SAY THEY BID X DOLLARS BUT YOU ARE TELLING ME IN THE RESOLUTION IS LESS THAN THAT ARE MORE THAN THAT, WE ARE INCLUDING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND ALSO FOR JUST A TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES WE WANT TO BE SURE ANYBODY THAT HAS BID ON THIS OR INTERESTED KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT IT IS LAWFUL

WHAT'S GOING ON. >> SPEAKER: THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> SPEAKER: A QUESTION. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON ON THIS INTERSECTION IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO WALMART? IT WAS ALLUDED THAT THERE WAS

SOMETHING GOING ON A STRIP MALL. >> SPEAKER: THERE SOME SMALL SHOP SPACE IN FRONT OF WALMART NEIGHBORHOOD MARKET PRINT THAT WENT THROUGH CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL SIX MONTHS AGO.

WE WERE PROBABLY STILL BEATING ON ZOOM.

IT DOES HAVE, YOU HEARD FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.

TRANSLATE THAT TO DRIVE-THRU'S AT THE END.

I THINK TWO WERE APPROVED ON THE ENDS OF THE BUILDING.

AND SOME SMALL SHOP SPACE. REALLY HEADED TOWARD -- IS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.

THIS WAS ALLUDED TO EARLIER. YOU DID ACTUALLY SEE THAT AS A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL. TIME IS MOVING QUICKLY SO THAT

-- I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY. >> SPEAKER: WAS IN BETWEEN THE

PARKING LOT AND THE SHOWED? >> SPEAKER: THERE IS SOME -- IT'S ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE OWENS PROPERTY.

THERE IS ALWAYS REMNANT PROPERTY WALMART JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS. IT'S A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP

DOING THIS. >> SPEAKER: SO BETWEEN THE

RETAINING POND AND THE HIGHWAY? >> SPEAKER: NO, IT'S FURTHER UP. IT'S OFF YOUR MAP.

IF YOU GO ON THAT YOU HAVE A DRAWING IN YOUR PACKET.

IT'S PAST THAT. >> SPEAKER: THANKS.

>> SPEAKER: ANY OF THE COMMENTS QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY.

(VOICE VOTE) MOTION CARRIES.

>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND TO PROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR.

(ROLL CALL VOTE) MOTION CARRIES.

>> SPEAKER: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA IT DOES NOT AGREM EIGHT MEANT TO.

[9. ORDINANCES.]

>> SPEAKER: UNDER ORDINANCES REQUEST FROM COREY AND BRENDA CHANDLER TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 1.03 ACRES LOCATED AT 5092 ALABAMA HIGH 147 NORTH ALSO KNOWN AS HEATH RODE.

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>> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASKED FOR

UNANIMOUS CONSENT. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.

>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE OF THIS THIS EVENING?

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> SPEAKER: THIS WILL COME AS

RULE DESIGNATION? >> SPEAKER: YES.

IT IF I AM CORRECT THIS IS THE LAST LOCK IN A LONG LOT -- LONG

LINE OF LOTS. >> SPEAKER: IT IS CURRENTLY AN

EMPTY LOT? >> SPEAKER: I BELIEVE IT IS, YES. I TELL YOU.

IT DOES HAVE A RESIDENCE ON IT. >> SPEAKER: RESIDENCE.

>> SPEAKER: ANY OF THE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> SPEAKER: UNDER PAGE 406, SECTION HE, PROPERTY CURRENTLY

UNDERDEVELOPED -- UNDEVELOPED. >> SPEAKER: I AM READING THE FIRST PAGE THAT SAYS THERE IS A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING.

I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT AND DOUBLE CHECK.

I HAVE IT AS HAVING A DWELLING ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE OF THE STAFF REPORT. WHAT WAS THE PAGE YOU SAW?

>> SPEAKER: SECTION E. PROPERTY CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED.

>> SPEAKER: CHECKING RIGHT NOW. >> SPEAKER: THE ONLY REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME.

>> SPEAKER: THERE IS A DWELLING >> SPEAKER: THERE IS ABSOLUTELY

A DWELLING ON THE AERIAL PHOTOS. >> SPEAKER: OKAY.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. >> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? VALERIE? ROLL CALL VOTE. (ROLL CALL VOTE)

>> SPEAKER: ITEM 9A TO REQUEST FROM JAMES MICHAEL THOMPSON JR.

TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 3.6 ACRES LOCATED AT 1659 NORTH DONOHUE DR. THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL IN JULY 8, 2021, MEETING.

UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY. >> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASKED FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: ANYONE ON THE COUNSEL OF A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE THIS EVENING? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? VALERIE? (ROLL CALL VOTE)

>> SPEAKER: ITEM 9A3 REQUEST FROM EFACO III -- DIFFICULT TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 9.9 ACRES LOCATED AT SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF CINDY LANE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL EXITS JUNE 20 -- UNANIMOUS

CONSENT IS NECESSARY. >> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND.

ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE THIS EVENING? ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? VALERIE? (ROLL CALL VOTE)

>> SPEAKER: ITEM 9B WON A REQUEST FROM BRETT BASQUIN ON BEHALF OF EFACO III TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 9.99 ACRES FROM RULE TO DEVELOP A DISTRICT HOUSING.

PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF CINDY LANE.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR JUNE 10, 2021, MEETING. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY

AT A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. >> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASKED FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND.

ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? SEEING AND HEARING NONE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNSEL? VALERIE?

(ROLL CALL VOTE) >> SPEAKER: ITEM 9 BE TO SKATE

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TO AMEND ORDINANCE 3190 THAT CREATED THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DESIGNATION ON 236.54 ACRES KNOWN AS WOODWARD OAKS PEE DEE. THE REQUEST IS FOR THE ADDITION OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, 29 COTTAGE HOUSING DEVELOPER UNITS, 39 TOWNHOME UNITS AND THE REDUCTION OF FIVE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT ITS JUNE 10, 2021, MEETING. UNANIMOUS CONSENT IS NECESSARY

AT A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. >> SPEAKER: I WILL INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ASKED FOR UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND.

ANYONE ON THE COUNSEL OF A PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD WITH THE VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING? SEEING OR HEARING NONE WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL COUNSEL

HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? >> SPEAKER: CAN YOU SHARE WITH US THE ORIGINAL DENSITY AND DID THAT CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL

PPD? >> SPEAKER: I WILL HAVE KATIE ADDRESS THAT IN THE SECOND. LET HER LOOK IT UP.

>> SPEAKER: IT APPEARS THAT THE CURRENT NUMBER OF DWELLINGS WAS 517 AND THIS PROPOSAL IS 580.

I WOULD IMAGINE IF IT WAS AN INCREASE IN DENSITY IT IS VERY SMALL. I DON'T SEE IT NOTED IN HERE.

I CAN DO SOME QUICK MATH. >> SPEAKER: COMMERCIAL IS NOT

PROPOSED IN THE ORIGINAL? >> SPEAKER: THAT'S CORRECT.

I DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER. >> SPEAKER: DID WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AREA? I KNOW IT ONLY -- IT'S SURROUNDED BY COUNTY ON TWO SIDES.

>> SPEAKER: THERE WAS NO IF THERE WERE NO CITIZENS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

>> SPEAKER: OF THE 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL, THEY HAVE SOME OFFICE USE. MOST OF THAT IS THEY HAVE FIRE STATION AND THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 8000 SQUARE FEET AT THE INTERSECTION OF DONAHUE AND RELOCATION OF FARMVILLE ROAD.

>> SPEAKER: ARE WE CONFIDENT AS A CITY THAT WE CAN MANAGE THAT TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD AT THIS POINT IN TIME?

>> SPEAKER: ON DONAHUE? >> SPEAKER: ON WEST FARMVILLE

RD. >> SPEAKER: THE DENSITY WENT FROM TO POINT TO DWELLING UNITS AND ACRE TO 2.56.

>> SPEAKER: IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I KNOW THEY CAN ASK FOR AMENDMENTS, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PPD'S GIVEN ASSURANCE THAT A DENSITY DOESN'T INCREASE OVER

THE LIFE. >> SPEAKER: THEY DO GIVE THAT ASSURANCE UNLESS THEY ARE AMENDED.

UNLIKE SUBDIVISION PLATS AND SO ON, PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS AGREEING TO CERTAIN THINGS. THAT'S WHY EVEN WHEN AMENDING IT EVERYBODY IN PDD HAS TO BE NOTIFIED, PROPERTY OWNER NOTIFICATIONS AND THE WHOLE BIT. PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO WOODWARD OAKS IT'S NOT NEAR AS POPULATED AS IT WILL BE.

LOTS OF NOTIFICATIONS ABOUND. I WOULD SAY IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE ADJUSTMENTS IN DENSITY. THERE IS ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THAT IS OVER THE ENTIRE ACREAGE OF THE ENTIRE 236 ACRES SPENT -- DENSITY BUILT OVER ALL OF THAT.

SOME OF THAT WHICH IS ROAD AND UTILITIES.

BUT FROM A STAFF LENS IT IS NOT A HUGE INCREASE IN DENSITY.

>> SPEAKER: THAT'S CORRECT. HAD THIS NOT BEEN A PDD, THE MAXIMUM DENSITY FOR DH IS FIVE AND A HALF DWELLING UNITS AN ACRE. IT'S ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IS

ALLOWED. >> SPEAKER: IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE CHANGES ARE ON THE FARMVILLE AND AS OPPOSED TO THE

DONAHUE AND. >> SPEAKER: THAT'S CORRECT.

>> SPEAKER: WHAT IS THE COLOR CODE ON THE PROPOSED MAP ON THE

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>> SPEAKER: THE ORANGE ARE TOWNHOUSES AND THE PINK ARE

COTTAGE HOUSING. >> SPEAKER: YOU CAN SEE ALSO ON THE FAR LEFT WHICH IS ALREADY BEING BUILT A CIRCLE.

THAT IS TOWNHOUSES AS WELL AND YOU ARE SEEING.

I HAVE HAD QUESTIONS FROM A NUMBER OF YOU ABOUT SEEING A LOT OF TOWNHOUSES RIGHT NOW. THAT IS STAFF IS SEEING THAT AND THAT IS SOMETHING STEVE FOOTE GETS TO ENJOY IT IN HIS NEW ROLE AS PLANNING DIRECTOR. WE HAVE A LOT OF TOWNHOUSES AND THAT IS NOT A BAD THING BUT HE ALSO REMINDS ME IN OTHER PLACES HE HAS WORKED RECENTLY THAT THIS TREND IS BROAD.

THIS IS NOT NEW TO AUBURN. FOR US OR THE SOUTHEAST IN GENERAL. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF THIS LANDS EXPENSIVE AND TOWNHOUSES ARE A POPULAR PRODUCT RIGHT NOW AND THEY SEEM TO BE SELLING. THE COTTAGE HOMES ARE SOMETHING THE PLANNING STAFF TOOK ON AND KIND OF WITH SOME HELP FROM SOME LOCAL DEVELOPERS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN BETTER HOUSING TYPE PRODUCT SO IT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED BY STAFF FOR SOME TIME TO GET A BETTER PRODUCT AND TO GET A LOT MORE GREEN SPACE AROUND THEM TYPICALLY.

AND SHARED ON SPACE AND THAT KIND OF THING.

>> SPEAKER: WHAT IS THE DISPOSITION OF THE CEMETERY AS

INDICATED ON THE MAPS? >> SPEAKER: IT WILL REMAIN AS

IS. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

UNDER PRIVATE CONTROL OR. >> SPEAKER: I DO BELIEVE SO,

YES. >> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER COMMENTS

OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? >> SPEAKER: I DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ONE. IT LOOKS LIKE FROM A CONDUCTIVITY PERSPECTIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE MADE IT MORE NODULE, MORE CUL-DE-SACS IN THE PROPOSED.

IS THAT JUST PROPOSED, WE HAVEN'T SEEN FINAL LAYOUT OR -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT PDD, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S LESS --

>> SPEAKER: RIGHT BELOW THE SCHOOLHOUSE WOULD BE ONE OF THE

AREAS SHE IS REFERRING TO. >> SPEAKER: THERE WILL BE A CONNECTION TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

THERE IS ALSO A CONNECTION TO LEE ROAD 677.

THAT'S ABOUT MIDWAY OF THE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL GET YOU OVER TO AUBURN FARMS. A CONNECTION TO NORTH DONOHUE AND FARMVILLE AND YOU STILL HAVE A CONNECTION TO MIRACLE ROAD.

>> SPEAKER: BUT THIS ROAD CONFIGURATION WON'T BE IN A U SHAPE. IS NOW SHOWING MORE HOUSES ON A CUL-DE-SAC INSTEAD OF CONNECTING THROUGH.

>> SPEAKER: YES. THIS MASTER PLAN DOES NOT -- I THINK IT WAS IN PHASE FOUR. ONE OF THE COMMENTS HE MADE IN THE DART PROCESS WAS ADDITIONAL CONNECTION BECAUSE OF THE CUL-DE-SAC LINK. THIS MASTER PLAN MAY NOT REFLECT THAT ONE WHICH WOULD BE ON THE --

>> SPEAKER: SOUTHSIDE. >> SPEAKER: SOUTHSIDE.

>> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? VALERIE? (ROLL CALL VOTE)

[10. RESOLUTIONS.]

>> SPEAKER: UNDER RESOLUTIONS THIS EVENING ITEM 10A1 IS A REQUEST FROM PARKER LEWIS ON BEHALF OF THE AUBURN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL AND OFFICE USE/BUSINESS CENTER KNOWN AS THE ACDI BUSINESS CENTER FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1490 PUMPHREY AVENUE.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY COMMISSION AT ITS APPROVAL MEETING. A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED.

>> SPEAKER: MOVE TO IMPROVE. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.

>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YES, SIR? >> SPEAKER: I WILL BE BRIEF (INDISCERNIBLE) THE PLANNING COMMISSION I MISSED IT THE OTHER NIGHT BUT IT WAS APPROVED WITH THE ADDITION OF CONDITION TO ADD 16 PARKING SPACES. IT'S A BIT OF DISCREPANCY ABOUT THE CALCULATION OF THOSE SPACES. HOW MUCH IS MANUFACTURING SQUARE FOOTAGE VERSUS OFFICE. I'M REQUESTING THAT WE AMEND -- YOUR APPROVAL NOT INCLUDE THAT CONDITION OF ADDITIONAL 16 SPACES AND WE WILL JUST WORK IT OUT WITH STAFF PER THE PARKING ORDINANCE. WHAT WE HAVE IS IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR STAFF REPORT SHOWS 28,000 SQUARE FEET.

>> SPEAKER: IT'S ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION.

>> SPEAKER: IT'S LIKE 28,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND THE STAFF REPORT AND IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAT -- MORE LIKE 10,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE. WE HAVE ADDED ENOUGH PARKING TO HANDLE OUR INCREASED USE. BUT WE DON'T NEED THE ADDITIONAL 16 SPACES. SO THE REQUEST IS JUST SIMPLY, WE WILL DEAL WITH IT IN THE GRT DESIGN PROCESS AND WE WILL MEET

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>> SPEAKER: WITHOUT THE COMMENTS, THE ENTIRE WOULD HAVE

TO BE MET ANYWAY. >> SPEAKER: I HAVE RECALCULATED BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF OFFICE SPACE AND THERE WAS ONLY 850 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SO A MAJORITY OF IT IS MANUFACTURING.

SO Y'ALL ARE WELL WITHIN YOUR REQUIRED PARKING.

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. I HAD HAD A CHANCE TO GET WITH KATIE ON THAT. THAT'S THE REQUEST IS THE APPROVAL NOT BE CONDITIONAL ON 16 ADDITIONAL SPACES.

>> SPEAKER: OKAY. SO ADMINISTRATIVELY.

>> SPEAKER: LET ME MOVE -- IT WAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO REMOVE THE CONDITION, MOVE TO REMOVE THE CONDITION PLACE BY PLANNING COMMISSION OF AN ADDITIONAL 16 PARKING SPACES.

IF YOU SO APPROVE THAT THEN YOU'LL JUST GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED YOU WILL HAVE TO REDO ANYTHING.

>> SPEAKER: TO DO THAT WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO SECOND TO

REMOVE. >> SPEAKER: AND YOU NEED TO

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> SPEAKER: ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNSEL? WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE TO REMOVE THE 16 PARKING SPACES.

>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY. (VOICE VOTE) MOTION CARRIES. NOW BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

>> SPEAKER: ORIGINAL MOTION IS AMENDED AND YOU DO NOT NEED A

NEW MOTION. >> SPEAKER: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL IN FAVORITE OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED. (VOICE VOTE)

MOTION CARRIES. >> SPEAKER: ITEM 10A2 PARKER LEWIS AUBURN INDUSTRIAL TO ELEMENT BOARD FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL OF AN INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING USE KNOWN AS PROJECT A FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2201 RILEY STREET.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT ITS JULY 8, 2021, MEETING. PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED.

>> SPEAKER: MOVE TO IMPROVE. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.

>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE WHO WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR. (VOICE VOTE)

>> SPEAKER: ITEM 10A3 REQUEST JACKIE LEWIS FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL OF THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMERCIAL TO SUPPORT USE KNOWN AS CINEWORLD FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1715 OPELIKA RD.

PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF ITS JUL.

PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. >> SPEAKER: MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND.

WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNSEL?

>> SPEAKER: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF COMMENTS IT MENTIONS THAT THE FAÇADE VISIBLE WILL BE APPROPRIATE MATERIALS FOR THE

AREA. >> SPEAKER: IT IS ALONG A CORRIDOR STRAIGHT SO IT WILL HAVE TO MEET THE CLADDING

REQUIREMENTS. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.

>> SPEAKER: YOU HAVE VISIBILITY FROM THE MALL SIDE THAT WILL BE VERY EXPOSED AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE LOOK AT.

IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU CAN SEE DIRECTLY IN FRONT BUT

APPROACHING FROM THE ROAD. >> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR.

(ROLL CALL VOTE) (VOICE VOTE).

>> SPEAKER: BRANDON BOLT ON BEHALF OF THADDEUS TO WEBSTER FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL OF A PERFORMANCE RESIDENTIAL USE -- DEVELOPMENTS TOWNHOMES FOR A PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS PLAINSMAN LAKE LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT ITS JULY 8, 2021, MEETING.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED. >> SPEAKER: MOVE TO IMPROVE.

>> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND PICK THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVOR.

(VOICE VOTE) MOTION CARRIES.

>> SPEAKER: ITEM 10A5 REQUEST FROM BRETT BASQUIN ON BEHALF OF CLAYTON PROPERTIES GROUP INC. FOR CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL OF INSTITUTIONAL RODENT SERVICE NURSERY, COMMERCIAL SUPPORT AND COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT USES FOR A PROJECT KNOWN AS WOODWARD OAKS COMMERCIAL. PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER AND NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE WOODWARD OAKS PDD PROPERTY, RESPECTIVELY, LOCATED EAST OF NORTH DONOHUE DRIVE AND SOUTH OF WEST FARMVILLE RD. PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT ITS JUN. A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED.

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>> SPEAKER: MOVE TO REPROVE. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.

>> SPEAKER: MOTION AND SECOND. THIS TIME IT WILL OPEN PUBLIC HEARING AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS TO THE COUNSEL GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. YES, SIR?

>> SPEAKER: BRETT BASQUIN, SORRY I DIDN'T STAND THAT LAST TIME. 2128 MOORES MILL RD.

REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

IN REGARDS TO THE CHANGE OF THE PDD, WE FIRST LOOKED AT DOING THIS PDD BACK IN 2017, THE NATURE OF NORTH AUBURN WAS A LOT DIFFERENT. LANDSCAPING WAS DIFFERENT THAT IT IS TODAY. ONCE WE GOT THE PDD APPROVINGLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT KIND OF CHANGED THE LOOK AND FEEL FOR WHAT WE FELT WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. ONE WAS THE CITY APPROACHING US ABOUT PUTTING FIRE STATION UP THERE.

SECOND WE WERE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT RELOCATING A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE TALKED LONG AND HARD ABOUT LOCATING THEM WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THAT NOT ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND US HELPING THEM SECURE THE SITE NEXT DOOR, WE WANTED IT TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE FELT LIKE THE DEVELOPER FELT LIKE THAT WAS MORE OF AN AMENITY THAN A HINDRANCE.

ONCE WE KIND OF AMENDED THE PDD FOR JUST THE FIRE STATION, AND DIDN'T INCLUDE THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THE SCHOOL STUFF WAS UP IN THE AIR. IN DOING THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS ACTUALLY PULLED ALL THE HOUSING OFF OF THIS MAIN ROAD COMING IN ALL THE WAY TO THE SCHOOL AND PASSED IT.

WE WERE HAVING THAT STREET LINED WITH RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT WOULD HAVE INDIVIDUAL DRIVEWAYS. WE HAVE DONE IS REAR LOADED SOME OF THAT STUFF WITH THESE TOWNHOMES AND PULLED A LOT OF THE DRIVEWAYS. SO FOR THE FIRST ALMOST PROBABLY 12, 1500 FEET THERE WON'T BE ANY OTHER DRIVEWAYS ON THERE FROM THE ENTRANCE. WE ARE PUTTING A ROUNDABOUT FOR A BACK ENTRY INTO THERE. THAT KIND OF CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE. IN DOING THAT WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO EXTEND THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING ALL THE WAY TO FARMVILLE. AS YOU KNOW, FARMVILLE IS A FUTURE OUTER LOOP AS WELL. AND SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS PROBABLY MORE BENEFICIAL FOR SOME SECONDARY COMMERCIAL USES AS OPPOSED TO HAVING SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING BACKING UP OR FRONTING THAT KNOWING WE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY TO ONE SIDE AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIRE STATION AND THEN THE SCHOOL.

THAT WAS KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF HOW IT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

SO THAT KIND OF ANSWERS A LOT OF THAT STUFF.

IT COMES TO THE FACT OF THE CONDITIONAL USE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE, MOST OF THESE USES ARE MORE OF TAKING CARE OF SERVING THE CITIZENS WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT ON THE SIDE OF TOWN WITH THAT KIND OF BE UNDERSERVED.

SO MOST OF THE USES IN CONJUNCTION WHAT CAN ORDER THE -- COORDINATE WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ARE THE USES WE WERE GOING AFTER. WE FELT LIKE THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE OF OFFICE OR LIGHT RETAIL THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT OR A DAYCARE AND THOSE TYPES OF USES.

IT'S NOT A REAL INTENSIVE USE. WE ALSO HAVE A BUNCH OF OVERHEAD POWER LINES THAT COME THROUGH THERE AND LIMITS WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO WITH REGARD TO BUILDING PLACEMENT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE ARE WORKING AGAINST BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BACKGROUND.

SORRY I DIDN'T STAND UP BEFORE. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNSEL? WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNSEL? ALL IN FAVORITE PLEASE. (VOICE VOTE)

MOTION CARRIES. >> SPEAKER: THOSE ARE ALL OF THE ITEMS YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.

>> SPEAKER: OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZEN'S OPEN FORUM FOR THIS IS

[12. CITIZENS’ OPEN FORUM.]

WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL COUNSEL AND NOT AN INDIVIDUAL.

YES, MA'AM,. >> SPEAKER: (INDISCERNIBLE) AT YOUR LAST MEETING Y'ALL PASSED AN AMENDMENT TO AN ORDINANCE THAT LIMITED THE INTERIOR USE OF CITIZENS HOME TO ONLY 25 PERCENT. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM IS TO STEP INTO SOMEONE'S HOME AND POLICE

THAT. >> SPEAKER: WE WILL WORK ON

GETTING YOU THE ANSWER TO THAT. >> SPEAKER: IS A SIMPLE ANSWER.

THAT'S NOT OF THE ORDINANCE DID. AND WAVED FOR HOMESTAYS TO HAVE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. ALL OTHER HOME OCCUPATIONS MUST

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WAS. >> SPEAKER: EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN

PLEASE. >> SPEAKER: THE PROVISION WAIVED THAT REQUIREMENT. WHAT WAS ADOPTED AT THE LAST MEETING WAIVED THE REQUIREMENT FOR HOMESTAYS HAVING TO COMPLY WITH ONLY 25 PERCENT OF YOUR HOME BEING USED FOR HOME OCCUPANCY. HOMESTAYS ARE PART OF OUR HOME OCCUPATION. IT ONLY INVOLVED HOMESTAYS AND THERE WAS SAYING THAT YOU CAN USE YOUR ENTIRE HOME FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL IS WHAT THAT ORDINANCE CHANGE DID AND PUT

INTO EFFECT. >> SPEAKER: I'M READING IT SAYS NO MORE THAN 25 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF THE DWELLING SHALL BE USED AS A HOME OCCUPATION.

>> SPEAKER: IT SAYS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HOMESTAYS, NO MORE

THAN 25 PERCENT. >> SPEAKER: SO IS THAT BOTH

CATEGORIES? >> SPEAKER: SHORT-TERM NONPRIMARY RENTALS ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT BECAUSE THAT'S

NOT HOME OCCUPATION. >> SPEAKER: ALL RIGHT.

ON THAT WITH THAT SHORT-TERM RENTAL, BEING A RESIDENTIAL USE, IS A LONG TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS.

IS THAT THE 25 PERCENT GOING TO PLAY INTO THAT AS WELL?

>> SPEAKER: MISS A CROUCH, TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT?

>> SPEAKER: THE ANSWER IS LONG TERM RENTAL IS NOT DEFINED IN HERE. THIS ONLY INVOLVES HOMESTAYS.

>> SPEAKER: BUT THEY BOTH INVOLVE AN EXCHANGE OF MONEY FOR

RESIDENTIAL USE. >> SPEAKER: I'M NOT HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BEFORE THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF STAFF ABOUT THOSE THINGS I WOULD BE

HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> SPEAKER: I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT SOME QUESTIONS TOGETHER LET US GET YOU SOME

ANSWERS. >> SPEAKER: OKAY.

AND I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER BRETT SMITH WHO HAS BEEN OPPOSED TO THIS THE WHOLE TIME AND I APPRECIATE YOU STANDING FIRM ON THAT WHEN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES ADOPTED SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS WHEN THEY WERE AGAINST IT.

THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER: ANYONE ELSE?

>> SPEAKER: HELLO. MY NAME IS CHIP MOSS I LIVE AT 1012 TERRACE ACRES CIRCLE. I AM THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY AND PARKING ISSUE REGARDING PARENTS PICKING UP CHILDREN AFTER SCHOOL FROM AUBURN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S UP DIRECTLY TO SCHOOL AND HAS DIRECT FIELD AND SIDEWALK ACCESS. BACK WHEN THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS WHERE THE JUNIOR HIGH IS NOW WE HAD AN ENFORCEABLE AND LABELED NO PARKING ZONE WITH SIGNS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, ON TERRACE ACRES DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GREENSTREET.

SINCE THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL HAS BEEN BUILT IN THE JUNIOR HIGH MOVED IN, THE NO PARKING SIGNS WERE REMOVED.

I'M NOT SURE WHY THE SIGNS WERE REMOVED SINCE THERE IS AN ACTIVE ORDINANCE STILL IN PLACE. THE ISSUE IS MORE AND MORE PARENTS ARE LINING UP AND PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS. CIRCUMVENTING THE TWO ESTABLISHED PICK UP AREAS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SCHOOL.

THIS HAPPENS BETWEEN THREE AND 4:30 EVERY SCHOOL DAY GARDENS OF THE EFFORTS LAST YEAR. THE PROBLEMS ONLY INCREASED.

WE FEEL THAT THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AND MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS HAVE ATTESTED TO IT IN A RECENT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING HELD BY THE CITY. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A CHILD IS GOING TO GET HIT CROSSING THE STREET COMING FROM SCHOOL TO THEIR PARENTS' CARPET THEY AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL NEAR MISSES.

A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IS VERY LIKELY TO OCCUR AS CARS LINING THE ROAD PROHIBIT TRAFFIC FROM SMOOTHLY FLOWING IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFF OF DEAN ROAD.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER OR EVEN GET TO FIRE HYDRANTS OR OTHER NEEDED PUBLIC SERVICES WITH CARS LINING BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND WE WOULD HATE FOR SOMEONE TO GET INJURED OR WORSE KILLED.

AND THE ENSUING LIABILITY ISSUES THAT COULD FOLLOW.

WE WERE RECENTLY GIVEN A CHANCE I CALLED FOR MORE OBSERVATION TIME AND DISCUSSION AFTER SCHOOL STARTS BACK RATHER THAN AMENDING THE ORDINANCE TIMES AND REINSTALLING THE SIGNS AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS REQUESTED. ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE PLAN TO INCLUDE ENFORCING AN EXISTING SITTING ORDINANCES SECTION 2236 AND SECTION 2235 OUT OF THE TEN GENERAL PARKING ORDINANCES THAT EXIST TODAY OF THE BOOKS PARENTS PICKING UP KIDS ARE VIOLATING SIX OUT OF TEN OF THESE ORDINANCES ON ANY GIVEN DAY.

LAST YEAR I PERSONALLY WITNESSED SUPERINTENDENT HERRING COME OUT TO TALK TO PARENTS AND CHASE CARS IN HER HIGH HEELS AS PARENTS SPED OFF AND REFUSED TO STOP.

THE NEXT DAY SHE SHOWED UP IN FLATS FOR RUNNING.

OUR ASK OF THE CITY IS TO ENFORCE THESE EXISTING ORDINANCES AND AMEND THE NO PARKING TIMES FOR THE AFTERNOON AS ENFORCEABLE NO PARKING BETWEEN THREE AND 4:30 PM.

ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NO PARKING SIGNS TO BE REINSTALLED

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THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER: YES, MA'AM? ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ON THIS ISSUE OR TOPIC? MS. CROUCH, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A MEETING THAT WAS HELD RECENTLY THAT THIS GENTLEMAN REFERRED TO. CAN YOU TALK TO THE COUNSEL

ABOUT. >> SPEAKER: IT WAS A MEETING HELD ON JUNE 21 AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BEEN REACHING OUT AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

WE HAD BEEN EVALUATING, WE MEETING CITY STAFF COLLECTIVELY SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS ALONG WITH THE POLICE DIVISION.

AS PART OF THE POLICE DIVISION REFORM -- RESOURCE OFFICERS.

THE PRINCIPAL AND SO ON. AND YES, IT APPEARS THAT PARENTS ARE USING THAT AREA FOR PICKUP. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A QUESTION ABOUT THAT BUT WE ARE ALSO DEALING WITH A SCHOOL YEAR IN COVID WITH LIMITED BUS OPTIONS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVING FOLKS. SO THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT WAS ATTENDED BY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTING MULTIPLE FAMILIES.

NORMALLY WE DON'T EVER PROCEED WITH CHANGING SOMETHING ABOUT PARKING WITHOUT A FULL POSTCARD CAMPAIGN TO THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE FEEDBACK FROM.

AND YES, WITH THE RESIDENT SAID, STAFF HAS WITNESSED A CONCERTED EFFORT WAS MADE BY POLICE KNOCKING ON CARS ASKING PEOPLE TO MOVE. WHAT I HAD PROPOSED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS STAFF RECOMMENDING -- AND THIS IS MY DISCUSSION WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE AS WELL AS THE CITY ENGINEER -- AND THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT -- WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT AND THIS IS WHAT I TOLD THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE WOULD BE DOING DURING THE ORIENTATION PROCESS WITH PARENTS -- AND COMMUNICATIONS GOING OUT AS THEY DID LAST SCHOOL YEAR ASKING PEOPLE TO STOP DOING IT.

WE ARE TRYING TO PREEMPT THAT AND WE WANT TO EVALUATE DURING THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS THIS YEAR.

MORE KIDS MAY BE ON THE BUS, MORE KIDS MAY NOT BE ON THE BUS.

WE DON'T KNOW. WE HAVE DIFFERENT SETS OF CHILDREN THAT ARE ATTENDING THE SCHOOL.

THE REQUEST INCLUDING -- I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DR. HAERING MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT THAT AND I HAD ONE AGAIN YESTERDAY.

SHE HAD TALKED WITH THE PRINCIPAL ROSS READ ABOUT IT AND THEY ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO TRY TO DETER THE BEHAVIOR BEFORE THE SIGNS GO UP.

TO SPEAK TO THE SIGNS, I HAD MENTIONED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN AN E-MAIL COME TO DIFFERENT INPUT REPRESENTATIVES, THAT THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT SAID YOU CAN'T PARK THERE, AND THEY BELIEVE AND DAVID WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG FROM 8:30 TO NINE IN THE MORNING. AND THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS HIGH SCHOOL ISSUES. ACTUALLY, WHEN DAVID AND I RESEARCHED THIS WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED TO PUT SIGNS UP AND THEN THERE WAS ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED TO TAKE SIGNS DOWN. BUT THE ORDINANCE DID NOT REPEAL WAS THE TIME OF NO PARKING WHICH IS IN THE MORNING.

WE HAVE NO WORDS. WE HAVE BEEN BACK IN COUNCIL MINUTES TO TELL YOU WHY BUT IT WAS NOT THOSE TWO ITEMS HAPPENING TO PUT SIGNS UP AND TAKE SIGNS DOWN PUBLISHED IN THE CITY CODE BECAUSE THEY CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT.

THE OTHER THING IS WE DON'T PUT NO PARKING SIGNS -- WE DON'T PUT ANY NO PARKING SIGNS IN MOST ZONES OF THE CITY.

WE EITHER STRIPE CURB OR WE PUT SIGNS.

WE DO A HYBRID OF THINGS. LAST TIME WE PUT THIS UP AND TERRACE ACRES WE HAD A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ALSO ABOUT NOBODY WANTED -- NOT NOBODY BUT SOME PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO SIGN IN THEIR YARD. WHAT THIS WOULD BE WOULD BE FOR A LIMITED WINDOW IN THE AFTERNOONS IF THAT HAPPENS, BUT MY BIG PICTURE LENS, AND THIS BEING A PUBLIC STREET AND ASKING PARENTS NOT TO DO IT, IS BEFORE WE TAKE THE DRASTIC MEASURE OF PUTTING NO PARKING SIGNS AND, WHICH THEN WE ARE ALSO ASKING OUR POLICE TO ENFORCE WHO COULD NOT BE OUT AFTERNOON ENFORCING THIS NO PARKING. IT IS A PERSONNEL ISSUE.

WE HAVE MANY ZONES IN THE CITY AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON.

WE ATTEMPT TO DETER THE BEHAVIOR OTHERWISE.

I WOULD LIKE TO OBSERVE FOR A MONTH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND I RESPECT THE FACT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE ACTION SOONER OR THEY WILL SAY IT TAKE US ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR WEEKS TO GET SOMETHING INSTALLED. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED AND WE THINK IT WORKED OR DIDN'T WORK. IF IT DIDN'T WORK I'M HAPPY TO RECOMMEND DIFFERENT OPTIONS. BUT HOLDING HANDS WITH THE SCHOOLS WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN IN A

NEW SCHOOL YEAR. >> SPEAKER: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS

OR COMMENTS? >> SPEAKER: TO A NEED TO MAKE

AN OFFICIAL REQUEST OR -- >> SPEAKER: THAT'S THE PLAN IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE HAPPY TO AUTOMATICALLY BRING IT UP. I DON'T WANT THE NEIGHBOR TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO COME BACK.

WE WILL GET A MONTH INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND NEXT TIME WE ARE GATHERED WE WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A REPORT ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. CERTAINLY IF THE BEHAVIOR

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WE ALSO NEED TO HEAR FROM SOME PEOPLE I WORKED AT THE MEETING.

NOT EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN FAVOR OF NO PARKING SIGNS AND HOW FAR DOES THAT GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THERE ARE CONCERNS IF YOU DO IT FOR THE FIRST SIX HOUSES CLOSE TO THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DO YOU DO IT FOR THE WHOLE THING? THERE ARE CONCERNS AS FAR DOWN AS GREENSTREET. WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE ANALYSIS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TWO WAYS IN AND OUT.

ONE IS GREEN STREET AND ONE IS TERRACE ACRES OFF OF DEAN ROAD AND GREENSTREET GOES TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

AND YOU COULD GO -- GREENSTREET TO SANFORD.

THERE ARE OPTIONS. WE NEED TO TAKE A CONFERENCE, PENSIVE LOOK. I HAVE ALSO HAD COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE DOING THIS AT THE CEMETERY, THEY ARE DOING IT AT GREENSTREET OFF OF STAMFORD, THEY'RE DOING THAT ACROSS THE WAY. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A CONFERENCE OF EFFORT NOT JUST FOR TERRACE ACRES.

PLEASE USE THE SCHOOL DROP-OFF AND PICKUP FOR YOUR CHILDREN.

>> SPEAKER: THAT WAS QUITE OF LOT OF OPPOSITION TO THE SIGNS WE WENT TO THIS BEFORE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

I THINK ABOUT AS MANY PEOPLE AGAINST THE SIGNS AS FOR THEM.

>> SPEAKER: THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE AND IT IS ALSO PART OF THE CHALLENGE THAT THAT MEANS YOU TOO.

IF IT'S YOUR HOUSE AND YOU ARE PARKED IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE AT 3 PM IN THE SIGN SAYS YOU CAN'T PARK THERE, YOU WILL GET A TICKET LIKE ANYONE ELSE WOULD IF WE ARE OUT ENFORCING IT THAT WHAT DAY. WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHO GETS A TICKET AND WHO DOESN'T. THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.

WE LOOK TO LONG AND HARD AT RESIDENTIAL STICKERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND IT CREATES A WHOLE NEW SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN HOW WE APPLY THEM ACROSS THE CITY. SO IT IS A CHALLENGING THING TO DO BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A VERY VALID CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON THERE AND WE NEED TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT.

IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER TACTIC TO

ADDRESS IT AT THEIR REQUEST. >> SPEAKER: ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNSEL? AND CITIZENS OPEN FORM.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT BEFORE WE GET THROUGH HERE TONIGHT. EARLIER MS. WHITMAN BROUGHT BUT BOUGHT AT THE KICKOFF OF AUBURN 2040 AND I WAS EXTREMELY PROUD.

I LIVE LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS ENDEAVOR.

I REALLY BELIEVE IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS TO HELP PLAN OUR FUTURE AND I WAS EXCITED AND OVERWHELMED WHEN I SAW THE NAMES WHO HAD SIGNED UP. TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN EVERYBODY CAME EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED ABOUT BEING THERE AND THEY WANTED TO BE THERE AND THEY BELIEVE THEY WERE HEAVILY INVESTED IN BEING THERE.

IT IS MY DESIRE THAT THOSE TEAMS AND THAT EFFORT LOOKS LIKE OUR CITY. IT WOULD BE MY INTENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS MORE DIVERSITY ON OUR TEAMS AND WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

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